lyx.sgml

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<title>LyX Frequently Asked Questions</title>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How can you print a PDF from a LyX document?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
Use 
<screen>
lyx -e pdf file.lyx
</screen>
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

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<question>
<para>
How to print a symbol?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
Get the symbol code using:
<screen>
$ xfd -fn "-*-symbol-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-107-*-*" &amp;
</screen>
If using <command>vim(1)</command> use:
<screen>
xfd -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1" &amp;
</screen>
Select the code (eg 326 for sqrt symbol). Enter math mode and type in \326.
</para>
<para>
You can also use LaTeX shortcuts like:
<simplelist columns='1'>
    <member>\therefore</member>
    <member>\alpha</member>
    <member>\beta</member>
    <member>\box</member>
    <member>\forall</member>
    <member>\exists</member>
    <member>\copyright</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<para>
Another way is to echo the character to a command prompt then cut and paste into 
your document. For example:
<screen>
echo $'\xFB'
</screen>
Which should print &#251;. See <command>iso_8859-1.7</command> or
<command>ascii(7)</command> for more codes.
</para>
<para>
For a full list check out the following
<simplelist columns='1'>
<member>
    <ulink url="http://sea.am.ub.es/Latex/ltx-401.html">
    <citetitle>Accents</citetitle>
    </ulink>
</member>
<member>
    <ulink url="http://sea.am.ub.es/Latex/ltx-407.html">
    <citetitle>Miscellaneous symbols</citetitle>
    </ulink>
</member>
<member>
    <ulink url="http://sea.am.ub.es/Latex/ltx-405.html">
    <citetitle>Greek</citetitle>
    </ulink>
</member>
<member>
    <ulink url="http://sea.am.ub.es/Latex/ltx-119.html">
    <citetitle>Math Miscellany</citetitle>
    </ulink>
</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</answer>
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