> -----Original Message----- > From: James Sutherland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:35 PM > To: LyX User > Subject: Re: WRB - More Observations > > > I do not seem to be able to find means to cause a single > overscore bar > > to span more than one character. For instance, I would like to > > represent the regular expression > > 1(01)* in the form reminiscent of the mathematical mark of > > repetition. When I use 1\bar{01} the mark has width of one > character, > > and spans the space between zero and one, not the space from outer > > edges of both characters. > > A good LaTeX resource is helpful for a serious LyX user. For > an under-bar, use \underline in math mode. \overline gives > an over-bar.
Looking for all such information. Can't really afford to buy the book by Knuth, and since he won't allow one to process the public source, I guess I have to find alternative means to acquire the *knowledge of minutia* that seems concomitant with TeXspeak and TeXpublishing. I appreciate receiving these gems. > > It is possible for me to select a stretch of text, and to > assign some > > kind of special character, such as italic, bold, etc. Why > can I not > > also add the character of underline, overscore, strike-through? > > See the "ab" button or "Edit->Text Style" Thanks but, no cigar. No overscore or strike-through by this method. At least, not on the Windows version of LyX. > > It is not always clear from the user interface when I > should use ERT, > > insert math directly, use TeX commands, and the like. > Experience will > > likely ease this uncertainty but, I wonder about finding > means to ease > > the utility of TeX and LaTeX knowledge, such as to zero. > Some things > > are already handled in this fashion, like emboldening text, or > > centering it. My suspicion is that many more such knobs > can be added. > > The one knob of ERT, as desirable as it may be to forever > retain it, > > should be a mechanism of last resort; is this not a goal of > the team, > > that ERT be a last resort? > > ERT is the nuclear option. Use LyX constructs where possible > for more readable documents. LyX's math mode is particularly > nice, and supports most any LaTeX math construct. > > Also, see Document->Settings "Latex Preamble" for a spot > where you can include more LaTeX packages... > > James > >
