Troubleshooting Windows Installation unable to find textclass file - Win XP, Lyx 1.6.7

[Thomas Vandieken]

Hi,

maybe someone can help me to run Lyx on my Windows XP machine.

Installer: LyX-1.6.7-4-Installer.exe

After a successful installation I'm unable to start Lyx. I always get the
error message that a textclass file was not found. I tried the workaround
like described here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Troubleshooting#TextClassListbut I get the
same error in the CMD:

C:\c:/lyx16/python/python.exe c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py, line 989, in module
windows_style_tex_paths = checkTeXPaths()
  File c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py, line 111, in checkTeXPaths
latex_out = cmdOutput(r'latex \nonstopmode\input{%s}' % inpname)
  File c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py, line 65, in cmdOutput
fout = os.popen(cmd)
WindowsError: [Error 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden:
'%WIN
DOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /c latex
\\nonstopmode\\input{c:/dokume\\string~1/tommy
/lokale\\string~1/temp/tmpe06ohs.ltx}'

Some ideas?

Thanks!
Tom

Re: UNSOLVED AGAIN -- AW: [LyX2.0beta1] side bar always closed

[Marcelo Acuña]

 But only for the first relanch of LyX. The next fire up
 gave me the frustrating result that the problem persists.
 ... But I can live with hitting the button once a day.
 
 If you would like me to file a bug on this, just tell me.
 Please include the information you need. I suspect that
 something in the registry and/or in the user prefs are
 changed inconsistently ... but I am really no specialists on
 this at all. I must admit that I was not very unsure while
 killing parts of the registry. But eventually my machine is
 still working. ;)
 
 /J. 

 Yes,in linux or windows the bug remain. I think that is not necessary to 
create a new bug report.

Marcelo

No printing of any files

[Anthony Campbell]

When I try to print any file I get the message: Check that your printer
is set up correctly.

I have my printer set as Kyocera. All other programs use this without
problems and so does dvips. I couldn't find anything in the docs or in
Google. Of course, I can work round the problem by first exporting the
file as ps and then printing that.

Can someone kindly point to where this printing issue is documented?

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Re: placing the figure number

[curtis osterhoudt]

The way I do this is to press Enter before putting the actual xfig picture 
(or 
any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and caption, if 
needed) 
go below the figure. My very rough rule-of-thumb is that if the 'figure #' 
appears to (say) the immediate right of the actual picture, the Fig. # + 
caption 
will be to the right when the file is compiled, etc.
 /**
The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. 
Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the 
one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to 
the 
unknowable. ~~Roger Zelazny, in Lord of Light
***/





From: xPol xtek...@gmail.com
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 6:03:11 AM
Subject: placing the figure number

I have just inserted a (xfig) picture in a float frame. The  'figure #' 
title has been placed on the left side. 
How to place the figure number on the bottom of the figure?

thank you 
-p


  

invoices and handouts

[Payal]

Hi all,
I have two different questions. 
a. Is there ay invoice layout for lyx in particular and latex in
general? I saw one on ctan and I didn't like it - I would like something
a bit more fancy.

b. A professor of computer wants to give handouts to his students, i am
helping him prepare them? I am not too much in favor of tufte handout
class (one reason is too much wasting of righthand margin and placement
of footnotes). Can anyone suggest other layouts?

If I get to see some sample lyx or tex files on the above two points, it
will be nice.

With warm regards,
-Payal
-- 

Re: placing the figure number

[xPol]

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

 The way I do this is to press Enter before putting the actual xfig
 picture (or any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and
 caption, if needed) go below the figure.

Sorry, i fear i have not clearly understood your sequence 
At which stage do you press enter?

thank you 

---p

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

I am guessing one reason why LyX is able to copy and paste cells or tables while
retaining the distinction between text and math cells or math within a cell has
to do with clipboard locales.

My understanding is that the clipboard might retain the copied content in
different formats.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649013%28VS.85%29.aspx

So my question might be, is there a way of generating a string which can be
pasted into LyX where math mode is recognized and applied?  For instance, is
there a way to paste the string
The result is $\beta=2$.
into LyX where LyX automatically knows to use math mode for $\beta=2$ and not
simply paste is as a string?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Paul Rubin]

I can't answer the context-aware pasting question, but I'll point out that if
you paste the math content in as ordinary text, you can highlight it and hit
ctrl-M to turn it into a math inset.  (This works anywhere in the document, and
in both directions -- you can also turn a math inset into plain text.)

/Paul

Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[John Kane]

As the subject heading says I wondered if it was possible to use the latex 
package 'parallel' in LyX?  It seems to be similar in purpose to something like 
ledmac.

I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a curiosity question.

Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

Hi. When I wish to copy results from Matlab into a LyX document I
generate a tab-delimited string and then paste it into a LyX table.

For example,in Matlab I might have a cell of results like:
test = {'A' 'dog' 200; 'B' 'cat' 99.3}
which looks like
test =

   'A'    'dog'    [200]
   'B'    'cat'    [99.3]

If I convert this to a string by substituting new cells by tab
character sprintf('\t') and newlines by sprintf('\t') I get something
like:
str =

A dog 200.
B cat 99.3000

Using the Matlab command clipboard('copy',str) this can easily be
pasted into a LyX table using Ctrl+Shft+V, or Plain Text, Join
Lines.  This is a nice, easy way to generate tables of results...

...however, this pastes the contents into the LyX table as text only.
Is there a way of pasting cells where some of them are in math mode?
For instance, what if I have the matlab cell:
test = {'\alpha' 'dog' 200; '\beta' 'cat' 99.3}
I wish to paste this into a LyX table where the cells \alpha and \beta
and the numbers are not pasted as text, but as math (i.e. as greek
letters)?  Is there an easy way to do this? Adding $...$ around data
does not change the behaviour when pasted.

I would guess there is some way of formatting the copied string so
that LyX knows when to swap into and out of math mode.  This obviously
happens when one copies and pastes tables within LyX.  But I need help
trying to add this to the text string which I generate in Matlab and
paste in LyX.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: placing the figure number

[curtis osterhoudt]

Ah. Sorry for not being clear. Here's the sequence I use:


1. Insert - Float - Figure (or Figure Wrap Float).
2. Cursor is left in the Figure Caption box. I type something in here 
(even if 
I haven't thought up a caption yet).
3. Move the cursor (with mouse or arrow keys) so that it's just to the 
left of 
Figure #:.
4. Press 'Enter' (I don't know if this step is strictly required, but 
it 
works).
5. Insert - Graphics (or Insert - File - External Material if I want 
to put 
in an XFig figure).
6. Browse to the file to insert.If I've already done these steps for a 
figure 
and want to repeat for more figures, it's often easier for me to select the 
float box and simply copy the whole damned thing to where I want another figure 
to sit, and paste it in, then go back and change the figure and caption, etc.

Tuning the figure to be centered above the caption is often a matter of moving 
the cursor to the inside of the float box and setting the paragraph settings 
to Alignment - Center.

   Hope that helps, and that I've understood your original question!

   C


 /**
The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. 
Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the 
one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to 
the 
unknowable. ~~Roger Zelazny, in Lord of Light
***/





From: xPol xtek...@gmail.com
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 11:05:28 AM
Subject: Re: placing the figure number

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

 The way I do this is to press Enter before putting the actual xfig
 picture (or any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and
 caption, if needed) go below the figure.

Sorry, i fear i have not clearly understood your sequence 
At which stage do you press enter?

thank you 

---p


  

Re: placing the figure number

[xPol]

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

 Ah. Sorry for not being clear. Here's the sequence I use:
 
 
 1. Insert - Float - Figure (or Figure Wrap Float).
 2. Cursor is left in the Figure Caption box. I type something in here
 (even if I haven't thought up a caption yet).
 3. Move the cursor (with mouse or arrow keys) so that it's just to the
 left of Figure #:.
 4. Press 'Enter' (I don't know if this step is strictly required, but it
 works).
 5. Insert - Graphics (or Insert - File - External Material if I want to
 put in an XFig figure).

succeeded, thank you 

---p

Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM, John Kane jrkrid...@yahoo.ca wrote:
 As the subject heading says I wondered if it was possible to use the latex 
 package 'parallel' in LyX?  It seems to be similar in purpose to something 
 like ledmac.

 I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a curiosity question.

I'm not sure if LyX supports this natively.

Google 'lyx parallel' found an old thread on teh subject [1]. And the
wiki 'feature requests' has a poll on 'ledmac' support. I guess you
could add the one for 'parallel' [2].

As usual with LyX, you can input \usepackage{parallel} in the preamble
and try using it via ERT, and see what happens. Regards
Liviu

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg28767.html
[2] http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/FeaturePoll2#toc1

Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Jim Rockford]

I just tried installing the 1.6.8 update using the standard installer bundle
LyX-1.6.8-1-Installer-Bundle on Windows 7 (64 bit).  Although it appeared
to install without any problems, upon trying to start Lyx I get the
following popup message:

Lyx: no system directory
 Unable to determine the system directory having searched
   C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX16/bin/../Resources/
Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
'chkconfig.Itx'.


The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.

Jim

Re: Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Julien Rioux]

On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote:

Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
'chkconfig.Itx'.


The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.


hmm, shouldn't it be looking for chkconfig.ltx (l as in latex), right?

--
Julien

Re: Troubleshooting Windows Installation unable to find textclass file - Win XP, Lyx 1.6.7

[Julien Rioux]

On 21/11/2010 6:44 AM, Thomas Vandieken wrote:

WindowsError: [Error 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden:
'%WIN
DOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /c latex
\\nonstopmode\\input{c:/dokume\\string~1/tommy
/lokale\\string~1/temp/tmpe06ohs.ltx}'



Hi,

Thanks for your report. The message says that either cmd.exe is not 
found or latex.exe is not found. I can't tell for sure, but it is likely 
the latter: that you don't have the latex program in your PATH. Do you 
have a latex distribution installed (e.g. miktex) ?


