Layout not found

[justin]

Hi everyone :-)
I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', but the others which I have
tried give the message layout not found. For example:
-letter
-article (AMS)
-various Japanese ones I tried

Am I meant to download them separately?
I am using lyx 2.0.6

I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
space is, since neither control nor command do it.

Thank you!

Re: Layout not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justina...@yahoo.com:

 Hi everyone :-)
 I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
 layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', but the others which I have
 tried give the message layout not found. For example:
 -letter
 -article (AMS)
 -various Japanese ones I tried
 
 Am I meant to download them separately?
 I am using lyx 2.0.6

Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the official
LyX package. What's your problem exactly?

 I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
 say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
 actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
 reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
 space is, since neither control nor command do it.

Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Layout not found

[justin]

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:

 
 Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justinasia at yahoo.com:
 
  Hi everyone 
  I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
  layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', baOn Saturday, December 28,
2013 2:36 PM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justina...@yahoo.com:

 Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
 The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
official
 LyX package. What's your problem exactly?

Hi Stephan, sorry to confuse! I was trying to change the document class. I
followed the instructions, went to Document, then Settings, then chose one
of them and click on Apply. It works for Article and Book but not the others
I try. For example when I try Article (ACS), it gives the message Layout
Not Found. It says that 4 times, under the Errors section, and under the
Description section it says:

Layout `Verse' was not found.

I am up to 3.1 in the Tutorial, and that is where it instructed me to try
changing the Document Class. I have followed all of the instructions so far,
so I do not know what to do now since this seems to not be working.


 Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
 swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?

Ctrl+Return I read in 2.2.2 section of Tutorial.lyx which comes with the
programme. In the same section it mentions Protected Spaces, but does not
instruct how to use them. So I searched the internet and found this:
http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/lyx/Tutorial.tex.html

It is a similar document, and actually in section 2.2.2 does instruct how to
do Protected Spaces. It says Protected Spaces, which are made by typing
C-Space.
ut the others which I have
  tried give the message layout not found. For example:
  -letter
  -article (AMS)
  -various Japanese ones I tried
  
  Am I meant to download them separately?
  I am using lyx 2.0.6
 
 Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
 The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
official
 LyX package. What's your problem exactly?
 
  I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
  say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
  actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
  reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
  space is, since neither control nor command do it.
 
 Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
 swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?
 
 Regards,
 Stephan
 

Trying to install xetexCV document class

[justin]

I wanted to install xetexCV document class.
I have been trying to follow these instructions:
http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/19/latex-cv-part4

I am using Lyx 2.0.6, and the newest MacTex I guess since I downloaded it a
few days ago. And Mac OS 10.9.

Seems like there are 2 steps, one to put it into Lyx, and one to put it into
Tex. (The Tex instructions I have found particularly impossible to understand).

I put the .layout file into the layout folder of lyx. But the instructions
tell me: When finished, reconfigure LyX (Tools-Reconfigure).
However, under Tools, there is not such option as Reconfigure.

Also it says To enable the feature, all you need do is go to Document -
Settings - Output, and then enable the “Use XeLaTeX” feature. but I could
not find Use XeLaTex option.

And, I could not work out how to add the files to Tex. But it does say  For
users of Mac OS X and Windows, XeTeX is included in the MacTeX and MikTeX
distributions (respectively) - does that mean I do not need to add anything
to it, since I installed MacTex?

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[Richard Talley]

The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
with reference to dealing with MacTeX.

Put the xetexCV.cls file here:

~/Library/texmf

Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:

LyX - Reconfigure

When you start your document, point it to your local layout:

Document - Settings - Document Class - Local Layout...

The instruction to enable 'Use XeLaTex' is obsolete.

Set the default output to 'PDF(XeTeX) in Document - Settings - Output -
Default Output Format: and use either Command-R or the toolbar icon to
typeset to a PDF.

