Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jean-Marie Pacquet]

Iain Mac Donald a écrit :

I am trying out koma-script v2 for producing letters. I have
my template looking the way I want it with one exception. No matter
what I try everything from salutation onwards is less wide than the
top of the letter. You can see this on the wiki examples page too
http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/KomaLetter2

I don't want to change the recipient address position as that fits
nicely into a windowed envelope. I would like to expand the other
content so that the left and right is aligned all the way down.

Anyone know how?
  
The figure 6.1 named Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths on 
page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your best 
friend.
You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco 
file and adapt them to your needs.

--
jmp

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Iain Mac Donald]

Hello Jean-Marie,

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:55:19 +0200
Jean-Marie Pacquet j...@pacquet.net wrote:

 The figure 6.1 named Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths on 
 page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your
 best friend.
 You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco 
 file and adapt them to your needs.

Thanks for the reply.

I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
and I note on page 201

The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user.

Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
\KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
when creating a dvi.

Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
and
the same for `refhpos'.

Any further pointers would be appreciated.

Regards,
Iain.

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jeremy]

On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Iain Mac Donald wrote:
 Hello Jean-Marie,
 
 On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:55:19 +0200
 
 Jean-Marie Pacquet j...@pacquet.net wrote:
  The figure 6.1 named Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths on
  page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your
  best friend.
  You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco
  file and adapt them to your needs.
 
 Thanks for the reply.
 
 I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
 and I note on page 201
 
 The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
 the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
 option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user.
 
 Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
 and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
 \KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
 when creating a dvi.
 
 Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
 and
 the same for `refhpos'.
 
 Any further pointers would be appreciated.
 
 Regards,
 Iain.
 


Pseudolengths can only be set in .lco (letter class option) files, e.g.
\ProvidesFile{mylcofile.lco}[]
\...@setplength{refwidth}{6.5in}

Then you need to load the .lco file in your lyx preamble
\LoadLetterOption{mylcofile}
or alternatively if you used the \ProvidesFile{} method
just add myfilelco to your \documentclass[] options

which in lyx is found in

Document - Settings - ClassOptions - Custom

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Jean-Marie Pacquet wrote:


I tried to obtain what you want with my example (ksl2pro).
I had to change this:
1. Replace the line
\...@setplength{refwidth}{0pt}
by these two lines in the NFpro.lco file:
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{170mm}
2. Set the margins for the text in Document-Settings-Margins to the same 
value as above (20mm)


  I've not followed this thread, but I've made all the adjustments I need
for my letters in the document preamble. Here's the preamble that I now use:

\date{}
\usepackage{scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\cfoot[scrplain-centered ]{}
\makeatletter
% horizontal position of the address field
\...@setplength{toaddrhpos}{20.0mm}
% vertical position of the address field
\...@addtoplength{toaddrvpos}{20mm}
\makeatother
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{}
\makeatletter
% vertical position of ref line (date)
\...@setplength{refvpos}{6.5cm}
% space between ref line and letter text
\...@setplength{refaftervskip}{4cm}
% space for signature image
\...@setplength{sigbeforevskip}{0mm}
\makeatother
\firsthead{\centering\usekomavar{fromlogo}\hspace*{8cm}}
\ihead{\usekomavar{toname}\\%
Page \thepage\\\usekomavar{date}}
\KOMAoptions{%
foldmarks=false
}

  I think it's better to modify the preamble than the underlying class
templates.

HTH,

Rich

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Big problem.

[Steinar Graver]

I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.

I need to put them in before  the \begin{document} line. 

 

 

Please help me

 

Regards Steinar

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jean-Marie Pacquet]

Iain Mac Donald a écrit :

Hello Jean-Marie,

[...]
I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
and I note on page 201
  

Your KOMA-Script version is probably the most recent one (mine is old).

The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user.

Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
\KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
when creating a dvi.

Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
and
the same for `refhpos'.

Any further pointers would be appreciated.
  

I tried to obtain what you want with my example (ksl2pro).
I had to change this:
1. Replace the line
\...@setplength{refwidth}{0pt}
by these two lines in the NFpro.lco file:
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{170mm}
2. Set the margins for the text in Document-Settings-Margins to the 
same value as above (20mm)


--
jmp

Floating Windows for Editing

[Rob]

Hi,

I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. 
This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag
them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number
of other text editors).  Can I do this?  

Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX window.  This
is for editing only, not for the output.  I've read a number of requests for
this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Thanks very much.

Rob

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[James C. Sutherland]

On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:


Hi,

I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as  
floating windows.
This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being  
able to drag
them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit  
and a number

of other text editors).  Can I do this?


File - New Window

or if you want this to be the default behavior,
Preferences - Look  Feel - User Interface
then uncheck the Open documents in tabs box.



Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text  
that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX  
window.  This
is for editing only, not for the output.  I've read a number of  
requests for

this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Really the only way to do this is to resize the window.  Many of us  
actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to  
impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.

Re: Big problem.

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Steinar Graver wrote:
 I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.
 
 I need to put them in before  the \begin{document} line. 

Insert the \usepackage commands to
Document  Settings  Preamble

Jürgen

Re: Big problem.

[Uwe Stöhr]

Steinar Graver schrieb:


I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.

I need to put them in before  the \begin{document} line. 


You can load packages in the LaTeX-preamble in the menu Document-Settings.

More about this can be found in the LyX User's Guide and the EmbeddedObjects manual that you find in 
LyX's Help menu.


regards Uwe

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[rgheck]

On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote:


On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:


Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text 
that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX 
window. This
is for editing only, not for the output. I've read a number of 
requests for

this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Really the only way to do this is to resize the window. Many of us 
actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to 
impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.


Rob, do you mean that you just want wider margins in the LyX display? If 
so, then this is achievable. It would help if I knew what document 
classes you were using: article, book, or whatever. That said, if you 
just don't want the display to be as wide, then you might just resize 
the window, as James suggests.


Also, if you're using full screen mode, then you can set this under 
ToolsPreferencesEditingControl.


Richard

How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

Hi,

   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered formulas till the cursor 
enters that region. Could someone help me figure out how to turn this display 
on? I must have made some mistake with preferences or settings.

thanks,
Manoj

RE: How to enable display of all equations

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
someone help me figure out how to turn this display
on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
or settings.

Close and reload document ?

thanks,
Manoj

Vincent

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Iain Mac Donald]

Hello all,

Thanks for the replies.

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:24:39 -0400
Jeremy jer...@acjlaw.net wrote:

 Pseudolengths can only be set in .lco (letter class option) files

Aahh, I didn't know that.

