Mael Hilléreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Perhaps it is used by other word processors... But isn't LyX supposed
> to be better?! :)

Yes of course.

> Why "senseless"? Because semantically speaking, spellcheck deals with
> words, not characters.

It is always a bit more complicated that that. For example, a word
ending with numbers will be checked without the trailing numbers.

> In my vision, a charstyle is a more abstract entity than a font. A
> font is only appearance, whereas a charstyle should have some
> semantics too. IMO the same font can be used for very different
> purposes, whereas a charstyle has a given use. I see this difference
> as analogous to the one between '\textit' (font) and  '\emph'
> (semantics).

I definitely agree. I was more talking about the implementation of
charstyles. I think it is not right yet.

JMarc

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