On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 15:11, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In the attached patch, I am able to support the mod/bmod/pmod/pod macros
> by just defining them in lib/symbols with an argument.
>
> The result is a more pleasing editing process (IMO) and a simplification
> of the documentation.
>
> Since this use of \def is not documented, I have to ask: is there a
> reason for not doing it?
>
> One downside may be that exporting to html/docbook does not really work,
> but it has always been the case, AFAIK.
>

For the symbols in your patch, yes, export is currently broken, but it's
fixable.
I think it would still be fixable in the future with macros, as I did in
https://github.com/cburschka/lyx/blob/master/lib/symbols#L1128.

My question is: should I create a full-fledged math inset instead? It is
> doable too, nd at least I'd get the spacing right depending on the
> context (script...).
>
> JMarc--
>
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