Re: Background color of Text.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:35 AM, nikunj . wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Lyx 1.6 running of windows.I am using Beamer class to make a
> presentation. I want to change the background color of some text like this
> is blue
>
I could do it. Include the package 'color' in preamble, i.e. add
\usepackage{color} in the preamble. (Document->settings->latex preamble)
After that go to tex mode/ERT (ctrl-L on windows ) and write "
\colorbox{green}{the text} " within the ERT. More info at
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Colors
>
> How do I do that ?
>
> Regards,
> Nikunj
>
Background color of Text.
Hi, I have Lyx 1.6 running of windows.I am using Beamer class to make a presentation. I want to change the background color of some text like this is blue How do I do that ? Regards, Nikunj
Re: Layouts for education?
Education layouts are one of the places where (so far) I find LaTeX superior to LyX. You might consider an ordinary article class. Standard itemizing features and branches will allow you to create a decent-looking quiz or test as well as an answer key. That said, I have a LyX option and a LaTeX option for you: On LyX, I use Phil Hirschhorn's Exam class: http://www-math.mit.edu/~psh/#ExamCls Somewhere I found a layout file, but it requires an enormous amount of ERT. I've been trying to make a better layout file for the past few weeks, but I'm having a lot of trouble with anything beyond the most basic features. The problems are the nesting of lists, codes for point values, and now he has included a feature for correct answers in multiple choice. (I had always used branches to accomplish that. For most of my tests (except Calculus) I've turned to the Examdesign class which I use only as pure LaTeX. It makes great answer keys, alternate test versions, and it looks good. My ideal would be this one (combined with some nice features from Hirschhorn's class). http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/examdesign/ This one probably won't work with LyX, no matter what. --Jason Waskiewicz Bowman County High School
BibLaTeX requires additional BibTeX run?
Hello,I've been in trouble all the day and now I ask to the list...I use -WinXP sp3-LyX 1.6.4-last version of BibLaTeX (0.8i)-koma report classand I suddenly I can't have my citations and references in my final pdf (200+pages), where everything worked well till today.From the log, it seems is a problem of an extra BibTeX run needed.Till now I can tell LaTeX run 4 times (or even 5, but last time is too fast to tell, and I'm not good in reading logs!)so I guess everything should run once more.The log will show a number of warnings, expecially from BibLaTeX, I always ignored because everything worked well (till today!)Please help me, I'm about 10 day from the completion of my dissertation! Thanks!Piero _ Messenger su ogni PC, prova la Web Bar! http://www.messenger.it/ LogWithBadRefSelection.log Description: Binary data
integral operators
Hi, I got a problem with integral operators. Looking at the Math help Chap 10, it says that in order to use integral operators one must have the option Use esint package automatically set in the documents settings. I have this option set, but for some reason when I am going to view my file in pdf, Lyx says the following: $\intop $ 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\font='. I don't know what it means. How can I solve this problem? thanks for your help.
Re: Index not being printed
On Monday 16 November 2009 14:24:34 Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 16 Nov 2009, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Monday 16 November 2009 12:25:17 Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I've made 4 books previously and the index has always appeared > > > correctly. I did the same with an earlier version of the present book > > > and again the index appeared. But now although I have numerous words > > > marked for indexing, when I insert "Index" via the menu at the end of > > > the book nothing is printed. > > > > > > I think I must have missed out something obvious but what? I'm using > > > the same preamble as usual; nothing has changed. It is Book class. Any > > > suggestions please? > > > > > > Anthony > > > > There could be a hundred explanations. To narrow it down I'd compile at > > the command line instead of in the LyX environment. Something like this > > shellscript, where $1 is the name of the LyX file, but without the .lyx > > extension: > > Thanks for these suggestions. Meanwhile I imported the _same_ file into > a different computer running the same version of LyX and immediately the > index appeared correctly! So presumably there is something wrong with > LyX on the first machine - missing package? Anything's possible. I'd run the individual commands to find out what's missing or different. I'll bet you can find the root cause in 40 minutes. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Re: Hide tracked changes?
> Yes this was exactly what I was looking for -- the ability to toggle the > visibility of those blue edits. > > Matts I second Matts' request. Especially for heavy editing of a document, it would be a nice feature to be able to edit away, with changes tracked in the background. All those blue texts can make a document unreadable. Is there any way users can support efforts for such a project, e.g. by making it clear that there is demand for such a feature, or by project-specific contributions? Peter
Re: Index not being printed
On 16 Nov 2009, Steve Litt wrote: > On Monday 16 November 2009 12:25:17 Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've made 4 books previously and the index has always appeared > > correctly. I did the same with an earlier version of the present book > > and again the index appeared. But now although I have numerous words > > marked for indexing, when I insert "Index" via the menu at the end of > > the book nothing is printed. > > > > I think I must have missed out something obvious but what? I'm using the > > same preamble as usual; nothing has changed. It is Book class. Any > > suggestions please? > > > > Anthony > > There could be a hundred explanations. To narrow it down I'd compile at the > command line instead of in the LyX environment. Something like this > shellscript, where $1 is the name of the LyX file, but without the .lyx > extension: Thanks for these suggestions. Meanwhile I imported the _same_ file into a different computer running the same version of LyX and immediately the index appeared correctly! So presumably there is something wrong with LyX on the first machine - missing package? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell
Re: Index not being printed
On Monday 16 November 2009 12:25:17 Anthony Campbell wrote: > I've made 4 books previously and the index has always appeared > correctly. I did the same with an earlier version of the present book > and again the index appeared. But now although I have numerous words > marked for indexing, when I insert "Index" via the menu at the end of > the book nothing is printed. > > I think I must have missed out something obvious but what? I'm using the > same preamble as usual; nothing has changed. It is Book class. Any > suggestions please? > > Anthony There could be a hundred explanations. To narrow it down I'd compile at the command line instead of in the LyX environment. Something like this shellscript, where $1 is the name of the LyX file, but without the .lyx extension: # #!/bin/bash StyleFile=mydoc.ist LyxCmd=lyx ### REMOVE ALL INTERMEDIATE FILES rm -f mydoc.aux rm -f mydoc.dvi rm -f mydoc.ps rm -f mydoc.pdf rm -f mydoc.idx rm -f mydoc.ilg rm -f mydoc.ind rm -f mydoc.log rm -f mydoc.tex rm -f mydoc.toc ### EXPORT TO LATEX AND COMPILE $LyxCmd --export latex mydoc.lyx latex mydoc.tex ### RUN makeindex TO CONSTRUCT INDEX INTERMEDIATE FILES if test -f $StyleFile; then makeindex -s $StyleFile mydoc.idx else makeindex mydoc.idx fi ### AT THIS POINT, MANUALLY INSPECT mydoc.ilg FOR ERRORS. ### IF THERE ARE ERRORS, USE mydoc.ilg AND mydoc.ind TO ### TROUBLESHOOT THOSE ERRORS. DO NOT GO FARTHER UNTIL ### makeindex RUNS CLEANLY WITHOUT ERRORS. ### ONCE AGAIN COMPILE WITH LATEX TO INCORPORATE INDEXING FILES latex mydoc.tex ### CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE PRECEDING COMPILE WORKED, ### IF NOT TROUBLESHOOT ### CONVERT TO PDF. CAREFUL, FOLLOWING LINE WRAPS IN EMAIL dvips -o mydoc.tmp.ps mydoc.dvi ps2pdf12 -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true - dEmbedAllFonts=true mydoc.ps ### VIEW THE RESULTS xpdf myfile.pdf Do the preceding, and you'll be able to troubleshoot your problem, or at least narrow it to the point where you can get further help. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Re: Layouts for education?
Myriam, Whatever you decide on, please let me know. I have a math book on the back burner, and might bring it to the front if I can get good and easy ways to do quizzes. I'd especially like something with environments "answer" and "answer_correct", which look the same unless a certain variable is set, in which case the correct answer stands out. You might want to take a look at my "making your own lists" page at: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm Again, please keep me in the loop. SteveT On Monday 16 November 2009 08:24:39 Myriam Abramson wrote: > I'm looking for quizzes and exams layouts. I'm presently using > AcroTex.
Index not being printed
I've made 4 books previously and the index has always appeared correctly. I did the same with an earlier version of the present book and again the index appeared. But now although I have numerous words marked for indexing, when I insert "Index" via the menu at the end of the book nothing is printed. I think I must have missed out something obvious but what? I'm using the same preamble as usual; nothing has changed. It is Book class. Any suggestions please? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell
Re: Bibliography
I like to put my bibliographies in a folder without spaces in the path. BTW,
puting the bib file in the same folder as the document doesn't work as you
still have to define the absolute path to it.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, stefano franchi <
fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Manolo Martínez <
> man...@austrohungaro.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Using Insert > List > BibTeX bibliography opens a dialog where you can
> add
> > your bib document, right? Why don't you add it there?
> >
> >
> That's not going to work with BibLatex (since Lyx does not really support
> biblatex yet). As Piero said, the problem is probably with the path passed
> to biblatex with the \bibliography command. You would have to check the
> latex log to see whether biblatex can find the .bib file. If not, the
> problem is with the path (assuming the file really is present in the
> directory you indicated, of course). Someone using Windows (I am not)
> should
> know how to take care of spaces and drive letters in latex commands.
>
> S.
>
>
>
> > M
> >
> > Manolo
> >
> > Giulio escribió:
> >
> > hi
> >>
> >> I have some problems with biblatex's bibliography. Indeed when i put in
> >> ERT
> >> \printbibliography the output is empty.
> >>
> >> I have opened the preamble of LyX and i have done all the point
> described
> >> in
> >> http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex.
> >>
> >> So i have in the preamble:
> >>
> >> \usepackage[style=numeric]{biblatex}
> >> \bibliography{C:/Documents and Settings/User/Desktop/PROVA1/biblio}
> >> I have inserted also the Lyx's note and inside it the bibliography of
> >> biblatex (Insert→List/TOC→BibTeX Bibliography)
> >>
> >> After, at the end of the document, I have put in ERT \printbibliography.
> >> But
> >> in the output there aren't the books.
> >> There is written only:
> >>
> >> References
> >>
> >> and after nothing.
> >> HELP me plz
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> Giulio
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> __
> Stefano Franchi
> Department of Philosophy Ph: (1) 979 862-2211
> Texas A&M University Fax: (1) 979 845-0458
> College Station, Texas, USA
>
Re: CLS file not found anymore after updating LyX and MacTeX
On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Dan Stark wrote: > Dear All, > > I updated to MacTeX 2009 and LyX 1.6.4.2 and now LyX cannot locate a CLS file > that I was using. > > I have it located in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex currently. > > Is there any way to get LyX to see the CLS file again? > Perhaps a silly question, but did you already try "reconfiguring" LyX (LyX -> Reconfigure)?
CLS file not found anymore after updating LyX and MacTeX
Dear All, I updated to MacTeX 2009 and LyX 1.6.4.2 and now LyX cannot locate a CLS file that I was using. I have it located in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex currently. Is there any way to get LyX to see the CLS file again? Thanks! Dan Stark Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty. - John Adams Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. - Proverbs 12:24 If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. - Mel Brooks How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can cause or cure. - Samuel Johnson
Re: Layouts for education?
