Dear readers of this list,
I am using LyX 1.5.5 on Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy) to write down some
chemistry. I found the following hint in the LyX Wiki on using the LaTeX
package mhchem in LyX math mode in order to preview the formulas on
screen:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXForX (see the point Chemistry - Typesetting
formulae)
However, I am unable to reproduce the example mhchem.lyx given on that
internet site: When I type Ctrl-m Ctrl-m in order to get into text in
math mode, I end up in an mbox, and as soon as I enter a space after H+
to write something like this into that mbox: \ce{H+ + OH- <=>> H2O}, the
cursor jumps out of the box. So I can only type single compounds, but no
reactions.
If I type Ctrl-m to enter math mode and then press Ctrl-l to enter ERT
\text{\ce{H+ + OH- <=>> H2O}} the cursor also jumps out of the text-box
as soon as I enter a space after H+. Again, as a result, only single
compounds are possible with preview.
The LaTeX amsmath-package is available and checked in LyX document
settings. It is possible to enter pure ERT like $\text{\ce{H+ + OH- <=>>
H2O}}$ and get it typeset by LyX/LaTeX, but then I have no preview.
So my question: How do I enter something like \text{\ce{H+ + OH- <=>>
H2O}} in math mode?
Thanks for helpful hints
Yours sincerely
Tobias Hilbricht
