Re: "Do you know what? I am happy" says this Droopy :-)

[Christian Ridderström]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 at 23:33, Murat Yildizoglu <
murat.yildizo...@u-bordeaux.fr> wrote:

>
...  I need: Lenovo Yoga Book with Windows 10 (beware, there is also an
> Android version). This is a very interesting tablet that comes with enough
> power (a 4-cores Atom processor) to Run LyX and MikTeX (also LibreOffice
> and other tools, including JabRef). It is very light, has a full day
> autonomy in my intensive use, a nice screen and a Wacom tablet based
> keyboard and touchpad. Since it is Wacom tablet based, it also comes with a
> stylus.
>

Thanks for the tip. Are you planning on testing some Linux distribution on
it? I'm not ready to join the evil empire just yet

Best regards,
Christian

>
> I know that other users on this list have been asking about the tablet
> version. Since the iPAD version does not seem to come, I decided to go on
> the evil empire just for the love of LyX. :-)
>

Re: Google Analytics (or other)

[Christian Ridderström]

On 19 June 2017 at 13:23, Helge Hafting  wrote:

> Definitely an opt-in.  We must be able to trust that we can use LyX for
> confidential stuff.
>

Personally I'd even prefer (regular) LyX versions to not even include code
for "capturing and uploading telemetry".
>From a practical point of view, I also doubt we'd anyway have the resources
to properly manage and analyse such statistics.

Regards,
/Christian


> Also, I do not want LyX to hang/delay because "some networking problem"
> interferes with such communications. I have had enough such problems when
> starting LyX, and LyX decides to open (or perhaps just stat() ) the
> "Recent" files - but some of them are on a broken file server that cause
> 2min TCP timeouts.
>

Excellent points by Helge, although off topic. I've suffered from this on
Windows with other software.

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 at 02:55, Joel Kulesza  wrote:

> One preference not shown (because it is not available), but that I'd love
> to have: default alignment of inserted figures: center.
>

I would also really like a preference or other method to reduce the
manual/repeated work I do in order to get inserted figure floats to be
centered.

But perhaps this topic should be in a thread of its own as there are many
ways to solve it, eg: (... opt. preference that )
- ... make figure insets centered by default
- ... make figure insets by default use the alignment setting of figure
inset just above
- Custom/local templates that lets you insert a complete figure float, so
you easily can get a float with eg: centered figure, figure inser width at
100% column etc, a short figure caption, a long figure caption, label etc.

In practice I've often ended up copying/pasting another float to reduce the
repeated work. So perhaps a practical approach is to add a "templates
branch" to the document and there create your custom figure float that you
the copy.
Christian

Re: Request for password to the lyx wiki

[Christian Ridderström]

I've e-mailed Helge the password to the FTP server (which is what
you'll need in order to upload files to the wiki).
/Christian

On 18 June 2015 at 13:32, Helge Hafting helge.haft...@hist.no wrote:
 I have made a presentation (using lyx+beamer) showing some of the
 capabilities of lyx.
 The instructions for uploading to the wiki says I should ask for the current
 password here.

 Helge Hafting



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Re: A new script for processing LyX files - removes duplicate labels

[Christian Ridderström]

I've sent Victor the FTP password.
/Christian

On 29 July 2015 at 16:33, Victor Porton por...@narod.ru wrote:
 On Wed, 2015-07-29 at 01:02 -0400, Richard Heck wrote:

 On 07/28/2015 06:42 PM, Steve Litt wrote:

 On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 01:02:55 +0300
 Victor Porton por...@narod.ru wrote:


 I've written a Python script which removes duplicate labels from .lyx
 files.

 Maybe it may be useful for other users.

 So I attach my script (together with pyparsing.py library) to this
 email.

 Please add info about my script to Lyx.org site. (I know no password
 to upload the files and thus cannot do it myself without your help.)

  From my script:

 # This script receives a list of *.lyx filenames in command line.
 # In each .lyx file it searches for labels consecutively following one
 after another.
 # Then it removes all but the first label and in all supplied .lyx
 files corrects
 # the references to refer to this label.
 # It's useful to remove duplicate labels.

 # Note that this script works with patched pyparsing.py (added
 addCondition() method).
 # See last SVN for pyparsing or the bundled pyparsing.py file.


 Very, very nice!

 I love seeing DIY LyX enhancement.


 This would be worth uploading to the LyX wiki.

 Richard


 Yes, somebody give me LyX.org FTP password, that I could upload.


 --
 Victor Porton - http://portonvictor.org



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Re: Request for password to the lyx wiki

[Christian Ridderström]

I've e-mailed Helge the password to the FTP server (which is what
you'll need in order to upload files to the wiki).
/Christian

On 18 June 2015 at 13:32, Helge Hafting <helge.haft...@hist.no> wrote:
> I have made a presentation (using lyx+beamer) showing some of the
> capabilities of lyx.
> The instructions for uploading to the wiki says I should ask for the current
> password here.
>
> Helge Hafting



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Re: A new script for processing LyX files - removes duplicate labels

[Christian Ridderström]

I've sent Victor the FTP password.
/Christian

On 29 July 2015 at 16:33, Victor Porton <por...@narod.ru> wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-07-29 at 01:02 -0400, Richard Heck wrote:
>
> On 07/28/2015 06:42 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 01:02:55 +0300
> Victor Porton <por...@narod.ru> wrote:
>
>
> I've written a Python script which removes duplicate labels from .lyx
> files.
>
> Maybe it may be useful for other users.
>
> So I attach my script (together with pyparsing.py library) to this
> email.
>
> Please add info about my script to Lyx.org site. (I know no password
> to upload the files and thus cannot do it myself without your help.)
>
>  From my script:
>
> # This script receives a list of *.lyx filenames in command line.
> # In each .lyx file it searches for labels consecutively following one
> after another.
> # Then it removes all but the first label and in all supplied .lyx
> files corrects
> # the references to refer to this label.
> # It's useful to remove duplicate labels.
>
> # Note that this script works with patched pyparsing.py (added
> addCondition() method).
> # See last SVN for pyparsing or the bundled pyparsing.py file.
>
>
> Very, very nice!
>
> I love seeing DIY LyX enhancement.
>
>
> This would be worth uploading to the LyX wiki.
>
> Richard
>
>
> Yes, somebody give me LyX.org FTP password, that I could upload.
>
>
> --
> Victor Porton - http://portonvictor.org



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Re: Wrong connections in contents

[Christian Ridderström]

I think I know what he means... the PDF has navigation links, i.e. the
table of content links that you see on the left side. But when you click on
link corresponding to 'Nomenclature' in the PDF, you're shown the
'Abstract' section which is just before. To me it sounds like some kind of
bug..

Aline, would it be possible for you to create a small example, i.e. a
reduced LyX-file that demonstrates this example and then make that
available?

On 1 May 2015 at 14:53, Michael Berger id...@online.de wrote:

 Where is your example?
 Michael


 On 05/01/2015 11:35 AM, Aline Gautrein wrote:

 Hey Lyx-Fans!

 I have a problem with my contents within the pdf document: The conents
 are connected partially wrong. Everything in front of chapter 1 is
 connected to the previous entry.
 Example:

 My document includes

 Content
 Abstract
 Nomenclature
 List of Figures
 List of Tables

 Lyx connects the  Content with the titlepae, Abstract with Content,
 Nomenclature with Abstract etc.


 Does anyone know what to do?

 Thanks a lot!





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Re: Wrong connections in contents

[Christian Ridderström]

I think I know what he means... the PDF has navigation links, i.e. the
table of content links that you see on the left side. But when you click on
link corresponding to 'Nomenclature' in the PDF, you're shown the
'Abstract' section which is just before. To me it sounds like some kind of
bug..

Aline, would it be possible for you to create a small example, i.e. a
reduced LyX-file that demonstrates this example and then make that
available?

