Re: Instant Preview working in LyX 1.4.1?
Rudi Gaelzer a écrit : Is Instant Preview working at all in LyX 1.4.1? I upgraded from 1.3.7 to 1.4.1 on my Fedora 5 box and mathematical expression are not rendered with Instant Preview. Then, I removed 1.4.1 and installed 1.3.7 back and it worked again... Rudi Gaelzer I've got the same problem with my archlinux But strange thing, on my debian SID both works ...If you get the solution let me know it pls :D
Re: footnote ends up below tables
Hello, Charles. Thanks for the reply. I may not understand what you propose (I realize that I probably wasn't too clear in my original message, either: I'm not putting a footnote IN the table (nor in a figure caption, etc.), but just somewhere else on the page so that both it and the table end up on the same page after LaTeX does its magic. Maybe that's not what you inferred, but I realize that my original message might have implied that. I've seen some messages recently where people have tried this, and have had some bad results. So, what I've just tried is the following: *Insert a minipage into my LyX document. In this, insert the floating table. *Leave the footnote where it is ( a different part of the text, not in the table contruct, nor in its caption). Is this what you mean? I think your message might have been meant for a table with some sort of footnote inside it (which isn't what I have). If I do the table-in-a-minipage thing, LaTeX complains with an error message like LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode, and Undefined control sequence, and Missing number, treated as zero. As is almost always the case, I can't make much of the errors, especially when such a minor change has been made (moving the float to within a minipage). I'll rephrase my original question just for clarity's sake: Is it possible to have a table float to the bottom of the page, but still be on top of any footnotes (which have nothing to do with the table)? Also, if I should post this into a TeX group, please tell me. This doesn't seem to be a LyX-specific problem. I guess that your float is too big for a page and that makes LaTeX going amok and placing it in a strange place. You should post a small example with the problematic page. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled aspell-0.60.4, another one with the desired dictionary labeled aspell6-en-6.0-0). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ngerman can not be opened for reading. There is no file named ngerman anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Thanks ever so much for your help, Christian -- Dr. des. CHRISTIAN LIESEN Universität Zürich Institut für Sonderpädagogik Hirschengraben 48 CH-8001 Zürich Tel. +41 44 634 31 30 Fax +41 44 634 49 41 eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
My suggestion for an easier way to install aspell (and other unix programs) in OSX is to use fink. Go to: fink.sourceforge.net It has a very simple command line interface. If you prefer something a little more GUI-like, you can get finkcommander as well: finkcommander.sorceforge.net Basically, fink is a package management environment. It will set the appropriate paths in OSX, compile and install programs and dependencies. I have installed aspell using fink, and it works perfectly. (One additional benefit is that the stable distribution of fink also comes with pre-compiled versions of most programs, so you can install without compiling.) Hope this works. Tomoharu On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/ MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled aspell-0.60.4, another one with the desired dictionary labeled aspell6-en-6.0-0). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ ngerman can not be opened for reading. There is no file named ngerman anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Thanks ever so much for your help, Christian
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/ MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled aspell-0.60.4, another one with the desired dictionary labeled aspell6-en-6.0-0). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ ngerman can not be opened for reading. There is no file named ngerman anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Most likely, the files have been installed; it's just that they are hidden by the Mac GUI. You can check to see if they're really there by going to the Finder and selecting Go Go to Folder ..., and then typing in /usr/local/lib to the dialog that pops up. If you don't find an aspell directory there, something went wrong with the installation. Also, double check to make sure that aspell is selected from within LyX's preferences (LyX Preferences Spellchecker Spellchecker executable). Note that in what you've described, you've installed aspell6-en-6.0-0 -- an English dictionary. LyX is apparently looking for a German dictionary, which it reports it cannot find. If you're spellchecking German text (i.e., text identified as German within LyX), you'll need to install the appropriate dictionary. Bennett
