Maria Gouskova wrote: > on a related note... i have a bit of a problem with trees that > contain greek letters (for syllables and moraic structure, for example): > > sigma > / \ > mu mu > > this should be easy to do, but for some reason lyx freezes when i try > to typeset. i use lyx 1.3.7 and mac os 10.4.4. i enter the following > in math/text mode: > > \Tree [."sigma symbol" "mu symbol" "mu symbol " ]
The problem is that you are in math-text-mode at the moment. The greek letters have to be in math-math mode. That is \Tree [.$\sigma$ $\mu$ $\mu$ ] HTH, Jürgen
