alias lyxe=LANG=en lyx
should do waht you want
Missing semicolon, try something like:
alias lyx=LANG=en;lyx
why the semicolon ?
pavel
Someone have this problem?
confirmed. maybe you can file a bug about this.
pavel
Nonetheless I'm getting the following error (well into the compile):
ld: library not found for -lQtCore
this is not compile error, but linking problem. i guess you need to set path
to qt4 in configure (if this is used on mac).
pavel
Yes, a good suggesetion, but the curious thing is that I am setting it.
whats the exact configure command you use ?
where is placed your libQtCore.so ?
pavel
For compiling Qt:
./configure -static -no-exceptions -nomake examples -nomake tools -nomake
demos -prefix /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.3.2/
where is placed your libQtCore.so ?
Hm. The compile and install of Qt seemed flawless, but I can't find that
file:
i know nothing of libraries on
I thought I'd create a jabber room for real time communication:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
fyi note that irc channel for real time communication already exists
(and its already dead silent too).
pavel
I produce most of my statistical graphics in R and move them into LyX
floats.
I've been exporting them as JPGs from R. Is there a better format that plays
well with LyX/LaTeX? Any suggestions are appreciated.
-
If you want EPS output in R, be aware that you need to use some
Is there any way around this? (short of going through the document and
deleting the notes?
in case of lyx comments export to text file and count the words
by eg wc -w file.txt . this wont help you with greyed out text though.
In the future perhaps a checkbox in the word-count popup that could
How do I copy text from emacs and openoffice into lyx under linux? I am trying
to patch together a few sources for a presentation and I can't get lyx to
recognize that it has something to paste in any way (marking and middle mouse
button or marking and using edit-copy).
what version of lyx
How do I copy text from emacs and openoffice into lyx under linux? I am
trying to patch together a few sources for a presentation and I can't get
lyx to recognize that it has something to paste in any way (marking and
middle mouse button or marking and using edit-copy).
what
Before I do all of your suggested tests (which I will do) I just have to
say: it seems like the pdf you've sent me has fuzzy Hebrew as well!
Well - as I understand, PDF should embed the fonts inside it, so it's
not impossible that we see the documents in two computers in two
different ways;
--with-extra-prefix=/usr/lib/qt4 but change the path accordingly.
I don't understand what you mean.
where do you have libraries of qt4 now ?
pavel
If someone can cite a version of Lyx that runs without tears on the latest
stable version of Slack (12) then I may give it a try again.
i see some slackware package for 1.4.4 in wiki.
pavel
And it errors out like this:
deps/Dialogs.Tpo -c Dialogs.cpp -o Dialogs.o
QAbout.h:24: error: ???Ui??? has not been declared
QAbout.h:24: error: expected `{' before ???QAboutUi???
QAbout.h:24: error: invalid function declaration
make[7]: *** [Dialogs.lo] Error 1
make[7]: Leaving directory
On Monday 18 February 2008 18:26, Pavel Sanda wrote:
--with-extra-prefix=/usr/lib/qt4 but change the path accordingly.
I don't understand what you mean.
where do you have libraries of qt4 now ?
Depending on the meaning of the question, either /usr/lib/qt4
or /usr/lib/qt4/lib
But now I want to upgrade LyX without installing a newer operating system. I
don't think that's too much to ask.
One could counter that if I used Debian I could just apt-get install the
whole
thing. Well I don't use Debian -- I like Mandriva and have been using it
since 2000, and I
While in the process of trying to add things like Qt4 to my Slack 12
system I managed to mung my ability to send outgoing mail. I
reinstalled on a fresh partition but I still have problems. So among
other things I am giving up on Lyx. More to the point, I am giving up
on
Deleting and re-extracting the source tree did the trick. So the steps to
cure
the problem turned out to be:
Good to hear.
Steve, if you think that README INSTALL files put you somewhere
in the wrong direction, the best you can do is to send us the corrections.
Pavel
For versions of LyX subsequent to 1.4, you have to use
|inset-insert| instead. The format is
|LYXCMD:anything:inset-insert ref LatexCommand ref reference
referenceName \end_inset|. There's also an optional name NAME
argument that seems to work in docbook: |link
So I tried inset-insert ref LatexCommand ref reference tst:2
you mean this?
inset-apply ref LatexCommand ref reference tst:2\end_inset
p
Just to make it complete: the syntax is
inset-apply ref LatexCommand Format reference label name\end_inset
where label name is the name of the referenced label and
Format is one of the following:
ref -- reference
eqref -- (reference)
pageref -- page
vpageref -- on page
I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the
cursor in the relevant line.
one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky
to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its
own counter part in visible document etc...