-- Rich



On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:29 PM, justin justina...@yahoo.com wrote:

 I wanted to install xetexCV document class.
 I have been trying to follow these instructions:
 http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/19/latex-cv-part4

 I am using Lyx 2.0.6, and the newest MacTex I guess since I downloaded it a
 few days ago. And Mac OS 10.9.

 Seems like there are 2 steps, one to put it into Lyx, and one to put it
 into
 Tex. (The Tex instructions I have found particularly impossible to
 understand).

 I put the .layout file into the layout folder of lyx. But the instructions
 tell me: When finished, reconfigure LyX (Tools-Reconfigure).
 However, under Tools, there is not such option as Reconfigure.

 Also it says To enable the feature, all you need do is go to Document -
 Settings - Output, and then enable the “Use XeLaTeX” feature. but I could
 not find Use XeLaTex option.

 And, I could not work out how to add the files to Tex. But it does say 
 For
 users of Mac OS X and Windows, XeTeX is included in the MacTeX and MikTeX
 distributions (respectively) - does that mean I do not need to add
 anything
 to it, since I installed MacTex?

Re: Layout not found

[Paul A . Rubin]

Are you trying to change the document class of (a copy of) the tutorial
file? If so, the messages you are getting are to be expected. Not every
document class supports every environment known to (some) other document
classes. For instance, I just opened an old slide show (Beamer document
class) and arbitrarily tried to convert it to Article (AMS). The slide show
has a paragraph that uses the Institute environment (to indicate the
speaker's affiliation). Beamer knows what that is; Article (AMS) does not.
Each frame (slide) begins with a BeginFrame environment, and Article (AMS)
has no idea what that is.

Clicking one of the messages should take you to the text that has LyX
confused. LyX will not delete anything from an unrecognized environment
(layout); it will just mark the environment as unrecognized (for instance,
Institute (unknown) in the environment drop-down. It's up to you to select
an alternative environment understood by the new document class.

Paul

Re: Layout not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.12.2013 um 16:52 schrieb justin justina...@yahoo.com:

 Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:
 
 
 Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justinasia at yahoo.com:
 
 Hi everyone 
 I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
 layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', baOn Saturday, December 28,
 2013 2:36 PM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justina...@yahoo.com:
 
 Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
 The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
 official
 LyX package. What's your problem exactly?
 
 Hi Stephan, sorry to confuse! I was trying to change the document class. I
 followed the instructions, went to Document, then Settings, then chose one
 of them and click on Apply. It works for Article and Book but not the others
 I try. For example when I try Article (ACS), it gives the message Layout
 Not Found. It says that 4 times, under the Errors section, and under the
 Description section it says:
 
 Layout `Verse' was not found.
 
 I am up to 3.1 in the Tutorial, and that is where it instructed me to try
 changing the Document Class. I have followed all of the instructions so far,
 so I do not know what to do now since this seems to not be working.

That's normal. Not every document class has the same components aka layouts.
So, the Tutorial cannot be converted to all document classes without errors.
In real life you'll start with a document class you like or you were requested
to do so by others.

 Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
 swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?
 
 Ctrl+Return I read in 2.2.2 section of Tutorial.lyx which comes with the
 programme. In the same section it mentions Protected Spaces, but does not
 instruct how to use them. So I searched the internet and found this:
 http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/lyx/Tutorial.tex.html
 
 It is a similar document, and actually in section 2.2.2 does instruct how to
 do Protected Spaces. It says Protected Spaces, which are made by typing
 C-Space.

Ok. It's difficult to provide information like this consistently for all 
platforms.
On a Mac you're using Command-o for File open and it's Control-o on Linux 
boxes.
You may have a look at Help  Shortcuts. But the list of shortcuts there is not
complete.

LyX has a mechanism to describe shortcuts as they're defined for the given 
platform.
But the author of the tutorial has to use it to give the reader the correct 
infos.
This is not the case for your examples, unfortunately. Sorry.

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[justin]

Richard Talley rich.talley at gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
 The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
with reference to dealing with MacTeX.
 
