Joost Verburg wrote: > I'm trying to insert one of the matbb/mathcal/mathrm symbols in a > document using the math panel, for example the double-barred R: \mathbb{R}. > > Nothing appears on the screen and when I look at the saved LyX file it > contains only an empty mathbb command: \mathbb{}. When I add the R > manually using a text editor and open the document, it works fine.
That's bad. I suppose it is related to bug 2315: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2315 math-insert is broken in general :-( > Typing the LaTeX command manually also gives weird behavior and not the > expected result. you mean \mathbb{R}, then select and C-M? Typing \mathbb<space>R gives the expected result to me. Jürgen