Do you know that the math editor already supports user-defined macros?
Having complete macro support would of course be good, but it is not
easy.
thanks. my suggestion was specifically to interpret the macros so that they
are displayed as if the macroexpanded text had been input directly
(assuming that is something lyx understands), as opposed to red text. it
doesn't seem to me as if this is done in math mode. either that, or i'm
doing something wrong. i would put that at a pretty low priority though,
and i acknowledge that it would be work to implement.
Keith> some other things that would be nice are support for
Keith> caligraphic letters (\cal)
Try 'M-c e' (the same as emphasize)
thank you! that works wonderfully.
Keith> and support for \mbox in math mode.
Keith> often i want plain text in equations, as opposed to math
Keith> symbols embedded in plain text, and it wasn't obvious how to do
Keith> that in lyx.
Try 'M-m m' (the command to switch into math mode).
thanks, i did indeed stumble across that after i sent you email. unless i'm
mistaken, it is not as powerful as mbox (eg, not all fonts are available),
but it suits my needs.
i realize that some of my suggestions amount to a step down a slippery
slope. you certainly don't want to re-implement latex within lyx. you've
done a great job with lyx, and at some point i would like to contribute in
some small way, but first i should finish writing the paper that started me
using it in the first place!
cheers,
keith
