Re: Tiling Window Manager Interaction with LyX
On 07 Aug 2018, Joel Kulesza wrote: > Colleagues, > > A co-worker recently prompted me to experiment with a tiling window manager > (TWM) within macOS. I'm still evaluating how it fits in with my workflow. > However, I've found that it periodically doesn't treat LyX as consistently > as the other applications I commonly use. That is, the TWM inconsistently > fails to properly tile LyX's window. > > Does anyone else use a TWM (either with macOS or another OS)? If so, have > you experienced any odd behavior or is this a "feature" of the particular > TWM application I'm using? > > Thank you, > Joel > > P.S. The TWM I'm using is chunkwm (https://koekeishiya.github.io/chunkwm/). I've used a TWM (Spectrwm) with LyX on OpenBSD for more than 3 years without any difficulties. Before that I was on Linux using various TWMs, also without problems with LyX. Regards, Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences
On 01 Jun 2017, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Dear all, > > There are many different preferences that the user can customize. It is > difficult to think about what is the best default preferences for the > most amount of users. One way I've thought of to get an idea of this is > to start collecting user's preferences. If we see that a lot of users > have changed a certain preference, we might think about changing the > default. Of course, for you this won't make much of a difference since > you have that setting set anyway. But it could make a difference for the > out-of-the-box experience of new LyX users. > > Just to set realistic expectations, I would say that the chance of us > changing a default preference are pretty low (see, for example, [1], for > why this is complicated). In order to tak a rist, we need to have a lot > of evidence about the average user; and since you are on a LyX mailing > list that means you are not an average user in my opinion :). > > Preferences in particular that I'm curious about are: > > screen zoom > continuous spellcheck > math preview I don't have any preferences set at present. I certainly wouldn't want continuous spellcheck. This is on OpenBSD -current. -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: How do I copy text from LyX to xterm/rxvt?
On 20 Apr 2017, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > On 04/20/2017 10:58 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 10:18:05AM -0400, PhilipPirrip wrote: > > > On 04/20/2017 07:41 AM, Helge Hafting wrote: > > > > Fewer transitions between mouse and keyboard is a good thing. > > > Hi Helge. > > > Copying from the document Xwindow-style (middle button) does indeed not > > > work. Interestingly, it does work from the Source Pane, as does from > > > Document Settings. > > > The use of keyboard can be avoided in yet another way, by using the > > > right-click context menus. Both LyX and Gnome terminal let me do this. > > middle-button paste work fine for me on Ubuntu with LyX 2.2.2. I'm not > > sure what's going wrong. > > > > Scott > FWIW, middle-button works for me, too (Linux Mint Serena, based on Ubuntu > Xenial). > > Paul And for me on OpenBSD. A. -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx to latex
On 20 Mar 2017, Kornel Benko wrote:
>
> Don't know if this may be your problem too. Just downloaded tar
> from sourceforge. Compiled, installed.
> The converter is not working as long as using '-o $$o'.
>
> Debugging led me to this snippet in latex2rtf-2.3.12/main.c:366
>
> if (g_rtf_name == NULL) {
> g_rtf_name = strdup_together3(g_home_dir,basename,".rtf");
> } else if (g_rtf_name = g_tex_name) {
> diagnostics(ERROR, "rtf file must be different from tex file");
> }
>
> which clearly is wrong. (line 368 should be: '} else if (g_rtf_name ==
> g_tex_name) {')
>
> Patching this file and now this converter works.
>
> Kornel
Thanks for this - it made conversion work for me.
Anthony
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Re: How to get a more visible mouse cursor?
On 31 Jul 2016, Charlie wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:17:15 +0100 "Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.uk" > informed me of this: > > > I have a post on my blog about how to get a large mouse > cursor in > > Linux. It was originally written for ArchLinux but it should work for > > any Linux distribution and I also use it on OpenBSD. Please see > > http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/ > > archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html > > I didn't think Mutt broke URL's? > > Wrong again I suppose. > > Be well, > Charlie > > > -- > Registered Linux User:- 329524 > *** > > The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves > and robbers there will be. Lao-tzu > > *** > > Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. > > - My fault - sorry about that. I thought it would make it more readable. Here it is unbroken: http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: How to get a more visible mouse cursor?
On 29 Jul 2016, Kornel Benko wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 28. Juli 2016 um 10:14:51, schrieb Steve Litt > <sl...@troubleshooters.com> > > Hi all, > > > > I have Void Linux 64 bit, up to date, with LyX version 2.2.0 > > (2016-05-23). In LyX, the mouse cursor is so thin and tiny I have to > > move it all around and sometimes drag in order to see where it is. > > Other programs have bigger mouse cursors. > > > > How do I make my mouse cursor bigger and/or more prominent? > > > > Thanks, > > > > SteveT > > In preferences you could set > \cursor_width 12 > > Kornel I have a post on my blog about how to get a large mouse cursor in Linux. It was originally written for ArchLinux but it should work for any Linux distribution and I also use it on OpenBSD. Please see http://www.acampbell.uk/serendipity/index.php?/ archives/672-A-large-mouse-pointer-for-ArchLinux.html -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: Beamer Class: Cannot Create New Frame
On 16 Jun 2016, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > > > I can confirm that I had a similar problem when trying to edit a file > > made some time ago. In the end I gave up and remade it from scratch. > > > > Anthony > > > > Did you by any chance file a bug report on it? If not, and you remember the > details, I think the developers would appreciate it. Methinks things not in > the issue tracker tend not to get fixed. > > Paul I didn't file a bug report (perhaps I should have done) and I don't remember what happened exactly. It was that attempts to add a new frame didn't work as expected. At the time I put it down to a change in the program, but it may also have been due to my own ignorance - I don't think I read the revised documentation until later. Sorry for not being able to recall more details. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: Beamer Class: Cannot Create New Frame
On 15 Jun 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2016, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > > With the mouse next to the figure, check whether the environment drop down > > list says "Frame". If so, change it to Standard and increase depth to make > > it a child of the frame. (This will also allow you to change the > > justification of the image. I like to center mine.) > > Paul, > > I've done this. With the Standard environment the increased depth icon (to > center the figure) only adds a Frame environment to the left of the figure. > > I have found some work-arounds so I'm able to add frames and continue with > the presentation (a 45-minute one a week from today). This presentation is > built by modifying and lengthening one I prepared about 3 years ago with an > earlier LyX version. I notice a number of differences in appearance between > original frames (e.g,, a double line indicating end-of-frame vs a single > line now) and wonder if the version differences are what's caused these > glitches. > I can confirm that I had a similar problem when trying to edit a file made some time ago. In the end I gave up and remade it from scratch. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: microtype usage
On 22 Feb 2016, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> Hi LyXers,
>
> we will add support for microtype into LyX.
>
> I would like to get some feedback from users who already use this package
> about their workflow. Do you
>
> 1. just load the package in preamble via \usepackage{microtype}
> 2. usually add few more parameters via \usepackage[param1]{microtype}
> 3. use heavy loaded settings to get what you need
> ?
>
> (I'm trying to figure out how much space for param tuning should
> be left for user in the interface.)
>
> Pavel
1.
