amssymb and amsfonts defaults
I would like to compile my lyx document without amsymb and amsfonts package (but I do want the amsmath) loaded automatically because I would like to add another font package, lucimatx, that defines substitutes for it and dos things differently. see explanation here http://www.pctex.com/kb/58.html The bottom line is that my font packages conflict with amsymb and amsfonts and I need to turn the latter off. How can do this? I added the necessary preamble lines to load my font packages in DocumentsSettingsPreamble but going through the pdflatex log I see that lyx is calling amssymb and I cannot access the lyx default for that in any menu that I could find. Thanks! -Ivan
lucida fonts
I am trying to use my lucida fonts, which work fine with my Latex, in
my LyX. I purchased these fonts from PCTex with the lucimatx package
(which automatically loads the fonts both for text and math) written
by Walter Schmidt. This package is meant to replace amssymb and
amsfonts (but not amsmath). I can load the package by adding a line in
the preamble option in LyX. However, I cannot seem to turn off the
automatic loading of amssymb...
Is there any way I can do this in LyX?
I am having no success adding
\usepackage{lucimatx}
in my document preamble, using DocumentSettingsLatex Preamble The
reason is that LyX automatically loads amssymb (and I think that also
amsfonts) as soon as characters such as \mathbb{E} are employed. Is
there any way to turn off this behavior?
I tried using the SettingsMath Option and turning of AMS math (and
loading it myself the preamble) with no luck. That only controls
amsmath, not the automatic loading of amssymb (or amsfonts I believe).
For reference, things work fine if I write a latex file such as:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{lucimatx}
\begin{document}
Some math:
\begin{equation}
\mathbb{E}[f(x)]=\int_0^\infty f(x)g(x)dx
\end{equation}
\end{document}
The problem is if I try to do something analogous in LyX (with
\usepackage{lucimatx} stuck in the Latex preamble under settings) LyX
loads amssymb which conflicts with lucimatx and I get an error which
stops the compile. I can see that the line \usepackage{amssymb} is
added at the top of the preamble in an export from LyX.
Any help much appreciated.
-Ivan
Re: amssymb and amsfonts defaults
On Jul 18, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: The syntax is now Provides foo for package foo, so it may already work. JMarc I'd like to try it. How can I change this parameter? Or are you talking about development options, not a current workaround? -Ivan
pdfsync problems with Skim
I use Skim as my previewer, but I am having trouble getting the
reverse search to work with LyX.
Here is what I do: (following wiki instructions http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac
)
1. add \usepackage{pdfsync} line in preamble
(DocumentSettingsLatex Preamble)
2. in Skim I choose LyX in the PDFSync support tab of its preferences
3. I compile some file in LyX using pdflatex
4. I get it in Skim and hit Command+Shift + Click on any part of the
file = nothing happens :(
(5. I checked that my .lyxpipe.in and .lyxpipe.out files do not exist
when LyX is not running. as recommended by the wiki)
(6. Also tried restarting both programs after preference changes etc.)
Note that I can get this to work with Aquamacs perfectly (of course,
setting Aquamacs in Skim's preference tab). I just can't get it to
work with LyX
Any help much appreciated!
Operating system: OS X
Software versions:
Skim 1.1.8 (30)
LyX 1.5.5 (May 11 2008)
-ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
On Jul 22, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can get it working if I specify in Skim's preferences the complete path to lyxeditor by selecting a custom preset for PDFSync support: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor If that works for you, then it looks like the problem is in Skim, and the bug should be reported to them. Bennett That didn't work for me. But based on the following I now have an hypothesis and two questions for you: I learned from the following command line experiments. I ran /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor foo 123 to go to line 123 of foo.lyx (currently open in LyX) and that did not work. I then ran /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor ~/foo 123 and that worked! Turns out my file is stored in my home directory and I needed to add ~/ in front of the file name. Now, how is Skim supposed to know this path? The file in Skim is opened with the same filename but in a tmp directory. It works for you though, so here are my questions; 1. your pdf file is located in a tmp directory or alongside your .lyx file? 2. in LyX when you have a file opened, do you see the full pathname or just the name of the file [I see the full path, so it seems LyX considers that the name of the file, which may be the root of the problem] Thanks -Ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
On Jul 22, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can get it working if I specify in Skim's preferences the complete path to lyxeditor by selecting a custom preset for PDFSync support: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor If that works for you, then it looks like the problem is in Skim, and the bug should be reported to them. Bennett I finally got it working, combining what you said (adding the full path) and changing the way Skim calls lyxeditor. Skim's default is %file %line but that does not work for me. I removed the quotes and it works with: %file %line I have no idea why. Bennett, if you could check what arguments you have set up in Skim that would be helpful. I could then report to the Skim developers with more than my own experience. Thanks -ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
First of all, thanks for your help Bennett. See below. On Jul 22, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: Actually, this is not a bug in Skim, as far as I can see. I have been testing LyX-1.6, and so /Applications/LyX.app on my system is a developmental build of LyX-1.6. There's a line in the lyxeditor script that is supposed to point to possible LyX user folders in ~/Library/Application Support/, but it currently does not point to the new (for 1.6) LyX-1.6 folder there. Correcting that makes the default setting in Skim work for me. Similarly, going back to LyX-1.5 works for me as well -- with the default Skim settings. The default didn't work for me on LyX 1.5.5 and Skim 1.1.8 Both programs are in /Applications/ Note, by the way, that Skim assumes it's dealing with a .tex file and it passes the complete path to the .tex file to lyxeditor. So what it actually calls (when I fill in the complete path to lyxeditor) is something like: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor /path/to/foo.tex 123 (Even when I have the quotes around %file, I don't see the quotes in what it sends to lyxeditor, but I might be doing something wrong.) That means your worries about the .lyx file and complete path are, I believe, misplaced. Well, all I know is that I got it to work by giving it the complete path to lyxeditor (which is precisely /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/ MacOS/lyxeditor) and by removing the quotes in the argument field. Without either of those changes, it does not work (at least not consistently, more below). Nonetheless, I can't yet explain why it fails to work for you with the default Skim settings or why you need to remove the quotes from %file to get it to work. Do you have LyX at /Applications/LyX.app? Yes What is the actual filename of the file you are testing? (Does it have any unusual characters in it?) ~\text.lyx Have you specified a LyX temporary directory other than the default (/tmp)? If so, what is the complete path to it? I left it at the default /tmp indeed Bennett One last thing: everything I reported above, notwithstanding, I just tested it now with the default LyX settings in Skim and it works! Given that previously it failed, and I am dead sure of that (and I had restarted programs, deleted pipe files, tried everything etc.), I have to conclude that there is something random that throws it off sometimes, maybe the status of pipe files or something (which I do not know much about). I think that those default settings hence seem to work, but may not do so reliably. A true mystery (btw, slightly off topic now: LyX doesn't have forward search does it?)
Re: Matching fonts in figures (.EPS) with font in main text
On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:07 AM, James Sutherland wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Luke Lindsay wrote: I am using Lyx to write my thesis. I have a number of figures in EPS format which are produced by various programs (Stata, Maple, Open office draw). I would like the fonts in the figures to be consistent with the one used in the main body of the text, i.e. same font and size. What is the best way to achieve this? Ideally, I'd like to be able to change the font in used in the main document have font used in the figures updated automatically but I’m not sure if this is possible. Luke have a look at psfrag http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/psfrag.html James I have had the same problem. I resigned myself to drawing figures using psgraph from the pstricks-add package. It is a bit of a pain. You have to export the data (from Stata, Maple, etc.) into a text file. Then you have to write commands to load this information and display it. -Ivan
restore files and position
If I have 2 or more files open, say A.lyx and B.lyx ordered that way, and I close LyX while the edit window (tab) is active with file A.lyx then when I load LyX back up I get file B.lyx. It seems that LyX does not remember which was the latest active file, even though it remembers the cursor position in each (I have everything checked in preferencesUser Interface so that it remembers files, positions and window). Is this expected? If so, I don't think this is desirable. I am using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4. -Ivan
Re: restore files and position
On Aug 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, rgheck wrote: Session handling is still a work in progress. Check bugzilla and see if this has been reported. If not, add it. rh OK, thanks, good idea. Done. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5131 -Ivan
enumerate depth problem?
