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[Leo Razoumov <address@hidden>]

On Friday January 24 2003 02:59, Joris van der Hoeven wrote:
> > For a class I am teaching I write lecture notes with TeXmacs.
> > The notes have lots of numbered equations which are extensively
> > cross-referenced in the text. Everything works fine except for one
> > annoying thing. I am constantly keeping forgetting exactly what label
> > text I assigned to what equation.  And TeXmacs does not show label
> > text in the normal mode. I keep switching to "Preamble mode" and back
> > but it is very inconvenient.
> >
> > [Q] Are there any magic macros which would display label text?
>
> No, not yet. I indeed plan to implement such a thing sometime soon
> (the notion of soon changes with time...). In fact, I will implement
> a construct which allows you to display additional text in
> editing mode which is not seen in the print
> (without modifying the position of normal text).

Yes, this would be great! 
In general, how about a concept of hidden text (notes, comments,
etc)?? A tiny icon is displayed as a placeholder of a hidden text. A
user can click (double-click) this icon and gets a pop-up dialog
displaying the hidden text. Can be very handy!

--Leo--