Re: Picture's background

2008-10-16 Thread Max Nabble
Ralt wrote: I'm quite new to LyX, and I have so searched a lot in documentation. But it hasn't helped me to know how to have a specific picture as background (JPEG, PNG, w/e). So it's maybe very easy, if so I'm sorry, but I haven't found. Can you please explain? Hi Ralt, please specify

Re: .wmf graphics cannot be seen in lyx

2008-10-16 Thread Joost Verburg
Julio Rojas wrote: I guess WMF is not a supported file type. Try using PDF or EPS plots. LyX 1.5.5 and later (when installed using the standard installer) support WMF and EMF. Most Windows applications such as PowerPoint can export to EMF. Joost

Re: .wmf graphics cannot be seen in lyx

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Erez Yerushalmi schrieb: At the moment, i'm saving MS powerpoint slides as .wmf and importing to LyX. It works better when you use PDF instead of WMF. PDF can directly be embedded to the resulting PDF-document of your file, while WMF-files have first to be converted to EPS and then EPS to

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Reza Lahidji wrote: All, I have a problem with the view function (whether dvi, pdf or ps) on Lyx 1.5.6: it works well with a new file, but as soon as I save the file, I can't view it anymore. Does anyone has a clue? What platform etc are you on? Does this happen with every file? No matter

Re: ACM

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
And do you know the launching date for RC4? - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Julio Rojas schrieb: The document class sigplanconf could not be loaded. I've no other

Re: moderncv and bib as publications

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
B. Bogart wrote: Hi Richard and all, I'm reviving this thread as I was unable to get moderncv to format a bib properly. The approach of using a bib (rather than me manually entering the information using entry/item types) seems best. The output appears in the right order, and the spacing

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
But I only have this problem in Vista/MikTeX, not in Ubuntu/TeXLive. - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uwe Stöhr schrieb: I've no other explanation than that you haven't

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: But I only have this problem in Vista/MikTeX, not in Ubuntu/TeXLive. Also with LyX 1.5.6? Uwe

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
No, what I mean is that on both Vista and Linux I have RC3. I will try with 1.5.6 on Vista, but I will have to export the file first. - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Julio Rojas

includeonly

2008-10-16 Thread Guenter Milde
Dear LyX users, I have a large document that is split into separate chapters, all in their own directories (with lyx and eps and graphic source files). The main.lyx file includes e.g. Einleitung/einleitung.lyx Thermisch/thermisch.lyx MTF/mtf.lyx Now I want to use \includeonly{} in the

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread Reza Lahidji
Thanks for the reply. I'm on Mac OS X version 10.4. And you're right, it depends on the location where I save the file. This actually helped me find the bug: the name of the directory where the file is stored should not include spaces, accents or other strange characters. RL On Oct 16,

Re: ACM

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: The document class sigplanconf could not be loaded. I've no other explanation than that you haven't correctly installed the document class to MiKTeX. It seems like a LyX can't read the layout. Any ideas? No. But you should try again when LyX 1.6.0RC4 comes out.

View problem

2008-10-16 Thread Reza Lahidji
All, I have a problem with the view function (whether dvi, pdf or ps) on Lyx 1.5.6: it works well with a new file, but as soon as I save the file, I can't view it anymore. Does anyone has a clue? Thanks, Reza Lahidji

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Reza Lahidji wrote: Thanks for the reply. I'm on Mac OS X version 10.4. And you're right, it depends on the location where I save the file. I saw in the mail archive that this can happen when the name of the directory where the file is stored includes spaces. But I don't have that. There

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Uwe Stöhr schrieb: I've no other explanation than that you haven't correctly installed the document class to MiKTeX. I know now what your problem is. You are using LyX 1.6.0RC3, but the layout file you can download from the Wiki page, is for LyX 1.5.x and not for LyX 1.6. (I designed it

Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread Jacob Hunt
I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that aren't installed or available to my system, or I just couldn't get them to work. Linux distro: Fedora 9 LyX version:

