What about having the default set to cairo, and when the first/once run dialog runs it talks about openGL (this goes against you already set to GAL) but it allows a default that even if it crashes won’t require manually editing a configuration to make it workable
Simon > On 1/01/2018, at 2:48 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I spite of my disdain for nagware, I'll tolerate this under the > following conditions: > > The current canvas is not already on one of the gal canvases. If the > user is already using a gal canvas, a dialog to inform the user about > the gal canvas is silly. > > It's a one shot dialog that never appears again. > > If the gal canvas crashes, the user isn't going to have to manually edit > a configuration file to restore the legacy canvas. This requirement may > prevent us from setting the opengl canvas as the default so the solution > may not be as easy as it seems. > > On 12/31/2017 07:34 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >> +1 to the startup dialog idea. >> >> I think we also need to set reasonable transparencies in the layers so that >> it looks more like the default legacy canvas. > > I don' think this is necessary given that the gal canvas layer colors > and transparencies are completely user configurable but I'm not opposed > to a default layer color/transparency configuration that looks more like > the legacy canvas. > >> >>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 10:09, Clemens Koller <c...@embeon.de> wrote: >>> >>> On 2017-12-31 03:53, Jon Evans wrote: >>>> I know this would be work for someone to do and maybe I'd offer to do it >>>> if the project leaders approve... >>>> What about a one-time pop-up when first installing a release 5.0 that >>>> appears if the config says the user was using legacy canvas, telling them >>>> about how to switch and that they should check it out? >>>> >>>> -Jon >>> >>> +1 >>> An initial start-up dialog to setup the "users default" after a first >>> install or after a "reset Kicad to defaults, as I messed something up I >>> don't remember" seems very helpful to me. If OpenGL might still crash in >>> rare cases, warn the user in advance and explain, how he can safely step >>> back from using OpenGL in case it doesn't work and how to file a bug >>> report... >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Clemens >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>
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