Re: Can't update pdf in PDF-XChange, but can in Adobe..

[Guenter Milde]

On 2012-06-17, nikusik wrote:

 So I can't update my pdf file when using PDF-XChange (or Nuance) as a pdf
 reader, but there is no problem when I use Adobe. 

 I can view/ create the documents fine in LyX using all 3 readers, but when I
 try to update with PDF-XChange or Nuance, I get the following message:

I can't write on file 'Filename.pdf'

 So in order to view any changes to the document, I must close the pdf file,
 and click view again.
 Here is an excerpt for the error log, if it help:

! I can't write on file `First_document.pdf'.
Please type another file name for output
! Emergency stop.
to be read again 
   \endgroup \set@typeset@protect 
l.80 O
  ne can get carried away while playing around. But I would like to
*** (job aborted, file error in nonstop mode)


 I would really appreciate any help! While I'm glad it works in Adobe at
 least, I don't really want to work with it, but nor do I want to close and
 reopen the pdf file if I want to work with another reader...

It looks like this PDF reader locks the file it views.

You may try by hand 
 
- copy a PDF file to a temporary name or path
- open the PDF file with XChange
- copy another PDF file to this temporary name or path

Does the viewer auto-update (like evince or okular), update after clicking
(like adobe) or give an error (like in the above description)?

The last variant points to a problem with this viewer - report it as bug
and/or look for a different alternative.

Günter

abstract - pages

[bart deruyter]

Hi all,

I'm using the book (AMS) class for my book here, and I've added an
abstract. Now the abstract is longer then one page there seems to be quite
an issue. In the pdf I see the text run through the bottom margin, and is
cut off at the bottom edge of the page. Instead of printing it onto the
next page it seems like the 'abstract part' thinks that the page is longer,
while it isn't. The next page is blank, where the text should continue.

What can I do to solve this problem?

thanks,

Bart
http://www.bartart3d.be/
On facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/BartArt3D/169488999795102
On Twitter https://twitter.com/#%21/Bart_Issimo
On Identi.ca http://identi.ca/bartart3d
On Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116379400376517483499/

Re: Can't update pdf in PDF-XChange, but can in Adobe..

[Ray Rashif]

On 18 June 2012 07:25, nikusik niku...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Hello all!

 So I can't update my pdf file when using PDF-XChange (or Nuance) as a pdf
 reader, but there is no problem when I use Adobe.

 I can view/ create the documents fine in LyX using all 3 readers, but when I
 try to update with PDF-XChange or Nuance, I get the following message:

   I can't write on file 'Filename.pdf'

 So in order to view any changes to the document, I must close the pdf file,
 and click view again.
 Here is an excerpt for the error log, if it help:

   ! I can't write on file `First_document.pdf'.
   Please type another file name for output
   ! Emergency stop.
   to be read again
                      \endgroup \set@typeset@protect
   l.80 O
         ne can get carried away while playing around. But I would like to
   *** (job aborted, file error in nonstop mode)


 I would really appreciate any help! While I'm glad it works in Adobe at
 least, I don't really want to work with it, but nor do I want to close and
 reopen the pdf file if I want to work with another reader...

 Thanks!


 --
 View this message in context: 
 http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Can-t-update-pdf-in-PDF-XChange-but-can-in-Adobe-tp7580136.html
 Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Same thing happens with Foxit. These readers lock the file in view, so
it's an upstream issue, not specific to LyX or LaTeX.

-- 
GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Re: How to get rid of excessive vertical whitespace

[Roger House]

On 06/16/2012 02:25 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Roger Houserho...@sonic.net   wrote:

 I'm using Lyx for the first time and find it, by and large, quite nice.
 However, I've run into a situation where Lyx's automatic vertical layout
 is creating ugly output.  Example:

   input
 text
 small figure
 caption
 text
 large figure (taking an entire page)

   output
 PAGE BREAK
 text
 small figure
 LOTS OF VERTICAL WHITESPACE
 caption
 LOTS OF VERTICAL WHITESPACE
 text
 PAGE BREAK
 large figure (taking an entire page)

 I want a page break before the large figure, so that works fine.  However
 the
 vertical whitespace is really unacceptable.


