>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Drummond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> If I try to import the new OSAmtg.tex template into Lyx (to
Peter> make an abstract for the meetings next year), Relyx will exit
Peter> with a fatal error. I use version 1.04. The special OSAmeet.sty
Peter> file was downloaded into the same directory as OSAmtg.tex, if
Peter> this is a relevant issue. Ordinary Latex is not troubled with
Peter> these files.
I'll leave this to Amir ;)
Peter> I also have the following `feature' requests:
Peter> (1) If you have a citation label like {a_b} in a Latex file,
Peter> Relyx will occasionally change it to {a_{b}}. But this is not
Peter> done consistently, so the result is a broken citation. Really,
Peter> Relyx should not change the labels, as they are not syntax.
This is a difficult problem, mentionned in reLyX bugs list. I'm not
sure it will be fixed soon.
Peter> (2) If you import/export/import/export Latex (for example, to
Peter> exchange files with nonLyxers), then you often build up a lot
Peter> of unwanted frontmatter. Eventually this breaks the Latex
Peter> compiler. It would be nice if repeated import/export would
Peter> reach an unchanging, steady state!
On the todo list.
Peter> (3) I find that the convention where typing a space in front of
Peter> an equation pops you into math-mode, is quite unsettling - I
Peter> usually finish up typing things in the equation rather than
Peter> before it. I would prefer if a cursor movement was required to
Peter> get into or out of math mode, while editing.
I do not see that here...
Peter> (4) You can't select text at all inside fractions, brackets,
Peter> and square roots. This is somewhat frustrating, especially if
Peter> you have built some fancy symbol in there, that you want to
Peter> reuse elsewhere in the document! Similar problems occur with
Peter> text-selection in eqnarrays, especially with a fraction on the
Peter> left side.
Did you try to select with keyboard?
Peter> (5) You can't find/replace symbols in math mode. So, you must
Peter> export/import the Latex - but this often results in Latex
Peter> errors, as the exported Latex doesn't always compile. Repeated
Peter> export/import is a noisy business, often resulting in corrupted
Peter> Latex - see (1), (2). It would be useful to have math
Peter> find/replace.
It would certainly be useful, but means work. In the meantime, you can
do search/replace on the .lyx file, which is not worse than the latex
file...
Peter> (6) I want to lend my support for those trying to get cut/paste
Peter> across multiple Lyx windows, open simultaneously. This would be
Peter> very useful - for example, the editor Nedit has this feature.
Peter> It is very handy when trying to handle text in large documents
Peter> like books, or extended technical reports.
In fact the problem is not to change cut/paste, but rather to add
multi-window capability to LyX. This is planned (and KLyX can do it;
and the old LyX development branch had a beginning of this). Much of
the work done currently is to ease the introduction of this kind of
feature.
JMarc
