I tried adding
\usepackage{txfonts}
to the LaTeX preamble. This did not fix the problem.
I don't think this is a LaTeX issue. The error message seems to occur
during the LyX to LaTeX conversion process. I am not seeing any LaTeX
error messages, because the PDF generation does not reach that stage.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn <v...@lyx.org> wrote:
> Op 17-3-2012 16:06, Nathan Becker schreef:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am not certain if this is a bug or if I am using LyX incorrectly.
>> Since the behavior changed between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3 I suspect that it
>> may be a bug, so I'm reporting it here. Please let me know if there
>> is something that I'm supposed to change in my document to fix this.
>>
>> I have created a simple test document in 2.0.2 and attached it under
>> the name test1.lyx. It contains text that renders a colored diamond
>> character. Lyx 2.0.2 can generate LaTeX output, which I have attached
>> as test1.tex.
>>
>> When I open test1.lyx in 2.0.3 and try to generate LaTeX or PDF
>> output, I get the following error message:
>>
>> Could not find LaTeX command for character '♦' (code point 0x2666)
>>
>> It suggests to try using utf8 support, and I messed around with that a
>> bit, but I could not figure out how to fix this error message.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Nathan
>
>
> In LyX 2.0.2 we automatically loaded the 'txfonts' package when we encounter
> a character which needs this package.
>
> However, when such a package is automatically loaded, it changes the
> appearance of all the math in your document. So, from now on it is no longer
> automatically loaded, but this means that the character is not available.
>
> The other suit characters should still be available (black club/spade, white
> diamond/heart).
>
> I don't know what is supposed to happen to these characters.
>
> For more info:
> - http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/7811
> - http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/39894/lyxsvn
>
> Vincent
