Tommaso Cucinotta wrote: > I can only repeat myself: > "Shortly, whatever can be shown or hidden is in View, whatever can be > edited is in Edit or Insert." > > For example, in the current menus, I can insert a TOC from Insert->..., but > an appendix from Document->...
It is rather toggling than inserting (not that I'm defending such weird functioning). > I can show the source and message panes from View->..., but the TOC pane > stays in Document->... > I can't see (user's viewpoint) why messages log stays in View->..., but > latex log stays in Document->... Right, message pane is probably my fault, but it belongs rather to Tools than View looking now, hmm? > Simply, current LyX menus seem to spread things throughout those menu > voices in a weird way, IMO of course. The problem is that there are usually many diverging opinions. There was even attempt to study Apple HIG in order to overcome this kind of flaming and the result felt like eating stones. Another angle is, for example, that menu should have reasonable number of items. Have you ever tried to show Insert menu at netbook (or our pref dialog where we just added next checkbox for that matter;)? It might be better to make more brief Insert than dissolve Document into Edit/Insert. > The alternating between editing > actions (Edit), appearance ones (View), then again editing (Insert), then > again view-related stuff (Navigate), then again editing (Document)...., > puzzles me quite a lot. Think of the new user facing with those menus :-)! Well, he launches it and discovers that his Office has similar order as his Office (just tried here): File, Edit, View, Insert, Format (mixture of our text style and Doc settings), Table, Tools, Windows, Help. Pavel