On 1 May 2015 at 14:53, Michael Berger id...@online.de wrote:

 Where is your example?
 Michael


 On 05/01/2015 11:35 AM, Aline Gautrein wrote:

 Hey Lyx-Fans!

 I have a problem with my contents within the pdf document: The conents
 are connected partially wrong. Everything in front of chapter 1 is
 connected to the previous entry.
 Example:

 My document includes

 Content
 Abstract
 Nomenclature
 List of Figures
 List of Tables

 Lyx connects the  Content with the titlepae, Abstract with Content,
 Nomenclature with Abstract etc.


 Does anyone know what to do?

 Thanks a lot!





-- 
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Re: Wrong connections in contents

[Christian Ridderström]

I think I know what he means... the PDF has navigation links, i.e. the
table of content links that you see on the left side. But when you click on
link corresponding to 'Nomenclature' in the PDF, you're shown the
'Abstract' section which is just before. To me it sounds like some kind of
bug..

Aline, would it be possible for you to create a small example, i.e. a
reduced LyX-file that demonstrates this example and then make that
available?

On 1 May 2015 at 14:53, Michael Berger <id...@online.de> wrote:

> Where is your example?
> Michael
>
>
> On 05/01/2015 11:35 AM, Aline Gautrein wrote:
>
>> Hey Lyx-Fans!
>>
>> I have a problem with my contents within the pdf document: The conents
>> are connected partially wrong. Everything in front of chapter 1 is
>> connected to the previous entry.
>> Example:
>>
>> My document includes
>>
>> Content
>> Abstract
>> Nomenclature
>> List of Figures
>> List of Tables
>>
>> Lyx connects the  Content with the titlepae, Abstract with Content,
>> Nomenclature with Abstract etc.
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know what to do?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>>
>


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Re: Uploading to wiki via FTP fails

[Christian Ridderström]

I've e-mailed Liviu the password.

On 29 April 2015 at 22:01, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote:
  Liviu Andronic wrote:
  Dear all,
  I am trying to connect to the FTP server, ftp://lyx...@lyx.org/, as
  per the instructions below, but it fails.
  http://wiki.lyx.org/Site/AboutUploading
 
  Should work now. P
 

 Thanks, Pavel. Could you send me the password off-list?

 Liviu


 --
 Do you think you know what math is?
 http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02
 Or what it means to be intelligent?
 http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30
 Think again:
 http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library




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Re: Uploading to wiki via FTP fails

[Christian Ridderström]

I've e-mailed Liviu the password.

On 29 April 2015 at 22:01, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote:
  Liviu Andronic wrote:
  Dear all,
  I am trying to connect to the FTP server, ftp://lyx...@lyx.org/, as
  per the instructions below, but it fails.
  http://wiki.lyx.org/Site/AboutUploading
 
  Should work now. P
 

 Thanks, Pavel. Could you send me the password off-list?

 Liviu


 --
 Do you think you know what math is?
 http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02
 Or what it means to be intelligent?
 http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30
 Think again:
 http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library




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Re: Uploading to wiki via FTP fails

[Christian Ridderström]

I've e-mailed Liviu the password.

On 29 April 2015 at 22:01, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org> wrote:
> > Liviu Andronic wrote:
> >> Dear all,
> >> I am trying to connect to the FTP server, ftp://lyx...@lyx.org/, as
> >> per the instructions below, but it fails.
> >> http://wiki.lyx.org/Site/AboutUploading
> >
> > Should work now. P
> >
>
> Thanks, Pavel. Could you send me the password off-list?
>
> Liviu
>
>
> --
> Do you think you know what math is?
> http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02
> Or what it means to be intelligent?
> http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30
> Think again:
> http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library
>



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The LyX wiki finally has an FTP server setup. (Help reviewing vsftpd.conf would be appreciated)

[Christian Ridderström]

Dear LyX users,

The LyX wiki finally[*] has an FTP server installed/setup. This will allow
LyX users to upload examples etc to the wiki.
The documenation page [1] on uploading files to the wiki is being updated.

Please let me know if you experience problems downloading files from the
LyX wiki.

If there is any user with experienced in configuring VSFTP (with virtual
user/chroot), I'd appreciate help in the form of reviewing the vsftpd.confg
(I'm not experienced in setting up FTP servers).

Regards,
Christian

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/Site/AboutUploading

[*] For those interested, files used to be uploaded to the wiki using a
separate software (PHP) that's no longer in development. When the LyX
server moved it stopped working, likely because a later PHP version was
used on the new server.

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-70 687 39 44

The LyX wiki finally has an FTP server setup. (Help reviewing vsftpd.conf would be appreciated)

[Christian Ridderström]

Dear LyX users,

The LyX wiki finally[*] has an FTP server installed/setup. This will allow
LyX users to upload examples etc to the wiki.
The documenation page [1] on uploading files to the wiki is being updated.

Please let me know if you experience problems downloading files from the
LyX wiki.

If there is any user with experienced in configuring VSFTP (with virtual
user/chroot), I'd appreciate help in the form of reviewing the vsftpd.confg
(I'm not experienced in setting up FTP servers).

Regards,
Christian

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/Site/AboutUploading

[*] For those interested, files used to be uploaded to the wiki using a
separate software (PHP) that's no longer in development. When the LyX
server moved it stopped working, likely because a later PHP version was
used on the new server.

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-70 687 39 44

The LyX wiki finally has an FTP server setup. (Help reviewing vsftpd.conf would be appreciated)

[Christian Ridderström]

Dear LyX users,

The LyX wiki finally[*] has an FTP server installed/setup. This will allow
LyX users to upload examples etc to the wiki.
The documenation page [1] on uploading files to the wiki is being updated.

Please let me know if you experience problems downloading files from the
LyX wiki.

If there is any user with experienced in configuring VSFTP (with virtual
user/chroot), I'd appreciate help in the form of reviewing the vsftpd.confg
(I'm not experienced in setting up FTP servers).

Regards,
Christian

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/Site/AboutUploading

[*] For those interested, files used to be uploaded to the wiki using a
separate software (PHP) that's no longer in development. When the LyX
server moved it stopped working, likely because a later PHP version was
used on the new server.

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-70 687 39 44

Re: Songbook?

[Christian Ridderström]

2012/2/9 Petter S. Storvik petterstor...@gmail.com:
 I am new to lyx and is using it to write reports and other documents with
 many math-formulas. Today I came over this songbook layout:
 http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Songbook
 This would be a great tool and I could use lyx to something more than
 school. The problem is I cant get this to work. I am using lyx in windows 7
 and not linux.

 Have tried the instructions but with no luck. Maybe I am doing something
 wrong but I cant seem to make a new songbook, or get the icon to show up.
 Do you know if this layout works? If it does, some tips for using this?

Hejsan Petter,

I haven't used songbook in quite some time. My first question would be
if you've installed LaTeX files properly?

And perhaps some more examples about what is working and what isn't working?

cheers,
Christian

 --
 Petter Sakrihei Storvik Ω

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Re: Songbook?

[Christian Ridderström]

2012/2/9 Petter S. Storvik petterstor...@gmail.com:
 I am new to lyx and is using it to write reports and other documents with
 many math-formulas. Today I came over this songbook layout:
 http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Songbook
 This would be a great tool and I could use lyx to something more than
 school. The problem is I cant get this to work. I am using lyx in windows 7
 and not linux.

 Have tried the instructions but with no luck. Maybe I am doing something
 wrong but I cant seem to make a new songbook, or get the icon to show up.
 Do you know if this layout works? If it does, some tips for using this?

Hejsan Petter,

I haven't used songbook in quite some time. My first question would be
if you've installed LaTeX files properly?

And perhaps some more examples about what is working and what isn't working?

cheers,
Christian

 --
 Petter Sakrihei Storvik Ω

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Re: Songbook?

