Francesco Scaglioni wrote:
>
> Hello and hopefully thanks,
>
> I have been using lyx 'as is' for a little while - it is excellent. I
> decided to explore inserting characters in tex mode eg \gamma and
> \beta etc etc. If I enter tex mode then type either \gamma or gamma
> the text is highlighted in red ( as the docs predict ) then when I
> attempt to view the ps one of two things happens:
>
> \gamma - results in an error message (There were two errors in the
> latex run) and the error symbol appears twice before the \gamma
>
> gamma - (in red) results in gamma appearing as gamma in the ps.
>
> I am using lyx 1.1.5fix1 - stock SuSE 7.1 installaion.
>
> Would someone please steer me in the right direction
>
> Mant Thanks
>
> Francesco
Hello Francesco,
You have to type it in math-mode, like $\gamma$.
Hope this help,
henrique