[QGIS-Developer] Fresh QGIS3 misses all kind of 'default' options on first start

[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]

Hi Richard,

Good point!

We have in QGIS3 a new qgis_global_settings.ini file where we can put
global default settings. These global settings can be override later by
the users.

I think we need to start populating this file with reasonable settings.

You might suggest some of those settings to start with.

Regards,

Jorge Gustavo

On 10-01-2018 11:53, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> 
> Hi Devs,
> 
> Currently if you start QGIS3 for the first time, all kind of default
> options (from the Options Dialog) are not yet 'saved' to QgsSettings().
> 
> To test:
> - remove ~/.share/local/QGIS
> - start QGIS
> - choose 'I want a clean start. Don't import my QGIS 2 settings.'
> 
> Now in Python console type:
> 
> QgsSettings().value( "help/helpSearchPath" )
> which will return an emtpy list (of search paths)
> 
> Open Settings/Options/System properties and see there is:
> https://docs.qgis.org/$qgis_short_version/$qgis_locale/docs/user_manual/
> in Documentation paths there.
> 
> NOW click OK and
> 
>>>> QgsSettings().value( "help/helpSearchPath" )
> ['https://docs.qgis.org/$qgis_short_version/$qgis_locale/docs/user_manual/']
> 
> So Question: is there a way to 'silently' save all those options for a
> fresh user? I'm not so familiar with how those dialogs are constructed,
> so can we 'submit' all tabs in one? Or should we submit them one by one?
> 
> Ah, it appears that clicking OK once from whatever tab will 'save' (at
> least this path) to QgsSettings()...
> 
> Otherwise, current situation will be that a new user upon clicking
> any(!) help button will always be shown with the daft "Oops! QGIS help
> is currently not available. This is likely because: ... " message.
> 
> See also:
> 
> https://issues.qgis.org/issues/17670
> 
> https://issues.qgis.org/issues/17598
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard Duivenvoorde
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