Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-03-07 Thread Julien Rioux
On 24/02/2012 5:30 PM, Pascal Fischer wrote: 2. Does the bundle-installer that includes all additional software that is needed, install all programs or does it only include these programs but I have to install each of them seperately? It installs them one after the other if I remember

Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-03-07 Thread Julien Rioux
On 24/02/2012 5:30 PM, Pascal Fischer wrote: 2. Does the bundle-installer that includes all additional software that is needed, install all programs or does it only include these programs but I have to install each of them seperately? It installs them one after the other if I remember

Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-03-07 Thread Julien Rioux
On 24/02/2012 5:30 PM, Pascal Fischer wrote: 2. Does the bundle-installer that includes all additional software that is needed, install all programs or does it only include these programs but I have to install each of them seperately? It installs them one after the other if I remember

Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-02-25 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pascal Fischer wrote: 1. I've read, that it is needed to install spellcheck-dictionaries for other languages and additional modules (e.g. for linguistic documents) seperately. Where do I find these and how do I install them so that Lyx uses them? On Windows, the spellcheck dictionaries should

Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-02-25 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pascal Fischer wrote: 1. I've read, that it is needed to install spellcheck-dictionaries for other languages and additional modules (e.g. for linguistic documents) seperately. Where do I find these and how do I install them so that Lyx uses them? On Windows, the spellcheck dictionaries should

Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-02-25 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pascal Fischer wrote: > 1. I've read, that it is needed to install spellcheck-dictionaries for > other languages and additional modules (e.g. for linguistic documents) > seperately. Where do I find these and how do I install them so that > Lyx uses them? On Windows, the spellcheck dictionaries

5 questions from a new user

2012-02-24 Thread Pascal Fischer
Hello, I'm a linguistics-student and want to switch from Word to Lyx (on Windows). I have 5 beginner-questions: 1. I've read, that it is needed to install spellcheck-dictionaries for other languages and additional modules (e.g. for linguistic documents) seperately. Where do I find these and how

Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:30:52 +0100 Pascal Fischer pascal.fischer...@googlemail.com wrote: 5. How do I enter em-dashes and en-dashes in Lyxx? I hope you can help me, An em-dash is three consecutive dashes in LyX. An en-dash is two consecutive dashes in LyX. SteveT

5 questions from a new user

2012-02-24 Thread Pascal Fischer
Hello, I'm a linguistics-student and want to switch from Word to Lyx (on Windows). I have 5 beginner-questions: 1. I've read, that it is needed to install spellcheck-dictionaries for other languages and additional modules (e.g. for linguistic documents) seperately. Where do I find these and how

Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:30:52 +0100 Pascal Fischer pascal.fischer...@googlemail.com wrote: 5. How do I enter em-dashes and en-dashes in Lyxx? I hope you can help me, An em-dash is three consecutive dashes in LyX. An en-dash is two consecutive dashes in LyX. SteveT

5 questions from a new user

2012-02-24 Thread Pascal Fischer
Hello, I'm a linguistics-student and want to switch from Word to Lyx (on Windows). I have 5 beginner-questions: 1. I've read, that it is needed to install spellcheck-dictionaries for other languages and additional modules (e.g. for linguistic documents) seperately. Where do I find these and how

Re: 5 questions from a new user

2012-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:30:52 +0100 Pascal Fischer wrote: > 5. How do I enter em-dashes and en-dashes in Lyxx? > > I hope you can help me, An em-dash is three consecutive dashes in LyX. An en-dash is two consecutive dashes in LyX. SteveT

New User: How Best to Import Novel from Mac?

2010-02-09 Thread Hoodrio
Just installed Lyx on my '09 iMac, on which I have saved a completed novel (in Pages software). How would I import this document's contents into Lyx without making a mess of the formatting? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/New-User-How-Best-to-Import-Novel-from-Mac

Re: New User: How Best to Import Novel from Mac?

2010-02-09 Thread BH
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Hoodrio hoodste...@yahoo.com wrote: Just installed Lyx on my '09 iMac, on which I have saved a completed novel (in Pages software).  How would I import this document's contents into Lyx without making a mess of the formatting? It really depends on how much

New User: How Best to Import Novel from Mac?

