GnuPlot

[Dan]

I'm trying to incoporate GnuPlot into LyX.  As I understand things, I have
to add a path for LyX to find it.  How do I go about doing that?

Thanks for any help!

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Re: Deleting outline entry

[Dan via lyx-users]

24 de set. de 2023, 3:25 per xraco...@gmx.de:

> On 2023-09-23 21:09, Daniel wrote:
>
>> On 2023-09-23 18:50, Dan via lyx-users wrote:
>>
>>>> Is there a way to delete an outline entry? A right-click on the entry does
>>>> not offer that option and the delete key removes characters in the
>>>> chapter/section title, not the chapter/section itself.
>>>>
>>> I do not see any way of accomplishing this via the GUI, but it can be done 
>>> by means of the command interpreter with a pair of commands.
>>>
>>> Say you want to delete section 2.2 of your document
>>>    1. Place the cursor at the title of section 2.2.
>>>    2. Issue in the command interpreter "section-select". This will select 
>>> the whole section 2.2.
>>>    3. To delete the entire section, then enter this command: 
>>> "char-delete-forward". This will erase the whole section.
>>>
>>> These steps work for any kind of sectioning (division of the text 
>>> hierarchycally): parts, chapters, paragraphs, etc. You could even customize 
>>> your UI file to bind these pair of commands to a button in the toolbars.
>>>
>>
>> I was about to suggest to add a "Delete Section" menu entry to the TOC 
>> context menu. But that doesn't work for some reason and I am not sure why.
>>
>> In any case, such a (working) menu entry should probably be available.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>
> Maybe there is some kind of cursor update missing after the "section-select" 
> command?
>
> command-sequence section-select;char-delete-forward
>
> apparently works fine when the cursor is already in the heading but not when 
> executed merely from the context-menu.
>
> Daniel
>
Apparently the command "char-delete-forward" (and its twin 
"char-delete-backward") is "forbidden" in that location. Thus, adding the item
 "Delete Section|e" "command-sequence section-select; char-delete-forward"
to stdcontext.inc does not work, by design.

Try it by yourself with the debugging category "action" enabled in the messages 
pane (View > Messages Pane). Otherwise, see the debug messages attached.

It may be possible, but I do not know how.


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20:12:26.110: Command disabledGuiApplication.cpp (1746): cmd:  action: 173 
[command-sequence]  arg: 'section-select; char-delete-forward' x: 0 y: 0
GuiApplication.cpp (1746): cmd:  action: 332 [section-select]  arg: '' x: 0 y: 0
GuiApplication.cpp (1746): cmd:  action: 196 [paragraph-goto]  arg: '1 0' x: 0 
y: 0
BufferView.cpp (1366): BufferView::dispatch: cmd:  action: 196 [paragraph-goto] 
 arg: '1 0' x: 0 y: 0
GuiApplication.cpp (1514): dispatch msg is `'
Cursor.cpp (781): Cursor::dispatch: cmd:  action: 332 [section-select]  arg: '' 
x: 0 y: 0

Cursor.cpp (811): Cursor::dispatch: cmd:  action: 332 [section-select]  arg: '' 
x: 0 y: 0

insets/InsetText.cpp (311): InsetText::doDispatch(): cmd:  action: 332 
[section-select]  arg: '' x: 0 y: 0
Text.cpp (4038): Text::dispatch: cmd:  action: 332 [section-select]  arg: '' x: 
0 y: 0
GuiApplication.cpp (1514): dispatch msg is `'
GuiApplication.cpp (1746): cmd:  action: 61 [char-delete-forward]  arg: '' x: 0 
y: 0
GuiApplication.cpp (1754): action char-delete-forward [] is disabled at this 
location
GuiApplication.cpp (1514): dispatch msg is `Command disabled'
GuiApplication.cpp (1514): dispatch msg is `'
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Re: Deleting outline entry

[Dan via lyx-users]

> On 2023-09-23 18:50, Dan via lyx-users wrote:
>
>>> Is there a way to delete an outline entry? A right-click on the entry does
>>> not offer that option and the delete key removes characters in the
>>> chapter/section title, not the chapter/section itself.
>>>
>> I do not see any way of accomplishing this via the GUI, but it can be done 
>> by means of the command interpreter with a pair of commands.
>>
I am dumb. I have just realized there is a context-menu item "Select Section": 
right-clicking on any section in the outline pane. So you could just use that 
and then the "delete" key.


> I was about to suggest to add a "Delete Section" menu entry to the TOC 
> context menu. But that doesn't work for some reason and I am not sure why.
>
> In any case, such a (working) menu entry should probably be available.
>
> Daniel
>
I have just run a couple of tests and, unexpectedly, the sequence of commands 
works when added to the toolbars (only if cursor is in the title), but not when 
added to the context menu of the TOC.
See the attached (diff) files to see the changes I made to "stdcontext.inc" and 
"stdtoolbars.inc", and try it out by yourself.


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Re: Deleting outline entry

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> Is there a way to delete an outline entry? A right-click on the entry does
> not offer that option and the delete key removes characters in the
> chapter/section title, not the chapter/section itself.
>
I do not see any way of accomplishing this via the GUI, but it can be done by 
means of the command interpreter with a pair of commands.

Say you want to delete section 2.2 of your document
  1. Place the cursor at the title of section 2.2.
  2. Issue in the command interpreter "section-select". This will select the 
whole section 2.2.
  3. To delete the entire section, then enter this command: 
"char-delete-forward". This will erase the whole section.

These steps work for any kind of sectioning (division of the text 
hierarchycally): parts, chapters, paragraphs, etc. You could even customize 
your UI file to bind these pair of commands to a button in the toolbars.

If you do not know how to open the command interpreter, do this
  1. Place the mouse pointer on the toolbars.
  2. Right click and set the toolbar "Command Buffer" visibility to "On".

This will bring up a text box to type command in. Use the tab key when typing 
to autocomplete commands.

Hope this helps. Kind regards.


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Re: Problem converting some svgz

[Dan via lyx-users]

> On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 07:25:44PM +0200, Dan via lyx-users wrote:
>
>> Yes, I did, that's why I suspect the problem is actually with these 
>> third-party apps rather than LyX.
>> Generate PDF files (attached) from redo.svgz
>>  1. Cairosvg: "cairosvg -f pdf -o redo_cairosvg.pdf lib/images/redo.svgz"
>>  2. Inkscape: "inkscape -D -o redo_inkscape.pdf lib/images/redo.svgz"
>>
>
> I could reproduce the problem with Inkscape. I can actually open the file in 
> Inkscape and it looks fine (though there are Warning on the console about svg 
> content).
> It's the export when it breaks completely. I suggest to file bug against 
> inkscape itself.
>
Asked for peer confirmation on IRC as well. A person replied to me confirming 
the problem with version 1.3; but also told me that this problem does not 
happen in the upstream version (1.4-dev) of Inkscape.

That person recommended me to file a bug so that the "fix" is backported to the 
next release of Inkscape (1.3.1).


> For LyX purposes you could bypass this problem by using rsvg-convert instead 
> of inkscape (works fine here).
> Another way could by to try luck in different vector editor, resave it and 
> try again.
>
> Pavel
>
Thanks for the suggestion! I stopped using Inkscape because the packaged 
AppImage is quite slow compared to other options, such as cairosvg. Will give 
it a try.


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Re: Problem with frame inset

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> This is since "InsetLayout Box" (in stcinsetc.inc) sets the label color
> to "foreground" (the text color), which is not a good idea in dark
> mode. Setting it to static "black" fixes the issue. I'll do this in
> master.
>
> -- 
> Jürgen
>
I have come across the very same problem again with listing buttons (when 
editing externally). The solution is the very same as well.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
   1. Insert > Program listing
   2. Type something in.
   3. Open context menu (right clic) and choose "Edit externally".
   4. A button for the program listing inset shows whose text is barely 
readable. See attached image.

SOLUTION:
I have tried mimicking your solution to the previous problem: switching the 
label's text colour from "foreground" to "black". See the text attachment (diff 
of changes to lib/layouts/stdinsets.inc)


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Re: Is there a way to abort the file output?

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> Am Montag, dem 18.09.2023 um 08:07 -0400 schrieb Dan:
>
>> I occasionally (ahem!) make a coding error.  Sometimes when this
>> happens LyX will hang when converting the code to a PDF format.  Is
>> there a way to abort the conversion engine?  I've been using the
>> built in Windows task manager to do this but it would be nicer to use
>> the LyX version, if it has one, so I wouldn't have to exit and reload
>> the file.  It's not a big deal, I'm just curious.
>>
>
> With LyX 2.4, there is a small abort button next to the spinning wheel
> in the task bar.
>
Additionally to what Jürgen said; there are two other ways of cancelling an 
ongoing export process, which may be handy:
  1. Add a keyboard shortcut to the LyX function "export-cancel" in Tools > 
Preferences > Editing > Shortcuts.
  2. During the export process of a document, a menuitem spawns in the Document 
menu.



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Is there a way to abort the file output?

[Dan]

I occasionally (ahem!) make a coding error.  Sometimes when this happens
LyX will hang when converting the code to a PDF format.  Is there a way to
abort the conversion engine?  I've been using the built in Windows task
manager to do this but it would be nicer to use the LyX version, if it has
one, so I wouldn't have to exit and reload the file.  It's not a big deal,
I'm just curious.

Thanks!

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Re: Problem converting some svgz

[Dan via lyx-users]

> Both PDFs (attached) display only the shadow of the arrow, not the arrow 
> itself.
>
Forgot to add the attachments, I am dumb :(.



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Re: Problem converting some svgz

[Dan via lyx-users]

>> > I have replaced cairosvg (version 2.5.2) for Inkscape (version 1.3, the 
>> > latest AppImage(d)), but the problem partially persists: now the Undo icon 
>> > displays properly in workarea and PDF, but Redo does not in neither of 
>> > them. See the attached images.
>> >
>> Sorry, I meant now Redo is not showing properly
>>  1. Neither in LyX workarea nor in PDF output when cache is enabled.
>>  2. Only in PDF output when cache is disabled.
>>
>
> Can you reproduce the problem directly on the command line with cairosvg and 
> inkscape?
>
> Scott
>
Yes, I did, that's why I suspect the problem is actually with these third-party 
apps rather than LyX.
Generate PDF files (attached) from redo.svgz
 1. Cairosvg: "cairosvg -f pdf -o redo_cairosvg.pdf lib/images/redo.svgz"
 2. Inkscape: "inkscape -D -o redo_inkscape.pdf lib/images/redo.svgz"

Both PDFs (attached) display only the shadow of the arrow, not the arrow 
itself. I tested this with other icons (cut, paste, undo)
 - Inkscape gave no problems.
 - Cairosvg gave no problems with the first two, but the latter yielded an 
empty pdf.