I'm using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4.
I can't seem to get the following simple enumerated list using LyX:
(see below for Latex that would do it)
-
Check out this list:
1. Check out this sublist:
a. bla A
b. bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
2. Now here is another item
--
Using the LyX editor, I can't get it to do it. That is:
-if after typing bla B I hit enter I get a new line at the same
level as b. and starting with c. so I am still in the nested set
of items
-If intead I press CMD+ Enter then I get it at the level of b. but
wihtout the c..
-Finally, if I hit Enter but then hit Decrease Depth then I
automatically get the 2., I just cannot get back to that depth
without creating a new item it seems...
I know how to do this in LaTex. Can it be done in LyX? Am I missing
something? In Latex, the following would do it:
Check out this list:
\begin{itemize}
\item Check out this sublist:
\begin{itemize}
\item bla A
\item bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
\item Now here is another item
\end{itemize}
default AMS align
I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS align environment, instead of the outdated Latex eqnarray. Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings?
Re: default AMS align
It is quite a pain to switch it. You have to mouse your way into EDITMATHChange Formula TypeAMS align I'm not sure how to improve this with a key-binding. That is, to get directly an AMSmath align when I am in a displayed formula and I want to add a new line. Anyone have a suggestion? -Ivan On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:50 AM, rgheck wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS align environment, instead of the outdated Latex eqnarray. Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings? I think that's hard-coded. But I'd guess there's probably something you could do with keybindings, at least to make it easier to change. rh
Re: default AMS align
On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:00 PM, rgheck wrote: You can do: Alt-M T A, to switch it. These shortcuts should be listed in the menu. rh Thanks, that works better than the mouse. But I'm still hoping for a way to re-wire the CMD-enter to give me an align. Or some other combination to do the same for me.
graphic files
I inserted a bunch of figures into a lyx document, using graphic files (png) that were temporarily located on my desktop (after performing many snapshots). I did this for like 10 files. I inserted these figures using Insertgraphicbrowse ... etc. Now, I would like to delete those graphic pictures from my desktop, to clean things up. But I would really want my document to keep the figures. Is there any way that LyX can automatically import or move the figures used in my document to the same directory I the .lyx file is placed so that it keeps them when I then delete them from my desktop? I really hope I don't have to do this manually, i.e. moving each file and renaming the graphics location inserts in my .lyx document... That would be a major pain! I'd appreciate any help/suggestion. BTW: I use 1.5.6 on a Mac OS Leopard. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I did this for like 10 files. ... I really hope I don't have to do this manually, ... That would be a major pain! Are you kidding? For 10 files, doing it manually would have been faster than writing the email to the list! /Konrad :D Well, you see, my hope is if there was a feature that I didn't know of then I could continue to do this many times. Taking snapshots and inserting them is a common need. Saving them (in the future) in a particular directory (where my lyx file lives) instead of letting them go to the desktop is a possibility, but I would argue that sometimes you want to snapshot more than what you will later wish to insert. So it could be convenient. I guess I had in mind a feature that Scientific Workplace has: you can save a file in a wrapped format that then saves all the figures and next time you open this file format it creates a .tex file with all the figure files in the directory you open the file in and with new relative file addresses for your graphics. I was hoping there might be something similar in lyx, since that would do it. In other words, if I have to send a lyx document to someone, my only recourse is to figure out what all the accessory figure files are and send them along too? -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi, This discussion has been very interesting for me to follow, because I too have the same questions. Konrads' second comment, was very practical and useful. A trick to to remember. My system has been the following: Anytime I write a new Lyx file, I open up a new lyx folder with the same name. Any graphics I use, I save in the specific lyx folder where the lyx file is stored. In MS-word, the graphics is part of the file, and all you need is to open the word file. In LyX, I think of the its folder as a file, and move the folder around. I'm sure this is obvious stuff for most of us, but maybe others haven't thought of it Regards, Erez Exactly, this is kind of a pain. It would be nice to have some kind of way of consolidating things without having to do it ourselves. After all, when the file is open lyx could know all the needed auxiliary (graphics and other) files. -ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Robert Orr wrote: I would just move them myself to the directory where you have your .lyx source file. Then, open the .lyx file in a text editor, and then use find and replace to adjust the filename to the new location. I totally agree that that works, but it would be nice to have some kind of automated wrap feature. Or else moving the document around, or emailing is tricky, unless you keep one directory per document as Erez suggested... As I said: with scientific workplace there is the SAVE AS wrap option which consolidates all files into one. You can then email or move this file and recreate the unbundled version without knowing which files are needed. Lyx is much better for me than sciword, but this feature would be useful to have in lyx too. I was curious if there is something close to that feature. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Basically, yeah. This was a feature bandied about perhaps two years ago more exactly this feature was some time part of lyx 1.6 and called 'embedding feature' or 'bundled format', unfortunately the discussions about its design and implementation was so heated that we nearly lost two of core developers and the whole feature was cancelled/removed/ postponed for the time being. pavel OK, thanks. Yes, better not risk the mother ship for this, it is way too valuable... I love my LyX even if I have to edit around the .lyx file with text editors! -Ivan
problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. Thanks -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)? BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)? BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan Sorry, I forgot the attachment. Here it is. mac.bind Description: Binary data
keeping PDF output files
I would like to control the management of output and auxiliary files. I would like to have LyX keep the output PDF automatically in the current working directory, and not delete it automatically. Now it creates it in a temporary directory and deletes it upon closing. Is there a way to do this. I couldn't find the option, nor any discussion about this. -Ivan
Re: keeping PDF output files
On Jun 3, 2010, at 1:38 PM, BH wrote: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:12 AM, BH wrote: Did you miss this one? -- Preferences File Handling Converters Converter File Cache (enable the check box) BH Thanks. Yes, I had missed that one. I looked now and I have that checked. Does this mean it is saving all the bib aux log etc. files between sessions? Based entirely on observed speed patterns I had assumed it wasn't, but I may have been wrong. (Please make sure you reply to the list so that others can benefit from the conversation.) It will keep all converted files, such as .eps or .jpg figures that need to be converted to .pdf when you typeset with pdflatex. It won't save .bib, .aux, etc.; all of that gets trashed when you close the .lyx document. BH OK, it really isn't the solution I was looking for then. I understand the benefits for most users of having these auxiliary files hidden away from view (in temp folders) and trashed. I was hoping there might be some (perhaps hidden) preference for changing that though. -Ivan
three problems
Congratulations and applause to the developers! I love the new LyX 1.6. I thought 1.5.6 was already awesome and I am still playing with the many many improvements of 1.6. I'm using the mac version with OS X 10.5.5. Three small problems I've had: 1. Exiting from Full Screen; when I get out of full screen the collapse button (not sure what it is called; I mean the little wide one that hides some menus and toolbars) that lives on the upper right of frames/windows in mac OS X disappears. I can't then recover it in any way... maximizing, minimizing, resizing doesn't revive it. This seems like a bug. 2. Another problem is related to the toolbars. If I customize which ones show and their position my choices do not seem to consistently stick across sessions. I'm not sure what I have to do to get some preferred set and position of toolbars saved as a default for new files. It seems like LyX makes some attempts to remember these things, but after a while (after opening and closing sessions or opening different files) it forgets, or reverts to positions used in other files. I can't figure out any consistent pattern yet. Specifically, if I start with no file open. Then remove the View/ Update toolbar. Set the toolbar sizes to small. Then close that frame. Then when I open a new frame it looks just like that. But if I load some previous file it may go back to the old look. Hence, I concluded it is doing things file specifically. But no: if you close the frame and go back to another file that you had tweaked the toolbars differently it will now forget. Or if you start a new file you may get Sorry if I am not describing this very well, but part of it is that it really seems to behave erratically from my point of view, or with an odd rule. Note: I do have the Allow saving/restoring of window layouts and geometry checked in my preferences. I am also using LyX with the tab option enabled. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. 3. I have load open files from last session enabled in my preferences. However, the contrast in the behavior of the following two operations is surely not intended: -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -close this file using CMD-W or selecting close from File menu -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you will NOT have foo.lyx loaded, as expected alternatively... -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -this time: close this file clicking on the upper left button of the frame (the one with the x mark) -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you WILL have foo.lyx loaded Both operations really should give the same result, since in the second case, before you shutdown LyX you can verify that no file is open, e.g. go to View and it reports No Documents Open! so this isn't a matter of an open buffer without a window (as I am used to having in Emacs). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: three problems
