That is certainly an advance. Thanks a lot!
The output I get is
\textsl{\Large{}Here is some text in large size and slanted style.}
Any possibility to make it
{\textsl{\large Here is some text in large size and slanted style.}}
?
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On Sunday, January 16th, 2022 at 11:16 PM, Paul A. Rubin via lyx-users
<lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> wrote:
> On 1/16/22 4:02 PM, tush via lyx-users wrote:
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>> Sure, I will take notice of the thread organization. I am new to mailing
>> lists.
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>> Yes, the "unwanted formatting" refer to {\large\par}.
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>> Here is a (really) MWE.
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>> On 1/16/22 3:46 PM, tush via lyx-users wrote:
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>> The shape works the way I want, but the sizing rather gives the
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>> unwanted formatting.
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>> On Sunday, January 16th, 2022 at 10:43 PM, <
>> [ehud.behar at
>> protonmail.com](http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users)
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>> Could you tell me how to apply the style so that the code is the way
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>> I selected the whole line, maybe lyx sees it as a paragraph.
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>> On Sunday, January 16th, 2022 at 10:38 PM, Paul A. Rubin via
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>> lyx-users <
>> [lyx-users at lists.lyx.org](http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users)
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>> On 1/16/22 3:05 PM, tush via lyx-users wrote:
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>> I want to insert the following styled text to my document:
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>> This is what a a LaTeX user would have inserted into his .tex file.
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>> If I select my text in LyX and right click it and choose Text Style
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>> I can apply the aforementioned features, i.e. slanted shape and
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>> large size, but the command LyX inserts is not the one above, but
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>> Is it possible to achieve what I first wrote, rather than inserting
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>> That last {\large\par} may have something to do with how you
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>> selected the text before applying the style change. In a test
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>> document, I did not encounter that. Comparing your ERT version with
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>> the customized style version, I can confirm the difference in the
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>> LaTeX commands but see no difference in the output. Is there a
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>> reason why you are unhappy with what LyX enters?
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>> Paul
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>> First, please bottom post.
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>> Second, does the "unwanted formatting" refer to {\large\par}? If so, we
>> would need a minimal example. It would need to be a self-contained
>> document (your previous MWE had include commands for child documents not
>> attached to the message), preferably with as little customization as
>> possible. Every package you add, font or language change you make, etc.
>> makes it a bit less likely that someone on the list has all the packages
>> necessary to compile your MWE.
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>> If by "unwanted formatting" you mean that you really want the LaTeX
>> commands entered in the order you used in your ERT, I doubt that is
>> possible without resorting to ERT.
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>> Paul
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> As I suspected, the issue is that the text you are formatting occurs at the
> very end of a paragraph. The following is a bit "hacky" but solves the
> problem. First, add a space after the end of the text. Then select the text
> (excluding that extra space) and make the style change. The trailing space on
> the first line is harmless, but feel free to delete it if you wish.
>
> Paul--
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