silvio grosso skrev:
Hello everybody,
I am sorry for asking such a trivial question so bear with me :-)
In essence, I would like to know why there are not two buttons, in the Lyx
interface, to underline or bold a text.
Don't get me wrong.
I know you can perform these two options easily with Lyx :-)
Actually, there are really plenty of ways to do so.
For instance, my "preferite" way (because it is fast) is to press ctr+b (to
bold) and ctr+u (to underline).
However, in my opinion, it is a bit "strange" to have a button in the Lyx's interface which allows to emphasize a text
I am referring to the one with the big E on it (its shortcut is ctr+e).
On the other hand, there are not the two buttons needed to bold or underline.
I suppose there is a reason for it?
Sometimes, when I try to teach Lyx to new-users the first question they asked me is:
"where are those 2 buttons".
These two buttons, for example, are available in softwares such as TexMaker or
WinEdit.
Most of all, I suppose, it occurs because most users are used to work with text
editors such as Word or OpenOffice Writer :-)
Best regards,
Silvio
Well, before computers turned up, manuscripts used to be either
handwritten and/or typed out on a typewriter, before they were sent to
the printer. Typewriters could not easily emphasize a word so one would
use underlining as to signal that the text should be emphasized in the
printed version (also in handwritten manuscripts).
Emphasizing the text in the printed manuscript would be done using som
form of italic/slanted type in most cases. If the printed typeface did
not have any slanted version one could also use s p a c e s to emphasize
a printed word. Later typewriter models could make bold text by applying
the character multiple times slightly offset.
That said, you almost never find bold or underlined text in properly
edited and printed texts (except in headlines of different types and
some lists). I think LyX is only trying to bring forward this
typographical practice. I mean, why use underlining when you can use
emphasizing directly.
regards
Niklas
