Philip Mayer schrieb:
So, my question is: Is there a straightforward way of adding support for additional symbols?
No. Support for new symbols needs to be programmed directly in LyX, especially when the symbols require special LaTeX-packages as in your case. LyX needs to know how to display the symbol.
regards Uwe p.s. (What you can do is to modify the file "symbols", but be patient!)