[Ipe-discuss] Setting default style sheets

[Norbert Zeh]

Hi Otfried (or anybody else who can help),

I'm trying to replace the "basic" stylesheet with one of my own by
default for all my documents.  Since it's the default, I don't want to
have to do this manually for every document.  What I did is create my
own prefs.lua in my personal ipelets directory.  Currently it looks very
simple:

prefs.max_zoom = 10
prefs.styles = { "nzeh_monochrome" }

A file called nzeh_monochrome.isy is present in ipe's styles directory,
and when I select Help->Show configuration, I see that nzeh_monochrome
is listed as the style for new documents.  However, when I start ipe or
create a new document from the menu, the new document always has the
"basic" stylesheet.  I've tried specifying explicit path names to no
avail, and I have the problem on linux and windows alike.

In contrast, the prefs.max_zoom setting above works as expected.  Also,
there's nothing wrong with the style sheet, as it loads fine when I add
it manually.

Any pointers as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Norbert