Re: LyX crash feedback

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Steve Litt schreef:
So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files 
include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large 
graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file DID NOT 
have graphic files? 

If there's anyone currently able to reproduce this problem, would you be able 
to use a text editor to whittle the file down to a small reproducer, and then 
use the text editor to toggle the symptom by enabling and disapbling the big 
graphic?


  

Steve,

A lot of the crashes that were reported actually came from people that 
were using Ubuntu 9.04. The problem was that Ubuntu was shipped with 
Qt4.5.0, which had a number of bugs (at least in combination with LyX 
that is). I know you don't want to fiddle around with your fresh new 
installation, but if you still have Qt4.5.0, I'd advice you to upgrade 
to Qt4.5.2.


The best thing that I can think of in your case is that you have run 
into bug #5957: If you scale down an image with an odd number of rows to 
50% (on screen), Qt4.5.0 would crash. I've used much larger eps graphics 
which didn't show your problem (on Windows).

Thanks

SteveT

  

Vincent

Re: LyX crash feedback

[Steve Litt]

On Sunday 26 July 2009 05:49:44 you wrote:
 Steve Litt schreef:
  So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your
[clip]
 Steve,

 A lot of the crashes that were reported actually came from people that
 were using Ubuntu 9.04. The problem was that Ubuntu was shipped with
 Qt4.5.0, which had a number of bugs (at least in combination with LyX
 that is). I know you don't want to fiddle around with your fresh new
 installation, but if you still have Qt4.5.0, I'd advice you to upgrade
 to Qt4.5.2.

How do I do that? If I do it, how badly is that going to mess up everything 
else on my system that depends on Qt?

Thanks

SteveT

Re: LyX crash feedback

[Paul A. Rubin]

Steve Litt wrote:

Hi all,

In the last 6 months this list has featured at least 10 reports of LyX 1.6.x 
terminating unexpectedly. I myself had instances of this in 1.6.2 and 1.6.3, 
and was lucky enough to find a workaround in 1.6.3.


Turns out, the lyx file causing the crash in my 1.6.3 featured a huge (bigger 
than 2mb) .eps file. When the file loaded, the picture on the screen said 
loading bookcover.eps, and then a couple seconds later crashed. This was a 
reproducible error -- it happened every time in the same amount of time.


Using Vim, I replaced bookcover.eps with bookcover.pdf, a much smaller file, 
and the problem disappeared. 

So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files 
include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large 
graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file DID NOT 
have graphic files? 



I'm not sure that *all* crashes on Ubuntu are related to Qt and 
graphics.  I've had a couple of crashes lately working on a document 
whose only images are generated by xypic (so the images are external TeX 
files that are added to the doc by LyX input commands, with instant 
preview off).  The most recent one, at least, occurred when I cursored 
out of a math inset and then immediately changed my mind and tried to 
reenter it via the left arrow key.  (I might have deleted a character 
along the way; don't recall for sure.)  I suppose that could still be a 
Qt issue, since Qt handles the LyX GUI itself.


Personally, I'm just going to live with it until the updated Qt version 
finds its way into some repository as a .deb package.  Fortunately, I 
deal with short documents, so restart/reload is not too painful.


/Paul

Re: LyX crash feedback

[John McCabe-Dansted]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Paul A. Rubinru...@msu.edu wrote:
 Steve Litt wrote:

 Hi all,

 In the last 6 months this list has featured at least 10 reports of LyX
 1.6.x terminating unexpectedly. I myself had instances of this in 1.6.2 and
 1.6.3, and was lucky enough to find a workaround in 1.6.3.

 Turns out, the lyx file causing the crash in my 1.6.3 featured a huge
 (bigger than 2mb) .eps file. When the file loaded, the picture on the screen
 said loading bookcover.eps, and then a couple seconds later crashed. This
 was a reproducible error -- it happened every time in the same amount of
 time.

 Using Vim, I replaced bookcover.eps with bookcover.pdf, a much smaller
 file, and the problem disappeared.
 So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files
 include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large
 graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file
 DID NOT have graphic files?

