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Summary: | Debugging settings in config files should not require the use of a text editor: Need something like about:config | ||
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Product: | ide | Reporter: | theosib |
Component: | UI | Assignee: | issues@ide <issues> |
Status: | NEW --- | ||
Severity: | normal | Keywords: | USABILITY |
Priority: | P3 | ||
Version: | 7.2 | ||
Hardware: | PC | ||
OS: | Mac OS X | ||
Issue Type: | ENHANCEMENT | Exception Reporter: |
Description
theosib
2012-06-30 17:28:35 UTC
I agree that an editor like about:config would be found practical by many users. This is nevertheless more complex than it seems - offering valid values only, for instance, would require excessive change of config files handling. But the idea of presenting various sources of settings in one page is worth thinking over. Sometimes you'll just have to allow the user to enter a free-form string, because you can't know all the possible valid options. That's okay. The problems with editing config files are: 1. Finding which config file to edit 2. Knowing which environment variable to modify 3. Knowing the proper syntax for modifying that variable 4. Knowing name of the config variable to add or edit 5. Knowing the proper syntax for that 6. Knowing what values are valid By adding a free-form text field for some variables, you solve 1 through 5. Huge step forward. |