Baruch Even wrote:
>
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Eric St-Jean wrote:
>
> > actually, i just subscribed to this list... i couldn't find any list of
> > known bugs on lyx.org or devel.lyx.org; please forgive me if i'm
> > submitting something you've seen already, and point me to such a list of
> > known bugs if it exists.
> >
> > Here's the thing:
> > in an equation, if i type
> >
> > \dot \vec x
> >
> > i'll get a vector x with a dot on top (d/dt(vector x)).
> > If i do
> >
> > \dot \vec \omega
>
> This is something that is limited in latex itself and not only in LyX,
> though LyX should know to convert it to the correct format.
>
> The correct way to do it is to use the capital version i.e.
> \Dot{\Vec{\omega}}
>
> This will not be shown as nicely as the \dot or \vec (you'll se ERT - Evil
> Red Text - which is the latex commands) but it will do what you want and
> as a bonus the dot and the vec will be aligned correctly as opposed to the
> lower case version.
another way might be a little bit easier:
in latex preamble
\newcommand{\dv}[1]{% dot over vector, e.g. \dv{\omega}
\dot{\vec{#1}}%
}
in the lyx mathbox write \dv and an open parenthesis { and
than whatever you need.
Herbert
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