Yes, that does work, but it seems to be impossible to start an ERT box
within math mode, and this rather defeats the object of the visual
equation editor!
Is there a better workaround? :)
On 30 March 2011 12:48, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Andrew Steele
> <sta...@andrewsteele.co.uk> wrote:
>> I am trying to use the package siunitx for correct typesetting of SI
>> units with LyX. However, I run into a problem when attempting to enter
>> a number with units in math mode.
>>
>> In LaTeX, one would enter
>>
>> $a = \SI{50}{\metre\per\second\squared}$
>>
> Have you tried to enter this in ERT (ctrl+l)?
> Liviu
>
>
>> However, in LyX, the second set of curly braces does not seem to be
>> associated with the initial command, which leads to them being escaped
>> with backslashes, thus:
>>
>> $a = \SI{50} \{ \metre\per\second\squared \} $
>>
>> This does not render correctly.
>>
>> Is there any way around this?
>>
>> I am using LyX 2.0.0RC1 on Windows XP, but please let me know if this
>> is possible in 1.6!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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>> Andrew Steele
>> http://andrewsteele.co.uk/
>>
>
>
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