Put OS information in Help > About > Version ?

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net
Tue Dec 6 17:11:40 UTC 2022


Am 06.12.2022 um 18:08 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.witt at gmx.net>:
> 
> Am 06.12.2022 um 17:15 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.witt at gmx.net>:
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>> Am 06.12.2022 um 16:34 schrieb Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org>:
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 10:13:11PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>>>> Le 04/12/2022 à 21:41, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
>>>>> When collecting information, it might be nice to have OS information.
>>>>> That way, the user only has to go to Help > About and click on "Copy
>>>>> Version Info" and all important information is copied; rather than
>>>>> having to ask them to separately state it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is it OK if I add OS information? I'm not sure when I will get around to
>>>>> actually doing it but since it came up now I thought I would ask.
>>>> 
>>>> Note that in the About LyX dialog, we have platform which gives the GUI
>>>> information. What else would you like?
>>> 
>>> For a macOS user, can we tell whether they are on Ventura or not?
>> 
>> I’ll try QSysInfo::productVersion() …
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> This will show up like that:
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> <Bildschirmfoto 2022-12-06 um 18.01.27.jpg>
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> With Ventura it should be: 13.0

This would be the patch w/o I18N …

Stephan

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