Hi Michael Thanks for replying. I tried pasting the degree symbol and viewing with pdflatex. All looks fine. I pasted some accented latin-1 letters as well, all worked fine.
When I ran the debug thing like you said, I got some crazy output. The sort of thing I usually see when I've got memory-related bugs in code I've written. The following (see below) is from opening LyX as you said, and typing EXACTLY: ctrl-N right-alt ' e right-alt ^ 0 exit via window manager [X]. The first symbol (é) showed up in LyX. The second (°) did not. Have not pasted *all* the output, as a lot of it was repetitive stuff like this: Init key to 65535, Greek_epsilon isOK is 1 isOK is 1 Init key to 65535, Greek_zeta isOK is 1 ... Thoughts? Cheers JP Warning: this system's locale uses Unicode. Language code:en_US Setting new encoding for Qt:iso8859-1 Setting key to 4129, KeySym is Control_L isOK is 1 isMod is 1 isModifier true Setting key to 78, K␊≤S≤└ ␋⎽ ␋⎽OK ␋⎽ 1 ␋⎽M⎺␍ ␋⎽ 0 ␊┼␌⎺␍␋┼± ␋⎽ U⎽␋┼± ␌⎺␍␊␌ ISO 8859-1 ISOE┼␌⎺␍␊␍ ⎼␊├┤⎼┼␋┼± ┴▒┌┤␊ 14 ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊) ▒␌├␋⎺┼ °␋⎼⎽├ ⎽␊├ ├⎺ [3] ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊)▒␌├␋⎺┼ ┼⎺┬ ⎽␊├ ├⎺ [3] ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊) K␊≤ [▒␌├␋⎺┼=3][C├⎼┌+N] ⎽␊┼␍␋┼± IMS├▒⎼├ ┬␋├ 0 ␌▒⎼⎽ ├⎺ 0│8603198 ⎽␊┼␍␋┼± IME┼␍ ┬␋├ 1 ␌▒⎼⎽ ├⎺ 0│8603198, ├␊│├=é S␊├├␋┼± ┐␊≤ ├⎺ 0, é K␊≤S≤└ ␋⎽ é ␋⎽OK ␋⎽ 1 ␋⎽M⎺␍ ␋⎽ 0 ␊┼␌⎺␍␋┼± ␋⎽ ␋⎽⎺8859-1 U⎽␋┼± ␌⎺␍␊␌ ISO 8859-1 ISOE┼␌⎺␍␊␍ ⎼␊├┤⎼┼␋┼± ┴▒┌┤␊ 233 ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊) ▒␌├␋⎺┼ °␋⎼⎽├ ⎽␊├ ├⎺ [-1] ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊)▒␌├␋⎺┼ ┼⎺┬ ⎽␊├ ├⎺ [-1] ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊) K␊≤ [▒␌├␋⎺┼=-1][] ␋⎽T␊│├ °⎺⎼ ┐␊≤ 0 ␋⎽P⎼␋┼├ ␋⎽ 1 ␋⎽T␊│├() ␋⎽ ├⎼┤␊, ␋┼⎽␊⎼├␋┼±. C▒┼┼⎺├ ␍␊␌⎺␍␊: é S␊┌°I┼⎽␊⎼├ ▒⎼±[◆é'] S␊├├␋┼± ┐␊≤ ├⎺ 4128, K␊≤S≤└ ␋⎽ S␋°├_L ␋⎽OK ␋⎽ 1 ␋⎽M⎺␍ ␋⎽ 1 ␋⎽M⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼ ├⎼┤␊ ⎽␊┼␍␋┼± IMS├▒⎼├ ┬␋├ 0 ␌▒⎼⎽ ├⎺ 0│8603198 ⎽␊┼␍␋┼± IME┼␍ ┬␋├ 1 ␌▒⎼⎽ ├⎺ 0│8603198, ├␊│├=â° S␊├├␋┼± ┐␊≤ ├⎺ 0, ? K␊≤S≤└ ␋⎽ ? ␋⎽OK ␋⎽ 1 ␋⎽M⎺␍ ␋⎽ 0 ␊┼␌⎺␍␋┼± ␋⎽ ␋⎽⎺8859-1 U⎽␋┼± ␌⎺␍␊␌ ISO 8859-1 O⎺°. C▒┼'├ ␊┼␌⎺␍␊ ├␊ ├␊│├ ! ISOE┼␌⎺␍␊␍ ⎼␊├┤⎼┼␋┼± ┴▒┌┤␊ 0 ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊) ▒␌├␋⎺┼ °␋⎼⎽├ ⎽␊├ ├⎺ [-1] ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊)▒␌├␋⎺┼ ┼⎺┬ ⎽␊├ ├⎺ [-1] ┴⎺␋␍ L≤XF┤┼␌::⎻⎼⎺␌␊⎽⎽K␊≤S≤└(␉⎺⎺⎽├::⎽▒⎼␊␍_⎻├⎼<L≤XK␊≤S≤└>, ┐␊≤_└⎺␍␋°␋␊⎼::⎽├▒├␊) K␊≤ [▒␌├␋⎺┼=-1][] ␋⎽T␊│├ °⎺⎼ ┐␊≤ 0 ␋⎽P⎼␋┼├ ␋⎽ 1 ␋⎽T␊│├() ␋⎽ ├⎼┤␊, ␋┼⎽␊⎼├␋┼±. S▒┴␊ ␌▒┼±␊␍ ␍⎺␌┤└␊┼├? ---------------------------------------- T␊ ␍⎺␌┤└␊┼├ ┼␊┬°␋┌␊1.┌≤│ ▒⎽ ┤┼⎽▒┴␊␍ ␌▒┼±␊⎽. D⎺ ≤⎺┤ ┬▒┼├ ├⎺ ⎽▒┴␊ ├␊ ␍⎺␌┤└␊┼├ ⎺⎼ ␍␋⎽␌▒⎼␍ ├␊ ␌▒┼±␊⎽? A⎽⎽┤└␋┼± ▒┼⎽┬␊⎼ ␋⎽ &S▒┴␊ &D␋⎽␌▒⎼␍ &C▒┼␌␊┌ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:·$ Michael Wojcik wrote: > John Pye wrote: >> >> Under Ubuntu, one can use the Keyboard preferences to set up a 'Compose' >> key (I chose 'right ALT'). Once that is done, I can open a text editor >> (gedit) and get all the accented characters é and ô and ñ etc very >> nicely. I can even get the degree symbol using the sequence of keys >> (pressed and released in sequence): right-alt ^ 0. Like so: ° >> >> But when I move over to LyX, the accented character come out correctly, >> but the degree symbol does not appear. Nothing appears when I use the >> same key sequence as above. >> >> I can copy the degree symbol and paste into LyX using Paste External >> Selection As Paragraphs, but I cannot generate the character directly in >> LyX. > > Try running LyX with "lyx -dbg key" and see what debug output you get > when you try to insert the degree symbol using your compose key. > > When you paste the degree symbol into a document, does it appear > correctly in DVI and PDF output? >
