using older Lyx documents after upgrading
Hi all, this is to share my experience with other users and asking for help from the developers. ;-) I have quite a number of LyX documents made in Mageia5 using LyX 2.1; TexLive 2013; classicthesis-LyX-v4.1, most of them with the module 'Linguistics' loaded and using different bibliography styles. After upgrading to LyX 2.2.0; TexLive2016; classicthesis-LyX-v4.2 and loading those older documents I found the following when trying to export to PDF: * Beamer presentations > OK * All types of Koma-Script documents >> basically OK with some minor adjustments, inter alia regarding the bibliography style, e.g. oscola * classicthesis-LyX-v4.2_biblatex_biber and classicthesis-LyX-v4.2_biblatex_bibtex8 >> do compile all example files as well as their original 'ClassicThesis.lyx' template without any problem. * but trying to compile any of my classicthesis-LyX-v4.1 documents I get either an endless loop or heaps of errors - there are so many different errors that I eventually gave up trying to fix them I also started copying parts of my old documents into a new one but even text that I considered not very special produced errors. Authoring everything entirely new seems to be the only way as far as I see now. Well is that it? Any explanation, clue, advice etc. is highly appreciated. Cheers and thanks, Michael
Does anybody know how to use \tikzexternalize, storing the files in a user's dir and not in a LyX temp dir?
I'm working in Windows 10 with MiKTeX distibution. If I write in my preamble: \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{external} \tikzexternalize[prefix={Figures/}] all works well, but the externalized files are stored in a LyX temp dir, hence I loose them when I close LyX. If I write: \tikzexternalize[prefix={"C:/Users/MyName MySurname/Documents/LaTeX/Figures/"}] I get the error: ! I can't write on file `"C:/Users/MyName MySurname/Documents/LaTeX/Figures/MyDoc-figure0.md5"'. I've also posted a question on TEX SE, but till without answer: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/319721/tikz-externalization-with-absolute-path-and-miktex-distribution Could anyone help me? Thank you! Carla
KOMAscript book workaround?
Greetings. I'm redoing through lyx a book whose 1st edition I wrote in latex. All has worked excellently well -- much quicker than the original latex -- except one problem. I'm using KOMA scrbook, which forces a blank page after the title page. (The first edition used memoir which doesn't have the problem.) But I need to put publication info on the backside (verso) of the title page, and can't figure out how to override the forced blank page. (Other forced blank pages after part and chapter headings are not an issue.) I see provision for the environments "uppertitleback" and "lowertitleback" under scrbook, which promise to do most of what I want (maybe all), but I can't get them to work. The manual says that the matter within the environment must be put before the \maketitle command. I'm not sure where LyX puts that command, but in latex it comes just after the titlepage information (title, author, date, publisher) is entered. So I put the matter with environment just after \frontmatter (i.e. immediately above the titlepage matter), but it still appears on the next righthand (recto) page after the titlepage; and I also tried putting it in the middle of the titlepage matter, and at the end, but it still comes on the next recto page. Same with matter in the lowertitleback environment. I've tried it by typing in the matter in lyx and selecting the environment from the dropdown menu, and I've tried it by entering latex code. Same thing. So, to state it simply, I want to put a page-worth of material on the backside of the title page, where scrbook forces a blank page. Anything that works is fine -- the simpler the better. The one workaround mentioned above may not be sufficient even if I could get it to work, which I can't, because uppertitleback and lowertitleback seem to be designed for a single paragraph each, and I have several worth of publication data. Using LyX 2.1.4 under Ubuntu 16.04. Many thanks for any help. Swami
Re: KOMAscript book workaround?
Komascript issue. Contact the author of the package, who is very helpful. el On 2016-07-19 12:18, Swami Atmarupananda wrote: > Greetings. > I'm redoing through lyx a book whose 1st edition I wrote in latex. All > has worked excellently well -- much quicker than the original latex -- > except one problem. I'm using KOMA scrbook, which forces a blank page > after the title page. (The first edition used memoir which doesn't have > the problem.) But I need to put publication info on the backside (verso) > of the title page, and can't figure out how to override the forced blank > page. (Other forced blank pages after part and chapter headings are not > an issue.) > > I see provision for the environments "uppertitleback" and > "lowertitleback" under scrbook, which promise to do most of what I want > (maybe all), but I can't get them to work. The manual says that the > matter within the environment must be put before the \maketitle command. > I'm not sure where LyX puts that command, but in latex it comes just > after the titlepage information (title, author, date, publisher) is > entered. So I put the matter with environment just after \frontmatter > (i.e. immediately above the titlepage matter), but it still appears on > the next righthand (recto) page after the titlepage; and I also tried > putting it in the middle of the titlepage matter, and at the end, but it > still comes on the next recto page. Same with matter in the > lowertitleback environment. I've tried it by typing in the matter in lyx > and selecting the environment from the dropdown menu, and I've tried it > by entering latex code. Same thing. > > So, to state it simply, I want to put a page-worth of material on the > backside of the title page, where scrbook forces a blank page. Anything > that works is fine -- the simpler the better. The one workaround > mentioned above may not be sufficient even if I could get it to work, > which I can't, because uppertitleback and lowertitleback seem to be > designed for a single paragraph each, and I have several worth of > publication data. > > Using LyX 2.1.4 under Ubuntu 16.04. > > Many thanks for any help. > Swami
Math Panel?
hi i'm using LyX 2.2.0,how insert pi, phi (pi), theta, and sigma in formulas? thank you
Re: Math Panel?
