Paul A. Rubin wrote:
John McCabe-Dansted wrote:
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:08 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Wed, 7 May 2008, Helge Hafting wrote:

The more serious question, to my mind, is whether this kind of display
of
 shortcuts is even worth having. I've used LyX for several years now,
and I
 have no idea what "Alt-M F S X E ...." means. Sure, it tells me all
the
 keys I can hit next, but what on earth do they do??

 It is useful in some cases - when you use these shortcuts but
occationally forgets one.
I sometimes read this when using the lesser-used paragraph types
available with ALT-P.

 I also find them somewhat useful at times, but I agree it could be
improved upon... How?


Maybe if each character had a tool-tip, e.g. "insert-ellipsis"?


Interesting idea, but I think it would require mousing in the middle of a key combination. There are at least a few users who apparently try to keep their hands on the keyboard (judging by posts on the user list).

What about Alt-M (or whatever) followed by ? to pop up a list of options in a dialog (well, monologue) window?
Even better: use 'tab' and the new completion framework.

Abdel.


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