I'm able to type plain text as you've suggested but I'm still unable
to get the alignment and spacing right. I can type text to the right
of an equation on a given line, spacing it out from the equation using
something like \quad. However, then the annotations from different
lines of the equation won't necessarily align. Alternately I can add a
column to the aligned environment. That takes care of horizontal
alignment but unfortunately then I run into problems with spacing, as
there is little spacing between the annotation and the math part of
the equation. This can sometimes be solved by adding a blank column to
the aligned environment, but in other cases the blank column doesn't
seem to do much and may in fact affect the alignment in other columns.
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 10/02/2011 10:54 PM, David L. Johnson wrote:
>>
>> On 10/02/2011 08:27 PM, Abiel Reinhart wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm trying to understand how I can add annotations that sit to the
>>> right of each line of a multiline equation. For example, in a proof,
>>> such annotations might provide justification for each step in the
>>> proof.
>>>
>>> In pure LaTeX I could accomplish this like so:
>>>
>>> \begin{align*}
>>> h(x)&= \int_a^b{[f(x)+g(x)]dx}&& \text{(Some annotation)}\\
>>> &= \int_a^b{y(x)dx}&& \text{(Another annotation)}
>>> \end{align*}'
>>>
>>> However, I'm not sure how to achieve the same effect in LyX.
>>>
>>> Abiel
>>
>> Try, within an aligned environment, "entering" a standard inline math
>> environment. This will give you a blue rectangle, and if you type something
>> there, it will be in standard Roman text. It is a \text{} environment.
>> Alternately, heck, you can type \text and hit the Enter key; you will then
>> be in the text environment you want, but I have "enter an inline math
>> environment" linked to F10, so I just hit F10. You can leave that
>> environment by moving the cursor.
>>
> This is normally bound to Ctrl-M. In math, it has the effect of introducing
> a text box.
>
> Richard
>
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