Getting rid of the parameters variable in the External Inset
I have been playing around with the external inset recently. It started off as let's see what needs to be done to display the external material within LyX (like the graphics inset does) and ended up as a bit of a spring clean. One thing I have done is modify the code so that the external insets use the same converter mechanism as used elsewhere by LyX. (The stuff that enables you to see your favourite EPS file on the LyX screen, for example.) At the moment, the external inset uses its own mechanism to do this. (To generate the necessary files that can be processed by the LaTeX compiler for example.) The converter is hard-coded within the template definition but you have the ability to tune its behaviour using the parameters variable that you can set in the External dialog. At least that's the idea. In practice, however, the implementation is clunky. We have several different targets that could be tuned in this way. (Latex, docbook, ascii etc) but only one parameters variable. In fact, most of the current external inset converters ignore this variable entirely. Now that I have moved things over to the generic converter mechanism, I have a problem with what to do with this pesky variable. It doesn't sit well with the converter concept. (No other converter allows this per-inset tuning.) I propose therefore to remove it. If anybody uses this and would be deeply upset if I did remove it, could they please mail me (or the list of course). -- Angus
screen font problem with 1.3.1. on RedHat 8.0
I'm a new LyX user, and have installed 1.3.1 on RedHat 8.0. Some math symbols, such as a big sigma (sum) are not displayed. Here is a screenshot: http://orange.math.buffalo.edu/temp/lyx_font_problem.gif , showing the display with the missing symbol, along with the output (which is ok). Any help greatly appreciated. JR
Re: screen font problem with 1.3.1. on RedHat 8.0
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:02:12AM -0400, John Ringland wrote: Any help greatly appreciated. Have you had a look at the arcives of this mailing list? Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: Multiline equation delimiter trouble
Andre Poenitz wrote: Matrices seem to allow highlighting the whole solid block, but multiline equations do not. The problem with a matrix is that I have fractional expressions in my equation, and in matrix mode the fractional expressions get typeset in a smaller font. That's, again, standard LaTeX behviour. You can override that by explicitly saying \displaysize in the cells. Hi Andre, thanks for the input. Is it possible to use \displaysize in LyX? I have tried putting this evil red text into the cell of a matrix containing a fractional expression, but it leads to an error. What is the correct way to do this? How can I write a multiline equation with a delimiter that expands around the whole equation (vertically), without using the matrix mode? No way Well, if I can get it to work in an array, that would be fine. I just want the normal size for my fractional expressions. Good day! -- Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
floatflt figures just before bibliography
hello, when I have one of those floatflt figures, the ones where text is supposed to wrap around them, right at the end of the document, just before the bibtex bibliography, the figure ends up getting laid out ON TOP of the bibliography, on the bibliography page. Very strange sight. It seems it's even trying to wrap the bibliography around the picture, but it only gets to move the title, the word Bibliography, and then everything goes to hell. It's especially strange since I have a page break right before the bibliography so it should be on its own page no matter what. The extended features doc DID say that the package was kinda fragile though, so, I guess I shoulda seen it comin'. But if someone knows a way around this that is not a huge pain with writing tons of weird LaTeX code and exporting to and fro... then don't be shy. Alex -- A terrorist is a man with a bomb but without an air force.
Re: floatflt figures just before bibliography
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:11:21 +0200 Alexandru Cabuz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello, when I have one of those floatflt figures, the ones where text is supposed to wrap around them, right at the end of the document, just before the bibtex bibliography, the figure ends up getting laid out ON TOP of the bibliography, on the bibliography page. Very strange sight. It seems it's even trying to wrap the bibliography around the picture, but it only gets to move the title, the word Bibliography, and then everything goes to hell. It's especially strange since I have a page break right before the bibliography so it should be on its own page no matter what. The extended features doc DID say that the package was kinda fragile though, so, I guess I shoulda seen it comin'. But if someone knows a way around this that is not a huge pain with writing tons of weird LaTeX code and exporting to and fro... then don't be shy. Alex In fact I don't use that floatflt, but you could try the \clearpage LaTeX command. It inserts a page break, but it also forces all the floats up to that point to be displayed. (LyX just inserts a \newpage command) Bye, Guldo
cancelled text
Hello everybody, I sometimes would write a word in a cancelled form lik this: Wrong But I couldn't find a LaTeX-command to do this. In HTML there is a command named STRIKE. Is there any similar command in LaTeX or is this provided by a special package? Thanks Uwe
multirows in tables
Hello everybody, I'll write a table with a multirow like these: A | BCDEF | GHIJK | Blaa1 | Blaa1 B |-- | Blaa2 | Blaa 2 C | BCDEF | GHIJK But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not possible at the moment. So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? Thanks Uwe
Re: cancelled text
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:51:01PM +0200, Uwe St?hr wrote:
Hello everybody, I sometimes would write a word in a cancelled form
lik this: Wrong But I couldn't find a LaTeX-command to do this. In
HTML there is a command named STRIKE. Is there any similar command in
LaTeX or is this provided by a special package?
