"R. Lahaye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| "Lars Gullik Bj�nnes" wrote:
| > Yes, the two second learning curve can be pretty hard.
| > (what is nicest "Ctrl-x Ctrl-f" or "C-x C-f"?)
|
| I'm rather addressing "Why is it "M", when all keyboards
| I've seen in my entire life say "Alt"? And then why not
| use "Shift" and "Ctrl" as well. In a variable width font
| it's just a little more space.
Why 'M'?�That is an emacs (or UNIX) artifact. Unix keyboards usually
have both Meta and Alt keys and on PC keyboards meta is often done
through alt. I think it would be wrong for us to change this, if only
for historical reasons.
| I probably once again am swimming against the stream here.
| Let me say why:
|
| Especially for a newbie, LyX is complicated and the
| default install is not "newbie-optimized" I believe.
And rightly so!
Systems that are "newbie-optimized" tend to be "newbie-limited".
| I think it would be nice if it was. Keep in mind:
| 1) many 2 second learning curves add up to .....
| 2) people use not only LyX, but also other software
If you expect to use a tool (more than 2 sec a day) you must be
expected to invest some time in learning to use that tool.
Lgb
