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.