I think I am misunderstanding this and whatever tests I tried were in not appropriate.
On 25 April 2018 at 10:42, Bernt Lie <bernt....@usn.no> wrote: > I can certainly file a bug. (Where do I go to do so?) > > > > I think I noticed that a bullet was also pasted into a footnote, and > typeset in the pdf file with a bullet… > > > > -B > > > > *From:* lyx-users@lists.lyx.org <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> *On Behalf Of *Paul > A. Rubin > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 25, 2018 16:38 > *To:* lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > *Subject:* Re: Copying from bulleted items -- includes the bullet? > > > > On 04/25/2018 10:04 AM, John Kane wrote: > > 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 <bernt....@usn.no> 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 > > While I agree in general that structure (in this case, bullet item) might > be something you'd want to carry along, in this particular case I'm pretty > sure it's a bug. As Bernt says, if you copy a bullet item and paste it into > a listing, it shows up in the LyX GUI as a bullet item -- but if you > preview as a PDF, it compiles without the bullet, and the LaTeX source code > shows no indication of a bullet (or item tag). So there's a mismatch > between what you see and what you get. > > In the particular case of bullet items, I'm not sure there's any virtue to > carrying the item context with you in a copy/paste. Either you're pasting > into an itemize environment (in which case it automatically becomes an > item) or you're not (in which case you most likely do not want it to be an > item). > > Bernt: Would you care to file a bug ticket for this? > > Paul > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
