An equivalent to microsot word "Show/Hide"

Herbert Voss Herbert.Voss at fu-berlin.de
Fri Jul 8 14:31:49 UTC 2022



Am 08.07.22 um 11:56 schrieb Daniel:
> On 08/07/2022 08:38, kzstatis at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Van: lyx-users <lyx-users-bounces at lists.lyx.org> Namens tush via 
>>> lyx-users
>>>>>> MS Word has a useful tool called "Show/Hide". According to the 
>>> documentation (link at the bottom),
>>> "The Show/Hide ¶ button turns hidden characters like spaces, 
>>> paragraph markers, or tab marks on and off."
>>> I am looking for a similar tool or feature in LyX. Can any one point 
>>> it out for me? I couldn't find it.
>>
>> I think LyX only has a toggle for end of paragraph markers: Tools / 
>> Preferences / Look & Feel / Display / Mark end of paragraphs

It makes no sense to mark the spaces because it has a different meaning for
MS Word and TeX, e.g. 7 spaces is the same as 1 space for TeX

Herbert



>
> There is also an enhancement request for spaces:
>
> https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/11435
>
> But it hasn't gotten much love yet. You could chime in there with your 
> ideas.
>
> Daniel
>



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