Re: auto fixing mispelled words

[Pol]

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:

> On 11/3/18 5:46 AM, paolo m. wrote:
>> I am not able to 'learn' how not to make typos. Do you?
> 
> I learn not to make _specific_ typographical errors, and the facility
> that you request would only deal with sets of specific errors.

Yes, a set of specific words to be fixed by rearranging letters.
E.g.  writing quickly it often happens to write 'informazioen' rather than 
' informazione'.  
Sometimes that word appears correctly on the screen, sometimes it is 
distorted like that, as an anagram of the right word.  
Is that mistake a matter of 'learning'? You mean that i should gain a 
better motor control of my fingers' movements? 
My guess is that my mind form the mispelled word, while quickly 
writing, because  'informazioen' and ' informazione' are the same, in 
my mind.  
There would be much to say about the meaning of 'learning', but this is 
not the right place to discuss about that. I do not know which aspects 
of learning would be involved here, but i am puzzled about how to 
improve my writing by learning. 
Anyway, that kind of mispelling happens often. Should i spend years to 
learn, hoping ti improve my typewriting ability?
Rather, it would be very convenient to see that kind of mistakes 
instantly corrected. Don't you agree?

paolo m.  

>> Is is not a matter of learning,
> 
> Of course it is.
> 
>> it is our mind functioning that swaps letter
>> positions or doubles next letters while quickly writing text lines
> 
> Typing isn't an inborn skill; it is something that one learns.
> Learning to type a word and learning not to mistype it are the same
> thing.
> 
>> Restoring the correct letters order for each word quickly would be a
>> great favour to a number of long paper writers.
> 
> In the case of a long paper, as opposed to a set of papers, the
> facility that you request doesn't offer much that global
> find-and-replace doesn't already do.  In either case, you are talking
> about working from an assembled list of corrections. (Recall that your
> original request involved a list assembled by the user of corrections
> to make.)

Re: tikz pictures rendering

[Pol]

Joel Kulesza wrote:

> Paolo,
> 
> Can you please provide MWE 
(https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MinimalExample
> )?  If so, I'll take a closer
> look.

Here included my test file.
I have to correct my observations here (probably my tikz command, a 
few hours ago, was not the same; not sure):
- both normal position circle and the shifted one, have been cut off, 
as displayed by LyX.
- no cut off, no shift for both normal position circle and the shifted 
one, as rendered as pdf.

Thank you

paolo m.



test-inline-tikz.lyx
Description: application/lyx

tikz pictures rendering

[Pol]

Hi all, 
​I don't know  if this a lyx software issue or a tikz programming issue (i 
am
rather new to tikz)

I would like to lower a bit the circle in the 'in line' command:

 \tikz \draw (0,-9pt) circle (4pt);

so that the circle appear shifted a little lower, with respect to the text
line it is in.
​inserting the latex command:

\tikz \draw (0,-9pt) circle (4pt);

​obtains:
1 - ​the ​picture​​,​ on the lyx display​,​ effectively shifted downward, but 
its lower part has been cut away.​ I would have a full circle in the text 
line.
​
​2 - T​he picture appears unmoved, in the pdf rendering

Any comments will be appreciated

thank you

paolo m.

Re: weird language management

[Pol]

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:

> On 10/22/2018 03:38 AM, Pol wrote:
>>
>> Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10/21/2018 11:48 AM, Paolo M wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have noticed that spellchecker does not work, if an alternative
>>>> language has been given.
>>>> Is that a bug?
>>> 
>>> Do you have a vocabulary loaded for the alternative language?
>> Not to my knowledge.
> So, just how were you imagining that the spellchecker would do its
> checking, then?

By 'alternative language' i understood as second vocabulary that the 
spellchecker use, if no entries in the default vocabulary matches the 
current word. I see no reason for the spellchecker does not check any 
words, most of them belonging to the default language, 

Moreover, i have never explicitly loaded any vocabulary. I suppose that 
has been done automatically, after the language name has been 
entered. Shouldn't be the same, when entering the name of the 
alternative language? 


 

> 
>> How to check?
> 
> There are many spellcheckers supported by LyX and multiple 
operating
> systems to which LyX has been ported, and you haven't told us which
> you use.  I urge you to determine which spellchecker you've installed,
> by selecting

Language is set to 'predefined' (that  is italian) and spellchecker is 
hunspell (also tried enchant). 
Alternative language that i have tried is english

Spellchecker works fine, provided that no alternative language has 
been set. That is the weird case.

Thank you 

paolo m.

Re: auto fixing mispelled words

[Pol]

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:

> On 10/22/2018 04:16 AM, Pol wrote:
>>
>> A possible improvement of the spellchecker facility: Common, 
typical
>> mispellings made by authors could be istantaneously autocorrected 
by
>> lyx, by checking a suitable list  maintained by authors themseves.
> But if I know that I never intend to type “satistics” then why would I
> still do it so often that the ordinary find-and-replace function
> weren't sufficient to fix the occasional lapse?

