Uninstalling LyX
I recently installed in my XP machine the Win32 version of LyX ported by Ruurd Reitsma. The program installed without difficulty. I'd like to uninstall it so that I can move it to another location. Unfortunately, there is no documentation that I could find on how to do this, and the install program did not provide the usual link in the Remove/Programs dialog box. Does anyone in the LyX Users Group know how to uninstall LyX in the Windows environment? Many Thanks, Ralph
Re: OT: XFig related...
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: Hi.. sorry for this off-topic question which is very XFig related... since LyX supports .fig I would like to stick to XFig and hence need a solution to this problem: in XFig, when I draw a line that is not horizontal or vertical, i.e. a line at an angle, then the output that appears on the screen has the line's surface as a sawtooth more or less.. i.e. the line doesn't appear solid/clear/smooth on the screen.. if I do the same in say karbon (KDE's equivalent of Adobe Illustrator) or Illustrator, it's clean and no sawtooths are visible.. any idea if I can get the same from XFig? I've looked at all the options for the polyline in XFig but haven't been able to achieve this... I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences - converters: xfig-xpm. like this: fig2dev -L xpm -S 4 $$i $$o Ingar
Re: Uninstalling LyX
On Sat, Dec 27, 2003, R. C. Gonzalez wrote: Does anyone in the LyX Users Group know how to uninstall LyX in the Windows environment? There is really nothing to uninstall (i.e. no Registry entries or the like). You can just delete your directory and re-install, or move everything to a new location. You will then (probably) want to change your PATH variable to point to the new location. On XP, go to My Computer - Properties - Advanced - Environment Variables. Make sure that the path to the LyX environment does not have a space in it (for example, it cannot be under c:\Program Files). ..good luck...dave case
Re: OT: XFig related...
I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. How does one get the same quality in a final PDF file where an xfig figure's been included? Using the pdftex option in LyX doesn't produce good output... does LyX convert the .fig to eps and then do an epstopdf? I have LaTeX math in the xfig figure and a direct export from xfig to jpeg seems to ignore the math... I guess eps is needed so that LaTeX can process the math? However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences - converters: xfig-xpm. I see a converter for xfig to ppm but not xfig to xpm... I defined xifg to xpm now but am not sure if this is going to help with the pdf file... the figure in the pdf seems the same.. so to summarize, I guess the question is how do I go from xfig to pdf w/o a loss in quality? Thanks, nirmal
Re: OT: XFig related...
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. How does one get the same quality in a final PDF file where an xfig figure's been included? Using the pdftex option in LyX doesn't produce good output... does LyX convert the .fig to eps and then do an epstopdf? It is included in the pdf typically as an eps. However, an eps can be vector based or it can be bitmap based, depending on how it is made. As you probably know a vector drawing is prefered as it can scale. But, in some cases an bitmap is the only option. A less command on the eps-file will tell you if what it is. A hint is that a bitmap the lines of most of the file are filled with numbers (Hex): FF BBEE74FF while a vector based have shorter lines: K q[0 2 0 0 0 0]concat 0 0 S Q 104 G Remember to scroll past the eps-header. I have LaTeX math in the xfig figure and a direct export from xfig to jpeg seems to ignore the math... I guess eps is needed so that LaTeX can process the math? Never use jpg on line-figures, it was made for photos. It will smear your line into the white and make it very hard to read. If you need compressed line-figure bitmaps use png or similar. Maths makes things somewhat more difficult as you need to get the the math through LaTeX. I do not know a lot about this; I am a botanist and I seldom have the need to use figures with math in them ;-). However, there are som pages on the net about this. You can probably google more of them yourself, but here are one: http://graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/xfig_latex.html There are some packages that are used to do this more easy, like pstrics (and maybe pictex and latex-picture). However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences - converters: xfig-xpm. I see a converter for xfig to ppm but not xfig to xpm... I defined xifg to xpm now but am