On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:03:26 +0100 > 1) I need to use Greek letters (for example capital Omega for Ohm) outside > formulae, within plain text. Of course I can use the "math pad" to insert > them, but looking at the generated code, it reads: > > \begin_inset Formula $\Omega$ > \end_inset > > so I suspect I am doing something wrong, since I actually do not want a > formula there (containing a single Greek character) but only a single Greek > character. What is the correct way to do so?
That is the way I do that. This is an inlined formula, not a displayed equation taking its own line. When I introduce a special character, I will do it as a single character in a math environment like this. It should display in the output as just the Greek character. If you have a lot of Greek characters (say, if you are actually writing something in Greek), there might be a better way. > > 2) Using Edit / Find & Replace (or the Ctrl-F shortcut) will bring up a box > where you can enter what you want to find and/or replace. How to enter Greek > characters there? I don't have a good one for that. LyX's find/replace does not search through the math insets (why not???), but only plain text environments. If I am going to do a substantial amount of search/replace editing, I will open up the *.lyx file in a text editor, and use its find/replace. -- David L. Johnson And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. [1 Corinth. 13:2]
