Re: [TeXstudio-list] "Math Greek Letters" submenu?

[Jan S. <sun...@gm...>]

As I don't use the Latex-menu, i don't care too much about what  is in it.
I would suggest that you tidy up the document commands and then you can
add greek letters.
You might be careful about the number of elements in a menu as on
smaller screens that might be a problem.

 Jan


On 23.03.2017 18:34, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
> Le 23/03/17 à 18h00, Jan Sundermeyer a écrit :
> 
>> In my opinion, using the completer is the best way.  So, if you know
>> the command, start with \al and complete to \alpha (etc.).
> 
> I don't agree:
> 
> 1. Reaching an entry in the menu is easy if accelerators are
>    provided. If the "Math Greek Letters" submenu is in fact "Math &Greek
>    Letters", reaching e.g. "\&alpha" would only require to type (blindly
>    with little habit): 
>   ┌────
>   │ Alt+M G A
>   └────
> 2. Reaching "\alpha" using the completer needs:
>    1. to enter the backslash: very unhandy on a some keyboards
>       (e.g. French ones: AltGr+8),
>    2. start to write the first letters of "alpha", checking at each step
>       if there are enough letters, possibly using the arrow key at least
>       once and the enter key (or the mouse) to finally select "alpha".
> 
>> I don't think it is possible to show the greek letters (reliably) in
>> the menu, as the menu font needs to contain that letter and that may
>> or may not be the case.
> 
> I meant images, such as for instance in the menus:
> 
> - LaTeX → Sectioning
> - LaTeX → Environments
> - LaTeX → Font Styles
> 
> The images for the Greek letters are the files `img001greek.png' to
> `img065greek.png' in the `symbols/greek' directory.
> 
>> Real beginners probably select the greek letters rather from the
>> symbol pane as they don't exactly know the name of the letter.
> 
> Indeed but what about average users? or beginners who know Greek? ;)
> 
> Moreover, if the Greek letters could be displayed in the submenu, the
> users would visually learn the correspondence between the letters and
> their names.
>