Anthony
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Re: Unexplained file corruption makes it uneditable
On 01 Feb 2016, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.uk> wrote: > > I'm using 2.1.4 on OpenBSD. > > > > While editing a large file (book) I've twice had it suddenly corrupted > > which made it impossible to edit. Doing anything, such as inserting a > > space or deleting a letter, causes the whole para to be struck through > > (horizontal lines through the text) and the text changes colour. There is > > also a vertical line on the right. > > > > Oddly I can still make PDFs when this happens but it is no longer > > possible to change anything in the file. I don't know what I did > > preceding the change but it's happened twice. I spent many hours trying > > to fix it but in the end gave up and replaced the file with a slightly > > older one from offline backup. So far this is OK. > > > Sounds like Change Tracking... Did you enable this? > > Liviu > Yes, you are right. Many thanks. I hadn't heard of this feature previously, Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Unexplained file corruption makes it uneditable
I'm using 2.1.4 on OpenBSD. While editing a large file (book) I've twice had it suddenly corrupted which made it impossible to edit. Doing anything, such as inserting a space or deleting a letter, causes the whole para to be struck through (horizontal lines through the text) and the text changes colour. There is also a vertical line on the right. Oddly I can still make PDFs when this happens but it is no longer possible to change anything in the file. I don't know what I did preceding the change but it's happened twice. I spent many hours trying to fix it but in the end gave up and replaced the file with a slightly older one from offline backup. So far this is OK. Any ideas about what could cause this? I tried reinstalling lyx but the problem didn't go away. -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
My posts don't arrive
I receive the posts to this list but when I post myself it doesn't appear, nor do I get a bounce. Is there still a problem with the list? -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Beamer class no longer works for me
I've made many Beamer slides in the past but now (version 2.1.3) it doesn't work properly. I start by setting the Beamer class. I then insert the first frame title, e.g. Frame 1 On the next line I insert several items: line 1 line 2 line 3 I save this and then export as pdflatex. This shows Frame 1 as the first slide, and then the three items as a second slide with each line widely separated to take up the whole screen. If I make a second frame and follow it with 3 items, I again get the frame title and items on separate slides but now the items are spaced correctly, not occupying the whole screen. Has something changed in the Beamer class I'm not aware of? Pointers to documentation on this? -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: Beamer class no longer works for me
On 22 Aug 2015, J?rgen Spitzm?ller wrote: Am Samstag 22 August 2015, 08:51:28 schrieb Anthony Campbell: Has something changed in the Beamer class I'm not aware of? Beamer support has been completely rewritten for LyX 2.1.0. Particularly the frame handling had to be changed rather drastically (the old frame layout relied on a bad hack that had too much shortcomings and limitations) Pointers to documentation on this? Help Specific Manuals Beamer Presentations explains the new UI and all new features. HTH J?rgen Thanks very much for this; will read, mark, learn and inwardly digest. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Beamer class no longer works for me
I've made many Beamer slides in the past but now (version 2.1.3) it doesn't work properly. I start by setting the Beamer class. I then insert the first frame title, e.g. Frame 1 On the next line I insert several items: line 1 line 2 line 3 I save this and then export as pdflatex. This shows Frame 1 as the first slide, and then the three items as a second slide with each line widely separated to take up the whole screen. If I make a second frame and follow it with 3 items, I again get the frame title and items on separate slides but now the items are spaced correctly, not occupying the whole screen. Has something changed in the Beamer class I'm not aware of? Pointers to documentation on this? -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: Beamer class no longer works for me
On 22 Aug 2015, J?rgen Spitzm?ller wrote: > Am Samstag 22 August 2015, 08:51:28 schrieb Anthony Campbell: > > Has something changed in the Beamer class I'm not aware of? > > Beamer support has been completely rewritten for LyX 2.1.0. Particularly the > frame handling had to be changed rather drastically (the old frame layout > relied on a bad hack that had too much shortcomings and limitations) > > > Pointers to > > documentation on this? > > Help > Specific Manuals > Beamer Presentations explains the new UI and all > new > features. > > HTH > J?rgen Thanks very much for this; will read, mark, learn and inwardly digest. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 23 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial failure or a spectacular implosion. Paul Thank you!!! That was it. After the python script had run lyx started to process beamer files correctly and ~/.lyx/configure.log confirms that it had checked the classes as it should. I can't say I fully understand what happened but it certainly solved the problem. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 23 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial failure or a spectacular implosion. Paul Thank you!!! That was it. After the python script had run lyx started to process beamer files correctly and ~/.lyx/configure.log confirms that it had checked the classes as it should. I can't say I fully understand what happened but it certainly solved the problem. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 23 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > > > > ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document > > classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to > > something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a > > disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer > > files but I'd like to find what is wrong. > > I don't know anything about the FreeBSD implementation. One other possible > thing to try: you could run the (Python) configuration script in a terminal > and see if anything useful jumps out. The script is likely at > /usr/share/lyx/configure.py (that's where I find it on Linux Mint). > > Could it be an issue with the version of Python running the script? I know > that 3.0 was not backward compatible with 2.x, but I don't know whether that > would affect the script, and if so whether it would result in a partial > failure or a spectacular implosion. > > Paul > > Thank you!!! That was it. After the python script had run lyx started to process beamer files correctly and ~/.lyx/configure.log confirms that it had checked the classes as it should. I can't say I fully understand what happened but it certainly solved the problem. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 22 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the line INFO: +checking for document class beamer and see if you got a no response (not found). If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. Paul Thanks for your reply. kpsewich shows the paths correctly. Permissions are also OK. ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 22 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anthony Campbell ac at acampbell.uk writes: I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the line INFO: +checking for document class beamer and see if you got a no response (not found). If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. Paul Thanks for your reply. kpsewich shows the paths correctly. Permissions are also OK. ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
On 22 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > > > > I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. > > > > I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find > > beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. > > > > In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, > > deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is > > there any way to make lyx find the files? > > With this sort of problem, the first step is typically to open a terminal > and run 'kpsewhich beamer.cls' and verify that the LaTeX search paths are > correctly configured. (IMHO, this is the most frequent culprit.) > > If the paths are okay, the next question is whether LyX sees them during > configuration. (I'm guessing not.) In ~/.lyx/configure.log, look for the > line "INFO: +checking for document class beamer" and see if you got a "no" > response (not found). > > If kpsewhich finds beamer.cls but LyX doesn't, make sure that LyX runs under > an account with read permission on the LaTeX directories. > > Paul Thanks for your reply. kpsewich shows the paths correctly. Permissions are also OK. ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a disaster because I have other machines on which I can compile the beamer files but I'd like to find what is wrong. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files
I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty. In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring lyx, deleting HOME/.lyx, and reinstalling lyx, but the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk
Re: lyx does not open old beamer class files
On 27 Apr 2014, Sivan Frenkel wrote: Hello, I have just upgraded to lyx 2.1 from lyx 2.07 (on Win 7 32 bit). I understand that there is a significant change with the way beamer is handled, and wanted to see what happens to my old presentations. The problem is that my previous beamer presentations, all made in lyx building on the old 20 minutes presentation example file won't load. An attempt to load them leads to an error message - I attach a snippet. Other lyx documents (e.g., with the article class) work fine. Sivan Doesn't seem to be a problem here (Arch Linux 64 bit). Perhaps the Windows version is different? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: lyx does not open old beamer class files
On 27 Apr 2014, Sivan Frenkel wrote: Hello, I have just upgraded to lyx 2.1 from lyx 2.07 (on Win 7 32 bit). I understand that there is a significant change with the way beamer is handled, and wanted to see what happens to my old presentations. The problem is that my previous beamer presentations, all made in lyx building on the old 20 minutes presentation example file won't load. An attempt to load them leads to an error message - I attach a snippet. Other lyx documents (e.g., with the article class) work fine. Sivan Doesn't seem to be a problem here (Arch Linux 64 bit). Perhaps the Windows version is different? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: lyx does not open old beamer class files
On 27 Apr 2014, Sivan Frenkel wrote: > Hello, I have just upgraded to lyx 2.1 from lyx 2.07 (on Win 7 32 bit). > I understand that there is a significant change with the way beamer is > handled, and wanted to see what happens to my old presentations. > The problem is that my previous beamer presentations, all made in lyx > building on the old "20 minutes presentation" example file won't load. An > attempt to load them leads to an error message - I attach a snippet. > Other lyx documents (e.g., with the "article" class) work fine. > > Sivan Doesn't seem to be a problem here (Arch Linux 64 bit). Perhaps the Windows version is different? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Book Frontmatter
