Re: Text wrap float problems

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:52:41PM +0100, Dawid Ciecierski wrote: I have been using LyX only for half a year or so but since the switch I have fallen in love with it. I'm currently writing my thesis, which happens to incorporate quuite a few images in the main body of text. Since they are

Re: Text wrap float problems

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:52:41PM +0100, Dawid Ciecierski wrote: I have been using LyX only for half a year or so but since the switch I have fallen in love with it. I'm currently writing my thesis, which happens to incorporate quuite a few images in the main body of text. Since they are

Re: Text wrap float problems

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:52:41PM +0100, Dawid Ciecierski wrote: > I have been using LyX only for half a year or so but since the switch I have > fallen in love with it. I'm currently writing my thesis, which happens to > incorporate quuite a few images in the main body of text. Since they are >

Re: chemical formula

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 07:12:14AM +, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: by declaring a new command \Molek \newcommand*{\Molek}[2]{#1\texstsubscript{#2}} which I did by putting this in the preamble of my Koma-book document. In the text I write in an ERT-box \Molek H{2} You probably want

Re: chemical formula

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 07:12:14AM +, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: by declaring a new command \Molek \newcommand*{\Molek}[2]{#1\texstsubscript{#2}} which I did by putting this in the preamble of my Koma-book document. In the text I write in an ERT-box \Molek H{2} You probably want

Re: chemical formula

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 07:12:14AM +, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > by declaring a new command \Molek > \newcommand*{\Molek}[2]{#1\texstsubscript{#2}} > which I did by putting this in the preamble of my Koma-book document. > In the text I write in an ERT-box > \Molek H{2} You probably want

Re: Texlive for lyx

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 09:35:45AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use lyx 1.5.4 with tetex on a Gentoo computer. It works fine; I'm thinking about switching to texlive, as tetex seems on a deadend. Has anyone done it yet ? Got any problem ? How does LyX work with it ? Please let me know

Re: Texlive for lyx

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 09:35:45AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use lyx 1.5.4 with tetex on a Gentoo computer. It works fine; I'm thinking about switching to texlive, as tetex seems on a deadend. Has anyone done it yet ? Got any problem ? How does LyX work with it ? Please let me know

Re: Texlive for lyx

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 09:35:45AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I use lyx 1.5.4 with tetex on a Gentoo computer. It works fine; > I'm thinking about switching to texlive, as tetex seems on a deadend. Has > anyone > done it yet ? Got any problem ? How does LyX work with it ? > Please let me

Re: Printing a book

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:23:12PM +1200, John wrote: But for a book that is far too big. So I decided to try for 9 x 6 or 225mm x 160mm which seem to be the sizes offered by local Print on Demand businesses in New Zealand. My difficulty is that, having set the page size in LyX, it shows

Re: Image with text descriptions on both sides

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:53:45AM +0100, Marwan Boustany wrote: I am currently figuring out lyx to write my thesis in. There is an image that I want to put in, that was easy, but I want to put text on the right and left of it to describe it. I tried using boxes/minipages... does not work.

Re: Printing a book

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:23:12PM +1200, John wrote: But for a book that is far too big. So I decided to try for 9 x 6 or 225mm x 160mm which seem to be the sizes offered by local Print on Demand businesses in New Zealand. My difficulty is that, having set the page size in LyX, it shows

Re: Image with text descriptions on both sides

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:53:45AM +0100, Marwan Boustany wrote: I am currently figuring out lyx to write my thesis in. There is an image that I want to put in, that was easy, but I want to put text on the right and left of it to describe it. I tried using boxes/minipages... does not work.

Re: Printing a book

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:23:12PM +1200, John wrote: > But for a book that is far too big. So I decided to try for 9" x 6" or 225mm > x > 160mm which seem to be the sizes offered by local Print on Demand businesses > in New Zealand. > > My difficulty is that, having set the page size in LyX,

Re: Image with text descriptions on both sides

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:53:45AM +0100, Marwan Boustany wrote: > I am currently figuring out lyx to write my thesis in. There is an image > that I want to put in, that was easy, but I want to put text on the right > and left of it to describe it. > > I tried using boxes/minipages... does not

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:33:22 -0700 (PDT), Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Andre Poenitz wrote: WYSIWYG promise? Andre', I hope not!! That's why there's AbiWord and OO.o. Exactly! I sure don't want wysiwyg which, in my view, is for people who want a glorified typewriter.

