> okay so that worked very nicely for a minute - then i saved the file and
> tried to re-open it.
>
> Unfortunately lyx comes up with
Which version of LyX is that?
Well, it is actually likely that any version of LyX show this behaviour,
the mathed parser is not correct in every case.
> If I fix this in a text editor to
>
> \begin_inset Formula \( \Delta vol=\frac{4\pi }{3}abs\left(
> r_{pH2}-r_{pH7}\right) ^{3}=\frac{4\pi }{3}\left( 17.87\textrm{ \AA
> }-16.03\textrm{ \AA }\right) ^{3}=\frac{4\pi }{3}*6.263\textrm{ \AA
> }^{3}=26.24\textrm{ \AA }^{3} \)
> \end_inset
Try \AA{}. Maybe it helps.
> it just reverts back with the next save (and no angstrom symbols are
> displayed in dvi viewer (just spaces)
>
> To re-interate
> I can create a formula containging angstrom symbols which look fine in a dvi
> viewer until i close and re-open the file.
> After this happens I get the error mentioned above
> In trying to correct the error i lose the angstrom symbols and something
> funny happens when lyx saves the \textrm sections
>
> does \AA not count as an argument?
It certainly should.
Andre'
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