Re: Editors for LaTeX-files with syntax highlighting

2006-02-10 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi folks, I come from a purely humanities background, and the interesting thing about what has been said here is that, the more I use lyx, the more I realise that I need to know tex/latex. For that reason I am now patiently going through beginners latex books, using gedit- I am not yet

Re: lyx-1-4.0 install problem

2006-03-09 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi, i am using ubuntu 5.10 and i have the same problem installing with qt: on ./configure with appropriate options I am told that qt cannot be found. When I installed 1.4Pre3 I had no problems. What can I do about this? bruce On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 22:27 +0530, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: Hi,

spell check

2006-03-10 Thread Bruce Muirhead
hi folks. I have installed 1.4 on ubuntu. When I attempt to run spell checking the spell check box pops up for a second (less) and then disappears. It tells me the number of words checked, but does not in fact check them or offer me alternatives. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? is

Re: spell check

2006-03-11 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Yes, that seems to be the bug. thanks On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 01:15 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: Bruce Muirhead muirhead-Om/CcixLSK/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] hi folks. I have installed 1.4 on ubuntu. When I attempt to run spell checking the spell check box

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
You also can use pdftk. It is a command line utility, but very powerfula and easy to use. What is needed is to create the cover and extra pages in a separate programme as a pdf, and then joing th e two pdf files using pdftk. see http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php?topic=pdftk It is my

Background images

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
I am interested to know if it is possible to create a document (PDF) in which there is a background image. That is, the text appears over a background image which may -or may not- cover the entrire page. I am thinking about the type of ebook created by such windows programmes such as exebook and

user defined headers

2006-04-29 Thread Bruce Muirhead
hi I need to define my own headers for a few documents (very small documents!), but have been unable to work out how to do this. I know I need to use fancyhdr, which is as simple as choosing myheadings in document settings, but I have to admit that I have no idea of show to actually tell lyx

Re: Fwd: lyx1.4.2 in kubuntu

2006-08-01 Thread Bruce Muirhead
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 11:58 +0200, Christopher Winkler wrote: Is anything wrong with my compile command: ./configure --with-frontend=qt --with-qt-dir=/usr/lib --with-version-suffix=-1.4.2 --with-qt-dir=/usr/lib/qt3 that did it for me, anyway! Cheers Bruce ?? Russel: Can you

memoir ToC

2006-08-14 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi folks I am using Lyx 1.4.2 on Ubuntu Dapper. When I try and insert a table of contents into the file, and view a DVI or export, I get the following error: \tableofcontents* A number should have been here; I inserted `0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see

styles for medicine, patient records..

2006-08-31 Thread Bruce Muirhead
does anyone know if there are existing classes which suit the medical profession for things such as patient records and laboratory reports? Or, is there something which could easily be modified? Or, where would I begin designing something like that myself? thanks in advance Bruce

Re: Editors for LaTeX-files with syntax highlighting

2006-02-10 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi folks, I come from a purely humanities background, and the interesting thing about what has been said here is that, the more I use lyx, the more I realise that I need to know tex/latex. For that reason I am now patiently going through beginners latex books, using gedit- I am not yet

Re: lyx-1-4.0 install problem

2006-03-09 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi, i am using ubuntu 5.10 and i have the same problem installing with qt: on ./configure with appropriate options I am told that qt cannot be found. When I installed 1.4Pre3 I had no problems. What can I do about this? bruce On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 22:27 +0530, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: Hi,

spell check

2006-03-10 Thread Bruce Muirhead
hi folks. I have installed 1.4 on ubuntu. When I attempt to run spell checking the spell check box pops up for a second (less) and then disappears. It tells me the number of words checked, but does not in fact check them or offer me alternatives. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? is

Re: spell check

2006-03-11 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Yes, that seems to be the bug. thanks On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 01:15 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: Bruce Muirhead muirhead-Om/CcixLSK/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] hi folks. I have installed 1.4 on ubuntu. When I attempt to run spell checking the spell check box

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
You also can use pdftk. It is a command line utility, but very powerfula and easy to use. What is needed is to create the cover and extra pages in a separate programme as a pdf, and then joing th e two pdf files using pdftk. see http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php?topic=pdftk It is my

