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