Local Layouts - Additional Features manual?

2012-01-11 Thread Andrew Parsloe
. Andrew Parsloe Local Layouts * Name: Firstred Action: Colours the first letter of every Standard paragraph red. Purpose: For pasting from a pdf into Word etc. Provided non-default fonts are used in LyX, character formatting (bold, emphasis, colour) is preserved when pasted. However

/ for \

2012-04-28 Thread Andrew Parsloe
Something I tripped on when defining a converter recently was the need to use / rather than \ when specifying the path to a python script. The converter is in my personal scripts folder. Copying the Windows address from an explorer window, this is

Custom insets 3: CopyStyle

2012-12-08 Thread Andrew Parsloe
Does CopyStyle do *anything* in custom insets? I was just about to send off another Custom insets query when a last trial--error thought struck me: although CopyStyle name doesn't seem to do anything, where name is the name of a previously defined inset, perhaps CopyStyle Flex:name will

makeindex citation needs changing

2013-06-22 Thread Andrew Parsloe
The final paragraph of section 6.6.5 of the User's Guide ends For more advanced tasks you have to set up a so-called Index Style File, see the makeindex or xindy documentation for details, [makeindex, xindy]. Section 6.6.6 also cites the same source. The citation is to

Local Layouts -> Additional Features manual?

2012-01-11 Thread Andrew Parsloe
red result. Andrew Parsloe Local Layouts * Name: Firstred Action: Colours the first letter of every Standard paragraph red. Purpose: For pasting from a pdf into Word etc. Provided non-default fonts are used in LyX, character formatting (bold, emphasis, colour) is preserved w

/ for \

2012-04-28 Thread Andrew Parsloe
Something I tripped on when defining a converter recently was the need to use / rather than \ when specifying the path to a python script. The converter is in my personal scripts folder. Copying the Windows address from an explorer window, this is

Custom insets 3: CopyStyle

2012-12-08 Thread Andrew Parsloe
Does CopyStyle do *anything* in custom insets? I was just about to send off another Custom insets query when a last trial-&-error thought struck me: although CopyStyle doesn't seem to do anything, where is the name of a previously defined inset, perhaps CopyStyle Flex: will work? And to

makeindex citation needs changing

2013-06-22 Thread Andrew Parsloe
The final paragraph of section 6.6.5 of the User's Guide ends "For more advanced tasks you have to set up a so-called Index Style File, see the makeindex or xindy documentation for details, [makeindex, xindy]." Section 6.6.6 also cites the same source. The citation is to

Re: Referencing subnumbered equations

2016-02-16 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 17/02/2016 1:05 p.m., Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 16.02.2016 um 10:37 schrieb Andrew Parsloe: The math manual, section 19.3,... Hi Andrew, this is something for the lyx-docs list. gives a method for numbering and referencing subnumbered equations so that although the equations are numbered

Re: Referencing subnumbered equations

2016-02-16 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 17/02/2016 3:08 p.m., Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 17/02/2016 1:05 p.m., Uwe Stöhr wrote: Rather than try to explain things, I've attached two example documents Uwe, one using ERT and one with a local layout that requires no ERT. They show how to reference both a group of equations

Re: Referencing subnumbered equations

2016-02-20 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 20/02/2016 3:32 p.m., Uwe Stöhr wrote: However, the question for me is if your method should be part of math.lyx or not. ... But maybe you find a nice solution in stackexchange. If so, please send me a LyX file how it is done and i will have a look what could be ported to Math.lyx.

Re: Referencing subnumbered equations

2016-02-20 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 21/02/2016 3:56 p.m., Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 20.02.2016 um 20:41 schrieb Andrew Parsloe: Sec 3.11.3: "A \label command immediately after \begin{subequations} will produce a \ref of the parent number 4.9, not 4.9a.". OK, so it seems that this referencing method is used.

Re: Referencing subnumbered equations

2016-02-20 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 21/02/2016 4:49 p.m., Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 21.02.2016 um 03:56 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: OK, so it seems that this referencing method is used. I will add it to the Math manual. Attached is the changed Math manual (sec. 19.3). Is this OK? regards Uwe Thank you Uwe (and apologies for the recent

Format number in Customization manual

2016-06-28 Thread Andrew Parsloe
I was checking the Customization manual for something recently and noticed that the current Format number is listed variously as 5.2.1.1 "In LyX 2.1, the current layout format is 48." 5.2.2the module example near the end of the section uses Format 35 5.3.3"The format for the present

Typo in Embedded Objects manual

2016-11-24 Thread Andrew Parsloe
I notice in the discussion of the diagbox package, section 2.8.4, that the optional directions of the diagonal line are listed as "NE, DE, SW or NW". Obviously (& I checked with the diagbox documentation) "DE" should be "SE". Andrew --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast

Required packages

2017-01-07 Thread Andrew Parsloe
I recently needed to re-install MiKTeX. I chose the basic package to make the download manageable, but it installs nothing like all the packages that LyX uses. For additional packages I was guided by the packages listed under Help > LaTeX Configuration, and then by the packages listed in the