Re: 5 questions from a new user

[Julien Rioux]

On 24/02/2012 5:30 PM, Pascal Fischer wrote:

2. Does the bundle-installer that includes all additional software
that is needed, install all programs or does it only include these
programs but I have to install each of them seperately?



It installs them one after the other if I remember correctly. It tries 
to include most additional softwares but might not include all of them, 
e.g. I think gnumeric was only recently added.



3. If I want to update Lyx do I only have to install the not bundled?
But how can I keep Latex, Ghostscript, etc. up to date?



You don't have to use the bundled installer for updates. This makes for 
a much smaller download size. But then, of course, it is up to you to 
upgrade other programs if necessary.



4. I've read on the english download-page that the bundle includes
Cygwin. Is this also needed for Lyx on Windows? Because on the german
download page is the information, that the cygwin-version is another
one. And the bundled version of the english download-page is missing
there.



The bundle does not include cygwin. There exists a version of LyX 
compiled for cygwin, but if you never heard of cygwin before you can 
probably just forget about it.



5. How do I enter em-dashes and en-dashes in Lyxx?

I hope you can help me,
Pascal



--
Julien

Re: 5 questions from a new user

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Pascal Fischer wrote:
> 1. I've read, that it is needed to install spellcheck-dictionaries for
> other languages and additional modules (e.g. for linguistic documents)
> seperately. Where do I find these and how do I install them so that
> Lyx uses them?

On Windows, the spellcheck dictionaries should be installed by default. As for 
the linguistics extensions, you should start with the Linguistics Manual (Help 
> Specific Manuals > Linguistics Manual) and with this HowTo:

http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LinguistLyX

HTH
Jürgen

Re: 5 questions from a new user

[Steve Litt]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:30:52 +0100
Pascal Fischer  wrote:
 
> 5. How do I enter em-dashes and en-dashes in Lyxx?
> 
> I hope you can help me,

An em-dash is three consecutive dashes in LyX. An en-dash is two
consecutive dashes in LyX.

SteveT

5 questions from a new user

[Pascal Fischer]

Hello,

I'm a linguistics-student and want to switch from Word to Lyx (on
Windows). I have 5 beginner-questions:

1. I've read, that it is needed to install spellcheck-dictionaries for
other languages and additional modules (e.g. for linguistic documents)
seperately. Where do I find these and how do I install them so that
Lyx uses them?

2. Does the bundle-installer that includes all additional software
that is needed, install all programs or does it only include these
programs but I have to install each of them seperately?

3. If I want to update Lyx do I only have to install the not bundled?
But how can I keep Latex, Ghostscript, etc. up to date?

4. I've read on the english download-page that the bundle includes
Cygwin. Is this also needed for Lyx on Windows? Because on the german
download page is the information, that the cygwin-version is another
one. And the bundled version of the english download-page is missing
there.

5. How do I enter em-dashes and en-dashes in Lyxx?

I hope you can help me,
Pascal

Re: New User: How Best to Import Novel from Mac?

[BH]

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Hoodrio  wrote:
>
> Just installed Lyx on my '09 iMac, on which I have saved a completed novel
> (in Pages software).  How would I import this document's contents into Lyx
> without making a mess of the formatting?

It really depends on how much formatting you have. Don't expect things
to work nicely if you're using lots of features of Pages. Pages can be
a page layout program, which LaTeX and so LyX is not. If it's just
text you're trying to convert, things should be *relatively* painless.

One way would be to save it as plain text (i.e., without formatting),
and apply the needed formatting manually in LyX. Another would be to
export in some format LyX can import, such as Rich Text Format (though
that may depend on whether you want to bother installing software like
rtf2latex2e, which would require installing Apple's Developer's Tools
first). Yet another would be to export to a format (like MS Word) that
can be imported by OpenOffice.org, and then use OpenOffice.org to
export LaTeX, which LyX can then import.

BH

New User: How Best to Import Novel from Mac?

