How to make a shortcut for \mathbb font in LyX?
New shortcuts are added under Tools --> Preferences --> Editing --> Shortcuts, for details see Shortcuts for Lemma, Claim, Theorem etc. The function you need for the blackboard font is
math-insert \mathbb
The other fonts in the list (under the font button on the math toolbar) has similar functions, just replace \mathbb
with the appropriate macro, e.g. math-insert \mathcal
.
Alternatively, you could go to [User]/AppData/Roaming/LyX[version]/bind (on Mac or Linux the path would differ), open user.bind
with a text editor and insert the following line:
\bind "M-k b" "command-sequence math-insert `\\mathbb`;"
Which would insert a \\mathbb
environment on pressing alt+k b
.
You could also use
\bind "M-k r" "command-sequence math-insert \\mathbb R; char-right"
\bind "M-k z" "command-sequence math-insert \\mathbb Z; char-right"
Which would insert \\mathbb{R}
and \\mathbb{Z}
, respectively, and move your pointer out of \\mathbb
environment.