math-macro
This is to thank you . It finally worked even in Lyx 1.4.3 installed on a linux system . It helped to know that one needs to do alt+X to get the buffer .
Re: math macro
I may mention that I have done Lyx version 1.4.3 On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:26 AM, anu saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for taking the time out . Please find a file attached .You wrote > '*Put the cursor in the first of the boxes, and type: \#1\times\#1, just > as written, then a space. > > You should then see the second shot* .' > I do not get the second shot on typing \#1\times\#1 and then a space > Please note I have done this in Lyx version 1.4.3 > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:03 PM, rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> anu saxena wrote: >> >>> Hi Richard >>> Once only I got four boxes as displayed in the guide and it worked . >>> Every other time when I got just two boxes (Guide shows four boxes ) I tried >>> just what you have written and that is what the guide also says, nothing >>> happened . >>> >>> Oh, I see what you mean about the four boxes. I think. Once a macro with >> three arguments has been properly defined and then you use it, you'll get >> the four boxes: One that shows your formula, and one for each argument. But >> the macro definition itself will show only two, as I said. >> >> But what do you mean "nothing happened"? When did nothing happen? >> >> Maybe we should start with a simple case. Do this. Exactly. >> >> Alt-x to open the mini-buffer >> Type: math-macro test 1, return. >> >> You should see the first screenshot below. >> >> Put the cursor in the first of the boxes, and type: \#1\times\#1, just as >> written, then a space. >> >> You should then see the second shot. >> >> Now enter a new line, type Ctrl-M to get a math formula, and type: \test >> >> You should now see screenshot three. >> >> Now you can enter an argument in the argument box. Type: \alpha, then a >> space. >> >> Screenshot four shows the result. >> >> Richard >> >> PS Please reply to the list in case others are following the thread. >> >> Thanks >>> anu >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>>anu saxena schrieb: >>> >>>I am trying to create a math macro as described in the >>>User's guide of the >>>documentation . when I execute the command math-macro name >>>3 in the >>>mini-buffer I do not get four red boxes instead I get only >>>two . >>> >>>You shouldn't get four boxes, just the two. Then you enter the >>>formula you want in the first box. Use "\#n" for the nth argument >>>of the macro. (You won't see the "\", but it's need to signal to >>>LyX that what follows isn't a literal "#".) You can optionally >>>enter something else to be displayed in LyX in the second box, if >>>the thing in the first is too complicated and you don't need to >>>see it. Usually, you just leave the second box empty, in which >>>case LyX displays what is in the first box. >>> >>>Richard >>> >>> >>> >> >
Re: math macro
Thanks for taking the time out . Please find a file attached .You wrote '*Put the cursor in the first of the boxes, and type: \#1\times\#1, just as written, then a space. You should then see the second shot* .' I do not get the second shot on typing \#1\times\#1 and then a space On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:03 PM, rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anu saxena wrote: > >> Hi Richard >> Once only I got four boxes as displayed in the guide and it worked . Every >> other time when I got just two boxes (Guide shows four boxes ) I tried just >> what you have written and that is what the guide also says, nothing happened >> . >> >> Oh, I see what you mean about the four boxes. I think. Once a macro with > three arguments has been properly defined and then you use it, you'll get > the four boxes: One that shows your formula, and one for each argument. But > the macro definition itself will show only two, as I said. > > But what do you mean "nothing happened"? When did nothing happen? > > Maybe we should start with a simple case. Do this. Exactly. > > Alt-x to open the mini-buffer > Type: math-macro test 1, return. > > You should see the first screenshot below. > > Put the cursor in the first of the boxes, and type: \#1\times\#1, just as > written, then a space. > > You should then see the second shot. > > Now enter a new line, type Ctrl-M to get a math formula, and type: \test > > You should now see screenshot three. > > Now you can enter an argument in the argument box. Type: \alpha, then a > space. > > Screenshot four shows the result. > > Richard > > PS Please reply to the list in case others are following the thread. > > Thanks >> anu >> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >>anu saxena schrieb: >> >>I am trying to create a math macro as described in the >>User's guide of the >>documentation . when I execute the command math-macro name >>3 in the >>mini-buffer I do not get four red boxes instead I get only >>two . >> >>You shouldn't get four boxes, just the two. Then you enter the >>formula you want in the first box. Use "\#n" for the nth argument >>of the macro. (You won't see the "\", but it's need to signal to >>LyX that what follows isn't a literal "#".) You can optionally >>enter something else to be displayed in LyX in the second box, if >>the thing in the first is too complicated and you don't need to >>see it. Usually, you just leave the second box empty, in which >>case LyX displays what is in the first box. >> >>Richard >> >> >> >
math macro
hi I have installed Lyx version 1.5.5 . I am trying to create a math macro as described in the User's guide of the documentation . when I execute the command math-macro name 3 in the mini-buffer I do not get four red boxes instead I get only two . I have tried doing that atleast fifteen or twenty times but only once the macro got made . I am working on a brand new apple mac . I do not understand what exactly is going wrong and why is it that once only the instruction as described in the guide got executed . thanks anu
