leo is overwriting ~/myLeoSettings.leo when it is a symlink, not a regular file

2008-08-20 Thread zpcspm
I use to keep config files for misc apps in a VCS. myLeoSettings.leo landed there as well. In HOME, I have a symlink to the original myLeoSettings.leo. leo sees the contents well, but if I open ~/ myLeoSettings.leo (the symlink, not the original file) and save it, then leo overwrites the symlink

Re: small suggestions to improve the menus

2008-08-20 Thread derwisch
While we're at it: Each time after not having used rst3 for a while I must remind myself that the entry Write restructured text is to be found under Edit instead of File where I would expect it. Is it just me? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: best way to deal with unknow extension in shadow?

2008-08-20 Thread vitalije
Warning: changing the @language directive in an @shadow node can cause quite a mess if you don't change the file's extension to match the new language. Leo's @shadow code can get totally confused. I'm not sure there is a solution that doesn't cause more complications. Why Leo don't use

Re: best way to deal with unknow extension in shadow?

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:48 AM, vitalije [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why Leo don't use for all kinds of files same sentinels in private files ? Possible, I suppose, but I don't want to destroy the validity of private files absent an overwhelmingly good reason. Private files ought to be valid

Re: leo is overwriting ~/myLeoSettings.leo when it is a symlink, not a regular file

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:37 AM, zpcspm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use to keep config files for misc apps in a VCS. myLeoSettings.leo landed there as well. In HOME, I have a symlink to the original myLeoSettings.leo. leo sees the contents well, but if I open ~/ myLeoSettings.leo (the

A little joke: FltSimX interferes with Leo :-)

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
I finally tracked down something that had been bothering me. Under some circumstances the Del key inserted a '.' instead. Duh! Numlock key was down. This happens most often after playing with MS FltSimX. I don't recommend this program: it's addictive :-) Edward

Re: small suggestions to improve the menus

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:46 AM, derwisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While we're at it: Each time after not having used rst3 for a while I must remind myself that the entry Write restructured text is to be found under Edit instead of File where I would expect it. Is it just me? I use

Re: Missing newline in multiline strings inside @test nodes causes test failures.

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:36 AM, zpcspm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got one more test where a section reference is involved. This is the body of the @test node: ... head = ' xxx ' ... Try this: head = g.angleBrackets(' xxx ') This is the recommend way to avoid unwanted

Re: Let straighten out the settings mess

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a little off the current point, but if someone is going to reconsider where settings and data will reside, you may want to look into the XDG Base Directory Specification I think we have enough good ideas for now

Re: problems using leo-4-5-b1 install script on linux

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:46 PM, rogererens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any hints? I got this .pth-stuff without the soft link working (AFAICT) on Ubuntu 8.04 like so: I'd rather not add .pth files by default. In the new bzr world I'm often working on several different branches at once.

Re: Let straighten out the settings mess

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Aug 16, 12:14 pm, Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Imo, Leo 4.5 b4 should attempt to handle settings in a more standard manner. Many thanks to all who have offered suggestions and comments. The following post summarizes my present plans. 1. Everyone seems agree that the following

Re: Missing newline in multiline strings inside @test nodes causes test failures.

2008-08-20 Thread zpcspm
On Aug 20, 4:51 pm, Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:36 AM, zpcspm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got one more test where a section reference is involved. This is the body of the @test node: ... head = ' xxx ' ... Try this: head =

Re: Let straighten out the settings mess

2008-08-20 Thread Terry Brown
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) will just cause more confusion, and 2) just delays the day of transition to a time when we've all forgotten the issues involved :-) Imo, the thing to do is simply to make the transition *now*, and get the

Re: Let straighten out the settings mess

2008-08-20 Thread Randy Kramer
On Wednesday 20 August 2008 10:46 am, Edward K. Ream wrote: 1. Everyone seems agree that the following structure for settings ^Almost Just for the record ;-) Randy Kramer -- I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I created a video instead.--with apologies to Cicero, et.al.

Re: problems using leo-4-5-b1 install script on linux

2008-08-20 Thread Ville M. Vainio
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have gone around and around with the linux install script. I'd rather not change it at all unless absolutely required. I don't see a need for that install script at all, really. There are currently 2 alternative

Re: Let straighten out the settings mess

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Aug 20, 10:31 am, Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.  Everyone seems agree that the following structure for settings       ^Almost True, brevity is a virtue, but this is too brief. If you have objections please state them clearly. Edward

Re: deleting shadow files when deleting nodes?

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Aug 16, 11:56 am, Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Peter Bienstman [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to have leo automatically delete the corresponding shadow file when a @shadow node is deleted? Ditto for

Re: problems using leo-4-5-b1 install script on linux

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Aug 20, 11:05 am, Ville M. Vainio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have gone around and around with the linux install script.  I'd rather not change it at all unless absolutely required. I don't see a need for that

Re: Let straighten out the settings mess

2008-08-20 Thread Kent Tenney
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Terry Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) will just cause more confusion, and 2) just delays the day of transition to a time when we've all forgotten the issues involved :-)

Re: Let straighten out the settings mess

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Kent Tenney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Especially now that Leo has shadow files, I think people will be unsurprised to see Leo config and private in company like: ls -a .leo .bzr .svn .vim .cvs Oh good :-) Edward

Re: setup.py develop: leo-as-package works as it should

2008-08-20 Thread Ville M. Vainio
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 16, 1:16 am, Ville M. Vainio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm. It looks like I'm going to have to come to speed on ileo. This one is very easy to reproduce: I hope to fix this today. Is this issue going to

Re: setup.py develop: leo-as-package works as it should

2008-08-20 Thread Ville M. Vainio
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my machine I must start ipython from c:\leo.repo\trunk, the top-level directory for the bzr trunk branch. I presume that this is because I don't put any bzr branches on sys.path. It's probably because you didn't run

Re: setup.py develop: leo-as-package works as it should

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Ville M. Vainio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Edward K. Ream [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my machine I must start ipython from c:\leo.repo\trunk, the top-level directory for the bzr trunk branch. I presume that this is because I

Re: Let straighten out the settings mess

2008-08-20 Thread Randy Kramer
On Wednesday 20 August 2008 12:16 pm, Edward K. Ream wrote: On Aug 20, 10:31 am, Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.  Everyone seems agree that the following structure for settings       ^Almost True, brevity is a virtue, but this is too brief. If you have objections please state