END-OF-FRAME, once again..

[Daniel]

On 27/10/2021 11:33, UD K wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/27/21 11:03 AM, Daniel wrote:
>> On 26/10/2021 01:31, Virgil Arrington wrote:
>>> *> From: *UD K <mailto:ehud.kaplan at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>  >  I think that your experience confirms my feeling that it 
>>> shouldn't HAVE to be that hard.
>>>
>>> I agree; it shouldn’t be that hard. To me it would make sense to have 
>>> the selection of the “Frame” environment automatically create a new 
>>> slide without the need for a separate end of frame marker. However, I 
>>> suppose there may be some folks who want to use the “Frame” 
>>> environment for some content other than the Frame title. For them, we 
>>> could have a “Frame-New-Slide” environment that would automatically 
>>> create a new slide.
>>>
>>> That’s the way it works in Markdown. Just put a heading hashtag # 
>>> before your text and that line becomes the title of the new slide. 
>>> Easy as pie.
>>>
>>> Virgil
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Since both of you replied but didn't directly commented on my 
>> suggestion (basically, use increased depth/indentation for stuff that 
>> should go on a frame which makes the whole separator machinery 
>> unnecessary between frames), I am wondering whether you had any 
>> thoughts about it or whether the suggestion isn't clear enough.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
> Daniel,
> I can only speak for myself.  Since I am not a developer, and know 
> nothing about what is behind the screen of Lyx/Beamer, I assume that 
> there is a (valid?) reason behind the need for an End-Of-Frame, without 
> which, presumably, things will go fall apart.  All I know is that it IS 
> difficult, right now, and --  I suspect-- does not need to be.

I can understand that you are worried about making constructive 
suggestion because you don't know all the details. However, I agree with 
Scott who is actually one of the developers, that it is still worthwhile 
to make suggestions. You just need to be comfortable with your 
suggestion meeting criticism or, worst case, not getting attention. So, 
you need to make up your mind whether you are comfortable with this.

As for the development. In my experience, there are always things that 
seem like a good or simple idea at first but might not seem ideal later 
on. Furthermore, LyX has only a small developer team with little time at 
their hands and small user base that provides feedback, so it is not 
completely surprising if that happens more frequently.

Daniel