 Yes, LaTeX can be generous with empty vertical space. One way to
 workaround is to insert negative vertical spaces right after the
 caption (or float). Just Insert   Formatting   Vertical Space and
 input a negative value (say -10 pt). This should help.



 I understand that the algorithm
 is trying to spread things out uniformly in the vertical direction, but in
 this case, I would like all the vertical whitespace to go away and just let
 the printed portion of the page stop wherever it stops.  (Also, the
 whitespace
 between the figure and the caption just seems plain wrong.  I have the
 caption
 marked Definitely here, but my idea of here does not seem to agree with
 the way it works.)


 See Section 11 of LyX Essentials [1] for some prose on this. The
 Definitely here pertains to the float placement, not caption
 placement.

 Liviu

 [1] http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/tutorials/essentials/LyX_Essentials.pdf



 I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to prevent the layout shown
 above.

 Thank you,

 Roger House




Thanks to Liviu Andronic, Les Denham, and Allen Barker for your help with
my vertical whitespace issue.  Using negative spacing helped, but it turned
out that the key was to insert an explicit page break, and just before
it add
positive vertical spacing./

Roger House

Re: How to get rid of excessive vertical whitespace

[Liviu Andronic]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Roger House rho...@sonic.net wrote:
 Thanks to Liviu Andronic, Les Denham, and Allen Barker for your help with
 my vertical whitespace issue.  Using negative spacing helped, but it turned
 out that the key was to insert an explicit page break, and just before
 it add
 positive vertical spacing./

As someone mentioned in this thread, it is a good idea to do this kind
of finger painting towards the final stages of your document, when
no major modifications are likely. This will likely spare you some
trouble.

Regards
Liviu

Fwd: Create my own class of documents

[Freddy Rojas]

 Mensaje original 
Asunto: Create my own class of documents
Fecha:  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:51:54 -0500
De: Freddy Rojas john...@gmail.com
A:  lyx-users-dig...@lists.lyx.org



Hi there,

I've suscribed to this list because I've already looked for information
about creating class of document for Lyx. I know that there are some of
them such as book, article, broadway and so on. But It's not clear what
is the proper way to do make a .cls file from scratch without depending
on any else of default classes.

I'm doing my thesis and It requires some specific parameters for the
layout, margins, paper size and other features, but I would prefer set
up them by myself instead of using a traditional word processor. Many
people says LyX, LaTeX and similar are more powerful and easier.

P.S. Sorry but the bad English but I'm learning. As usual.

Best regards,

---

Buenas tardes,

Si alguien habla en español pues sería fabulosa su ayuda.

Me suscribí a la lista porque necesito crear mi propio archivo de clase
de documento. He leído que esa clase se aloja en un archivo .cls pero
veo que ya hay varias predeterminadas y me gustaría aprender a generar
una con ciertas características especiales de paginación, márgenes,
disposición del texto y demás, sin depender de ninguna de las
predeterminadas. Esto en razón a que estoy haciendo mi trabajo de grado
y veo que ninguna de aquellas se ajusta a esa opción.

He buscado mucho en google, pero no veo como tal un tutorial que
explique esto. En la documentación que viene con el programa se habla de
esas que vienen incluidas en LyX pero no cómo generar una desde cero.

Gracias de antemano, como siempre.

Freddy

Re: BEAMER - \lyxframeend

[David]

  I can't see pdf because lyx always give me the same error:
  \lyxframeend
  {}
  The control sequence at the end of the top line
  of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
  misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
  spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
  and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
 
I have had the same problem. It seems that lyx reports other errors within the 
frame, such as some other undefined control sequence, as a problem with 
\lyxframeend.