[Christian Ridderström]

2012/2/9 Petter S. Storvik <petterstor...@gmail.com>:
> I am new to lyx and is using it to write reports and other documents with
> many math-formulas. Today I came over this songbook layout:
> http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Songbook
> This would be a great tool and I could use lyx to something more than
> school. The problem is I cant get this to work. I am using lyx in windows 7
> and not linux.
>
> Have tried the instructions but with no luck. Maybe I am doing something
> wrong but I cant seem to make a new songbook, or get the icon to show up.
> Do you know if this layout works? If it does, some tips for using this?

Hejsan Petter,

I haven't used songbook in quite some time. My first question would be
if you've installed LaTeX files properly?

And perhaps some more examples about what is working and what isn't working?

cheers,
Christian

> --
> Petter Sakrihei Storvik Ω

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Re: Shortcut for 'update pdf'

[Christian Ridderström]

what is the keyboard shortcut for updating the pdf?


You need to define a shortcut for the function buffer-update pdf2 and/or 
buffer-view pdf2


Maybe we should have this by default? But I guess it's difficult to find 
an unused shortcut?


/Christian (who'd also like a shortcut for this).


regards Uwe

Re: Shortcut for 'update pdf'

[Christian Ridderström]

what is the keyboard shortcut for updating the pdf?


You need to define a shortcut for the function buffer-update pdf2 and/or 
buffer-view pdf2


Maybe we should have this by default? But I guess it's difficult to find 
an unused shortcut?


/Christian (who'd also like a shortcut for this).


regards Uwe

Re: Shortcut for 'update pdf'

[Christian Ridderström]

what is the keyboard shortcut for updating the pdf?


You need to define a shortcut for the function "buffer-update pdf2" and/or 
"buffer-view pdf2"


Maybe we should have this by default? But I guess it's difficult to find 
an unused shortcut?


/Christian (who'd also like a shortcut for this).


regards Uwe

Re: Professional and Scientific Writing Book

[Christian Ridderström]

I would suggest putting in some discussion on how to choose Document 
Class --


This is a very good idea IMHO. I've used LyX since a long time ago, and 
choosing a suitable class isn't the easiest.


In addition, I'd really like some instructions/examples on how to create 
business like documents. When I've tried, I've found it difficult and 
annoying to try to get the appearance the way the company wants it. (With 
logos, lines and legaleese..). So tips and instructions on that would 
certainly be useful.


Best regads,
Christian

Re: Professional and Scientific Writing Book

[Christian Ridderström]

I would suggest putting in some discussion on how to choose Document 
Class --


This is a very good idea IMHO. I've used LyX since a long time ago, and 
choosing a suitable class isn't the easiest.


In addition, I'd really like some instructions/examples on how to create 
business like documents. When I've tried, I've found it difficult and 
annoying to try to get the appearance the way the company wants it. (With 
logos, lines and legaleese..). So tips and instructions on that would 
certainly be useful.


Best regads,
Christian

Re: Professional and Scientific Writing Book

[Christian Ridderström]

I would suggest putting in some discussion on how to choose Document 
Class --


This is a very good idea IMHO. I've used LyX since a long time ago, and 
choosing a suitable class isn't the easiest.


In addition, I'd really like some instructions/examples on how to create 
"business" like documents. When I've tried, I've found it difficult and 
annoying to try to get the appearance the way the company wants it. (With 
logos, lines and legaleese..). So tips and instructions on that would 
certainly be useful.


Best regads,
Christian

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I


I've also found that Acrobat starts over on the first page, very 
annoying:-(




/Christian

mean is Acrobat opened when you double-click on a PDF in the file 
explorer?) If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX 
installed (what installer (alternative or the standard one), was logged 
in with admin priviledges when installing LyX)?


regards Uwe





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Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


Sharma, Vivek schrieb:


 I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
 When we View -  update - dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to
 the page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update
 pdflatex the updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf
 document.


I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I mean is 
Acrobat opened when you double-click on a PDF in the file explorer?)
If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX installed (what 
installer (alternative or the standard one), was logged in with admin 
priviledges when installing LyX)?


I forgot to say: I started Acrobat (or possibly reader, I can't say to be 
honest) from within LyX.


I don't know how it was installed either, it's a company laptop.

/Christian


regards Uwe





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Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I


I've also found that Acrobat starts over on the first page, very 
annoying:-(




/Christian

mean is Acrobat opened when you double-click on a PDF in the file 
explorer?) If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX 
installed (what installer (alternative or the standard one), was logged 
in with admin priviledges when installing LyX)?


regards Uwe





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Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


Sharma, Vivek schrieb:


 I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
 When we View -  update - dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to
 the page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update
 pdflatex the updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf
 document.


I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I mean is 
Acrobat opened when you double-click on a PDF in the file explorer?)
If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX installed (what 
installer (alternative or the standard one), was logged in with admin 
priviledges when installing LyX)?


I forgot to say: I started Acrobat (or possibly reader, I can't say to be 
honest) from within LyX.


I don't know how it was installed either, it's a company laptop.

/Christian


regards Uwe





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Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I


I've also found that Acrobat starts over on the first page, very 
annoying:-(




/Christian

mean is Acrobat opened when you double-click on a PDF in the file 
explorer?) If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX 
installed (what installer (alternative or the standard one), was logged 
in with admin priviledges when installing LyX)?


regards Uwe





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Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


Sharma, Vivek schrieb:


 I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
 When we View - > update -> dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to
 the page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update
 pdflatex the updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf
 document.


I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I mean is 
Acrobat opened when you double-click on a PDF in the file explorer?)
If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX installed (what 
installer (alternative or the standard one), was logged in with admin 
priviledges when installing LyX)?


I forgot to say: I started Acrobat (or possibly reader, I can't say to be 
honest) from within LyX.


I don't know how it was installed either, it's a company laptop.

/Christian


regards Uwe





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Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:

Have you read the pdf documentation from the KOMA website? There is a 
German and English version available: scrguide.pdf scrguien.pdf


Some documentation is only available from the latest KOMA guide book
(available only in German)


I'm reading a version of scrguien.pdf, but I still haven't figured out how 
to have multiple lines in my header and footer for instance. Any ideas?


cheers
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Delta moins wrote:

Hello everybody, I'm registred to this mailing list for few weeks and 
I'm very surprised about one thing : there is no keyword in the mail 
subject that tell people this comes from the Lyx users list. It's very 
messing because you cannot filter the mails efficiently. In addition 
sometimes, mail subject is not so easy to link with Lyx so organising 
the mail box is not so easy. I don't know if it should be done 
automaticaly by the list system or if people that send mail should add 
something like I've done for example manually. It's a pity because 
informations in the mails are often very interesting :-) It was just a 
remark to improve this list.


Hi,

If you look at the details in the email you will find list information 
which you should be able to your mail client to use.


Or you can read this list through a news interface, or through the gmane 
site.


/Christian

PS. As an aside, this is one of the more frequent questions. Has anyone 
added it to the FAQ on the wiki?



--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Manveru wrote:


2009/9/2 Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu:

I agree with the O.P. on this. This is something that, surely, is easily
fixed at the server end, so that each message going out from the server has,
say, [LyX] prepended to the subject.


There is many voices in favour of such feature. But not a lot of
people vote against. If may I suggest, maybe someone can create a
poll/survey for LyX users list subscribers.


I think the many voices that don't like it are tired of having this 
recurring discussion  ;-)


Personally I'm _agains_ adding something like [LyX] to the subject line. 
But then, I read the list through a news interface.


/Christian





--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Sam Liddicott wrote:


* Paul A. Rubin wrote, On 02/09/09 15:57:

I understand there are some concerns about tampering with the subject
line (and what happens when replies and forwards occur).

