Thanks for taking the time out . Please find a file attached .You wrote '*Put the cursor in the first of the boxes, and type: \#1\times\#1, just as written, then a space.
You should then see the second shot* .' I do not get the second shot on typing \#1\times\#1 and then a space On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:03 PM, rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anu saxena wrote: > >> Hi Richard >> Once only I got four boxes as displayed in the guide and it worked . Every >> other time when I got just two boxes (Guide shows four boxes ) I tried just >> what you have written and that is what the guide also says, nothing happened >> . >> >> Oh, I see what you mean about the four boxes. I think. Once a macro with > three arguments has been properly defined and then you use it, you'll get > the four boxes: One that shows your formula, and one for each argument. But > the macro definition itself will show only two, as I said. > > But what do you mean "nothing happened"? When did nothing happen? > > Maybe we should start with a simple case. Do this. Exactly. > > Alt-x to open the mini-buffer > Type: math-macro test 1, return. > > You should see the first screenshot below. > > Put the cursor in the first of the boxes, and type: \#1\times\#1, just as > written, then a space. > > You should then see the second shot. > > Now enter a new line, type Ctrl-M to get a math formula, and type: \test > > You should now see screenshot three. > > Now you can enter an argument in the argument box. Type: \alpha, then a > space. > > Screenshot four shows the result. > > Richard > > PS Please reply to the list in case others are following the thread. > > Thanks >> anu >> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> anu saxena schrieb: >> >> I am trying to create a math macro as described in the >> User's guide of the >> documentation . when I execute the command math-macro name >> 3 in the >> mini-buffer I do not get four red boxes instead I get only >> two . >> >> You shouldn't get four boxes, just the two. Then you enter the >> formula you want in the first box. Use "\#n" for the nth argument >> of the macro. (You won't see the "\", but it's need to signal to >> LyX that what follows isn't a literal "#".) You can optionally >> enter something else to be displayed in LyX in the second box, if >> the thing in the first is too complicated and you don't need to >> see it. Usually, you just leave the second box empty, in which >> case LyX displays what is in the first box. >> >> Richard >> >> >> >
