On Monday 04 February 2002 1:20 pm, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "R" == R Lahaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> > Should there be a consensus and have a harmonized help style?
> >>
> >> good question.
>
> R> Maybe it's worth considering both styles for LyX dialogs: short
> R> explanations in the bottom, when the cursor moves across certain
> R> areas of the dialog, and a Help button that will provide more
> R> elaborate information.
>
> From what I have seen in herbert's help file, I think all the info in
> there could and probably should be turned into short tips as we have
> elsewhere. This even easier to use than separate help, I think. Maybe
> Juergen S. could have a look?
>
> Another easy solution would be to have a function
> showHelpItem(string const & name, string const & label)
> that would load manual `name' (or switch to it if it is open) and jump
> to label `label'. This is just a few lines of code, and then the Help
> button would just invoke something like
> showHelpItem("UserGuide", "sec:graphics")
>
> Would that work?
I'd like tooltips please. However, the help files do no harm for the time
being. Moreover, tooltips in xforms < 0.89 is a pain. It seems to me that the
current system will do for now.
A
