On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 02:52:38PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > I don't like this. Both the old tooltip and icon were correct. > > It is not correct, please look at the bugreport. The user thinks when > clicking on this button that > these settings are about sums or limits but both is incorrect. You can use > these commands for all > constructs!
It is difficult to convey information about a complex thing through a simple image. Nevertheless, the current tooltip is absolutely correct and the current icon conveys better the idea than a misleading icon about sizes. > > It's a matter of style not size. Display style and text style both use > > the same font sizes but integrals and sums get their limits in a different > > style, as an example. > > But style is in this case mainly the size, put for example \sin(x) into a > scriptstyle environment. > And \displaystyle and \textstyle is not always the same, it depends on the > used document class. > To change the limits placement, the command \nolimits has to be used because > the sum sign itself > would otherwise also be set in the different style and therefore also size. > > Please have a look into the LaTeX-companion and test it out in LyX if you > don't believe me. No, please, you must have a look at pages 140 and 141 in the TeXbook, where all of this is explained in detail. You will see that sizes are of absolutely secondary importance in this case. Indeed, I could simply highlight a formula in LyX and choose a different size for it using the "ab" toolbar button. -- Enrico