2010-02-09 Thread Hoodrio
Just installed Lyx on my '09 iMac, on which I have saved a completed novel (in Pages software). How would I import this document's contents into Lyx without making a mess of the formatting? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/New-User-How-Best-to-Import-Novel-from-Mac

Re: New User: How Best to Import Novel from Mac?

2010-02-09 Thread BH
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Hoodrio hoodste...@yahoo.com wrote: Just installed Lyx on my '09 iMac, on which I have saved a completed novel (in Pages software).  How would I import this document's contents into Lyx without making a mess of the formatting? It really depends on how much

New User: How Best to Import Novel from Mac?

2010-02-09 Thread Hoodrio
Just installed Lyx on my '09 iMac, on which I have saved a completed novel (in Pages software). How would I import this document's contents into Lyx without making a mess of the formatting? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/New-User-How-Best-to-Import-Novel-from-Mac

Re: New User: How Best to Import Novel from Mac?

2010-02-09 Thread BH
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Hoodrio wrote: > > Just installed Lyx on my '09 iMac, on which I have saved a completed novel > (in Pages software).  How would I import this document's contents into Lyx > without making a mess of the formatting? It really depends on how

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:36:10 am Paul Sutton wrote: Hi I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier than using a word processor for such tasks. I have been trying to work on a nicely

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-31, Doug Laidlaw wrote: On Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:36:10 am Paul Sutton wrote: I put all the data in tables, but I think this was a bad idea, as the newlines etc are causing problems, what I want to go back to is a document without all the table tags in, so it just lists what

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier than using a word processor for such tasks. I have been trying to work on a

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:36:10 am Paul Sutton wrote: Hi I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier than using a word processor for such tasks. I have been trying to work on a nicely

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-31, Doug Laidlaw wrote: On Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:36:10 am Paul Sutton wrote: I put all the data in tables, but I think this was a bad idea, as the newlines etc are causing problems, what I want to go back to is a document without all the table tags in, so it just lists what

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier than using a word processor for such tasks. I have been trying to work on a

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:36:10 am Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured > out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier > than using a word processor for such tasks. > > I have been trying to work on a

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-31, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:36:10 am Paul Sutton wrote: >> I put all the data in tables, but I think this was a bad idea, as the >> newlines etc are causing problems, what I want to go back to is a >> document without all the table tags in, so it just lists

Re: new user

2009-03-31 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier than using a word processor for such tasks. I have been trying to work on a

new user

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier than using a word processor for such tasks. I have been trying to work on a nicely formatted

new user

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier than using a word processor for such tasks. I have been trying to work on a nicely formatted

new user

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I am fairly new to lyx and latex, so far its pretty good I have figured out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc, which is much easier than using a word processor for such tasks. I have been trying to work on a nicely formatted

Re: Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-15 Thread assasukasse
rgheck ha scritto: If you search the archives, you'll find a lot on this. Generally, the view is that title pages are best configured manually, rather than using LaTeX's built-in title pages. Hello Thanks, I will try to configure the title page by setting it standard text This depends in

Re: Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-15 Thread assasukasse
rgheck ha scritto: If you search the archives, you'll find a lot on this. Generally, the view is that title pages are best configured manually, rather than using LaTeX's built-in title pages. Hello Thanks, I will try to configure the title page by setting it standard text This depends in

Re: Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-15 Thread assasukasse
rgheck ha scritto: If you search the archives, you'll find a lot on this. Generally, the view is that title pages are best configured manually, rather than using LaTeX's built-in title pages. Hello Thanks, I will try to configure the title page by setting it standard text This depends in

[new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread assasukasse
Hi everyone i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make EVERYthing in lyx: 1. I should use a particular position for the inscription

Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread rgheck
assasukasse wrote: Hi everyone i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make EVERYthing in lyx: 1. I should use a particular position

Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread Uwe Stöhr
assasukasse schrieb: i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) First of all you need to decide what document class you use. I can recommend a koma-skript class because it is highly customizable. Also the memoir