 I'm not sure that *all* crashes on Ubuntu are related to Qt and graphics.
  I've had a couple of crashes lately working on a document whose only images
 are generated by xypic (so the images are external TeX files that are added
 to the doc by LyX input commands, with instant preview off).  The most
 recent one, at least, occurred when I cursored out of a math inset and then
 immediately changed my mind and tried to reenter it via the left arrow key.
  (I might have deleted a character along the way; don't recall for sure.)  I
 suppose that could still be a Qt issue, since Qt handles the LyX GUI itself.

 Personally, I'm just going to live with it until the updated Qt version
 finds its way into some repository as a .deb package.  Fortunately, I deal
 with short documents, so restart/reload is not too painful.

Well they are in the Karmic repositories. Instructions on how to
upgrade qt4 (fairly) safely are at:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg74482.html

Scroll down past my instructions and follow Michael Gasper's clearer,
better instructions.

These instructions have worked for me and Michael without any files
being eaten. The main things to remember are to watch the upgrade to
make sure it it only upgrades qt4 related packages, and disable the
Karmic repository after you use it (so you don't accidentally upgrade
to Karmic next time you do updates).

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted
PhD Student
University of Western Australia

paste gvim -- lyx

[Hellmut Weber]

Hi list,
building a new gentoo system fro scratch with quite some documentation i 
often have the need to cut some lines from gvim to insert them into my 
lyx document. Doing so I loose all line breaks.

For longer peaces of code this is quite annoying.

IIRC this topic has already been discussed in this list but i didn't 
save the contributions, and ggogling didn't give what I was looking for.


If somebody can give me a hint it would save me a lot of time

TIA

Hellmut

--
Dr. Hellmut Weber m...@hellmutweber.de
Degenfeldstraße 2 tel   +49-89-3081172
D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321
please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq

Re: paste gvim -- lyx

[Ignacio García]

Hellmut Weber wrote

 Hi list,

 building a new gentoo system fro scratch with quite some documentation i 
 often have the need to cut some lines from gvim to insert them into my lyx 
 document. Doing so I loose all line breaks.

 For longer peaces of code this is quite annoying.


 IIRC this topic has already been discussed in this list but i didn't save the 
 contributions, and ggogling didn't give what I was looking for.

 If somebody can give me a hint it would save me a lot of time

 TIA

 Hellmut

The menu entry Edit  Paste Special  Plain Text can help you.
The copied text is pasted in LyX and inserted as Paragraphs,
the line breaks of the text will start a new paragraph in LyX.

I hope this works for you

Ignacio

wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[M-L]

Hello everyone,

I have been reading this:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText

Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
around a graphic.

I can't make it work.

Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with it
from there:

Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?

 \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}

Doesn't work in ERT

So how might one use it?

Thanks in advance,
Charlie
-- 
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***
A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting
from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend
asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and
not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes.
They are kind to each other's
dreams. .Henry David Thoreau

***
Debian, just the best way to create magic
___

Re: wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

M-L schreef:

Hello everyone,

I have been reading this:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText

Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
around a graphic.

I can't make it work.

Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with it
from there:

Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?

 \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}

Doesn't work in ERT

So how might one use it?

Thanks in advance,
Charlie
  
You have to do nothing, just use the menu: Insert - Float - Figure 
Wrap Float. Then insert your graphics just as you'd do for a normal float.


Vincent

Re: wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[M-L]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:23:15 +0200 Vincent van Ravesteijn
v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl applied thoughts to keyboard and posted
this:

M-L schreef:
 Hello everyone,

 I have been reading this:

 http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText

 Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
 around a graphic.

 I can't make it work.

 Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with
 it from there:

 Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?

  \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}

 Doesn't work in ERT

 So how might one use it?

 Thanks in advance,
 Charlie
   
You have to do nothing, just use the menu: Insert - Float - Figure 
Wrap Float. Then insert your graphics just as you'd do for a normal
float.

Vincent

Thank you for your very prompt reply Vincent, it is very much
appreciated.

Be well,
Charlie

-- 
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating
on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and
tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to
be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has
company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or
fruit. ...Henry David Thoreau

***
Debian, just the best way to create magic
___

Latest Lyx for Kubuntu 64 bits

[E.Kaplan]

Can anyone tell me what is the latest Lyx version that is available for 
Kubuntu 64 bits?  It seems that the repositories only have 1.6.2, and 
the only 1.6.3 version I found was meant for Karmic (9.10) which is not 
out yet.


