On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:39:48AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > > >, it is desired that LyX should automatically change the language of > > the copied text to American, and then the user should fix the spelling. > > And what if it's *not* intended to be a single-language document ? You > just broke my document ... > > I do not see a way we can change language behind the user's back in a > reliable manner, and I don't think we should.
How about allowing the user to choose in the preferences dialog whether the language should be changed on paste (but only between dialects of the same language) ? Or perhaps asking the user using a yes/no dialog after a text is pasted ?