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Re: Ask for support for a small diploma work

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> I'm a little confused about what's being asked, but if the goal is to
> generate diplomas for people, Inkscape is a MUCH better alternative
> than LyX. You put tokens in the diploma SVG file, run a simple
> shellscript or Python or whatever to convert those tokens to the
> current graduate from a list of graduates, and crank them out. Easy
> Peazy, and with Inkscape you can align everything exactly how you want
> it. I can't begin to imagine how horrible this job would be with LyX.
>
> SteveT
>
My email is a response to an email in the lyx-dev mailing list, telling that 
person to move further replies to this list. The inicial question is linked at 
the beginning of my reply 
(http://lists.lyx.org/pipermail/lyx-devel/2023-September/010691.html).

Apparently that person needs to create some modules and was asking for 
information on how to proceed.

Sorry for the confusion ;).


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Re: Ask for support for a small diploma work

[Dan via lyx-users]

Hello,

first and foremost, I think this topic 
(http://lists.lyx.org/pipermail/lyx-devel/2023-September/010691.html) fits best 
the user mailing list, not this one (development). So post there any further 
doubts or problems with this subject.


>
> Can someone tell me how to proceed so that I can write a corresponding Lyx 
> module?
>
>
I have searched the LyX's wiki for information on creating layouts and modules; 
a good starting point is this page: https://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/CreatingLayouts

Note that it references the Customization manual for information on layouts and 
modules, so you should read that as well, namely sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3.

Wish you luck with that!


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Re: Problem converting some svgz

[Dan via lyx-users]

> I have replaced cairosvg (version 2.5.2) for Inkscape (version 1.3, the 
> latest AppImage(d)), but the problem partially persists: now the Undo icon 
> displays properly in workarea and PDF, but Redo does not in neither of them. 
> See the attached images.
>
Sorry, I meant now Redo is not showing properly
 1. Neither in LyX workarea nor in PDF output when cache is enabled.
 2. Only in PDF output when cache is disabled.


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Problem converting some svgz

[Dan via lyx-users]

Hello,

I am having a problem with some svgz (gzipped svg files) not displaying propely 
in both, the LyX's workarea and the PDF output. I ask here to see if someone 
else has (or has had) a similar problem and can give me some advice.

PROBLEM

Follow through these steps
 1. Run LyX.
 2. Deactivate the cache for converters (Tools > Preferences > File Handling > 
Converters) and delete the content of the cache folder (~/.lyx/cache in 
GNU/Linux).
 3. Open the attached file (is a minimal example).
 4. Check whether you see the Undo and Redo icons in the workarea.
 5. Generate a PDF output and check whether the Undo and Redo icons display 
properly.

In my case, all the icons displayed correctly, but the Undo and Redo ones. 
After some exploration and looking into the debug messages (lyx -dbg graphics 
my-file.lyx), I realized
 1. With cache for files disabled, no conversion is actually carried out to 
display the icons in the workarea. When cache is enabled, the problem with Undo 
and Redo icons shows in the workarea as well.
 2. The problem has to do with the converter from SVGZ to PDF and PNG formats, 
in my case cairosvg ("cairosvg -f pdf -o $$o $$i" for PDF, for instance).

I have replaced cairosvg (version 2.5.2) for Inkscape (version 1.3, the latest 
AppImage(d)), but the problem partially persists: now the Undo icon displays 
properly in workarea and PDF, but Redo does not in neither of them. See the 
attached images.

My converter instruction is now:
    inkscape --export-area-drawing -o $$o $$i
The conversion type is inferred by Inkscape from the output-file extension, but 
Inkscape is not very verbose about the process and what goes wrong, so I am 
stuck now...

Any help would be appreciated, as I do not want to face this problem in an 
actual and more important document in the future. Thanks.


SYTEM INFO
==
Inkscape (inkscape --debug-info)

Inkscape 1.3 (0e150ed, 2023-07-21)

    GLib version: 2.64.6
    GTK version:  3.24.20
    glibmm version:   2.64.2
    gtkmm version:    3.24.2
    libxml2 version:  2.9.10
    libxslt version:  1.1.34
    Cairo version:    1.17.7
    Pango version:    1.44.7
    HarfBuzz version: 2.6.4

    OS version:   Linux Mint 21.2

Lyx:
    Version 2.4.0~RC1.devel (not released yet)

  Built from git commit hash b5bd214c
    Qt Version (run-time): 5.15.3 on platform xcb
    Qt Version (compile-time): 5.15.3
    OS Version (run-time): Linux Mint 21.2
    Python detected: 3.10.12 (/usr/bin/python3)



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Double brackets

[Dan]

I am trying to write a Lie bracket [[a, b ]].  The commands \llbracket and
\rrbracket work just fine in the LyX math formula, but doesn't render in
LuaTex.  I could conceivably use a negative space and join the symbols |
and [ (with some fussing) but I can't get LyX to recognize \! as a negative
spacer.  (That's another question, really.  I don't need that answered here
if there is a simpler way to do this.)

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Spacing at the top and bottom of tabular

[Dan]

The code is working just fine, but I need to add something to give a little
more space at the top and bottom of a table.

Here's the code:
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline
\text{Example}  &  \text{Code} \\
\hline
x = \dfrac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}  &  \textrm{ x = \backslash frac\{-b
\backslash pm \backslash sqrt\{ b \hat{} 2 - 4ac\} \}\{2a\} } \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

The square root at the top of the box is crushed up into the \hline and the
2a at the bottom is similar.  I can find all sorts of things to do to
change horizontal spacing, and I even found a method to add extra vertical
space to the rows (\arraystretch), but it doesn't do anything with the very
top and bottom.

A have attached a full file.

Thanks!
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\text{ \cdot }

[Dan]

When I type \text{ \cdot } into the math compiler it gives me the little
dot, not the text "\cdot".  How do I fix this?  I'm writing a MathJax
tutorial and I need to be able to put the codes in an array.

Here's a sample of the code:
\begin{array}{|l|l|}
\hline
\text{Symbol} & \text{Code} \\
+ & + \\
- & - \\
\text{ * } & \text{ * } \\
\cdot & \text{ \cdot} \\
\times & \text{ \times} \\
/&/ \\
\div & \text{ \div } \\
\hline
\end{array}

(The really weird part about this is that MathJax simply refuses the
command line entirely.)

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Grammar Checking -- noob help!

[Dan]

I'm writing what is essentially going to be a small text in Physics with a
lot of high end Mathematics, so a good Science grammar checker would be a
nice idea.  I found the LyX wiki and the lyx-cg system.  Are there other
options?  I'm also looking at Grammarly but I'm not sure it can handle the
kind of language help I might need.

Let's say I go with the lyx-cg idea.  (Which is why I'm posting this here.
:) )  I have a few questions.
1)  Is lyx-cg up to date?  I'm noticing that the Github files are as much
as 8 years old.

2)  If I have to buy something I'd prefer to buy it outright.  langaugetool
charges per month.  Is there any way around this?

3)  But the main problem is the actual lyx-cg file.  I have it on Github,
but what do I do with it?  I was expecting to download a file and extract
it.   But it's giving me a list of files with their codes, not something I
can download?

Sorry, I'm a bit of a noob.  I could use a hand.

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Formatting/Equation numbering

[Dan]

I know how I can number equations, but I would like the equations to be in
the following type of format:
Eq. 1.1 (equation)

Eq. 1.2 (equation)
indented slightly.  IMO I don't like having them centered like the usual
Edit, Math, NumberWholeFormula method does.

I know LaTeX supports defining a user formatting code but I don't know how
to do that in LyX.

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Danish letter o

[Dan]

I am having troubles with the Danish letter "o" with a slash through it.
As far as I can tell it's supposed to reder under LaTeX with the code \o
but it doesn't seem to work.  I'm currently using \cancel{\text{o}} but it
doesn't really look right. Is there a package I should be using?

Thanks!

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Default location for files

[Dan]

I am trying to plot data from a csv file using TikZ but the system can't
seem to find the file location.  Is there a specific folder I need to put
this file in, or is there a way I can set a default folder for LyX to look
for?

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Drawing an arc

[Dan]

Hello!  I'm having troubles with drawing an arc.  The rest of the diagram
works fine and the code seems to parse but nothing shows up on the picture.

Here's the code:
\begin{tikzpicture}[domain=3:10]
 \draw (0,0) rectangle (3,5);
 \draw (0,0) -- (10, 0);
 \draw [<->] (2,0) -- (2,5);
 \coordinate [label=left:{$h$}] (h) at (2,2.5);
 \draw [<->] (3,-0.5) -- (10,-0.5);
 \coordinate [label=below:{$R$}] (R) at(6.5,-0.5);
 \draw (3,5) -- (5,5);
 \draw[->] (3,5) -- (5,7);
 \path (3,5) to node [above] {$v_0$} (5,8);
 \path (3,5) arc [start angle=0, end angle=45, radius=3mm];
 \coordinate [label={$\theta$}] (t) at (4, 5.1);
 \draw [dashed] plot
(\x,{5+tan(45)*((\x)-3)-4.9*(((\x)-3)/(6.33*cos(45)))^2});
\end{tikzpicture}

The problem is the path line 4 lines above the bottom.  This is practically
a copy of a line I got out of a manual but I can't seem to make it work.
 The arc is supposed to appear in the corner next to the symbol theta.  See
the attachment.  (It's a little fuzzy, but it will do.)

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TikZ

[Dan]

I was wondering if LyX supports any TikZ packages?

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Table of contents and links in pdf

[Dan]

Is it possible to construct a table of contents in LyX that will allow a
person viewing the pdf to click a link to get to a specific section?  Or is
this an Adobe feature?

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Cannot edit LaTeX child document in LyX 2.1

[dapper dan]

Subject basically says it all: When I try to edit a LaTeX child document
 from within LyX 2.1.1 (by clicking 'edit' in the child document window)
 I get an error message 'LyX: Cannot edit file. Auto-edit file 
path-to-file failed.' 
It does work with LyX child documents and it also works with LyX 2.0.8.1, which 
is also installed on the same machine. 
It did not work with 2.1.0, either.
As
 far as I can see the paths/settings are the same in 2.1.1 and 2.0.8.1, 
but please let me know whether I should check something specific. 
I'm on Windows 7 btw.
Thanks!   

RE: frage

[dapper dan]

El,

can't you use deadkeys in LyX on Mac? 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key#Dead_keys_on_various_keyboard_layouts

You might also want to try changing the keyboard layout to US International:

From 
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=Howtotypeletterswit20100304073426167:

If you use the US International - PC keyboard layout, you instantly get the 
fast way of entering the letters with diacritics!



Go to System Preferences » Language  Text » Input Sources. Check the US 
International - PC
 input method in the list of Input Methods. (If you also use other Input
 Methods, uncheck the others or select the US International - PC method 
as the current Input Method.)



Now you can use the fastest way of entering these characters.
For á, é, í, ó, ú: press ' and directly after that, the vowel.For à, è, ì, ò, 
ù: press ` and directly after that, the vowel. (Note
 that ` is slightly different slightly different from ' ... on my 
keyboard, it is located right of the left-side Shift key.)For ä, ë, ï, ö, ü: 
press  and directly after that, the vowel.For ã, ñ, õ: press ˜ and directly 
after that, the letter. 



