Thanks Stephan! That worked great. Didn’t expect a reply so quickly. The help is much appreciated, Joe
> On Feb 20, 2019, at 4:29 PM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Am 20.02.2019 um 22:27 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net > <mailto:st.w...@gmx.net>>: >> >> Am 20.02.2019 um 20:42 schrieb Joseph M. Kelly <joe61ve...@comcast.net>: >>> >>> Hi: >>> >>> First, thanks for making LyX available. I hope to use it to replace Word >>> and MathType completely. >>> >>> I am running Mac OS X 10.13.6. I downloaded and installed the binary of >>> LyX v. 2.3.2 thereby replacing an older version. I started reading >>> tutorial and decided to convert it to a PDF. That is when I got the export >>> error: >>> >>> Could not find LaTeX command for character '⌃' (code point 0x2303) >>> >>> Some characters of your document are probably not representable in the >>> chosen encoding. >>> Changing the document encoding to utf8 could help. >>> >>> So, I downloaded and installed the latest Latex version using MacTex >>> 20180417. I then deleted LyX from my applications folder and reinstalled it. >>> >>> Same problem when I try to export either the Tutorial or the User’s Guide. >>> >>> I tried to run unicode-insert 0x2303 using the LyX command palette but as >>> these are read only documents no luck >>> >>> Any suggestions on how to fix this for all future documents as an up caret >>> ^ is used a lot. >> >> First, I’m able to confirm your issue. The unicode "UP ARROWHEAD“ is >> generated by the info-inset for the short-cuts. >> >> Somehow this is solved with LyX 2.4 but I don’t know how. >> >> A possible workaround for 2.3 could be to place some TeX code for 0x2303 in >> the file unicodesymbols. >> You may copy the file >> /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/unicodesymbols to the folder >> ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.3/unicodesymbols and add the TeX code >> for it there. > > Sorry, I have to correct my wording: you should copy the file unicodesymbols > from the folder > /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources to the folder ~/Library/Application\ > Support/LyX-2.3. > > Stephan > >> >> I’m not familiar with the syntax of this file and also don’t know the best >> TeX code to typeset the character '⌃'. >> I’ve tried it with a line like this: >> >> 0x2303 "Ctrl" "" "" "" "" # UP ARROWHEAD >> >> and this worked for me. Perhaps some other developer can chime in and >> propose a proper solution. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Stephan
