[instaviz-users] The final push

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 26, 2008, at 17:40, Glen Low wrote:

> On 20/11/2008, at 1:39 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> I'd want more options to edit for the nodes and edges. Colors, change
>> node shapes. Maybe also a way to globally change attributes for all
>> nodes / edges.
>
> I want to do this, but not sure of the friendly title I should use.
>
> The first thing that came to my mind was:
>
> Default Node Settings
> Default Edge Settings
>
> ... so that it's clear that the settings screen is the same as the one
> for individual nodes/edges.
>
> However Default is pretty "technical", do you think any of the
> following convey the right meaning?
>
> Global
> Preset (Preset xxx Settings doesn't quite sound right.)
> Common
> Standard
>
> The basic idea is: if you set it in the Default Node Settings, all
> your nodes get it, except those that you've customized individually
> through their own Settings screen. The Defaults will hang off the
> Graph Settings screen, and it will use the usual Graphviz prototypes
> to do this.

I would use "default" or "global".