Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > That's in response to a precise request from me and not done without > > my consent. For example, the first thing I do when forced to use Word, > > is deactivating that stupid "feature" about underlining in red unknown > > words. > > You shouldn't conclude from you to others. My experience is that 90% of > the Word users like the red underlining.
You should neither conclude from you (or your environment) to others. I know several people who don't like it. > I still don't understand what is the problem of highlighting the > problematic characters when LyX tells you that "a caracter" can't be > encoded. We do already the same, when LyX shows LaTeX-errors. I agree with Enrico that some automatic as-you-type-stuff should not be done, but using the same mechanism that it used for LaTeX errors (an error list where you can select an error and the problematic part of the text gets highlighted) would be very valuable. This does not get in your way while typing, but it enables you to identify the problematic character when needed. The View->Source dialog should never be needed for using LyX. It is a nice gimmick for people who know LaTeX, but users who don't should never be forced to use it. Georg
