Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
Lyx seems to behave in a strange and counter-intuitive manner, i can't figure out if this these are bugs or a feautres. 1) In the program menubar (File, Edit, Insert, Layout...) when i select a tab (for example: Edit) and then try to select the next tab (in this case: Insert) the mouse pointer

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 05:07:57PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: 1) In the program menubar (File, Edit, Insert, Layout...) when i select a tab (for example: Edit) and then try to select the next tab (in this case: Insert) the mouse pointer becomes a double arrow pointing right ( something

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
John Levon: You're actually using the xforms frontend. I suggest using the Qt one instead. Wow. How can i tell Lyx to use the qt frontend? (I didn't even know about this) Thanx, Francesco Orsenigo

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:33:30PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: How can i tell Lyx to use the qt frontend? Set $QTDIR correctly, and use --with-frontend=qt. You may need to use --with-qt-includes/libs .. john

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
John Levon: Set $QTDIR correctly, What does it mean? An export? How can i know where qt are installed? (apt-get does not speak about it...) Thanx, Francesco Orsenigo

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 07:57:12PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: How can i know where qt are installed? (apt-get does not speak about it...) If you're on debian, just use the lyx .deb regards john

Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
Lyx seems to behave in a strange and counter-intuitive manner, i can't figure out if this these are bugs or a feautres. 1) In the program menubar (File, Edit, Insert, Layout...) when i select a tab (for example: Edit) and then try to select the next tab (in this case: Insert) the mouse pointer

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 05:07:57PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: 1) In the program menubar (File, Edit, Insert, Layout...) when i select a tab (for example: Edit) and then try to select the next tab (in this case: Insert) the mouse pointer becomes a double arrow pointing right ( something

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
John Levon: You're actually using the xforms frontend. I suggest using the Qt one instead. Wow. How can i tell Lyx to use the qt frontend? (I didn't even know about this) Thanx, Francesco Orsenigo

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:33:30PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: How can i tell Lyx to use the qt frontend? Set $QTDIR correctly, and use --with-frontend=qt. You may need to use --with-qt-includes/libs .. john

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
John Levon: Set $QTDIR correctly, What does it mean? An export? How can i know where qt are installed? (apt-get does not speak about it...) Thanx, Francesco Orsenigo

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 07:57:12PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: How can i know where qt are installed? (apt-get does not speak about it...) If you're on debian, just use the lyx .deb regards john

Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
Lyx seems to behave in a strange and counter-intuitive manner, i can't figure out if this these are bugs or a feautres. 1) In the program menubar (File, Edit, Insert, Layout...) when i select a tab (for example: Edit) and then try to select the next tab (in this case: Insert) the mouse pointer

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 05:07:57PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: > 1) In the program menubar (File, Edit, Insert, Layout...) when i select a tab (for > example: Edit) and then try to select the next tab (in this case: Insert) > the mouse pointer becomes a double arrow pointing right (

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
John Levon: > You're actually using the xforms frontend. I suggest using the Qt one > instead. Wow. How can i tell Lyx to use the qt frontend? (I didn't even know about this) Thanx, Francesco Orsenigo

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:33:30PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: > How can i tell Lyx to use the qt frontend? Set $QTDIR correctly, and use --with-frontend=qt. You may need to use --with-qt-includes/libs .. john

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread Francesco Orsenigo
John Levon: > Set $QTDIR correctly, What does it mean? An export? How can i know where qt are installed? (apt-get does not speak about it...) Thanx, Francesco Orsenigo

Re: Bad Interface?

2003-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 07:57:12PM +0200, Francesco Orsenigo wrote: > How can i know where qt are installed? (apt-get does not speak about it...) If you're on debian, just use the lyx .deb regards john