This inset allows counters to be set, reset, saved, restored, etc,
both in the LyX GUI and in the output; optionally, the effect can be
limited to the GUI. Of course, LaTeX provides means for doing all of
these things, so they could previously be done with ERT, as far as
the output is concerned. But there was no mechanism for manipulating
counters in the GUI and none for other output formats.