Re: nth roots
On Jan 6, 2007, at 11:45 AM, pol wrote:
Is there a way to render roots of any order by entering latex command,
without resorting to the math panel?
Simply entering \sqrt[n]{a} does not work as expected.
Yes, you can enter "\root" and then fill in the boxes that pop up as
soon as the space bar is pressed.
Jens
nth roots
Is there a way to render roots of any order by entering latex command,
without resorting to the math panel?
Simply entering \sqrt[n]{a} does not work as expected.
thank you
--
Pol
Re: nth roots
> No. I definitely mean what I said. If you "math-insert" root you get the > root-symbol with two boxes. One for the "n" resp. "3" (as for the n-th resp. > cubic root) and one for the stuff under the root. Strange. M-x math-insert root just gives me the word root in red. What could be wrong here? > > By the way. Is anyone else having trouble with xdvi? It is not showing that > > I have an nth root, it just shows a normal square root. It also shows an > > ordinary rightarrow where I have a mapsto-arrow. Is this a bug in my > > version? > > In my version it's the same. But in ghostview everything looks fine. So there is a bug in xdvi then? Does anybody know if there exists a version of xdvi which do not have this bug? Maybe xdvik?
Re: nth roots
> > No. I definitely mean what I said. If you "math-insert" root you get the > > root-symbol with two boxes. One for the "n" resp. "3" (as for the n-th resp. > > cubic root) and one for the stuff under the root. > > Strange. M-x math-insert root just gives me the word root in red. What could be > wrong here? Maybe you use an old version of lyx. I use version 1.0.2. Ingo
Re: nth roots
> > Strange. M-x math-insert root just gives me the word root in red. What could be > > wrong here? > > Maybe you use an old version of lyx. I use version 1.0.2. Ok. That's probably it. Im using 1.0.0. Does anybody know of an rpm-packade with LyX 1.0.2?
Re: nth roots
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi... On 14-May-99 Alexander Stasinski wrote: >> > Strange. M-x math-insert root just gives me the word root in red. What >> > could be >> > wrong here? >> >> Maybe you use an old version of lyx. I use version 1.0.2. > > Ok. That's probably it. Im using 1.0.0. Does anybody know of an rpm-packade > with LyX > 1.0.2? Actually, as I recall I solved this problem a while back when someone pointed out that in the key-bindings file, M-m s and M-m r were both set to "Math-insert sqrt". Copy /usr/share/lyx/bind/math.bind to ~/.lyx/math.bind and change the copy so M-m s inserts sqrt, and M-m r inserts root, restart LyX, and you should be able to hit M-m r to get an nth-root symbol. It works here, and it's quicker than downloading an update if you don't need the stuff they added in 1.0.2. :) Bye now, - --- // Carl Hudkins ]=[ ICQ: 5723399 ]=[ PGP: 0x50238d9e // // "It is imperative to get rid of merit as the overriding // principle in the employment of public servants." --ANC // "?!?" --me -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Comment: Pretty Good Privacy in a pretty good OS! Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNzxFm5S6f+pQI42eEQIgrgCdHtKJm0GicKVHrvVgK6h5AvPhV54AnA0d GLAwUh1Yv1tvlt8NDuH/uwBQ =xMRv -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: nth roots
> > > How do one obtain nth roots in LyX, e.g. a cubic root sign? > > > > As Jean-Marc already answered some 20 days ago to the same question just > > type > > M-x math-insert root > > Thanks, but don't you mean M-x math-insert sqrt[n] (to obtain the nth root)? No. I definitely mean what I said. If you "math-insert" root you get the root-symbol with two boxes. One for the "n" resp. "3" (as for the n-th resp. cubic root) and one for the stuff under the root. > By the way. Is anyone else having trouble with xdvi? It is not showing that > I have an nth root, it just shows a normal square root. It also shows an > ordinary rightarrow where I have a mapsto-arrow. Is this a bug in my > version? In my version it's the same. But in ghostview everything looks fine. Ingo
Re: nth roots
> > Surely this question must have been discussed before, but since the > > mailing list archive seems to be down I take the chance of asking it > > again: > > How do one obtain nth roots in LyX, e.g. a cubic root sign? > > As Jean-Marc already answered some 20 days ago to the same question just > type > M-x math-insert root Thanks, but don't you mean M-x math-insert sqrt[n] (to obtain the nth root)? Well, I figured it out anyway ;) By the way. Is anyone else having trouble with xdvi? It is not showing that I have an nth root, it just shows a normal square root. It also shows an ordinary rightarrow where I have a mapsto-arrow. Is this a bug in my version? /Alex
nth roots
Surely this question must have been discussed before, but since the mailing list archive seems to be down I take the chance of asking it again: How do one obtain nth roots in LyX, e.g. a cubic root sign?
Re: nth roots
Alexander Stasinski wrote: > Surely this question must have been discussed before, but since the > mailing list archive seems to be down I take the chance of asking it > again: > How do one obtain nth roots in LyX, e.g. a cubic root sign? As Jean-Marc already answered some 20 days ago to the same question just type M-x math-insert root Ingo
