Praedor Tempus wrote: >I've found several occassions when I needed particular graphic symbols for use >in figure legends but the symbols I wanted/needed were in the bullets portion >of Layout -> Document. I had to find out what the latex commands for these >symbols were and then manually enter them into my document. > >I would like to request that the bullet symbols also be included in a panel >ala the Math Panel so that one can simply select them and have them inserted >into text outside of their use as bullet symbols. Perhaps a Special >Character panel could be added that would house a set of symbols/shapes not >included in the Math Panel but selectable as is the Math Panel symbols for >inclusion anywhere within text. > >I can easily foresee needing to use those symbols again in figure legends at >least and would greatly appreciate the convenience of being able to simply >select them from a panel list instead of having to figure out the latex >commands and then manually enter them. > > Yes, an Insert->Symbol would be nice (though remember that LaTeX won't do a lot of symbols outside math mode). Just so long as we don't have Insert->Clipart ;-)
Robin -- "There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't" - thinkgeek.com Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent �niversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
