Hi,
UserGuide 3.9.1 Hyphens says that em dash can be generated by inserting three dashes in a row: --- . While it looks fine in xdivk, it still looks quite ugly in the edit view: --- . Is there a way to make it look right? Without doing a lot of clicks, that is.
LyX ⇒ em dash representation in an edit tab
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em dash representation in an edit tab
I've managed it via a shortcut. See also Help->LyX Functions.
~/.lyx/bind/MyShortcuts.bind:
Curiously, a "C-;" alternative won't work. Why?
~/.lyx/bind/MyShortcuts.bind:
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# include one of the basic flavours (cua or emacs)
\bind_file "cua"
# add your own bindings (overwriting the included ones)
\bind "C-j" "unicode-insert 0x2014" # insert em dash
\bind "C-h" "inset-insert vspace defskip" # insert vertical space (default skip)