On 2009-04-02, Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 08:10:30AM +0000, Guenter Milde wrote:
...
> You're actually suggesting to turn \lyxmathsym into a real math inset.
... if you insist on the \lyxmathsym layer, yes.
I'd like to see a text-in-math environment that is automatically used for
characters that are not defined (by LyX) in math.
> This would be a duplication of functionality
it would add the auto-switch to text-in-math feature, saving some
keystrokes.
> you still won't be able to style it the LyX-way (because the TextStyle
> dialog doesn't work in a text-in-math environment),
I thought that styling text-in-math is possible already:
>> >> >> * it allows Strg-E for italic, Strg-B for bold, and all the other text
>> >> >> styles and colours.
>> >> > These are still allowed. You have to simply explicitly request a
>> >> > text-in-math environment and \lyxmathsym will not come in your way.
but I might be wrong. In this case this is problem that should be dealt
with separately.
> and it would also be a file format change.
This is why I file it now, when there is still time until the next
major release.
> For these reasons I am not really interested in doing so. Indeed, I think
> that it would be a lot of work for no advantage.
Fair enough.
> However, if not seeing those red corners around the symbol really
> disturbs you,
Actually I look mare at the blue vs. black colour that would tell me:
this is text, using text fonts in the output.
> you could try to provide a patch for evaluation.
I am afraid that this is above my coding skills.
....
>> The effect of \renewcommand{\lyxmathsym}{} can be achieved by repeating
>> the text equivalent as math equivalent, e.g.
>> # MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H
>> 0x02b0 "\\textsuperscript{h}" "" "" "\\textsuperscript{h}"
> Not really, because the redefinition would also affect the text part
> and that symbol would not be available anywhere.
I don't understand this argument. Where should the side-effect on the
text part come from?
Currently, MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H in text and math would produce
\textsuperscript{h}$\lyxmathsym{\textsuperscript{h}}$
and after the above mentioned change
\textsuperscript{h}$\textsuperscript{h}$
As the force-flag is not set, the symbol will still be inserted verbatim
if it is supported by the latex-inputencoding.
>> While modifying "unicodesymbols" is the specific way, the generic way
>> would be to redefine \text
>> \let\oldtext\text
>> \renewcommand{\text}{}
> But in this way you cannot use \text anywhere in the document.
Indeed. You would have to use \oldtext (optionally in a math-macro)
instead.
Thanks,
Günter
