On 24 Nov 2015, at 2:32 PM, Guillaume Munch <g...@lyx.org> wrote:
> Le 24/11/2015 19:58, Christopher Menzel a écrit :
>> Dear LyX folk,
>>
>> Quick question — what would it take to get display support for lower
>> case calligraphic letters, which you can get in your rendered PDF via
>> a package like BOONDOX-cal. Currently, typing lower case letters
>> inside a \mathcal tag in math mode generates a seemingly random
>> selection of symbols. Even just being able to see ordinary lower case
>> letters, even if not calligraphic, would be preferable. A reasonably
>> good workaround here is to use instant preview mode, but that's still
>> less than ideal.
>>
>> Just wondering; this is obviously not a major problem but it would be
>> cool if there was a reasonably easy fix.
>
> A quick workaround that you have not mentioned: define a lyx macro \cal
> that you set to output \mathcal{#1}, but to display something else, like
> \boldsymbol{\mathit{#1}}.
Guillaume, that is a terrific workaround, thanks! I confess I had never used a
math macro before so it never would have occurred to me to try this. Combined
with instant preview mode (indeed even with instant previews off) it's a pretty
satisfying solution. The things LyX can do!
-chris
