On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 03:48:29PM -0500, George De Bruin wrote:
> > there is e.g. a boolean flag, it will be in both dialogs.
>
> One of the problems with this is that we aren't documenting to the coding of
> the dialogs. We are documenting to the visual aspects, and the individual
> functionalities of the dialogs (and for that matter, the menus). So, when
> the layout and arrangement of them changes, even if they are minimal and/or
> intuitive, the documentation must reflect it. Yes, this amounts to
> hand-holding, IMO. However, this also one of the reasons why there is a huge
> market for aftermarket books: to hand hold the user through the user
> interface of a program.
I wasn't talking about code anyway: if there is an on/off switch, it will be
in all the dialogs. But yes, where the lyx docs team do need to mention specifics
in dialogs is going to be a problem...
regards
john
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