Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? I have had a thorough look at the Wiki, though I'm reluctant to hand over the template to a public 'arena' which can be crawled by search engines. That part we can easily fix by password protecting the relevant page - it'll take care of the search engines. As for giving people the password, we can either simply write it on a (another) wiki page, or tell people to ask the user's list for it. The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). Um, I'm afraid I don't follow you here.. do you mean it has an abstract, an introduction etc? (And why would this matter?) It also contains many comments which are messy and potentially embarrassing. Comments are a power of LaTeX, but the also make LaTeX a little too exposing to be openly shared. Ok, now I'm confused (again:-) why do you say LaTeX? I thought it was a LyX template? Anyway, is it a lot of work removing the comments? cheers /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). Um, I'm afraid I don't follow you here.. do you mean it has an abstract, an introduction etc? (And why would this matter?) At present, I have all the text within. It is work in progress. If I strip off too much, then labels, indices, floats, equations and the like will go away though I would like to keep them as examples. I sent out the LyX file to somebody this morning. He contacted me off-list. Ah, I see. Ideally the example should be stripped of most of the text, but that's a bit of work I guess. I don't mind sending them by E-mail/FTP to anybody who requests them. Maybe you can disclose my E-mail address in the Wiki... Putting just your e-mail address on a wiki page is fine. However, there should probably be some description, screenshot or PDF illustrating the result... otherwise people have no idea if it's useful :-) Anyway, this is quite easy to start with... would you mind adding some information to this page http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Thesis for instance... is it a MSc or a PhD example? And also a note that the example assumes British standards. Perhaps what university it's for (they all seem to use different standards...) If you've never used a wiki, there's basically only two things you need to know in order to do this: * Click on the link Edit Page in the top right corner to edit the page * The password is 'LyXers' (you can give whatever username you like) cheers /Christain -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? I have had a thorough look at the Wiki, though I'm reluctant to hand over the template to a public 'arena' which can be crawled by search engines. That part we can easily fix by password protecting the relevant page - it'll take care of the search engines. As for giving people the password, we can either simply write it on a (another) wiki page, or tell people to ask the user's list for it. The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). Um, I'm afraid I don't follow you here.. do you mean it has an abstract, an introduction etc? (And why would this matter?) It also contains many comments which are messy and potentially embarrassing. Comments are a power of LaTeX, but the also make LaTeX a little too exposing to be openly shared. Ok, now I'm confused (again:-) why do you say LaTeX? I thought it was a LyX template? Anyway, is it a lot of work removing the comments? cheers /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). Um, I'm afraid I don't follow you here.. do you mean it has an abstract, an introduction etc? (And why would this matter?) At present, I have all the text within. It is work in progress. If I strip off too much, then labels, indices, floats, equations and the like will go away though I would like to keep them as examples. I sent out the LyX file to somebody this morning. He contacted me off-list. Ah, I see. Ideally the example should be stripped of most of the text, but that's a bit of work I guess. I don't mind sending them by E-mail/FTP to anybody who requests them. Maybe you can disclose my E-mail address in the Wiki... Putting just your e-mail address on a wiki page is fine. However, there should probably be some description, screenshot or PDF illustrating the result... otherwise people have no idea if it's useful :-) Anyway, this is quite easy to start with... would you mind adding some information to this page http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Thesis for instance... is it a MSc or a PhD example? And also a note that the example assumes British standards. Perhaps what university it's for (they all seem to use different standards...) If you've never used a wiki, there's basically only two things you need to know in order to do this: * Click on the link Edit Page in the top right corner to edit the page * The password is 'LyXers' (you can give whatever username you like) cheers /Christain -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > > What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the > > wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? > I have had a thorough look at the Wiki, though I'm reluctant to hand > over the template to a public 'arena' which can be crawled by search > engines. That part we can easily fix by password protecting the relevant page - it'll take care of the search engines. As for giving people the password, we can either simply write it on a (another) wiki page, or tell people to ask the user's list for it. > The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text > with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). Um, I'm afraid I don't follow you here.. do you mean it has an abstract, an introduction etc? (And why would this matter?) > It also contains many comments which are messy and potentially > embarrassing. Comments are a power of LaTeX, but the also make LaTeX a > little too exposing to be openly shared. Ok, now I'm confused (again:-) why do you say LaTeX? I thought it was a LyX template? Anyway, is it a lot of work removing the comments? cheers /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > >> What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the > >> wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? > The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text > with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). > >> Um, I'm afraid I don't follow you here.. do you mean it has