On 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote: [snip] Hi Rich, I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do think that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter pages. In my little (and mostly outdated) book 'Self-publishing with LyX', I discuss the ordinary frontmatter pages and how they might be set up with the ordinary book class. http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 HTH, Alan V I know this isn't very sophisticated or enterprising, but I just follow convention for the frontmatter, as Alan says, and write it directly myself without using any sort of semi-automated process. This is for printed books. As regards conversion to ebook format, I've done this for several books on Smashwords, but that is quite a long-winded process because it has to be Word.doc format, which I do in LibreOffice (not much fun). Kindle does accept rtf, which would help, but as I'd already made Word.doc files I just used those. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Book Frontmatter
On 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote: [snip] Hi Rich, I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do think that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter pages. In my little (and mostly outdated) book 'Self-publishing with LyX', I discuss the ordinary frontmatter pages and how they might be set up with the ordinary book class. http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 HTH, Alan V I know this isn't very sophisticated or enterprising, but I just follow convention for the frontmatter, as Alan says, and write it directly myself without using any sort of semi-automated process. This is for printed books. As regards conversion to ebook format, I've done this for several books on Smashwords, but that is quite a long-winded process because it has to be Word.doc format, which I do in LibreOffice (not much fun). Kindle does accept rtf, which would help, but as I'd already made Word.doc files I just used those. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Book Frontmatter
On 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote: [snip] > Hi Rich, > I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do > think that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter > pages. > > In my little (and mostly outdated) book 'Self-publishing with LyX', I > discuss the ordinary frontmatter pages and how they might be set up with > the ordinary book class. > > http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 > > HTH, > Alan > V I know this isn't very sophisticated or enterprising, but I just follow convention for the frontmatter, as Alan says, and write it directly myself without using any sort of semi-automated process. This is for printed books. As regards conversion to ebook format, I've done this for several books on Smashwords, but that is quite a long-winded process because it has to be Word.doc format, which I do in LibreOffice (not much fun). Kindle does accept rtf, which would help, but as I'd already made Word.doc files I just used those. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Searching for damaged index entries
Is there any way to search for index entries? I ask because every so often I find the index is not being made. The cause is always the same - I've made a faulty index entry somewhere in the text. But finding it can take literally hours in a book-length file. I have to keep cutting blocks of text and putting them back to isolate the area which contains the error. Can anyone suggest a quicker way? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Searching for damaged index entries
Is there any way to search for index entries? I ask because every so often I find the index is not being made. The cause is always the same - I've made a faulty index entry somewhere in the text. But finding it can take literally hours in a book-length file. I have to keep cutting blocks of text and putting them back to isolate the area which contains the error. Can anyone suggest a quicker way? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Searching for damaged index entries
Is there any way to search for index entries? I ask because every so often I find the index is not being made. The cause is always the same - I've made a faulty index entry somewhere in the text. But finding it can take literally hours in a book-length file. I have to keep cutting blocks of text and putting them back to isolate the area which contains the error. Can anyone suggest a quicker way? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with text being inserted randomly
On 19 Oct 2013, gordon_cooper wrote: I have had this in a fairly small way in Lyx but also in Libre Office. Tracked it down to the Clipboard History, when I had been editing. When scrolling through Mouse Scroll wheel was occasionally pasting text from the Clipboard. Possibly me being too heavy on the scroll? Maybe not your problem? Gordon New Zealand. You could be right. I've had this too occasionally and alway assumed it was my own silly fault rather than a bug. I'll try not using the mouse wheel and see if that stops it. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with text being inserted randomly
On 19 Oct 2013, gordon_cooper wrote: I have had this in a fairly small way in Lyx but also in Libre Office. Tracked it down to the Clipboard History, when I had been editing. When scrolling through Mouse Scroll wheel was occasionally pasting text from the Clipboard. Possibly me being too heavy on the scroll? Maybe not your problem? Gordon New Zealand. You could be right. I've had this too occasionally and alway assumed it was my own silly fault rather than a bug. I'll try not using the mouse wheel and see if that stops it. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with text being inserted randomly
On 19 Oct 2013, gordon_cooper wrote: >I have had this in a fairly small way in Lyx but also in > Libre Office. Tracked it down to the Clipboard History, > when I had been editing. When scrolling through > Mouse Scroll wheel was occasionally pasting text > from the Clipboard. Possibly me being too heavy on the > scroll? > > Maybe not your problem? > > Gordon > New Zealand. > You could be right. I've had this too occasionally and alway assumed it was my own silly fault rather than a bug. I'll try not using the mouse wheel and see if that stops it. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Increasing font size upsets justification
On 12 Oct 2013, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Am Freitag 11 Oktober 2013, 17:35:24 schrieb Anthony Campbell: I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too far toe the right by a few characters. AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no difference. Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it? Often, it suffices to load the package microtype (which you should do anyway). Additionally, here are my standard settings to avoid overfull lines as well as widows and orphans. Works pretty well for me: \tolerance 1414 \hbadness 1414 \emergencystretch 1.5em \hfuzz 0.3pt \widowpenalty = 1 \vfuzz \hfuzz \raggedbottom HTH Jürgen Many thanks for the reply. I found those settings on the Net yesterday and yes, they do fix the problem. I didn't know about microtype but I will load that as well. Incidentally, apologies to the list for inadvertently hijacking this thread - I'd meant to start a new one. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Increasing font size upsets justification
On 12 Oct 2013, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Am Freitag 11 Oktober 2013, 17:35:24 schrieb Anthony Campbell: I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too far toe the right by a few characters. AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no difference. Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it? Often, it suffices to load the package microtype (which you should do anyway). Additionally, here are my standard settings to avoid overfull lines as well as widows and orphans. Works pretty well for me: \tolerance 1414 \hbadness 1414 \emergencystretch 1.5em \hfuzz 0.3pt \widowpenalty = 1 \vfuzz \hfuzz \raggedbottom HTH Jürgen Many thanks for the reply. I found those settings on the Net yesterday and yes, they do fix the problem. I didn't know about microtype but I will load that as well. Incidentally, apologies to the list for inadvertently hijacking this thread - I'd meant to start a new one. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Increasing font size upsets justification
On 12 Oct 2013, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Am Freitag 11 Oktober 2013, 17:35:24 schrieb Anthony Campbell: > > I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I > > increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too > > far toe the right by a few characters. > > > > AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be > > because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no > > difference. > > > > Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it? > > Often, it suffices to load the package microtype (which you should do > anyway). > > Additionally, here are my standard settings to avoid overfull lines as well > as > widows and orphans. Works pretty well for me: > > \tolerance 1414 > \hbadness 1414 > \emergencystretch 1.5em > \hfuzz 0.3pt > \widowpenalty = 1 > \vfuzz \hfuzz > \raggedbottom > > HTH > Jürgen Many thanks for the reply. I found those settings on the Net yesterday and yes, they do fix the problem. I didn't know about microtype but I will load that as well. Incidentally, apologies to the list for inadvertently hijacking this thread - I'd meant to start a new one. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Increasing font size upsets justification
I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too far toe the right by a few characters. AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no difference. Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Increasing font size upsets justification
I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too far toe the right by a few characters. AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no difference. Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Increasing font size upsets justification
I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too far toe the right by a few characters. AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no difference. Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: \reversemarginpar places notes too far out - SOLVED
On 09 Sep 2013, Les Denham wrote: On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:46:05 +0100 Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote: As far as I can see this makes marginal notes unusable for the book class. Unless I'm wrong, perhaps it should be documented in the help files? Anthony, If you're using the book class, by default you are assumed to have chapters. If two-sided page layout is selected, a Chapter environment will automatically start on a right hand (odd numbered) page, inserting a blank page where necessary. So starting the text body with a chapter heading will solve the problem. Is there any special reason why you are not using the Title, Author, etc., environments for the title page? Personally, I prefer to use the book(KOMA-script) class (a lot more options, but defaults work well) or memoir class (an infinite number of options, a lot of them different from anything else in LaTeX, and an excellent manual, but a very steep learning curve), but the book class should work for what you're doing. Attached is a sample file to show what can be done. Les I've already produced four books with this class so I'm fairly well used to it. I tried Koma when I first began making books but didn't get on with it, though I can't remember why. Anyway, my probem is with the marginal note option. But I've now found a workaround: the latex command \marginnote gives the marginal notes on the right side of the page with double-sided printing. And inserting blank pages doesn't upset things. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: \reversemarginpar places notes too far out - SOLVED
