Re: configure.py exiting prematurely

2012-07-18 Thread Erik Hammel
Erik Hammel hammyz.pub at gmail.com writes: Erik Hammel hammyz.pub at gmail.com writes: Erik Hammel hammyz.pub at gmail.com writes: i'm installing LyX 2.0.4-3 on a windows7 machine and when it finishes, all the document classes are unavailable. i have MiKTeX 2.9

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 18/07/2012 5:06 a.m., William R. Buckley wrote: Thank you all for the list of tools. As my need was urgent, I tried IPE, and it works well, though is a bit clunky. Will try the others, and return a quick sense of utility for each. wrb There is nothing like an enquiry about graphics

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Neal Becker
William R. Buckley wrote: Working with TeX is a bit of a challenge, since it seems not to include much support for abstract drawing. I have need for figures to appear in a paper, and am not familiar with the toolset usually employed for use to make drawn images suitable for use with TeX.

Re: configure.py exiting prematurely

2012-07-18 Thread Richard Heck
On 07/18/2012 04:29 AM, Erik Hammel wrote: sorry for the runaround, but i finally discovered the problem -- something that might want to be looked into for future development. i stepped through configure.py in a debugger, and when it gets to processing chklayouts.tex (line 1195), there were

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Neal Becker ndbecker2 at gmail.com writes: Boxes with text labels Connectors Everything aligns on the grid! Export to vector format Some text on lines (some math would be nice) If you don't need a GUI interface, TiKZ does those accurately and, once you learn the node syntax, easily.

Re: configure.py exiting prematurely

2012-07-18 Thread Erik Hammel
Erik Hammel hammyz.pub at gmail.com writes: Erik Hammel hammyz.pub at gmail.com writes: Erik Hammel hammyz.pub at gmail.com writes: i'm installing LyX 2.0.4-3 on a windows7 machine and when it finishes, all the document classes are unavailable. i have MiKTeX 2.9

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 18/07/2012 5:06 a.m., William R. Buckley wrote: Thank you all for the list of tools. As my need was urgent, I tried IPE, and it works well, though is a bit clunky. Will try the others, and return a quick sense of utility for each. wrb There is nothing like an enquiry about graphics

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Neal Becker
William R. Buckley wrote: Working with TeX is a bit of a challenge, since it seems not to include much support for abstract drawing. I have need for figures to appear in a paper, and am not familiar with the toolset usually employed for use to make drawn images suitable for use with TeX.

Re: configure.py exiting prematurely

2012-07-18 Thread Richard Heck
On 07/18/2012 04:29 AM, Erik Hammel wrote: sorry for the runaround, but i finally discovered the problem -- something that might want to be looked into for future development. i stepped through configure.py in a debugger, and when it gets to processing chklayouts.tex (line 1195), there were

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Neal Becker ndbecker2 at gmail.com writes: Boxes with text labels Connectors Everything aligns on the grid! Export to vector format Some text on lines (some math would be nice) If you don't need a GUI interface, TiKZ does those accurately and, once you learn the node syntax, easily.

Re: configure.py exiting prematurely

2012-07-18 Thread Erik Hammel
Erik Hammel gmail.com> writes: > > Erik Hammel gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Erik Hammel gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > > i'm installing LyX 2.0.4-3 on a windows7 machine and when it finishes, > > > all > the > > > document classes are "unavailable". i have MiKTeX 2.9 installed in a

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 18/07/2012 5:06 a.m., William R. Buckley wrote: Thank you all for the list of tools. As my need was urgent, I tried IPE, and it works well, though is a bit clunky. Will try the others, and return a quick sense of utility for each. wrb There is nothing like an enquiry about graphics

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Neal Becker
William R. Buckley wrote: > Working with TeX is a bit of a challenge, since it seems not to > include much support for abstract drawing. I have need for figures > to appear in a paper, and am not familiar with the toolset usually > employed for use to make drawn images suitable for use with TeX.

Re: configure.py exiting prematurely

2012-07-18 Thread Richard Heck
On 07/18/2012 04:29 AM, Erik Hammel wrote: sorry for the runaround, but i finally discovered the problem -- something that might want to be looked into for future development. i stepped through configure.py in a debugger, and when it gets to processing chklayouts.tex (line 1195), there were

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Neal Becker gmail.com> writes: > > Boxes with text labels > Connectors > Everything aligns on the grid! > Export to vector format > Some text on lines (some math would be nice) > If you don't need a GUI interface, TiKZ does those accurately and, once you learn the node syntax, easily. Paul