On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 05:26:03PM +0900, Jan Peters wrote:
> >>1. Is there a way to make the vectors in lyx on screen in bold style,
> >>e.g., \boldsymbol{} or \bm{}
> >>while still using \vec{} ?
> >
> >If you settle for another name like \v or so:
> >
> >Create a math macro \v with one arg, defined as \vec{#1}.
> >In the second blue box write \mathbf{#1}.
> >This second box is for appearance in LyX only, i.e. it does not
> >matter what you write in there as long as it looks ok.
>
> Where do I do that? I am not that familiar with Lyx yet!
So maybe you should get started first.
> >>2. Can I configure the font for the large parentheses? On my Mac it
> >>looks kinda ugly!
> >
> >The parantheses on screen are 'hand drawn'. There is no font involved.
>
> That would be a few nice improvement:
> A.) Take nice fonts for the arrows on the vectors, and the parentheses
> and
> replace the handcoded stuff by good fonts.
Soso. What font do you suggest for parantheses of arbitrary size?
> Hmm, that would also be a thing I would prefer not to see ... when I put
> effort into porting lyx to Mac, then I also want to show it to people
> and say:
> hey it looks and works better than word. That part is good about texmacs
> (which I hate for many other reasons) --- the equations look awesome!
Have you _edited_ formulas in TeXMacs (not just entered a few symbols)?
If not, do that.
Now tell me what's more important when writing math: Being able to edit a
formula or good looks on screen.
Andre'
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