On 09 Sep 2013, Les Denham wrote: On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:46:05 +0100 Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote: As far as I can see this makes marginal notes unusable for the book class. Unless I'm wrong, perhaps it should be documented in the help files? Anthony, If you're using the book class, by default you are assumed to have chapters. If two-sided page layout is selected, a Chapter environment will automatically start on a right hand (odd numbered) page, inserting a blank page where necessary. So starting the text body with a chapter heading will solve the problem. Is there any special reason why you are not using the Title, Author, etc., environments for the title page? Personally, I prefer to use the book(KOMA-script) class (a lot more options, but defaults work well) or memoir class (an infinite number of options, a lot of them different from anything else in LaTeX, and an excellent manual, but a very steep learning curve), but the book class should work for what you're doing. Attached is a sample file to show what can be done. Les I've already produced four books with this class so I'm fairly well used to it. I tried Koma when I first began making books but didn't get on with it, though I can't remember why. Anyway, my probem is with the marginal note option. But I've now found a workaround: the latex command \marginnote gives the marginal notes on the right side of the page with double-sided printing. And inserting blank pages doesn't upset things. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: \reversemarginpar places notes too far out - SOLVED
On 09 Sep 2013, Les Denham wrote: > On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:46:05 +0100 > Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk> wrote: > > > As far as I can see this makes marginal notes unusable for the book > > class. Unless I'm wrong, perhaps it should be documented in the help > > files? > > Anthony, > > If you're using the book class, by default you are assumed to have > chapters. > > If two-sided page layout is selected, a Chapter environment will > automatically start on a right hand (odd numbered) page, inserting a > blank page where necessary. So starting the text body with a chapter > heading will solve the problem. > > Is there any special reason why you are not using the Title, Author, > etc., environments for the title page? > > Personally, I prefer to use the book(KOMA-script) class (a lot more > options, but defaults work well) or memoir class (an infinite number of > options, a lot of them different from anything else in LaTeX, and an > excellent manual, but a very steep learning curve), but the book class > should work for what you're doing. Attached is a sample file to show > what can be done. > > Les > I've already produced four books with this class so I'm fairly well used to it. I tried Koma when I first began making books but didn't get on with it, though I can't remember why. Anyway, my probem is with the marginal note option. But I've now found a workaround: the latex command \marginnote gives the marginal notes on the right side of the page with double-sided printing. And inserting blank pages doesn't upset things. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with framed box
On 08 Sep 2013, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Which margins are violated, left/right or top/bottom? You can set the width of a box in it's settings menu. Paul It was left/right. But thanks for the tip about setting the width - I hadn't managed to find that, but it's exactly what I was looking for. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: \reversemarginpar places notes too far out - update
On 02 Sep 2013, Anthony Campbell wrote: I'm writing a book (book class) in which I want to have marginal notes containing symbols, rather like the Dummies series. As it's a book I'm using the two-sided layout. This works OK using the marginal note command, but after I put a blank page at the beginning (needed to make the title page etc. appear on the correct side), the marginal notes come out on the wrong sides of the pages in the body of the text. I found the command \reversemarginpar, which corrects the error except that the notes are now too far away from the text, right at the edge of the page. Any way to fix this? I tried adding width arguments, e.g. [width=12pt] and [width=0.5in] without effect. Since no one has answered this I have dug further and come up with this bug report from 1999, saying that it is due to a deep problem in the Latex engine: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg05248.html The only workaround suggested is to put \clearpage or \eject above the section header, but of course this introduces an unwanted page break. As far as I can see this makes marginal notes unusuable for the book class. Unless I'm wrong, perhaps it should be documented in the help files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with framed box
On 08 Sep 2013, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Which margins are violated, left/right or top/bottom? You can set the width of a box in it's settings menu. Paul It was left/right. But thanks for the tip about setting the width - I hadn't managed to find that, but it's exactly what I was looking for. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: \reversemarginpar places notes too far out - update
On 02 Sep 2013, Anthony Campbell wrote: I'm writing a book (book class) in which I want to have marginal notes containing symbols, rather like the Dummies series. As it's a book I'm using the two-sided layout. This works OK using the marginal note command, but after I put a blank page at the beginning (needed to make the title page etc. appear on the correct side), the marginal notes come out on the wrong sides of the pages in the body of the text. I found the command \reversemarginpar, which corrects the error except that the notes are now too far away from the text, right at the edge of the page. Any way to fix this? I tried adding width arguments, e.g. [width=12pt] and [width=0.5in] without effect. Since no one has answered this I have dug further and come up with this bug report from 1999, saying that it is due to a deep problem in the Latex engine: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg05248.html The only workaround suggested is to put \clearpage or \eject above the section header, but of course this introduces an unwanted page break. As far as I can see this makes marginal notes unusuable for the book class. Unless I'm wrong, perhaps it should be documented in the help files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with framed box
On 08 Sep 2013, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Which margins are violated, left/right or top/bottom? You can set the width > of a box in it's settings menu. > > Paul It was left/right. But thanks for the tip about setting the width - I hadn't managed to find that, but it's exactly what I was looking for. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: \reversemarginpar places notes too far out - update
On 02 Sep 2013, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I'm writing a book (book class) in which I want to have marginal notes > containing symbols, rather like the Dummies series. As it's a book I'm > using the two-sided layout. > > This works OK using the marginal note command, but after I put a blank > page at the beginning (needed to make the title page etc. appear on the > correct side), the marginal notes come out on the wrong sides of the > pages in the body of the text. > > I found the command \reversemarginpar, which corrects the error except > that the notes are now too far away from the text, right at the edge of > the page. > > Any way to fix this? I tried adding width arguments, e.g. [width=12pt] > and [width=0.5in] without effect. > Since no one has answered this I have dug further and come up with this bug report from 1999, saying that it is due to a deep problem in the Latex engine: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg05248.html The only workaround suggested is to put \clearpage or \eject above the section header, but of course this introduces an unwanted page break. As far as I can see this makes marginal notes unusuable for the book class. Unless I'm wrong, perhaps it should be documented in the help files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Problem with framed box
I'm making a book in which I want some sections of the text in framed boxes. When I do this the frame is too big and extends beyond the margin of the page. Is there any way to make the box smaller (to fit the selected text)? I can't find anything relevant in the manuals or Google. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Problem with framed box
I'm making a book in which I want some sections of the text in framed boxes. When I do this the frame is too big and extends beyond the margin of the page. Is there any way to make the box smaller (to fit the selected text)? I can't find anything relevant in the manuals or Google. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Problem with framed box
I'm making a book in which I want some sections of the text in framed boxes. When I do this the frame is too big and extends beyond the margin of the page. Is there any way to make the box smaller (to fit the selected text)? I can't find anything relevant in the manuals or Google. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
\reversemarginpar places notes too far out
I'm writing a book (book class) in which I want to have marginal notes containing symbols, rather like the Dummies series. As it's a book I'm using the two-sided layout. This works OK using the marginal note command, but after I put a blank page at the beginning (needed to make the title page etc. appear on the correct side), the marginal notes come out on the wrong sides of the pages in the body of the text. I found the command \reversemarginpar, which corrects the error except that the notes are now too far away from the text, right at the edge of the page. Any way to fix this? I tried adding width arguments, e.g. [width=12pt] and [width=0.5in] without effect. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
\reversemarginpar places notes too far out
I'm writing a book (book class) in which I want to have marginal notes containing symbols, rather like the Dummies series. As it's a book I'm using the two-sided layout. This works OK using the marginal note command, but after I put a blank page at the beginning (needed to make the title page etc. appear on the correct side), the marginal notes come out on the wrong sides of the pages in the body of the text. I found the command \reversemarginpar, which corrects the error except that the notes are now too far away from the text, right at the edge of the page. Any way to fix this? I tried adding width arguments, e.g. [width=12pt] and [width=0.5in] without effect. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
\reversemarginpar places notes too far out
I'm writing a book (book class) in which I want to have marginal notes containing symbols, rather like the Dummies series. As it's a book I'm using the two-sided layout. This works OK using the marginal note command, but after I put a blank page at the beginning (needed to make the title page etc. appear on the correct side), the marginal notes come out on the wrong sides of the pages in the body of the text. I found the command \reversemarginpar, which corrects the error except that the notes are now too far away from the text, right at the edge of the page. Any way to fix this? I tried adding width arguments, e.g. [width=12pt] and [width=0.5in] without effect. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with text being inserted randomly