 
 
 Put the xetexCV.cls file here:
 
 
 ~/Library/texmf
 
 Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:
 

Hi Rich,
I found the Library folder in my computer, but there is no texmf folder
inside it. The only folder beginning like that is just called Tex. Within
that, it has a folder called Distributions, and then 3 things that are
'Aliases' called Local; Root and Documentation. Should I be putting it in
any of these?

Thanks!

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[Richard Talley]

There is a distinct difference between /Library (system wide library
directory) and ~/Library (the library directory in your home directory).
You're looking in the wrong place.



On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 6:26 PM, justin justina...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Richard Talley rich.talley at gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
  The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
 with reference to dealing with MacTeX.
 
 
 
  Put the xetexCV.cls file here:
 
 
  ~/Library/texmf
 
  Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:
 

 Hi Rich,
 I found the Library folder in my computer, but there is no texmf folder
 inside it. The only folder beginning like that is just called Tex. Within
 that, it has a folder called Distributions, and then 3 things that are
 'Aliases' called Local; Root and Documentation. Should I be putting it in
 any of these?

 Thanks!

Layout not found

[justin]

Hi everyone :-)
I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', but the others which I have
tried give the message layout not found. For example:
-letter
-article (AMS)
-various Japanese ones I tried

Am I meant to download them separately?
I am using lyx 2.0.6

I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
space is, since neither control nor command do it.

Thank you!

Re: Layout not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justina...@yahoo.com:

 Hi everyone :-)
 I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
 layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', but the others which I have
 tried give the message layout not found. For example:
 -letter
 -article (AMS)
 -various Japanese ones I tried
 
 Am I meant to download them separately?
 I am using lyx 2.0.6

Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the official
LyX package. What's your problem exactly?

 I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
 say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
 actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
 reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
 space is, since neither control nor command do it.

Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Layout not found

[justin]

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:

 
 Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justinasia at yahoo.com:
 
  Hi everyone 
  I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
  layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', baOn Saturday, December 28,
2013 2:36 PM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justina...@yahoo.com:

 Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
 The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
official
 LyX package. What's your problem exactly?

Hi Stephan, sorry to confuse! I was trying to change the document class. I
followed the instructions, went to Document, then Settings, then chose one
of them and click on Apply. It works for Article and Book but not the others
I try. For example when I try Article (ACS), it gives the message Layout
Not Found. It says that 4 times, under the Errors section, and under the
Description section it says:

Layout `Verse' was not found.

I am up to 3.1 in the Tutorial, and that is where it instructed me to try
changing the Document Class. I have followed all of the instructions so far,
so I do not know what to do now since this seems to not be working.


 Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
 swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?

Ctrl+Return I read in 2.2.2 section of Tutorial.lyx which comes with the
programme. In the same section it mentions Protected Spaces, but does not
instruct how to use them. So I searched the internet and found this:
http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/lyx/Tutorial.tex.html

It is a similar document, and actually in section 2.2.2 does instruct how to
do Protected Spaces. It says Protected Spaces, which are made by typing
C-Space.
ut the others which I have
  tried give the message layout not found. For example:
  -letter
  -article (AMS)
  -various Japanese ones I tried
  
  Am I meant to download them separately?
  I am using lyx 2.0.6
 
 Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
 The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
official
 LyX package. What's your problem exactly?
 
  I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
  say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
  actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
  reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
  space is, since neither control nor command do it.
 
 Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
 swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?
 
 Regards,
 Stephan
 

Trying to install xetexCV document class

[justin]

I wanted to install xetexCV document class.
I have been trying to follow these instructions:
http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/19/latex-cv-part4

I am using Lyx 2.0.6, and the newest MacTex I guess since I downloaded it a
few days ago. And Mac OS 10.9.

Seems like there are 2 steps, one to put it into Lyx, and one to put it into
Tex. (The Tex instructions I have found particularly impossible to understand).

I put the .layout file into the layout folder of lyx. But the instructions
tell me: When finished, reconfigure LyX (Tools-Reconfigure).
However, under Tools, there is not such option as Reconfigure.

