Representing mu in bibliography source file

[Paul Rubin]

On 3/6/24 10:50, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I use JabRef for my bibliography database; it's in ASCII text file 
> format. Some
> abstracts report concentrations in micrograms and have been entered as 
> 'ug.'
> How can I enter the mu symbol so it displays properly in LyX documents?
>
> Looking in /usr/share/X11/en_US.UTF-8/Compose I see multikey solutions;
> i.e.,
> <Multi_key> <m> <u>            : "µ"    mu # MICRO SIGN
> <Multi_key> <slash> <u>            : "µ"    mu # MICRO SIGN
> <Multi_key> <u> <slash>            : "µ"    mu # MICRO SIGN
> but while these work in text files, they're not the same as \mu in LaTeX.
>
> Help's appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
You can put "$\mu$g" in a BibTeX entry and it should display properly in 
the document.

Paul