Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 07:24:17AM +0000, G Milde wrote: >> Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 08:48:46PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote:
>> >> it would be possible for me to lead lyx layout editor as a small >> >> school project provided that it is work complicated enough. >> Instead of a specialised editor, I would suggest a lyx-layout "mode" >> for an existing text editor (Jed, Emacs, Scintilla, ...). > Close-to-WYSISYG feedback seems to be hard this way, and we are talking > mainly about the visual appearance of layouts. I also doubt that > the extension framework for any of the mentioned editors would be as > flexible and easy to use as a, say, QPlainTextEdit with a few random > menus and toolbars and some preview widget or such... Coming from the LaTeX and programming world, I prefer working on the source with a text editor that highlights and helps. IMO this is far more flexible and also faster. On the other side would be a "wizard" like layout-creator with drop-down and selection lists (like the citation insert dialogue) for GUI creation of layouts without exposure to the syntax. (However, I would not call this an editor -- hence my alternative suggestion.) >> * you can start with hunting down suitable editors, (user base, >> extension langugage, hard- and software needs, documentation, ...) > That effort I can skip. I also know in advance that emacs users won't > like anything else than emacs, vim users anything else than vim etc. And they have a reason - they know how to handle it. A new editor would mean new efforts to get to know and customise it. (BTW: I like Jed;-) > And do all work multiple times, and fight all the editor's extension > interface and would never get something a flexible as a real GUI. ... direct editing of the source is IMO still the most flexible way. > No, sorry, I don't think this is a good idea at all. So I'll have to write the lyx-layouts.sl extension mode for Jed myself :-( But I am looking forward for the "Layout wizard". Günter
