On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Gary C Martin<g...@garycmartin.com> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On 18 Jul 2009, at 22:58, Martin Sevior wrote: > >> We do not expose the underlying code to extract the numeric value of >> the word count from a document at present. It would trivial to add >> that to the API if there was consensus this would be a useful thing to >> do. Now is a good time to put in such requests because we're just >> finishing off the 2.8 release. >> >> However you can pop up the AbiWord modeless Word Count dialog by doing: >> >> self._abiword_canvas.invoke_cmd("dlgWordCount","",0,0) > > Thanks. Just added this as a toolbar button to test. For those interested, > here's what it looks like in Sugar. With Sugars fullscreen interface design, > the use of dialogues is rather finicky as it's easy to loose the dialogue > behind to the desktop background layer: > > > > >> This will give you document statistics as you type. >> >> I can imagine that having the word count auto-updating in the toolbar >> would be a neat little feature >> for the Write 0.86. It might one of those "high ceiling" features for >> users to discover. >> >> One might also think of "find", "replace" and "goto" all being >> implemented in the toolbar. > > FWIW, "find" is available under the Edit tab (but no "replace" > functionality), and "goto" (page) is available on the View tab (but not goto > line number). > >> We have to careful to remember our target audience though. > > +1 I think it took some strong restraint to keep the number of features > exposed down to what we see today in Write :-)
+1 I'm not sure this is a feature that many kids will need. However, if teacher/child feedback indicates it would be a nice addition, I'd recommend displaying these statistics within a palette. There could be a "statistics" button that, when hovered or clicked revealed a palette containing whatever pieces of info are worth exposing. I'm not sure what tab/toolbar that button would fit best within, though... Eben > If you have the time – I've been looking for feedback on a new Toolbar > design that may be arriving in some form for Sugar 0.86. Some of the goals > are to show the "Stop" activity button at all times (kids often get lost in > the text tabs); resolve the difficulty of small click targets caused by the > narrow height text tabs; use icons rather than relying on text tab names > (lower age, and improved non-illiterate access): > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/Proposals/Toolbars#Top_level_Activity_toolbar_for_Write > > The mock-ups specifically keep the current Write functionality and tool > groupings so it can be more easily compared with the current Write > implementation. > > Regards, > --Gary > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep