Jacob <bishop.ja...@...> writes: > > I have been experiencing the same problem. It seems to me that this IS a bug, > and while what has been proposed (use \underline instead of \underbar) works, > and is valuable input/information, it is a workaround to the bug, not a fix. > The bug still exists. At least, this is how I am reading the problem. > > Any news on someone actually addressing the bug?
It's not exactly a bug in LyX, more like a quirk of LaTeX not (yet) addressed by LyX. See, for instance, http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/comp.text.tex/2009-11/msg00659.html. That post led me to a LyX math-macro that defines a new command (I used \ubar but the name is arbitrary) that does the trick: \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset FormulaMacro \renewcommand{\ubar}[1]{\underbar{\ensuremath{#1}}} \end_inset With this macro defined in the document body, you just type \ubar rather than \underbar in a math inset. It seems to work with a variety of math symbols, not just Greek letters. I don't know any way to provide this in a module, though. You can put the code in the preamble, but then LyX won't recognize it as a math macro. So AFAIK your options are: 1. insert the LaTeX code \global\long\def\ubar#1{\underbar{\ensuremath{#1}}} in the preamble (this can be done with a module), and in math insets type \ubar\{ (which will generate an inset surrounded by braces), type your stuff in the inset, and live with the fact that LyX does not display the underbar (but LaTeX will); 2. create a document containing the macro definition in the body and save it as a LyX template; or 3. create a child document with the macro in it, and include the child in any document where you're going to feel an urge to use underbars. This is bug #4565; I've amended the ticket to suggest the ensuremath fix. We'll see what happens. /Paul