Here is what I did:

* Copied DIN.lco to DIN-iain.lco (as that was the lco LyX was using)
* Edited DIN-iain.lco so that
\ProvidesFile{DIN-iain.lco}
...
\...@setplength{refwidth}{50.0mm}
\...@setplength{refhpos}{10.0mm}
all other parts of my lco remained the same as the original
* Edited my LaTeX Preamble so that
\LoadLetterOption{/home/iain/DIN-iain}%
and
%,refline=

Still not working though. 

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:44:32 +0200
Jean-Marie Pacquet j...@pacquet.net wrote:

 2. Set the margins for the text in Document-Settings-Margins to the 
 same value as above (20mm)

Bingo!

Setting the margin manually in Document Settings works but the
\...@setplength doesn't seem to have any effect - for me at least. In
fact, setting the margin on its own is sufficient.

I wasn't able to get ksl2pro working for me. I did try with
ksl2nf but again the \...@setplength did not do anything. I tried a silly
setting just so the difference would be noticeable
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{30mm}

Can't be right - is it?

Regards,
Iain.

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[Rob]

rgheck rgh...@... writes:

 
 On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote:
 
  On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:
 
  Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text 
  that I'm
  editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX 
  window. This
  is for editing only, not for the output. I've read a number of 
  requests for
  this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?
 
  Really the only way to do this is to resize the window. Many of us 
  actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to 
  impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.
 
 Rob, do you mean that you just want wider margins in the LyX display? If 
 so, then this is achievable. It would help if I knew what document 
 classes you were using: article, book, or whatever. That said, if you 
 just don't want the display to be as wide, then you might just resize 
 the window, as James suggests.
 
 Also, if you're using full screen mode, then you can set this under 
 ToolsPreferencesEditingControl.
 
 Richard
 
 
Hi Richard,

Thanks for your reply.  Yes, just in the display--I want to be able to make the
display line width something approximately similar to a typical outputted page.
 This helps my writing.  Also, this would be for documents classes such as
report, article, and letter.  Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, but
I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document
that is *within* the Lyx display.

Rob

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

Doesn't work in either of the following cases:
(1) close and reload doc with LyX running
(2) quit and restart LyX and reload doc

Could it be one of the settings? Some preview? I only saw graphics preview 
under Tools-Preferences...

-- Manoj

On Tuesday 08 September 2009 12:48:37 pm Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
 formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
 someone help me figure out how to turn this display
 on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
 or settings.

 Close and reload document ?

 thanks,
 Manoj

 Vincent

Re: Using handwriting fonts

[Pavel Sanda]

Ulrich Brinkmann wrote:
 On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:34:34AM +0800, Wu Kai Chiu, ami wrote:
  I think that would be enough. You won't see on screen, but the pdf
  should be generated with this font.
  
  I did put these two in the preamble, what I get is the error message below
  when generating the pdf.
  Font T1/la/m/n/10=la14 at 7.14279pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not
  found
  
 
 I tried the preamble lines and using \textla{This is a test} in ERT, and that 
 worked. 

looks like candidate for new module for http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Modules

pavel

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Uwe Stöhr]

Manoj Rajagopalan schrieb:

   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered formulas till the cursor 
enters that region. Could someone help me figure out how to turn this display 
on? I must have made some mistake with preferences or settings.


You turned on InstantPreview. Go to the LyX preferences under LookFeel - Graphics and turn instant 
preview off or set it to no math.


regards Uwe

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[Pavel Sanda]

Rob wrote:
 report, article, and letter.  Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, 
 but
 I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document
 that is *within* the Lyx display.

why within?
pavel

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

I figured this out: I had the Tools-Preferences-Display-Instant Preview set 
to On. I must have interpreted this to mean the preview for graphics since 
it comes right after Display graphics. Now I understand this to mean 
instant preview for a more general set of LyX entities.

thanks,
Manoj


On Tuesday 08 September 2009 01:44:09 pm Manoj Rajagopalan wrote:
 Doesn't work in either of the following cases:
 (1) close and reload doc with LyX running
 (2) quit and restart LyX and reload doc

 Could it be one of the settings? Some preview? I only saw graphics preview
 under Tools-Preferences...

 -- Manoj

 On Tuesday 08 September 2009 12:48:37 pm Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
 I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
  formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
  someone help me figure out how to turn this display
  on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
  or settings.
 
  Close and reload document ?
 
  thanks,
  Manoj
 
  Vincent

powerdot class options

[Eran Kaplinsky]

Contrary to the powerdot.pdf, it is not currently possible to produce 
.pdf output in landscape mode with the nopsheader class option.

Is it possible to update the wiki or post this somewhere accessible?

Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Sharma, Vivek]

Hi
I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
When we View -  update - dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to the 
page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update pdflatex the 
updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf document.
I am working with a document that now is over 300 pages and manually going to 
the page being edited to see change in output for pdflatex is very time 
consuming.
Is there a way to open the pdf output at the same place as the last time it was 
displayed?

I hope I was able to explain my query.

Regards
Vivek

Anyone used Lytex?

[Sharma, Vivek]

Hi

I do not have administrative privileges at work computers but am so dependent 
on using lyx for my writing and want to be able to use it on a USB drive or a 
network drive that I have access to. I wondered if anyone has used Lytex  as 
suggested in the wiki?
I tried it and get error messages. The home page for Lytex does not give any 
email addresses for requesting help.

Regards
Vivek

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Julio Rojas]

Ok, if it's good for you. Me? I just open the PDFs, read them and, at
most, I print them. No more than that. That's why I use SumatraPDF,
which, BTW, allows me to update PDFs from Lyx. Last time I check
Acrobat didn't allow you to do it, but it's really some time since I
stopped using it.

So, at least for me, it has been a solution.

Best regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Uwe Stöhruwesto...@web.de wrote:
 Julio Rojas schrieb:

 Use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF. Smaller and with the feature
 you'll like to use.

 This is no solution. Acrobat works very well and there is still no
 OpenSource alternative available that provides the features of Acrobat (like
 for example cropping whitespace of pages).

 regards Uwe

Section numbering

[Julio Rojas]

Dear all, I'm writing a memoir(book) document in Lyx. I used the
numbering  TOC setup to use numbering until subsubsection. When I
generated the PDF it didn't apper. I then included in the preamble:

\setsecnumdepth{all}
\maxsecnumdepth{all}

From that moment numbering and inclusion in the TOC was perfect. Is
this a bug? If so, is it a known one?

Best regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Uwe Stöhr]

Julio Rojas schrieb:


Use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF. Smaller and with the feature
you'll like to use.


This is no solution. Acrobat works very well and there is still no OpenSource alternative available 
that provides the features of Acrobat (like for example cropping whitespace of pages).


regards Uwe

Re: powerdot class options

[Uwe Stöhr]

Eran Kaplinsky schrieb:

Contrary to the powerdot.pdf, it is not currently possible to produce 
.pdf output in landscape mode with the nopsheader class option.


