On Wednesday 11 November 2009 17:20:47 Bruce Pourciau wrote: > On Nov 11, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On 11/11/09, Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org> wrote: > >> Guenter Milde wrote: > >>> Suggestion: > >>> Would it be possible, to pre-select Latin Modern in the standard > >>> template? > >> > >> unfortunately this is much more complex thing than it looks on the > >> first sight. > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html > > > > Would it make sense for LyX to propose default settings based on > > availability? For example, use LM if it is installed; otherwise, fall > > back to the LaTeX default CM (or whichever it is). > > Liviu > > Would it make sense to have Palatino as the default? How universally > is Palatino or a Palatino variant installed? The mathematical symbols > that blend with Palatino would come from the mathpazo package. > > Bruce
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