can anyone help me get moving with LyX?
People,
Appended is a greatly abbreviated sample of the novel that I want
to get typeset via the TeX/LaTex/LyX program set.
Given the superb toolset that TeX offers, I would like to use
different typefaces: typewriter fonts --- as per my example
typewritten letter. I also have places where I am thinking of
using a small, bold handwriting font. And one large bold
handwritten script where my blind character writes a short poem
to her lover.
In other words, the only trouble I have been having in the past
two weeks is getting the typewriter fonts to fit, indented the
way a would do. I have found that
the "\small" macro 9pt does not work for the typewriter fonts.
Only the "\tiny" macro works; but 5pt is simply too small to be
read easily.
The nutshell here is:: Can lyx help me do what I want and switch
from, say, "newcent" {at 10pt} to "courier" {at 9 pt} and back.
whew!
thanks for any insights here.
gary kline
Encl: ./snippet, appended.
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The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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//
// snippet
//
Before he went into the office, Erik had the written medical
excuse from Dr. Millard Dukrinis tucked beside his right leg
on the seat of the wheelchair. He turned into Axel's office,
went over to the desk, stopped, and grabbed the medical form.
Presented it to Axel who sat like a cat ready to spring on its prey.
Both palms pressed against the side of the desk.
``What's that?'' Axel said.
``It's from the doctor. It verifies the fact that I missed six working
days because I've had the flu.''
``That won't save you. This time you'd had it.'' Axel opened his top left
drawer and removed a fat manila envelope. Was smiling very slightly
as he extended the envelope toward Erik.
``What's this?''
``It's your notification of dismissal,'' Axel said slowly.
``Cover letter outlining the charges. Along with supporting documentation.
You were officially fired as of last Friday.''
An icy sweat broke over Erik from head to toe. ``Fired?'' he said.
``What the goddamn hell for!''
``For your disgusting and profane attitude for one thing!'' Axel snapped.
``Amdahl \emph{is}, after all, a Christian institution!''
With hand and teeth Erik managed to open the envelope and withdraw
the raft of sheets.
The body of the letter read:
\vspace{0.3in}
{\begin{quote}\small}
\texttt{You are hereby notified that as of Friday, January 15, 1993, at the}\\
\texttt{close of business at Amdahl College, your employment is terminated.}\\
\texttt{The four reasons itemized in this dismissal notification are as
follows:}\\
\texttt{(1) Improper use of College resources according to College bylaws}\\
\texttt{(Article XIX, Clause 7, paragraphs 24, 25, 27) relating to your
purchase}\\
\texttt{of a computer modem and related abuse of telephone time to your own
home,}\\
\texttt{personal computer. [Supporting documentation in supplementary pages}\\
\texttt{1, 2, 3-5, and 6.]}\\
\texttt{(2) Four separate occasions of rude and insubordinate behavior toward}\\
\texttt{Professors R.X. Hisson and G. Shaffer. [Supporting documentation}\\
\texttt{in supplementary pages 7, 8, and 9.]}\\
. . . . .
{\normalsize\end{quote}}
\vspace{0.3in}
The letter was signed by Chancellor Hellman personally.
Erik looked up to see Axel Paar gloating. Erik turned to the many pages
of supporting documentation.
``Oh, it's all there in black and white,'' Axel assured him.
``Witnesses, who overheard you being rude to the professors.
The bills for telephone time. Requisitions for that Telebit modem that
you bought; witnesses here with whom you drank and who swear that you
brought in the alcohol.
