Marking inverted branch insets

[Thibaut Cuvelier]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 at 12:10, Yuriy Skalko <yuriy.skalko at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20.10.2021 17:20, Thibaut Cuvelier wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 16:07, Yuriy Skalko <yuriy.skalko at gmail.com
> > <mailto:yuriy.skalko at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >      >> Really I'm also thinking about more flexible system -- to
> >     connect branch
> >      >> insets to branches using logical expressions. So the branch
> >     inset could have
> >      >> logical combination of existing branches, not just branch name
> >     with optional
> >      >> inversion. For example now it is impossible to have a part of
> >     the document
> >      >> that will be outputted when any of 2 branches is active. But
> >     with logical
> >      >> expressions we will have inset "FirstBranch or SecondBranch"
> >     that solves
> >      >> this task. More complex combinations also will be possible.
> >      >
> >      > I like this idea a lot. I would also be interested in a dependency
> >      > structure of branches (i.e., not variable by insets) along the
> >     lines of
> >      > "branch Q depends on branch C and branch D so to activate branch
> Q,
> >      > branches C and D must also be activated". I think we should think
> >     hard
> >      > about exactly what features we want and the interface. Ideally we
> >     would
> >      > extend the current functionality without making the interface
> >     much more
> >      > complex for most users who I think do not use branches in the way
> you
> >      > and I have in mind.
> >      >
> >      > Best,
> >      > Scott
> >
> >     Really logical AND operation on branches can be implemented now by
> >     nesting insets. Do you want to get separate Q to get simpler
> >     expressions/insets in other places in the document?
> >
> >     Of course I agree that simple usage of branches should remain simple.
> >
> >
> > FWIW, UI requirements for this kind of feature are not unique to LyX,
> > XML authoring tools typically have to deal with conditional
> > text/profiling. For instance, Oxygen XML and XMLmind have some UI for
> > this (but it focuses on showing the attributes that are used to filter
> > out some content, i.e. it shows the elements that the user can use to
> > write their own logic to select the content to output):
> >
> https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/24.0/ug-editor/topics/preferences-profiling-conditions.html
> > <
> https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/24.0/ug-editor/topics/preferences-profiling-conditions.html>
>
> > and https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/profiling/index.html
> > <https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/profiling/index.html>
>
>
> Thibaut,
>
> Do you mean interface similar to Figure 2 here?
>
> https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/profiling/the_solutions.html
>
> I cannot find screenshots of Oxygen XML on their site. Is it similar?
>

In a sense, it is similar. Here is how the conditional text is displayed:

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And here is the interface to configure the attributes:

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