Re: How good Leo handles settings?

2017-06-27 Thread Terry Brown
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:27:27 -0500 "Edward K. Ream" wrote: > > But a large part of the proposal's benefit is in the non-UI > > simplification of @settings loading. > > ​How does that help new users?​ That's the problem with this proposal, it's so overloaded with benefits

Re: How good Leo handles settings?

2017-06-27 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Terry Brown wrote: But a large part of the proposal's benefit is in the non-UI > simplification of @settings loading. > ​How does that help new users?​ import leo.core.leoGlobals as g > config =

Re: How good Leo handles settings?

2017-06-27 Thread Terry Brown
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 06:54:30 -0700 (PDT) "Edward K. Ream" wrote: > On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 7:58:02 AM UTC-5, Terry Brown wrote: > > My interpretation of the proposal was a replacement of all @settings > > trees, not simply caching. > > That's a much harder sell, but

The settings branch

2017-06-27 Thread Edward K. Ream
This branch will be devoted to the following items: # 510: bindings to commands created in plugins (sometimes?) don't work #467: File-open-by-name command: Add a setting to define

Re: How good Leo handles settings?

2017-06-27 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 7:58:02 AM UTC-5, Terry Brown wrote: My interpretation of the proposal was a replacement of all @settings > trees, not simply caching. That's a much harder sell, but I won't veto it until I know a lot more. Sqlite is a standard Python library, so no installation

Re: How good Leo handles settings?

2017-06-27 Thread Terry Brown
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 05:33:15 -0500 "Edward K. Ream" wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 11:21 AM, vitalije > > wrote: > > What would be the benefits if Leo configuration code use database to > > store and retrieve settings​[?]​ > > ​An interesting

rev dd153f0: new-read branch has been merged into master

2017-06-27 Thread Edward K. Ream
dd153f0 is a landmark. It eliminates hidden time bombs when switching branches. Imo, it should be considerably safer than previous read code. The code passes all tests that I can think of. *Make sure your important .leo files are backed up*. Please report any problem immediately. Edward --

Re: How good Leo handles settings?

2017-06-27 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Terry Brown wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:21:46 -0700 (PDT) > vitalije wrote: > > > As I have mention in other thread I have some ideas about how can be > > improved Leo code that deals with the configuration and

Re: How good Leo handles settings?

2017-06-27 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 11:21 AM, vitalije wrote: > What would be the benefits if Leo configuration code use database to store > and retrieve settings > ​[?]​ > ​An interesting question. As I understand you, you are, in effect, suggesting that Leo cache the contents of