Only for practicl reasons. It is easier to replace wrong words 
automatically.
There are several words that i frequntly type  wronglyi every few lines, 

p.

auto fixing mispelled words

[Pol]

A possible improvement of the spellchecker facility: Common, typical 
mispellings made by authors could be istantaneously autocorrected by 
lyx, by checking a suitable list  maintained by authors themseves.

p.
  

Re: weird language management

[Pol]

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:

> On 10/21/2018 11:48 AM, Paolo M wrote:
>>
>> I have noticed that spellchecker does not work, if an alternative
>> language has been given.
>> Is that a bug?
> 
> Do you have a vocabulary loaded for the alternative language?

Not to my knowledge.  How to check?

thank you

Sharpness of lyx characters

[Pol]

screen characters in lyx on hp-elitebook x360, appear unclear, i would 
say that 'ink density' is not uniform. 
No change switching to different fonts.
All applications display clear characters, except LyX 
Lyx runs on opensuse leap 15 / plasma 

Any hints?

thank you

paolo m.

Re: Indenting in verse style

[Pol]

Daniel wrote:


> 
> I am not sure which is correct (the lyx work area or the code
> generated). Basically, you need an extra empty line below the
> environment. I seem to remember that LyX originally added such 
empty
> lines but it was removed due to bug
> https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9055. Maybe this is a special case 
where
> it shouldn't?
> 
> Attached is a workaround to get your expected result in LyX. I just 
copy
> and pasted the empty line format from another file since I could not
> remember how to insert them otherwise.
> 
> /Daniel


thank you, i have copied your insertion

p.

Indenting in verse style

[Pol]

The following text, in verse style, is correctly indented on my lyx 
screen, but the pdf is not well rendered, the last line not being aligned 
with first one:
 
Given that
  1. prop 1
  2. prop 2
  3. prop 3
then prop 4 must follow.

Here included my lyx test file.
Is that a bug?

thank you

paolo m.

test-enumeration-in-verse.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: read_only view of lyx doc

[Pol]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:

> Le 24/01/2018 à 13:45, Pol a écrit :
>> I would like to view my lyx document in read only mode, so as not 
to
>> modify it by mistake, by pressing keys, restoring the original 
read-
>> write privileges, before closing.
>> A kind a lyx 'command mode', as in the 'vi' text editor, provided 
with
>> a few comamnd keys di move cursor across my document.
>> Woould that be possible in the future?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Did you try Document>Disable Editing?
> 
> JMarc


I didn't know that command. Thank you for your suggestion.

p.

read_only view of lyx doc

[Pol]

I would like to view my lyx document in read only mode, so as not to 
modify it by mistake, by pressing keys, restoring the original read-
write privileges, before closing. 
A kind a lyx 'command mode', as in the 'vi' text editor, provided with 
a few comamnd keys di move cursor across my document. 
Woould that be possible in the future?

thanks

live links?

[Pol]

I would like to use a special lyx doc of mine as a mind map. 
To that aim, opening other files by clicking on the relevant hyperlink on 
that lyx file, would be very convenient.  Is that possible? 

thank you
paolo

Previewing tikz

[Pol (Le-Z570)]

Tikz graph cannot be previewed, when inserted into a mini page, although 
it is correctly displayed in the PDF viwew

Tikz graph not in mini page is correctly previewed in lyx.

Any ideas?

thank you

Pol  

slides with line control and audio track

[Pol]

I would like to create slides with the following features: 

- slide gradually reveals successive lines of text

- audio track can be played in sync with the video

Your suggestions are welcome

thank you 
---P

slides with line control and audio track

[Pol]

I would like to create slides with the following features: 

- slide gradually reveals successive lines of text

- audio track can be played in sync with the video

Your suggestions are welcome

thank you 
---P

slides with line control and audio track

[Pol]

I would like to create slides with the following features: 

- slide gradually reveals successive lines of text

- audio track can be played in sync with the video

Your suggestions are welcome

thank you 
---P

importing 0.12

[Pol]

I would import an old 0.12 lyx file into 1.4.5
Any suitable script?

Thank you 

--P

Re: importing 0.12

[Pol]

rgheck wrote:

 On 10/23/2009 01:12 PM, Pol wrote:
 It should just work: Just open the file in LyX. If that doesn't work,
 then the lyx2lyx conversion script is failing. You can try to run it
 from outside LyX, if you wish. You'll find it (on Linux) at
 /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx. Run lyx2lyx -h for info.
 

I am using a home.compiled lyx version: /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
doe not work. Maybe that is the reason why importing by lyx does not work
either. 
Attached is the output from cli.


 Can I ask why you are still using 1.4.5?

well, i am still  working on kubuntu/hardy with kde 3.5.10. I am waiting for
a 'heavy end-user' friendly kde4 release (hopefully 4.4) to switch. In the
meantime, i like 1.3.5, i am accustomed to it and the baghira desktop theme
is supported. 

