Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences Paths PATH Prefix, enter /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Regards, Walter
Info regarding problem downloading files from the wiki
Hi Something is broke on the wiki which means it's currently not possible to download files (attachments). You'll see this problem if the link to the attachment looks like this attach:/uploads/SiteTest/aFile.txt It shouldn't look like this... here are two possible workarounds: * Manually modity the beginning of the URI to look like this http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/SiteTest/aFile.txt * Use the file manager to retrieve the file by going to: http://wiki.lyx.org/ipfm/index.php and then navigating to the directory where the file is located. You have to login (username=lyx, password=LyXers). Cookies and javascript need to be enabled. When navigating, click on the directory names instead of Open directory /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: confusion: interword spacing vs. unbreakble space
David Soukal wrote: I'm very confused about how to properly create an interword space. In LaTeX the standard way is to use \ for an interword space and \@ for the end-of-sentence spacing after punctuation. I was used to typing bla, e.g.\ bla correct is: bla, e.\,g.\ bla (with thinspace inbetween the abbreviation). to get the proper spacing (i.e. interword spacing). However in the LyX manual, the recommended way to do this is to use the protected space, i.e. ~. But this is not really the same thing, is it? If understand correctly e.g.~bla won't get broken at the end of a line as it should, right? The suggestion in the LyX manual is wrong, since a linebreak should be possible at that point, but LyX (until forthcoming 1.4, as Angus noted) didn't support interword and other spaces. In the meantime, you can use this workaround and add the appropriate bindings to you bindfile: http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted#toc44 HTH, Jürgen
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences Paths PATH Prefix, enter /usr/bin:/usr/local/ bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/ bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/ Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Hi, I does not work for me. I installed OS 10.4 from scratch and then Tex using the i-Installer... it seems that the TeX installation is OK (checked with texconfig command). Later on I installed LyX 1.3.6 from the installer and never recognized the TeX installation. Finally, I introduced the PATH prefix, reconfigured and restart and still the same problem: doesn't recognize the TeX installation. I did it again, and nothing. Do you know if there is any file I should delete in order to reconfigure this properly? thanks in advance, Jordi On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences Paths PATH Prefix, enter /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. Bennett -- === Dr. Jordi Tritlla i Cambra ¡PAGINA WEB PUESTA AL DIA (02/2005): http://geminis.geociencias.unam.mx/~jordit/ Centro de Geociencias Tl: (52-442) 2381116 ext 137 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Tl.red: 562 34116 ext 137 Carretera Querétaro-San Luís Potosí km 15.5 Fax: (52-442) 2-38-11-00 Campus UNAM-Juriquilla emails alternativos: Apartado Postal 1-742 [EMAIL PROTECTED] C.P. 76230 Querétaro, Qro. [EMAIL PROTECTED] México [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Jordi Tritlla i Cambra wrote: Hi, I does not work for me. I installed OS 10.4 from scratch and then Tex using the i-Installer... it seems that the TeX installation is OK (checked with texconfig command). Later on I installed LyX 1.3.6 from the installer and never recognized the TeX installation. Finally, I introduced the PATH prefix, reconfigured and restart and still the same problem: doesn't recognize the TeX installation. I did it again, and nothing. Do you know if there is any file I should delete in order to reconfigure this properly? Try the following: 1. Quit LyX if it's running. 2. Move ~/Library/Application Support/LyX somewhere else (but keep it). (This is the LyX User's directory.) 3. Make sure you've got the latest version of LyX/Mac (LyX-1.3.6-2Mac.dmg), and install it -- dragging LyX.app to your hard drive, and running the installer script. 4. Run LyX. Does that work? If so, I suspect your preferences file is corrupted somehow. Quit LyX and move any files from your saved LyX User's directory that you want to keep into the new LyX User's directory at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX -- but don't move the preferences file there. If it doesn't work, I'm not sure what to say. (Can you use LaTeX from TeXShop, say?) Bennett
Install problem
I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Rob Managan email managan at llnl.gov LLNL phone: 925-423-0903 P.O. Box 808, L-095 FAX: 925-422-3389 Livermore, CA 94551-0808
IEEEtran template doesn't work
I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls and stuck it in the appropriate place. /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base I ran: mktexlsr I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and restarted the program. After all that, I still get the same error: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran LyX will not be able to produce output. I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. Rob
Re: IEEEtran template doesn't work
Funny, I just did the same thing, but on a linux machine and with success. Hope I can help you. A few questions/proposals: 1. When you do the reconfiguration of lyx, the program logs on screen what it finds and not. What about IEEEtran? 2. What does this report $ kpsewhich IEEEtran.cls It should give the path to where you put the file. If not, have a look at the variable TEXINPUTS. I think it should start with a : otherwise the default paths are lost. good luck /johan On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Rob Chapman wrote: I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls and stuck it in the appropriate place. /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base I ran: mktexlsr I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and restarted the program. After all that, I still get the same error: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran LyX will not be able to produce output. I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. Rob -- Johan Ingvast, PhD student http://www.md.kth.se/~ingvast Department of Machine Design, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden http://www.md.kth.se, http://www.md.kth.se/~cas --- Walking robot proj tel +46 (0)8 790 95 36 mob. +46 (0)70 34 34 498
Re: Install problem
