Angus Leeming wrote:
>
> Any power-LaTeX users out there who can help me?
>
> I'm trying to get bold greek characters in mathed (actually, in the output from
> LaTeX --- I don't really care if LyX can't bold them!)
no
>
> Typing "M-b a \beta c" within mathed produces bold "a" and "c" but not \gamma.
>
> This also happens in macros. For example, using the macro:
> \newcommand{\matrx}[1]{\mathbf{ #1 }}
> Typing \matrx B creates a bold "B", but \matrx \Gamma produces an un-bolded
> \Gamma.
try \matrx{B} and \matrx{\Gamma}
and than you get bold B and bold Gamma. notice that B is in italic, it's
the standard math mode for latin letters. if you want italic style for
the capital greek letters too, try
\newcommand{\matrx}[1]{\mathbf{ \mit#1 }}
^^^^^
> I have to define a horrible cludge:
> \newcommand{\bmath}[1]{ \mbox{ \boldmath ${ \!\! #1 \!\! }$ } }
> \newcommand{\matrx}[1]{\bmath{ #1 }}
it's not horrible, it's LaTeX .. ;-)
hope, this helps
Herbert
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