What about creating a LyX-specific header (X-LyX: userlist or X-LyX:
developerlist or whatever)?  Will the list mailer (and GMANE, which is
where I get my feed) support custom headers?  It's easy enough to filter
on them in any mail client I've used.



Alas, not on my mail server. I can filter on many standard headers (like
List-ID) but not any custom header.


Hi Sam,

I've been going through this thread quickly, but I got the impression you 
had some problems in creating a filter with the software that you use. How 
about using gmane? Either the web interface or it's news interface. Maybe 
your client works well with news?


Best regards and hope this helps
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:

Have you read the pdf documentation from the KOMA website? There is a 
German and English version available: scrguide.pdf scrguien.pdf


Some documentation is only available from the latest KOMA guide book
(available only in German)


I'm reading a version of scrguien.pdf, but I still haven't figured out how 
to have multiple lines in my header and footer for instance. Any ideas?


cheers
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Delta moins wrote:

Hello everybody, I'm registred to this mailing list for few weeks and 
I'm very surprised about one thing : there is no keyword in the mail 
subject that tell people this comes from the Lyx users list. It's very 
messing because you cannot filter the mails efficiently. In addition 
sometimes, mail subject is not so easy to link with Lyx so organising 
the mail box is not so easy. I don't know if it should be done 
automaticaly by the list system or if people that send mail should add 
something like I've done for example manually. It's a pity because 
informations in the mails are often very interesting :-) It was just a 
remark to improve this list.


Hi,

If you look at the details in the email you will find list information 
which you should be able to your mail client to use.


Or you can read this list through a news interface, or through the gmane 
site.


/Christian

PS. As an aside, this is one of the more frequent questions. Has anyone 
added it to the FAQ on the wiki?



--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Manveru wrote:


2009/9/2 Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu:

I agree with the O.P. on this. This is something that, surely, is easily
fixed at the server end, so that each message going out from the server has,
say, [LyX] prepended to the subject.


There is many voices in favour of such feature. But not a lot of
people vote against. If may I suggest, maybe someone can create a
poll/survey for LyX users list subscribers.


I think the many voices that don't like it are tired of having this 
recurring discussion  ;-)


Personally I'm _agains_ adding something like [LyX] to the subject line. 
But then, I read the list through a news interface.


/Christian





--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Sam Liddicott wrote:


* Paul A. Rubin wrote, On 02/09/09 15:57:

I understand there are some concerns about tampering with the subject
line (and what happens when replies and forwards occur).

What about creating a LyX-specific header (X-LyX: userlist or X-LyX:
developerlist or whatever)?  Will the list mailer (and GMANE, which is
where I get my feed) support custom headers?  It's easy enough to filter
on them in any mail client I've used.



Alas, not on my mail server. I can filter on many standard headers (like
List-ID) but not any custom header.


Hi Sam,

I've been going through this thread quickly, but I got the impression you 
had some problems in creating a filter with the software that you use. How 
about using gmane? Either the web interface or it's news interface. Maybe 
your client works well with news?


Best regards and hope this helps
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:

Have you read the pdf documentation from the KOMA website? There is a 
German and English version available: scrguide.pdf scrguien.pdf


Some documentation is only available from the latest KOMA guide book
(available only in German)


I'm reading a version of scrguien.pdf, but I still haven't figured out how 
to have multiple lines in my header and footer for instance. Any ideas?


cheers
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Delta moins wrote:

Hello everybody, I'm registred to this mailing list for few weeks and 
I'm very surprised about one thing : there is no keyword in the mail 
subject that tell people "this comes from the Lyx users list". It's very 
messing because you cannot filter the mails efficiently. In addition 
sometimes, mail subject is not so easy to link with Lyx so organising 
the mail box is not so easy. I don't know if it should be done 
automaticaly by the list system or if people that send mail should add 
something like I've done for example manually. It's a pity because 
informations in the mails are often very interesting :-) It was just a 
remark to improve this list.


Hi,

If you look at the details in the email you will find list information 
which you should be able to your mail client to use.


Or you can read this list through a news interface, or through the gmane 
site.


/Christian

PS. As an aside, this is one of the more frequent questions. Has anyone 
added it to the FAQ on the wiki?



--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Manveru wrote:


2009/9/2 Murray Eisenberg <mur...@math.umass.edu>:

I agree with the O.P. on this. This is something that, surely, is easily
fixed at the server end, so that each message going out from the server has,
say, "[LyX]" prepended to the subject.


There is many voices in favour of such feature. But not a lot of
people vote against. If may I suggest, maybe someone can create a
poll/survey for LyX users list subscribers.


I think the many voices that don't like it are tired of having this 
recurring discussion  ;-)


Personally I'm _agains_ adding something like [LyX] to the subject line. 
But then, I read the list through a news interface.


/Christian





--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Christian Ridderström]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Sam Liddicott wrote:


* Paul A. Rubin wrote, On 02/09/09 15:57:

I understand there are some concerns about tampering with the subject
line (and what happens when replies and forwards occur).

What about creating a LyX-specific header (X-LyX: userlist or X-LyX:
developerlist or whatever)?  Will the list mailer (and GMANE, which is
where I get my feed) support custom headers?  It's easy enough to filter
on them in any mail client I've used.



Alas, not on my mail server. I can filter on many standard headers (like
List-ID) but not any custom header.


Hi Sam,

I've been going through this thread quickly, but I got the impression you 
had some problems in creating a filter with the software that you use. How 
about using gmane? Either the web interface or it's news interface. Maybe 
your client works well with news?


Best regards and hope this helps
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

How can I avoid a warning about a child document of a different class?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I have a child document containing acronyms and abbreviations. My idea was 
to include this child document in several different documents and to use 
branches to select the list of abbreviates I actually want.


However, with the master document being of a different class, I get a 
warning about this differnce each time I compile the document...


Is there a way I can disable this warning?

Or alternatively, some other way to maintain a rather lengthy list of 
abbreviations that I'm likely to include in other documents?


Best regards
Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Permission to link

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Save Orangutans wrote:


Dear LyX Developers / Users

I am Mutia, a LyX user in Malaysia.
Currently I am conducting a campaign to save Orang Utans in Malaysia and
Indonesia Areas from extinction.

Since I really like LyX, I am linking LyX in my web to save Orang Utans.

http://lifesoforangutans.blogspot.com

Thank you very much for allowing me to put LyX in my web.


His web page does have a link to LyX under the ambiguous and likely 
incorrect heading of 'Supported organisation'. Maybe he's using LyX to 
write documents.?


/Christian


Regards
Mutia
Save Orang Utans



--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: 1.6.4 for Ubuntu 64?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, rgheck wrote:


On 08/27/2009 10:41 AM, Stefano Franchi wrote:

 Richard,

 just out of curiosity (since I won't be  able to contribute to the coding
 effort), are these instructions supposed to work with the development code
 in
 trunk as well?


In case Richard's instructions didn't work, you can try the one I keep on 
the wiki:


http://wiki.lyx.org/PersonalChr/CompileFromSVN#toc6

This is primarily for building the development code though. Just replace 
the location from which you retrieve the code.


cheers
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Lyx tip-sheets

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Liviu Andronic wrote:


Hello,

On 8/15/09, Frederick Noronha [ÿÿ ÿÿ] 
f...@bytesforall.org wrote:

Any good source from which to download Lyx tip sheets? Many thanks, FN


I would suspect that you're looking for something like this [1]. The
entire wiki is some sort of a big cheat-sheet.
Best
Liviu

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted


Or possible the group of wiki pages called 'Tips'?

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Tips

/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using 
KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting 
point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation.


cheers,
Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: How can I avoid a warning about a child document of a different class?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:


Christian Ridderström wrote:

However, with the master document being of a different class, I get a
warning about this differnce each time I compile the document...

Is there a way I can disable this warning?


