On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 08:03:58AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > Should \alpha in text mode switch back to the "enclosing" level of > math or create a new level of math? > > What if the enclosing level is another level of text? Like an \fbox in > an \fbox? Should it break that, too? > > I still believe there is no obviously correct solution and unless we find > one I'd rather stick to the "you get what you order" mantra.
Instead of trying to guess what the user wants, LyX should just do nothing when the user tries to insert a symbol into text mode (except perhaps opening an error dialog).