What do you mean? Is there a bug in powerdot? If so please report it to the 
developer of powerdot.

regards Uwe

Re: powerdot class options

[Eran Kaplinsky]

I don't know if there's a bug in Powerdot. I've not used Powerdot in 
quite some time, and I recently found out that older presentations did 
not compile as expected. I've always followed the manual which said:



10.3 Compiling with LYX

First of all, make sure that you have also read section 8. Then, in 
order to get a proper PostScript or PDF file, you have to set your LYX 
document properties depending on which paper and orientation you want. 
When your LYX document is open, go to the Layout - Document dialog. In 
the Layout pane, put the nopsheader, orient and paper keys as class 
options (see section 2.1 for a description). Then, go to the Paper 
pane and select corresponding paper size and orientation (you may 
choose letter paper in the case you set paper=screen in the class 
options). Finally, go to the View (or File = Export)menu and select 
your output (PostScript or PDF).
However, I recently found out that the nopsheader option must now be 
omitted for the document to compile properly. (See also:  
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg71492.html).


Also note that contrary to the manual, once the powerdot class is 
selected in LyX, the option to select paper size and orientation is no 
longer available.


If I am correct then the manual must be corrected, but perhaps a wiki 
entry is also appropriate.


Eran





On 9/8/2009 2:01 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Eran Kaplinsky schrieb:

Contrary to the powerdot.pdf, it is not currently possible to produce 
.pdf output in landscape mode with the nopsheader class option.


What do you mean? Is there a bug in powerdot? If so please report it 
to the developer of powerdot.


regards Uwe

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Julio Rojas]

Use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF. Smaller and with the feature
you'll like to use.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Uwe Stöhruwesto...@web.de wrote:
 Sharma, Vivek schrieb:

 I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
 When we View -  update - dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to
 the page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update
 pdflatex the updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf document.

 I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I mean is
 Acrobat opened when you double-click on a PDF in the file explorer?)
 If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX installed (what
 installer (alternative or the standard one), was logged in with admin
 priviledges when installing LyX)?

 regards Uwe

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Uwe Stöhr]

Sharma, Vivek schrieb:


I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
When we View -  update - dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to the 
page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update pdflatex the 
updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf document.


I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I mean is Acrobat opened when you 
double-click on a PDF in the file explorer?)
If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX installed (what installer (alternative or the 
standard one), was logged in with admin priviledges when installing LyX)?


regards Uwe

Re: Anyone used Lytex?

[John Kane]

Presumably that site belongs to someone but they are not easy to contact are 
they?  

I've been using it a bit over the last 2-3 months, just playing around really 
as I have not needed Lyx that much over the summer. I've had some problem with 
the preview but so far anyway I have gotten consistently good results exporting 
to pdf Export to PDF (pdflatex) on a couple of machines. I don't know if the 
preview problem is serious or I just have not looked seriously enough. 

IIRC it's worked on both Vista and XP, certainly on XP with no problem.




--- On Tue, 9/8/09, Sharma, Vivek shar...@upmc.edu wrote:

 From: Sharma, Vivek shar...@upmc.edu
 Subject: Anyone used Lytex?
 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Received: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 4:13 PM
 Hi
 
 I do not have administrative privileges at work computers
 but am so dependent on using lyx for my writing and want to
 be able to use it on a USB drive or a network drive that I
 have access to. I wondered if anyone has used Lytex  as
 suggested in the wiki?
 I tried it and get error messages. The home page for Lytex
 does not give any email addresses for requesting help.
 
 Regards
 Vivek
 


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Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Manoj Rajagopalan schreef:
I figured this out: I had the Tools-Preferences-Display-Instant Preview set 
to On. I must have interpreted this to mean the preview for graphics since 
it comes right after Display graphics. Now I understand this to mean 
instant preview for a more general set of LyX entities.
  


I'm also always confused by this, but then I realize that it looks 
pretty normal.


Vincent

Re: Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Todd Denniston]

Pavel Sanda wrote, On 12/23/-28158 02:59 PM:

Christian Ridderström wrote:

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Manveru wrote:


2009/9/2 Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu:

I agree with the O.P. on this. This is something that, surely, is easily
fixed at the server end, so that each message going out from the server 
has,

say, [LyX] prepended to the subject.

There is many voices in favour of such feature. But not a lot of
people vote against. If may I suggest, maybe someone can create a
poll/survey for LyX users list subscribers.
I think the many voices that don't like it are tired of having this 
recurring discussion  ;-)


+1



+1 [subject line munging sucks (spaces from subjects :)] And my mail client works fine for sorting 
out messages based on 'To:', 'CC:'  envelop headers (List-* and Mailing-List)



--
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Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter

problems with pdf-creation

[Timm Döbert]

Hi there, I would like to get some advice on the following problem encountered 
when trying to create a pdf file:

Font \csname\endcsname=psyr at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fou
Font \csname\endcsname=psyr at 9.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun

I wasn't able to read the size data for this font,
so I will ignore the font specification.
[Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.]
You might try inserting a different font spec;
e.g., type `I\fontsame font id=substitute font name'.

It appears as if copying from a word document into lyx causes this problem?

Cheers
TIMM





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View menu customization

[Myriam Abramson]

Hello,

I just got 1.5.3 installed with Ubuntu Hardy. To view a pdf in the
view menu, I see dvipdfm and pdflatex. How do I get in the menu the
capability to view a pdf with ps2pdf? This option is listed in the
preferences formats but how do I get it in the View menu?

TIA,

-- 
   myriam


From the cat's little instruction handbook:

Never be overly concerned when someone screams, If you ever do that
again, I'm going to make you an outdoor cat once and for all! It's
almost always an idle threat.

change appendix

[Ricardo Perrone]

Hi,

how can i change the default alignment of appendix (book.cls)? I need to put it 
at the center.

thanks
Ricardo



  

Rotating tables with URLs

[John Coppens]

Hello people.

I have a (rather wide) table with cross-references in it. When I rotate
the table to fit it on a page, the table rotates fine, but the (red) boxes
around the references stay unrotated.

I used the rotate function as provided in the Table settings. Do I need
anything else?

John

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jean-Marie Pacquet]

Iain Mac Donald a écrit :

I am trying out koma-script v2 for producing letters. I have
my template looking the way I want it with one exception. No matter
what I try everything from salutation onwards is less wide than the
top of the letter. You can see this on the wiki examples page too
http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/KomaLetter2

I don't want to change the recipient address position as that fits
nicely into a windowed envelope. I would like to expand the other
content so that the left and right is aligned all the way down.

Anyone know how?
  
The figure 6.1 named Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths on 
page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your best 
friend.
You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco 
file and adapt them to your needs.