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:06:26 +0100, Pavel Sanda wrote: I think the we're not WYSIWYG and WYSIWYM slogans are confusing to prospective and new LyX users, and really don't make much sense. then make some better explanation so that even newbies understand. WYSIWYM really makes sense once

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:43:20 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: On Wednesday 26 March 2008 05:22, Eric S Fraga wrote: Exactly! I sure don't want wysiwyg which, in my view, is for people who want a glorified typewriter. I want a typesetter that knows more than I do about how to prepare documents

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:33:22 -0700 (PDT), Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Andre Poenitz wrote: WYSIWYG promise? Andre', I hope not!! That's why there's AbiWord and OO.o. Exactly! I sure don't want wysiwyg which, in my view, is for people who want a glorified typewriter.

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:06:26 +0100, Pavel Sanda wrote: I think the we're not WYSIWYG and WYSIWYM slogans are confusing to prospective and new LyX users, and really don't make much sense. then make some better explanation so that even newbies understand. WYSIWYM really makes sense once

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:43:20 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: On Wednesday 26 March 2008 05:22, Eric S Fraga wrote: Exactly! I sure don't want wysiwyg which, in my view, is for people who want a glorified typewriter. I want a typesetter that knows more than I do about how to prepare documents

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:33:22 -0700 (PDT), Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > WYSIWYG promise? > > Andre', > >I hope not!! That's why there's AbiWord and OO.o. Exactly! I sure don't want wysiwyg which, in my view, is for people who want a glorified

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:06:26 +0100, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > > I think the "we're not WYSIWYG" and "WYSIWYM" slogans are confusing to > > prospective and new LyX users, and really don't make much sense. > > then make some better explanation so that even newbies understand. > WYSIWYM really makes

Re: WRB - Installing LyX

At Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:43:20 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wednesday 26 March 2008 05:22, Eric S Fraga wrote: > > Exactly! I sure don't want wysiwyg which, in my view, is for people > > who want a glorified typewriter. I want a typesetter that knows more > > than I do

Re: \multicolumn in \array?

At Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:11:59 -0800 (PST), bigblop wrote: How do I make a \multicolumn in an \array? I cannot answer your question directly but I can suggest two alternative approaches to this: use tabular instead of array or use the align or align* environment. hope this helps, eric

Re: \multicolumn in \array?

At Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:11:59 -0800 (PST), bigblop wrote: How do I make a \multicolumn in an \array? I cannot answer your question directly but I can suggest two alternative approaches to this: use tabular instead of array or use the align or align* environment. hope this helps, eric

Re: \multicolumn in \array?

At Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:11:59 -0800 (PST), bigblop wrote: > > > How do I make a \multicolumn in an \array? I cannot answer your question directly but I can suggest two alternative approaches to this: use tabular instead of array or use the align or align* environment. hope this helps, eric

Re: Feature Request: Show the title in closed floats

At Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:43:05 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: When people are beginning to ask for a brand new user interface for such a minuscule feature, something is wrong. What about a tooltip on the closed button instead? No, please no! Tooltips et al. imply the use of the mouse.

Re: Feature Request: Show the title in closed floats

At Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:43:05 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: When people are beginning to ask for a brand new user interface for such a minuscule feature, something is wrong. What about a tooltip on the closed button instead? No, please no! Tooltips et al. imply the use of the mouse.

Re: Feature Request: Show the title in closed floats

At Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:43:05 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > When people are beginning to ask for a brand new user interface for > such a minuscule feature, something is wrong. What about a tooltip > on the closed button instead? No, please no! Tooltips et al. imply the use of the mouse.