not sure if this is going to help with the pdf file... the figure in the pdf seems the same.. so to summarize, I guess the question is how do I go from xfig to pdf w/o a loss in quality? Ok, it doesn't really matter as long as it is fig2dev and it is a bitmap, you can use the -S (0,2 or 4) to smooth the lines produced in the bitmaps, but you are right it will not affect the pdf, as lyx makes the fig file into an eps. To sum it up, if you have clean figures without latex math, export the figures in xfig to eps, or use fig directly in LyX. This will give you a clean vector based file. With Maths try the method described in: http://graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/xfig_latex.html If that does not work you might try exporting it to eps(vector) and then with convert(or other program) export it to ppm/png, with a high resolution (300dpi+). Ingar
Fwd: Re: Newest version of sed for win2k
Hope that the Win32 users find this info useful... Merry Christmas to you all, Angus -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Newest version of sed for win2k Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:34:13 -0600 From: Eric Pement [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 21 Dec 2003 at 12:16, Joel Hammer wrote: What and where is the newest version of sed for windows 2000? GNU sed v4.0.7, compiled with Gnuwin32. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html Navigate from the packages.html page to sed. You will notice that with many of the gnuwin32 packages, there are 2 different ways to install, either via the .exe file or manually. This version of sed compiled with GNUwin32 properly handles the -i switch under Microsoft Windows. The other ports of GNU sed (by unxutils with MinGW and also by DJGPP) do not handle Windows long filenames and file renaming properly.
Uninstalling LyX
I recently installed in my XP machine the Win32 version of LyX ported by Ruurd Reitsma. The program installed without difficulty. I'd like to uninstall it so that I can move it to another location. Unfortunately, there is no documentation that I could find on how to do this, and the install program did not provide the usual link in the Remove/Programs dialog box. Does anyone in the LyX Users Group know how to uninstall LyX in the Windows environment? Many Thanks, Ralph
Re: OT: XFig related...
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: Hi.. sorry for this off-topic question which is very XFig related... since LyX supports .fig I would like to stick to XFig and hence need a solution to this problem: in XFig, when I draw a line that is not horizontal or vertical, i.e. a line at an angle, then the output that appears on the screen has the line's surface as a sawtooth more or less.. i.e. the line doesn't appear solid/clear/smooth on the screen.. if I do the same in say karbon (KDE's equivalent of Adobe Illustrator) or Illustrator, it's clean and no sawtooths are visible.. any idea if I can get the same from XFig? I've looked at all the options for the polyline in XFig but haven't been able to achieve this... I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences - converters: xfig-xpm. like this: fig2dev -L xpm -S 4 $$i $$o Ingar
Re: Uninstalling LyX
On Sat, Dec 27, 2003, R. C. Gonzalez wrote: Does anyone in the LyX Users Group know how to uninstall LyX in the Windows environment? There is really nothing to uninstall (i.e. no Registry entries or the like). You can just delete your directory and re-install, or move everything to a new location. You will then (probably) want to change your PATH variable to point to the new location. On XP, go to My Computer - Properties - Advanced - Environment Variables. Make sure that the path to the LyX environment does not have a space in it (for example, it cannot be under c:\Program Files). ..good luck...dave case
Re: OT: XFig related...
I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. How does one get the same quality in a final PDF file where an xfig figure's been included? Using the pdftex option in LyX doesn't produce good output... does LyX convert the .fig to eps and then do an epstopdf? I have LaTeX math in the xfig figure and a direct export from xfig to jpeg seems to ignore the math... I guess eps is needed so that LaTeX can process the math? However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences - converters: xfig-xpm. I see a converter for xfig to ppm but not xfig to xpm... I defined xifg to xpm now but am not sure if this is going to help with the pdf file... the figure in the pdf seems the same.. so to summarize, I guess the question is how do I go from xfig to pdf w/o a loss in quality? Thanks, nirmal
Re: OT: XFig related...
