I agree with Ian, Louis
On Jan 7, 2011, at 4:10 AM, Ian Shaw wrote: > To the developers, > > This is a very common mistake, caused because most Windows programs retain > the settings when OK is pressed. I don't know the default behaviour on Linux > or Macs, but I think gnubg would be more user friendly if it saved settings > by default. > > Maybe there ought to be some discussion about which settings are saved and > which are not. E.g. Player names? > > Cheers, > -- Ian > > > > From: G.Weinwurm [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 06 January 2011 22:32 > To: Ian Shaw > Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Loosing individual settings! > > Hi Ian, > > I thought pressing OK would do the job, thus forgot about "Save settings"; > however, everything is just fine now. > > Thanking you very much for your prompt help, > > Gerhard > > Am 06.01.2011 19:10, schrieb Ian Shaw: >> >> Hi Gerhard, >> >> The commonest cause of this problem is that you have forgotten to save the >> settings after making changes. >> >> Use the Settings... Save Settings option after you make changes. >> >> If this is not the cause, then you may have a genuine problem with your >> installation. >> >> In Windows, the settings are stored in Documents and >> Settings\USERNAME\.gnubg\gnubgautorc. >> >> You could look at these with a text editor to see what should be stored. >> >> Failing that, I'm sure one of the developers will respond with more ideas. >> >> Regards, >> Ian Shaw >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> G.Weinwurm >> Sent: 06 January 2011 18:00 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Loosing individual settings! >> >> Dear friends, >> >> my installation (Version GNU Backgammon 0.90-mingw 20101215) does not >> maintain (i.e. looses) some personalyzed individual settings when/after >> closed down and restarted... >> Is this a known bug or rather some mistake on my part? >> >> Appriciating your advise, >> >> Gerhard Weinwurm >> Vienna, Austria >> >> PS: I like GNU Backgammon very much, it´s really great! > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
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