On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:36:58PM +0100, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Joost Verburg wrote: > > I'm trying to insert one of the matbb/mathcal/mathrm symbols in a > > document using the math panel, for example the double-barred R: \mathbb{R}. > > > > Nothing appears on the screen and when I look at the saved LyX file it > > contains only an empty mathbb command: \mathbb{}. When I add the R > > manually using a text editor and open the document, it works fine. > > That's bad. I suppose it is related to bug 2315: > http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2315 > > math-insert is broken in general :-(
Could this be related to somebody insisting on (a) doing clever things in text->math conversation (i.e. adding 'missing' '$') and/or (b) disallowing 'forbidden' things when in math-text mode? > > Typing the LaTeX command manually also gives weird behavior and not the > > expected result. > > you mean \mathbb{R}, then select and C-M? > Typing \mathbb<space>R gives the expected result to me. That this space is rquired is also a regression and I do not really remember leaving mathed in this state. Could this be related to the 'macroModeClose' changes? Andre' > > Jürgen --