On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 15:44, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Angus> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >> It seems sufficiently simple to be acceptable. I think we should > >> work on the 1.4.0 integration first, though. > >> > >> One thing that I would like to see is using methods from the > >> graphics loader used for deciding whether the file is OK instead of > >> QImageIO::imageFormat. This is Angus' word, of course. > > Angus> You mean that the patch should use the graphics loader to > Angus> ascertain whether the image is "loadable"? Well, that would > Angus> definitely be better than using the Qt stuff. > > do we have the necessary infrastructure in place (we do not handle > mime types, do we?). > > > Angus> LyX has converters after all. However, I think that we should > Angus> allow the user to DND anything. If we can't convert then that > Angus> will come up when conversion is initiated, as now. > > But we need two different lfuns for LyX files and graphics, so we need > some kind of test. > > Also, the semantics of dropping a LyX file is opening it (vs inserting > it in current document). This is not the same as the semantics of > dropping an image. Isn't this a problem UI-wise? > > >> I guess this could be used for external inset too. > > Angus> DND? Definitely. But that would require an extra dialog to > Angus> enable LyX to ascertain whether the file is to become a > Angus> graphics, external or include inset.
Can't you drop the file on the appropriate inset *inside* the lyx view? - Martin > OK, forget about it :) > > JMarc
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