Re: Can't update pdf in PDF-XChange, but can in Adobe..

[Guenter Milde]

On 2012-06-17, nikusik wrote:

 So I can't update my pdf file when using PDF-XChange (or Nuance) as a pdf
 reader, but there is no problem when I use Adobe. 

 I can view/ create the documents fine in LyX using all 3 readers, but when I
 try to update with PDF-XChange or Nuance, I get the following message:

I can't write on file 'Filename.pdf'

 So in order to view any changes to the document, I must close the pdf file,
 and click view again.
 Here is an excerpt for the error log, if it help:

! I can't write on file `First_document.pdf'.
Please type another file name for output
! Emergency stop.
to be read again 
   \endgroup \set@typeset@protect 
l.80 O
  ne can get carried away while playing around. But I would like to
*** (job aborted, file error in nonstop mode)


 I would really appreciate any help! While I'm glad it works in Adobe at
 least, I don't really want to work with it, but nor do I want to close and
 reopen the pdf file if I want to work with another reader...

It looks like this PDF reader locks the file it views.

You may try by hand 
 
- copy a PDF file to a temporary name or path
- open the PDF file with XChange
- copy another PDF file to this temporary name or path

Does the viewer auto-update (like evince or okular), update after clicking
(like adobe) or give an error (like in the above description)?

The last variant points to a problem with this viewer - report it as bug
and/or look for a different alternative.

Günter

abstract - pages

[bart deruyter]

Hi all,

I'm using the book (AMS) class for my book here, and I've added an
abstract. Now the abstract is longer then one page there seems to be quite
an issue. In the pdf I see the text run through the bottom margin, and is
cut off at the bottom edge of the page. Instead of printing it onto the
next page it seems like the 'abstract part' thinks that the page is longer,
while it isn't. The next page is blank, where the text should continue.

What can I do to solve this problem?

thanks,

Bart
http://www.bartart3d.be/
On facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/BartArt3D/169488999795102
On Twitter https://twitter.com/#%21/Bart_Issimo
On Identi.ca http://identi.ca/bartart3d
On Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116379400376517483499/

Re: Can't update pdf in PDF-XChange, but can in Adobe..

[Ray Rashif]

On 18 June 2012 07:25, nikusik niku...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Hello all!

 So I can't update my pdf file when using PDF-XChange (or Nuance) as a pdf
 reader, but there is no problem when I use Adobe.

 I can view/ create the documents fine in LyX using all 3 readers, but when I
 try to update with PDF-XChange or Nuance, I get the following message:

   I can't write on file 'Filename.pdf'

 So in order to view any changes to the document, I must close the pdf file,
 and click view again.
 Here is an excerpt for the error log, if it help:

   ! I can't write on file `First_document.pdf'.
   Please type another file name for output
   ! Emergency stop.
   to be read again
                      \endgroup \set@typeset@protect
   l.80 O
         ne can get carried away while playing around. But I would like to
   *** (job aborted, file error in nonstop mode)


 I would really appreciate any help! While I'm glad it works in Adobe at
 least, I don't really want to work with it, but nor do I want to close and
 reopen the pdf file if I want to work with another reader...

 Thanks!


 --
 View this message in context: 
 http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Can-t-update-pdf-in-PDF-XChange-but-can-in-Adobe-tp7580136.html
 Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Same thing happens with Foxit. These readers lock the file in view, so
it's an upstream issue, not specific to LyX or LaTeX.

-- 
GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Re: How to get rid of excessive vertical whitespace

[Roger House]

On 06/16/2012 02:25 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Roger Houserho...@sonic.net   wrote:

 I'm using Lyx for the first time and find it, by and large, quite nice.
 However, I've run into a situation where Lyx's automatic vertical layout
 is creating ugly output.  Example:

   input
 text
 small figure
 caption
 text
 large figure (taking an entire page)

   output
 PAGE BREAK
 text
 small figure
 LOTS OF VERTICAL WHITESPACE
 caption
 LOTS OF VERTICAL WHITESPACE
 text
 PAGE BREAK
 large figure (taking an entire page)

 I want a page break before the large figure, so that works fine.  However
 the
 vertical whitespace is really unacceptable.