Also it says To enable the feature, all you need do is go to Document -
Settings - Output, and then enable the “Use XeLaTeX” feature. but I could
not find Use XeLaTex option.

And, I could not work out how to add the files to Tex. But it does say  For
users of Mac OS X and Windows, XeTeX is included in the MacTeX and MikTeX
distributions (respectively) - does that mean I do not need to add anything
to it, since I installed MacTex?

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[Richard Talley]

The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
with reference to dealing with MacTeX.

Put the xetexCV.cls file here:

~/Library/texmf

Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:

LyX - Reconfigure

When you start your document, point it to your local layout:

Document - Settings - Document Class - Local Layout...

The instruction to enable 'Use XeLaTex' is obsolete.

Set the default output to 'PDF(XeTeX) in Document - Settings - Output -
Default Output Format: and use either Command-R or the toolbar icon to
typeset to a PDF.

-- Rich



On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:29 PM, justin justina...@yahoo.com wrote:

 I wanted to install xetexCV document class.
 I have been trying to follow these instructions:
 http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/19/latex-cv-part4

 I am using Lyx 2.0.6, and the newest MacTex I guess since I downloaded it a
 few days ago. And Mac OS 10.9.

 Seems like there are 2 steps, one to put it into Lyx, and one to put it
 into
 Tex. (The Tex instructions I have found particularly impossible to
 understand).

 I put the .layout file into the layout folder of lyx. But the instructions
 tell me: When finished, reconfigure LyX (Tools-Reconfigure).
 However, under Tools, there is not such option as Reconfigure.

 Also it says To enable the feature, all you need do is go to Document -
 Settings - Output, and then enable the “Use XeLaTeX” feature. but I could
 not find Use XeLaTex option.

 And, I could not work out how to add the files to Tex. But it does say 
 For
 users of Mac OS X and Windows, XeTeX is included in the MacTeX and MikTeX
 distributions (respectively) - does that mean I do not need to add
 anything
 to it, since I installed MacTex?

Re: Layout not found

[Paul A . Rubin]

Are you trying to change the document class of (a copy of) the tutorial
file? If so, the messages you are getting are to be expected. Not every
document class supports every environment known to (some) other document
classes. For instance, I just opened an old slide show (Beamer document
class) and arbitrarily tried to convert it to Article (AMS). The slide show
has a paragraph that uses the Institute environment (to indicate the
speaker's affiliation). Beamer knows what that is; Article (AMS) does not.
Each frame (slide) begins with a BeginFrame environment, and Article (AMS)
has no idea what that is.

Clicking one of the messages should take you to the text that has LyX
confused. LyX will not delete anything from an unrecognized environment
(layout); it will just mark the environment as unrecognized (for instance,
Institute (unknown) in the environment drop-down. It's up to you to select
an alternative environment understood by the new document class.

Paul

Re: Layout not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.12.2013 um 16:52 schrieb justin justina...@yahoo.com:

 Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:
 
 
 Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justinasia at yahoo.com:
 
 Hi everyone 
 I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
 layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', baOn Saturday, December 28,
 2013 2:36 PM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin justina...@yahoo.com:
 
 Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
 The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
 official
 LyX package. What's your problem exactly?
 
 Hi Stephan, sorry to confuse! I was trying to change the document class. I
 followed the instructions, went to Document, then Settings, then chose one
 of them and click on Apply. It works for Article and Book but not the others
 I try. For example when I try Article (ACS), it gives the message Layout
 Not Found. It says that 4 times, under the Errors section, and under the
 Description section it says:
 
 Layout `Verse' was not found.
 
 I am up to 3.1 in the Tutorial, and that is where it instructed me to try
 changing the Document Class. I have followed all of the instructions so far,
 so I do not know what to do now since this seems to not be working.

That's normal. Not every document class has the same components aka layouts.
So, the Tutorial cannot be converted to all document classes without errors.
In real life you'll start with a document class you like or you were requested
to do so by others.

 Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
 swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?
 
