LyX ⇒ decimal points and full stops

[theblackalchemist]

Greetings,

I just recieved a lyx file from a friend who has written numbers in standard text. Now the trick is that I want to put in a single space after every (.), but the find and replace method of finding (.) and replacing by (. ) does not work, as it makes numbers which were (12.12) to (12. 12).

The question is hence, is there a way of placing a single space after a full stop?

Or is there a wildcard i can use while searching, to specify numbers? line in linux's [0-9] wildcard.

Regards,
TBA

[scottkosty]

Or is there a wildcard i can use while searching, to specify numbers? line in linux's [0-9] wildcard.

Welcome!

Go to Edit > Find & Replace (Advanced). With the cursor in the "Find" field, go to Insert > Insert Regular Expression > Any Number.

It will likely be very slow, but it should work.

Scott