ulem.sty
see example
john
#LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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correct
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Re: multirows in tables
There is a LaTeX package called 'multirow'. Does exactly what you need. You'll have to use ERT raw latex to do the table in LyX. If you dont already have the package then check CTAN Regards On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:24, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hello everybody, I'll write a table with a multirow like these: A | BCDEF | GHIJK | Blaa1 | Blaa1 B |-- | Blaa2 | Blaa 2 C | BCDEF | GHIJK But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not possible at the moment. So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? Thanks Uwe -- K S Sreeram Director of Research Tachyon Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Re: multirows in tables
Uz.ytkownik K S Sreeram napisa?: There is a LaTeX package called 'multirow'. Does exactly what you need. You'll have to use ERT raw latex to do the table in LyX. If you dont already have the package then check CTAN Regards On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:24, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hello everybody, I'll write a table with a multirow like these: A | BCDEF | GHIJK | Blaa1 | Blaa1 B |-- | Blaa2 | Blaa 2 C | BCDEF | GHIJK But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not possible at the moment. So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? Thanks Uwe Wait, so You are saying that I can span text across multicolumns easyly, and I have to use pure Latex to do the same with rows? wo
Re: multirows in tables
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 01:49, Marcin Bukat wrote: Wait, so You are saying that I can span text across multicolumns easyly, and I have to use pure Latex to do the same with rows? Yup. but I am not sure if there is a workaround that you can do with LyX. In general, to realize the full potential of lyx, you HAVE to be reasonably comfortable with latex IMHO. Though you can do quite a lot with lyx by itself, latex is a whole big world with practically endless possibilities. Once you're comfortable with latex, you can mix and match lyx and latex as required. Regards -- K S Sreeram Director of Research Tachyon Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Insert table in 1.3.2 QT displaying fixed column width tables.
I have a problem with table insertino in LyX 1.3.2 with QT frontend (overall an enormous improvement): The 'insert table' is not shown in the menu. The only table related menu entries are: edit - tabular (greyed out), and insert - floats - table. My ~./lyx/ui/default.ui contains a line Item Tabular Material...|b dialog-tabular-insert in the Menu insert section, but this menu item does not show up. Martijn - Physics is a approximate description of a part of the physical phenomena, that are only a small portion of human perceptions. H Casimir, Dutch Physicist
Yes you can- multirow in LyX
You can Insert-Tabular Material *inside* a table cell. With a table inside a table ... one cell can encompass multiple rows in a column alongside a standard column, thereby making the standard table multirow. Works best if you use tables without borders, of course. It's all done within LyX. No Evil Red Text required.
Re: multirows in tables
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:54:32PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
Hello everybody,
I'll write a table with a multirow like these:
A | BCDEF | GHIJK
| Blaa1 | Blaa1
B |--
| Blaa2 | Blaa 2
C | BCDEF | GHIJK
[Looks like this would need multicolumn, too...]
But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX
offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me
that multirows are not possible at the moment.
So when will it be possible?
When somebody implements it.
And is there another solution for doing this?
There is a multirow package, basic usage (taken from mulitrow.sty) is
% \multirow{nrows}[bigstruts]{width}[fixup]{text}
%
% nrows is the number of rows to span. It's up to you to leave the other
% rows empty, or the stuff created by \multirow will over-write it.
% With a positive value of nrows the spanned colomns are this row and
% (nrows-1) rows below it. With a negative value of nrows they are
% this row and (1-nrows) above it.
%
% bigstruts is mainly used if you've used bigstrut.sty. In that case it
% is the total number of uses of \bigstrut within the rows being
% spanned. Count 2 uses for each \bigstrut, 1 for each \bigstrut[x]
% where x is either t or b. The default is 0.
% width is the width to which the text is to be set, or * to indicate that
% the text argument's natural width is to be used.
%
% text is the actual text. If the width was set explicitly, the text will
% be set in a parbox of that width; you can use \\ to force linebreaks
% where you like.
%
% If the width was given as * the text will be set in LR mode. If you
% want a multiline entry in this case you should use a tabular or array
% in the text parameter.
%
% The text is centered vertically within the range spanned by nrows.
%
% fixup is a length used for fine tuning: The text will be raised (or
% lowered, if fixup is negative) by that length above (below) wherever
% it would otherwise have gone.
