On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Fernando Perez wrote: > > - How can I turn on the instant-preview feature? I can't seem to find a > > toggle for it in any dialog. > > Edit->Preferences dialog. > Look and Feel->Graphics pane > Instant preview checkbox
Silly me. I actually had this on but thought there was a different option for it b/c it didn't work. I hadn't realized I needed the files from the sourceforge page first for this to work. It might not hurt (just to avoid stupid questions like mine) to put a little note on that checkbox indicating that the preview-latex package from Sourceforge is needed for the feature to work. The funny thing is, now that the 'normal' (blue math) lyx math rendering uses anti-aliased fonts, I think I almost prefer to use that to the instant-preview mode. While it's nice to see the latex rendering there, it just looks a bit clunky next to the smooth fonts of the rest. Any chance of activating anti-aliasing for those code snippets (gv does it, so I figure it must be doable). I know, us users are never satisfied :) But regardless, it's really a great feature to have especially when dealing with really complex formulas where the formatting is non-trivial. > > - Is tab-completion gone from the mini-buffer? I learned a lot about lyx > > functions by simply typing a letter or two and hitting tab to see what > > came out. Is there an alternate way to get this behavior? > > works with xforms ;-) > > As it says in the ANNOUNCE file (which was posted to this list too), the Qt > frontend is "mostly feature complete". Which means that we wanted you all > to enjoy where we've got to now rather than wait six months for us to > polish it. And I think it was an excellent decision. It seems perfectly functional to me, and I'm sure all the small wrinkles will get ironed out in due time. Best regards, Fernando.
