On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 03:30:00PM +0200, Guillaume Munch wrote: > Le 07/10/2016 à 03:47, Scott Kostyshak a écrit : > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 01:55:46PM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > I am still a newcommer to the forward search feature, and am enjoying it > > > a lot. > > > > > > Sometimes forward search does not work (even though it is enabled) [1]. > > > For example, if you have not yet previewed the document, or if you > > > execute the forward search from a part of the text that was added after > > > the last preview was generated. I understand why this is done, but I > > > wonder if we could make the experience a little smoother: > > > > > > - if the document has not yet been previewed, forward search can > > > generate the preview. The tricky part is guessing which format to > > > preview, but this is actually simple because we should assume the > > > default output format specified in Document > Settings > Output. > > > > > > - if the forward search request is for a section of text added after the > > > last preview, I think we should refresh the preview. Here, instead of > > > using the default output format, we can do even better by using the > > > last previewed format (which is stored in the buffer variable > > > preview_format_, added at 09700d5b7). > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > [1] By the way, I have no objection to this. I imagine it would be > > > non-trivial to check in getStatus(). > > > > Bump. > > > > I'd like forward-search to remain lightweight. Sometimes compilation is very > long. But maybe the message "Couldn't proceed" could be made clearer.
I still find this issue annoying, as it causes me extra clicks. Guillaume, I can see why you would find extra compilations annoying (and indeed extra compilations take more time than extra clicks), but I still don't understand your objection. Are you thinking of something like the following situation? 1. You're working in LyX, typing, typing, ... 2. Now you think "It *might* be nice to see how this part looks in the PDF". 2. You right-click and choose "Forward Search". 3. Suppose you get the message "Couldn't proceed". 4. Now you rethink your desire to look at the PDF, with the logic "well, I kinda wanted to see the PDF, but now that I know I need to compile, the benefit is not worth the cost". 5. Go back to typing, typing, ... Is that what you have in mind or something else? Scott
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