Thanks,
EK

Re: LyX crash feedback

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Steve Litt schreef:
So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files 
include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large 
graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file DID NOT 
have graphic files? 

If there's anyone currently able to reproduce this problem, would you be able 
to use a text editor to whittle the file down to a small reproducer, and then 
use the text editor to toggle the symptom by enabling and disapbling the big 
graphic?


  

Steve,

A lot of the crashes that were reported actually came from people that 
were using Ubuntu 9.04. The problem was that Ubuntu was shipped with 
Qt4.5.0, which had a number of bugs (at least in combination with LyX 
that is). I know you don't want to fiddle around with your fresh new 
installation, but if you still have Qt4.5.0, I'd advice you to upgrade 
to Qt4.5.2.


The best thing that I can think of in your case is that you have run 
into bug #5957: If you scale down an image with an odd number of rows to 
50% (on screen), Qt4.5.0 would crash. I've used much larger eps graphics 
which didn't show your problem (on Windows).

Thanks

SteveT

  

Vincent

Re: LyX crash feedback

[Steve Litt]

On Sunday 26 July 2009 05:49:44 you wrote:
 Steve Litt schreef:
  So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your
[clip]
 Steve,

 A lot of the crashes that were reported actually came from people that
 were using Ubuntu 9.04. The problem was that Ubuntu was shipped with
 Qt4.5.0, which had a number of bugs (at least in combination with LyX
 that is). I know you don't want to fiddle around with your fresh new
 installation, but if you still have Qt4.5.0, I'd advice you to upgrade
 to Qt4.5.2.

How do I do that? If I do it, how badly is that going to mess up everything 
else on my system that depends on Qt?

Thanks

SteveT

Re: LyX crash feedback

[Paul A. Rubin]

Steve Litt wrote:

Hi all,

In the last 6 months this list has featured at least 10 reports of LyX 1.6.x 
terminating unexpectedly. I myself had instances of this in 1.6.2 and 1.6.3, 
and was lucky enough to find a workaround in 1.6.3.


Turns out, the lyx file causing the crash in my 1.6.3 featured a huge (bigger 
than 2mb) .eps file. When the file loaded, the picture on the screen said 
loading bookcover.eps, and then a couple seconds later crashed. This was a 
reproducible error -- it happened every time in the same amount of time.


Using Vim, I replaced bookcover.eps with bookcover.pdf, a much smaller file, 
and the problem disappeared. 

So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files 
include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large 
graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file DID NOT 
have graphic files? 



I'm not sure that *all* crashes on Ubuntu are related to Qt and 
graphics.  I've had a couple of crashes lately working on a document 
whose only images are generated by xypic (so the images are external TeX 
files that are added to the doc by LyX input commands, with instant 
preview off).  The most recent one, at least, occurred when I cursored 
out of a math inset and then immediately changed my mind and tried to 
reenter it via the left arrow key.  (I might have deleted a character 
along the way; don't recall for sure.)  I suppose that could still be a 
Qt issue, since Qt handles the LyX GUI itself.


Personally, I'm just going to live with it until the updated Qt version 
finds its way into some repository as a .deb package.  Fortunately, I 
deal with short documents, so restart/reload is not too painful.


/Paul

Re: LyX crash feedback

[John McCabe-Dansted]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Paul A. Rubinru...@msu.edu wrote:
 Steve Litt wrote:

 Hi all,

 In the last 6 months this list has featured at least 10 reports of LyX
 1.6.x terminating unexpectedly. I myself had instances of this in 1.6.2 and
 1.6.3, and was lucky enough to find a workaround in 1.6.3.

 Turns out, the lyx file causing the crash in my 1.6.3 featured a huge
 (bigger than 2mb) .eps file. When the file loaded, the picture on the screen
 said loading bookcover.eps, and then a couple seconds later crashed. This
 was a reproducible error -- it happened every time in the same amount of
 time.

 Using Vim, I replaced bookcover.eps with bookcover.pdf, a much smaller
 file, and the problem disappeared.
 So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files
 include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large
 graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file
 DID NOT have graphic files?

