On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:06:12PM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote:
> > This is about a _minor_ problem, for now I'm really only planning to
> > "bugzilla and forget" about it.
> >
> > However, if you already are in math-mode, you accidentally insert a
> > \textrm{} into the mathInset which in IMO is a bug.
> >
> > One solution is to replace the command 'math-mode' with
> > something like 'ensure-math-mode'? Is there such an LFUN?
> >
> > Which makes me think.... why is it that 'math-mode' in a math-inset
> > actually inserts a \textrm{}?
> > Shouldn't the LFUN be named something like 'math-mode-toggle' then?
>
> This LFUN 'overload' is a mess and I would not mind removing it at once.
> Last time I tried I got heavy flak, though...
yes... it does seem to be a mess with the LFUN, and it makes me
wonder what the purpose of the LFUNs really is, but I'll raise that
question in a different thread I think.
Some long-term solutions I can think of include:
* Modify behaviour of math-mode and math-display, i.e. let them take an
argument specifying if this is 'ensure-math-mode' or 'toggle-math-mode'
* Create 'ensure-math-mode' and 'ensure-math-display'
* If (when) key-bindings and menu-actions are mode sensistive, I guess
different command sequences can be used.
* If/when we get some kind of scripting language, the command-sequences
could check what the mode is and behave differently.
anyway, I've filed this as a minor bug, so this problem shouldn't be
forgotten at least.
/Christian
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Christian Ridderström http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
