Hello, I'm unsure whether this qualifies as a bug report or a feature
request.
I've found that it's (almost) impossible for me to achieve certain desirable
LaTeX character sequences from within math mode. See my previous post at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg43675.html
The current ERT mode for mathed makes it very efficient to type something
like \gamma_{2t} (since I don't even have to type {}). However, the way LyX
parses math mode ERT makes it impossible to type something like x^-{y},
which is essential for serious use of xypic.
I'd like to propose (what I hope could be) a reasonable solution to this
issue. I notice that the parsing rules for a \textrm box in math mode are
slightly different: spaces are allowed. You could make a new "ert box" that
would behave just like a \textrm box, except it would allow arbitrary
characters (such as ^ _ { \) without the usual math mode parsing.
I think something like this would greatly increase the power of mathed and
spare the users from trying to find quirky workarounds.
What do you all think? Thanks to everyone for the spectacular job
developing LyX! (It's saved me countless hours of LaTeX coding)
-Bob