I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the
cursor in the relevant line.
one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky
to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its
own counter part in visible
If someone likes, he or she can upload it into the wiki - I don't know
where to put it and how to upload it...
such page was recently created in wiki
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Screencasts
also http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Screencasts-HowToCreateThem
pavel
Is there any LFUN or pre-assigned shortcut to open the settings dialog for
the label / reference / bib reference inset under the cursor?
such lfun would be surpise to me. i mean no :)
pavel
On multiline copies, Edit-Paste in LyX usually removes linefeeds.
Edit-pastespecial-text puts in the last thing copied or cut from LyX,
with middle button and using Edit- paste special - Selection
linefeeds are correct (tested with eterm, xterm and lyx 1.5.4).
pavel
On multiline copies, Edit-Paste in LyX usually removes linefeeds.
Edit-pastespecial-text puts in the last thing copied or cut from LyX,
with middle button and using Edit- paste special - Selection
linefeeds are correct (tested with eterm, xterm and lyx 1.5.4).
Why is that not the
After many years of relying on the middle mouse button for pasting text, I
recently upgraded one of my machines to openSUSE 10.3 and the middle button
no longer works quickly or reliably for any app (not just LyX). I now need to
click up to 4 times and wait before it works.
this belongs to
Anybody an idea?
Yes: next-inset-toggle (Ctrl-i with cua.bind)
this behaviour is intended? i find the naming confusing.
wouldn't be better to have clear distinction between toggling and
dialog showing?
also what is the relation to dialog-show lfun?
pavel
-When I first inserted TeX code, I found the label ERT confusing, since
I didn't know what it meant. (However, it is a pretty funny label.)
evil red tex(t) :))
p
Before posting, I did look through the list of LFUNs (as offered by
the Alt+X command bar). However, I couldn't imagine next-inset-toggle
as the one I was looking for.
Probably. More important, however, is that Ctrl-i somewhat acts consistently
(IMHO).
which is the current state in
which is the current state in your opinion?
From a user POV, yes (except for the bug Richard referred to).
in such a case we should at least rename the lfun to be clear
that it does also the dialog opening for certain insets.
when even devs are not able to find such an lfun there is
unfortunately all naming coming to my mind now are bit weird. any
proposals?
Well, note that what it does is highly context-dependent. If you're in a
note but in front of ERT, for example, then Ctrl-I will do something to the
ERT, not to the note. So, well, ???
lets bump it with
I also think the LyX.org site is OK except for the background and the
white text... changing that alone could make a huge difference. I
we have fix for this long time, but nobody on dev list commented the
design so i let it die.
http://195.113.31.123/~sanda/junk/lyx/www/
pavel
nice if we give him our input, even if it would just be a modification
to the existing monster/bird/? design. What do you all think?
there was quite agreement the lyx-icon/document you picked now back is not
better then our monster.
pavel
I think we could do a more impressive design with something fractal or a
graph of some impressive-looking function.. if that makes any sense. The
first design here could be good as an app icon.. -andrei
there are currently two main logos - monster and the banner you see
when launch lyx.
i
nice if we give him our input, even if it would just be a modification
to the existing monster/bird/? design. What do you all think?
there was quite agreement the lyx-icon/document you picked now back is not
better then our monster. pavel
I didn't understand what you wrote to be honest,
A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the only one here
that is somewhat unique. I don't know how it represents the LyX brand and
it may be more a mascot than a logo, but in my opinion we should not change
the logo unless we get one that is really professionally
might be that it associates to creativity, through it's childish
appearance.
after all i'm just a child playing with toys.
pavel
might be that it associates to creativity, through it's childish
appearance.
after all i'm just a child playing with toys.
Just like the rest of us:-)
Guess it really comes down to the kind of users we _want_ :-)
me? :))
p
In my opinion, LyX *is* WYSIWYG to a significant degree. LyX content in LyX
looks very much like its PDF output. Typefaces, sizes, weights, slants,
margins all look similar to the eventual output.
but these visual elements are there to convey _meanings_ not visual appearance
in resulting
current banner because it includes the version number.
Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering
if the wiki page shold be renamed)
yes splash screen is the name for a picture shown while application starts.
i looked on the pictures and the are cold and sad
I like it much more than our current webpage.
But there are some bugs: This page
http://www.lyx.org/test/index.php/Main/Translation
btw i think the listing of translated things is very outdated.
either update or delete it?
When will the new webpage will replace the old one- with the release
Achieve effortless superiority in document production!
Without learning any special language or code, just type your content into a
Graphic front end and the superb TeX typesetting system will give you
a bit like a spam ;)
pavel
2. I suggest a direct link to the visual tour, or at least the
screenshots, in the left margin. When I'm shopping for software, that's
usually one of the first things I seek out, and I'll sometimes not bother
poking around a site if I can't see screenshots early on.
good point, i usually
I really like the structure and the cleanliness. It's very usable and
navigable.
I'd change the home page text slightly, getting rid of the (IMHO) meaningless
term WYSIWYM. For instance, I'd change the first paragraph to:
this paragraph was changed by me, sorry Steve... i've post my reply
On the question of screenshots,
a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font,
which should never be used on a screen, unless it's maybe old
courier.
Michael, feel free to re-create pictures in screenshot section and/or
graphical tour. the screenshots you sent are fine,
About skins, I'd love a new skin for wiki.lyx.org (hint, hint), but please
note that it should _not_ be the same as for www.lyx.org. (See discussion
on the devel list).
please at least for the wiki part use template which use full screen width.
pavel
Rather that there are bosses believing that if you have fun at work you
are not seriously working. I.e. once they see the platypus on your
desktop you cannot convince them that using LyX will increase
productivity as well as quality but fear for the reputation of their
The 'pages' are nice. However, I don't like the logo. Too far away from
the current one...
The 'pages' do look nice, but how are they to be used? In a splash screen?
maybe incorporate it into intro picture? i like it too.
pavel
My question is whether I can insert a command that will appear in the
header of an .html file created by LyX. I'd like to do it through the
document settings or other means. Some background follows.
you can define your own script converting tex-html.
in preamble you will add some tex
hi,
i'm getting strange segfault when compiling one particular lyx document.
after some time i came to quite small attached example which display the
problem.
for compilation one needs elsevier article classes
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/elsevier.html)
the log
Here's my output from lyx while generating a .dvi of your example:
i guess you must generate postscript.
what happens if you run: dvipost a.dvi ?
lyx
dvipng warning: at (-1,-1) ignored header \special{!userdict
begin/bop-hook{/isls false def/vsize 792 def/hsize 612 def}def end}.
you have
can anybody confirm on some other tex install that attached dvi fails too?
i dont have any idea what went wrong.
Try dvipost-1.1.patch in development\Win32\patches.
i had dvipost 1.0 and just upgrading to 1.1 was enough.
pavel
My suggestion would be a new LFUN next-inset-configure that will
open a dialog window in any case:
currently inset-settings lfun (now speaking in terms of 1.6)
pavel
currently inset-settings lfun (now speaking in terms of 1.6)
I find inset-settings even in my LyX 1.5.4.
However, I could not get M-x inset-settings to open the settings dialogue
of an ERT box. Tried with the cursor inside the box as well as in front
of the box. (Error message: Befehl
How can I find out other possbile arguments to inset-insert and what
argument(s) does inset-apply expect?
some partial info can be found here:
http://www.jikos.cz/~ps/lyx/html/namespacelyx.html#5ae63e8160e98b54ad28f142ed40c202449cfaf8159510673d9cbc8920aa6428
pavel
I have a small request that may be silly for normally able people, but may
be important for the visually impaired. Would it be possible to have
rendered math formulas scaled automatically with the text?
i'm not sure what you mean by 'rendered', but here, they are scaled with text
Normally, I can highlight text in a terminal and paste it with a
middle-click. In LyX, usually I can get to it with Edit - Paste Special.
(I can copy-and-paste fine in my xterms.)
In my LyX, the Paste Special choices are shaded out and not clickable.