end of sample LaTeX markup
University of Utah Thesis Class
Dear LyX Users, Sorry for the spam, but ... I had a friend contact me today who was looking for a current University of Utah Thesis class, and wondering if I might be willing to help him create a layout file for it. Before I go about updating the (very old) class available from the mathematics department, I wanted to query a few different mailing lists (here and a few TUG lists I'm a member of) to see if someone is aware of a more recent version. (The lady I talked to at the library didn't have any idea what LaTeX was which didn't give me much hope that they maintain a current version.) Does anyone have a current (or more current than 1999) thesis class for the University of Utah? After updating and verifying that it is compliant with formatting guidelines, I'd be happy to return the updated files and a valid LyX template. (To be clear, though, I have no desire to end up as a maintainer.) Cheers, Rob
Re: a quaדtion about lyx
On 06/16/2010 03:35 PM, yogevd dahan wrote: hello my name is yogev and I am a new lyx user when I write my document in hebrew and compile it averything is all right but in the pdf file produced some of the text is missing. Are you sure you have the right fonts installed on your machine? Is it just some of the text in the middle, or after a certain point, or ... ? Richard
Re: APA style manuscript? Please help format! (follow up)
Putting that code in my preamble makes my document give compile errors. I need
the running header to be in all caps on the title page for an APA manuscript,
can someone help me do this?
Perhaps the issue is using the Journal class? See my issue 4) below for what
I'm considering to fix it.
For my issue 2) I found a potential solution to inserting figures and tables,
though I haven't tried it:
http://www.lyx.org/Walkthrough3
Does "Float" seem rather non-descriptive to anyone else? I say that as a new
user.
Also, on my issue 3) the question isn't Zotero v. Jabref, it's "apa" vs
"apalike2" vs any other workable apa style (and perhaps the requisite or
exclusive natbib)
For my issue 4) I guess I'll just use what works. However, there is an apa
option when selecting new document from template. When selecting this, I get
this error: "
p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
The layout file requested by this document,
apa.layout,
is not usable. This is probably because a LaTeX
class or style file required by it is not
available. See the Customization documentation
for more information.
LyX will not be able to produce output."
So I would like to be able to use this if possible, but I don't know how.
For my issue 5) I think I'm going to use OpenOffice Draw. Should I export to or
save as JPG or PNG or something else?
Aaron
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, curtis osterhoudt wrote:
From: curtis osterhoudt
Subject: Re: APA style manuscript? Please help format! (follow up)
To: "Aaron Hall" , "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 1:23 PM
You might try inkscape (www.inkscape.org) for the value chain diagrams. I
used to use XFig for that sort of thing, but I'm learning inkscape more. Of
course, it won't automatically generate the diagrams, but it'll be a lot easier
to use (in my opinion) than GiMP.
1) Running headers is no problem. You may have to modify the document
preamble to get things just as you want; it'll be something like
\lhead{}
\chead{Short title here}
\rhead{name}
2) Numbering and labeling of figures and tables should be automatic. Once
you've chosen to (for example) insert a figure (say
by Insert -> Float -> Figure), and typed in the figure caption, you can place
the cursor at the beginning of the caption and choose Insert -> Label, and give
it a short label. Then the cross-referencing will be fine if you want to refer
to that figure or table or whatever. (The same applies to placing labels almost
anywhere, as for Section heads.)
3) I like using JabRef for bibliography management, though I've used
Zotero, too, which is handy for pulling in papers and references
semi-automatically from web-pages.
/**
As a species, we are forever sticking our fingers into the electric socket of
the Universe to see what'll happen next. It's a trait that'll either save us or
kill us, but by god it's what makes us human beings. I'd rather be in the
company of people who look at Mars than people who contemplate humanity's navel
-- other
worlds are better than fluff. ~~Sir Terence David John Pratchett
***/
From: Aaron Hall
To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
Sent: Wed, June 16, 2010 10:18:35 AM
Subject: Re: APA style manuscript? Please help format! (follow up)
Oops,
I trailed off on a question near the end, it was: "Also, I need to insert
diagrams that look like
this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porter_Value_Chain.png
My options: Latex" and I forgot to add the GiMP, MAYBE scribus, or just using a
table in Lyx...
Anyways, the Latex for something as complex as my example appears to be REALLY
complicated. I'm guessing the GiMP is probably what I'll have to use.
If it helps, here's my priorities, highest = 1, lowest = 5:
1) ***running header***
2) **numbering and labeling tables and figures (numbered separately).
3) *best bibliography recommendation
4) if I used a bad approach to workaround any of my other issues
5)
if you can recommend an easy approach to getting a similar diagram (I'm
actually using a table inside of Lyx at the moment, but a pgf/TikZ signal type
graphic,
perhaps overlaid? might be very helpful, and I might like to use several of
them in a row with words inside, but again, this is a low priority...)
Again, thanks so much for your attention! I'm going to stop researching Lyx
and Latex for a bit and get back to writing. Should I cross post this in the
Latex Lyx forums?
Aaron
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Aaron Hall wrote:
From: Aaron Hall
Subject: APA style manuscript? Please help format!
To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 4:57 AM
I'm trying to format an article class document for submission as an assignment
which requires a running header, 1 inch margins, double spaces, etc... under
APA format.
Headings style is set to default, should I change it? I'd like to have a short
title at the top middle, and my name
a quaדtion about lyx
hello my name is yogev and I am a new lyx user when I write my document in hebrew and compile it averything is all right but in the pdf file produced some of the text is missing. I tried to play with settins but found nothing hope you can help me and thank you for your time yogev
Re: בעיה עם הדפסה ל-PDF
He wrote (according to Google translate) "Peace and blessings I am a new user on LYX When I compile the document and displays it large portions of the document did not appear although there is no compile error. I would love if you can give me address this issue Regards Husbandman" Sounds maybe like a legitimate problem? --- On Wed, 6/16/10, Richard Heck wrote: From: Richard Heck Subject: Re: בעיה עם הדפסה ל-PDF To: "yogevd dahan" Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 3:26 PM On 06/16/2010 03:15 PM, yogevd dahan wrote: שלום וברכה אני משתמש חדש ב- LYX כשאני מקמפל את המסמך ומציג אותו חלקים גדולים מהמסמך לא מופיעים למרות שאין שגיאת קומפילציה. אני אשמח אם תוכלו לתת לי מענה לבעיה בברכה יוגב This is an English list Richard
Re: בעיה עם הדפסה ל-PDF
On 06/16/2010 03:15 PM, yogevd dahan wrote: שלום וברכה אני משתמש חדש ב- LYX כשאני מקמפל את המסמך ומציג אותו חלקים גדולים מהמסמך לא מופיעים למרות שאין שגיאת קומפילציה. אני אשמח אם תוכלו לתת לי מענה לבעיה בברכה יוגב This is an English list Richard
בעיה עם הדפסה ל-PDF
שלום וברכה אני משתמש חדש ב- LYX כשאני מקמפל את המסמך ומציג אותו חלקים גדולים מהמסמך לא מופיעים למרות שאין שגיאת קומפילציה. אני אשמח אם תוכלו לתת לי מענה לבעיה בברכה יוגב
Re: APA style manuscript? Please help format! (follow up)
You might try inkscape (www.inkscape.org) for the value chain diagrams. I
used to use XFig for that sort of thing, but I'm learning inkscape more. Of
course, it won't automatically generate the diagrams, but it'll be a lot easier
to use (in my opinion) than GiMP.
1) Running headers is no problem. You may have to modify the document
preamble to get things just as you want; it'll be something like
\lhead{}
\chead{Short title here}
\rhead{name}
2) Numbering and labeling of figures and tables should be automatic. Once
you've chosen to (for example) insert a figure (say by Insert -> Float ->
Figure), and typed in the figure caption, you can place the cursor at the
beginning of the caption and choose Insert -> Label, and give it a short label.
Then the cross-referencing will be fine if you want to refer to that figure or
table or whatever. (The same applies to placing labels almost anywhere, as for
Section heads.)
3) I like using JabRef for bibliography management, though I've used
Zotero, too, which is handy for pulling in papers and references
semi-automatically from web-pages.