On Sep 7, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Rob Managan wrote: I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? Are you sure teTeX is installed correctly? (Can you compile documents with article class from TeXShop, for example?) Is LyX's PATH prefix set correctly? (LyX Preferences Paths PATH Prefix -- should be set to: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If that's all ok, try running Edit Reconfigure, quitting LyX, and relaunching. Does that work? Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Jordi Tritlla i Cambra wrote: It didn't work Texshop is working fine with the TeX installation using i- Installer, but LyX is not seeing anything even reinstalling and re- generating the Lyx User's directory. It is really frustrating... Any thoughts? This is my output from texconfig: tex:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/tex etex: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/etex dvipdfm:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ dvipdfm pdftex: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdftex omega: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/omega mf: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mf mpost: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mpost tcdialog: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ tcdialog dvips: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/dvips xdvi: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/xdvi kpsewhich: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ kpsewhich mktexpk:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ mktexpk mktextfm: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ mktextfm Any help will be much appreciated. Double check your PATH settings in LyX Preferences Paths PATH Prefix to make sure it's correct. It should include /usr/local/teTeX/ bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current given what you've got above. (It should also include paths to other standard locations for binaries, including /sw/bin for fink installations of teTeX and /opt/local/ teTeX/bin for darwinports installations.) The default PATH Prefix setting on Mac is: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If your TeX installation is working fine, and your PATH prefix is properly set up, it should work. Otherwise, I'm at a loss. Try running Edit Reconfigure again (quitting LyX and relaunching) ... and try it twice to see if that makes a difference. If not, try running the configure command manually: from a Terminal session, cd into LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx. Once there, type ./ configure (without quotes) to run it. What is the output? Bennett
Re: IEEEtran template doesn't work
On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Johan Ingvast wrote: Funny, I just did the same thing, but on a linux machine and with success. Hope I can help you. A few questions/proposals: 1. When you do the reconfiguration of lyx, the program logs on screen what it finds and not. What about IEEEtran? Actually, it doesn't log it on the screen on the Mac -- you have to open Console.app to see it (or run it manually from the Terminal, as I just suggested in another thread). 2. What does this report $ kpsewhich IEEEtran.cls It should give the path to where you put the file. If not, have a look at the variable TEXINPUTS. I think it should start with a : otherwise the default paths are lost. On a fink installation (which is what you've got, right?) that shouldn't be necessary. (Though are you sure /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/ latex/base is the right place? ... I haven't used fink, but that looks like not the right place to put user files.) On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Rob Chapman wrote: I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls and stuck it in the appropriate place. /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base I ran: mktexlsr I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and restarted the program. After all that, I still get the same error: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran LyX will not be able to produce output. I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. I'm no TeXpert, but shouldn't you run sudo texhash? (And afterwards reconfigure LyX.) Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Bennett Helm wrote: The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) Well, it works now, so never mind. Putting a message on the Wiki regarding this particular issue might be helpful though. What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/ Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. The .layout files are there and I am using the TeX i-packages, how do I check whether those .cls files are included or not? Regards, Walter
Re: Install problem
_/ On Wed 07 Sep 2005 20:27:03 BST, [Bennett Helm] wrote : \_ On Sep 7, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Rob Managan wrote: I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? It sounds as if, quite evidentally, the class 'article' cannot be located (either existence or paths to blame). I have an installation of LyX on SuSE that broke over time so no matter what class I choose, it is always said not to have been found. Luckily, I still have a fully-functional Fedora installation of LyX. I suggest that you try to change the class of the document under Layout - Document. Do you still get the same error? To isolate the source of the error, it would be valuable to try this. Are you sure teTeX is installed correctly? (Can you compile documents with article class from TeXShop, for example?) Is LyX's PATH prefix set correctly? (LyX Preferences Paths PATH Prefix -- should be set to: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If that's all ok, try running Edit Reconfigure, quitting LyX, and relaunching. Does that work? Bennett I concur with Bennett on that one. All good suggestions. Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | Avoid missing ball for higher score http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:20am up 14 days 10:27, 4 users, load average: 0.49, 0.73, 0.63
Re: float in the float
_/ On Tue 06 Sep 2005 21:34:16 BST, [Leon Chen] wrote : \_ Hi all, I tried to past many picutres into one figure, and put some text below each picture. I can not align the text with each pic correctly in one float, so I tried to inset a 'floatflt figure' into the big float, want some nested effect. unfortunately , i can not see the inner figre in the output. Any comment? Thank you very much. -- Leon Chen, Imperial College, London MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leon, I have tried to reproduce your attempt, even though I never knew that nested floats should work. It sounds rather tricky and prone to breakage. I suggest you look into LaTeX packages that allow embedment of two floats side by side. Colleagues of mine who work with raw LaTeX have successfully achieved that effect. Otherwise, I suggest that you do something I previously opted for, which is to embed 2 figures in one float and use some spaces (CTRL+WHITESPACE) to isolate the caption until happy with the output. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | Turn up the jukebox and tell me a lie http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:25am up 14 days 10:32, 5 users, load average: 0.77, 0.64, 0.60
Re: How to change size of math screen fonts?
