Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 19.10.04 22:15:29: > > IMHO if a user can modify his SGML declaration he can as well edit layout > files. The nonexpert user will just use what is there: the standard SGML > declaration and the standard layout file, and they should match. If e.g. > SuSE decide to ship a modified SGML declaration, we can as well expect > that they ship a modified layout file. >
The non-expert user will use underscores in his labels and will not be amused to see that they were transformed to something else without warning. Ah...Warning! How about a warning, to be output when LyX exports the file to DocBook? Something like: About to export to DocBook...done Warning: Character "_" in label "my_label" was transformed to dash: "my-label". To leave "_" untouched, change the value of CNAME in xyz.layout.file to include "-". > > It all boils down to the question: do we do this through a dialog that > will > > manipulate the layout file, or do we expect the user who has such wishes > to > > be knowledgeable enough to know what he is looking for and start > > tweaking the CNAME variable in some obsure file. > > Of course this should be documented. And who said that a graphical editor > for layout files is a bad thing? > I agree. How about this: Do it with the CNAME thing today, but add a Warning as above for every label that was changed. Then add a "to do" item in the list of things to be done: Program a graphical editor for layout files. That's general enough and would take care of all such cases where the developers would rather have something done through a change in the layout file and the users would rather tweak some option in a graphical dialog. Then, for every change that is done by LyX (in labels, names, whatever), add a Warning that says what LyX did and that the user can change it by using the graphical layout editor. -- Regards Chris Karakas http://www.karakas-online.de
