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37 - \matrm{xy} gets written as \mathrm{x}\mathrm{y}
41 - LyX crashes when you define a recursive macro
43 pp - It is possible to put two or more consecutive spaces in math text mode
45 - InsetFormula::validate is broken
51 - When selecting, maybe give a visual indication of the "original"
52 anchor, when it differs from the "actual" one.
56 - Entering \mathbf{c} in math mode is displayed as written (without
59 - I know the latex code of a lot of math symbols displayed by lyx,
60 but not all of them. Thus I have to use the math panel for only a single
61 symbol in a formula. I think it would be very useful, if the latex code
62 of the symbol would be displayed as a hint, if the mouse positioned over
66 Marcus (Suran@gmx.net)
68 - In math-mode I can switch back to text-mode in a formula but then I am
69 not able to type Umlauts.
71 - If the math-panel has the focus I can type text but not switch into
72 math-mode or use some of the other keyboard-shortcuts.
75 From: Álvaro Tejero Cantero <alvaro@antalia.com>
77 - I suggest creating a different "kewybinding namespace" for the formulas,
78 since you could put to good use all those keybindings from the menu (M-?,
79 C-?) thath currently do their job PLUS getting you out of the formula.
80 Seriously, it'd be great to have more keys free, so M-d t would be time
81 derivative and M-d ? derivative with respect to the variable ?. And so on.
83 - I'm no experienced C++ programmer, but if you consider it appropriate, I
84 could write a scritp in python for this one (I'm also very optimistic). Tell
87 Flattening macros. Sometimes it's annoying the fact that once you have
88 written a macro, you can't touch at it's "constant parts". I call flattening
89 to the process of substituting all macros with LaTeX code.
91 Task: designing a macro substitution system that reads from a file
92 (possibly the same file as the document's) the macros and parses the document
93 doing the appropriate replacements
95 This is very useful, because sometimes you have a big expression in a macro
96 and you want to change an index only. What do you do then?. You retype
97 everything (perhaps several times in the document) or you create extremely
98 generic and parametrizable macros that aren't very fast to fill in the
102 - cut&paste inside math-mode doesn't work the X fashion (middle button doesn't
105 - I remember having heard that a search-replace function was planned, so I
106 won't repeat that. Only that the flattening option would be then easier to
107 implement on top of that.
109 - Some math symbols aren't very well supported (to my knowledge). I'm
110 thinking of [] options.
114 - it's not possible to enter superscript when the
115 ^-char works as a dead key. with the second ^-
116 or the space the cursor jumps outside the mathbox.
121 a) If something's easy & quick in LaTeX then it should be easy & quick in
122 LyX (unless it really isn't very common). b) Actions which are used
123 frequently should be a single key-press, even if that's not very easy to
124 remember. You learn it. c) Actions which are used rarely should be
125 mnemonic -- easy to remember -- even if they are multiple keypresses.
126 Things you do rarely you care less about the time it takes to perform.
128 As an aside, you may think that I'm whining over nothing. However, when
129 you enter math mode as often as I do (often more than once a sentence) it
130 gets very annoying, especially as compared to simply typing '$' in plain
131 emacs. Also, you may say 'why don't you just change your bindings file?'. I
132 will ;) but I wanted to start some discussion on this since it can benefit
135 More serious, though, than the number of characters which need to be typed
136 is the confusing nature of the command. 'M-c m', typed once, puts you into
137 math-mode. However, typing 'M-c m' again doesn't put you out of math-mode
138 --- it puts you into math-text mode. Then hitting it again puts you back
139 into normal math-mode. IMO, 'modal' keys should either be idempotent (so
140 hitting it the second time does nothing) or self-inverting. In fact, the
141 inverse to 'M-c m' is either 'ESC' or simply a space typed at the end of
142 the block --- which is confusing, since they're not of the same 'shape' as
143 the command that got you in there.
145 Now, I'm not saying that 'space' shouldn't be allowed as a short-cut to get
146 you out of math-mode; it's a most useful and natural one, I like it a lot.
147 However, on balance I think M-c m should also have that effect.
149 3) Math-mode inconsistencies
151 Sometimes 'the same action' has the same keystroke both within and
152 without math-mode. This is very sensible. However, it is very annoying when
153 they don't behave the way you're expecting them to.
155 For example, 'M-c e' puts you into 'emphasise' mode. Ignoring the fact
156 that in text mode this is italics, and in math-mode it stands for the
157 calligraphic character set, I think of these as the same action, so I like
158 the fact that they have the same keys. However, in math-mode, 'M-c e' is
159 idempotent, (and you need 'M-c space' to get back into normal) whereas in
160 text-mode 'M-c e' is self-inverse. These are the two possibilities I listed
161 as acceptable before, but consistency would be nice ;-) IMO, self-inverse
162 would be best for both.
164 5) Proposal : a 'ligatures' or 'autocorrect' system
166 One of the very minor, but useful, features of TeX is the way it lets you
167 type the nearest approximation to what you want using a 'typewriter
168 keyboard', and substitutes the typographically neat equivalent. In
169 particular, 'fancy' quotes (") and en and em dashes (---). I propose that
170 this UI element could be taken up a level into LyX, with a system that does
171 the following (for example):
173 -> becomes \rightarrow
174 <- becomes \leftarrow
175 => becomes \Rightarrow (etc..)
176 ==> becomes \Longrightarrow (etc..)
178 This may only be appropriate in math mode, of course. This family bug me
179 in particular because they take ages to type using a \-escape. Undoubtedly
180 sharp minds will think of others, and also we need some way of actually
181 typing those sequences as literals when we want them.
185 The current macro system is clever, but could be neater. One improvement
186 I'd like is to let LyX know about TeX's scoping rules...
191 - use AMS's \text instead of \mbox. It supports accented characters,
192 among others... (selected via validate()?)
197 - make math lables editable