On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 08:24 -0500, Myriam Abramson wrote: > I'm looking for quizzes and exams layouts. I'm presently using > AcroTex. > Depending on your requirements, standard layouts may work fine. I've always used the vanilla article form with multicol (when needed), and a few small modifications kindly provided by people here if part of the exam uses a Scantron and I want more than 5 answers. I use all sorts of problems on exams. Kenward -- The question is not what you look at, but what you see. -- Henry David Thoreau
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4.2 for Mac OS X 10.6 is released
Johannes Knaus wrote: > Does this release also fix the crash when using spellcheck (which is > caused by/related to the pseudo-crash fix)? Yes. Jürgen
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4.2 for Mac OS X 10.6 is released
Hi, Does this release also fix the crash when using spellcheck (which is caused by/related to the pseudo-crash fix)? Otherwise, one should at least note that all users of this version should not use spellchecking from inside Lyx, as this can lead to a really loss of data. However, thank you for supporting Mac-users! Johannes Am 16.11.2009 um 16:16 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: LyX 1.6.4.2, another minor service upgrade release, is available now. The upgrade fixes recurring pseudo-crashes when running LyX on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Apart from that, the release is identical with LyX 1.6.4.1. Note that the fix impacts the performance on the Mac while autosaving. Thus, the upgrade to this version is recommended to LyX users on Mac OS X 10.6 only. Please find the Mac binary here: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/LyX-1.6.4.2-Mac-Universal.dmg The sources of the release are available here: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.2.tar.bz2 A patch against LyX 1.6.4.1 is also available: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.2.gz ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.2.bz2 Have fun! The LyX Team
Re: Bibliography
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Manolo Martínez wrote:
> Using Insert > List > BibTeX bibliography opens a dialog where you can add
> your bib document, right? Why don't you add it there?
>
>
That's not going to work with BibLatex (since Lyx does not really support
biblatex yet). As Piero said, the problem is probably with the path passed
to biblatex with the \bibliography command. You would have to check the
latex log to see whether biblatex can find the .bib file. If not, the
problem is with the path (assuming the file really is present in the
directory you indicated, of course). Someone using Windows (I am not) should
know how to take care of spaces and drive letters in latex commands.
S.
> M
>
> Manolo
>
> Giulio escribió:
>
> hi
>>
>> I have some problems with biblatex's bibliography. Indeed when i put in
>> ERT
>> \printbibliography the output is empty.
>>
>> I have opened the preamble of LyX and i have done all the point described
>> in
>> http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex.
>>
>> So i have in the preamble:
>>
>> \usepackage[style=numeric]{biblatex}
>> \bibliography{C:/Documents and Settings/User/Desktop/PROVA1/biblio}
>> I have inserted also the Lyx's note and inside it the bibliography of
>> biblatex (Insert→List/TOC→BibTeX Bibliography)
>>
>> After, at the end of the document, I have put in ERT \printbibliography.
>> But
>> in the output there aren't the books.
>> There is written only:
>>
>> References
>>
>> and after nothing.
>> HELP me plz
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Giulio
>>
>>
>
>
--
__
Stefano Franchi
Department of Philosophy Ph: (1) 979 862-2211
Texas A&M University Fax: (1) 979 845-0458
College Station, Texas, USA
[ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4.2 for Mac OS X 10.6 is released
LyX 1.6.4.2, another minor service upgrade release, is available now. The upgrade fixes recurring pseudo-crashes when running LyX on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Apart from that, the release is identical with LyX 1.6.4.1. Note that the fix impacts the performance on the Mac while autosaving. Thus, the upgrade to this version is recommended to LyX users on Mac OS X 10.6 only. Please find the Mac binary here: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/LyX-1.6.4.2-Mac-Universal.dmg The sources of the release are available here: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.2.tar.bz2 A patch against LyX 1.6.4.1 is also available: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.2.gz ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.2.bz2 Have fun! The LyX Team
Re: Layouts for education?
I'm looking for quizzes and exams layouts. I'm presently using AcroTex. -- myriam John Kane writes: > --- On Sun, 11/15/09, Myriam Abramson wrote: > >> From: Myriam Abramson >> Subject: Layouts for education? >> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org >> Received: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 4:58 PM >> >> Is there any lyx layouts for educational purposes out >> there? > > There probably are many but what kind of thing are you looking for? > Disertation layouts? Lab report layouts? Beamer type presentation layouts? > Test writing layouts? ?? ? > > > > > __ > The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! > Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/
