R. Lahaye wrote:
> .....for the same reason there's an Apply button in the
> Preferences dialog. Remove that one and all LyX users will
> shout :). So why not have also one in the graphics dialog?
1. do you want to have the graphic more than once?? ;-)
2. only the values for the view inside lyx are intersting
for an apply-button.
> BTW: Where do I set the sizes of the figure on the LyX canvas?
> Is it in the File-tab? Or is it in the Size-tab? None of them
> seem to change the figure-size on the LyX canvas!
there will be an own folder LyX Screen, when the last
patch will be in (graphics5.diff).
> Are the sizes not yet connected to the actual appearance on
> the canvas?
no, Angus is still working on it.
> You may remember that I need to add manually an entry in the
> Preferences->Converters: Postscript->XPM: convert $$i XPM:$$o
> Do the sizes not work with this setup?
should also be done with configure-process.
>>This is handled by graphicx! The greatest value gives with
>>keepaspectratio the other one.
>>We could write this hint in the helpfile.
>>
>
> The graphics help-style deviates totally from the style
> chosen for the preferences dialog. It's a bad idea to
> have a different help style for each dialog.
I know! When the gui is really finished, than I'll update
this help file.
> Should there be a consensus and have a harmonized help style?
good question.
> The graphics help text seem to belong to an old arrangement
> of the graphics dialog; tabs have been renamed (Filename,
> Imagesize, Special) and some entries are in the wrong tab
> section.
> "Scale" talks about degrees and rotation. That's wrong, isn't it?
I rearranged most of this options (graphics5.diff).
Let us take a short time out, unitl this patch is in.
Herbert
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