Lyx customized view of command

Question

I have a command definition in my LaTeX preamble:

\newcommand*{\code}[1]{\texttt{#1}}

But the usage of this command appears as an ERT e.g. \code{select}. I would like this to appear as select that is, italics. How to do this?

Answer 1

You need to tell Lyx how it is to mark up the command, by changing the layout you use, or, probably the right thing, defining a module.

Rob Oakes has written a weblog post, Customizing Lyx: An Introduction to Modules. His explanation make it look quite simple to do, although I've never tried.

Answer 2

I was able to extract my answer from Rob's another article here: Close your lyx file from within lyx editor. Put the following near the top of your lyx file after \end_modules using a text editor. Reopen the lyx file using the lyx editor. Then you can customize a part of your text by: Select text > Right Click > Text Styles > Charstyle:code.

 \begin_local_layout
    Format 7
      InsetLayout    CharStyle:Code
      LyxType               charstyle
      LabelString           code
      LatexType             command
      LatexName             code
      Font
        Family              Sans
        Color               Green
      EndFont
      Preamble
        \newcommand*{\code}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
      EndPreamble
    End
 \end_local_layout

To use the same layout for a different document, use File > New from Template.