--
jmp

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Iain Mac Donald]

Hello Jean-Marie,

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:55:19 +0200
Jean-Marie Pacquet j...@pacquet.net wrote:

 The figure 6.1 named Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths on 
 page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your
 best friend.
 You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco 
 file and adapt them to your needs.

Thanks for the reply.

I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
and I note on page 201

The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user.

Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
\KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
when creating a dvi.

Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
and
the same for `refhpos'.

Any further pointers would be appreciated.

Regards,
Iain.

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jeremy]

On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Iain Mac Donald wrote:
 Hello Jean-Marie,
 
 On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:55:19 +0200
 
 Jean-Marie Pacquet j...@pacquet.net wrote:
  The figure 6.1 named Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths on
  page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your
  best friend.
  You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco
  file and adapt them to your needs.
 
 Thanks for the reply.
 
 I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
 and I note on page 201
 
 The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
 the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
 option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user.
 
 Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
 and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
 \KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
 when creating a dvi.
 
 Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
 and
 the same for `refhpos'.
 
 Any further pointers would be appreciated.
 
 Regards,
 Iain.
 


Pseudolengths can only be set in .lco (letter class option) files, e.g.
\ProvidesFile{mylcofile.lco}[]
\...@setplength{refwidth}{6.5in}

Then you need to load the .lco file in your lyx preamble
\LoadLetterOption{mylcofile}
or alternatively if you used the \ProvidesFile{} method
just add myfilelco to your \documentclass[] options

which in lyx is found in

Document - Settings - ClassOptions - Custom

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Jean-Marie Pacquet wrote:


I tried to obtain what you want with my example (ksl2pro).
I had to change this:
1. Replace the line
\...@setplength{refwidth}{0pt}
by these two lines in the NFpro.lco file:
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{170mm}
2. Set the margins for the text in Document-Settings-Margins to the same 
value as above (20mm)


  I've not followed this thread, but I've made all the adjustments I need
for my letters in the document preamble. Here's the preamble that I now use:

\date{}
\usepackage{scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\cfoot[scrplain-centered ]{}
\makeatletter
% horizontal position of the address field
\...@setplength{toaddrhpos}{20.0mm}
% vertical position of the address field
\...@addtoplength{toaddrvpos}{20mm}
\makeatother
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{}
\makeatletter
% vertical position of ref line (date)
\...@setplength{refvpos}{6.5cm}
% space between ref line and letter text
\...@setplength{refaftervskip}{4cm}
% space for signature image
\...@setplength{sigbeforevskip}{0mm}
\makeatother
\firsthead{\centering\usekomavar{fromlogo}\hspace*{8cm}}
\ihead{\usekomavar{toname}\\%
Page \thepage\\\usekomavar{date}}
\KOMAoptions{%
foldmarks=false
}

  I think it's better to modify the preamble than the underlying class
templates.

HTH,

Rich

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Big problem.

[Steinar Graver]

I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.

I need to put them in before  the \begin{document} line. 

 

 

Please help me

 

Regards Steinar

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jean-Marie Pacquet]

Iain Mac Donald a écrit :

Hello Jean-Marie,

[...]
I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
and I note on page 201
  

Your KOMA-Script version is probably the most recent one (mine is old).

The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user.

Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
\KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
when creating a dvi.

Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
and
the same for `refhpos'.

Any further pointers would be appreciated.
  

I tried to obtain what you want with my example (ksl2pro).
I had to change this:
1. Replace the line
\...@setplength{refwidth}{0pt}
by these two lines in the NFpro.lco file:
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{170mm}
2. Set the margins for the text in Document-Settings-Margins to the 
same value as above (20mm)


--
jmp

Floating Windows for Editing

[Rob]

Hi,

I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. 
This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag
them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number
of other text editors).  Can I do this?  

Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX window.  This
is for editing only, not for the output.  I've read a number of requests for
this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Thanks very much.

Rob

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[James C. Sutherland]

On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:


Hi,

I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as  
floating windows.
This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being  
able to drag
them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit  
and a number

of other text editors).  Can I do this?


File - New Window

or if you want this to be the default behavior,
Preferences - Look  Feel - User Interface
then uncheck the Open documents in tabs box.



Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text  
that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX  
window.  This
is for editing only, not for the output.  I've read a number of  
requests for

this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Really the only way to do this is to resize the window.  Many of us  
actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to  
impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.

Re: Big problem.

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Steinar Graver wrote:
 I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.
 
 I need to put them in before  the \begin{document} line. 

Insert the \usepackage commands to
Document  Settings  Preamble

Jürgen

Re: Big problem.

[Uwe Stöhr]

Steinar Graver schrieb:


I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.

I need to put them in before  the \begin{document} line. 


You can load packages in the LaTeX-preamble in the menu Document-Settings.

More about this can be found in the LyX User's Guide and the EmbeddedObjects manual that you find in 
LyX's Help menu.


regards Uwe

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[rgheck]

On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote:


On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:


Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text 
that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX 
window. This
is for editing only, not for the output. I've read a number of 
requests for

this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Really the only way to do this is to resize the window. Many of us 
actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to 
impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.


Rob, do you mean that you just want wider margins in the LyX display? If 
so, then this is achievable. It would help if I knew what document 
classes you were using: article, book, or whatever. That said, if you 
just don't want the display to be as wide, then you might just resize 
the window, as James suggests.


Also, if you're using full screen mode, then you can set this under 
ToolsPreferencesEditingControl.


Richard

How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

Hi,

   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered formulas till the cursor 
enters that region. Could someone help me figure out how to turn this display 
on? I must have made some mistake with preferences or settings.

thanks,
Manoj

RE: How to enable display of all equations

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
someone help me figure out how to turn this display
on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
or settings.

Close and reload document ?

thanks,
Manoj

Vincent

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Iain Mac Donald]

Hello all,

Thanks for the replies.

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:24:39 -0400
Jeremy jer...@acjlaw.net wrote:

 Pseudolengths can only be set in .lco (letter class option) files

Aahh, I didn't know that.

Here is what I did:

* Copied DIN.lco to DIN-iain.lco (as that was the lco LyX was using)
* Edited DIN-iain.lco so that
\ProvidesFile{DIN-iain.lco}
...
\...@setplength{refwidth}{50.0mm}
\...@setplength{refhpos}{10.0mm}
all other parts of my lco remained the same as the original
* Edited my LaTeX Preamble so that
\LoadLetterOption{/home/iain/DIN-iain}%
and
%,refline=

Still not working though. 

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:44:32 +0200
Jean-Marie Pacquet j...@pacquet.net wrote:

 2. Set the margins for the text in Document-Settings-Margins to the 
 same value as above (20mm)

Bingo!