On Nov 12, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can confirm this. Please enter it into bugzilla: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/ . Thanks for reporting these. Bennett Thanks. Done. Perhaps someone can confirm it there and add any comments. I filed bugs at... http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5502 for the #1 issue, about Full Screen. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5503 for the #2 issue, about toolbars. and added a confirm comment for Kondrad's previous report at (related to my problem #3 about reloading closed documents): http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5458 -Ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: My guess is that you have a mac.bind file in your user's directory somewhere. The mac.bind file distributed with 1.6 (in LyX.app/Contents/Resources/bind) is correct. Note, by the way, that LyX Preferences Editing Shortcuts allows you to modify keybindings without resorting to editing .bind files. Bennett Yes, let me second that. I had modified my mac.bind file. When I used LyX 1.6 initially I had problems precisely with selecting text using SHIFT with the Left and Right cursor. I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file (inside the LyX package bundle; right click on LyX application in the finder and select Show Package content) which I copied into the bind subdirectory inside my LyX's Library directory. It was advertised in the new release though, that old bind files may not work properly with the upgrade. This may happen to a lot of people, so i thought it was worth repeating my experience. -Ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file This is bad practice and making your life harder than necessary. Because you won't inherit any changes made to the bind file in newer version (which is what when wrong for you). For 1.5: Do not change the mac.bind - file. Instead, make your OWN bind file (with a different name, eg. MYFILE.bind) in the user directory, which INCLUDES the original mac.bind file with \bind_file mac.bind and then redefine what you want different (what comes 'last' wins!), for example \bind C-n math-insert \text \bind M-m a math-insert \varphi Then select MYFILE in the Preferences. For 1.6: If you select mac in the Preferences and edit the shortcuts in the Preferences, LyX does all of the above transparently (it creates a user.bind in your user directory which contains your modifications - and only those). /Konrad I guess I was an example after all... of what not to do! Thanks for the pointer, I'll now set up my binding this way. It does sounds a lot better and painless for future upgrades! -Ivan
fullscreen stuck
Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit PreferencesEditing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferencesLook and Feel and hit the button Clear All Session Information you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
Re: fullscreen stuck
Yes, thanks. Seems related, I'll add to the comments there. This problem is easy to avoid, if you know about it. -Ivan On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: It's probably the same problem as described here: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5274 Stefan Am 13.11.2008 um 20:56 schrieb Ivan Werning: Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit PreferencesEditing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferencesLook and Feel and hit the button Clear All Session Information you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
TOC in fullscreen
When entering full screen mode I sometimes get the table of contents panel on the right. It is sporadic. Anyone experience this?
autocomplete question
I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:34 PM, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 27 November 2008 11:26:45 am Ivan Werning wrote: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. Oh PLEASE tell me there's a way to turn off autocompletion. Yes, as others have said. But I leave it on for math, where it is more useful. rh Right, I like it for the math, precisely. What about my original question, anyone?: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
Toggle Toolbars off?
When I type a math the math toolbar and math-panel toolbar automatically toggles at the bottom of the screen. (Mac OS X 10.5.5 with Lyx 1.6) This is a nice idea, but sometimes has some problems. For example, if I was typing at the bottom of the screen, then I may get the stuff I'm writing covered up by the toolbar! After hitting a key the screen will move, but it isn't ideal to be left blinded for a moment. Anyway, since I barely need it, for this and other reasons I'd rather have it turned off by default and then opt in at will. But I couldn't figure out how to do this. So how can I get the toggled math and math-panel toolbars to be off? Thanks -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 29, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Hi! In fact there is some logic in the autocompletion to remember the last choice. I fear it is not working correctly and should be fixed (and extended). It is not that obvious what exactly should be remembered. Probably it would be enough to remember just a fixed number of completions and put those in front to be selected first on tab. Everytime a selection is chosen, the item it put in front again. So next time you want press tab on the same prefix, you get the same completion again. Regards, Stefan Yes, that would be perfect. Having a ranking of autocompletions accepted with this rule would be nice and I think it would solve it. As a simple example of the problems no:if one attempts to type the sequence (within math): \sum \beta \sum \beta \sum ... auto-completion does not help very much. The problem is it will forget what you wanted to complete \su with after completing typing \beta(\beta, then \sagitarius, then \subarray are given priority to \sum) and viceversa. This case would be fixed with the suggested rule. I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 30, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! Perhaps, prediction algorithms from Artificial Intelligence could help with ranking the autocompletion suggestions. Ideally, of course, autocompletion should work already with the first keystroke in a document and produce ready-to-submit papers. Of course, that still leaves the author at the mercy of the (mostly) human reviewers... Ideally, of course, we would like to have less ironic and more constructive LyX developers... The idea of using machine learning algorithms to the problem of ranking text autocomplete suggestions is not, in fact, new; it has been applied to determine the suggestions of urls for Firefox/Mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ml/autocomplete/ Paul Very interesting. Although using AI would be great, it is probably icing on the cake relative to the simple idea, brought up by Stefan, of having a rank list that is updated by the history of completions chosen. -Ivan
Re: Fast typing - LyX follows slowly only [solved - not yet]
On Nov 30, 2008, at 1:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found another behaviour that might be relevant for experts to solve this: * Large window size of lyx (e.g., full screen or maximized) - LyX is slow * Make the window minimal (only show a few lines and columns) - LyX is fast I get the same on a Mac Book Air when using an external monitor (as the main screen and my laptop's as a secondary one). If the window is expanded (full screen actually) and I type fast I have to wait for LyX to catch up. I had never tried this setup with 1.5.6, so I can't say anything about that. -Ivan
custom equation numbering
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered (3). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: custom equation numbering
Thanks Neil and Paul. Indeed, using the LaTeX command \tag seems like the best thing I could find---thanks for the specific tips regarding math modes and cross referencing, which I guess are good ideas, I had never thought of, in LaTeX editing as well. One of the greatest things of LyX is that it still allows entering LaTeX quite easily. I really value that. Although it would be nice for LyX to allow custom equation numbering natively, given how standard it is. -Ivan On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote: Hi Ivan, Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further and make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have equation (3) and you also have a rewritten form of that equation, call it (3'). Do all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except rather than putting in the number 3, click on the cross-reference tool in the LyX toolbar. Then select the equation of interest and then apply. To refer to equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a little in-elegant -- insert the cross reference to point to the original form of the equation, then go into math mode (inline equation) right after the cross reference and insert the prime symbol. Now, if you add or delete equations before the original equation, all of the numbers automatically update. -Neil = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email nhepb...@augustana.ca On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered (3). Well, \tag will work. Stick the cursor in the equation. If it's already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number. Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget. In the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested widget. Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the inner widget (no parentheses). The display in the GUI is, ah, less than esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI. The inner widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to use a superscript. I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it. HTH, Paul
spaces and format
If I introduce a medium skip vertical space in the neighborhood of underlined or bold text, the command is ignored. Turns out that if the space tag is not unformatted it is ignored. Selecting the tag and undoing underline or bold (attributes shown only in status bar, not visible in edit window). -Ivan
amssymb and amsfonts defaults
I would like to compile my lyx document without amsymb and amsfonts package (but I do want the amsmath) loaded automatically because I would like to add another font package, lucimatx, that defines substitutes for it and dos things differently. see explanation here http://www.pctex.com/kb/58.html The bottom line is that my font packages conflict with amsymb and amsfonts and I need to turn the latter off. How can do this? I added the necessary preamble lines to load my font packages in DocumentsSettingsPreamble but going through the pdflatex log I see that lyx is calling amssymb and I cannot access the lyx default for that in any menu that I could find. Thanks! -Ivan
lucida fonts
I am trying to use my lucida fonts, which work fine with my Latex, in
my LyX. I purchased these fonts from PCTex with the lucimatx package
(which automatically loads the fonts both for text and math) written
by Walter Schmidt. This package is meant to replace amssymb and
amsfonts (but not amsmath). I can load the package by adding a line in
the preamble option in LyX. However, I cannot seem to turn off the
automatic loading of amssymb...
