Re: Hacks so I can daily-drive breakinsets3?

Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Jul 2026 12:47:26 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.editors.lyx.devel
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On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 09:00:23PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes via lyx-devel wrote:

> I have been fixing stuff in the breakinsets3 branch these days, so that the
> remaining issues are
> - display of labels of floating insets is very basic.
> - cursor positioning is incorrect in bidi documents
> - input methods display may be broken (I trust Koji can fix that)
> 
> I think it is time for a new round of testing.

Great! Thank you. I found one issue (reported below).

> I need everybody's thoughts
> on :
> 
> - is it better to have
>   * a label that spills on neighbors
>   * a label that is removed when there is not enough room
>   * a label that is cut when there is not enough room
>   * some extra whitespace around the insets so that there is enough room for
> the label. Note that this is (1) difficult to do and (2) can be ugly is an
> inset has a small part on one row and a small part n another row and the
> label is a bit long.

Not sure.

> - shall the label be
>   * on each line (like now)
>   * on the first line
>   * on the longest line
> 
> Note that if there is no label for a given part of flowing inset, it is
> possible to have a tooltip that gives the information.

I'll think about this.

I attach a screenshot that shows a selection issue. Notice the cursor is
not aligned with the selection. Since it seems you've already worked on
selection (2ccda608), and I don't see it in your list of known issues, I
report it.

Scott

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