%
% For example (using both multirow and bigstrut)
%
% \newcommand{\minitab}[2][l]{\begin{tabular}{#1}#2\end{tabular}}
% \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
% \hline
% \multirow{4}{1in}{Common g text} Column g2a\\
%Column g2b \\
%Column g2c \\
%Column g2d \\
% \hline
% \multirow{3}[6]*{Common g text} Column g2a\bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2b \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2c \bigstrut\\
% \hline
% \multirow{4}[8]{1in}{Common g text} Column g2a\bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2b \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2c \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2d \bigstrut\\
% \hline
% \multirow{4}*{\minitab[c]{Common \\ g text}} Column g2a\\
%Column g2b \\
%Column g2c \\
%Column g2d \\
% \hline
% \end{tabular}
Andre'
Improve PDF output quality
Hello all, Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF output produced by LaTeX/LyX ?? On my Linux system I view everything through GSview4.3, and it looks 'quite' good. But when I send it to my Win 98 box with Acrobat Reader 5.0 on it, that 'quite' good output looks ugly. -- do I have to include some latex preambles, or fill in some fields in the configuration screen?? Kind regards, Jan
Re: Improve PDF output quality
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 07:56:30AM +0200, Jan Van Belle wrote: Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF output produced by LaTeX/LyX ?? As long as you don't even give a hint which method you use to produce PDF and why all of the methods Google suggests when asked for 'PDF LaTeX quality' failed I doubt you will get much help. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: Improve PDF output quality
Is this just the standard problem every one has with PDF's first off?
For me I did this to get good pdf fonts
in lyx under documents
set font to roman
set encoding to standard
change the file
usr/share/texmf/dvips/config (as
a root) and change in file updmap lines from
type1_default=false
#type1_default=true
to
#type1_default=false
type1_default=true
and run ./updmap.
and put
\usepackage{ae,aecompl}
in the preamble
and you fonts should look cool
Jan Van Belle wrote:
Andre Poenitz wrote:
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 07:56:30AM +0200, Jan Van Belle wrote:
Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF
output produced by LaTeX/LyX ??
As long as you don't even give a hint which method you use to
produce PDF and why all of the methods Google suggests when asked
for 'PDF LaTeX quality' failed I doubt you will get much help.
Andre'
--
Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have,
nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
OK, I supposed everyone has the same methods ;-)
-- export as PDF
-- export as PDF (pdflatex)
-- export as PDF (dvipdfm)
I already tried with exporting as PS and then convert it
under GSview to PDF, but it has the same (miserable) effect.
I suspect the dvipdfm method produces the best output.
However, I'm not quite sure
Jan
Re: floatflt figures just before bibliography
In fact I don't use that floatflt, but you could try the \clearpage LaTeX command. It inserts a page break, but it also forces all the floats up to that point to be displayed. (LyX just inserts a \newpage command) Made no difference. I'll try to insulate figures from each other and from the bibliography with text, I still got a lot more writing to do anyways. Is this worth a bug report? From the docs it seems people are aware of the floatflt package frailty, so it's probably not worth it. Alex
Re: Yes you can- multirow in LyX
Take a look at the file. A not very clean solution but it works E.G. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: Yes you can- multirow in LyX You can Insert-Tabular Material *inside* a table cell. With a table inside a table ... one cell can encompass multiple rows in a column alongside a standard column, thereby making the standard table multirow. Works best if you use tables without borders, of course. It's all done within LyX. No Evil Red Text required. multirow.lyx Description: Binary data
Getting rid of the parameters variable in the External Inset
I have been playing around with the external inset recently. It started off as let's see what needs to be done to display the external material within LyX (like the graphics inset does) and ended up as a bit of a spring clean. One thing I have done is modify the code so that the external insets use the same converter mechanism as used elsewhere by LyX. (The stuff that enables you to see your favourite EPS file on the LyX screen, for example.) At the moment, the external inset uses its own mechanism to do this. (To generate the necessary files that can be processed by the LaTeX compiler for example.) The converter is hard-coded within the template definition but you have the ability to tune its behaviour using the parameters variable that you can set in the External dialog. At least that's the idea. In practice, however, the implementation is clunky. We have several different targets that could be tuned in this way. (Latex, docbook, ascii etc) but only one parameters variable. In fact, most of the current external inset converters ignore this variable entirely. Now that I have moved things over to the generic converter mechanism, I have a problem with what to do with this pesky variable. It doesn't sit well with the converter concept. (No other converter allows this per-inset tuning.) I propose therefore to remove it. If anybody uses this and would be deeply upset if I did remove it, could they please mail me (or the list of course). -- Angus
screen font problem with 1.3.1. on RedHat 8.0
I'm a new LyX user, and have installed 1.3.1 on RedHat 8.0. Some math symbols, such as a big sigma (sum) are not displayed. Here is a screenshot: http://orange.math.buffalo.edu/temp/lyx_font_problem.gif , showing the display with the missing symbol, along with the output (which is ok). Any help greatly appreciated. JR
Re: screen font problem with 1.3.1. on RedHat 8.0
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:02:12AM -0400, John Ringland wrote: Any help greatly appreciated. Have you had a look at the arcives of this mailing list? Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: Multiline equation delimiter trouble
Andre Poenitz wrote: Matrices seem to allow highlighting the whole solid block, but multiline equations do not. The problem with a matrix is that I have fractional expressions in my equation, and in matrix mode the fractional expressions get typeset in a smaller font. That's, again, standard LaTeX behviour. You can override that by explicitly saying \displaysize in the cells. Hi Andre, thanks for the input. Is it possible to use \displaysize in LyX? I have tried putting this evil red text into the cell of a matrix containing a fractional expression, but it leads to an error. What is the correct way to do this? How can I write a multiline equation with a delimiter that expands around the whole equation (vertically), without using the matrix mode? No way Well, if I can get it to work in an array, that would be fine. I just want the normal size for my fractional expressions. Good day! -- Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
floatflt figures just before bibliography
hello, when I have one of those floatflt figures, the ones where text is supposed to wrap around them, right at the end of the document, just before the bibtex bibliography, the figure ends up getting laid out ON TOP of the bibliography, on the bibliography page. Very strange sight. It seems it's even trying to wrap the bibliography around the picture, but it only gets to move the title, the word Bibliography, and then everything goes to hell. It's especially strange since I have a page break right before the bibliography so it should be on its own page no matter what. The extended features doc DID say that the package was kinda fragile though, so, I guess I shoulda seen it comin'. But if someone knows a way around this that is not a huge pain with writing tons of weird LaTeX code and exporting to and fro... then don't be shy. Alex -- A terrorist is a man with a bomb but without an air force.
