Reinhard Borek wrote:
>
> at Wed, 18 Aug 1999 Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote:
> > >> From: Reinhard Borek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> how I can write multi-line text and chars like {\"a} in formulas?
> > >> When I try to put 'ä' in text mode in a formula, it does not occur
> > >> anything. When I try to put {\"a} in LaTex-mode in a formula, it does
> > >> not work.
> >
> > Trying to type in accented characters in math mode is not correct.
> > In plain LaTeX, you must get back to text mode with a \mbox{}.
> >
> > In Lyx, the plain text in math mode should be typed in math text mode (M-m m).
> > What do you mean by « it does not occur anything » when you do so ?
> In a formula I put 'M-m m' (math text mode), then I put a accented
> char like 'ä' (in LaTex {\"a}), but this char does not appear in
> the formula in Lyx or in the ps-output.
> Also I put '\mbox{}' in a formula in Lyx, but when I put '"' and '\'
> to write '{\"a}', these chars do not appear.
there is no problem for me to write german umlauts in formula mode.
when I choosed math-mode, I can switch to text with M-m m. And than
all the german umlauts are possible by typing äöü and so on. A square
root of ä is therefore no problem.
Herbert
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