NOTE: Setting your keyboard layout to US International - PC 
could change the location of some other  symbols if you ordered your Mac
 with an other-than-International keyboard. In my case, everything was 
still where it should be, but check this and experiment a little with it
 and find out what best suits your needs.



 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 From: nos...@lisse.na
 Subject: Re: frage
 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:29:33 +0100
 
 I also write on and off German language texts, and though I have a
 German Mac keyboard as spare at home and will connect it if I write
 something long, I really would like to be able to easily/quickly
 type the German Umlaute in lower and Upper case on the standard (US)
 keybopard.
 
 Alt-s is helpful, but I can't find the others.
 
 ERT is not only Evil, it also takes 4-5 Keystrokes for the price of
 one :-)-O
 
 Any ideas, perhaps for assignments to key combinations?
 
 greetings, el
 
 on 2014-08-19, 21:09 David L. Johnson said the following:
  On 08/19/2014 10:33 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:
  Am 19.08.2014 um 16:08 schrieb Volker Steinbach
  steine...@gmail.com:
 
  no joke : i wanted to know if there is a cheap solution tothe
  problem : in german, we had a character called 'eszet' or sharp
  s.  it looks almost like a greek beta.  i wondered if there is a
  latex sign (beginning with \) that prints it.  i remember thirty
  years ago i could use \3 for it !  thats it.
  And you don't have a keyboard with an ß ?
 
  In case you're using LyX you shouldn't have a problem to get it
  printed after you successfully typed it.  Ok, there are some
  problematic languages, but with german I don't know any.
  Try \ss, making it TeX mode, or what we call ERT.
  
 
 
  

Cannot edit LaTeX child document in LyX 2.1

[dapper dan]

Subject basically says it all: When I try to edit a LaTeX child document
 from within LyX 2.1.1 (by clicking 'edit' in the child document window)
 I get an error message 'LyX: Cannot edit file. Auto-edit file 
path-to-file failed.' 
It does work with LyX child documents and it also works with LyX 2.0.8.1, which 
is also installed on the same machine. 
It did not work with 2.1.0, either.
As
 far as I can see the paths/settings are the same in 2.1.1 and 2.0.8.1, 
but please let me know whether I should check something specific. 
I'm on Windows 7 btw.
Thanks!   

RE: frage

[dapper dan]

El,

can't you use deadkeys in LyX on Mac? 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key#Dead_keys_on_various_keyboard_layouts

You might also want to try changing the keyboard layout to US International:

From 
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=Howtotypeletterswit20100304073426167:

If you use the US International - PC keyboard layout, you instantly get the 
fast way of entering the letters with diacritics!



Go to System Preferences » Language  Text » Input Sources. Check the US 
International - PC
 input method in the list of Input Methods. (If you also use other Input
 Methods, uncheck the others or select the US International - PC method 
as the current Input Method.)



Now you can use the fastest way of entering these characters.
For á, é, í, ó, ú: press ' and directly after that, the vowel.For à, è, ì, ò, 
ù: press ` and directly after that, the vowel. (Note
 that ` is slightly different slightly different from ' ... on my 
keyboard, it is located right of the left-side Shift key.)For ä, ë, ï, ö, ü: 
press  and directly after that, the vowel.For ã, ñ, õ: press ˜ and directly 
after that, the letter. 



NOTE: Setting your keyboard layout to US International - PC 
could change the location of some other  symbols if you ordered your Mac
 with an other-than-International keyboard. In my case, everything was 
still where it should be, but check this and experiment a little with it
 and find out what best suits your needs.



 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 From: nos...@lisse.na
 Subject: Re: frage
 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:29:33 +0100
 
 I also write on and off German language texts, and though I have a
 German Mac keyboard as spare at home and will connect it if I write
 something long, I really would like to be able to easily/quickly
 type the German Umlaute in lower and Upper case on the standard (US)
 keybopard.
 
 Alt-s is helpful, but I can't find the others.
 
 ERT is not only Evil, it also takes 4-5 Keystrokes for the price of
 one :-)-O
 
 Any ideas, perhaps for assignments to key combinations?
 
 greetings, el
 
 on 2014-08-19, 21:09 David L. Johnson said the following:
  On 08/19/2014 10:33 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:
  Am 19.08.2014 um 16:08 schrieb Volker Steinbach
  steine...@gmail.com:
 
  no joke : i wanted to know if there is a cheap solution tothe
  problem : in german, we had a character called 'eszet' or sharp
  s.  it looks almost like a greek beta.  i wondered if there is a
  latex sign (beginning with \) that prints it.  i remember thirty
  years ago i could use \3 for it !  thats it.
  And you don't have a keyboard with an ß ?
 
  In case you're using LyX you shouldn't have a problem to get it
  printed after you successfully typed it.  Ok, there are some
  problematic languages, but with german I don't know any.
  Try \ss, making it TeX mode, or what we call ERT.
  
 
 
  

Cannot edit LaTeX child document in LyX 2.1

[dapper dan]

Subject basically says it all: When I try to edit a LaTeX child document
 from within LyX 2.1.1 (by clicking 'edit' in the child document window)
 I get an error message 'LyX: Cannot edit file. Auto-edit file 
"path-to-file" failed.' 
It does work with LyX child documents and it also works with LyX 2.0.8.1, which 
is also installed on the same machine. 
It did not work with 2.1.0, either.
As
 far as I can see the paths/settings are the same in 2.1.1 and 2.0.8.1, 
but please let me know whether I should check something specific. 
I'm on Windows 7 btw.
Thanks!   

RE: frage

[dapper dan]

El,

can't you use deadkeys in LyX on Mac? 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key#Dead_keys_on_various_keyboard_layouts

You might also want to try changing the keyboard layout to US International:

>From 
>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=Howtotypeletterswit20100304073426167:

"If you use the US International - PC keyboard layout, you instantly get the 
fast way of entering the letters with diacritics!



Go to System Preferences » Language & Text » Input Sources. Check the US 
International - PC
 input method in the list of Input Methods. (If you also use other Input
 Methods, uncheck the others or select the US International - PC method 
as the current Input Method.)



Now you can use the fastest way of entering these characters.
For á, é, í, ó, ú: press ' and directly after that, the vowel.For à, è, ì, ò, 
ù: press ` and directly after that, the vowel. (Note
 that ` is slightly different slightly different from ' ... on my 
keyboard, it is located right of the left-side Shift key.)For ä, ë, ï, ö, ü: 
press " and directly after that, the vowel.For ã, ñ, õ: press ˜ and directly 
after that, the letter. 



NOTE: Setting your keyboard layout to US International - PC 
could change the location of some other  symbols if you ordered your Mac
 with an other-than-International keyboard. In my case, everything was 
still where it should be, but check this and experiment a little with it
 and find out what best suits your needs."



> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
> From: nos...@lisse.na
> Subject: Re: frage
> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:29:33 +0100
> 
> I also write on and off German language texts, and though I have a
> German Mac keyboard as spare at home and will connect it if I write
> something long, I really would like to be able to easily/quickly
> type the German Umlaute in lower and Upper case on the standard (US)
> keybopard.
> 
> Alt-s is helpful, but I can't find the others.
> 
> ERT is not only Evil, it also takes 4-5 Keystrokes for the price of
> one :-)-O
> 
> Any ideas, perhaps for assignments to key combinations?
> 
> greetings, el
> 
> on 2014-08-19, 21:09 David L. Johnson said the following:
> > On 08/19/2014 10:33 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:
> >> Am 19.08.2014 um 16:08 schrieb Volker Steinbach
> >> :
> >>
> >>> no joke : i wanted to know if there is a cheap solution tothe
> >>> problem : in german, we had a character called 'eszet' or sharp
> >>> s.  it looks almost like a greek beta.  i wondered if there is a
> >>> latex sign (beginning with \) that prints it.  i remember thirty
> >>> years ago i could use \3 for it !  thats it.
> >> And you don't have a keyboard with an "ß" ?
> >>
> >> In case you're using LyX you shouldn't have a problem to get it
> >> printed after you successfully typed it.  Ok, there are some
> >> problematic languages, but with german I don't know any.
> > Try \ss, making it "TeX mode", or what we call ERT.
> > 
> 
> 
  

Change branch activation for a child document?

[Dan Stark]

I would like to change the branch activation for just one child document in my 
project.  I was wondering if this is possible?  And if so, how may I do it? 

Thanks!

Dan Stark

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty. - John Adams
Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. - Proverbs 12:24
Criticize through creating. - Michelangelo
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and 
lively. - Mel Brooks
How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can 
cause or cure. - Samuel Johnson

Change branch activation for a child document?

[Dan Stark]

I would like to change the branch activation for just one child document in my 
project.  I was wondering if this is possible?  And if so, how may I do it? 

Thanks!

Dan Stark

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty. - John Adams
Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. - Proverbs 12:24
Criticize through creating. - Michelangelo
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and 
lively. - Mel Brooks
How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can 
cause or cure. - Samuel Johnson

Change branch activation for a child document?

[Dan Stark]

I would like to change the branch activation for just one child document in my 
project.  I was wondering if this is possible?  And if so, how may I do it? 

Thanks!

Dan Stark

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty. - John Adams
Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. - Proverbs 12:24
Criticize through creating. - Michelangelo
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and 
lively. - Mel Brooks
How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can 
cause or cure. - Samuel Johnson

Math macros don't show up in pdf output

[Dan Kilman]

Hi there,

I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows XP installed via the alternative installer.

When I define math macros, they seem to be working just fine while editing
the document (that is, I can use them).
However, when I try to view the document as a PDF or DVI, every part of the
document not using math macros shows up in the output (as it should),
while the math macros seems to be simply ignored, with no error message of
any sort.

Any advice on this matter?

Thanks in advance, Dan.

Re: Math macros don't show up in pdf output

[Dan Kilman]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Dan Kilman dankil...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi there,

 I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows XP installed via the alternative installer.

 When I define math macros, they seem to be working just fine while editing
 the document (that is, I can use them).
 However, when I try to view the document as a PDF or DVI, every part of the
 document not using math macros shows up in the output (as it should),
 while the math macros seems to be simply ignored, with no error message of
 any sort.

 Any advice on this matter?

 Thanks in advance, Dan.


Figured it out..
I'm sorry to have bothered you. I guess reading the manual is the first
thing I should have done.

Math macros don't show up in pdf output

[Dan Kilman]

Hi there,

I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows XP installed via the alternative installer.

When I define math macros, they seem to be working just fine while editing
the document (that is, I can use them).
However, when I try to view the document as a PDF or DVI, every part of the
document not using math macros shows up in the output (as it should),
while the math macros seems to be simply ignored, with no error message of
any sort.

Any advice on this matter?

Thanks in advance, Dan.

Re: Math macros don't show up in pdf output

[Dan Kilman]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Dan Kilman dankil...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi there,

 I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows XP installed via the alternative installer.

