On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 09:51:03AM +0100, Jules Bean wrote:
> > Yes, but I don't think I want implement this. We would need a 'stateful
> > cursor' again to distiguish between '{' pressed or not, and editing
> > probably would get a mess again. How should editing work when you want to
> > change  a_i  to a_{ij}?
> 
> No you don't.  If '{' is not pressed, the cursor is in a 'single char
> subscript'. If '{' is pressed, the cursor is in a full blown box math
> (inset).

[For the record: Everything in math is an 'inset', the boxes are 'cells' of
a 'nestinset' which is a special type of 'inset' which can have, well,
'nested cells']

> So the cursor's state is expressed by where it is?

This would mean some extra inset for 'one char superscripts'?

Andre'

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