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Jacob Hunt wrote: I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that aren't installed or available to my system, or I just couldn't get them to work. Linux distro:

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread Jacob Hunt
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jacob Hunt wrote: I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that aren't installed or available

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Jacob Hunt wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jacob Hunt wrote: I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that

Custom inset menu won't appear

2008-10-16 Thread Desmond Brand
I'm using 1.6rc3 on a Mac. When I click Insert, and move the mouse over Custom insets, nothing happens. I'm pretty new to LyX, so I'm sure if this is a bug, but if nothing is available shouldn't the option be greyed out? Desmond

Re: Custom inset menu won't appear

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Desmond Brand wrote: I'm using 1.6rc3 on a Mac. When I click Insert, and move the mouse over Custom insets, nothing happens. I'm pretty new to LyX, so I'm sure if this is a bug, but if nothing is available shouldn't the option be greyed out? This is a known bug. Fixed in current svn. rh

Re: Getting noweb Working

2008-10-16 Thread Paul Snively
Does no one have any advice? :-) Paul Snively [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi everyone! Ultimately I'm still trying to get the combination of memoir + noweb + mathpartir + diagxy going, but I thought I'd start with the basics: getting noweb as already supported by LyX going. ...

Re: Picture's background

2008-10-16 Thread Max Nabble
Ralt wrote: I'm quite new to LyX, and I have so searched a lot in documentation. But it hasn't helped me to know how to have a specific picture as background (JPEG, PNG, w/e). So it's maybe very easy, if so I'm sorry, but I haven't found. Can you please explain? Hi Ralt, please specify

Re: .wmf graphics cannot be seen in lyx

2008-10-16 Thread Joost Verburg
Julio Rojas wrote: I guess WMF is not a supported file type. Try using PDF or EPS plots. LyX 1.5.5 and later (when installed using the standard installer) support WMF and EMF. Most Windows applications such as PowerPoint can export to EMF. Joost

Re: .wmf graphics cannot be seen in lyx

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Erez Yerushalmi schrieb: At the moment, i'm saving MS powerpoint slides as .wmf and importing to LyX. It works better when you use PDF instead of WMF. PDF can directly be embedded to the resulting PDF-document of your file, while WMF-files have first to be converted to EPS and then EPS to

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Reza Lahidji wrote: All, I have a problem with the view function (whether dvi, pdf or ps) on Lyx 1.5.6: it works well with a new file, but as soon as I save the file, I can't view it anymore. Does anyone has a clue? What platform etc are you on? Does this happen with every file? No matter

Re: ACM

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
And do you know the launching date for RC4? - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Julio Rojas schrieb: The document class sigplanconf could not be loaded. I've no other

Re: moderncv and bib as publications

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
B. Bogart wrote: Hi Richard and all, I'm reviving this thread as I was unable to get moderncv to format a bib properly. The approach of using a bib (rather than me manually entering the information using entry/item types) seems best. The output appears in the right order, and the spacing

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
But I only have this problem in Vista/MikTeX, not in Ubuntu/TeXLive. - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uwe Stöhr schrieb: I've no other explanation than that you haven't

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: But I only have this problem in Vista/MikTeX, not in Ubuntu/TeXLive. Also with LyX 1.5.6? Uwe

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
No, what I mean is that on both Vista and Linux I have RC3. I will try with 1.5.6 on Vista, but I will have to export the file first. - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Julio Rojas

includeonly

2008-10-16 Thread Guenter Milde
Dear LyX users, I have a large document that is split into separate chapters, all in their own directories (with lyx and eps and graphic source files). The main.lyx file includes e.g. Einleitung/einleitung.lyx Thermisch/thermisch.lyx MTF/mtf.lyx Now I want to use \includeonly{} in the

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread Reza Lahidji
Thanks for the reply. I'm on Mac OS X version 10.4. And you're right, it depends on the location where I save the file. This actually helped me find the bug: the name of the directory where the file is stored should not include spaces, accents or other strange characters. RL On Oct 16,

Re: ACM

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: The document class sigplanconf could not be loaded. I've no other explanation than that you haven't correctly installed the document class to MiKTeX. It seems like a LyX can't read the layout. Any ideas? No. But you should try again when LyX 1.6.0RC4 comes out.

