Joining newlines in paste (was: Pasting latex in a lyx file)

Scott Kostyshak skostysh at lyx.org
Fri Jul 28 11:46:09 UTC 2023


On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 10:28:51PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> 
> On 7/27/23 12:07, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:38:32PM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > 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.
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > this is one of my last items on the TODO list for the 2.4 release.
> > 
> > Bunch of people expressed their opinion that our default for paste operation
> > should preserve newlines. I do not have strong opinion but agree that in my
> > experience I have to go to Paste Special sub menu quite often to preserve
> > the newlines.
> > 
> > Before looking what would need change, is there reasonable unanimous agreement
> > that this should be the default or are there folks who prefer current behaviour
> > which joins the lines by default?
> 
> I agree that the default should be to preserve newlines.

+1

Scott
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