lyx 1.4.1
I just installed lyx 1.4.1 and started playing with it. Once you get used to the new interface, waoo ! It feels great. I was told in the past that the size of the opening window was configurable now. Did I dream? I couldn't find where I can do it from. Also, I couldn't find a manual about the new version and new possibilities. Does that mean the good ole doc is up to date ? Thanx for the help to come... -- ~adj~
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
Thank you, Bennett and Tomoharu! I finally got it to work, as follows: * I checked that aspell is installed correctly using Bennett's suggestion of searching for files hidden by the Mac GUI. Aspell was there all right, as were the dictionary files. There are some *.alias files, these are important, see below. * I noticed that you have to set the language correctly in Lyx's Document -- Settings. I also noticed that you have to place the cursor in front of the section you wish to be spellchecked. * I then used the Lyx -- Preferences -- Language Settings -- Spellchecker to tell Lyx what spellchecker executable to use (aspell, obviously). However, this alone still did not work even if the language was correctly set in both the document settings and the preferences. But I discovered that you can use any alternative language simply by adding the appropriate alias name. For example, I entered swiss since I have a swiss.alias in my aspell folder, and the spellchecking followed along the Swiss rules. I entered deutsch or british and got the according results. So everything works fine now. So there's no need for fink now, but I may give a try next time :-). Cheers, Christian Bennett Helm wrote: On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled aspell-0.60.4, another one with the desired dictionary labeled aspell6-en-6.0-0). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ngerman can not be opened for reading. There is no file named ngerman anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Most likely, the files have been installed; it's just that they are hidden by the Mac GUI. You can check to see if they're really there by going to the Finder and selecting Go Go to Folder ..., and then typing in /usr/local/lib to the dialog that pops up. If you don't find an aspell directory there, something went wrong with the installation. Also, double check to make sure that aspell is selected from within LyX's preferences (LyX Preferences Spellchecker Spellchecker executable). Note that in what you've described, you've installed aspell6-en-6.0-0 -- an English dictionary. LyX is apparently looking for a German dictionary, which it reports it cannot find. If you're spellchecking German text (i.e., text identified as German within LyX), you'll need to install the appropriate dictionary. Bennett
Example Vita
An example cv, modeled on the format I use, has been uploaded to the LyX Wiki by Christian: http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/CVBrucePourciau Using just fancyheader, horizontal rules, and list environments, it's simple and clean. Bruce
Re: Example Vita
On 6/10/06, Bruce Pourciau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An example cv, modeled on the format I use, has been uploaded to the LyX Wiki by Christian: http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/CVBrucePourciau Using just fancyheader, horizontal rules, and list environments, it's simple and clean. Thanks, Bruce. It will be very useful for many of us. Paul
Re: upper case letter with accentuation
Charles de Miramon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: paul saumane wrote: 1) Looking at the help, I cannot find the way to type accentuated upper case letters (capital letters with accent). I just found capital A with grave accent typing Alt, ctrl, 7 then shift a. Any clue to guide me. Alt-x to get the minibuffer. In the minibuffer type accent then tab. You will get a all lot of different type of accents. Choose for example accent-acute then type E and then enter. You will get É Thanks,That is great, now I feel remembering having read something like that somewhere. Is there somewhere a table with all short keys ? 2) In a title, is there a way to mix character size with bolding and slanting on several lines to reproduce the way it was done on old books. I tried it using title and ctrl new line but the first line(s) are not taken into account in the final document. Give a small example file. DOCUMENTS (size 12) SUR LA (size 9) REVOLUTION (size 16) DANS VAUCLUSE (12) (1793 - 1800) (8 BOLD) I (12 BOLD) thanks again Paul
Re: Instant Preview working in LyX 1.4.1?