Thank you
---Pol

--- enc.
(@ambhi) dyn + %  /usr/lo*/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx  old-time_moments.lyx
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx, line 101, in module
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx, line 92, in main
file = LyX.File(end_format, input, output, error, debug, try_hard,
cjk_encoding)
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py, line 556, in __init__
self.read()
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py, line 242, in read
self.encoding = get_encoding(self.language, self.inputencoding,
self.format, self.cjk_encoding)
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py, line 128, in get_encoding
return lang[language][3]
KeyError: 'default'

-

Re: importing 0.12

[Pol]

rgheck wrote:

 

 You don't need to switch to kde4 to run 1.6.x. You just need the Qt4
 libraries. Aren't those available for hardy? They will happily co-exist
 with the Qt3 libraries that kde3 uses. If you're using alternate
 encodings, unicode, etc, it is well worth the upgrade. And there are a
 lot of new features, too.

Ok, i have installed lyx 1.6 and lyx2lyx worked fine

Thank you

--P

importing 0.12

[Pol]

I would import an old 0.12 lyx file into 1.4.5
Any suitable script?

Thank you 

--P

Re: importing 0.12

[Pol]

rgheck wrote:

 On 10/23/2009 01:12 PM, Pol wrote:
 It should just work: Just open the file in LyX. If that doesn't work,
 then the lyx2lyx conversion script is failing. You can try to run it
 from outside LyX, if you wish. You'll find it (on Linux) at
 /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx. Run lyx2lyx -h for info.
 

I am using a home.compiled lyx version: /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
doe not work. Maybe that is the reason why importing by lyx does not work
either. 
Attached is the output from cli.


 Can I ask why you are still using 1.4.5?

well, i am still  working on kubuntu/hardy with kde 3.5.10. I am waiting for
a 'heavy end-user' friendly kde4 release (hopefully 4.4) to switch. In the
meantime, i like 1.3.5, i am accustomed to it and the baghira desktop theme
is supported. 

Thank you
---Pol

--- enc.
(@ambhi) dyn + %  /usr/lo*/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx  old-time_moments.lyx
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx, line 101, in module
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx, line 92, in main
file = LyX.File(end_format, input, output, error, debug, try_hard,
cjk_encoding)
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py, line 556, in __init__
self.read()
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py, line 242, in read
self.encoding = get_encoding(self.language, self.inputencoding,
self.format, self.cjk_encoding)
  File /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py, line 128, in get_encoding
return lang[language][3]
KeyError: 'default'

-

Re: importing 0.12

[Pol]

rgheck wrote:

 

 You don't need to switch to kde4 to run 1.6.x. You just need the Qt4
 libraries. Aren't those available for hardy? They will happily co-exist
 with the Qt3 libraries that kde3 uses. If you're using alternate
 encodings, unicode, etc, it is well worth the upgrade. And there are a
 lot of new features, too.

Ok, i have installed lyx 1.6 and lyx2lyx worked fine

Thank you

--P

importing 0.12

[Pol]

I would import an old 0.12 lyx file into 1.4.5
Any suitable script?

Thank you 

--P

Re: importing 0.12

[Pol]

rgheck wrote:

> On 10/23/2009 01:12 PM, Pol wrote:
> It should just work: Just open the file in LyX. If that doesn't work,
> then the lyx2lyx conversion script is failing. You can try to run it
> from outside LyX, if you wish. You'll find it (on Linux) at
> /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx. Run "lyx2lyx -h" for info.
> 

I am using a home.compiled lyx version: /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
doe not work. Maybe that is the reason why importing by lyx does not work
either. 
Attached is the output from cli.


> Can I ask why you are still using 1.4.5?

well, i am still  working on kubuntu/hardy with kde 3.5.10. I am waiting for
a 'heavy end-user' friendly kde4 release (hopefully 4.4) to switch. In the
meantime, i like 1.3.5, i am accustomed to it and the baghira desktop theme
is supported. 

Thank you
---Pol

--- enc.
(@ambhi) dyn + %  /usr/lo*/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx  old-time_moments.lyx
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx", line 101, in 
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx", line 92, in main
file = LyX.File(end_format, input, output, error, debug, try_hard,
cjk_encoding)
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py", line 556, in __init__
self.read()
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py", line 242, in read
self.encoding = get_encoding(self.language, self.inputencoding,
self.format, self.cjk_encoding)
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py", line 128, in get_encoding
return lang[language][3]
KeyError: 'default'

-

Re: importing 0.12

[Pol]

rgheck wrote:

 
>
> You don't need to switch to kde4 to run 1.6.x. You just need the Qt4
> libraries. Aren't those available for hardy? They will happily co-exist
> with the Qt3 libraries that kde3 uses. If you're using alternate
> encodings, unicode, etc, it is well worth the upgrade. And there are a
> lot of new features, too.

Ok, i have installed lyx 1.6 and lyx2lyx worked fine

Thank you

--P

Re: format conversion

[Pol]

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
 lyx -e lyx14x file.lyx
 

Thank you. That allowed me to write down a zsh script to convert files into
*.lyx14 then to move them into a special directory, after having been
renamed *.lyx again. 