Background images

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
I am interested to know if it is possible to create a document (PDF) in which there is a background image. That is, the text appears over a background image which may -or may not- cover the entrire page. I am thinking about the type of ebook created by such windows programmes such as exebook and

user defined headers

2006-04-29 Thread Bruce Muirhead
hi I need to define my own headers for a few documents (very small documents!), but have been unable to work out how to do this. I know I need to use fancyhdr, which is as simple as choosing myheadings in document settings, but I have to admit that I have no idea of show to actually tell lyx

Re: Fwd: lyx1.4.2 in kubuntu

2006-08-01 Thread Bruce Muirhead
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 11:58 +0200, Christopher Winkler wrote: Is anything wrong with my compile command: ./configure --with-frontend=qt --with-qt-dir=/usr/lib --with-version-suffix=-1.4.2 --with-qt-dir=/usr/lib/qt3 that did it for me, anyway! Cheers Bruce ?? Russel: Can you

memoir ToC

2006-08-14 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi folks I am using Lyx 1.4.2 on Ubuntu Dapper. When I try and insert a table of contents into the file, and view a DVI or export, I get the following error: \tableofcontents* A number should have been here; I inserted `0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see

styles for medicine, patient records..

2006-08-31 Thread Bruce Muirhead
does anyone know if there are existing classes which suit the medical profession for things such as patient records and laboratory reports? Or, is there something which could easily be modified? Or, where would I begin designing something like that myself? thanks in advance Bruce

Re: Editors for LaTeX-files with syntax highlighting

2006-02-10 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi folks, I come from a purely humanities background, and the interesting thing about what has been said here is that, the more I use lyx, the more I realise that I need to know tex/latex. For that reason I am now patiently going through beginners latex books, using gedit- I am not yet

Re: lyx-1-4.0 install problem

2006-03-09 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi, i am using ubuntu 5.10 and i have the same problem installing with qt: on ./configure with appropriate options I am told that qt cannot be found. When I installed 1.4Pre3 I had no problems. What can I do about this? bruce On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 22:27 +0530, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > Hi,

spell check

2006-03-10 Thread Bruce Muirhead
hi folks. I have installed 1.4 on ubuntu. When I attempt to run spell checking the spell check box pops up for a second (less) and then disappears. It tells me the number of words checked, but does not in fact check them or offer me alternatives. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? is

Re: spell check

2006-03-11 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Yes, that seems to be the bug. thanks On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 01:15 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: > "Bruce Muirhead" wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > hi folks. I have installed 1.4 on ubuntu. When I attempt to run spell > > checking the spell check bo

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
You also can use pdftk. It is a command line utility, but very powerfula and easy to use. What is needed is to create the cover and extra pages in a separate programme as a pdf, and then joing th e two pdf files using pdftk. see http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php?topic=pdftk It is my

Background images

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
I am interested to know if it is possible to create a document (PDF) in which there is a background image. That is, the text appears over a background image which may -or may not- cover the entrire page. I am thinking about the type of ebook created by such windows programmes such as exebook and

user defined headers

2006-04-29 Thread Bruce Muirhead
hi I need to define my own headers for a few documents (very small documents!), but have been unable to work out how to do this. I know I need to use fancyhdr, which is as simple as choosing myheadings in document settings, but I have to admit that I have no idea of show to actually tell lyx

Re: Fwd: lyx1.4.2 in kubuntu

2006-08-01 Thread Bruce Muirhead
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 11:58 +0200, Christopher Winkler wrote: > Is anything wrong with my compile command: > ./configure --with-frontend=qt --with-qt-dir=/usr/lib > --with-version-suffix=-1.4.2 > --with-qt-dir=/usr/lib/qt3 that did it for me, anyway! Cheers Bruce > ?? > Russel: Can

memoir ToC

2006-08-14 Thread Bruce Muirhead
Hi folks I am using Lyx 1.4.2 on Ubuntu Dapper. When I try and insert a table of contents into the file, and view a DVI or export, I get the following error: \tableofcontents* A number should have been here; I inserted `0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see

styles for medicine, patient records..

2006-08-31 Thread Bruce Muirhead
does anyone know if there are existing classes which suit the medical profession for things such as patient records and laboratory reports? Or, is there something which could easily be modified? Or, where would I begin designing something like that myself? thanks in advance Bruce

Re: Exporting to ODF or MS Office ignores any bibliography styles

2016-06-13 Thread Bruce Muirhead
From: Scott Kostyshak To: Nikola Ivan Leder Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 7:01 Subject: Re: Exporting to ODF or MS Office ignores any bibliography styles On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 08:52:33PM +, Nikola Ivan