The attachment is mine, on Ubuntu 16.04, almost the default settings. At 2017-06-02 04:07:18, "Scott Kostyshak" <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: >Dear all, > >There are many different preferences that the user can customize. It is >difficult to think about what is the best default preferences for the >most amount of users. One way I've thought of to get an idea of this is >to start collecting user's preferences. If we see that a lot of users >have changed a certain preference, we might think about changing the >default. Of course, for you this won't make much of a difference since >you have that setting set anyway. But it could make a difference for the >out-of-the-box experience of new LyX users. > >Just to set realistic expectations, I would say that the chance of us >changing a default preference are pretty low (see, for example, [1], for >why this is complicated). In order to tak a rist, we need to have a lot >of evidence about the average user; and since you are on a LyX mailing >list that means you are not an average user in my opinion :). > >Preferences in particular that I'm curious about are: > > screen zoom > continuous spellcheck > math preview > >Before posting, please check your preferences file manually for any >information that you prefer not to be made public. > >Your preferences are in a file called "preferences", stored in your user >directory. To locate your user directory, see Help > About (I think on >Mac this is LyX > About?). If you go to your user directory and there is >no "preferences" file, that means that you have not changed any of the >defaults. I still want to know in this case. If you could just respond >"default", then that would be helpful. > >Please state your OS with the categories of Windows, Mac, or Linux. This >is important because it is possible to have different default >preferences on different platforms. > >Attached is my preferences file. > >Scott > > >[1] >https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=CAO7dr0isQTesZ9cJeobrA0vYFr3ctUMA-JWTPDx677tjz286Ew%40mail.gmail.com
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