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. How does one get the same quality in a final PDF file where an xfig figure's been included? Using the pdftex option in LyX doesn't produce good output... does LyX convert the .fig to eps and then do an epstopdf? It is included in the pdf typically as an eps. However, an eps can be vector based or it can be bitmap based, depending on how it is made. As you probably know a vector drawing is prefered as it can scale. But, in some cases an bitmap is the only option. A less command on the eps-file will tell you if what it is. A hint is that a bitmap the lines of most of the file are filled with numbers (Hex): FF BBEE74FF while a vector based have shorter lines: K q[0 2 0 0 0 0]concat 0 0 S Q 104 G Remember to scroll past the eps-header. I have LaTeX math in the xfig figure and a direct export from xfig to jpeg seems to ignore the math... I guess eps is needed so that LaTeX can process the math? Never use jpg on line-figures, it was made for photos. It will smear your line into the white and make it very hard to read. If you need compressed line-figure bitmaps use png or similar. Maths makes things somewhat more difficult as you need to get the the math through LaTeX. I do not know a lot about this; I am a botanist and I seldom have the need to use figures with math in them ;-). However, there are som pages on the net about this. You can probably google more of them yourself, but here are one: http://graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/xfig_latex.html There are some packages that are used to do this more easy, like pstrics (and maybe pictex and latex-picture). However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences - converters: xfig-xpm. I see a converter for xfig to ppm but not xfig to xpm... I defined xifg to xpm now but am not sure if this is going to help with the pdf file... the figure in the pdf seems the same.. so to summarize, I guess the question is how do I go from xfig to pdf w/o a loss in quality? Ok, it doesn't really matter as long as it is fig2dev and it is a bitmap, you can use the -S (0,2 or 4) to smooth the lines produced in the bitmaps, but you are right it will not affect the pdf, as lyx makes the fig file into an eps. To sum it up, if you have clean figures without latex math, export the figures in xfig to eps, or use fig directly in LyX. This will give you a clean vector based file. With Maths try the method described in: http://graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/xfig_latex.html If that does not work you might try exporting it to eps(vector) and then with convert(or other program) export it to ppm/png, with a high resolution (300dpi+). Ingar
Fwd: Re: Newest version of sed for win2k
Hope that the Win32 users find this info useful... Merry Christmas to you all, Angus -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Newest version of sed for win2k Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:34:13 -0600 From: Eric Pement [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 21 Dec 2003 at 12:16, Joel Hammer wrote: What and where is the newest version of sed for windows 2000? GNU sed v4.0.7, compiled with Gnuwin32. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html Navigate from the packages.html page to sed. You will notice that with many of the gnuwin32 packages, there are 2 different ways to install, either via the .exe file or manually. This version of sed compiled with GNUwin32 properly handles the -i switch under Microsoft Windows. The other ports of GNU sed (by unxutils with MinGW and also by DJGPP) do not handle Windows long filenames and file renaming properly.
Uninstalling LyX
I recently installed in my XP machine the Win32 version of LyX ported by Ruurd Reitsma. The program installed without difficulty. I'd like to uninstall it so that I can move it to another location. Unfortunately, there is no documentation that I could find on how to do this, and the install program did not provide the usual link in the Remove/Programs dialog box. Does anyone in the LyX Users Group know how to uninstall LyX in the Windows environment? Many Thanks, Ralph
Re: OT: XFig related...
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Hi.. sorry for this off-topic question which is very XFig related... > since LyX supports .fig I would like to stick to XFig and hence need > a solution to this problem: in XFig, when I draw a line that is not > horizontal or vertical, i.e. a line at an angle, then the output > that appears on the screen has the line's "surface" as a sawtooth > more or less.. i.e. the line doesn't appear solid/clear/smooth on > the screen.. if I do the same in say karbon (KDE's equivalent of > Adobe Illustrator) or Illustrator, it's clean and no sawtooths are > visible.. any idea if I can get the same from XFig? I've looked at > all the options for the polyline in XFig but haven't been able to > achieve this... I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences -> converters: xfig->xpm. like this: fig2dev -L xpm -S 4 $$i $$o Ingar
Re: Uninstalling LyX
On Sat, Dec 27, 2003, R. C. Gonzalez wrote: > > > Does anyone in the LyX Users Group know how to uninstall LyX in the > Windows environment? There is really nothing to uninstall (i.e. no Registry entries or the like). You can just delete your directory and re-install, or move everything to a new location. You will then (probably) want to change your PATH variable to point to the new location. On XP, go to My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. Make sure that the path to the LyX environment does not have a space in it (for example, it cannot be under c:\Program Files). ..good luck...dave case
Re: OT: XFig related...
