On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:48 AM, G. Milde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 29.02.08, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:31 AM, G. Milde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I can enter \varPhi and the printout will have a nice italic Phi. > > > > > > > > However, in the LyX GUI, it is a red \varPhi, not a greek letter. > > > > > > > > I know that similar problems with "normal" symbols can be solved by > > > > installing the "latex-xft-fonts" package and was looking for > something > > > > similar for kursive capital Greek letters. > > > > > > > I don't think you're missing a package, otherwise the output would not > > > be correct. > > > > Sorry for beeing not precise enough: "latex-xft-fonts" is a Debian > package, > > not a LaTeX package and it provides the math fonts for the LyX GUI. > > > > > > > I can confirm the LyX gui behavior, IF, I start a document and insert > > > the \varPhi then it shows as a red varPhi. However, if I start a new > > > document and before entering the symbol I change the math option then > > > everything is displayed correctly. > > > > This is good news. Unexpected after the developers wrote that this is > > an issue of the on-screen font used. > > > > It does not work this way here on my Debian/testing system: \varPhi > > stays red even in a new document and with Use AMS. > > > > What system do you use? > > > > Is the blue Phi symbol upright or kursive? > > > > What happens in your case if you > > * first fill a math-box with with \varPhi ERT > > * then tick the Use AMS setting ERT > > * close and reopen the file, or ERT or blue symbol? > > * close lyx and reopen it with the file. ERT or blue symbol? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Günter > > > > I'm using XP with MiKTeX 2.6 and LyX 1.5.4 at work currently. I use > Slackware and Slackintosh 12.0 with LyX 1.5.4 at home, I'll test this > on those systems tonight as well. > > I use instant preview so the symbols are black, but yes the \varPhi is > displayed in italics/cursive and not upright. > > Yes, creating a file with \varPhi and then checking AMS and then > either closing/opening the file/program the symbol is displayed > properly. > > Cheers, > /Bob >
I tested this on Slackware and Slackintosh and had the same response as with XP. Once the AMS option was checked and I reopened the document the \varPhi symbol was displayed properly. I really have no idea why it's not working on your system. Cheers, Bob
