"Joao B. Oliveira" wrote:
>
> \abbrev {SVD] {Singular Value Decomposition}
>
> The \abbrev is ERT, as I did not manage to send two separate
> arguments to a LyX Style... (yes, this would solve the problem)
>
> This ERT solution works quite well, but there is a catch: many
> times students want to put also math abbreviations in their text:
>
> \abbrev { $ x^2 + y^2 $ } {Something interesting...}
>
> The problem is the following: using Meta-m or Meta-c m, for
> example, LyX does NOT produce a $...$ pair, but \(...\) and this
> is an UNprotected environment. So, as the macro receives the first
> argument, it is completely messed up.
i don't really understand, why you need an protected argument.
can you send your whole preamble, because I can do something like
this without any error when using alt-m-m
\newcommand\abbr[2]{%
\parbox{.3\textwidth}{%
#1}%
\hspace{0.05\textwidth}%
\parbox{.65\textwidth}{%
#2}%
}
Herbert
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