Rudi Gaelzer a écrit : Is Instant Preview working at all in LyX 1.4.1? I upgraded from 1.3.7 to 1.4.1 on my Fedora 5 box and mathematical expression are not rendered with Instant Preview. Then, I removed 1.4.1 and installed 1.3.7 back and it worked again... Rudi Gaelzer I've got the same problem with my archlinux But strange thing, on my debian SID both works ...If you get the solution let me know it pls :D
Re: footnote ends up below tables
Hello, Charles. Thanks for the reply. I may not understand what you propose (I realize that I probably wasn't too clear in my original message, either: I'm not putting a footnote IN the table (nor in a figure caption, etc.), but just somewhere else on the page so that both it and the table end up on the same page after LaTeX does its magic. Maybe that's not what you inferred, but I realize that my original message might have implied that. I've seen some messages recently where people have tried this, and have had some bad results. So, what I've just tried is the following: *Insert a minipage into my LyX document. In this, insert the floating table. *Leave the footnote where it is ( a different part of the text, not in the table contruct, nor in its caption). Is this what you mean? I think your message might have been meant for a table with some sort of footnote inside it (which isn't what I have). If I do the table-in-a-minipage thing, LaTeX complains with an error message like LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode, and Undefined control sequence, and Missing number, treated as zero. As is almost always the case, I can't make much of the errors, especially when such a minor change has been made (moving the float to within a minipage). I'll rephrase my original question just for clarity's sake: Is it possible to have a table float to the bottom of the page, but still be on top of any footnotes (which have nothing to do with the table)? Also, if I should post this into a TeX group, please tell me. This doesn't seem to be a LyX-specific problem. I guess that your float is too big for a page and that makes LaTeX going amok and placing it in a strange place. You should post a small example with the problematic page. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled aspell-0.60.4, another one with the desired dictionary labeled aspell6-en-6.0-0). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ngerman can not be opened for reading. There is no file named ngerman anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Thanks ever so much for your help, Christian -- Dr. des. CHRISTIAN LIESEN Universität Zürich Institut für Sonderpädagogik Hirschengraben 48 CH-8001 Zürich Tel. +41 44 634 31 30 Fax +41 44 634 49 41 eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
My suggestion for an easier way to install aspell (and other unix programs) in OSX is to use fink. Go to: fink.sourceforge.net It has a very simple command line interface. If you prefer something a little more GUI-like, you can get finkcommander as well: finkcommander.sorceforge.net Basically, fink is a package management environment. It will set the appropriate paths in OSX, compile and install programs and dependencies. I have installed aspell using fink, and it works perfectly. (One additional benefit is that the stable distribution of fink also comes with pre-compiled versions of most programs, so you can install without compiling.) Hope this works. Tomoharu On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/ MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled aspell-0.60.4, another one with the desired dictionary labeled aspell6-en-6.0-0). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ ngerman can not be opened for reading. There is no file named ngerman anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Thanks ever so much for your help, Christian
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/ MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled aspell-0.60.4, another one with the desired dictionary labeled aspell6-en-6.0-0). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ ngerman can not be opened for reading. There is no file named ngerman anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Most likely, the files have been installed; it's just that they are hidden by the Mac GUI. You can check to see if they're really there by going to the Finder and selecting Go Go to Folder ..., and then typing in /usr/local/lib to the dialog that pops up. If you don't find an aspell directory there, something went wrong with the installation. Also, double check to make sure that aspell is selected from within LyX's preferences (LyX Preferences Spellchecker Spellchecker executable). Note that in what you've described, you've installed aspell6-en-6.0-0 -- an English dictionary. LyX is apparently looking for a German dictionary, which it reports it cannot find. If you're spellchecking German text (i.e., text identified as German within LyX), you'll need to install the appropriate dictionary. Bennett