[new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread assasukasse
Hi everyone i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make EVERYthing in lyx: 1. I should use a particular position for the inscription

Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread rgheck
assasukasse wrote: Hi everyone i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make EVERYthing in lyx: 1. I should use a particular position

Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread Uwe Stöhr
assasukasse schrieb: i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) First of all you need to decide what document class you use. I can recommend a koma-skript class because it is highly customizable. Also the memoir

[new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread assasukasse
Hi everyone i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make EVERYthing in lyx: 1. I should use a particular position for the inscription

Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread rgheck
assasukasse wrote: Hi everyone i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make EVERYthing in lyx: 1. I should use a particular position

Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

2008-02-14 Thread Uwe Stöhr
assasukasse schrieb: i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better) First of all you need to decide what document class you use. I can recommend a koma-skript class because it is highly customizable. Also the memoir

New user

2007-11-20 Thread Antonio José Guirao Sánchez
Hello, I am new in LyX, and I know perfectly LaTeX. I will try to transmit my experiences in order to improve LyX which is, in my opinion, incredible. -- Antonio J. Guirao Sánchez. Universidad de Murcia. Grupo: Análisis Funcional. Facultad de Matemáticas, Campus de Espinardo. Telephone: (+34)

Re: New user

2007-11-20 Thread Marcelo Acuña
Hello, I am new in LyX, and I know perfectly LaTeX. I will try to transmit my experiences in order to improve LyX which is, in my opinion, incredible. Welcome. Marcelo in spanish -- Hola Antonio, ¡que bueno que puedas aportar conocimientos de Latex! muchas veces hay

New user

2007-11-20 Thread Antonio José Guirao Sánchez
Hello, I am new in LyX, and I know perfectly LaTeX. I will try to transmit my experiences in order to improve LyX which is, in my opinion, incredible. -- Antonio J. Guirao Sánchez. Universidad de Murcia. Grupo: Análisis Funcional. Facultad de Matemáticas, Campus de Espinardo. Telephone: (+34)

Re: New user

2007-11-20 Thread Marcelo Acuña
Hello, I am new in LyX, and I know perfectly LaTeX. I will try to transmit my experiences in order to improve LyX which is, in my opinion, incredible. Welcome. Marcelo in spanish -- Hola Antonio, ¡que bueno que puedas aportar conocimientos de Latex! muchas veces hay

New user

2007-11-20 Thread Antonio José Guirao Sánchez
Hello, I am new in LyX, and I know perfectly LaTeX. I will try to transmit my experiences in order to improve LyX which is, in my opinion, incredible. -- Antonio J. Guirao Sánchez. Universidad de Murcia. Grupo: Análisis Funcional. Facultad de Matemáticas, Campus de Espinardo. Telephone: (+34)

Re: New user

2007-11-20 Thread Marcelo Acuña
> Hello, I am new in LyX, and I know perfectly LaTeX. > I will try to > transmit my experiences in order to improve LyX > which is, in my opinion, > incredible. Welcome. Marcelo in spanish -- Hola Antonio, ¡que bueno que puedas aportar conocimientos de Latex! muchas

New User

2007-09-10 Thread Donald MacKinnon
Can I join the Lyx users list please? Regards, Donald

Re: New User

2007-09-10 Thread Florian Hackenberger
On Monday 10 September 2007, Donald MacKinnon wrote: Can I join the Lyx users list please? Welcome Donald! In order to subscribe to the list, please send an empty message to the following email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as outlined on [1]. The mailing list management software (ezmlm) will

Re: New User

2007-09-10 Thread Donald MacKinnon
Florian Hackenberger wrote: On Monday 10 September 2007, Donald MacKinnon wrote: Can I join the Lyx users list please? Welcome Donald! In order to subscribe to the list, please send an empty message to the following email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as outlined on [1]. The mailing list

New User

2007-09-10 Thread Donald MacKinnon
Can I join the Lyx users list please? Regards, Donald

