On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Kent Tenney

State of affairs
> - the settings live in a specialized Leo file
> - newbies hope for a familiar gui
> - leonistas require the power of the special settings file
>
> Maybe make a gui which reads and writes the settings file
>
> settings_bridge = leoBridge.open('myLeoSettings.leo')
> settings = leoSettings(settings_bridge)
>
> If font size is changed to 9:
> the back end would call settings.font_size(9)
>
> the font_size method would know what value to change in 'myLeoSettings.leo'
>
> This would require one more step, an "Apply changes" button which would
> - write the new version of myLeoSettings.leo
> - save the current file and
> - do 'Revert to Saved' (or another way to apply the changed settings)
>
> It seems this layer could be fairly simple
>

Let's start with the simplest thing that could possibly work: helper
buttons in myLeoSettings.leo.

- Press the button that makes the desired change.
- Reload *another* (test) .leo file.
- Repeat until blissful.

Edward

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