RE: Using styles

["Daskin, Alan" Alan.Daskin@xxxxxxxx]

My recollection is that the problem does occur (in the same random
sometimes-yes, sometimes-no fashion) whether I use the keyboard-based menu
or type "us ..." on the command line - but I'll do a bit of experimenting
with that and with the use of ≪MDUL≫ vs. ≪MD +UL≫. Thanks also to Shawn
for his suggestion; I'll try it, too.

Alan J. Daskin (Jeff)

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Eric Van Tassel [SMTP:101233.342@xxxxxxxx]
	Sent:	Tuesday, September 14, 1999 3:04 AM
	To:	INTERNET:xywrite@xxxxxxxx
	Subject:	Re: Using styles

	Like Jeff, I find that Styles are an area in which XyW can seem to
behave
	irrationally - that is, imposing its own preferences (in gatesian
fashion)
	on my work.

	I've just tried to reproduce Jeff's problem, without success.

	Does the glitch occur if you use the keyboard-based menu to insert
the
	style - i.e. hit CTL+SHFT+S to put up a menu of all currently valid
styles
	- instead of typing "US ..." on the CM line? Does it occur equally
whether
	you use (e.g.) ≪MDUL≫ or ≪MD+UL≫ to define the mode as part of
the
	style definition?

	Cheers
	Eric Van Tassel

	PS: The XyQuirk of inserting an unwanted ≪MDNM≫ that irritates
_me_ is
	the case where, out of laziness, I decide I'm going to be re-using a
block
	that comprises (let's say)
	         ≪MD-IT≫≪MD+SU≫≪C1≫≪MD-SU≫≪MD+IT≫
	in order to insert sequential superscript numbers, in roman, in the
midst
	of an all-italic text.
	    If I decide to save that as a separate file (SUPER.MDL) and
to save
	the keystrokes "{BC}me SUPER.MDL{XC}" temporarily (so they can be
	re-executed with SHFT+F9), the string indented above appears in the
text -
	tout court, if I'm in expanded mode, but followed by ≪MDNM≫ if I'm
not.
	    The answer in my case, of course, is to attach either the
	keystrokes or a mini-program to a saveget key.
	    So much for my grumble.