View problem

2008-10-16 Thread Reza Lahidji
All, I have a problem with the view function (whether dvi, pdf or ps) on Lyx 1.5.6: it works well with a new file, but as soon as I save the file, I can't view it anymore. Does anyone has a clue? Thanks, Reza Lahidji

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Reza Lahidji wrote: Thanks for the reply. I'm on Mac OS X version 10.4. And you're right, it depends on the location where I save the file. I saw in the mail archive that this can happen when the name of the directory where the file is stored includes spaces. But I don't have that. There

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Uwe Stöhr schrieb: I've no other explanation than that you haven't correctly installed the document class to MiKTeX. I know now what your problem is. You are using LyX 1.6.0RC3, but the layout file you can download from the Wiki page, is for LyX 1.5.x and not for LyX 1.6. (I designed it

Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread Jacob Hunt
I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that aren't installed or available to my system, or I just couldn't get them to work. Linux distro: Fedora 9 LyX version:

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Jacob Hunt wrote: I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that aren't installed or available to my system, or I just couldn't get them to work. Linux distro:

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread Jacob Hunt
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jacob Hunt wrote: I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that aren't installed or available

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Jacob Hunt wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jacob Hunt wrote: I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that

Custom inset menu won't appear

2008-10-16 Thread Desmond Brand
I'm using 1.6rc3 on a Mac. When I click Insert, and move the mouse over Custom insets, nothing happens. I'm pretty new to LyX, so I'm sure if this is a bug, but if nothing is available shouldn't the option be greyed out? Desmond

Re: Custom inset menu won't appear

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Desmond Brand wrote: I'm using 1.6rc3 on a Mac. When I click Insert, and move the mouse over Custom insets, nothing happens. I'm pretty new to LyX, so I'm sure if this is a bug, but if nothing is available shouldn't the option be greyed out? This is a known bug. Fixed in current svn. rh

Re: Getting noweb Working

2008-10-16 Thread Paul Snively
Does no one have any advice? :-) Paul Snively [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi everyone! Ultimately I'm still trying to get the combination of memoir + noweb + mathpartir + diagxy going, but I thought I'd start with the basics: getting noweb as already supported by LyX going. ...

Re: Picture's background

2008-10-16 Thread Max Nabble
Ralt wrote: > I'm quite new to LyX, and I have so searched a lot in documentation. But > it hasn't helped me to know how to have a specific picture as background > (JPEG, PNG, w/e). So it's maybe very easy, if so I'm sorry, but I haven't > found. > > Can you please explain? Hi Ralt, please

Re: .wmf graphics cannot be seen in lyx

2008-10-16 Thread Joost Verburg
Julio Rojas wrote: I guess WMF is not a supported file type. Try using PDF or EPS plots. LyX 1.5.5 and later (when installed using the standard installer) support WMF and EMF. Most Windows applications such as PowerPoint can export to EMF. Joost

Re: .wmf graphics cannot be seen in lyx

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Erez Yerushalmi schrieb: At the moment, i'm saving MS powerpoint slides as .wmf and importing to LyX. It works better when you use PDF instead of WMF. PDF can directly be embedded to the resulting PDF-document of your file, while WMF-files have first to be converted to EPS and then EPS to

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Reza Lahidji wrote: All, I have a problem with the view function (whether dvi, pdf or ps) on Lyx 1.5.6: it works well with a new file, but as soon as I save the file, I can't view it anymore. Does anyone has a clue? What platform etc are you on? Does this happen with every file? No matter

Re: ACM

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
And do you know the launching date for RC4? - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julio Rojas schrieb: > >> The document class sigplanconf could not be loaded. > > I've no other

Re: moderncv and bib as "publications"

