On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:28:05 +0100 Jerry <[email protected]> wrote: [snip] > Using the two different setting files can be a solution, of course, > but it does not help much in the way of simplicity and user > friendliness. That's because even with a simplified settings file, the > user will still have to go through most of those (daunting) settings. > A friendlier user interface would be one that relieves the user from > having to go through things that he mostly does not even understand. > Come to think of it, Leo as it is now operates by default in "very > advanced user mode", as it assumes advanced programming skills and > some in-depth knowledge of Leo internals. Changing even the simplest > of the settings (e.g. the font size or color) requires advanced > knowledge of Leo's settings. From my experience I can say that even > changing the font size was a challenge. [snip]
So one approach would be to write a bunch of familiar helper GUI on top of Leo to change Leo settings for you. I think that's what you're proposing? I agree the settings are far to complex for non-programmers to dive in to. With enough programming background you can think "oh, ok, so it must work this way..." and be close enough to right to get by. But for non-coding users, ouch. But at the same time Leo is all about editing data represented in trees, it should be able to make that sufficiently easy that non-coder users can alter what they need to alter. Hence my proposal here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/leo-editor/kRChje5wkXg/XeV8DWLe7HMJ (see attached mocked up screen shot too) No, it's not as simple as font-size changing in some other software. But I think it's easy enough, and it eases the user into the Leo way of doing things so that when they want to do more arbitrary things the helper GUI wouldn't cover, they have a feel for it. Do you think something like that would be sufficiently friendly for new users of all types? Cheers -Terry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