 When I define math macros, they seem to be working just fine while editing
 the document (that is, I can use them).
 However, when I try to view the document as a PDF or DVI, every part of the
 document not using math macros shows up in the output (as it should),
 while the math macros seems to be simply ignored, with no error message of
 any sort.

 Any advice on this matter?

 Thanks in advance, Dan.


Figured it out..
I'm sorry to have bothered you. I guess reading the manual is the first
thing I should have done.

Math macros don't show up in pdf output

[Dan Kilman]

Hi there,

I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows XP installed via the alternative installer.

When I define math macros, they seem to be working just fine while editing
the document (that is, I can use them).
However, when I try to view the document as a PDF or DVI, every part of the
document not using math macros shows up in the output (as it should),
while the math macros seems to be simply ignored, with no error message of
any sort.

Any advice on this matter?

Thanks in advance, Dan.

Re: Math macros don't show up in pdf output

[Dan Kilman]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Dan Kilman <dankil...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows XP installed via the alternative installer.
>
> When I define math macros, they seem to be working just fine while editing
> the document (that is, I can use them).
> However, when I try to view the document as a PDF or DVI, every part of the
> document not using math macros shows up in the output (as it should),
> while the math macros seems to be simply ignored, with no error message of
> any sort.
>
> Any advice on this matter?
>
> Thanks in advance, Dan.
>

Figured it out..
I'm sorry to have bothered you. I guess reading the manual is the first
thing I should have done.

CLS file not found anymore after updating LyX and MacTeX

[Dan Stark]

Dear All,

I updated to MacTeX 2009 and LyX 1.6.4.2 and now LyX cannot locate a CLS file 
that I was using.  

I have it located in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex currently.  

Is there any way to get LyX to see the CLS file again?

Thanks!

Dan Stark

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty. - John Adams
Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. - Proverbs 12:24
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and 
lively. - Mel Brooks
How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can 
cause or cure. - Samuel Johnson

CLS file not found anymore after updating LyX and MacTeX

[Dan Stark]

Dear All,

I updated to MacTeX 2009 and LyX 1.6.4.2 and now LyX cannot locate a CLS file 
that I was using.  

I have it located in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex currently.  

Is there any way to get LyX to see the CLS file again?

Thanks!

Dan Stark

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty. - John Adams
Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. - Proverbs 12:24
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and 
lively. - Mel Brooks
How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can 
cause or cure. - Samuel Johnson

CLS file not found anymore after updating LyX and MacTeX

[Dan Stark]

Dear All,

I updated to MacTeX 2009 and LyX 1.6.4.2 and now LyX cannot locate a CLS file 
that I was using.  

I have it located in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex currently.  

Is there any way to get LyX to see the CLS file again?

Thanks!

Dan Stark

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty. - John Adams
Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. - Proverbs 12:24
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and 
lively. - Mel Brooks
How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can 
cause or cure. - Samuel Johnson

How to typeset units

[Dan Phan]

As far as I know, the proper way to typeset values and dimensions is to use
units package. When you want to write 1 mm, you use: \unit[1]{mm}.
In Lyx, if I select that expression and press Ctrl+M to convert it to a
formula, I works perfectly. But if I start math mode first by pressing
Ctrl+M and type \unit[... it does not seem to work.
Anyone has an idea how to do that?

Thanks
Dan

How to typeset units

[Dan Phan]

As far as I know, the proper way to typeset values and dimensions is to use
units package. When you want to write 1 mm, you use: \unit[1]{mm}.
In Lyx, if I select that expression and press Ctrl+M to convert it to a
formula, I works perfectly. But if I start math mode first by pressing
Ctrl+M and type \unit[... it does not seem to work.
Anyone has an idea how to do that?

Thanks
Dan

How to typeset units

[Dan Phan]

As far as I know, the proper way to typeset values and dimensions is to use
units package. When you want to write 1 mm, you use: \unit[1]{mm}.
In Lyx, if I select that expression and press Ctrl+M to convert it to a
formula, I works perfectly. But if I start math mode first by pressing
Ctrl+M and type \unit[... it does not seem to work.
Anyone has an idea how to do that?

Thanks
Dan

An extra space after hyperlinks in PDF

[Dan Phan]

I use hyperref to generate clickable links in PDFs file, but I got extra
spaces after many, but not all, of my links. That means an end of sentence
period or comma may end up in another line, which is very ugly.
Is this a Latex or LyX problem? How do I resolve it?

Thanks

Dan

An extra space after hyperlinks in PDF

[Dan Phan]

I use hyperref to generate clickable links in PDFs file, but I got extra
spaces after many, but not all, of my links. That means an end of sentence
period or comma may end up in another line, which is very ugly.
Is this a Latex or LyX problem? How do I resolve it?

Thanks

Dan

An extra space after hyperlinks in PDF

[Dan Phan]

I use hyperref to generate clickable links in PDFs file, but I got extra
spaces after many, but not all, of my links. That means an end of sentence
period or comma may end up in another line, which is very ugly.
Is this a Latex or LyX problem? How do I resolve it?

Thanks

Dan

Where is preferences file located?

[Dan Phan]

I am using Windows Vista. My LyX installation folder
is C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Local\LyX16\. Where is preferences file located?
Thank you guys
Dan

Re: Where is preferences file located?

[Dan Phan]

In the folder I couldn't find the file. I created it and add some settings
and it works.
Thanks

2009/4/15 Vincent van Ravesteijn v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl

 Dan Phan schreef:

  I am using Windows Vista. My LyX installation folder
 is C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Local\LyX16\. Where is preferences file located?
 Thank you guys
 Dan



 C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Roaming\lyx or lyx16

 Vincent

Where is preferences file located?

[Dan Phan]

I am using Windows Vista. My LyX installation folder
is C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Local\LyX16\. Where is preferences file located?
Thank you guys
Dan

Re: Where is preferences file located?

[Dan Phan]

In the folder I couldn't find the file. I created it and add some settings
and it works.
Thanks

2009/4/15 Vincent van Ravesteijn v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl

 Dan Phan schreef:

  I am using Windows Vista. My LyX installation folder
 is C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Local\LyX16\. Where is preferences file located?
 Thank you guys
 Dan



 C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Roaming\lyx or lyx16

 Vincent

Where is preferences file located?

[Dan Phan]

I am using Windows Vista. My LyX installation folder
is C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Local\LyX16\. Where is preferences file located?
Thank you guys
Dan

Re: Where is preferences file located?

[Dan Phan]

In the folder I couldn't find the file. I created it and add some settings
and it works.
Thanks

2009/4/15 Vincent van Ravesteijn <v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl>

> Dan Phan schreef:
>
>  I am using Windows Vista. My LyX installation folder
>> is C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Local\LyX16\. Where is preferences file located?
>> Thank you guys
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
> C:\Users\DAN\AppData\Roaming\lyx or lyx16
>
> Vincent
>

LyX for bill drafting

[Dan Fitch]

I have some general questions about using LyX for a somewhat different
type of publication than it is currently built for.

(As an aside, kudos to whoever coded the nested equation editing stuff. WOW.)


I'm curious if anyone else is trying to do this with LyX: I work at
the Wisconsin Legislature, which currently drafts bills and edits its
statutes and various other documents in a technical publishing suite
called QuickSilver, previously known in the 80s and 90s as InterLeaf.

Our current systems are somewhat template-based, like LyX, but
[unfortunately] the user base has gotten used to the idea of
formatting carrying semantic meaning; a problem I'm sure some folks on
this list have dealt with in the past. LyX tries to minimize this,
while still giving the user a good idea of what the finished product
will look like... which is awesome.

Current examples of our output, as a frame of reference for my questions:

statute: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0005.pdf
bill: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-1.pdf


We're trying to add more functionality (links, bookmarks) to our PDFs,
and possibly move to an open source editing environment in the future.
I have a few questions now after my experimenting, though!


1. The new hyperref stuff in 1.6 is very slick. Is there any way to
make a cross reference to a section or subsection, without adding a
label? So the user might say As defined in s. 10.91 without having
to go to section 10.91 and adding a label?

2. Is there a facility for arbitrary section numbering that integrates
with LyX? I have seen ERT solutions that allow forcing a numbering
change; is there any way to do that through the LyX UI as of v1.6?

(Re: 1 and 2, I think we would possibly end up using section types
like Section* in the default article class and allowing the user to
input arbitrary numbers and letters at the beginning, and then having
an external filter to update labels at the correct points with the
correct names. That would then allow the users to quickly link to
arbitrary depths; a statute reference can go 6 levels deep with fairly
arbitrary numbering, like 10.91 (2m) (c) 1. a... Trust me, you
probably don't want to know more about that.)

3. Non-line-breaking sections. You will notice that if a child
subsection follows a section, it does not cause a line break. See the
example statute at the top after the TOC: 5.01  Scope.  (1)
Construction... the section .01 flows directly into its first
subsection (1).  Is it possible to set up a custom document class to
do this? I'm a TeX novice at this point, so I'm just asking for yes,
that is possible or no, don't even try it.

4. Line numbering. Is it possible with LaTeX to do line numbering on a
per-page, per-section-type basis? I can see how to turn it off and
back on, but look at the bill example -- the numbers need to start
over on each successive page. (Again, I have no idea why they do it
this way, but we have to figure out how to support it.)


Thanks for your time if you read this far. I really am amazed by the
program -- even if we can't quite mold it for legislation, I will
definitely be recommending it to my friends who are frustrated writing
academic papers in Word.

It makes me *want* to write a book. Scary.

Dan

Re: LyX for bill drafting

[Dan Fitch]

Thanks to the list denizens for being incredibly helpful on this
thread, already, within the space of a single day. You folks rock, and
you obviously have a fierce love of your project!

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Charles de Miramon
cmira...@kde-france.org wrote:
 Richard Heck wrote:

 Dan Fitch wrote:
 2. Is there a facility for arbitrary section numbering that integrates
 with LyX? I have seen ERT solutions that allow forcing a numbering
 change; is there any way to do that through the LyX UI as of v1.6?


 No, but it might be possible to do this via modules. I'm not sure.


 The tough part would be the (4) (4c) (4e) (4m) (5)

 How does it work in your actual software ? Is there any logic in the letters
 ?

 Cheers,
 Charles

It is ad hoc so they can always insert sections between two existing
sections; for example, if there is already a 1 and a 2, they can't
renumber those very easily, on account of existing law which may refer
to them. So they make a 1m to go between. That's only one level of
the structured document; additionally, the cross references can go
across documents. It gets ugly, and it's a very large corpus of text.

As some folks on the lists are pointing out, this kind of arbitrary
section numbering and referencing is a bad idea for many reasons, not
least of which the fact that it clearly causes a huge mess. Of course,
labyrinthine systems have built up over the years to try validate the
user input. They are unmaintainable.

