On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:53:49AM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > I tried that a while ago and this is no good as the corners cover > > part of the content, especially if you have a small font. > > Well, you can't eat your cake and still have it... We have to decide > what is worse. The current behavior has been there for ages, and the > only problem is that one could miss a missing space after a math inset. > I think that I can live with this limitation, but suddenly it becomes > something so vital that it is preferable turning the LyX screen into > a Christmas tree (thanks for this definition meant for effect, Edwin :)
Depends on your definition of 'ages'... > > > If you are leaving an inset using > > > arrow left or right and this inset is nested in another inset, > > > show the corners of the new inset but don't move the cursor. > > > When leaving an inset with arrow left/right, you actually move the > > > cursor only if there is no containing inset. Even if the cursor > > > is not moved, it logically belongs to an inset or another. Which > > > one you can tell by looking at the status line. > > > > Status line is good for exact information, but when entering a complex > > formula one does not want to look on the formula, at the status line, at > > the formula, at the status line etc. > > Actually, this works quite well in texmacs, but I prefer the LyX way, too. > However, if I have to decide between a Christmas tree and this last > behavior, I don't have any doubt... > > I don't know if there's a bug open on this issue, but if there is one, > I think that this one of those WONTFIX cases. Fine with me. Andre'
