Allan Rae wrote:
> Just because a user can't see the changes wouldn't make it
> misleading. Changing to a different class in my experience has always
> involved saying "yes" to the question -- when you take a paper for a
> conference and want to turn it into a journal article you have to
> comply with what the journal wants (so you have to use their
> formatting).
Not always. E.g. in Germany Separation is "Indent" by Default. If I
write a doc and want to have it "Skip" instead for some reason, I
differ from default settings. If I decide to use scrarticle instead of
article and confirm the question (or use autoreset), Separation is
"Indent" again. That's of course not what I want! Same goes for line
spacing (this indeed caught me some times in the past before I noticed
what this question leeds to). I think it's good to see *what* will be
automatically changed before closing the dialog. And the new settings
will only be taken if you push "OK" or "Apply", so nothing will go in
without user confirmation. IMHO it's good to have this visual control
before applying a change. Moreover, with the new "Reset" button you
have the additional ability to reset to defaults without changing the
class. That was not possible before.
> I think the autoreset stuff is just making the interface more
> complicated (not quite the word I want... maybe confusing, because
> things are happening automatically -- so a warning message would be
> useful but then we get back to the annoying little dialog again...)
I disagree here too. IMHO "Class Options: Auto Reset" is as clear as it
can be and certainly as clear as a message. People might correct me if
they think it is confusing. And finally, we will switch autoreset off
by default, so nothing happens until the user decides to.
Of course, this is just my personal opinion. If people think that this
is not clear or confusing, I will certainly try to improve the
behaviour.
Regards,
Jürgen
> Allan. (ARRae)