_/ On Tue 06 Sep 2005 18:50:50 BST, [Rudi Gaelzer] wrote : \_ Hi. I'm using LyX 1.3.6 on Fedora 4. Is to possible to change the size of math screen fonts? If I go to Edit - Preferences - Screen fonts I only get something changing the Zoom %. Changing the Screen DPI has no effect. Moreover, it only changes the text fonts, leaving the math fonts always with the same size. -- Rudi Gaelzer Departament of Physics Physics and Mathematics Institute Federal University of Pelotas Caixa Postal 354 - Campus UFPel 96010-900 Pelotas - RS BRAZIL Phone: +55-53-275-7468 FAX: +55-53-275-7343 Registered Linux user # 153741 Rudi, I have just tested the above, trying to reproduce this behaviour in LyX 1.3.5 under Fedora Core 2. I have inserted some equations to a document and then zoomed in. The equations (math mode) were rescaled in accordance with the remainder of the document. I suggest you try to: * Change screen fonts * Re-install(/re-build) LyX * Drop back to an earlier version of LyX * Change the font size (Layout - Character) temporarily and revert to old size when producing the document * Make use of the KDE magnifier is none of the above appears to work. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | Free the mind, the source will follow http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:35am up 14 days 10:42, 4 users, load average: 0.65, 0.60, 0.58
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences Paths PATH Prefix, enter /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Regards, Walter
Info regarding problem downloading files from the wiki
Hi Something is broke on the wiki which means it's currently not possible to download files (attachments). You'll see this problem if the link to the attachment looks like this attach:/uploads/SiteTest/aFile.txt It shouldn't look like this... here are two possible workarounds: * Manually modity the beginning of the URI to look like this http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/SiteTest/aFile.txt * Use the file manager to retrieve the file by going to: http://wiki.lyx.org/ipfm/index.php and then navigating to the directory where the file is located. You have to login (username=lyx, password=LyXers). Cookies and javascript need to be enabled. When navigating, click on the directory names instead of Open directory /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: confusion: interword spacing vs. unbreakble space
David Soukal wrote: I'm very confused about how to properly create an interword space. In LaTeX the standard way is to use \ for an interword space and \@ for the end-of-sentence spacing after punctuation. I was used to typing bla, e.g.\ bla correct is: bla, e.\,g.\ bla (with thinspace inbetween the abbreviation). to get the proper spacing (i.e. interword spacing). However in the LyX manual, the recommended way to do this is to use the protected space, i.e. ~. But this is not really the same thing, is it? If understand correctly e.g.~bla won't get broken at the end of a line as it should, right? The suggestion in the LyX manual is wrong, since a linebreak should be possible at that point, but LyX (until forthcoming 1.4, as Angus noted) didn't support interword and other spaces. In the meantime, you can use this workaround and add the appropriate bindings to you bindfile: http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted#toc44 HTH, Jürgen
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences Paths PATH Prefix, enter /usr/bin:/usr/local/ bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/ bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/ Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Hi, I does not work for me. I installed OS 10.4 from scratch and then Tex using the i-Installer... it seems that the TeX installation is OK (checked with texconfig command). Later on I installed LyX 1.3.6 from the installer and never recognized the TeX installation. Finally, I introduced the PATH prefix, reconfigured and restart and still the same problem: doesn't recognize the TeX installation. I did it again, and nothing. Do you know if there is any file I should delete in order to reconfigure this properly? thanks in advance, Jordi On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences Paths PATH Prefix, enter /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. Bennett -- === Dr. Jordi Tritlla i Cambra ¡PAGINA WEB PUESTA AL DIA (02/2005): http://geminis.geociencias.unam.mx/~jordit/ Centro de Geociencias Tl: (52-442) 2381116 ext 137 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Tl.red: 562 34116 ext 137 Carretera Querétaro-San Luís Potosí km 15.5 Fax: (52-442) 2-38-11-00 Campus UNAM-Juriquilla emails alternativos: Apartado Postal 1-742 [EMAIL PROTECTED] C.P. 76230 Querétaro, Qro. [EMAIL PROTECTED] México [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Jordi Tritlla i Cambra wrote: Hi, I does not work for me. I installed OS 10.4 from scratch and then Tex using the i-Installer... it seems that the TeX installation is OK (checked with texconfig command). Later on I installed LyX 1.3.6 from the installer and never recognized the TeX installation. Finally, I introduced the PATH prefix, reconfigured and restart and still the same problem: doesn't recognize the TeX installation. I did it again, and nothing. Do you know if there is any file I should delete in order to reconfigure this properly? Try the following: 1. Quit LyX if it's running. 