On 24 July 2017 at 23:20, Tommaso Cucinotta <tomm...@lyx.org> wrote: > On 23/07/2017 20:55, Christian Ridderström wrote: > >> Regarding setting something in the preference file manually: The only >> thing I mind is that it adds a global state to LyX, as opposed to >> starting LyX with some parameters. The global state would likely >> affect e.g. testing. >> > > the good thing is that we already have the -userdir command-line option > that allows testing from a predictable initial state, doesn't it :-) ? >
Good point, thanks! /Christian > (AFAICR, extensively used in autotests for advanced F&R). > > T. >