Text Formatting ⇒ Keep Lyx from rendering the word "LaTeX" as the LaTeX-logo

[tobias]

Hi,
I'm a Lyx user and I encountered a somewhat weird problem today .
Whenever I use the word "LaTeX" in a document, Lyx renders it in the pdf as the LaTeX Logo (as seen on the upper left corner on this page, with the A and the E a little higher/lower than the other characters). However, I just want "LaTeX" to be formatted the same way the rest of the document is. Anyone knows how I can make Lyx do that?

Thanks in advance for any answers, I hope I made somewhat clear what my problem is .

[meho_r]

Well, LyX by default uses custom commands which are in effect automatically when LyX, TeX, LaTeX etc. terms are used. If you take a look at the source (View > View source), you'll notice that LaTeX is automatically corrected to \LaTeX{}. So, one solution might be to simply redefine the \LaTeX command. In this case, just put into the preamble (Document > Settings > LaTeX Preamble) the following:

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\renewcommand{\LaTeX}{LaTeX}

[Jorg]

Another, perhaps less intrusive, solution is to put LaTeX inside a TeX code field (Insert > TeX Code) whenever it should not be rendered as logo text. Any text placed in a TeX code field (aka ERT) escapes processing by LyX.
Although this has to be done manually, it can be an advantage when one wants to selectively replace only a few occurrences of the LaTeX logo by normal text.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Jorg,

welcome to the forum!

Thank you for posting the alternative solution. Very good to know that way for escaping, so LyX would not touch such a piece of text.

Stefan