Re: [orca-devel] Some user-settings changes

[Javier Hernández <javiube gmail com>]

El 17/06/10 14:16, Joanmarie Diggs escribió:
> Hey Javi.
>
>    
> > I'm reorganizing the way in which orca store/load its preferences
> >      
> Yay! :-)
>
>    
> >   and i'm a little confused.
> >      
> :-( I'm still on my first cup of coffee, so maybe (hopefully) I'll
> smarten up as the day goes on. But I'm confused about what you're
> confused about. :-/
>
>    
> > In Orca there are a variable called 'userCustomizableSettings'.
> >      
> Correct.
>
>    
> >   This var contains a list of orca.settings that a user can customize,
> > so i understand that only this customizable settings should be stored
> > in user-settings.py or gconf or whatever.
> >      
> Yup.
>
>    
> > self._setupPreferencesDirs()
> >          # Write ~/.orca/user-settings.py
> >          #
> >          # getting orca user-preferences dir and open the file
> >          orcaDir = settings.userPrefsDir
> >          prefs = open(os.path.join(orcaDir, "user-settings.py"), "w")
> >
> >          # here, orca writes into user-settings.py settings like:
> >          # some imports, sets debugLevel, debugFile, etc ...
> >          self._writePreferencesPreamble(prefs)
> >
> >          # i think real user-settings starts here
> >          for key in settings.userCustomizableSettings:
> >              value = self._getValueForKey(self.prefsDict, key)
> >              if value != None:
> >                  prefs.writelines("orca.settings.%s = %s\n" % (key, value))
> >          if self.keyBindingsTreeModel:
> >              self._writeKeyBindingsMap(prefs, self.keyBindingsTreeModel)
> >          if self.pronunciationTreeModel:
> >              self._writePronunciationMap(prefs, self.pronunciationTreeModel)
> >          # real user-settings finishes here
> >
> >          # write some other things related with orca_state and closes user-settings.py
> >          self._writePreferencesPostamble(prefs)
> >          prefs.close()
> >      
> It's ugly, but yup.
>
>    
> > I have planed to only store settings contained in
> > 'settings.userCustomizableSettings' and store other configurations in
> > a common place (ie: /usr/local/share/orca/config/...), and of course,
> > delegate its writing into a common module or in 'settings_manager.py'.
> >      
> Cool.
>    
:P
>    
> > I don't sure if it is really necessary to store all things as actually
> > is done and/or make additional imports each time user settings are
> > loaded or reloaded.
> >      
> You mean continue to write out a file, or something else?
>    
Yes, continue writing a file but only containing these 
exception-settings, i said, settings not included in 
userCustomizableSettings
> As for the imports, you wouldn't need those if you're no longer
> importing settings from a module. :-)
>    
ok, just as i thougth ... thx!
> BTW, please treat all the debugging-related settings as settings.
>    
mmm, you mean that debuggin-related settings will be in 
userCustomizableSettings?
> Anyhoo, I feel like you're asking a question that I'm not hearing (and
> thus not addressing). If that is indeed the case, please try again.
No, I just needed to expose this things for comment it and for you know 
my work's scope and my advances.
At the moment i have a settings_manager and a classic backend (old 
orca_prefs) ... and it works!
At the moment i'm working in gconf backend and i'm trying to simplify 
backend's creation by making changes I mentioned before.
>   In
> the meantime, I'll work on my caffeination levels. ;-)
>    
xDD
> Take care.
> --joanie
>
>    
Cheers!

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Javier Hernández<javiube gmail com>