On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:30 AM, 'Terry Brown' via leo-editor
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>> A clever idea. However, I don't understand how this would work. Are
>> the "copied" nodes actually cross-file clones?
>
> No, just a one time "copy on demand" from leoSettings.leo to
> myLeoSettings.leo.
Oh! Delightfully
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 06:33:48 -0500
"Edward K. Ream" wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:20 PM, 'Terry Brown' via leo-editor
> wrote:
>
> > E.g. from the Settings menu:
> >
> > Settings -> Appearance -> Fonts
> >
> > would open myLeoSettings.leo at the appropriate place (copying
> > nodes in from
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:20 PM, 'Terry Brown' via leo-editor
wrote:
> E.g. from the Settings menu:
>
> Settings -> Appearance -> Fonts
>
> would open myLeoSettings.leo at the appropriate place (copying nodes in
> from LeoSettings.leo if needed), so the user would be looking at a node
> with the
Im also very grateful.
This has been my main concern about newbies eversince I joined Leo.
Everyone is used to edit the basic config from a menu-like structure, only
programmers can directly do that from an outline :)
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I am so glad all this is happening, at last!
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 10:06:09 -0700 (PDT)
duf...@gmail.com wrote:
> As an alternative to a restructuring of the settings, I propose a
> menu-based simplified access to the settings, which will let the user
> zoom-in to the relevant part of the settings file. The most commonly
> used settings (fon
As an alternative to a restructuring of the settings, I propose a
menu-based simplified access to the settings, which will let the user
zoom-in to the relevant part of the settings file. The most commonly used
settings (font color and size, background color, etc.) would have an
entry in the me
On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 10:42:36 -0500
"'Terry Brown' via leo-editor" wrote:
> But you're right, ultimately it's just a matter of finding time.
Baby steps, I just added color and font selection tools to LeoSettings,
with the intent they be automatically copied into myLeoSettings when
the latter's cre
Along these lines, I recall discussion of a possible clean-up
of key bindings, a number of out-of-the-box bindings being
somewhat obscure, and limiting availability for user-defined
ones.
I don't, however, recall the conclusion of the discussion.
Thanks,
Kent
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:42 AM, 'Ter
On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 06:31:03 -0700 (PDT)
Todd Mars wrote:
>
>
> There is no reason why the settings cannot be made user friendly,
> other than the work involved.
> Simply enumerating the specific problems from the beginning, and
> designing a friendly user interface to perform the tasks.
> When
There is no reason why the settings cannot be made user friendly, other
than the work involved.
Simply enumerating the specific problems from the beginning, and designing
a friendly user interface to perform the tasks.
When that is done, a good programmer can do it.
Todd.
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On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:16 PM, wgw wrote:
> there are still reasons to work on GOOD THINGS (™) without abandoning the
> work against the BAD THINGS (®).
I agree completely.
> I particularly appreciate Lessig's Google presentation
> (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc) and TED talk
>
Not wanting to stoke the flames of debate nor the paralysis of despair
(human reactions to the daily news), I do want to suggest that however dark
things are, in the US in particular --i.e. somewhere between the McCarthy
era and the rise of the Nazis in Germany --, there are still reasons to
wo
>
> Perhaps my reply was unclear. I was attempting to say why, for now at
> least,
> I personally am not interested in working on Leo. This may change in
> the future, especially as my health improves. Or not.
>
> Edward
>
>
I see. All the more reason for wishing you a speedy recovery, then
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:02 PM, wrote:
> Edward, I am a bit baffled by your answer.
> Is asking for more user friendliness something incompatible with Leo's
> philosophy?
Not at all.
Perhaps my reply was unclear. I was attempting to say why, for now at least,
I personally am not interested in
Edward, I am a bit baffled by your answer.
Is asking for more user friendliness something incompatible with Leo's
philosophy?
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On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:15 PM, wrote:
> I am a long-time lurker on this newsgroup, and I have noticed that in the
> last few months there have been significant improvements to Leo, in the
> hopes of making it more accessible to the non-technical crowd.
Leo seems insignificant at present. I ha
On Wed, 14 May 2014 08:58:33 +0300
"Ville M. Vainio" wrote:
> Git is sometimes used to maintain e.g. design assets and
> documentation.
>
> I guess non-technical people will learn to use git when it's
> mandatory part of their work.
:-) My interest / surprise is that software-carpentry.org tea
Git is sometimes used to maintain e.g. design assets and documentation.
I guess non-technical people will learn to use git when it's mandatory part
of their work.
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:52 PM, 'Terry Brown' via leo-editor <
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> On Fri, 9 May 2014 20:13:17 -0
On Fri, 9 May 2014 20:13:17 -0700 (PDT)
Richard Cranium wrote:
> Like all the non-technical people that managed to learn git?
I don't quite understand your comment, and I'm considering trying to
teach non-technical people git, so I'm curious. Is there a context
where you see a lot of non-techni
Like all the non-technical people that managed to learn git?
On Saturday, May 3, 2014 10:15:17 PM UTC-5, duf...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I am a long-time lurker on this newsgroup, and I have noticed that in the
> last few months there have been significant improvements to Leo, in the
> hopes of maki
On Mon, 5 May 2014 10:06:45 -0700 (PDT)
duf...@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation, Terry.
> I think the solution lies in the middle ground that you propose, and
> which I was already looking forward to. But I thought it was going to
> be implemented months ago! Things seem to have stall
Thanks for the explanation, Terry.
I think the solution lies in the middle ground that you propose, and which
I was already looking forward to. But I thought it was going to be
implemented months ago! Things seem to have stalled, after an initial
flurry of activity (videocasts, etc) in the right
I think why Leo behaves as it does and how it should behave are
complicated by the problem of defining what Leo is.
Config. user friendliness wise I think there's a possible middle way
solution where we make the Leoine way easy for non-technical users.
I.e. a settings menu with a hierarchy that l
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