Andrew Your script and module are great, and this is a functionality that deserves getting into base LyX. Maybe worth opening a bug report for this.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Andrew Parsloe <apars...@clear.net.nz> wrote: > I've attached a python script, tablesort.py, a module tablesort.module > containing a custom inset (suggested by Liviu Andronic), and an explanatory > document, SortingTablesInLyX.lyx detailing what goes where and how to use > Several comments: - In the intro, 'TabelSort' should be 'TableSort' - Section 2.1: After defining the 'Converter box', it would help to note that next teh user has to click Add and Apply. (Personally I find this handling confusing.) Some suggestions: - Put '1A 2A 3A 4+' in a Note so that the user could easily dissolve the inset and try to execute teh sorting procedure. - My only objection when using the buffer-write; buffer-export lyxtabsort;buffer-reload; sequence (run manually) is that after saving the file, the file gets modified by a script and overwrites the original file. The buffer is not marked as 'dirty', and there is no Undo to the previous, unsorted tables. That's a bit dangerous. But I'm not sure how this could be improved. All in all excellent work! I hope that the async lfuns issue can be solved so that sorting can be executed in one go (a button or a shortcut). Again, I think that this functionality would be worth integrating into LyX, and even providing some GUI for selecting the sorting criteria. Regards Liviu > it. In this third incarnation of the script, by using the custom inset, > adding three buttons to the table toolbar, and changing the Overwrite on > export setting, it is possible to sort the rows of tables in LyX in a manner > that avoids all nag/query/prompt messages and feels "built-in". Sorts may be > alphabetical or numerical, ascending or descending. The default horizontal & > vertical rules delineating table cells are not disturbed by the sort. ERT in > table cells has no effect. Yellow (or other) notes by default also do not > affect the sort, but this can be changed with the -y option when invoking > the script, allowing fine-tuning of sort order. Finally, multiple tables in > the same document can be sorted at one go. > > Andrew > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
