Advanced find changes of behavior in master

Scott Kostyshak skostysh at lyx.org
Thu Nov 26 17:01:20 UTC 2020


On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 10:35:35AM +0100, Kornel Benko wrote:
> Am Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:28:29 +0100
> schrieb Kornel Benko <kornel at lyx.org>:
> 
> > > 2. In 2.3.0, there are more workarea updates. This way, the user can see
> > >    what is being replaced and where. In master, there is only one work
> > >    area update at the end. This seems like an improvement in theory, but
> > >    since the advanced find takes a while, it is kind of nice to watch it
> > >    so that we know it is not stuck and can get an idea of the progress.
> > >    In master, it is strange to see toolbar buttons being enabled and
> > >    disabled (based on where the invisible cursor is) and the scrollbar
> > >    moving, but not to see the cursor moving and the work area updates. I
> > >    don't have a preference on this. I just mention it in case the change
> > >    was not intended.  
> > 
> > Cannot comment on this.
> 
> One comment though. If using Wiew->Code Preview Pane, you can see the progress.

That is a nice trick. And it doesn't seem to slow things down (I thought
maybe it would unnecessarily trigger extra exports).

What do you think the ideal behavior should be? Should the workarea be updated?

Scott
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