On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 10:23:09AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: ... > Having several cursor positions in front of a word will be > both confusing and cumbersome to move through. It may not > be a problem if it happens rarely, but can we be sure of that? > If charstyles becomes useful & popular, then they will be used.
As argued elsewhere, having more than one charstyle at a time will be rare. And it won't be confusing if the inset frame shows. > Having at least two styles beginning at the same point will > happen, with 3 cursor positions in front of a word. If you > click there and want to delete the previous word, will > you remove styles as well? Only if you do so explicitly. > Or if you want to remove styles, will > LyX give a clear indication of what style will go _if_ the user deletes? Yes... the innermost one. > Can these clear indications be provided without breaking up the > text too much? See current implementation. We don't need to discuss this on an abstract level ;-) - Martin
