Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:39:48AM +0100, John Levon wrote: I do not see a way we can change language behind the user's back in a reliable manner, and I don't think we should. I agree with John. A Russian word does not magically convert to Chinese just because it is pasted in a Chinese

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:39:48AM +0100, John Levon wrote: , it is desired that LyX should automatically change the language of the copied text to American, and then the user should fix the spelling. And what if it's *not* intended to be a single-language document ? You just broke my

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:08:12PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: How about allowing the user to choose in the preferences dialog whether the language should be changed on paste (but only between dialects of the same language) ? Against. We can not have a preference for everything everytime we

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread John Levon
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:08:12PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: How about allowing the user to choose in the preferences dialog whether the language should be changed on paste (but only between dialects of the same language) ? Bleh. Remember the mantra: a pref means that we've run out of design

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread Garst R. Reese
John Levon wrote: Annoying the user is never a good solution. I really think we have it right as is. The only thing I would even think of changing is making the color change a document item rather than a global preference, but default the same as is. Garst

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:39:48AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > I do not see a way we can change language behind the user's back in a > reliable manner, and I don't think we should. I agree with John. A Russian word does not magically convert to Chinese just because it is pasted in a Chinese

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:39:48AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > > >, it is desired that LyX should automatically change the language of > > the copied text to American, and then the user should fix the spelling. > > And what if it's *not* intended to be a single-language document ? You > just

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:08:12PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > How about allowing the user to choose in the preferences dialog whether the > language should be changed on paste (but only between dialects of the same > language) ? Against. We can not have a preference for everything everytime we

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread John Levon
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:08:12PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > How about allowing the user to choose in the preferences dialog whether the > language should be changed on paste (but only between dialects of the same > language) ? Bleh. Remember the mantra: a pref means that we've run out of

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-15 Thread Garst R. Reese
John Levon wrote: > Annoying the user is never a good solution. > > I really think we have it right as is. > The only thing I would even think of changing is making the color change a document item rather than a global preference, but default the same as is. Garst

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread larry
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 03:15:26PM -0300, Garst R. Reese wrote: ...Preferences-Lang OptsLanguageMark foreign Thanks. Couldn't find that one. With this available, the function certainly makes sense.

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 11:34:21PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 03:15:26PM -0300, Garst R. Reese wrote: ...Preferences-Lang OptsLanguageMark foreign Thanks. Couldn't find that one. With this available, the function certainly makes sense. This will just hide

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 12:11:49AM +0100, John Levon wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 07:57:43AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way, if you would consider the carrying over of a language specification in a cut/paste operation to be in any manner a bug, let me know and I'll file a

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread Garst R. Reese
Dekel Tsur wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 12:11:49AM +0100, John Levon wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 07:57:43AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way, if you would consider the carrying over of a language specification in a cut/paste operation to be in any manner a bug, let me

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread John Levon
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:13:00AM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: Actually, single-language documents are more common than multiple-language documents. Yes. But they're irrelevant - when I'm working with a single language, I never see the blue underline, because there is only one language :) Thus,

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread larry
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:39:48AM +0100, John Levon wrote: , it is desired that LyX should automatically change the language of the copied text to American, and then the user should fix the spelling. And what if it's *not* intended to be a single-language document ? You just broke my

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread larry
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 03:15:26PM -0300, Garst R. Reese wrote: > ...Preferences->Lang Opts>Language>Mark foreign <> Thanks. Couldn't find that one. With this available, the function certainly makes sense.

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 11:34:21PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 03:15:26PM -0300, Garst R. Reese wrote: > > ...Preferences->Lang Opts>Language>Mark foreign <> > > Thanks. Couldn't find that one. With this available, the function > certainly makes sense. This will

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 12:11:49AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 07:57:43AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > By the way, if you would consider the carrying over of a language specification > > in a cut/paste operation to be in any manner a bug, let me know and I'll file

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread Garst R. Reese
Dekel Tsur wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 12:11:49AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 07:57:43AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > By the way, if you would consider the carrying over of a language specification > > > in a cut/paste operation to be in any manner a

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread John Levon
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:13:00AM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > Actually, single-language documents are more common than multiple-language > documents. Yes. But they're irrelevant - when I'm working with a single language, I never see the blue underline, because there is only one language :) >

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-14 Thread larry
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 12:39:48AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > > >, it is desired that LyX should automatically change the language of > > the copied text to American, and then the user should fix the spelling. > > And what if it's *not* intended to be a single-language document ? You > just

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-13 Thread larry
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 02:53:19AM +0100, John Levon wrote: Blue underlining means different language (and you can turn it off if you like) I see what is happening. British and American language specified documents are shared among our offices. Cutting and pasting between them is triggering

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-13 Thread Garst R. Reese
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 02:53:19AM +0100, John Levon wrote: Blue underlining means different language (and you can turn it off if you like) I see what is happening. British and American language specified documents are shared among our offices. Cutting and

Re: why cut-paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-13 Thread John Levon
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 07:57:43AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way, if you would consider the carrying over of a language specification in a cut/paste operation to be in any manner a bug, let me know and I'll file a report. It's fully intentional exactly to help avoid color vs.

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-13 Thread larry
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 02:53:19AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > Blue underlining means different language (and you can turn it off if > you like) I see what is happening. British and American language specified documents are shared among our offices. Cutting and pasting between them is

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-13 Thread Garst R. Reese
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 02:53:19AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > > Blue underlining means different language (and you can turn it off if > > you like) > > I see what is happening. > > British and American language specified documents are shared among our offices. >

Re: why cut->paste text from other documents = blue underlined?

2003-07-13 Thread John Levon
On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 07:57:43AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > By the way, if you would consider the carrying over of a language specification > in a cut/paste operation to be in any manner a bug, let me know and I'll file a > report. It's fully intentional exactly to help avoid color vs.