On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 03:22:39PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Makarenko" == Makarenko Alexandre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Makarenko> Intuitively, it is clear that any index entry contains the
> Makarenko> closest word or phrase. Anyway it is duplicated in the
> Makarenko> pop-up dialog when the entry is clicked on. Maybe it would
> Makarenko> be more 'user friendly' to display the index entries
> Makarenko> lighter ?
>
> I agree. We could maybe only show 'Index' or even 'Idx' in the button?
> What do the others think?
I totally agree. The WYSIWYM philosophy should be that things that matter
when you're reading the main text are visible, and things that don't matter
are not. (Complete support for collapsable insets in 1.2 will of course make
that easier.) As Makarenko says, 99.9% of the time, the index entry will be
some shorthand for exactly what the text says there.
In fact, we should talk about shrinking other insets while we're at it. For
example: why should labels be written out? I guess that references should
show what they're referring to, but won't labels always refer to the text
near them? So why not make labels shorter, too?
> Makarenko> I join an example how I did it.
>
> Could you please send patches instead of code snippets. As it is, I do
> not see what your code intends to do and cannot test it easily.
On the other hand, thank you for making modifications instead of just
complaining :)
-Amir
