LyX ⇒ Unicode characters

[parad]

I want to insert some unicode characters like black square or ━ but after trying it for several hours i can't get anything more than errors.

I've tried XeTeX but I prefer keep my font (Computer Modern I guess, the LyX predefined).

Is there a workaround to insert only an unicode character, and keep the rest of the text like it is?

Thanks

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Parad,

welcome to the board!
For inserting UTF-8 characters, you could use the inputenc package. Load it by inserting this line into your LyX document preamble:

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\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

Stefan

[parad]

Hi Parad,

welcome to the board!
For inserting UTF-8 characters, you could use the inputenc package. Load it by inserting this line into your LyX document preamble:

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\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

Stefan

Hi Stefan!

Thanks for your reply.

I've tried inputenc, but my problem is abouta LaTeX I guess, because I need in ERT somethig like:

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\textbf{\textcolor{bordo}{━━━}} 

("bordo" is bordeaux name color in spanish)

I hope someone could give me a tip

[parad]

Hi Parad,

welcome to the board!
For inserting UTF-8 characters, you could use the inputenc package. Load it by inserting this line into your LyX document preamble:

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\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

Stefan

I tried utf8 inputenc on a MWE and the character 0x2501 gives me the next error:

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Can not find a LaTeX command for character '━' (Code 0x2501)

(translation from spanish error)

[parad]

Anyone can help me?

I only want to insert some special characters in the middle of the text.

[frabjous]

The Computer Modern fonts don't cover the complete Unicode range, and I don't think that glyph is covered at all by the inputenc package.

From what I can tell, it's just a straight line, though, right? Can't you approximate it with a \rule command, something like \rule[0.5ex]{1em}{2pt}?

[parad]

The Computer Modern fonts don't cover the complete Unicode range, and I don't think that glyph is covered at all by the inputenc package.

From what I can tell, it's just a straight line, though, right? Can't you approximate it with a \rule command, something like \rule[0.5ex]{1em}{2pt}?

Wow, that's awesome . Thank you so much for this simple solution!!

It works great with textcolor command too.