Re: [Texstudio-list] Refactoring command/tool system

[Tim H. <hof...@hi...>]

> > I'm thinking of replacing the somewhat cryptic special chars in the
> command
> > definitions:
> I don't think they are cryptic at all.
> 
> Except % and @, but those are for Texmaker compatibility...
> 
> The letters are just abbreviations for Absolute path (I always wanted to
> add Relative path, perhaps relative to the master file), Middle part and
> Extension.
Oh, m stands for middle part. That should be written in the explanation.
Currently there is only filename and basefile mentioned. And we have four
types of terminators, and the %%, @@, ?? escape sequences and the c prefix.
I don't think this is very intuitive.

> If you write them out, you have to type more and could just introduce
> typing errors.
IMHO typing more is a non-issue, because you seldom change the settings.
Typing errors could be easily checked after each change to a command. On the
other hand I consider the improved readability a great plus. You don't have
to read any documentation to understand "[filename].[extension]". I doubt
that this would work for the token ?me)

I will put it on the idea torrent for further discussion.

Tim