I agree with Ian,

Louis

On Jan 7, 2011, at 4:10 AM, Ian Shaw wrote:

> To the developers,
>  
> This is a very common mistake, caused because most Windows programs retain 
> the settings when OK is pressed. I don't know the default behaviour on Linux 
> or Macs, but I think gnubg would be more user friendly if it saved settings 
> by default.
>  
> Maybe there ought to be some discussion about which settings are saved and 
> which are not. E.g. Player names?
>  
> Cheers,
> -- Ian
>  
>  
> 
> From: G.Weinwurm [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: 06 January 2011 22:32
> To: Ian Shaw
> Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Loosing individual settings!
> 
> Hi Ian,
> 
> I thought pressing OK would do the job, thus forgot about "Save settings";
> however, everything is just fine now.
> 
> Thanking you very much for your prompt help,
> 
> Gerhard
> 
> Am 06.01.2011 19:10, schrieb Ian Shaw:
>> 
>> Hi Gerhard,
>>  
>> The commonest cause of this problem is that you have forgotten to save the 
>> settings after making changes.
>>  
>> Use the Settings... Save Settings option after you make changes.
>>  
>> If this is not the cause, then you may have a genuine problem with your 
>> installation.
>>  
>> In Windows, the settings are stored in Documents and 
>> Settings\USERNAME\.gnubg\gnubgautorc.
>>  
>> You could look at these with a text editor to see what should be stored.
>>  
>> Failing that, I'm sure one of the developers will respond with more ideas.
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Ian Shaw
>>  
>> 
>> From: [email protected] 
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
>> G.Weinwurm
>> Sent: 06 January 2011 18:00
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Loosing individual settings!
>> 
>> Dear friends,
>> 
>> my installation (Version GNU Backgammon 0.90-mingw 20101215) does not 
>> maintain (i.e. looses) some personalyzed individual settings when/after 
>> closed down and restarted...
>> Is this a known bug or rather some mistake on my part?
>> 
>> Appriciating your advise,
>> 
>> Gerhard Weinwurm
>> Vienna, Austria
>> 
>> PS: I like GNU Backgammon very much, it´s really great!
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