/**
As a species, we are forever sticking our fingers into the electric socket of
the Universe to see what'll happen next. It's a trait that'll either save us or
kill us, but by god it's what makes us human beings. I'd rather be in the
company of people who look at Mars than people who contemplate humanity's navel
-- other worlds are better than fluff. ~~Sir Terence David John Pratchett
***/
From: Aaron Hall
To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
Sent: Wed, June 16, 2010 10:18:35 AM
Subject: Re: APA style manuscript? Please help format! (follow up)
Oops,
I trailed off on a question near the end, it was: "Also, I need to insert
diagrams that look like
this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porter_Value_Chain.png
My options: Latex" and I forgot to add the GiMP, MAYBE scribus, or just using a
table in Lyx...
Anyways, the Latex for something as complex as my example appears to be REALLY
complicated. I'm guessing the GiMP is probably what I'll have to use.
If it helps, here's my priorities, highest = 1, lowest = 5:
1) ***running header***
2) **numbering and labeling tables and figures (numbered separately).
3) *best bibliography recommendation
4) if I used a bad approach to workaround any of my other issues
5) if you can recommend an easy approach to getting a similar diagram (I'm
actually using a table inside of Lyx at the moment, but a pgf/TikZ signal type
graphic, perhaps overlaid? might be very helpful, and I might like to use
several of them in a row with words inside, but again, this is a low
priority...)
Again, thanks so much for your attention! I'm going to stop researching Lyx
and Latex for a bit and get back to writing. Should I cross post this in the
Latex Lyx forums?
Aaron
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Aaron Hall wrote:
>From: Aaron Hall
>Subject: APA style manuscript? Please help format!
>To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
>Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 4:57 AM
>
>
>I'm trying to format an article class document for submission as an assignment
>which requires a running header, 1 inch margins, double spaces, etc... under
>APA format.
>
>Headings style is set to default, should I change it? I'd like to have a short
>title at the top middle, and my name at one edge...
>
>I'm using Lyz and Zotero to handle my bibliography (fyi, seems to work), and
>I'm using the natbib option in Document Settings, and the "apalike2" style on
>the right click bibliography setting. Should I use "apa" style? It works too,
>and I'm not sure which one is best. Also, will I have problems using the
>natbib setting? According to
>
>http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite/apacite.pdf
>apacite may be the best implementation to date, but it's incompatible with
>natbib, and I think part of my problem is that I have very long abstracts,
>which are basically my notes on the works, and include %'s >'s /'s and ()'s.
>I erased the %'s but it still didn't work, and my notes heavily rely on the
>other symbols for diagrams and formulas...
>
>To get rid of the huge gutter I had to unclick default margins and give it 1
>inch margins. I'm not sure what the other defaults are, so I said 1mm for head
>sep, and 1cm for head hight and 1cm for foot skip (please correct these if
>wrong, I'm not sure what they do...)
>
>My preamble in the document settings reads: "
>
>\usepackage{indentfirst}
>%\rhead{\textsc{Financial Services Operations Management} ~ \thepage}"
>The first line indents the first paragraph in section (which is usually not
>indented)
>The commented code was an non-working attempt to create a running header. I
>really need a running header.
>
>How do I center the level 1 heading? (I might not need to, but knowing would
>be great)
>
>How do I
Re: APA style manuscript? Please help format! (follow up)
Oops,
I trailed off on a question near the end, it was: "Also, I need to insert
diagrams that look like
this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porter_Value_Chain.png
My options: Latex" and I forgot to add the GiMP, MAYBE scribus, or just using a
table in Lyx...
Anyways, the Latex for something as complex as my example appears to be REALLY
complicated. I'm guessing the GiMP is probably what I'll have to use.
If it helps, here's my priorities, highest = 1, lowest = 5:
1) ***running header***
2) **numbering and labeling tables and figures (numbered separately).
3) *best bibliography recommendation
4) if I used a bad approach to workaround any of my other issues
5) if you can recommend an easy approach to getting a similar diagram (I'm
actually using a table inside of Lyx at the moment, but a pgf/TikZ signal type
graphic, perhaps overlaid? might be very helpful, and I might like to use
several of them in a row with words inside, but again, this is a low
priority...)
Again, thanks so much for your attention! I'm going to stop researching Lyx
and Latex for a bit and get back to writing. Should I cross post this in the
Latex Lyx forums?
