On 03/21/2018 03:09 PM, mike wrote: > On 21/03/2018 18:14, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 03/21/2018 01:48 PM, mike wrote: >>> On 21/03/2018 00:50, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >>>> On 03/20/2018 06:23 PM, mike wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello >>>>> >>>>> So I've read "Using LyX to Display Phonetic Characters (IPA)" >>>>> (https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LinguistLyX#toc4) specifically about the >>>>> different ways of entering glyphs, etc. with the IPA inset but >>>>> what still isn't clear to me is how I enter a code point like >>>>> 0x0298 directly using the IPA inset (bilabial click that appears >>>>> second on the left on the main IPA toolbar). Is there a way to do >>>>> this? Also is there a way to enter more than one at the same time >>>>> in the same inset? >>>> >>>> Not with unicode-insert. I suppose we should fix that and allow >>>> multiple characters, as will self-insert. If you file a bug report >>>> about that, I expect it can be fixed quite quickly. >>>> >>>> But note that you can do things like: >>>> self-insert ຄໆໆ >>>> where the Unicode characters are just given explicity. >>>> >>>> Riki >>>> >>> Hi Riki >>> >>> I suppose I'm just thick but how do you the equivalent of >>> "self-insert 0x0298" in the command buffer? All that happens in an >>> inset or outside of one is that the text string "0x0298" gets >>> inserted. I didn't think it appropriate to ask about this in Ticket >>> #11084 <https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/11084>. >>> >> >> The self-insert LFUN enters exactly what you give it, whereas >> unicode-insert accepts codepoints. The reason to have both has to do >> with file encodings, etc. >> >> Riki >> > Thanks Riki. I understand finally. >
PS If you look under Help> LyX Functions, that's where it's documented what all of these do. If the documentation doesn't seem clear enough, let us know, and we'll fix it.