Since LyX 1.6.4, yes. Click on Do not show this warning again.


Perfect, (I was using 1.6.2).

Thanks,
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


Christian Ridderström schrieb:


 I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using
 KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting
 point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation.


The LyX UserGuide.lyx uses for example koma-skript.


That helped a bit. Unfortunately I need to implement a corporate template, 
which means I need to use more than the standard stuff. So far I've found 
the KOMA-script documentation pretty poor.


I'll look on the wiki, but if I don't find any examples there I'll add 
mine as I make some progress.


regards
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

How can I avoid a warning about a child document of a different class?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I have a child document containing acronyms and abbreviations. My idea was 
to include this child document in several different documents and to use 
branches to select the list of abbreviates I actually want.


However, with the master document being of a different class, I get a 
warning about this differnce each time I compile the document...


Is there a way I can disable this warning?

Or alternatively, some other way to maintain a rather lengthy list of 
abbreviations that I'm likely to include in other documents?


Best regards
Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Permission to link

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Save Orangutans wrote:


Dear LyX Developers / Users

I am Mutia, a LyX user in Malaysia.
Currently I am conducting a campaign to save Orang Utans in Malaysia and
Indonesia Areas from extinction.

Since I really like LyX, I am linking LyX in my web to save Orang Utans.

http://lifesoforangutans.blogspot.com

Thank you very much for allowing me to put LyX in my web.


His web page does have a link to LyX under the ambiguous and likely 
incorrect heading of 'Supported organisation'. Maybe he's using LyX to 
write documents.?


/Christian


Regards
Mutia
Save Orang Utans



--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: 1.6.4 for Ubuntu 64?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, rgheck wrote:


On 08/27/2009 10:41 AM, Stefano Franchi wrote:

 Richard,

 just out of curiosity (since I won't be  able to contribute to the coding
 effort), are these instructions supposed to work with the development code
 in
 trunk as well?


In case Richard's instructions didn't work, you can try the one I keep on 
the wiki:


http://wiki.lyx.org/PersonalChr/CompileFromSVN#toc6

This is primarily for building the development code though. Just replace 
the location from which you retrieve the code.


cheers
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Lyx tip-sheets

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Liviu Andronic wrote:


Hello,

On 8/15/09, Frederick Noronha [ÿÿ ÿÿ] 
f...@bytesforall.org wrote:

Any good source from which to download Lyx tip sheets? Many thanks, FN


I would suspect that you're looking for something like this [1]. The
entire wiki is some sort of a big cheat-sheet.
Best
Liviu

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted


Or possible the group of wiki pages called 'Tips'?

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Tips

/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using 
KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting 
point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation.


cheers,
Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: How can I avoid a warning about a child document of a different class?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:


Christian Ridderström wrote:

However, with the master document being of a different class, I get a
warning about this differnce each time I compile the document...

Is there a way I can disable this warning?


Since LyX 1.6.4, yes. Click on Do not show this warning again.


Perfect, (I was using 1.6.2).

Thanks,
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


Christian Ridderström schrieb:


 I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using
 KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting
 point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation.


The LyX UserGuide.lyx uses for example koma-skript.


That helped a bit. Unfortunately I need to implement a corporate template, 
which means I need to use more than the standard stuff. So far I've found 
the KOMA-script documentation pretty poor.


I'll look on the wiki, but if I don't find any examples there I'll add 
mine as I make some progress.


regards
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

How can I avoid a warning about a child document of a different class?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I have a child document containing acronyms and abbreviations. My idea was 
to include this child document in several different documents and to use 
branches to select the list of abbreviates I actually want.


However, with the master document being of a different class, I get a 
warning about this differnce each time I compile the document...


Is there a way I can disable this warning?

Or alternatively, some other way to maintain a rather lengthy list of 
abbreviations that I'm likely to include in other documents?


Best regards
Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Permission to link

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Save Orangutans wrote:


Dear LyX Developers / Users

I am Mutia, a LyX user in Malaysia.
Currently I am conducting a campaign to save Orang Utans in Malaysia and
Indonesia Areas from extinction.

Since I really like LyX, I am linking LyX in my web to save Orang Utans.

http://lifesoforangutans.blogspot.com

Thank you very much for allowing me to put LyX in my web.


His web page does have a link to LyX under the ambiguous and likely 
incorrect heading of 'Supported organisation'. Maybe he's using LyX to 
write documents.?


/Christian


Regards
Mutia
"Save Orang Utans"



--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: 1.6.4 for Ubuntu 64?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, rgheck wrote:


On 08/27/2009 10:41 AM, Stefano Franchi wrote:

 Richard,

 just out of curiosity (since I won't be  able to contribute to the coding
 effort), are these instructions supposed to work with the development code
 in
 trunk as well?


In case Richard's instructions didn't work, you can try the one I keep on 
the wiki:


http://wiki.lyx.org/PersonalChr/CompileFromSVN#toc6

This is primarily for building the development code though. Just replace 
the location from which you retrieve the code.


cheers
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Lyx tip-sheets

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Liviu Andronic wrote:


Hello,

On 8/15/09, Frederick Noronha [ÿÿ ÿÿ] 
<f...@bytesforall.org> wrote:

Any good source from which to download Lyx tip sheets? Many thanks, FN


I would suspect that you're looking for something like this [1]. The
entire wiki is some sort of a big cheat-sheet.
Best
Liviu

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted


Or possible the group of wiki pages called 'Tips'?

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Tips

/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using 
KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting 
point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation.


cheers,
Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: How can I avoid a warning about a child document of a different class?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:


Christian Ridderström wrote:

However, with the master document being of a different class, I get a
warning about this differnce each time I compile the document...

Is there a way I can disable this warning?


Since LyX 1.6.4, yes. Click on "Do not show this warning again".


Perfect, (I was using 1.6.2).

Thanks,
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


Christian Ridderström schrieb:


 I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using
 KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting
 point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation.


The LyX UserGuide.lyx uses for example koma-skript.


That helped a bit. Unfortunately I need to implement a corporate template, 
which means I need to use more than the standard stuff. So far I've found 
the KOMA-script documentation pretty poor.


I'll look on the wiki, but if I don't find any examples there I'll add 
mine as I make some progress.


regards
/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Suggestion

[Christian Ridderström]

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Andrew Sullivan wrote:


On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 08:39:24AM -0400, Manoj Rajagopalan wrote:
, 
 thunderbird, kmail etc. allow you to move incoming mails into custom folders 
 based on criteria like To:,Cc: fields etc.


Or the List-*: mail headers, which were designed partly for just that
purpose.


In case the above wasn't clear enough, the emails already contain 
'headers' such as these:


Mailing-List: contact lyx-users-h...@lists.lyx.org; run by ezmlm
List-Post: mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
List-Help: mailto:lyx-users-h...@lists.lyx.org
Delivered-To: mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

You just need to make your client recognize any of them..

/Christian



A




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Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Lyx tip-sheets

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, 
=?UTF-8?B?RnJlZGVyaWNrIE5vcm9uaGEgW+ClnuCksOClh+CkpuCksOCkv+CklSDgpKjgpYvgpLDgpYs=?=
 ] wrote:


Any good source from which to download Lyx tip sheets? Many thanks, FN


What do you mean by a 'tip sheet'?

/Christian




--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Suggestion

[Christian Ridderström]

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Andrew Sullivan wrote:


On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 08:39:24AM -0400, Manoj Rajagopalan wrote:
, 
 thunderbird, kmail etc. allow you to move incoming mails into custom folders 
 based on criteria like To:,Cc: fields etc.


Or the List-*: mail headers, which were designed partly for just that
purpose.


In case the above wasn't clear enough, the emails already contain 
'headers' such as these:


Mailing-List: contact lyx-users-h...@lists.lyx.org; run by ezmlm
List-Post: mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
List-Help: mailto:lyx-users-h...@lists.lyx.org
Delivered-To: mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

You just need to make your client recognize any of them..

