Re: read_only view of lyx doc
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.
Re: read_only view of lyx doc
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
read_only view of lyx doc
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
Re: View of Lyx
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 15:08:00 +0200 Jan Smid wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2004 19:27 schrieb Sam Lewis: > > > The shortcut c-f presents you with a search function. Just type > > the'to-be-corrected-string', followed by pressing alt-n and you will > > instantly be at the appropriate passage of your text, without having > > to move your cursor. You may even take advantage of the replace > > feature to expedite the process. > good idea! Thanks! No problem! As you may have gathered and as Angus was just about to explain in his original reply, LyX is not a WYSIWYG (that do exist in another place), but a document processor. The emphasis here is on structure rather than appearance. Hence, the fact it is not possible to have a direct representation. The aforementioned new developments or the above trick might compensate for this little 'inconvenience'. > > > No. > > Always wondered how meaningful the term WYSIWYM is for our superb > > document processor, LyX. > :-) Cheers, Sam
View of Lyx
If this is really important to you, you might take a look at GNU-TeXMacs. This is (close to) WYSIWYG. The downside is that I'm not clear that you have access to all the myriad latex packages you can use with Lyx - at least not without some hacking. Philip A. Viton City Planning, Ohio State University 190 W. 17th Ave,Columbus OH 43210 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: View of Lyx
Helge Hafting wrote: > This is something I believe you won't get. Sometimes, someone add a > feature (like preview math and figures) that makes lyx more WYSIWYG. > But you won't ever get the same line breaking on the screen as > on paper, for several reasons: > > 2.I believe this is also by design; a horizontal scrollbar isn't supposed > to be needed no matter how wide paper and small screen you have. Although there is a case for having such a scrollbar for math insets and for tables. One day. > What you may get someday, is ability to click somewhere in the DVI viewer > and get transported to the same place in the text. The dvi output is > identical to paper output. Mac users already have this in LyX 1.3.x. The rest of us will get it in LyX 1.4. -- Angus
Re: View of Lyx
Jan Smid wrote: Hi, because I can better concentrate when reading a real piece of paper, I often print out several pages of my thesis to correct them manually and then transfer the corrections back into the lyx document. When doing this, it is a little bit annonying to orientate in the text on the screen because the screen view is totally different from the print version. Is it somehow configurable to let the text on screen appear a little bit more like the printed version? I know that the typesetting is done by latex; but IMHO it should be possible to somehow "guess" how the document will probably look like. This is something I believe you won't get. Sometimes, someone add a feature (like preview math and figures) that makes lyx more WYSIWYG. But you won't ever get the same line breaking on the screen as on paper, for several reasons: 1.The exact latex algorithm is way too slow for interactive use, because you really need to typeset the entire document for each keystroke if you want identical output. Anything less than that will be fraught with exceptions. If it cannot be done right - don't bother trying. Lyx derives lots of speed from _not_ even trying, and prettyness by _not_ limiting output quality to what can be rendered reasonably fast on screen. (The what you see is _all_ you get problem of other word processors.) 2.I believe this is also by design; a horizontal scrollbar isn't supposed to be needed no matter how wide paper and small screen you have. And a wide screen should not go to waste just because you're output is going to be tiny columns. 3.Identical line breaking of paragraphs with plain text only could be done, although in conflict with (2). But then you'd have to use the same font on screen as on paper. That is surprisingly hard and surprisingly ugly due to the very different resolutions of screen and paper. I'd rather have nice screen fonts _and_ nice paper fonts and not worry about this. 4. There is no page breaking on screen so (3) is of limited value, particularly as page breaks affect line breaking. What you may get someday, is ability to click somewhere in the DVI viewer and get transported to the same place in the text. The dvi output is identical to paper output. If you do lots of writing, consider getting a nice screen, such as a large flat panel. They are nice to look at, I wrote a book and rarely used paper for review. Helge Hafting.
Re: View of Lyx
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 18:21, Jan Smid wrote: > Is it somehow > configurable to let the text on screen appear a little bit more like the > printed version? Whoo... That wouldn't be in accordance with the WYSIWYM princip of LyX. If you need somthing like this you might want to use OpenOffice with a nice template. Janus -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.
Re: View of Lyx
On 30 Jun 2004 09:50:41 +0100 Angus Leeming spake thusly: > Jan Smid wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > because I can better concentrate when reading a real piece of paper, > > I often print out several pages of my thesis to correct them > > manually and then transfer the corrections back into the lyx Sounds reasonable. > > document. When doing this, it is a little bit annonying to orientate > > in the text on the screen because the screen view is totally > > different from the print version. Is it somehow configurable to let > > the text on screen appear a little bit more like the printed > > version? The shortcut c-f presents you with a search function. Just type the 'to-be-corrected-string', followed by pressing alt-n and you will instantly be at the appropriate passage of your text, without having to move your cursor. You may even take advantage of the replace feature to expedite the process. > No. Always wondered how meaningful the term WYSIWYM is for our superb document processor, LyX. Cheers, Sam
Re: View of Lyx
Jan Smid wrote: > Hi, > > because I can better concentrate when reading a real piece of paper, I > often print out several pages of my thesis to correct them manually and > then transfer the corrections back into the lyx document. When doing > this, it is a little bit annonying to orientate in the text on the screen > because the screen view is totally different from the print version. Is > it somehow configurable to let the text on screen appear a little bit > more like the printed version? No. > I know that the typesetting is done by latex; but IMHO it should be > possible to somehow "guess" how the document will probably look like. And your humble opinion is based on what exactly? That said, modern version of xdvi and kdvi support 'source specials' which encode the equivalent position in the raw latex (or lyx) file. João Assirati has added code to the 1.4.x tree that will enable you to click on the xdvi (or kdvi) screen and the view in lyx will change accordingly. Regards, -- Angus
View of Lyx
Hi, because I can better concentrate when reading a real piece of paper, I often print out several pages of my thesis to correct them manually and then transfer the corrections back into the lyx document. When doing this, it is a little bit annonying to orientate in the text on the screen because the screen view is totally different from the print version. Is it somehow configurable to let the text on screen appear a little bit more like the printed version? I know that the typesetting is done by latex; but IMHO it should be possible to somehow "guess" how the document will probably look like. TIA -j
