On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 05:56:21PM +0100, Andre Poenitz spake thusly: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:50:21PM +0000, John Levon wrote: > > This is how mathed ended up with such baffling features. > > Sure. > > But I have heard of people using LyX _because_ of mathed. > > I've not heard of people using LyX because it disallows doing > things.
I have heard of millions of people panicking because of too many options in software -- but those wouldn't even get as far as considering LyX. Still, it's a good idea to hide things that would only confuse most users. For the issue at hand, greying out perhaps? (and at the end of the list) Math typesetting is intrinsically complex. Mathed has nothing to be ashamed of. (And the panel is pretty much hidden today.) > Strange, isn't it? > > Andre' > > -- > Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, > will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson) Remarkably appropriate to all those people afraid of software giving them too much freedom of choice :-) Martin
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