Howver, it should be possible to install and use LyX without a latex 
distribution. So, if indeed you get this error message because of a 
missing latex distribution, it is a bug. I see in configure.py that 
checkTeXPaths is called before the check for latex. This should get fixed.


Regards,
Julien

Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[John Kane]

Thanks for this. Somehow I completely missed those in my first search.
Does not look all that easy to use but I was just curious anyway.

--- On Sun, 11/21/10, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:

 From: Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?
 To: John Kane jrkrid...@yahoo.ca
 Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Received: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 2:00 PM
 On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM, John
 Kane jrkrid...@yahoo.ca
 wrote:
  As the subject heading says I wondered if it was
 possible to use the latex package 'parallel' in LyX?  It
 seems to be similar in purpose to something like ledmac.
 
  I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a
 curiosity question.
 
 I'm not sure if LyX supports this natively.
 
 Google 'lyx parallel' found an old thread on teh subject
 [1]. And the
 wiki 'feature requests' has a poll on 'ledmac' support. I
 guess you
 could add the one for 'parallel' [2].
 
 As usual with LyX, you can input \usepackage{parallel} in
 the preamble
 and try using it via ERT, and see what happens. Regards
 Liviu
 
 [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg28767.html
 [2] http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/FeaturePoll2#toc1
 

Section, not showing up in the table-of-contents

[Frederick Noronha]

Dear all: Is there some way I could include a section (in a book)
which features in the text (without a number) but also shows up in the
table-of-contents? FN

Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490

Re: Section, not showing up in the table-of-contents

[Liviu Andronic]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Frederick Noronha
fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear all: Is there some way I could include a section (in a book)
 which features in the text (without a number) but also shows up in the
 table-of-contents? FN

Are you looking for this [1]?
Liviu

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/TOC#toc4


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modernCV example in LyX 1.6.8 broken for me on MiKTeX 2.9, Win XP

[David Hewitt]

Fresh install of all of the above, with latest modernCV stuff, and the
example that ships with LyX 1.6.8 fails to compile through pdflatex. I
only get the error below repeated as two entries (same) in the LyX
error display:

 \begin{document}

The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

I rooted around for a bit and compared the source to a version that
compiled on LyX 1.5.2 with older MiKTeX and nothing jumps out. I also
tried eliminating things in the Preamble (quote, photo) and also
cutting out the Bibliography-related stuff. Nothing seems to compile.
Any ideas?

Dave Hewitt

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

Paul Rubin rubin at msu.edu writes:

 
 I can't answer the context-aware pasting question, but I'll point out that if
 you paste the math content in as ordinary text, you can highlight it and hit
 ctrl-M to turn it into a math inset.  (This works anywhere in the document, 
 and
 in both directions -- you can also turn a math inset into plain text.)
 
 /Paul
 
 

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your reply.  Yes, I could highlight and manually switch the selection
to math insets but this is very slow/tedious if there are many fields which
require editing.  If I were to go down this route I think I would rather copy
and paste latex code into an ERT which, on restarting LyX, should give me the
tables and correct formats.  It would really be nicer if I could simply paste
content into LyX and have the math values recognised.  Does anyone else have any
ideas?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: modernCV example in LyX 1.6.8 broken for me on MiKTeX 2.9, Win XP

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 22:04, schrieb David Hewitt:


Fresh install of all of the above, with latest modernCV stuff, and the
example that ships with LyX 1.6.8 fails to compile through pdflatex.


I already fixed this for LyX 1.6.9.
For now use the attached example file.

regards Uwe


modernCV.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: TOC in pdf's sidebar: section and subsection structure not as expected

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 22:29, schrieb Jannick Asmus:


the table of contents in the pdf's sidebar does not reflect the (sub)subsection 
structure given in
the LyX-file. Please see the LyX-file and the pdf attached.


You file doesn't open with LyX 1.6.x. If you are using LyX test build and think that you found a 
bug, please state this.

For normal documents please only use the stable LyX 1.6.x!

The problem you have is because you have a section and subsubsection, but no subsection. Add a 
subsection and it works, see attached.


regards Uwe


TOC.lyx
Description: application/lyx

AW: TOC in pdf's sidebar: section and subsection structure not as expected

[Jannick Asmus]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Am 21.11.2010 22:29, schrieb Jannick Asmus:


the table of contents in the pdf's sidebar does not reflect the
(sub)subsection structure given in the LyX-file. Please see the
LyX-file and the pdf attached.


You file doesn't open with LyX 1.6.x. If you are using LyX test build
and think that you found a bug, please state this.


I used the beta1-version.


The problem you have is because you have a section and subsubsection,
but no subsection. Add a subsection and it works, see attached.


Oooh, thanks.

/J. 

Re: Troubleshooting Windows Installation unable to find textclass file - Win XP, Lyx 1.6.7

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 12:44, schrieb Thomas Vandieken:


After a successful installation I'm unable to start Lyx. I always get the
error message that a textclass file was not found.


That means that your installation got broken. This can be repaired, but as LyX 1.6.8 is already 
available, I recommend to


- uninstall LyX 1.6.7 _completely_
- install LyX 1.6.8 using the alternative installer (for the standard 1.6.8 installer problems were 
reported today)


regards Uwe

Re: strikeout math? (was: Re: Arrows: boldface, negated diagonal?)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 16:05, schrieb Liviu Andronic:


What should one do when the regular \not way of striking out math
produces ugly output?


Use one of the AMS negated relations available in the math toolbar. That are almost all relations 
one could need.



See attached example.


This file doesn't ope with LyX 1.6.x. If you are not testing LyX for bugs or development, lease use 
the stable LyX 1.6.x releases!



In this case I'd like to
use regular strikeout (as from within Text style), but it doesn't seem
to work on Math.


This won't work because \not is not designed to strike-out characters but to 
negate relations.
But anyway, the syntax you are using in your formula seems to  be wrong. If you want to state that a 
variable is negated, you need to place a \neg if front of it. See the attached example file.


Another issue: you write Var_1 where Var is italic. This would mean
V*a*r_1 but I guess that your variable is named Var. So to avoid confusions, write 
Var upright.
(Appendix A of the Math manual gives some advices about math typography.)

regards Uwe


newfile1-fixed.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: No printing of any files

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 15:37, schrieb Anthony Campbell:


When I try to print any file I get the message: Check that your printer
is set up correctly.

I have my printer set as Kyocera.


LyX's printing is not a real printing. LyX will create a postscript file and try to send this to a 
printer. This mechanism does for example not work on Windows.
So to print your document, export it as PDF (pdflatex) and open the resulting PDF with a program of 
your choice and use its printing menu to print the PDF.


regards Uwe

Re: aligned vs AMS align

[Emil Pavlov]

На 19.11.2010 16:52, Uwe Stöhr написа:

Am 19.11.2010 13:51, schrieb Emil Pavlov:


The LyX Math manual gives in sec. 18.2 Align Environments a detailed
overview about the different AMS environments. You find this manual in
the Help menu of LyX.


Perhaps, I am stupid, but I cannot find where the difference between
Aligned Environment and AMS align Environment in section 18.2 is.
Can you give a page number for the math manual in Lyx 1.6.7?


Aligned is an environment to be used within other formula environments 
as described in sec. 18.6 Multiline Formula Parts of the Math manual.


regards Uwe



Thank you. I'm sorry for the stupid question.

Re: Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Mukhtar Ullah]

Julien Rioux jrioux at physics.utoronto.ca writes:

 
 On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote:
  Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
  LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
  'chkconfig.Itx'.
 
 
  The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
  anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.
 
 hmm, shouldn't it be looking for chkconfig.ltx (l as in latex), right?
 

I faced the exact same problem with the standard LyX 1.6.8-1 installer on
windows 7 64-bit. The other installer from Uwe works fine.
Mukhtar

Re: buffer view pdf2

[Hellmut Weber]

On 21.11.2010 19:21, Emanuel Blum wrote:
 
 Am 21.11.2010 um 01:30 schrieb Hellmut Weber:
 

 On 18.11.2010 17:34, Emanuel Blum wrote:

 Hallo zusammen,

 ich bin seit Monaten glücklicher Lyx-User, habe jedoch seit geraumer
 Zeit das Problem, dass ich kein PDF-file mehr auswerfen kann. Wenn ich
 den Pdf-Button betätige, erscheint in der Leiste unten die Meldung
 buffer view pdf2. Habe versucht das Problem zu googeln, bin aber nicht
 wirklich schlauer geworden.

 Falls es euch hilft:
 -Lyx Version: 1.6.5
 -Betriebssystem: Mac OS X 10.5.8

 Vielen Dank im Voraus.

 Liebe Grüße,

 Emanuel Blum


 Hi Emanuel,
 this is an english list, so I'll respond in english.

 Do you note this effect when you try to view a lyx document for the
 first time as pdf?
 Are you sure that there is not a pdf viewer (like acroread) open
 somewhere else (e.g. on another desktop)?

 When I'mworking on my Linux system on a lyx document an press the pdf
 button for the first time, acfroread pops up with my document ONLY IF
 there is no acroread open at some other place.

 What system do you use? OS? Lyx Version?


 HTH

 Hellmut




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 please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq
 
 
 
 Hi Hellmut,
 
 thanks for your response!
 
 I use Lyx version 1.6.5 and Mac OS X 10.5.8.
 Yes, it's the case when I try to open a PDF for the first time. No other
 pdf viewers are active.
 
 Best,
 
 Emanuel
 


Hallo Emaunuel,

Hi Emaunuel,
I didn't realize from your first message that are working on Mac. I
don't have any experience with this clas of machines.

Nevertheless one thought: Since I see the same message in the status
line of lyx, when lyx has done its job successfully, I suppose that the
problem is some wheer in the pdf viewer installation.