Re: New User

2007-09-10 Thread Florian Hackenberger
On Monday 10 September 2007, Donald MacKinnon wrote: Can I join the Lyx users list please? Welcome Donald! In order to subscribe to the list, please send an empty message to the following email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as outlined on [1]. The mailing list management software (ezmlm) will

Re: New User

2007-09-10 Thread Donald MacKinnon
Florian Hackenberger wrote: On Monday 10 September 2007, Donald MacKinnon wrote: Can I join the Lyx users list please? Welcome Donald! In order to subscribe to the list, please send an empty message to the following email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as outlined on [1]. The mailing list

New User

2007-09-10 Thread Donald MacKinnon
Can I join the Lyx users list please? Regards, Donald

Re: New User

2007-09-10 Thread Florian Hackenberger
On Monday 10 September 2007, Donald MacKinnon wrote: > Can I join the Lyx users list please? Welcome Donald! In order to subscribe to the list, please send an empty message to the following email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as outlined on [1]. The mailing list management software (ezmlm) will

Re: New User

2007-09-10 Thread Donald MacKinnon
Florian Hackenberger wrote: On Monday 10 September 2007, Donald MacKinnon wrote: Can I join the Lyx users list please? Welcome Donald! In order to subscribe to the list, please send an empty message to the following email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as outlined on [1]. The mailing list

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Dave Hewitt
My problems were solved on a third installation attempt, so I report the details here as a record. Thanks a million to Uwe and others that helped make it work. I might suggest incorporating some of these do's and dont's in the Readme file to avoid future problems (especially for total novices

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dave Hewitt schrieb: How do you pronounce LyX in English properly? The original name of LyX was Lyrix, so it is pronounced it with the y as the y in lyrics regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 09:53:47PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Dave Hewitt schrieb: The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language choice in GSView. I cannot reproduce. The attached image

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a 'complete install'. Can't this 'LaTeX package search' thing not

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 10:48:18PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Andre Poenitz schrieb: Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: Maybe the LyX configuration nis doing too much then. No, the configuration works correct. It simply asks LaTeX packages are installed or not. And no, you need these packages, otherwise many features of LyX are not usable. (take for example formal tables, instant

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Dave Hewitt
My problems were solved on a third installation attempt, so I report the details here as a record. Thanks a million to Uwe and others that helped make it work. I might suggest incorporating some of these do's and dont's in the Readme file to avoid future problems (especially for total novices

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dave Hewitt schrieb: How do you pronounce LyX in English properly? The original name of LyX was Lyrix, so it is pronounced it with the y as the y in lyrics regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 09:53:47PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Dave Hewitt schrieb: The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language choice in GSView. I cannot reproduce. The attached image

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a 'complete install'. Can't this 'LaTeX package search' thing not

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 10:48:18PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Andre Poenitz schrieb: Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: Maybe the LyX configuration nis doing too much then. No, the configuration works correct. It simply asks LaTeX packages are installed or not. And no, you need these packages, otherwise many features of LyX are not usable. (take for example formal tables, instant

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Dave Hewitt
My problems were solved on a third installation attempt, so I report the details here as a record. Thanks a million to Uwe and others that helped make it work. I might suggest incorporating some of these do's and dont's in the Readme file to avoid future problems (especially for total novices

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dave Hewitt schrieb: How do you pronounce "LyX" in English properly? The original name of LyX was "Lyrix", so it is pronounced it with the "y" as the "y" in "lyrics" regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 09:53:47PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Dave Hewitt schrieb: > > > The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that > > you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language > > choice in GSView. > > I cannot reproduce. The attached image

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a 'complete install'. Can't this 'LaTeX package search' thing not

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 10:48:18PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Andre Poenitz schrieb: > > >Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might > >mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something > >that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: Maybe the LyX configuration nis doing too much then. No, the configuration works correct. It simply asks LaTeX packages are installed or not. And no, you need these packages, otherwise many features of LyX are not usable. (take for example formal tables, instant

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: So why not just hide the windows and show the output in the installer log? Because the user needs to be informed what is currently done and which package is currently installed. This is important since this process can last half an hour with a slow internet connection.

