Survex (interface expectations)

[David Gibson]

In article "Survex (interface expectations)" in <!survex>, on Tue, 16
Jul 2002 Andy Waddington on Survey stuff <Survex@pennine.demon.co.uk>
wrote

>Now, a way forward that might satisfy both sides of this argument would be
>a separate "veneer" which had those menu items, and when you chose "New"
>it would open an empty document in your favourite text editor

I was rather vague in my earlier messages, but this was probably the
sort of thing I would have had in mind if Id thought about it a bit more
:-)

I take Rob's point about it not being as simple as I thought it might
be.

>But that is a thing someone else could do - it doesn't need any knowledge of
>the core Survex code, and to provide this sort of stuff would be an
>inappropriate burden on those who are developing the actual useful
>functionality of the code.

Of course. The project awaits a willing volunteer  :-)

I think that, in the short term, all that is needed is a simple 'FAQ'
for people who say 'where's the run button', along the lines of 'why
dont you read the manual'. 

-- 
David Gibson