Is there any way I can do this in LyX?
I am having no success adding
\usepackage{lucimatx}
in my document preamble, using DocumentSettingsLatex Preamble The
reason is that LyX automatically loads amssymb (and I think that also
amsfonts) as soon as characters such as \mathbb{E} are employed. Is
there any way to turn off this behavior?
I tried using the SettingsMath Option and turning of AMS math (and
loading it myself the preamble) with no luck. That only controls
amsmath, not the automatic loading of amssymb (or amsfonts I believe).
For reference, things work fine if I write a latex file such as:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{lucimatx}
\begin{document}
Some math:
\begin{equation}
\mathbb{E}[f(x)]=\int_0^\infty f(x)g(x)dx
\end{equation}
\end{document}
The problem is if I try to do something analogous in LyX (with
\usepackage{lucimatx} stuck in the Latex preamble under settings) LyX
loads amssymb which conflicts with lucimatx and I get an error which
stops the compile. I can see that the line \usepackage{amssymb} is
added at the top of the preamble in an export from LyX.
Any help much appreciated.
-Ivan
Re: amssymb and amsfonts defaults
On Jul 18, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: The syntax is now Provides foo for package foo, so it may already work. JMarc I'd like to try it. How can I change this parameter? Or are you talking about development options, not a current workaround? -Ivan
pdfsync problems with Skim
I use Skim as my previewer, but I am having trouble getting the
reverse search to work with LyX.
Here is what I do: (following wiki instructions http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac
)
1. add \usepackage{pdfsync} line in preamble
(DocumentSettingsLatex Preamble)
2. in Skim I choose LyX in the PDFSync support tab of its preferences
3. I compile some file in LyX using pdflatex
4. I get it in Skim and hit Command+Shift + Click on any part of the
file = nothing happens :(
(5. I checked that my .lyxpipe.in and .lyxpipe.out files do not exist
when LyX is not running. as recommended by the wiki)
(6. Also tried restarting both programs after preference changes etc.)
Note that I can get this to work with Aquamacs perfectly (of course,
setting Aquamacs in Skim's preference tab). I just can't get it to
work with LyX
Any help much appreciated!
Operating system: OS X
Software versions:
Skim 1.1.8 (30)
LyX 1.5.5 (May 11 2008)
-ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
On Jul 22, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can get it working if I specify in Skim's preferences the complete path to lyxeditor by selecting a custom preset for PDFSync support: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor If that works for you, then it looks like the problem is in Skim, and the bug should be reported to them. Bennett That didn't work for me. But based on the following I now have an hypothesis and two questions for you: I learned from the following command line experiments. I ran /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor foo 123 to go to line 123 of foo.lyx (currently open in LyX) and that did not work. I then ran /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor ~/foo 123 and that worked! Turns out my file is stored in my home directory and I needed to add ~/ in front of the file name. Now, how is Skim supposed to know this path? The file in Skim is opened with the same filename but in a tmp directory. It works for you though, so here are my questions; 1. your pdf file is located in a tmp directory or alongside your .lyx file? 2. in LyX when you have a file opened, do you see the full pathname or just the name of the file [I see the full path, so it seems LyX considers that the name of the file, which may be the root of the problem] Thanks -Ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
On Jul 22, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can get it working if I specify in Skim's preferences the complete path to lyxeditor by selecting a custom preset for PDFSync support: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor If that works for you, then it looks like the problem is in Skim, and the bug should be reported to them. Bennett I finally got it working, combining what you said (adding the full path) and changing the way Skim calls lyxeditor. Skim's default is %file %line but that does not work for me. I removed the quotes and it works with: %file %line I have no idea why. Bennett, if you could check what arguments you have set up in Skim that would be helpful. I could then report to the Skim developers with more than my own experience. Thanks -ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
First of all, thanks for your help Bennett. See below. On Jul 22, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: Actually, this is not a bug in Skim, as far as I can see. I have been testing LyX-1.6, and so /Applications/LyX.app on my system is a developmental build of LyX-1.6. There's a line in the lyxeditor script that is supposed to point to possible LyX user folders in ~/Library/Application Support/, but it currently does not point to the new (for 1.6) LyX-1.6 folder there. Correcting that makes the default setting in Skim work for me. Similarly, going back to LyX-1.5 works for me as well -- with the default Skim settings. The default didn't work for me on LyX 1.5.5 and Skim 1.1.8 Both programs are in /Applications/ Note, by the way, that Skim assumes it's dealing with a .tex file and it passes the complete path to the .tex file to lyxeditor. So what it actually calls (when I fill in the complete path to lyxeditor) is something like: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor /path/to/foo.tex 123 (Even when I have the quotes around %file, I don't see the quotes in what it sends to lyxeditor, but I might be doing something wrong.) That means your worries about the .lyx file and complete path are, I believe, misplaced. Well, all I know is that I got it to work by giving it the complete path to lyxeditor (which is precisely /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/ MacOS/lyxeditor) and by removing the quotes in the argument field. Without either of those changes, it does not work (at least not consistently, more below). Nonetheless, I can't yet explain why it fails to work for you with the default Skim settings or why you need to remove the quotes from %file to get it to work. Do you have LyX at /Applications/LyX.app? Yes What is the actual filename of the file you are testing? (Does it have any unusual characters in it?) ~\text.lyx Have you specified a LyX temporary directory other than the default (/tmp)? If so, what is the complete path to it? I left it at the default /tmp indeed Bennett One last thing: everything I reported above, notwithstanding, I just tested it now with the default LyX settings in Skim and it works! Given that previously it failed, and I am dead sure of that (and I had restarted programs, deleted pipe files, tried everything etc.), I have to conclude that there is something random that throws it off sometimes, maybe the status of pipe files or something (which I do not know much about). I think that those default settings hence seem to work, but may not do so reliably. A true mystery (btw, slightly off topic now: LyX doesn't have forward search does it?)