[Hoodrio]

Just installed Lyx on my '09 iMac, on which I have saved a completed novel
(in Pages software).  How would I import this document's contents into Lyx
without making a mess of the formatting?
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Re: new user

[Abdelrazak Younes]

Paul Sutton wrote:

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Hi

I am fairly new to lyx and latex,  so far its pretty good I have figured
out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc,  which is much easier
than using a word processor for such tasks.

I have been trying to work on a nicely formatted document to list all
the command (key bindings) for the joe command reference on lyx under
ubuntu 8.10. lyx 1.5.6.

This is for the linux documentation project, so I have done a similar
document just need to update it, which is what I am using lyx for   

I put all the data in tables,  but I think this was a bad idea, as the
newlines etc are causing problems,  what I want to go back to is a
document without all the table tags in,  so it just lists what was in
the table in the lyx document

things like

^B  Left^F  Right
^P  Up  ^N  Down


right now this is in a table, but I want it not in a table, I can't seem
to find out how to highlight the table and just remove it,


Just copy and paste the full table into a text editor. This will give 
you a nicely tab separated table.

Then you can just delete the table in LyX.

Abdel.

Re: new user

[Guenter Milde]

On 2009-03-31, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:36:10 am Paul Sutton wrote:

>> I put all the data in tables,  but I think this was a bad idea, as the
>> newlines etc are causing problems,  what I want to go back to is a
>> document without all the table tags in,  so it just lists what was in
>> the table in the lyx document

Maybe export as text helps?

Günter

Re: new user

[Doug Laidlaw]

On Tuesday 31 March 2009 7:36:10 am Paul Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am fairly new to lyx and latex,  so far its pretty good I have figured
> out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc,  which is much easier
> than using a word processor for such tasks.
>
> I have been trying to work on a nicely formatted document to list all
> the command (key bindings) for the joe command reference on lyx under
> ubuntu 8.10. lyx 1.5.6.
>
> This is for the linux documentation project, so I have done a similar
> document just need to update it, which is what I am using lyx for
>
> I put all the data in tables,  but I think this was a bad idea, as the
> newlines etc are causing problems,  what I want to go back to is a
> document without all the table tags in,  so it just lists what was in
> the table in the lyx document
>
> things like
>
> ^BLeft^F  Right
> ^PUp  ^N  Down
>
>
> right now this is in a table, but I want it not in a table, I can't seem
> to find out how to highlight the table and just remove it,
>
> the code for the above is
>
> \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
> \hline
> \textasciicircum{}B & Left & \textasciicircum{}F & Right\tabularnewline
> \hline
> \hline
> \textasciicircum{}P & Up & \textasciicircum{}N & Down\tabularnewline
> \hline
> \end{tabular}\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
> \hline
> \textasciicircum{}Z & Previous Word\tabularnewline
> \hline
> \hline
> \textasciicircum{}X & Next Word\tabularnewline
> \hline
> \end{tabular}
>
> so there has to be a way to undo the table bit.  Even if its a perl or
> bash script that I can run on the file and have it remove the
> appropriate code.
>
> thanks for any help.
>
> Paul Sutton

Do you want to remove the table structure, or just the cell boundary lines?  I 
can't help you either way, but the answer may depend on this.

Doug.

new user

[Paul Sutton]

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Hi

I am fairly new to lyx and latex,  so far its pretty good I have figured
out how to do citations and chemical formulas etc,  which is much easier
than using a word processor for such tasks.

I have been trying to work on a nicely formatted document to list all
the command (key bindings) for the joe command reference on lyx under
ubuntu 8.10. lyx 1.5.6.