lyx 1.4.1
I just installed lyx 1.4.1 and started playing with it. Once you get used to the new interface, waoo ! It feels great. I was told in the past that the size of the opening window was configurable now. Did I dream? I couldn't find where I can do it from. Also, I couldn't find a manual about the new version and new possibilities. Does that mean the good ole doc is up to date ? Thanx for the help to come... -- ~adj~
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
Thank you, Bennett and Tomoharu! I finally got it to work, as follows: * I checked that aspell is installed correctly using Bennett's suggestion of searching for files hidden by the Mac GUI. Aspell was there all right, as were the dictionary files. There are some *.alias files, these are important, see below. * I noticed that you have to set the language correctly in Lyx's Document -- Settings. I also noticed that you have to place the cursor in front of the section you wish to be spellchecked. * I then used the Lyx -- Preferences -- Language Settings -- Spellchecker to tell Lyx what spellchecker executable to use (aspell, obviously). However, this alone still did not work even if the language was correctly set in both the document settings and the preferences. But I discovered that you can use any alternative language simply by adding the appropriate alias name. For example, I entered swiss since I have a swiss.alias in my aspell folder, and the spellchecking followed along the Swiss rules. I entered deutsch or british and got the according results. So everything works fine now. So there's no need for fink now, but I may give a try next time :-). Cheers, Christian Bennett Helm wrote: On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled aspell-0.60.4, another one with the desired dictionary labeled aspell6-en-6.0-0). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ngerman can not be opened for reading. There is no file named ngerman anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Most likely, the files have been installed; it's just that they are hidden by the Mac GUI. You can check to see if they're really there by going to the Finder and selecting Go Go to Folder ..., and then typing in /usr/local/lib to the dialog that pops up. If you don't find an aspell directory there, something went wrong with the installation. Also, double check to make sure that aspell is selected from within LyX's preferences (LyX Preferences Spellchecker Spellchecker executable). Note that in what you've described, you've installed aspell6-en-6.0-0 -- an English dictionary. LyX is apparently looking for a German dictionary, which it reports it cannot find. If you're spellchecking German text (i.e., text identified as German within LyX), you'll need to install the appropriate dictionary. Bennett
Example Vita
An example cv, modeled on the format I use, has been uploaded to the LyX Wiki by Christian: http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/CVBrucePourciau Using just fancyheader, horizontal rules, and list environments, it's simple and clean. Bruce
Re: Example Vita
On 6/10/06, Bruce Pourciau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An example cv, modeled on the format I use, has been uploaded to the LyX Wiki by Christian: http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/CVBrucePourciau Using just fancyheader, horizontal rules, and list environments, it's simple and clean. Thanks, Bruce. It will be very useful for many of us. Paul
Re: upper case letter with accentuation
Charles de Miramon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: paul saumane wrote: 1) Looking at the help, I cannot find the way to type accentuated upper case letters (capital letters with accent). I just found capital A with grave accent typing Alt, ctrl, 7 then shift a. Any clue to guide me. Alt-x to get the minibuffer. In the minibuffer type accent then tab. You will get a all lot of different type of accents. Choose for example accent-acute then type E and then enter. You will get É Thanks,That is great, now I feel remembering having read something like that somewhere. Is there somewhere a table with all short keys ? 2) In a title, is there a way to mix character size with bolding and slanting on several lines to reproduce the way it was done on old books. I tried it using title and ctrl new line but the first line(s) are not taken into account in the final document. Give a small example file. DOCUMENTS (size 12) SUR LA (size 9) REVOLUTION (size 16) DANS VAUCLUSE (12) (1793 - 1800) (8 BOLD) I (12 BOLD) thanks again Paul
Re: Instant Preview working in LyX 1.4.1?
