On Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6:57:17 AM UTC-5 Thomas wrote: Hmm, instead of rendering those nodes in a separate frame as VR/VR3 does, we could overlay the rendering frame over the editing frame. We could switch in and out of rendering mode to allow editing. I bet that wouldn't be too hard.
Thomas, you may have solved a problem that has bedeviled me for ages! Here are my first thoughts: I've never liked the VR pane. It seems like a significant waste of real estate. Edit modes are confusing, but *visual modes* will work! Here are some preliminary thoughts: *Rendering modes* Both headlines and body text will specify a *default rendering mode* for *each *node: - Headlines like @movie and @html (and all the others that VR and VR3 support) would set the default rending mode to some graphics mode. - Otherwise, @language directives will specify the preferred rendering mode, usually *text mode*. However, @language rst would specify *rst mode*. - A possibility: *@rst-tree* in the headline would specify that the rendered contents would consist of the node's body and the bodies of all descendant nodes. *Switching modes* The *toggle-rendering-mode* command will toggle between the *default *and *alternate *rendering modes. Text mode will always be one of those modes. Users are unlikely to become confused about which mode is in effect because graphics look very different from text. If confusion does arise, *graphics icons* could mark graphics-capable nodes. *Summary* Rendering body text as either text or graphics seems like a natural idea. Why didn't I ever think of this before? And how did we ever live without it? The *toggle-rendering-mode* command will toggle between graphics and text views. Users are unlikely to become confused about what body panes contain. Rendering either text or graphics in the body pane: - Significantly increases Leo's effective real estate. - Promises to give Leo the visual capabilities of the most sophisticated outliners. Today is a milestone in Leo's history. And there is further room for invention! 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 leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/74370acc-72c3-4dcc-a1e1-c3299aada5e0n%40googlegroups.com.
