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On 2010-08-13, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 8/12/2010 6:22 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
>> There are already some shortcuts. Highlight some parts of your formula
>> and then press "Alt+c" and then "r". This leads to upright characters
>> (\mathrm).

>> Alt+c and c gives for example \mathbb.

>> After typing Alt+c the LyX status bar will show you the available
>> characters connected to the Alt+c shortcut. For more shortcuts have a
>> look at the LyX menu Tools->Preferences->Editing->Shortcuts.

> This is very useful to know but not visible in the Tools > ... > 
> Shortcuts dialog.  (If you filter on Alt+C, only boldsymbol and roman 
> appear, and the user has to recognize that roman implies \mathrm in math 
> mode.)  I've filed an enhancement ticket to add the relevant options to 
> the Mathematical Symbols section of Tools > ... > Shortcuts, and in the 
> interim I put a table of shortcuts in the wiki 
> (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/MathInLyX#toc4).

I suppose this mapping of text-font to math-font is hardcoded
somewhere (invisible to non-developers) for ages (predating
"command-alternatives").

Could this be re-defined using "command-alternatives"?

Günter

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