Re: floatflt figures just before bibliography
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:11:21 +0200 Alexandru Cabuz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello, when I have one of those floatflt figures, the ones where text is supposed to wrap around them, right at the end of the document, just before the bibtex bibliography, the figure ends up getting laid out ON TOP of the bibliography, on the bibliography page. Very strange sight. It seems it's even trying to wrap the bibliography around the picture, but it only gets to move the title, the word Bibliography, and then everything goes to hell. It's especially strange since I have a page break right before the bibliography so it should be on its own page no matter what. The extended features doc DID say that the package was kinda fragile though, so, I guess I shoulda seen it comin'. But if someone knows a way around this that is not a huge pain with writing tons of weird LaTeX code and exporting to and fro... then don't be shy. Alex In fact I don't use that floatflt, but you could try the \clearpage LaTeX command. It inserts a page break, but it also forces all the floats up to that point to be displayed. (LyX just inserts a \newpage command) Bye, Guldo
cancelled text
Hello everybody, I sometimes would write a word in a cancelled form lik this: Wrong But I couldn't find a LaTeX-command to do this. In HTML there is a command named STRIKE. Is there any similar command in LaTeX or is this provided by a special package? Thanks Uwe
multirows in tables
Hello everybody, I'll write a table with a multirow like these: A | BCDEF | GHIJK | Blaa1 | Blaa1 B |-- | Blaa2 | Blaa 2 C | BCDEF | GHIJK But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not possible at the moment. So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? Thanks Uwe
Re: cancelled text
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:51:01PM +0200, Uwe St?hr wrote:
Hello everybody, I sometimes would write a word in a cancelled form
lik this: Wrong But I couldn't find a LaTeX-command to do this. In
HTML there is a command named STRIKE. Is there any similar command in
LaTeX or is this provided by a special package?
ulem.sty
see example
john
#LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 221
\textclass article
\begin_preamble
\usepackage{ulem}
\end_preamble
\language english
\inputencoding auto
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\papersize Default
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 0
\use_amsmath 0
\use_natbib 0
\use_numerical_citations 0
\paperorientation portrait
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status Inlined
\layout Standard
\backslash
sout{
\end_inset
wrong
\begin_inset ERT
status Inlined
\layout Standard
}
\end_inset
correct
\the_end
Re: multirows in tables
There is a LaTeX package called 'multirow'. Does exactly what you need. You'll have to use ERT raw latex to do the table in LyX. If you dont already have the package then check CTAN Regards On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:24, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hello everybody, I'll write a table with a multirow like these: A | BCDEF | GHIJK | Blaa1 | Blaa1 B |-- | Blaa2 | Blaa 2 C | BCDEF | GHIJK But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not possible at the moment. So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? Thanks Uwe -- K S Sreeram Director of Research Tachyon Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Re: multirows in tables
Uz.ytkownik K S Sreeram napisa?: There is a LaTeX package called 'multirow'. Does exactly what you need. You'll have to use ERT raw latex to do the table in LyX. If you dont already have the package then check CTAN Regards On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:24, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hello everybody, I'll write a table with a multirow like these: A | BCDEF | GHIJK | Blaa1 | Blaa1 B |-- | Blaa2 | Blaa 2 C | BCDEF | GHIJK But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not possible at the moment. So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? Thanks Uwe Wait, so You are saying that I can span text across multicolumns easyly, and I have to use pure Latex to do the same with rows? wo
Re: multirows in tables
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 01:49, Marcin Bukat wrote: Wait, so You are saying that I can span text across multicolumns easyly, and I have to use pure Latex to do the same with rows? Yup. but I am not sure if there is a workaround that you can do with LyX. In general, to realize the full potential of lyx, you HAVE to be reasonably comfortable with latex IMHO. Though you can do quite a lot with lyx by itself, latex is a whole big world with practically endless possibilities. Once you're comfortable with latex, you can mix and match lyx and latex as required. Regards -- K S Sreeram Director of Research Tachyon Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Insert table in 1.3.2 QT displaying fixed column width tables.