Rudi Gaelzer a écrit : Is Instant Preview working at all in LyX 1.4.1? I upgraded from 1.3.7 to 1.4.1 on my Fedora 5 box and mathematical expression are not rendered with Instant Preview. Then, I removed 1.4.1 and installed 1.3.7 back and it worked again... Rudi Gaelzer I've got the same problem with my archlinux But strange thing, on my debian SID both works ...If you get the solution let me know it pls :D
Re: footnote ends up below tables
> Hello, Charles. > >Thanks for the reply. > > I may not understand what you propose (I realize that I probably > wasn't > too clear in my original message, either: I'm not putting a footnote IN > the > table (nor in a figure caption, etc.), but just somewhere else on the page > so that both it and the table end up on the same page after LaTeX does its > magic. Maybe that's not what you inferred, but I realize that my original > message might have implied that. I've seen some messages recently where > people have tried this, and have had some bad results. > >So, what I've just tried is the following: > *Insert a minipage into my LyX document. In this, insert the floating > table. > *Leave the footnote where it is ( a different part of the text, not in the > table contruct, nor in its caption). > >Is this what you mean? I think your message might have been meant for a > table with some sort of footnote inside it (which isn't what I have). If I > do the table-in-a-minipage thing, LaTeX complains with an error message > like > "LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode," and "Undefined control sequence," > and > "Missing number, treated as zero." As is almost always the case, I can't > make much of the errors, especially when such a minor change has been made > (moving the float to within a minipage). > >I'll rephrase my original question just for clarity's sake: Is it > possible to have a table float to the bottom of the page, but still be on > top of any footnotes (which have nothing to do with the table)? > >Also, if I should post this into a TeX group, please tell me. This > doesn't seem to be a LyX-specific problem. > I guess that your float is too big for a page and that makes LaTeX going amok and placing it in a strange place. You should post a small example with the problematic page. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled "aspell-0.60.4", another one with the desired dictionary labeled "aspell6-en-6.0-0"). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that "Error: The file "/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ngerman" can not be opened for reading. There is no file named "ngerman" anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Thanks ever so much for your help, Christian -- Dr. des. CHRISTIAN LIESEN Universität Zürich Institut für Sonderpädagogik Hirschengraben 48 CH-8001 Zürich Tel. +41 44 634 31 30 Fax +41 44 634 49 41 eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
My suggestion for an easier way to install aspell (and other unix programs) in OSX is to use fink. Go to: fink.sourceforge.net It has a very simple command line interface. If you prefer something a little more GUI-like, you can get finkcommander as well: finkcommander.sorceforge.net Basically, fink is a package management environment. It will set the appropriate paths in OSX, compile and install programs and dependencies. I have installed aspell using fink, and it works perfectly. (One additional benefit is that the stable distribution of fink also comes with pre-compiled versions of most programs, so you can install without compiling.) Hope this works. Tomoharu On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/ MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled "aspell-0.60.4", another one with the desired dictionary labeled "aspell6-en-6.0-0"). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that "Error: The file "/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ ngerman" can not be opened for reading. There is no file named "ngerman" anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Thanks ever so much for your help, Christian
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/ MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled "aspell-0.60.4", another one with the desired dictionary labeled "aspell6-en-6.0-0"). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that "Error: The file "/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ ngerman" can not be opened for reading. There is no file named "ngerman" anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Most likely, the files have been installed; it's just that they are hidden by the Mac GUI. You can check to see if they're really there by going to the Finder and selecting Go > Go to Folder ..., and then typing in /usr/local/lib to the dialog that pops up. If you don't find an aspell directory there, something went wrong with the installation. Also, double check to make sure that aspell is selected from within LyX's preferences (LyX > Preferences > Spellchecker > Spellchecker executable). Note that in what you've described, you've installed aspell6-en-6.0-0 -- an English dictionary. LyX is apparently looking for a German dictionary, which it reports it cannot find. If you're spellchecking German text (i.e., text identified as German within LyX), you'll need to install the appropriate dictionary. Bennett
