Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-22 Thread Bo Peng
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:50:29PM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > The following works for 1.4cvs: a black WrongFormula box will be shown > in place of wrong formula. This is just to show the idea, no efficiency > has been considered. My small script only works for *new* wrong formula and will fail wh

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-21 Thread Bo Peng
> cat >> wrong formula.tex <> wrongformula.tex <

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-21 Thread Bo Peng
> I had a look at the source code and found that we only need to change > lib/scripts/lypreview2bitmap.sh. If you allow, I will try to figure out a > patch. The following works for 1.4cvs: a black WrongFormula box will be shown in place of wrong formula. This is just to show the idea, no efficien

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-21 Thread Bo Peng
> > As the guy writing the code, I beg to differ. > > Turn on instant preview and assume that any inset not previewed is > wrong? > I notice that instant preview is not *always* working. I have not tried to repeat this bug (?) but I sometimes need to enter a formula and leave to let it be display

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Bo Peng wrote: > >> The effort for a black alpha is zero, the effort for a red one is >> substantial, or in other words, _I_ won't do it. If there was a >> clean patch by someone else, I might apply it, though... > > > I have another idea. Under 'instant preview', when error happens and > latex

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-19 Thread Bo Peng
> The effort for a black alpha is zero, the effort for a red one is > substantial, or in other words, _I_ won't do it. If there was a clean > patch by someone else, I might apply it, though... I have another idea. Under 'instant preview', when error happens and latex can not compile the snipet,

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-11 Thread Angus Leeming
Andre Poenitz wrote: >> How about a red \alpha instead of black one? Or, a red error box >> like the ones after we compile the file? > > The effort for a black alpha is zero, the effort for a red one is > substantial, or in other words, _I_ won't do it. If there was a > clean patch by someone else

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-11 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:11:08PM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > > > It is not a very bad idea. A big message box will be intrusive (and > > > scary) but users will learn very quickly how to avoid it. > > > No they won't, they'll just come and complain at you, and at us. Users > > do not read error box

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-11 Thread Bo Peng
> > It is not a very bad idea. A big message box will be intrusive (and > > scary) but users will learn very quickly how to avoid it. > No they won't, they'll just come and complain at you, and at us. Users > do not read error boxes, and they certainly don't read intrusive and > rude ones like th

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-11 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:55:55AM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > > but also because I won't go through all 700 supported symbols and > > figure out which ones are safe to use in text and which ones are not. > > As I said, the warning message does not have to be fired for ALL > symbols. Just all Greek

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-11 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:55:55AM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > > How should the warning message look like? I don't think a full blown > > message box is in order, > > It is not a very bad idea. A big message box will be intrusive (and > scary) but users will learn very quickly how to avoid it. No

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-11 Thread Bo Peng
> In mathed's text mode you mean? Yes. > The \alpha in textmode is black, isn't it? The simplest way would to tell > people 'real alphas are blue'. Yes. I told them the trick. > How should the warning message look like? I don't think a full blown > message box is in order, It is not a very ba

Re: again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-11 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:20:15AM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded lyx 1.2 to lyx 1.3.1 for our department yesterday and I already > got angry emails claiming lyx 1.3 is worse than 1.2, because users get > compile errors when they input symbols inside text mode (as they did in > lyx1

again, the C-M C-M \alpha -> compile error problem.

2003-12-11 Thread Bo Peng
Hi, I upgraded lyx 1.2 to lyx 1.3.1 for our department yesterday and I already got angry emails claiming lyx 1.3 is worse than 1.2, because users get compile errors when they input symbols inside text mode (as they did in lyx1.2). I have discussed this problem before and totally agree with And