On 2016-05-09, mn wrote: > On 07.05.16 20:20, Guenter Milde wrote:
>>> For English doc/UserGuide.lyx. >>> [Since I prefer direct input I am also in favor of rephrasing this to >>> “can use”.] >> Also missing is a sentence about the possibility to reset the "smart >> quote" key-binding if you prefer to insert the ASCII quote with " and >> typographical quotes via system shortcuts. > Nice. I hold that to be ideal. Have a look at the commit in the 2.3-staging branch. Is this what you intended? >>>>>> The User-Guide is "interactive", i.e. it adapts the description to the >>>>>> current configuration. This is intended. >>>>> As I commented previously, I noticed that en-UserGuide employs this >>>>> \shortcut-macro – also in other parts of the doc; in turn leading to >>>>> possible problems with the page margins. >> These side-effects should be either disregarded or handled by some >> means other than reversing the interactivity (e.g. "\sloppy" line >> wrapping). > If some of these side-effects are margin violations? > These cannot be ignored, imho. Why not? Margin violations are also common for "normal" teletyped text. I agree it would be better to avoid them, though but this is fine tuning where there is more important work to do... > The adaption is nifty indeed. > Come to think of it, this adaptability might also add a little confusion > for newbies switching platforms. LyX is multi platform (to avoid > -independent). But these key-bindings are clearly not identical on > different OSes. > Would a little footnote explaining this behavior clear things up? > These problems might arise if you actually print out the manuals, reuse > PDFs from a different platform or download the PDFs from the LyX-site. I believe that this is usual for software manuals - keybindings may be different due to localization or a different OS or version... Where would you put the footnote? >>>>> And even after googling for it again I do not know how this >>>>> macro is created within LyX (since it does not show itself as >>>>> ERT). >>>> It is expanded within LyX and not by LaTeX. I.e. the tex source >>>> already contains the expanded version (similar to the >>>> substitution of Unicode characters by LICR macros). >>> This explains how the shortcut-inset is handled once it is in a >>> LyX document. How does one create it in LyX? >> M-x info-insert >> It is not custom (created by a layout) but hard-coded in LyX. > I was asking this howto since I was not able to manipulate this > inset/macro on my own. It is missing in de-UserGuide. It is missing there because this is regarded a "develper tool". Most end-users will never need it. > But there seems to be a slight anomaly? > Meta (Alt) on linux worked out of the box. > On Mac this Meta is switched to Ctrl. > But I tried Alt-x first, which produces just the following character: ≈ Are you sure this was Alt-x and not AltGr-x? > Now, after that, > Ctrl-x ceases functionality for the rest of the session. Strange indeed. The UserGuide in branch "master" has now Unicode characters instead of the "quote inset" :-) Günter
