On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 02:01:03PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > But I don't like the idea of representing it on the UI level for insets > > in general - what is wrong with using Undo, Revert, etc. if you > > accidentally delete something important ? > > As I mentioned in the quoted text, casual erasure of ERT insets by > inexperienced LyX users is a problem, particularly w/r/t templates.
With templates we can have a .layout keyword. For documents in general, either the change tracking, or the standard Undo/Revert stuff will do IMO. > Stepping for a moment into the conceptual, ERT is often a stand-in for LaTeX > customization not supported by the UI. Consider other ways to customize LaTeX, > such as the preamble or Layout->Document settings. You cannot affect *these* > by casual erasure. Sure you can. Erase the wrong bit, then "OK", and it's gone. > The minipage widget has offered the opportunity to hide such content in the > main file. Sometimes, we've used minipage as a "hack" to submerge from view > text (along with ERT widgets) that really doesn't need the minipage environment > -- "canned" template content that only clutters the working space of the user > and that should not, in the ordinary course, be changed. Why the minipage ? I don't get the use case here. > But at least it removes the canned text (along with ERT widgets) from view. are you talking about it being removed altogether from the visual display ? regards john