 Ctrl+Return I read in 2.2.2 section of Tutorial.lyx which comes with the
 programme. In the same section it mentions Protected Spaces, but does not
 instruct how to use them. So I searched the internet and found this:
 http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/lyx/Tutorial.tex.html
 
 It is a similar document, and actually in section 2.2.2 does instruct how to
 do Protected Spaces. It says Protected Spaces, which are made by typing
 C-Space.

Ok. It's difficult to provide information like this consistently for all 
platforms.
On a Mac you're using Command-o for File open and it's Control-o on Linux 
boxes.
You may have a look at Help  Shortcuts. But the list of shortcuts there is not
complete.

LyX has a mechanism to describe shortcuts as they're defined for the given 
platform.
But the author of the tutorial has to use it to give the reader the correct 
infos.
This is not the case for your examples, unfortunately. Sorry.

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[justin]

Richard Talley rich.talley at gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
 The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
with reference to dealing with MacTeX.
 
 
 
 Put the xetexCV.cls file here:
 
 
 ~/Library/texmf
 
 Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:
 

Hi Rich,
I found the Library folder in my computer, but there is no texmf folder
inside it. The only folder beginning like that is just called Tex. Within
that, it has a folder called Distributions, and then 3 things that are
'Aliases' called Local; Root and Documentation. Should I be putting it in
any of these?

Thanks!

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[Richard Talley]

There is a distinct difference between /Library (system wide library
directory) and ~/Library (the library directory in your home directory).
You're looking in the wrong place.



On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 6:26 PM, justin justina...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Richard Talley rich.talley at gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
  The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
 with reference to dealing with MacTeX.
 
 
 
  Put the xetexCV.cls file here:
 
 
  ~/Library/texmf
 
  Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:
 

 Hi Rich,
 I found the Library folder in my computer, but there is no texmf folder
 inside it. The only folder beginning like that is just called Tex. Within
 that, it has a folder called Distributions, and then 3 things that are
 'Aliases' called Local; Root and Documentation. Should I be putting it in
 any of these?

 Thanks!

Layout not found

[justin]

Hi everyone :-)
I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', but the others which I have
tried give the message "layout not found". For example:
-letter
-article (AMS)
-various Japanese ones I tried

Am I meant to download them separately?
I am using lyx 2.0.6

I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
space is, since neither control nor command do it.

Thank you!

Re: Layout not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin :

> Hi everyone :-)
> I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
> layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', but the others which I have
> tried give the message "layout not found". For example:
> -letter
> -article (AMS)
> -various Japanese ones I tried
> 
> Am I meant to download them separately?
> I am using lyx 2.0.6

Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the official
LyX package. What's your problem exactly?

> I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
> say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
> actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
> reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
> space is, since neither control nor command do it.

Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Layout not found

[justin]

Stephan Witt  gmx.net> writes:

> 
> Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin  yahoo.com>:
> 
> > Hi everyone 
> > I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
> > layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', baOn Saturday, December 28,
2013 2:36 PM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin :

> Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
> The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
official
> LyX package. What's your problem exactly?

Hi Stephan, sorry to confuse! I was trying to change the document class. I
followed the instructions, went to Document, then Settings, then chose one
of them and click on Apply. It works for Article and Book but not the others
I try. For example when I try Article (ACS), it gives the message "Layout
Not Found". It says that 4 times, under the Errors section, and under the
Description section it says:

"Layout `Verse' was not found."

I am up to 3.1 in the Tutorial, and that is where it instructed me to try
changing the Document Class. I have followed all of the instructions so far,
so I do not know what to do now since this seems to not be working.


> Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
> swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?