2. Move ~/Library/Application Support/LyX somewhere else (but keep it). (This is the LyX User's directory.) 3. Make sure you've got the latest version of LyX/Mac (LyX-1.3.6-2Mac.dmg), and install it -- dragging LyX.app to your hard drive, and running the installer script. 4. Run LyX. Does that work? If so, I suspect your preferences file is corrupted somehow. Quit LyX and move any files from your saved LyX User's directory that you want to keep into the new LyX User's directory at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX -- but don't move the preferences file there. If it doesn't work, I'm not sure what to say. (Can you use LaTeX from TeXShop, say?) Bennett
Install problem
I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Rob Managan email managan at llnl.gov LLNL phone: 925-423-0903 P.O. Box 808, L-095 FAX: 925-422-3389 Livermore, CA 94551-0808
IEEEtran template doesn't work
I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls and stuck it in the appropriate place. /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base I ran: mktexlsr I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and restarted the program. After all that, I still get the same error: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran LyX will not be able to produce output. I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. Rob
Re: IEEEtran template doesn't work
Funny, I just did the same thing, but on a linux machine and with success. Hope I can help you. A few questions/proposals: 1. When you do the reconfiguration of lyx, the program logs on screen what it finds and not. What about IEEEtran? 2. What does this report $ kpsewhich IEEEtran.cls It should give the path to where you put the file. If not, have a look at the variable TEXINPUTS. I think it should start with a : otherwise the default paths are lost. good luck /johan On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Rob Chapman wrote: I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls and stuck it in the appropriate place. /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base I ran: mktexlsr I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and restarted the program. After all that, I still get the same error: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran LyX will not be able to produce output. I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. Rob -- Johan Ingvast, PhD student http://www.md.kth.se/~ingvast Department of Machine Design, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden http://www.md.kth.se, http://www.md.kth.se/~cas --- Walking robot proj tel +46 (0)8 790 95 36 mob. +46 (0)70 34 34 498
Re: Install problem
On Sep 7, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Rob Managan wrote: I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? Are you sure teTeX is installed correctly? (Can you compile documents with article class from TeXShop, for example?) Is LyX's PATH prefix set correctly? (LyX Preferences Paths PATH Prefix -- should be set to: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If that's all ok, try running Edit Reconfigure, quitting LyX, and relaunching. Does that work? Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Jordi Tritlla i Cambra wrote: It didn't work Texshop is working fine with the TeX installation using i- Installer, but LyX is not seeing anything even reinstalling and re- generating the Lyx User's directory. It is really frustrating... Any thoughts? This is my output from texconfig: tex:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/tex etex: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/etex dvipdfm:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ dvipdfm pdftex: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdftex omega: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/omega mf: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mf mpost: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mpost tcdialog: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ tcdialog dvips: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/dvips xdvi: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/xdvi kpsewhich: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ kpsewhich mktexpk:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ mktexpk mktextfm: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ mktextfm Any help will be much appreciated. Double check your PATH settings in LyX Preferences Paths PATH Prefix to make sure it's correct. It should include /usr/local/teTeX/ bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current given what you've got above. (It should also include paths to other standard locations for binaries, including /sw/bin for fink installations of teTeX and /opt/local/ teTeX/bin for darwinports installations.) The default PATH Prefix setting on Mac is: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If your TeX installation is working fine, and your PATH prefix is properly set up, it should work. Otherwise, I'm at a loss. Try running Edit Reconfigure again (quitting LyX and relaunching) ... and try it twice to see if that makes a difference. If not, try running the configure command manually: from a Terminal session, cd into LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx. Once there, type ./ configure (without quotes) to run it. What is the output? Bennett