/Christian



A




--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Lyx tip-sheets

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, 
=?UTF-8?B?RnJlZGVyaWNrIE5vcm9uaGEgW+ClnuCksOClh+CkpuCksOCkv+CklSDgpKjgpYvgpLDgpYs=?=
 ] wrote:


Any good source from which to download Lyx tip sheets? Many thanks, FN


What do you mean by a 'tip sheet'?

/Christian




--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Suggestion

[Christian Ridderström]

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Andrew Sullivan wrote:


On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 08:39:24AM -0400, Manoj Rajagopalan wrote:
, 
> thunderbird, kmail etc. allow you to move incoming mails into custom folders 
> based on criteria like To:,Cc: fields etc.


Or the List-*: mail headers, which were designed partly for just that
purpose.


In case the above wasn't clear enough, the emails already contain 
'headers' such as these:


Mailing-List: contact lyx-users-h...@lists.lyx.org; run by ezmlm
List-Post: <mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
List-Help: <mailto:lyx-users-h...@lists.lyx.org>
Delivered-To: mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

You just need to make your client recognize any of them..

/Christian



A




--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Lyx tip-sheets

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, 
=?UTF-8?B?RnJlZGVyaWNrIE5vcm9uaGEgW+ClnuCksOClh+CkpuCksOCkv+CklSDgpKjgpYvgpLDgpYs=?=
 ] wrote:


Any good source from which to download Lyx tip sheets? Many thanks, FN


What do you mean by a 'tip sheet'?

/Christian




--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Tip: How to type degreen symbol in Windows using the numeric key pad

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I searched the lists for how to type a degree symbol in LyX under Windows 
and didn't find something that I thought was really easy. So here's 
an alternative (which may well have drawbacks), e.g that it requires your 
keyboard to have some kind of numeric key pad. Here goes:


In order to type the degree symbol, press and hold down the Alt key while 
on the numeric key pad typing 0176.  (The '0' is needed.)


This method worked in my LyX under Windows XP.

The page
  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
contains similar codes for lots of other symbols.

Caveat: There might be drawbacks with this method that I haven't tested, 
and it would be much nicer if I had the equivalent of a Compose-key in 
Windows.


cheers,
Christian

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Tip: How to type degree symbol in Windows using the numeric key pad

[Christian Ridderström]

(reposting with correctly spelled subject, to help search engines)

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Christian Ridderström wrote:


Hi,

I searched the lists for how to type a degree symbol in LyX under Windows and 
didn't find something that I thought was really easy. So here's an 
alternative (which may well have drawbacks), e.g that it requires your 
keyboard to have some kind of numeric key pad. Here goes:


In order to type the degree symbol, press and hold down the Alt key while on 
the numeric key pad typing 0176.  (The '0' is needed.)


This method worked in my LyX under Windows XP.

The page
 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
contains similar codes for lots of other symbols.

Caveat: There might be drawbacks with this method that I haven't tested, and 
it would be much nicer if I had the equivalent of a Compose-key in Windows.


cheers,
Christian




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Tip: How to type degreen symbol in Windows using the numeric key pad

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I searched the lists for how to type a degree symbol in LyX under Windows 
and didn't find something that I thought was really easy. So here's 
an alternative (which may well have drawbacks), e.g that it requires your 
keyboard to have some kind of numeric key pad. Here goes:


In order to type the degree symbol, press and hold down the Alt key while 
on the numeric key pad typing 0176.  (The '0' is needed.)


This method worked in my LyX under Windows XP.

The page
  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
contains similar codes for lots of other symbols.

Caveat: There might be drawbacks with this method that I haven't tested, 
and it would be much nicer if I had the equivalent of a Compose-key in 
Windows.


cheers,
Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Tip: How to type degree symbol in Windows using the numeric key pad

[Christian Ridderström]

(reposting with correctly spelled subject, to help search engines)

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Christian Ridderström wrote:


Hi,

I searched the lists for how to type a degree symbol in LyX under Windows and 
didn't find something that I thought was really easy. So here's an 
alternative (which may well have drawbacks), e.g that it requires your 
keyboard to have some kind of numeric key pad. Here goes:


In order to type the degree symbol, press and hold down the Alt key while on 
the numeric key pad typing 0176.  (The '0' is needed.)


This method worked in my LyX under Windows XP.

The page
 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
contains similar codes for lots of other symbols.

Caveat: There might be drawbacks with this method that I haven't tested, and 
it would be much nicer if I had the equivalent of a Compose-key in Windows.


cheers,
Christian




--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Tip: How to type degreen symbol in Windows using the numeric key pad

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I searched the lists for how to type a degree symbol in LyX under Windows 
and didn't find something that I thought was really easy. So here's 
an alternative (which may well have drawbacks), e.g that it requires your 
keyboard to have some kind of numeric key pad. Here goes:


In order to type the degree symbol, press and hold down the Alt key while 
on the numeric key pad typing 0176.  (The '0' is needed.)


This method worked in my LyX under Windows XP.

The page
  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
contains similar codes for lots of other symbols.

Caveat: There might be drawbacks with this method that I haven't tested, 
and it would be much nicer if I had the equivalent of a Compose-key in 
Windows.


cheers,
Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Tip: How to type degree symbol in Windows using the numeric key pad

[Christian Ridderström]

(reposting with correctly spelled subject, to help search engines)

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Christian Ridderström wrote:


Hi,

I searched the lists for how to type a degree symbol in LyX under Windows and 
didn't find something that I thought was really easy. So here's an 
alternative (which may well have drawbacks), e.g that it requires your 
keyboard to have some kind of numeric key pad. Here goes:


In order to type the degree symbol, press and hold down the Alt key while on 
the numeric key pad typing 0176.  (The '0' is needed.)


This method worked in my LyX under Windows XP.

The page
 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
contains similar codes for lots of other symbols.

Caveat: There might be drawbacks with this method that I haven't tested, and 
it would be much nicer if I had the equivalent of a Compose-key in Windows.


cheers,
Christian




--
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Re: Keyboard Shortcuts: 1.6.3

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:


 This question is about my installation of 1.6.3 on linux. Under
Tools-Preferences-Shortcuts-Documents and window, there is a key
'buffer-export' with the assigned value of 'Ctrl-X H'. That key combination
does nothing; the status line tells me it's been disabled. What I don't know
is what flavor of buffer export it is supposed to invoke. If I try to change
the valued from 'Ctrl-X H' to 'Ctrl-H' a message pops up telling me that
chord is already assigned to buffer-export.

 Under File-Export I can manually select pdflatex and that works as
intended.

 In ~/.lyx/bind/my.bind the 'buffer-export' value is assigned to the key
'Ctrl-H', but that does not work either. It moves the cursor a line above
the title, but that's it.

 I'd appreciate learning what to do to get ctrl-h to export the buffer
using pdflatex. Of course, learning why the icon bar handles don't let me
move them would also be appreciated.


Here's a (very) partial answer. I think that 'buffer-export' requires an 
argument, e.g. 'pdf2' to say what kind of export you want. Maybe that's 
incompatible with just using 'Ctrl-x h' for export?


You could try doing
M-x (should give you a prompt, and then type)
buffer-export pdf2

After getting that to work, you could probably bind a command that does 
the above to a keyboard shortcut. Or ask on the developers list... :-)


/Christian

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Re: Keyboard Shortcuts: 1.6.3

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:


 This question is about my installation of 1.6.3 on linux. Under
Tools-Preferences-Shortcuts-Documents and window, there is a key
'buffer-export' with the assigned value of 'Ctrl-X H'. That key combination
does nothing; the status line tells me it's been disabled. What I don't know
is what flavor of buffer export it is supposed to invoke. If I try to change
the valued from 'Ctrl-X H' to 'Ctrl-H' a message pops up telling me that
chord is already assigned to buffer-export.