Ctrl+Return I read in 2.2.2 section of Tutorial.lyx which comes with the
programme. In the same section it mentions Protected Spaces, but does not
instruct how to use them. So I searched the internet and found this:
http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/lyx/Tutorial.tex.html

It is a similar document, and actually in section 2.2.2 does instruct how to
do Protected Spaces. It says "Protected Spaces, which are made by typing
C-Space".
ut the others which I have
> > tried give the message "layout not found". For example:
> > -letter
> > -article (AMS)
> > -various Japanese ones I tried
> > 
> > Am I meant to download them separately?
> > I am using lyx 2.0.6
> 
> Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
> The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
official
> LyX package. What's your problem exactly?
> 
> > I also have another problem. I am using a Mac with OS 10.9. The instructions
> > say protected return is control+return, but I found that it seems to be
> > actually command+return on my computer, whereas control+return seems to
> > reset the environment to standard. I have not yet found out what protected
> > space is, since neither control nor command do it.
> 
> Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
> swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?
> 
> Regards,
> Stephan
> 

Trying to install xetexCV document class

[justin]

I wanted to install xetexCV document class.
I have been trying to follow these instructions:
http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/19/latex-cv-part4

I am using Lyx 2.0.6, and the newest MacTex I guess since I downloaded it a
few days ago. And Mac OS 10.9.

Seems like there are 2 steps, one to put it into Lyx, and one to put it into
Tex. (The Tex instructions I have found particularly impossible to understand).

I put the .layout file into the layout folder of lyx. But the instructions
tell me: "When finished, reconfigure LyX (Tools->Reconfigure)."
However, under Tools, there is not such option as Reconfigure.

Also it says "To enable the feature, all you need do is go to Document ->
Settings -> Output, and then enable the “Use XeLaTeX” feature." but I could
not find "Use XeLaTex" option.

And, I could not work out how to add the files to Tex. But it does say " For
users of Mac OS X and Windows, XeTeX is included in the MacTeX and MikTeX
distributions (respectively)" - does that mean I do not need to add anything
to it, since I installed MacTex?

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[Richard Talley]

The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
with reference to dealing with MacTeX.

Put the xetexCV.cls file here:

~/Library/texmf

Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:

LyX -> Reconfigure

When you start your document, point it to your local layout:

Document -> Settings -> Document Class -> Local Layout...

The instruction to enable 'Use XeLaTex' is obsolete.

Set the default output to 'PDF(XeTeX) in Document -> Settings -> Output ->
Default Output Format: and use either Command-R or the toolbar icon to
typeset to a PDF.

-- Rich



On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:29 PM, justin  wrote:

> I wanted to install xetexCV document class.
> I have been trying to follow these instructions:
> http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/19/latex-cv-part4
>
> I am using Lyx 2.0.6, and the newest MacTex I guess since I downloaded it a
> few days ago. And Mac OS 10.9.
>
> Seems like there are 2 steps, one to put it into Lyx, and one to put it
> into
> Tex. (The Tex instructions I have found particularly impossible to
> understand).
>
> I put the .layout file into the layout folder of lyx. But the instructions
> tell me: "When finished, reconfigure LyX (Tools->Reconfigure)."
> However, under Tools, there is not such option as Reconfigure.
>
> Also it says "To enable the feature, all you need do is go to Document ->
> Settings -> Output, and then enable the “Use XeLaTeX” feature." but I could
> not find "Use XeLaTex" option.
>
> And, I could not work out how to add the files to Tex. But it does say "
> For
> users of Mac OS X and Windows, XeTeX is included in the MacTeX and MikTeX
> distributions (respectively)" - does that mean I do not need to add
> anything
> to it, since I installed MacTex?
>
>

Re: Layout not found

[Paul A . Rubin]

Are you trying to change the document class of (a copy of) the tutorial
file? If so, the messages you are getting are to be expected. Not every
document class supports every environment known to (some) other document
classes. For instance, I just opened an old slide show (Beamer document
class) and arbitrarily tried to convert it to Article (AMS). The slide show
has a paragraph that uses the "Institute" environment (to indicate the
speaker's affiliation). Beamer knows what that is; Article (AMS) does not.
Each frame (slide) begins with a "BeginFrame" environment, and Article (AMS)
has no idea what that is.