I have a problem with table insertino in LyX 1.3.2 with QT frontend (overall an enormous improvement): The 'insert table' is not shown in the menu. The only table related menu entries are: edit - tabular (greyed out), and insert - floats - table. My ~./lyx/ui/default.ui contains a line Item Tabular Material...|b dialog-tabular-insert in the Menu insert section, but this menu item does not show up. Martijn - Physics is a approximate description of a part of the physical phenomena, that are only a small portion of human perceptions. H Casimir, Dutch Physicist
Yes you can- multirow in LyX
You can Insert-Tabular Material *inside* a table cell. With a table inside a table ... one cell can encompass multiple rows in a column alongside a standard column, thereby making the standard table multirow. Works best if you use tables without borders, of course. It's all done within LyX. No Evil Red Text required.
Re: multirows in tables
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:54:32PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
Hello everybody,
I'll write a table with a multirow like these:
A | BCDEF | GHIJK
| Blaa1 | Blaa1
B |--
| Blaa2 | Blaa 2
C | BCDEF | GHIJK
[Looks like this would need multicolumn, too...]
But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX
offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me
that multirows are not possible at the moment.
So when will it be possible?
When somebody implements it.
And is there another solution for doing this?
There is a multirow package, basic usage (taken from mulitrow.sty) is
% \multirow{nrows}[bigstruts]{width}[fixup]{text}
%
% nrows is the number of rows to span. It's up to you to leave the other
% rows empty, or the stuff created by \multirow will over-write it.
% With a positive value of nrows the spanned colomns are this row and
% (nrows-1) rows below it. With a negative value of nrows they are
% this row and (1-nrows) above it.
%
% bigstruts is mainly used if you've used bigstrut.sty. In that case it
% is the total number of uses of \bigstrut within the rows being
% spanned. Count 2 uses for each \bigstrut, 1 for each \bigstrut[x]
% where x is either t or b. The default is 0.
% width is the width to which the text is to be set, or * to indicate that
% the text argument's natural width is to be used.
%
% text is the actual text. If the width was set explicitly, the text will
% be set in a parbox of that width; you can use \\ to force linebreaks
% where you like.
%
% If the width was given as * the text will be set in LR mode. If you
% want a multiline entry in this case you should use a tabular or array
% in the text parameter.
%
% The text is centered vertically within the range spanned by nrows.
%
% fixup is a length used for fine tuning: The text will be raised (or
% lowered, if fixup is negative) by that length above (below) wherever
% it would otherwise have gone.
%
% For example (using both multirow and bigstrut)
%
% \newcommand{\minitab}[2][l]{\begin{tabular}{#1}#2\end{tabular}}
% \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
% \hline
% \multirow{4}{1in}{Common g text} Column g2a\\
%Column g2b \\
%Column g2c \\
%Column g2d \\
% \hline
% \multirow{3}[6]*{Common g text} Column g2a\bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2b \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2c \bigstrut\\
% \hline
% \multirow{4}[8]{1in}{Common g text} Column g2a\bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2b \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2c \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
%Column g2d \bigstrut\\
% \hline
% \multirow{4}*{\minitab[c]{Common \\ g text}} Column g2a\\
%Column g2b \\
%Column g2c \\
%Column g2d \\
% \hline
% \end{tabular}
Andre'
Improve PDF output quality
Hello all, Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF output produced by LaTeX/LyX ?? On my Linux system I view everything through GSview4.3, and it looks 'quite' good. But when I send it to my Win 98 box with Acrobat Reader 5.0 on it, that 'quite' good output looks ugly. -- do I have to include some latex preambles, or fill in some fields in the configuration screen?? Kind regards, Jan
Re: Improve PDF output quality
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 07:56:30AM +0200, Jan Van Belle wrote: Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF output produced by LaTeX/LyX ?? As long as you don't even give a hint which method you use to produce PDF and why all of the methods Google suggests when asked for 'PDF LaTeX quality' failed I doubt you will get much help. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: Improve PDF output quality
Is this just the standard problem every one has with PDF's first off?
For me I did this to get good pdf fonts
in lyx under documents
set font to roman
set encoding to standard
change the file
usr/share/texmf/dvips/config (as
a root) and change in file updmap lines from
type1_default=false
#type1_default=true
to
#type1_default=false
type1_default=true
and run ./updmap.
and put
\usepackage{ae,aecompl}
in the preamble
and you fonts should look cool
Jan Van Belle wrote:
Andre Poenitz wrote:
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 07:56:30AM +0200, Jan Van Belle wrote:
Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF
output produced by LaTeX/LyX ??
As long as you don't even give a hint which method you use to
produce PDF and why all of the methods Google suggests when asked
for 'PDF LaTeX quality' failed I doubt you will get much help.
