Re: What to teach first: LyX or LaTeX ?

2005-02-28 Thread Nicolas Ferré
Thanks to all ! I think Bo Peng's approach is the right one for my kind of students (chemistry !): 1) brief LaTeX introduction, showing how it is powerful 2) long LyX presentation, showing how it is helpful 3) for the students really interested in the core, turn back to LaTeX Best regards, --

Re: Problem inserting graphics into LyX-Mac

2005-02-28 Thread Angus Leeming
James Bennett wrote: Hi all, I am a LyX beginner, and have a problem with inserting graphics into floats Lyx (1.3.5), running OSX 10.3.8. I convert figures into *.eps format (.epsf in Macs) and insert them as instructed in the user guide. When I run LaTeX two errors come up, as follows:

Re: What to teach first: LyX or LaTeX ?

2005-02-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 25 February 2005 02:38 pm, Michael Scottaline wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:10:58 -0800 Kenward Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: KVOn Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:25:42PM +0100, Nicolas Ferré wrote: KV Hi, KV KV Some years ago, as a PhD student, I decided to learn LaTeX to

Re: How to use Appendix?

2005-02-28 Thread Matej Cepl
Marcelo Acu?f1a wrote: My book include several appendix, but I don't understand how work it. In the final part of my book I press Format - Start Appendix Here, then a line appears in the screen text but I can't see any more. How work it? I agree that the wording of section 3.3.4.5 is not

selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Martin A. Hansen
hello i am about to give an informal talk internally in our bioscience research group. everybody uses word, and i am the sole lyx user hoping to win some followers. does anyone have a 30 min presentation show on lyx i can use? i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote: i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am aware of the feature list etc). please fill in below :o) Martin, pros: free well written and intelligent docs superb bibliographies using bibtex I'm an ecologist so perhaps my

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread samar j. singh
Martin wrote: i am about to give an informal talk internally in our bioscience research group. everybody uses word, and i am the sole lyx user hoping to win some followers. does anyone have a 30 min presentation show on lyx i can use? Not for a science audience. i am also interested in

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:21:44 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote: i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am aware of the feature list etc). please fill in below :o) Martin, pros: free well written

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Micha Feigin wrote: This can be done also with word using styles, although you still need to work on the typesetting at the end, and it can be a real pain since word has a tendency to mess things up (although working in layout view, IIRC how its called, make that easier).

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
[...] 3. A latex error can drive one nuts trying to work out what has happened. Cannot happen in ERT-free lyx, and is not generally a showstopper if you export to latex and compile in nonstopmode (when the deadline is for yesterday I mean, I've produced a *lot* of documents with remaining

Re: What to teach first: LyX or LaTeX ?

2005-02-28 Thread Nicolas Ferré
Thanks to all ! I think Bo Peng's approach is the right one for my kind of students (chemistry !): 1) brief LaTeX introduction, showing how it is powerful 2) long LyX presentation, showing how it is helpful 3) for the students really interested in the core, turn back to LaTeX Best regards, --

Re: Problem inserting graphics into LyX-Mac

2005-02-28 Thread Angus Leeming
James Bennett wrote: Hi all, I am a LyX beginner, and have a problem with inserting graphics into floats Lyx (1.3.5), running OSX 10.3.8. I convert figures into *.eps format (.epsf in Macs) and insert them as instructed in the user guide. When I run LaTeX two errors come up, as follows:

Re: What to teach first: LyX or LaTeX ?

2005-02-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 25 February 2005 02:38 pm, Michael Scottaline wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:10:58 -0800 Kenward Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: KVOn Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:25:42PM +0100, Nicolas Ferré wrote: KV Hi, KV KV Some years ago, as a PhD student, I decided to learn LaTeX to

Re: How to use Appendix?

