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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

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