 I'm not sure that *all* crashes on Ubuntu are related to Qt and graphics.
  I've had a couple of crashes lately working on a document whose only images
 are generated by xypic (so the images are external TeX files that are added
 to the doc by LyX input commands, with instant preview off).  The most
 recent one, at least, occurred when I cursored out of a math inset and then
 immediately changed my mind and tried to reenter it via the left arrow key.
  (I might have deleted a character along the way; don't recall for sure.)  I
 suppose that could still be a Qt issue, since Qt handles the LyX GUI itself.

 Personally, I'm just going to live with it until the updated Qt version
 finds its way into some repository as a .deb package.  Fortunately, I deal
 with short documents, so restart/reload is not too painful.

Well they are in the Karmic repositories. Instructions on how to
upgrade qt4 (fairly) safely are at:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg74482.html

Scroll down past my instructions and follow Michael Gasper's clearer,
better instructions.

These instructions have worked for me and Michael without any files
being eaten. The main things to remember are to watch the upgrade to
make sure it it only upgrades qt4 related packages, and disable the
Karmic repository after you use it (so you don't accidentally upgrade
to Karmic next time you do updates).

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted
PhD Student
University of Western Australia

paste gvim -- lyx

[Hellmut Weber]

Hi list,
building a new gentoo system fro scratch with quite some documentation i 
often have the need to cut some lines from gvim to insert them into my 
lyx document. Doing so I loose all line breaks.

For longer peaces of code this is quite annoying.

IIRC this topic has already been discussed in this list but i didn't 
save the contributions, and ggogling didn't give what I was looking for.


If somebody can give me a hint it would save me a lot of time

TIA

Hellmut

--
Dr. Hellmut Weber m...@hellmutweber.de
Degenfeldstraße 2 tel   +49-89-3081172
D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321
please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq

Re: paste gvim -- lyx

[Ignacio García]

Hellmut Weber wrote

 Hi list,

 building a new gentoo system fro scratch with quite some documentation i 
 often have the need to cut some lines from gvim to insert them into my lyx 
 document. Doing so I loose all line breaks.

 For longer peaces of code this is quite annoying.


 IIRC this topic has already been discussed in this list but i didn't save the 
 contributions, and ggogling didn't give what I was looking for.

 If somebody can give me a hint it would save me a lot of time

 TIA

 Hellmut

The menu entry Edit  Paste Special  Plain Text can help you.
The copied text is pasted in LyX and inserted as Paragraphs,
the line breaks of the text will start a new paragraph in LyX.

I hope this works for you

Ignacio

wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[M-L]

Hello everyone,

I have been reading this:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText

Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
around a graphic.

I can't make it work.

Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with it
from there:

Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?

 \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}

Doesn't work in ERT

So how might one use it?

Thanks in advance,
Charlie
-- 
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***
A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting
from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend
asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and
not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes.
They are kind to each other's
dreams. .Henry David Thoreau

***
Debian, just the best way to create magic
___

Re: wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

M-L schreef:

Hello everyone,

I have been reading this:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText

Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
around a graphic.

I can't make it work.

Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with it
from there:

Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?

 \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}

Doesn't work in ERT

So how might one use it?

Thanks in advance,
Charlie
  
You have to do nothing, just use the menu: Insert - Float - Figure 
Wrap Float. Then insert your graphics just as you'd do for a normal float.


Vincent

Re: wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[M-L]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:23:15 +0200 Vincent van Ravesteijn
v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl applied thoughts to keyboard and posted
this:

M-L schreef:
 Hello everyone,

 I have been reading this:

 http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText

 Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
 around a graphic.

 I can't make it work.

 Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with
 it from there:

 Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?

  \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}

 Doesn't work in ERT

 So how might one use it?

 Thanks in advance,
 Charlie
   
You have to do nothing, just use the menu: Insert - Float - Figure 
Wrap Float. Then insert your graphics just as you'd do for a normal
float.

Vincent

Thank you for your very prompt reply Vincent, it is very much
appreciated.

Be well,
Charlie

-- 
Registered Linux User:- 329524
***
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating
on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and
tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to
be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has
company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or
fruit. ...Henry David Thoreau

***
Debian, just the best way to create magic
___

Latest Lyx for Kubuntu 64 bits

[E.Kaplan]

Can anyone tell me what is the latest Lyx version that is available for 
Kubuntu 64 bits?  It seems that the repositories only have 1.6.2, and 
the only 1.6.3 version I found was meant for Karmic (9.10) which is not 
out yet.


