Re: A shell for launching figure editor under Mac OS

2007-05-27 Thread Mael Hilléreau
Le 26 mai 07 à 18:07, Mael Hilléreau a écrit : I finally wrote a small Applescript (see attached file) that allows to convert Omnigraffle files to PDF, PNG... directly from the command line. In order to use it, go to LyX preferences, add an OmniGraffle file format (just type auto for the

Re: Table - cell vertical alignment

2007-05-27 Thread Nick Hopton
In a recent message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. [...] You have to set middle alignment in the fixed-width column. [...] I sometimes find it useful to format tables using the spaces you get by pressing Alt-255. See the attached. Regards, N. -- Nick Hopton and

No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am using LyX-Code to insert the code of a procedure in a LyX document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Gunnar Lindholm
document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Thanks in advance, Paul Write it as standard text, select textstyle type writer in the menu. That will do the trick.

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Write it as standard text, select textstyle type writer in the menu. That

multiple languages and the order of document-options

2007-05-27 Thread Patrick De Visschere
Hi, I've a document with dutch as the main language and also a little bit of greek. I've chosen dutch as the main language in the DocumentsSettingsLanguage panel and mentioned greek as an option in the DocumentsSettindsDocument ClassOptions field. Apparently LyX exports this as:

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Gunnar Lindholm
Thanks, Gunnar, but with type writer text, one cannot insert spaces in the beginning of lines. Can be solved with hard spaces CTRL + space

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Gunnar, but with type writer text, one cannot insert spaces in the beginning of lines. Can be solved with hard spaces CTRL + space Thanks, Gunnar. It works fine! Paul

Booktabs question: how to set the width of the last column and still use \bottomrule

2007-05-27 Thread Christian Liesen
Hi, I'm stuck again with a booktabs problem: When I set the width of the last column of a table in the LyX Table Settings dialogue, the booktabs command \\\bottomrule% produces an error. Whatever the value, the error message shows up. I've included an example file. I have no idea what to

Save icon gray after updating an index

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, This is a small thing, but I consider it a bug. If, after saving, I change ERT or an index entry, and nothing else, the save icon (the little floppy) remains grayed out. File-save is not grayed out. I believe this also happens when you change document-settings or maybe

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 27 May 2007 13:54, Paul Smith wrote: On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Write it as standard

Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it somehow with color and texpower using the \backgroundstyle command but it doesn't work for me at the moment for some reason) Thankx

Re: Booktabs question: how to set the width of the last column and still use \bottomrule

2007-05-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Christian Liesen schrieb: When I set the width of the last column of a table in the LyX Table Settings dialogue, the booktabs command \\\bottomrule% produces an error. Whatever the value, the error message shows up. I've included an example file. The problem is that the patch for bug 3736

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am using LyX-Code to insert the code of a procedure in a LyX document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Thanks in advance, Paul Paul, Try

Re: Save icon gray after updating an index

2007-05-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, This is a small thing, but I consider it a bug. If, after saving, I change ERT or an index entry, and nothing else, the save icon (the little floppy) remains grayed out. File-save is not grayed out. I believe this also happens when you change document-settings or

Re: Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 27 May 2007 16:46, Micha Feigin wrote: I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it somehow with color and texpower using the \backgroundstyle command but it doesn't work for me at

Re: Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:55:56 -0400 Steve Litt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 27 May 2007 16:46, Micha Feigin wrote: I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it somehow with color and

Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware

Re: Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Steve Litt schrieb: My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? book (AMS) regards Uwe

Re: Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread David L. Johnson
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? Try amsbook. -- David L. Johnson

Re: A shell for launching figure editor under Mac OS

2007-05-27 Thread Mael Hilléreau
Le 26 mai 07 à 18:07, Mael Hilléreau a écrit : I finally wrote a small Applescript (see attached file) that allows to convert Omnigraffle files to PDF, PNG... directly from the command line. In order to use it, go to LyX preferences, add an OmniGraffle file format (just type auto for the

Re: Table - cell vertical alignment

2007-05-27 Thread Nick Hopton
In a recent message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. [...] You have to set middle alignment in the fixed-width column. [...] I sometimes find it useful to format tables using the spaces you get by pressing Alt-255. See the attached. Regards, N. -- Nick Hopton and

No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am using LyX-Code to insert the code of a procedure in a LyX document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Gunnar Lindholm
document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Thanks in advance, Paul Write it as standard text, select textstyle type writer in the menu. That will do the trick.

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Write it as standard text, select textstyle type writer in the menu. That

multiple languages and the order of document-options

2007-05-27 Thread Patrick De Visschere
Hi, I've a document with dutch as the main language and also a little bit of greek. I've chosen dutch as the main language in the DocumentsSettingsLanguage panel and mentioned greek as an option in the DocumentsSettindsDocument ClassOptions field. Apparently LyX exports this as:

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Gunnar Lindholm
Thanks, Gunnar, but with type writer text, one cannot insert spaces in the beginning of lines. Can be solved with hard spaces CTRL + space

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Gunnar, but with type writer text, one cannot insert spaces in the beginning of lines. Can be solved with hard spaces CTRL + space Thanks, Gunnar. It works fine! Paul

Booktabs question: how to set the width of the last column and still use \bottomrule

2007-05-27 Thread Christian Liesen
Hi, I'm stuck again with a booktabs problem: When I set the width of the last column of a table in the LyX Table Settings dialogue, the booktabs command \\\bottomrule% produces an error. Whatever the value, the error message shows up. I've included an example file. I have no idea what to

