Hi, The problem is that the export exports all values, not the delta between what was chosen and what comes by default. In our case, if I want to choose to always send the anonymous usage information for Spotter, I also have to commit to using a dedicated set of icons. This constraint does not match well the use case.
I think we should be able to save selected settings, or just the settings that we modified explicitly. Cheers, Doru On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > > > On 16 Mar 2015, at 17:11, Juraj Kubelka <juraj.kube...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have just realized that once someone exportes preferences in Pharo > image, it overrides a lot of things in Moose image, e.g., debugger, icons. > I do not really like it! Everyone who use both Pharo and Moose image will > be surprised and unhappy. > > Yes, that is why I never use this export feature, it is broken by design, > for me. > > An image is a persistent world which can hold its own settings. > > I can imagine some people want some automatic loading in each new image, > but that should be opt-in. > > > If someone exports preferences in Moose, he/she will always have > debugger window at the beginning. I have written about it recently in > another post. > > > > Technically speaking once someone exports preferences, he/she should > always use the same kind of image. > > Talking about recent Spotter preference about “sending usage data”: we > have already changed the preferences the way it uses Pharo settings; but do > we really want it with all the consequences written above? I believe that > we can still change it back for Pharo 4 and improve the whole preference > mechanism in Pharo 5. > > > > Cheers, > > Juraj > > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