an abstract, > >> an introduction etc? (And why would this matter?) > > At present, I have all the text within. It is work in progress. If I > strip off too much, then labels, indices, floats, equations and the like > will go away though I would like to keep them as examples. I sent out > the LyX file to somebody this morning. He contacted me off-list. Ah, I see. Ideally the example should be stripped of most of the text, but that's a bit of work I guess. > I don't mind sending them by E-mail/FTP to anybody who requests them. > Maybe you can disclose my E-mail address in the Wiki... Putting just your e-mail address on a wiki page is fine. However, there should probably be some description, screenshot or PDF illustrating the result... otherwise people have no idea if it's useful :-) Anyway, this is quite easy to start with... would you mind adding some information to this page http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Thesis for instance... is it a MSc or a PhD example? And also a note that the example assumes British standards. Perhaps what university it's for (they all seem to use different standards...) If you've never used a wiki, there's basically only two things you need to know in order to do this: * Click on the link Edit Page in the top right corner to edit the page * The password is 'LyXers' (you can give whatever username you like) cheers /Christain -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Christian: On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? If you want a template that will make a good starting point for a thesis, please let me know. Be aware that it adheres to the British standards, so you might have to mess about with it. If you are already in the process of forging your text content onto LyX, then let this offer pass... but do send me a message if you have an interest as I do not know of any existing public templates as such. What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? cheers /Christian PS. If you'd like to do it but run into problems, send me a message :-) -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr I have had a thorough look at the Wiki, though I'm reluctant to hand over the template to a public 'arena' which can be crawled by search engines. The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). It also contains many comments which are messy and potentially embarrassing. Comments are a power of LaTeX, but the also make LaTeX a little too exposing to be openly shared. All the best, Roy
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Christian: On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? If you want a template that will make a good starting point for a thesis, please let me know. Be aware that it adheres to the British standards, so you might have to mess about with it. If you are already in the process of forging your text content onto LyX, then let this offer pass... but do send me a message if you have an interest as I do not know of any existing public templates as such. What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? cheers /Christian PS. If you'd like to do it but run into problems, send me a message :-) -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr I have had a thorough look at the Wiki, though I'm reluctant to hand over the template to a public 'arena' which can be crawled by search engines. The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). It also contains many comments which are messy and potentially embarrassing. Comments are a power of LaTeX, but the also make LaTeX a little too exposing to be openly shared. All the best, Roy
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Christian: On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional > packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page > (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? If you want a template that will make a good starting point for a thesis, please let me know. Be aware that it adheres to the British standards, so you might have to mess about with it. If you are already in the process of forging your text content onto LyX, then let this offer pass... but do send me a message if you have an interest as I do not know of any existing public templates as such. What do you think about putting up the thesis template somehwere on the wiki? Perhaps in the examples section? cheers /Christian PS. If you'd like to do it but run into problems, send me a message :-) -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr I have had a thorough look at the Wiki, though I'm reluctant to hand over the template to a public 'arena' which can be crawled by search engines. The template, due to its nature as a template, contains some base text with a thesis-to-be (I can expose it in private though). It also contains many comments which are messy and potentially embarrassing. Comments are a power of LaTeX, but the also make LaTeX a little too exposing to be openly shared. All the best, Roy
Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX (or WinXP) and Linux? Does the OSX version support NatBib? Janus -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX (or WinXP) and Linux? Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Georg
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Janus Sandsgaard wrote: I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX (or WinXP) and Linux? Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Georg I have done this with Windows and Linux very many times in the past, even with large and complex documents. Never did I encounter a conflict, even when version numbers of LyX varied slightly. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz http://Schestowitz.com
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Friday 29 July 2005 13:16, Georg Baum wrote: Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Perfect. I am quite paranoid when it comes to my thesis (deadline is getting closer) and was afraid that OSX and Linux uses different character encodings in text files or somethings like that (no, I do not understand much about what is going on under the hood). Will try it out. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? Janus -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Jul 29, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? Those are the ones I know about; feel free to add more if you discover any. Bennett