 Under File-Export I can manually select pdflatex and that works as
intended.

 In ~/.lyx/bind/my.bind the 'buffer-export' value is assigned to the key
'Ctrl-H', but that does not work either. It moves the cursor a line above
the title, but that's it.

 I'd appreciate learning what to do to get ctrl-h to export the buffer
using pdflatex. Of course, learning why the icon bar handles don't let me
move them would also be appreciated.


Here's a (very) partial answer. I think that 'buffer-export' requires an 
argument, e.g. 'pdf2' to say what kind of export you want. Maybe that's 
incompatible with just using 'Ctrl-x h' for export?


You could try doing
M-x (should give you a prompt, and then type)
buffer-export pdf2

After getting that to work, you could probably bind a command that does 
the above to a keyboard shortcut. Or ask on the developers list... :-)


/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts: 1.6.3

[Christian Ridderström]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:


 This question is about my installation of 1.6.3 on linux. Under
Tools->Preferences->Shortcuts->Documents and window, there is a key
'buffer-export' with the assigned value of 'Ctrl-X H'. That key combination
does nothing; the status line tells me it's been disabled. What I don't know
is what flavor of buffer export it is supposed to invoke. If I try to change
the valued from 'Ctrl-X H' to 'Ctrl-H' a message pops up telling me that
chord is already assigned to buffer-export.

 Under File->Export I can manually select pdflatex and that works as
intended.

 In ~/.lyx/bind/my.bind the 'buffer-export' value is assigned to the key
'Ctrl-H', but that does not work either. It moves the cursor a line above
the title, but that's it.

 I'd appreciate learning what to do to get ctrl-h to export the buffer
using pdflatex. Of course, learning why the icon bar handles don't let me
move them would also be appreciated.


Here's a (very) partial answer. I think that 'buffer-export' requires an 
argument, e.g. 'pdf2' to say what kind of export you want. Maybe that's 
incompatible with just using 'Ctrl-x h' for export?


You could try doing
M-x (should give you a prompt, and then type)
buffer-export pdf2

After getting that to work, you could probably bind a command that does 
the above to a keyboard shortcut. Or ask on the developers list... :-)


/Christian

--
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Re: How to get citation like [1,2] rather than [2,1]?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


Le 27/06/2009 03:36, rgheck a écrit :

  What do I need to do in order to get LyX (with BibTeX) to do this?

 Use natbib numerical, with the option sortcompress.


Or add \usepackage{cite} in the preamble. It would be nice to support 
this natively, actually.


Thanks, this is the one I was looking for.

/Christian

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Re: How to get citation like [1,2] rather than [2,1]?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


Le 27/06/2009 03:36, rgheck a écrit :

  What do I need to do in order to get LyX (with BibTeX) to do this?

 Use natbib numerical, with the option sortcompress.


Or add \usepackage{cite} in the preamble. It would be nice to support 
this natively, actually.


Thanks, this is the one I was looking for.

/Christian

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Re: How to get citation like [1,2] rather than [2,1]?

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


Le 27/06/2009 03:36, rgheck a écrit :

>  What do I need to do in order to get LyX (with BibTeX) to do this?
>
 Use natbib numerical, with the option sort


Or add \usepackage{cite} in the preamble. It would be nice to support 
this natively, actually.


Thanks, this is the one I was looking for.

/Christian

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How to get citation like [1,2] rather than [2,1]?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I've google but couldn't find which package to use that automatically 
changes citations such that e.g,


[1,2]   -   [1,2]
[2,1]   -   [1,2]
[1,2,3] -   [1-3]
[2,3,1] -   [1-3]

Well, I think you get the idea...

What do I need to do in order to get LyX (with BibTeX) to do this?

/Christian

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How to get citation like [1,2] rather than [2,1]?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I've google but couldn't find which package to use that automatically 
changes citations such that e.g,


[1,2]   -   [1,2]
[2,1]   -   [1,2]
[1,2,3] -   [1-3]
[2,3,1] -   [1-3]

Well, I think you get the idea...

What do I need to do in order to get LyX (with BibTeX) to do this?

/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström   Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44

How to get citation like [1,2] rather than [2,1]?

[Christian Ridderström]

Hi,

I've google but couldn't find which package to use that automatically 
changes citations such that e.g,


[1,2]   ->   [1,2]
[2,1]   ->   [1,2]
[1,2,3] ->   [1-3]
[2,3,1] ->   [1-3]

Well, I think you get the idea...

What do I need to do in order to get LyX (with BibTeX) to do this?

/Christian

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Re: Error Explanation Help Needed -- SOLVED

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sun, 17 May 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:


   I wanted to make some corrections and changes to my beamer presentation
 while I was away from the office. However, I get an error regarding the
 logo graphic which is different from what came up before, and I am having
 a lot of difficulty identifying the source.


 Sigh. As is too often the case, after sending the message it occurred to
me to see if I have the latest beamer version installed on the notebook. I
did not.

 Installing latex-beamer-3.07 fixed the problem.

My apologies for the static,


On the positive side, as you also present the solution you may well be 
helping others in the future.


cheers,
Christian



Rich




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Re: Error Explanation Help Needed -- SOLVED

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sun, 17 May 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:


   I wanted to make some corrections and changes to my beamer presentation
 while I was away from the office. However, I get an error regarding the
 logo graphic which is different from what came up before, and I am having
 a lot of difficulty identifying the source.


 Sigh. As is too often the case, after sending the message it occurred to
me to see if I have the latest beamer version installed on the notebook. I
did not.

 Installing latex-beamer-3.07 fixed the problem.

My apologies for the static,


On the positive side, as you also present the solution you may well be 
helping others in the future.


cheers,
Christian



Rich




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Re: Error Explanation Help Needed -- SOLVED

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sun, 17 May 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:


   I wanted to make some corrections and changes to my beamer presentation
 while I was away from the office. However, I get an error regarding the
 logo graphic which is different from what came up before, and I am having
 a lot of difficulty identifying the source.


 Sigh. As is too often the case, after sending the message it occurred to
me to see if I have the latest beamer version installed on the notebook. I
did not.

 Installing latex-beamer-3.07 fixed the problem.

My apologies for the static,


On the positive side, as you also present the solution you may well be 
helping others in the future.


cheers,
Christian



Rich




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Re: Open .lyx document on different computer and have graphics be okay

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Helge Hafting wrote:


1. Make sure the image paths are relative, not absolute. Absolute paths
   tend to be different on different computers.

2. Make sure both computers have all the necessary software. LyX relies
   on lots of support software in order to handle images. Some software
   to show images on screen, possibly other software to print/export.


Hmm, is there some way to get a list of all the stuff used to create a 
document, e.g.:


* Included files and images
* LaTeX packages and document class
* Other support software

I guess you could parse the LaTeX log file to get some of this, but is 
there a way to know which software LyX uses when e.g. generating images to 
be shown inside LyX?


/Christian

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Re: Open .lyx document on different computer and have graphics be okay

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Helge Hafting wrote:


1. Make sure the image paths are relative, not absolute. Absolute paths
   tend to be different on different computers.

2. Make sure both computers have all the necessary software. LyX relies
   on lots of support software in order to handle images. Some software
   to show images on screen, possibly other software to print/export.


Hmm, is there some way to get a list of all the stuff used to create a 
document, e.g.:


* Included files and images
* LaTeX packages and document class
* Other support software

I guess you could parse the LaTeX log file to get some of this, but is 
there a way to know which software LyX uses when e.g. generating images to 
be shown inside LyX?


