Representing mu in bibliography source file
Herbert Voss
Herbert.Voss at fu-berlin.de
Wed Mar 6 16:53:59 UTC 2024
Am 06.03.24 um 17:47 schrieb 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.
\textmu{}g for an upright µ
Herbert
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