On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 04:05:00PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: ... > >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andre> I think the problem can be (more) cleanly solved when we have > Andre> "context sensitive keybindings"... > > Except that even in math, if one has a key for circumflex accent, it > is natural to have bound to hat accent, and not to superscript. The > `traditional' behaviour in this case, would be to have > circumflex+space be equivalent to ^. > > >> Traditionally we have been able to use "_" for generating a > >> subscript and "^" for generating a superscript (in mathed). Just > >> like in TeX, and I would *really really hate* to lose that. > > Andre> <me too/> > > Me too. > > >> (But if you can live with that, you'll have to state what key > >> bindings you want instead for these functions.) > >> > >> Now, unless you can bind ^ to producing the "hat" accent > >> (LFUN_CIRCUMFLEX) *only outside mathed*, you will run into trouble > >> inside mathed. That is the current situation. > > Actually, even in text, ^ should never be bound by LyX to circumflex > accent.
But what then? As LGB pointed out, in some locales you expect the accents like ^ " ' ` ~ etc to just work naturally as dead keys, the way they are on your local keyboard. I repeat, what do you suggest? > JMarc Martin
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