Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-02-16, L Duperval wrote: On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: You write you want to move things up 50 lines. I doubt that you have 50 sections within one chapter. When I originally started the book, I was planning on having 100+ chapters, each expanding on one

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
L Duperval wrote: Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cutpaste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:17:27 +, Guenter Milde wrote: How about placing the 100+ sections into chapters first (with some auxiliary chapters that are removed in the final version) to get them grouped? The you can move your 10+ chapters and finally merge some of them (by removing the

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-02-16, L Duperval wrote: On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: You write you want to move things up 50 lines. I doubt that you have 50 sections within one chapter. When I originally started the book, I was planning on having 100+ chapters, each expanding on one

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
L Duperval wrote: Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cutpaste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:17:27 +, Guenter Milde wrote: How about placing the 100+ sections into chapters first (with some auxiliary chapters that are removed in the final version) to get them grouped? The you can move your 10+ chapters and finally merge some of them (by removing the

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-02-16, L Duperval wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> You write you want to move things up 50 lines. I doubt that you have >> 50 sections within one chapter. > When I originally started the book, I was planning on having 100+ > chapters, each expanding on

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
L Duperval wrote: Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cut or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for now),

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:17:27 +, Guenter Milde wrote: > How about placing the 100+ sections into chapters first (with some > "auxiliary chapters" that are removed in the final version) to get them > grouped? The you can move your 10+ chapters and finally merge some of > them (by removing the

Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cutpaste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for now), but that is not

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote: I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cutpaste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for that in bugzilla) No. I have 100+ points that I want to reorder and single clicking

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote: On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for that in bugzilla) No. I have 100+ points that

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:57 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: Is the reason single clicking is to slow because you have to move the point a long distance, and thus would have to click many times to move it? Yes. Or is it because there are several points that you have to move

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
L Duperval schrieb: Or is it because there are several points that you have to move separately? Yes. When I look at the points I want to move, I some times would like to move multiple points simultaneously. Moving them up 30, 40, 50 lines one click at a time is annoying. Doing it one at a

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: But a book is structured by chapters, section and the like. LyX's outliner allows you to move whole chapters ans section to different positions. This works very well, so I don't understand your problem. Fair enough. You write you want to

Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cutpaste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for now), but that is not

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote: I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cutpaste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for that in bugzilla) No. I have 100+ points that I want to reorder and single clicking

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote: On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for that in bugzilla) No. I have 100+ points that

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:57 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: Is the reason single clicking is to slow because you have to move the point a long distance, and thus would have to click many times to move it? Yes. Or is it because there are several points that you have to move

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
L Duperval schrieb: Or is it because there are several points that you have to move separately? Yes. When I look at the points I want to move, I some times would like to move multiple points simultaneously. Moving them up 30, 40, 50 lines one click at a time is annoying. Doing it one at a

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: But a book is structured by chapters, section and the like. LyX's outliner allows you to move whole chapters ans section to different positions. This works very well, so I don't understand your problem. Fair enough. You write you want to

Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cut or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for now), but that is not

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote: I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cut or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? > > (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for > that in bugzilla) > No. I have 100+ points that I want to reorder and single

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote: On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for that in bugzilla) No. I have 100+ points that

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:57 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > Is the reason single clicking is to slow because you have to move the > "point" a long distance, and thus would have to click many times to move > it? > Yes. > Or is it because there are several points that you have to move >

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
L Duperval schrieb: Or is it because there are several points that you have to move separately? Yes. When I look at the points I want to move, I some times would like to move multiple points simultaneously. Moving them up 30, 40, 50 lines one click at a time is annoying. Doing it one at a

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > But a book is structured by chapters, section and the like. LyX's > outliner allows you to move whole chapters ans section to different > positions. This works very well, so I don't understand your problem. Fair enough. > You > write you