On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:28:05 +0100 > Jerry <[email protected]> wrote: > > [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?
That would be a step in the right direction I believe. Using a superimposed GUI could be a fine solution, I guess. It would not require any radical changes underneath. Yet, I am not sure what you mean by this GUI. I was thinking more along the lines of enhancing the current menu. > 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. It just occutred to me that, as a partial enhancement, adding some explanatory comments between the lines might also help. > 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. It's a midway compromise. As you said, not as easy as in other user interfaces, but I guess it could work. > Do you think something like that would be sufficiently friendly for new > users of all types? Probably yes, but this simplified approach would have to be implemented across the board, to other functions, not just to font sizes. -- 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.
