Re: copy inside math and paste in text mode gives LaTeX

2017-05-02 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 01/05/2017 à 23:50, Enrico Forestieri a écrit : Is there a missing feature here? No, this is actually a feature. This allows you to overcome shortcomings of lyx that do not allow to otherwise obtain what you can directly get with latex. I see how this feature is useful, but it would be bet

Re: copy inside math and paste in text mode gives LaTeX

2017-05-01 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 2/05/2017 9:50 a.m., Enrico Forestieri wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 12:41:40PM -0500, Scott Kostyshak wrote: I'm often asked by LyX users why LyX behaves in the following way: 1. Start math and type X to the power \alpha. 2. Inside the math inset, copy the contents. 3. Outside the math in

Re: copy inside math and paste in text mode gives LaTeX

2017-05-01 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 12:41:40PM -0500, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > I'm often asked by LyX users why LyX behaves in the following way: > > 1. Start math and type X to the power \alpha. > 2. Inside the math inset, copy the contents. > 3. Outside the math inset, paste. > > The text "X^{\alpha}" is

Re: copy inside math and paste in text mode gives LaTeX

2017-05-01 Thread Guillaume MM
Le 27/02/2017 à 18:41, Scott Kostyshak a écrit : I'm often asked by LyX users why LyX behaves in the following way: 1. Start math and type X to the power \alpha. 2. Inside the math inset, copy the contents. 3. Outside the math inset, paste. The text "X^{\alpha}" is pasted. The user seems to exp

Re: copy inside math and paste in text mode gives LaTeX

2017-02-27 Thread Richard Heck
On 02/27/2017 12:41 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > I'm often asked by LyX users why LyX behaves in the following way: > > 1. Start math and type X to the power \alpha. > 2. Inside the math inset, copy the contents. > 3. Outside the math inset, paste. > > The text "X^{\alpha}" is pasted. The user seem

copy inside math and paste in text mode gives LaTeX

2017-02-27 Thread Scott Kostyshak
I'm often asked by LyX users why LyX behaves in the following way: 1. Start math and type X to the power \alpha. 2. Inside the math inset, copy the contents. 3. Outside the math inset, paste. The text "X^{\alpha}" is pasted. The user seems to expect a math inset to be created and for it to contai