On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 17:34 +0000, Peleg Michaeli wrote:
> > When you say "so I have configured my keyboard to have all of the
> greek letters,
> > including √, ∞, ∝, ≤≥ ⊆⊇ ⊂⊃ ←→ ⇐⇒ − ≠ ≡ ∀ ∃ and many more" --- did
> you do
> > anything to actually configure the keyboard, or just paste stickers
> on or
> > something? I mean, when you press a key, will LyX be getting a "g"
> or some
> > unicode character?
>
> Very simple: I have reconfigured GNOME, so now when I press "Alt Gr +
> s", for example, I get σ. If I press the same key combination with
> Caps-Lock on, or with Shift key pressed as well, I get Σ. Pressing the
> key that is just near the "z" key on its left produces ∀, and doing
> that
> with Shift produces ∃, and many more options.
>
> I haven't put any stickers. I know the keys (at least most of them) by
> heart − it's very simple. I do it like that since even though I know
> TeX
> quite good, it is much shorter to write emails to friends like this:
> "Let x∈P and y∈Q. Since P and Q are normal, xyx^-1y^-1∈P∩Q={e}... ⇒
> something..." or compare "...hence P\subseteq Q" to "...hence P⊆Q".
>
> So, in LyX, when I press "Alt Gr + a" I get α, but I don't want to get
> α
> − I want to get "\alpha", and I believed that LyX might have a
> solution
> to this need (and, apparently, it has − but only in 1.6). Vim, for
> example, knows really well how to deal with that.
>
> It is important to say also that the configuration is very basic, and
> it
> works in ANY software on my computer, including LyX. It's not a "hack"
> in the risky aspect of it.
> >
> > Depending on your answers to these questions, I *may* be able to
> help a little...
Hi Dov -
Can you think of any solution to this without switching to LyX 1.6 ?
Thanks,
Peleg.