This is for the linux documentation project, so I have done a similar
document just need to update it, which is what I am using lyx for   

I put all the data in tables,  but I think this was a bad idea, as the
newlines etc are causing problems,  what I want to go back to is a
document without all the table tags in,  so it just lists what was in
the table in the lyx document

things like

^B  Left^F  Right
^P  Up  ^N  Down


right now this is in a table, but I want it not in a table, I can't seem
to find out how to highlight the table and just remove it,

the code for the above is

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\textasciicircum{}B & Left & \textasciicircum{}F & Right\tabularnewline
\hline
\hline
\textasciicircum{}P & Up & \textasciicircum{}N & Down\tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline
\textasciicircum{}Z & Previous Word\tabularnewline
\hline
\hline
\textasciicircum{}X & Next Word\tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}

so there has to be a way to undo the table bit.  Even if its a perl or
bash script that I can run on the file and have it remove the
appropriate code.

thanks for any help.

Paul Sutton

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Re: Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

[assasukasse]

rgheck ha scritto:
If you search the archives, you'll find a lot on this. Generally, the 
view is that title pages are best configured manually, rather than 
using LaTeX's built-in title pages.



Hello
Thanks, I will try to configure the title page by setting it standard text
This depends in part upon what document class you are using. But 
something like

   \date{}
should just set the date to an empty string.

yes i figured out by using the macro "date" and putting a space on it..

Where are you trying to put them?

rh


I am trying to put them in the title, I need some spaces in between the 
title words,

the setup i need to use is pretty funny:

headers and title in the middle
a picture
then on the left my name, and on the right the teachers names..
then a line and the year...

I think is best i make it as standard text!
Thanks

Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

[Uwe Stöhr]

assasukasse schrieb:

i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want 
to use Word (the results with lyx are far better)


First of all you need to decide what document class you use. I can recommend a koma-skript class 
because it is highly customizable. Also the memoir class is a good choice.


However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make 
EVERYthing in lyx:


  1. I should use a particular position for the inscription of the
 first page, the title should be in the middle, and the authors
 should be on the left and right...


I wonder why you have multiple authors for your thesis. Attached is a LyX-file with an example title 
page with two authors using the koma-skript book class.



  2. I don't want the date to be added automatically at the end of
 every chapter i make, how can i remove it?


This depends on the document class you use. (this is not the case with 
koma-script)


  3. seems to me that defskip, smallskip, bigskip don't work usually
 unless i "protect" them...is this fine?


This should work, maybe again your document class redefines them. You could post a SMALL LyX example 
file.


regards Uwe


Title page.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: [new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

[rgheck]

assasukasse wrote:

Hi everyone
i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't 
want to use Word (the results with lyx are far better)
However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make 
EVERYthing in lyx:


  1. I should use a particular position for the inscription of the
 first page, the title should be in the middle, and the authors
 should be on the left and right...Title works fine, but authors
 wants to put in the middle as well...I tried to use standard, but
 then they switch to the next page..this is unacceptable. So i need
 to know how can i force them to be all in the same page, or how to
 relax the restrictions on the position of text for the Author field.
If you search the archives, you'll find a lot on this. Generally, the 
view is that title pages are best configured manually, rather than using 
LaTeX's built-in title pages.



  2. I don't want the date to be added automatically at the end of
 every chapter i make, how can i remove it?
This depends in part upon what document class you are using. But 
something like

   \date{}
should just set the date to an empty string.

  3. seems to me that defskip, smallskip, bigskip don't work usually
 unless i "protect" them...is this fine?

Where are you trying to put them?

rh

[new user] hello everyone, and 2 questions..

[assasukasse]

Hi everyone
i am a new user, i am writing my degree thesis in lyx since i don't want 
to use Word (the results with lyx are far better)
However i incurred in 3 problem that i need to solve if i want to make 
EVERYthing in lyx:


  1. I should use a particular position for the inscription of the
 first page, the title should be in the middle, and the authors
 should be on the left and right...Title works fine, but authors
 wants to put in the middle as well...I tried to use standard, but
 then they switch to the next page..this is unacceptable. So i need
 to know how can i force them to be all in the same page, or how to
 relax the restrictions on the position of text for the Author field.
  2. I don't want the date to be added automatically at the end of
 every chapter i make, how can i remove it?
  3. seems to me that defskip, smallskip, bigskip don't work usually
 unless i "protect" them...is this fine?

Thanks everyone!