Can it be that the problem appeared after some system update?
Is there on Mac an automatic system update function?

There a Mac guru's on the list normally, I hope they can help you


Cheers

Hellmut

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Re: No printing of any files

[Enrico Forestieri]

Anthony Campbell writes:
 Can someone kindly point to where this printing issue is documented?

http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinTips#printing

-- 
Enrico

Re: [LyX] Re: how to make fragile frames in beamer layout

[Kevin Middleton]

Would you mind posting a small .lyx file demonstrating the ordering of 
FragileFrame and EndFrame? I'm trying your suggestion with LyX 2.0 beta 1 (OS 
X), but I can't get it to work. I have added the code below to beamer.layout 
and reconfigured LyX (not sure if this is necessary). I have a document with 
the Sweave module loaded and one fragile frame containing some minimal Sweave 
code in a Chunk. 

When I try to view, I get an error: Missing } inserted. The operative part of 
the log appears to be:

! Missing } inserted.
inserted text
}
l.32 \end{frame}

I have tried adding EndFrame, both inside the FragileFrame and just after it, 
but that did not help.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kevin


 I came up with two hacks which sofar work just fine in combination
 with the Sweave module (for R output). One usage note: you need to use
 'EndFrame' env before RragileFrame, when the latter comes immediately
 after the Beamer title or after a regular Frame. Later I'll look into
 making this a module; now you'd simply need to add this to your
 beamer.layout.
 
 Regards
 Liviu
 
 InsetLayout Flex:FragileFrame
  LyXType  custom
  LatexTypeEnvironment
  LatexNameframe
  LatexParam   [fragile]
  Decoration   Classic
  MultiPar 1
  LabelString  Fragile Frame
  NeedProtect  0
  Spellcheck   1
 End
 
 InsetLayout Flex:FragileTitle
  LyXType  custom
  LatexTypeCommand
  LatexNameframetitle
  LabelString  Fragile Title
  Decoration   Classic
  Spellcheck   1
 End

Re: Greek+English documents show English words with Greek letters

[Nikos Chantziaras]

(This is probably grave-digging :P)

I left LyX (and TeX) alone since that thread.  Recently I was asked to 
create a paper in LaTeX and therefore looked at the LyX site again.  I 
saw that LyX 2.0 beta supports XeTeX, which presumably does exactly 
what I described in this thread!


So after all, thanks LyX devs!  I just tried it out and indeed it works 
like a charm after enabling XeTeX in the Document Settings.  I can write 
Latin and Greek characters at the same time without being driven insane 
by constantly selecting text and switching language. :-)



On 02/17/2009 05:46 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:

On 2009-02-16, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

Guenter Milde wrote:

On 2009-02-09, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

I'm using LyX 1.6.1 with TeXLive 2007 on Linux (Gentoo).



I created a new document using the article class and selected Greek
as language.  The document is a mix of English and Greek, but there's a
problem: even though English words appear correctly in LyX, the final
PDF output shows English using the Greek alphabet.

...

You need to tell LyX which parts of the document are Greek and which are
English

...

This is too slow, really, and in contrast with every other software out
there where you simply press Alt+Shift (or whatever combination you've
set up) and type away.


However, this software will most probably not do correct hyphenation and
spell-cheking...

For single foreign words in Latin script, where this is not a problem, you
can use a customized unicodesymbols file:

* Copy it to your LyX directory (~/.lyx).

* For all the latin Letters (and maybe also the question mark and other
   punktuation), you need to add lines like::

   0x0067 \textlatin{g} force   # LATIN SMALL LETTER G

However, this will stand in your way, if you want to compile e.g. English
or German documents, so it needs a way to switch off. (one possibility
is a to put the modified file into another userdir (say ~/.lyx-greek) and
start LyX with the -userdir ~/.lyx-greek option.



It's not really an option to have to type two shortcuts to switch
language


You need to switch two things: keyboard layout (in LyX or in the OS) and
language (in LyX).

To achieve both with one key-combo, you could:

a) use the lyx-server and a script to let the shortcut switch the
OS keyboard settings and send the lfun to LyX, or

b) define a keymap in LyX (see HelpCustomization) and define a shortcut
in LyX to switch the language + the keymap.

Option b) is preferable, if you wish to have a persistent keyboard
mapping outside LyX (e.g. for Greek-ignorant applications).



But if this is a limitation of TeX or LaTeX then I guess LyX has to live
with it.


No, It is one of the limitations that LyX (due to its consequent use of
Unicode) can easily overcome.


As it stands, it's too painful to use LyX for multilingual
documents that way, where the second language does not use a Latin
alphabet.


Actually, it's no problem in the (worldwide more common) case that the
*second* language uses a non-Latin alphabet (like Greek words in German
text). The other way round is the problem.


I suppose most people can't really comprehend the painfulness
of this because their language is based on the Latin alphabet and
Alt+Shift does the right thing for them.


This might be one of the reasons for this feature still missing in LyX.
After all, LyX is a project by volunteers that need to be interested in
fixing this by one of

* own need for the feature,
* scientific, sportive or some other interest in solving the problem,
* financial stimulus.

So, a first step towards a solution would be to file an enhancement
report to bugzilla.lyx.org that gets the developers interested.

A second step would be getting involved with the development and e.g.
provide a patch for unicodesymbols or a greek.kmap file that translates
Latin input to Greek Unicodechars for LyX.

Updating a language for the LaTeX program listings package?

[Robert J Berger]

I understand I need to update the lstdrvrs.dtx of the listings package to add a 
new language.

What I'm not clear about is, once I update the listings package, how do I get 
it into LyX (on a Macintosh using LyX-2.0 beta)

I.E. where does that live in the Mac Filesystem if I installed LyX 2.0beta with 
the binary installer?

Thanks!
Rob
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Internet Bandwidth Development
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Re: [LyX] Re: how to make fragile frames in beamer layout

[Liviu Andronic]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Kevin Middleton k...@mid-town.org wrote:

 Would you mind posting a small .lyx file demonstrating the ordering of 
 FragileFrame and EndFrame? I'm trying your suggestion with LyX 2.0 beta 1 (OS 
 X), but I can't get it to work. I have added the code below to beamer.layout 
 and reconfigured LyX (not sure if this is necessary).

Yes, it is.


I have a document with the Sweave module loaded and one fragile frame 
containing some minimal Sweave code in a Chunk.

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I use R code in ERT.


 When I try to view, I get an error: Missing } inserted. The operative part 
 of the log appears to be:

 ! Missing } inserted.
 inserted text
 }
 l.32 \end{frame}

 I have tried adding EndFrame, both inside the FragileFrame and just after it, 
 but that did not help.

 Any suggestions would be appreciated.

See attached. Document created using 2.0 beta1 on Xubuntu. Also [1]
for the PDF result. Regards
Liviu

[1] http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=15938587467372347593


 Thanks,
 Kevin


 I came up with two hacks which sofar work just fine in combination
 with the Sweave module (for R output). One usage note: you need to use
 'EndFrame' env before RragileFrame, when the latter comes immediately
 after the Beamer title or after a regular Frame. Later I'll look into
 making this a module; now you'd simply need to add this to your
 beamer.layout.

 Regards
 Liviu

 InsetLayout Flex:FragileFrame
  LyXType      custom
  LatexType    Environment
  LatexName    frame
  LatexParam   [fragile]
  Decoration   Classic
  MultiPar     1
  LabelString  Fragile Frame
  NeedProtect  0
  Spellcheck   1
 End

 InsetLayout Flex:FragileTitle
  LyXType      custom
  LatexType    Command
  LatexName    frametitle
  LabelString  Fragile Title
  Decoration   Classic
  Spellcheck   1
 End





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http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader
Do you know how to write?
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail


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Use AMS math package (semi-)automatically

[Andrew Parsloe]

In DocumentSettingsMath Options, checking the 'Use AMS math package 
automatically' option doesn't mean exactly that. I use LyX for 
constructing diagrams with PSTricks and enter the code in ERT (LyX's 
PostScript View and Update buttons are excellent for this). I wanted to 
label an angle with pi/4 and entered


$\tfrac{\pi}{4}$

but got an undefined control sequence message for my troubles, despite 
the AMS math package option being checked. When I added


\usepackage{AMSmath}

manually in the document preamble, all was well.

When I enter the same expression in LyX's math editor, the AMS math 
package does load automatically. The code in both cases looks identical 
in the View Source window.


A bug? Confusing at least.

(LyX 1.6.8; ponderous Windows Vista)

Andrew Parsloe

Re: buffer view pdf2

[Stephan Witt]

Am 22.11.2010 um 01:33 schrieb Hellmut Weber:

 On 21.11.2010 19:21, Emanuel Blum wrote:
 
 Am 21.11.2010 um 01:30 schrieb Hellmut Weber:
 
 
 On 18.11.2010 17:34, Emanuel Blum wrote:
 
 Hallo zusammen,
 
 ich bin seit Monaten glücklicher Lyx-User, habe jedoch seit geraumer
 Zeit das Problem, dass ich kein PDF-file mehr auswerfen kann. Wenn ich
 den Pdf-Button betätige, erscheint in der Leiste unten die Meldung
 buffer view pdf2. Habe versucht das Problem zu googeln, bin aber nicht
 wirklich schlauer geworden.
 
 Falls es euch hilft:
 -Lyx Version: 1.6.5
 -Betriebssystem: Mac OS X 10.5.8
 
 Vielen Dank im Voraus.
 
 Liebe Grüße,
 
 Emanuel Blum
 
 
 Hi Emanuel,
 this is an english list, so I'll respond in english.
 
 Do you note this effect when you try to view a lyx document for the
 first time as pdf?
 Are you sure that there is not a pdf viewer (like acroread) open
 somewhere else (e.g. on another desktop)?
 