On 23 May 2013, Gordon Cooper wrote: Hi Rich, I have not had that problem with Lyx, but am at present trying to remove it - or something very similar from Libre Office. OS is Kubuntu 13.04 but it first cropped up in 12.04. If a word, a phrase and sometimes a whole paragraph is copied, or cut during editing it is likely to re-appear almost anywhere in the document. I had been blaming the clipboard software but now am reasonably sure that it is three button mouse issue with the mouse interpreting a scroll wheel movement as a third button click. Perhaps it's my fault, being too heavy handed with the mouse? I had this very recently in libreoffice. It happened when I was using Find - the same word kept being inserted wherever Find landed. I didn't have the time to investigate further since I was in a hurry. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with text being inserted randomly
On 23 May 2013, Gordon Cooper wrote: Hi Rich, I have not had that problem with Lyx, but am at present trying to remove it - or something very similar from Libre Office. OS is Kubuntu 13.04 but it first cropped up in 12.04. If a word, a phrase and sometimes a whole paragraph is copied, or cut during editing it is likely to re-appear almost anywhere in the document. I had been blaming the clipboard software but now am reasonably sure that it is three button mouse issue with the mouse interpreting a scroll wheel movement as a third button click. Perhaps it's my fault, being too heavy handed with the mouse? I had this very recently in libreoffice. It happened when I was using Find - the same word kept being inserted wherever Find landed. I didn't have the time to investigate further since I was in a hurry. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Problem with text being inserted randomly
On 23 May 2013, Gordon Cooper wrote: > Hi Rich, > I have not had that problem with Lyx, but am at present > trying to remove it - or something very similar from Libre Office. > OS is Kubuntu 13.04 but it first cropped up in 12.04. If a word, a > phrase and sometimes a whole paragraph is copied, or cut during > editing it is likely to re-appear almost anywhere in the document. > > I had been blaming the clipboard software but now am reasonably > sure that it is three button mouse issue with the mouse interpreting > a scroll wheel movement as a third button click. Perhaps it's my > fault, being too heavy handed with the mouse? > I had this very recently in libreoffice. It happened when I was using Find - the same word kept being inserted wherever Find landed. I didn't have the time to investigate further since I was in a hurry. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Converting lyx to odt
On 02 May 2013, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: I have really had rather nice results using the commercial (but with quite a cheap educational price) tex2word filter for Word, including equations, but excluding figures (you need to reinsert them). Unfortunately, I have not tried it with a recent version of Word, so I cannot say if it continues to work. I think that it is possible to download a trial version, so you can test it. For that to work you have to have Word running, which largely eliminates its usefulness for those of us who don't/can't run that. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Converting lyx to odt
On 02 May 2013, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: I have really had rather nice results using the commercial (but with quite a cheap educational price) tex2word filter for Word, including equations, but excluding figures (you need to reinsert them). Unfortunately, I have not tried it with a recent version of Word, so I cannot say if it continues to work. I think that it is possible to download a trial version, so you can test it. For that to work you have to have Word running, which largely eliminates its usefulness for those of us who don't/can't run that. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Converting lyx to odt
On 02 May 2013, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: >I have really had rather nice results using the commercial (but with quite >a cheap educational price) tex2word filter for Word, including equations, >but excluding figures (you need to reinsert them). Unfortunately, I have >not tried it with a recent version of Word, so I cannot say if it >continues to work. I think that it is possible to download a trial >version, so you can test it. > For that to work you have to have Word running, which largely eliminates its usefulness for those of us who don't/can't run that. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: install lyx 2.0.3-3 linux debian
On 04 Mar 2013, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I used to use lyx 2.1.0.svn but was several time reminded that this is an experimental version. I therefore decided to change to debian sid since squeeze does not offer lyx 2.0.3-3. After changing in the /etc/apt/sources.list squeeze to sid I see the lyx 2.0.3-3 in synaptic, but if I am going to install it, a lot of packages would be removed such as k3b kaffeine kde-full ... texlive etc which I do not want to be done. Does this mean, I have to compile lyx 2.0.3-3 or is there an alternative)? Wolfgang I use Sid and have Lyx 2.0.3-3 running without problems. But I don't use kde (or any other desktop environment). Probably worth a bug report - there was a rather similar one but it's a few years old. See #327988. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acampbell.org.uk http://www.reviewbooks.org.uk http://www.skepticviews.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: install lyx 2.0.3-3 linux debian
On 04 Mar 2013, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I used to use lyx 2.1.0.svn but was several time reminded that this is an experimental version. I therefore decided to change to debian sid since squeeze does not offer lyx 2.0.3-3. After changing in the /etc/apt/sources.list squeeze to sid I see the lyx 2.0.3-3 in synaptic, but if I am going to install it, a lot of packages would be removed such as k3b kaffeine kde-full ... texlive etc which I do not want to be done. Does this mean, I have to compile lyx 2.0.3-3 or is there an alternative)? Wolfgang I use Sid and have Lyx 2.0.3-3 running without problems. But I don't use kde (or any other desktop environment). Probably worth a bug report - there was a rather similar one but it's a few years old. See #327988. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acampbell.org.uk http://www.reviewbooks.org.uk http://www.skepticviews.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: install lyx 2.0.3-3 linux debian
On 04 Mar 2013, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > I used to use lyx 2.1.0.svn but was several time reminded that this is an > experimental version. I therefore decided to change to debian sid since > squeeze does not offer lyx 2.0.3-3. After changing in the > /etc/apt/sources.list squeeze to sid > I see the lyx 2.0.3-3 in synaptic, but if I am going to install it, a lot > of packages would be removed such as k3b kaffeine kde-full ... texlive etc > which I do not want to be done. > > Does this mean, I have to compile lyx 2.0.3-3 or is there an alternative)? > > Wolfgang I use Sid and have Lyx 2.0.3-3 running without problems. But I don't use kde (or any other desktop environment). Probably worth a bug report - there was a rather similar one but it's a few years old. See #327988. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acampbell.org.uk http://www.reviewbooks.org.uk http://www.skepticviews.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412
Re: Thank You!
On 21 Jun 2012, Les Denham wrote: On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:12:22 +0200 Påvel Nicklasson pavel223...@gmail.com wrote: My wishlist includes an Adobe Distiller type of program for Linux and that more printing houses would learn about LaTeX/LyX and offer support and advice. Påvel, One of my problems has been that most printing companies insist on if providing a PDF it must be distilled using Adobe for PDF files. That's a quote from Lulu.com, and while they do accept other PDF files for private printing, if you want it published by them you have to comply. Other publishers have similar wording. I have heard that Lulu.com will accept a PostScript file, though they do not say so on their website. [snip] I have published six books on Lulu. They were submitted as postsrcipt files and that caused no problems. As an experiment I also submitted one as a pdf prepared with Lyx and that worked too. The one difficulty that arose was with one of the books which contained a lot of coloured plates; I couldn't get these to work with the resolution that Lulu was demanding. They started refusing to accept the book for widespread distribution but in fact it is available and selling on Amazon and as an ebook. Admittedly I haven't put a new book on Lulu for about a year and things may have changed, but I'd say it is still worth trying either a postscript file or a pdf prepared with Lyx. I think the acceptance question may relate to whether the fonts are correctly embedded or not. For two of my books, which I distribute myself as well as having them on Amazon etc., I have them printed myself by Antony Rowe; cheaper than Lulu and no difficulty with my pdfs. And you can reach them by phone - a big plus. Incidentally, Lulu are printers, not publishers. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.reviewbooks.org.uk http://www.skepticviews.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell
Re: Thank You!
On 21 Jun 2012, Les Denham wrote: On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:12:22 +0200 Påvel Nicklasson pavel223...@gmail.com wrote: My wishlist includes an Adobe Distiller type of program for Linux and that more printing houses would learn about LaTeX/LyX and offer support and advice. Påvel, One of my problems has been that most printing companies insist on if providing a PDF it must be distilled using Adobe for PDF files. That's a quote from Lulu.com, and while they do accept other PDF files for private printing, if you want it published by them you have to comply. Other publishers have similar wording. I have heard that Lulu.com will accept a PostScript file, though they do not say so on their website. [snip] I have published six books on Lulu. They were submitted as postsrcipt files and that caused no problems. As an experiment I also submitted one as a pdf prepared with Lyx and that worked too. The one difficulty that arose was with one of the books which contained a lot of coloured plates; I couldn't get these to work with the resolution that Lulu was demanding. They started refusing to accept the book for widespread distribution but in fact it is available and selling on Amazon and as an ebook. Admittedly I haven't put a new book on Lulu for about a year and things may have changed, but I'd say it is still worth trying either a postscript file or a pdf prepared with Lyx. I think the acceptance question may relate to whether the fonts are correctly embedded or not. For two of my books, which I distribute myself as well as having them on Amazon etc., I have them printed myself by Antony Rowe; cheaper than Lulu and no difficulty with my pdfs. And you can reach them by phone - a big plus. Incidentally, Lulu are printers, not publishers. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.reviewbooks.org.uk http://www.skepticviews.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell
Re: Thank You!