/Christian

--
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Re: Open .lyx document on different computer and have graphics be okay

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Helge Hafting wrote:


1. Make sure the image paths are relative, not absolute. Absolute paths
   tend to be different on different computers.

2. Make sure both computers have all the necessary software. LyX relies
   on lots of support software in order to handle images. Some software
   to show images on screen, possibly other software to print/export.


Hmm, is there some way to get a list of all the stuff used to create a 
document, e.g.:


* Included files and images
* LaTeX packages and document class
* Other support software

I guess you could parse the LaTeX log file to get some of this, but is 
there a way to know which software LyX uses when e.g. generating images to 
be shown inside LyX?


/Christian

--
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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Niko Schwarz wrote:

need to tar/untar anything. What was REALLY difficult was the .module I 
had written for the document. It cannot be accessed by a relative path; 
it needs to be inserted directly into the lyx tree. On OSX, I have to 
redo the module installation procedure on every update.


Have you reported this? At the very least it sounds like a feature request 
that you don't want to have to use absolute paths to .module.


regards,
Christian

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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Niko Schwarz wrote:

need to tar/untar anything. What was REALLY difficult was the .module I 
had written for the document. It cannot be accessed by a relative path; 
it needs to be inserted directly into the lyx tree. On OSX, I have to 
redo the module installation procedure on every update.


Have you reported this? At the very least it sounds like a feature request 
that you don't want to have to use absolute paths to .module.


regards,
Christian

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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Niko Schwarz wrote:

need to tar/untar anything. What was REALLY difficult was the .module I 
had written for the document. It cannot be accessed by a relative path; 
it needs to be inserted directly into the lyx tree. On OSX, I have to 
redo the module installation procedure on every update.


Have you reported this? At the very least it sounds like a feature request 
that you don't want to have to use absolute paths to .module.


regards,
Christian

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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, rgheck wrote:

I'll second what a few others have said: A version control system is 
really the way to go for collaboration. You get easy exchanges, easy 
updating, conflict management, plus you get versioned archving of 
everything you do. There are plenty of free hosting services for this 
kind of thing, if you don't already have access to some server or other.


I started my new job today and learned about a document management system 
called 'DOX' 
(possible link: http://www.softwarecompliance.com/html/products/dox.html )


Now, while that system does have mane benefits, it does still seem quite 
crude compared to a proper version control system. Basically it expects 
you to lock a file while editing it.


So for sharing files to work with, I really think version control is the 
way to go. Perhaps what you need is such a system that easily let's you 
e-mail only the differences.


/Christian

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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, rgheck wrote:

I'll second what a few others have said: A version control system is 
really the way to go for collaboration. You get easy exchanges, easy 
updating, conflict management, plus you get versioned archving of 
everything you do. There are plenty of free hosting services for this 
kind of thing, if you don't already have access to some server or other.


I started my new job today and learned about a document management system 
called 'DOX' 
(possible link: http://www.softwarecompliance.com/html/products/dox.html )


Now, while that system does have mane benefits, it does still seem quite 
crude compared to a proper version control system. Basically it expects 
you to lock a file while editing it.


So for sharing files to work with, I really think version control is the 
way to go. Perhaps what you need is such a system that easily let's you 
e-mail only the differences.


/Christian

--
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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, rgheck wrote:

I'll second what a few others have said: A version control system is 
really the way to go for collaboration. You get easy exchanges, easy 
updating, conflict management, plus you get versioned archving of 
everything you do. There are plenty of free hosting services for this 
kind of thing, if you don't already have access to some server or other.


I started my new job today and learned about a document management system 
called 'DOX' 
(possible link: http://www.softwarecompliance.com/html/products/dox.html )


Now, while that system does have mane benefits, it does still seem quite 
crude compared to a proper version control system. Basically it expects 
you to lock a file while editing it.


So for sharing files to work with, I really think version control is the 
way to go. Perhaps what you need is such a system that easily let's you 
e-mail only the differences.


/Christian

--
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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, Richard Heck wrote:


 Yes, that's a major drawback ! But the .zlyx could be used as an
 export file format to share with others, then one could just merge
 back the .lyx embedded into the .zlyx : I see this as a way one can
 use this feature, but some may want to use it otherwise (as everyone
 does when using OOo for example, reinsert the figure)

This is where things get messy. If you just want an export format, then that 
actually exists already, kind of. There's a script, lyxpak.py, in the 
development tree that will pack a LyX file and all its dependencies, 
wherever they may be, into a tar, I think. Then it can be shipped off, 
unpacked, etc. The difficulty is then in updating. Obviously, you can 
unpack the tar yourself and do with it as you will. But, for security 
reasons, you do not really want LyX to be able automatically to unpack and 
write to arbitrary locations in your filesystem.


Aren't there options to 'tar' that can help with this, e.g. only allowing 
things to be written to somewhere inside a subdirectory.


As for the updating, I don't think 'tar' will be enough... you could 
expand the .tar-file into a separate directory and then compare the 
directories and manually move the files that have changed _and_ that you 
want to use to replace your version of those files. Then I thought a bit 
more for a solution, but what I came up with really just ended up 
amounting to a version control system where you were emailing changes.


So why not go for a distributed version control system that supports 
sending changes (or all of it) as e-mail. This way you can get by without 
a server.


/Christian

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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, Richard Heck wrote:


 Yes, that's a major drawback ! But the .zlyx could be used as an
 export file format to share with others, then one could just merge
 back the .lyx embedded into the .zlyx : I see this as a way one can
 use this feature, but some may want to use it otherwise (as everyone
 does when using OOo for example, reinsert the figure)

This is where things get messy. If you just want an export format, then that 
actually exists already, kind of. There's a script, lyxpak.py, in the 
development tree that will pack a LyX file and all its dependencies, 
wherever they may be, into a tar, I think. Then it can be shipped off, 
unpacked, etc. The difficulty is then in updating. Obviously, you can 
unpack the tar yourself and do with it as you will. But, for security 
reasons, you do not really want LyX to be able automatically to unpack and 
write to arbitrary locations in your filesystem.


Aren't there options to 'tar' that can help with this, e.g. only allowing 
things to be written to somewhere inside a subdirectory.


As for the updating, I don't think 'tar' will be enough... you could 
expand the .tar-file into a separate directory and then compare the 
directories and manually move the files that have changed _and_ that you 
want to use to replace your version of those files. Then I thought a bit 
more for a solution, but what I came up with really just ended up 
amounting to a version control system where you were emailing changes.


So why not go for a distributed version control system that supports 
sending changes (or all of it) as e-mail. This way you can get by without 
a server.


/Christian

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Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

[Christian Ridderström]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, Richard Heck wrote:


 Yes, that's a major drawback ! But the .zlyx could be used as an
 "export" file format to share with others, then one could just merge
 back the .lyx embedded into the .zlyx : I see this as a way one can
 use this feature, but some may want to use it otherwise (as everyone
 does when using OOo for example, reinsert the figure)

This is where things get messy. If you just want an export format, then that 
actually exists already, kind of. There's a script, lyxpak.py, in the 
development tree that will "pack" a LyX file and all its dependencies, 
wherever they may be, into a tar, I think. Then it can be shipped off, 
unpacked, etc. The difficulty is then in "updating". Obviously, you can 
unpack the tar yourself and do with it as you will. But, for security 
reasons, you do not really want LyX to be able automatically to unpack and 
write to arbitrary locations in your filesystem.


Aren't there options to 'tar' that can help with this, e.g. only allowing 
things to be written to somewhere inside a subdirectory.


As for the "updating", I don't think 'tar' will be enough... you could 
expand the .tar-file into a separate directory and then compare the 
directories and manually move the files that have changed _and_ that you 
want to use to replace your version of those files. Then I thought a bit 
more for a solution, but what I came up with really just ended up 
amounting to a version control system where you were emailing changes.


So why not go for a distributed version control system that supports 
sending changes (or all of it) as e-mail. This way you can get by without 
a server.


/Christian

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