This is LyX 1.5.2 on NetBSD. I am not
1- I am not sure I fully understand how the full screen mode options are
supposed to work (I read the wiki page for Lyx 1.6, but I am still not
sure): As I understand it, the Toggle checkbox in the prefs (scrollbar,
tabbar, toolbar) set them off when checked and on when unchecked (this
Your first step should be to look at what is in each one and decide whether
you need it. I find the best place to quickly get information on packages is
http://gentoo-portage.com.
please note that there is texmfind utility under gentoo, which helps to find
appropriate packages for a given
So if this is what happens on all platforms, I would suggest to use the
word hide instead of toggle.
ok thats reasonable.
pavel
I see that too. JMarc, is the user list also handled by Mate? In which case
maybe he could erase this account?
only in case he was stupid enough to sign up with this email address :)
p
In the former versions of LyX this behaviour could be prevented by using
older versions of ImageMagick instead of the newer ones coming with the LyX
installer. Now, however, selected ImageMagick files are preinstalled in LyX
directories and the previous workaround with the older
I also experience the lack of antialiasing though there seem to be some
exceptions. I am afraid I will not be able to use the promising new 1.6
series if these problems remain unsolved. I am really afraid as my lecture
notes, slides etc. are almost entirely written by LyX and I would not be
All of my books except one are in LyX 1.4.2. The latest book is LyX 1.5.3.
I'm
hoping to get a 64bit machine with 8GB of Ram, and use LyX 1.5.4.
I know that once you open and save a LyX 1.4.2 doc in 1.5.4, you can never go
back to 1.4.2. So my question is, do you think 1.5.4 will
Bo,
thanks for your responses.
- was there some conclusion about filename extension? if there are going
to be
any tricks with copying or moving .lyx file itself i smell thousand and
one
problems of rewrites, bad deletions on user side etc. i think that some
.lyz
would be
Bo,
agh, sorry wrong list :(
pavel
Pavel Sanda wrote:
Motto:
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
Pavel Sanda wrote:
i personally would be interrested in geographical distribution :)
in such a case we would have imho better indication from intersted
users.
Me too!
the generation from httpd logs goes very
Hello LyX testers,
! THIS LYX VERSION SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAN TESTING !
take this warning seriously, this snapshost has dataloss bug wrt space insets.
pavel
I'm trying to find a description of how to use the new mathmacro stuff.
Attempting to insert a mathmacro I get something that appears to have input
for a name, TeX code, and LyX code. I don't know what should go into
these. I'm guessing that the box labeled TeX is for a TeX expansion of the
Qt: 4.4.0 (compiled by me
i guess this will be the problem :)
maybe the following link can help you
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212086#c6
pavel
Does anyone know how to solve this problem???
There was a recent discussion [1] on this, with no apparent solution.
This other relevant discussion [2] seems to offer a solution.
Regards,
Liviu
[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg63778.html
[2]
It works in LyX, if you use the correct unicode char (from the extended
Greek table) out of the box, but not so good with combining chars.
Also, there there any way to get the characters to appear in Greek
on-screen (i.e. before converting the text to dvi)?
Yes, see attached file.
btw
* For the LyX GUI, I use DejaVu Serif, DejaVu Sans and Inconsolata.
i installed these and it works beatifully on the screen.
now the next step :) i see latex error that utf8x.def file is missing.
is tetex supposed to work with the chosen encoding or do i need texlive?
what tex distribution do
I copied them from the `gucharmap` character listing application. Many
editors (but not LyX) have a special chars feature where you can select
any character from a table.
fyi lyx 1.6 should solve this http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16#toc16
pavel
On 10.06.08, Pavel Sanda wrote:
now the next step :) i see latex error that utf8x.def file is missing.
Where you able to select utf8x font encoding from the LyX gui?
i dont think this is possible. you can only select language encoding,
which was set to utf8x in your previous file. i
Normally LyX checks the package availability for any extensions, so this
might count as a (minor) LyX bug,
no i dont have this package locally, so its not lyx problem.
It is a lyx problem if you can actively set
DocumentSettingsLanguageEncoding to utf8x while the package ucs (and
On 10 Jun 2008, G. Milde wrote:
On 10.06.08, Anthony Campbell wrote:
I tried to use Lyx for ancient Greek but the circumflex (tilde)
keeps
appearing before the letter instead of above it.
In most fonts, even in the Standard glyph list of the Unicode
With this fix, your lyx example can be set to use the language Greek
(polytonic).
