I should have replied to the list instead of to Liviu.... To Liviu: Thank you for the reminder.
I think the description said the student is expected to "integrate" the corkboard and the outliner, but I'm not sure whether that means to eliminate the corkboard UI completely and make elements in the outliner highly moveable. I'm thinking of something you can drag like the bookmark bar of safari or chrome. Best Regards, Ashley ------------------------------------ *Xueqing Shan* Vanderbilt University, '16 On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Ashley, > Replying to the list (and to Rob) greatly improve your chances of > getting a useful answer. > > Liviu > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Ashley Shan > <xueqing.s...@vanderbilt.edu> wrote: > > Hi Liviu, > > > > Thank you for your reply. > > > > I checked that site but I forgot to search "cork board". Now I found it - > > thank you. > > > > I think the description said the student is expected to "integrate" the > > corkboard and the outliner, but I'm not sure whether that means to > eliminate > > the corkboard UI completely and make elements in the outliner highly > > moveable. I'm thinking of something you can drag like the bookmark bar of > > safari or chrome. > > > > Best Regards, > > Xueqing Shan > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Xueqing Shan > > Vanderbilt University, '16 > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:30 AM, Ashley Shan > >> <xueqing.s...@vanderbilt.edu> wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > This is Xueqing Shan from Vanderbilt University (TN) who plans to work > >> > on > >> > this "UI improvement and non-linear writing" for LyX this summer. I've > >> > read > >> > Robert Oakes's blog posts. So there are two options for a student > >> > developer: > >> > > >> > 1. Continue to work on the existing project. According to the > >> > specification > >> > and the blog posts linked to from the project description, some > >> > preliminary > >> > work on an outliner and a corkboard has been done. I saw the source > code > >> > for > >> > the outliner but I didn't see anything about the corkboard except for > >> > posts > >> > on that blog. So if I am about to work on the existing project and > >> > completing the outliner and the cork board, I wish I could know more > >> > details > >> > about the progress and design of them. > >> > > >> The code is hosted at Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/lyx-outline . > >> Did you check that? > >> > >> > >> > 2. Start a brand new idea or make significant changes to the outliner > >> > and > >> > the corkboard. I have been thinking maybe we can combine > functionalities > >> > of > >> > the outliner and the corkboard, making elements in the outliner > >> > moveable, so > >> > the user can drag and insert and edit directly in the outline view > (and > >> > in > >> > the actual document at the same time). > >> > > >> Rob correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this was part of the original > >> intent. > >> > >> > >> > Another brand new idea of mine is to have a "draft" interface for > >> > writing, > >> > and this interface must allows the user to drag and rearrange > sentences > >> > and > >> > phrases. Sentences are separated by newline characters and dots, while > >> > the > >> > separation of phrases requires a little bit more work to implement an > >> > algorithm to smartly determine pieces of thoughts. From my personal > >> > writing > >> > experience and my conversations with my humanities-major friends, such > >> > an > >> > interface would be much better than the traditional white blank > >> > Microsoft > >> > Word window. > >> > > >> This sounds like an interesting idea, but let's see what other > >> developers think on such a feature. > >> > >> Regards , > >> Liviu > >> > >> > >> > I look forward to suggestions and ideas. > >> > > >> > Xueqing Shan > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------ > >> > Xueqing Shan > >> > Vanderbilt University, '16 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Do you know how to read? > >> http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm > >> http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader > >> Do you know how to write? > >> http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail > >> > > > > > > -- > Do you know how to read? > http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader > Do you know how to write? > http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail > >
