On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 02:52:29PM +0100, Edwin Velds wrote:
> I'm currently writing a few reports and my thesis using LyX and I have a
> couple of questions.
>
> First of all, I'm not to keen on using the default Latex font and
> decided on using the "pslatex" for my documents as I find it more
> pleasant to read. However, I noticed that the lower case greek symbols
> are no longer printed in italic using this font. Can this be changed so
> that the default behavior ofr lower case greek symbols is also italic?
> Or is there a different font that looks like regular Times which does
> this?
If you use the times font, then only the text font will be changed,
and the math font will be unchanged.
> Is it possible to auto number equations in either realtime or with an
> existing document? Or at least a quick keystroke to add an unlabeled
> number? This is quite important for me because I don't fancy typing
> labels or inserting a number with the "math-number"-command for a
> thousand equations or more.
You can use something like
\bind "C-S-m" "command-sequence math-display; math-number"
Or use the following in the preamble:
\def\[{\begin{equation}}
\def\]{\end{equation}}
> For my thesis I'm using a two-sided report[B style. I noticed a few odd
> things with this. The wide margin comes out on the outer side of the
> page (according to xdvi anyway) instead of the inner side where the
> binding should be. Why is this and can this be fixed? Also, it's normal
Maybe the outer margin is wide so there will be enough room to
write proofs there ??
Anyway, to change the margins, open the document dialog, add 'twosides' to
the extra options. Then, go to the paper tab, select the 'use geometry'
button, and change the left&right margins (left = inward, right = outward)
> practice to start chapters on a right (odd) page for a two sided
> document, however lyx/latex doesn't do this. Can this be changed? I'm
> sure there would be a latex command to force it to an odd page, but
> that's not what I'm looking for because this is really an issue that
> should be taken care of in a document layout.
Use the book class.
>
> I'm using "bigskip" for separating paragraphs, but now my table of
> contents has a bigskip between each entry as well, how can I remove this
> extra space for the table of contents?
Use \setlength{\parskip}{6pt} to change the spacing between paragraph. You
can put it after the TOC inset.
> Is there a document available which lists all the symbols and their
> commands which are available in (ams)latex? Something I can print and
> keep beside me for reference.
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/
