On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 1:00 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 07.08.2018, 22:24 -0600 schrieb Joel Kulesza: > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> > > wrote: > > > Thanks to Jürgen for improving these insets and the interface to > > > them. I > > > just tested the feature and am impressed with all of the > > > possibilities > > > available. Very cool! > > > > I agree, this is quite slick. > > > > A comment/question for consideration: with this improved interface to > > environment information, can/should there be a "standard debugging > > information inset" that contains the information typically useful > > for...debugging? This may be somewhat intrusive (e.g., querying OS > > version, display information, etc.). However, it might provide a > > one-click solution for folks reporting problems/bugs to gather and > > consistently present environment information useful to categorizing > > and/or resolving bugs. > > > > Perhaps instead of making something to insert, an otherwise "vanilla" > > template could be constructed with this information laid out that a > > user could construct a MWE out of to demonstrate the > > unexpected/aberrant behavior? > > This is an interesting idea, but I wonder if InfoInsets is the right > place for it (rather than, for instance, the About LyX dialog). My thought is that this will reduce the (admittedly, minimal) work to characterize/share the user environment information. At present, one must copy/paste text or take a screenshot to accompany a MWE. With this approach, the user environment information could be included as part of the MWE either by 1. Using the proper template to base the MWE off of (assuming the MWE doesn't require a particular template of its own) or, 2. As I'd prefer, the information could be inserted into prepared MWE before submission. - Joel
