Dekel Tsur wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 03:43:41PM +0100, Edwin Velds wrote:
> > I have a small issue with brackets in equations, when I put an
> > expression between brackets it sizes the symbol in such a way that it's
> > equal size on both sides of the equation axis. But this can look might
> > strange when you have a fraction in there which size is much larger on
> > one side. A useless example of this:
> > \left[\frac{\sqrt{\frac{E}{Z}}^\frac{4}{3}}{a}\right]^2
> > Is there a way to make the brackets match the actual content (The way
> > LyX itself shows it)?
>
> A dumb solution is to put the following in the preamble:
> \newlength{\rboxa}
> \newlength{\rboxb}
> \newcommand{\rbox}[1]{%
> \settodepth{\rboxa}{$#1$}%
> \settoheight{\rboxb}{$#1$}%
> \addtolength{\rboxa}{-\rboxb}%
> \raisebox{0.3\rboxa}{$#1$}}
>
> and then use
>
> \left[\rbox{\frac{\sqrt{\frac{E}{Z}}^\frac{4}{3}}{a}}\right]^2
Thanks, the brackets were a bit shifted when I used it, but I should be
able to tweak it. I did want to keep the placing of the fraction the
same, but that should be as easy as moving the whole thing down again by
the same amount after placing the delimiters.
>
> > My second problem is with a long list of "List" style items. The spacing
> > this items is a bit too much and I tried to reduce it with ERT, for
> > instance:
>
> Put \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt} in the first item of the list
> (not before it).
That worked perfectly, thanks.
Edwin
