Sven Schreiber wrote:
[topic shifted from bug to user interface, so I'm starting a new thread]
Helge Hafting schrieb:
Btw, some time ago somebody suggested to let lyx create new tabulars
without any lines by default. I think that's a great idea. That can't be
so difficult to implement, right? Do we need a vote?
There were much discussion - and simply changing lyx to no-line
tabulars was turned down for "changing default behaviour".
I tried to search the devel archives (not very easy actually) and found
many people in favor of no lines, and essentially only Lars (lgb) being
cautious.
<SNIP>
Lars, excuse me to bother you, but why exactly do you think that
changing these defaults is bad? Do you know of many users that fiercely
demand their vertical lines?
<SNIP>
May I also point you to the discussion that happened on the user list (shortly
after the one on the dev list)?
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg48442.html
Also as was stated in the following two messages, and I think in the message
you were replying to, an either or of lines/nolines as default is a ~50%
split. I would think any dev who wanted to remain _mostly_ sane in such a
situation would stick with the trouble s/he knows than to change a default,
until a better solution is actually implemented, as with the annoyance s/he
knows it is easer to just point to bug# and say _someone may_ work on it than
to start fielding questions from the other camp.
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg48455.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg48464.html
So if there is someone with the skill, inclination and time perhaps the
easiest _half_ baked solution would be to make a lyxrc.defaults file item
which indicates '\tabular_lines_on true|false' and test for that setting to
run either the current default tabular create function or the new no line
tabular create function.
The above is only my opinion, and I am only a, sometimes _mostly_ sane,
developer of _other_ software. :)
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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
