Save Speech Settings?

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Paul Gilmartin

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Jun 8, 2026, 12:03:27 PM (8 days ago) Jun 8
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[     0.383][INFO] [ This is Stellarium 26.1 (v26.1.0) - https://stellarium.org/ ]
[     0.383][INFO] Operating System: macOS Sequoia (15.7.7)

Can Speech settings be saved?  In Configuration->Speech I make changes,
then Configuration->Save Settings.
Quit Stellarium; re-launch.
Speech settings have reverted to default.

"find user-directory -print0 |  xargs -0 grep ... "
shows no evidence of changed settings.

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Georg Zotti

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Jun 8, 2026, 12:13:13 PM (8 days ago) Jun 8
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I usually run with "save immediately" settings. I may have forgotten to save the old-fashioned way with explicit button press, must fix for the next version. 

Paul Gilmartin

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Jun 8, 2026, 1:04:20 PM (8 days ago) Jun 8
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On 6/8/26 10:13, Georg Zotti wrote:
> I usually run with "save immediately" settings. I may have forgotten to save the old-fashioned way with explicit button press, must fix for the next version.
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Thanks

"save immediately" seems to have no effect on Speech settings.

What does "immediately" mean?  If I make a change then inspect
config.ini with a text viewer before I Quit Stellarium, or the system
crashes, or I "kill -9 Stellarium", will I see my changes saved?

guide.pdf doesn't clarify this.

See"/Write-throug"/ in
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_(computing)>

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Georg Zotti

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Jun 8, 2026, 2:55:23 PM (7 days ago) Jun 8
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Immediately as in "a minuscule fraction of a second after you click a checkbox." My text editor asks to reload config.ini, the new value is visible, and kill -9 should not change it back. Some big settings like location or landscape are not saved immediately but have their own save buttons in the right places. 

Top half of Page 22 should be enough to be told about this mode. Down to the last sentence which is important! And it does have an effect, else I wouldn't have this section:

[speech]
engine                                                 = winrt
pitch                                                  = 0.30000000000000004
rate                                                   = 0.1
voice                                                  = Microsoft Mark
volume                                                 = 0.7

and this:

[custom_selected_info]
flag_narration_absolutemagnitude                       = true
flag_narration_altaz                                   = true
flag_narration_catalognumber                           = true
flag_narration_constellation                           = true
flag_narration_cultural_constellation                  = true
flag_narration_distance                                = true
flag_narration_eclcoordj2000                           = false
flag_narration_eclcoordofdate                          = false
flag_narration_elongation                              = true
flag_narration_extra                                   = true
flag_narration_galcoord                                = false
flag_narration_hourangle                               = false
flag_narration_magnitude                               = true
flag_narration_name                                    = true
flag_narration_othercoord                              = false
flag_narration_propermotion                            = false
flag_narration_radecj2000                              = false
flag_narration_radecofdate                             = false
flag_narration_rts_time                                = false
flag_narration_sidereal_time                           = false
flag_narration_size                                    = true
flag_narration_solar_lunar                             = false
flag_narration_supergalcoord                           = false
flag_narration_type                                    = true
flag_narration_velocity                                = true
flag_show_absolutemagnitude                            = true
flag_show_altaz                                        = true 
[... Rest of flag_show entries as before]
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