Re: Matching fonts in figures (.EPS) with font in main text
On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:07 AM, James Sutherland wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Luke Lindsay wrote: I am using Lyx to write my thesis. I have a number of figures in EPS format which are produced by various programs (Stata, Maple, Open office draw). I would like the fonts in the figures to be consistent with the one used in the main body of the text, i.e. same font and size. What is the best way to achieve this? Ideally, I'd like to be able to change the font in used in the main document have font used in the figures updated automatically but I’m not sure if this is possible. Luke have a look at psfrag http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/psfrag.html James I have had the same problem. I resigned myself to drawing figures using psgraph from the pstricks-add package. It is a bit of a pain. You have to export the data (from Stata, Maple, etc.) into a text file. Then you have to write commands to load this information and display it. -Ivan
restore files and position
If I have 2 or more files open, say A.lyx and B.lyx ordered that way, and I close LyX while the edit window (tab) is active with file A.lyx then when I load LyX back up I get file B.lyx. It seems that LyX does not remember which was the latest active file, even though it remembers the cursor position in each (I have everything checked in preferencesUser Interface so that it remembers files, positions and window). Is this expected? If so, I don't think this is desirable. I am using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4. -Ivan
Re: restore files and position
On Aug 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, rgheck wrote: Session handling is still a work in progress. Check bugzilla and see if this has been reported. If not, add it. rh OK, thanks, good idea. Done. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5131 -Ivan
enumerate depth problem?
I'm using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4.
I can't seem to get the following simple enumerated list using LyX:
(see below for Latex that would do it)
-
Check out this list:
1. Check out this sublist:
a. bla A
b. bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
2. Now here is another item
--
Using the LyX editor, I can't get it to do it. That is:
-if after typing bla B I hit enter I get a new line at the same
level as b. and starting with c. so I am still in the nested set
of items
-If intead I press CMD+ Enter then I get it at the level of b. but
wihtout the c..
-Finally, if I hit Enter but then hit Decrease Depth then I
automatically get the 2., I just cannot get back to that depth
without creating a new item it seems...
I know how to do this in LaTex. Can it be done in LyX? Am I missing
something? In Latex, the following would do it:
Check out this list:
\begin{itemize}
\item Check out this sublist:
\begin{itemize}
\item bla A
\item bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
\item Now here is another item
\end{itemize}
default AMS align
I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS align environment, instead of the outdated Latex eqnarray. Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings?
Re: default AMS align
It is quite a pain to switch it. You have to mouse your way into EDITMATHChange Formula TypeAMS align I'm not sure how to improve this with a key-binding. That is, to get directly an AMSmath align when I am in a displayed formula and I want to add a new line. Anyone have a suggestion? -Ivan On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:50 AM, rgheck wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS align environment, instead of the outdated Latex eqnarray. Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings? I think that's hard-coded. But I'd guess there's probably something you could do with keybindings, at least to make it easier to change. rh
Re: default AMS align
On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:00 PM, rgheck wrote: You can do: Alt-M T A, to switch it. These shortcuts should be listed in the menu. rh Thanks, that works better than the mouse. But I'm still hoping for a way to re-wire the CMD-enter to give me an align. Or some other combination to do the same for me.
graphic files
I inserted a bunch of figures into a lyx document, using graphic files (png) that were temporarily located on my desktop (after performing many snapshots). I did this for like 10 files. I inserted these figures using Insertgraphicbrowse ... etc. Now, I would like to delete those graphic pictures from my desktop, to clean things up. But I would really want my document to keep the figures. Is there any way that LyX can automatically import or move the figures used in my document to the same directory I the .lyx file is placed so that it keeps them when I then delete them from my desktop? I really hope I don't have to do this manually, i.e. moving each file and renaming the graphics location inserts in my .lyx document... That would be a major pain! I'd appreciate any help/suggestion. BTW: I use 1.5.6 on a Mac OS Leopard. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I did this for like 10 files. ... I really hope I don't have to do this manually, ... That would be a major pain! Are you kidding? For 10 files, doing it manually would have been faster than writing the email to the list! /Konrad :D Well, you see, my hope is if there was a feature that I didn't know of then I could continue to do this many times. Taking snapshots and inserting them is a common need. Saving them (in the future) in a particular directory (where my lyx file lives) instead of letting them go to the desktop is a possibility, but I would argue that sometimes you want to snapshot more than what you will later wish to insert. So it could be convenient. I guess I had in mind a feature that Scientific Workplace has: you can save a file in a wrapped format that then saves all the figures and next time you open this file format it creates a .tex file with all the figure files in the directory you open the file in and with new relative file addresses for your graphics. I was hoping there might be something similar in lyx, since that would do it. In other words, if I have to send a lyx document to someone, my only recourse is to figure out what all the accessory figure files are and send them along too? -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi, This discussion has been very interesting for me to follow, because I too have the same questions. Konrads' second comment, was very practical and useful. A trick to to remember. My system has been the following: Anytime I write a new Lyx file, I open up a new lyx folder with the same name. Any graphics I use, I save in the specific lyx folder where the lyx file is stored. In MS-word, the graphics is part of the file, and all you need is to open the word file. In LyX, I think of the its folder as a file, and move the folder around. I'm sure this is obvious stuff for most of us, but maybe others haven't thought of it Regards, Erez Exactly, this is kind of a pain. It would be nice to have some kind of way of consolidating things without having to do it ourselves. After all, when the file is open lyx could know all the needed auxiliary (graphics and other) files. -ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Robert Orr wrote: I would just move them myself to the directory where you have your .lyx source file. Then, open the .lyx file in a text editor, and then use find and replace to adjust the filename to the new location. I totally agree that that works, but it would be nice to have some kind of automated wrap feature. Or else moving the document around, or emailing is tricky, unless you keep one directory per document as Erez suggested... As I said: with scientific workplace there is the SAVE AS wrap option which consolidates all files into one. You can then email or move this file and recreate the unbundled version without knowing which files are needed. Lyx is much better for me than sciword, but this feature would be useful to have in lyx too. I was curious if there is something close to that feature. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Basically, yeah. This was a feature bandied about perhaps two years ago more exactly this feature was some time part of lyx 1.6 and called 'embedding feature' or 'bundled format', unfortunately the discussions about its design and implementation was so heated that we nearly lost two of core developers and the whole feature was cancelled/removed/ postponed for the time being. pavel OK, thanks. Yes, better not risk the mother ship for this, it is way too valuable... I love my LyX even if I have to edit around the .lyx file with text editors! -Ivan
problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. Thanks -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)? BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)? BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan Sorry, I forgot the attachment. Here it is. mac.bind Description: Binary data
keeping PDF output files
I would like to control the management of output and auxiliary files. I would like to have LyX keep the output PDF automatically in the current working directory, and not delete it automatically. Now it creates it in a temporary directory and deletes it upon closing. Is there a way to do this. I couldn't find the option, nor any discussion about this. -Ivan
Re: keeping PDF output files
On Jun 3, 2010, at 1:38 PM, BH wrote: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:12 AM, BH wrote: Did you miss this one? -- Preferences File Handling Converters Converter File Cache (enable the check box) BH Thanks. Yes, I had missed that one. I looked now and I have that checked. Does this mean it is saving all the bib aux log etc. files between sessions? Based entirely on observed speed patterns I had assumed it wasn't, but I may have been wrong. (Please make sure you reply to the list so that others can benefit from the conversation.) It will keep all converted files, such as .eps or .jpg figures that need to be converted to .pdf when you typeset with pdflatex. It won't save .bib, .aux, etc.; all of that gets trashed when you close the .lyx document. BH OK, it really isn't the solution I was looking for then. I understand the benefits for most users of having these auxiliary files hidden away from view (in temp folders) and trashed. I was hoping there might be some (perhaps hidden) preference for changing that though. -Ivan
three problems
Congratulations and applause to the developers! I love the new LyX 1.6. I thought 1.5.6 was already awesome and I am still playing with the many many improvements of 1.6. I'm using the mac version with OS X 10.5.5. Three small problems I've had: 1. Exiting from Full Screen; when I get out of full screen the collapse button (not sure what it is called; I mean the little wide one that hides some menus and toolbars) that lives on the upper right of frames/windows in mac OS X disappears. I can't then recover it in any way... maximizing, minimizing, resizing doesn't revive it. This seems like a bug. 2. Another problem is related to the toolbars. If I customize which ones show and their position my choices do not seem to consistently stick across sessions. I'm not sure what I have to do to get some preferred set and position of toolbars saved as a default for new files. It seems like LyX makes some attempts to remember these things, but after a while (after opening and closing sessions or opening different files) it forgets, or reverts to positions used in other files. I can't figure out any consistent pattern yet. Specifically, if I start with no file open. Then remove the View/ Update toolbar. Set the toolbar sizes to small. Then close that frame. Then when I open a new frame it looks just like that. But if I load some previous file it may go back to the old look. Hence, I concluded it is doing things file specifically. But no: if you close the frame and go back to another file that you had tweaked the toolbars differently it will now forget. Or if you start a new file you may get Sorry if I am not describing this very well, but part of it is that it really seems to behave erratically from my point of view, or with an odd rule. Note: I do have the Allow saving/restoring of window layouts and geometry checked in my preferences. I am also using LyX with the tab option enabled. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. 3. I have load open files from last session enabled in my preferences. However, the contrast in the behavior of the following two operations is surely not intended: -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -close this file using CMD-W or selecting close from File menu -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you will NOT have foo.lyx loaded, as expected alternatively... -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -this time: close this file clicking on the upper left button of the frame (the one with the x mark) -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you WILL have foo.lyx loaded Both operations really should give the same result, since in the second case, before you shutdown LyX you can verify that no file is open, e.g. go to View and it reports No Documents Open! so this isn't a matter of an open buffer without a window (as I am used to having in Emacs). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: three problems
On Nov 12, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can confirm this. Please enter it into bugzilla: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/ . Thanks for reporting these. Bennett Thanks. Done. Perhaps someone can confirm it there and add any comments. I filed bugs at... http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5502 for the #1 issue, about Full Screen. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5503 for the #2 issue, about toolbars. and added a confirm comment for Kondrad's previous report at (related to my problem #3 about reloading closed documents): http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5458 -Ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: My guess is that you have a mac.bind file in your user's directory somewhere. The mac.bind file distributed with 1.6 (in LyX.app/Contents/Resources/bind) is correct. Note, by the way, that LyX Preferences Editing Shortcuts allows you to modify keybindings without resorting to editing .bind files. Bennett Yes, let me second that. I had modified my mac.bind file. When I used LyX 1.6 initially I had problems precisely with selecting text using SHIFT with the Left and Right cursor. I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file (inside the LyX package bundle; right click on LyX application in the finder and select Show Package content) which I copied into the bind subdirectory inside my LyX's Library directory. It was advertised in the new release though, that old bind files may not work properly with the upgrade. This may happen to a lot of people, so i thought it was worth repeating my experience. -Ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file This is bad practice and making your life harder than necessary. Because you won't inherit any changes made to the bind file in newer version (which is what when wrong for you). For 1.5: Do not change the mac.bind - file. Instead, make your OWN bind file (with a different name, eg. MYFILE.bind) in the user directory, which INCLUDES the original mac.bind file with \bind_file mac.bind and then redefine what you want different (what comes 'last' wins!), for example \bind C-n math-insert \text \bind M-m a math-insert \varphi Then select MYFILE in the Preferences. For 1.6: If you select mac in the Preferences and edit the shortcuts in the Preferences, LyX does all of the above transparently (it creates a user.bind in your user directory which contains your modifications - and only those). /Konrad I guess I was an example after all... of what not to do! Thanks for the pointer, I'll now set up my binding this way. It does sounds a lot better and painless for future upgrades! -Ivan
fullscreen stuck
Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit PreferencesEditing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferencesLook and Feel and hit the button Clear All Session Information you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
Re: fullscreen stuck
Yes, thanks. Seems related, I'll add to the comments there. This problem is easy to avoid, if you know about it. -Ivan On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: It's probably the same problem as described here: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5274 Stefan Am 13.11.2008 um 20:56 schrieb Ivan Werning: Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit PreferencesEditing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferencesLook and Feel and hit the button Clear All Session Information you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
TOC in fullscreen
When entering full screen mode I sometimes get the table of contents panel on the right. It is sporadic. Anyone experience this?
autocomplete question
I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:34 PM, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 27 November 2008 11:26:45 am Ivan Werning wrote: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. Oh PLEASE tell me there's a way to turn off autocompletion. Yes, as others have said. But I leave it on for math, where it is more useful. rh Right, I like it for the math, precisely. What about my original question, anyone?: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
Toggle Toolbars off?
