Re: Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX

2024-04-18 Thread Stephen Buonopane
> On Apr 17, 2024, at 4:57 PM, Brian Kneller via lyx-users > wrote: > > Hi, > > I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a PhD (75K > words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the figures are in > Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in Format.

Re: Problems with insert Graphics on MacOS

2023-07-18 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Jul 18, 2023, at 8:43 AM, Sarah Stelter via lyx-users wrote: > > Dear Lyx Team, > > I installed a new version of Lyx Version 2.3.7 on my MacOS Ventura Version > 13.3.1. > It worked before but now I can’t insert Graphics anymore without tipping the > path manually. > Basacly the browse

Re: Ventura graphics Mac

2023-01-23 Thread Stephen Buonopane
> On Jan 23, 2023, at 3:19 PM, Chris Menzel wrote: > > For those of you facing this issue, here are two other ways to copy the full > path and file name, which I think are fewer mouse clicks than opening the Get > Info.. > > 1) In the Finder, right click on the file to bring up the

Re: Ventura graphics Mac

2023-01-23 Thread Stephen Buonopane
> On Jan 21, 2023, at 4:02 PM, Christopher Menzel > wrote: > > Udi wrote: >> I think this bug is already reported here >> , it seems that you can enter the >> Unix file path into the "File:" field manually. >> >> It's not a perfect solution, but it

Re: More space for document

2023-01-13 Thread Stephen Buonopane
> On Jan 13, 2023, at 2:54 PM, Paul Stansell wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 at 18:44, Richard Kimberly Heck > wrote: > > FYI, Paul, there's also a full screen mode in LyX (which I think Pavel > implemented), if you really want more space. > > I didn't know

Re: dictionary

2022-01-28 Thread Stephen Buonopane via lyx-users
> On Jan 28, 2022, at 10:44 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller via lyx-users > wrote: > > Am Freitag, dem 28.01.2022 um 15:48 +0100 schrieb Patrick Dupre: >> Here it is >> >> But no paths about my own dictionaries > > Checkout whether there are any (hidden) files starting with .aspell or > .hunspell in

Re: Graphics clipping in LyX 2.3.6

2022-01-18 Thread Stephen Buonopane via lyx-users
> On Jan 18, 2022, at 3:12 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 03:23:02PM -0500, Stephen Buonopane via lyx-users > wrote: >> I looked at the release notes for 2.3.6 and the only possibly related item I >> could find was >> "- Fix clipping

Graphics clipping in LyX 2.3.6

2022-01-12 Thread Stephen Buonopane via lyx-users
Ever since I upgraded to LyX 2.3.6.2 (on Mac OS X 10.15.7) I have been having issues when I use “clip to coordinates” in the LyX: Graphics window. The bounding box of the on-screen LyX preview is different than the pdf output (using pdflatex). This worked fine when I was in LyX 2.3.5.2 I am

Re: PDF graphics is blurred in LyX when scaled

2018-11-12 Thread Stephen Buonopane
> On Nov 12, 2018, at 7:52 AM, Baris Erkus wrote: > > On 12-Nov-18 3:38 PM, Kornel Benko wrote: >> Am Montag, 12. November 2018 13:21:58 CET schrieb Daniel : >>> On 11/11/2018 19:14, Paul A. Rubin wrote: On 11/10/18 9:45 PM, Baris Erkus wrote: > Hello, > > PDF graphics

Re: Formatting name/date to be filled by others

2018-04-10 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Apr 10, 2018, at 7:49 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> Of course, \hspace{} and \vspace{} will place these appropriately. What I >> seek is a way to add the solid underline for a defined length and at a >> specified place.

Re: Removing period following section reference

2017-09-29 Thread Stephen Buonopane
> On Sep 28, 2017, at 11:09 PM, Christos Makridis wrote: > > Hey Lyx Community, > > I've spent some time searching online for a resolution to this, but haven't > found much. > > The issue is as follows. > > Suppose I write a section in the appendix (insert appendix

Re: LyX Spell Checker Sanity Check

2017-01-06 Thread Stephen G. Buonopane
> On Jan 6, 2017, at 10:27 PM, Joel Kulesza wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Richard Heck > wrote: > The spell checkers are all external programs. I don't know what the > default is on OSX. > > Nor I. > > Is it possible

Re: Inserting a very large skip that does not apply.