I am basically glorified tech support for this legacy system, so I
can't say DO IT THIS WAY! We are hoping to push the users in a saner
direction someday soon, and that may include something like:

- Extending LyX so that the cross reference window has a second tab
with a document structure tree, and if they pick an element from that,
it checks to see if there is a label there; creating it if not

- Reducing their reliance on implicit references, where they can say
See chapter 4, section 5.14 (b) and have that automatically turned
into a cross reference by The Labyrinth

- Convincing them that their current method of referencing is a bit crazy


All this cross reference stuff is one thing; the way bills get amended
is worse, derived directly from how they used to amend things with
typewriters, scissors, and tape by saying Change line 4 on page 3 to
read XYZ.

It seems initially like LyX is a pretty good fit for this problem area
-- I am curious if anyone else is using it, possibly along with some
of the legal LaTeX/TeX packages like jurabib or lextex.

Thanks again for all your input!

Dan

LyX for bill drafting

[Dan Fitch]

I have some general questions about using LyX for a somewhat different
type of publication than it is currently built for.

(As an aside, kudos to whoever coded the nested equation editing stuff. WOW.)


I'm curious if anyone else is trying to do this with LyX: I work at
the Wisconsin Legislature, which currently drafts bills and edits its
statutes and various other documents in a technical publishing suite
called QuickSilver, previously known in the 80s and 90s as InterLeaf.

Our current systems are somewhat template-based, like LyX, but
[unfortunately] the user base has gotten used to the idea of
formatting carrying semantic meaning; a problem I'm sure some folks on
this list have dealt with in the past. LyX tries to minimize this,
while still giving the user a good idea of what the finished product
will look like... which is awesome.

Current examples of our output, as a frame of reference for my questions:

statute: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0005.pdf
bill: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-1.pdf


We're trying to add more functionality (links, bookmarks) to our PDFs,
and possibly move to an open source editing environment in the future.
I have a few questions now after my experimenting, though!


1. The new hyperref stuff in 1.6 is very slick. Is there any way to
make a cross reference to a section or subsection, without adding a
label? So the user might say As defined in s. 10.91 without having
to go to section 10.91 and adding a label?

2. Is there a facility for arbitrary section numbering that integrates
with LyX? I have seen ERT solutions that allow forcing a numbering
change; is there any way to do that through the LyX UI as of v1.6?

(Re: 1 and 2, I think we would possibly end up using section types
like Section* in the default article class and allowing the user to
input arbitrary numbers and letters at the beginning, and then having
an external filter to update labels at the correct points with the
correct names. That would then allow the users to quickly link to
arbitrary depths; a statute reference can go 6 levels deep with fairly
arbitrary numbering, like 10.91 (2m) (c) 1. a... Trust me, you
probably don't want to know more about that.)

3. Non-line-breaking sections. You will notice that if a child
subsection follows a section, it does not cause a line break. See the
example statute at the top after the TOC: 5.01  Scope.  (1)
Construction... the section .01 flows directly into its first
subsection (1).  Is it possible to set up a custom document class to
do this? I'm a TeX novice at this point, so I'm just asking for yes,
that is possible or no, don't even try it.

4. Line numbering. Is it possible with LaTeX to do line numbering on a
per-page, per-section-type basis? I can see how to turn it off and
back on, but look at the bill example -- the numbers need to start
over on each successive page. (Again, I have no idea why they do it
this way, but we have to figure out how to support it.)


Thanks for your time if you read this far. I really am amazed by the
program -- even if we can't quite mold it for legislation, I will
definitely be recommending it to my friends who are frustrated writing
academic papers in Word.

It makes me *want* to write a book. Scary.

Dan

Re: LyX for bill drafting

[Dan Fitch]

Thanks to the list denizens for being incredibly helpful on this
thread, already, within the space of a single day. You folks rock, and
you obviously have a fierce love of your project!

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Charles de Miramon
cmira...@kde-france.org wrote:
 Richard Heck wrote:

 Dan Fitch wrote:
 2. Is there a facility for arbitrary section numbering that integrates
 with LyX? I have seen ERT solutions that allow forcing a numbering
 change; is there any way to do that through the LyX UI as of v1.6?


 No, but it might be possible to do this via modules. I'm not sure.


 The tough part would be the (4) (4c) (4e) (4m) (5)

 How does it work in your actual software ? Is there any logic in the letters
 ?

 Cheers,
 Charles

It is ad hoc so they can always insert sections between two existing
sections; for example, if there is already a 1 and a 2, they can't
renumber those very easily, on account of existing law which may refer
to them. So they make a 1m to go between. That's only one level of
the structured document; additionally, the cross references can go
across documents. It gets ugly, and it's a very large corpus of text.

As some folks on the lists are pointing out, this kind of arbitrary
section numbering and referencing is a bad idea for many reasons, not
least of which the fact that it clearly causes a huge mess. Of course,
labyrinthine systems have built up over the years to try validate the
user input. They are unmaintainable.

I am basically glorified tech support for this legacy system, so I
can't say DO IT THIS WAY! We are hoping to push the users in a saner
direction someday soon, and that may include something like:

- Extending LyX so that the cross reference window has a second tab
with a document structure tree, and if they pick an element from that,
it checks to see if there is a label there; creating it if not

- Reducing their reliance on implicit references, where they can say
See chapter 4, section 5.14 (b) and have that automatically turned
into a cross reference by The Labyrinth

- Convincing them that their current method of referencing is a bit crazy


All this cross reference stuff is one thing; the way bills get amended
is worse, derived directly from how they used to amend things with
typewriters, scissors, and tape by saying Change line 4 on page 3 to
read XYZ.

It seems initially like LyX is a pretty good fit for this problem area
-- I am curious if anyone else is using it, possibly along with some
of the legal LaTeX/TeX packages like jurabib or lextex.

Thanks again for all your input!

Dan

LyX for bill drafting

[Dan Fitch]

I have some general questions about using LyX for a somewhat different
type of publication than it is currently built for.

(As an aside, kudos to whoever coded the nested equation editing stuff. WOW.)


I'm curious if anyone else is trying to do this with LyX: I work at
the Wisconsin Legislature, which currently drafts bills and edits its
statutes and various other documents in a technical publishing suite
called QuickSilver, previously known in the 80s and 90s as InterLeaf.

Our current systems are somewhat template-based, like LyX, but
[unfortunately] the user base has gotten used to the idea of
formatting carrying semantic meaning; a problem I'm sure some folks on
this list have dealt with in the past. LyX tries to minimize this,
while still giving the user a good idea of what the finished product
will look like... which is awesome.

Current examples of our output, as a frame of reference for my questions:

statute: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0005.pdf
bill: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-1.pdf


We're trying to add more functionality (links, bookmarks) to our PDFs,
and possibly move to an open source editing environment in the future.
I have a few questions now after my experimenting, though!


1. The new hyperref stuff in 1.6 is very slick. Is there any way to
make a "cross reference" to a section or subsection, without adding a
label? So the user might say "As defined in s. 10.91" without having
to go to section 10.91 and adding a label?

2. Is there a facility for arbitrary section numbering that integrates
with LyX? I have seen ERT solutions that allow forcing a numbering
change; is there any way to do that through the LyX UI as of v1.6?

(Re: 1 and 2, I think we would possibly end up using section types
like Section* in the default article class and allowing the user to
input arbitrary numbers and letters at the beginning, and then having
an external filter to update labels at the correct points with the
correct names. That would then allow the users to quickly link to
arbitrary depths; a statute reference can go 6 levels deep with fairly
arbitrary numbering, like 10.91 (2m) (c) 1. a... Trust me, you
probably don't want to know more about that.)

3. Non-line-breaking sections. You will notice that if a "child"
subsection follows a section, it does not cause a line break. See the
example statute at the top after the TOC: "5.01  Scope.  (1)
Construction..." the section .01 flows directly into its first
subsection (1).  Is it possible to set up a custom document class to
do this? I'm a TeX novice at this point, so I'm just asking for "yes,
that is possible" or "no, don't even try it."

4. Line numbering. Is it possible with LaTeX to do line numbering on a
per-page, per-section-type basis? I can see how to turn it off and
back on, but look at the bill example -- the numbers need to start
over on each successive page. (Again, I have no idea why they do it
this way, but we have to figure out how to support it.)


Thanks for your time if you read this far. I really am amazed by the
program -- even if we can't quite mold it for legislation, I will
definitely be recommending it to my friends who are frustrated writing
academic papers in Word.

It makes me *want* to write a book. Scary.

Dan

Re: LyX for bill drafting

[Dan Fitch]

Thanks to the list denizens for being incredibly helpful on this
thread, already, within the space of a single day. You folks rock, and
you obviously have a fierce love of your project!

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Charles de Miramon
<cmira...@kde-france.org> wrote:
> Richard Heck wrote:
>
>> Dan Fitch wrote:
>>> 2. Is there a facility for arbitrary section numbering that integrates
>>> with LyX? I have seen ERT solutions that allow forcing a numbering
>>> change; is there any way to do that through the LyX UI as of v1.6?
>>>
>>>
>> No, but it might be possible to do this via modules. I'm not sure.
>>
>
> The tough part would be the (4) (4c) (4e) (4m) (5)
>
> How does it work in your actual software ? Is there any logic in the letters
> ?
>
> Cheers,
> Charles

It is "ad hoc" so they can always insert sections between two existing
sections; for example, if there is already a 1 and a 2, they can't
renumber those very easily, on account of existing law which may refer
to them. So they make a "1m" to go between. That's only one level of
the structured document; additionally, the cross references can go
across documents. It gets ugly, and it's a very large corpus of text.

As some folks on the lists are pointing out, this kind of arbitrary
section numbering and referencing is a bad idea for many reasons, not
least of which the fact that it clearly causes a huge mess. Of course,
labyrinthine systems have built up over the years to try validate the
user input. They are unmaintainable.

I am basically glorified tech support for this legacy system, so I
can't say "DO IT THIS WAY!" We are hoping to push the users in a saner
direction someday soon, and that may include something like:

- Extending LyX so that the cross reference window has a second tab
with a document structure tree, and if they pick an element from that,
it checks to see if there is a label there; creating it if not

- Reducing their reliance on "implicit" references, where they can say
"See chapter 4, section 5.14 (b)" and have that "automatically" turned
into a cross reference by The Labyrinth

- Convincing them that their current method of referencing is a bit crazy


All this cross reference stuff is one thing; the way bills get amended
is worse, derived directly from how they used to amend things with
typewriters, scissors, and tape by saying "Change line 4 on page 3 to
read XYZ".

It seems initially like LyX is a pretty good fit for this problem area
-- I am curious if anyone else is using it, possibly along with some
of the legal LaTeX/TeX packages like jurabib or lextex.

Thanks again for all your input!

Dan

Configuring LyX and Sweave for R on a Windows platform

[Dan]

Hi.

I'm trying to configure Lyx to work with Sweave on a Windows XP platform. I 
have done various searches of the web and found some information on how to do 
this, but it appears as though all the information I can find is specific only 
to *nix systems. 

I don't have time to waste trying to get things up and running. This should be 
an automatic thing in LyX (under Windows or *nix). I think that life would be 
lots easier if I could just point Lyx to my R directory and my MikTeX 
directory and then it just self-configures to allow Sweave use!

