New settings menu
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 20:20
Hello everyone!
The latest dev version Minetest contains a new settings menu:
This new menu contains all possible minetest.conf. The view is grouped for better navigation. Settings are displayed as a human-readable text (with the option to change them to the names used in minetest.conf) and detailed descriptions ans tips are shown in the edit dialog. The edit dialog changes based on the type of settings; for example the video backend now shows a dropdown list of all possible values.
While I tried my best to come up with a good structure for the categories, there is still much room for improvement. Also the descriptions and the names of the individual settings need to be improved and extended.
You can help here. The relevant file is builtin/settingtypes.txt (this file is automatically read by the menu, so changes should be visible to you after restarting Minetest). If you have suggestions for the structure or better descriptions, then please create a pull request at GitHub or post in this thread.
Also while developing this we had discussions about adding a more aggregated view as default, and moving this new view behind a "Advanced" button. This may help users that are overwhelmed by the number of settings here.
What is your opinion on this? What settings would be displayed in this aggregated view? Or is the category structure in this view already enough to help with the problem?
We also need help with translating all the new setting names and comments. This is really a lot of work. You can help at our weblate web interface.
Thanks in advance for your feedback and suggestions.
The latest dev version Minetest contains a new settings menu:
This new menu contains all possible minetest.conf. The view is grouped for better navigation. Settings are displayed as a human-readable text (with the option to change them to the names used in minetest.conf) and detailed descriptions ans tips are shown in the edit dialog. The edit dialog changes based on the type of settings; for example the video backend now shows a dropdown list of all possible values.
While I tried my best to come up with a good structure for the categories, there is still much room for improvement. Also the descriptions and the names of the individual settings need to be improved and extended.
You can help here. The relevant file is builtin/settingtypes.txt (this file is automatically read by the menu, so changes should be visible to you after restarting Minetest). If you have suggestions for the structure or better descriptions, then please create a pull request at GitHub or post in this thread.
Also while developing this we had discussions about adding a more aggregated view as default, and moving this new view behind a "Advanced" button. This may help users that are overwhelmed by the number of settings here.
What is your opinion on this? What settings would be displayed in this aggregated view? Or is the category structure in this view already enough to help with the problem?
We also need help with translating all the new setting names and comments. This is really a lot of work. You can help at our weblate web interface.
Thanks in advance for your feedback and suggestions.