On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 11:20:00PM -0500, Anand Rangarajan wrote:
> I was trying to enter in LyX 1.3.0pre2 the probability symbol (\Pr in
> latex) together with a superscript "new" using "^" but the aim was to
> force the superscript not to go directly on top of the probability
> symbol but instead to be on the right and above like a normal
> superscript. This doesn't seem to work in the expected manner. In LyX, I
> entered
>
This LyX input
> \{\Pr\}^new
is equivalent to LaTeX
{\Pr}^new
which is equivalent to LaTeX
\Pr^new
> and saved the file as test_old.lyx. Then I opened it again in
> Lyx1.3.0pre2 and saved the file as test.lyx. Both files are enclosed
> below. When I open test_old.lyx and save it as test.lyx, the \{ and \}
> are removed and instead of getting "new" as a superscript, it shows up
> directly on top of \Pr like a stackrel.
That's because \Pr is defined (by LaTeX) as \def\Pr{\mathop{\operator@font
Pr}} i.e. as operator.
> I'll stop using \Pr from now on since it is easier to just type "Pr" and
> then change it to textrm.
Do whatever you like. But there are simpler solutions. First of all, you
could toggle the limits with M-m l, secondly you could have a math macro
\pr etc.
Andre'
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