Re: Number of documents prepared with LyX? (Was: Frustrated user)

2008-10-24 Thread Mike Ressler
On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, Christian Ridderström wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Mike Ressler wrote: I can assure you that LyX has been used to write hundreds of dissertations, theses, and scholarly papers Interesting question... how many such documents have been written using LyX? Since I threw out

Re: Custom document classes

2000-06-06 Thread mike . ressler
On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Mark Gulbrandsen wrote: Where can I find information on customizing and creating document classes? RTFM. (Yea! I get to say it :-) Specifically, Chapter 6 of the Customization doc. I wrote it, so let me know if it is useful. Mike

Re: inserting a truncated postscript file

2000-06-14 Thread mike . ressler
e, whereas "floatflt" and "picinpar" are far from flawless imho.) Seems to depend on the figure and the text. I've had mixed success with all of the above - and I wrote the docs. No matter what, you have to be prepared to do some tinkering to make this work. Maybe a few more words

Re: Adding Vertical Space to Table Rows? (RTFM!)

2000-07-14 Thread mike . ressler
the exact section label. In fact, I listed _two_ ways to do this, so no excuse for bad typesetting! Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Number of floats

2000-08-02 Thread mike . ressler
nce nicely. -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: [Again] Re: help with Bibliography TOC please [on koma-script]

2000-08-15 Thread mike . ressler
Joao Cardoso wrote: Reuben It seems that LyX needs a FAQ. But more to the point, there There is a FAQ: Help-FAQ in modern versions of LyX. Of course, I don't know if I've answered this particular question yet ... Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my

Documentation is going to be way out of date for 1.1.6 ...

2000-10-27 Thread mike . ressler
has changed in the human interface (I don't care about all the internal guts changes) so that we catch everything. Remember that at least a small part of what makes LyX so good is that it is well documented ... Mike - speaking for the Doc Team -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Subscript/Superscript

2000-10-30 Thread mike . ressler
M-m m _" to start a subscript, "M-m m ^" to start a superscript. Also - how does one setup custom headers/footers for documents? Do I have to edit and use a custom layout or something? See section 1.7 of the Extended Features manual. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'

Re: preventing the one-line runover

2000-12-08 Thread mike . ressler
sollution, such that latex knows its ok if there are more lines than just one which would run over? Is there some kind of threshold to set? Add \widowpenalty=1000 and \clubpenalty=1 to the LaTeX preamble. This is in the FAQ, BTW. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don

Re: Emacs key-bindings?

2000-12-19 Thread mike . ressler
already there. In your ~/.lyx/lyxrc file, change "\bind_file cua" to "\bind_file emacs". Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Plea from LyX Doc team

2001-07-18 Thread Mike Ressler
- speaking for the doc team (though mostly myself) -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Are there NO options?

2001-09-20 Thread Mike Ressler
flamethrower, read the LyX Tutorial (at minumum), then reframe your questions in an non-confrontational tone. \end{rant} Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: LyX and beer

2001-10-11 Thread Mike Ressler
the states with a sixpack in his hand ... :-) I see you've been enjoying it already :-) Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Sizing figure floats

2001-12-26 Thread Mike Ressler
Section 1.8.3 Wrapping Text Around Figures and Section 5.3 Wrapping Text Around Figures (and Tables) - Revisited in the Extended Features manual (esp. the latter). Be aware that much futzing around may be required to get things to look exactly the way you want. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL

Re: Sections and tutorial (never mind)

2002-02-19 Thread Mike Ressler
and Section* is. Devvies - what about the possibility of changing Section* to Unnumbered Section, etc.? Granted you might have to make the menu panel wider ... Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: english class option

2002-05-14 Thread Mike Ressler
they see a lot of extra fluff hanging about in the LaTeX file preamble. I have this same problem with the AASTeX layout; I've resigned myself to having to edit the exported LaTeX file manually before submitting it to remove such fluff. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my

Re: Number of documents prepared with LyX? (Was: Frustrated user)

