On Thursday 07 November 2013 21:30:14 Georg Baum wrote:
> Rudi Gaelzer wrote:
>
> > So I ask you LyXperts: is it possible to configure the math mode editor so
> > that it uses also mathabx and other different math fonts? The roadmap to
> > LyX 2.1 mentions enhanced support for math font selection (OpenType fonts)
> > and support ofr cropped PDF/EPS. However, AFAIU, these enhancements will
> > have an effect on IP and on the exported document. Seems to me that the
> > math editor will still use the same screen fonts. Or am I wrong?
>
> You are right, the mentioned features do not affect the look of the math
> editor. However, there are some new symbols in 2.1, mainly from stmaryrd.sty
> and mathtools.sty. To some extent you can also add some on your own: The
> screen appearance of math symbols is defined in the file lib/symbols, which
> contains some very basic documentation for 2.1.
> Basically, there are three kinds of symbol definitions in that file:
>
> 1) symbols supported by special insets (like the decorations)
> 2) symbols supported by fonts (like the ones from fontmath.ltx)
> 3) symbols without any builtin support
>
> Adding symbols of type 1) and 2) requires some programming in LyX, and 2)
> requires also a true type font containing the symbols in a certain order,
> but symbols of type 3) can easily be added by users: All lines starting with
> \def are of this kind. For example, you could define \partialslash like
> this:
>
> \def\partialslash{\partial\kern-12mu/}
>
> The slash is a bit too short, but maybe there is a longer one already
> supported by mathed, which you could use instead. Although this looks like a
> TeX macro definition, it is not used for the output, only for display in
> LyX. There is basically no documentation how exactly this \def works, you
> have to use trial and error. You could also make the mathabx package load
> automatically if this symbol is used (works only for packages in the
> compiled in feature list of LyX, and mathabx is in there):
>
> \def\partialslash{\partial\kern-12mu/} mathabx
>
> I strongly advise against doing so, because this makes your LyX document
> depend on your personal installation, and it would not typeset on vanilla
> installations. This feature is rather for symbols distributed with the
> official symbols file.
>
> Finally, if you want some symbols to appear officially in LyX, you could add
> them to bug 8888, but please note that font changing packages like txfonts
> will not be used.
Thanks a lot for the tips. I'll try them out as soon as I have some time.
>
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> Georg
>
>
> PS: It is funny that you also use the math editor for calculations. I used
> to do that a lot for my thesis, but always thought I was the only one.
I guess we're not the only ones. I even know some guys that do calculations
directly in latex... boy, that should be fun...
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Rudi Gaelzer
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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
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