 Yes, LaTeX can be generous with empty vertical space. One way to
 workaround is to insert negative vertical spaces right after the
 caption (or float). Just Insert   Formatting   Vertical Space and
 input a negative value (say -10 pt). This should help.



 I understand that the algorithm
 is trying to spread things out uniformly in the vertical direction, but in
 this case, I would like all the vertical whitespace to go away and just let
 the printed portion of the page stop wherever it stops.  (Also, the
 whitespace
 between the figure and the caption just seems plain wrong.  I have the
 caption
 marked Definitely here, but my idea of here does not seem to agree with
 the way it works.)


 See Section 11 of LyX Essentials [1] for some prose on this. The
 Definitely here pertains to the float placement, not caption
 placement.

 Liviu

 [1] http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/tutorials/essentials/LyX_Essentials.pdf



 I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to prevent the layout shown
 above.

 Thank you,

 Roger House




Thanks to Liviu Andronic, Les Denham, and Allen Barker for your help with
my vertical whitespace issue.  Using negative spacing helped, but it turned
out that the key was to insert an explicit page break, and just before
it add
positive vertical spacing./

Roger House

Re: How to get rid of excessive vertical whitespace

[Liviu Andronic]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Roger House rho...@sonic.net wrote:
 Thanks to Liviu Andronic, Les Denham, and Allen Barker for your help with
 my vertical whitespace issue.  Using negative spacing helped, but it turned
 out that the key was to insert an explicit page break, and just before
 it add
 positive vertical spacing./

As someone mentioned in this thread, it is a good idea to do this kind
of finger painting towards the final stages of your document, when
no major modifications are likely. This will likely spare you some
trouble.

Regards
Liviu

Fwd: Create my own class of documents

[Freddy Rojas]

 Mensaje original 
Asunto: Create my own class of documents
Fecha:  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:51:54 -0500
De: Freddy Rojas john...@gmail.com
A:  lyx-users-dig...@lists.lyx.org



Hi there,

I've suscribed to this list because I've already looked for information
about creating class of document for Lyx. I know that there are some of
them such as book, article, broadway and so on. But It's not clear what
is the proper way to do make a .cls file from scratch without depending
on any else of default classes.

I'm doing my thesis and It requires some specific parameters for the
layout, margins, paper size and other features, but I would prefer set
up them by myself instead of using a traditional word processor. Many
people says LyX, LaTeX and similar are more powerful and easier.

P.S. Sorry but the bad English but I'm learning. As usual.

Best regards,

---

Buenas tardes,

Si alguien habla en español pues sería fabulosa su ayuda.

Me suscribí a la lista porque necesito crear mi propio archivo de clase
de documento. He leído que esa clase se aloja en un archivo .cls pero
veo que ya hay varias predeterminadas y me gustaría aprender a generar
una con ciertas características especiales de paginación, márgenes,
disposición del texto y demás, sin depender de ninguna de las
predeterminadas. Esto en razón a que estoy haciendo mi trabajo de grado
y veo que ninguna de aquellas se ajusta a esa opción.

He buscado mucho en google, pero no veo como tal un tutorial que
explique esto. En la documentación que viene con el programa se habla de
esas que vienen incluidas en LyX pero no cómo generar una desde cero.

Gracias de antemano, como siempre.

Freddy

Re: BEAMER - \lyxframeend

[David]

  I can't see pdf because lyx always give me the same error:
  \lyxframeend
  {}
  The control sequence at the end of the top line
  of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
  misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
  spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
  and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
 
I have had the same problem. It seems that lyx reports other errors within the 
frame, such as some other undefined control sequence, as a problem with 
\lyxframeend.