Can this be done? Otherwise, is there any 'specific' information giving the 
step-by-step procedure for making LyX and R work together via Sweave under a 
Windows environment?

Thanks,
Dan.

Configuring LyX and Sweave for R on a Windows platform

[Dan]

Hi.

I'm trying to configure Lyx to work with Sweave on a Windows XP platform. I 
have done various searches of the web and found some information on how to do 
this, but it appears as though all the information I can find is specific only 
to *nix systems. 

I don't have time to waste trying to get things up and running. This should be 
an automatic thing in LyX (under Windows or *nix). I think that life would be 
lots easier if I could just point Lyx to my R directory and my MikTeX 
directory and then it just self-configures to allow Sweave use!

Can this be done? Otherwise, is there any 'specific' information giving the 
step-by-step procedure for making LyX and R work together via Sweave under a 
Windows environment?

Thanks,
Dan.

Configuring LyX and Sweave for R on a Windows platform

[Dan]

Hi.

I'm trying to configure Lyx to work with Sweave on a Windows XP platform. I 
have done various searches of the web and found some information on how to do 
this, but it appears as though all the information I can find is specific only 
to *nix systems. 

I don't have time to waste trying to get things up and running. This should be 
an automatic thing in LyX (under Windows or *nix). I think that life would be 
lots easier if I could just point Lyx to my R directory and my MikTeX 
directory and then it just self-configures to allow Sweave use!

Can this be done? Otherwise, is there any 'specific' information giving the 
step-by-step procedure for making LyX and R work together via Sweave under a 
Windows environment?

Thanks,
Dan.

Re: Long Equation

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Lyx Users,

I tried the solution that Helge suggested, but its not working quite right.
I need to put a long equation at the bottom of a two column formatted paper.
LaTeX normally does not allow two-column-wide floats at the bottom, so I am
using the stfloats package to allow that.  Then I am using a figure float:

\begin{figure*}[!b]
\begin{equation}
% equation
\end{equation}
\end{figure*}

However, the float ALWAYS appears at the bottom of the NEXT page, even if
there are no other floats on the page where I call that float. Any idea
what's going wrong and how I can get the equation float to go at the bottom
of the page I want it to be on? Thanks!

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

On 4/25/07, Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Dan Kaplan wrote:
 Dear Lyx Users,

 I am writing an article and I want to follow IEEE format guidelines.
 So I'm
 making my article two columns. However, I have an equation which is
 too long
 for a single column. Rather than break the equation in two, the IEEE
 has the
 equation move to the bottom of the page where it can span across both
 columns without breaking. It is further separated from the text by a
 horizontal line. How can I create this with LaTeX?
Use a figure float. (Or a table float or algorithm float if you prefer.)
The type of float only affects the caption.

A figure float may span both columns, and it can be set to appear at
the bottom of the page. It will be numbered too, and the number
can be used for automatic referencing.

Instead of an actual graphich, put your wide formula inside the float.
Take care so it doesn't accidentally get into the caption though.
You can remove the caption if you don't want it - although it is
generally useful to have.

Helge Hafting

Re: Long Equation

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Lyx Users,

I tried the solution that Helge suggested, but its not working quite right.
I need to put a long equation at the bottom of a two column formatted paper.
LaTeX normally does not allow two-column-wide floats at the bottom, so I am
using the stfloats package to allow that.  Then I am using a figure float:

\begin{figure*}[!b]
\begin{equation}
% equation
\end{equation}
\end{figure*}

However, the float ALWAYS appears at the bottom of the NEXT page, even if
there are no other floats on the page where I call that float. Any idea
what's going wrong and how I can get the equation float to go at the bottom
of the page I want it to be on? Thanks!

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

On 4/25/07, Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Dan Kaplan wrote:
 Dear Lyx Users,

 I am writing an article and I want to follow IEEE format guidelines.
 So I'm
 making my article two columns. However, I have an equation which is
 too long
 for a single column. Rather than break the equation in two, the IEEE
 has the
 equation move to the bottom of the page where it can span across both
 columns without breaking. It is further separated from the text by a
 horizontal line. How can I create this with LaTeX?
Use a figure float. (Or a table float or algorithm float if you prefer.)
The type of float only affects the caption.

A figure float may span both columns, and it can be set to appear at
the bottom of the page. It will be numbered too, and the number
can be used for automatic referencing.

Instead of an actual graphich, put your wide formula inside the float.
Take care so it doesn't accidentally get into the caption though.
You can remove the caption if you don't want it - although it is
generally useful to have.

Helge Hafting

Re: Long Equation

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Lyx Users,

I tried the solution that Helge suggested, but its not working quite right.
I need to put a long equation at the bottom of a two column formatted paper.
LaTeX normally does not allow two-column-wide floats at the bottom, so I am
using the stfloats package to allow that.  Then I am using a figure float:

\begin{figure*}[!b]
\begin{equation}
% equation
\end{equation}
\end{figure*}

However, the float ALWAYS appears at the bottom of the NEXT page, even if
there are no other floats on the page where I call that float. Any idea
what's going wrong and how I can get the equation float to go at the bottom
of the page I want it to be on? Thanks!

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

On 4/25/07, Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Dan Kaplan wrote:
> Dear Lyx Users,
>
> I am writing an article and I want to follow IEEE format guidelines.
> So I'm
> making my article two columns. However, I have an equation which is
> too long
> for a single column. Rather than break the equation in two, the IEEE
> has the
> equation move to the bottom of the page where it can span across both
> columns without breaking. It is further separated from the text by a
> horizontal line. How can I create this with LaTeX?
Use a figure float. (Or a table float or algorithm float if you prefer.)
The type of float only affects the caption.

A figure float may span both columns, and it can be set to appear at
the bottom of the page. It will be numbered too, and the number
can be used for automatic referencing.

Instead of an actual graphich, put your wide formula inside the float.
Take care so it doesn't accidentally get into the caption though.
You can remove the caption if you don't want it - although it is
generally useful to have.

Helge Hafting

Long Equation

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Lyx Users,

I am writing an article and I want to follow IEEE format guidelines. So I'm
making my article two columns. However, I have an equation which is too long
for a single column. Rather than break the equation in two, the IEEE has the
equation move to the bottom of the page where it can span across both
columns without breaking. It is further separated from the text by a
horizontal line. How can I create this with LaTeX?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Long Equation

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Lyx Users,

I am writing an article and I want to follow IEEE format guidelines. So I'm
making my article two columns. However, I have an equation which is too long
for a single column. Rather than break the equation in two, the IEEE has the
equation move to the bottom of the page where it can span across both
columns without breaking. It is further separated from the text by a
horizontal line. How can I create this with LaTeX?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Long Equation

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Lyx Users,

I am writing an article and I want to follow IEEE format guidelines. So I'm
making my article two columns. However, I have an equation which is too long
for a single column. Rather than break the equation in two, the IEEE has the
equation move to the bottom of the page where it can span across both
columns without breaking. It is further separated from the text by a
horizontal line. How can I create this with LaTeX?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Creating Chapter front pages

[Dan Kaplan]

To All,

I would like to have every chapter in my book have an introductory page
with just the chapter title and then a sub-Table of contents for just that
chapter. Is there an easy way to do this in LyX?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Creating Chapter front pages

[Dan Kaplan]

To All,

I would like to have every chapter in my book have an introductory page
with just the chapter title and then a sub-Table of contents for just that
chapter. Is there an easy way to do this in LyX?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Creating Chapter front pages

[Dan Kaplan]

To All,

I would like to have every chapter in my "book" have an introductory page
with just the chapter title and then a sub-Table of contents for just that
chapter. Is there an easy way to do this in LyX?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Layouts in LyX

[Dan Kaplan]

I am a new user of LyX and I'm confused about something: the User's Manual
is formatted as scrbook, but when I go to the DocumentSettings window, LyX
says scrbook (as well as most of the other layouts) is unavailable. I'm
confused about this, since it appears that the scrbook.layout file is in the
layout folder. Why isn't LyX registering the fact that it has scrbook (and
all the other layouts, too)? Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Re: Layouts in LyX

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Mr. Baum and Mr. Rubin,

Thanks for your help. It appears I have some of the class files, but I am
missing many of the other classes. I seem to have many layout files without
corresponding class files. Still, some of the class files I have don't
appear to work. Do they all need to be in a particular directory?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan



On 10/11/06, Paul A. Rubin  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Dan Kaplan wrote:
 I am a new user of LyX and I'm confused about something: the User's
Manual
 is formatted as scrbook, but when I go to the DocumentSettings window,
LyX
 says scrbook (as well as most of the other layouts) is unavailable. I'm
 confused about this, since it appears that the scrbook.layout file is in
 the
 layout folder. Why isn't LyX registering the fact that it has scrbook
(and
 all the other layouts, too)? Any help would be appreciated.

 Sincerely,
 Dan Kaplan


You need four things to all go right in order to use a document class:

1.  you need the class installed in LaTeX;
2.  you need the class *visible* in LaTeX (i.e., the LaTeX database has
been refreshed);
3.  you need the layout file installed; and
4.  LyX needs to know that stuff is there (meaning that LyX needs to be
reconfigured and restarted if any of the above change).

How does your installation stack up against that checklist?

/Paul

Layouts in LyX

[Dan Kaplan]

I am a new user of LyX and I'm confused about something: the User's Manual
is formatted as scrbook, but when I go to the DocumentSettings window, LyX
says scrbook (as well as most of the other layouts) is unavailable. I'm
confused about this, since it appears that the scrbook.layout file is in the
layout folder. Why isn't LyX registering the fact that it has scrbook (and
all the other layouts, too)? Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Re: Layouts in LyX

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Mr. Baum and Mr. Rubin,

Thanks for your help. It appears I have some of the class files, but I am
missing many of the other classes. I seem to have many layout files without
corresponding class files. Still, some of the class files I have don't
appear to work. Do they all need to be in a particular directory?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan



On 10/11/06, Paul A. Rubin  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Dan Kaplan wrote:
 I am a new user of LyX and I'm confused about something: the User's
Manual
 is formatted as scrbook, but when I go to the DocumentSettings window,
LyX
 says scrbook (as well as most of the other layouts) is unavailable. I'm
 confused about this, since it appears that the scrbook.layout file is in
 the
 layout folder. Why isn't LyX registering the fact that it has scrbook
(and
 all the other layouts, too)? Any help would be appreciated.

 Sincerely,
 Dan Kaplan


You need four things to all go right in order to use a document class:

1.  you need the class installed in LaTeX;
2.  you need the class *visible* in LaTeX (i.e., the LaTeX database has
been refreshed);
3.  you need the layout file installed; and
4.  LyX needs to know that stuff is there (meaning that LyX needs to be
reconfigured and restarted if any of the above change).

How does your installation stack up against that checklist?

