Subject: commit:Re: PATCH request: edit headers
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2002 - 10:50:49 CST
I really like this idea. This patch implements this and fixes a bug that
left you in edit Header Mode if you changed to Normal mode.
Cheers
Martin
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Implement warning and automatic mode switching if a user wants to edit a
header in normal mode.
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> Hi, interesting idea. I add to it the following:
>
> On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 08:53, Martin Sevior wrote:
> > This is too much work for 1.0. Maybe it could be revisted post 1.0. Here
> > is my suggestion.
> > We leave all the header/footer controls active during normal mode
> > editting. However when a user tries to edit a header/footer while in
> > normal mode, we pop a message box that says:
>
> "
>
> You must be in Print Layout mode to create and edit Headers or Footers. To
> enter Print View mode, you may select 'Print Layout' from the 'View' menu.
>
> Do you want to change to Print Layout now?
>
> [ Yes ] [[ No, thanks ]]
>
> "
>
> This way you explain what must be done, and still offer the user the
> choice to do change view "right now" (or not, by default, so that
> nothing changes if the user clicks enter too fast).
>
> > This shows the user that editting headers/footers is possible and
> > how to do it without making the choice for her. The user has to decide to
> > enter Print View Mode themselves.
> >
> > Nothing is done behind her back.
>
> I think that this two premisses are maintained and the two buttons
> should improve user experience.
>
> Hugs, rms
>
> --
> + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
> + Whatever you do will be insignificant,
> | but it is very important that you do it -- Ghandi
> + So let's do it...?
>
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