On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 09:55:51AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yes, there certainly have been major improvements in the source code,
> lots of "clean up", etc. The "GUII" effort, as you call it.
>
> But you'd be hard pressed to offer a host of significant new features,
> from the user's standpoint, introduced in the last two years.
Because LyX without the 'GUII effort' and further cleanups is in a state
where adding new features is very difficult. Moreover, even if adding a
new feature turns out to be possible it most likely adds to the current
mess and makes adding a second feature even more difficult.
So the way to go is to do the cleanups first.
> It's not just the GUII effort at fault here. It's just one chapter. LyX
> has suffered numerous efforts to circle back and clean up the code,
> rewrite "hacks" dependent on xforms, etc. The community has often seemed
> incapable of building on the foundation in place, rather than tearing it
> down and reconstructing it ad nauseum.
> Sure, LyX today is very nice, sparkling and clean, at least under the
> hood.
I wish it were. In fact such statements do not add much credibility to the
other not-so-easy-to-follow statements.
> One that particularly struck me was the elimination of the Layout menu
> and its diaspora throughout the user interface ("Edit->Paragraph
> Settings" Seriously?)
That's really bad.
> Why such fundamental user interface elements are still being tweaked is
> beyond me. It must reflect the kind of dramatic differences in goals and
> objectives I mentioned above.
No, I think this is just a new superficial mess completely independent of
'real' internal changes. However, as this can be rectified by editing
lib/ui/default.ui with a simple text editor before releasing 1.4 I don't
think this change will do too much damage in the long run.
Andre'
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