Setting the margin manually in Document Settings works but the
\...@setplength doesn't seem to have any effect - for me at least. In
fact, setting the margin on its own is sufficient.

I wasn't able to get ksl2pro working for me. I did try with
ksl2nf but again the \...@setplength did not do anything. I tried a silly
setting just so the difference would be noticeable
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{30mm}

Can't be right - is it?

Regards,
Iain.

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[Rob]

rgheck rgh...@... writes:

 
 On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote:
 
  On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:
 
  Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text 
  that I'm
  editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX 
  window. This
  is for editing only, not for the output. I've read a number of 
  requests for
  this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?
 
  Really the only way to do this is to resize the window. Many of us 
  actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to 
  impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.
 
 Rob, do you mean that you just want wider margins in the LyX display? If 
 so, then this is achievable. It would help if I knew what document 
 classes you were using: article, book, or whatever. That said, if you 
 just don't want the display to be as wide, then you might just resize 
 the window, as James suggests.
 
 Also, if you're using full screen mode, then you can set this under 
 ToolsPreferencesEditingControl.
 
 Richard
 
 
Hi Richard,

Thanks for your reply.  Yes, just in the display--I want to be able to make the
display line width something approximately similar to a typical outputted page.
 This helps my writing.  Also, this would be for documents classes such as
report, article, and letter.  Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, but
I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document
that is *within* the Lyx display.

Rob

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

Doesn't work in either of the following cases:
(1) close and reload doc with LyX running
(2) quit and restart LyX and reload doc

Could it be one of the settings? Some preview? I only saw graphics preview 
under Tools-Preferences...

-- Manoj

On Tuesday 08 September 2009 12:48:37 pm Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
 formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
 someone help me figure out how to turn this display
 on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
 or settings.

 Close and reload document ?

 thanks,
 Manoj

 Vincent

Re: Using handwriting fonts

[Pavel Sanda]

Ulrich Brinkmann wrote:
 On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:34:34AM +0800, Wu Kai Chiu, ami wrote:
  I think that would be enough. You won't see on screen, but the pdf
  should be generated with this font.
  
  I did put these two in the preamble, what I get is the error message below
  when generating the pdf.
  Font T1/la/m/n/10=la14 at 7.14279pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not
  found
  
 
 I tried the preamble lines and using \textla{This is a test} in ERT, and that 
 worked. 

looks like candidate for new module for http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Modules

pavel

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Uwe Stöhr]

Manoj Rajagopalan schrieb:

   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered formulas till the cursor 
enters that region. Could someone help me figure out how to turn this display 
on? I must have made some mistake with preferences or settings.


You turned on InstantPreview. Go to the LyX preferences under LookFeel - Graphics and turn instant 
preview off or set it to no math.


regards Uwe

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[Pavel Sanda]

Rob wrote:
 report, article, and letter.  Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, 
 but
 I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document
 that is *within* the Lyx display.

why within?
pavel

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

I figured this out: I had the Tools-Preferences-Display-Instant Preview set 
to On. I must have interpreted this to mean the preview for graphics since 
it comes right after Display graphics. Now I understand this to mean 
instant preview for a more general set of LyX entities.

thanks,
Manoj


On Tuesday 08 September 2009 01:44:09 pm Manoj Rajagopalan wrote:
 Doesn't work in either of the following cases:
 (1) close and reload doc with LyX running
 (2) quit and restart LyX and reload doc

 Could it be one of the settings? Some preview? I only saw graphics preview
 under Tools-Preferences...

 -- Manoj

 On Tuesday 08 September 2009 12:48:37 pm Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
 I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
  formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
  someone help me figure out how to turn this display
  on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
  or settings.
 
  Close and reload document ?
 
  thanks,
  Manoj
 
  Vincent

powerdot class options

[Eran Kaplinsky]

Contrary to the powerdot.pdf, it is not currently possible to produce 
.pdf output in landscape mode with the nopsheader class option.

Is it possible to update the wiki or post this somewhere accessible?

Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Sharma, Vivek]

Hi
I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
When we View -  update - dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to the 
page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update pdflatex the 
updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf document.
I am working with a document that now is over 300 pages and manually going to 
the page being edited to see change in output for pdflatex is very time 
consuming.
Is there a way to open the pdf output at the same place as the last time it was 
displayed?

I hope I was able to explain my query.

Regards
Vivek

Anyone used Lytex?

[Sharma, Vivek]

Hi

I do not have administrative privileges at work computers but am so dependent 
on using lyx for my writing and want to be able to use it on a USB drive or a 
network drive that I have access to. I wondered if anyone has used Lytex  as 
suggested in the wiki?
I tried it and get error messages. The home page for Lytex does not give any 
email addresses for requesting help.

Regards
Vivek

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Julio Rojas]

Ok, if it's good for you. Me? I just open the PDFs, read them and, at
most, I print them. No more than that. That's why I use SumatraPDF,
which, BTW, allows me to update PDFs from Lyx. Last time I check
Acrobat didn't allow you to do it, but it's really some time since I
stopped using it.

So, at least for me, it has been a solution.

Best regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Uwe Stöhruwesto...@web.de wrote:
 Julio Rojas schrieb:

 Use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF. Smaller and with the feature
 you'll like to use.

 This is no solution. Acrobat works very well and there is still no
 OpenSource alternative available that provides the features of Acrobat (like
 for example cropping whitespace of pages).

 regards Uwe

Section numbering

[Julio Rojas]

Dear all, I'm writing a memoir(book) document in Lyx. I used the
numbering  TOC setup to use numbering until subsubsection. When I
generated the PDF it didn't apper. I then included in the preamble:

\setsecnumdepth{all}
\maxsecnumdepth{all}

From that moment numbering and inclusion in the TOC was perfect. Is
this a bug? If so, is it a known one?

Best regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Uwe Stöhr]

Julio Rojas schrieb:


Use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF. Smaller and with the feature
you'll like to use.


This is no solution. Acrobat works very well and there is still no OpenSource alternative available 
that provides the features of Acrobat (like for example cropping whitespace of pages).


regards Uwe

Re: powerdot class options

[Uwe Stöhr]

Eran Kaplinsky schrieb:

Contrary to the powerdot.pdf, it is not currently possible to produce 
.pdf output in landscape mode with the nopsheader class option.


