On 1/22/21 3:24 PM, Joel Kulesza wrote:


On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 12:09 Paul A. Rubin <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    On 1/22/21 1:06 PM, Neal Becker wrote:
    > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 11:26 AM Joel Kulesza
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 6:29 AM Neal Becker
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >>> I have an equation that has to be split (to fit into beamer
    >>> presentation).  It has large delimiters that span the lines. 
    Does lyx
    >>> have any facility to help with this?  I did get a useable
    result, but
    >>> only with a lot of ERT.  Lyx seems not helpful here, is there
    any way
    >>> other than ERT to get "\Biggl. ... \Biggr]"? Or "\right."?
    >>>
    >>> Here is what I wanted:
    >>>
    >>> \begin{multline*}
    >>>
    >>> \mathbf{X}_{N_{C}\times S\times
    >>>
    
A}=\left[\left[\left[\sum_{n}m1_{p+cL_{c}+nS}m2_{p+cL_{c}+(n+\tau)S}^{*}\right.\right.\right.,\\
    >>>
    >>> \Biggl.\Biggl.\Biggl.\tau\in[-A/2\dots A/2]\Biggr],p\in[0\dots
    >>> S-1]\Biggr],c\in[0\dots N_{c}-1]\Biggr]
    >>>
    >>> \end{multline*}
    >>
    >> To accomplish this, I prefer to use the Insert Delimiters
    capability (the subject of an adjacent thread). Using "none" will
    let you give the appearance of matched delimiters that vertically
    scale to contain the contents. The "Swap & Reverse" button is
    meant as a convenience to control delimiter insertion in this
    manner.  Finally, if you have lines that vary in vertical extent,
    a vertical phantom (\vphantom) with the proper contents will
    ensure consistent delimiter sizes.
    >>
    >> Hope this helps,
    >> Joel
    > Thanks for the reply.  I can't see how to do this. Inserting
    > Delimiters seems to insist on inserting a pair of delimiters - I
    don't
    > see any way to just get \left[ for example.
    I've attached three screenshots. The first (shot1.png) shows LyX open
    with a new document, containing two copies of your example. The first
    copy is pasted into an ERT box (so that I can see what you are
    shooting
    for). The second has most of your example, but not the nested
    brackets,
    typed into a multiline math environment. The first line of the
    multiline
    formula is selected, so that I can put a left bracket in front of it.

    The second screenshot shows the delimiter insertion dialog. Note
    that I
    unchecked the "keep matched" box below the left pane, then selected a
    left bracket in the left pane and "(None)" in the right pane.

    The third screenshot shows the formula after I click "Insert" in the
    delimiter dialog. There is a large left bracket at the start of the
    first line and "phantom" bracked (dotted line) at the end of the
    first
    line. To insert other brackets, do similar things, selecting the
    content
    of the bracketed area and where appropriate selecting none on the
    left
    and a closing bracket on the right.


Paul,

Thanks for picking up the thread!  If you provide the LyX file for shot3, I’ll demonstrate what I meant about vphantom.

Thanks again,
Joel
Joel,

Happy to help on the thread. Here's the file for shot 3.

Paul

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