On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 03:15:38PM -0800, James Frye wrote: > > {\addtolength{\leftskip}{amount} %in ERT > > > > your text... > > your text... > > your text... > > > > } %in ERT > > Thanks, that looks like just what I want. > > Now another question from a lazy new user: would it be possible to > somehow define a macro to do that, and assign it to a key? It would work > sort of like importing Lex math formulas: mark the desired text, then hit > the key, and an ERT and the Lex command text are wrapped around it.
The correct way to do this is to define a new layout in the .layout file. Customization.lyx covers this issue.