Re: Can't update pdf in PDF-XChange, but can in Adobe..

[Guenter Milde]

On 2012-06-17, nikusik wrote:

> So I can't update my pdf file when using PDF-XChange (or Nuance) as a pdf
> reader, but there is no problem when I use Adobe. 

> I can view/ create the documents fine in LyX using all 3 readers, but when I
> try to update with PDF-XChange or Nuance, I get the following message:

>"I can't write on file 'Filename.pdf'"

> So in order to view any changes to the document, I must close the pdf file,
> and click view again.
> Here is an excerpt for the error log, if it help:

>! I can't write on file `First_document.pdf'.
>Please type another file name for output
>! Emergency stop.
> 
>   \endgroup \set@typeset@protect 
>l.80 O
>  ne can get carried away while playing around. But I would like to
>*** (job aborted, file error in nonstop mode)


> I would really appreciate any help! While I'm glad it works in Adobe at
> least, I don't really want to work with it, but nor do I want to close and
> reopen the pdf file if I want to work with another reader...

It looks like this PDF reader locks the file it views.

You may try "by hand" 
 
- copy a PDF file to a temporary name or path
- open the PDF file with XChange
- copy another PDF file to this temporary name or path

Does the viewer auto-update (like evince or okular), update after clicking
(like adobe) or give an error (like in the above description)?

The last variant points to a problem with this viewer - report it as bug
and/or look for a different alternative.

Günter

abstract - pages

[bart deruyter]

Hi all,

I'm using the book (AMS) class for my book here, and I've added an
abstract. Now the abstract is longer then one page there seems to be quite
an issue. In the pdf I see the text run through the bottom margin, and is
cut off at the bottom edge of the page. Instead of printing it onto the
next page it seems like the 'abstract part' thinks that the page is longer,
while it isn't. The next page is blank, where the text should continue.

What can I do to solve this problem?

thanks,

Bart
http://www.bartart3d.be/
On facebook 
On Twitter 
On Identi.ca 
On Google+ 

Re: Can't update pdf in PDF-XChange, but can in Adobe..

[Ray Rashif]

On 18 June 2012 07:25, nikusik  wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> So I can't update my pdf file when using PDF-XChange (or Nuance) as a pdf
> reader, but there is no problem when I use Adobe.
>
> I can view/ create the documents fine in LyX using all 3 readers, but when I
> try to update with PDF-XChange or Nuance, I get the following message:
>
>   "I can't write on file 'Filename.pdf'"
>
> So in order to view any changes to the document, I must close the pdf file,
> and click view again.
> Here is an excerpt for the error log, if it help:
>
>   ! I can't write on file `First_document.pdf'.
>   Please type another file name for output
>   ! Emergency stop.
>   
>                      \endgroup \set@typeset@protect
>   l.80 O
>         ne can get carried away while playing around. But I would like to
>   *** (job aborted, file error in nonstop mode)
>
>
> I would really appreciate any help! While I'm glad it works in Adobe at
> least, I don't really want to work with it, but nor do I want to close and
> reopen the pdf file if I want to work with another reader...
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: 
> http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Can-t-update-pdf-in-PDF-XChange-but-can-in-Adobe-tp7580136.html
> Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Same thing happens with Foxit. These readers lock the file in view, so
it's an upstream issue, not specific to LyX or LaTeX.

-- 
GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Re: How to get rid of excessive vertical whitespace

[Roger House]

On 06/16/2012 02:25 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Roger House   wrote:

 I'm using Lyx for the first time and find it, by and large, quite nice.
 However, I've run into a situation where Lyx's automatic vertical layout
 is creating ugly output.  Example:

   input
 text
 small figure
 caption
 text
 large figure (taking an entire page)

   output
 PAGE BREAK
 text
 small figure
 LOTS OF VERTICAL WHITESPACE
 caption
 LOTS OF VERTICAL WHITESPACE
 text
 PAGE BREAK
 large figure (taking an entire page)

 I want a page break before the large figure, so that works fine.  However
 the
 vertical whitespace is really unacceptable.


