On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 03:35:03PM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > > On 9/06/2023 8:24 pm, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > I often find myself of wanting to define a command in a module's preamble, > > and I want to define a corresponding LyX math macro to *display* it nicely > > in the LyX display; but I don't want the \global\long\def\mymacro that > > comes along with it. Is there a way to tell LyX that I already defined the > > command and I don't want the macro to define it? > > > > Perhaps a different use case is that I might want to display a built-in > > LaTeX definition (or one in a package) differently, but I don't want to > > redefine it. > > > > I attach a simple example. > > > > Thanks, > > Scott > > I may be missing the point, but to display macros from other packages or > defined in the preamble, I work with instant preview on, then insert a > preview inset around an ERT inset and type the macro name. I've attached the > shortcut Ctrl+P to preview-insert which means that holding down Ctrl and > tapping P followed by L (which are diagonally neighbouring keys on qwerty > keyboards) you can then start typing the macro name immediately. After > moving the cursor outside both insets, after a pause for thought the macro > displays as in the pdf.
Thanks, Andrew. That is indeed a good workflow. And actually my issue is only in math, so I could just turn on preview for math so I don't need to use the preview box. However, I got used to not using preview for math. I'll see how important this issue is to me and decide based on that. Scott
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