Jürgen, OK?
Index: mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp =================================================================== --- mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp (revision 23253) +++ mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp (working copy) @@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ return true; } - if (isAlphaASCII(c)) { + if (isAlphaASCII(c) || c == '*') { cur.activeMacro()->setName(name + docstring(1, c)); return true; }