Re: Navigate Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Helge Hafting 

Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] wrote:

I am a long-time (2-3 years) Lyx users, but just only recently ran
into the NAVIGATE  OTHER LISTS feature on this software, after
upgrading to 1.6.1

Just to say: I cannot tell you how useful this is, for updating the
index, correcting footnotes and whole lot of other tasks. Kudos to the
developers for creating such a useful feature.

Other features on one's dream-list:

* A kind of automated indexing: which lists all the occurances of one
word, and asks the editor whether s/he wants to include each entry.


That seems like a good idea. Not the fully-automated indexing that 
usually overdoes it, but something similiar to searc  replace that

asks.

Please file a enhancement request  (wishlist bug) on bugzilla.lyx.org



* Better help files.


Feel free to write some. :-)



* More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...


You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would need 
someone who knows good designs.




* Closer integration between layout on Lyx and typesetting (on
wordprocessor), so that when one file gets changed, the other gets
automatically updated.


What do you mean here?  whenever you change something in LyX, the output 
also changes (after hitting the appropriate button that updates the 
dvi/pdf view.) Doing this fully automatic would waste a lot of
processing power as most people don't watch the preview continously. 
There is normally no need.  Or did you mean something else?



Helge Hafting

Sample chapter ... Was: Re: Navigate Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
2009/3/6 Helge Hafting helge.haft...@hist.no

 * More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...

 You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would
 need someone who knows good designs.

I meant something more like this, which works wonderfully well for me:
http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html

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Something like a LaTeX cheat sheet: Re: Navigate Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
2009/3/6 Helge Hafting helge.haft...@hist.no

 * Better help files.
 Feel free to write some. :-)

For LaTeX, I found this very useful (a cheat sheet):
http://www.stdout.org/~winston/latex/

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Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
This may sound like a bizarre query: but is it possible to ensure that
every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?

I have a book with a series of short essays. While these need chapter
numbers, and listing in the index, it is not necessary for the essays
to begin on a new page. Would be grateful for any help. Thanks, FN

PS: See my lyx-crafted books at http://goa1556books.notlong.com (still
learning, books released under CC license, and full-text is out there)

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Re: Sample chapter ... Was: Re: Navigate Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr 

Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] schrieb:


* More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...

You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would
need someone who knows good designs.


I meant something more like this, which works wonderfully well for me:
http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html


This is a manual how to hack LaTeX with low-level commands. LyX is designed _not_ to hack LaTeX and 
therefore such wonderful document classes like koma-script and memoir were developed. I suggest to 
have a look at the documentation of these two classes - you will be surprised what you can do with 
them without the need of ugly, massive preamble hacks.


regards Uwe

Re: Can't see integrals, sigmas, etc.

2009-03-06 Thread E. Kaplan 

Thanks, Guenter-- that did it.



Ehud Kaplan



Guenter Milde wrote:

On 2009-03-05, Ehud Kaplan wrote:
  

I have installed Lyx 1.6.1 on a kubuntu 64 bit (Version 8.10).
It seems to work fine, and produce correct pdf output.  However, some 
thing are not shown in the equations (in the Lyx editor):

integrals, summation signs, etc.
Have I neglected to install anything?  



Did you install latex-xft-fonts? 


It is generally a good idea to install all recommended packages (unless
you are sure that you do not need them).

Günter

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Doug Laidlaw 
On Friday 06 March 2009 11:32:01 pm Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] wrote:
 This may sound like a bizarre query: but is it possible to ensure that
 every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?

 I have a book with a series of short essays. While these need chapter
 numbers, and listing in the index, it is not necessary for the essays
 to begin on a new page. Would be grateful for any help. Thanks, FN

 PS: See my lyx-crafted books at http://goa1556books.notlong.com (still
 learning, books released under CC license, and full-text is out there)

I have a book which is printed similarly.  Each chapter is a separate essay 
with the author's photo, about 3*2 cm.  The overall effect is very like 
KOMA-script, except for that. 

P.S.: Is your link right?  It took me to Google Books, who couldn't find it.

Doug.

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris 

Frederick:
 is it possible to ensure that
 every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?


For the book(KOMA-Script) class there is an option for that. It's
open-any.

Kind regards, Nikos

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris 
On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 17:01 +0100, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
 Frederick:
  is it possible to ensure that
  every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?
 
 
 For the book(KOMA-Script) class there is an option for that. It's
 open-any.

That should be:
open=any

Zapf dingbats

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
Is there some way to use Zapf dingbats in a Lyx file? Thanks in advance... FN
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Re: Navigate Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Helge Hafting 

Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] wrote:

I am a long-time (2-3 years) Lyx users, but just only recently ran
into the NAVIGATE  OTHER LISTS feature on this software, after
upgrading to 1.6.1

Just to say: I cannot tell you how useful this is, for updating the
index, correcting footnotes and whole lot of other tasks. Kudos to the
developers for creating such a useful feature.

