On 2016-10-07, Joel Kulesza wrote: > On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Paul A. Rubin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> As far as defining them globally, a couple of options come to mind: >> 1. put them in a file and include it in any document where you need >> them; or thnis is wha I do usually. >> 2. write a module that contains them, and add it into documents as >> needed. this does not work, you cannot define a math-macro in a layout. > Thanks for the quick reply! Both of these approaches require > document-manipulation (global, yes, but added action that must be > remembered). > Regardless, what I'm wondering is if there is a way to add them so that > LyX makes them part of the default set (e.g., they are automatically > recognized and available among the other functions). Not really. You will always need a way to add this macro to tex, while sin, log, etc are pre-defined. However, you could simlply define the math-macro in a template file and it will be available for every new document. (new from tgenplate with a specific template or "new" with a custom "standard.lyx" template. > I could add it to the source and compile, but I was hoping for a less > heroic approach. no need to recompile. You could modify the file "symbols" in the lyxdir (or better, a copy in the local or peersonal lyxdir. This would add the GUI def, but not the def for latex. Günter