Thanks,
EK

Re: LyX crash feedback

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Steve Litt schreef:
So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files 
include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large 
graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file DID NOT 
have graphic files? 

If there's anyone currently able to reproduce this problem, would you be able 
to use a text editor to whittle the file down to a small reproducer, and then 
use the text editor to toggle the symptom by enabling and disapbling the big 
graphic?


  

Steve,

A lot of the crashes that were reported actually came from people that 
were using Ubuntu 9.04. The problem was that Ubuntu was shipped with 
Qt4.5.0, which had a number of bugs (at least in combination with LyX 
that is). I know you don't want to fiddle around with your fresh new 
installation, but if you still have Qt4.5.0, I'd advice you to upgrade 
to Qt4.5.2.


The best thing that I can think of in your case is that you have run 
into bug #5957: If you scale down an image with an odd number of rows to 
50% (on screen), Qt4.5.0 would crash. I've used much larger eps graphics 
which didn't show your problem (on Windows).

Thanks

SteveT

  

Vincent

Re: LyX crash feedback

[Steve Litt]

On Sunday 26 July 2009 05:49:44 you wrote:
> Steve Litt schreef:
> > So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your
[clip]
> Steve,
>
> A lot of the crashes that were reported actually came from people that
> were using Ubuntu 9.04. The problem was that Ubuntu was shipped with
> Qt4.5.0, which had a number of bugs (at least in combination with LyX
> that is). I know you don't want to fiddle around with your fresh new
> installation, but if you still have Qt4.5.0, I'd advice you to upgrade
> to Qt4.5.2.

How do I do that? If I do it, how badly is that going to mess up everything 
else on my system that depends on Qt?

Thanks

SteveT

Re: LyX crash feedback

[Paul A. Rubin]

Steve Litt wrote:

Hi all,

In the last 6 months this list has featured at least 10 reports of LyX 1.6.x 
terminating unexpectedly. I myself had instances of this in 1.6.2 and 1.6.3, 
and was lucky enough to find a workaround in 1.6.3.


Turns out, the lyx file causing the crash in my 1.6.3 featured a huge (bigger 
than 2mb) .eps file. When the file loaded, the picture on the screen said 
"loading bookcover.eps", and then a couple seconds later crashed. This was a 
reproducible error -- it happened every time in the same amount of time.


Using Vim, I replaced bookcover.eps with bookcover.pdf, a much smaller file, 
and the problem disappeared. 

So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files 
include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large 
graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file DID NOT 
have graphic files? 



I'm not sure that *all* crashes on Ubuntu are related to Qt and 
graphics.  I've had a couple of crashes lately working on a document 
whose only images are generated by xypic (so the images are external TeX 
files that are added to the doc by LyX input commands, with instant 
preview off).  The most recent one, at least, occurred when I cursored 
out of a math inset and then immediately changed my mind and tried to 
reenter it via the left arrow key.  (I might have deleted a character 
along the way; don't recall for sure.)  I suppose that could still be a 
Qt issue, since Qt handles the LyX GUI itself.


Personally, I'm just going to live with it until the updated Qt version 
finds its way into some repository as a .deb package.  Fortunately, I 
deal with short documents, so restart/reload is not too painful.


/Paul

Re: LyX crash feedback

[John McCabe-Dansted]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In the last 6 months this list has featured at least 10 reports of LyX
>> 1.6.x terminating unexpectedly. I myself had instances of this in 1.6.2 and
>> 1.6.3, and was lucky enough to find a workaround in 1.6.3.
>>
>> Turns out, the lyx file causing the crash in my 1.6.3 featured a huge
>> (bigger than 2mb) .eps file. When the file loaded, the picture on the screen
>> said "loading bookcover.eps", and then a couple seconds later crashed. This
>> was a reproducible error -- it happened every time in the same amount of
>> time.
>>
>> Using Vim, I replaced bookcover.eps with bookcover.pdf, a much smaller
>> file, and the problem disappeared.
>> So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files
>> include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large
>> graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file
>> DID NOT have graphic files?
>
> I'm not sure that *all* crashes on Ubuntu are related to Qt and graphics.
>  I've had a couple of crashes lately working on a document whose only images
> are generated by xypic (so the images are external TeX files that are added
> to the doc by LyX input commands, with instant preview off).  The most
> recent one, at least, occurred when I cursored out of a math inset and then
> immediately changed my mind and tried to reenter it via the left arrow key.
>  (I might have deleted a character along the way; don't recall for sure.)  I
> suppose that could still be a Qt issue, since Qt handles the LyX GUI itself.
>
> Personally, I'm just going to live with it until the updated Qt version
> finds its way into some repository as a .deb package.  Fortunately, I deal
> with short documents, so restart/reload is not too painful.

