LyX ⇒ Drop caps in lyx

[lrp]

Hello,

Can't implement drop caps.

I'm running Lyx 1.5.5 under Debian Lenny.

The style dropping.sty is installed under /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/dropping.

I've entered /usepackage{dropping} in Document/Settings/Latex Preamble.

And \dropping{3}{I} in an ERT box at the beginning of my paragraph.

Get error message "Undefined control sequence."

Odd thing is that a text segment several words in from the ERT box are highlighted as the error.

Any thoughts on where I'm going wrong?

Many thanks,

LRP

[meho_r]

That's an old package, I even don't have it installed in TeXLive2008. You may consider giving a try to lettrine package which serves the same purpose, but has much more control over drop caps. Check out its documentation as well as demos.

BTW, take care about / (slash) and \ (backslash) in LaTeX commands. Check if you specified dropping package in your example as

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\usepackage{dropping}

and not as

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/usepackage{dropping}

[lrp]

Many thanks, Meho_r.

Lettrine works like a charm!

LRP