Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-17 Thread Ray Rashif
On 4 April 2013 07:11, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 04/03/2013 04:41 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). Pavel Sanda wrote: No it isn't. Mr

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-17 Thread Ray Rashif
On 4 April 2013 07:11, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 04/03/2013 04:41 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). Pavel Sanda wrote: No it isn't. Mr

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-17 Thread Ray Rashif
On 4 April 2013 07:11, Richard Heck wrote: > On 04/03/2013 04:41 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: >> >> >>> Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). >>> >>> Pavel

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread EK
PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER RIBBON MENUS-- they are (one of the many) reason(s) I switched from MS-WORD to Lyx in the first place! They hide what you are looking for! Ehud Kaplan On 04/07/2013 04:05 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote:

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread katsumi liquer
As someone who routinely uses LyX on different platforms between Mac OS X and Windows 7 I just wanted to say that I think the LyX interface is beautiful. It strikes a great balance of feeling native and attractive on all platforms in my opinion, and with the higher resolutions many displays have

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Nico Williams
Since we're piling on... I don't mind the sort of ribbon menu as they've evolved to be at MSFT, but I do prefer pull-down menus with *text* instead of icons. I'm a textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd like That's a good idea and easy to pull-off: Put in a search box that will filter

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Nico Williams
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd like That's

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread EK
PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER RIBBON MENUS-- they are (one of the many) reason(s) I switched from MS-WORD to Lyx in the first place! They hide what you are looking for! Ehud Kaplan On 04/07/2013 04:05 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote:

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread katsumi liquer
As someone who routinely uses LyX on different platforms between Mac OS X and Windows 7 I just wanted to say that I think the LyX interface is beautiful. It strikes a great balance of feeling native and attractive on all platforms in my opinion, and with the higher resolutions many displays have

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Nico Williams
Since we're piling on... I don't mind the sort of ribbon menu as they've evolved to be at MSFT, but I do prefer pull-down menus with *text* instead of icons. I'm a textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd like That's a good idea and easy to pull-off: Put in a search box that will filter

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Nico Williams
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd like That's

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread EK
PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER RIBBON MENUS-- they are (one of the many) reason(s) I switched from MS-WORD to Lyx in the first place! They hide what you are looking for! Ehud Kaplan On 04/07/2013 04:05 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote: >

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread katsumi liquer
As someone who routinely uses LyX on different platforms between Mac OS X and Windows 7 I just wanted to say that I think the LyX interface is beautiful. It strikes a great balance of feeling native and attractive on all platforms in my opinion, and with the higher resolutions many displays have

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Nico Williams
Since we're piling on... I don't mind the sort of ribbon menu as they've evolved to be at MSFT, but I do prefer pull-down menus with *text* instead of icons. I'm a textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams wrote: > textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even > like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd like > That's a good idea and easy to pull-off: Put in a search box that will filter

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Nico Williams
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams wrote: >> textual user, I prefer everything as textual as possible. I'd even >> like a search feature for menus/functions, and in general I'd like

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-09 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Nico Williams wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Nico Williams wrote: >>> textual user, I prefer everything as textual as

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. What are your opinions about this? Is this approach correct to you? Anti-ergonomic garbage. Ribbon menus are a cerebral flatulance emanating from some product manager's brain at MS. Sincerely, Wolfgang

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Wolfgang Keller
Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are looking for. Quite probably they are ok when you get used to them, but there is really no need for all to go the M$ way. This is also my judgement after

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Clemens Eisserer
Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. This is also my personal oppinion. I have to use Office-2010 sometimes, and whenever I can I revert to LibreOffice mostly because of the awkward UI ms office has. Regards

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. What are your opinions about this? Is this approach correct to you? Anti-ergonomic garbage. Ribbon menus are a cerebral flatulance emanating from some product manager's brain at MS. Sincerely, Wolfgang

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Wolfgang Keller
Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are looking for. Quite probably they are ok when you get used to them, but there is really no need for all to go the M$ way. This is also my judgement after

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Clemens Eisserer
Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. This is also my personal oppinion. I have to use Office-2010 sometimes, and whenever I can I revert to LibreOffice mostly because of the awkward UI ms office has. Regards

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: > Ribbon Menus. > What are your opinions about this? Is this approach correct to you? Anti-ergonomic garbage. "Ribbon menus" are a cerebral flatulance emanating from some product manager's "brain" at MS. Sincerely, Wolfgang

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> > Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find > > them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are > > looking for. Quite probably they are ok when you get used to them, > > but there is really no need for all to go the M$ way. > > This is also my

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-07 Thread Clemens Eisserer
> Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. This is also my personal oppinion. I have to use Office-2010 sometimes, and whenever I can I revert to LibreOffice mostly because of the awkward UI ms office has. Regards

