Re: Splash document

1999-02-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Daniel" == Daniel Naber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> --ELM918846249-661-0_ Content-Type: text/plain; Daniel> charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Daniel> Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: >> I think we should open the splash document if the .lyx directory >> does not exist.

Re: Splash document

1999-02-12 Thread Daniel Naber
Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > I think we should open the splash document if the .lyx directory does not > exist. This is a very nice point to present this, because we are rather sure > that we are dealing with a new user. Okay, here it is ('splash.lyx', which it tries to load, is the file I po

Re: Splash document

1999-02-11 Thread John Weiss
On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 07:39:28PM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > >> John Weiss writes: > JW> I said I felt Intro.lyx needed some work. I also said, however, > JW> that Intro.lyx wouldn't work as the opening splash document. > > Why can't we have some shourt messages pointing the user

Re: Splash document

1999-02-10 Thread Daniel Naber
Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > Daniel, could you implement this and maybe could write up a very short Welcome > document? This document should reside in the "examples" directory. People on > this list would soon read it and improve it, so just have a go at it. Okay, here it is. The new beginni

Re: Splash document

1999-02-10 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
>> John Weiss writes: JW> I said I felt Intro.lyx needed some work. I also said, however, JW> that Intro.lyx wouldn't work as the opening splash document. Why can't we have some shourt messages pointing the user where to get help or more information in the splash screen? In the way that ema

Re: Splash document

1999-02-10 Thread John Weiss
On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 02:46:53PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Asger" == Asger Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Asger> I think we should open the splash document if the .lyx > Asger> directory does not exist. This is a very nice point to present > Asger> this, beca

Re: Splash document

1999-02-10 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Asger" == Asger Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Asger> I think we should open the splash document if the .lyx Asger> directory does not exist. This is a very nice point to present Asger> this, because we are rather sure that we are dealing with a new Asger> user. Daniel, coul

Re: Splash document

1999-02-09 Thread Asger Alstrup Nielsen
> 1. Message in minibuffer when dual spaces are typed. I think this is a great idea, and the patch looks good. I'd like you to change the text to "You cannot type two spaces this way. Please read the Tuturial." > 2. History of message in the minibuffer This is not something for 1.0.1. Go ahe

Re: splash document

1999-02-09 Thread John Weiss
On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 05:35:45PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > A solution might be to show the document when no .lyx directory exists > for this user. And I think that the document shown should be > Intro.lyx, even if this means modifying Intro.lyx. Jein. The suggested "splash.lyx"

Re: splash document

1999-02-09 Thread John Weiss
On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 06:28:08PM +0100, Daniel Naber wrote: > > >A solution might be to show the document when no .lyx directory exists > > >for this user. And I think that the document shown should be > > >Intro.lyx, even if this means modifying Intro.lyx. I have an idea how to do this automag

Re: splash document

1999-02-05 Thread Jochen Kuepper
On Fre, 05 Feb 1999 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> "Jochen" == Jochen Kuepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Jochen> Are there actually any plans to get rid of the user editing >Jochen> that damn file. I hope so !! (Hey, it's Friday.) That task >Jochen> should be accomplished by some kind

Re: splash document

1999-02-05 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Jochen" == Jochen Kuepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jochen> Are there actually any plans to get rid of the user editing Jochen> that damn file. I hope so !! (Hey, it's Friday.) That task Jochen> should be accomplished by some kind of preferences dialog. Yes, this is really needed. J

Re: splash document

1999-02-05 Thread Jochen Kuepper
On Don, 04 Feb 1999 Daniel Naber wrote: >Jochen Kuepper wrote: > >> >A solution might be to show the document when no .lyx directory exists >> >for this user. And I think that the document shown should be >> >Intro.lyx, even if this means modifying Intro.lyx. >> >> Thinking about it. Showing it o

Re: splash document

1999-02-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Daniel" == Daniel Naber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> I don't like popups, they are too annoying for the advanced Daniel> user, IMHO (even if they appear only once). Daniel> I would suggest to simply add an option to lyxrc. This is too much of a hassle for semi-advanced users. Like

Re: splash document

1999-02-04 Thread Daniel Naber
Jochen Kuepper wrote: > >A solution might be to show the document when no .lyx directory exists > >for this user. And I think that the document shown should be > >Intro.lyx, even if this means modifying Intro.lyx. > > Thinking about it. Showing it once might be to little for a really new user. >

Re: splash document

1999-02-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Jochen" == Jochen Kuepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jochen> Thinking about it. Showing it once might be to little for a Jochen> really new user. Probably we could combine it with some Jochen> dialog popping up somehome, where the user has to mark a Jochen> radiobutton to shut off the st

Re: splash document

1999-02-04 Thread Jochen Kuepper
On Don, 04 Feb 1999 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> "Jochen" == Jochen Kuepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Jochen> I appreciate the idea to give some help to newbies. Most >Jochen> important though - does it incorporate to switch it off >Jochen> completely ? For me, it should. > >A solution

Re: splash document

1999-02-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Jochen" == Jochen Kuepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jochen> On Don, 04 Feb 1999 Daniel Naber wrote: >> as I said, here's a patch that lets lyx start with a >> splash/help/... document if no filename to load is given. Mail me >> or the list about what you think should be in this file - s

Re: splash document

1999-02-04 Thread Jochen Kuepper
On Don, 04 Feb 1999 Daniel Naber wrote: >as I said, here's a patch that lets lyx start with a splash/help/... >document if no filename to load is given. Mail me or the list about what >you think should be in this file - should it be very short, or should it >contain FAQs... Hi Daniel, I appreci