 When I'mworking on my Linux system on a lyx document an press the pdf
 button for the first time, acfroread pops up with my document ONLY IF
 there is no acroread open at some other place.
 
 What system do you use? OS? Lyx Version?
 
 
 HTH
 
 Hellmut
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Dr. Hellmut Weber m...@hellmutweber.de
 Degenfeldstraße 2 tel   +49-89-3081172
 D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321
 please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq
 
 
 
 Hi Hellmut,
 
 thanks for your response!
 
 I use Lyx version 1.6.5 and Mac OS X 10.5.8.
 Yes, it's the case when I try to open a PDF for the first time. No other
 pdf viewers are active.
 
 Best,
 
 Emanuel
 
 
 
 Hallo Emaunuel,
 
 Hi Emaunuel,
 I didn't realize from your first message that are working on Mac. I
 don't have any experience with this clas of machines.
 
 Nevertheless one thought: Since I see the same message in the status
 line of lyx, when lyx has done its job successfully, I suppose that the
 problem is some wheer in the pdf viewer installation.
 
 Can it be that the problem appeared after some system update?
 Is there on Mac an automatic system update function?

Hi Emanual,

there is more then one possibility to produce a .pdf file with LyX.
pdf2 is the way to produce a .pdf file with pdflatex.

It looks like you are able to produce a .pdf file and then no viewer
is started.

What you may try:
1. export the document as pdflatex and see if you're able to open it in finder.
2. check your preferences - what's the configured viewer for pdf2 (pdflatex)?
3. check if one of the other view pdf output paths works (dvipdfm or ps2pdf)

Stephan

Re: Use AMS math package (semi-)automatically

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Andrew Parsloe wrote:
 In DocumentSettingsMath Options, checking the 'Use AMS math package 
 automatically' option doesn't mean exactly that. I use LyX for 
 constructing diagrams with PSTricks and enter the code in ERT (LyX's 
 PostScript View and Update buttons are excellent for this). I wanted to 
 label an angle with pi/4 and entered
 
 $\tfrac{\pi}{4}$

ERT always means: you are responsible for what you do alone. LyX does not care 
what you enter in ERT, it just passes whatever the content of this is to 
LaTeX.

That's why we call it Evil Red Text ;-)

 A bug? Confusing at least.

No. Design.

Jürgen

Re: Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
 Julien Rioux jrioux at physics.utoronto.ca writes:
  
 
  On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote:
   Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment
   variable LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
   'chkconfig.Itx'.
   
   
   The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
   anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.
 
  
 
  hmm, shouldn't it be looking for chkconfig.ltx (l as in latex), right?
 
  
 
 I faced the exact same problem with the standard LyX 1.6.8-1 installer on
 windows 7 64-bit. The other installer from Uwe works fine.

There seems to be a problem with the standard installer and some external 
libraries. Joost is working on a fix.

Meanwhile, we have removed the standard installer from the servers.

Jürgen

Troubleshooting Windows Installation unable to find textclass file - Win XP, Lyx 1.6.7

[Thomas Vandieken]

Hi,

maybe someone can help me to run Lyx on my Windows XP machine.

Installer: LyX-1.6.7-4-Installer.exe

After a successful installation I'm unable to start Lyx. I always get the
error message that a textclass file was not found. I tried the workaround
like described here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Troubleshooting#TextClassListbut I get the
same error in the CMD:

C:\c:/lyx16/python/python.exe c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py, line 989, in module
windows_style_tex_paths = checkTeXPaths()
  File c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py, line 111, in checkTeXPaths
latex_out = cmdOutput(r'latex \nonstopmode\input{%s}' % inpname)
  File c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py, line 65, in cmdOutput
fout = os.popen(cmd)
WindowsError: [Error 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden:
'%WIN
DOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /c latex
\\nonstopmode\\input{c:/dokume\\string~1/tommy
/lokale\\string~1/temp/tmpe06ohs.ltx}'

Some ideas?

Thanks!
Tom

Re: UNSOLVED AGAIN -- AW: [LyX2.0beta1] side bar always closed

[Marcelo Acuña]

 But only for the first relanch of LyX. The next fire up
 gave me the frustrating result that the problem persists.
 ... But I can live with hitting the button once a day.
 
 If you would like me to file a bug on this, just tell me.
 Please include the information you need. I suspect that
 something in the registry and/or in the user prefs are
 changed inconsistently ... but I am really no specialists on
 this at all. I must admit that I was not very unsure while
 killing parts of the registry. But eventually my machine is
 still working. ;)
 
 /J. 

 Yes,in linux or windows the bug remain. I think that is not necessary to 
create a new bug report.

Marcelo

No printing of any files

[Anthony Campbell]

When I try to print any file I get the message: Check that your printer
is set up correctly.

I have my printer set as Kyocera. All other programs use this without
problems and so does dvips. I couldn't find anything in the docs or in
Google. Of course, I can work round the problem by first exporting the
file as ps and then printing that.

Can someone kindly point to where this printing issue is documented?

-- 
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Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux 
http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: placing the figure number

[curtis osterhoudt]

The way I do this is to press Enter before putting the actual xfig picture 
(or 
any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and caption, if 
needed) 
go below the figure. My very rough rule-of-thumb is that if the 'figure #' 
appears to (say) the immediate right of the actual picture, the Fig. # + 
caption 
will be to the right when the file is compiled, etc.
 /**
The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. 
Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the 
one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to 
the 
unknowable. ~~Roger Zelazny, in Lord of Light
***/





From: xPol xtek...@gmail.com
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 6:03:11 AM
Subject: placing the figure number

I have just inserted a (xfig) picture in a float frame. The  'figure #' 
title has been placed on the left side. 
How to place the figure number on the bottom of the figure?

thank you 
-p


  

invoices and handouts

[Payal]

Hi all,
I have two different questions. 
a. Is there ay invoice layout for lyx in particular and latex in
general? I saw one on ctan and I didn't like it - I would like something
a bit more fancy.

b. A professor of computer wants to give handouts to his students, i am
helping him prepare them? I am not too much in favor of tufte handout
class (one reason is too much wasting of righthand margin and placement
of footnotes). Can anyone suggest other layouts?

If I get to see some sample lyx or tex files on the above two points, it
will be nice.

With warm regards,
-Payal
-- 

Re: placing the figure number

[xPol]

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

 The way I do this is to press Enter before putting the actual xfig
 picture (or any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and
 caption, if needed) go below the figure.

Sorry, i fear i have not clearly understood your sequence 
At which stage do you press enter?

thank you 

---p

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

I am guessing one reason why LyX is able to copy and paste cells or tables while
retaining the distinction between text and math cells or math within a cell has
to do with clipboard locales.

My understanding is that the clipboard might retain the copied content in
different formats.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649013%28VS.85%29.aspx

So my question might be, is there a way of generating a string which can be
pasted into LyX where math mode is recognized and applied?  For instance, is
there a way to paste the string
The result is $\beta=2$.
into LyX where LyX automatically knows to use math mode for $\beta=2$ and not
simply paste is as a string?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Paul Rubin]

I can't answer the context-aware pasting question, but I'll point out that if
you paste the math content in as ordinary text, you can highlight it and hit
ctrl-M to turn it into a math inset.  (This works anywhere in the document, and
in both directions -- you can also turn a math inset into plain text.)

/Paul

Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[John Kane]

As the subject heading says I wondered if it was possible to use the latex 
package 'parallel' in LyX?  It seems to be similar in purpose to something like 
ledmac.

I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a curiosity question.

Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

Hi. When I wish to copy results from Matlab into a LyX document I
generate a tab-delimited string and then paste it into a LyX table.

For example,in Matlab I might have a cell of results like:
test = {'A' 'dog' 200; 'B' 'cat' 99.3}
which looks like
test =

   'A'    'dog'    [200]
   'B'    'cat'    [99.3]

If I convert this to a string by substituting new cells by tab
character sprintf('\t') and newlines by sprintf('\t') I get something
like:
str =

A dog 200.
B cat 99.3000

Using the Matlab command clipboard('copy',str) this can easily be
pasted into a LyX table using Ctrl+Shft+V, or Plain Text, Join
Lines.  This is a nice, easy way to generate tables of results...

...however, this pastes the contents into the LyX table as text only.
Is there a way of pasting cells where some of them are in math mode?
For instance, what if I have the matlab cell:
test = {'\alpha' 'dog' 200; '\beta' 'cat' 99.3}
I wish to paste this into a LyX table where the cells \alpha and \beta
and the numbers are not pasted as text, but as math (i.e. as greek
letters)?  Is there an easy way to do this? Adding $...$ around data
does not change the behaviour when pasted.

I would guess there is some way of formatting the copied string so
that LyX knows when to swap into and out of math mode.  This obviously
happens when one copies and pastes tables within LyX.  But I need help
trying to add this to the text string which I generate in Matlab and
paste in LyX.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: placing the figure number

[curtis osterhoudt]

Ah. Sorry for not being clear. Here's the sequence I use:


1. Insert - Float - Figure (or Figure Wrap Float).
2. Cursor is left in the Figure Caption box. I type something in here 
(even if 
I haven't thought up a caption yet).
3. Move the cursor (with mouse or arrow keys) so that it's just to the 
left of 
Figure #:.
4. Press 'Enter' (I don't know if this step is strictly required, but 
it 
works).
5. Insert - Graphics (or Insert - File - External Material if I want 
to put 
in an XFig figure).
6. Browse to the file to insert.If I've already done these steps for a 
figure 
and want to repeat for more figures, it's often easier for me to select the 
float box and simply copy the whole damned thing to where I want another figure 
to sit, and paste it in, then go back and change the figure and caption, etc.

Tuning the figure to be centered above the caption is often a matter of moving 
the cursor to the inside of the float box and setting the paragraph settings 
to Alignment - Center.

