Darren Freeman wrote:
> What I am most concerned about is being able to write chemical formulas
> with each element as a nucleus. I guess if I ensure the nucleus is
> math-text then it will work anyway but there must be others who would
> like this to work without brace insets.
>
> Maybe there should be a chemical mode or chemical inset within mathed?
That might be useful, but not for this reason.
> Spare a thought for anybody who wants to write down:
>
> $\mbox{La}_5\mbox{Pr}_2\mbox{Eu}_4\mbox{Yb}_3
> \mbox{Si}_{12}\mbox{Sn}_{16}\Rightarrow\mbox{Purple}_2\mbox{Monkey}_1
> \mbox{Dishwasher}_3$
>
> :)
>
> Suggestion: can you define \nuc{} to mean the same as {}? Then \nuc
> would be used for multiple char nuclei and LyX would have no ambiguity
> in parsing it.
That would be a hack that will cause complaints from whose who want readable
TeX export. Another idea I had is to automatically insert a brace inset if
you enter more than one character of a nucleus. It is certainly not a good
idea UI wise, but IMHO better than the current situation.
Of course the best thing would be if the braces could be part of the
nucleus. Read the old discussions, we were not able to find a reliable
solution for this problem.
Georg