2016-11-27 Thread Stephen G. Buonopane
> On Nov 27, 2016, at 12:07 PM, John Kane wrote: > > > > I clearly am missing something obvious. I just want to place a line of text > in the centre of a landscape page. > > I thought I could just insert a fairly large custom skip and that should do > it but the skip

Re: Lilypond preview

2016-09-21 Thread Stephen Luttrell
> On 14 Sep 2016, at 02:23, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 07:14:00PM +0100, Stephen Luttrell wrote: >> I have OS X 10.11.6 and LyX 2.2.1 with (1) Look & Feel / Display / Display >> graphics checked, and (2) Look & F

Lilypond preview

2016-09-13 Thread Stephen Luttrell
to work as expected in the LyX window. In case it is relevant, preview of mathematical formulae in my LyX window works correctly. Stephen Luttrell

Re: Landscape document..........

2016-07-16 Thread Stephen GEORGE
Hi All, On 17/07/16 08:41, Charlie wrote: On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 19:48:28 + (UTC) "Paul A.Rubin ru...@msu.edu" informed me of this: > Charlie ipstarmail.com.au> writes: With a full page picture, landscape the picture goes out past the right page, with the text landscape it

lyx 2.2.0 icons and mac retina

2016-06-07 Thread Stephen G. Buonopane
I have been upgraded to a new retina mac book pro which I also use with an external, non-retina display. With Lyx 2.2.0 the icons rescale when I move LyX between the retina and non-retina displays.If I set them to normal on the retina display, they become tiny on the external monitor. With

Re: graphical float placements

2015-03-25 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 25, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am 25.03.2015 um 19:49 schrieb fmsal...@virginmedia.com: Hullo, Using distribution openSUSE 13.2 but not the rpm's for tex and lyx. TexLive 2014 installed and lyx 2.1.2 compiled locally.. I am writing a document of about

Re: graphical float placements

2015-03-25 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 25, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am 25.03.2015 um 19:49 schrieb fmsal...@virginmedia.com: Hullo, Using distribution openSUSE 13.2 but not the rpm's for tex and lyx. TexLive 2014 installed and lyx 2.1.2 compiled locally.. I am writing a document of about

Re: graphical float placements

2015-03-25 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 25, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > > Am 25.03.2015 um 19:49 schrieb fmsal...@virginmedia.com: >> Hullo, >>Using distribution openSUSE 13.2 but not the rpm's for tex and lyx. >> TexLive 2014 installed and lyx 2.1.2 compiled locally.. >> >>I am writing a

Re: lyx on Mac - blurred fonts

2014-10-20 Thread Stephen Buonopane
I have been following this thread (and past related ones) with great interest as I will be forced to upgrade to a retina Mac in the next 6 months or so. Could someone post some screen shots that show the on-screen quality on a retina mac versus non-retina? How is the image quality on a

Re: lyx on Mac - blurred fonts

2014-10-20 Thread Stephen Buonopane
I have been following this thread (and past related ones) with great interest as I will be forced to upgrade to a retina Mac in the next 6 months or so. Could someone post some screen shots that show the on-screen quality on a retina mac versus non-retina? How is the image quality on a

Re: lyx on Mac - blurred fonts

2014-10-20 Thread Stephen Buonopane
I have been following this thread (and past related ones) with great interest as I will be forced to upgrade to a retina Mac in the next 6 months or so. Could someone post some screen shots that show the on-screen quality on a retina mac versus non-retina? How is the image quality on a

Re: Templates on Mac OS X

2014-07-16 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On the Mac installation, they get buried inside of the app package. Find LyX.app in your applications folder Right click on it and select show package contents Then go to Contents - Resources - templates On my installation of LyX, File - New from Template goes to

Re: Templates on Mac OS X

2014-07-16 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On the Mac installation, they get buried inside of the app package. Find LyX.app in your applications folder Right click on it and select show package contents Then go to Contents - Resources - templates On my installation of LyX, File - New from Template goes to

Re: Templates on Mac OS X

2014-07-16 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On the Mac installation, they get buried inside of the app package. Find LyX.app in your applications folder Right click on it and select "show package contents" Then go to Contents -> Resources -> templates On my installation of LyX, File -> New from Template goes to

Fwd: How to enlarge a Graphic?

