[snip] > Should I: > a) Remove the option completely, breaking anyone's local gschemrc files >that set this value? > b) Deprecate the option, issuing a warning when this command is >executed, ignore the setting, remove it completely a few snapshots from >now? > c) Set the default value to '-1' as a flag to tell the backend code to >not output vector text unless 'output-text "vector"' is set? > d) Preserver the current behaviour and just set the default value to >'999999' as in system-gschemrc? > > I favour 'c' and will proceed down that path unless anyone objects.
Mike and I discussed this on IRC and I also like option 'c' as long as the code checks for the -1 value and turns off this feature. Also the default should be disabled (-1). Only if the user comments in or changes the value should this feature be enabled. Thanks for implementing this properly Mike. I am looking forward to playing with this fix. -Ales