Hi,
I just discovered a "feature" of the listings inset that actually
should be considered as a bug: Additional options given on the
advanced page are implicitly sorted alphabetically. However, if using
listing styles, the order of options is relevant. Consider the
following example:
In my preamble, I have defined a custom listings style:
\lstdefinestyle{acstyle}{
... % many, many settings
mathescape=true
}
Now I want to apply this style, but set mathescape to false. So I type
in the "Advanced" settings of the inset:
style=acstyle
mathescape=false
However, when I press "Apply", LyX immediately sorts the options
alphabetically, which results in:
mathescape=false
style=acstyle
And hence, the mathescape=true from the style "wins" :-(
IMHO this problem also shows a more general issue: When combining main
settings and advanced settings, the order of application remains
unclear. It seems that the same sorting rules apply here, which might
as well yield surprising effects.
The best possible solution for this problem I can imagine would be:
(a) to not sort options, but respect their order; and
(b) to reflect all main settings on the "Advanced" page as well.
The idea behind (b) works as follows: When I activate an option in the
"Main Settings", its string representation is automatically added to
the end of the advanced settings; when I deactivate it, it is removed.
When I manually add an option in the advanced settings for which a
checkbox exists in the main settings, the checkbox is activated.
Thereby, *all* settings become visible and editable on the "Advanced"
page, on which they can (because of (a)) be ordered in whatever order
the user prefers.
However, just implementing (a) would already be a suitable workaround
for most cases.
Daniel
