On 14/03/2018 16:09, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
2018-03-14 16:57 GMT+01:00 mike <mikere...@onetel.com
<mailto:mikere...@onetel.com>>:
May I ask why going thru the toolbar directly doesn't do that but
going thru Special Characters does? I assume the distinction is
intentional. AFAICT the toolbar elements are identical either way
but please tell me if I'm wrong.
The toolbar just holds the characters to insert. Special Characters
inserts the inset, which automatically pops up the toolbar. So the
toolbar is identical, but the place where the characters are inserted
to is not. Since IPA characters are completely valid outside \textipa
(we use the macros such as \textschwa in those cases), there is no
need to force the IPA inset (as we need to do with math, for
instance). And if you just need a single IPA char, it's fine to do
without textipa.
Jürgen
Mike
Okay got it thanks very much.
Best
Mike
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