Subject: RE: A lurkers inquiry (LSX is down)
From: Jesper Larsen-Ledet (gakko@sleepy.dk)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2001 - 14:07:32 CST
Oh sorry, I wasn't aware that not all of it was functional.
Jesper
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com
> [mailto:owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com]On Behalf Of Dom Lachowicz
> Sent: 19. januar 2001 19:59
> To: gakko@sleepy.dk
> Cc: abiword-dev@abisource.com
> Subject: RE: A lurkers inquiry (LSX is down)
>
>
> LXR still works for me. Only the "Identifier Search" and manual browsing
> through the directories works. Sam, do you know how we might get psiconv
> included in LXR?
>
> Dom
>
> >From: "Gakko" <gakko@sleepy.dk>
> >To: "Dom Lachowicz" <cinamod@hotmail.com>
> >CC: "Abiword Developer Mailinglist" <abiword-dev@abisource.com>
> >Subject: RE: A lurkers inquiry (LSX is down)
> >Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:27:33 +0100
> >
> >Hi Dom
> >
> >LSX doesn't seem to be at its best at the moment - in fact it
> doesn't work
> >at all.
> >Other than that, it might be a while before I have the time to
> get and down
> >and dirty with the code myself, since I'm on the last two weeks of my
> >Masters Thesis at the moment :)
> >But if no one else grabs the idea before mid-February or so, I
> might give
> >it
> >a try.
> >
> >Jesper
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dom Lachowicz [mailto:cinamod@hotmail.com]
> > > Sent: 19. januar 2001 18:15
> > > To: gakko@sleepy.dk
> > > Subject: Re: A lurkers inquiry
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Jesper,
> > >
> > > I like your idea - esp. the tooltip and the "56/213 (27)" ones. I
> > > think that
> > > the tooltip idea will be harder to implement. However, if you
> > > want to make a
> > > patch for either, please go ahead :)
> > >
> > > You might want to do a search for "scroll" using LXR. Of particular
> > > interest, you'll see
> > >
> http://www.abisource.com/lxr/source/abi/src/text/fmt/xp/fv_View.cpp#5038
> > >
> > > This should help a bit.
> > >
> > > Dom
> > >
> > > >From: "Gakko" <gakko@sleepy.dk>
> > > >To: <abiword-dev@abisource.com>
> > > >Subject: A lurkers inquiry
> > > >Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:51:58 +0100
> > > >
> > > >Hi everyone
> > > >After having been an avid lurker on this list, I am finally "coming
> >out"
> > > >with my first set of questions.
> > > >I was reading through Dom's imp/exp doc, and I noticed something.
> > > >The page count in the status bar always shows the page where the
> > > cursor is.
> > > >This means that if I browse through a document using the
> > > scrollbar, there
> > > >is
> > > >no indication of where I am at the moment (unless the author
> uses page
> > > >numbers)
> > > >Now, this is no problem in a doc of 4 pages, but what if I was
> > > >reading/browsing a much larger doc, say > 100 pages.
> > > >I checked with my version of Word2K, and it shows the page number of
> >the
> > > >page in view and not that of the cursor's position.
> > > >In my opinion, neither method is satisfactory. I have often been
> >annoyed
> > > >that Word jumps back to the cursor if I inadvertently press arrow
> >up/down
> > > >after having browsed using the scrollbar. But I find it very
> useful to
> > > >quickly be able to see which page I'm looking at.
> > > >
> > > >So my suggestion is this:
> > > >How about changing the status text to something like
> > > > Page: 56/213 (cursor on 27)
> > > >or
> > > > Page: 56/213(27)
> > > >or
> > > > Page: 56(27)/213
> > > >or something 4th
> > > >
> > > >or maybe use another of Word's ideas; show the current page
> number as a
> > > >tool
> > > >tip on the scrollbar, when scrolling.
> > > >
> > > >any comments?
> > > >
> > > >Jesper Larsen-Ledet
> > > >
> > > > - If pigs could fly, would they migrate?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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