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
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Christian Ridderström                           http://www.md.kth.se/~chr














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