Well they are in the Karmic repositories. Instructions on how to
upgrade qt4 (fairly) safely are at:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg74482.html

Scroll down past my instructions and follow Michael Gasper's clearer,
better instructions.

These instructions have worked for me and Michael without any files
being eaten. The main things to remember are to watch the upgrade to
make sure it it only upgrades qt4 related packages, and disable the
Karmic repository after you use it (so you don't accidentally upgrade
to Karmic next time you do updates).

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted
PhD Student
University of Western Australia

paste gvim --> lyx

[Hellmut Weber]

Hi list,
building a new gentoo system fro scratch with quite some documentation i 
often have the need to cut some lines from gvim to insert them into my 
lyx document. Doing so I loose all line breaks.

For longer peaces of code this is quite annoying.

IIRC this topic has already been discussed in this list but i didn't 
save the contributions, and ggogling didn't give what I was looking for.


If somebody can give me a hint it would save me a lot of time

TIA

Hellmut

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Re: paste gvim --> lyx

[Ignacio García]

Hellmut Weber wrote

> Hi list,

> building a new gentoo system fro scratch with quite some documentation i 
> often have the need to cut some lines from gvim to insert them into my lyx 
> document. Doing so I loose all line breaks.

> For longer peaces of code this is quite annoying.


> IIRC this topic has already been discussed in this list but i didn't save the 
> contributions, and ggogling didn't give what I was looking for.

> If somebody can give me a hint it would save me a lot of time

> TIA

> Hellmut

The menu entry Edit > Paste Special > Plain Text can help you.
The copied text is pasted in LyX and inserted as Paragraphs,
the line breaks of the text will start a new paragraph in LyX.

I hope this works for you

Ignacio

wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[M-L]

Hello everyone,

I have been reading this:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText

Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
around a graphic.

I can't make it work.

Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with it
from there:

Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?

 \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}

Doesn't work in ERT

So how might one use it?

Thanks in advance,
Charlie
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from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend
asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and
not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes.
They are kind to each other's
dreams. .Henry David Thoreau

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Re: wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

M-L schreef:

Hello everyone,

I have been reading this:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText

Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
around a graphic.

I can't make it work.

Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with it
from there:

Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?

 \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}

Doesn't work in ERT

So how might one use it?

Thanks in advance,
Charlie
  
You have to do nothing, just use the menu: Insert -> Float -> Figure 
Wrap Float. Then insert your graphics just as you'd do for a normal float.


Vincent

Re: wrapfig......... how to do that.........

[M-L]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:23:15 +0200 Vincent van Ravesteijn
 applied thoughts to keyboard and posted
this:

>M-L schreef:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have been reading this:
>>
>> http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText
>>
>> Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped
>> around a graphic.
>>
>> I can't make it work.
>>
>> Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with
>> it from there:
>>
>> Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in?
>>
>>  \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg}
>>
>> Doesn't work in ERT
>>
>> So how might one use it?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Charlie
>>   
>You have to do nothing, just use the menu: Insert -> Float -> Figure 
>Wrap Float. Then insert your graphics just as you'd do for a normal
>float.
>
>Vincent

Thank you for your very prompt reply Vincent, it is very much
appreciated.

Be well,
Charlie

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on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and
tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to
be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has
company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or
fruit. ...Henry David Thoreau

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Latest Lyx for Kubuntu 64 bits

[E.Kaplan]

Can anyone tell me what is the latest Lyx version that is available for 
Kubuntu 64 bits?  It seems that the repositories only have 1.6.2, and 
the only 1.6.3 version I found was meant for Karmic (9.10) which is not 
out yet.


Thanks,
EK