On Fri, Nov 23, 2001, Robert O'Connor wrote:

> This was by design, since that is pretty much how GUIs work: the
> documents/managed items get their own set properties. Inheritance works well
> in programming, but in GUI, it is a rougher concept to understand.

I have some ideas, but I have to think a little more about them. 

> > Also, since a new section would get its initial values
> > from the DEFAULT section it could be difficult to separate them.
> 
> Sorry, afraid, I'm a bit slow here.. Could you expand a bit here so I know
> what you mean? :)

Sure. My writing is based on the assumption that the tool will work the
same way as the current python parser, i.e. a value not found in the
section will be taken from DEFAULT. If the default values for a new
section are taken from the DEFAULT section it could be difficult to
determine if a section value is a unique section value or a DEFAULT
value.

> > BTW, I will add my changes to the desktop code (and also some viewer
> > changes) on Sunday evening.

I'll have to postpone my changes to the code in CVS. I got back home
much later than I had planned -- I will add them tomorrow instead.

/Mike

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