On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 11:23:28AM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 05:37:42PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Am Samstag, 25. August 2018 11:05:52 CEST schrieb Paul A. Rubin > > <parubi...@gmail.com>: > > > > 1. Start a new file. > > > > 2. Toggle bold (e.g., ctrl + b). > > > > 3. Start a LyX note. > > > > 4. Type "A" > > > > 5. Toggle bold (e.g., ctrl + b). > > > > 6. Type "a". > > > > > > > > I guess this might be a feature, since the whole inset is bold because > > > > of (1). So even if there is unbolded text inside it, it should (?) be > > > > displayed as bold. When I disolve the inset, then the text is free to > > > > reclaim its previously ignored properties. > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > I think too. Mark, that you do not toggle between 'bold' and 'medium' > > but between 'bold' and 'standard', whatever that may be. > > Good point. > > > > I guess I would tend to think that, in all matters of formatting or > > > style, the innermost setting (the setting most proximate to the text) > > > should rule. So I would expect that lower case "a" to be normal weight, > > > even with the bolding of the entire note. The one exception might be an > > > option to strip all formatting from the cursor selection, which would > > > overrule (and remove) any format stuff no matter how deeply nested. > > > > > > That said, I would not be shocked if some users wanted to keep things > > > the way they are. > > > > > > Paul > > > > Like me. > > Makes sense. I wonder if we could display somehow that the inset is > bold. Otherwise, it might be confusing to the user. One idea would be to > apply the bold to the text inside the inset rectangle thing (in this > case, to "Note").
Note that the behavior is not consistent. Indeed, when turning the note into a comment (by context menu) the "a" is not displayed bold anymore. I think this is the correct behavior and the one with "note" is a bug. -- Enrico