Re: New user

[Marcelo Acuña]

> Hello, I am new in LyX, and I know perfectly LaTeX. 
> I will try to 
> transmit my experiences in order to improve LyX
> which is, in my opinion, 
> incredible.

 Welcome.
 Marcelo

 in spanish --
 Hola Antonio,
  ¡que bueno que puedas aportar conocimientos
de Latex! muchas veces hay que usarlo para
perfeccionar algunos trabajos.
  Saludos
 Marcelo





  Los referentes más importantes en compra/ venta de autos se juntaron:
Demotores y Yahoo!
Ahora comprar o vender tu auto es más fácil. Vistá ar.autos.yahoo.com/

New user

[Antonio José Guirao Sánchez]

Hello, I am new in LyX, and I know perfectly LaTeX.  I will try to 
transmit my experiences in order to improve LyX which is, in my opinion, 
incredible.


--
Antonio J. Guirao Sánchez.
Universidad de Murcia.
Grupo: Análisis Funcional.
Facultad de Matemáticas, Campus de Espinardo.
Telephone: (+34) 968 363 666
	   (+34) 627 265 491 
E-30100 Murcia (SPAIN)

Re: New User

[Donald MacKinnon]

Florian Hackenberger wrote:

On Monday 10 September 2007, Donald MacKinnon wrote:

Can I join the Lyx users list please?

Welcome Donald!

In order to subscribe to the list, please send an empty message to the 
following email address:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]
as outlined on [1].

The mailing list management software (ezmlm) will then ask you to confirm your 
subscription request.


Cheers,
Florian

[1] http://www.lyx.org/internet/mailing.php

Thank you Florian. I've gone through that procedure. As far as I can see 
I should be OK now.

Regards, Donald

Re: New User

[Florian Hackenberger]

On Monday 10 September 2007, Donald MacKinnon wrote:
> Can I join the Lyx users list please?
Welcome Donald!

In order to subscribe to the list, please send an empty message to the 
following email address:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
as outlined on [1].

The mailing list management software (ezmlm) will then ask you to confirm your 
subscription request.

Cheers,
Florian

[1] http://www.lyx.org/internet/mailing.php

-- 
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student @
University of Technology
Graz, Austria
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.hackenberger.at

New User

[Donald MacKinnon]

Can I join the Lyx users list please?
Regards,
Donald

Re: Help for a new user

[Uwe Stöhr]

Andre Poenitz schrieb:


Maybe the LyX configuration nis doing too much then.


No, the configuration works correct. It simply asks LaTeX packages are 
installed or not.

And no, you need these packages, otherwise many features of LyX are not 
usable. (take for example formal tables, instant preview, show changes in 
output, etc.)


Why not bundle the packages we are actively supporting?


Because they change too often. I started this project but give up as this is 
too much work.

regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

[Andre Poenitz]

On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 10:48:18PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Andre Poenitz schrieb:
> 
> >Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might
> >mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something
> >that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a 'complete
> >install'. Can't this 'LaTeX package search' thing not somehow happen in
> >the background?
> 
> It can. But currently this is done while configuring LyX, this is 
> independent from the installer you use.

Maybe the LyX configuration nis doing too much then.

> I see no probblem here, because the console Window shows you the progress 
> and afterwards the user has a feature complete and working installation

Putting on that dusty hat of a snobbish Windows user:

  I'd wet my pants for seeing Clippit swamping me with multimedia ads
  during installation, but I do not want to see any black Windows during
  any kind of installiation. 'Consoles' do not exist. If I see one, I call
  the administrator to kill it.

> And no, you need these packages, otherwise many features of LyX are not 
> usable. (take for example formal tables, instant preview, show changes in 
> output, etc.)

Why not bundle the packages we are actively supporting?

Andre'

Re: Help for a new user

[Uwe Stöhr]

Andre Poenitz schrieb:


Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might
mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something
that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a 'complete
install'. Can't this 'LaTeX package search' thing not somehow happen in
the background?


