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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