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Richard Kimberly Heck rikiheck at lyx.org
Tue Mar 31 15:02:00 UTC 2020


On 3/31/20 10:37 AM, Daniel wrote:
> On 2020-03-31 12:40, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
>> Am Dienstag, den 31.03.2020, 11:56 +0200 schrieb Daniel:
>>> Wouldn't that cause headaches when opening the document on another
>>> computer? Or what is a session?
>>
>> Depends on the workflow. If several people work on a document, it might
>> make sense that inset states remain as the individual users set it on
>> their respective machines, as it's a view property (which does not
>> affect the result).
>>
>> Inset state is certainly a liminal category in this respect, and I
>> think there is no one-fits-all solution.
>
> Sounds like a job for a preference setting to me.

Those are too global. Then someone will complain that they have some
documents where they want inset states preserved and others where they
don't. There's no perfect solution, and there are diminishing returns to
refining it.

Sessions can be preserved across machines by 'sharing' the relevant
config files.

Riki




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