Aaron
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Aaron Hall wrote:
From: Aaron Hall
Subject: APA style manuscript? Please help format!
To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 4:57 AM
I'm trying to format an article class document for submission as an assignment
which requires a running header, 1 inch margins, double spaces, etc... under
APA format.
Headings style is set to default, should I change it? I'd like to have a short
title at the top middle, and my name at one edge...
I'm using Lyz and Zotero to handle my bibliography (fyi, seems to work), and
I'm using the natbib option in Document Settings, and the "apalike2" style on
the right click bibliography setting. Should I use "apa" style? It works too,
and I'm not sure which one is best. Also, will I have problems using the natbib
setting? According to
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite/apacite.pdf
apacite may be the best implementation to date, but it's incompatible with
natbib, and I think part of my problem is that I have very long abstracts,
which are basically my notes on the works, and include %'s >'s /'s and ()'s. I
erased the %'s but it still didn't work, and my notes heavily rely on the other
symbols for diagrams and formulas...
To get rid of the huge gutter I had to unclick default margins and give it 1
inch margins. I'm not sure what the other defaults are, so I said 1mm for head
sep, and 1cm for head hight and 1cm for foot skip (please correct these if
wrong, I'm not sure what they do...)
My preamble in the document settings reads: "
#yiv1358983027 p, #yiv1358983027 li {white-space:pre-wrap;}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
%\rhead{\textsc{Financial Services Operations Management} ~ \thepage}"
The first line indents the first paragraph in section (which is usually not
indented)
The commented code was an non-working attempt to create a running header. I
really need a running header.
How do I center the level 1 heading? (I might not need to, but knowing would be
great)
How do I number and label tables I made in Lyx? (or figures)? Can I insert a
reference in the label?
Also, I need to insert diagrams that look like
this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porter_Value_Chain.png
My options: Latex
I need to answer these questions pretty soon, so anyone's help, as
comprehensive as possible, would be greatly appreciated, and note I don't know
much about LaTeX, so I'd like to stay above the hood if possible, though adding
verbatim lines to the preamble is certainly
ok.
Thanks!!!
Aaron
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APA style manuscript? Please help format!
I'm trying to format an article class document for submission as an assignment
which requires a running header, 1 inch margins, double spaces, etc... under
APA format.
Headings style is set to default, should I change it? I'd like to have a short
title at the top middle, and my name at one edge...
I'm using Lyz and Zotero to handle my bibliography (fyi, seems to work), and
I'm using the natbib option in Document Settings, and the "apalike2" style on
the right click bibliography setting. Should I use "apa" style? It works too,
and I'm not sure which one is best. Also, will I have problems using the natbib
setting? According to
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite/apacite.pdf
apacite may be the best implementation to date, but it's incompatible with
natbib, and I think part of my problem is that I have very long abstracts,
which are basically my notes on the works, and include %'s >'s /'s and ()'s. I
erased the %'s but it still didn't work, and my notes heavily rely on the other
symbols for diagrams and formulas...
To get rid of the huge gutter I had to unclick default margins and give it 1
inch margins. I'm not sure what the other defaults are, so I said 1mm for head
sep, and 1cm for head hight and 1cm for foot skip (please correct these if
wrong, I'm not sure what they do...)
My preamble in the document settings reads: "
p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
\usepackage{indentfirst}
%\rhead{\textsc{Financial Services Operations Management} ~ \thepage}"
The first line indents the first paragraph in section (which is usually not
indented)
The commented code was an non-working attempt to create a running header. I
really need a running header.
How do I center the level 1 heading? (I might not need to, but knowing would be
great)
How do I number and label tables I made in Lyx? (or figures)? Can I insert a
reference in the label?
Also, I need to insert diagrams that look like
this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porter_Value_Chain.png
My options: Latex
I need to answer these questions pretty soon, so anyone's help, as
comprehensive as possible, would be greatly appreciated, and note I don't know
much about LaTeX, so I'd like to stay above the hood if possible, though adding
verbatim lines to the preamble is certainly ok.
Thanks!!!
Aaron