   Hope that helps, and that I've understood your original question!

   C


 /**
The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. 
Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the 
one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to 
the 
unknowable. ~~Roger Zelazny, in Lord of Light
***/





From: xPol xtek...@gmail.com
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 11:05:28 AM
Subject: Re: placing the figure number

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

 The way I do this is to press Enter before putting the actual xfig
 picture (or any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and
 caption, if needed) go below the figure.

Sorry, i fear i have not clearly understood your sequence 
At which stage do you press enter?

thank you 

---p


  

Re: placing the figure number

[xPol]

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

 Ah. Sorry for not being clear. Here's the sequence I use:
 
 
 1. Insert - Float - Figure (or Figure Wrap Float).
 2. Cursor is left in the Figure Caption box. I type something in here
 (even if I haven't thought up a caption yet).
 3. Move the cursor (with mouse or arrow keys) so that it's just to the
 left of Figure #:.
 4. Press 'Enter' (I don't know if this step is strictly required, but it
 works).
 5. Insert - Graphics (or Insert - File - External Material if I want to
 put in an XFig figure).

succeeded, thank you 

---p

Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM, John Kane jrkrid...@yahoo.ca wrote:
 As the subject heading says I wondered if it was possible to use the latex 
 package 'parallel' in LyX?  It seems to be similar in purpose to something 
 like ledmac.

 I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a curiosity question.

I'm not sure if LyX supports this natively.

Google 'lyx parallel' found an old thread on teh subject [1]. And the
wiki 'feature requests' has a poll on 'ledmac' support. I guess you
could add the one for 'parallel' [2].

As usual with LyX, you can input \usepackage{parallel} in the preamble
and try using it via ERT, and see what happens. Regards
Liviu

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg28767.html
[2] http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/FeaturePoll2#toc1

Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Jim Rockford]

I just tried installing the 1.6.8 update using the standard installer bundle
LyX-1.6.8-1-Installer-Bundle on Windows 7 (64 bit).  Although it appeared
to install without any problems, upon trying to start Lyx I get the
following popup message:

Lyx: no system directory
 Unable to determine the system directory having searched
   C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX16/bin/../Resources/
Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
'chkconfig.Itx'.


The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.

Jim

Re: Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Julien Rioux]

On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote:

Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
'chkconfig.Itx'.


The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.


hmm, shouldn't it be looking for chkconfig.ltx (l as in latex), right?

--
Julien

Re: Troubleshooting Windows Installation unable to find textclass file - Win XP, Lyx 1.6.7

[Julien Rioux]

On 21/11/2010 6:44 AM, Thomas Vandieken wrote:

WindowsError: [Error 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden:
'%WIN
DOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /c latex
\\nonstopmode\\input{c:/dokume\\string~1/tommy
/lokale\\string~1/temp/tmpe06ohs.ltx}'



Hi,

Thanks for your report. The message says that either cmd.exe is not 
found or latex.exe is not found. I can't tell for sure, but it is likely 
the latter: that you don't have the latex program in your PATH. Do you 
have a latex distribution installed (e.g. miktex) ?


Howver, it should be possible to install and use LyX without a latex 
distribution. So, if indeed you get this error message because of a 
missing latex distribution, it is a bug. I see in configure.py that 
checkTeXPaths is called before the check for latex. This should get fixed.


Regards,
Julien

Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[John Kane]

Thanks for this. Somehow I completely missed those in my first search.
Does not look all that easy to use but I was just curious anyway.

--- On Sun, 11/21/10, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:

 From: Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?
 To: John Kane jrkrid...@yahoo.ca
 Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Received: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 2:00 PM
 On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM, John
 Kane jrkrid...@yahoo.ca
 wrote:
  As the subject heading says I wondered if it was
 possible to use the latex package 'parallel' in LyX?  It
 seems to be similar in purpose to something like ledmac.
 
  I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a
 curiosity question.
 
 I'm not sure if LyX supports this natively.
 
 Google 'lyx parallel' found an old thread on teh subject
 [1]. And the
 wiki 'feature requests' has a poll on 'ledmac' support. I
 guess you
 could add the one for 'parallel' [2].
 
 As usual with LyX, you can input \usepackage{parallel} in
 the preamble
 and try using it via ERT, and see what happens. Regards
 Liviu
 
 [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg28767.html
 [2] http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/FeaturePoll2#toc1
 

Section, not showing up in the table-of-contents

[Frederick Noronha]

Dear all: Is there some way I could include a section (in a book)
which features in the text (without a number) but also shows up in the
table-of-contents? FN

Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490

Re: Section, not showing up in the table-of-contents

[Liviu Andronic]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Frederick Noronha
fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear all: Is there some way I could include a section (in a book)
 which features in the text (without a number) but also shows up in the
 table-of-contents? FN

Are you looking for this [1]?
Liviu

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/TOC#toc4


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modernCV example in LyX 1.6.8 broken for me on MiKTeX 2.9, Win XP

[David Hewitt]

Fresh install of all of the above, with latest modernCV stuff, and the
example that ships with LyX 1.6.8 fails to compile through pdflatex. I
only get the error below repeated as two entries (same) in the LyX
error display:

 \begin{document}

The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

I rooted around for a bit and compared the source to a version that
compiled on LyX 1.5.2 with older MiKTeX and nothing jumps out. I also
tried eliminating things in the Preamble (quote, photo) and also
cutting out the Bibliography-related stuff. Nothing seems to compile.
Any ideas?

Dave Hewitt

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

Paul Rubin rubin at msu.edu writes:

 
 I can't answer the context-aware pasting question, but I'll point out that if
 you paste the math content in as ordinary text, you can highlight it and hit
 ctrl-M to turn it into a math inset.  (This works anywhere in the document, 
 and
 in both directions -- you can also turn a math inset into plain text.)
 
 /Paul
 
 

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your reply.  Yes, I could highlight and manually switch the selection
to math insets but this is very slow/tedious if there are many fields which
require editing.  If I were to go down this route I think I would rather copy
and paste latex code into an ERT which, on restarting LyX, should give me the
tables and correct formats.  It would really be nicer if I could simply paste
content into LyX and have the math values recognised.  Does anyone else have any
ideas?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: modernCV example in LyX 1.6.8 broken for me on MiKTeX 2.9, Win XP

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 22:04, schrieb David Hewitt:


Fresh install of all of the above, with latest modernCV stuff, and the
example that ships with LyX 1.6.8 fails to compile through pdflatex.


I already fixed this for LyX 1.6.9.
For now use the attached example file.

regards Uwe


modernCV.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: TOC in pdf's sidebar: section and subsection structure not as expected

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 22:29, schrieb Jannick Asmus:


the table of contents in the pdf's sidebar does not reflect the (sub)subsection 
structure given in
the LyX-file. Please see the LyX-file and the pdf attached.


You file doesn't open with LyX 1.6.x. If you are using LyX test build and think that you found a 
bug, please state this.

For normal documents please only use the stable LyX 1.6.x!

The problem you have is because you have a section and subsubsection, but no subsection. Add a 
subsection and it works, see attached.


regards Uwe


TOC.lyx
Description: application/lyx

AW: TOC in pdf's sidebar: section and subsection structure not as expected

[Jannick Asmus]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Am 21.11.2010 22:29, schrieb Jannick Asmus:


the table of contents in the pdf's sidebar does not reflect the
(sub)subsection structure given in the LyX-file. Please see the
LyX-file and the pdf attached.


You file doesn't open with LyX 1.6.x. If you are using LyX test build
and think that you found a bug, please state this.


I used the beta1-version.


The problem you have is because you have a section and subsubsection,
but no subsection. Add a subsection and it works, see attached.


Oooh, thanks.

/J. 

Re: Troubleshooting Windows Installation unable to find textclass file - Win XP, Lyx 1.6.7

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 12:44, schrieb Thomas Vandieken:


After a successful installation I'm unable to start Lyx. I always get the
error message that a textclass file was not found.


That means that your installation got broken. This can be repaired, but as LyX 1.6.8 is already 
available, I recommend to


- uninstall LyX 1.6.7 _completely_
- install LyX 1.6.8 using the alternative installer (for the standard 1.6.8 installer problems were 
reported today)


regards Uwe

Re: strikeout math? (was: Re: Arrows: boldface, negated diagonal?)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 16:05, schrieb Liviu Andronic:


What should one do when the regular \not way of striking out math
produces ugly output?


Use one of the AMS negated relations available in the math toolbar. That are almost all relations 
one could need.



See attached example.


This file doesn't ope with LyX 1.6.x. If you are not testing LyX for bugs or development, lease use 
the stable LyX 1.6.x releases!



In this case I'd like to
use regular strikeout (as from within Text style), but it doesn't seem
to work on Math.


This won't work because \not is not designed to strike-out characters but to 
negate relations.
But anyway, the syntax you are using in your formula seems to  be wrong. If you want to state that a 
variable is negated, you need to place a \neg if front of it. See the attached example file.


Another issue: you write Var_1 where Var is italic. This would mean
V*a*r_1 but I guess that your variable is named Var. So to avoid confusions, write 
Var upright.
(Appendix A of the Math manual gives some advices about math typography.)

regards Uwe


newfile1-fixed.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: No printing of any files

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 15:37, schrieb Anthony Campbell:


When I try to print any file I get the message: Check that your printer
is set up correctly.

I have my printer set as Kyocera.


LyX's printing is not a real printing. LyX will create a postscript file and try to send this to a 
printer. This mechanism does for example not work on Windows.
So to print your document, export it as PDF (pdflatex) and open the resulting PDF with a program of 
your choice and use its printing menu to print the PDF.


regards Uwe

Re: aligned vs AMS align

[Emil Pavlov]

На 19.11.2010 16:52, Uwe Stöhr написа:

Am 19.11.2010 13:51, schrieb Emil Pavlov:


The LyX Math manual gives in sec. 18.2 Align Environments a detailed
overview about the different AMS environments. You find this manual in
the Help menu of LyX.


