>>>>> "Bo" == Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Bo> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:00:41PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 09:56:00AM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > I am
>> glad to see the about and preference dialogs. Bug 717 has not been
>> > fixed, (C-M on \alpha causes compiling error.) is it scheduled to
>> be > fixed before 1.3?

>> Not really as I don't consider it a bug.

>> You ask for \alpha in text mode and get the same result as entering
>> \alpha in ERT in text mode.

Bo> I have expressed my opinion before but I would like to say it
Bo> again. Yes, it is user's fault but if this mistake is so easy to
Bo> make (in a formula, C-M to enter some text, enter some math
Bo> without C-M again) and so difficult to identify (lyx displays and
Bo> saves/loads it 'correctly'!), should lyx be nice enough to do
Bo> something?

I agree that it is next to impossible to guess what is wrong once the
error has been made. At least color or minibuffer display should show
what is going on.

JMarc

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