On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 09:49:24PM +0000, Guillaume Munch wrote: > Le 02/11/2015 21:10, Andrew Parsloe a écrit : > >Your proposed button would also solve #9211 "Make the lyxpreview.log > >files accessible within LyX". > > > > > I agree, part of this idea comes from all the times I had to debug lyx > previews (but not only). > > > For the interface, I also propose to substitute the extant “Copy to > clipboard” button with this “Open directory...” button to avoid making > the interface heavier.
I think this is a good idea. > Indeed, “Copy to clipboard” is twice redundant: > 1. With “open directory” one can open the original log file in an editor. I was a little worried that some users would get overwhelmed when they open the directory and there are possibly many files, but... > 2. One can already do Ctrl+A in the dialog, or right mouse button ▷ > Select all, then copy. this assuages my concern. The "Open directory..." could also get rid of the "Show Output Anyway" button for the same reasoning as (1) above. I like the "Show Output Anyway" button how it is, but I'm not sure if that's because I just got used to it. If others prefer one less button though, I would be OK with that. Scott
