Dekel> Furthermore, the use of special char is also for the purpose of
Dekel> differentiating the position before the font change and after the font change:
Dekel> Suppose you have a word "abcd" where ab is in the default font, and cd is in
Dekel> bold. Now, what happens when you place the cursor between b and c, and
Dekel> insert a new char. Which font will it have?
Juergen> Well I guess that this may be resolved much better when using the
Juergen> direction where the cursor came from. So when entering from left we should
Juergen> use b<old otherwise we could use normal.
So what happens if your text is from right to left? Do you change when entering
from the right?
Better: what happens when the font chage is associated with a language change
from English to Hebrew? Are you entering from the left or the right.
Lars> (I realy don't like the special chars)
Juergen> Me too!
Well I use them all the time in the math editor to show me whether I'm inside
or outside a macro --- at least I have to bound my macro with ERT {} and would
much prefer it if I could get this info from a special char.
For what it's worth, I think Dekel's suggestion is good as it is.
Angus
