Hi all,
I was about to file an enhancement ticket on this, after striking out
with a search of Trac, but it seems like such an obvious thing that I
wanted to first check whether I'd be duplicating past effort.
The File > New from Template... dialog defaults to listing "standard"
templates (in /usr/share/lyx/templates, at least on Ubuntu-like
systems). The directory panel on the left, on my system, sports icons
for "Computer" and my home directory, but nothing else. Clicking the
home directory icon does the equivalent of "ls" rather than "ls -a", so
the .lyx subdirectory is not listed. To get to a local template, I
pretty much have to type the directory path "~/.lyx/templates" into the
file name box and proceed from there.
It seems to me there are at least three ways to make this easier for the
user. The first way would be to merge the listings of
/usr/share/lyx/templates and ~/.lyx/templates in the default listing.The
second way would be to put an icon for the local templates directory in
the directory panel on the left. The third way would be to add the local
templates directory to the drop-down "Look in:" list (and, I would
argue, make it the default choice). This would be my preferred route.
Should I file a ticket, or has this been hashed over in the past?
Thanks,
Paul
