LyX crashes when opening a file in the HOME directory

2000-03-21 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
Hi, some funny things happened to me with a LyX-file that I saved in my HOME directory and tried to open in LyX. After a few seconds LyX crashes, my X-server restarted and - most funny - I was logged off at the text consoles. I also tested it with another LyX-file - same thing. Funny, isn't it?

Re: Using another language...

2000-03-21 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Dragutin Cvetkovic wrote: Thanx for the tip... You're welcome! However, although I did find a language that did satisfy my needs (croatian) I am still wondering how can I create one more Language entry? Basically, I came to the point where I realised that the

formatting question

2000-03-21 Thread Tony Dancer
Hi folks I want to typeset a regular newsletter using lyx, and want to hear if anyone has done something similar / if there are any sty files around? I have not found any (other than an old 1992 tex macro). Is it possible to have lines between columns, running vertically? And is it possible to

figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Nicolas Constans
Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure caption in italic? and how? Thank you very much, Nicolas.

Re: figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Herbert Voss
Nicolas Constans wrote: Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure caption in italic? and how? inlatex preamble \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\it \ifnum \c@chapter\z@ \thechapter.\fi \@arabic\c@figure} this is the figure-caption for book-class like

Re: formatting question

2000-03-21 Thread Otto Tronarp
Tony Dancer wrote: Is it possible to have lines between columns, running vertically? And is it possible to use an image as a watermark? Se 4.2.3.6 in The Extended manual for vertical lines between columns. //Otto

Re: Wrong Hypenation

2000-03-21 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Diego A. Puertas F. wrote: LyX is not hypenating rigth, I don't know about hypenation rules in other I suppose you have selected the right language from LyX menus? If yes, the it's probably (La)TeX configuration problem. You could get rid of your distribution's TeX version

disappearing figures

2000-03-21 Thread Martin Craig
Hi, I've just started using Lyx I can't seem to put figures in my documents! I do the insert-figure thing, give it my .ps file it appears nicely in my document everything, then when I do 'View Postscript' I see it being drawn on the page and just as it finishes drawing it disappears! If I try

Re: figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Nicolas Constans
Herbert Voss writes: Nicolas Constans wrote: Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure caption in italic? and how? inlatex preamble \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\it \ifnum \c@chapter\z@ \thechapter.\fi \@arabic\c@figure} this is the

Re: Wrong Hypenation

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
It was the TeX configuration, for languages other than english, italian and german (and I belive french too) you must run "texconfig" and once in there, get into the "hyphen" item of the menu. You will see a text file (with vi), which you got to edit and uncomment your especific language.

Re: Yet another longtable problem

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
El 19/03/00, Herbert Voss escribió: 1. the caption for the nonfloating table: \centerline{Table Nr. \stepcounter{table}\thetable : My own caption for my own table \vspace{0.5cm}} 2. add this for the list of tables "lot" \addcontentsline{lot}{table}{\thetable\hspace{1.5em} My own

RE: Long table (in a float) problem

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
Hi list Thanks for your tip Juergen, the commands \\ and \caption{} works fine, if the caption if on the bottom of the table, but the problem is that the caption must be on top of the table (faculty rules), and if I issue: \\ \caption{The Caption} on the of the table, the results are very

indentfirst package

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
Hello list I'm using the "indentfirst" and it works fine for all the paragraphs except for the paragraph that are inmediatly after a "itemize", "enumerate" or "description" paragraph. Can somebody help me with this one?

LyX crashes when opening a file in the HOME directory

2000-03-21 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
Hi, some funny things happened to me with a LyX-file that I saved in my HOME directory and tried to open in LyX. After a few seconds LyX crashes, my X-server restarted and - most funny - I was logged off at the text consoles. I also tested it with another LyX-file - same thing. Funny, isn't it?

Re: Using another language...

2000-03-21 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Dragutin Cvetkovic wrote: Thanx for the tip... You're welcome! However, although I did find a language that did satisfy my needs (croatian) I am still wondering how can I create one more Language entry? Basically, I came to the point where I realised that the

formatting question

2000-03-21 Thread Tony Dancer
Hi folks I want to typeset a regular newsletter using lyx, and want to hear if anyone has done something similar / if there are any sty files around? I have not found any (other than an old 1992 tex macro). Is it possible to have lines between columns, running vertically? And is it possible to

figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Nicolas Constans
Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure caption in italic? and how? Thank you very much, Nicolas.

Re: figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Herbert Voss
Nicolas Constans wrote: Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure caption in italic? and how? inlatex preamble \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\it \ifnum \c@chapter\z@ \thechapter.\fi \@arabic\c@figure} this is the figure-caption for book-class like

Re: formatting question

2000-03-21 Thread Otto Tronarp
Tony Dancer wrote: Is it possible to have lines between columns, running vertically? And is it possible to use an image as a watermark? Se 4.2.3.6 in The Extended manual for vertical lines between columns. //Otto

Re: Wrong Hypenation

2000-03-21 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Diego A. Puertas F. wrote: LyX is not hypenating rigth, I don't know about hypenation rules in other I suppose you have selected the right language from LyX menus? If yes, the it's probably (La)TeX configuration problem. You could get rid of your distribution's TeX version

disappearing figures

2000-03-21 Thread Martin Craig
Hi, I've just started using Lyx I can't seem to put figures in my documents! I do the insert-figure thing, give it my .ps file it appears nicely in my document everything, then when I do 'View Postscript' I see it being drawn on the page and just as it finishes drawing it disappears! If I try

Re: figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Nicolas Constans
Herbert Voss writes: Nicolas Constans wrote: Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure caption in italic? and how? inlatex preamble \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\it \ifnum \c@chapter\z@ \thechapter.\fi \@arabic\c@figure} this is the

Re: Wrong Hypenation

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
It was the TeX configuration, for languages other than english, italian and german (and I belive french too) you must run "texconfig" and once in there, get into the "hyphen" item of the menu. You will see a text file (with vi), which you got to edit and uncomment your especific language.

