American Meteorological Society journals use bold roman for vectors. However, the option outlined by Uwe works for me. -- Dave Raymond
PS -- The bold Greek symbols in \boldsymbol are helpful, so the shortcut for that is welcome also. Uwe Stöhr writes: > > I notice that going from lyx 1.5.7 to 1.6.1 the keyboard shortcut > > "Alt+C B" has changed from \mathbf to \boldsymbol. This means, for > > instance, that latin characters become bold italic rather than just > > bold. > > This is correct. Latin letters are in formulas by default > italic. So when you make an italic letter bold, it becomes of > course bold italic. > > We also provide a shortcut for \mathbf, see the shortcuts section > of LyX's preferences. You can there also change the existing > shortcuts or define new ones. > > regards Uwe >
