My documents contain many multiline equations which I typeset in arrays to get the alignments right. I am having three problems-- one real, one aesthetic, the other somewhere in-between. The real problem being that I cannot seem to get (math-size display-style) to stick to any cell but the first. No matter where I issue the command, LyX seems to place the \displaystyle LaTeX command only in the first cell of the first row. Do I need to highlight the target cell in a certain way, or issue a command to select the target cell? The aesthetic problem being in the usage of the fixed-sized brackets. It would be very nice if LyX rendered the \Bigl[ \Bigr] series of commands, which are necessary whenever a bracketed expression doesn't fit on a single line! I really hope LyX already does this and I just missed it in the UserGuide -- if so, let me know how! The in-between problem: why can't I place an \hfill in a math equation using Insert->Special Character->HFill? (p.s. of course, it would be super nice for readability if LyX rendered the \hfill, but it is very understand- able that it doesn't and it would be mostly "icing on the cake," as they say.) I sometimes accomplish a similar end by using \multicolumn in LaTeX, does LyX support this for arrays as it does for tables in some manner? I really appreciate LyX's ability to render the majority of the mathematical expressions and would be very disappointed if all this power and beauty is lost for the simple but long expressions that I use very often! (p.s. what prevents LyX from rendering \ell, \epsilon, \mp, \circ, \triangle and the like? Is it a font mapping/availability issue?) Thanks, Alex ________________________________________________________________________ alexander michael budge doctoral candidate fluid dynamics research laboratory mit aero/astro department 617.253.8367; room 37-442 http://mit.edu/ambudge/www/