I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. How does one get the same quality in a final PDF file where an xfig figure's been included? Using the pdftex option in LyX doesn't produce good output... does LyX convert the .fig to eps and then do an epstopdf? I have LaTeX math in the xfig figure and a direct export from xfig to jpeg seems to ignore the math... I guess eps is needed so that LaTeX can process the math? However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences -> converters: xfig->xpm. I see a converter for xfig to ppm but not xfig to xpm... I defined xifg to xpm now but am not sure if this is going to help with the pdf file... the figure in the pdf seems the same.. so to summarize, I guess the question is how do I go from xfig to pdf w/o a loss in quality? Thanks, nirmal
Re: OT: XFig related...
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: > > I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure > > in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. > > How does one get the same quality in a final PDF file where an xfig > figure's been included? Using the pdftex option in LyX doesn't > produce good output... does LyX convert the .fig to eps and then do > an epstopdf? It is included in the pdf typically as an eps. However, an eps can be vector based or it can be bitmap based, depending on how it is made. As you probably know a vector drawing is prefered as it can scale. But, in some cases an bitmap is the only option. A less command on the eps-file will tell you if what it is. A hint is that a bitmap the lines of most of the file are filled with numbers (Hex): FF BBEE74FF while a vector based have shorter lines: K q[0 2 0 0 0 0]concat 0 0 S Q 104 G Remember to scroll past the eps-header. > I have LaTeX math in the xfig figure and a direct export from xfig > to jpeg seems to ignore the math... I guess eps is needed so that > LaTeX can process the math? Never use jpg on line-figures, it was made for photos. It will smear your line into the white and make it very hard to read. If you need compressed line-figure bitmaps use png or similar. Maths makes things somewhat more difficult as you need to get the the math through LaTeX. I do not know a lot about this; I am a botanist and I seldom have the need to use figures with math in them ;-). However, there are som pages on the net about this. You can probably google more of them yourself, but here are one: http://graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/xfig_latex.html There are some packages that are used to do this more easy, like pstrics (and maybe pictex and latex-picture). > > However, you can get smoother line in LyX when using .fig files > > by adding -S 4 in LyX preferences -> converters: xfig->xpm. > > I see a converter for xfig to ppm but not xfig to xpm... I defined > xifg to xpm now but am not sure if this is going to help with the > pdf file... the figure in the pdf seems the same.. so to summarize, > I guess the question is how do I go from xfig to pdf w/o a loss in > quality? Ok, it doesn't really matter as long as it is fig2dev and it is a bitmap, you can use the -S (0,2 or 4) to smooth the lines produced in the bitmaps, but you are right it will not affect the pdf, as lyx makes the fig file into an eps. To sum it up, if you have clean figures without latex math, export the figures in xfig to eps, or use fig directly in LyX. This will give you a clean vector based file. With Maths try the method described in: http://graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/xfig_latex.html If that does not work you might try exporting it to eps(vector) and then with convert(or other program) export it to ppm/png, with a high resolution (300dpi+). Ingar
Fwd: Re: Newest version of sed for win2k
Hope that the Win32 users find this info useful... Merry Christmas to you all, Angus -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Newest version of sed for win2k Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:34:13 -0600 From: "Eric Pement" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 21 Dec 2003 at 12:16, Joel Hammer wrote: > What and where is the newest version of sed for windows 2000? GNU sed v4.0.7, compiled with Gnuwin32. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html Navigate from the "packages.html" page to sed. You will notice that with many of the gnuwin32 packages, there are 2 different ways to install, either via the .exe file or manually. This version of sed compiled with GNUwin32 properly handles the -i switch under Microsoft Windows. The other ports of GNU sed (by unxutils with MinGW and also by DJGPP) do not handle Windows long filenames and file renaming properly.
