Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Juergen> Now, the textrm is necessary to get the same font shape as in
> Juergen> the surrounding texted text (especially if the character
> Juergen> dialog is being used for switching shapes).
>
> This is wrong: what if the surrounding text is in tialic shape?
Then the script has to be italic, too. The only way if found to get this is to
use \texrm inside mathed, i.e.: \emph{foo$^{\textrm{bar}}$} produces the
correct result (if AMS is used, also in size).
> I believe the right thing to do is to use amsmath and the macro \text,
> which is like \mbox with the right size. I do not know whether this is
> currently possible with LyX, though.
\texrm with AMS will work as well. This is status quo in 1.3
> We probably need a
> sub/superscript inset.
Yes! \textsuperscript and \textsubscript (the latter has to be defined in the
preamble. But this is certainly 1.5 stuff.
Jürgen
