Subject: Re: commit - Insert symbol button (was Re: commit - Show/hide Standard/Format/Extra toolbars)
From: sam th (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 23:40:50 CDT
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Iain Hallam wrote:
> > > Next we can have toolbar buttons for find, replace, goto, spell and
> > > WordCount. No sense wasting all that extra space you've made for us :-)
> >
> > Please, of these, only spelling should be even remotely considered.
>
> But wouldn't it be best to at least aim at having icons and buttons that can
> be added *by the user* if they use that feature often? When I was writing my
> physics dissertation I defined shortcuts and toolbar buttons for equation
> editing, symbol insertion and quick picture insertion. User-definable
> toolbars strikes me as a laudable long-term goal that can be aimed at with
> these buttons. They don't necessarily have to make it in the default
> version, but their existence is not, in itself, a bad thing.
>
Of course, user-configurable icons would be great (patches gladly
accepted). However, in the default version (which is all that we
currently have) we should try to avoid the clutter.
That's all.
sam th
sam@uchicago.edu
http://www.abisource.com/~sam/
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