Clicking one of the messages should take you to the text that has LyX
confused. LyX will not delete anything from an unrecognized environment
(layout); it will just mark the environment as unrecognized (for instance,
"Institute (unknown)" in the environment drop-down. It's up to you to select
an alternative environment understood by the new document class.

Paul

Re: Layout not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.12.2013 um 16:52 schrieb justin :

> Stephan Witt  gmx.net> writes:
> 
>> 
>> Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin  yahoo.com>:
>> 
>>> Hi everyone 
>>> I am working my way through the lyx tutorial. It teaches how to change the
>>> layout. I can make it 'article', and 'book', baOn Saturday, December 28,
> 2013 2:36 PM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
> Am 28.12.2013 um 14:08 schrieb justin :
> 
>> Are you talking about document classes or layouts?
>> The available document classes like article (AMS) are bundled with the
> official
>> LyX package. What's your problem exactly?
> 
> Hi Stephan, sorry to confuse! I was trying to change the document class. I
> followed the instructions, went to Document, then Settings, then chose one
> of them and click on Apply. It works for Article and Book but not the others
> I try. For example when I try Article (ACS), it gives the message "Layout
> Not Found". It says that 4 times, under the Errors section, and under the
> Description section it says:
> 
> "Layout `Verse' was not found."
> 
> I am up to 3.1 in the Tutorial, and that is where it instructed me to try
> changing the Document Class. I have followed all of the instructions so far,
> so I do not know what to do now since this seems to not be working.

That's normal. Not every document class has the same "components" aka layouts.
So, the Tutorial cannot be converted to all document classes without errors.
In real life you'll start with a document class you like or you were requested
to do so by others.

>> Protected Space is Option-Space. In general the keys Command and Control are
>> swapped - so, the documentation may be wrong here. Were did you read it?
> 
> Ctrl+Return I read in 2.2.2 section of Tutorial.lyx which comes with the
> programme. In the same section it mentions Protected Spaces, but does not
> instruct how to use them. So I searched the internet and found this:
> http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/lyx/Tutorial.tex.html
> 
> It is a similar document, and actually in section 2.2.2 does instruct how to
> do Protected Spaces. It says "Protected Spaces, which are made by typing
> C-Space".

Ok. It's difficult to provide information like this consistently for all 
platforms.
On a Mac you're using Command-o for "File open" and it's Control-o on Linux 
boxes.
You may have a look at Help > Shortcuts. But the list of shortcuts there is not
complete.

LyX has a mechanism to describe shortcuts as they're defined for the given 
platform.
But the author of the tutorial has to use it to give the reader the correct 
infos.
This is not the case for your examples, unfortunately. Sorry.

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[justin]

Richard Talley  gmail.com> writes:

> 
> 
> 
> The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
with reference to dealing with MacTeX.
> 
> 
> 
> Put the xetexCV.cls file here:
> 
> 
> ~/Library/texmf
> 
> Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:
> 

Hi Rich,
I found the Library folder in my computer, but there is no texmf folder
inside it. The only folder beginning like that is just called Tex. Within
that, it has a folder called Distributions, and then 3 things that are
'Aliases' called Local; Root and Documentation. Should I be putting it in
any of these?

Thanks!

Re: Trying to install xetexCV document class

[Richard Talley]

There is a distinct difference between /Library (system wide library
directory) and ~/Library (the library directory in your home directory).
You're looking in the wrong place.



On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 6:26 PM, justin  wrote:

> Richard Talley  gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > The instructions you linked to are out of date in places and incomplete
> with reference to dealing with MacTeX.
> >
> >
> >
> > Put the xetexCV.cls file here:
> >
> >
> > ~/Library/texmf
> >
> > Reconfigure is under the LyX menu:
> >
>
> Hi Rich,
> I found the Library folder in my computer, but there is no texmf folder
> inside it. The only folder beginning like that is just called Tex. Within
> that, it has a folder called Distributions, and then 3 things that are
> 'Aliases' called Local; Root and Documentation. Should I be putting it in
> any of these?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>