Save icon gray after updating an index

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, This is a small thing, but I consider it a bug. If, after saving, I change ERT or an index entry, and nothing else, the save icon (the little floppy) remains grayed out. File-save is not grayed out. I believe this also happens when you change document-settings or maybe

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 27 May 2007 13:54, Paul Smith wrote: On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Write it as standard

Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it somehow with color and texpower using the \backgroundstyle command but it doesn't work for me at the moment for some reason) Thankx

Re: Booktabs question: how to set the width of the last column and still use \bottomrule

2007-05-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Christian Liesen schrieb: When I set the width of the last column of a table in the LyX Table Settings dialogue, the booktabs command \\\bottomrule% produces an error. Whatever the value, the error message shows up. I've included an example file. The problem is that the patch for bug 3736

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am using LyX-Code to insert the code of a procedure in a LyX document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Thanks in advance, Paul Paul, Try

Re: Save icon gray after updating an index

2007-05-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, This is a small thing, but I consider it a bug. If, after saving, I change ERT or an index entry, and nothing else, the save icon (the little floppy) remains grayed out. File-save is not grayed out. I believe this also happens when you change document-settings or

Re: Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 27 May 2007 16:46, Micha Feigin wrote: I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it somehow with color and texpower using the \backgroundstyle command but it doesn't work for me at

Re: Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:55:56 -0400 Steve Litt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 27 May 2007 16:46, Micha Feigin wrote: I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it somehow with color and

Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware

Re: Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Steve Litt schrieb: My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? book (AMS) regards Uwe

Re: Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread David L. Johnson
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? Try amsbook. -- David L. Johnson

Re: A shell for launching figure editor under Mac OS

2007-05-27 Thread Mael Hilléreau
Le 26 mai 07 à 18:07, Mael Hilléreau a écrit : I finally wrote a small Applescript (see attached file) that allows to convert Omnigraffle files to PDF, PNG... directly from the command line. In order to use it, go to LyX preferences, add an OmniGraffle file format (just type "auto" for the

Re: Table - cell vertical alignment

2007-05-27 Thread Nick Hopton
In a recent message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. [...] You have to set middle alignment in the fixed-width column. [...] I sometimes find it useful to format tables using the spaces you get by pressing Alt-255. See the attached. Regards, N. -- Nick Hopton

No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am using LyX-Code to insert the code of a procedure in a LyX document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Gunnar Lindholm
> document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT > indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? > (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul Write it as standard text, select textstyle "type writer" in the menu. That will do the trick.

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT > indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? > (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) > Write it as standard text, select textstyle "type writer" in the

multiple languages and the order of document-options

2007-05-27 Thread Patrick De Visschere
Hi, I've a document with "dutch" as the main language and also a little bit of "greek". I've chosen "dutch" as the main language in the Documents>Settings>Language panel and mentioned "greek" as an option in the Documents>Settinds>Document Class>Options field. Apparently LyX exports

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Gunnar Lindholm
> Thanks, Gunnar, but with "type writer" text, one cannot insert spaces > in the beginning of lines. Can be solved with "hard spaces" CTRL + space

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Smith
On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Gunnar, but with "type writer" text, one cannot insert spaces > in the beginning of lines. Can be solved with "hard spaces" CTRL + space Thanks, Gunnar. It works fine! Paul

Booktabs question: how to set the width of the last column and still use \bottomrule

2007-05-27 Thread Christian Liesen
Hi, I'm stuck again with a booktabs problem: When I set the width of the last column of a table in the LyX Table Settings dialogue, the booktabs command "\\\bottomrule%" produces an error. Whatever the value, the error message shows up. I've included an example file. I have no idea what

Save icon gray after updating an index

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, This is a small thing, but I consider it a bug. If, after saving, I change ERT or an index entry, and nothing else, the save icon (the little floppy) remains grayed out. File->save is not grayed out. I believe this also happens when you change document->settings or maybe

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 27 May 2007 13:54, Paul Smith wrote: > On 5/27/07, Gunnar Lindholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT > > > indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? > > > (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) > > > > Write

Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it somehow with color and texpower using the \backgroundstyle command but it doesn't work for me at the moment for some reason) Thankx

Re: Booktabs question: how to set the width of the last column and still use \bottomrule

2007-05-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Christian Liesen schrieb: When I set the width of the last column of a table in the LyX Table Settings dialogue, the booktabs command "\\\bottomrule%" produces an error. Whatever the value, the error message shows up. I've included an example file. The problem is that the patch for bug

Re: No indentation with LyX-Code

2007-05-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am using LyX-Code to insert the code of a procedure in a LyX document. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code of the procedure NOT indented, even after having set the paragraph not indented. Any ideas? (I am using LyX 1.4.4.) Thanks in advance, Paul Paul, Try

Re: Save icon gray after updating an index

2007-05-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, This is a small thing, but I consider it a bug. If, after saving, I change ERT or an index entry, and nothing else, the save icon (the little floppy) remains grayed out. File->save is not grayed out. I believe this also happens when you change document->settings or

Re: Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 27 May 2007 16:46, Micha Feigin wrote: > I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible > to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it > somehow with color and texpower using the \backgroundstyle command but it > doesn't work for me

Re: Setting background color

2007-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:55:56 -0400 Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 27 May 2007 16:46, Micha Feigin wrote: > > I'm trying to prepare a poster with lyx and I was wondering if its possible > > to setup the background color for the poster (I think I used to do it > > somehow with

Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware

Re: Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Steve Litt schrieb: My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? book (AMS) regards Uwe

Re: Best document class for a math book?

2007-05-27 Thread David L. Johnson
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, My next book will be a math book. I assume there are better document classes to use for this than the book document class. What are some document classes that are good for math books? Try amsbook. -- David L. Johnson