Re: Yet another longtable problem

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
El 19/03/00, Herbert Voss escribió: 1. the caption for the nonfloating table: \centerline{Table Nr. \stepcounter{table}\thetable : My own caption for my own table \vspace{0.5cm}} 2. add this for the list of tables "lot" \addcontentsline{lot}{table}{\thetable\hspace{1.5em} My own

RE: Long table (in a float) problem

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
Hi list Thanks for your tip Juergen, the commands \\ and \caption{} works fine, if the caption if on the bottom of the table, but the problem is that the caption must be on top of the table (faculty rules), and if I issue: \\ \caption{The Caption} on the of the table, the results are very

indentfirst package

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
Hello list I'm using the "indentfirst" and it works fine for all the paragraphs except for the paragraph that are inmediatly after a "itemize", "enumerate" or "description" paragraph. Can somebody help me with this one?

LyX crashes when opening a file in the HOME directory

2000-03-21 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
Hi, some funny things happened to me with a LyX-file that I saved in my HOME directory and tried to open in LyX. After a few seconds LyX crashes, my X-server restarted and - most funny - I was logged off at the text consoles. I also tested it with another LyX-file - same thing. Funny, isn't it?

Re: Using another language...

2000-03-21 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Dragutin Cvetkovic wrote: > Thanx for the tip... You're welcome! > > However, although I did find a language that did satisfy my needs > (croatian) I am still wondering how can I create one more Language entry? > Basically, I came to the point where I realised that

formatting question

2000-03-21 Thread Tony Dancer
Hi folks I want to typeset a regular newsletter using lyx, and want to hear if anyone has done something similar / if there are any sty files around? I have not found any (other than an old 1992 tex macro). Is it possible to have lines between columns, running vertically? And is it possible to

figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Nicolas Constans
Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure caption in italic? and how? Thank you very much, Nicolas.

Re: figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Herbert Voss
Nicolas Constans wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure > caption in italic? > and how? inlatex preamble \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\it \ifnum \c@chapter>\z@ \thechapter.\fi \@arabic\c@figure} this is the figure-caption for book-class like

Re: formatting question

2000-03-21 Thread Otto Tronarp
Tony Dancer wrote: > Is it possible to have lines between columns, running vertically? And > is it possible to use an image as a watermark? Se 4.2.3.6 in The Extended manual for vertical lines between columns. //Otto

Re: Wrong Hypenation

2000-03-21 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Diego A. Puertas F. wrote: > LyX is not hypenating rigth, I don't know about hypenation rules in other I suppose you have selected the right language from LyX menus? If yes, the it's probably (La)TeX configuration problem. You could get rid of your distribution's TeX

disappearing figures

2000-03-21 Thread Martin Craig
Hi, I've just started using Lyx & I can't seem to put figures in my documents! I do the insert->figure thing, give it my .ps file & it appears nicely in my document & everything, then when I do 'View Postscript' I see it being drawn on the page and just as it finishes drawing it disappears! If I

Re: figure caption

2000-03-21 Thread Nicolas Constans
Herbert Voss writes: > Nicolas Constans wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to know if it is possible to have text of a figure > > caption in italic? > > and how? > > inlatex preamble > > \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\it \ifnum \c@chapter>\z@ \thechapter.\fi > \@arabic\c@figure}

Re: Wrong Hypenation

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
It was the TeX configuration, for languages other than english, italian and german (and I belive french too) you must run "texconfig" and once in there, get into the "hyphen" item of the menu. You will see a text file (with vi), which you got to edit and uncomment your especific language.

Re: Yet another longtable problem

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
El 19/03/00, Herbert Voss escribió: > 1. the caption for the nonfloating table: > > \centerline{Table Nr. \stepcounter{table}\thetable : My own caption for > my own table \vspace{0.5cm}} > > 2. add this for the list of tables "lot" > > \addcontentsline{lot}{table}{\thetable\hspace{1.5em} My

RE: Long table (in a float) problem

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
Hi list Thanks for your tip Juergen, the commands \\ and \caption{} works fine, if the caption if on the bottom of the table, but the problem is that the caption must be on top of the table (faculty rules), and if I issue: \\ \caption{The Caption} on the of the table, the results are very

indentfirst package

2000-03-21 Thread Diego A. Puertas F.
Hello list I'm using the "indentfirst" and it works fine for all the paragraphs except for the paragraph that are inmediatly after a "itemize", "enumerate" or "description" paragraph. Can somebody help me with this one?