Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 10:06:13PM +0200, Stephan Witt wrote: > Am 30.07.2017 um 19:45 schrieb Uwe Stöhr : > > > > El 29.07.2017 a las 23:47, Scott Kostyshak escribió: > > > >> Agreed. Hopefully we can get more in the future. > > > > As on no OS people are using 100% and as

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

Am 30.07.2017 um 19:45 schrieb Uwe Stöhr : > > El 29.07.2017 a las 23:47, Scott Kostyshak escribió: > >> Agreed. Hopefully we can get more in the future. > > As on no OS people are using 100% and as 120% was the reported the minimal > used zoom level, I again vote to make the

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

El 29.07.2017 a las 23:47, Scott Kostyshak escribió: Agreed. Hopefully we can get more in the future. As on no OS people are using 100% and as 120% was the reported the minimal used zoom level, I again vote to make the new 100% the current 120%. I opened an enhancement accordingly:

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:17:44PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > El 26.07.2017 a las 08:54, Scott Kostyshak escribió: > > > I see. We took a poll of users and got that the average preference is > > larger than 120. See: > > > > > >

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

El 26.07.2017 a las 08:54, Scott Kostyshak escribió: I see. We took a poll of users and got that the average preference is larger than 120. See: https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid=20170606202640.45nziu2txu6dohek%40steph 4 Win users is not a representative survey. However, it is

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 12:11:48AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > El 25.07.2017 a las 20:49, Scott Kostyshak escribió: > > > > > In windows the default is 120. > > Yes, because that fits for the most Windows versions I had access to to > test. I see. We took a poll of users and got that the average

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On 26/07/2017 10:11 a.m., Uwe Stöhr wrote: El 25.07.2017 a las 20:49, Scott Kostyshak escribió: In windows the default is 120. Yes, because that fits for the most Windows versions I had access to to test. You can change it easily: - either use Ctrl + Mouse wheel for the current LyX

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

El 25.07.2017 a las 20:49, Scott Kostyshak escribió: In windows the default is 120. Yes, because that fits for the most Windows versions I had access to to test. You can change it easily: - either use Ctrl + Mouse wheel for the current LyX session - or change the value in the LyX

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 09:29:15AM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 05:43:38PM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > > > In windows the default is 120. (I renamed my personal LyX2.3 folder so that > > LyX had to create a fresh one. This is the value that results.) In fact I'm > >

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g> Date: Thursday 1 June 2017 22:07 To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org" <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Subject: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences Dear all, There are many different preferences that the user can customize. It is difficult to think about what is the

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

# LyX 2.2.2 generated this file. If you want to make your own # modifications you should do them from inside LyX and save. Format 19 # # MISC SECTION ## # \user_name "Helge Hafting" \user_email "" \preview no_math # # SCREEN & FONTS SECTION

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 05:43:38PM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > In windows the default is 120. (I renamed my personal LyX2.3 folder so that > LyX had to create a fresh one. This is the value that results.) In fact I'm > trying 150 (having previously used 130). It's certainly easier on my aging

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On 7/06/2017 8:26 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 08:02:26PM +, Steve Burnham wrote: I hope it's not too late to contribute my preferences file. It is not, thank you! The one default I am surprised by is the screen zoom/font size. I set my zoom to 200%. It's just

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 16:26:40 -0400 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 08:02:26PM +, Steve Burnham wrote: > > > I hope it's not too late to contribute my preferences file. > > It is not, thank you! > > > The one > > default I am surprised by is the screen

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 08:02:26PM +, Steve Burnham wrote: > I hope it's not too late to contribute my preferences file. It is not, thank you! > The one > default I am surprised by is the screen zoom/font size. I set my zoom to > 200%. It's just far too small by default. I'm not that old

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 7:40 PM Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 05:18:53PM -0600, Joel Kulesza wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Scott Kostyshak > wrote: > > > > > > P.S. For Mac Users, the file is likely in ~/Library/Application > >

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 05:18:53PM -0600, Joel Kulesza wrote: > On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > > P.S. For Mac Users, the file is likely in ~/Library/Application > > > Support/LyX-2.*/. > > > > Good to know. On Mac is the location indeed shown when

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > P.S. For Mac Users, the file is likely in ~/Library/Application > > Support/LyX-2.*/. > > Good to know. On Mac is the location indeed shown when you go to LyX > > About LyX? It is; I just thought I'd confirm.

