Bill must have looked at my hand-crafted web pages, since he knows I have little design sense. I'm sticking to mathematics, don't worry. ;-)
Strikes me there are two related ideas being discussed here. 1. How does a new user know/learn how to create a new cell (of either type)? Right now, a neophyte gets a blank worksheet, but there is a box to type in. With a click in the box, the "evaluate" link appears. After an evaluation, they get a new box. Eventually, mousing around between cells gets you a blue bar flashing in/out as you move over it. You are sort of led by the hand to the next step. I knew TinyMCE was coming, but didn't "discover" how to invoke it until I read the first few messages in this thread! Whatever is decided, I'd like to see a new user be able to discern this important functionality very soon after learning how to run commands. So I'd like to see anything that makes the text-editing tools very apparent on first-use, perhaps via a rookie/expert mode toggle. 2. How to create new cells? With the ability to create new cells of two types, how do you make one in the middle of the other (without going into the text-edit mode of old)? What if one keystroke/command would split a cell at/near the cursor and close up the two new cells, leaving you free to make a new one inbetween. Notice this doesn't say which type you are in, or which type you want to create. Use-case: Its no secret I'd like to get my whole linear algebra textbook converted to a series of (linked) worksheets with live Sage cells, ready to run/edit/experiment. With TinyMCE comes the natural possibility of easily scribbling in one's book - even using LaTeX. Students could annotate in class, while doing homework, and they can keep it all after the course is over. Rob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
