Subject: Re: commit - Insert symbol button (was Re: commit - Show/hide Standard/Format/Extra toolbars)
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:43:43 CDT
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, sam th wrote:
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> On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Iain Hallam wrote:
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> > > > 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.
> >
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> 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.
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Joaquins latest patch gives us an extra toolbar which we can show or hide
at will. This is the closest we'll have to a configurable toolbar for a
long time. I like the idea of populating the toolbar with shortcuts to
various dialogs. We could also make it a default not to show the extra's
toolbar.
Having put in the extra's toolbar we might as well use it.
My 2 cents
Martin
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