It seems to work if you press ctrl-L or type a backslash before typing the second set of curly braces.
Thanks for nudging me in the right direction! On 30 March 2011 12:56, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Andrew Steele > <sta...@andrewsteele.co.uk> wrote: >> 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? :) >> > Hmm, here in both cases I get the same result (see attached). I assume > that you include the dollar signs in math mode, something that you > shouldn't do. To make sure that the math representation conforms to > your LaTeX code expectations, try View > Source. > > Regards > Liviu > -- Andrew Steele http://andrewsteele.co.uk/