Re: IEEEtran template doesn't work
On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Johan Ingvast wrote: Funny, I just did the same thing, but on a linux machine and with success. Hope I can help you. A few questions/proposals: 1. When you do the reconfiguration of lyx, the program logs on screen what it finds and not. What about IEEEtran? Actually, it doesn't log it on the screen on the Mac -- you have to open Console.app to see it (or run it manually from the Terminal, as I just suggested in another thread). 2. What does this report $ kpsewhich IEEEtran.cls It should give the path to where you put the file. If not, have a look at the variable TEXINPUTS. I think it should start with a : otherwise the default paths are lost. On a fink installation (which is what you've got, right?) that shouldn't be necessary. (Though are you sure /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/ latex/base is the right place? ... I haven't used fink, but that looks like not the right place to put user files.) On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Rob Chapman wrote: I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls and stuck it in the appropriate place. /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base I ran: mktexlsr I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and restarted the program. After all that, I still get the same error: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran LyX will not be able to produce output. I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. I'm no TeXpert, but shouldn't you run sudo texhash? (And afterwards reconfigure LyX.) Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Bennett Helm wrote: The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) Well, it works now, so never mind. Putting a message on the Wiki regarding this particular issue might be helpful though. What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/ Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. The .layout files are there and I am using the TeX i-packages, how do I check whether those .cls files are included or not? Regards, Walter
Re: Install problem
_/ On Wed 07 Sep 2005 20:27:03 BST, [Bennett Helm] wrote : \_ On Sep 7, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Rob Managan wrote: I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? It sounds as if, quite evidentally, the class 'article' cannot be located (either existence or paths to blame). I have an installation of LyX on SuSE that broke over time so no matter what class I choose, it is always said not to have been found. Luckily, I still have a fully-functional Fedora installation of LyX. I suggest that you try to change the class of the document under Layout - Document. Do you still get the same error? To isolate the source of the error, it would be valuable to try this. Are you sure teTeX is installed correctly? (Can you compile documents with article class from TeXShop, for example?) Is LyX's PATH prefix set correctly? (LyX Preferences Paths PATH Prefix -- should be set to: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If that's all ok, try running Edit Reconfigure, quitting LyX, and relaunching. Does that work? Bennett I concur with Bennett on that one. All good suggestions. Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | Avoid missing ball for higher score http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:20am up 14 days 10:27, 4 users, load average: 0.49, 0.73, 0.63
Re: float in the float
_/ On Tue 06 Sep 2005 21:34:16 BST, [Leon Chen] wrote : \_ Hi all, I tried to past many picutres into one figure, and put some text below each picture. I can not align the text with each pic correctly in one float, so I tried to inset a 'floatflt figure' into the big float, want some nested effect. unfortunately , i can not see the inner figre in the output. Any comment? Thank you very much. -- Leon Chen, Imperial College, London MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leon, I have tried to reproduce your attempt, even though I never knew that nested floats should work. It sounds rather tricky and prone to breakage. I suggest you look into LaTeX packages that allow embedment of two floats side by side. Colleagues of mine who work with raw LaTeX have successfully achieved that effect. Otherwise, I suggest that you do something I previously opted for, which is to embed 2 figures in one float and use some spaces (CTRL+WHITESPACE) to isolate the caption until happy with the output. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | Turn up the jukebox and tell me a lie http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:25am up 14 days 10:32, 5 users, load average: 0.77, 0.64, 0.60
Re: How to change size of math screen fonts?
