Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-12 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/12/2017 06:10 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2017-04-11, Richard Heck wrote: >> On 04/11/2017 04:20 PM, Guenter Milde wrote: >>> On 2017-04-11, PhilipPirrip wrote: On 04/11/2017 11:23 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: My proposal of having "a general sheet where one could send options to

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-12 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2017-04-11, Richard Heck wrote: > On 04/11/2017 04:20 PM, Guenter Milde wrote: >> On 2017-04-11, PhilipPirrip wrote: >>> On 04/11/2017 11:23 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: >>> My proposal of having "a general sheet where one could send options to >>> (the calls of) this and that package would be a go

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-11 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Mittwoch, den 12.04.2017, 00:09 +0200 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: > El 11.04.2017 a las 08:30, Jürgen Spitzmüller escribió: > > > And I tried to argue that I think these line edits are not a > > suitable > > UI. > > Hi Jürgen, > > now I get your point. Then I retract my patch. > > Scott announced yes

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-11 Thread Uwe Stöhr
El 11.04.2017 a las 08:30, Jürgen Spitzmüller escribió: And I tried to argue that I think these line edits are not a suitable UI. Hi Jürgen, now I get your point. Then I retract my patch. Scott announced yesterday a plan for LyX 2.3.0 so it is indeed too late for LyX 2.3.0 to do something.

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-11 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/11/2017 04:20 PM, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2017-04-11, PhilipPirrip wrote: >> On 04/11/2017 11:23 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: >> My proposal of having "a general sheet where one could send options to >> (the calls of) this and that package would be a good way to go - that >> means, not by just

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-11 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2017-04-11, PhilipPirrip wrote: > On 04/11/2017 11:23 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: > My proposal of having "a general sheet where one could send options to > (the calls of) this and that package would be a good way to go - that > means, not by just using \SendOptionsToPackage" will be a freestyle

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-11 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Dienstag, den 11.04.2017, 11:52 -0400 schrieb PhilipPirrip: > What I understood Juergen said is: one should have clickable buttons > for  > every possible option, and no other way of passing options to the > packages. Where did I state this? > What I'm saying, agreeing with Uwe, is that having

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-11 Thread PhilipPirrip
On 04/11/2017 11:23 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: > In fact you agree with Jürgen, IMO. He said it’s not enough to add a line edit to add the options. What I understood Juergen said is: one should have clickable buttons for every possible option, and no other way of passing options to the packages.

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-11 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 11.04.2017 um 16:25 schrieb PhilipPirrip : > > On 04/11/2017 02:30 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: >> And I tried to argue that I think these line edits are not a suitable >> UI. >> It is much more different, since the line edit are supposed complex >> key-value pairs. > > Let me disagree with y

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-11 Thread PhilipPirrip
On 04/11/2017 02:30 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: And I tried to argue that I think these line edits are not a suitable UI. It is much more different, since the line edit are supposed complex key-value pairs. Let me disagree with you on this, Juergen. As a long-time user, I too often missed be

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-10 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Dienstag, den 11.04.2017, 08:30 +0200 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: > Am Montag, den 10.04.2017, 00:44 +0200 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: > > I don't understand. We are talking about 3 simple line edits.  > > And I tried to argue that I think these line edits are not a suitable > UI. > > > As you can  > >

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-10 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Montag, den 10.04.2017, 01:47 +0200 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: > It is like with bug > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8034 > , we wait for years now and I don't see a reason why we don't start > to  > implement the possibilities to add options to fontspec and also to  > polyglossia now. Yes, but puttin

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-10 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Montag, den 10.04.2017, 00:44 +0200 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: > I don't understand. We are talking about 3 simple line edits. And I tried to argue that I think these line edits are not a suitable UI. > As you can  > see in the patch, this not a massive change in anything. It is just > to  > provide

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
El 10.04.2017 a las 00:44, Uwe Stöhr escribió: And that way I googled around. Googling brings you quickly to the "Script=Devanagari option. So one doesn't need to be a TeXpert to find this. One now only needs an input field for that option. When this is implemented I can update our Wiki pages

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
El 09.04.2017 a las 10:27, Jürgen Spitzmüller escribió: In any case, such features need to be implemented at the beginning of new development cycles, since they need testing and improvement, not at the end of cycles. I don't understand. We are talking about 3 simple line edits. As you can see

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-09 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Freitag, den 07.04.2017, 00:44 +0200 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: > Since many years LyX misses the feature to input options to the font  > loading commands \setmainfont etc. We did not act for 5 years > because  > you said exactly the same as today that it is not the right time: > http://www.lyx.org/trac

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
El 06.04.2017 a las 12:01, Jürgen Spitzmüller escribió: I mean we need to think about a sensible UI instead of cluttering the dialog with three more line widgets. And I think we should not attempt to push in one feature after the other at this point, but rather focus on stabilizing and finishing

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-06 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2017-04-06 9:31 GMT+02:00 Uwe Stöhr : > > *From: *Jürgen Spitzmüller > *Sent: *Donnerstag, 6. April 2017 08:53‎ > > > This looks rather ugly. I think we should integrate this properly for > 2.4 and not hectically push something into 2.3. > > What do you mean? This is what I always wanted to do sin

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-05 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
This looks rather ugly. I think we should integrate this properly for 2.4 and not hectically push something into 2.3. Jürgen 2017-04-06 3:26 GMT+02:00 Uwe Stöhr : > El 06.04.2017 a las 03:24, Uwe Stöhr escribió: > > Attached is the screenshot of the simple UI. >> > > Now it is attached. > > rega

Re: [patch] support for fontspec options

2017-04-05 Thread Uwe Stöhr
El 06.04.2017 a las 03:24, Uwe Stöhr escribió: Attached is the screenshot of the simple UI. Now it is attached. regards Uwe