On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 11:26 AM Joel Kulesza <jkule...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 6:29 AM Neal Becker <ndbeck...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have an equation that has to be split (to fit into beamer >> presentation). It has large delimiters that span the lines. Does lyx >> have any facility to help with this? I did get a useable result, but >> only with a lot of ERT. Lyx seems not helpful here, is there any way >> other than ERT to get "\Biggl. ... \Biggr]"? Or "\right."? >> >> Here is what I wanted: >> >> \begin{multline*} >> >> \mathbf{X}_{N_{C}\times S\times >> A}=\left[\left[\left[\sum_{n}m1_{p+cL_{c}+nS}m2_{p+cL_{c}+(n+\tau)S}^{*}\right.\right.\right.,\\ >> >> \Biggl.\Biggl.\Biggl.\tau\in[-A/2\dots A/2]\Biggr],p\in[0\dots >> S-1]\Biggr],c\in[0\dots N_{c}-1]\Biggr] >> >> \end{multline*} > > > To accomplish this, I prefer to use the Insert Delimiters capability (the > subject of an adjacent thread). Using "none" will let you give the > appearance of matched delimiters that vertically scale to contain the > contents. The "Swap & Reverse" button is meant as a convenience to control > delimiter insertion in this manner. Finally, if you have lines that vary in > vertical extent, a vertical phantom (\vphantom) with the proper contents will > ensure consistent delimiter sizes. > > Hope this helps, > Joel
Thanks for the reply. I can't see how to do this. Inserting Delimiters seems to insist on inserting a pair of delimiters - I don't see any way to just get \left[ for example. -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users