It can. But currently this is done while configuring LyX, this is independent from the installer you 
use.
I see no probblem here, because the console Window shows you the progress and afterwards the user 
has a feature complete and working installation
And no, you need these packages, otherwise many features of LyX are not usable. (take for example 
formal tables, instant preview, show changes in output, etc.)


regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

[Andre Poenitz]

On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 09:53:47PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Dave Hewitt schrieb:
> 
> > The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that
> > you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language
> > choice in GSView.
> 
> I cannot reproduce. The attached image "GSview-language.png" shows what I 
> get when I press "Setup" in the appearing GSview installer.
> 
> > The JabRef installer appeared to run just fine, created a desktop icon
> > and everything, and happily closed. Then a LyX installer pop-up said
> > that JabRef could not be installed properly, so I should try again
> > later. The LyX installer went along fine after that. JabRef is clearly
> > on the machine and working. Was this just a LyX installer erroneous 
> pop-up?
> 
> Yes, this is indeed a bug I fixed now for the next release.
> 
> > When asked if I wanted to update MiKTeX before starting LyX, I said Yes
> > and used the default repository. The download stalled at some point in
> > the process (> 5 minutes), so I quit and tried to update again by the
> > shortcut in the Start Menu. I used a USA repository and it worked.
> 
> This can unfortunately not be avoided in every case: When MiKTeX provide 
> new updates some package repository need some hours to be up to date. Until 
> they are up to date, you get this error.
> The default repository I chose for the installer is the one that works the 
> best in my tests.
> 
> > Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very
> > long time... over 25 minutes. It hung up a lot "checking for" various
> > document/docbook classes and packages. Many of them completed with a
> > "no" and many did not return a response at all (the "..." just stayed
> > there and it went on to the next one).
> 
> Yes, this is the installation of LaTeX-packages LyX is using. Not all 
> packages are available, therefore you get a "no", but this doesn't matter, 
> since these packages are only needed to write papers for special journals. 

Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might
mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something
that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a 'complete
install'. Can't this 'LaTeX package search' thing not somehow happen in
the background?

Andre'

Re: Help for a new user

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dave Hewitt schrieb:


How do you pronounce "LyX" in English properly?


The original name of LyX was "Lyrix", so it is pronounced it with the "y" as the "y" in 
"lyrics"

regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

[Dave Hewitt]

My problems were solved on a third installation attempt, so I report the 
details here as a record. Thanks a million to Uwe and others that helped 
make it work. I might suggest incorporating some of these do's and dont's 
in the Readme file to avoid future problems (especially for total novices 
like me, which are the ones we want to convert with ease, eh?).


At 09:53 PM 8/25/2007 +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Dave Hewitt schrieb:

> The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that
> you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language
> choice in GSView.

I cannot reproduce. The attached image "GSview-language.png" shows what I 
get when I press "Setup" in the appearing GSview installer.


Attached is the window I get after I click "Setup" in the GSView installer. 
It goes on from that window to a couple other windows and then installs. It 
never asked for a language, so there appears to be some difference here.



> The JabRef installer appeared to run just fine, created a desktop icon
> and everything, and happily closed. Then a LyX installer pop-up said
> that JabRef could not be installed properly, so I should try again
> later. The LyX installer went along fine after that. JabRef is clearly
> on the machine and working. Was this just a LyX installer erroneous pop-up?

Yes, this is indeed a bug I fixed now for the next release.

> When asked if I wanted to update MiKTeX before starting LyX, I said Yes
> and used the default repository. The download stalled at some point in
> the process (> 5 minutes), so I quit and tried to update again by the
> shortcut in the Start Menu. I used a USA repository and it worked.

This can unfortunately not be avoided in every case: When MiKTeX provide 
new updates some package repository need some hours to be up to date. 
Until they are up to date, you get this error.
The default repository I chose for the installer is the one that works the 
best in my tests.


This time around I made the logical choice of picking a repository in the 
USA from the get-go. It worked just fine. (I should have done this to begin 
with - my fault.)



> Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very
> long time... over 25 minutes. It hung up a lot "checking for" various
> document/docbook classes and packages. Many of them completed with a
> "no" and many did not return a response at all (the "..." just stayed
> there and it went on to the next one).

Yes, this is the installation of LaTeX-packages LyX is using. Not all 
packages are available, therefore you get a "no", but this doesn't matter, 
since these packages are only needed to write papers for special journals. 
Some of the journal publishers, force you to install their packages 
manually due to license issues. So seeing some "no" doesn'T decrease LyX's 
functionality.


> At the end, the command line read "lyx: Disabling LyX socket." and the
> cursor returned to a new line. It stayed there for over 10 minutes, so I
> hit "close" and I got an error and LyX terminated.

I think you mixed something up here. The end of the console window that 
shows you the package installation the first time looks like this:


+checking for package tipa [tipa]... yes
+Inspection done.
+Read the file doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx for more information.
creating packages.lst
creating doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx

Then this console window is closed automatically. The installer then 
finishes and LyX is started the first time.
Because you used the complete installer version and also installed, LyX is 
the first time opened with it's console window, that is normally hidden. 
You can see there again the checks for the LaTeX-packages (quick as they 
are now already installed).
You can leave this console window open or not. When closing LyX, the 
console is also closed. The next time you start the console won't show up 
anymore.


This is very interesting. My console outputs what you provide above, but 
then adds the next two lines:


LyX: Done!
LyX: Disabling LyX socket.
[cursor on this next line]

LyX starts after the cursor moves to the lower line, but is opened behind 
this console window. I assumed this console was done and not needed last 
time I tried the install, so I closed it and that was when the errors 
occurred. This time I left it there, switched to the LyX program window and 
checked "Help -> LaTeX configuration", and all of the entries looked just 
fine. So I made a new document and created the PDF... everything is fine. 
When I closed the LyX program, the console went away as well - no errors 
and all seems well.


There apparently is something different happening for me, but it is 
critical for people in this situation not to close the console before 
closing LyX, as best I can tell.



> LyX will start up, and I opened the LaTeXconfig.lyx and most "Found"
> entries are "???".

You used the menu Help -> LaTeX configuration? I can't see this.

> So, things aren't working.

What dos that mean? Can you create a 

Re: Help for a new user

[Bo Peng]

> Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very long
> time... over 25 minutes.

I would suggest that we start lyx before configure and show the output
of configure.py in a lyx windows. Otherwise, people tend to close the
DOS window or kill lyx.exe if it stays there for 25 min.

Cheers,
Bo

Re: Help for a new user

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dave Hewitt schrieb:

> The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that
> you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language
> choice in GSView.

I cannot reproduce. The attached image "GSview-language.png" shows what I get when I press "Setup" 
in the appearing GSview installer.


> The JabRef installer appeared to run just fine, created a desktop icon
> and everything, and happily closed. Then a LyX installer pop-up said
> that JabRef could not be installed properly, so I should try again
> later. The LyX installer went along fine after that. JabRef is clearly
> on the machine and working. Was this just a LyX installer erroneous pop-up?

Yes, this is indeed a bug I fixed now for the next release.

> When asked if I wanted to update MiKTeX before starting LyX, I said Yes
> and used the default repository. The download stalled at some point in
> the process (> 5 minutes), so I quit and tried to update again by the
> shortcut in the Start Menu. I used a USA repository and it worked.

This can unfortunately not be avoided in every case: When MiKTeX provide new updates some package 
repository need some hours to be up to date. Until they are up to date, you get this error.

The default repository I chose for the installer is the one that works the best 
in my tests.

> Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very
> long time... over 25 minutes. It hung up a lot "checking for" various
> document/docbook classes and packages. Many of them completed with a
> "no" and many did not return a response at all (the "..." just stayed
> there and it went on to the next one).

Yes, this is the installation of LaTeX-packages LyX is using. Not all packages are available, 
therefore you get a "no", but this doesn't matter, since these packages are only needed to write 
papers for special journals. Some of the journal publishers, force you to install their packages 
manually due to license issues. So seeing some "no" doesn'T decrease LyX's functionality.