Re: Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

if you are importing Word documents, you may have styles troubles. It may be uncommon but it's definitely one of the key reasons I gave up on OOo (despite wanting to like it). -- MC . -.. --- - ..-. .-. .- --. .- .- - ..- -.-. .-.. .- -.-. ..- -.- NL Professor Eric S Fraga, Chemical

Re: Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

if you are importing Word documents, you may have styles troubles. It may be uncommon but it's definitely one of the key reasons I gave up on OOo (despite wanting to like it). -- MC . -.. --- - ..-. .-. .- --. .- .- - ..- -.-. .-.. .- -.-. ..- -.- NL Professor Eric S Fraga, Chemical

Re: Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

e an uncommon experience. > However if you are importing Word documents, you may have > styles troubles. It may be uncommon but it's definitely one of the key reasons I gave up on OOo (despite wanting to like it). -- MC . -.. --- - ..-. .-. .- --. .- .- - ..- -.-. .-.. .- -.-. ..- -.- NL Pr

Re: lyx to word conversion

than trying to do mathematics in Word, mind you... In any case, can anybody recommend any tools which can help in mathematics conversion to OOo or Word from LyX/LaTeX? cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: lyx to word conversion

than trying to do mathematics in Word, mind you... In any case, can anybody recommend any tools which can help in mathematics conversion to OOo or Word from LyX/LaTeX? cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: lyx to word conversion

step 4 is long and arduous; still better than trying to do mathematics in Word, mind you... In any case, can anybody recommend any tools which can help in mathematics conversion to OOo or Word from LyX/LaTeX? cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Multiple columns, but not quite.

. Probably have to use ERT in LyX? There are also CTAN packages called tabbing and ntabbing which are minor improvements on the basic environment. HTH, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Multiple columns, but not quite.

. Probably have to use ERT in LyX? There are also CTAN packages called tabbing and ntabbing which are minor improvements on the basic environment. HTH, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Multiple columns, but not quite.

hat you want in LaTeX. Probably have to use ERT in LyX? There are also CTAN packages called tabbing and ntabbing which are minor improvements on the basic environment. HTH, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Editors for LaTeX-files with syntax highlighting

how to do something in LaTeX!! cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Editors for LaTeX-files with syntax highlighting

how to do something in LaTeX!! cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Editors for LaTeX-files with syntax highlighting

-call when I can't remember how to do something in LaTeX!! cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: cursor size

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:19:53PM +1300, john wrote: On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 09:27 +, Eric S Fraga wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Rafael Perez Pascual wrote: I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line very dificut to see, is it possible to have

Re: cursor size

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:19:53PM +1300, john wrote: On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 09:27 +, Eric S Fraga wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Rafael Perez Pascual wrote: I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line very dificut to see, is it possible to have

Re: cursor size

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:19:53PM +1300, john wrote: > On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 09:27 +0000, Eric S Fraga wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Rafael Perez Pascual wrote: > > > I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line > > > very dif

Re: help on oxford style bibliography or humanities-style in general

-rated benefits of a WYSIWYM system like LyX. I have a preference for sans serif fonts on my display when writing but prefer serif fonts when printing. Sorry I can't help with your actual question however... : -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: help on oxford style bibliography or humanities-style in general

-rated benefits of a WYSIWYM system like LyX. I have a preference for sans serif fonts on my display when writing but prefer serif fonts when printing. Sorry I can't help with your actual question however... : -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: help on oxford style bibliography or humanities-style in general

ost under-rated benefits of a WYSIWYM system like LyX. I have a preference for sans serif fonts on my display when writing but prefer serif fonts when printing. Sorry I can't help with your actual question however... :< -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Help Math on screen Symbols are shown incorrect

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Re: Help Math on screen Symbols are shown incorrect

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Re: Help Math on screen Symbols are shown incorrect

a truetype font package. I'm using Debian stable. hope this helps, eric -- Eric S Fraga, Dept Chemical Engineering, UCL, [EMAIL PROTECTED] .ooo.ooo.ooo..o...o...ooo..ooo.oo...o.o.oooo.ooo.o...

