diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index 97476ebfcf..369eb7fb22 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-11-10  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* insetlatexaccent.h (isLetter): implement, so that word selection
+	takes accents into account.
 
 2004-11-11  Alfredo Braunstein  <abraunst@lyx.org>
 
diff --git a/src/insets/insetlatexaccent.h b/src/insets/insetlatexaccent.h
index 96228daea6..09f6748c88 100644
--- a/src/insets/insetlatexaccent.h
+++ b/src/insets/insetlatexaccent.h
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ public:
 	// should this inset be handled like a normal charater
 	bool isChar() const { return true; }
 
+	// is this equivalent to a letter?
+	virtual bool isLetter() const { return candisp; }
+
 	/// all the accent types
 	enum ACCENT_TYPES{
 		///