2014-04-17 Thread Stephen Buonopane
Begin forwarded message: From: Norbert Böhm sternent...@friedenswarte.de Subject: Re: How to enlarge a Graphic? Date: April 17, 2014 6:00:12 AM EDT To: Stephen Buonopane sbuon...@bucknell.edu Am 17.04.2014 05:08, schrieb Stephen Buonopane: On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Richard Heck

Fwd: How to enlarge a Graphic?

2014-04-17 Thread Stephen Buonopane
Begin forwarded message: From: Norbert Böhm sternent...@friedenswarte.de Subject: Re: How to enlarge a Graphic? Date: April 17, 2014 6:00:12 AM EDT To: Stephen Buonopane sbuon...@bucknell.edu Am 17.04.2014 05:08, schrieb Stephen Buonopane: On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Richard Heck

Fwd: How to enlarge a Graphic?

2014-04-17 Thread Stephen Buonopane
Begin forwarded message: > From: Norbert Böhm <sternent...@friedenswarte.de> > Subject: Re: How to enlarge a Graphic? > Date: April 17, 2014 6:00:12 AM EDT > To: Stephen Buonopane <sbuon...@bucknell.edu> > > Am 17.04.2014 05:08, schrieb Stephen Buonopane: >

Re: How to enlarge a Graphic?

2014-04-16 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Richard Heck wrote: On 04/16/2014 05:06 AM, Norbert Böhm wrote: Hello, can I ask here to a Lyx - Problem with Graphics? So, the Problem is, that I want to set a Graphic over the holy entire of a A4 - Page. I may set of the margins for this site. I think

Re: How to enlarge a Graphic?

2014-04-16 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Richard Heck wrote: On 04/16/2014 05:06 AM, Norbert Böhm wrote: Hello, can I ask here to a Lyx - Problem with Graphics? So, the Problem is, that I want to set a Graphic over the holy entire of a A4 - Page. I may set of the margins for this site. I think

Re: How to enlarge a Graphic?

2014-04-16 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Richard Heck wrote: > On 04/16/2014 05:06 AM, Norbert Böhm wrote: >> Hello, >> >> can I ask here to a Lyx - Problem with Graphics? >> >> So, the Problem is, that I want to set a Graphic over the holy entire >> of a A4 - Page. I may set of the margins for this site.

Can't change previewer

2014-02-06 Thread Stephen Corwin
Hi-- I've been using LyX for many years and know how to change previewers, but no matter what I do now, documents come up in Yap. I'm running LyX 2.0.7 on Windows 7. What I've done: 1. Installed SumatraPDF 2. Added ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF to the PATH prefix item in Tools

Can't change previewer

2014-02-06 Thread Stephen Corwin
Hi-- I've been using LyX for many years and know how to change previewers, but no matter what I do now, documents come up in Yap. I'm running LyX 2.0.7 on Windows 7. What I've done: 1. Installed SumatraPDF 2. Added ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF to the PATH prefix item in Tools

Can't change previewer

2014-02-06 Thread Stephen Corwin
Hi-- I've been using LyX for many years and know how to change previewers, but no matter what I do now, documents come up in Yap. I'm running LyX 2.0.7 on Windows 7. What I've done: 1. Installed SumatraPDF 2. Added ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF to the "PATH prefix" item in Tools >

Where is insert branch in 2.0.7?

2014-01-25 Thread Stephen Luttrell
I have Lyx 2.0.7 on OS X 10.9.1. The menu entry for Insert Branch branch name doesn't exist in 2.0.7. Previously in 2.0.6, when you created a new branch name, its name was appended to the menu entry Insert Branch ... so that further instances of the branch could then be created, but this no

Where is insert branch in 2.0.7?

