On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 05:30:45PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:03:09AM +1000, James Brusey wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to format a formula of the form:
> >
> > { y if y > 0
> > x = {
> > { z + y otherwise
> >
> > (see bottom p. 47 of Leslie Lamport's Latex book (2nd ed).)
> >
> > Although I can manage to insert an \mbox in math mode, I can't
> > put any (normal) spaces in it. I have tried other sorts of spaces,
> > however the only ones that I managed to get to work where \, and these
> > were too large.
>
> Don't use \mbox for the 'if y>0' part.
> Instead, press Ctrl+m, type 'if' and then space, press Ctrl+m again,
> and type y>0.
Not sure which bind you are using, but I tried both xemacs.bind and cua.bind
and in both, when I press ctrl-m, the cursor jumps to just before the
formula and the words "Mark set" appears in the status bar. I'm using
LyX1.1.6fix1.
Thanks, James
