On 09.12.16 13:25, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 09/12/2016 à 12:59, mn a écrit : >> This setting dwells under a different Settings group named Look&Feel? >> There I can only change the color of this solid line, not its thickness >> or position. >> And in my eyes the line itself is the problem, not its color. > > I understand your arguments, but this is all we have now. I am not > completely sure of what a good UI (visible but not obnoxious) would be. >
Neither am I. Visibility and aesthetics are clashing frequently. Not just in LyX. Right now I guess there were several reasons we arrived at the current situation. Either very good or congruent reasons or just by chance. But I also guess that no-one has tested or adjusted all the color options: -- for people with (color-)vision abnormalities -- for consistency of metaphors and hierarchies -- the balance of beauty and usability (they are quite ugly, but I actually do not care about this much since I found them to be 'working' up until now) The above is not meant as a complaint. Nor am I a qualified expert for color-vision or cognitive ergonomics to remedy this observation. https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/ColorSchemes and another website list several "themes" that are arbitrary, cool, or likeable. And I agree that this might be justifiably of some lower importance. on topic: Among others, I see the following scenarios: a) Entering the text, manually or via c&p: the line is a hassle, and helpful at the same time. b) Proof-reading the content: the line is hassle. c) Proof-reading for compilation or formatting errors and tweaks: the line is essential. Note that c and much more so b for me are the most important and outstanding reasons that LyX is superior to any other TeX editor out there. Might it be better than the current options – to allow for an option of differing text-background color for foreign languages, (This is arguably very likely to conflict with all the other background choices under Look&Feel. ) – and make this switchable via a shortcut and toolbar toggle? The quick toggle is presumably easiest and most important, given that all those color options are daunting already. > Note that one can see whether the language at cursor position is > different from default by looking at the status bar. > I didn't think of that within this scope. This is indeed helpful but very limited. Cursor position is unable to tell me the (is it correct?) extent of the language declaration. Mike
