On 2008-12-15, Richard Heck wrote:
> Niko Schwarz wrote:
>> hello, i noticed that math macros exist. i want something similar, but
>> in my text. i'm writing a text about a cs problem called "minimum KT
>> distance", which is a noun. and I'm really tired of typing that name
>> and then setting it to be a noun. isn't there a quicker way?
> ... You can use normal LaTeX macros by
> defining them in your preamble, e.g.:
> \newcommand{\mktd}{minimum KT distance}
> and then putting \mktd in ERT where you want it.
With LyX 1.6, a text-analogon to math-macros are insets. However, they
aare defined in a module, not in the document (this is sometimes an
advantage and sometimes not).
> You can also define a keyboard binding to do that for you.
You can alos define a key binding to insert the text and set it to noun.
Find the required lyx functions and use "command-sequence", e.g.
# Capitalise current word:
\bind "C-u" "command-sequence word-backward; word-capitalize; mark-off"
1.6 also comes with some "completion" mechanism (but I did not try it
because it makes LyX too slow on my machine).
> Text macros are something it'd be nice to have, though.
Maybe "embeddable modules" would do the trick?
Günter