> At the end, the command line read "lyx: Disabling LyX socket." and the
> cursor returned to a new line. It stayed there for over 10 minutes, so I
> hit "close" and I got an error and LyX terminated.

I think you mixed something up here. The end of the console window that shows you the package 
installation the first time looks like this:


+checking for package tipa [tipa]... yes
+Inspection done.
+Read the file doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx for more information.
creating packages.lst
creating doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx

Then this console window is closed automatically. The installer then finishes and LyX is started the 
first time.
Because you used the complete installer version and also installed, LyX is the first time opened 
with it's console window, that is normally hidden. You can see there again the checks for the 
LaTeX-packages (quick as they are now already installed).
You can leave this console window open or not. When closing LyX, the console is also closed. The 
next time you start the console won't show up anymore.


> LyX will start up, and I opened the LaTeXconfig.lyx and most "Found"
> entries are "???".

You used the menu Help -> LaTeX configuration? I can't see this.

> So, things aren't working.

What dos that mean? Can you create a PDF from a LyX document containing only "Hello 
world"?
Use the menu Tools -> Reconfigure, restart LyX afterwards and check if Help -> LaTeX configuration 
is now correct.


regards Uwe
<>

Re: Help for a new user

[Uwe Stöhr]

Joost Verburg schrieb:


So why not just hide the windows and show the output in the installer log?


Because the user needs to be informed what is currently done and which package is currently 
installed. This is important since this process can last half an hour with a slow internet connection.


regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

[Joost Verburg]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I think it's a relatively easy mistake to do...

How about adding some descriptions to this text?  It wouldn't have to be 
a lot, in fact... maybe it could just refer to a web (wiki?) page where 
the details are explained?


So why not just hide the windows and show the output in the installer log?

Joost

Re: Help for a new user

[Dave Hewitt]

Hello,

I appreciate the help very much. I think it might have gotten me closer to 
a clean install, but there were still a few complications. I sincerely hope 
that this message does not trouble those that are uninterested, and I'll 
direct future discussion directly only to Uwe if desired. (Again, I'm new 
here, just trying to get it right - and doing my best to be diligent.)


...

The MiKTeX DOS windows did as you said - opened and then closed - and I let 
them. Good.


The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that you'll 
need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language choice in 
GSView. I had been previously asked to choose a language for LyX itself, 
but that was different. I don't think this is an actual problem, just a note.


The JabRef installer appeared to run just fine, created a desktop icon and 
everything, and happily closed. Then a LyX installer pop-up said that 
JabRef could not be installed properly, so I should try again later. The 
LyX installer went along fine after that. JabRef is clearly on the machine 
and working. Was this just a LyX installer erroneous pop-up?


When asked if I wanted to update MiKTeX before starting LyX, I said Yes and 
used the default repository. The download stalled at some point in the 
process (> 5 minutes), so I quit and tried to update again by the shortcut 
in the Start Menu. I used a USA repository and it worked.


Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very long 
time... over 25 minutes. It hung up a lot "checking for" various 
document/docbook classes and packages. Many of them completed with a "no" 
and many did not return a response at all (the "..." just stayed there and 
it went on to the next one).


At the end, the command line read "lyx: Disabling LyX socket." and the 
cursor returned to a new line. It stayed there for over 10 minutes, so I 
hit "close" and I got an error and LyX terminated.


LyX will start up, and I opened the LaTeXconfig.lyx and most "Found" 
entries are "???".


So, things aren't working. I still want this to work and I'm not sure what 
I'm doing wrong. I closed all other programs, have an open, fast internet 
connection... What to do?


Dave

At 08:05 PM 8/23/2007 +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Dave Hewitt schrieb:

I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to 
install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, 
etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, did 
something that seemed to take only a short time, but then stayed there 
and wouldn't close. The installer was halted during this time. For each 
window I just waited a while and then closed it.


