Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
What is the difference between mustn't and may not/cannot? Mustn't = may not, or am I wrong? The reason I didn't like 'Mustn't' is that it sounds too much like spoken language, i.e. slang. As for the semantic difference of 'may not', 'cannot' and 'must not', you need to ask someone with a more co

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-26 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Acroread 5.x is very buggy. The font display for bitmap fonts is fixed > in Acroread 6.x, which is available for Windows since 9 Months. But > there is no Linux version, I don't know why. They've got an evil compact with Micro$oft? Anyway, even if 6.x was

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-26 Thread Herbert Voss
Uwe Stöhr wrote: On my system LaTeX uses by default the paper format A4, so hopefully it will use USletter on US systems. LaTeX itself has no default. Herbert

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-26 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > * Changed "Macro names mustn't contain numbers!" > > into"Macro names cannot contain numbers!" > > What is the difference between mustn't and may not/cannot? > Mustn't = may not, or am I wrong? The reason I didn't like 'Mustn't' is that it soun

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Well, here we go again :-) I took your version and did the following: * Changed "Macro names mustn't contain numbers!" into"Macro names cannot contain numbers!" What is the difference between mustn't and may not/cannot? Mustn't = may not, or am I wrong? * Added this to the preamble:

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Angus Leeming
Christian Ridderström wrote: This section is now a little out of date: graphics will now fit on the lyx screen; the user can set the size of the screen image independent of its size in the exported document. 1.2.2 How LYX Looks ... There are three cases where you might want a horizontal scrollb

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Here the corrected version of UserguidePDF: > > http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuidePDF.lyx Well, here we go again :-) I took your version and did the following: * Changed "Macro names mustn't contain numbers!" into"Macro names cannot contain

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> The file prints fine. Good news. > Other quibbles: > > 1. The "note" up front: translate 'oder' to 'or'. Done. > 2. sec 3.3.4.3, table: the word 'add' is sometimes in the default > font, sometimes marked 'Sans Serif'. All 'add' are sans serif now. > 3. sec 3.3.4.4, second *: it's _displayed_

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Lior Silberman
As Mike point out since the USA are very decentralized, there is a lot more inertia with these things. I'm slowly getting better at converting furlong-hundredweight-fortnight measurements to MKS. I still convert Farenheit to Celsius to figure out if it's cold outside :-) The file prints fine. Oth

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Mike Ressler
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 08:58, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Lior Silberman schrieb: > > In the US at least, 'letter' is the standard paper size. I think England > > uses A4. IIRC 'legal' pages have the same width as 'letter', but are much > > longer. "legal" is 8.5 x 14 inches, IIRC. > Seems that the ISO siz

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Lior Silberman schrieb: In the US at least, 'letter' is the standard paper size. I think England uses A4. IIRC 'legal' pages have the same width as 'letter', but are much longer. What happens if you print an A4 file on a modern printer is that it doesn't print -- instead it displays an "informative

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Uwe" == Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Uwe> I used this one: Uwe> http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/lyxdoc/UserGuide.lyx?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain Uwe> I thought this is the newest one. Yes, it is the newest one, in the sense that it has been adapted for 1.

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Christian Ridderström schrieb: I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide I redid some changes to your ...A4PDFv2.lyx and uploaded the result to: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelDoc/UserGuide/UserGuideA4PDFv2_chr.lyx I

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb: Uwe> I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion Uwe> page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide Uwe, something I forgot to ask about: are you using the 1.3.x or 1.4.0cvs version of the UserGuide? These two documents live on a different b

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
I made another addition (to a separate document) by adding stuff to the preamble that *Use better fonts for PDF-output *Add 'Contents' to the PDF bookmarks This version is found here: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelDoc/UserGuide/UserGuideA4PDFv2_chr2.lyx Question: Is it "s

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, [UTF-8] Uwe Stöhr wrote: > I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: > http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide I redid some changes to your ...A4PDFv2.lyx and uploaded the result to: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelDoc/UserGuide/UserGu

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Uwe" == Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Uwe> I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion Uwe> page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide Uwe, something I forgot to ask about: are you using the 1.3.x or 1.4.0cvs version of the UserGuide? These two docume

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide regards Uwe

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Sorry, I have forgot something: The last preamble entry is % widens the vertical table spacing \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.25} % set the separation of table columns \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.45em} I adopted it from the actual Userguide.lyx and don't know if this is really necessary. Mike could

LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hello Jean-Marc, Mike and Christian, you convinced me in many points, so that I provide a new, cleaner version. It could be found at http://fkurth.de/uwest/LyX/userguide/ or at http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuideA4PDFv2.lyx I named it UserGuideA4PDFv2 and changed the following against my o

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Hello LyX-doc team, > > I uploaded a better version of my Userguide (named UserguideA4PDF.lyx to > prevent confusion). I've gone over your version, but since there were quite a few changes (in your first post), I've put my comments here: http://w

LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hello LyX-doc team, I uploaded a better version of my Userguide (named UserguideA4PDF.lyx to prevent confusion). It could be found at http://fkurth.de/uwest/LyX/userguide/ or http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuideA4PDF.lyx I corrected some mistakes I made and added a footnote in chapter 6.2 t