On 21 Jun 2012, Les Denham wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:12:22 +0200 > Påvel Nicklasson <pavel223...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My wishlist includes an Adobe Distiller type of program for Linux and > > that more printing houses would learn about LaTeX/LyX and offer > > support and advice. > > Påvel, > > One of my problems has been that most printing companies insist on "if > providing a PDF it must be distilled using Adobe" for PDF files. That's > a quote from Lulu.com, and while they do accept other PDF files for > private printing, if you want it published by them you have to comply. > Other publishers have similar wording. > > I have heard that Lulu.com will accept a PostScript file, though they > do not say so on their website. [snip] > I have published six books on Lulu. They were submitted as postsrcipt files and that caused no problems. As an experiment I also submitted one as a pdf prepared with Lyx and that worked too. The one difficulty that arose was with one of the books which contained a lot of coloured plates; I couldn't get these to work with the resolution that Lulu was demanding. They started refusing to accept the book for widespread distribution but in fact it is available and selling on Amazon and as an ebook. Admittedly I haven't put a new book on Lulu for about a year and things may have changed, but I'd say it is still worth trying either a postscript file or a pdf prepared with Lyx. I think the acceptance question may relate to whether the fonts are correctly embedded or not. For two of my books, which I distribute myself as well as having them on Amazon etc., I have them printed myself by Antony Rowe; cheaper than Lulu and no difficulty with my pdfs. And you can reach them by phone - a big plus. Incidentally, Lulu are printers, not publishers. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.reviewbooks.org.uk http://www.skepticviews.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell
Re: Embedded Fonts
On 27 Feb 2012, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I would like to use Lulu.com to print a book. Nevertheless, the ask for the fonts to be embedded in the PDF. Does Lyx do that by default? Mos often, yes. To verify, open the PDF in acroread or evince and access ctrl+d and alt+enter, respectively. In the Fonts tab you should have information on whether they're embedded or not. Liviu Usually the fonts are embedded OK for Lulu. You can avoid this problem by submitting your file as postscript (ps), which will work. AC -- 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: Embedded Fonts
On 27 Feb 2012, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I would like to use Lulu.com to print a book. Nevertheless, the ask for the fonts to be embedded in the PDF. Does Lyx do that by default? Mos often, yes. To verify, open the PDF in acroread or evince and access ctrl+d and alt+enter, respectively. In the Fonts tab you should have information on whether they're embedded or not. Liviu Usually the fonts are embedded OK for Lulu. You can avoid this problem by submitting your file as postscript (ps), which will work. AC -- 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: Embedded Fonts
On 27 Feb 2012, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Julio Rojas <jcredbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, I would like to use Lulu.com to print a book. Nevertheless, the > > ask for the fonts to be embedded in the PDF. Does Lyx do that by default? > > > Mos often, yes. To verify, open the PDF in acroread or evince and > access ctrl+d and alt+enter, respectively. In the Fonts tab you should > have information on whether they're embedded or not. > > Liviu Usually the fonts are embedded OK for Lulu. You can avoid this problem by submitting your file as postscript (ps), which will work. AC -- 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: is lyx really appropriate for my book.
On 13 Feb 2012, Uwe Stöhr wrote: [snip] The typical beginner's mistake is to try to fine-tune everything at the beginning also if not even the first chapter is ready. The final formatting can be changed at every time easily for the whole document. (When you publish a book you have anyway to fulfill the publisher's guidelines. In most cases the publisher will do the final layout for you, if you like this or not.) When writing books that I am going to print/publish myself my policy is to use a two-stage process. I write first in a text editor (vim) which gives me maximum freedom to concentrate on the content my text without bothering about how it will look. I then import it into LyX to prepare it for printing. I still make content changes at this stage but the basic material already exists. AC -- 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: is lyx really appropriate for my book.
On 13 Feb 2012, Uwe Stöhr wrote: [snip] The typical beginner's mistake is to try to fine-tune everything at the beginning also if not even the first chapter is ready. The final formatting can be changed at every time easily for the whole document. (When you publish a book you have anyway to fulfill the publisher's guidelines. In most cases the publisher will do the final layout for you, if you like this or not.) When writing books that I am going to print/publish myself my policy is to use a two-stage process. I write first in a text editor (vim) which gives me maximum freedom to concentrate on the content my text without bothering about how it will look. I then import it into LyX to prepare it for printing. I still make content changes at this stage but the basic material already exists. AC -- 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: is lyx really appropriate for my book.
On 13 Feb 2012, Uwe Stöhr wrote: [snip] >The typical beginner's mistake is to try to fine-tune everything at the >beginning also if not even the first chapter is ready. The final >formatting can be changed at every time easily for the whole document. >(When you publish a book you have anyway to fulfill the publisher's >guidelines. In most cases the publisher will do the final layout for >you, if you like this or not.) > When writing books that I am going to print/publish myself my policy is to use a two-stage process. I write first in a text editor (vim) which gives me maximum freedom to concentrate on the content my text without bothering about how it will look. I then import it into LyX to prepare it for printing. I still make content changes at this stage but the basic material already exists. AC -- 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: Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
On 21 Jan 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, Anthony Campbell wrote: All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want to eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the preamble to do this but I don't know what to search for in google. Anyone know what it is? So, if you have a beamer presentation set to full screen, how will you navigate from one slide to another? Rich With xpdf, I use either page-up/page-down or the right and left arrows. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Re: Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
On 21 Jan 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, Anthony Campbell wrote: All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want to eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the preamble to do this but I don't know what to search for in google. Anyone know what it is? So, if you have a beamer presentation set to full screen, how will you navigate from one slide to another? Rich With xpdf, I use either page-up/page-down or the right and left arrows. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Re: Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
On 21 Jan 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > >All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the > >lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want to > >eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the preamble to > >do this but I don't know what to search for in google. Anyone know what it > >is? > > So, if you have a beamer presentation set to full screen, how will you > navigate from one slide to another? > > Rich With xpdf, I use either page-up/page-down or the right and left arrows. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic - it's really a beamer issue. All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want to eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the preamble to do this but I don't know what to search for in google. Anyone know what it is? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Re: Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
On 21 Jan 2012, Murat Yildizoglu wrote:
Hi ANthony,
Putting
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
in the preamble should give you what you want.
2012/1/21 Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk:
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic - it's really a beamer issue.
All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the
lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want
to eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the
preamble to do this but I don't know what to search for in google.
Anyone know what it is?
Thank you very much - that was it!
Anthony
--
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk
Microsoft-free zone - using Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews,
articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic - it's really a beamer issue. All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want to eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the preamble to do this but I don't know what to search for in google. Anyone know what it is? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Re: Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
On 21 Jan 2012, Murat Yildizoglu wrote:
Hi ANthony,
Putting
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
in the preamble should give you what you want.
2012/1/21 Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk:
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic - it's really a beamer issue.
All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the
lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want
to eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the
preamble to do this but I don't know what to search for in google.
Anyone know what it is?
Thank you very much - that was it!
Anthony
--
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk
Microsoft-free zone - using Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews,
articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic - it's really a beamer issue. All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want to eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the preamble to do this but I don't know what to search for in google. Anyone know what it is? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Re: Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border
On 21 Jan 2012, Murat Yildizoglu wrote:
> Hi ANthony,
>
> Putting
>
> \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
>
> in the preamble should give you what you want.
>
> 2012/1/21 Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk>:
> > Sorry if this is a bit off-topic - it's really a beamer issue.
> >
> > All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the
> > lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want
> > to eliminate them. I think there is something one can put in the
> > preamble to do this but I don't know what to search for in google.
> > Anyone know what it is?
> >
Thank you very much - that was it!
