On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Steve Litt wrote:
On Saturday 10 December 2005 02:12 pm, Charles de Miramon wrote:
Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I just went to write O2, as in two oxygen atoms stuck together, and saw
no provision for superscripting the 2, at least not on the
Sorry to be an accurate scientist but really the 2 should be SUBscripted
if you want to write O2, else it is O^2 which really means nothing at all.
Geoff
Format->Character dialog box. There was also no subscript. I know this
can't be true -- how do I do it?
I'm using LyX 1.3.3.
You can insert a subscript with insert --> special character --> subscript.
It is a hack that will create a math inset with a subscript.
Or you can use in ERT O\textsuperscript{2}
The two solutions are not typographically equivalent, the superscript is
not placed at the same place. For abreviations superscripts like 12th for
example, or Mr. Dr., use textsuperscript for chemical symbols use a
mathematical inset.
I wish the actual superscript and subscript hacks could go away. They are a
pain when you export a LyX file to rtf (they are transformed in
mathematical formulas) and result in wrong typesetting. Lyx should default
to \textsuperscript and \textsubscript
Thanks Charles,
I tried these both, and they both worked. I chose the
Insert->Specialcharacter->superscript method for 2 reasons:
1) The 2 was visible in the LyX file, which is more clear
2) The 2 was bigger, which in this case I liked.
Thanks so much for the help.
SteveT
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