 Yes, LaTeX can be generous with empty vertical space. One way to
 workaround is to insert negative vertical spaces right after the
 caption (or float). Just Insert>   Formatting>   Vertical Space and
 input a negative value (say -10 pt). This should help.



 I understand that the algorithm
 is trying to spread things out uniformly in the vertical direction, but in
 this case, I would like all the vertical whitespace to go away and just let
 the printed portion of the page stop wherever it stops.  (Also, the
 whitespace
 between the figure and the caption just seems plain wrong.  I have the
 caption
 marked "Definitely here", but my idea of "here" does not seem to agree with
 the way it works.)


 See Section 11 of LyX Essentials [1] for some prose on this. The
 "Definitely here" pertains to the float placement, not caption
 placement.

 Liviu

 [1] http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/tutorials/essentials/LyX_Essentials.pdf



 I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to prevent the layout shown
 above.

 Thank you,

 Roger House




Thanks to Liviu Andronic, Les Denham, and Allen Barker for your help with
my vertical whitespace issue.  Using negative spacing helped, but it turned
out that the key was to insert an explicit page break, and just before
it add
positive vertical spacing./

Roger House

Re: How to get rid of excessive vertical whitespace

[Liviu Andronic]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Roger House  wrote:
> Thanks to Liviu Andronic, Les Denham, and Allen Barker for your help with
> my vertical whitespace issue.  Using negative spacing helped, but it turned
> out that the key was to insert an explicit page break, and just before
> it add
> positive vertical spacing./
>
As someone mentioned in this thread, it is a good idea to do this kind
of "finger painting" towards the final stages of your document, when
no major modifications are likely. This will likely spare you some
trouble.

Regards
Liviu

Fwd: Create my own class of documents

[Freddy Rojas]

 Mensaje original 
Asunto: Create my own class of documents
Fecha:  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:51:54 -0500
De: Freddy Rojas 
A:  lyx-users-dig...@lists.lyx.org



Hi there,

I've suscribed to this list because I've already looked for information
about creating class of document for Lyx. I know that there are some of
them such as book, article, broadway and so on. But It's not clear what
is the proper way to do make a .cls file from scratch without depending
on any else of default classes.

I'm doing my thesis and It requires some specific parameters for the
layout, margins, paper size and other features, but I would prefer set
up them by myself instead of using a traditional word processor. Many
people says LyX, LaTeX and similar are more powerful and easier.

P.S. Sorry but the bad English but I'm learning. As usual.

Best regards,

---

Buenas tardes,

Si alguien habla en español pues sería fabulosa su ayuda.

Me suscribí a la lista porque necesito crear mi propio archivo de clase
de documento. He leído que esa clase se aloja en un archivo .cls pero
veo que ya hay varias predeterminadas y me gustaría aprender a generar
una con ciertas características especiales de paginación, márgenes,
disposición del texto y demás, sin depender de ninguna de las
predeterminadas. Esto en razón a que estoy haciendo mi trabajo de grado
y veo que ninguna de aquellas se ajusta a esa opción.

He buscado mucho en google, pero no veo como tal un tutorial que
explique esto. En la documentación que viene con el programa se habla de
esas que vienen incluidas en LyX pero no cómo generar una desde cero.

Gracias de antemano, como siempre.

Freddy

Re: BEAMER - \lyxframeend

[David]

> > I can't see pdf because lyx always give me the same error:
> > "\lyxframeend
> > {}
> > The control sequence at the end of the top line
> > of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
> > misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
> > spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
> > and I'll forget about whatever was undefined."
> >
I have had the same problem. It seems that lyx reports other errors within the 
frame, such as some other undefined control sequence, as a problem with 
\lyxframeend.