Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Santiago Hirschfeld wrote: I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in the toolbar of LyX? I am afraid you can't without recompiling whole thing -- LyX is Qt, not KDE application, and some things (notably menus and toolbars) are done in LyX itself not by Qt/KDE. I think it is a design flaw of LyX, but that's another question (well, I think that relying on XForms as a first UI toolkit is a design flaw in itself, but that highly flammable and off-topic). Matj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 The main idea of the pope's asking for forgiveness was not to be afraid of the truth. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF TRUTH! We have to have faith in the God's governing power to be able not to be afraid. -- On NPR The Connection from March 13, 2000
Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Matej Cepl wrote: Santiago Hirschfeld wrote: I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in the toolbar of LyX? I am afraid you can't without recompiling whole thing -- What makes you say that? What appears in the menu and toolbars is controlled by an external file. If you fire up LyX and open the Edit-Preferences dialog, you'll see a User interface file entry at the top of the Look and feel-User interface pane. (I assume that you're using the Qt frontend.) This is set, by default, to a file default.ui. Copy $PREFIX/share/lyx/ui/default.ui to $HOME/.lyx/ui/default.ui or to some other file name if you change the file in the Edit-Preferences dialog. Edit this file to taste. The toolbar entries, eg Icon graphics-insert, detail the LFUN that will be executed when you press the button. Thus, add or remove entries to alter the contents of the toolbar. The names of the image files associated with each LFUN cannot be changed. Ie, there is a direct correspondence between LFUN and image file name. Thus you'll find $PREFIX/share/lyx/images/graphics-insert.xpm Insert your own version of this file in $HOME/.lyx/images/graphics-insert.xpm LyX is Qt, not KDE application, and some things (notably menus and toolbars) are done in LyX itself not by Qt/KDE. I think it is a design flaw of LyX, but that's another question (well, I think that relying on XForms as a first UI toolkit is a design flaw in itself, but that highly flammable and off-topic). I think we're coming round to the idea of just dropping XForms. Angus
Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Angus Leeming wrote: What makes you say that? What appears in the menu and toolbars is controlled by an external file. I am sorry for misleading information. I think we're coming round to the idea of just dropping XForms. Cool! Matj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 understand, v.: To reach a point, in your investigation of some subject, at which you cease to examine what is really present, and operate on the basis of your own internal model instead.
Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Santiago Hirschfeld wrote: I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in the toolbar of LyX? I am afraid you can't without recompiling whole thing -- LyX is Qt, not KDE application, and some things (notably menus and toolbars) are done in LyX itself not by Qt/KDE. I think it is a design flaw of LyX, but that's another question (well, I think that relying on XForms as a first UI toolkit is a design flaw in itself, but that highly flammable and off-topic). Matj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 The main idea of the pope's asking for forgiveness was not to be afraid of the truth. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF TRUTH! We have to have faith in the God's governing power to be able not to be afraid. -- On NPR The Connection from March 13, 2000
Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Matej Cepl wrote: Santiago Hirschfeld wrote: I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in the toolbar of LyX? I am afraid you can't without recompiling whole thing -- What makes you say that? What appears in the menu and toolbars is controlled by an external file. If you fire up LyX and open the Edit-Preferences dialog, you'll see a User interface file entry at the top of the Look and feel-User interface pane. (I assume that you're using the Qt frontend.) This is set, by default, to a file default.ui. Copy $PREFIX/share/lyx/ui/default.ui to $HOME/.lyx/ui/default.ui or to some other file name if you change the file in the Edit-Preferences dialog. Edit this file to taste. The toolbar entries, eg Icon graphics-insert, detail the LFUN that will be executed when you press the button. Thus, add or remove entries to alter the contents of the toolbar. The names of the image files associated with each LFUN cannot be changed. Ie, there is a direct correspondence between LFUN and image file name. Thus you'll find $PREFIX/share/lyx/images/graphics-insert.xpm Insert your own version of this file in $HOME/.lyx/images/graphics-insert.xpm LyX is Qt, not KDE application, and some things (notably menus and toolbars) are done in LyX itself not by Qt/KDE. I think it is a design flaw of LyX, but that's another question (well, I think that relying on XForms as a first UI toolkit is a design flaw in itself, but that highly flammable and off-topic). I think we're coming round to the idea of just dropping XForms. Angus
Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Angus Leeming wrote: What makes you say that? What appears in the menu and toolbars is controlled by an external file. I am sorry for misleading information. I think we're coming round to the idea of just dropping XForms. Cool! Matj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 understand, v.: To reach a point, in your investigation of some subject, at which you cease to examine what is really present, and operate on the basis of your own internal model instead.
Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Santiago Hirschfeld wrote: > I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in > the toolbar of LyX? I am afraid you can't without recompiling whole thing -- LyX is Qt, not KDE application, and some things (notably menus and toolbars) are done in LyX itself not by Qt/KDE. I think it is a design flaw of LyX, but that's another question (well, I think that relying on XForms as a first UI toolkit is a design flaw in itself, but that highly flammable and off-topic). Matěj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 The main idea of the pope's asking for forgiveness was not to be afraid of the truth. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF TRUTH! We have to have faith in the God's governing power to be able not to be afraid. -- On NPR The Connection from March 13, 2000
Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Matej Cepl wrote: Santiago Hirschfeld wrote: I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in the toolbar of LyX? I am afraid you can't without recompiling whole thing -- What makes you say that? What appears in the menu and toolbars is controlled by an external file. If you fire up LyX and open the Edit->Preferences dialog, you'll see a "User interface file" entry at the top of the "Look and feel->User interface" pane. (I assume that you're using the Qt frontend.) This is set, by default, to a file "default.ui". Copy "$PREFIX/share/lyx/ui/default.ui" to "$HOME/.lyx/ui/default.ui" or to some other file name if you change the file in the Edit->Preferences dialog. Edit this file to taste. The toolbar entries, eg Icon "graphics-insert", detail the LFUN that will be executed when you press the button. Thus, add or remove entries to alter the contents of the toolbar. The names of the image files associated with each LFUN cannot be changed. Ie, there is a direct correspondence between LFUN and image file name. Thus you'll find "$PREFIX/share/lyx/images/graphics-insert.xpm" Insert your own version of this file in "$HOME/.lyx/images/graphics-insert.xpm" LyX is Qt, not KDE application, and some things (notably menus and > toolbars) are done in LyX itself not by Qt/KDE. I think it is a > design flaw of LyX, but that's another question (well, I think that > relying on XForms as a first UI toolkit is a design flaw in itself, but that highly flammable and off-topic). I think we're coming round to the idea of just dropping XForms. Angus
Re: Lyx-qt Button icons
Angus Leeming wrote: > What makes you say that? > What appears in the menu and toolbars is controlled by an external > file. I am sorry for misleading information. > I think we're coming round to the idea of just dropping XForms. Cool! Matěj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 understand, v.: To reach a point, in your investigation of some subject, at which you cease to examine what is really present, and operate on the basis of your own internal model instead.
Lyx-qt Button icons
I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in the toolbar of LyX? thanks in advance
Lyx-qt Button icons
I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in the toolbar of LyX? thanks in advance
Lyx-qt Button icons
I'm using KDE now, and i wonder, how can i change the default icons in the toolbar of LyX? thanks in advance
