Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> This is a very good point, but unrelated to the bold issue. The people >> who push for font as an inset should put their code where their mouth is >> and make the interface usable (José?). For example we could have a >> charstyle-toggle lfun that is like charstyle-insert except that, when >> one tries to insert a charstyle in itself, it dissolves instead. I am >> not sure it will be enough to make the thing work well, but it is a >> major problem with the font change as inset idea. > > Only, sometimes you wish to have a charstyle inset inside a charstyle > inset. So, should it test for being _the same_ charstyle type?
This is what I had in mind indeed. The situation is the same in math where people complained that changing color from blue to red inserted a box inside the box and that removing the color was difficult. > We have already a 'dissolve inset' menu entry. Inset _is_ a different > paradigm from font attribute. What's wrong with just learning it, just > like people learn not to do line spacing with the enter key. I think the command flow, even when one is really used to it, is not as good as with the toggle-font idiom. I am not sure that what I proposed make sense, but I think we shall do something. JMarc