Uwe Stöhr wrote: > When you really only need upright bold math, then change the binding of > Ctrl-b using LyX 1.6's new binding dialog. Note that the math toolbar also > provides \mathbf, so its your decision what to use.
have you tried it? currently i don't see howto cause toggle-like behaviour through math-insert \mathbf. ideas? >>> In some cases, for some greek variables used as vectors and matrices, >>> one might need \boldsymbol, but for the vast majority of mathematical >>> notation that is not the behavior you want. If you write a scientific >>> document that uses a lot of vectors and matrices, the change is >>> disastrous. > > Well I'm a scientist too and can live with this. The change has been made > due to various bug reports about \mathbf on the lyx-users list. > >>> Another potential issue as well is the fact that the bold command ctrl-B >>> no longer toggles bold, instead it makes it more bold. > > This is another issue, please report this at bugzilla.lyx.org imho two more issues which should be done: - RELEASE-NOTES should note this change - provide some way how ctrl+b works as in 1.5, otherwise i would call this regression. pavel
