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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