If th math panel is open click on the α symbol in the top row and it should bring up a set of Greek symbols On 19 July 2016 at 10:03, Daniel Roma wrote: > hi > i'm using LyX 2.2.0,how insert pi, phi (pi), theta, and sigma in formulas? > thank you > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
Re: KOMAscript book workaround?
Many thanks. I have contacted him, got a reply, and sent him an MWE. Swami On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > Komascript issue. > > Contact the author of the package, who is very helpful. > > el > > On 2016-07-19 12:18, Swami Atmarupananda wrote: > > Greetings. > > I'm redoing through lyx a book whose 1st edition I wrote in latex. All > > has worked excellently well -- much quicker than the original latex -- > > except one problem. I'm using KOMA scrbook, which forces a blank page > > after the title page. (The first edition used memoir which doesn't have > > the problem.) But I need to put publication info on the backside (verso) > > of the title page, and can't figure out how to override the forced blank > > page. (Other forced blank pages after part and chapter headings are not > > an issue.) > > > > I see provision for the environments "uppertitleback" and > > "lowertitleback" under scrbook, which promise to do most of what I want > > (maybe all), but I can't get them to work. The manual says that the > > matter within the environment must be put before the \maketitle command. > > I'm not sure where LyX puts that command, but in latex it comes just > > after the titlepage information (title, author, date, publisher) is > > entered. So I put the matter with environment just after \frontmatter > > (i.e. immediately above the titlepage matter), but it still appears on > > the next righthand (recto) page after the titlepage; and I also tried > > putting it in the middle of the titlepage matter, and at the end, but it > > still comes on the next recto page. Same with matter in the > > lowertitleback environment. I've tried it by typing in the matter in lyx > > and selecting the environment from the dropdown menu, and I've tried it > > by entering latex code. Same thing. > > > > So, to state it simply, I want to put a page-worth of material on the > > backside of the title page, where scrbook forces a blank page. Anything > > that works is fine -- the simpler the better. The one workaround > > mentioned above may not be sufficient even if I could get it to work, > > which I can't, because uppertitleback and lowertitleback seem to be > > designed for a single paragraph each, and I have several worth of > > publication data. > > > > Using LyX 2.1.4 under Ubuntu 16.04. > > > > Many thanks for any help. > > Swami > >
Question regarding Title Page in report class
Hi I have a query in regards to the default title page in report class which only gives you an option to add title, author and date. However, I would also like to add supervisor, logo etc. How do I go about doing this? Thanks Usman
Title page
Hi I have a query in regards to the default title page in report class which only gives you an option to add title, author and date. However, I would also like to add supervisor, logo etc. How do I go about doing this? Thanks Usman
Re: Title page
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:34:20 +0100 Usman Ashraf wrote: > Hi > > I have a query in regards to the default title page in report class > which only gives you an option to add title, author and date. > However, I would also like to add supervisor, logo etc. How do I go > about doing this? > > Thanks > > Usman I'd look at report (KOMA-script). It has a lot more options. Les -- L. R. Denham
Re: Title page
Here are a couple suggestions that may work http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/148576/lyxarticle-document-image-under-title-in-front-page On 19 July 2016 at 12:34, Usman Ashraf wrote: > Hi > > I have a query in regards to the default title page in report class which > only gives you an option to add title, author and date. However, I would > also like to add supervisor, logo etc. How do I go about doing this? > > Thanks > > Usman -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
Re: KOMAscript book workaround?
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:48:18 +0530 Swami Atmarupananda wrote: > Greetings. > I'm redoing through lyx a book whose 1st edition I wrote in latex. > All has worked excellently well -- much quicker than the original > latex -- except one problem. I'm using KOMA scrbook, which forces a > blank page after the title page. (The first edition used memoir which > doesn't have the problem.) But I need to put publication info on the > backside (verso) of the title page, and can't figure out how to > override the forced blank page. (Other forced blank pages after part > and chapter headings are not an issue.) Others are answering your exact question: I just have a comment that's not responsive to your question but may or may not be helpful... I've used LyX to write books since 2001. I think I'm selling about 8 LyX-authored books. Early on, in one case I used Koma and in one case I used Memoir. I soon viewed both as mistakes: They conflicted with normal stuff (one of them conflicted horribly with href). They put me in a minority, with less available knowledge and documentation. From then on, I started with the Book document class and added what I needed. That way I wasn't choosing a whole new document class to get two or three needed features. Everyone's mileage varies: I just thought I'd present this viewpoint. SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
Re: Math Panel?
