On 27. juli 2011 04:03, Kortink, Mark A wrote:
I know the purists think a horizontal scrollbar is somehow impure but
can we please please get one. It is not currently possible to:-
1. Write long equation sequences inline in a proof when you want to
keep the proof short and not taking up multiple lines.
2. Do xypic diagrams with anything sophisticated in the cells.
3. Do matrices with anything sophisticated in the cells.
I agree.
The purist idea is that normal text should not have a scrollbar. No
attempt is made to break lines "the same way as on paper" so text is
simply broken into lines to fit the current window width.
And that is fine for text, and scrollbars are never needed for text.
But Lyx handles much more than text these days. Tables sidescrolls in
big jumps to keep the cursor on screen, but doesn't work all that well.
Expecially not if some columns is very wide.
So a scrollbar (or other userfriendly means of sidescrolling) would be
nice. There is the above mentioned math stuff, there is big images,
there is all sorts of source code listings. . .
Helge Hafting