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread John Kane
From: stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com To: Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 10:04:41 AM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon menus On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:31

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
- Original Message - From: Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:38 PM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon menus On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 14:31:07 +0200 (CEST) Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu wrote: Alex Vergara Gil

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Walter van Holst
On 2013-04-05 16:49, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: As I said this is my personal opinion so I migth be wrong, but I haven´t received any useful opinion (besides M$ patent) of why not doing such a thing just a few user complaining they will affect some how what they feel is comfortable. Regarding the

Curses front end to LyX: was feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:10:48 +0200 Walter van Holst walter.van.ho...@xs4all.nl wrote: Or a curses front-end to LyX. Wow. What would *that* look like? /* Litt can't help getting interested */ Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
- Original Message - From: Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org To: lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 11:16 AM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon menus Well, this is an open source project. So if there are no license issues, everybody who is motivated enough

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread John Kane
From: stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com To: Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 10:04:41 AM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon menus On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:31

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
- Original Message - From: Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:38 PM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon menus On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 14:31:07 +0200 (CEST) Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu wrote: Alex Vergara Gil

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Walter van Holst
On 2013-04-05 16:49, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: As I said this is my personal opinion so I migth be wrong, but I haven´t received any useful opinion (besides M$ patent) of why not doing such a thing just a few user complaining they will affect some how what they feel is comfortable. Regarding the

Curses front end to LyX: was feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:10:48 +0200 Walter van Holst walter.van.ho...@xs4all.nl wrote: Or a curses front-end to LyX. Wow. What would *that* look like? /* Litt can't help getting interested */ Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
- Original Message - From: Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org To: lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 11:16 AM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon menus Well, this is an open source project. So if there are no license issues, everybody who is motivated enough

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread John Kane
From: stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> To: Csikos Bela <bcsikos...@freemail.hu> Cc: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org" <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 10:04:41 AM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon me

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
- Original Message - From: "Steve Litt" <sl...@troubleshooters.com> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:38 PM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon menus On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 14:31:07 +0200 (CEST) Csikos Bela <bcsikos...@freemail.hu&g

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Walter van Holst
On 2013-04-05 16:49, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: As I said this is my personal opinion so I migth be wrong, but I haven´t received any useful opinion (besides M$ patent) of why not doing such a thing just a few user complaining they will affect some how what they feel is comfortable. Regarding the

Curses front end to LyX: was feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:10:48 +0200 Walter van Holst wrote: > Or a curses front-end to LyX. Wow. What would *that* look like? /* Litt can't help getting interested */ Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-05 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
- Original Message - From: "Jürgen Spitzmüller" <sp...@lyx.org> To: <lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 11:16 AM Subject: Re: feature request: ribbon menus Well, this is an open source project. So if there are no license issues, everybody w

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Juha Meriluoto
On 3.4.2013 19:20, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and icon menus, besides there is a lot of space wasted by allocating the icon

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Juha Meriluoto wrote: Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are looking for. Quite probably they are ok when you get used to them, but there is really no need for all to go the M$ way. This is also my

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:47:25 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org sent this: Juha Meriluoto wrote: Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are looking for. Quite probably they are ok when

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Csikos Bela
Alex Vergara Gil a...@cphr.edu.cu írta: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. I don't know what ribbon menus is, and I may not be the only one. You should have explained it, attached an image, or given a link where it is explained.

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread stefano franchi
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu wrote: If ribbon menus is what Windows has in their menus, that is only the first few items are shown and then you have to click an arrow to make other menu items visible, That used to be what ribbon menus were all about,

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 14:31:07 +0200 (CEST) Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu wrote: Alex Vergara Gil a...@cphr.edu.cu írta: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. I don't know what ribbon menus is, and I may not be the only

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Juha Meriluoto
On 3.4.2013 19:20, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and icon menus, besides there is a lot of space wasted by allocating the icon

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Juha Meriluoto wrote: Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are looking for. Quite probably they are ok when you get used to them, but there is really no need for all to go the M$ way. This is also my

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:47:25 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org sent this: Juha Meriluoto wrote: Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are looking for. Quite probably they are ok when

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Csikos Bela
Alex Vergara Gil a...@cphr.edu.cu írta: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. I don't know what ribbon menus is, and I may not be the only one. You should have explained it, attached an image, or given a link where it is explained.

