hi all
when i enter an equation i press $ then i type then i leave the equation mode by pressing -> or by typing $ again
it would be a non sense that typing $ inside an équation have for effect to transform the equation into some text
thougt, that happens for the italic mode
if i type apple-I, i write something, when i type apple-I again, it has for effect to put in roman characters the text i just typed in italics.
- it is unusual and surprising for a neophyt, used to an other way of working with italics.
- is it useful (that pressing apple-I when the cursor is inside an italic field has for effect to put off the italic qualitiy of the filed) ?
i like the way texmacs works, where "italic" is not a property of some characters but a field you enter in first to have italic characters
but would n't it be a good idea that pressing apple-I inside an italic field would just have for effect to leave the italic mode ?
that would correspond to the way people coming from classical texteditors are used to work : i type apple-I, i write in italic, then i type apple-I again and i type the rest in roman.
Vincent

ps why, when i type "reply", does it only send the message to the sender of the former mail and not to the forum ?