Re: About GSoC Layout Editor proposal.

2013-05-02 Thread Tommaso Cucinotta
On 01/05/13 05:58, PhilipPirrip wrote: > how many ordinary users do you think will use layout editing feature? I wish I had one (cls/sty) for my MSc and PhD thesis, and a few technical reports. Though, the features I really needed were very M$-ish (customize front-page, customize header and footer

Re: About GSoC Layout Editor proposal.

2013-05-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:58 AM, PhilipPirrip wrote: > On 04/30/2013 10:18 PM, Cyrille Artho wrote: >> >> You are right that poorly designed/edited layout files offer a user many >> ways to shoot him/herself into the foot. > > > > I know I will not convince you, still... how many ordinary users do

Re: About GSoC Layout Editor proposal.

2013-05-01 Thread Tommaso Cucinotta
On 01/05/13 05:58, PhilipPirrip wrote: > I don't think layout editor can come much farther than presenting us with a > list of keyword/value pairs. Let's say, I'm not concerned about how to edit the layout information. I just said visually edit because for trivial things that many non-professio

Re: About GSoC Layout Editor proposal.

2013-04-30 Thread PhilipPirrip
On 04/30/2013 10:18 PM, Cyrille Artho wrote: You are right that poorly designed/edited layout files offer a user many ways to shoot him/herself into the foot. I know I will not convince you, still... how many ordinary users do you think will use layout editing feature? Layout files are not th

Re: About GSoC Layout Editor proposal.

2013-04-30 Thread Cyrille Artho
Hi Philip, You are right that poorly designed/edited layout files offer a user many ways to shoot him/herself into the foot. However, this does not eliminate the need for layout files, and the demand for an easy way to edit them. Of course, any ideas how to avoid or mitigate problematic layou

Re: About GSoC Layout Editor proposal.

2013-04-30 Thread PhilipPirrip
On 04/30/2013 05:10 PM, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote: Something like I edit the page visually and/or editing params, and I get a .cls file, as well as a .layout file to be used within LyX, that uses the .cls file. Saying that, do you consider cls (sty?) files that only define \big as "bold, italic