[email protected] schrieb:
(In fact, I never use export; I just use 'Save as' in the viewer - would it be
worth adding that as an option?)
By using Save as, you don't get any output: You only save your LyX document
under another name but don't generate a PDF.
I meant 'Save as' using the viewer, not LyX; I use KPDF as my viewer and I did
a 'Save as' from within KPDF to generate the PDF which is at
http://bradford.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=february_25th_2008 to illustrate
the power of LyX.
This is not the recommended behavior because using Save as in your PDF viewer changes the PDF. When
you for example do this in Acrobat, fast web view is by default enabled in the PDF and the PDF
compatibility is changed.
The shortcut is Alt+M M (note the "+") and work correctly here. Ctrl+M inserts
the command \mbox which is not equal to the desired command \textrm. That Ctrl+M does not
insert another $$ pair is btw. a bug in LyX and not easy to solve.
I tried this but Alt+M M produces \mbox just the same as Ctl-m
I see now that I'm using an old bind file. I'll correct this.
You always want to write "requires you to" and "recommend you to". But in these cases the
passive was used not the active. So it it not allowed to write "The program requires to start
bla...."?
Here 'The program' is the subject and 'requires' is an active verb, not
passive. If you use the passive, 'The program is required to', you are saying
that some other program is requiring something. But in help documentation, you
are emphasising the demands the program makes on the user.
Though the English use the passive more frequently than speakers of other
languages, good practice, particularly in written English, is to 'prefer the
active' and in this context using the active forms 'requires you to' and
'recommend you to' also emphasises that you are saying what the user needs to
do.
Thanks for clarification.
Concerning your LyX presentation
http://bradford.lug.org.uk/LyX_LaTeX_and_TeX.pdf
I noticed the following issues:
- The term "LyX" appears incorrect in the PDF bookmarks. This can be fixed by the following preamble
code:
% redefine the \LyX macro for PDF bookmarks
\def\LyX{\texorpdfstring{%
l\kern-.1667em\lower.25em\hbox{y}\kern-.125e...@}
{LyX}}
- The links in your PDF are within colored boxes. I don't know if this is desired. If not, LyX 1.6.x
offers you to change this, look for example in the document settings of the UserGuide.
- For figures, the caption is usually under the image, for tables usually over the tables. (This is
at least the case in all books I own.)
thanks for spreading LyX with your talks and regards
Uwe
