Re: Epsilon ran off ...[SOLVED]
Turns out my laptop (Mint Gloria) did not have the latex-xft-fonts installed (which should have been the first thing I checked). Installing that cured the problem. Apparently I have a caffeine deficiency. :-( /Paul
Re: Epsilon ran off ...
On 2009-10-30, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: >> On 2009-10-19, Paul A. Rubin wrote: >>> Usually missing math glyphs are the result of a missing screen font, but >>> it seems unlikely to be the case here since only two glyphs are missing. >>> I've also got LyX 1.6.3 installed on an Ubuntu (Jaunty) box, and the >>> glyphs are present there. >> This is very likely, as these could be Greek *variants* missing from a font >> that provides basic Greek letters. > That would make sense for \varrho, but it's the regular \epsilon (not > \varepsilon) that's missing. The mapping of small *letters* or *symbols* to plain vs. \var* commands is not consistent: \theta GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA \vartheta GREEK THETA SYMBOL \phi GREEK PHI SYMBOL \varphi GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI \pi GREEK SMALL LETTER PI \varpi GREEK PI SYMBOL \kappa GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA \varkappa GREEK KAPPA SYMBOL \rho GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO \varrho GREEK RHO SYMBOL \epsilon GREEK LUNATE EPSILON SYMBOL \varepsilon GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON >> (Are the Greek letters *in math* upright or cursive? > Now that you mention it, they're upright. Which is odd. I checked my > Ubuntu box, which also has LyX 1.6.3 on it (and where Greek letters in > math appear slanted, and \epsilon is what it should be). The Ubuntu box > is using DejaVu Serif/Sans/Sans Mono for the screen fonts. So is the > Mint Gloria installation. I checked with Synaptic, and they both have > the same version (2.28-1) of the ttf-deja-whatever fonts installed (all > three packages). >>> Any suggestions where I could look for the cause? >> Try a different screen font. > I did. There was a slight change in font width, but the Greek letters > in math mode remained upright, and \epsilon remained "epsilon" (no glyph). I remember having the problem of upright greek symbols in math with DejaVu. For no known reason, this problem disappeared after I tried with another font and back to DejaVu Serif (maybe this is after upgrage to 1.6.4). Günter
Re: Epsilon ran off ...
Günter, Thanks for the reply. Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-10-19, Paul A. Rubin wrote: ... and took varrho with it. This is some sort of screen font problem, but one I don't recall seeing reported before. I've got a copy of LyX 1.6.3 installed on Mint Gloria (a Linux distro built over Ubuntu -- Jaunty Jackalope, I think). Of the Greek letters in the math palette, all but two (\epsilon and \varrho) display correctly in formulas; those two show up as text in the GUI (display correctly in output). Usually missing math glyphs are the result of a missing screen font, but it seems unlikely to be the case here since only two glyphs are missing. I've also got LyX 1.6.3 installed on an Ubuntu (Jaunty) box, and the glyphs are present there. This is very likely, as these could be Greek *variants* missing from a font that provides basic Greek letters. That would make sense for \varrho, but it's the regular \epsilon (not \varepsilon) that's missing. (Are the Greek letters *in math* upright or cursive? Now that you mention it, they're upright. Which is odd. I checked my Ubuntu box, which also has LyX 1.6.3 on it (and where Greek letters in math appear slanted, and \epsilon is what it should be). The Ubuntu box is using DejaVu Serif/Sans/Sans Mono for the screen fonts. So is the Mint Gloria installation. I checked with Synaptic, and they both have the same version (2.28-1) of the ttf-deja-whatever fonts installed (all three packages). Any suggestions where I could look for the cause? Try a different screen font. I did. There was a slight change in font width, but the Greek letters in math mode remained upright, and \epsilon remained "epsilon" (no glyph). /Paul
Re: Epsilon ran off ...
On 2009-10-19, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > ... and took varrho with it. This is some sort of screen font problem, > but one I don't recall seeing reported before. > I've got a copy of LyX 1.6.3 installed on Mint Gloria (a Linux distro > built over Ubuntu -- Jaunty Jackalope, I think). Of the Greek letters > in the math palette, all but two (\epsilon and \varrho) display > correctly in formulas; those two show up as text in the GUI (display > correctly in output). > Usually missing math glyphs are the result of a missing screen font, but > it seems unlikely to be the case here since only two glyphs are missing. > I've also got LyX 1.6.3 installed on an Ubuntu (Jaunty) box, and the > glyphs are present there. This is very likely, as these could be Greek *variants* missing from a font that provides basic Greek letters. (Are the Greek letters *in math* upright or cursive? > Any suggestions where I could look for the cause? Try a different screen font. Günter
Epsilon ran off ...
... and took varrho with it. This is some sort of screen font problem, but one I don't recall seeing reported before. I've got a copy of LyX 1.6.3 installed on Mint Gloria (a Linux distro built over Ubuntu -- Jaunty Jackalope, I think). Of the Greek letters in the math palette, all but two (\epsilon and \varrho) display correctly in formulas; those two show up as text in the GUI (display correctly in output). Usually missing math glyphs are the result of a missing screen font, but it seems unlikely to be the case here since only two glyphs are missing. I've also got LyX 1.6.3 installed on an Ubuntu (Jaunty) box, and the glyphs are present there. Any suggestions where I could look for the cause? Thanks, Paul