2014-01-25 Thread Stephen Luttrell
I have Lyx 2.0.7 on OS X 10.9.1. The menu entry for Insert Branch branch name doesn't exist in 2.0.7. Previously in 2.0.6, when you created a new branch name, its name was appended to the menu entry Insert Branch ... so that further instances of the branch could then be created, but this no

Where is insert branch in 2.0.7?

2014-01-25 Thread Stephen Luttrell
I have Lyx 2.0.7 on OS X 10.9.1. The menu entry for "Insert Branch " doesn't exist in 2.0.7. Previously in 2.0.6, when you created a new branch name, its name was appended to the menu entry "Insert Branch ..." so that further instances of the branch could then be created, but this no longer

Re: Seeing invisible table grid lines in the GUI

2014-01-22 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Jan 22, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Maria Gouskova gousk...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Maria Gouskova gousk...@gmail.com wrote: Hi LyX users,

Re: Seeing invisible table grid lines in the GUI

2014-01-22 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Jan 22, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Maria Gouskova gousk...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Maria Gouskova gousk...@gmail.com wrote: Hi LyX users,

Re: Seeing invisible table grid lines in the GUI

2014-01-22 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Jan 22, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

Re: Can't insert PDF image into LyX

2013-12-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
Try the solution given here… http://michael.orlitzky.com/articles/fixing_pdf_graphics_in_lyx.php which creates a direct conversion from pdf to png. It solved a related problem for me in the past where the conversion through eps subtly changed the graphics dimensions making on screen cropping

Re: Can't insert PDF image into LyX

2013-12-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
Try the solution given here… http://michael.orlitzky.com/articles/fixing_pdf_graphics_in_lyx.php which creates a direct conversion from pdf to png. It solved a related problem for me in the past where the conversion through eps subtly changed the graphics dimensions making on screen cropping

Re: Can't insert PDF image into LyX

2013-12-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
Try the solution given here… http://michael.orlitzky.com/articles/fixing_pdf_graphics_in_lyx.php which creates a direct conversion from pdf to png. It solved a related problem for me in the past where the conversion through eps subtly changed the graphics dimensions making on screen cropping

Re: Tutorial sample files

2013-10-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Oct 3, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Paul Meehl wrote: I am new to LyX and cannot find the sample files described in the Tutorial.pdf: Finally, we have written a file called example_raw.lyx to let you practice your LYX skills. Imagine that it was typed by someone who did not know about any of

Re: Tutorial sample files

2013-10-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Oct 3, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Paul Meehl wrote: I am new to LyX and cannot find the sample files described in the Tutorial.pdf: Finally, we have written a file called example_raw.lyx to let you practice your LYX skills. Imagine that it was typed by someone who did not know about any of

Re: Tutorial sample files

2013-10-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Oct 3, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Paul Meehl wrote: > I am new to LyX and cannot find the sample files described in the > Tutorial.pdf: > >Finally, we have written a file called example_raw.lyx to let you practice > your LYX skills. Imagine that it was typed by someone who did not know > about

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Stephen George
On 30/08/2013 1:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 8:08 PM, Steve Litt wrote: When doing stochastic screening, the ideal is to screen at the same dpi as the final printing device. Next best is an even multiple. I.E. screen at 300 dpi for printing on a 600 dpi printer. You also have to

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Stephen George
On 30/08/2013 1:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 8:08 PM, Steve Litt wrote: When doing stochastic screening, the ideal is to screen at the same dpi as the final printing device. Next best is an even multiple. I.E. screen at 300 dpi for printing on a 600 dpi printer. You also have to

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Stephen George
On 30/08/2013 1:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 8:08 PM, Steve Litt wrote: When doing stochastic screening, the ideal is to screen at the same dpi as the final printing device. Next best is an even multiple. I.E. screen at 300 dpi for printing on a 600 dpi printer. You also have to

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-11 Thread Stephen George
On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-11 Thread Stephen George
On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-11 Thread Stephen George
On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /"open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
\filepath{c:/docs/} Have you tried it with Windows-style path names? So I changed this to define a \dirsep macro which gives me a backslash. Using \textbackslash (and I think escaping the backslash) seemed to insert a \T1 macro that is undefined. However, with my \dirsep, I still get the