Andre'
--
Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have,
nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
OK, I supposed everyone has the same methods ;-)
-- export as PDF
-- export as PDF (pdflatex)
-- export as PDF (dvipdfm)
I already tried with exporting as PS and then convert it
under GSview to PDF, but it has the same (miserable) effect.
I suspect the dvipdfm method produces the best output.
However, I'm not quite sure
Jan
Re: floatflt figures just before bibliography
In fact I don't use that floatflt, but you could try the \clearpage LaTeX command. It inserts a page break, but it also forces all the floats up to that point to be displayed. (LyX just inserts a \newpage command) Made no difference. I'll try to insulate figures from each other and from the bibliography with text, I still got a lot more writing to do anyways. Is this worth a bug report? From the docs it seems people are aware of the floatflt package frailty, so it's probably not worth it. Alex
Re: Yes you can- multirow in LyX
Take a look at the file. A not very clean solution but it works E.G. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: Yes you can- multirow in LyX You can Insert-Tabular Material *inside* a table cell. With a table inside a table ... one cell can encompass multiple rows in a column alongside a standard column, thereby making the standard table multirow. Works best if you use tables without borders, of course. It's all done within LyX. No Evil Red Text required. multirow.lyx Description: Binary data
Getting rid of the "parameters" variable in the External Inset
I have been playing around with the external inset recently. It started off as "let's see what needs to be done to display the external material within LyX" (like the graphics inset does) and ended up as a bit of a spring clean. One thing I have done is modify the code so that the external insets use the same "converter" mechanism as used elsewhere by LyX. (The stuff that enables you to see your favourite EPS file on the LyX screen, for example.) At the moment, the external inset uses its own mechanism to do this. (To generate the necessary files that can be processed by the LaTeX compiler for example.) The converter is hard-coded within the template definition but you have the ability to tune its behaviour using the "parameters" variable that you can set in the External dialog. At least that's the idea. In practice, however, the implementation is clunky. We have several different targets that could be tuned in this way. (Latex, docbook, ascii etc) but only one "parameters" variable. In fact, most of the current external inset converters ignore this variable entirely. Now that I have moved things over to the generic converter mechanism, I have a problem with what to do with this pesky variable. It doesn't sit well with the converter concept. (No other converter allows this per-inset tuning.) I propose therefore to remove it. If anybody uses this and would be deeply upset if I did remove it, could they please mail me (or the list of course). -- Angus
screen font problem with 1.3.1. on RedHat 8.0
I'm a new LyX user, and have installed 1.3.1 on RedHat 8.0. Some math symbols, such as a big sigma (sum) are not displayed. Here is a screenshot: http://orange.math.buffalo.edu/temp/lyx_font_problem.gif , showing the display with the missing symbol, along with the output (which is ok). Any help greatly appreciated. JR
Re: screen font problem with 1.3.1. on RedHat 8.0
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:02:12AM -0400, John Ringland wrote: > Any help greatly appreciated. Have you had a look at the arcives of this mailing list? Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: Multiline equation delimiter trouble
Andre Poenitz wrote: Matrices seem to allow highlighting the whole solid block, but multiline equations do not. The problem with a matrix is that I have fractional expressions in my equation, and in matrix mode the fractional expressions get typeset in a smaller font. That's, again, standard LaTeX behviour. You can override that by explicitly saying \displaysize in the cells. Hi Andre, thanks for the input. Is it possible to use \displaysize in LyX? I have tried putting this evil red text into the cell of a matrix containing a fractional expression, but it leads to an error. What is the correct way to do this? How can I write a multiline equation with a delimiter that expands around the whole equation (vertically), without using the matrix mode? No way Well, if I can get it to work in an array, that would be fine. I just want the normal size for my fractional expressions. Good day! -- Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
floatflt figures just before bibliography
hello, when I have one of those floatflt figures, the ones where text is supposed to wrap around them, right at the end of the document, just before the bibtex bibliography, the figure ends up getting laid out ON TOP of the bibliography, on the bibliography page. Very strange sight. It seems it's even trying to wrap the bibliography around the picture, but it only gets to move the title, the word Bibliography, and then everything goes to hell. It's especially strange since I have a page break right before the bibliography so it should be on its own page no matter what. The extended features doc DID say that the package was kinda fragile though, so, I guess I shoulda seen it comin'. But if someone knows a way around this that is not a huge pain with writing tons of weird LaTeX code and exporting to and fro... then don't be shy. Alex -- A terrorist is a man with a bomb but without an air force.
