Re: [TeXstudio-list] Organization of menus

[Denis B. <dbi...@wa...>]

Le lundi 30/04/12 à 20h07,
Jan Sundermeyer <sun...@gm...> a écrit :

> 0.a)
> i am not sure that separating similar commands (new/new from template)
> enhances usability. Usually similar commands are grouped and i'd see
> that as an advantage.

I agree. The idea is to put at first positions the most used entries.
In this spirit, though unusual, the order of the first entires could be:

"Restore previous session"
"Open recent"
"New from template"
"Open"
"New"

> 0.b) the number of templates is not so low

I just wanted to propose some new French templates (for report, book
and letter -- the latter with the "lettre" class).

> that it does not get cluttered.

Yikes! A double negation in the same sentence and I'm lost! ;)
Seriously, I don't see your point here.

> Since it is rather seldomly used (once when starting a new
> document) i don't see a real advantage

Letting the pointer on this entry will make the subentries (the
templates) appear and, hopefully, it could be a way to incite users,
especially beginners, to use templates.

> 1. okay

Nice! :)

> 2.i) the purpose is to quickly insert a reference to the next label,
> usually a figure before or after the cursor. If you insert figure more
> often, this really reduces time when writing "as seen figure ..."

OK, very nice! So, it would make sense to move "Insert \ref to next
label" and "Insert \ref to previous label" entries to "Cross
References" menu.

> One last remark: \begin{something} is self explanatory, Environment
> Somenthing not so much (what does it do about the environment ?)

IMHO, "environment" vocabulary is known by every user who is ready to
use "\begin{something}". So it should be clear that "Environment
something", for instance "Environment 'center'", stands for "Insert an
'something' environment" (well, maybe "Environment something" should be
replaced by "'something' environment" or, more precise, "Insert
'something' environment").

Best regards.
-- 
Denis