_/ On Tue 06 Sep 2005 18:50:50 BST, [Rudi Gaelzer] wrote : \_ Hi. I'm using LyX 1.3.6 on Fedora 4. Is to possible to change the size of math screen fonts? If I go to Edit - Preferences - Screen fonts I only get something changing the Zoom %. Changing the Screen DPI has no effect. Moreover, it only changes the text fonts, leaving the math fonts always with the same size. -- Rudi Gaelzer Departament of Physics Physics and Mathematics Institute Federal University of Pelotas Caixa Postal 354 - Campus UFPel 96010-900 Pelotas - RS BRAZIL Phone: +55-53-275-7468 FAX: +55-53-275-7343 Registered Linux user # 153741 Rudi, I have just tested the above, trying to reproduce this behaviour in LyX 1.3.5 under Fedora Core 2. I have inserted some equations to a document and then zoomed in. The equations (math mode) were rescaled in accordance with the remainder of the document. I suggest you try to: * Change screen fonts * Re-install(/re-build) LyX * Drop back to an earlier version of LyX * Change the font size (Layout - Character) temporarily and revert to old size when producing the document * Make use of the KDE magnifier is none of the above appears to work. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | Free the mind, the source will follow http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:35am up 14 days 10:42, 4 users, load average: 0.65, 0.60, 0.58
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix, enter "/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin" (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Regards, Walter
Info regarding problem downloading files from the wiki
Hi Something is broke on the wiki which means it's currently not possible to download files (attachments). You'll see this problem if the link to the attachment looks like this attach:/uploads/SiteTest/aFile.txt It shouldn't look like this... here are two possible workarounds: * Manually modity the beginning of the URI to look like this http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/SiteTest/aFile.txt * Use the file manager to retrieve the file by going to: http://wiki.lyx.org/ipfm/index.php and then navigating to the directory where the file is located. You have to login (username="lyx", password="LyXers"). Cookies and javascript need to be enabled. When navigating, click on the directory names instead of "Open directory" /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: confusion: interword spacing vs. unbreakble space
David Soukal wrote: > I'm very confused about how to properly create an interword space. In > LaTeX the standard way is to use "\ " for an interword space and \@ for > the end-of-sentence spacing after punctuation. I was used to typing > > bla, e.g.\ bla correct is: bla, e.\,g.\ bla (with "thinspace" inbetween the abbreviation). > to get the proper spacing (i.e. interword spacing). However in the LyX > manual, the recommended way to do this is to use the protected space, > i.e. ~. But this is not really the same thing, is it? If understand > correctly "e.g.~bla" won't get broken at the end of a line as it should, > right? The suggestion in the LyX manual is wrong, since a linebreak should be possible at that point, but LyX (until forthcoming 1.4, as Angus noted) didn't support interword and other spaces. In the meantime, you can use this workaround and add the appropriate bindings to you bindfile: http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted#toc44 HTH, Jürgen
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix, enter "/usr/bin:/usr/local/ bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/ bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin" (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/ Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Hi, I does not work for me. I installed OS 10.4 from scratch and then Tex using the i-Installer... it seems that the TeX installation is OK (checked with texconfig command). Later on I installed LyX 1.3.6 from the installer and never recognized the TeX installation. Finally, I introduced the PATH prefix, reconfigured and restart and still the same problem: doesn't recognize the TeX installation. I did it again, and nothing. Do you know if there is any file I should delete in order to reconfigure this properly? thanks in advance, Jordi On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:38 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: Bennett Helm wrote: This was a bug in the 1st version of the installer file. The fix for those who have already run the installer is: In Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix, enter "/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin" (without the quotes). Now try reconfiguring LyX; restart; reconfigure LyX; restart again. That should fix it. (I'm not sure why 2 reconfigures and restarts are needed, but I don't have 10.4 to experiment on.) This did the trick for me, are there any plans to fix this in the installer? Or at least to mention it on the Wiki? The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. Bennett -- === Dr. Jordi Tritlla i Cambra ¡PAGINA WEB PUESTA AL DIA (02/2005): http://geminis.geociencias.unam.mx/~jordit/ Centro de Geociencias Tl: (52-442) 2381116 ext 137 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Tl.red: 562 34116 ext 137 Carretera Querétaro-San Luís Potosí km 15.5 Fax: (52-442) 2-38-11-00 Campus UNAM-Juriquilla emails alternativos: Apartado Postal 1-742 [EMAIL PROTECTED] C.P. 76230 Querétaro, Qro. [EMAIL PROTECTED] México [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Jordi Tritlla i Cambra wrote: Hi, I does not work for me. I installed OS 10.4 from scratch and then Tex using the i-Installer... it seems that the TeX installation is OK (checked with texconfig command). Later on I installed LyX 1.3.6 from the installer and never recognized the TeX installation. Finally, I introduced the PATH prefix, reconfigured and restart and still the same problem: doesn't recognize the TeX installation. I did it again, and nothing. Do you know if there is any file I should delete in order to reconfigure this properly? Try the following: 1. Quit LyX if it's running. 2. Move ~/Library/Application Support/LyX somewhere else (but keep it). (This is the LyX User's directory.) 3. Make sure you've got the latest version of LyX/Mac (LyX-1.3.6-2Mac.dmg), and install it -- dragging LyX.app to your hard drive, and running the installer script. 4. Run LyX. Does that work? If so, I suspect your preferences file is corrupted somehow. Quit LyX and move any files from your saved LyX User's directory that you want to keep into the new LyX User's directory at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX -- but don't move the preferences file there. If it doesn't work, I'm not sure what to say. (Can you use LaTeX from TeXShop, say?) Bennett
