On 16/05/2007, at 11:22 pm, Cliff Pruitt wrote:
I don't know if I'd clutter the document window itself with widgets for one-time settings (lack of widgets was one of the things that made me fall in love with TM). After all, its not something you're going to be changing over & over for a single document.
That's true Cliff, but there are two uses for a widget: (1) perform an action, (2) provide feedback. Currently there's no quick visual way to tell what line endings or encoding a file has, and that's one thing I'd like. On the other hand, the "Tab Size" that's currently in the status bar is of no use to me at all.
I agree with you wholeheartedly that TM should remain as clutter-free as possible, but the elements that constitute what clutter *is* there should be my choice.