mailing-list for TeXmacs Users

[Ingolf Schäfer <address@hidden>]

Hello everyone,

from what I understood, you are asking for feedback about the graphics  
mode. First of all let me say, that all the developers who worked on this  
extension did a great job. Version 1.5.9 impressed me very much by not  
only adding a graphical mode, but also a direct function plotter. (Maybe  
this was also in 1.5.8, which I skipped, but nevertheless a great feature  
;-) )

From my point of view, texmacs should not try to compete with pure drawing  
tools like xfig, Inkscape, Canvas or what ever you like. I use TeXmacs  
mainly for work, that is writing mathematics. So, I need formulas, plots  
and commutative diagramms. This can be handled very well with the plugins,  
we have, but it is much nicer to have it one application. So, if TeXmacs  
offers this functionality: perfect.

The only thing with disturbs me about the graphics mode is, that I do not  
find it intuitive, or to be more precise: It is very different from the  
drawing, I am used to. This is mainly a problem of good documentation. The  
tutorial was a good start, but without it I did not really manage to draw  
something worthy. Instead I had problems, because typing C-backspace, sent  
TeXmacs into some nasty problems resulting in a crash.

My suggestion is to keep working on this graphical mode, but to add a  
feature, which I really would like to have, namely keyboard movement in  
menubar or context menu. I always have to use the mouse, which is a bit  
annoying because moving in the menuitems with cursor would be faster.  
Memorizing every shortcut is not an alternative. (I case you wonder, I  
fear, taht we may end up having a feature wish list, not a task list ;-) )

That written, I say a BIG THANK YOU to all people working on TeXmacs.

Yours,

Ingolf Schaefer

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:36:17 +0200, Henri Lesourd <address@hidden> wrote:

> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 10:34:25PM -0300, daniel miranda wrote:
> >
> > > I have used the new graphical mode and i will give my suggestions late
> >
> > Thank you; please put Henri Lesourd in the CC, --Joris
> You are wholly welcomed : feedback is just what we need now, in order
> to summarize the experience of the first users, and build a better
> tasklist.