I often use math mode symbols in normal text. I have to write bio papers in which I use microliters (ul) and so forth. I simply insert the Greek/math symbol for micro in the text to make the correct text output shorthand for microliter. It wouldn't matter if a whole list of symbols used a math mode type of system to insert into text as it works fine anyway.
I have to use small circle set to superscript to produce degree symbols too. I would actually prefer to be able to SEE the symbol depicted in my text in Lyx in a math mode type view so I could see that what I am inputting is actually what I wanted (one of the strengths of WYSIWYG). Guessing on the use of a symbol is fraught with error. You can only see if it is what you really wanted by rendering a preview in postscript (or pdf or whatever). On Friday 30 August 2002 02:21 pm, robin wrote: > 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