What do you mean? Is there a bug in powerdot? If so please report it to the 
developer of powerdot.

regards Uwe

Re: powerdot class options

[Eran Kaplinsky]

I don't know if there's a bug in Powerdot. I've not used Powerdot in 
quite some time, and I recently found out that older presentations did 
not compile as expected. I've always followed the manual which said:



10.3 Compiling with LYX

First of all, make sure that you have also read section 8. Then, in 
order to get a proper PostScript or PDF file, you have to set your LYX 
document properties depending on which paper and orientation you want. 
When your LYX document is open, go to the Layout - Document dialog. In 
the Layout pane, put the nopsheader, orient and paper keys as class 
options (see section 2.1 for a description). Then, go to the Paper 
pane and select corresponding paper size and orientation (you may 
choose letter paper in the case you set paper=screen in the class 
options). Finally, go to the View (or File = Export)menu and select 
your output (PostScript or PDF).
However, I recently found out that the nopsheader option must now be 
omitted for the document to compile properly. (See also:  
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg71492.html).


Also note that contrary to the manual, once the powerdot class is 
selected in LyX, the option to select paper size and orientation is no 
longer available.


If I am correct then the manual must be corrected, but perhaps a wiki 
entry is also appropriate.


Eran





On 9/8/2009 2:01 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Eran Kaplinsky schrieb:

Contrary to the powerdot.pdf, it is not currently possible to produce 
.pdf output in landscape mode with the nopsheader class option.


What do you mean? Is there a bug in powerdot? If so please report it 
to the developer of powerdot.


regards Uwe

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Julio Rojas]

Use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF. Smaller and with the feature
you'll like to use.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Uwe Stöhruwesto...@web.de wrote:
 Sharma, Vivek schrieb:

 I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
 When we View -  update - dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to
 the page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update
 pdflatex the updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf document.

 I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I mean is
 Acrobat opened when you double-click on a PDF in the file explorer?)
 If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX installed (what
 installer (alternative or the standard one), was logged in with admin
 priviledges when installing LyX)?

 regards Uwe

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Uwe Stöhr]

Sharma, Vivek schrieb:


I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
When we View -  update - dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to the 
page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update pdflatex the 
updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf document.


I cannot reproduce this. What program is your default PDF viewer? (I mean is Acrobat opened when you 
double-click on a PDF in the file explorer?)
If Acrobat is indeed the default viewer, how was LyX installed (what installer (alternative or the 
standard one), was logged in with admin priviledges when installing LyX)?


regards Uwe

Re: Anyone used Lytex?

[John Kane]

Presumably that site belongs to someone but they are not easy to contact are 
they?  

I've been using it a bit over the last 2-3 months, just playing around really 
as I have not needed Lyx that much over the summer. I've had some problem with 
the preview but so far anyway I have gotten consistently good results exporting 
to pdf Export to PDF (pdflatex) on a couple of machines. I don't know if the 
preview problem is serious or I just have not looked seriously enough. 

IIRC it's worked on both Vista and XP, certainly on XP with no problem.




--- On Tue, 9/8/09, Sharma, Vivek shar...@upmc.edu wrote:

 From: Sharma, Vivek shar...@upmc.edu
 Subject: Anyone used Lytex?
 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Received: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 4:13 PM
 Hi
 
 I do not have administrative privileges at work computers
 but am so dependent on using lyx for my writing and want to
 be able to use it on a USB drive or a network drive that I
 have access to. I wondered if anyone has used Lytex  as
 suggested in the wiki?
 I tried it and get error messages. The home page for Lytex
 does not give any email addresses for requesting help.
 
 Regards
 Vivek
 


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Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Manoj Rajagopalan schreef:
I figured this out: I had the Tools-Preferences-Display-Instant Preview set 
to On. I must have interpreted this to mean the preview for graphics since 
it comes right after Display graphics. Now I understand this to mean 
instant preview for a more general set of LyX entities.
  


I'm also always confused by this, but then I realize that it looks 
pretty normal.


Vincent

Re: Re: [Lyx] explicit mail subject

[Todd Denniston]

Pavel Sanda wrote, On 12/23/-28158 02:59 PM:

Christian Ridderström wrote:

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Manveru wrote:


2009/9/2 Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu:

I agree with the O.P. on this. This is something that, surely, is easily
fixed at the server end, so that each message going out from the server 
has,

say, [LyX] prepended to the subject.

There is many voices in favour of such feature. But not a lot of
people vote against. If may I suggest, maybe someone can create a
poll/survey for LyX users list subscribers.
I think the many voices that don't like it are tired of having this 
recurring discussion  ;-)


+1



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problems with pdf-creation

[Timm Döbert]

Hi there, I would like to get some advice on the following problem encountered 
when trying to create a pdf file:

Font \csname\endcsname=psyr at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fou
Font \csname\endcsname=psyr at 9.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun

I wasn't able to read the size data for this font,
so I will ignore the font specification.
[Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.]
You might try inserting a different font spec;
e.g., type `I\fontsame font id=substitute font name'.

It appears as if copying from a word document into lyx causes this problem?

Cheers
TIMM





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View menu customization

[Myriam Abramson]

Hello,

I just got 1.5.3 installed with Ubuntu Hardy. To view a pdf in the
view menu, I see dvipdfm and pdflatex. How do I get in the menu the
capability to view a pdf with ps2pdf? This option is listed in the
preferences formats but how do I get it in the View menu?

TIA,

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Never be overly concerned when someone screams, If you ever do that
again, I'm going to make you an outdoor cat once and for all! It's
almost always an idle threat.

change appendix

[Ricardo Perrone]

Hi,

how can i change the default alignment of appendix (book.cls)? I need to put it 
at the center.

thanks
Ricardo



  

Rotating tables with URLs

[John Coppens]

Hello people.

I have a (rather wide) table with cross-references in it. When I rotate
the table to fit it on a page, the table rotates fine, but the (red) boxes
around the references stay unrotated.

I used the rotate function as provided in the Table settings. Do I need
anything else?

John

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jean-Marie Pacquet]

Iain Mac Donald a écrit :

I am trying out koma-script v2 for producing letters. I have
my template looking the way I want it with one exception. No matter
what I try everything from salutation onwards is less wide than the
top of the letter. You can see this on the wiki examples page too
http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/KomaLetter2

I don't want to change the recipient address position as that fits
nicely into a windowed envelope. I would like to expand the other
content so that the left and right is aligned all the way down.

Anyone know how?
  
The figure 6.1 named "Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths" on 
page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your best 
friend.
You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco 
file and adapt them to your needs.

--
jmp

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Iain Mac Donald]

Hello Jean-Marie,

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:55:19 +0200
Jean-Marie Pacquet  wrote:

> The figure 6.1 named "Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths" on 
> page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your
> best friend.
> You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco 
> file and adapt them to your needs.

Thanks for the reply.

I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
and I note on page 201

"The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user."

Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
\KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
when creating a dvi.

Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
and
the same for `refhpos'.

Any further pointers would be appreciated.

Regards,
Iain.