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
There may not be any pdf-png converter defined, though one could use ImageMagick to define one. A better solution might be to modify the script you have to export something other than PDF. This is probably fairly easy to do. So I have now updated my script to convert to PNG also, and

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
$$r The full path to the original LyX file being processed, e.g. D:/Documents/LyX/ Is this supported in Windows? I tried to update my LaTeX (pdflatex) - PDF (pdflatex) converter to specify the output directory (to overcome the problem in my other thread); so it is specified as this: pdflatex

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
I've tried the same under Windows (I need this to work with LyX under Windows), setting an environment variable to point to a path (and reconfiguring and restarting LyX just in case), and specifying that path as my \filepath, but I still get the same 'I can't write on file `path/testreq1.tex'

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
\filepath{c:/docs/} Have you tried it with Windows-style path names? So I changed this to define a \dirsep macro which gives me a backslash. Using \textbackslash (and I think escaping the backslash) seemed to insert a \T1 macro that is undefined. However, with my \dirsep, I still get the

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
There may not be any pdf-png converter defined, though one could use ImageMagick to define one. A better solution might be to modify the script you have to export something other than PDF. This is probably fairly easy to do. So I have now updated my script to convert to PNG also, and

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
$$r The full path to the original LyX file being processed, e.g. D:/Documents/LyX/ Is this supported in Windows? I tried to update my LaTeX (pdflatex) - PDF (pdflatex) converter to specify the output directory (to overcome the problem in my other thread); so it is specified as this: pdflatex

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
I've tried the same under Windows (I need this to work with LyX under Windows), setting an environment variable to point to a path (and reconfiguring and restarting LyX just in case), and specifying that path as my \filepath, but I still get the same 'I can't write on file `path/testreq1.tex'

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
> > \filepath{c:/docs/} > > Have you tried it with Windows-style path names? So I changed this to define a \dirsep macro which gives me a backslash. Using \textbackslash (and I think escaping the backslash) seemed to insert a \T1 macro that is undefined. However, with my \dirsep, I still get

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
> There may not be any pdf->png converter defined, though one could use > ImageMagick to define one. A better solution might be to modify the > script you have to export something other than PDF. This is probably > fairly easy to do. So I have now updated my script to convert to PNG also, and

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
> $$r The full path to the original LyX file being processed, e.g. > D:/Documents/LyX/ Is this supported in Windows? I tried to update my LaTeX (pdflatex) -> PDF (pdflatex) converter to specify the output directory (to overcome the problem in my other thread); so it is specified as this:

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-09 Thread Stephen Brooking
> I've tried the same under Windows (I need this to work with LyX under > Windows), setting an environment variable to point to a path (and > reconfiguring and restarting LyX just in case), and specifying that path as > my \filepath, but I still get the same 'I can't write on file >

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
No? I hesitate to contradict you Richard but in my tinkering with Python scripts I've run converters using *all* the following: [snip] $$p The full directory path of the LyX temporary directory. On my Windows system one day this was

Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
Hi, I'm using LyX 2.0.5.1 on a Windows 7 machine. I am trying to put together a LyX framework that will allow me to enter some text, set it to a particular Style, and for the text marked by that Style to be written to a file. The filename and path to be specified by other macros. The file

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
So I now get my conversion performed OK when I generate the PDF document, but the preview of the figure in the LyX editing window still says 'Error converting to loadable format'. Would you be able to provide me any pointers as to why this is? Is there a log of the errors that

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
Which doesn't seem to show any error. Any other suggestions of what I could try? Am I doing the right thing in trying to get the console output in the command prompt? Sorry - I wasn't looking high enough up in the debug output. If I just select 'Graphics conversion and loading' messages I

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
\filepath{c:/docs/} Have you tried it with Windows-style path names? Hi Richard, I have, but I'm not sure I've tried it in the correct way. \filepath{c:\docs\} The above would be looking for the macro \docs ? How should I express the Windows-style path names? Thanks and regards, Steve

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
No? I hesitate to contradict you Richard but in my tinkering with Python scripts I've run converters using *all* the following: [snip] $$p The full directory path of the LyX temporary directory. On my Windows system one day this was

Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
Hi, I'm using LyX 2.0.5.1 on a Windows 7 machine. I am trying to put together a LyX framework that will allow me to enter some text, set it to a particular Style, and for the text marked by that Style to be written to a file. The filename and path to be specified by other macros. The file

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
So I now get my conversion performed OK when I generate the PDF document, but the preview of the figure in the LyX editing window still says 'Error converting to loadable format'. Would you be able to provide me any pointers as to why this is? Is there a log of the errors that

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
Which doesn't seem to show any error. Any other suggestions of what I could try? Am I doing the right thing in trying to get the console output in the command prompt? Sorry - I wasn't looking high enough up in the debug output. If I just select 'Graphics conversion and loading' messages I

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
\filepath{c:/docs/} Have you tried it with Windows-style path names? Hi Richard, I have, but I'm not sure I've tried it in the correct way. \filepath{c:\docs\} The above would be looking for the macro \docs ? How should I express the Windows-style path names? Thanks and regards, Steve

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
> > No? I hesitate to contradict you Richard but in my tinkering with > > Python scripts I've run converters using *all* the following: > > [snip] > > $$p The full directory path of the LyX temporary directory. On my > > Windows system one day this was > > > >

Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
Hi, I'm using LyX 2.0.5.1 on a Windows 7 machine. I am trying to put together a LyX framework that will allow me to enter some text, set it to a particular Style, and for the text marked by that Style to be written to a file. The filename and path to be specified by other macros. The file

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
> > So I now get my conversion performed OK when I generate the PDF > > document, but the preview of the figure in the LyX editing window > > still says 'Error converting to loadable format'. Would you be able to > > provide me any pointers as to why this is? Is there a log of the > > errors

Re: Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
> Which doesn't seem to show any error. > > Any other suggestions of what I could try? Am I doing the right thing in > trying to get the console output in the command prompt? Sorry - I wasn't looking high enough up in the debug output. If I just select 'Graphics conversion and loading'

Re: Specifying a path prefix in a LaTeX macro

2013-05-08 Thread Stephen Brooking
> > \filepath{c:/docs/} > > Have you tried it with Windows-style path names? Hi Richard, I have, but I'm not sure I've tried it in the correct way. \filepath{c:\docs\} The above would be looking for the macro \docs ? How should I express the Windows-style path names? Thanks and regards,

Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-07 Thread Stephen Brooking
Hi, I have specified a new converter to convert Visio drawings into PDF (using some VBScript borrowed from elsewhere on the web), but have run into issues. My converter is specified like this: cscript path/vsd2pdf.vbs $$i $$o When Visio runs, it can't access the file to convert because the

Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-07 Thread Stephen Brooking
Hi, I have specified a new converter to convert Visio drawings into PDF (using some VBScript borrowed from elsewhere on the web), but have run into issues. My converter is specified like this: cscript path/vsd2pdf.vbs $$i $$o When Visio runs, it can't access the file to convert because the

Problem specifying a new converter

2013-05-07 Thread Stephen Brooking
Hi, I have specified a new converter to convert Visio drawings into PDF (using some VBScript borrowed from elsewhere on the web), but have run into issues. My converter is specified like this: cscript /vsd2pdf.vbs "$$i" "$$o" When Visio runs, it can't access the file to convert because the

Re: Table question: what is column width?

2013-04-03 Thread Stephen
Hi, Thank you, .. I have been jumping though hoops to control my text width within a cell ( inserting boxes into cells - argh)... your question cause me to try your example out and with a little paying around I've learnt something. Anyway the way I see it (and I could be wrong), is that

Re: Table question: what is column width?

2013-04-03 Thread Stephen
Hi, Thank you, .. I have been jumping though hoops to control my text width within a cell ( inserting boxes into cells - argh)... your question cause me to try your example out and with a little paying around I've learnt something. Anyway the way I see it (and I could be wrong), is that

Re: Table question: what is column width?

2013-04-03 Thread Stephen
Hi, Thank you, .. I have been jumping though hoops to control my text width within a cell ( inserting boxes into cells - argh)... your question cause me to try your example out and with a little paying around I've learnt something. Anyway the way I see it (and I could be wrong), is that

Re: Caption-Figure Alignment

2013-03-09 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 8, 2013, at 9:28 AM, James Sutherland wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: This has always been a source of frustration to me. It seems like the default behavior should be for the paragraph style in a float to be centered.

