Currently, IMO, notes behave in an unfortunate way in that they inherit
the surrounding font.
Consider the attached document which has the following structure:
*Section*
Text
The first line is formatted as a section heading and the second as
standard text.
In Lyx, select all text in the document and insert a note.
The actual result is that all the text looks as if it where formatted as
section. This is misleading. It is also in many cases annoying. For
example, when adding a longer note to a section heading it becomes huge.
The basic problem is that everything that is formatted as Standard/Plain
Layout inherits the font the paragraph the note is placed in.
Arguably, there are also positive aspects of the current behavior. For
example, a one paragraph note with plain text will give the user a
preview of what the text will look like if the note is dissolved.
However, I don't think this aspect is outweighs the costs, in
particular, it is inconsistent as the example from the attached document
shows above shows.
In another thread
(https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg209605.html)
Riki suggest the following two cures:
1. Explicitly set a font on the note:
InsetLayout Note:Note
Font
Size normal
Shape up
Series medium
EndFont
End
This works fine for me.
2. Let the font automatically reset in the note:
InsetLayout Note:Note
ResetsFont true
End
The documentation sounds like this should work as well:
ResetsFont [0, 1] Whether this inset should use the font of its
surrounding environment or uses its own. Default is false: use the font
of the surrounding environment.
However, as Riki notes, it does not work. And the documentation seems a
bit ambiguous to me.
I'd be happy to hear what people think about changing the notes behavior
and what might be the best way to do it.
Daniel
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