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread stefano franchi
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu wrote: If ribbon menus is what Windows has in their menus, that is only the first few items are shown and then you have to click an arrow to make other menu items visible, That used to be what ribbon menus were all about,

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 14:31:07 +0200 (CEST) Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu wrote: Alex Vergara Gil a...@cphr.edu.cu írta: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. I don't know what ribbon menus is, and I may not be the only

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Juha Meriluoto
On 3.4.2013 19:20, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: > Hello developers! > > I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon > Menus. > > The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and icon > menus, besides there is a lot of space wasted by allocating the

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Juha Meriluoto wrote: > Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find > them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are looking > for. Quite probably they are ok when you get used to them, but there is > really no need for all to go the M$ way. This is also

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:47:25 +0200 "Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org" sent this: >Juha Meriluoto wrote: >> Personally, I hate ribbon menus from the bottom of my heart. I find >> them quite difficult to use, it takes ages to find what you are >> looking for. Quite probably they

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Csikos Bela
Alex Vergara Gil írta: >Hello developers! > >I have a feature request if this is not already > >requested to you: Ribbon Menus.> I don't know what ribbon menus is, and I may not be the only one. You should have explained it, attached an image, or given a link where it is

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread stefano franchi
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Csikos Bela wrote: > If ribbon menus is what Windows has in their menus, that is only the first > few items are shown and then you have to click an arrow to make other > menu items visible, > That used to be what ribbon menus were all

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 14:31:07 +0200 (CEST) Csikos Bela wrote: > Alex Vergara Gil írta: > > >Hello developers! > > > >I have a feature request if this is not already > > >requested to you: Ribbon Menus.> > > I don't know what ribbon menus is, and I may

feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and icon menus, besides there is a lot of space wasted by allocating the icon menus. This has nothing to do with intrinsic code but

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/03/2013 12:20 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. If someone wanted to code these as an option, I'd have no objection, except for the fact that Microsoft appears to have patented this:

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Jacob Bishop
Opinions are cheap, so I guess I'll offer mine. Patents are one thing I know next to nothing about, so that may be a game stopper to begin with, as Richard pointed out. I may be in the minority here, but in general I think the ribbon toolbar is a useful improvement for Microsoft products (at

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that Qt team at one point stopped developing the control due to Microsoft licensing. This sounds funny given the fact

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). Pavel Sanda wrote: No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that Qt team at one point stopped developing the control due to Microsoft licensing. This sounds

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:20:24 -0500 Alex Vergara Gil a...@cphr.edu.cu wrote: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and icon menus, besides there is a lot of space

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/03/2013 04:41 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). Pavel Sanda wrote: No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that Qt team at one point stopped developing

feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and icon menus, besides there is a lot of space wasted by allocating the icon menus. This has nothing to do with intrinsic code but

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/03/2013 12:20 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. If someone wanted to code these as an option, I'd have no objection, except for the fact that Microsoft appears to have patented this:

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Jacob Bishop
Opinions are cheap, so I guess I'll offer mine. Patents are one thing I know next to nothing about, so that may be a game stopper to begin with, as Richard pointed out. I may be in the minority here, but in general I think the ribbon toolbar is a useful improvement for Microsoft products (at

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that Qt team at one point stopped developing the control due to Microsoft licensing. This sounds funny given the fact

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). Pavel Sanda wrote: No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that Qt team at one point stopped developing the control due to Microsoft licensing. This sounds

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:20:24 -0500 Alex Vergara Gil a...@cphr.edu.cu wrote: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and icon menus, besides there is a lot of space

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/03/2013 04:41 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). Pavel Sanda wrote: No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that Qt team at one point stopped developing

feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and icon menus, besides there is a lot of space wasted by allocating the icon menus. This has nothing to do with intrinsic code but

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/03/2013 12:20 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Hello developers! I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: Ribbon Menus. If someone wanted to code these as an option, I'd have no objection, except for the fact that Microsoft appears to have patented this:

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Jacob Bishop
Opinions are cheap, so I guess I'll offer mine. Patents are one thing I know next to nothing about, so that may be a game stopper to begin with, as Richard pointed out. I may be in the minority here, but in general I think the ribbon toolbar is a useful improvement for Microsoft products (at

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alex Vergara Gil wrote: > I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be > some package for this in the nokia library!). No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that "Qt team at one point stopped developing the control due to Microsoft licensing." This sounds funny given the

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). Pavel Sanda wrote: No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that "Qt team at one point stopped developing the control due to Microsoft licensing." This

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:20:24 -0500 "Alex Vergara Gil" wrote: > Hello developers! > > I have a feature request if this is not already requested to you: > Ribbon Menus. > > The actual look of lyx makes duplicate functions in text menus and > icon menus, besides there is a lot of

Re: feature request: ribbon menus

2013-04-03 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/03/2013 04:41 PM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I don´t know if thi request can be made inside Qt (I think there should be some package for this in the nokia library!). Pavel Sanda wrote: No it isn't. Mr Google suggest that "Qt team at one point stopped developing