Pasting latex in a lyx file

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:15:56AM +0200, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> On 2021-04-19 14:47 , Christoph Schmitz wrote:
> >> Am 19.04.2021 um 14:43 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:
> >>
> >> On 10/4/21 16:07, Mario D wrote:
> >>> Paul,
> >>> Ctrl+Shift+V works just fine for me, thanks!
> >>> My fault, and I beg your pardon for this, for not having tried the
> >>> relative option in "Edit -> Paste Special" : I just tried the "Paste
> >>> from LaTeX", which doesn't work in my case (I am pasting tikz
> >>> figures, so @rich: I was referring to the second option).  Thank you
> >>> everybody.  :)
> >>
> >> Actually, I am wondering whether preserving newlines should be the
> >> default.  I don't think one can expect that the default paste command
> >> changes the format that way.  Instead the "special" option should be
> >> paste with removing newlines, I think.
> >> --
> >> Daniel
> [...]
> >
> > I want to second this proposal!
> >
> > I do not know how much work it would be to create a new setting, which
> > would allow users to use whatever method they prefer.  If I have to
> > chose between the two options, Daniel's proposal is my preference.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> Me three :-)-O

I also get confused by this and I think new LyX users are especially confused.
I also vote for considering a change of the default behavior.

Scott
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