Re: New options dialog - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Guillaume Lelarge
Subject Re: New options dialog
Date
Msg-id 1313418897.28662.2.camel@laptop
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In response to Re: New options dialog  (Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>)
List pgadmin-hackers
On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 15:07 +0200, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 10:44 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
> > > On 15 August 2011 10:29, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.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@lelarge.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.
>

Commited, pushed, etc.


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