Liviu Andronic wrote:
> I always wanted to inquire about this inconsistency (which, it seems,
> generates user confusion):
> Why do we call it sometimes Noun (as in the Toggle Noun toolbar button
> outputting \noun{The}) and sometimes Small Caps (as in the Text Style
>
> > Shape > Small Caps outputting \textsc{The}).
This is semantic markup (noun, emph) vs. static markup (textsc, textit). The
LyX philosophy is to encourage semantic markup.
> In the output PDF they're visually identical, as far as my eyes tell
> me. If the two LaTeX commands are indeed the same, then we should
> choose one and provide it uniformly via the GUI. Personally I have a
> small preference towards using the 'Small Caps' name as it is more
> intuitive to users, and thus renaming the toolbar button. (Who knows
> what Noun implies?)
It is only identical if you define it identical. "Noun" means "name of a
person", "emphasize" means "emphasize this anyhow".
The idea is that you can easily change the markup with a single preamble
redefinition if your publisher tells you "Please do not mark peron names with
small caps, but italic (or not at all).
In fact, I have the following definition in many f my classes:
\renewcommand*\noun[1]{#1}
Jürgen
