Labels in Notes regression

[Andrew Parsloe]

On 26/05/2022 6:04 am, Daniel wrote:
> On 2022-05-24 23:53, Andrew Parsloe wrote:
>> (LyX 2.4.0-alpha3 on windows 10)
>>
>> If I copy text containing a label (e.g. of an equation) and paste 
>> into a (yellow) Note, the label is pasted unchanged. There is no 
>> warning message about the label being changed to label-1. The label 
>> in the Note can be referenced from within the Note or from within 
>> another Note, but not from the text which gives a BROKEN Ref message. 
>> I've just tried with LyX 2.3.5, and this is a regression.
>>
>> Andrew
>
> I can reproduce. I guess a question is what would be the best thing to 
> do here. What is the exact issue with how it is in LyX 2.4.0dev? What 
> would be a better way? Renaming? Showing as "Duplicate"? What is your 
> use case?
>
> That the reference is marked as BROKEN when referenced from outside of 
> the Note seems right, or?
>
> Daniel

Looking at how labels are used in notes and branches across 2.3.5 and 
2.4.0dev, I can see that this can get complicated.  The 2.3.5 behaviour 
(renaming) seems clearest to me (and a little pedantic).

Andrew