Other features on one's dream-list:

* A kind of automated indexing: which lists all the occurances of one
word, and asks the editor whether s/he wants to include each entry.


That seems like a good idea. Not the fully-automated indexing that 
usually overdoes it, but something similiar to searc  replace that

asks.

Please file a enhancement request  (wishlist bug) on bugzilla.lyx.org



* Better help files.


Feel free to write some. :-)



* More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...


You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would need 
someone who knows good designs.




* Closer integration between layout on Lyx and typesetting (on
wordprocessor), so that when one file gets changed, the other gets
automatically updated.


What do you mean here?  whenever you change something in LyX, the output 
also changes (after hitting the appropriate button that updates the 
dvi/pdf view.) Doing this fully automatic would waste a lot of
processing power as most people don't watch the preview continously. 
There is normally no need.  Or did you mean something else?



Helge Hafting

Sample chapter ... Was: Re: Navigate Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
2009/3/6 Helge Hafting helge.haft...@hist.no

 * More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...

 You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would
 need someone who knows good designs.

I meant something more like this, which works wonderfully well for me:
http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html

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Something like a LaTeX cheat sheet: Re: Navigate Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
2009/3/6 Helge Hafting helge.haft...@hist.no

 * Better help files.
 Feel free to write some. :-)

For LaTeX, I found this very useful (a cheat sheet):
http://www.stdout.org/~winston/latex/

--
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Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
This may sound like a bizarre query: but is it possible to ensure that
every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?

I have a book with a series of short essays. While these need chapter
numbers, and listing in the index, it is not necessary for the essays
to begin on a new page. Would be grateful for any help. Thanks, FN

PS: See my lyx-crafted books at http://goa1556books.notlong.com (still
learning, books released under CC license, and full-text is out there)

-- 
FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com
M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://twitter.com/fn
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. - Confucius

Re: Sample chapter ... Was: Re: Navigate Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr 

Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] schrieb:


* More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...

You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would
need someone who knows good designs.


I meant something more like this, which works wonderfully well for me:
http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html


This is a manual how to hack LaTeX with low-level commands. LyX is designed _not_ to hack LaTeX and 
therefore such wonderful document classes like koma-script and memoir were developed. I suggest to 
have a look at the documentation of these two classes - you will be surprised what you can do with 
them without the need of ugly, massive preamble hacks.


regards Uwe

Re: Can't see integrals, sigmas, etc.

2009-03-06 Thread E. Kaplan 

Thanks, Guenter-- that did it.



Ehud Kaplan



Guenter Milde wrote:

On 2009-03-05, Ehud Kaplan wrote:
  

I have installed Lyx 1.6.1 on a kubuntu 64 bit (Version 8.10).
It seems to work fine, and produce correct pdf output.  However, some 
thing are not shown in the equations (in the Lyx editor):

integrals, summation signs, etc.
Have I neglected to install anything?  



Did you install latex-xft-fonts? 


It is generally a good idea to install all recommended packages (unless
you are sure that you do not need them).

Günter

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Doug Laidlaw 
On Friday 06 March 2009 11:32:01 pm Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] wrote:
 This may sound like a bizarre query: but is it possible to ensure that
 every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?

 I have a book with a series of short essays. While these need chapter
 numbers, and listing in the index, it is not necessary for the essays
 to begin on a new page. Would be grateful for any help. Thanks, FN

 PS: See my lyx-crafted books at http://goa1556books.notlong.com (still
 learning, books released under CC license, and full-text is out there)

I have a book which is printed similarly.  Each chapter is a separate essay 
with the author's photo, about 3*2 cm.  The overall effect is very like 
KOMA-script, except for that. 

P.S.: Is your link right?  It took me to Google Books, who couldn't find it.

Doug.

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris 

Frederick:
 is it possible to ensure that
 every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?


For the book(KOMA-Script) class there is an option for that. It's
open-any.

Kind regards, Nikos

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris 
On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 17:01 +0100, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
 Frederick:
  is it possible to ensure that
  every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?
 
 
 For the book(KOMA-Script) class there is an option for that. It's
 open-any.

That should be:
open=any

Zapf dingbats

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
Is there some way to use Zapf dingbats in a Lyx file? Thanks in advance... FN
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Re: Navigate > Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Helge Hafting 

Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] wrote:

I am a long-time (2-3 years) Lyx users, but just only recently ran
into the NAVIGATE > OTHER LISTS feature on this software, after
upgrading to 1.6.1

Just to say: I cannot tell you how useful this is, for updating the
index, correcting footnotes and whole lot of other tasks. Kudos to the
developers for creating such a useful feature.

