[Eric] My new user

[Juergen Urner]

Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> On Samstag, 11. August 2007, Juergen Urner wrote:
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>> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
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>>> Eric4 comes with sensible default values for all configuration items.
>>> However, without proper configuration not all functions are available on
>>> all machines. Therfore, eric shows the configuration dialog the very
>>> first time it is started.
>>>
>>> Detlev
>>>       
>> (Sorry, this one accidently went out to private address)
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>> Are there settings to be set Eric refuses to run without on some machines?
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> It doesn refuse to run. There are just some functions, that are not available 
> without prior configuration. E.g. on Debian/Ubuntu you may need to set the Qt 
> Tools Postfix in order for the tools to be found (especially, if you have Qt3 
> and Qt4 installed).
>
> Detlev
>   

++ e-mail settings as far as I can see. I'd suggest to leave it up to 
the user
to find out. Settings requiring special attention complain at runtime 
anyways.
Clean alternative would be a wizzard taking the user by the hand - bit of
an overkill.


Jürgen

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>> Jürgen
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>>> On Freitag, 10. August 2007, Juergen Urner wrote:
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>>>> My new user, starting Eric for the first time, gets confronted
>>>> with Erics settings dialog, a little note saying: "Eric has not been
>>>> configured yet". To proove that Eric throws up an empty prefs pane.
>>>>
>>>> 1. are there initial adjustements necessary to make Eric work?
>>>> 2. wich one exactly? Or am I expected to click my way through all prefs?
>>>> 3. click... click... click it away - et voila, Eric is working out of
>>>> the box
>>>> 4. ???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jürgen
>>>>         
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