Settings

Settings is the dialog where you change how DataMind Oda works on this computer: the language it uses, how it looks, how much of a turn's process you see, and the access mode new chats start in. This page covers the dialog and the rows on its General page.

Open Settings

Choose the Settings control in Oda; the dialog opens on General.
Switch between its sections with the list on the left; the list scrolls on its own while you read a section.
Close the dialog with Escape or the Close button.

The dialog holds these sections:

General, which opens first and holds the settings most people change; its rows are listed below.
About, which shows the version installed on this computer (About, version and updates).
Models, where you hide or show the models your chats may use (Models in the chat picker).
Built-in plugins, a read-only list of the plugins Oda has loaded (Settings sections and plugins).
Developer, which holds the Developer tools switch (Developer settings).

The rows on the General page

These are the rows you find on General, with where to read more about each:

Row	What it decides	Where to read more
Permission	the access mode new chats start in	Permission presets
Language	the language of Oda's interface; a choice you make is remembered, and without one Oda follows your computer and falls back to English
Appearance	Light, Dark or System for the whole app	Appearance and font size
Font size	the size of the text in your conversations; a stepper, 14 by default	Appearance and font size
Work details	how much of a turn's process shows by default; Compact is the default	Chat display settings
Performance & usage	how much performance and usage detail shows; the compact choice keeps the cache-hit figure	Chat display settings
Developer tools	diagnostic views; the Trajectory tab in chats follows this switch	Trajectory and session logs
Send behavior while busy	what Enter and the Send button do while Oda is working	Queue, steer and stop
Open chat links in	where links from a chat open; the row appears only while Oda has a built-in browser	Chat display settings

A Dark choice also paints Oda's first loading screen dark, before the app finishes starting.
In the desktop app, the look is saved to your DataMind account, so it follows you to another computer (DataMind appearance).

Your name and email

The dialog also keeps the details Oda shows for you, such as your first name, last name and email. They are for local display only: they are never part of a request to a model.

The settings file

Open configuration file opens Oda's settings file on this computer, so you can look at the choices Oda saved. What the file holds and when you may edit it is on The profile settings file.

If an earlier version of Oda left a settings file behind, it is imported once when Oda next starts: the values it held carry over, and the old file is renamed so it is not read again.

Questions, answered

Where do I set the mode new chats start in?

Open Settings > General and use the Permission row. New chats start in the mode you chose last, here or in a chat, and a chat you already have keeps its own mode. What each mode allows is on Permission presets.

How do I make the text in conversations bigger?

In Settings > General, step the Font size row with Increase font size and Decrease font size. It affects conversation content only, and it starts at 14. Appearance and font size has the details.

When should I turn Developer tools on?

Only while troubleshooting. It is off to begin with, and while it is on Oda shows its diagnostic views and the Trajectory tab appears in your chats; turning it off hides them again (Trajectory and session logs).

Do my changes save themselves?

Yes. There is no Save button: each change saves as soon as you make it, and Oda remembers it on this computer.

I upgraded from an earlier version. Where did my old settings go?

Oda imports the settings file the earlier version left behind once, the next time it starts: the values it held carry over, and the old file is renamed so it is not read again.

How do I check which version of Oda I am running?

The About section of Settings shows the version installed on this computer (About, version and updates).