In my previous mail I meant to say "pit" and not "pid". Please excuse the error.
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Sidharth Kshatriya <sid.kshatr...@gmail.com > wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a few questions and would really appreciate if they could be > answered > > If I understand correctly: > 1. A lyx::Layout corresponds to something like a section, abstract, title > or standard > 2. In .lyx file a layout begins and ends like this > > \begin_layout standard > > \end_layout > 3. Each layout is basically represented by a lyx:Paragraph > > Q. Given what a lyx:Layout is, then what is a lyx::InsetLayout? > > Q. I understand the concept of inset positions in a paragraph, e.g. a > particular inset is on position 33 of a particular paragraph. But what > happens in the case of InsetMath? What is the concept of positions in > them... for example a InsetMathFrac will have 2 cells but does it any > concept of pos()? How would you locate, say an InsetMath-derived-class in a > nested situtation? i.e. does it just become about which cell an Inset is > nested in or does pos() still play a role here? > > Here is what I think happens, please confirm if my understanding is > correct. > > Note let # indicate the current cursor position, let XXX be characters and > 13/(1/2) be a nested InsetMathFrac > > 13 > XXX----- > 1/2# > > Let us have Cursor class instance (pointing to # position) > > My understanding is that the Cursor::slices_ member would be a vector with > CursorSlice #1 would the top level InsetText with pid=1, pos=4, cell=?? as > the member variables of the CursorSlice > CursorSlice #2 would be an InsetFracMath with cell=2, pid=??, pos=?? as the > member variables of the CursorSlice > CursorSlice #3 would be an InsetFracMath with cell=2, pid=??, pos=?? as the > member variables of the CursorSlice > > Is my understanding correct? My question, restated, do things like > position, pid have any meaning within InsetMath? > > Q. What is the concept of a StableDocIterator and what is the use of > zeroing out all the inset_ pointers in each CursorSlice? How does a > stableDocIterator do its job in the UndoElement? > > Thanks for your time, > > Sidharth > > Thanks, > > Sidharth > -- > Sidharth Kshatriya > www.sidk.info > > -- Sidharth Kshatriya www.sidk.info
