On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:16:10PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:
> I was actually referring to myself here not you. But it works either
> way.
heh
> I scroll to where I am working and edit there. There is no going back
> because I don't need to -- I rarely use bookmarks in emacs and have
> never felt the need to use them in my LyX docs. If I need to check
> something that something is almost always in a different file
> so there is no jumping around within a single file.
>
> FYI, this option provides consistency and conformity with [X]Emacs
> operation. We all know how much you hate emacs but as it is a major
> "standard" for Unix users -- particularly for emacs+AucTeX users who
> move to LyX -- it should hopefully be considered a valid useability
> arguement.
Sounds good to me. I'm not completely unreasonable you know.
> And please don't bother lecturing me about horrible emacs' interface
> is in your opinion. It works for me and thousands of others. But
> numbers don't count do they?
Of course they do. But they are by no means the sole argument.
> > You're kidding, right ? Have you any idea how long that list is :)
>
> No, I have no idea how long your list is, so I am asking to see it.
To quote from Dilbert :
It's not so much a physical list as a philosophy.
> Then the (likely to be the majority) non-contraversial group can be
> agreed upon quickly and cleaned out and subthreads arguing the cases
> for whatever is contraversial can then take place.
To actually generate such a list would take a few days of close
examination and application of heuristics to LyX's UI. I'd much rather
deal with things on a case-by-case, so things like show banner can be
removed quickly, and more controversial things can be, um, more
controversial :)
john
--
"If a thing is not diminished by being shared, it is not rightly owned if
it is only owned & not shared."
- St. Augustine
