Have you tried to add a customized keyboard shortcut for your own commands?
That might work. But I think recognizing the leading "\" can be a problem.
I use keyboard shorcuts for everything and I find it to be very efficient
(most of the time less keystrokes compared to the corresponding latex
command).
I get the \alpha by M-m g a (Alt-M followed by "g" and "a" ).
You shouldn't use the GUI interface, you really shouldn't.
Have a look at the files in ~/.lyx/bind
start by looking at the file cua.bind and math.bind see how it is done.
I think you will figure it out.
On Monday 14 August 2006 01:35, Ravi Rao wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This may have been asked before, but I can't think of the right
> keywords to search for it. I'm an experienced LaTeX user, and I
> would like to use LyX because it gives me an instant preview of what
> I "meant". However, I find it's MS Word-like GUI interface with
> toolbars, menus, etc. tiresome. As I already know LaTeX, can't I
> simply type the LaTeX code, and have Lyx interpret it on the fly?
> This functionality is already partially present in the Math editing.
> When I type \alpha, it immediately becomes the symbol alpha. I would
> think it should be even easier to do things like convert \title{ into
> a title style. Is there some way to do this right now in LyX? Are
> there others who think this would be a desirable feature?
>
> Ravi
