Re: Most wanted feature: Spell as you type

2004-01-21 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:47:20PM -0500, John Weiss spake thusly: On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 01:01:58PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: The error in this sentence wouldn't be found by *any* spell checker, on-the-fly or not :-) I am not sure really how practically useful this feature

Re: [patch] more IU

2004-01-21 Thread Alfredo Braunstein
Angus Leeming wrote: Do whatever is easiest for you. Note that Alfredo is pretty good at tracking down off by one errors. I hope that with this lousy flattering you are not pretending I'll do the dirty job. Alfredo

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Angus Leeming
John Weiss wrote: For example: My mother once told me, ``If a stranger tells you, `Come with me and I will give you candy,' run home right away!'' Quoting phrases within a sentence is not uncommon. If you're quoting someone else, you'll likely run into a quote-in-a-quote.

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | John Weiss wrote: For example: My mother once told me, ``If a stranger tells you, `Come with me and I will give you candy,' run home right away!'' Quoting phrases within a sentence is not uncommon. If you're quoting someone else, you'll

Re: Why buffer-niceFile()?

2004-01-21 Thread Georg Baum
Angus Leeming wrote: Georg, I'm not going to be near the lyx sources for a few days, so can't apply this. (Maybe someone else will?) However, I remember that several Buffer member functions were not const simply because of the existence/use of this nasty variable. I wonder if they can now be

Re: Why buffer-niceFile()?

2004-01-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Georg Baum wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: Georg, I'm not going to be near the lyx sources for a few days, so can't apply this. (Maybe someone else will?) However, I remember that several Buffer member functions were not const simply because of the existence/use of this nasty variable. I wonder

CVS File-New crash; math related

2004-01-21 Thread Rob Lahaye
Hi, Maybe Andre knows already; if not: SISSEGV crash occurs after: Start LyX File-New Insert Math File-Close [and Discard Safe] File-New /Bang/ Cheers, Rob.

Re: Most wanted feature: Spell as you type

2004-01-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Martin Vermeer wrote: The only thing I miss in LyX is dynamic-abbreviation-expansion. But, that's an Emacs feature; Word only has a crude version thereof. Wasn't that patented :-( http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallman-mec-india.html Sheesh, his QA session makes him sound like a grumpy

Re: Dialogs

2004-01-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Angus Leeming wrote: Ugh. You convinced me (I understand near to nothing about qt). Me neither. However, in this case I think that I paint too dark a picture. slotWMHide is defined in the QDialogView base class (also in the deprecated Qt2Base base class. Not much derives from that anymore

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Angus Leeming wrote: John Weiss wrote: This is a problem. Point noted and agreed. However, we now have (rudimentary?) support for character styles in lyx 1.4.x (ie, current cvs). Could this not be handled by a quote-in-quote character style? I remember having a longer discussion with JMarc

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Angus Leeming wrote: John Weiss wrote: This is a problem. Point noted and agreed. However, we now have (rudimentary?) support for character styles in lyx 1.4.x (ie, current cvs). Could this not be handled by a quote-in-quote character style? |

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen I remember having a longer discussion with JMarc about this Juergen quite some time ago. AFAIR JMarc argued that this is needed Juergen but not as trivial as it seems to be. I think that I kept some of the messages around. The

Re: Why buffer-niceFile()?

2004-01-21 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Georg == Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Georg It is clear that relative paths are needed for exporting. But I Georg still don't know why absolute paths are used when building the Georg temporary file for running LaTeX. One of the problems if I remember correctly, is with included files.

Re: Why buffer-niceFile()?

2004-01-21 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Georg == Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Georg Unless somebody comes up with reasons why this is not possible, Georg I'll prepare a patch that makes relative paths when Georg appropriate. All the problem is to determine what 'when appropriate' means... JMarc

CVS: LyX click on inset crashes

2004-01-21 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
Hi everyone, Latest LyX: lyx newfile.lyx Click Create Control-L (open a new ERT inset) type something Click on the ERT inset LyX crashes -- Kayvan A. Sylvan | Proud husband of | Father to my kids: Sylvan Associates, Inc. | Laura Isabella Sylvan | Katherine Yelena (8/8/89)