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On 2/06/2017 8:07 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote: Preferences in particular that I'm curious about are: screen zoom continuous spellcheck math preview Please state your OS with the categories of Windows, Mac, or Linux. This is important because it is possible to have different default

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 04:07:18PM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Please state your OS with the categories of Windows, Mac, or Linux. This > is important because it is possible to have different default > preferences on different platforms. Just a note to say thank you to everyone who has

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 11:06:50AM +0200, Guillaume MM wrote: > *\preview no_math > \screen_zoom 170 > *\cursor_width 2 > *\paragraph_markers true > \single_instance false > \load_session true > \num_lastfiles 50 > *\spellcheck_continuously true > \spellcheck_notes false Thanks for sharing,

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On 2017-06-01 16:07 -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > Attached is my preferences file. > > Scott Attached x2. The first one is used under Windows 7, 64 bit , sp1, where LyX is used for work logs. The second one is under mint 17.2, where LyX is used for study notes and my diary. The machine I

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 06:40:27AM -0600, Joel Kulesza wrote: > That is precisely the reason I'd like to see such a preference. > Copying/pasting is generally what I do to fix it. Making a branch in an > otherwise simple document seems like too much overkill for what seems to me > like a logical

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 06:54:35PM -0600, Joel Kulesza wrote: > Preference file attached. Thanks, Joel. > P.S. For Mac Users, the file is likely in ~/Library/Application > Support/LyX-2.*/. Good to know. On Mac is the location indeed shown when you go to LyX > About LyX? Scott signature.asc

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 04:51:25PM -0400, Cris Fuhrman wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I'm attaching my "anonymized" prefs file. > > Did you ever consider using Google Analytics to track LyX usage? Of course, > it's ethical (and probably required in the TOS of GA) that you have it > deactivated by

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 at 02:55, Joel Kulesza wrote: > >> One preference not shown (because it is not available), but that I'd love >> to have: default alignment of inserted figures: center. >> > > I

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

Le 02/06/2017 à 11:10, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes a écrit : Le 02/06/2017 à 11:06, Guillaume MM a écrit : *\cursor_width 2 * are those which I am certain should be set for new users. Are you in a HiDPI system? No, and it is about having it wider than other lines on the screen. Shouldn't the

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 at 02:55, Joel Kulesza wrote: > One preference not shown (because it is not available), but that I'd love > to have: default alignment of inserted figures: center. > I would also really like a preference or other method to reduce the manual/repeated work I

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Your preferences are in a file called "preferences", stored in your user > directory. To locate your user directory, see Help > About (I think on > Mac this is LyX > About?). If you go to your user directory and there is

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

Le 02/06/2017 à 11:06, Guillaume MM a écrit : *\cursor_width 2 * are those which I am certain should be set for new users. Are you in a HiDPI system? Shouldn't the cursor width be computed wrt the screen DPI/zoom? instead JMarc

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

Hi Scott, Le 01/06/2017 à 22:07, Scott Kostyshak a écrit : it could make a difference for the out-of-the-box experience of new LyX users. Thanks for starting this. Of interest: *\preview no_math \screen_zoom 170 *\cursor_width 2 *\paragraph_markers true \single_instance false \load_session

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On 01 Jun 2017, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Dear all, > > There are many different preferences that the user can customize. It is > difficult to think about what is the best default preferences for the > most amount of users. One way I've thought of to get an idea of this is > to start collecting

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

Am 01.06.2017 um 22:07 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: Dear all, There are many different preferences that the user can customize. It is difficult to think about what is the best default preferences for the most amount of users. One way I've thought of to get an idea of this is to start collecting

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

Hello Scott, Am running Lyx on Mx-Linux Version MX16. Most of my Lyx tasks are proofreading/editing of documents written by others, so leave Lyx on Default. Regards, Gordon.

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 16:07:18 -0400 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Please state your OS with the categories of Windows, Mac, or Linux. > This is important because it is possible to have different default > preferences on different platforms. > > Attached is my preferences file.

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

My preferences are the same on hosts running Slackware-14.1 and -14.2: # LyX 2.2.2 generated this file. If you want to make your own # modifications you should do them from inside LyX and save. Format 19 # the following defines emacs key bindings for lyx: \bind_file

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

On 06/01/2017 04:07 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Please state your OS with the categories of Windows, Mac, or Linux. This is important because it is possible to have different default preferences on different platforms. Here are my prefs on a Linux system (Mint, to be specific). Paul # LyX

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

Hi Scott, I'm attaching my "anonymized" prefs file. Did you ever consider using Google Analytics to track LyX usage? Of course, it's ethical (and probably required in the TOS of GA) that you have it deactivated by default and that you request permission from users to turn it on. I played around

Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

Dear all, There are many different preferences that the user can customize. It is difficult to think about what is the best default preferences for the most amount of users. One way I've thought of to get an idea of this is to start collecting user's preferences. If we see that a lot of users