2008-10-24 Thread Mike Ressler
On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, Christian Ridderström wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Mike Ressler wrote: I can assure you that LyX has been used to write hundreds of dissertations, theses, and scholarly papers Interesting question... how many such documents have been written using LyX? Since I threw out

Re: Custom document classes

2000-06-06 Thread mike . ressler
On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Mark Gulbrandsen wrote: Where can I find information on customizing and creating document classes? RTFM. (Yea! I get to say it :-) Specifically, Chapter 6 of the Customization doc. I wrote it, so let me know if it is useful. Mike

Re: inserting a truncated postscript file

2000-06-14 Thread mike . ressler
e, whereas "floatflt" and "picinpar" are far from flawless imho.) Seems to depend on the figure and the text. I've had mixed success with all of the above - and I wrote the docs. No matter what, you have to be prepared to do some tinkering to make this work. Maybe a few more words

Re: Adding Vertical Space to Table Rows? (RTFM!)

2000-07-14 Thread mike . ressler
the exact section label. In fact, I listed _two_ ways to do this, so no excuse for bad typesetting! Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Number of floats

2000-08-02 Thread mike . ressler
nce nicely. -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: [Again] Re: help with Bibliography TOC please [on koma-script]

2000-08-15 Thread mike . ressler
Joao Cardoso wrote: Reuben It seems that LyX needs a FAQ. But more to the point, there There is a FAQ: Help-FAQ in modern versions of LyX. Of course, I don't know if I've answered this particular question yet ... Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my

Documentation is going to be way out of date for 1.1.6 ...

2000-10-27 Thread mike . ressler
has changed in the human interface (I don't care about all the internal guts changes) so that we catch everything. Remember that at least a small part of what makes LyX so good is that it is well documented ... Mike - speaking for the Doc Team -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Subscript/Superscript

2000-10-30 Thread mike . ressler
M-m m _" to start a subscript, "M-m m ^" to start a superscript. Also - how does one setup custom headers/footers for documents? Do I have to edit and use a custom layout or something? See section 1.7 of the Extended Features manual. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'

Re: preventing the one-line runover

2000-12-08 Thread mike . ressler
sollution, such that latex knows its ok if there are more lines than just one which would run over? Is there some kind of threshold to set? Add \widowpenalty=1000 and \clubpenalty=1 to the LaTeX preamble. This is in the FAQ, BTW. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don

Re: Emacs key-bindings?

2000-12-19 Thread mike . ressler
already there. In your ~/.lyx/lyxrc file, change "\bind_file cua" to "\bind_file emacs". Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Plea from LyX Doc team

2001-07-18 Thread Mike Ressler
- speaking for the doc team (though mostly myself) -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Are there NO options?

2001-09-20 Thread Mike Ressler
flamethrower, read the LyX Tutorial (at minumum), then reframe your questions in an non-confrontational tone. \end{rant} Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: LyX and beer

2001-10-11 Thread Mike Ressler
the states with a sixpack in his hand ... :-) I see you've been enjoying it already :-) Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Sizing figure floats

2001-12-26 Thread Mike Ressler
Section 1.8.3 Wrapping Text Around Figures and Section 5.3 Wrapping Text Around Figures (and Tables) - Revisited in the Extended Features manual (esp. the latter). Be aware that much futzing around may be required to get things to look exactly the way you want. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL

Re: Sections and tutorial (never mind)

2002-02-19 Thread Mike Ressler
and Section* is. Devvies - what about the possibility of changing Section* to Unnumbered Section, etc.? Granted you might have to make the menu panel wider ... Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: english class option

2002-05-14 Thread Mike Ressler
they see a lot of extra fluff hanging about in the LaTeX file preamble. I have this same problem with the AASTeX layout; I've resigned myself to having to edit the exported LaTeX file manually before submitting it to remove such fluff. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my

Re: Number of documents prepared with LyX? (Was: Frustrated user)

2008-10-24 Thread Mike Ressler
On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, Christian Ridderström wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Mike Ressler wrote: I can assure you that LyX has been used to write hundreds of dissertations, theses, and scholarly papers >> Interesting question... how many such documents have been written using LyX? Since I thr

