Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 05 December 2002 02:37 am, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:05:36PM +, John Levon wrote: > > > sorting branches on one level, binsorting of multiple branches by > > > qualitative measures, randomization of branches on one level, > > > > Why would you want any of the

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-05 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:17:51PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote: > How to say it ... because they are very useful. If you haven't > tried, it is probably hard to imagine. It is more about thinking > than writing, but this kind of program was for me the first CAT > (Computer Aided Thinking) tool. I pre

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:05:36PM +, John Levon wrote: > > sorting branches on one level, binsorting of multiple branches by > > qualitative measures, randomization of branches on one level, > > Why would you want any of these ? Featureritis majestatis... Andre' -- Those who desire to giv

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Matej Cepl
John Levon wrote: > > sorting branches on one level, binsorting of multiple > > branches by qualitative measures, randomization of branches > > on one level, > > Why would you want any of these ? How to say it ... because they are very useful. If you haven't tried, it is probably hard to imagine.

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:24:57PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote: > sorting branches on one level, binsorting of multiple branches by > qualitative measures, randomization of branches on one level, Why would you want any of these ? john

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Christian Ridderström
I've taken the liberty of copying/moving excerpts of this thread here: http://ev-en.org/wiki/moin.cgi/LyxOutlinerMails with the intent that it should be easier to go back to later. /Christian PS. I've edited it slightly, so apologies if I've misinterpreted you etc DS -- Christian Ridd

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Matej Cepl
Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > >There is much more in what is traditionally called outliner > > Could you some examples of the features? sorting branches on one level, binsorting of multiple branches by qualitative measures, randomization of branches on one level, flattening and deflattening of the sub

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Matej Cepl wrote: >There is much more in what is traditionally called outliner Could you some examples of the features? >programs than just folding. Outliners are unfortunately pretty >rare these days, but there were some excellent ones on M$-DOS -- >MaxThink was my favorite

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Matej Cepl
Christian Ridderström wrote: > To be honest, I'm not sure outline is correct word.. in Swedish I'd call > it "disposition"... anyway I think about it as editing the structural > content of the document. ... hmm, maybe "structure mode" is better? There is much more in what is traditionally called

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 04 December 2002 10:00 am, John Levon wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 07:22:26AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've compiled lyx several times, but I have only looked at a few bits of > > the code (the ones that once or twice did'tn compile the 1st try). > > Query, how hard woul

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 07:22:26AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've compiled lyx several times, but I have only looked at a few bits of > the code (the ones that once or twice did'tn compile the 1st try). > Query, how hard would it be to add functionality to the TOC (or cloned) > view to p

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 07:22:26AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've compiled lyx several times, but I have only looked at a few bits of > the code (the ones that once or twice did'tn compile the 1st try). > Query, how hard would it be to add functionality to the TOC (or cloned) > view to pe

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread hansel
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Christian Ridderström wrote: > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:05:05AM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > > If we want to have the outline mode separate from LyX, then a custom > > > export format would be useful... but maybe it'

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:05:05AM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > If we want to have the outline mode separate from LyX, then a custom > > export format would be useful... but maybe it's more efficient to put it > > inside LyX? > > "Folding" t

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Andre Poenitz
Btw: That Wiki stuff looks cool. Are the changes archived somewhere in case somebody decides to erase everything? Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:05:05AM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > If we want to have the outline mode separate from LyX, then a custom > export format would be useful... but maybe it's more efficient to put it > inside LyX? "Folding" text and changing the headning level should be done wit

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-04 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 08:47:32AM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > I just created a wiki-page for notes and thoughts on what kind of > > functionality we would like of an outline or layout mode for LyX. > > Feel free to go here and add your ideas

Re: Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 08:47:32AM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > I just created a wiki-page for notes and thoughts on what kind of > functionality we would like of an outline or layout mode for LyX. > Feel free to go here and add your ideas: > > http://ev-en.org/wiki/moin.cgi/LyxOut

Discussion on outline/layout mode for LyX

2002-12-03 Thread Christian Ridderström
Hi I just created a wiki-page for notes and thoughts on what kind of functionality we would like of an outline or layout mode for LyX. Feel free to go here and add your ideas: http://ev-en.org/wiki/moin.cgi/LyxOutliner /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-790 91 37 htt