Am Samstag, 27. Oktober 2018 15:33:56 CEST schrieb Bernt Lie <[email protected]>: > * Since they _are_ different, depending of the 'Ignore format', why would > one expect to behave the same? That does of course not mean, that there are > no errors in the code. > > That is reasonable. > > > * If you check "Ignore format", the searching is done on text which would > be exported as normal text. The other case is searching on text which would > be suitable as input for latex. > > This explanation is not very clear. In a text document, I checked “Ignore > format”, and when searching, LyX found none of the expressions I searched for > [replace $p$ by $\mathfrak{p}$]. When I unchecked “Ignore format”, LyX worked > as expected.
How did you entered $p$?
(Expected is:
Alt-x math-mode <Return> p
)
> [Still, it is not clear what is meant by “format”.]
It means all format info, like
\textbf, \texcolor{blue}, \uline etc.
> Next, I tested this on a much longer document (close to 700 pages). With
> unchecking “Ignore format” and searching for $\cal{M}$, LyX skipped this
> LaTeX code in a table at the beginning of the document (a “nomenclature”
> table), but found this code in a paragraph in the middle of the document –
> and also found several subsequent occurrences.
>
> Finally, I searched for the same LaTeX string [$\cal{M}$], but this time with
> *checked* “Ignore format”. Contrary to in the test document (searching for
> $p$), this time, LyX found at least one occurrence – but not the first one
> found with unchecked “Ignore format”.
Yes, we know there are deficiencies :(
There is work in progress for 2.4.0 version.
> --
> To summarize:
>
> * Searching for $\cal{M}$ in *math*, and with unchecked “Ignore format”
> did not find occurrences in table cells, but hopefully found occurrences in
> text flows.
> * With checked “Ignore format”, LyX sometimes found LaTeX math code, and
> sometimes not.
Again: How do you enter $\cal{M}$ ?
Kornel
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