From c0e2c0cd5c91aa7a30def62417aecb6f9d0a445e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Schimanski <sts@lyx.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:46:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * better fix for * math commands. We allow the * for known
 math commands and for known math macros which are valid at that point in the
 buffer.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@23273 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
---
 src/mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp b/src/mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp
index 73df673861..b56dd16efa 100644
--- a/src/mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp
+++ b/src/mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp
@@ -1333,7 +1333,12 @@ bool InsetMathNest::interpretChar(Cursor & cur, char_type c)
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		if (isAlphaASCII(c) || c == '*') {
+		// do not finish macro for known * commands
+		MathWordList const & mwl = mathedWordList();
+		bool star_macro = c == '*'
+			&& (mwl.find(name.substr(1) + "*") != mwl.end()
+			    || cur.buffer().getMacro(name.substr(1) + "*", cur, true));
+		if (isAlphaASCII(c) || star_macro) {
 			cur.activeMacro()->setName(name + docstring(1, c));
 			return true;
 		}