Anthony
--
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk
Microsoft-free zone - using Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews,
articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks
Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - I'll try to clarify. My requirements are: 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes conservation managers, land owners and academics. 2) have a free electronic version available for readers who would prefer to have an electronic version or who just want to see if they would like to have a printed version. As I do not know the number of printed copies needed, I think that printing a certain number is a problem, as if more are needed, it becomes necessary to have again a larger number printed - organizational hassle. Therefore the idea of print-on-demand: a) post a bulk-order based on known readers who will buy the book b) possibility to place additional bulk order c) individual orders possible The electronic version is no problem - pdf, html, other ebook formats can be provided on website for download. I don't see a global market being interested in the printed version - global interest might be academic, but academics are usually OK with electronic versions, and if not, there is print-on-demand. I definitely see your point of local printing - and problems as you describe below would not be nice... OK, I understand. I don't think Lulu would be the best way to go, for reasons I posted earlier. As others on the list have said, I'd look for a local printer who offers a good deal. Flexibility in the print run seems to be a prime concern for you. I don't know about printers in SA; Antony Rowe in Britain is good from that point of view, but shipping to SA would no doubt be expensive so you should make inquries locally. AC -- 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: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - I'll try to clarify. My requirements are: 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes conservation managers, land owners and academics. 2) have a free electronic version available for readers who would prefer to have an electronic version or who just want to see if they would like to have a printed version. As I do not know the number of printed copies needed, I think that printing a certain number is a problem, as if more are needed, it becomes necessary to have again a larger number printed - organizational hassle. Therefore the idea of print-on-demand: a) post a bulk-order based on known readers who will buy the book b) possibility to place additional bulk order c) individual orders possible The electronic version is no problem - pdf, html, other ebook formats can be provided on website for download. I don't see a global market being interested in the printed version - global interest might be academic, but academics are usually OK with electronic versions, and if not, there is print-on-demand. I definitely see your point of local printing - and problems as you describe below would not be nice... OK, I understand. I don't think Lulu would be the best way to go, for reasons I posted earlier. As others on the list have said, I'd look for a local printer who offers a good deal. Flexibility in the print run seems to be a prime concern for you. I don't know about printers in SA; Antony Rowe in Britain is good from that point of view, but shipping to SA would no doubt be expensive so you should make inquries locally. AC -- 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: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: > OK - I'll try to clarify. > My requirements are: > 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It > is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes > conservation managers, land owners and academics. > > 2) have a free electronic version available for readers who would > prefer to have an electronic version or who just want to see if they > would like to have a printed version. > > As I do not know the number of printed copies needed, I think that > printing a certain number is a problem, as if more are needed, it > becomes necessary to have again a larger number printed - > organizational hassle. > Therefore the idea of print-on-demand: > > a) post a bulk-order based on known readers who will buy the book > b) possibility to place additional bulk order > c) individual orders possible > > The electronic version is no problem - pdf, html, other ebook formats > can be provided on website for download. > > I don't see a global market being interested in the printed version - > global interest might be academic, but academics are usually OK with > electronic versions, and if not, there is print-on-demand. > > I definitely see your point of local printing - and problems as you > describe below would not be nice... OK, I understand. I don't think Lulu would be the best way to go, for reasons I posted earlier. As others on the list have said, I'd look for a local printer who offers a good deal. Flexibility in the print run seems to be a prime concern for you. I don't know about printers in SA; Antony Rowe in Britain is good from that point of view, but shipping to SA would no doubt be expensive so you should make inquries locally. AC -- 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: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: [snip] But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which might not cost money, but time. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield much if any profit. The future, I'm sure, is in ebooks. Don't use Lulu for that; Smashwords is better. I have 6 books on Smashwords, including most of those I published with Lulu, and all are selling regularly. Profit is not an issue here (although I would not mind...). ebook only is also not an option, as the target user need to have something printed. I'm still not very clear what it is you want to achieve. If it is to have a book printed AND have it distributed widely, possibly globally, via Amazon and other online retailers, Lulu is probably the best way to go. There is a fee for this service. See this link for details. http://connect.lulu.com/t5/ISBN-Distribution/How-does-the-distribution-process-work/ta-p/33620 If you just want to print a number of copies which you will supply yourself to students or something like that, it would probably be better to have it printed locally. You would need to inquire about prices, minimum print run, etc. Antony Rowe, for example, has a setup fee, but thereafter their prices are lower than Lulu's and you can print from one copy upwards without penalty for smaller numbers. Another advantage of getting local printing is that you can be sure of quality. I have been lucky with Lulu myself, apart from one time when they printed someone else's book in my cover, but you will find people in the Lulu forums who have horror stories of unacceptable books resulting in long email arguments with Lulu. I like to deal with a firm that I can ring up and grouse to if I need to. 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: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: [snip] But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which might not cost money, but time. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield much if any profit. The future, I'm sure, is in ebooks. Don't use Lulu for that; Smashwords is better. I have 6 books on Smashwords, including most of those I published with Lulu, and all are selling regularly. Profit is not an issue here (although I would not mind...). ebook only is also not an option, as the target user need to have something printed. I'm still not very clear what it is you want to achieve. If it is to have a book printed AND have it distributed widely, possibly globally, via Amazon and other online retailers, Lulu is probably the best way to go. There is a fee for this service. See this link for details. http://connect.lulu.com/t5/ISBN-Distribution/How-does-the-distribution-process-work/ta-p/33620 If you just want to print a number of copies which you will supply yourself to students or something like that, it would probably be better to have it printed locally. You would need to inquire about prices, minimum print run, etc. Antony Rowe, for example, has a setup fee, but thereafter their prices are lower than Lulu's and you can print from one copy upwards without penalty for smaller numbers. Another advantage of getting local printing is that you can be sure of quality. I have been lucky with Lulu myself, apart from one time when they printed someone else's book in my cover, but you will find people in the Lulu forums who have horror stories of unacceptable books resulting in long email arguments with Lulu. I like to deal with a firm that I can ring up and grouse to if I need to. 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: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: > [snip] > But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which > might not cost money, but time. > > > > > More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for > > sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield > > much if any profit. The future, I'm sure, is in ebooks. Don't use > > Lulu for that; Smashwords is better. I have 6 books on Smashwords, > > including most of those I published with Lulu, and all are selling > > regularly. > > Profit is not an issue here (although I would not mind...). ebook only > is also not an option, as the target user need to have something printed. > I'm still not very clear what it is you want to achieve. If it is to have a book printed AND have it distributed widely, possibly globally, via Amazon and other online retailers, Lulu is probably the best way to go. There is a fee for this service. See this link for details. http://connect.lulu.com/t5/ISBN-Distribution/How-does-the-distribution-process-work/ta-p/33620 If you just want to print a number of copies which you will supply yourself to students or something like that, it would probably be better to have it printed locally. You would need to inquire about prices, minimum print run, etc. Antony Rowe, for example, has a setup fee, but thereafter their prices are lower than Lulu's and you can print from one copy upwards without penalty for smaller numbers. Another advantage of getting local printing is that you can be sure of quality. I have been lucky with Lulu myself, apart from one time when they printed someone else's book in my cover, but you will find people in the Lulu forums who have horror stories of unacceptable books resulting in long email arguments with Lulu. I like to deal with a firm that I can ring up and grouse to if I need to. 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: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk order)? Any self-publishing houses in Europe which are recommendet? Rainer, Rick van der Laans lives in the Netherlands and published his SQLite book via lulu.com. I have a copy of that as well as his most excellent Introduction to SQL, 4th Ed. published by a conventional publisher. At 50 pages your proposed book is quite small. You can probably find a local publisher or printer who could produce bound copies for you. Rich It depends what you want to do. If you want a book for sale that will be distributed to Amazon etc, Lulu will do this. But note that they are printers, not publishers -an important distinction. I've produced five books via Lulu. I had pretty good experiences when I started several years ago but I like them less now, although I think they are the best in their category. At least you don't have to pay anything in advance. On the other hand, they are not cheap when it comest to printing and delivery. If you simply want a quantity of books for distribution to a specified audience I agree with Rick: cheaper to get the book printed yourself. This is what I've done myself for two books which I use on courses I teach; they are printed by Antony Rowe and this is considerably cheaper and also usually quicker than Lulu. Plus I can reach them on the phone, which you can't do with Lulu. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield much if any profit. The future, I'm sure, is in ebooks. Don't use Lulu for that; Smashwords is better. I have 6 books on Smashwords, including most of those I published with Lulu, and all are selling regularly. 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: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk order)? Any self-publishing houses in Europe which are recommendet? Rainer, Rick van der Laans lives in the Netherlands and published his SQLite book via lulu.com. I have a copy of that as well as his most excellent Introduction to SQL, 4th Ed. published by a conventional publisher. At 50 pages your proposed book is quite small. You can probably find a local publisher or printer who could produce bound copies for you. Rich It depends what you want to do. If you want a book for sale that will be distributed to Amazon etc, Lulu will do this. But note that they are printers, not publishers -an important distinction. I've produced five books via Lulu. I had pretty good experiences when I started several years ago but I like them less now, although I think they are the best in their category. At least you don't have to pay anything in advance. On the other hand, they are not cheap when it comest to printing and delivery. If you simply want a quantity of books for distribution to a specified audience I agree with Rick: cheaper to get the book printed yourself. This is what I've done myself for two books which I use on courses I teach; they are printed by Antony Rowe and this is considerably cheaper and also usually quicker than Lulu. Plus I can reach them on the phone, which you can't do with Lulu. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield much if any profit. The future, I'm sure, is in ebooks. Don't use Lulu for that; Smashwords is better. I have 6 books on Smashwords, including most of those I published with Lulu, and all are selling regularly. 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: OT: publishing - recommendations?
