On 3.03.08, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> > Conclusion: if you need bold math characters, Times Roman is not a good
> > choice (if you insist on mixing fonts that do not match, you can still
set the fonts to "default" in the Settings>Document>Fonts selection
boxes and in the LaTeX preamble
> > load Times Roman as roman font only with
> >
> > \def\rmdefault{ptm}
> >
> > which is still better than \usepackage{times}).
> There's also the following hack:
> \usepackage{amsmath}
> \renewcommand\boldsymbol[1]{\pmb{#1}}
> This fakes bold symbols by means of overprinting. Not very nice either.
But it might still be better than silently dropping the "bold"
attribute of symbols.
The question is: Given a document with DefaultFont==Times and use of
\boldsymbol, whether LyX should
a) implement this fallback
* always
* if Use AMS == auto or always
* if Use AMS == always
b) recommend it in the docs
c) mention it in the docs
Günter