Perhaps, I am stupid, but I cannot find where the difference between
Aligned Environment and AMS align Environment in section 18.2 is.
Can you give a page number for the math manual in Lyx 1.6.7?


Aligned is an environment to be used within other formula environments 
as described in sec. 18.6 Multiline Formula Parts of the Math manual.


regards Uwe



Thank you. I'm sorry for the stupid question.

Re: Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Mukhtar Ullah]

Julien Rioux jrioux at physics.utoronto.ca writes:

 
 On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote:
  Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
  LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
  'chkconfig.Itx'.
 
 
  The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
  anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.
 
 hmm, shouldn't it be looking for chkconfig.ltx (l as in latex), right?
 

I faced the exact same problem with the standard LyX 1.6.8-1 installer on
windows 7 64-bit. The other installer from Uwe works fine.
Mukhtar

Re: buffer view pdf2

[Hellmut Weber]

On 21.11.2010 19:21, Emanuel Blum wrote:
 
 Am 21.11.2010 um 01:30 schrieb Hellmut Weber:
 

 On 18.11.2010 17:34, Emanuel Blum wrote:

 Hallo zusammen,

 ich bin seit Monaten glücklicher Lyx-User, habe jedoch seit geraumer
 Zeit das Problem, dass ich kein PDF-file mehr auswerfen kann. Wenn ich
 den Pdf-Button betätige, erscheint in der Leiste unten die Meldung
 buffer view pdf2. Habe versucht das Problem zu googeln, bin aber nicht
 wirklich schlauer geworden.

 Falls es euch hilft:
 -Lyx Version: 1.6.5
 -Betriebssystem: Mac OS X 10.5.8

 Vielen Dank im Voraus.

 Liebe Grüße,

 Emanuel Blum


 Hi Emanuel,
 this is an english list, so I'll respond in english.

 Do you note this effect when you try to view a lyx document for the
 first time as pdf?
 Are you sure that there is not a pdf viewer (like acroread) open
 somewhere else (e.g. on another desktop)?

 When I'mworking on my Linux system on a lyx document an press the pdf
 button for the first time, acfroread pops up with my document ONLY IF
 there is no acroread open at some other place.

 What system do you use? OS? Lyx Version?


 HTH

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 Hi Hellmut,
 
 thanks for your response!
 
 I use Lyx version 1.6.5 and Mac OS X 10.5.8.
 Yes, it's the case when I try to open a PDF for the first time. No other
 pdf viewers are active.
 
 Best,
 
 Emanuel
 


Hallo Emaunuel,

Hi Emaunuel,
I didn't realize from your first message that are working on Mac. I
don't have any experience with this clas of machines.

Nevertheless one thought: Since I see the same message in the status
line of lyx, when lyx has done its job successfully, I suppose that the
problem is some wheer in the pdf viewer installation.

Can it be that the problem appeared after some system update?
Is there on Mac an automatic system update function?

There a Mac guru's on the list normally, I hope they can help you


Cheers

Hellmut

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Re: No printing of any files

[Enrico Forestieri]

Anthony Campbell writes:
 Can someone kindly point to where this printing issue is documented?

http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinTips#printing

-- 
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Re: [LyX] Re: how to make fragile frames in beamer layout

[Kevin Middleton]

Would you mind posting a small .lyx file demonstrating the ordering of 
FragileFrame and EndFrame? I'm trying your suggestion with LyX 2.0 beta 1 (OS 
X), but I can't get it to work. I have added the code below to beamer.layout 
and reconfigured LyX (not sure if this is necessary). I have a document with 
the Sweave module loaded and one fragile frame containing some minimal Sweave 
code in a Chunk. 

When I try to view, I get an error: Missing } inserted. The operative part of 
the log appears to be:

! Missing } inserted.
inserted text
}
l.32 \end{frame}

I have tried adding EndFrame, both inside the FragileFrame and just after it, 
but that did not help.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kevin


 I came up with two hacks which sofar work just fine in combination
 with the Sweave module (for R output). One usage note: you need to use
 'EndFrame' env before RragileFrame, when the latter comes immediately
 after the Beamer title or after a regular Frame. Later I'll look into
 making this a module; now you'd simply need to add this to your
 beamer.layout.
 
 Regards
 Liviu
 
 InsetLayout Flex:FragileFrame
  LyXType  custom
  LatexTypeEnvironment
  LatexNameframe
  LatexParam   [fragile]
  Decoration   Classic
  MultiPar 1
  LabelString  Fragile Frame
  NeedProtect  0
  Spellcheck   1
 End
 
 InsetLayout Flex:FragileTitle
  LyXType  custom
  LatexTypeCommand
  LatexNameframetitle
  LabelString  Fragile Title
  Decoration   Classic
  Spellcheck   1
 End

Re: Greek+English documents show English words with Greek letters

[Nikos Chantziaras]

(This is probably grave-digging :P)

I left LyX (and TeX) alone since that thread.  Recently I was asked to 
create a paper in LaTeX and therefore looked at the LyX site again.  I 
saw that LyX 2.0 beta supports XeTeX, which presumably does exactly 
what I described in this thread!


So after all, thanks LyX devs!  I just tried it out and indeed it works 
like a charm after enabling XeTeX in the Document Settings.  I can write 
Latin and Greek characters at the same time without being driven insane 
by constantly selecting text and switching language. :-)



On 02/17/2009 05:46 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:

On 2009-02-16, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

Guenter Milde wrote:

On 2009-02-09, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

I'm using LyX 1.6.1 with TeXLive 2007 on Linux (Gentoo).



I created a new document using the article class and selected Greek
as language.  The document is a mix of English and Greek, but there's a
problem: even though English words appear correctly in LyX, the final
PDF output shows English using the Greek alphabet.

...

You need to tell LyX which parts of the document are Greek and which are
English

...

This is too slow, really, and in contrast with every other software out
there where you simply press Alt+Shift (or whatever combination you've
set up) and type away.


However, this software will most probably not do correct hyphenation and
spell-cheking...

For single foreign words in Latin script, where this is not a problem, you
can use a customized unicodesymbols file:

* Copy it to your LyX directory (~/.lyx).

* For all the latin Letters (and maybe also the question mark and other
   punktuation), you need to add lines like::

   0x0067 \textlatin{g} force   # LATIN SMALL LETTER G

However, this will stand in your way, if you want to compile e.g. English
or German documents, so it needs a way to switch off. (one possibility
is a to put the modified file into another userdir (say ~/.lyx-greek) and
start LyX with the -userdir ~/.lyx-greek option.



It's not really an option to have to type two shortcuts to switch
language


You need to switch two things: keyboard layout (in LyX or in the OS) and
language (in LyX).

To achieve both with one key-combo, you could:

a) use the lyx-server and a script to let the shortcut switch the
OS keyboard settings and send the lfun to LyX, or

b) define a keymap in LyX (see HelpCustomization) and define a shortcut
in LyX to switch the language + the keymap.

Option b) is preferable, if you wish to have a persistent keyboard
mapping outside LyX (e.g. for Greek-ignorant applications).



But if this is a limitation of TeX or LaTeX then I guess LyX has to live
with it.


No, It is one of the limitations that LyX (due to its consequent use of
Unicode) can easily overcome.


As it stands, it's too painful to use LyX for multilingual
documents that way, where the second language does not use a Latin
alphabet.


Actually, it's no problem in the (worldwide more common) case that the
*second* language uses a non-Latin alphabet (like Greek words in German
text). The other way round is the problem.


I suppose most people can't really comprehend the painfulness
of this because their language is based on the Latin alphabet and
Alt+Shift does the right thing for them.


This might be one of the reasons for this feature still missing in LyX.
After all, LyX is a project by volunteers that need to be interested in
fixing this by one of

* own need for the feature,
* scientific, sportive or some other interest in solving the problem,
* financial stimulus.

So, a first step towards a solution would be to file an enhancement
report to bugzilla.lyx.org that gets the developers interested.

A second step would be getting involved with the development and e.g.
provide a patch for unicodesymbols or a greek.kmap file that translates
Latin input to Greek Unicodechars for LyX.

Updating a language for the LaTeX program listings package?

[Robert J Berger]

I understand I need to update the lstdrvrs.dtx of the listings package to add a 
new language.

What I'm not clear about is, once I update the listings package, how do I get 
it into LyX (on a Macintosh using LyX-2.0 beta)

I.E. where does that live in the Mac Filesystem if I installed LyX 2.0beta with 
the binary installer?

Thanks!
Rob
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Re: [LyX] Re: how to make fragile frames in beamer layout

[Liviu Andronic]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Kevin Middleton k...@mid-town.org wrote:

 Would you mind posting a small .lyx file demonstrating the ordering of 
 FragileFrame and EndFrame? I'm trying your suggestion with LyX 2.0 beta 1 (OS 
 X), but I can't get it to work. I have added the code below to beamer.layout 
 and reconfigured LyX (not sure if this is necessary).

Yes, it is.


I have a document with the Sweave module loaded and one fragile frame 
containing some minimal Sweave code in a Chunk.

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I use R code in ERT.


 When I try to view, I get an error: Missing } inserted. The operative part 
 of the log appears to be:

 ! Missing } inserted.
 inserted text
 }
 l.32 \end{frame}

 I have tried adding EndFrame, both inside the FragileFrame and just after it, 
 but that did not help.

 Any suggestions would be appreciated.

