Using Comment notes the right way

[Daniel]

On 2023-11-16 15:22, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 02:00:29PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>> I do not have time for a detailed comment, but you should really take a hard
>> look at branches. They are an incredibly useful tool.
> 
> I agree. Just for a inspiration I attach how 3 different branches can be used for
> 3 different types of notes with the use of local layout. Each of these notes can
> be (un)exported by a few clicks.
> You just create 3 branches note_right, note_foot, note_inline and define in
> document prefs, local layout these:
> 
> InsetLayout Branch:note_right
>         LabelString           Brancc
>         MultiPar              true
>         LatexType             command
>         LatexName             ledrightnote
>    Preamble
>      \setlength{\marginparwidth}{4.5cm}
>     EndPreamble
> End
> 
> InsetLayout Branch:note_foot
>    LabelString           footc
>    LatexType             command
>    LatexName        footnote
>    MultiPar              true
>    RefPrefix             fn
> End
> 
> InsetLayout Branch:note_inline
>    LabelString           prekl
>    LatexType             command
>    LatexName        " \textcolor{red}"
>    MultiPar              true
>    RefPrefix             fn
>    Preamble
>      \usepackage{color}
>    EndPreamble
> End
> 
> 
> Pavel

I think that I have figured out how this works after a while. Nice that 
one can do this with LyX.

I know that you might not have intended to answer my original point, so 
my comment might not be an answer to yours either, but this approach 
seems a bit too complicated for a simple commenting feature.

It still seems to me that LyX should provide a ready to use commenting 
feature that can be globally toggled on and off in the export. And it 
seems to me that the "Comment" note is on the right track here. It just 
needs a facelift (some nice label color and background color) and some 
additional features (toggling, free spacing) and it would be pretty 
close to ideal as a default commenting feature.

Another thing that would make Comments more comment like is to mark them 
with the name (and even color) of the author in the label. Well, I am 
getting carried away again...

(I take back my suggestion that it could be toggled on a per comment 
basis. I have not seen such a feature elsewhere and maybe branches are 
good enough for such a specific feature.)

Daniel