On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Sherwood Botsford wrote: > 3. Within math mode transformations are opaque. > Several times already I have found myself starting an expression > a/(b+c) > then decided afterward to rewrite it as > a > ------- > b + c > > I've yet to find an easy and obvious way to do this. > (My dream is to be able to type math as fast as I write it.)
I don't know of a way to automatically rewrite it, but here are some tips that ought to make your math-typing quicker: C-m Start math mode M-m f Create a fraction (i.e. ______ ) M-m ( Create a pair of () and also see here for an example of how it can be rewritten: http://ev-en.org/wiki/moin.cgi/LyxFrequentlyUsedShortcuts /Christian -- Christian Ridderström http://www.md.kth.se/~chr