-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Mon, 14 May 2007 11:10:54 +0200 Von: Urtzi Jauregi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Betreff: LyX 1.4.3 won\'t render math characters on Ubuntu 7.04
> > Hi everybody, > > Since I upgraded to Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), whenever I input a special > character in math mode, I just get the name of the character, not the > rendered character itself. > > For example: to get an integral sign I switch to math mode, type \int > and > press space. In previous versions, the \int would get immediately replaced > by > a proper integral sign; now, all I get is a red "int" on the screen. A few > math characters, such as square roots, fractions, and (sub)indexes work > correctly, tough. > > Math characters appear correctly in the final LaTeXed document, mind > you; > it's just LyX that has stopped rendering them in the UI window. > > Is this a known bug? Any way to fix it? It's really annoying not to be > able > to see my equations properly typeset as I write (one of my main reasons to > switch to LyX in the first place); I might as well be using plain LaTeX. > > Thanks in advance, > > - Urtzi - > Hi there, the package latex-xft-fonts is no longer a dependency of lyx in debian and ubuntu. You have to install it. You could also use the inofficial 1.4.4 deb in the download section of the wiki, where latex-xft-fonts is still a dependency. phil