---P
- enc
#!/bin/zsh
 (lyx-e lyx14x *lyx   \
  for i in *.lyx14; do mv -- $i lyx-1.4/${i:r}.lyx; done
) 
---

Re: format conversion

[Pol]

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
 lyx -e lyx14x file.lyx
 

Thank you. That allowed me to write down a zsh script to convert files into
*.lyx14 then to move them into a special directory, after having been
renamed *.lyx again. 

---P
- enc
#!/bin/zsh
 (lyx-e lyx14x *lyx   \
  for i in *.lyx14; do mv -- $i lyx-1.4/${i:r}.lyx; done
) 
---

Re: format conversion

[Pol]

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
> lyx -e lyx14x file.lyx
> 

Thank you. That allowed me to write down a zsh script to convert files into
*.lyx14 then to move them into a special directory, after having been
renamed *.lyx again. 

---P
- enc
#!/bin/zsh
 (lyx-e lyx14x *lyx &&  \
  for i in *.lyx14; do mv -- "$i" lyx-1.4/"${i:r}.lyx"; done
) 
---

format conversion

[Pol]

Is it possible to convert a lyx doc from 1.6 to 1.4 by a commnd line
instruction?

My attempts starting from 'lyx -e LyX 4.3.x' followed by a number of
variations, all failed.


Thank you

---P

format conversion

[Pol]

Is it possible to convert a lyx doc from 1.6 to 1.4 by a commnd line
instruction?

My attempts starting from 'lyx -e LyX 4.3.x' followed by a number of
variations, all failed.


Thank you

---P

format conversion

[Pol]

Is it possible to convert a lyx doc from 1.6 to 1.4 by a commnd line
instruction?

My attempts starting from 'lyx -e "LyX 4.3.x"' followed by a number of
variations, all failed.


Thank you

---P

Re: customizing the extra spaces

[Pol]

Helge Hafting wrote:
 Nonbreaking spaces are usually not needed that often. How come
 you find them too visible? Are you using lots of them to get extra
 space somewhere? There are usually better ways of getting
 extra space. Insert-Formatting-Horizontal Space lets you
 insert spaces of any length you might need.

Thank you for your suggestions.
I do not use extra space very often, yet sometimes it comes handy entering
ctrl-space, e.g. i like more space at the ends of in line formulas.

I should set a shortcut for Insert-Formatting-Horizontal Space with a
given parameter, to enter a space with pre-defined length. Is that
possible?


---Pol

Re: customizing the extra spaces

[Pol]

Helge Hafting wrote:
 Nonbreaking spaces are usually not needed that often. How come
 you find them too visible? Are you using lots of them to get extra
 space somewhere? There are usually better ways of getting
 extra space. Insert-Formatting-Horizontal Space lets you
 insert spaces of any length you might need.

Thank you for your suggestions.
I do not use extra space very often, yet sometimes it comes handy entering
ctrl-space, e.g. i like more space at the ends of in line formulas.

I should set a shortcut for Insert-Formatting-Horizontal Space with a
given parameter, to enter a space with pre-defined length. Is that
possible?


---Pol

Re: customizing the extra spaces

[Pol]

Helge Hafting wrote:
> Nonbreaking spaces are usually not needed that often. How come
> you find them too visible? Are you using lots of them to get "extra
> space" somewhere? There are usually better ways of getting
> extra space. "Insert->Formatting->Horizontal Space" lets you
> insert spaces of any length you might need.

Thank you for your suggestions.
I do not use extra space very often, yet sometimes it comes handy entering
ctrl-space, e.g. i like more space at the ends of in line formulas.

I should set a shortcut for "Insert->Formatting->Horizontal Space" with a
given parameter, to enter a space with pre-defined length. Is that
possible?


---Pol

customizing the extra spaces

[Pol]

Is it possible to change the mark for extra space (ctrl-space)?
How to change its color as well, independently from the TeX code color?
I would that mark less visible.

Thank you
---p

customizing the extra spaces

[Pol]

Is it possible to change the mark for extra space (ctrl-space)?
How to change its color as well, independently from the TeX code color?
I would that mark less visible.

Thank you
---p

customizing the extra spaces

[Pol]

Is it possible to change the mark for extra space (ctrl-space)?
How to change its color as well, independently from the TeX code color?
I would that mark less visible.

Thank you
---p

RE: collecting items

[Pol]

Micha Feigin wrote:

 If it's lyx or latex documents you can just copy and paste. Lyx will work
 as is. Latex math you need to either paste into an existing math block or
 paste as normal text, then select the math parts and press Ctrl-M to
 create a math block of the text.

Yes, they are all lyx documents. 
My trick is to collect most of math questions in one file, so as to be able
to pick up what is needed, when preparing a new doc. 

A different solution  would be to store each math question or expression in
distinct lyx document. Then, desired items could be included into your doc
through the 'input' instruction.  But i have never tried.


