[texworks] HELP: Integrated Tw LaTeX2e Help dialogue

Jonathan Kew jfkthame at googlemail.com
Wed Jun 30 20:06:37 CEST 2010


On 30 Jun 2010, at 10:20, Stefan Löffler wrote:

> * I find it rather odd that there are "Cancel" and "OK" buttons, with
> the latter pasting the current selection automatically (without
> indicating to do so), especially since there's "Paste Selection...".
> IMO, a simple "Close" button would be sufficient. But that's probably a
> matter of taste.

I'd agree with this; even more so once it's a truly non-modal window, as it should eventually become....

> 
>> I also think this would be better as a non-modal Window rather than a Dialog, though I haven't experimented to know whether that's actually possible yet.
>> 
> 
> Curiously enough, the dialog is non-modal for me :O.

Well, I should have said it's "semi-modal" for me; a sort of hybrid of behaviors. It remains on top of the document window, but as you say, it's still possible to interact with the document.

JK




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