Other features on one's dream-list:

* A kind of automated indexing: which lists all the occurances of one
word, and asks the editor whether s/he wants to include each entry.


That seems like a good idea. Not the fully-automated indexing that 
usually overdoes it, but something similiar to searc & replace that

asks.

Please file a enhancement request  (wishlist bug) on bugzilla.lyx.org



* Better help files.


Feel free to write some. :-)



* More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...


You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would need 
someone who knows good designs.




* Closer integration between layout on Lyx and typesetting (on
wordprocessor), so that when one file gets changed, the other gets
automatically updated.


What do you mean here?  whenever you change something in LyX, the output 
also changes (after hitting the appropriate button that updates the 
dvi/pdf view.) Doing this fully automatic would waste a lot of
processing power as most people don't watch the preview continously. 
There is normally no need.  Or did you mean something else?



Helge Hafting

Sample chapter ... Was: Re: Navigate > Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
2009/3/6 Helge Hafting 

>> * More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...
>
> You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would
> need someone who knows good designs.

I meant something more like this, which works wonderfully well for me:
http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html

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Something like a LaTeX cheat sheet: Re: Navigate > Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
2009/3/6 Helge Hafting 

>> * Better help files.
> Feel free to write some. :-)

For LaTeX, I found this very useful (a cheat sheet):
http://www.stdout.org/~winston/latex/

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Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
This may sound like a bizarre query: but is it possible to ensure that
every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?

I have a book with a series of short essays. While these need chapter
numbers, and listing in the index, it is not necessary for the essays
to begin on a new page. Would be grateful for any help. Thanks, FN

PS: See my lyx-crafted books at http://goa1556books.notlong.com (still
learning, books released under CC license, and full-text is out there)

-- 
FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com
M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://twitter.com/fn
On Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/people/Frederick-Noronha/502514643

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." - Confucius

Re: Sample chapter ... Was: Re: Navigate > Other Lists

2009-03-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr 

Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] schrieb:


* More and better latex chapter-page templates, which offer neat layouts...

You mean the title pages for chapters? Could be useful. would
need someone who knows good designs.


I meant something more like this, which works wonderfully well for me:
http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html


This is a manual how to hack LaTeX with low-level commands. LyX is designed _not_ to hack LaTeX and 
therefore such wonderful document classes like koma-script and memoir were developed. I suggest to 
have a look at the documentation of these two classes - you will be surprised what you can do with 
them without the need of ugly, massive preamble hacks.


regards Uwe

Re: Can't see integrals, sigmas, etc.

2009-03-06 Thread E. Kaplan 

Thanks, Guenter-- that did it.



Ehud Kaplan



Guenter Milde wrote:

On 2009-03-05, Ehud Kaplan wrote:
  

I have installed Lyx 1.6.1 on a kubuntu 64 bit (Version 8.10).
It seems to work fine, and produce correct pdf output.  However, some 
thing are not shown in the equations (in the Lyx editor):

integrals, summation signs, etc.
Have I neglected to install anything?  



Did you install latex-xft-fonts? 


It is generally a good idea to install all "recommended" packages (unless
you are sure that you do not need them).

Günter

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Doug Laidlaw 
On Friday 06 March 2009 11:32:01 pm Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] wrote:
> This may sound like a bizarre query: but is it possible to ensure that
> every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?
>
> I have a book with a series of short essays. While these need chapter
> numbers, and listing in the index, it is not necessary for the essays
> to begin on a new page. Would be grateful for any help. Thanks, FN
>
> PS: See my lyx-crafted books at http://goa1556books.notlong.com (still
> learning, books released under CC license, and full-text is out there)

I have a book which is printed similarly.  Each chapter is a separate essay 
with the author's photo, about 3*2 cm.  The overall effect is very like 
KOMA-script, except for that. 

P.S.: Is your link right?  It took me to Google Books, who couldn't find it.

Doug.

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris 

Frederick:
> is it possible to ensure that
> every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?


For the book(KOMA-Script) class there is an option for that. It's
"open-any".

Kind regards, Nikos

Re: Query on new-chapters-not-on-new-page

2009-03-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris 
On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 17:01 +0100, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> Frederick:
> > is it possible to ensure that
> > every new chapter doesn't start on a new page in a book format?
> 
> 
> For the book(KOMA-Script) class there is an option for that. It's
> "open-any".

That should be:
open=any

Zapf dingbats

2009-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] 
Is there some way to use Zapf dingbats in a Lyx file? Thanks in advance... FN
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