[Okular-devel] Re: Efficient revision tools

[Albert Astals Cid]

A Divendres, 28 de gener de 2011, Raffaele Mancuso va escriure:
> That's not the kind of answer you should give to an end user who use your
> application and is giving you a suggestion.
> If i write to the okular developers list, I assume to talk with the people
> who develop/have developed okular. So I'm saying that when you develop
> okular and implement new features, you may also consider to implement this
> one. Or are you saying that no one can make a suggestion to you if he does
> not have the patch ready? If i had the "time and knowledge to code a
> solution", wouldn't I had come here with the solution?
> An "Unfortunately we can no more code new features to okular due to lack of
> time. If you want, you can help us and do it yourself because it's open
> source" would have been more than fine to me. I'm not requiring anyone to
> code anything for me, I'm only suggesting to the people who develop a
> software how to make that software even better. But your answer sounds more
> like "Hey, what do you want? I have already coded a lot, and for free! Why
> in the hell don't you do so too???". And that kind of a "do it yourself"
> answer to a suggestion is all but appropriate. And no, I have not the patch
> ready, nor for okular neither for your inappropriate answers.

This is "okular-devel" how can i know you are and end user and not a "devel" 
as the name of the list implies?

My answer was not meant to be offensive in any way, i was just stating the 
reality:
 * Lots of people have stated the situation is problematic and would like it 
improved (us developers included)
 * Nobody has time to fix it (thus asking if you can fix it yourself)

All shouting and bad words and hate is in your imagination.

Albert

> 
> 2011/1/28 Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org>
> 
> > A Divendres, 28 de gener de 2011, Raffaele Mancuso va escriure:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I use okular on a regular-basis and found out that the revision tools
> > > are quite uncomfortable to use. I need to highlight the text of a pdf
> > > file continuously, like when you are studying a book and you need to
> > > highlight the most important thing. The improblem is that i click on
> > > the yellow highlighter tool in the revision toolbar, use the
> > > left-mouse button to highlight the text, and then when i release the
> > > button the tool is no
> > 
> > more
> > 
> > > selected. So to highlight more text I have to go another time in the
> > > revision toolbar and re-select the yellow highlighter tool. This is
> > > frustrating when you need to highlight lot of text (like me).
> > > 
> > > I propose to not detach the tool when the left mouse button is
> > > released. Instead leave the tool on and let a right mouse button click
> > > release the tool. So you can (for example) select the text
> > > continuously without go
> > 
> > from
> > 
> > > time to time to the revision toolbar.
> > > 
> > > We can even make this customizable by a check box in the settings wich
> > 
> > let
> > 
> > > the user decide if we should release the tool at LMB click or at RMB
> > 
> > click.
> > 
> > You are not the first with this problem, the question is, do you have
> > time and
> > knowledge to code a solution?
> > 
> > Albert
> > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Raffaele
> > 
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