However, as the tilde acts as a non-breakable space in LaTeX, it is
escaped by LyX (converted to \asciitilde) and hence the example will only
work right, if you put the tilde (or the whole text) in an ERT box
it. When you put tilde-accent into the command buffer and then strike the
desired key,
sorry i meant accent-tilde
pavel
is tetex supposed to work with the chosen encoding or do i need texlive?
what tex distribution do you use?
utf8x.def is part of the ucs package for comprehensive unicode support.
I use the texlive packages from Debian/testing which contain ucs in
texlive-latex-recommended.
I do not
But this is inconsistent with handling of other extensions.
Editing in LyX works even without any tex distribution, still
reconfigure checks availability of fonts, classes and packages --
but not inputenc nor ucs.
which is a different story then prohibit this encoding ;)
pavel
On 11 Jun 2008, G. Milde wrote:
It still doesn't work here. That is, the tilde comes out before the
letter, not on top of it.
But I think this is something to do with the current version of Latex,
not Lyx, because the same thing is now happening in native Latex as
well.
Looks like I
Question to the developers: Would it be possible to pass the tilde '~'
to LaTeX as-is if the language is set to polutonikogreek?
please correct me if i'm wrong, but i think this is wrong direction.
how will you determine nonbreak. space vs tilde accent then?
The same way as
But missing input encodings are not marked (are they?) -- this is what I
call inconsistency.
yes :)
p
On 12 Jun 2008, Pavel Sanda wrote:
i would like to summarize the my understanding of the problems i
encountered,
please comment on:
1. Screen painting.
after installing unicode fonts for X displaying ancient greek letters works
in lyx
without problems.
[snip
It is not just the accents but also hyphenation patterns etc.
The distinction is similar to german and ngerman (i.e. old and new
spelling), only that the reform in Greece was 20 years earlier).
OTOH, it can be a big timesave if you can input strange characters as a
combination of ASCII
Thnx, Abdel, but it doesn't work - perhaps is because of the italian version
(lyx 1.5.5)
do you have the cursor exactly before the inset (box)?
as for the repeat-typing problem, maybe the autocompletion in 1.6 will be of
some help for you.
pavel
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Friedrich Hagedorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It seems this \intertext command is not properly handled in LyX. I had
the same problem, when you press 'space' it jumps you out of the
command. You may want to file this as a bug or feature enhancement.
I'm not sure
On 6/8/08, Pavel Sanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what about to setup some wiki page sumarizing greek+lyx issues?
I planned to do this in some near future, but prefered to wait for
some (more) feedback from the list and give myself some more
search-time, before doing so.
i setup the wiki
Dear LyX gurus: why does LyX ignore:
\bind cacute unicode-insert 0x00e7
while e.g.
\bind M-C-comma unicode-insert 0x00e7 # insert a ç (c with cedilla)
works?
because Qt::Key_Comma exists, while Qt::Key_cacute does not
(http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/qt.html).
in case it doesn't
PS Here is what I tried: in american.kmap I put
\kmod ' acute aeiouAEIOU
# \kmod , cedilla native
\kxmod ' c ç
just a wild guess, what happen with this:
\kxmod acute c ç
pavel
Furthermore, I don't get a single quote this way, but an isolated acute
accent. In other words, with such a keyboard remap, it's impossible to
get a single quote in LyX.
And at last, only the accents (acute, grave, circonflex...) exhibit this
behavior. The double quote retains its normal
this keymap part of lyx is from days when changing keymaps was not so
easy as it is now under X. by default these things should be maintained
in X settings not in lyx. here lyx reacts as most other apps wrt keymaps.
Should we get rid of our own keyboard mapping soonish then?
Does
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:13:27PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote:
Should we get rid of our own keyboard mapping soonish then?
Does anybody still use it and could not use alternatives provided by his
environment?
yes it is still used, i remember some screem last time we discussed
Dear LyX users,
compiling LyX from the source took me some hours, so I thought I could
install from a tarball on my second machine. However, trying with
make dist-bzip2
what happens with make dist?
pavel
Is there a way to get overstrike text in LyX?
I am looking for something like what happens when you track changes and
delete something, but without using track changes...
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg135337.html
we also have it in wiki feature poll.
pavel
Is there a way to copy code from other editors into Lyx in such a way that
at least the format of the code is preserved?
have you tried listings environment?
pavel
José Matos wrote:
You can download LyX 1.6.0beta4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with
bzip2, which yields smaller files):
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0beta4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0beta4.tar.bz2
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