"The few times I use Word, I almost invariably use paste without formatting (not that it works always, though…)".
Can go either way, but I think the big difference is Lyx always uses environments so a fomat change is blindingly easy so why not assume that the writer wants to keep the existing format? I occasionally help someone convert a document from Word to Apache OpenOffice and the amount of truly weird crap one can find when one tries to clean up the document is mind boggling. Word users often think a Style is a reference to a GQ or Vogue story. On 25 April 2018 at 10:17, Bernt Lie <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for answer. > > > > - Presumably a feature. If one does a copy and paste, one usually > wants the format to remain the same. > > > > To me, this does not sound like a feature, but like a bug. LaTeX > documentation puts a lot of emphasis on the importance of content over > looks, and to me it seems more logical – in particular in LaTeX and systems > with a similar logic (e.g., LyX) that it is the local layout where one > pastes in text, that actually decides on the typesetting – and **not** > the source where one copies text from. > > > > I **could** agree on that it may make sense to preserve “font” > formatting. But not paragraph or list formatting. > > > > The few times I use Word, I almost invariably use paste without formatting > (not that it works always, though…). > > > > -B > > > > *From:* John Kane <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 25, 2018 16:04 > *To:* Bernt Lie <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Copying from bulleted items -- includes the bullet? > > > > Presumably a feature. If one does a copy and paste, one usually wants the > format to remain the same. > > If you want to change formats, aste and then apply the new format seems > the way to go. > > > > On 25 April 2018 at 03:40, Bernt Lie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm using the basic LaTeX article style in LyX 2.2.3 on 64 bit Win 10, > latest update. The following must be a bug?? > > If I copy (Ctrl+c) text from a bulleted list, and paste it (Ctrl+v) into, > say, a data listing, footnote, etc, the bullet is inserted into the > construct (data listing, bullet, etc.). > > Is this a "feature" or a "flaw"? > > -B > > > > > -- > > John Kane > Kingston ON Canada > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
