Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
Hi After looking at lyx and going through the tutorial, I thought it was a pretty good idea. However, I do have some problems with it. The preview buttons don't give as feedback as a pure WYSIWYG editor. Maybe having an view (kpdf or kdvi) instantous updated after every edit would be a good idea.

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
Hello, LyX is no WYSIWYG , is WYSIWYM, the M standing for Mean. In order to do a quickly update you can use the keyboard. For instance S+Ctrl+D updates the dvi output in my machine check you menu for the accelerator On 11/21/05, Benjamin Ari Schleimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi After looking

RE: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
LyX is no WYSIWYG , is WYSIWYM, the M standing for Mean. In order to do a quickly update you can use the keyboard. For instance S+Ctrl+D updates the dvi output in my machine check you menu for the accelerator Yeah, I know there's a shortcut for it. That's besides the point. I'm talking about

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Bo Peng
Yeah, I know there's a shortcut for it. That's besides the point. I'm talking about the internal satification and confidence that comes from making a change and have it Immediantly reflected back to you without having to use an intermediate like another shortcut. Considering the number of

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: . If you know how lyx operates, you will know how costly it is to have full auto update. This process involves exporting lyx to latex, running latex or pdflaex or ps2pdf etc, and a viewer. Moreover, the typography is provided by global optimization program

RE: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
If you know how lyx operates, you will know how costly it is to have full auto update. This process involves exporting lyx to latex, running latex or pdflaex or ps2pdf etc, and a viewer. Doing this after each keystroke is unreasonable. Ummm, well, I thought it was worth asking. Maybe if you

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Bo Peng
Ummm, well, I thought it was worth asking. Maybe if you ran the conversion in a separate thread and if there's a currently converting process going on, kill that and start again. It might suck up a couple of cycles but the user may not notice it anyway. You can do this by yourself easily by

Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
Hi After looking at lyx and going through the tutorial, I thought it was a pretty good idea. However, I do have some problems with it. The preview buttons don't give as feedback as a pure WYSIWYG editor. Maybe having an view (kpdf or kdvi) instantous updated after every edit would be a good idea.

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
Hello, LyX is no WYSIWYG , is WYSIWYM, the M standing for Mean. In order to do a quickly update you can use the keyboard. For instance S+Ctrl+D updates the dvi output in my machine check you menu for the accelerator On 11/21/05, Benjamin Ari Schleimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi After looking

RE: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
LyX is no WYSIWYG , is WYSIWYM, the M standing for Mean. In order to do a quickly update you can use the keyboard. For instance S+Ctrl+D updates the dvi output in my machine check you menu for the accelerator Yeah, I know there's a shortcut for it. That's besides the point. I'm talking about

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Bo Peng
Yeah, I know there's a shortcut for it. That's besides the point. I'm talking about the internal satification and confidence that comes from making a change and have it Immediantly reflected back to you without having to use an intermediate like another shortcut. Considering the number of

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: . If you know how lyx operates, you will know how costly it is to have full auto update. This process involves exporting lyx to latex, running latex or pdflaex or ps2pdf etc, and a viewer. Moreover, the typography is provided by global optimization program

RE: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
If you know how lyx operates, you will know how costly it is to have full auto update. This process involves exporting lyx to latex, running latex or pdflaex or ps2pdf etc, and a viewer. Doing this after each keystroke is unreasonable. Ummm, well, I thought it was worth asking. Maybe if you

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Bo Peng
Ummm, well, I thought it was worth asking. Maybe if you ran the conversion in a separate thread and if there's a currently converting process going on, kill that and start again. It might suck up a couple of cycles but the user may not notice it anyway. You can do this by yourself easily by

Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
Hi After looking at lyx and going through the tutorial, I thought it was a pretty good idea. However, I do have some problems with it. The preview buttons don't give as feedback as a pure WYSIWYG editor. Maybe having an view (kpdf or kdvi) instantous updated after every edit would be a good idea.

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
Hello, LyX is no WYSIWYG , is WYSIWYM, the M standing for Mean. In order to do a quickly update you can use the keyboard. For instance S+Ctrl+D updates the dvi output in my machine check you menu for the accelerator On 11/21/05, Benjamin Ari Schleimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi After

RE: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
> LyX is no WYSIWYG , is WYSIWYM, the M standing for Mean. > In order to do a quickly update you can use the keyboard. For instance > S+Ctrl+D updates the dvi output in my machine check you menu for the > accelerator Yeah, I know there's a shortcut for it. That's besides the point. I'm talking

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Bo Peng
> Yeah, I know there's a shortcut for it. That's besides the point. > I'm talking about the internal satification and confidence that comes > from making a change and have it > Immediantly reflected back to you without having to use an intermediate > like another shortcut. > Considering the number

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: . > > If you know how lyx operates, you will know how costly it is to have > full auto update. This process involves exporting lyx to latex, > running latex or pdflaex or ps2pdf etc, and a viewer. Moreover, the typography is provided by global optimization

RE: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Benjamin Ari Schleimer
> If you know how lyx operates, you will know how costly it is to have full auto update. This process involves exporting lyx to latex, running latex or pdflaex or ps2pdf etc, > and a viewer. Doing this after each keystroke is unreasonable. Ummm, well, I thought it was worth asking. Maybe if you

Re: Minor request - add a feature which provides more instant feedback.

2005-11-21 Thread Bo Peng
> Ummm, well, I thought it was worth asking. > Maybe if you ran the conversion in a separate thread and if there's a > currently converting process going on, kill that and start again. It > might suck up a couple of cycles but the user may not notice it anyway. > You can do this by yourself