Settings --> Dictionaries

[demisjohn]

Use ordered dictionaries for the settings? Might make very large lists of settings easier to set up.

Example:
Microscope_Calibrations_user_settings.py:

from Collections import OrderedDict as oDict

Cals = oDict( )    # initialize the dictionary
Cals['FluoroScope 5x'] = 100.0
Cals['FluoroScope 20x'] = 25.0
Cals['FluoroScope 100x'] = 5.0
Cals['Nikon DSLR 5x'] = 120.0
Cals['Nikon DSLR 10x'] = 101.0
Cals['Nikon DSLR 50x'] = 76.0

Units = oDict( )    # initialize the dictionary
Units['FluoroScope 5x'] = 'um'
Units['FluoroScope 20x'] = 'um'
Units['FluoroScope 100x'] = 'um'
Units['Nikon DSLR 5x'] = 'um'
Units['Nikon DSLR 10x'] = 'um'
Units['Nikon DSLR 50x'] = 'um'

# Settings for "Draw-Measurement - Line":
LineWidth_Default = 10.0
FontSize_Default = 10.0

LineWidth = oDict( )    # initialize the dictionary
LineWidth['FluoroScope 5x'] = 7.0
LineWidth['FluoroScope 20x'] = 7.0
LineWidth['FluoroScope 100x'] = 7.0
# any items that don't have a value will use the default values.  This way a particular microscope can have custom annotation sizes etc.

Is this more user-friendly that the current method of using Lists? It does add the ability to override defaults only for a select few settings, but does increase the chance of Typo's (in the oDict key name).

[demisjohn]

Maybe something where All settings for a particular calibration are stored at the same time?
Like a dictionary containing another dictionary.

Eg.
Cals = oDict()
Cals[“FluoroScope 5x”] = oDict(
“LengthPerPixel”: 98.93;
“LengthUnits”: “um”;
“LineWidth”: 10; # Override the default
)

(This syntax is definitely not correct, but you get the idea.)