John Culleton wrote: > Raffael Herzog wrote: > > > Normally I write my texts not in the same order as it will be in the > > final document. I often leave parts out to write them later. Normally, > > I use notes, to mark those parts, so I don't forget them. This works > > fine, but there are two backdraws: > > > > - I also use notes for other notes. Notes about a pending part are not > > distinguishable from "normal" notes. > > > > - I have to scroll through the whole document to find them. > > > > This lead to the following idea: > > > > What about introducing PENDING-Notes? These notes would show as a box > > (e.g. red) with "Pending" as label. You could write a short comment to > > specify what is actually pending (e.g. "Description of XY"). You could > > jump via menu or keystroke to the next or previous PENDING-Note. > > > > This is the simple version, but already useful. But there are further > > possibilities : > > > > - A dialog which shows all PENDING-Notes by their comments. Just click > > on one and the cursor jumps there. > > > > - The possibility to order those notes in the list. Like that, you > > could give them priorities. > > > > Maybe, there could also be an option to include these notes in the > > final document, so one could pass a printed version to another person > > for review including those marks (for example a small, centered > > "PENDING: Description of XY"). > > > > Just an idea. Hope this is the right place to post it. > > > > Any comments? > > > > -- > > Raffael Herzog > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > May the penguin be with you! > > How about some ERC saying "\input parttwo.tex" or whatever. Then create a > dummy file > for parttwo.tex. As you flesh it out it will automatically appear in the > final product. > > BTW what I would like to see is expanding/contracting outlines like my > old version of > WordPerfect had. You could view just major headings, or two levels of > headings, or ultimately > the entire document with all the headings and text. This was just a > matter of a mouse click. This feature would increase the usefulness of > Lyx enormously. And it might meet your need as well. > > -- > John Culleton ---------> Please visit http://ccpl.carr.org/~john/ -- John Culleton ---------> Please visit http://ccpl.carr.org/~john/
Raffael Herzog wrote: > Normally I write my texts not in the same order as it will be in the > final document. I often leave parts out to write them later. Normally, > I use notes, to mark those parts, so I don't forget them. This works > fine, but there are two backdraws: > > - I also use notes for other notes. Notes about a pending part are not > distinguishable from "normal" notes. > > - I have to scroll through the whole document to find them. > > This lead to the following idea: > > What about introducing PENDING-Notes? These notes would show as a box > (e.g. red) with "Pending" as label. You could write a short comment to > specify what is actually pending (e.g. "Description of XY"). You could > jump via menu or keystroke to the next or previous PENDING-Note. > > This is the simple version, but already useful. But there are further > possibilities : > > - A dialog which shows all PENDING-Notes by their comments. Just click > on one and the cursor jumps there. > > - The possibility to order those notes in the list. Like that, you > could give them priorities. > > Maybe, there could also be an option to include these notes in the > final document, so one could pass a printed version to another person > for review including those marks (for example a small, centered > "PENDING: Description of XY"). > > Just an idea. Hope this is the right place to post it. > > Any comments? > > -- > Raffael Herzog > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > May the penguin be with you! How about some ERC saying "\input parttwo.tex" or whatever. Then create a dummy file for parttwo.tex. As you flesh it out it will automatically appear in the final product. BTW what I would like to see is expanding/contracting outlines like my old version of WordPerfect had. You could view just major headings, or two levels of headings, or ultimately the entire document with all the headings and text. This was just a matter of a mouse click. This feature would increase the usefulness of Lyx enormously. And it might meet your need as well. -- John Culleton ---------> Please visit http://ccpl.carr.org/~john/
