Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-17 Thread Helge Hafting

John Coppens wrote:

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:39 + (GMT)
silvio grosso grossosil...@yahoo.it wrote:


To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about
capital letters as Writer or Word?


Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some editors, then
noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent and, for example
don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter should be
capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception table where you
can put those.

I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions than what I
could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.


I agree. And then there are abbreviations like i.e. - no 
capitalization after the period. And there are file names and

programming language constructs with periods. . .

And all the other things autocorrection gets wrong. In Scandinavian 
languages, you're not supposed to capitalize the word i (it means 
in). I have lost count of all the papers I have read with

miscapitalized i.

It is not as if it is hard to hit the shift key now and then. And we 
usually know about our common mistakes and look for them. Absurdity

done by word processors is more tricky. Especially when it can't
be fixed because the stupid thing keeps re-applying a wrong fix. :-(

I hope LyX won't fall into that trap.

Helge Hafting



Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-17 Thread Helge Hafting

John Coppens wrote:

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:39 + (GMT)
silvio grosso grossosil...@yahoo.it wrote:


To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about
capital letters as Writer or Word?


Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some editors, then
noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent and, for example
don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter should be
capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception table where you
can put those.

I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions than what I
could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.


I agree. And then there are abbreviations like i.e. - no 
capitalization after the period. And there are file names and

programming language constructs with periods. . .

And all the other things autocorrection gets wrong. In Scandinavian 
languages, you're not supposed to capitalize the word i (it means 
in). I have lost count of all the papers I have read with

miscapitalized i.

It is not as if it is hard to hit the shift key now and then. And we 
usually know about our common mistakes and look for them. Absurdity

done by word processors is more tricky. Especially when it can't
be fixed because the stupid thing keeps re-applying a wrong fix. :-(

I hope LyX won't fall into that trap.

Helge Hafting



Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-17 Thread Helge Hafting

John Coppens wrote:

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:39 + (GMT)
silvio grosso  wrote:


To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about
capital letters as Writer or Word?


Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some editors, then
noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent and, for example
don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter should be
capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception table where you
can put those.

I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions than what I
could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.


I agree. And then there are abbreviations like "i.e." - no 
capitalization after the period. And there are file names and

programming language constructs with periods. . .

And all the other things autocorrection gets wrong. In Scandinavian 
languages, you're not supposed to capitalize the word "i" (it means 
"in"). I have lost count of all the papers I have read with

miscapitalized "i".

It is not as if it is hard to hit the shift key now and then. And we 
usually know about our "common mistakes" and look for them. Absurdity

done by word processors is more tricky. Especially when it can't
be fixed because the stupid thing keeps re-applying a wrong fix. :-(

I hope LyX won't fall into that trap.

Helge Hafting



Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread silvio grosso

Hello everybody,

I am working with Lyx 1.6.3 on Windows xp (sp3) and I have a question about 
punctuation.

In short, I spend most of my working time with softwares like Microsoft Word or 
OpenOffice Writer and I am wondering if is it possible, with Lyx, to have the 
first letter always in capital letters (namely capitalised) after a punctuation 
which requires that. 
At least in Italian, French, English after a punctuation such as ? ! . (period) 
etc, you very often need to have the first letter of the new sentence 
capitalised.

For instance, with OpenOffice Writer when I type: are you all right? Yes, I 
am the Y of yes is automatically changed in capital letter (that is, Yes 
instead of yes) .
On the contrary, with Lyx I have to change the first letter manually every 
time. Obviously, I know it is not a great deal :-)
Nevertheless, in my opinion,  when you have to type a lot of text every day 
this option is really useful because it saves you a lot of time (you don't have 
to press the button Shift to make the first letter capitalised).

To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about capital 
letters as Writer or Word?

Best regards,

Silvio





Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Piero

 To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the
 same behaviour about capital 
letters as Writer or Word?

I think not.
However, you're right, a auto-correction tool should be implemented,
 and also for 
DOuble capitals and similar mistakes.
 I think they're working in it with the 
inline spellchecker project.





Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread John Coppens
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:39 + (GMT)
silvio grosso grossosil...@yahoo.it wrote:

 To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about
 capital letters as Writer or Word?

Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some editors, then
noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent and, for example
don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter should be
capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception table where you
can put those.

I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions than what I
could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.

John


Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Marcelo Acuña

  To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same
 behaviour about
  capital letters as Writer or Word?
 
 Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some
 editors, then
 noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent
 and, for example
 don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter
 should be
 capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception
 table where you
 can put those.
 
 I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions
 than what I
 could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.
 
 John
 
 Yes. Is a battle against a ghost in the computer that make changes without 
notice. A nightmare.
 Marcelo


  

¡Viví la mejor experiencia en la web!
Descargá gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8
http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=ar


Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Michael Joyner ᏩᏯ
I concur, I usually end up turning OFF auto-correct.
If someone is looking for a feature like this, maybe have it along the
lines of the inline spell checker and have squiggles marking potentially
bad words.

Marcelo Acuña wrote:
 To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same
   
 behaviour about
 
 capital letters as Writer or Word?
   
 Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some
 editors, then
 noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent
 and, for example
 don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter
 should be
 capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception
 table where you
 can put those.

 I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions
 than what I
 could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.

 John

 
  Yes. Is a battle against a ghost in the computer that make changes without 
 notice. A nightmare.
  Marcelo


   
 
 ¡Viví la mejor experiencia en la web!
 Descargá gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8
 http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=ar
   


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Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread silvio grosso

Hello everybody,

I am working with Lyx 1.6.3 on Windows xp (sp3) and I have a question about 
punctuation.