On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > >OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like > >lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically > >concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk > >order)? > > > >Any self-publishing houses in Europe which are recommendet? > > Rainer, > > Rick van der Laans lives in the Netherlands and published his SQLite book > via lulu.com. I have a copy of that as well as his most excellent > "Introduction to SQL, 4th Ed." published by a conventional publisher. > > At 50 pages your proposed book is quite small. You can probably find a > local publisher or printer who could produce bound copies for you. > > Rich It depends what you want to do. If you want a book for sale that will be distributed to Amazon etc, Lulu will do this. But note that they are printers, not publishers -an important distinction. I've produced five books via Lulu. I had pretty good experiences when I started several years ago but I like them less now, although I think they are the best in their category. At least you don't have to pay anything in advance. On the other hand, they are not cheap when it comest to printing and delivery. If you simply want a quantity of books for distribution to a specified audience I agree with Rick: cheaper to get the book printed yourself. This is what I've done myself for two books which I use on courses I teach; they are printed by Antony Rowe and this is considerably cheaper and also usually quicker than Lulu. Plus I can reach them on the phone, which you can't do with Lulu. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield much if any profit. The future, I'm sure, is in ebooks. Don't use Lulu for that; Smashwords is better. I have 6 books on Smashwords, including most of those I published with Lulu, and all are selling regularly. 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: Lyx and xindy
On 02 May 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Pascal Francq wrote: I try to change from makeindex to xindy to manage two index in the document from LyX. I have just selected xindy in ToolsPreferencesOutputLatex (adding the option -l french for the French language). Now, when I create the PDF document, no index is build (while it was with makeindex). I Suppose that I miss something. Any idea ? Depends on what version (of LyX) you are referring to. In 2.0, xindy really means xindy, whereas you probably want texindy (which is also in the selection). texindy is a script that provides sort of drop-in facility for LaTeX/makeindex users. Running xindy directly is more flexible, but you will have to pass some spedifications (via xindy modules). BTW both in xindy and texindy, the language option is (capital) -L. Jürgen You don't say which operating system you are using. I had the same problem on Debian Sid, which was due to a bug in clisp (required by xindy), I solved this by reverting to an earlier version of clisp and xindy, from Squeeze (Debian stable). 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: Lyx and xindy
On 02 May 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Pascal Francq wrote: I try to change from makeindex to xindy to manage two index in the document from LyX. I have just selected xindy in ToolsPreferencesOutputLatex (adding the option -l french for the French language). Now, when I create the PDF document, no index is build (while it was with makeindex). I Suppose that I miss something. Any idea ? Depends on what version (of LyX) you are referring to. In 2.0, xindy really means xindy, whereas you probably want texindy (which is also in the selection). texindy is a script that provides sort of drop-in facility for LaTeX/makeindex users. Running xindy directly is more flexible, but you will have to pass some spedifications (via xindy modules). BTW both in xindy and texindy, the language option is (capital) -L. Jürgen You don't say which operating system you are using. I had the same problem on Debian Sid, which was due to a bug in clisp (required by xindy), I solved this by reverting to an earlier version of clisp and xindy, from Squeeze (Debian stable). 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: Lyx and xindy
On 02 May 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Pascal Francq wrote: > > I try to change from makeindex to xindy to manage two index in the > > document from LyX. I have just selected xindy in > > "Tools>Preferences>Output>Latex" (adding the option "-l french" for the > > French language). > > Now, when I create the PDF document, no index is build (while it was with > > makeindex). I Suppose that I miss something. Any idea ? > > Depends on what version (of LyX) you are referring to. In 2.0, "xindy" really > means "xindy", whereas you probably want "texindy" (which is also in the > selection). > > texindy is a script that provides sort of "drop-in" facility for > LaTeX/makeindex users. Running xindy directly is more flexible, but you will > have to pass some spedifications (via xindy modules). > > BTW both in xindy and texindy, the language option is (capital) -L. > > Jürgen You don't say which operating system you are using. I had the same problem on Debian Sid, which was due to a bug in clisp (required by xindy), I solved this by reverting to an earlier version of clisp and xindy, from Squeeze (Debian stable). 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: Index generation failure - bug? -SOLVED
On 20 Apr 2011, Anthony Campbell wrote: I found that Lyx was not generating the index with at least two files I tried it on. After a lot of experimentation I managed to get an index using a semi-manual method: 1. Export the file as latex (luatex and possibly other formats work). 2. Run latex on myfile.tex (did it twice) 3. Run makeindex on myfile.idx. 4, Run latex again on myfile.tex After doing all this, LyX does show the index when I view the file. Is this a bug I should report or am I doing something wrong? I tried setting DocumentSettingsIndexes to different processors (makeindex, xindy, and texindy) but no joy. It looks as if LyX doesn't automatically generate myfile.idx on my setup; I have to do it manually. Anthony OK, I got it working in the end by setting DocumentSettingsIndexes to makeindex. I had thought that didn't do anything but then I found I needed to save, quit and reload LyX to make it operative. The background to this is that there is currently a bug in clisp for Debian which prevents xindy from working; LyX was trying to use xindy as the default so nothing was happening. 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: Index generation failure - bug? -SOLVED
On 20 Apr 2011, Anthony Campbell wrote: I found that Lyx was not generating the index with at least two files I tried it on. After a lot of experimentation I managed to get an index using a semi-manual method: 1. Export the file as latex (luatex and possibly other formats work). 2. Run latex on myfile.tex (did it twice) 3. Run makeindex on myfile.idx. 4, Run latex again on myfile.tex After doing all this, LyX does show the index when I view the file. Is this a bug I should report or am I doing something wrong? I tried setting DocumentSettingsIndexes to different processors (makeindex, xindy, and texindy) but no joy. It looks as if LyX doesn't automatically generate myfile.idx on my setup; I have to do it manually. Anthony OK, I got it working in the end by setting DocumentSettingsIndexes to makeindex. I had thought that didn't do anything but then I found I needed to save, quit and reload LyX to make it operative. The background to this is that there is currently a bug in clisp for Debian which prevents xindy from working; LyX was trying to use xindy as the default so nothing was happening. 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: Index generation failure - bug? -SOLVED
On 20 Apr 2011, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I found that Lyx was not generating the index with at least two files I > tried it on. > > After a lot of experimentation I managed to get an index using a > semi-manual method: > > 1. Export the file as latex (luatex and possibly other formats work). > 2. Run latex on myfile.tex (did it twice) > 3. Run makeindex on myfile.idx. > 4, Run latex again on myfile.tex > > > After doing all this, LyX does show the index when I view the file. Is > this a bug I should report or am I doing something wrong? I tried > setting Document>Settings>Indexes to different processors (makeindex, > xindy, and texindy) but no joy. > > It looks as if LyX doesn't automatically generate myfile.idx on my > setup; I have to do it manually. > > Anthony > OK, I got it working in the end by setting Document>Settings>Indexes to makeindex. I had thought that didn't do anything but then I found I needed to save, quit and reload LyX to make it operative. The background to this is that there is currently a bug in clisp for Debian which prevents xindy from working; LyX was trying to use xindy as the default so nothing was happening. 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