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jeremy]

On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Iain Mac Donald wrote:
> Hello Jean-Marie,
> 
> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:55:19 +0200
> 
> Jean-Marie Pacquet  wrote:
> > The figure 6.1 named "Schematic of letter paper's pseudo lengths" on
> > page 170 of the KOMA-Script english manual (scrguien.pdf) is your
> > best friend.
> > You can change firstheadwidth, firstfootwidth and refwidth in the lco
> > file and adapt them to your needs.
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
> and I note on page 201
> 
> "The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
> the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
> option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user."
> 
> Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
> and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
> \KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
> when creating a dvi.
> 
> Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
> and
> the same for `refhpos'.
> 
> Any further pointers would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Iain.
> 


Pseudolengths can only be set in .lco (letter class option) files, e.g.
\ProvidesFile{mylcofile.lco}[]
\...@setplength{refwidth}{6.5in}

Then you need to load the .lco file in your lyx preamble
\LoadLetterOption{mylcofile}
or alternatively if you used the \ProvidesFile{} method
just add myfilelco to your \documentclass[] options

which in lyx is found in

Document -> Settings -> ClassOptions -> Custom

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Jean-Marie Pacquet wrote:


I tried to obtain what you want with my example (ksl2pro).
I had to change this:
1. Replace the line
\...@setplength{refwidth}{0pt}
by these two lines in the NFpro.lco file:
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{170mm}
2. Set the margins for the text in Document->Settings->Margins to the same 
value as above (20mm)


  I've not followed this thread, but I've made all the adjustments I need
for my letters in the document preamble. Here's the preamble that I now use:

\date{}
\usepackage{scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\cfoot[scrplain-centered ]{}
\makeatletter
% horizontal position of the address field
\...@setplength{toaddrhpos}{20.0mm}
% vertical position of the address field
\...@addtoplength{toaddrvpos}{20mm}
\makeatother
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{}
\makeatletter
% vertical position of ref line (date)
\...@setplength{refvpos}{6.5cm}
% space between ref line and letter text
\...@setplength{refaftervskip}{4cm}
% space for signature image
\...@setplength{sigbeforevskip}{0mm}
\makeatother
\firsthead{\centering\usekomavar{fromlogo}\hspace*{8cm}}
\ihead{\usekomavar{toname}\\%
Page \thepage\\\usekomavar{date}}
\KOMAoptions{%
foldmarks=false
}

  I think it's better to modify the preamble than the underlying class
templates.

HTH,

Rich

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Big problem.

[Steinar Graver]

I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.

I need to put them in before  the "\begin{document}" line. 

 

 

Please help me

 

Regards Steinar

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Jean-Marie Pacquet]

Iain Mac Donald a écrit :

Hello Jean-Marie,

[...]
I have scrguien.pdf too (but my version has the schematic on page 185)
and I note on page 201
  

Your KOMA-Script version is probably the most recent one (mine is old).

"The simplest rule is as follows: either refhpos is left at null and so
the width and alignment of the reference fields line are left to the
option refline, or refwidth as well as refhpos are set by the user."

Using this info I commented out refline and tried to set refwidth
and refhpos. I edited the LyX template, LaTeX Preamble in the
\KOMAoptions section and added my new info. However, I then get an error
when creating a dvi.

Package scrkbase Error: unknown KOMA option `refwidth'.
and
the same for `refhpos'.

Any further pointers would be appreciated.
  

I tried to obtain what you want with my example (ksl2pro).
I had to change this:
1. Replace the line
\...@setplength{refwidth}{0pt}
by these two lines in the NFpro.lco file:
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{170mm}
2. Set the margins for the text in Document->Settings->Margins to the 
same value as above (20mm)


--
jmp

Floating Windows for Editing

[Rob]

Hi,

I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. 
This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag
them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number
of other text editors).  Can I do this?  

Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX window.  This
is for editing only, not for the output.  I've read a number of requests for
this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Thanks very much.

Rob

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[James C. Sutherland]

On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:


Hi,

I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as  
floating windows.
This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being  
able to drag
them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit  
and a number

of other text editors).  Can I do this?


File -> New Window

or if you want this to be the default behavior,
Preferences -> Look & Feel -> User Interface
then uncheck the "Open documents in tabs" box.



Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text  
that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX  
window.  This
is for editing only, not for the output.  I've read a number of  
requests for

this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Really the only way to do this is to resize the window.  Many of us  
actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to  
impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.

Re: Big problem.

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Steinar Graver wrote:
> I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.
> 
> I need to put them in before  the "\begin{document}" line. 

Insert the \usepackage commands to
Document > Settings > Preamble

Jürgen

Re: Big problem.

[Uwe Stöhr]

Steinar Graver schrieb:


I wonder how i can go in and add some more user packages in lyx.

I need to put them in before  the "\begin{document}" line. 


You can load packages in the LaTeX-preamble in the menu Document->Settings.

More about this can be found in the LyX User's Guide and the EmbeddedObjects manual that you find in 
LyX's Help menu.


regards Uwe

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[rgheck]

On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote:


On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:


Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text 
that I'm
editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX 
window. This
is for editing only, not for the output. I've read a number of 
requests for

this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?

Really the only way to do this is to resize the window. Many of us 
actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to 
impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.


Rob, do you mean that you just want wider margins in the LyX display? If 
so, then this is achievable. It would help if I knew what document 
classes you were using: article, book, or whatever. That said, if you 
just don't want the display to be as wide, then you might just resize 
the window, as James suggests.


Also, if you're using full screen mode, then you can set this under 
Tools>Preferences>Editing>Control.


Richard

How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

Hi,

   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered formulas till the cursor 
enters that region. Could someone help me figure out how to turn this display 
on? I must have made some mistake with preferences or settings.

thanks,
Manoj

RE: How to enable display of all equations

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
>   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
>formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
>someone help me figure out how to turn this display
>on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
>or settings.

Close and reload document ?

>thanks,
>Manoj

Vincent

Re: koma-script v2 letter

[Iain Mac Donald]

Hello all,

Thanks for the replies.

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:24:39 -0400
Jeremy  wrote:

> Pseudolengths can only be set in .lco (letter class option) files

Aahh, I didn't know that.

Here is what I did:

* Copied DIN.lco to DIN-iain.lco (as that was the lco LyX was using)
* Edited DIN-iain.lco so that
\ProvidesFile{DIN-iain.lco}
...
\...@setplength{refwidth}{50.0mm}
\...@setplength{refhpos}{10.0mm}
all other parts of my lco remained the same as the original
* Edited my LaTeX Preamble so that
\LoadLetterOption{/home/iain/DIN-iain}%
and
%,refline=

Still not working though. 

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:44:32 +0200
Jean-Marie Pacquet  wrote:

> 2. Set the margins for the text in Document->Settings->Margins to the 
> same value as above (20mm)

Bingo!