When I type a math the math toolbar and math-panel toolbar automatically toggles at the bottom of the screen. (Mac OS X 10.5.5 with Lyx 1.6) This is a nice idea, but sometimes has some problems. For example, if I was typing at the bottom of the screen, then I may get the stuff I'm writing covered up by the toolbar! After hitting a key the screen will move, but it isn't ideal to be left blinded for a moment. Anyway, since I barely need it, for this and other reasons I'd rather have it turned off by default and then opt in at will. But I couldn't figure out how to do this. So how can I get the toggled math and math-panel toolbars to be off? Thanks -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 29, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Hi! In fact there is some logic in the autocompletion to remember the last choice. I fear it is not working correctly and should be fixed (and extended). It is not that obvious what exactly should be remembered. Probably it would be enough to remember just a fixed number of completions and put those in front to be selected first on tab. Everytime a selection is chosen, the item it put in front again. So next time you want press tab on the same prefix, you get the same completion again. Regards, Stefan Yes, that would be perfect. Having a ranking of autocompletions accepted with this rule would be nice and I think it would solve it. As a simple example of the problems no:if one attempts to type the sequence (within math): \sum \beta \sum \beta \sum ... auto-completion does not help very much. The problem is it will forget what you wanted to complete \su with after completing typing \beta(\beta, then \sagitarius, then \subarray are given priority to \sum) and viceversa. This case would be fixed with the suggested rule. I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 30, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! Perhaps, prediction algorithms from Artificial Intelligence could help with ranking the autocompletion suggestions. Ideally, of course, autocompletion should work already with the first keystroke in a document and produce ready-to-submit papers. Of course, that still leaves the author at the mercy of the (mostly) human reviewers... Ideally, of course, we would like to have less ironic and more constructive LyX developers... The idea of using machine learning algorithms to the problem of ranking text autocomplete suggestions is not, in fact, new; it has been applied to determine the suggestions of urls for Firefox/Mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ml/autocomplete/ Paul Very interesting. Although using AI would be great, it is probably icing on the cake relative to the simple idea, brought up by Stefan, of having a rank list that is updated by the history of completions chosen. -Ivan
Re: Fast typing - LyX follows slowly only [solved - not yet]
On Nov 30, 2008, at 1:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found another behaviour that might be relevant for experts to solve this: * Large window size of lyx (e.g., full screen or maximized) - LyX is slow * Make the window minimal (only show a few lines and columns) - LyX is fast I get the same on a Mac Book Air when using an external monitor (as the main screen and my laptop's as a secondary one). If the window is expanded (full screen actually) and I type fast I have to wait for LyX to catch up. I had never tried this setup with 1.5.6, so I can't say anything about that. -Ivan
custom equation numbering
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered (3). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: custom equation numbering
Thanks Neil and Paul. Indeed, using the LaTeX command \tag seems like the best thing I could find---thanks for the specific tips regarding math modes and cross referencing, which I guess are good ideas, I had never thought of, in LaTeX editing as well. One of the greatest things of LyX is that it still allows entering LaTeX quite easily. I really value that. Although it would be nice for LyX to allow custom equation numbering natively, given how standard it is. -Ivan On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote: Hi Ivan, Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further and make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have equation (3) and you also have a rewritten form of that equation, call it (3'). Do all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except rather than putting in the number 3, click on the cross-reference tool in the LyX toolbar. Then select the equation of interest and then apply. To refer to equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a little in-elegant -- insert the cross reference to point to the original form of the equation, then go into math mode (inline equation) right after the cross reference and insert the prime symbol. Now, if you add or delete equations before the original equation, all of the numbers automatically update. -Neil = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email nhepb...@augustana.ca On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered (3). Well, \tag will work. Stick the cursor in the equation. If it's already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number. Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget. In the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested widget. Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the inner widget (no parentheses). The display in the GUI is, ah, less than esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI. The inner widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to use a superscript. I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it. HTH, Paul
spaces and format
If I introduce a medium skip vertical space in the neighborhood of underlined or bold text, the command is ignored. Turns out that if the space tag is not unformatted it is ignored. Selecting the tag and undoing underline or bold (attributes shown only in status bar, not visible in edit window). -Ivan
amssymb and amsfonts defaults
I would like to compile my lyx document without amsymb and amsfonts package (but I do want the amsmath) loaded automatically because I would like to add another font package, lucimatx, that defines substitutes for it and dos things differently. see explanation here http://www.pctex.com/kb/58.html The bottom line is that my font packages conflict with amsymb and amsfonts and I need to turn the latter off. How can do this? I added the necessary preamble lines to load my font packages in Documents>Settings>Preamble but going through the pdflatex log I see that lyx is calling amssymb and I cannot access the lyx default for that in any menu that I could find. Thanks! -Ivan
lucida fonts
I am trying to use my lucida fonts, which work fine with my Latex, in
my LyX. I purchased these fonts from PCTex with the lucimatx package
(which automatically loads the fonts both for text and math) written
by Walter Schmidt. This package is meant to replace amssymb and
amsfonts (but not amsmath). I can load the package by adding a line in
the preamble option in LyX. However, I cannot seem to turn off the
automatic loading of amssymb...
Is there any way I can do this in LyX?
I am having no success adding
\usepackage{lucimatx}
in my document preamble, using Document>Settings>Latex Preamble The
reason is that LyX automatically loads amssymb (and I think that also
amsfonts) as soon as characters such as \mathbb{E} are employed. Is
there any way to turn off this behavior?
I tried using the Settings>Math Option and turning of AMS math (and
loading it myself the preamble) with no luck. That only controls
amsmath, not the automatic loading of amssymb (or amsfonts I believe).
For reference, things work fine if I write a latex file such as:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{lucimatx}
\begin{document}
Some math:
\begin{equation}
\mathbb{E}[f(x)]=\int_0^\infty f(x)g(x)dx
\end{equation}
\end{document}
The problem is if I try to do something analogous in LyX (with
\usepackage{lucimatx} stuck in the Latex preamble under settings) LyX
loads amssymb which conflicts with lucimatx and I get an error which
stops the compile. I can see that the line \usepackage{amssymb} is
added at the top of the preamble in an export from LyX.
Any help much appreciated.
-Ivan
Re: amssymb and amsfonts defaults
On Jul 18, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: The syntax is now "Provides foo" for package foo, so it may already work. JMarc I'd like to try it. How can I change this parameter? Or are you talking about development options, not a current workaround? -Ivan
pdfsync problems with Skim
I use Skim as my previewer, but I am having trouble getting the
reverse search to work with LyX.
Here is what I do: (following wiki instructions http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac
)
1. add" \usepackage{pdfsync}" line in preamble
(Document>Settings>Latex Preamble)
2. in Skim I choose LyX in the PDFSync support tab of its preferences
3. I compile some file in LyX using pdflatex
4. I get it in Skim and hit Command+Shift + Click on any part of the
file = nothing happens :(
(5. I checked that my ".lyxpipe.in and .lyxpipe.out files do not exist
when LyX is not running." as recommended by the wiki)
(6. Also tried restarting both programs after preference changes etc.)
Note that I can get this to work with Aquamacs perfectly (of course,
setting Aquamacs in Skim's preference tab). I just can't get it to
work with LyX
Any help much appreciated!
Operating system: OS X
Software versions:
Skim 1.1.8 (30)
LyX 1.5.5 (May 11 2008)
-ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
On Jul 22, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can get it working if I specify in Skim's preferences the complete path to lyxeditor by selecting a custom preset for PDFSync support: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor If that works for you, then it looks like the problem is in Skim, and the bug should be reported to them. Bennett That didn't work for me. But based on the following I now have an hypothesis and two questions for you: I learned from the following command line experiments. I ran /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor foo 123 to go to line 123 of foo.lyx (currently open in LyX) and that did not work. I then ran /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor ~/foo 123 and that worked! Turns out my file is stored in my home directory and I needed to add "~/" in front of the file name. Now, how is Skim supposed to know this path? The file in Skim is opened with the same filename but in a tmp directory. It works for you though, so here are my questions; 1. your pdf file is located in a tmp directory or alongside your .lyx file? 2. in LyX when you have a file opened, do you see the full pathname or just the name of the file [I see the full path, so it seems LyX considers that the name of the file, which may be the root of the problem] Thanks -Ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
On Jul 22, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can get it working if I specify in Skim's preferences the complete path to lyxeditor by selecting a custom preset for PDFSync support: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor If that works for you, then it looks like the problem is in Skim, and the bug should be reported to them. Bennett I finally got it working, combining what you said (adding the full path) and changing the way Skim calls lyxeditor. Skim's default is "%file" %line but that does not work for me. I removed the quotes and it works with: %file %line I have no idea why. Bennett, if you could check what arguments you have set up in Skim that would be helpful. I could then report to the Skim developers with more than my own experience. Thanks -ivan
Re: pdfsync problems with Skim
First of all, thanks for your help Bennett. See below. On Jul 22, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: Actually, this is not a bug in Skim, as far as I can see. I have been testing LyX-1.6, and so /Applications/LyX.app on my system is a developmental build of LyX-1.6. There's a line in the lyxeditor script that is supposed to point to possible LyX user folders in ~/Library/Application Support/, but it currently does not point to the new (for 1.6) LyX-1.6 folder there. Correcting that makes the default setting in Skim work for me. Similarly, going back to LyX-1.5 works for me as well -- with the default Skim settings. The default didn't work for me on LyX 1.5.5 and Skim 1.1.8 Both programs are in /Applications/ Note, by the way, that Skim assumes it's dealing with a .tex file and it passes the complete path to the .tex file to lyxeditor. So what it actually calls (when I fill in the complete path to lyxeditor) is something like: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor /path/to/foo.tex 123 (Even when I have the quotes around %file, I don't see the quotes in what it sends to lyxeditor, but I might be doing something wrong.) That means your worries about the .lyx file and complete path are, I believe, misplaced. Well, all I know is that I got it to work by giving it the complete path to lyxeditor (which is precisely /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/ MacOS/lyxeditor) and by removing the quotes in the argument field. Without either of those changes, it does not work (at least not consistently, more below). Nonetheless, I can't yet explain why it fails to work for you with the default Skim settings or why you need to remove the quotes from %file to get it to work. Do you have LyX at /Applications/LyX.app? Yes What is the actual filename of the file you are testing? (Does it have any unusual characters in it?) ~\text.lyx Have you specified a LyX temporary directory other than the default (/tmp)? If so, what is the complete path to it? I left it at the default /tmp indeed Bennett One last thing: everything I reported above, notwithstanding, I just tested it now with the default LyX settings in Skim and it works! Given that previously it failed, and I am dead sure of that (and I had restarted programs, deleted pipe files, tried everything etc.), I have to conclude that there is something random that throws it off sometimes, maybe the status of pipe files or something (which I do not know much about). I think that those default settings hence seem to work, but may not do so reliably. A true mystery (btw, slightly off topic now: LyX doesn't have forward search does it?)
