On Dec 26, 2007, at 12:56 AM, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
Jens Noeckel wrote:
On Dec 25, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Jens Noeckel wrote:
Hi,
on Mac OS X 10.4 with LyX 1.5.3 (Intel), text input in the main
window slows down to a crawl when editing a large document while
at the same time the cross-reference window is left open. It's
not noticeable with small documents. I have more than a hundred
cross references in the document that I tested, and typing speed
is limited to about 2 characters per second.
I wonder if this also happens on Windows or Linux platforms?
I think so yes. This is because *all* opened windows are updated
with each keystroke. The cross-reference dialog is maybe not as
optimized WRT updates as it should.
Jens
As an addendum: this issue is already present in LyX 1.4.4 on the
same platform. Of course the work-around is to always close the
cross-ref window after inserting a ref, but for users with
sufficient display real estate it may be desirable to leave some
of those windows open all the time. Switching between open windows
is somewhat more convenient than opening and closing a window.
I understand that but there is a work around to this ui problem:
use the shortcut:
1) Alt-i r : the dialog will popup
2) arrow key up or down to select your label
3) enter : the dialog will hide and the cross-ref be inserted.
I believe this will improve your efficiency in writing document a
lot than when using the mouse to do the same thing. Just my opinion.
Abdel.
Yes, I try to do everything from the keyboard, that's why the
modifier keys are so important to me (see earlier messages). But
cross references are one of the few things where I can't get by
without the mouse, simply because the cross-ref window (usually)
comes up with the "Cancel" button highlighted instead of "OK", and
tabbing through the buttons until I can press Return on the OK button
is too time consuming. In that case, I just find the reference by
mouse and double click on it, which also closes the window as you
suggested.
I'm thinking about filing an enhancement request to allow searching
inside the cross-reference list (useful for large numbers of
references). Maybe the default button of the cross-refence window
should really be OK instead of Cancel. But I wonder if that should be
filed as a bug rather than as an enhancement request.
Jens
