RE: user-defined functions (yet again)

2011-01-27 Thread Bennink, Ryan S.
Thank you Günter and Julien, you have helped me understand LyX better and suggested good workarounds.

Re: user-defined functions (yet again)

2011-01-26 Thread Pavel Sanda
Ryan Bennink wrote: > One of the main reasons I'm trying LyX is that it was claimed to be more > compatible with raw LaTeX than Scientific Word, which I have used for years. can you share the source where from comes this claim? compatibilty with pure latex is one of the weakest point of lyx i woul

RE: user-defined functions (yet again)

2011-01-26 Thread Bennink, Ryan S.
>> Thanks for the response Julien. I am starting to use math macros. But a >> limitation of them is that I have to create them in LyX; they aren't >> automatically generated when I import LaTeX files I have written by hand >> (which I have a lot of!), and the result is a bunch of ugly formulas

Re: user-defined functions (yet again)

2011-01-26 Thread Ryan Bennink
> > On 26/01/2011 2:33 PM, Bennink, Ryan S. wrote: > > I am fairly new to LyX. I have been disappointed to find that simple commands defined via \newcommand and > \DeclareMathOperator in the preamble (for example, \newcommand{\sinc}{sinc}) appear as "evil red > text" onscreen. In fact, they lo

Re: user-defined functions (yet again)

2011-01-26 Thread Julien Rioux
Hi Ryan, (list c.c.ed) On 26/01/2011 4:33 PM, Bennink, Ryan S. wrote: Thanks for the response Julien. I am starting to use math macros. But a limitation of them is that I have to create them in LyX; they aren't automatically generated when I import LaTeX files I have written by hand (which

Re: user-defined functions (yet again)

2011-01-26 Thread Julien Rioux
On 26/01/2011 2:33 PM, Bennink, Ryan S. wrote: I am fairly new to LyX. I have been disappointed to find that simple commands defined via \newcommand and \DeclareMathOperator in the preamble (for example, \newcommand{\sinc}{sinc}) appear as "evil red text" onscreen. In fact, they look exactly