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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: using native 'math macros' as 'text macros'
From:       Liviu Andronic <landronimirc () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-01-23 11:29:44
Message-ID: CABxs9VkvzMbATkBE9cHQA7eFRZXuNVGfeLTc9OJT-BvmA5JmKQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Guenter Milde <milde@users.sf.net> wrote:
> On 2014-01-22, Liviu Andronic wrote:
>
>> So, is it a good or bad idea to use math macros to emulate text
>> macros? Is there a nicer approach?
>
> IMO, it is a bad idea. "Math macros" are for mathematical typesetting (and
> even then not the cleanest LaTeX code results).
>
Thanks. I should drop this, then.


> The text alternative to "math macros" are "insets". You could define them
> either in a custom layout, a module or a local layout.
>
For anyone interested, here's an example of how to do this:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/155442/15538 . However this is a bit
awkward to set up all the time.

I'm still curious though if it is easier now, given the custom inset
lift-up in 2.1, to fix http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/1704 ?

Liviu
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