Thank you
---P

RE: collecting items

[Pol]

Micha Feigin wrote:

 If it's lyx or latex documents you can just copy and paste. Lyx will work
 as is. Latex math you need to either paste into an existing math block or
 paste as normal text, then select the math parts and press Ctrl-M to
 create a math block of the text.

Yes, they are all lyx documents. 
My trick is to collect most of math questions in one file, so as to be able
to pick up what is needed, when preparing a new doc. 

A different solution  would be to store each math question or expression in
distinct lyx document. Then, desired items could be included into your doc
through the 'input' instruction.  But i have never tried.


Thank you
---P

RE: collecting items

[Pol]

Micha Feigin wrote:

> If it's lyx or latex documents you can just copy and paste. Lyx will work
> as is. Latex math you need to either paste into an existing math block or
> paste as normal text, then select the math parts and press Ctrl-M to
> create a math block of the text.

Yes, they are all lyx documents. 
My trick is to collect most of math questions in one file, so as to be able
to pick up what is needed, when preparing a new doc. 

A different solution  would be to store each math question or expression in
distinct lyx document. Then, desired items could be included into your doc
through the 'input' instruction.  But i have never tried.


Thank you
---P

collecting items

[pol]

Often i have to pick up math questions from several previously made
documents to build up a new one (homework, test, other deliverables).

I would like to hear about your suggestions to effectively accomplish such
task. 


Thank you
---P

collecting items

[pol]

Often i have to pick up math questions from several previously made
documents to build up a new one (homework, test, other deliverables).

I would like to hear about your suggestions to effectively accomplish such
task. 


Thank you
---P

collecting items

[pol]

Often i have to pick up math questions from several previously made
documents to build up a new one (homework, test, other deliverables).

I would like to hear about your suggestions to effectively accomplish such
task. 


Thank you
---P

xy-pic polyline

[Pol]

I need to draw a picture without characters at corners. I think i should
call the polyline command, but i can't find any easy example to learn how
to use it.
Any hints?

Thank you

---P

xy-pic polyline

[Pol]

I need to draw a picture without characters at corners. I think i should
call the polyline command, but i can't find any easy example to learn how
to use it.
Any hints?

Thank you

---P

xy-pic polyline

[Pol]

I need to draw a picture without characters at corners. I think i should
call the polyline command, but i can't find any easy example to learn how
to use it.
Any hints?

Thank you

---P

Re: xy-pic oddities

[Pol]

posted  mailed

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 
 FWIW, I pasted your three arrow code into a new document in LyX (with
 \usepackage[all]{xy} in the preamble), and instant preview displayed it
 with three arrow heads but only one arrow (the middle one).  I also
 threw in another math inset with an integral, and instant preview did
 not display the integral sign.


Now evrything works, thank you
It seems that sometimes displaying xy-pic pictures takes a very long time;
but i cannot reproduce. (by the way, i am still using 1.4.5 on linux)

--P  

Re: xy-pic oddities

[Pol]

posted  mailed

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 
 FWIW, I pasted your three arrow code into a new document in LyX (with
 \usepackage[all]{xy} in the preamble), and instant preview displayed it
 with three arrow heads but only one arrow (the middle one).  I also
 threw in another math inset with an integral, and instant preview did
 not display the integral sign.


Now evrything works, thank you
It seems that sometimes displaying xy-pic pictures takes a very long time;
but i cannot reproduce. (by the way, i am still using 1.4.5 on linux)

--P  

Re: xy-pic oddities

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 
> FWIW, I pasted your three arrow code into a new document in LyX (with
> \usepackage[all]{xy} in the preamble), and instant preview displayed it
> with three arrow heads but only one arrow (the middle one).  I also
> threw in another math inset with an integral, and instant preview did
> not display the integral sign.


Now evrything works, thank you
It seems that sometimes displaying xy-pic pictures takes a very long time;
but i cannot reproduce. (by the way, i am still using 1.4.5 on linux)

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xy-pic oddities

[Pol]

While the single arrow in command
\xymatrix{A \ar[r] B}
is displayed by lyx, three arrow graph in command
\xymatrix{   p,a  \\ p \ar[r] \ar[ur] \ar[dr]   p,n  \\   p,e  }
is undisplayed (yet correctly printed out)

Any ideas?
Any matrix or array specifications needed in the preamble?

thank you
---P

xy-pic oddities

[Pol]

While the single arrow in command
\xymatrix{A \ar[r] B}
is displayed by lyx, three arrow graph in command
\xymatrix{   p,a  \\ p \ar[r] \ar[ur] \ar[dr]   p,n  \\   p,e  }
is undisplayed (yet correctly printed out)

Any ideas?
Any matrix or array specifications needed in the preamble?

thank you
---P

xy-pic oddities

[Pol]

While the single arrow in command
\xymatrix{A \ar[r] B}
is displayed by lyx, three arrow graph in command
\xymatrix{ & & p,a & \\ p \ar[r] \ar[ur] \ar[dr] & & p,n & \\ & & p,e & }
is undisplayed (yet correctly printed out)

Any ideas?
Any matrix or array specifications needed in the preamble?

thank you
---P

nicer matrix delimiters?

