On Wed, 10 May 2017 08:47:00 -0700 (PDT) john lunzer <[email protected]> wrote:
> As an extension to "arrange the panes how you want and save the > layout", there could be multiple saved (and custom named) layouts and > Leo could ship with "vertical" and "horizontal" default layouts and > the binding to "toggle-split-direction" could be replaced with a > binding to "cycle-layouts". Then the user could either > modify/overwrite the stock layouts or scrap those and just create > their own layouts. I think this would maintain simplicity and also > offer a powerful system for quickly changing layouts. This is a good idea although it does run into one wrinkle. free_layout already supports multiple named layouts, and cycling through them would be convenient. However, switching layouts causes Leo to instantiate (create) the widgets needed to fill the panes in a particular layout. Sometimes that might be slow / undesirable. So perhaps when a layout is saved, we'd need a checkbox "include in cycle layouts". Clarifying - switching vertical / horizontal / wide body / narrow tree etc. is fast and no problem, but a layout might include other panes (todo interface, graph editor, movie viewer) that are klunky to throw up just because you're trying to cycle from horizontal to vertical. Cheers -Terry > Just a thought for creating a simple/unified layout interface. > > On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 3:37:22 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Terry Brown <[email protected] > > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > ... > >> I wonder if we should > >> > >> be thinking about obsoleting these settings (and the split ratio > >> one, > >> too). As long as it works, and it already exists in free_layout, > >> it > >> seems the "arrange the panes how you want and save the layout" > >> approach > >> is simpler for all concerned. > > > > I agree. This seems like the best idea. > > > > Toggle split direction should (if it doesn't already) just call > >> free_layouts rotate all function. > > > > That's exactly what it does: > > > > @cmd('toggle-split-direction') > > def toggleSplitDirection(self, event=None): > > '''Toggle the split direction in the present Leo window.''' > > if hasattr(self.c, 'free_layout'): > > self.c.free_layout.get_top_splitter().rotate() > > > > > >> Which, appropriately, has been relabeled "toggle split direction" > >> in the pane layout menu. > > > > So it looks like we have a plan. When docks work we can get rid > > of several settings. Until then, we can do nothing. > > > > Edward -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
