On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 18:13 +0000, Chris Dennis wrote: > Peter Harris wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 03:26 +0000, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:52:54 -0000, Peter Harris > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> It does not appear in the applications menu and I > >>> can't find a way of starting it. > >> You don't 'start' any of the Tex packages per-se. You invoke them into > >> your Tex source. > >> > >> Like you don't 'run' certain development packages but compilation scripts > >> and your own code can include them. > >> > >> Without knowing exactly what you want to achieve it is impossible to help. > >> > >> So why did you install texlive-math-extra and what math functions does it > >> provide that you want to use? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Using Opera M2: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > >> > > > > Hi Robert, > > > > I want to present mathematical formulas in a proper format. At the > > moment I can't properly show things like Square root of A divided by b. > > Does this help? > > My standard installation of Lyx allows maths via the Insert / Math menu, > e.g. > > $\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}$ > > cheers > > Chris > -- > Chris Dennis [email protected] > Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK >
Hi Chris, Thanks, Lyx seems to be what I want. Can I run it from Open Office? Cheers Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
