<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Syntax highlighting for Math" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43089#c14">Comment # 14</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Syntax highlighting for Math" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43089">bug 43089</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:vstuart.foote@utsa.edu" title="V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote@utsa.edu>"> V Stuart Foote</a> <pre>(In reply to Sergey from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=43089#c13">comment #13</a>) > I have an idea how to solve the problem simply and with much greater effect: > allow users to use theys favorite EXTERNAL text editor to edit formula, i.e. > parameter "External math text editor path" in settings needed. It it empty - > LibreOffice Math runs, else the LibreOffice (or LibreOffice Math without > GUI) run this actions: > > - create temp file XXXXX.eqn on trying to fornmula edit/create > - run external text editor with this file as parameter > - read file after editor closing and update formula object as it LibreOffice > Math does > > It's AUTOMATICALY enables features on user side: > > - pair brackets highlighting > - functions highlighting > - more simple editing (change variable name with multicaret editing or vim > commands, e.t.c.) > - snippets (not only for math constructions, may be used to natural greek > symbols writing - [a]+[Tab] -> α instead of %alpha - more simple reading) > - macroses to text editing in some special cases > > It seems to be a great effect for easy implementation - don't you think so? This would require the "external" editor to prepare formula in viable MathML that could be parsed back into ODF. Sorry, but I don't see how this would provide anything that can't already be accomplished adding logic to node composition in the current sm formula editor module with more direct changes.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>