At 18:55 22/01/2011 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
OOo 3.2.1 (from OOo) on Fedora 14, x86_64.
I need to create a stacked formula that looks
like this (assume the braces are a single scalable brace on each side):
{ OÌ }
{ OÌ }
{ UÌ }
{ AU }
I need the diacritics over the characters and
they must be added with the combining
diacriticals in the font that I am using
(Junicode). In case they didn't make it through
the e-mail, the top O has a macron (U304), the
second O and the U have short marks (U306), and
the AU has no diacritics. The font does not
contain these characters as combined
glyphs so I must use the combining diacriticals. I cannot switch fonts.
Although it doesn't appear in the e-mail, I need the stack center aligned.
The best I have accomplished is this syntax:
left lbrace alignc { #ï¯ Ì # O Ì # U Ì # AU } right rbrace
This gives me a brace only on the bottom
element, lots of ? marks, and an extra blank
line in the middle. None of the combining
diacriticals actually combine. Only the second element is center aligned.
I hope there is someone here who understands the
formula syntax, because it sure has me confused.
To create the large braces, you need the "stack"
instruction and one fewer hash marks:
left lbrace alignc stack { aaa # b # cc # d } right rbrace
(I've used simpler example elements here, so that
it will come through more reliably in e-mail.)
I don't see any way to insert special characters
in the formula (Math) window itself. But it is
perfectly possible to do so in a text (Writer)
window - which I imagine you are composing in
anyway - and then copy and paste them into the
formula window. By doing this, I have been able
to create exactly the effect and with the
characters and diacritics you describe. You can
change fonts at Format | Fonts... using Modify.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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