Preferences testing

Tomaz Canabrava tcanabrava at kde.org
Thu Nov 3 07:05:49 PDT 2016


On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Rick Walsh <rickmwalsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tomaz (especially),
>
> Thanks for all your hard work in untangling the preferences.  I've added
> my testing below.
>
> On 2 November 2016 at 07:49, Willem Ferguson <
> willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:
>
>> The list is now quite a bit shorter now since, last time round, Ferguson
>> was not focusing. Apologies.
>>
>> Default
>> Font name and size is saved but not reloaded upon starting Subsurface
>> Config file shows pref=sans serif 9 pt as selected & saved.
>> It reloads with Déjavu font size 10 pt.
>> But the font that it chooses for preference settings upon restart is not
>> the same every time, depending on what font was selected.
>> If one tries with Sans serif 9 pt, save it and restart subsurface, it is
>> repeatable on my machine (Déjavu 10 pt).
>>
> In my testing of font, it appears the selected font is loaded on
> restarting Subsurface, but the font size is always reloaded as 10pt.
>
> Also, when changing the font but not font size, the font is displayed
> larger (12pt?) but the number displayed in the spinbox is unchanged.  On
> restarting, the font size goes back to 10pt.
>
> Units:
> Settings are applied, and save and restore work.
>
>
>>
>> Language
>> If I select Dutch, the font changes to Déjavu 10 pt. But the language
>> selection works ok.
>>
>> Language, time and date settings work and are saved on restore.  As I
> said above, on re-starting Subsurface, the font size returns to 10pt, but
> the font is maintained.
>
> I notice that the default trip names (i.e. date or month) in the dive
> list, are not changed by the language or date format setting, but the
> display of actual dive dates is changed.  I'm not sure this needs fixing as
> retrospectively changing the trip name may not be a good thing, but thought
> I'd point it out.
>
>
>> Graph
>> Bühlmann is selected initially, but VPM-B option Conservatism not greyed
>> out.
>> The moment when VPM-B is selected then Bühlmann options are greyed out
>> and everything works ok. Just the initial setup needs tweaking.
>>
>> I changed every setting on this page, and all settings are applied and
> restored on restarting Subsurface.  Only quirks I noticed were the initial
> not-greying out of VPM-B/Buhlmann options, and that the tabstop order needs
> to be updated.
>
> I like the new layout.
>
>
>> I suspect unused cylinder option not working. Does not affect display of
>> additional unused cylinders in equipment panel.
>>
>> Unused cylinder option worked for me.  Dives from my Shearwater Petrel
> used to be downloaded with all defined gasses, not just used/active gasses,
> downloaded (this is now fixed).  I tested an old dive with multiple unused
> cylinders, and this option affects whether or not they are displayed.
>
>
>> Network
>> I am sure System proxy requires proxy host name and port ID. Greyed out
>> at the moment. Looks ok for HTTP & Socks
>>
>> Sorry, I didn't test Network or Georeference settings.
>
>
> Planner preferences:
> All preferences are applied, but some are not saved/restored on restarting
> Subsurface.  The ones NOT restored are:
> Deco mode (recreational, Buhlmann, VPM-B) - always opened as VPM-B
>

I tougth robert had fixed those, I'll take a look this weekend.


> Reserve gas
> Safety stop
> GFlow/GFhigh/VPM-B conservatism: default to general (profile display)
> preference setting - I don't mind this, but it is a change from previous
> release
> drop to first depth
> last stop at 6m
> min. switch duration
> Open circuit/CCR/pSCR dropdown
> Bottom sac
> Deco sac
> Display runtime
> Display segment duration
> Display transitions in deco
> Verbatim dive plan
>

hmmmm.... if they are bring restored it's easy to hook it up.
will take a look on that.


>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick
>
>
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