[Scilab-Dev] SEP 67: lines(0) default

[Serge Steer]

Le 30/06/2011 10:47, Sylvestre Ledru a écrit :
> Le jeudi 30 juin 2011 à 10:22 +0200, Serge Steer a écrit :
>   
>> Le 29/06/2011 16:46, Sylvestre Ledru a écrit :
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Here is a proposal for Scilab 5.4.0.
>>> To sum up, we would like to have lines being to set to 0 by default in
>>> Scilab.
>>> To make sure we can go back to the previous behavior, we add a new
>>> argument to lines: lines(-1)
>>>
>>> As usual, don't hesitate to comment.
>>> Sylvestre
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I do not agree to disable the line control by default, many times I was
>> obliged to kill a Scilab session because after I have disabled the line
>> control  I mistakely asked for the display of a huge matrix. In such
>> case the display can take several minutes....
>>
>>
>>
>> But it should be a good idea to have a default value for the number of
>> lines larger than the number of  lines currently visible in the console.
>> (let say about 3 or 4 pages)
>>     
> In the last few releases of the 5.3.X family, console performances have
> dramatically improved. It is less an issue than it used to be...
>   
You are right, I just tested it. Good!
> However, I understand your point. While 3 or 4 pages seems a bit small,
> we could consider a bigger value here (10 or 20)... and this value could
> be configured in the future Scilab Preferences.
>
>   
Ok!
Serge