Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Dominik Böhm
Hello, I was wondering if one can also use macros for some text things. For example, I would like to use macros for abbreviations. In German the abbreviation of zum Beispiel is z.B. with a small space between z. and B.. I realized it by putting \newcommand{\realAbkzB}{z.\,B.} into the preamble

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread G. Milde
On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is the macro-feature a math-only thing? Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro available. However, if I understand it right lyx 1.6 will come with support in form of user-configurable

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Dominik Böhm
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM, G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is the macro-feature a math-only thing? Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro available. Okay, I already

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dominik Böhm schrieb: I was wondering if one can also use macros for some text things. This will be possible in the next major lyX release lyX 1.6.0. For now you have to define new commands using the ERT or the document preamble. The math manaul explains how to do this (this method is

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Richard Heck
Dominik Böhm wrote: On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM, G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is the macro-feature a math-only thing? Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro available.

Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Dominik Böhm
Hello, I was wondering if one can also use macros for some text things. For example, I would like to use macros for abbreviations. In German the abbreviation of zum Beispiel is z.B. with a small space between z. and B.. I realized it by putting \newcommand{\realAbkzB}{z.\,B.} into the preamble

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread G. Milde
On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is the macro-feature a math-only thing? Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro available. However, if I understand it right lyx 1.6 will come with support in form of user-configurable

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Dominik Böhm
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM, G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is the macro-feature a math-only thing? Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro available. Okay, I already

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dominik Böhm schrieb: I was wondering if one can also use macros for some text things. This will be possible in the next major lyX release lyX 1.6.0. For now you have to define new commands using the ERT or the document preamble. The math manaul explains how to do this (this method is

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Richard Heck
Dominik Böhm wrote: On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM, G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is the macro-feature a math-only thing? Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro available.

Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Dominik Böhm
Hello, I was wondering if one can also use macros for some text things. For example, I would like to use macros for abbreviations. In German the abbreviation of "zum Beispiel" is "z.B." with a small space between "z." and "B.". I realized it by putting "\newcommand{\realAbkzB}{z.\,B.}" into the

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread G. Milde
On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: > Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is > the macro-feature a math-only thing? Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro available. However, if I understand it right lyx 1.6 will come with support in form of

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Dominik Böhm
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM, G. Milde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: > > > Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is > > the macro-feature a math-only thing? > > Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro available. Okay, I

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dominik Böhm schrieb: I was wondering if one can also use macros for some text things. This will be possible in the next major lyX release lyX 1.6.0. For now you have to define new commands using the ERT or the document preamble. The math manaul explains how to do this (this method is

Re: Is there a text-macros equivalent of math-macros?

2008-03-19 Thread Richard Heck
Dominik Böhm wrote: On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM, G. Milde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 19.03.08, Dominik Böhm wrote: > Is there any more convenient solution for such problems in LyX or is > the macro-feature a math-only thing? Currently, there is unfortunately no text-macro