Darren Freeman wrote:
Hi all,
Let's say I enter something in a math insert other than an equation (as
I often do). Pick "Ge33As12Se55" as an example, a chemical formula.
(numbers are subscripts)
When I'm editing a subscript, the four little corner marks that
highlight the subscript will include the lower-case letter of the
preceding element. Sure this makes sense if that were a variable
carrying the subscript, but in this case it doesn't.
Shouldn't the highlighting on the subscript just surround the subscript
itself? Same for superscripts. Is there any meaning to the way it is
grouped at the moment?
I see it is possible to actually delete the lowercase letter and end up
with a subscript hanging on its own, you can then add another letter
into the subscript selection and have the subscript hang off that one.
Is this sensible? Does it have meaning at the LaTeX level but perhaps
shouldn't be shown to the user? (Such as LyX automatically determining
who to hang each subscript off at output time instead).
There is a difference and View->Source will tell you what this
difference is:
Ge_{33}
Ge{}_{33}
In the first case, only 'e' is within the four corner marks. In the
second case, a little dot will tell you that an empty symbol is used.
Abdel.
