On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:14:10AM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > John Levon wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 01:03:38AM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > > > >> I helped a friend upgrade his lyx 1.3.7 to 1.5.1, and waited for his > >> praises while he played with the new version.... > >> > > It's because nobody ever finished character styles. It should have gone > > like this: > > > > F: Where's bold? > > B: Why do you want bold? > > F: well, I want to type bold text. > > B: But what's the *meaning* of it being bold? You must intend something > > by it, otherwise you'd type everything in bold, or never. > > F: Well I suppose I want to use it to mark commands the user should > > enter > > b: Ah, then you should use the <foo> character style > > > +lots---though, that said, there are times you just need a bit of boldface. > > And there is this problem, too, continuing the discussion. > > F: And where do I find the foo character style? > B: <Runs like he's being chased by wild coyotes before telling F he has to > define it in his layout file.> > > That's why we need an *integrated* GUI layout editor. > > Richard
That's why we need first of all toolbar buttons for emph, strong, code and noun -- _as charstyles_. (remember bold = strong, usually) - Martin
