Great, thanks. I wasn't setting "Edit -> Text style ->Customized... -> Language" properly. Is there a key binding for this option?
When I am typing, it seems to work, but when I try to view it (for example in DVI) I get latex errors such as: LaTeX Error: Encoding scheme `LAE' unknown. Command \alefhamza unavailable in encoding T1. Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:0' not set up for use with LaTeX. I am trying to mix English and Farsi. I followed the instructions from the Wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Farsi). I am running LyX 1.5.1 on Windows Vista, with MiKTeX 2.6. What could be the problem? By the way, I found that in menus.bind, both options for "M-k o" and "M-k x" are set to "keymap-off". If I change one of them to 'keymap-on', it seems to be ignored. On 9/27/07, Dov Feldstern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ernesto Posse wrote: > > Is it possible to write a document in LyX (1.5.1) that mixes two (or > > more) scripts? If so, how? > > > > I have been able to install and use an alternative keyboard map for a > > non-latin script, but, even though one can specify two keyboard maps, > > I have not been able to find anywhere in the documentation how to > > select the second map. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Hi! > > Yes, it is possible, there are actually a few different ways to do it. > However, your success may also depend on which scripts specifically you > are talking about. > > The easiest way is perhaps to just switch the keyboard at the OS-level. > Depending on your OS / Desktop Environment, you can probably change the > "keyboard's language", and then whatever you type will be in that script. > > Another option is to use LyX's built-in keymaps. It sounds like you have > already discovered this option. In order to use it, you can use the > following keybindings: "M-k 1" "M-k 2" to choose the primary / secondary > keymap; "M-k t" to toggle between them. Two caveats, though: Firstly, > Keymaps currently support only two scripts simultaneously. Secondly, if > both scripts you want to use are non-RTL, you have to turn off the RTL > option (see the RELEASE-NOTES, or > http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_5_X/RELEASE-NOTES#L31?rev=20486). > > Personally, I prefer keymaps. I have pointed out some of the reasons why > in a previous post > (http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.devel/88939), you can see > there if those reasons make sense to you or not, and that may help you > decide which method is better for you. > > Note, however, that regardless of which method you use, you should also > make sure that the language of the text (Edit -> Text style -> > Customized... -> Language) is set correctly. Otherwise, chances are that > latex will choke on the non-latin characters. This is where using a LyX > keymap has an advantage: since you can change the keymap from within > LyX, you can create a keybinding which will both switch the keymap and > set the language using only a single keystroke. I don't know of any way > to do this if you use OS-level keyboard support. > > If you provide a little more specific information (which scripts? what > OS are your working on? ...) we may be able to provide further assistance. > > Dov > -- Ernesto Posse Modelling, Simulation and Design Lab - School of Computer Science McGill University - Montreal, Quebec, Canada url: http://moncs.cs.mcgill.ca/people/eposse