Re: Matching fonts in figures (.EPS) with font in main text
On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:07 AM, James Sutherland wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Luke Lindsay wrote: I am using Lyx to write my thesis. I have a number of figures in EPS format which are produced by various programs (Stata, Maple, Open office draw). I would like the fonts in the figures to be consistent with the one used in the main body of the text, i.e. same font and size. What is the best way to achieve this? Ideally, I'd like to be able to change the font in used in the main document have font used in the figures updated automatically but I’m not sure if this is possible. Luke have a look at psfrag http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/psfrag.html James I have had the same problem. I resigned myself to drawing figures using psgraph from the pstricks-add package. It is a bit of a pain. You have to export the data (from Stata, Maple, etc.) into a text file. Then you have to write commands to load this information and display it. -Ivan
restore files and position
If I have 2 or more files open, say A.lyx and B.lyx ordered that way, and I close LyX while the edit window (tab) is active with file A.lyx then when I load LyX back up I get file B.lyx. It seems that LyX does not remember which was the latest active file, even though it remembers the cursor position in each (I have everything checked in preferences>User Interface so that it remembers files, positions and window). Is this expected? If so, I don't think this is desirable. I am using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4. -Ivan
Re: restore files and position
On Aug 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, rgheck wrote: Session handling is still a work in progress. Check bugzilla and see if this has been reported. If not, add it. rh OK, thanks, good idea. Done. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5131 -Ivan
enumerate depth problem?
I'm using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4.
I can't seem to get the following simple enumerated list using LyX:
(see below for Latex that would do it)
-
Check out this list:
1. Check out this sublist:
a. bla A
b. bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
2. Now here is another item
--
Using the LyX editor, I can't get it to do it. That is:
-if after typing "bla B" I hit enter I get a new line at the same
level as "b." and starting with "c." so I am still in the nested set
of items
-If intead I press CMD+ Enter then I get it at the level of "b." but
wihtout the "c.".
-Finally, if I hit Enter but then hit "Decrease Depth" then I
automatically get the "2.", I just cannot get back to that depth
without creating a new item it seems...
I know how to do this in LaTex. Can it be done in LyX? Am I missing
something? In Latex, the following would do it:
Check out this list:
\begin{itemize}
\item Check out this sublist:
\begin{itemize}
\item bla A
\item bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
\item Now here is another item
\end{itemize}
default AMS align
I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS "align" environment, instead of the outdated Latex "eqnarray". Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings?
Re: default AMS align
It is quite a pain to switch it. You have to mouse your way into EDIT>MATH>Change Formula Type>AMS align I'm not sure how to improve this with a key-binding. That is, to get directly an AMSmath align when I am in a displayed formula and I want to add a new line. Anyone have a suggestion? -Ivan On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:50 AM, rgheck wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS "align" environment, instead of the outdated Latex "eqnarray". Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings? I think that's hard-coded. But I'd guess there's probably something you could do with keybindings, at least to make it easier to change. rh
Re: default AMS align
On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:00 PM, rgheck wrote: You can do: Alt-M T A, to switch it. These shortcuts should be listed in the menu. rh Thanks, that works better than the mouse. But I'm still hoping for a way to re-wire the CMD-enter to give me an align. Or some other combination to do the same for me.
graphic files
I inserted a bunch of figures into a lyx document, using graphic files (png) that were temporarily located on my desktop (after performing many snapshots). I did this for like 10 files. I inserted these figures using Insert>graphic>browse ... etc. Now, I would like to delete those graphic pictures from my desktop, to clean things up. But I would really want my document to keep the figures. Is there any way that LyX can automatically "import" or "move" the figures used in my document to the same directory I the .lyx file is placed so that it keeps them when I then delete them from my desktop? I really hope I don't have to do this manually, i.e. moving each file and renaming the graphics location inserts in my .lyx document... That would be a major pain! I'd appreciate any help/suggestion. BTW: I use 1.5.6 on a Mac OS Leopard. -Ivan
problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. Thanks -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning > <iwern...@economics.mit.edu> wrote: >> I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: >> >> - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor >> - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter >> >> I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result >> of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during >> the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that >> have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked >> the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. >> >> Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I >> found I now had the same problems. > > It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly > if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application > Support/LyX-1.6)? > > BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning >> <iwern...@economics.mit.edu> wrote: >>> I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: >>> >>> - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor >>> - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter >>> >>> I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a >>> result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer >>> during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. >>> Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have >>> mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems >>> before. >>> >>> Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I >>> found I now had the same problems. >> >> It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly >> if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application >> Support/LyX-1.6)? >> >> BH > > Thanks for your suggestion BH. > > I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That > created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome > screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems > disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not > the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX > package content. > > Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) > copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked > mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. > When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package > content and things were also working fine. > > So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac > bind file. > > What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, > but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently > (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). > > -Ivan Sorry, I forgot the attachment. Here it is. mac.bind Description: Binary data
keeping PDF output files
I would like to control the management of output and auxiliary files. I would like to have LyX keep the output PDF automatically in the current working directory, and not delete it automatically. Now it creates it in a temporary directory and deletes it upon closing. Is there a way to do this. I couldn't find the option, nor any discussion about this. -Ivan
Re: keeping PDF output files
On Jun 3, 2010, at 1:38 PM, BH wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ivan Werning <iwern...@economics.mit.edu> > wrote: >> On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:12 AM, BH wrote: >> >>> Did you miss this one? -- >>> >>> Preferences > File Handling > Converters > Converter File Cache >>> (enable the check box) >>> >>> BH >> >> Thanks. Yes, I had missed that one. I looked now and I have that checked. >> Does this mean it is saving all the bib aux log etc. files between sessions? >> Based entirely on observed speed patterns I had assumed it wasn't, but I may >> have been wrong. > > (Please make sure you reply to the list so that others can benefit > from the conversation.) > > It will keep all converted files, such as .eps or .jpg figures that > need to be converted to .pdf when you typeset with pdflatex. It won't > save .bib, .aux, etc.; all of that gets trashed when you close the > .lyx document. > > BH OK, it really isn't the solution I was looking for then. I understand the benefits for most users of having these auxiliary files hidden away from view (in temp folders) and trashed. I was hoping there might be some (perhaps hidden) preference for changing that though. -Ivan