Re: floatflt figures just before bibliography
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:11:21 +0200 Alexandru Cabuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > > when I have one of those floatflt figures, the ones where text is supposed to > wrap around them, right at the end of the document, just before the bibtex > bibliography, the figure ends up getting laid out ON TOP of the bibliography, > on the bibliography page. Very strange sight. It seems it's even trying to > wrap the bibliography around the picture, but it only gets to move the title, > the word Bibliography, and then everything goes to hell. > > It's especially strange since I have a page break right before the > bibliography so it should be on its own page no matter what. > > The extended features doc DID say that the package was kinda fragile though, > so, I guess I shoulda seen it comin'. But if someone knows a way around this > that is not a huge pain with writing tons of weird LaTeX code and exporting > to and fro... then don't be shy. > > Alex In fact I don't use that floatflt, but you could try the \clearpage LaTeX command. It inserts a page break, but it also forces all the floats up to that point to be displayed. (LyX just inserts a \newpage command) Bye, Guldo
cancelled text
Hello everybody, I sometimes would write a word in a cancelled form lik this: Wrong But I couldn't find a LaTeX-command to do this. In HTML there is a command named STRIKE. Is there any similar command in LaTeX or is this provided by a special package? Thanks Uwe
multirows in tables
Hello everybody, I'll write a table with a multirow like these: A | BCDEF | GHIJK | Blaa1 | Blaa1 B |-- | Blaa2 | Blaa 2 C | BCDEF | GHIJK But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not possible at the moment. So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? Thanks Uwe
Re: cancelled text
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:51:01PM +0200, Uwe St?hr wrote:
> Hello everybody, I sometimes would write a word in a cancelled form
> lik this: Wrong But I couldn't find a LaTeX-command to do this. In
> HTML there is a command named STRIKE. Is there any similar command in
> LaTeX or is this provided by a special package?
ulem.sty
see example
john
#LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 221
\textclass article
\begin_preamble
\usepackage{ulem}
\end_preamble
\language english
\inputencoding auto
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\papersize Default
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 0
\use_amsmath 0
\use_natbib 0
\use_numerical_citations 0
\paperorientation portrait
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status Inlined
\layout Standard
\backslash
sout{
\end_inset
wrong
\begin_inset ERT
status Inlined
\layout Standard
}
\end_inset
correct
\the_end
Re: multirows in tables
There is a LaTeX package called 'multirow'. Does exactly what you need. You'll have to use ERT raw latex to do the table in LyX. If you dont already have the package then check CTAN Regards On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:24, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Hello everybody, > I'll write a table with a multirow like these: > > A | BCDEF | GHIJK > >| Blaa1 | Blaa1 > B |-- >| Blaa2 | Blaa 2 > > C | BCDEF | GHIJK > > But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a > position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not > possible at the moment. > > So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? > > Thanks Uwe -- K S Sreeram Director of Research Tachyon Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Re: multirows in tables
Uz.ytkownik K S Sreeram napisa?: There is a LaTeX package called 'multirow'. Does exactly what you need. You'll have to use ERT raw latex to do the table in LyX. If you dont already have the package then check CTAN Regards On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 00:24, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hello everybody, I'll write a table with a multirow like these: A | BCDEF | GHIJK | Blaa1 | Blaa1 B |-- | Blaa2 | Blaa 2 C | BCDEF | GHIJK But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me that multirows are not possible at the moment. So when will it be possible? And is there another solution for doing this? Thanks Uwe Wait, so You are saying that I can span text across multicolumns easyly, and I have to use pure Latex to do the same with rows? wo
Re: multirows in tables
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 01:49, Marcin Bukat wrote: > Wait, so You are saying that I can span text across multicolumns easyly, > and I have to use pure Latex to do the same with rows? > Yup. but I am not sure if there is a workaround that you can do with LyX. In general, to realize the full potential of lyx, you HAVE to be reasonably comfortable with latex IMHO. Though you can do quite a lot with lyx by itself, latex is a whole big world with practically endless possibilities. Once you're comfortable with latex, you can mix and match lyx and latex as required. Regards -- K S Sreeram Director of Research Tachyon Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Insert table in 1.3.2 QT & displaying fixed column width tables.
I have a problem with table insertino in LyX 1.3.2 with QT frontend (overall an enormous improvement): The 'insert table' is not shown in the menu. The only table related menu entries are: edit -> tabular (greyed out), and insert -> floats -> table. My ~./lyx/ui/default.ui contains a line Item "Tabular Material...|b" "dialog-tabular-insert" in the Menu "insert" section, but this menu item does not show up. Martijn - Physics is a approximate description of a part of the physical phenomena, that are only a small portion of human perceptions. H Casimir, Dutch Physicist
Yes you can-> multirow in LyX
You can Insert->Tabular Material *inside* a table cell. With a table inside a table ... one cell can encompass multiple rows in a column alongside a standard column, thereby making the standard table "multirow". Works best if you use tables without borders, of course. It's all done within LyX. No "Evil Red Text" required.
Re: multirows in tables
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:54:32PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> I'll write a table with a multirow like these:
>
> A | BCDEF | GHIJK
>
>| Blaa1 | Blaa1
> B |--
>| Blaa2 | Blaa 2
>
> C | BCDEF | GHIJK
[Looks like this would need multicolumn, too...]
> But I'm not able to put the entry B in the middle of two rows. LyX
> offers only a position in the first row or in the second and tells me
> that multirows are not possible at the moment.
>
> So when will it be possible?
When somebody implements it.
> And is there another solution for doing this?