[Pol]

Any suggestions to change matrix delimiters, other than square or  standard
round brackets? I would like straight round brackets.

thank you
-Pol

nicer matrix delimiters?

[Pol]

Any suggestions to change matrix delimiters, other than square or  standard
round brackets? I would like straight round brackets.

thank you
-Pol

nicer matrix delimiters?

[Pol]

Any suggestions to change matrix delimiters, other than square or  standard
round brackets? I would like straight round brackets.

thank you
-Pol

formatting 'smallest' font

[Pol]

Here included a test file, where a line in 'smallest' font cannot be
formatted into a table. 
Any ideas?

Thank you
--Pol


test-table-formatting.lyx
Description: application/lyx


test-table-formatting.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: formatting 'smallest' font

[Pol]

posted  mailed

Rudi van der Linde wrote:
 It seems like underbar is causing the problem.  Don't know why though.
 

Yes, so it seems
I am using lyx 1.4.5. Same result with 1.6.1?

--P

formatting 'smallest' font

[Pol]

Here included a test file, where a line in 'smallest' font cannot be
formatted into a table. 
Any ideas?

Thank you
--Pol


test-table-formatting.lyx
Description: application/lyx


test-table-formatting.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: formatting 'smallest' font

[Pol]

posted  mailed

Rudi van der Linde wrote:
 It seems like underbar is causing the problem.  Don't know why though.
 

Yes, so it seems
I am using lyx 1.4.5. Same result with 1.6.1?

--P

formatting 'smallest' font

[Pol]

Here included a test file, where a line in 'smallest' font cannot be
formatted into a table. 
Any ideas?

Thank you
--Pol


test-table-formatting.lyx
Description: application/lyx


test-table-formatting.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: formatting 'smallest' font

[Pol]

Rudi van der Linde wrote:
> It seems like "underbar" is causing the problem.  Don't know why though.
> 

Yes, so it seems
I am using lyx 1.4.5. Same result with 1.6.1?

--P

Re: math font

[Pol]

Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
 Play with the the 'Zoom %' and 'Screen DPI' values in the Preferences
 under Screen fonts.


Strangely enough, math font is the correct size as cursor is within the math
area (here font size changes according to preferences), yet it takes back
its small, fixed size, as cursor moves out into normal text.

Any ideas?

thank you
-P 

Re: math font

[Pol]

Konrad Hofbauer wrote:

 Increase the Screen DPI value (you have to restart LyX for this setting
 to take effect), or disable Math Previews (also in the preferences).
 

I have set 'instant preview' to 'no math'

thank you
--P

Re: math font

[Pol]

Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
 Play with the the 'Zoom %' and 'Screen DPI' values in the Preferences
 under Screen fonts.


Strangely enough, math font is the correct size as cursor is within the math
area (here font size changes according to preferences), yet it takes back
its small, fixed size, as cursor moves out into normal text.

Any ideas?

thank you
-P 

Re: math font

[Pol]

Konrad Hofbauer wrote:

 Increase the Screen DPI value (you have to restart LyX for this setting
 to take effect), or disable Math Previews (also in the preferences).
 

I have set 'instant preview' to 'no math'

thank you
--P

Re: math font

[Pol]

Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
> Play with the the 'Zoom %' and 'Screen DPI' values in the Preferences
> under Screen fonts.


Strangely enough, math font is the correct size as cursor is within the math
area (here font size changes according to preferences), yet it takes back
its small, fixed size, as cursor moves out into normal text.

Any ideas?

thank you
-P 

Re: math font

[Pol]

Konrad Hofbauer wrote:

> Increase the Screen DPI value (you have to restart LyX for this setting
> to take effect), or disable Math Previews (also in the preferences).
> 

I have set 'instant preview' to 'no math'

thank you
--P

back reference to page

[pol]

I would like to crossreference to the page a tagged item is in. 
Any hints?

Thank you
--
Pol

back reference to page

[pol]

I would like to crossreference to the page a tagged item is in. 
Any hints?

Thank you
--
Pol

back reference to page

[pol]

I would like to crossreference to the page a tagged item is in. 
Any hints?

Thank you
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Pol

word wrap and \use_geometry

[pol]

Text cannot be properly justified in the 'item' environment, if
\use_geometry is set 'true'. Both the lyx interface and the pdf output
appear to be affected by that switch.
I do not remember what the use of the \use_geometry option and how it can be
set off from the lyx interface.  I
I have just found that, as \use_geometry is set 'false' by editing the lyx
character text file, word wrapping is ok. 
Is that a bug?
Should  \use_geometry  be set to 'false' by default?

Thank you
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Pol

Re: word wrap and \use_geometry

[pol]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
 
 Could you send a small example file? I am not sure what you mean.

I had been experimenting a few days ago, with lyx 1.4.3, but i cannot
arrange a test now. 
Anyway, should one expect any problems justifying text in the 'item'
environment, due to lines containing math expressions not being properly
wrapped up?

