I was afraid you'd say something like that. I'll just add LaTex to the list of languages I need to learn--right behind R, Python, Javascript, XML, ... I'll come up for air in a few years and get back to you :)
But in all seriousness, thanks Julien for taking the time to write LaTex code that gives the appropriate formatting. I think the next step would be to add code that would end the bold font after not only a full stop ".", but also after an exclamation point "!", colon ":", semi-colon ";" or question mark "?". I haven't gotten beyond the tutorial and user's manual yet, so I don't know when I'll have the expertise to take this any further. Indeed, I decided to try lyx to make my life easier so that I could spend *less* work time trying to format my MS-Word documents and more time doing analysis, reading, and writing. Nevertheless, I have little doubt that trying to figure out how to write LaTex code will be a lot more fun (or at least a lot less exasperating) than trying to point-and-click my way to a properly formatted MS-Word document. If I figure something out I will post it here. But I'm also crossing my fingers that some enterprising soul with LaTex and lyx expertise will beat me to it (hint, hint). Joel -----Original Message----- From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of Julien Rioux Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 2:55 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a paragraph? On 07/01/2011 1:30 PM, Joel Schwartz wrote: > Hello Lyx Users, > > I'd like to find a way to type paragraphs so that the first sentence > of the paragraph is automatically in bold font and everything after > the end of the first sentence is in "standard" style. I've typed the > paragraphs in this email in this style so you can see what I'm trying > to do. I searched through the user's guide and the keyboard shortcuts > under Tools-->Preferences and didn't see any command or style that > looked like it would do this. So for now I've been selecting the first > sentence of each paragraph and typing Ctrl-B. Not only is this > tedious, it is exactly the opposite of the lyx philosophy! What I'm > hoping for is a way to type a keyboard command in the same way as for > other styles (for example, "Alt-P 3" to get a subsection > heading) and have the paragraph then be automatically formatted > appropriately. > > Does anyone know if there is a way to create a style that bold's only > the first sentence of a paragraph? Is there such a style already and > I've just missed it? I'm a relatively new lyx user (and I know > virtually nothing about > LaTex) and would be grateful for any advice you can provide. > > Best Wishes, > Joel > Learn how to do it in latex first. Then everything is possible with lyx. In latex this sorts of work: \d...@catchfullstop#1.#2\@gobble.{\textbf{#1.}#2} \def\myboldparagraph#...@catchfullstop#1\@gobbl...@gobble.} It defines a command \myboldparagraph{...} which catches the first full stop (.) and puts that sentence in bold (the \textbf{#1.} part). What follows (#2) is in normal font. The next step is to learn about lyx layout and/or module files: How to introduce the above latex code into your document preamble, how to create a lyx paragraph style, and how to associate this paragraph style with the \myboldparagraph command. This you find in LyX's customization manual. Good luck! -- Julien
