On Monday 02 April 2001 15:29, John Levon wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Angus Leeming wrote:
>
> > On Monday 02 April 2001 13:52, John Levon wrote:
> > > On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Angus Leeming wrote:
> > >
> > > > Moreover, I note that the popup has no apply() functionality. That
is,
> > you
> > >
> > > A small request, can we make sure not to use the word "popup" in code.
It
> > implies
> > > things that aren't true of the dialogs. Furthermore we already have the
> > terms "Form"
> > > and "Dialog" and it shouldn't get any more confusing than it is ...
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > john
> >
> > You'd like me to
> > s/popup/dialog/
> > ?
>
> Actually I think I would like s/popup/form/. Why ? Because it seems to me
> we have the notion of Forms, which are a little more lyxian (e.g. interact
> with the controllers etc.) and Dialogs, which are the real GUI
implementations
> of the relevant widgets.
No. forms is an xforms concept. That's why Allan and I have been rather
bemused in the past that you guys persist in calling your dialog files
FormXXX.[Ch]!
The lyx documentation uses dialogs throughout and, indeed, makes a point
about it. (John Weiss at his pedantic best!)
I'll do the s/popup/dialog/ in the controllers and xforms directories.
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