Richard Heck wrote Monday, November 22, 2010, 23:56:52:
>> I meant user customization by means of inclusion
>> in layouts and modules. This can be used for
>> logotypes, special babel commands, etc. One can
>> not hard code any special symbol in advance.

RH> If you want to add custom insets, paragraph or
RH> character styles, then the best way to do so
RH> is to create your own module that defines one
RH> or more of these, and then use it in the usual
RH> way. Instructions are in chapter 5 of the
RH> Customization manual.

Well, I know, but single symbol is not the same as
a markup for a piece of text. Custom inset is the
most close thing to what I want, but it has
contents which is unneeded and for a simple
symbol.

RH> If what you want to add isn't one of these
RH> things, then, well, you can't do do that quite
RH> so easily.

I see. The thing is very natural and useful while
LyX already has much more complicated features. It
is strange that LyX lacks it. That's why I asked.
What is the best place for such a feature request?
Devel list?

RH> In fact, though, what I said earlier isn't
RH> quite true. You can give LyX the ability to
RH> recognize (and even display) new characters
RH> and such by adding them to the unicodesymbols
RH> file, which lives in the system directory,
RH> e.g.:
RH>      /usr/local/share/lyx/
RH> on Linux, by default. But there's no provision
RH> for doing this in modules.

Isn't it a bad idea to modify global files?

Alexander

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