[Gnumed-bugs] Re: [Gnumed-devel] Release 0.5.rc3

[Jim Busser]

Under GNUmed > Preferences, there are 5 options

Database
Client parameters
User interface
External tools
EMR

each with multiple suboptions.

It may be useful to visually separate anything that a user can set  
that would leave other users unaffected (equivalent to personal  
preferences) from those that would be in-common, affecting others.

If "Client parameters" allow different users to each set and save  
individual preferences, distinct from all other persons, I would  
relabel this one

        Personal

and set it above the others. separated by a dotted line,

If changes to "User interface" affects all users, and we are saying  
it is the "common-to-all" interface that is being controlled, I might  
think to adjust this to

        Users' interface

Except I am now thinking we should completely get rid of it.  If I  
review again over

        Database
        User interface
        EMR

the distinction from the point of view of office administrator is  
meaningless. The database language setting and the welcome message  
affect the user interface, So do the EMR settings. So, while I would  
continue to accord distinct items for

        Personal (was Client parameters)
        --------------------
        External Tools

can we pool

        Database
        User interface (in common)
        EMR

into
        Interaction

result:

        Personal
        --------------------
        External Tools
        Interaction


and in Interaction we could have

        Document Handling
        Encounter
        Episode
        Language
        Patient search
        Progress notes handling
        Update handling
        Welcome message

Lastly (for my info)  are client parameter changes saved at the  
machine logged-in (system) user level, or at the level of the copy of  
gnumed-client that is being run (thus changes at the apt-get  
installed level would not affect gnumed-client from cvs?