In short, I spend most of my working time with softwares like Microsoft Word or 
OpenOffice Writer and I am wondering if is it possible, with Lyx, to have the 
first letter always in capital letters (namely capitalised) after a punctuation 
which requires that. 
At least in Italian, French, English after a punctuation such as ? ! . (period) 
etc, you very often need to have the first letter of the new sentence 
capitalised.

For instance, with OpenOffice Writer when I type: are you all right? Yes, I 
am the Y of yes is automatically changed in capital letter (that is, Yes 
instead of yes) .
On the contrary, with Lyx I have to change the first letter manually every 
time. Obviously, I know it is not a great deal :-)
Nevertheless, in my opinion,  when you have to type a lot of text every day 
this option is really useful because it saves you a lot of time (you don't have 
to press the button Shift to make the first letter capitalised).

To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about capital 
letters as Writer or Word?

Best regards,

Silvio





Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Piero

 To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the
 same behaviour about capital 
letters as Writer or Word?

I think not.
However, you're right, a auto-correction tool should be implemented,
 and also for 
DOuble capitals and similar mistakes.
 I think they're working in it with the 
inline spellchecker project.





Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread John Coppens
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:39 + (GMT)
silvio grosso grossosil...@yahoo.it wrote:

 To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about
 capital letters as Writer or Word?

Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some editors, then
noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent and, for example
don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter should be
capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception table where you
can put those.

I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions than what I
could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.

John


Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Marcelo Acuña

  To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same
 behaviour about
  capital letters as Writer or Word?
 
 Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some
 editors, then
 noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent
 and, for example
 don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter
 should be
 capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception
 table where you
 can put those.
 
 I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions
 than what I
 could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.
 
 John
 
 Yes. Is a battle against a ghost in the computer that make changes without 
notice. A nightmare.
 Marcelo


  

¡Viví la mejor experiencia en la web!
Descargá gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8
http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=ar


Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Michael Joyner ᏩᏯ
I concur, I usually end up turning OFF auto-correct.
If someone is looking for a feature like this, maybe have it along the
lines of the inline spell checker and have squiggles marking potentially
bad words.

Marcelo Acuña wrote:
 To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same
   
 behaviour about
 
 capital letters as Writer or Word?
   
 Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some
 editors, then
 noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent
 and, for example
 don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter
 should be
 capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception
 table where you
 can put those.

 I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions
 than what I
 could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.

 John

 
  Yes. Is a battle against a ghost in the computer that make changes without 
 notice. A nightmare.
  Marcelo


   
 
 ¡Viví la mejor experiencia en la web!
 Descargá gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8
 http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=ar
   


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Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread silvio grosso

Hello everybody,

I am working with Lyx 1.6.3 on Windows xp (sp3) and I have a question about 
punctuation.

In short, I spend most of my working time with softwares like Microsoft Word or 
OpenOffice Writer and I am wondering if is it possible, with Lyx, to have the 
first letter always in capital letters (namely capitalised) after a punctuation 
which "requires" that. 
At least in Italian, French, English after a punctuation such as ? ! . (period) 
etc, you very often need to have the first letter of the new sentence 
capitalised.

For instance, with OpenOffice Writer when I type: "are you all right? Yes, I 
am" the Y of yes is automatically changed in capital letter (that is, Yes 
instead of yes) .
On the contrary, with Lyx I have to change the first letter manually every 
time. Obviously, I know it is not a great deal :-)
Nevertheless, in my opinion,  when you have to type a lot of text every day 
this option is really useful because it saves you a lot of time (you don't have 
to press the button Shift to make the first letter capitalised).

To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about capital 
letters as Writer or Word?

Best regards,

Silvio





Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Piero

> To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the
 same behaviour about capital 
letters as Writer or Word?

I think not.
However, you're right, a auto-correction tool should be implemented,
 and also for 
DOuble capitals and similar mistakes.
 I think they're working in it with the 
inline spellchecker project.





Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread John Coppens
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:39 + (GMT)
silvio grosso  wrote:

> To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same behaviour about
> capital letters as Writer or Word?

Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some editors, then
noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent and, for example
don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter should be
capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception table where you
can put those.

I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions than what I
could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.

John


Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Marcelo Acuña

> > To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same
> behaviour about
> > capital letters as Writer or Word?
> 
> Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some
> editors, then
> noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent
> and, for example
> don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter
> should be
> capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception
> table where you
> can put those.
> 
> I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions
> than what I
> could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.
> 
> John
> 
 Yes. Is a battle against a ghost in the computer that make changes without 
notice. A nightmare.
 Marcelo


  

¡Viví la mejor experiencia en la web!
Descargá gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8
http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=ar


Re: Typing some text in Lyx with capital letters

2009-07-16 Thread Michael Joyner ᏩᏯ
I concur, I usually end up turning OFF auto-correct.
If someone is looking for a feature like this, maybe have it along the
lines of the inline spell checker and have squiggles marking potentially
bad words.

Marcelo Acuña wrote:
>>> To sum up, is there an option in Lyx to have the same
>>>   
>> behaviour about
>> 
>>> capital letters as Writer or Word?
>>>   
>> Do think about this. I have noticed the 'feature' in some
>> editors, then
>> noticed that those programs also want to be intelligent
>> and, for example
>> don't permit 'MHz' (they consider the only the first letter
>> should be
>> capitalized). Then, to solve this, they have an exception
>> table where you
>> can put those.
>>
>> I ended up losing more time administering the exceptions
>> than what I
>> could have ever gained by the capitalize-checking feature.
>>
>> John
>>
>> 
>  Yes. Is a battle against a ghost in the computer that make changes without 
> notice. A nightmare.
>  Marcelo
>
>
>   
> 
> ¡Viví la mejor experiencia en la web!
> Descargá gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8
> http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=ar
>   


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