Setting the margin manually in Document Settings works but the
\...@setplength doesn't seem to have any effect - for me at least. In
fact, setting the margin on its own is sufficient.

I wasn't able to get ksl2pro working for me. I did try with
ksl2nf but again the \...@setplength did not do anything. I tried a silly
setting just so the difference would be noticeable
\...@setplength{refhpos}{20mm}
\...@setplength{refwidth}{30mm}

Can't be right - is it?

Regards,
Iain.

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[Rob]

rgheck  writes:

> 
> On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote:
> >
> > On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote:
> >>
> >> Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text 
> >> that I'm
> >> editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX 
> >> window. This
> >> is for editing only, not for the output. I've read a number of 
> >> requests for
> >> this option in the archive--is there an option or hack for doing this?
> >>
> > Really the only way to do this is to resize the window. Many of us 
> > actually really like this feature of LyX - that it doesn't try to 
> > impose a particular layout (e.g. margins) on you when editing.
> >
> Rob, do you mean that you just want wider margins in the LyX display? If 
> so, then this is achievable. It would help if I knew what document 
> classes you were using: article, book, or whatever. That said, if you 
> just don't want the display to be as wide, then you might just resize 
> the window, as James suggests.
> 
> Also, if you're using full screen mode, then you can set this under 
> Tools>Preferences>Editing>Control.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
Hi Richard,

Thanks for your reply.  Yes, just in the display--I want to be able to make the
display line width something approximately similar to a typical outputted page.
 This helps my writing.  Also, this would be for documents classes such as
report, article, and letter.  Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, but
I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document
that is *within* the Lyx display.

Rob

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

Doesn't work in either of the following cases:
(1) close and reload doc with LyX running
(2) quit and restart LyX and reload doc

Could it be one of the settings? Some preview? I only saw graphics preview 
under Tools->Preferences...

-- Manoj

On Tuesday 08 September 2009 12:48:37 pm Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
> >   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
> >formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
> >someone help me figure out how to turn this display
> >on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
> >or settings.
>
> Close and reload document ?
>
> >thanks,
> >Manoj
>
> Vincent

Re: Using handwriting fonts

[Pavel Sanda]

Ulrich Brinkmann wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:34:34AM +0800, Wu Kai Chiu, ami wrote:
> > >I think that would be enough. You won't see on screen, but the pdf
> > >should be generated with this font.
> > 
> > I did put these two in the preamble, what I get is the error message below
> > when generating the pdf.
> > "Font T1/la/m/n/10=la14 at 7.14279pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not
> > found"
> > 
> 
> I tried the preamble lines and using \textla{This is a test} in ERT, and that 
> worked. 

looks like candidate for new module for http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Modules

pavel

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Uwe Stöhr]

Manoj Rajagopalan schrieb:

   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered formulas till the cursor 
enters that region. Could someone help me figure out how to turn this display 
on? I must have made some mistake with preferences or settings.


You turned on InstantPreview. Go to the LyX preferences under Look -> Graphics and turn instant 
preview off or set it to "no math".


regards Uwe

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

[Pavel Sanda]

Rob wrote:
> report, article, and letter.  Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, 
> but
> I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document
> that is *within* the Lyx display.

why within?
pavel

Re: How to enable display of all equations

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

I figured this out: I had the Tools->Preferences->Display->Instant Preview set 
to "On". I must have interpreted this to mean the preview for graphics since 
it comes right after "Display graphics". Now I understand this to mean 
instant preview for a more general set of LyX entities.

thanks,
Manoj


On Tuesday 08 September 2009 01:44:09 pm Manoj Rajagopalan wrote:
> Doesn't work in either of the following cases:
> (1) close and reload doc with LyX running
> (2) quit and restart LyX and reload doc
>
> Could it be one of the settings? Some preview? I only saw graphics preview
> under Tools->Preferences...
>
> -- Manoj
>
> On Tuesday 08 September 2009 12:48:37 pm Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
> > >   I find LyX not displaying any of my numbered
> > >formulas till the cursor enters that region. Could
> > >someone help me figure out how to turn this display
> > >on? I must have made some mistake with preferences
> > >or settings.
> >
> > Close and reload document ?
> >
> > >thanks,
> > >Manoj
> >
> > Vincent

powerdot class options

[Eran Kaplinsky]

Contrary to the powerdot.pdf, it is not currently possible to produce 
.pdf output in landscape mode with the "nopsheader" class option.

Is it possible to update the wiki or post this somewhere accessible?

Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Sharma, Vivek]

Hi
I am using lyx 1.6.4 with Miktex and adobe acrobat.
When we View - > update -> dvi after the latex runs the dvi window goes to the 
page I was viewing last with the updated view, whereas with update pdflatex the 
updated file just opens at the first page of the pdf document.
I am working with a document that now is over 300 pages and manually going to 
the page being edited to see change in output for pdflatex is very time 
consuming.
Is there a way to open the pdf output at the same place as the last time it was 
displayed?

I hope I was able to explain my query.

Regards
Vivek

Anyone used Lytex?

[Sharma, Vivek]

Hi

I do not have administrative privileges at work computers but am so dependent 
on using lyx for my writing and want to be able to use it on a USB drive or a 
network drive that I have access to. I wondered if anyone has used Lytex  as 
suggested in the wiki?
I tried it and get error messages. The home page for Lytex does not give any 
email addresses for requesting help.

Regards
Vivek

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Julio Rojas]

Ok, if it's good for you. Me? I just open the PDFs, read them and, at
most, I print them. No more than that. That's why I use SumatraPDF,
which, BTW, allows me to update PDFs from Lyx. Last time I check
Acrobat didn't allow you to do it, but it's really some time since I
stopped using it.

So, at least for me, it has been a solution.

Best regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Julio Rojas schrieb:
>
>> Use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF. Smaller and with the feature
>> you'll like to use.
>
> This is no solution. Acrobat works very well and there is still no
> OpenSource alternative available that provides the features of Acrobat (like
> for example cropping whitespace of pages).
>
> regards Uwe
>

Section numbering

[Julio Rojas]

Dear all, I'm writing a memoir(book) document in Lyx. I used the
numbering & TOC setup to use numbering until subsubsection. When I
generated the PDF it didn't apper. I then included in the preamble:

\setsecnumdepth{all}
\maxsecnumdepth{all}

>From that moment numbering and inclusion in the TOC was perfect. Is
this a bug? If so, is it a known one?

Best regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

Re: Simulate update dvi behaviour in update pdflatex

[Uwe Stöhr]

Julio Rojas schrieb:


Use another PDF reader, like SumatraPDF. Smaller and with the feature
you'll like to use.


This is no solution. Acrobat works very well and there is still no OpenSource alternative available 
that provides the features of Acrobat (like for example cropping whitespace of pages).


regards Uwe