Re: Most wanted feature: Spell as you type

2004-01-21 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:47:20PM -0500, John Weiss spake thusly: > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 01:01:58PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: > > > > The error in this sentence wouldn't be found by *any* spell checker, > > on-the-fly or not :-) > > > > I am not sure really how practically useful this

Re: [patch] more IU

2004-01-21 Thread Alfredo Braunstein
Angus Leeming wrote: > Do whatever is easiest for you. Note that Alfredo is pretty good at > tracking down off by one errors. I hope that with this lousy flattering you are not pretending I'll do the dirty job. Alfredo

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Angus Leeming
John Weiss wrote: > For example: > > My mother once told me, ``If a stranger tells you, `Come with me > and I will give you candy,' run home right away!'' > > Quoting phrases within a sentence is not uncommon. If you're > quoting > someone else, you'll likely run into a

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | John Weiss wrote: >> For example: >> >> My mother once told me, ``If a stranger tells you, `Come with me >> and I will give you candy,' run home right away!'' >> >> Quoting phrases within a sentence is not uncommon. If you're >> quoting >>

Re: Why buffer->niceFile()?

2004-01-21 Thread Georg Baum
Angus Leeming wrote: > Georg, I'm not going to be near the lyx sources for a few days, so > can't apply this. (Maybe someone else will?) However, I remember that > several Buffer member functions were not const simply because of the > existence/use of this nasty variable. I wonder if they can now

Re: Why buffer->niceFile()?

2004-01-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Georg Baum wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: >> Georg, I'm not going to be near the lyx sources for a few days, so >> can't apply this. (Maybe someone else will?) However, I remember >> that several Buffer member functions were not const simply because >> of the existence/use of this nasty variable.

CVS File->New crash; math related

2004-01-21 Thread Rob Lahaye
Hi, Maybe Andre knows already; if not: SISSEGV crash occurs after: Start LyX File->New Insert Math File->Close [and Discard Safe] File->New /Bang/ Cheers, Rob.

Re: Most wanted feature: Spell as you type

2004-01-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Martin Vermeer wrote: >> The only thing I miss in LyX is dynamic-abbreviation-expansion. >> But, >> that's an Emacs feature; Word only has a crude version thereof. > > Wasn't that patented :-( > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallman-mec-india.html Sheesh, his Q session makes him sound like

Re: Dialogs

2004-01-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Angus Leeming wrote: Ugh. You convinced me (I understand near to nothing about qt). >>> >>> Me neither. However, in this case I think that I paint too dark a >>> picture. slotWMHide is defined in the QDialogView base class (also >>> in the deprecated Qt2Base base class. Not much derives from

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Angus Leeming wrote: John Weiss wrote: This is a problem. Point noted and agreed. However, we now have (rudimentary?) support for character styles in lyx 1.4.x (ie, current cvs). Could this not be handled by a quote-in-quote character style? I remember having a longer discussion with JMarc

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Angus Leeming wrote: >> John Weiss wrote: >>>This is a problem. >> Point noted and agreed. However, we now have (rudimentary?) support >> for character styles in lyx 1.4.x (ie, current cvs). Could this not >> be handled by a quote-in-quote

Re: Quote Misfeature

2004-01-21 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Juergen" == Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Juergen> I remember having a longer discussion with JMarc about this Juergen> quite some time ago. AFAIR JMarc argued that this is needed Juergen> but not as trivial as it seems to be. I think that I kept some of the messages

Re: Why buffer->niceFile()?

2004-01-21 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Georg" == Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Georg> It is clear that relative paths are needed for exporting. But I Georg> still don't know why absolute paths are used when building the Georg> temporary file for running LaTeX. One of the problems if I remember correctly, is with

Re: Why buffer->niceFile()?

2004-01-21 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Georg" == Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Georg> Unless somebody comes up with reasons why this is not possible, Georg> I'll prepare a patch that makes relative paths when Georg> appropriate. All the problem is to determine what 'when appropriate' means... JMarc

CVS: LyX click on inset crashes

2004-01-21 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
Hi everyone, Latest LyX: lyx newfile.lyx Click "Create" Control-L (open a new ERT inset) type something Click on the ERT inset LyX crashes -- Kayvan A. Sylvan | Proud husband of | Father to my kids: Sylvan Associates, Inc. | Laura Isabella Sylvan | Katherine Yelena (8/8/89)