On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 12:11:08AM +0000, Guillaume Munch wrote: > >The "Open directory..." could also get rid of the "Show Output Anyway" > >button for the same reasoning as (1) above. I like the "Show Output > >Anyway" button how it is, but I'm not sure if that's because I just got > >used to it. If others prefer one less button though, I would be OK with > >that. > > To be clear, this is a different dialog right? So are you suggesting to add > this “Open directory” button to the other dialog as well?
Yes, in this case we could have the "Open directory" button in the place of "Show Output Anyway" and would not need it in the LaTeX Log dialog. But I just realized that if the compilation is successful, we can only get to the LaTeX Log dialog so my idea is not good because we might want to access the temporary directory even on a successful compilation. > I'd keep the “Show > Output Anyway” button, for the reason you mentioned: there can be many > files. What do others think? > > > Any ideas for a clearer button label than “Open directory...”? I do not like all first letters capitalized, but it seems that is the current style so we should stick with that. Also I don't think we should have "...". That is for if another dialog *in LyX* is expected to follow a click of that button. If I am mistaken on that we should rename "Show Output Anyway" to have "..." also. Looking at what other programs do in similar (but slightly different) situations: evince and firefox both have: Open Containing Folder fslint has: Open Folder filelight has: Open File Manager Here chromium has: Show in folder As for my personal preference, I might like "Open temporary dir" or "Open temp dir" because it might be nice to emphasize that the directory is temporary (e.g. it might be deleted soon!). Also that is how we refer to it technically so if there are any user questions about "the temporary" directory we will understand exactly which directory is being referred to, as opposed to "I opened the directory, but...". I suppose there is room for confusion though, since technically the temporary directory is actually the parent folder of the lyx_tmpbuf0 directory. In summary, I don't have a strong preference. Scott
