I think that its working. I have to use ERT to do it, right? Thanks for the speedy reply.
Rob -----Original Message----- From: Brian Larsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 30/05/2007 15:40 To: Steed, Robert J Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Physical units I use the SIunits package for latex to do all my units. It is a bit cumbersome until you get the hang of it but then works great. I just include it in the LyX preamble, here is what I use in the preamble for siunits: %%%%%%%%%%%%% new commands using SIunits.sty %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \usepackage[thickqspace,thickspace,amssymb]{SIunits} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amsbsy,amsfonts} \newcommand{\ev}{\electronvolt} \newcommand{\kg}{\kilogram} \newcommand{\cm}{\centi\meter} \newcommand{\npcmcubed}{\cm\rpcubed} \newcommand{\npcmsquared}{\cm\rpsquared} \newcommand{\npsecond}{\reciprocal\second} \newcommand{\nm}{\nano\meter} \newcommand{\mps}{\meter\per\second} \newcommand{\npmps}{\meter\usk\npsecond} Cheers, Brian On 5/30/07, Steed, Robert J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm starting to write my thesis in Lyx and it so happens that I need to > use microns(?) in my physical units alot. But I can't get a non-italic ? in > math mode. Unicode doesn't seem to work either I get error messages: > > Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:? not set up for use with LaTeX. > > Does anyone know what I should do? > > I'm using lyx-1.5.0beta3 and miktex on winxp. > > Thanks > Rob > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian A Larsen RBSP-ECT Instrument Suite Scientist Boston University Center for Space Physics 725 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 506 Boston, MA 02215-1401 T: 617-358-4945 F: 627-353-6463 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
