[texworks] HELP: Integrated Tw LaTeX2e Help dialogue

[Paul A Norman]

I've removed the download.

On 1 July 2010 17:38, Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Until Tw crashed (reproducibly) without obvious reason
> to the user."
>
> Was that with an unsaved new document or a general saved document please?
>
> Paul
>
> On 1 July 2010 17:28, Stefan Löffler <st.loeffler at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Am 2010-07-01 01:20, schrieb Paul A Norman:
>>> On 1 July 2010 06:06, Jonathan Kew <jfkthame at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>> I like my semi modal dialogue :)   -- that's is why I did not choose
>>> modal for the form in Qt Creator!
>>>
>>
>> I liked it, too. Until Tw crashed (reproducibly) without obvious reason
>> to the user.
>>
>>> It hangs around allowing needed interaction by the user between the
>>> editor and the help information (even allows drag and drop), and
>>> obvioiusly keeps the script running!
>>>
>>> Best of all worlds!!!
>>>
>>> Please be careful to fix it, withoiut breakling this great feature!
>>>
>>
>> This is no feature. This is a bug - simply because Tw can easily crash
>> because of this. Don't worry, asynchronous scripting will (hopefully)
>> come eventually, but probably not before the 0.4 release. Until then,
>> dialogs must be modal to ensure the integrity of the program.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stefan
>>
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