On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Michael Berger <id...@online.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am working on a linguistic presentation in Beamer (theme = Singapore).
> Single upright Greek characters need to be inserted here and there.
> Many hours spent on experiments and attempts to use Greek characters
> ended up in Latex errors.
>
> openSuse 13.2, KDE 4.14.3, Lyx 2.1.2 (everything up to date)
> I have installed:
> texlive-greek-fontenc
> texlive-greek-inputenc
> texlive-greektex
> texlive-textcase
> texlive-textgreek
>
> A) Inserting Greek characters somewhere in the standard text:
>
> - Insert>Special Character>Symbols - Greek/Greek Extended = failed for
> Greek while most other character types do work
>
> - Insert>Math>Inline Formula = works, but characters are slanted
>
As a workaround, you can use \mathrm{} in math mode to make the characters
upright. This is a hack, but if I understand your plight correctly, it
should produce the desired output.
>
> - Using the Character Selector with copy & paste = failure for Greek while
> many other do work
>
> - $\alpha$ etc. in an ERT box does of course work, but produces slanted
> characters
>
> B) Inserting Greek characters in glosses
> Absolute failure; neither can copied Greek characters be pasted.
> Strikingly though that some other special characters can be inserted in
> glosses using the character selector!
>
> PS: Documents>Settings>Language:
> Language: English
> Language Default
> Language package: Default
>
> Latex Preamble: no entries regarding or related to Greek, language
> packages or above mentioned texlive packages.
>
> Can somebody advise me on this issue?
>
> Cheers and thanks,
> Michael Berger
>
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