On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Paul Smith wrote: > > > I disagree with you regarding the above paragraph, indicating you a > > counterexample: Scientific WorkPlace. (Please, notice, that I am not > > defending that SWP is, in general, superior to LyX; I definitely > > prefer LyX.) For instance, with SWP, if you insert the LaTeX code > > $x=y$, saving and closing the file, then, when you open again the > > same file, $x=y$ will be shown as WYSIWIG. Obviously, I am with you > > when you say that not all ERTs are visible. > > I could throw numerous counter examples your way where we made LyX > 'too clever' and then regretted it. Letting the user be explicit > about what he does or doesn't want is a good thing IMO.
In the future, when we have a reliable tex2lyx (latex to lyx converter), lyx could have some button that "merges" an ERT inset into the lyx normal text, possibly splitting it in more ERTs if some parts are not translatable. Then the user could paste latex code into the ERT inset, then if he wants he could activate the translation. This would be very useful and lyx would be clever only if required. Joao.