See attached. Document created using 2.0 beta1 on Xubuntu. Also [1]
for the PDF result. Regards
Liviu

[1] http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=15938587467372347593


 Thanks,
 Kevin


 I came up with two hacks which sofar work just fine in combination
 with the Sweave module (for R output). One usage note: you need to use
 'EndFrame' env before RragileFrame, when the latter comes immediately
 after the Beamer title or after a regular Frame. Later I'll look into
 making this a module; now you'd simply need to add this to your
 beamer.layout.

 Regards
 Liviu

 InsetLayout Flex:FragileFrame
  LyXType      custom
  LatexType    Environment
  LatexName    frame
  LatexParam   [fragile]
  Decoration   Classic
  MultiPar     1
  LabelString  Fragile Frame
  NeedProtect  0
  Spellcheck   1
 End

 InsetLayout Flex:FragileTitle
  LyXType      custom
  LatexType    Command
  LatexName    frametitle
  LabelString  Fragile Title
  Decoration   Classic
  Spellcheck   1
 End





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Use AMS math package (semi-)automatically

[Andrew Parsloe]

In DocumentSettingsMath Options, checking the 'Use AMS math package 
automatically' option doesn't mean exactly that. I use LyX for 
constructing diagrams with PSTricks and enter the code in ERT (LyX's 
PostScript View and Update buttons are excellent for this). I wanted to 
label an angle with pi/4 and entered


$\tfrac{\pi}{4}$

but got an undefined control sequence message for my troubles, despite 
the AMS math package option being checked. When I added


\usepackage{AMSmath}

manually in the document preamble, all was well.

When I enter the same expression in LyX's math editor, the AMS math 
package does load automatically. The code in both cases looks identical 
in the View Source window.


A bug? Confusing at least.

(LyX 1.6.8; ponderous Windows Vista)

Andrew Parsloe

Re: buffer view pdf2

[Stephan Witt]

Am 22.11.2010 um 01:33 schrieb Hellmut Weber:

 On 21.11.2010 19:21, Emanuel Blum wrote:
 
 Am 21.11.2010 um 01:30 schrieb Hellmut Weber:
 
 
 On 18.11.2010 17:34, Emanuel Blum wrote:
 
 Hallo zusammen,
 
 ich bin seit Monaten glücklicher Lyx-User, habe jedoch seit geraumer
 Zeit das Problem, dass ich kein PDF-file mehr auswerfen kann. Wenn ich
 den Pdf-Button betätige, erscheint in der Leiste unten die Meldung
 buffer view pdf2. Habe versucht das Problem zu googeln, bin aber nicht
 wirklich schlauer geworden.
 
 Falls es euch hilft:
 -Lyx Version: 1.6.5
 -Betriebssystem: Mac OS X 10.5.8
 
 Vielen Dank im Voraus.
 
 Liebe Grüße,
 
 Emanuel Blum
 
 
 Hi Emanuel,
 this is an english list, so I'll respond in english.
 
 Do you note this effect when you try to view a lyx document for the
 first time as pdf?
 Are you sure that there is not a pdf viewer (like acroread) open
 somewhere else (e.g. on another desktop)?
 
 When I'mworking on my Linux system on a lyx document an press the pdf
 button for the first time, acfroread pops up with my document ONLY IF
 there is no acroread open at some other place.
 
 What system do you use? OS? Lyx Version?
 
 
 HTH
 
 Hellmut
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Dr. Hellmut Weber m...@hellmutweber.de
 Degenfeldstraße 2 tel   +49-89-3081172
 D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321
 please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq
 
 
 
 Hi Hellmut,
 
 thanks for your response!
 
 I use Lyx version 1.6.5 and Mac OS X 10.5.8.
 Yes, it's the case when I try to open a PDF for the first time. No other
 pdf viewers are active.
 
 Best,
 
 Emanuel
 
 
 
 Hallo Emaunuel,
 
 Hi Emaunuel,
 I didn't realize from your first message that are working on Mac. I
 don't have any experience with this clas of machines.
 
 Nevertheless one thought: Since I see the same message in the status
 line of lyx, when lyx has done its job successfully, I suppose that the
 problem is some wheer in the pdf viewer installation.
 
 Can it be that the problem appeared after some system update?
 Is there on Mac an automatic system update function?

Hi Emanual,

there is more then one possibility to produce a .pdf file with LyX.
pdf2 is the way to produce a .pdf file with pdflatex.

It looks like you are able to produce a .pdf file and then no viewer
is started.

What you may try:
1. export the document as pdflatex and see if you're able to open it in finder.
2. check your preferences - what's the configured viewer for pdf2 (pdflatex)?
3. check if one of the other view pdf output paths works (dvipdfm or ps2pdf)

Stephan

Re: Use AMS math package (semi-)automatically

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Andrew Parsloe wrote:
 In DocumentSettingsMath Options, checking the 'Use AMS math package 
 automatically' option doesn't mean exactly that. I use LyX for 
 constructing diagrams with PSTricks and enter the code in ERT (LyX's 
 PostScript View and Update buttons are excellent for this). I wanted to 
 label an angle with pi/4 and entered
 
 $\tfrac{\pi}{4}$

ERT always means: you are responsible for what you do alone. LyX does not care 
what you enter in ERT, it just passes whatever the content of this is to 
LaTeX.

That's why we call it Evil Red Text ;-)

 A bug? Confusing at least.

No. Design.

Jürgen

Re: Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
 Julien Rioux jrioux at physics.utoronto.ca writes:
  
 
  On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote:
   Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment
   variable LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
   'chkconfig.Itx'.
   
   
   The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
   anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.
 
  
 
  hmm, shouldn't it be looking for chkconfig.ltx (l as in latex), right?
 
  
 
 I faced the exact same problem with the standard LyX 1.6.8-1 installer on
 windows 7 64-bit. The other installer from Uwe works fine.

There seems to be a problem with the standard installer and some external 
libraries. Joost is working on a fix.

Meanwhile, we have removed the standard installer from the servers.

Jürgen

Troubleshooting Windows Installation "unable to find textclass file" - Win XP, Lyx 1.6.7

[Thomas Vandieken]

Hi,

maybe someone can help me to run Lyx on my Windows XP machine.

Installer: LyX-1.6.7-4-Installer.exe

After a successful installation I'm unable to start Lyx. I always get the
error message that a textclass file was not found. I tried the workaround
like described here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Troubleshooting#TextClassListbut I get the
same error in the CMD:

C:\>c:/lyx16/python/python.exe c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py", line 989, in 
windows_style_tex_paths = checkTeXPaths()
  File "c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py", line 111, in checkTeXPaths
latex_out = cmdOutput(r'latex "\nonstopmode\input{%s}"' % inpname)
  File "c:/lyx16/resources/configure.py", line 65, in cmdOutput
fout = os.popen(cmd)
WindowsError: [Error 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden:
'%WIN
DOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /c latex
"\\nonstopmode\\input{c:/dokume\\string~1/tommy
/lokale\\string~1/temp/tmpe06ohs.ltx}"'

Some ideas?

Thanks!
Tom

Re: UNSOLVED AGAIN -- AW: [LyX2.0beta1] side bar always closed

[Marcelo Acuña]

> But only for the first relanch of LyX. The next fire up
> gave me the frustrating result that the problem persists.
> ... But I can live with hitting the button once a day.
> 
> If you would like me to file a bug on this, just tell me.
> Please include the information you need. I suspect that
> something in the registry and/or in the user prefs are
> changed inconsistently ... but I am really no specialists on
> this at all. I must admit that I was not very unsure while
> killing parts of the registry. But eventually my machine is
> still working. ;)
> 
> /J. 

 Yes,in linux or windows the bug remain. I think that is not necessary to 
create a new bug report.

Marcelo

No printing of any files

[Anthony Campbell]

When I try to print any file I get the message: "Check that your printer
is set up correctly."

I have my printer set as Kyocera. All other programs use this without
problems and so does dvips. I couldn't find anything in the docs or in
Google. Of course, I can work round the problem by first exporting the
file as ps and then printing that.

Can someone kindly point to where this printing issue is documented?

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Re: placing the figure number

[curtis osterhoudt]

The way I do this is to press "Enter" before putting the actual xfig picture 
(or 
any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and caption, if 
needed) 
go below the figure. My very rough rule-of-thumb is that if the 'figure #' 
appears to (say) the immediate right of the actual picture, the Fig. # + 
caption 
will be to the right when the file is compiled, etc.
 /**
"The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. 
Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the 
one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to 
the 
unknowable." ~~Roger Zelazny, in "Lord of Light"
***/





From: xPol 
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 6:03:11 AM
Subject: placing the figure number

I have just inserted a (xfig) picture in a float frame. The  'figure #' 
title has been placed on the left side. 
How to place the figure number on the bottom of the figure?

thank you 
-p


  

invoices and handouts

[Payal]

Hi all,
I have two different questions. 
a. Is there ay invoice layout for lyx in particular and latex in
general? I saw one on ctan and I didn't like it - I would like something
a bit more fancy.

b. A professor of computer wants to give handouts to his students, i am
helping him prepare them? I am not too much in favor of tufte handout
class (one reason is too much wasting of righthand margin and placement
of footnotes). Can anyone suggest other layouts?

If I get to see some sample lyx or tex files on the above two points, it
will be nice.

With warm regards,
-Payal
-- 

Re: placing the figure number

[xPol]

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

> The way I do this is to press "Enter" before putting the actual xfig
> picture (or any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and
> caption, if needed) go below the figure.

Sorry, i fear i have not clearly understood your sequence 
At which stage do you press enter?

thank you 

---p

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

I am guessing one reason why LyX is able to copy and paste cells or tables while
retaining the distinction between text and math cells or math within a cell has
to do with clipboard locales.

