Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-12-12 Thread John Weiss
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 12:22:12PM -0800, Mike Ressler wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on updating the keyboard shortcuts in the docs (starting with > the User Guide). Given that I'm former editor-in-chief of the LyX Documentation Effort and remain its floating spiritual guide, I think it's time I

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-12-12 Thread John Weiss
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:39:05PM -0500, Amir Karger wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 05:27:05PM +0900, Miyata Shigeru wrote: > > Why don't you write a perl script to parse users' lyxrc, preference, ui and > > bind files, and to update UserGuide.lyx? > > But then, each user would need a local co

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-12-01 Thread Allan Rae
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Angus Leeming wrote: > Gentlemen, > > I've written the inset proposed by Jean-Marc. Currently, it's a little > cumbersome to use: > > Eg, type in the minibuffer: > > shortcut-insert line-end > > And a little button appears in the text containing the immortal [C-e]. > >

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-12-01 Thread Angus Leeming
Gentlemen, I've written the inset proposed by Jean-Marc. Currently, it's a little cumbersome to use: Eg, type in the minibuffer: shortcut-insert line-end And a little button appears in the text containing the immortal [C-e]. It isn't quite there yet (no Read(), Write(), Latex() functions, s

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-12-01 Thread Amir Karger
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 05:27:05PM +0900, Miyata Shigeru wrote: > Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Otherwise, you'd have to write it so that it automatically displayed what > > the person's personal bindings were at that time, or something. > > Why don't you write a perl script to pa

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-12-01 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Miyata" == Miyata Shigeru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Miyata> Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Otherwise, you'd have to write it so that it automatically >> displayed what the person's personal bindings were at that time, or >> something. Miyata> Why don't you write a perl script

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-12-01 Thread Miyata Shigeru
Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Otherwise, you'd have to write it so that it automatically displayed what > the person's personal bindings were at that time, or something. Why don't you write a perl script to parse users' lyxrc, preference, ui and bind files, and to update UserGuide.lyx

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-11-30 Thread Amir Karger
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:03:28PM -0400, Garst R. Reese wrote: > How about chapters or separate docs > Keyboard shortcuts CUA > Keyboard shortcuts Emacs > Personally I just look at the bind file. > Having the shortcuts scattered through the docs is of absolutely no use. > Many are now in the pull

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-11-30 Thread Garst R. Reese
Allan Rae wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Mike Ressler wrote: > > > Given that CUA is the default, and assuming that an overwhelming majority > > use that, the question is how to I document such things without being > > ridiculous? Do I just document CUA and tell Emacs users to go figure it > >

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-11-30 Thread Allan Rae
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Mike Ressler wrote: > Given that CUA is the default, and assuming that an overwhelming majority > use that, the question is how to I document such things without being > ridiculous? Do I just document CUA and tell Emacs users to go figure it > out themselves? (e.g. "to cut hi

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-11-30 Thread mike . ressler
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Amir Karger wrote: > I think the docs have to be written assuming you've got the default binding. > Otherwise, you'd have to write it so that it automatically displayed what > the person's personal bindings were at that time, or something. That would actually be really cool!

Re: Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-11-30 Thread Amir Karger
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 12:22:12PM -0800, Mike Ressler wrote: > > Given that CUA is the default, and assuming that an overwhelming majority > use that, the question is how to I document such things without being > ridiculous? Do I just document CUA and tell Emacs users to go figure it > out thems

Key-binding documentation dilemma

2000-11-30 Thread Mike Ressler
Hi, I'm working on updating the keyboard shortcuts in the docs (starting with the User Guide). It's immediately obvious that I'm going to get myself into a CUA vs Emacs binding battle. Having used Emacs for about 16 years, guess which one I prefer ... Given that CUA is the default, and assuming