> On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:32:43PM +0100, Andreas Buening wrote:
> > I've just seen that lyx 1.3 now "supports" the split environment which is
> > rather crucial for long equations. Is there any way to turn any existing
> > equation into a "splitted" equation without starting from scratch, i.e.
> > writing \begin{split}a&b\\c&d\end{split}, selecting the text and Ctrl-m
> > it into a math formula, Alt-m-d, Alt-m-n, copy&paste of the existing
> > formula components into the new equation?
>
> My understanding so far was that split is no "top-level environment"
> like align or eqnarray. Am I mistaken?
You're right. It's a "sub"environment of an equation.
> Note that you can simply write \split to start a _nested_ split
> environment.
I see. But this seems to be very poorly documented. I couldn't find
any hint in the docs apart from the NEWS file. After searching the
mailing lists I just found that very odd trick with \begin{split}...
above.
Bye,
Andreas