lyx 1.4.1
I just installed lyx 1.4.1 and started playing with it. Once you get used to the new interface, waoo ! It feels great. I was told in the past that the size of the opening window was configurable now. Did I dream? I couldn't find where I can do it from. Also, I couldn't find a manual about the new version and new possibilities. Does that mean the good ole doc is up to date ? Thanx for the help to come... -- ~adj~
Re: Help installing aspell on Mac OS X
Thank you, Bennett and Tomoharu! I finally got it to work, as follows: * I checked that aspell is installed correctly using Bennett's suggestion of searching for files hidden by the Mac GUI. Aspell was there all right, as were the dictionary files. There are some *.alias files, these are important, see below. * I noticed that you have to set the language correctly in Lyx's Document --> Settings. I also noticed that you have to place the cursor in front of the section you wish to be spellchecked. * I then used the Lyx --> Preferences --> Language Settings --> Spellchecker to tell Lyx what spellchecker executable to use (aspell, obviously). However, this alone still did not work even if the language was correctly set in both the document settings and the preferences. But I discovered that you can use any "alternative language" simply by adding the appropriate alias name. For example, I entered "swiss" since I have a "swiss.alias" in my aspell folder, and the spellchecking followed along the Swiss rules. I entered "deutsch" or "british" and got the according results. So everything works fine now. So there's no need for fink now, but I may give a try next time :-). Cheers, Christian Bennett Helm wrote: On Jun 10, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christian Liesen wrote: Hello, I'm experiencing a problem with installing aspell on Mac OS X 10.4.6. I followed these instructions by the book: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling What happens is that I end up with two aspell folders on my desktop (one with aspell itself labeled "aspell-0.60.4", another one with the desired dictionary labeled "aspell6-en-6.0-0"). These folders contain files that obviously were generated when running the configure-, make- and sudo make installation-processes, since their date is today. There are no other aspell folders anywhere on my HDD, except for these two. I reconfigured Lyx 1.4.1, but it does not recognize aspell at all. Instead it says that "Error: The file "/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/ngerman" can not be opened for reading. There is no file named "ngerman" anywhere on my computer. What's going on here? Did I miss something? Most likely, the files have been installed; it's just that they are hidden by the Mac GUI. You can check to see if they're really there by going to the Finder and selecting Go > Go to Folder ..., and then typing in /usr/local/lib to the dialog that pops up. If you don't find an aspell directory there, something went wrong with the installation. Also, double check to make sure that aspell is selected from within LyX's preferences (LyX > Preferences > Spellchecker > Spellchecker executable). Note that in what you've described, you've installed aspell6-en-6.0-0 -- an English dictionary. LyX is apparently looking for a German dictionary, which it reports it cannot find. If you're spellchecking German text (i.e., text identified as German within LyX), you'll need to install the appropriate dictionary. Bennett
Example Vita
An example cv, modeled on the format I use, has been uploaded to the LyX Wiki by Christian: http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/CVBrucePourciau Using just fancyheader, horizontal rules, and list environments, it's simple and clean. Bruce
Re: Example Vita
On 6/10/06, Bruce Pourciau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: An example cv, modeled on the format I use, has been uploaded to the LyX Wiki by Christian: http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/CVBrucePourciau Using just fancyheader, horizontal rules, and list environments, it's simple and clean. Thanks, Bruce. It will be very useful for many of us. Paul
Re: upper case letter with accentuation
Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > paul saumane wrote: > > > 1) Looking at the help, I cannot find the way to type accentuated upper > > case letters (capital letters with accent). > > I just found capital A with grave accent typing Alt, ctrl, 7 then shift a. > > Any clue to guide me. > > > > Alt-x to get the minibuffer. In the minibuffer type accent then tab. You > will get a all lot of different type of accents. Choose for example > accent-acute then type E and then enter. You will get É > Thanks,That is great, now I feel remembering having read something like that somewhere. Is there somewhere a table with all short keys ? > > 2) In a title, is there a way to mix character size with bolding and > > slanting on several lines to reproduce the way it was done on old books. > > I tried it using title and ctrl new line but the first line(s) are not > > taken into account in the final document. > > > > Give a small example file. > DOCUMENTS (size 12) SUR LA (size 9) REVOLUTION (size 16) DANS VAUCLUSE (12) (1793 - 1800) (8 BOLD) I (12 BOLD) thanks again Paul