Install problem
I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Rob Managan email managan at llnl.gov LLNL phone: 925-423-0903 P.O. Box 808, L-095 FAX: 925-422-3389 Livermore, CA 94551-0808
IEEEtran template doesn't work
I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls and stuck it in the appropriate place. /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base I ran: mktexlsr I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and restarted the program. After all that, I still get the same error: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran LyX will not be able to produce output. I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. Rob
Re: IEEEtran template doesn't work
Funny, I just did the same thing, but on a linux machine and with success. Hope I can help you. A few questions/proposals: 1. When you do the reconfiguration of lyx, the program logs on screen what it finds and not. What about IEEEtran? 2. What does this report $ kpsewhich IEEEtran.cls It should give the path to where you put the file. If not, have a look at the variable TEXINPUTS. I think it should start with a : otherwise the default paths are lost. good luck /johan On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Rob Chapman wrote: > I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I > decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as > it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls > and stuck it in the appropriate place. > >/sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base > > I ran: > mktexlsr > > I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and > restarted the program. After all that, I still get the > same error: > >Textclass error > The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran > LyX will not be able to produce output. > > I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new > tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many > years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am > looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. > > Rob > -- Johan Ingvast, PhD student http://www.md.kth.se/~ingvast Department of Machine Design, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden http://www.md.kth.se, http://www.md.kth.se/~cas <--- Walking robot proj tel +46 (0)8 790 95 36 mob. +46 (0)70 34 34 498
Re: Install problem
On Sep 7, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Rob Managan wrote: I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? Are you sure teTeX is installed correctly? (Can you compile documents with article class from TeXShop, for example?) Is LyX's PATH prefix set correctly? (LyX > Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix -- should be set to: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If that's all ok, try running Edit > Reconfigure, quitting LyX, and relaunching. Does that work? Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
On Sep 7, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Jordi Tritlla i Cambra wrote: It didn't work Texshop is working fine with the TeX installation using i- Installer, but LyX is not seeing anything even reinstalling and re- generating the Lyx User's directory. It is really frustrating... Any thoughts? This is my output from texconfig: tex:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/tex etex: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/etex dvipdfm:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ dvipdfm pdftex: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdftex omega: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/omega mf: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mf mpost: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mpost tcdialog: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ tcdialog dvips: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/dvips xdvi: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/xdvi kpsewhich: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ kpsewhich mktexpk:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ mktexpk mktextfm: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ mktextfm Any help will be much appreciated. Double check your PATH settings in LyX > Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix to make sure it's correct. It should include /usr/local/teTeX/ bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current given what you've got above. (It should also include paths to other standard locations for binaries, including /sw/bin for fink installations of teTeX and /opt/local/ teTeX/bin for darwinports installations.) The default PATH Prefix setting on Mac is: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If your TeX installation is working fine, and your PATH prefix is properly set up, it should work. Otherwise, I'm at a loss. Try running Edit > Reconfigure again (quitting LyX and relaunching) ... and try it twice to see if that makes a difference. If not, try running the configure command manually: from a Terminal session, cd into LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx. Once there, type "./ configure" (without quotes) to run it. What is the output? Bennett
Re: IEEEtran template doesn't work
