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[Norbert Nemec <address@hidden>]

Hi there,

I'm just struggling with the intricacies of editing TeXmacs source 
within TeXmacs.

In particular:

* User-defined macros can be turned into a compound using the backspace 
key, builtin macros can't. Why is that? How do I change the name of the 
call to a buildin macro? Can I avoid removing it and creating a new one?

* If the first argument of a call to a user defined macro contains a 
<document> tag, I cannot turn it into a compound any more. Why that?

* There seems to be no way to manually create or remove <document> tags. 
Quite often (e.g. within tables), there is a difference between a 
single-line <document> tag and inline content without the <document> 
surrounding. However, the creation and removal of those tags happens 
somehow automagically without a direct way to influence it.

Generally, I have the feeling that all the built-in intelligence is 
rather getting in the way when editing TeXmacs source. Very often, even 
though I know exactly what the source-code should look like in the end, 
I really have to use odd tricks to produce that source-code within 
TeXmacs. Sometimes, I cannot find any solution but to open the source 
file in a regular text editor and do the changes there...

Greetings,
Norbert