Hi,
While working on the Document Dialog I detected a bug which seems to be
there for a long time (it's in 1.1.6 too). It's very easy to reproduce:
Go to the Document Dialog and change the class. The nasty popup pops
up. Confirm the question: the class options will be reset to default.
Now ch
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 17:15, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While working on the Document Dialog I detected a bug which seems to be
> there for a long time (it's in 1.1.6 too). It's very easy to reproduce:
>
> Go to the Document Dialog and change the class. The nasty popup pops
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While working on the Document Dialog I detected a bug which seems to be
> there for a long time (it's in 1.1.6 too). It's very easy to reproduce:
>
> Go to the Document Dialog and change the class. The nasty popup pops
> up. Confirm the q
On 20 Sep 2001, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Allan> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> While working on the Document Dialog I detected a bug which seems
> >> to be there for a long time (it's in 1.1.6 too
Allan Rae wrote:
> Just because a user can't see the changes wouldn't make it
> misleading. Changing to a different class in my experience has always
> involved saying "yes" to the question -- when you take a paper for a
> conference and want to turn it into a journal article you have to
> comply
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Allan Rae wrote:
> > Just because a user can't see the changes wouldn't make it
> > misleading. Changing to a different class in my experience has always
> > involved saying "yes" to the question -- when you take a paper for a
> > conference and
Am Freitag, 21. September 2001 10:12 schrieb Allan Rae:
> So the user might notice something changed by a flash of a text input
> changing or a radio button toggling and wonder: "Did I really see
> something change? If so, which one was it?"
>
> With a warning message or some other feedback they
Am Freitag, 21. September 2001 11:54 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes:
> Juergen> Not always. E.g. in Germany Separation is "Indent" by
> Juergen> Default. If I write a doc and want to have it "Skip" instead
> Juergen> for some reason, I differ from default settings. If I decide
> Juergen> to use scra
On 21 Sep 2001, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Allan> but think about a newbie and how they will react and how they
> Allan> use software. They/we/I usually don't read manuals until all
> Allan> else fails. They/we/I push buttons blindly h
On 21-Sep-2001 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>> "Juergen" == Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Juergen> Yes. And I have already moved the save button outside the
> Juergen> tabs. I will send you a small patch with this and other few
> Juergen> changes, but I can't make a pro
Am Montag, 24. September 2001 11:33 schrieb Juergen Vigna:
> Well here some commets:
>
> 1. the "Save as default" button is over the text-warning (label)
> field it should be moved!
Oh, yes :-( I will do this. I have seen the field but was not shure
what it's about ;-) Thanks.
> 2. IMO the Auto
Am Donnerstag, 20. September 2001 07:08 schrieb Allan Rae:
> IMO, if the silly class change dialog had been shifted to be
> handled when Okay/Apply were pressed this bug also would have been
> fixed.
>
> > I suspect that one of the first lines of the following part of
> > FormDocument.C is to blam
On Thursday 20 September 2001 11:21, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Question: do we need this comparision at all? I deleted it and now all
> works like a charm. Will there be any unwanted sideeffects, apart from
> the case that the class options will be reset to default even if the
> user choses
On Thursday 20 September 2001 11:33, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Angus> Is that not an unwanted side-effect? Why not post a message
> Angus> rather than a question and only when the params are applied,
> Angus> not input, as Allan s
Am Donnerstag, 20. September 2001 12:35 schrieb Angus Leeming:
> On Thursday 20 September 2001 11:21, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> > Question: do we need this comparision at all? I deleted it and now
> > all works like a charm. Will there be any unwanted sideeffects,
> > apart from the case that
On 20-Sep-2001 Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Auto Reset means that the settings will be reset on any action with the
> class choice, and I think the LyX users are intelligent enough to get
> this ;-). Personally, I was always annoyed by that question. It
> reminded me a little bit on a silly
Am Donnerstag, 20. September 2001 14:00 schrieb Juergen Vigna:
> IMO we should still check if there was no change! It's easy enough
> and it needs only a private class variable in the FormDocument. So we
> won't do anything if we didn't really do anything.
But it should work (not like the previou
On 20-Sep-2001 Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 20. September 2001 14:00 schrieb Juergen Vigna:
>> IMO we should still check if there was no change! It's easy enough
>> and it needs only a private class variable in the FormDocument. So we
>> won't do anything if we didn't really do an
Am Donnerstag, 20. September 2001 12:29 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes:
> Juergen, is there something special about this patch? I get:
>
> patch: malformed patch at line 183: + * FormPreferences.C:
> Handle that button
Oups... sorry. Here's a (hopefully) better one.
Jürgen
> JMarc
doc
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
[...]
> Auto Reset means that the settings will be reset on any action with the
> class choice, and I think the LyX users are intelligent enough to get
> this ;-).
[...]
> IMHO the new approach is much better than the old one. But of course
> you ca
On 20 Sep 2001, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > "Garst" == Garst R Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Garst> I do that when I am making a new template or just a new file
> Garst> that I want set up like some old file. Open old.lyx and
> Garst> new.lyx, look at the comboxes in old, set up n
Am Freitag, 21. September 2001 09:14 schrieb Allan Rae:
> Document it. In NEWS and in whichever user manual Mike thinks fits
> best (User Guide? but certainly in the Reference manual).
Good idea. I will do (after it is decided that this approach will go in
and how). Maybe Mike can tell me wher
Am Donnerstag, 20. September 2001 17:20 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes:
> I took a quick look at it and have two remarks:
>
> 1/ the save button is too small for its label
>
> 2/ it should not be in a frame together with "reset", since the list
> of arguments afected by this is different. Actually,
Mike weighs in :-)
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Am Freitag, 21. September 2001 09:14 schrieb Allan Rae:
> > Document it. In NEWS and in whichever user manual Mike thinks fits
> > best (User Guide? but certainly in the Reference manual).
>
> Good idea. I will do (after it i
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