Below I asked whether to add some stuff to bugzilla, so in case that 
was lost, I'm sending this a second time.

> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:29:40AM +0100, Christian Ridderstr?m wrote:
> > 
> > > I actually hate the "new" behaviour in Qt... probably because I frequently 
> > > want to test stuff in the preamble. And I haven't been able to find a 
> > > shortcut for opening the preamble. "M-l d" gives me the document layout, 
> > > but I have to do several "Down" to get to the preamble... so I usually end 
> > > up using the mouse :-(
> > 
> > But if you leave it on the preamble screen, then M-l d takes you
> > directly to the preamble "tab", and even has the focus there.
> 
> Yes, I've noticed, but I still miss the direct shortcut to the preamble... 
> maybe I fiddle with the other Document Settings more often than other 
> users?...   Anyway, an LFUN solves this problem - any objections to adding 
> it as an enhancment request in bugzilla?

?????? BUGZILLA ???????

> > > "Character"       Good and works as expected.
> > >    Question:      What does "Auto Appply" do?
> > 
> > Auto-apply is a temporary hack in the attempt to make this a bit more
> > It simply applies any change you make immediately.
> 
> Hey, I like it! 
> I think this is a real progress in the UI (at least for advanced users), 
> and I'll keep my eyes open for more places where this can be used.
> What about adding it to Layout->Paragraphs? If that sounds reasonable, let 
> me know and I'll "bugzilla" it.
> 

?????? BUGZILLA ???????

> Maybe a different name would make it more easy to understand. How about
> "Apply immediately" or "Apply at once" instead?
> 
> With "Auto-apply", I read it as "Automatically apply" and thought that if 
> I just selected some new text, the settings would be automatically 
> applied to that...  Of course, now that I know about it the name seems 
> obvious, I'll ask two of my colleagues for their untainted opinions.
> 
> > >    Comment:       I miss being able to do "M-l p", "M-n" to center a 
> > >           paragrah. Now it takes an extra key or two to do this.
> > 
> > A pity but we should really make this scriptable.
> 
> Que? You mean like creating an LFUN for it? I could "bugzilla" that...
> 
> Actually, when I think about it, this is really about inserting floats 
> and that you don't get centering there by default. Bugzilla?  I searched 
> bugzilla a bit, expecting to find this there but didn't???
> 
> > >    Question:      What does "Keep space" do?
> > 
> > Makes the space you set happen even if the paragraph is at the top (or
> > the bottom) of a page etc.
> 
> Sigh... I knew I'd asked this question before. Guess "Keep space" could 
> be a bit more descriptive... Unfortunately, looking at how "Spacing" is 
> organized, there's not much room for writing something else.
> 
> Pop-up ballons with a small help text could be a solution here, are there 
> any plans for something like that? 

?????? BUGZILLA the idea of pop-up ballons ???????

> Otherwise, how about modifying it from this:
> 
>       Unit:        [Units....]      [Units....]
>       Keep space:  [ ]              [ ]
> 
> into something like this
> 
>       Unit:        [Units....]      [Units....]
>       Keep space   [ ]              [ ]
>       (at top or bottom of page)
> 
> or like this
> 
>       Unit:        [Units....]      [Units....]
>       Keep space at        
>       page top/bottom;     [ ]              [ ]
> 
> or this (i.e. adding a footnote)
> 
>         Unit:        [Units....]      [Units....]
>         Keep space*: [ ]              [ ]
> 
>         *) Keep space even at the top or bottom of a page

/Christian


-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-790 91 37           http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Mechatronics lab, Dept. of Machine Design        http://www.md.kth.se


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