On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Johan Ingvast wrote: Funny, I just did the same thing, but on a linux machine and with success. Hope I can help you. A few questions/proposals: 1. When you do the reconfiguration of lyx, the program logs on screen what it finds and not. What about IEEEtran? Actually, it doesn't log it on the screen on the Mac -- you have to open Console.app to see it (or run it manually from the Terminal, as I just suggested in another thread). 2. What does this report $ kpsewhich IEEEtran.cls It should give the path to where you put the file. If not, have a look at the variable TEXINPUTS. I think it should start with a : otherwise the default paths are lost. On a fink installation (which is what you've got, right?) that shouldn't be necessary. (Though are you sure /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/ latex/base is the right place? ... I haven't used fink, but that looks like not the right place to put user files.) On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Rob Chapman wrote: I just installed LyX on my Mac and after all the installing I decided to try it out. The first template I tried failed as it was the IEEE template. I downloaded IEEEtran.cls and stuck it in the appropriate place. /sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base I ran: mktexlsr I also did the reconfigure from the edit menu in LyX and restarted the program. After all that, I still get the same error: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class IEEEtran LyX will not be able to produce output. I'm stuck now but I would like to try and learn this new tool for writing papers. I have used FrameMaker for many years but it is no longer supported on a Mac so I am looking for alternatives. Any help is appreciated. I'm no TeXpert, but shouldn't you run "sudo texhash"? (And afterwards reconfigure LyX.) Bennett
Re: lyx 1.3.6 on mac os tiger
Bennett Helm wrote: The installer has been fixed; the trouble is that those who used the 1st version of the installer have to implement the fix manually. (Sorry.) Well, it works now, so never mind. Putting a message on the Wiki regarding this particular issue might be helpful though. What I stil don't get is that several document classes that used to work in 1.3.4 are now gone, such as curriculum vitae and several article document klasses (Kluwer, Elsevier, Springer). Support for these classes should be there. Look in LyX.app/Contents/ Resources/lyx/layouts for the .layout files LyX uses. You'll need to be sure your TeX installation includes the relevant .cls files, though. The .layout files are there and I am using the TeX i-packages, how do I check whether those .cls files are included or not? Regards, Walter
Re: Install problem
_/ On Wed 07 Sep 2005 20:27:03 BST, [Bennett Helm] wrote : \_ On Sep 7, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Rob Managan wrote: I got a new computer and installed LyX and TeTeX on it as described (at least I think I did) I used the i-installer for TeX and the related packages and the 1.3.6 .dmg for LyX. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I open an old LyX document I get a dialog that says: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article LyX will not be able to produce output. Any clue as to what I messed up? It sounds as if, quite evidentally, the class 'article' cannot be located (either existence or paths to blame). I have an installation of LyX on SuSE that broke over time so no matter what class I choose, it is always said not to have been found. Luckily, I still have a fully-functional Fedora installation of LyX. I suggest that you try to change the class of the document under Layout -> Document. Do you still get the same error? To isolate the source of the error, it would be valuable to try this. Are you sure teTeX is installed correctly? (Can you compile documents with article class from TeXShop, for example?) Is LyX's PATH prefix set correctly? (LyX > Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix -- should be set to: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin If that's all ok, try running Edit > Reconfigure, quitting LyX, and relaunching. Does that work? Bennett I concur with Bennett on that one. All good suggestions. Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | "Avoid missing ball for higher score" http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:20am up 14 days 10:27, 4 users, load average: 0.49, 0.73, 0.63
Re: float in the float
_/ On Tue 06 Sep 2005 21:34:16 BST, [Leon Chen] wrote : \_ Hi all, I tried to past many picutres into one figure, and put some text below each picture. I can not align the text with each pic correctly in one float, so I tried to inset a 'floatflt figure' into the big float, want some nested effect. unfortunately , i can not see the inner figre in the output. Any comment? Thank you very much. -- Leon Chen, Imperial College, London MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leon, I have tried to reproduce your attempt, even though I never knew that nested floats should work. It sounds rather tricky and prone to breakage. I suggest you look into LaTeX packages that allow embedment of two floats side by side. Colleagues of mine who work with raw LaTeX have successfully achieved that effect. Otherwise, I suggest that you do something I previously opted for, which is to embed 2 figures in one float and use some spaces (CTRL+WHITESPACE) to isolate the caption until happy with the output. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | "Turn up the jukebox and tell me a lie" http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:25am up 14 days 10:32, 5 users, load average: 0.77, 0.64, 0.60
Re: How to change size of math screen fonts?
_/ On Tue 06 Sep 2005 18:50:50 BST, [Rudi Gaelzer] wrote : \_ Hi. I'm using LyX 1.3.6 on Fedora 4. Is to possible to change the size of math screen fonts? If I go to Edit -> Preferences -> Screen fonts I only get something changing the Zoom %. Changing the Screen DPI has no effect. Moreover, it only changes the text fonts, leaving the math fonts always with the same size. -- Rudi Gaelzer Departament of Physics Physics and Mathematics Institute Federal University of Pelotas Caixa Postal 354 - Campus UFPel 96010-900 Pelotas - RS BRAZIL Phone: +55-53-275-7468 FAX: +55-53-275-7343 Registered Linux user # 153741 Rudi, I have just tested the above, trying to reproduce this behaviour in LyX 1.3.5 under Fedora Core 2. I have inserted some equations to a document and then zoomed in. The equations (math mode) were rescaled in accordance with the remainder of the document. I suggest you try to: * Change screen fonts * Re-install(/re-build) LyX * Drop back to an earlier version of LyX * Change the font size (Layout -> Character) temporarily and revert to old size when producing the document * Make use of the KDE magnifier is none of the above appears to work. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | "Free the mind, the source will follow" http://Schestowitz.com |SuSE Linux| PGP-Key: 74572E8E 6:35am up 14 days 10:42, 4 users, load average: 0.65, 0.60, 0.58