2005-02-28 Thread Matej Cepl
Marcelo Acu?f1a wrote: My book include several appendix, but I don't understand how work it. In the final part of my book I press Format - Start Appendix Here, then a line appears in the screen text but I can't see any more. How work it? I agree that the wording of section 3.3.4.5 is not

selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Martin A. Hansen
hello i am about to give an informal talk internally in our bioscience research group. everybody uses word, and i am the sole lyx user hoping to win some followers. does anyone have a 30 min presentation show on lyx i can use? i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote: i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am aware of the feature list etc). please fill in below :o) Martin, pros: free well written and intelligent docs superb bibliographies using bibtex I'm an ecologist so perhaps my

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread samar j. singh
Martin wrote: i am about to give an informal talk internally in our bioscience research group. everybody uses word, and i am the sole lyx user hoping to win some followers. does anyone have a 30 min presentation show on lyx i can use? Not for a science audience. i am also interested in

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:21:44 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote: i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am aware of the feature list etc). please fill in below :o) Martin, pros: free well written

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Micha Feigin wrote: This can be done also with word using styles, although you still need to work on the typesetting at the end, and it can be a real pain since word has a tendency to mess things up (although working in layout view, IIRC how its called, make that easier).

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
[...] 3. A latex error can drive one nuts trying to work out what has happened. Cannot happen in ERT-free lyx, and is not generally a showstopper if you export to latex and compile in nonstopmode (when the deadline is for yesterday I mean, I've produced a *lot* of documents with remaining

Re: What to teach first: LyX or LaTeX ?

2005-02-28 Thread Nicolas Ferré
Thanks to all ! I think Bo Peng's approach is the right one for my kind of students (chemistry !): 1) brief LaTeX introduction, showing how it is powerful 2) long LyX presentation, showing how it is helpful 3) for the students really interested in the "core", turn back to LaTeX Best regards, --

Re: Problem inserting graphics into LyX-Mac

2005-02-28 Thread Angus Leeming
James Bennett wrote: > Hi all, > > I am a LyX beginner, and have a problem with inserting graphics into > floats Lyx (1.3.5), running OSX 10.3.8. > > I convert figures into *.eps format (.epsf in Macs) and insert them as > instructed in the user guide. When I run LaTeX two errors come up, as >

Re: What to teach first: LyX or LaTeX ?

2005-02-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 25 February 2005 02:38 pm, Michael Scottaline wrote: > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:10:58 -0800 > Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: > > KV>On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:25:42PM +0100, Nicolas Ferré wrote: > KV>> Hi, > KV>> > KV>> Some years ago, as a PhD student, I decided

Re: How to use Appendix?

2005-02-28 Thread Matej Cepl
Marcelo Acu?f1a wrote: > My book include several appendix, but I don't understand how work it. > In the final part of my book I press Format - Start Appendix Here, then a > line appears in the screen text but I can't see any more. How work it? I agree that the wording of section 3.3.4.5 is

selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Martin A. Hansen
hello i am about to give an informal talk internally in our bioscience research group. everybody uses word, and i am the sole lyx user hoping to win some followers. does anyone have a 30 min presentation show on lyx i can use? i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote: i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am aware of the feature list etc). please fill in below :o) Martin, pros: free well written and intelligent docs superb bibliographies using bibtex I'm an ecologist so perhaps my

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread samar j. singh
Martin wrote: > i am about to give an informal talk internally in our bioscience > research group. everybody uses word, and i am the sole lyx user hoping > to win some followers. > > does anyone have a 30 min presentation show on lyx i can use? Not for a science audience. > > i am also interested

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:21:44 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote: > > > i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am aware of > > the feature list etc). please fill in below :o) > > Martin, > > > pros: > > > >

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Micha Feigin wrote: This can be done also with word using styles, although you still need to work on the typesetting at the end, and it can be a real pain since word has a tendency to mess things up (although working in layout view, IIRC how its called, make that easier).

Re: selling lyx

2005-02-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
[...] >>3. A latex error can drive one nuts trying to work out what has happened. Cannot happen in ERT-free lyx, and is not generally a showstopper if you export to latex and compile in nonstopmode (when the deadline is for yesterday I mean, I've produced a *lot* of documents with remaining