 
 I do not remember what the use of the \use_geometry option and how it can
 be
 set off from the lyx interface.  I
 
 Just check
 DocumentSettings|Margins|default margin

thanks 
--
Pol

word wrap and \use_geometry

[pol]

Text cannot be properly justified in the 'item' environment, if
\use_geometry is set 'true'. Both the lyx interface and the pdf output
appear to be affected by that switch.
I do not remember what the use of the \use_geometry option and how it can be
set off from the lyx interface.  I
I have just found that, as \use_geometry is set 'false' by editing the lyx
character text file, word wrapping is ok. 
Is that a bug?
Should  \use_geometry  be set to 'false' by default?

Thank you
--
Pol

Re: word wrap and \use_geometry

[pol]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
 
 Could you send a small example file? I am not sure what you mean.

I had been experimenting a few days ago, with lyx 1.4.3, but i cannot
arrange a test now. 
Anyway, should one expect any problems justifying text in the 'item'
environment, due to lines containing math expressions not being properly
wrapped up?

 
 I do not remember what the use of the \use_geometry option and how it can
 be
 set off from the lyx interface.  I
 
 Just check
 DocumentSettings|Margins|default margin

thanks 
--
Pol

word wrap and \use_geometry

[pol]

Text cannot be properly justified in the 'item' environment, if
\use_geometry is set 'true'. Both the lyx interface and the pdf output
appear to be affected by that switch.
I do not remember what the use of the \use_geometry option and how it can be
set off from the lyx interface.  I
I have just found that, as \use_geometry is set 'false' by editing the lyx
character text file, word wrapping is ok. 
Is that a bug?
Should  \use_geometry  be set to 'false' by default?

Thank you
--
Pol

Re: word wrap and \use_geometry

[pol]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
 
> Could you send a small example file? I am not sure what you mean.

I had been experimenting a few days ago, with lyx 1.4.3, but i cannot
arrange a test now. 
Anyway, should one expect any problems justifying text in the 'item'
environment, due to lines containing math expressions not being properly
wrapped up?

> 
>> I do not remember what the use of the \use_geometry option and how it can
>> be
>> set off from the lyx interface.  I
> 
> Just check
> Document>Settings|Margins|default margin

thanks 
--
Pol

Re: pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

 Pol wrote:
 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 
 Pol wrote:
 posted  mailed

 Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures,
 into a lyx file?
 Metapost or something like that could be used?
  
 Would either tikz or xy-pic do what you have in mind?


 
 It is easy to embed a compiled image (PDF, JPG, PNG, EPS, ...) from a
 suitable drawing/graphing program.  I take it that's not what you want?
 

Thank you for your hints and examples, i will experiment with both programs,
but i would prefer to work with a graphic interface. 
Also, it is a pity lyx is not able t render tikz  and  xy-pic  pictures. 

--
Pol

Re: pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

 Pol wrote:
 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 
 Pol wrote:
 posted  mailed

 Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures,
 into a lyx file?
 Metapost or something like that could be used?
  
 Would either tikz or xy-pic do what you have in mind?


 
 It is easy to embed a compiled image (PDF, JPG, PNG, EPS, ...) from a
 suitable drawing/graphing program.  I take it that's not what you want?
 

Thank you for your hints and examples, i will experiment with both programs,
but i would prefer to work with a graphic interface. 
Also, it is a pity lyx is not able t render tikz  and  xy-pic  pictures. 

--
Pol

Re: pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

> Pol wrote:
>> Paul A. Rubin wrote:
>> 
>>> Pol wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures,
>>>> into a lyx file?
>>>> Metapost or something like that could be used?
>>>>  
>>> Would either tikz or xy-pic do what you have in mind?
>>>

> 
> It is easy to embed a compiled image (PDF, JPG, PNG, EPS, ...) from a
> suitable drawing/graphing program.  I take it that's not what you want?
> 

Thank you for your hints and examples, i will experiment with both programs,
but i would prefer to work with a graphic interface. 
Also, it is a pity lyx is not able t render tikz  and  xy-pic  pictures. 

--
Pol

pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

posted  mailed

Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures, into a
lyx file?
Metapost or something like that could be used?
 
Thank you
--
Pol

Re: pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

 Pol wrote:
 posted  mailed
 
 Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures,
 into a lyx file?
 Metapost or something like that could be used?
  
 
 Would either tikz or xy-pic do what you have in mind?
 

I have never tried those format. Can they be included into a lyx file?
How to do?

Thank you
--
Pol

pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

posted  mailed

Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures, into a
lyx file?
Metapost or something like that could be used?
 
Thank you
--
Pol

Re: pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

 Pol wrote:
 posted  mailed
 
 Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures,
 into a lyx file?
 Metapost or something like that could be used?
  
 
 Would either tikz or xy-pic do what you have in mind?
 

I have never tried those format. Can they be included into a lyx file?
How to do?

Thank you
--
Pol

pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures, into a
lyx file?
Metapost or something like that could be used?
 
