Daniel Clark/Cambridge/IBM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I think what maybe I didn't explain well enough is that $Log$ expands to | multiple lines, and CVS takes anything before $Log$ as the language's | comment character. So the suggestions you give end up expanding to things | that are syntax errors, for example: | | \newcommand{\cvsver}{$Log$} | | expands to: | | \newcommand(\cvslog){$Log: Account-Management.lyx,v $ | \newcommand(\cvslog){Revision 1.8 2002/09/24 16:23:31 dclark | \newcommand(\cvslog){Trying to get CVS Log tag to work | \newcommand(\cvslog){} | | Which is why this problem seems to be somewhat difficult.
Why isn't verbatim doing what you want? \begin{verbatim} $Log$ \end{verbatim} what happens if you put this in a ERT? -- Lgb