On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:52:21PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > What makes a fix reasonable is that lyx 1.2 gracefully allows users to > > enter \alpha,\sum etc without worrying about text or math mode and we > > are spoiled! > > You could try again to explain how this should be handled in a > easy-to-understandi (for me and the users...) one-size-fits-all manner. > > I could disallow direct entering of \alpha in math text mode but apart from > not liking that idea there is no simple way to extend this to "conversion" > (mark something, press C-m).
Yes I also think you should do that. I think it is fine to not allow insertion of any of the symbols defined in lib/symbols into \textrm (even though some of them may be usable in text mode).