There is a multirow package, basic usage (taken from mulitrow.sty) is
% \multirow{nrows}[bigstruts]{width}[fixup]{text}
%
% nrows is the number of rows to span. It's up to you to leave the other
% rows empty, or the stuff created by \multirow will over-write it.
% With a positive value of nrows the spanned colomns are this row and
% (nrows-1) rows below it. With a negative value of nrows they are
% this row and (1-nrows) above it.
%
% bigstruts is mainly used if you've used bigstrut.sty. In that case it
% is the total number of uses of \bigstrut within the rows being
% spanned. Count 2 uses for each \bigstrut, 1 for each \bigstrut[x]
% where x is either t or b. The default is 0.
% width is the width to which the text is to be set, or * to indicate that
% the text argument's natural width is to be used.
%
% text is the actual text. If the width was set explicitly, the text will
% be set in a parbox of that width; you can use \\ to force linebreaks
% where you like.
%
% If the width was given as * the text will be set in LR mode. If you
% want a multiline entry in this case you should use a tabular or array
% in the text parameter.
%
% The text is centered vertically within the range spanned by nrows.
%
% fixup is a length used for fine tuning: The text will be raised (or
% lowered, if fixup is negative) by that length above (below) wherever
% it would otherwise have gone.
%
% For example (using both multirow and bigstrut)
%
% \newcommand{\minitab}[2][l]{\begin{tabular}{#1}#2\end{tabular}}
% \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
% \hline
% \multirow{4}{1in}{Common g text} & Column g2a\\
% & Column g2b \\
% & Column g2c \\
% & Column g2d \\
% \hline
% \multirow{3}[6]*{Common g text} & Column g2a\bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
% & Column g2b \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
% & Column g2c \bigstrut\\
% \hline
% \multirow{4}[8]{1in}{Common g text} & Column g2a\bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
% & Column g2b \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
% & Column g2c \bigstrut\\\cline{2-2}
% & Column g2d \bigstrut\\
% \hline
% \multirow{4}*{\minitab[c]{Common \\ g text}} & Column g2a\\
% & Column g2b \\
% & Column g2c \\
% & Column g2d \\
% \hline
% \end{tabular}
Andre'
Improve PDF output quality
Hello all, Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF output produced by LaTeX/LyX ?? On my Linux system I view everything through GSview4.3, and it looks 'quite' good. But when I send it to my Win 98 box with Acrobat Reader 5.0 on it, that 'quite' good output looks ugly. --> do I have to include some latex preambles, or fill in some fields in the configuration screen?? Kind regards, Jan
Re: Improve PDF output quality
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 07:56:30AM +0200, Jan Van Belle wrote: > Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF > output produced by LaTeX/LyX ?? As long as you don't even give a hint which method you use to produce PDF and why all of the methods Google suggests when asked for 'PDF LaTeX quality' failed I doubt you will get much help. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: Improve PDF output quality
Is this just the standard problem every one has with PDF's first off?
For me I did this to get good pdf fonts
in lyx under documents
set font to roman
set encoding to standard
change the file
usr/share/texmf/dvips/config (as
a root) and change in file updmap lines from
type1_default=false
#type1_default=true
to
#type1_default=false
type1_default=true
and run ./updmap.
and put
\usepackage{ae,aecompl}
in the preamble
and you fonts should look cool
Jan Van Belle wrote:
Andre Poenitz wrote:
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 07:56:30AM +0200, Jan Van Belle wrote:
Can someone give me some hints on how to improve the PDF
output produced by LaTeX/LyX ??
As long as you don't even give a hint which method you use to
produce PDF and why all of the methods Google suggests when asked
for 'PDF LaTeX quality' failed I doubt you will get much help.
Andre'
--
Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have,
nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
OK, I supposed everyone has the same methods ;-)
--> export as PDF
--> export as PDF (pdflatex)
--> export as PDF (dvipdfm)
I already tried with exporting as PS and then convert it
under GSview to PDF, but it has the same (miserable) effect.
I suspect the dvipdfm method produces the best output.
However, I'm not quite sure
Jan
Re: floatflt figures just before bibliography
> In fact I don't use that floatflt, but you could try the > \clearpage > LaTeX command. It inserts a page break, but it also forces all the floats > up to that point to be displayed. (LyX just inserts a \newpage command) Made no difference. I'll try to insulate figures from each other and from the bibliography with text, I still got a lot more writing to do anyways. Is this worth a bug report? From the docs it seems people are aware of the floatflt package frailty, so it's probably not worth it. Alex
Re: Yes you can-> multirow in LyX
Take a look at the file. A not very clean solution but it works E.G. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: Yes you can-> multirow in LyX > You can Insert->Tabular Material *inside* a table cell. > > With a table inside a table ... one cell can encompass multiple rows in a > column alongside a standard column, thereby making the standard table > "multirow". > > Works best if you use tables without borders, of course. > > It's all done within LyX. No "Evil Red Text" required. > multirow.lyx Description: Binary data
