New master behavior for placing entire paragraph in inset

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 10:51:32PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 13/09/2020 à 07:57, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> > If I select the text "two" and put it into a LyX note or a branch, the
> > entire item is placed in the inset. This is different from 2.3.x, where
> > only the text is placed in the inset. This new feature is great! It will
> > be one of my favorite features of 2.4.x.
> 
> I am glad you like it. I do not know what took me so long to actually do it,
> considering the time I spent pestering about that.
> 
> > Would it be reasonable to _not_ start a new list in this case? I have no
> > idea if that's reasonable but thought I would ask. The reason is that it
> > affects spacing. Also, in the attached .lyx file, (I think) my preferred
> > behavior would be for the enum to continue, not to start a new one.
> > 
> > Another question related to this: should the output from a branch inset
> > that is enabled be equivalent to the output as if the inset were
> > dissolved?
> 
> Normally it should (for both questions). The problem is that we should have
> code that considers specially a paragraph which contains only an inset which
> sole behavior is to enable or disable the paragraph.
> 
> I am not sure how to design this at the level of the document, and I fear
> there are lots of places in the code that should be modified to make this
> work. I would start with the outerHook method and friends, but I am not sure
> how many other places would have to change.

Thanks for the explanation, JMarc. Sounds tricky to change things. In
any case, I am already finding it a very useful feature so thank you.

Scott
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