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Janus Sandsgaard: On Friday 29 July 2005 13:16, Georg Baum wrote: Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Perfect. I am quite paranoid when it comes to my thesis (deadline is getting closer) and was afraid that OSX and Linux uses different character encodings in text files or somethings like that (no, I do not understand much about what is going on under the hood). Will try it out. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? If you want a template that will make a good starting point for a thesis, please let me know. Be aware that it adheres to the British standards, so you might have to mess about with it. If you are already in the process of forging your text content onto LyX, then let this offer pass... but do send me a message if you have an interest as I do not know of any existing public templates as such. Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz http://Schestowitz.com
Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX (or WinXP) and Linux? Does the OSX version support NatBib? Janus -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX (or WinXP) and Linux? Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Georg
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Janus Sandsgaard wrote: I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX (or WinXP) and Linux? Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Georg I have done this with Windows and Linux very many times in the past, even with large and complex documents. Never did I encounter a conflict, even when version numbers of LyX varied slightly. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz http://Schestowitz.com
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Friday 29 July 2005 13:16, Georg Baum wrote: Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Perfect. I am quite paranoid when it comes to my thesis (deadline is getting closer) and was afraid that OSX and Linux uses different character encodings in text files or somethings like that (no, I do not understand much about what is going on under the hood). Will try it out. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? Janus -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Jul 29, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? Those are the ones I know about; feel free to add more if you discover any. Bennett
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Janus Sandsgaard: On Friday 29 July 2005 13:16, Georg Baum wrote: Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Perfect. I am quite paranoid when it comes to my thesis (deadline is getting closer) and was afraid that OSX and Linux uses different character encodings in text files or somethings like that (no, I do not understand much about what is going on under the hood). Will try it out. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? If you want a template that will make a good starting point for a thesis, please let me know. Be aware that it adheres to the British standards, so you might have to mess about with it. If you are already in the process of forging your text content onto LyX, then let this offer pass... but do send me a message if you have an interest as I do not know of any existing public templates as such. Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz http://Schestowitz.com
Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX (or WinXP) and Linux? Does the OSX version support NatBib? Janus -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: > I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need > to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX > (or WinXP) and Linux? Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. > Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Georg
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Janus Sandsgaard wrote: I am working on a LyX document on a Linux PC, but from time to time I need to work on a laptop. It is safe to move my document between LyX on Mac OSX (or WinXP) and Linux? Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Georg I have done this with Windows and Linux very many times in the past, even with large and complex documents. Never did I encounter a conflict, even when version numbers of LyX varied slightly. Hope it helps, Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz http://Schestowitz.com
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Friday 29 July 2005 13:16, Georg Baum wrote: > Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format > is the same. Perfect. I am quite paranoid when it comes to my thesis (deadline is getting closer) and was afraid that OSX and Linux uses different character encodings in text files or somethings like that (no, I do not understand much about what is going on under the hood). Will try it out. >> Does the OSX version support NatBib? >As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? Janus -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
On Jul 29, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? Those are the ones I know about; feel free to add more if you discover any. Bennett
Re: Safe to exchange Lyx documents between Mac and Linux/PC?
Quoting Janus Sandsgaard: On Friday 29 July 2005 13:16, Georg Baum wrote: Yes. Several people I know do this on a regular basis, and the file format is the same. Perfect. I am quite paranoid when it comes to my thesis (deadline is getting closer) and was afraid that OSX and Linux uses different character encodings in text files or somethings like that (no, I do not understand much about what is going on under the hood). Will try it out. Does the OSX version support NatBib? As far as LyX is concerned: Yes. Nice. Just learned to love Natbib. :-) Should I install any additional packages, except what is already mentioned on the Wiki page (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mac)? If you want a template that will make a good starting point for a thesis, please let me know. Be aware that it adheres to the British standards, so you might have to mess about with it. If you are already in the process of forging your text content onto LyX, then let this offer pass... but do send me a message if you have an interest as I do not know of any existing public templates as such. Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz http://Schestowitz.com