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dave Hewitt schrieb: The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language choice in GSView. I cannot reproduce. The attached image GSview-language.png shows what I get when I press Setup in the appearing GSview

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Bo Peng
Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very long time... over 25 minutes. I would suggest that we start lyx before configure and show the output of configure.py in a lyx windows. Otherwise, people tend to close the DOS window or kill lyx.exe if it stays there for 25

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: So why not just hide the windows and show the output in the installer log? Because the user needs to be informed what is currently done and which package is currently installed. This is important since this process can last half an hour with a slow internet connection.

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dave Hewitt schrieb: The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language choice in GSView. I cannot reproduce. The attached image GSview-language.png shows what I get when I press Setup in the appearing GSview

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Bo Peng
Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very long time... over 25 minutes. I would suggest that we start lyx before configure and show the output of configure.py in a lyx windows. Otherwise, people tend to close the DOS window or kill lyx.exe if it stays there for 25

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: So why not just hide the windows and show the output in the installer log? Because the user needs to be informed what is currently done and which package is currently installed. This is important since this process can last half an hour with a slow internet connection.

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dave Hewitt schrieb: > The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that > you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language > choice in GSView. I cannot reproduce. The attached image "GSview-language.png" shows what I get when I press "Setup" in the appearing

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-25 Thread Bo Peng
> Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very long > time... over 25 minutes. I would suggest that we start lyx before configure and show the output of configure.py in a lyx windows. Otherwise, people tend to close the DOS window or kill lyx.exe if it stays there for 25

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Helge Hafting
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Dave Hewitt schrieb: I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, did something that seemed to take only a short

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Helge Hafting schrieb: If those windows don't tell the users anything then some will close them, they are used to click through some pages type of installs already. The installer informs you about the following steps with a message. regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Hewitt
Hello, I appreciate the help very much. I think it might have gotten me closer to a clean install, but there were still a few complications. I sincerely hope that this message does not trouble those that are uninterested, and I'll direct future discussion directly only to Uwe if desired.

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's a relatively easy mistake to do... How about adding some descriptions to this text? It wouldn't have to be a lot, in fact... maybe it could just refer to a web (wiki?) page where the details are explained? So why not just hide the windows and show the

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Helge Hafting
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Dave Hewitt schrieb: I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, did something that seemed to take only a short

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Helge Hafting schrieb: If those windows don't tell the users anything then some will close them, they are used to click through some pages type of installs already. The installer informs you about the following steps with a message. regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Hewitt
Hello, I appreciate the help very much. I think it might have gotten me closer to a clean install, but there were still a few complications. I sincerely hope that this message does not trouble those that are uninterested, and I'll direct future discussion directly only to Uwe if desired.

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's a relatively easy mistake to do... How about adding some descriptions to this text? It wouldn't have to be a lot, in fact... maybe it could just refer to a web (wiki?) page where the details are explained? So why not just hide the windows and show the

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Helge Hafting
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Dave Hewitt schrieb: I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, did something that seemed to take only a short

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Helge Hafting schrieb: If those windows don't tell the users anything then some will close them, they are used to "click through some pages" type of installs already. The installer informs you about the following steps with a message. regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Hewitt
Hello, I appreciate the help very much. I think it might have gotten me closer to a clean install, but there were still a few complications. I sincerely hope that this message does not trouble those that are uninterested, and I'll direct future discussion directly only to Uwe if desired.

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-24 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's a relatively easy mistake to do... How about adding some descriptions to this text? It wouldn't have to be a lot, in fact... maybe it could just refer to a web (wiki?) page where the details are explained? So why not just hide the windows and show the

Help for a new user

2007-08-23 Thread Dave Hewitt
Hello, I have a simple question. I am a newbie to LaTeX and LyX, but I am eager to learn. I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dave Hewitt schrieb: I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, did something that seemed to take only a short time, but then

Re: Help for a new user

2007-08-23 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Dave Hewitt schrieb: I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, did something that

Help for a new user

2007-08-23 Thread Dave Hewitt
Hello, I have a simple question. I am a newbie to LaTeX and LyX, but I am eager to learn. I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped

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