Re: Problems with Unicode and Greek letters
On 2017-06-05, Juanjo ML wrote:
...
There are many ways to get Greek letters in LaTeX. The correct way(s)
depend on whether it should be a text letter or a mathematical symbol.
> When I try to write a greek character such as delta, an error shows up.
> I've tried two different ways:
>- writing it in Latex Code (Ctrl + L) (a simple Latex block with
>"\delta" within): it says "Missing $ inserted." and doesn't do anything
>further. When I click "do it anyway", Latex code seems to affect the whole
>line, till it finds a "special character", but my greek letter does not
>appear.
The LaTeX macro \delta (as any other Greek letter name) generates the
mathematical symbol. It is a "math mode command", i.e. it only works if
LaTeX is in "math mode" (inbetween $ $ or an equation.
In LyX, you could use Ctrl-L: $\delta$, but the better way is using mathed,
as you did here:
>- writing it as an inline equation (Ctrl + M) ("\delta" in a blue
>square): "Package inputenc Error: Unicode char...", but pdf is shown
>without clicking anything. It works, but I strongly believe these errors
>shouldn't be there...
I agree that the errors are not right. They don't show up normally.
Maybe you inserted a literal Unicode delta δ into the "math square" or
you have some unusual document settings and/or incomplete LaTeX installation.
Hard to tell without a minimal example.
You may try again, evt. also with Alt-M G or with the "Greek" math toolbar.
If you want Greek *text*, don't use math mode but
literal Greek unicode characters in text mode.
With XeTeX/LuaTeX, you need to set a font that contains Greek letters.
With pdfTeX, you need to install Greek language support.
If the text language is set to Greek and TeX fonts are used, you can also
use the ASCII transliteration provided by Babel instead of literal Greek
characters.
Günter
Re: Problems with Unicode and Greek letters
Hi Juanjo,
I am still not clear what you actually meant saying "...a simple Latex
block with "\delta" within" etc.
look at the screenshot attached - is that what you meant to achieve?
Michael
Hi Juanjo, there are many ways of writing Greek characters.
The far easiest and thus the most simple way would be to select a
character from the symbols list:
Insert > Special character > Symbols > then select the category Greek or
Greek extended and click on the character to be inserted.
For more sophisticated tasks look for the "Comprehensive Latex Symbol
List" written by Scott Pakin, I think the latest edition is dated
November 2015. Be warned, it is huge!
Michael
On 06/05/2017 11:08 AM, Juanjo ML wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm trying to write down my thesis in Lyx, but I find kind of tricky
the way inputencoding is treated. When I try to write a greek
character such as delta, an error shows up.
I've tried two different ways:
* writing it in Latex Code (Ctrl + L) (a simple Latex block with
"\delta" within): it says "Missing $ inserted." and doesn't do
anything further. When I click "do it anyway", Latex code seems to
affect the whole line, till it finds a "special character", but my
greek letter does not appear.
* writing it as an inline equation (Ctrl + M) ("\delta" in a blue
square): "Package inputenc Error: Unicode char...", but pdf is
shown without clicking anything. It works, but I strongly believe
these errors shouldn't be there...
May you please help me to deal with this problem? Could you please
tell how to make it work in both ways?
Thank you all in advance!
Best regards,
Juanjo
Re: Problems with Unicode and Greek letters
On 06/05/2017 05:08 AM, Juanjo ML wrote:
I've tried two different ways:
* writing it in Latex Code (Ctrl + L) (a simple Latex block with
"\delta" within): it says "Missing $ inserted." and doesn't do
anything further. When I click "do it anyway", Latex code seems to
affect the whole line, till it finds a "special character", but my
greek letter does not appear.
* writing it as an inline equation (Ctrl + M) ("\delta" in a blue
square): "Package inputenc Error: Unicode char...", but pdf is
shown without clicking anything. It works, but I strongly believe
these errors shouldn't be there...
The second approach should work without errors (although I'm not
positive a delta in math mode is identical in appearance to a text
delta), and does here. Can you post a minimal example of the second
method that generates an encoding error message?
Paul
Re: Problems with Unicode and Greek letters
Hi Juanjo, there are many ways of writing Greek characters.
The far easiest and thus the most simple way would be to select a
character from the symbols list:
Insert > Special character > Symbols > then select the category Greek or
Greek extended and click on the character to be inserted.
For more sophisticated tasks look for the "Comprehensive Latex Symbol
List" written by Scott Pakin, I think the latest edition is dated
November 2015. Be warned, it is huge!
Michael
On 06/05/2017 11:08 AM, Juanjo ML wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm trying to write down my thesis in Lyx, but I find kind of tricky
the way inputencoding is treated. When I try to write a greek
character such as delta, an error shows up.
I've tried two different ways:
* writing it in Latex Code (Ctrl + L) (a simple Latex block with
"\delta" within): it says "Missing $ inserted." and doesn't do
anything further. When I click "do it anyway", Latex code seems to
affect the whole line, till it finds a "special character", but my
greek letter does not appear.
* writing it as an inline equation (Ctrl + M) ("\delta" in a blue
square): "Package inputenc Error: Unicode char...", but pdf is
shown without clicking anything. It works, but I strongly believe
these errors shouldn't be there...
May you please help me to deal with this problem? Could you please
tell how to make it work in both ways?
Thank you all in advance!
Best regards,
Juanjo
