2009/10/4 Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com>: > 2009/10/4 Christian Stimming <stimm...@tuhh.de>: >> Am Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2009 11:23 schrieb Colin Law: >>> Patch that provides a new option in the Register preferences to >>> specify whether, when tab is hit after entering the description for a >>> memorised transaction in Basic Ledger view, that the cursor skips to >>> the value field (as at present) or just tabs to the Transfer field. >>> The option defaults to skip so gnucash operation is unaffected unless >>> user modifies the option. >> >> Thanks a lot for this patch! This looks very fine. There is one single issue >> that can be improved even more (even though nobody has told you so far - >> sorry for that): If for whatever reason your changed gconf schema file isn't >> being installed in the correct location, and your new key isn't found, gconf >> will return the global default value for bool keys, which is FALSE. Hence, to >> make life still a little easier, we try to add new gconf keys in a way so >> that their default value also is FALSE. By coincidence, your default value is >> TRUE. I would ask whether it is sensible and possible to switch the option so >> that it's default value is FALSE? It's not extremely important, but still >> helpful. > > I can see the logic in going for a default of false wherever possible, > I had that problem with the schema file myself. I did think of > reversing the logic but had difficulty coming up with a sensible > choice of words in the preferences dialog. I have the text 'Tab skips > to value on memorised transaction' which requires a default of true. > Can anyone think of appropriate text for a default of false? Tab > moves to Transfer field... does not really work for me as that is the > normal action one would expect from tab anyway and I am too close to > the problem to see an alternative.
If no-one has an alternative for the text would it be best just to leave it as in the patch I have submitted? It is not as if anyone getting the wrong default is going to be much upset, in fact they would likely not even notice. Colin _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
