Re: Three dots

Sorry, I sent this only to PM. For the archieves:

Rich Shepard wrote:
>  What is the difference between \textellipsis and ldots? I've used the
> \former and they want the latter. In my copy of The Comprehensive LaTeX
> Symbol List, I find \textellipsis in Table 3: Predefined LaTeX Text-Mode
> Commands and \ldots in Table 2. Do these typeset differently and
> noticeably? Just curious.

AFAIR they are equivalent (i.e. \ldots or \dots result in \textellipsis in tex 
mode and in \mathellipsis in math mode).
Wait, let's have a look:
--------->latex.ltx
\DeclareRobustCommand{\dots}{%
   \ifmmode\mathellipsis\else\textellipsis\fi}
\let\ldots\dots
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Incidentally: Why didn't you use LyX's native ellipsis inset (M-period or 
insert->Special character->ellipsis), which will output \ldots?

Regards,
Jürgen.