On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:02 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> What I had in mind, however, would not be limited to a single file
> (quickstart). Rather, it would be a simplified mode of operation across the
> program. I am not clear if what you are saying is similar to this.
>

I understand the difference, but there is no way Leo is going to support a
beginner's mode *directly*, that is, with switches within Leo.

However, Leo's configuration machinery is easily up to the task of creating
any desired user experience.

One way would be to put a complete set (disabled) settings in
LeoSettings.leo for beginners.  Like this:

@settings (normal, enabled settings)

@@settings (disabled, beginners settings)

Yes, we could enable the beginners settings by default in leoSettings.leo,
but this creates difficulties for all existing users.  I'm not going to do
that.

Perhaps we could have a --simplified command-line option, that would search
for @simplified-settings instead of @settings everywhere.

That would work, and would hardly change Leo's core code at all.  Otoh,
it's just one more thing to document.  Distributing a simplified set of
settings in leoSettings.leo seems like the simplest thing that could
possibly work.

Your comments please.

Edward

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