Re: Custom document classes

2000-06-06 Thread mike . ressler
On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Mark Gulbrandsen wrote: > Where can I find information on customizing and creating document classes? RTFM. (Yea! I get to say it :-) Specifically, Chapter 6 of the Customization doc. I wrote it, so let me know if it is useful. Mike

Re: inserting a truncated postscript file

2000-06-14 Thread mike . ressler
quot; workes very fine for me, whereas "floatflt" and "picinpar" > are far from flawless imho.) Seems to depend on the figure and the text. I've had mixed success with all of the above - and I wrote the docs. No matter what, you have to be prepared to do some tinkering to make this

Re: Adding Vertical Space to Table Rows? (RTFM!)

2000-07-14 Thread mike . ressler
guide under "Secrets of the LaTeX Masters"; I've forgotten the exact section label. In fact, I listed _two_ ways to do this, so no excuse for bad typesetting! Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Number of floats

2000-08-02 Thread mike . ressler
earpages to make things balance nicely. -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: [Again] Re: help with Bibliography & TOC please [on koma-script]

2000-08-15 Thread mike . ressler
> Joao Cardoso wrote: > > > Reuben> It seems that LyX needs a FAQ. But more to the point, there There is a FAQ: Help->FAQ in modern versions of LyX. Of course, I don't know if I've answered this particular question yet ... Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm

Documentation is going to be way out of date for 1.1.6 ...

2000-10-27 Thread mike . ressler
has changed in the human interface (I don't care about all the internal guts changes) so that we catch everything. Remember that at least a small part of what makes LyX so good is that it is well documented ... Mike - speaking for the Doc Team -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Subscript/Superscript

2000-10-30 Thread mike . ressler
like "M-m m _" to start a subscript, "M-m m ^" to start a superscript. > Also - how does one setup custom headers/footers for documents? Do I have > to edit and use a custom layout or something? See section 1.7 of the Extended Features manual. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMA

Re: preventing the one-line runover

2000-12-08 Thread mike . ressler
> "global" sollution, such that latex knows its ok if there are more lines than > just one which would run over? Is there some kind of threshold to set? Add \widowpenalty=1000 and \clubpenalty=1 to the LaTeX preamble. This is in the FAQ, BTW. Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] O

Re: Emacs key-bindings?

2000-12-19 Thread mike . ressler
; keystrokes. It's already there. In your ~/.lyx/lyxrc file, change "\bind_file cua" to "\bind_file emacs". Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Plea from LyX Doc team

2001-07-18 Thread Mike Ressler
- speaking for the doc team (though mostly myself) -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Are there NO options?

2001-09-20 Thread Mike Ressler
s one tool among many for preparing documents, and is developed and maintained by a bunch of volunteers who work on it solely for the love of developing a useful program. Please turn off your flamethrower, read the LyX Tutorial (at minumum), then reframe your questions in an non-confrontational tone. \end{rant} Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: LyX and beer

2001-10-11 Thread Mike Ressler
saw him before) from the states with a sixpack > in his hand ... :-) I see you've been enjoying it already :-) Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: Sizing figure floats

2001-12-26 Thread Mike Ressler
n't read how. See Section 1.8.3 "Wrapping Text Around Figures" and Section 5.3 "Wrapping Text Around Figures (and Tables) - Revisited" in the Extended Features manual (esp. the latter). Be aware that much futzing around may be required to get things to look exactly the way y

Re: Sections and tutorial (never mind)

2002-02-19 Thread Mike Ressler
have no clue what the difference between Section and Section* is. Devvies - what about the possibility of changing "Section*" to "Unnumbered Section", etc.? Granted you might have to make the menu panel wider ... Mike -- Mike Ressler [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...

Re: "english" class option

2002-05-14 Thread Mike Ressler
reason not to put this option there. Because publishers get grumpy when they see a lot of extra fluff hanging about in the LaTeX file preamble. I have this same problem with the AASTeX layout; I've resigned myself to having to edit the exported LaTeX file manually before submitting it to remove s