On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Liviu Andronic <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > Apart from LyX, am using quite extensively emacs with org-mode for > literate > > programming and keeping track of documentation in my programs. One > feature > > which I love about org-mode is folding: I can fold all sections I am not > > working on at the moment, and can unfold all headings apart from the body > > text for navigation purposes. > > What I am wondering: why haven't I seen this feature in text editors? > > Folding would make the writing of long documents much easier and also the > > navigation much more flexible. Effectively, the Outline view solves the > > navigation issues, but e.g. writing in one section refering to results in > an > > earlier section requires opening a second window - which I personally > > dislike (in these cases I usually have the pdf open for reference). > > So my question: would that be a feature for the wish list of LyX? For me, > it > > wold be brilliant. > > If others think the same, I will add it to the bug tracker as a feature > > request - but are there any comments? > > > I believe that Rob had plans for such a feature as part of his LyX > Outline project [1]. I remember that such ideas (for code-folding) > were being floated some time ago, but I'm not sure if he got to the > point of implementing them. > True - I must have forgotten about lyx-outline... shame on me. Let's hope that there will be a usable version soon, because it sounds very interesting and promising. Cheers, Rainer > Cheers > Liviu > > [1] http://www.oak-tree.us/lyx-outline/ > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: [email protected] Skype: RMkrug
