Hello,
the attached file demonstrates a problem in my version (1.3.2) of Lyx. Maybe sb can check whether this problem (missing $ signs if you convert s.th. to math mode by selecting it and clicking math mode button) persists?
Thanks for your work & attention.
Klaus
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#LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 221 \textclass article \language german \inputencoding auto \fontscheme default \graphics default \paperfontsize default \papersize Default \paperpackage a4 \use_geometry 0 \use_amsmath 0 \use_natbib 0 \use_numerical_citations 0 \paperorientation portrait \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation indent \defskip medskip \quotes_language english \quotes_times 2 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default
\layout Standard
\lang english
This number is entered into a math env \begin_inset Formula $^{123}$
\end_inset
\layout Standard
\lang english
This number is converted into a math env \begin_inset Formula ^{123}
\end_inset
\layout Standard
\lang english
This text is converted into a math env \begin_inset Formula bla
\end_inset
\the_end
Same result in 1.3.3. I'm not sure if this is a bug or a "feature", though. If you surround the plain text with dollar signs before converting it (and include any braces needed), highlighting and clicking the math mode toolbar button does what you want. For instance:
This number is converted into a math env $^{123}$
then highlight everything between the $...$ (inclusive) and convert.
You might want to post a suggestion on Bugzilla that clicking the (a+b)/c button with text highlighted automatically supply opening and closing dollar signs. I can't see what that would hurt (other than that, if the text already had dollar signs, it would go to display mode rather than inline, which in any case is easy enough to fix).
Cheers,
Paul
