dirac14: > > >>> I am a relatively new lyx user and this is my first post so please > > >>> forgive > > >>> my total ignorance.. > > >>> > > >>> I ve searched for at least 3 hours to give myself the answer to the > > >>> subject's question and there are two possible scenarios : either it is > > >>> kind > > >>> of trivial to install new packages to lyx and therefore i couldn't find > > >>> any > > >>> answer or i did find it but i wasn't able to make it work !!! > > >>> > > >>> The whole story began when i found out an outstanding package on CTAN > > >>> for my > > >>> work, called hep(high energy physics) which promised to let me use > > >>> Feynman > > >>> slashed characters and many more. But then i dealt with that horrible > > >>> problem! How to do it work properly and use it through the lyx menus > > >>> like > > >>> all other stuff preinstalled in lyx??? And in general, what do i have > > >>> to do > > >>> in order to install a new package and make it work as if it were > > >>> preinstalled in lyx?
rgheck: > > >> I'm afraid that this is not in general possible---unless you want to > > >> write the source code yourself and contribute it to LyX, which of course > > >> would be welcome. That is to say: Every package that LyX natively > > >> supports, it supports only because someone wrote the code that makes LyX > > >> support it. To get the various particle names to display properly, for > > >> example, the names have to be added to the unicodesymbols file, together > > >> with code points in various fonts, etc. So it's not a trivial matter at > > >> all. ilias andronos: > > > I 'm afraid that i can't write the source code for this... But then > > > could you please find me any way to use slashed characters? That is any > > > character(mainly letters) with a "/" on it. Thanks for the reply. rgheck: > > You can use them as you wish, by entering whatever the raw LaTeX is. In > > math mode, you just type it; in non-math mode, you can enter the > > characters in ERT. You can do this with any LaTeX stuff that LyX does > > not support. ilias andronos: > sorry for insisting but i tried searching with google how to enter these > characters and i came accross hep package again..i don't > understand..what is ERT?what exactly do i have to type in math mode in > order to get the slashed characters?? Ηλία, an ERT means (for some people) "Evil Red Text" that does the (La)TeX magic within a LyX document [1]. Basically you press Ctrl+L ( or via the menu you go Insert > TeX Code ) and you enter... well, TeX Code! For example, if you press Ctrl+L and enter within the (Evil) red box the command "\dots" (without the double quotes) you will get three dots. However, I have no idea what exactly you have to type to get the "/" over a(ny) character. Nikos --- [1] http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ERT ( Ufortunately the link "A Brief History of ERT" seems to be broken :-( )