/Paul

Layouts in LyX

[Dan Kaplan]

I am a new user of LyX and I'm confused about something: the User's Manual
is formatted as scrbook, but when I go to the Document>Settings window, LyX
says scrbook (as well as most of the other layouts) is unavailable. I'm
confused about this, since it appears that the scrbook.layout file is in the
layout folder. Why isn't LyX registering the fact that it has scrbook (and
all the other layouts, too)? Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan

Re: Layouts in LyX

[Dan Kaplan]

Dear Mr. Baum and Mr. Rubin,

Thanks for your help. It appears I have some of the class files, but I am
missing many of the other classes. I seem to have many layout files without
corresponding class files. Still, some of the class files I have don't
appear to work. Do they all need to be in a particular directory?

Sincerely,
Dan Kaplan



On 10/11/06, Paul A. Rubin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Dan Kaplan wrote:
> I am a new user of LyX and I'm confused about something: the User's
Manual
> is formatted as scrbook, but when I go to the Document>Settings window,
LyX
> says scrbook (as well as most of the other layouts) is unavailable. I'm
> confused about this, since it appears that the scrbook.layout file is in
> the
> layout folder. Why isn't LyX registering the fact that it has scrbook
(and
> all the other layouts, too)? Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Dan Kaplan
>

You need four things to all go right in order to use a document class:

1.  you need the class installed in LaTeX;
2.  you need the class *visible* in LaTeX (i.e., the LaTeX database has
been refreshed);
3.  you need the layout file installed; and
4.  LyX needs to know that stuff is there (meaning that LyX needs to be
reconfigured and restarted if any of the above change).

How does your installation stack up against that checklist?

/Paul

[Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

 Original Message 
Subject: Re: adding hollywood TeX class
From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:Thu, September 7, 2006 12:38 pm
To:  Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--

Matej,

Thanks for your reply.  I am running linux with slackware-current (almost
11.0) and I have tetex-3.0-i486-4 and lyx-1.4.2-i486-1rsa installed.  Lyx
has the following files included:

/usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
/usr/share/lyx/bind/hollywood.bind
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/hollywood.layout
/usr/share/lyx/templates/hollywood.lyx

so it seems the proper class file is there, but Lyx is not seeing it.

thanks for any help,

Dan


 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so
 that
 Lyx will find it?

 It is usually part of the LyX package (lyx-common in Debian to be exact).
 What is your distribution/operating system?

 Best,

 Matěj

 --
 23 Marion St. #3, Cambridge, MA 02141, (617) 876-1259
 http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, map http://tinyurl.com/r2lfa
 GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB  25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC

 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
 temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
 -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review
of Pennsylvania, 1759.

[Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

Matej,

Here is the output from texhash.

texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf-var/ls-R...
texhash: Done.

But Lyx is still not seeing the hollywood class.  I notice that texhash is
not looking in /usr/share/lyx for files.  Is there a way to force texhash
to add that path?

thanks,

Dan


 On Thu 7. September 2006 12:38, you wrote:
 so it seems the proper class file is there, but Lyx is not
 seeing it.

 su -c texhash

 Matìj

 --
 23 Marion St. #3, Cambridge, MA 02141, (617) 876-1259
 http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, map http://tinyurl.com/r2lfa
 GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB  25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC

 Courage is resistance of fear, mastery of fear, not absence of
 fear.

Re: [Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

Matej, Bob,

Thanks for the help.  Matej's suggested changes along with the Reconfigure
did the trick.  For whatever reason, texhash was not working with the
modifications.

thanks again,

Dan


 On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 15:31 -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  /usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
  /usr/share/lyx/bind/hollywood.bind
  /usr/share/lyx/layouts/hollywood.layout
  /usr/share/lyx/templates/hollywood.lyx

 Sorry, you need also (before running texhash) make this symlink:

 mkdir /usr/share/texmf-var/tex/latex/hollywood/
 ln -sf /usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
 /usr/share/texmf-var/tex/latex/hollywood/

 Then run texhash.

 Matěj


 I did something similar but in a more low-end user way.

 1. I logged in as root
 2. Copied the contents of /usr/share/lyx/tex
 to /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base
 3. Opened LyX and ran ToolsReconfigure

 Voila, all of the .cls document files were available in LyX.

 Bob Lounsbury

[Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

 Original Message 
Subject: Re: adding hollywood TeX class
From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:Thu, September 7, 2006 12:38 pm
To:  Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--

Matej,

Thanks for your reply.  I am running linux with slackware-current (almost
11.0) and I have tetex-3.0-i486-4 and lyx-1.4.2-i486-1rsa installed.  Lyx
has the following files included:

/usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
/usr/share/lyx/bind/hollywood.bind
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/hollywood.layout
/usr/share/lyx/templates/hollywood.lyx

so it seems the proper class file is there, but Lyx is not seeing it.

thanks for any help,

Dan


 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so
 that
 Lyx will find it?

 It is usually part of the LyX package (lyx-common in Debian to be exact).
 What is your distribution/operating system?

 Best,

 Matěj

 --
 23 Marion St. #3, Cambridge, MA 02141, (617) 876-1259
 http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, map http://tinyurl.com/r2lfa
 GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB  25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC

 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
 temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
 -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review
of Pennsylvania, 1759.

[Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

Matej,

Here is the output from texhash.

texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf-var/ls-R...
texhash: Done.

But Lyx is still not seeing the hollywood class.  I notice that texhash is
not looking in /usr/share/lyx for files.  Is there a way to force texhash
to add that path?

thanks,

Dan


 On Thu 7. September 2006 12:38, you wrote:
 so it seems the proper class file is there, but Lyx is not
 seeing it.

 su -c texhash

 Matìj

 --
 23 Marion St. #3, Cambridge, MA 02141, (617) 876-1259
 http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, map http://tinyurl.com/r2lfa
 GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB  25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC

 Courage is resistance of fear, mastery of fear, not absence of
 fear.

Re: [Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

Matej, Bob,

Thanks for the help.  Matej's suggested changes along with the Reconfigure
did the trick.  For whatever reason, texhash was not working with the
modifications.

thanks again,

Dan


 On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 15:31 -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  /usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
  /usr/share/lyx/bind/hollywood.bind
  /usr/share/lyx/layouts/hollywood.layout
  /usr/share/lyx/templates/hollywood.lyx

 Sorry, you need also (before running texhash) make this symlink:

 mkdir /usr/share/texmf-var/tex/latex/hollywood/
 ln -sf /usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
 /usr/share/texmf-var/tex/latex/hollywood/

 Then run texhash.

 Matěj


 I did something similar but in a more low-end user way.

 1. I logged in as root
 2. Copied the contents of /usr/share/lyx/tex
 to /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base
 3. Opened LyX and ran ToolsReconfigure

 Voila, all of the .cls document files were available in LyX.

 Bob Lounsbury

[Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

 Original Message 
Subject: Re: adding hollywood TeX class
From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:Thu, September 7, 2006 12:38 pm
To:  "Matej Cepl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--

Matej,

Thanks for your reply.  I am running linux with slackware-current (almost
11.0) and I have tetex-3.0-i486-4 and lyx-1.4.2-i486-1rsa installed.  Lyx
has the following files included:

/usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
/usr/share/lyx/bind/hollywood.bind
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/hollywood.layout
/usr/share/lyx/templates/hollywood.lyx

so it seems the proper class file is there, but Lyx is not seeing it.

thanks for any help,

Dan


> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so
>> that
>> Lyx will find it?
>
> It is usually part of the LyX package (lyx-common in Debian to be exact).
> What is your distribution/operating system?
>
> Best,
>
> Matěj
>
> --
> 23 Marion St. #3, Cambridge, MA 02141, (617) 876-1259
> http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, map http://tinyurl.com/r2lfa
> GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB  25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
> temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
> -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review
>of Pennsylvania, 1759.
>
>
>

[Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

Matej,

Here is the output from texhash.

texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf-var/ls-R...
texhash: Done.

But Lyx is still not seeing the hollywood class.  I notice that texhash is
not looking in /usr/share/lyx for files.  Is there a way to force texhash
to add that path?

thanks,

Dan


> On Thu 7. September 2006 12:38, you wrote:
>> so it seems the proper class file is there, but Lyx is not
>> seeing it.
>
> su -c texhash
>
> Matìj
>
> --
> 23 Marion St. #3, Cambridge, MA 02141, (617) 876-1259
> http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, map http://tinyurl.com/r2lfa
> GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB  25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC
>
> Courage is resistance of fear, mastery of fear, not absence of
> fear.
>

Re: [Re: adding hollywood TeX class]

[dan]

Matej, Bob,

Thanks for the help.  Matej's suggested changes along with the Reconfigure
did the trick.  For whatever reason, texhash was not working with the
modifications.

thanks again,

Dan


> On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 15:31 -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > /usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
>> > /usr/share/lyx/bind/hollywood.bind
>> > /usr/share/lyx/layouts/hollywood.layout
>> > /usr/share/lyx/templates/hollywood.lyx
>>
>> Sorry, you need also (before running texhash) make this symlink:
>>
>> mkdir /usr/share/texmf-var/tex/latex/hollywood/
>> ln -sf /usr/share/lyx/tex/hollywood.cls
>> /usr/share/texmf-var/tex/latex/hollywood/
>>
>> Then run texhash.
>>
>> Matěj
>>
>
> I did something similar but in a more low-end user way.
>
> 1. I logged in as root
> 2. Copied the contents of /usr/share/lyx/tex
> to /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base
> 3. Opened LyX and ran Tools>Reconfigure
>
> Voila, all of the .cls document files were available in LyX.
>
> Bob Lounsbury
>
>

adding hollywood TeX class

[dan]

Hi,

I'm new to Lyx and want to use it for writing a screenplay.  I apologize
if this has been asked before, but I have been unable to find an answer
after two days of searching.

When I open the hollywood.lyx template, it tells me the document uses a
missing TeX class hollywood and that Lyx will not be able to produce
output.

Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so that
Lyx will find it?

thanks,

Dan

adding hollywood TeX class

[dan]

Hi,

I'm new to Lyx and want to use it for writing a screenplay.  I apologize
if this has been asked before, but I have been unable to find an answer
after two days of searching.

When I open the hollywood.lyx template, it tells me the document uses a
missing TeX class hollywood and that Lyx will not be able to produce
output.

Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so that
Lyx will find it?

thanks,

Dan

adding hollywood TeX class

[dan]

Hi,

I'm new to Lyx and want to use it for writing a screenplay.  I apologize
if this has been asked before, but I have been unable to find an answer
after two days of searching.

When I open the hollywood.lyx template, it tells me the document uses a
missing TeX class hollywood and that Lyx will not be able to produce
output.

Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so that
Lyx will find it?

thanks,

Dan

adding hollywood TeX class

[dan]

Hi,

I'm new to Lyx and want to use it for writing a screenplay.  I apologize
if this has been asked before, but I have been unable to find an answer
after two days of searching.

When I open the hollywood.lyx template, it tells me the document uses a
missing TeX class hollywood and that Lyx will not be able to produce
output.

Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so that
Lyx will find it?

thanks,

Dan

adding hollywood TeX class

[dan]

Hi,

I'm new to Lyx and want to use it for writing a screenplay.  I apologize
if this has been asked before, but I have been unable to find an answer
after two days of searching.

When I open the hollywood.lyx template, it tells me the document uses a
missing TeX class "hollywood" and that Lyx will not be able to produce
output.

Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so that
Lyx will find it?

thanks,

Dan

adding hollywood TeX class

[dan]

Hi,

I'm new to Lyx and want to use it for writing a screenplay.  I apologize
if this has been asked before, but I have been unable to find an answer
after two days of searching.

When I open the hollywood.lyx template, it tells me the document uses a
missing TeX class "hollywood" and that Lyx will not be able to produce
output.

Where can I find the hollywood TeX class, and how do I install it so that
Lyx will find it?

thanks,

Dan

LyX donation

[Dan Levin]

Wow!  I just discovered LyX.  This is a truly great project---one I'd like 
to support with a modest donation.  How can I do this?

Dan Levin, President
EducAide Software
237 Georgia St
Vallejo, CA  94590
707-554-6505 ext. 111

LyX donation

[Dan Levin]

Wow!  I just discovered LyX.  This is a truly great project---one I'd like 
to support with a modest donation.  How can I do this?

Dan Levin, President
EducAide Software
237 Georgia St
Vallejo, CA  94590
707-554-6505 ext. 111

LyX donation

[Dan Levin]

Wow!  I just discovered LyX.  This is a truly great project---one I'd like 
to support with a modest donation.  How can I do this?

Dan Levin, President
EducAide Software
237 Georgia St
Vallejo, CA  94590
707-554-6505 ext. 111

Graphics output difficulties

[Dan Nedelko]

Hi everyone,

I am having problems with graphics output in Lyx 1.3.2 on Redhat 9 with
the QT frontend. I have been working on numerous documents with no
problems at all. When my document was complete I inserted numerous
'figures' ie graphics into the document. 

As suggested I created a figure float and inserted my image into the
float. The images display perfectly within LyX however when I attempt
any form of output my figure is completely ignored.

In an attempt to cover all bases, I ran 

lyx -dbg graphics

and I was presented with:

Setting debug level to graphics
Debugging `graphics' (Graphics conversion and loading)
Recognised Fileformat: ppm
[GrahicsCacheItem::convertToDisplayFormat]
Attempting to convert image file:
/usr/share/lyx/images/banner.ppm
with displayed filename: /usr/share/lyx/images/banner.ppm
Recognised Fileformat: ppm

The file contains ppm format data.

The image loader can load the following directly:
BMP
GIF
JPEG
MNG
PBM
PGM
PNG
PPM
XBM
XPM

Of these, LyX recognises the following formats:
bmp, gif, jpg, pbm, pgm, png, ppm, xbm, xpm

No conversion needed (from == to)!
Loading image.
just Loaded.
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
Image loading succeeded.
GraphicsImage::getScaledDImensions()
params.scale   : 100
width  : 425
height : 290
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
setPixmap()

which would appear to be correct, ie I have all filter support. When I
attempt to export-PDF(latex) I receive the following output:

The font scaling factor is 125.55
insetgraphics::latex: Filename =
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Message = 
Opts =
Before = \includegraphics
after =
[InsetGraphics::prepareFile] orig_file =
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
with path: /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
findTargetFormat: PDF mode
 we have: from xpm to png
the orig file is: /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
changed to:
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
copying from /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm to
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm 
succeeded
The original file is
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
A copy has been made and convert is to be called with:
file to convert =
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
outfile_base =
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1
 from xpm to png
No converter defined! I use convertDefault.sh:
/usr/share/lyx/scripts/convertDefault.sh
xpm:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
 
png:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.png
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
[GrahicsCacheItem::convertToDisplayFormat]
Attempting to convert image file:
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
with displayed filename: ~/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm

The file contains xpm format data.
No conversion needed (from == to)!
Loading image.
just Loaded.
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
Image loading succeeded.
GraphicsImage::getScaledDImensions()
params.scale   : 100
width  : 769
height : 568
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
setPixmap()
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
[readBB_from_PSFile] no(e)ps-format

The resulting output is excellent except for the missing image. The
current output is based on an XPM version, however I have the same
results with PNG and EPS. 

Any help with my issue would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
-- 
Dan Nedelko, BSc. CS/Math
Lead Systems Developer
nID Solutions Inc.
519-744-9221 ext 220519-581-1062 fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]www.nIDsolutions.com

Suite 810, 101 Frederick Street,
Kitchener, Ontario
N2L 5R9

Graphics output difficulties

[Dan Nedelko]

Hi everyone,

I am having problems with graphics output in Lyx 1.3.2 on Redhat 9 with
the QT frontend. I have been working on numerous documents with no
problems at all. When my document was complete I inserted numerous
'figures' ie graphics into the document. 

As suggested I created a figure float and inserted my image into the
float. The images display perfectly within LyX however when I attempt
any form of output my figure is completely ignored.

In an attempt to cover all bases, I ran 

lyx -dbg graphics

and I was presented with:

Setting debug level to graphics
Debugging `graphics' (Graphics conversion and loading)
Recognised Fileformat: ppm
[GrahicsCacheItem::convertToDisplayFormat]
Attempting to convert image file:
/usr/share/lyx/images/banner.ppm
with displayed filename: /usr/share/lyx/images/banner.ppm
Recognised Fileformat: ppm

The file contains ppm format data.

The image loader can load the following directly:
BMP
GIF
JPEG
MNG
PBM
PGM
PNG
PPM
XBM
XPM

Of these, LyX recognises the following formats:
bmp, gif, jpg, pbm, pgm, png, ppm, xbm, xpm

No conversion needed (from == to)!
Loading image.
just Loaded.
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
Image loading succeeded.
GraphicsImage::getScaledDImensions()
params.scale   : 100
width  : 425
height : 290
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
setPixmap()

which would appear to be correct, ie I have all filter support. When I
attempt to export-PDF(latex) I receive the following output:

The font scaling factor is 125.55
insetgraphics::latex: Filename =
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Message = 
Opts =
Before = \includegraphics
after =
[InsetGraphics::prepareFile] orig_file =
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
with path: /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
findTargetFormat: PDF mode
 we have: from xpm to png
the orig file is: /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
changed to:
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
copying from /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm to
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm 
succeeded
The original file is
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
A copy has been made and convert is to be called with:
file to convert =
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
outfile_base =
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1
 from xpm to png
No converter defined! I use convertDefault.sh:
/usr/share/lyx/scripts/convertDefault.sh
xpm:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
 
png:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.png
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
[GrahicsCacheItem::convertToDisplayFormat]
Attempting to convert image file:
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
with displayed filename: ~/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm

The file contains xpm format data.
No conversion needed (from == to)!
Loading image.
just Loaded.
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
Image loading succeeded.
GraphicsImage::getScaledDImensions()
params.scale   : 100
width  : 769
height : 568
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
setPixmap()
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
[readBB_from_PSFile] no(e)ps-format

The resulting output is excellent except for the missing image. The
current output is based on an XPM version, however I have the same
results with PNG and EPS. 

Any help with my issue would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
-- 
Dan Nedelko, BSc. CS/Math
Lead Systems Developer
nID Solutions Inc.
519-744-9221 ext 220519-581-1062 fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]www.nIDsolutions.com

Suite 810, 101 Frederick Street,
Kitchener, Ontario
N2L 5R9

Graphics output difficulties

[Dan Nedelko]

Hi everyone,

I am having problems with graphics output in Lyx 1.3.2 on Redhat 9 with
the QT frontend. I have been working on numerous documents with no
problems at all. When my document was complete I inserted numerous
'figures' ie graphics into the document. 

As suggested I created a figure float and inserted my image into the
float. The images display perfectly within LyX however when I attempt
any form of output my figure is completely ignored.

In an attempt to cover all bases, I ran 

lyx -dbg graphics

and I was presented with:

Setting debug level to graphics
Debugging `graphics' (Graphics conversion and loading)
Recognised Fileformat: ppm
[GrahicsCacheItem::convertToDisplayFormat]
Attempting to convert image file:
/usr/share/lyx/images/banner.ppm
with displayed filename: /usr/share/lyx/images/banner.ppm
Recognised Fileformat: ppm

The file contains ppm format data.

The image loader can load the following directly:
BMP
GIF
JPEG
MNG
PBM
PGM
PNG
PPM
XBM
XPM

Of these, LyX recognises the following formats:
bmp, gif, jpg, pbm, pgm, png, ppm, xbm, xpm

No conversion needed (from == to)!
Loading image.
just Loaded.
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
Image loading succeeded.
GraphicsImage::getScaledDImensions()
params.scale   : 100
width  : 425
height : 290
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
setPixmap()

which would appear to be correct, ie I have all filter support. When I
attempt to export->PDF(latex) I receive the following output:

The font scaling factor is 125.55
insetgraphics::latex: Filename =
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Message = ""
Opts =
Before = \includegraphics
after =
[InsetGraphics::prepareFile] orig_file =
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
with path: /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
findTargetFormat: PDF mode
 we have: from xpm to png
the orig file is: /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
changed to:
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
copying from /home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm to
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm 
succeeded
The original file is
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
A copy has been made and convert is to be called with:
file to convert =
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
outfile_base =
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1
 from xpm to png
No converter defined! I use convertDefault.sh:
/usr/share/lyx/scripts/convertDefault.sh
xpm:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.xpm
 
png:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir30499s4SURP/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_danny_Documents_nID_DigiQLite_Chart1.png
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
[GrahicsCacheItem::convertToDisplayFormat]
Attempting to convert image file:
/home/danny/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
with displayed filename: ~/Documents/nID/DigiQLite/Chart1.xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm

The file contains xpm format data.
No conversion needed (from == to)!
Loading image.
just Loaded.
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
Image loading succeeded.
GraphicsImage::getScaledDImensions()
params.scale   : 100
width  : 769
height : 568
pixmap isNull 0 xformed_pixmap_ isNull 0
setPixmap()
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
Recognised Fileformat: xpm
[readBB_from_PSFile] no(e)ps-format

The resulting output is excellent except for the missing image. The
current output is based on an XPM version, however I have the same
results with PNG and EPS. 

Any help with my issue would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
-- 
Dan Nedelko, BSc. CS/Math
Lead Systems Developer
nID Solutions Inc.
519-744-9221 ext 220519-581-1062 fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]www.nIDsolutions.com

Suite 810, 101 Frederick Street,
Kitchener, Ontario
N2L 5R9

Re: fonts.alias / fonts.scale

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Mar 30), /* jsha */ said:
 I've got a directory filled with Type1 fonts (.afm, .inf, .pfa, .pfb
 and .pfm accompanying each font release) which I'm trying to install
 on X11. However, in order to make mkfontdir work I seem to need a
 fonts.alias and/or fonts.scale in advance.
 
 How do I make one?

The XFree86 4.3.0 port installs a mkfontscale command that generates
fonts.scale files from Type1 and TTF fonts.

-- 
Dan Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]