Hi, Do you know how to make a protected half space, so the units don't come out on a different line than the number?
Miki "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Steed, Robert J schrieb: > >> I'm starting to write my thesis in Lyx and it so happens that I need to >> use microns(?) in my physical units alot. But I can't get a non-italic ? >> in math mode. Unicode doesn't seem to work either I get error messages: >> >> Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:μ not set up for use with >> LaTeX. > > As you are using LyX 1.5 you can enter it directly via the keyboard. The > only thing you have to do > is to use the default encoding for English in your case. Attached is a > LyX-file showing this. > > You can alternatively use the ERT-command > \textmu > when you add this to your document preamble: > \usepackage{textcomp} > > Concerning units, don't forget that there is only a hlaf space between > number and units. A half > space is produced in LyX with the shortcut "Ctrl-Shift Space" (menu > Insert-> Formatting -> Thin > space), see also the attached example. > > regards Uwe >
