Using Comment notes the right way

[Daniel]

On 2023-11-19 12:20, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 19/11/2023 à 07:47, Daniel a écrit :
>>> On 2023-11-15 11:47, Daniel wrote:
>>>> 2. Allow free spacing in Comments. That is typically a feature in 
>>>> sticky notes in other applications which is handy if one wants just 
>>>> to quickly type stuff down without bothering with special formatting. 
>>>
>>> It basically offers more freedom to scribble as you like.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>
>> And also KeepEmpty should be enabled in commnents for similar reasons.
> 
> So you want MSWord in a box? I do not see why the feature would require 
> that. But of course it is not difficult to create a module that 
> transforms the inset in this way.

I don't see what is MS Word specific about it. But if the commenting 
function of PDF readers is MS Word in a box, then maybe that is what I 
am thinking about. I guess the thought was that because the output is 
not affected anyway, it's fine to let the user choose how to write the 
comment. No need to put limits on it.

But I would be already happy if there was some nice out of the box 
minimal commenting function that does not inherit the font but also does 
(maybe optionally) not affect the output. So far LyX has only LyX Notes 
(which inherit the font) and Comments (which affect the output). Isn't 
something missing?

I know that a lot can be done with modules. But I am thinking about a 
common feature that seems handy in other application which LyX seems to 
be missing. It would be strange if one would have to include a module in 
order to write comments.

Daniel