On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote:
> This is semantic markup (noun, emph) vs. static markup (textsc, textit). The
> LyX philosophy is to encourage semantic markup.
>
I see.
> It is only identical if you define it identical. "Noun" means "name of a
> person", "emphasize" means "emphasize this anyhow".
>
Should we mayhaps indicate what will be obtained in a default setup?
Say, the tooltips could come with a 'Toggle emphasis (italic)' and
'Toggle noun (small caps)' indicator. This ought to reduce confusion
for newcomers.
Liviu
> 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
>
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