> A bit more cumbersome, but math mode is not needed. If you need this symbol > often, copy/paste instead of using the menu every time.
I often run into the problem of copying/pasting among 3-4 (or whatever) different symbols/groups of symbols. Is there a way to *name* these copies, and pasting them back with reference to the name? (OK... I realize that this is akin to the "fragment" system I have asked about before...). -Bernt Lie -----Original Message----- From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of Helge Hafting Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 11:43 To: Wolfgang Engelmann <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de>; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: ~ Den 23. aug. 2016 09:06, skrev Wolfgang Engelmann: > LyX Document > > Is there a way of getting the ~ in lyx except by using ERT such as > \raisebox{-0.9ex}{\~{ }}50 cm If I insert ~ directly in the text, it > is placed in the pdf output not in the middle, but too high. > Wolfgang First way - use math mode type ctrl+m type ~50 type space to get out of math mode, then " cm" The math solution works well, but may look wrong if you're using a math font where the numbers look different from numbers in text. Doing that is a bit unusual, but you can end math mode immediately after the "~" Second way, "Insert->Special character->Symbols..." Pick "Mathematical Operators" and select a "~" from that page. A bit more cumbersome, but math mode is not needed. If you need this symbol often, copy/paste instead of using the menu every time. Helge Hafting