Re: align left and hyphenation

for HTML email! cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: align left and hyphenation

for HTML email! cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: align left and hyphenation

t take this as support for HTML email! cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: align left and hyphenation

remember a PhD thesis on this topic at U of Waterloo, Canada) indicating that although justified text looked better, text that was left-aligned (for european languages, say) was definitely easier to read. -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: align left and hyphenation

remember a PhD thesis on this topic at U of Waterloo, Canada) indicating that although justified text looked better, text that was left-aligned (for european languages, say) was definitely easier to read. -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: align left and hyphenation

ences at hand but I do remember a PhD thesis on this topic at U of Waterloo, Canada) indicating that although justified text "looked better", text that was left-aligned (for european languages, say) was definitely easier to read. -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Setting the spacing between \itemize entries?

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Re: Setting the spacing between \itemize entries?

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Re: Setting the spacing between \itemize entries?

there was one... :-). cheers, eric -- Eric S Fraga, Dept Chemical Engineering, UCL, [EMAIL PROTECTED] .ooo.ooo.ooo..o...o...ooo..ooo.oo...o.o.oooo.ooo.o...

Re: Line numbering

(or in Google line number and LyX). check out the lineno LaTeX style which should be in your distribution. it may do what you want. -- Eric S Fraga, Dept Chemical Engineering, UCL, [EMAIL PROTECTED] .ooo.ooo.ooo..o...o...ooo..ooo.oo...o.o.oooo.ooo.o...

Re: Line numbering

(or in Google line number and LyX). check out the lineno LaTeX style which should be in your distribution. it may do what you want. -- Eric S Fraga, Dept Chemical Engineering, UCL, [EMAIL PROTECTED] .ooo.ooo.ooo..o...o...ooo..ooo.oo...o.o.oooo.ooo.o...

Re: Line numbering

nded help (or in > Google "line number" and LyX). check out the lineno LaTeX style which should be in your distribution. it may do what you want. -- Eric S Fraga, Dept Chemical Engineering, UCL, [EMAIL PROTECTED] .ooo.ooo.ooo..o...o...ooo..ooo.oo...o.o.oooo.ooo.o...

Re: Adding a Command in the ToC -- RESOLVED

of contents one). I don't want to change the bibtex style in any case; in this case all I want to do is insert a '\itemsep=0pt' line after the begin bibliography command and before the first bibitem command. cheers, eric -- Eric S Fraga, Dept Chemical Engineering, UCL, [EMAIL PROTECTED] .ooo.ooo.ooo..o

Re: Adding a Command in the ToC -- RESOLVED

of contents one). I don't want to change the bibtex style in any case; in this case all I want to do is insert a '\itemsep=0pt' line after the begin bibliography command and before the first bibitem command. cheers, eric -- Eric S Fraga, Dept Chemical Engineering, UCL, [EMAIL PROTECTED] .ooo.ooo.ooo..o

Re: Adding a Command in the ToC -- RESOLVED

s; my query is about interacting with LyX gray boxes (such as the bibtex reference one or the table of contents one). I don't want to change the bibtex style in any case; in this case all I want to do is insert a '\itemsep=0pt' line after the begin bibliography command and before the first bibitem

Re: Adding a Command in the ToC -- RESOLVED

and the only way I can get things the way I want them is to edit the latex (well, the bibtex generated) code itself. Is there any way to pass options to the LyX bibtex generation entry? cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Adding a Command in the ToC -- RESOLVED

and the only way I can get things the way I want them is to edit the latex (well, the bibtex generated) code itself. Is there any way to pass options to the LyX bibtex generation entry? cheers, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: Adding a Command in the ToC -- RESOLVED

quot;BibTeX Generated References" LyX directive. Unfortunately, any reference to itemsep before or after this gray box has no effect and the only way I can get things the way I want them is to edit the latex (well, the bibtex generated) code itself. Is there any way to pass options to the LyX

Re: key-binding numbers

keyboard). You can use 'xev' to find out the keycode for each key on your keyboard. HTH, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: key-binding numbers

keyboard). You can use 'xev' to find out the keycode for each key on your keyboard. HTH, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...

Re: key-binding numbers

tely affect other applications as well), assuming you are using X11 and not MS Windows, is to re-map the keypad 1 key to something else using 'xmodmap'. For instance, you could map it to F23 (a function key that might not already exist on your keyboard). You can use 'xev' to find out the keycode for each key on your keyboard. HTH, eric -- Eric S. Fraga, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London ***.*..**.*.*...***.***.*...*...***.*...