On 23/07/2017 20:55, Christian Ridderström wrote:
Regarding setting something in the preference file manually: The only thing I mind is that it adds a global state to LyX, as opposed to starting LyX with some parameters. The global state would likely affect e.g. testing.
the good thing is that we already have the -userdir command-line optionthat allows testing from a predictable initial state, doesn't it :-) ? (AFAICR, extensively used in autotests for advanced F&R). T.