Anybody slim down Sage yet?

[Patilan]

Originally Posted by dvd_maniac

just installed. Will test tommorow.
Thanx...
But still would like to see a place describing all the configurable options in the properties file.

That would be very helpful!

Ideally, it should even be in the manual.

[kricker]

Originally Posted by Patilan

That would be very helpful!

Ideally, it should even be in the manual.

Count me in on wanting to see a list as well. I find it strange to have such a large configuration file, and nothing documenting what each thing does. Sage support often has me change values when testing things, even then they don't always explain what those items do. Who knows, it might even cut down on some support requests if we already knew what might fix our issue.

[nielm]

Would it make you feel better if the undocumented options were part of the Windows registry like most other windows apps?

[kricker]

Originally Posted by nielm

Would it make you feel better if the undocumented options were part of the Windows registry like most other windows apps?

, please no. Come on now, you're picking on me 'cause I asked for the same type of thing for your webserver I just like to know these things, so I can learn more.

[GKusnick]

Nothing wrong with wanting to learn, but the Sage devs are under no obligation to teach you. Perhaps there are configuration settings that are deliberately undocumented in order to discourage users from messing with them. My guess is that giving users license to tweak as they please in the properties file would lead to more support issues, not fewer.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by GKusnick

Perhaps there are configuration settings that are deliberately undocumented in order to discourage users from messing with them. My guess is that giving users license to tweak as they please in the properties file would lead to more support issues, not fewer.

I once tried keeping up with all the properties and describing what they all did, but there is a reason why I stopped documenting properties in the manual.


Now, the supported properties are mostly available via option settings in the UI. Unsupported properties are not documented; there are some that could probably be removed from the manual for this reason. Finally, most property names are subject to change as needed -- I've done that in the STV to force a new default setting for certain things.

- Andy