On 19 July 2016 at 10:03, Daniel Roma mailto:romadani...@gmail.com>> wrote: hi i'm using LyX 2.2.0,how insert pi, phi (pi), theta, and sigma in formulas? thank you > On 07/19/2016 11:45 AM, John Kane wrote: >> If th math panel is open click on the >> α symbol in the top row and it should bring up a set of Greek symbols If you are going to be inserting many of these, it will save you time to learn the LaTeX commands: \pi, \phi, \theta, \sigma, and you can capitalize the first letter to get Greek capitals. You can just type these into math. Richard
Re: using older Lyx documents after upgrading
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:50:19PM +0200, Michael Berger wrote: > Hi all, this is to share my experience with other users and asking for help > from the developers. ;-) > > I have quite a number of LyX documents made in Mageia5 using LyX 2.1; > TexLive 2013; classicthesis-LyX-v4.1, most of them with the module > 'Linguistics' loaded and using different bibliography styles. > > After upgrading to LyX 2.2.0; TexLive2016; classicthesis-LyX-v4.2 and > loading those older documents I found the following when trying to export to > PDF: I don't know much about this stuff, but in general you do not want to upgrade several critical components at once. Ideally you should upgrade one system (e.g. LyX), test, if everything goes well, upgrade another system (e.g. Koma-Script), test, etc. And whenever you upgrade, you should always make sure you can easily downgrade. If you can't easily go back to how you had it before, take a step back and ask yourself "do I really need to upgrade"? You will learn through frustration that upgrades break things. This will always be true. But since you are learning more about Linux you will learn how to create a robust workflow and how to easily go back to how you had things before. Sounds like a frustrating issue. I hope you find a solution and don't have to redo all of the documents! Best of luck, Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: using older Lyx documents after upgrading
On 07/20/2016 02:19 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:50:19PM +0200, Michael Berger wrote: Hi all, this is to share my experience with other users and asking for help from the developers. ;-) I have quite a number of LyX documents made in Mageia5 using LyX 2.1; TexLive 2013; classicthesis-LyX-v4.1, most of them with the module 'Linguistics' loaded and using different bibliography styles. After upgrading to LyX 2.2.0; TexLive2016; classicthesis-LyX-v4.2 and loading those older documents I found the following when trying to export to PDF: I don't know much about this stuff, but in general you do not want to upgrade several critical components at once. Ideally you should upgrade one system (e.g. LyX), test, if everything goes well, upgrade another system (e.g. Koma-Script), test, etc. And whenever you upgrade, you should always make sure you can easily downgrade. If you can't easily go back to how you had it before, take a step back and ask yourself "do I really need to upgrade"? You will learn through frustration that upgrades break things. This will always be true. But since you are learning more about Linux you will learn how to create a robust workflow and how to easily go back to how you had things before. Sounds like a frustrating issue. I hope you find a solution and don't have to redo all of the documents! Best of luck, Scott Thanks Scott, good comment, very basic but nevertheless quite true: there is no such thing like a general recipe or one single reason if things don't work as expected after such radical upgrades. To be frank, I am surprised that by now all but two my of old documents (Miede's classicthesis) do compile after changing/adapting just one or two details - most documents compiled off the cuff! And for these two last documents I found my way: a combination of copy&paste and/or redoing other parts. And yes, I could always go back (there were situations when I thought to just forget about this whole dam.. idea) without loosing a bit because this exercise is done on a separate experimental computer while all my work is still there and save on another machine. Forgetting the frustration and thinking of the benefits and learning effects I have no regrets :-D. Cheers! Michael
Re: using older Lyx documents after upgrading
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 06:55:25AM +0200, Michael Berger wrote: > > To be frank, I am surprised that by now all but two my of old documents > (Miede's classicthesis) do compile after changing/adapting just one or two > details - most documents compiled off the cuff! > And for these two last documents I found my way: a combination of copy&paste > and/or redoing other parts. Great! > Forgetting the frustration and thinking of the benefits and learning effects > I have no regrets :-D. This is a good attitude to have. Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
feedback on middle-clicking tab behavior
Dear LyX users, I'm implementing a very small feature and before I proceed further I would like to get a little feedback. I have two questions that are relevant if you have more than one document open in LyX, using tabs. 1a. What do you *expect* to happen if you middle-click on a tab? 1b. What do you think *should* happen? 2a. What do you *expect* to happen if you middle-click on the space to the right of the tabs? I'm referring to the blank space where if you had more tabs it would take that space up. 2b. What do you think *should* happen? Note that "nothing" is a perfectly acceptable answer. The "expect" question is more about whether you're familiar with how things happen in other applications that use tabs; the "should" question is more about your opinion on what you would like to happen. Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature