2.1 beta1: "use justification in LyX work area" should be a Pref

[Daniel]

On 2023-12-01 12:23, Daniel wrote:
> This refers to a surprisingly brief discussion:
> 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg181030.html
> 
> Basically, the idea was to move "Use justification in LyX work area" 
> from document settings to pref.
> 
> I take it the one reason to do so is that the setting is an individual 
> preference. I for my part don't like reading text where justification is 
> used without proper line-breaking and hyphenation that avoids huge 
> spaces and rivers. But I can see that this is still a personal preference.
> 
> So, when reading someone else's document I would like it to show up with 
> my preferred setting and I wouldn't want to change that person's 
> preferred setting of the document (and maybe forget to reset it).
> 
> (I have not seen specific reasons against making it a preference.)
> 
> Any chance this might be done after all?
> 
> Daniel

This was not to complain about LyX line-breaking. I think, given it's 
general limitations, it's quite good. But it is no LaTeX output. And the 
nice breaking is one reason I prefer reading LaTeX documents.

(I also think typographers generally agree that unless larger spaces and 
rivers can be avoided, justification is to be avoided. I take it that is 
why it is not used on the web. Maybe a point for avoiding it by default 
in LyX as well.)

Daniel