Re: New options dialog

On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 10:44 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:
> > On 15 August 2011 10:29, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 09:40 +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
> >> > <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > At pgday.eu 2010, Dave and I discussed about the options dialog. We
> >> > > would like to make it look like the Visual Studio options dialog.
> >> > > Something like this one:
> >> > >
> >> > > http://www.timvw.be/wp-content/images/msbuildverbosity.gif
> >> > >
> >> > > So, tonight, I've been thinking about it and how to use the treeview,
> >> > > and here is what I propose:
> >> > >
> >> > > General
> >> > > Help path
> >> > > (PG help path, EDB help path, GP help path, Slony help path)
> >> > > Binaries path
> >> > > (PG bin path, EDB bin path, GP bin path, Slony bin path,
> >> > > Ignore server/utility version mismatches)
> >> > > Miscellanous
> >> > > (System schemas)
> >> > > Browser
> >> > > Display
> >> > > (list of objects, Default button)
> >> > > Properties
> >> > > Table
> >> > > (Count rows if estimated less than)
> >> > > Miscellanous
> >> > > (Font, Confirm object deletion, Show system objects in the
> >> > > treeview, Show users for privileges, Show object properties on
> >> > > double click in the treeview)
> >> > > Query tool
> >> > > Query editor
> >> > > (Font, Indent characters, Use spaces instead of tabs, Copy SQL
> >> > > from main window to query tool)
> >> > > Results grid
> >> > > (Result copy quoting, Result copy quote character, Result copy
> >> > > field seperator, Show NULL values as <NULL>)
> >> > > Query file
> >> > > (Read and write Unicode UTF-8 files, Write BOM for UTF files,
> >> > > Do not prompt for unsaved files on exit)
> >> > > Favourites
> >> > > (File path)
> >> > > Macros
> >> > > (File path)
> >> > >
> >> > > History file
> >> > > (File path, Maximum queries to store, Maximum size of a stored
> >> > > query)
> >> > > pgAgent
> >> > > (Maximum rows to retrieve)
> >> > > Colours
> >> > > Foreground/Background
> >> > > Caret
> >> > > Syntax highlighting
> >> > > Status Window
> >> > > Miscellanous
> >> > > Guru hints
> >> > > (Do not show gutu hints; Reset guru hints)
> >> > > Logging
> >> > > (Logfile, Log level)
> >> > >
> >> > > Comments?
> >> >
> >> > Seems OK.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Here it is. Patch attached, and a few screenshots.
> >
> > Nice work Guillaume. I didn't see the original discussion about this so I
> > didn't have any expectations, but this looks really good. This also means
> > the options dialogue is able to add as many options as are needed in future
> > without cramming them all in one tab, or having dozens of tabs to scroll
> > through.

Yeah, that's why I decided to work on this. We need more space for
options (some of the query tool, that should be there, but are in the
query tool menus right now... and I expect to have some options too for
the database designer).

> > +1
> > So this is effectively the same way that LibreOffice/OpenOffice does it :)
>
> Oooh, shiny. Nice work Guillaume.
>

Thank you both. I did some changes, mainly because of a bug on Windows.
Will commit it later.

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