Does this revisit the old issue re whether Lyx is or is not a word processor?
John On Thursday, September 2, 2021 5:39:13 AM PDT Daniel wrote: > I tend to agree with Helge on this particular feature. But generally > find it great when people mention features in other word processors they > find helpful. So, thanks paolo. > > On 02/09/2021 10:35, Helge Hafting wrote: > >>The editor in gmail underlines in red words that cannot be founf in its > >>vocabulary, as lyx does, but it differs in correction, carried out > >>without > >>right clicking: just left clicking on that word pops up the list of 1) > >>alternatives and 2) possible splitting > >> > > Please no popup on a left click. The left click is indeed for > > positioning the cursor. I have a greater vocabulary than the wordlist, > > as do anybody who work in a specialist field or deal with names of > > foreigners. So there are plenty of words underlined in red, and I do NOT > > want a menu popping up whenever I navigate close to such words! > > > > > > LyX already have too many unwanted menus accidentally popping up when > > positioning the cursor into some complicated nesting of minipages & > > images & hfills inside a float. Let's not have that inconvenience in > > plain text too – plain text is a large part of all writing. > > > > > > Also, I don't see why right-clicking is harder than left-clicking? Sure, > > we use the left click more, but the right is just as easy? And with a > > right click, I get a list with possible corrections, some possible > > splits, and the option of adding this word to the lists. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Fra:* lyx-users <lyx-users-boun...@lists.lyx.org> på vegne av paolo m. > > <paolo.pumi...@gmail.com> > > *Sendt:* torsdag 29. juli 2021 21:14:21 > > *Til:* lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > > *Emne:* A more effective error correction mechanism > > The editor in gmail underlines in red words that cannot be founf in its > > vocabulary, as lyx does, but it differs in correction, carried out > > without > > right clicking: just left clicking on that word pops up the list of 1) > > alternatives and 2) possible splitting > > Then > > - if you click on any item of that list, word is corrected accordingly. > > Left > > clicking on a word not underlined does not trigger any popups, just places > > the cursor. > > - if you delete the list of the alternatives, that word is included in you > > personal dictionary > > > > Please can anyone check this out? > > I think it would be convenient to implement that mechanism in lyx. > > > > thank you > > > > pol -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