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
B. Bogart wrote: Hi Richard and all, I'm reviving this thread as I was unable to get moderncv to format a bib properly. The approach of using a bib (rather than me manually entering the information using entry/item types) seems best. The output appears in the right order, and the spacing

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
But I only have this problem in Vista/MikTeX, not in Ubuntu/TeXLive. - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uwe Stöhr schrieb: > >> I've no other explanation than that you haven't

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: But I only have this problem in Vista/MikTeX, not in Ubuntu/TeXLive. Also with LyX 1.5.6? Uwe

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Julio Rojas
No, what I mean is that on both Vista and Linux I have RC3. I will try with 1.5.6 on Vista, but I will have to export the file first. - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julio

includeonly

2008-10-16 Thread Guenter Milde
Dear LyX users, I have a large document that is split into separate chapters, all in their own directories (with lyx and eps and graphic source files). The main.lyx file includes e.g. Einleitung/einleitung.lyx Thermisch/thermisch.lyx MTF/mtf.lyx Now I want to use \includeonly{} in the

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread Reza Lahidji
Thanks for the reply. I'm on Mac OS X version 10.4. And you're right, it depends on the location where I save the file. This actually helped me find the bug: the name of the directory where the file is stored should not include spaces, accents or other "strange" characters. RL On Oct

Re: ACM

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: The document class sigplanconf could not be loaded. I've no other explanation than that you haven't correctly installed the document class to MiKTeX. It seems like a LyX can't read the layout. Any ideas? No. But you should try again when LyX 1.6.0RC4 comes out.

View problem

2008-10-16 Thread Reza Lahidji
All, I have a problem with the view function (whether dvi, pdf or ps) on Lyx 1.5.6: it works well with a new file, but as soon as I save the file, I can't view it anymore. Does anyone has a clue? Thanks, Reza Lahidji

Re: View problem

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Reza Lahidji wrote: Thanks for the reply. I'm on Mac OS X version 10.4. And you're right, it depends on the location where I save the file. I saw in the mail archive that this can happen when the name of the directory where the file is stored includes spaces. But I don't have that. There

Re: ACM - solution

2008-10-16 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Uwe Stöhr schrieb: I've no other explanation than that you haven't correctly installed the document class to MiKTeX. I know now what your problem is. You are using LyX 1.6.0RC3, but the layout file you can download from the Wiki page, is for LyX 1.5.x and not for LyX 1.6. (I designed it

Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread Jacob Hunt
I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that aren't installed or available to my system, or I just couldn't get them to work. Linux distro: Fedora 9 LyX version:

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Jacob Hunt wrote: I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that aren't installed or available to my system, or I just couldn't get them to work. Linux distro:

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread Jacob Hunt
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM, rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jacob Hunt wrote: > >> I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing >> truetype fonts for use in LyX. >> >> I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that >> aren't >>

Re: Installing a truetype font in LyX

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Jacob Hunt wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM, rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jacob Hunt wrote: I was just hopeful that someone could point me to a how to, on installing truetype fonts for use in LyX. I have found multiple sites on-line but all seem to require tools that

Custom inset menu won't appear

2008-10-16 Thread Desmond Brand
I'm using 1.6rc3 on a Mac. When I click Insert, and move the mouse over Custom insets, nothing happens. I'm pretty new to LyX, so I'm sure if this is a bug, but if nothing is available shouldn't the option be greyed out? Desmond

Re: Custom inset menu won't appear

2008-10-16 Thread rgheck
Desmond Brand wrote: I'm using 1.6rc3 on a Mac. When I click Insert, and move the mouse over Custom insets, nothing happens. I'm pretty new to LyX, so I'm sure if this is a bug, but if nothing is available shouldn't the option be greyed out? This is a known bug. Fixed in current svn. rh

Re: Getting noweb Working

2008-10-16 Thread Paul Snively
Does no one have any advice? :-) Paul Snively <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi everyone! > > Ultimately I'm still trying to get the combination of memoir + noweb + > mathpartir + diagxy going, but I thought I'd start with the basics: > getting noweb as already supported by LyX going. ...