Andre Zimmermann wrote:
Thanks for finding a solution to this problem.
As a brand new user to LyX I couldn't get math functions to work which
was the main reason I am switching from Word, but have been stuck
on this problem for about a week and was ready to quit trying to
find a solution and go back to word. I was also using Times New
Roman and had the same problem.
Now fixed, but would be good if it didn't happen.
Andrew and Andre,
Judging from the error message Andrew got, I'm pretty sure this is a
LaTeX issue, not a LyX issue (meaning the developers won't be able to
fix it).
Do you have the psyr font metrics installed? You can run 'kpsewhich
psyr.tfm' at a DOS prompt to find out. On my box the metric file is at
C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.6/fonts/tfm/adobe/symbol/psyr.tfm.
The path indicates that psyr contains a symbol font related to Adobe
(Postscript) fonts, which makes sense in the context here. I am among
the five people on the planet least qualified to talk about how LaTeX
does fonts, but my understanding is that the font used for math symbols
is related to the font used for text; so if you choose Times Roman (an
Adobe font), it makes sense that LaTeX would look for an Adobe symbol font.
If you don't have psyr.tfm installed, installing it could cure the
problem. In the MiKTeX package manager, the package you want is named
"symbol".
HTH,
Paul