My understanding is that the clipboard might retain the copied content in
different formats.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649013%28VS.85%29.aspx

So my question might be, is there a way of generating a string which can be
pasted into LyX where math mode is recognized and applied?  For instance, is
there a way to paste the string
"The result is $\beta=2$."
into LyX where LyX automatically knows to use math mode for $\beta=2$ and not
simply paste is as a string?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Paul Rubin]

I can't answer the context-aware pasting question, but I'll point out that if
you paste the math content in as ordinary text, you can highlight it and hit
ctrl-M to turn it into a math inset.  (This works anywhere in the document, and
in both directions -- you can also turn a math inset into plain text.)

/Paul

Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[John Kane]

As the subject heading says I wondered if it was possible to use the latex 
package 'parallel' in LyX?  It seems to be similar in purpose to something like 
ledmac.

I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a curiosity question.

Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

Hi. When I wish to copy results from Matlab into a LyX document I
generate a tab-delimited string and then paste it into a LyX table.

For example,in Matlab I might have a cell of results like:
test = {'A' 'dog' 200; 'B' 'cat' 99.3}
which looks like
test =

   'A'    'dog'    [200]
   'B'    'cat'    [99.3]

If I convert this to a string by substituting new cells by tab
character sprintf('\t') and newlines by sprintf('\t') I get something
like:
str =

A dog 200.
B cat 99.3000

Using the Matlab command clipboard('copy',str) this can easily be
pasted into a LyX table using Ctrl+Shft+V, or "Plain Text, Join
Lines".  This is a nice, easy way to generate tables of results...

...however, this pastes the contents into the LyX table as text only.
Is there a way of pasting cells where some of them are in math mode?
For instance, what if I have the matlab cell:
test = {'\alpha' 'dog' 200; '\beta' 'cat' 99.3}
I wish to paste this into a LyX table where the cells \alpha and \beta
and the numbers are not pasted as text, but as math (i.e. as greek
letters)?  Is there an easy way to do this? Adding $...$ around data
does not change the behaviour when pasted.

I would guess there is some way of formatting the copied string so
that LyX knows when to swap into and out of math mode.  This obviously
happens when one copies and pastes tables within LyX.  But I need help
trying to add this to the text string which I generate in Matlab and
paste in LyX.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: placing the figure number

[curtis osterhoudt]

Ah. Sorry for not being clear. Here's the sequence I use:


1. Insert -> Float -> Figure (or Figure Wrap Float).
2. Cursor is left in the Figure Caption box. I type something in here 
(even if 
I haven't thought up a caption yet).
3. Move the cursor (with mouse or arrow keys) so that it's just to the 
left of 
"Figure #:".
4. Press 'Enter' (I don't know if this step is strictly required, but 
it 
works).
5. Insert -> Graphics (or Insert -> File -> External Material if I want 
to put 
in an XFig figure).
6. Browse to the file to insert.If I've already done these steps for a 
figure 
and want to repeat for more figures, it's often easier for me to select the 
float box and simply copy the whole damned thing to where I want another figure 
to sit, and paste it in, then go back and change the figure and caption, etc.

Tuning the figure to be centered above the caption is often a matter of moving 
the cursor to the inside of the float box and setting the "paragraph settings" 
to "Alignment -> Center".

   Hope that helps, and that I've understood your original question!

   C


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"The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. 
Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the 
one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to 
the 
unknowable." ~~Roger Zelazny, in "Lord of Light"
***/





From: xPol 
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 11:05:28 AM
Subject: Re: placing the figure number

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

> The way I do this is to press "Enter" before putting the actual xfig
> picture (or any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and
> caption, if needed) go below the figure.

Sorry, i fear i have not clearly understood your sequence 
At which stage do you press enter?

thank you 

---p


  

Re: placing the figure number

[xPol]

curtis osterhoudt wrote:

> Ah. Sorry for not being clear. Here's the sequence I use:
> 
> 
> 1. Insert -> Float -> Figure (or Figure Wrap Float).
> 2. Cursor is left in the Figure Caption box. I type something in here
> (even if I haven't thought up a caption yet).
> 3. Move the cursor (with mouse or arrow keys) so that it's just to the
> left of "Figure #:".
> 4. Press 'Enter' (I don't know if this step is strictly required, but it
> works).
> 5. Insert -> Graphics (or Insert -> File -> External Material if I want to
> put in an XFig figure).

succeeded, thank you 

---p

Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM, John Kane  wrote:
> As the subject heading says I wondered if it was possible to use the latex 
> package 'parallel' in LyX?  It seems to be similar in purpose to something 
> like ledmac.
>
> I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a curiosity question.
>
I'm not sure if LyX supports this natively.

Google 'lyx parallel' found an old thread on teh subject [1]. And the
wiki 'feature requests' has a poll on 'ledmac' support. I guess you
could add the one for 'parallel' [2].

As usual with LyX, you can input \usepackage{parallel} in the preamble
and try using it via ERT, and see what happens. Regards
Liviu

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg28767.html
[2] http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/FeaturePoll2#toc1

Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Jim Rockford]

I just tried installing the 1.6.8 update using the standard installer bundle
"LyX-1.6.8-1-Installer-Bundle" on Windows 7 (64 bit).  Although it appeared
to install without any problems, upon trying to start Lyx I get the
following popup message:

"Lyx: no system directory
 Unable to determine the system directory having searched
   C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX16/bin/../Resources/
Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
'chkconfig.Itx'."


The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.

Jim

Re: Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)

[Julien Rioux]

On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote:

Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
'chkconfig.Itx'."


The problem appears to be the  'chkconfig.Itx' file.  I don't see it
anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree.


hmm, shouldn't it be looking for chkconfig.ltx (l as in latex), right?

--
Julien

Re: Troubleshooting Windows Installation "unable to find textclass file" - Win XP, Lyx 1.6.7

[Julien Rioux]

On 21/11/2010 6:44 AM, Thomas Vandieken wrote:

WindowsError: [Error 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden:
'%WIN
DOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe /c latex
"\\nonstopmode\\input{c:/dokume\\string~1/tommy
/lokale\\string~1/temp/tmpe06ohs.ltx}"'



Hi,

Thanks for your report. The message says that either cmd.exe is not 
found or latex.exe is not found. I can't tell for sure, but it is likely 
the latter: that you don't have the latex program in your PATH. Do you 
have a latex distribution installed (e.g. miktex) ?


Howver, it should be possible to install and use LyX without a latex 
distribution. So, if indeed you get this error message because of a 
missing latex distribution, it is a bug. I see in configure.py that 
checkTeXPaths is called before the check for latex. This should get fixed.


Regards,
Julien

Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?

[John Kane]

Thanks for this. Somehow I completely missed those in my first search.
Does not look all that easy to use but I was just curious anyway.

--- On Sun, 11/21/10, Liviu Andronic  wrote:

> From: Liviu Andronic 
> Subject: Re: Use of Latex's parallel package in LyX?
> To: "John Kane" 
> Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
> Received: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 2:00 PM
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM, John
> Kane 
> wrote:
> > As the subject heading says I wondered if it was
> possible to use the latex package 'parallel' in LyX?  It
> seems to be similar in purpose to something like ledmac.
> >
> > I'm not intending to actually us it so this is just a
> curiosity question.
> >
> I'm not sure if LyX supports this natively.
> 
> Google 'lyx parallel' found an old thread on teh subject
> [1]. And the
> wiki 'feature requests' has a poll on 'ledmac' support. I
> guess you
> could add the one for 'parallel' [2].
> 
> As usual with LyX, you can input \usepackage{parallel} in
> the preamble
> and try using it via ERT, and see what happens. Regards
> Liviu
> 
> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg28767.html
> [2] http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/FeaturePoll2#toc1
> 

Section, not showing up in the table-of-contents

[Frederick Noronha]

Dear all: Is there some way I could include a section (in a book)
which features in the text (without a number) but also shows up in the
table-of-contents? FN

Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490

Re: Section, not showing up in the table-of-contents

[Liviu Andronic]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Frederick Noronha
 wrote:
> Dear all: Is there some way I could include a section (in a book)
> which features in the text (without a number) but also shows up in the
> table-of-contents? FN
>
Are you looking for this [1]?
Liviu

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/TOC#toc4


> Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490
>



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modernCV example in LyX 1.6.8 broken for me on MiKTeX 2.9, Win XP

[David Hewitt]

Fresh install of all of the above, with latest modernCV stuff, and the
example that ships with LyX 1.6.8 fails to compile through pdflatex. I
only get the error below repeated as two entries (same) in the LyX
error display:

 \begin{document}

The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

I rooted around for a bit and compared the source to a version that
compiled on LyX 1.5.2 with older MiKTeX and nothing jumps out. I also
tried eliminating things in the Preamble (quote, photo) and also
cutting out the Bibliography-related stuff. Nothing seems to compile.
Any ideas?

Dave Hewitt

Re: Paste cells into table with Math

[Ken]

Paul Rubin  msu.edu> writes:

> 
> I can't answer the context-aware pasting question, but I'll point out that if
> you paste the math content in as ordinary text, you can highlight it and hit
> ctrl-M to turn it into a math inset.  (This works anywhere in the document, 
> and
> in both directions -- you can also turn a math inset into plain text.)
> 
> /Paul
> 
> 

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your reply.  Yes, I could highlight and manually switch the selection
to math insets but this is very slow/tedious if there are many fields which
require editing.  If I were to go down this route I think I would rather copy
and paste latex code into an ERT which, on restarting LyX, should give me the
tables and correct formats.  It would really be nicer if I could simply paste
content into LyX and have the math values recognised.  Does anyone else have any
ideas?

Thanks,
Ken

Re: modernCV example in LyX 1.6.8 broken for me on MiKTeX 2.9, Win XP

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.11.2010 22:04, schrieb David Hewitt:


Fresh install of all of the above, with latest modernCV stuff, and the
example that ships with LyX 1.6.8 fails to compile through pdflatex.


I already fixed this for LyX 1.6.9.
For now use the attached example file.

regards Uwe


modernCV.lyx
Description: application/lyx