Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Charles> The Emacs-style interface is showing its age and rather weird > Charles> for Windows transfuges used to MsWord. > > Emacs-style in which sense? > For example the shortcuts with the quite obsolete concept of 'Meta'. I think that LyX should show the shortcuts in the same Windowish way that Gnome or KDE. Who is using a Sun keyboard anyway ? For easing the learning curve for MsWord users, a Tool menu entry with spellchecking, etc. would be be handy. > > I am not sure how a plugin based application would solve the LaTeX > support model, actually. If I could write my 300 hundreds line Python script to add a GUI for the Frenchb babel macros that I use every day, maybe I would motivate myself to read the big Python book I bought and never read.... Other would do it for their pet LateX packages and Herbert Voss would create a gigantic pstricks plugin :-). Having a plugin interface is just a way to attract a different kind of coders, people that are ready to spend a week-end on a small project but are incapable of delving into thousands of C++ code. Plugins also make sense with the LateX model. If I'm using natbib, I won't be using jurabib and vice-versa. Loading the natbib or jurabib plugin create a more usable application than having a widget with a jurabib tab, natbib tab, etc... Because, I'm never tired of making publicity for KDE, we have the new KNewstuff library which is a framework to add a button to your application that will connect to a server which host the plugins, new classes, etc... and have the possibility to download them in a userfriendly way. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