Thank you
--
Pol

Re: pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

> Pol wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures,
>> into a lyx file?
>> Metapost or something like that could be used?
>>  
> 
> Would either tikz or xy-pic do what you have in mind?
> 

I have never tried those format. Can they be included into a lyx file?
How to do?

Thank you
--
Pol

numbers of numbered lists

[pol]

I would expect size of numbers in numbered lists would change accordingly,
as the font size of all text has changed or the default font size has
changed. 
That does not happen, with the default 'article' class, using lyx 1.4.5
Any suggestions?
Any improvements in the next lyx releases, in this regard?

Thank you
---
Pol

numbers of numbered lists

[pol]

I would expect size of numbers in numbered lists would change accordingly,
as the font size of all text has changed or the default font size has
changed. 
That does not happen, with the default 'article' class, using lyx 1.4.5
Any suggestions?
Any improvements in the next lyx releases, in this regard?

Thank you
---
Pol

numbers of numbered lists

[pol]

I would expect size of numbers in numbered lists would change accordingly,
as the font size of all text has changed or the default font size has
changed. 
That does not happen, with the default 'article' class, using lyx 1.4.5
Any suggestions?
Any improvements in the next lyx releases, in this regard?

Thank you
---
Pol

typewriter font

[Pol]

I would like my typewriter font to be smaller, by default, than the standard
text size, 
Any hints?

thank you

--
Pol

typewriter font

[Pol]

I would like my typewriter font to be smaller, by default, than the standard
text size, 
Any hints?

thank you

--
Pol

typewriter font

[Pol]

I would like my typewriter font to be smaller, by default, than the standard
text size, 
Any hints?

thank you

--
Pol

Re: cannot find styles (ms-windows)

[Pol]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

 - set in MiKTeX's settings program that you find in the start menu the
 option instal missing packages on the fly to yes
 - open an internet connection
 - reconfigure LyX
 
 This will install all packages neded by LyX from the internet. Finally
 
 - run MiKTeX's update program that you find in the start menu


Running MikTex update did the trick - thank you
--
Pol

Re: cannot find styles (ms-windows)

[Pol]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

 - set in MiKTeX's settings program that you find in the start menu the
 option instal missing packages on the fly to yes
 - open an internet connection
 - reconfigure LyX
 
 This will install all packages neded by LyX from the internet. Finally
 
 - run MiKTeX's update program that you find in the start menu


Running MikTex update did the trick - thank you
--
Pol

Re: cannot find styles (ms-windows)

[Pol]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

> - set in MiKTeX's settings program that you find in the start menu the
> option "instal missing packages on the fly" to "yes"
> - open an internet connection
> - reconfigure LyX
> 
> This will install all packages neded by LyX from the internet. Finally
> 
> - run MiKTeX's update program that you find in the start menu


Running MikTex update did the trick - thank you
--
Pol

cannot find styles (ms-windows)

[Pol]

I have just installed lyx with miktex on a windows vista laptop
Installation apparently completed, yet, as i try to view the pdf (through
ps2pdf) i am asked to install the fancyhdr style. Shouldn't that be in the
miktex standard package? 
Anyway, the style is downloaded and installed (from the internet, if i
remember correctly).
Afterwards the listings.sty style is found to be missing. Prompted to accept
to start a search, I accept, but the resulting pdf file is empty.
Shouldn't' that listings.lst file be part of the standard package?
Any extra packages available for ms-widows?

Thank you 

--
Pol

cannot find styles (ms-windows)

[Pol]

I have just installed lyx with miktex on a windows vista laptop
Installation apparently completed, yet, as i try to view the pdf (through
ps2pdf) i am asked to install the fancyhdr style. Shouldn't that be in the
miktex standard package? 
Anyway, the style is downloaded and installed (from the internet, if i
remember correctly).
Afterwards the listings.sty style is found to be missing. Prompted to accept
to start a search, I accept, but the resulting pdf file is empty.
Shouldn't' that listings.lst file be part of the standard package?
Any extra packages available for ms-widows?

Thank you 

--
Pol

cannot find styles (ms-windows)

[Pol]

I have just installed lyx with miktex on a windows vista laptop
Installation apparently completed, yet, as i try to view the pdf (through
ps2pdf) i am asked to install the fancyhdr style. Shouldn't that be in the
miktex standard package? 
Anyway, the style is downloaded and installed (from the internet, if i
remember correctly).
Afterwards the listings.sty style is found to be missing. Prompted to accept
to start a search, I accept, but the resulting pdf file is empty.
Shouldn't' that listings.lst file be part of the standard package?
Any extra packages available for ms-widows?

Thank you 

--
Pol

symbols rendering

[pol]

On the linux/kubuntu laptop of a friend of mine, some latex symbols (e.g,
\pm, \alpha, etc) are not rendered in lyx, although they correctly printed
out to pdf.   

Any ideas about what is wrong in the Lyx or X configuration?

Thank you 

--
Pol

RE: symbols rendering

[pol]

Daniel CLEMENT wrote:

 latex-xft-fonts

Thank you, that was the case. Problem solved.

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Pol