Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> What about "Enspace (kern 0.5 em)", maybe placed after QQuad, such that
> the casual user would choose "Enskip (0.5 em)", which comes first?
> The expert user would be informed that this is a kern spacing, so that he
> knows that this could also be a vertical space in some circumstances,
> whereas a non-expert user would understand that this is something special,
> even if he doesn't know in what respect. It is a pity that a tool-tip
> cannot be attached to the combobox entries...
We try to avoid LaTeXisms in the GUI, and I think this hint is too covert.
I also think terms like "qquad" should be replaced by "double quad".
What about the attached?
Jürgen
Index: lib/ui/stdcontext.inc
===================================================================
--- lib/ui/stdcontext.inc (Revision 24072)
+++ lib/ui/stdcontext.inc (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@
Item "Interword Space|w" "next-inset-modify space \space{}"
Item "Protected Space|o" "next-inset-modify space ~"
Item "Thin Space|T" "next-inset-modify space \thinspace{}"
+ Item "Negative Thin Space|N" "next-inset-modify space \negthinspace{}"
+ Item "Half Quad Space (Enskip)|k" "next-inset-modify space \enskip{}"
+ Item "Protected Half Quad Space (Enspace)|E" "next-inset-modify space \enspace{}"
Item "Quad Space|Q" "next-inset-modify space \quad{}"
- Item "QQuad Space|u" "next-inset-modify space \qquad{}"
- Item "Enspace|E" "next-inset-modify space \enspace{}"
- Item "Enskip|k" "next-inset-modify space \enskip{}"
- Item "Negative Thin Space|N" "next-inset-modify space \negthinspace{}"
+ Item "Double Quad Space|u" "next-inset-modify space \qquad{}"
Item "Horizontal Fill|F" "next-inset-modify space \hfill{}"
Item "Protected Horizontal Fill|i" "next-inset-modify space \hspace*{\fill}"
Item "Horizontal Fill (Dots)|D" "next-inset-modify space \dotfill{}"
Index: src/frontends/qt4/ui/HSpaceUi.ui
===================================================================
--- src/frontends/qt4/ui/HSpaceUi.ui (Revision 24072)
+++ src/frontends/qt4/ui/HSpaceUi.ui (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
</item>
<item>
<property name="text" >
- <string>Enspace (0.5 em)</string>
+ <string>Half Quad (0.5 em)</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
</item>
<item>
<property name="text" >
- <string>QQuad (2 em)</string>
+ <string>Double Quad (2 em)</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
Index: src/frontends/qt4/GuiHSpace.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/frontends/qt4/GuiHSpace.cpp (Revision 24072)
+++ src/frontends/qt4/GuiHSpace.cpp (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
selection == 0 || selection == 3 ||
(selection == 6 && pattern == 0) || selection == 7;
keepCB->setEnabled(enable_keep);
+ if (selection == 3)
+ keepCB->setToolTip(qt_("Insert the spacing even after a line break.\n"
+ "Note that a protected Half Quad will be turned into\n"
+ "a vertical space if used at the beginning of a paragraph!"));
+ else
+ keepCB->setToolTip(qt_("Insert the spacing even after a line break"));
changed();
}