Re: Caption-Figure Alignment

2013-03-09 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 8, 2013, at 9:28 AM, James Sutherland wrote: On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: This has always been a source of frustration to me. It seems like the default behavior should be for the paragraph style in a float to be centered.

Re: Caption-Figure Alignment

2013-03-09 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 8, 2013, at 9:28 AM, James Sutherland wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann > wrote: > > This has always been a source of frustration to me. It seems like the > default behavior should be for the paragraph style in a float to be

Re: from mac to windows

2013-02-25 Thread Stephen
Hi Cecile, I have also had problems with Miktex not installing missing packages properly, see my post where I comment on a solution that fixed it for me. ymmv http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg94623.html Steve On 25/02/13 09:05, Cecile Danilo wrote: I downloaded

Re: from mac to windows

2013-02-25 Thread Stephen
Hi Cecile, I have also had problems with Miktex not installing missing packages properly, see my post where I comment on a solution that fixed it for me. ymmv http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg94623.html Steve On 25/02/13 09:05, Cecile Danilo wrote: I downloaded

Re: from mac to windows

2013-02-25 Thread Stephen
Hi Cecile, I have also had problems with Miktex not installing missing packages properly, see my post where I comment on a solution that fixed it for me. ymmv http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg94623.html Steve On 25/02/13 09:05, Cecile Danilo wrote: I downloaded

Re: Problems with Windows installation [solved]

2013-02-06 Thread Stephen George
Hi Les, On 7/02/2013 2:49 AM, Les Denham wrote: Yesterday I had a friend call me for advice on a Windows XP installation of Lyx. He had been using LyX for several years without any problems, and had just updated to 2.0.5.1. Now he could work in LyX, but could not generate a PDF output. He is

Re: Problems with Windows installation [solved]

2013-02-06 Thread Stephen George
Hi Les, On 7/02/2013 2:49 AM, Les Denham wrote: Yesterday I had a friend call me for advice on a Windows XP installation of Lyx. He had been using LyX for several years without any problems, and had just updated to 2.0.5.1. Now he could work in LyX, but could not generate a PDF output. He is

Re: Problems with Windows installation [solved]

2013-02-06 Thread Stephen George
Hi Les, On 7/02/2013 2:49 AM, Les Denham wrote: Yesterday I had a friend call me for advice on a Windows XP installation of Lyx. He had been using LyX for several years without any problems, and had just updated to 2.0.5.1. Now he could work in LyX, but could not generate a PDF output. He is

Re: Excess Space With Tables and Figures at Chapter's End

2013-01-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: I've a short paragraph that concludes a chapter and this paragraph includes two table floats and two figure floats. TeX spreads these out over 4 pages with too much white space. The first page has the paragraph, a lot of space, then one table;

Re: Excess Space With Tables and Figures at Chapter's End

2013-01-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: I've a short paragraph that concludes a chapter and this paragraph includes two table floats and two figure floats. TeX spreads these out over 4 pages with too much white space. The first page has the paragraph, a lot of space, then one table;

Re: Excess Space With Tables and Figures at Chapter's End

2013-01-03 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I've a short paragraph that concludes a chapter and this paragraph > includes two table floats and two figure floats. TeX spreads these out over > 4 pages with too much white space. The first page has the paragraph, a lot > of space, then one

pdf cropping

2012-09-19 Thread Stephen Buonopane
I have a pdf file that has /MediaBox [0 0 630 376] when I ask LyX to get the bounding box from the file it returns [0 0 611 376] which means the right edge of the image is cut off in both the LyX preview and the pdf output, unless I change the 611 to 630. I searched the pdf file in a text

pdf cropping

2012-09-19 Thread Stephen Buonopane
I have a pdf file that has /MediaBox [0 0 630 376] when I ask LyX to get the bounding box from the file it returns [0 0 611 376] which means the right edge of the image is cut off in both the LyX preview and the pdf output, unless I change the 611 to 630. I searched the pdf file in a text

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