Re: Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX
I would use LibreOffice and the latest Writer2LaTeX in the "UltraClean" configuration. Then text2lyx the file and see what happens. el On 2024-04-17 22:57, Brian Kneller via lyx-users wrote: > Hi, > > I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a > PhD (75K words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the > figures are in Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in > Format. Also there are many references. I hold all my references and > comments on them in Bookends. I regret not looking at lyx/latex and > using them much earlier so I am looking for an easy way to migrate > this info into Lyx and I am also looking for a Thesis template. I > have dowloaded and installed Lyx on my Macbook Pro (Mavericks) and > been thro the intro etc. I am trying to minimise the effort in > migration to Lyx so any comments and advice is most welcome. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Regds > > Brian Kneller > -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Not able to spellcheck in RC4 under Linux
> Le 18/04/2024 à 16:59, Christopher Menzel a écrit : >>> Maybe you need enchant (default on debian), it uses different spell >>> checkers. >>> >> Thank you for the suggestion. I finally got the bright idea of looking >> through the configure script for relevant flags and found >> “--with-included-hunspell”. Apparently, by default the script looks for an >> installed version of hunspell instead of using the version that’s included >> in the distribution and, for some reason, it wasn’t able to find my >> installed version of hunspell. But configuring with the above flag did the >> trick. My document is now nicely littered with wavy red underlines (as >> desired!). :-) > > Hi, > > To compile with support for the installed hunspell, you need to install the > libhunspell-dev package. Hm, I don’t have libhunspell-dev installed but I definitely have spellchecking support and Hunspell now shows up as the spellchecker in Preferences. -chris -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX
> 18 apr. 2024 kl. 17:20 skrev Jean-Marc Lasgouttes : > > Le 18/04/2024 à 16:59, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : >>> On 4/17/24 16:57, Brian Kneller via lyx-users wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a PhD >>> (75K words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the figures are >>> in Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in Format. Also there are >>> many references. I hold all my references and comments on them in Bookends. >>> I regret not looking at lyx/latex and using them much earlier so I am >>> looking for an easy way to migrate this info into Lyx and I am also looking >>> for a Thesis template. I have dowloaded and installed Lyx on my Macbook >>> Pro (Mavericks) and been thro the intro etc. I am trying to minimise the >>> effort in migration to Lyx so any comments and advice is most welcome. >> It should not be difficult to convert the main bulk of the text. You can >> export LaTeX from LibreOffice or use Pandoc to convert Word to LaTeX, then >> import the LaTeX document into LyX. > > I will add that this is true if your Word document uses styles for things > like sections. Also, I am not sure what is going to happen if you have math > equations. > > JMarc Math equations at least work fine the other way around I.e. LyX to Word if you follow the approach on the lyx wiki /Anders -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX
> On Apr 17, 2024, at 4:57 PM, Brian Kneller via lyx-users > wrote: > > Hi, > > I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a PhD (75K > words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the figures are in > Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in Format. Also there are many > references. I hold all my references and comments on them in Bookends. I > regret not looking at lyx/latex and using them much earlier so I am looking > for an easy way to migrate this info into Lyx and I am also looking for a > Thesis template. I have dowloaded and installed Lyx on my Macbook Pro > (Mavericks) and been thro the intro etc. I am trying to minimise the effort > in migration to Lyx so any comments and advice is most welcome. > Here is a page with thesis templates for LyX https://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Thesis If your university has a latex template, you can usually adapt that to LyX with some combination of using the Document->Settings->Preamble and the LyX layout file. Best, Steve-- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Not able to spellcheck in RC4 under Linux
Le 18/04/2024 à 16:59, Christopher Menzel a écrit : Maybe you need enchant (default on debian), it uses different spell checkers. Thank you for the suggestion. I finally got the bright idea of looking through the configure script for relevant flags and found “--with-included-hunspell”. Apparently, by default the script looks for an installed version of hunspell instead of using the version that’s included in the distribution and, for some reason, it wasn’t able to find my installed version of hunspell. But configuring with the above flag did the trick. My document is now nicely littered with wavy red underlines (as desired!). :-) Hi, To compile with support for the installed hunspell, you need to install the libhunspell-dev package. JMarc -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX
Le 18/04/2024 à 16:59, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : On 4/17/24 16:57, Brian Kneller via lyx-users wrote: Hi, I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a PhD (75K words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the figures are in Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in Format. Also there are many references. I hold all my references and comments on them in Bookends. I regret not looking at lyx/latex and using them much earlier so I am looking for an easy way to migrate this info into Lyx and I am also looking for a Thesis template. I have dowloaded and installed Lyx on my Macbook Pro (Mavericks) and been thro the intro etc. I am trying to minimise the effort in migration to Lyx so any comments and advice is most welcome. It should not be difficult to convert the main bulk of the text. You can export LaTeX from LibreOffice or use Pandoc to convert Word to LaTeX, then import the LaTeX document into LyX. I will add that this is true if your Word document uses styles for things like sections. Also, I am not sure what is going to happen if you have math equations. JMarc -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX
On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 09:57:42PM GMT, Brian Kneller via lyx-users wrote: > Hi, > > I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a PhD (75K > words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the figures are in > Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in Format. Also there are many > references. I hold all my references and comments on them in Bookends. I > regret not looking at lyx/latex and using them much earlier so I am looking > for an easy way to migrate this info into Lyx and I am also looking for a > Thesis template. I have dowloaded and installed Lyx on my Macbook Pro > (Mavericks) and been thro the intro etc. I am trying to minimise the effort > in migration to Lyx so any comments and advice is most welcome. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Regds > > Brian Kneller You could also consider a paid solution: https://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/LyXConverter I have no idea what it supports. You might want to contact the author. Best, Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Not able to spellcheck in RC4 under Linux
> Maybe you need enchant (default on debian), it uses different spell checkers. > Thank you for the suggestion. I finally got the bright idea of looking through the configure script for relevant flags and found “--with-included-hunspell”. Apparently, by default the script looks for an installed version of hunspell instead of using the version that’s included in the distribution and, for some reason, it wasn’t able to find my installed version of hunspell. But configuring with the above flag did the trick. My document is now nicely littered with wavy red underlines (as desired!). :-) -chris > Am 17.04.24 um 5:41 PM schrieb Christopher Menzel: >> I have compiled LyX 2.4-RC4 under Kali Linux and it works great but I am >> unable to spellcheck. Tools → Spellchecker is greyed out and LyX sees >> no spellchecker engine under Preferences → Spellchecker. Hunspell and >> the English dictionary are of course installed. I found an old thread >> saying that Hunspell support had to be explicitly included at configure >> time, but I believe Hunspell is now built in. At any rate, the old >> “—use-hunspell” option is not recognized. Spellchecking via Hunspell >> works fine in the MacOS version of RC4. -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX
On 4/17/24 16:57, Brian Kneller via lyx-users wrote: Hi, I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a PhD (75K words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the figures are in Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in Format. Also there are many references. I hold all my references and comments on them in Bookends. I regret not looking at lyx/latex and using them much earlier so I am looking for an easy way to migrate this info into Lyx and I am also looking for a Thesis template. I have dowloaded and installed Lyx on my Macbook Pro (Mavericks) and been thro the intro etc. I am trying to minimise the effort in migration to Lyx so any comments and advice is most welcome. It should not be difficult to convert the main bulk of the text. You can export LaTeX from LibreOffice or use Pandoc to convert Word to LaTeX, then import the LaTeX document into LyX. Graphics will be a somewhat different matter. They'll need to be in a format LaTeX can handle, and I'm not sure how well the automated conversion will handle that. Citations will also need attention. I would guess that Bookends can export the BibTeX format, but the ciations themselves may or may not translate smoothly and need manual correction. It may help to open the LyX file in a simple text editor and use search and replace to fix citation keys. Whether there's a good thesis template depends upon your specific needs. Riki -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