Don't do this! The first two DOS-Windows are opened by MiKTeX - the 
LaTeX-distribution that is installed with the complete installer. They 
should only stay for some seconds and then be closed automatically.
When the installer shows you the message that "The following configuration 
of LyX will take a while" then a Console window pops up showing you the 
effort of the configuration. When you have an open internet connection, 
missing LaTeX-packages needed by LyX will be downloaded and installed what 
can take some Minutes, depending on your Internet connection speed. The 
console window shows you what LaTeX-package is currently installed to 
inform you about the progress.


To get a clean installation, uninstall LyX completely will all progtrams 
that the unistaller offers to uninstall. Reinstall LyX afterwards (with an 
open internet connection if possible).
When you had already MiKTeX installed before you installed LyX and it was 
version MiKTeX 2.4., uninstall also MiKTeX before you reinstall LyX.


When you still have problems, report me at which position in the console 
window the installation fails or stops (screenshot of the console window 
would be fine).


regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

[Uwe Stöhr]

Helge Hafting schrieb:


If those windows don't tell the users anything then some will close them,
they are used to "click through some pages" type of installs already.


The installer informs you about the following steps with a message.

regards Uwe

Re: Help for a new user

[Helge Hafting]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Dave Hewitt schrieb:

I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to 
install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, 
etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, 
did something that seemed to take only a short time, but then stayed 
there and wouldn't close. The installer was halted during this time. 
For each window I just waited a while and then closed it.


Don't do this! The first two DOS-Windows are opened by MiKTeX - the 
LaTeX-distribution that is installed with the complete installer. They 
should only stay for some seconds and then be closed automatically.

If those windows don't tell the users anything then some will close them,
they are used to "click through some pages" type of installs already.

If "don't close" cannot be added (by echo statements or similiar)
then the user need to be informed that closing dos windows
will break the install - and they will disappear after some
time anyway.

Helge Hafting

Re: Help for a new user

[christian . ridderstrom]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


Dave Hewitt schrieb:


 I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to
 install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.).
 At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, did
 something that seemed to take only a short time, but then stayed there and
 wouldn't close. The installer was halted during this time. For each window
 I just waited a while and then closed it.


Don't do this! The first two DOS-Windows are opened by MiKTeX - the 
LaTeX-distribution that is installed with the complete installer. They 
should only stay for some seconds and then be closed automatically.




I think it's a relatively easy mistake to do...

How about adding some descriptions to this text?  It wouldn't have to be a 
lot, in fact... maybe it could just refer to a web (wiki?) page where the 
details are explained?


/Christian

--
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr

Re: Help for a new user

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dave Hewitt schrieb:

I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and 
attempted to install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory 
and speed, etc.). At a couple points in the installation a DOS window 
popped up, did something that seemed to take only a short time, but then 
stayed there and wouldn't close. The installer was halted during this 
time. For each window I just waited a while and then closed it.


Don't do this! The first two DOS-Windows are opened by MiKTeX - the LaTeX-distribution that is 
installed with the complete installer. They should only stay for some seconds and then be closed 
automatically.
When the installer shows you the message that "The following configuration of LyX will take a while" 
then a Console window pops up showing you the effort of the configuration. When you have an open 
internet connection, missing LaTeX-packages needed by LyX will be downloaded and installed what can 
take some Minutes, depending on your Internet connection speed. The console window shows you what 
LaTeX-package is currently installed to inform you about the progress.


To get a clean installation, uninstall LyX completely will all progtrams that the unistaller offers 
to uninstall. Reinstall LyX afterwards (with an open internet connection if possible).
When you had already MiKTeX installed before you installed LyX and it was version MiKTeX 2.4., 
uninstall also MiKTeX before you reinstall LyX.


When you still have problems, report me at which position in the console window the installation 
fails or stops (screenshot of the console window would be fine).


regards Uwe

Help for a new user

[Dave Hewitt]

Hello,

I have a simple question. I am a newbie to LaTeX and LyX, but I am eager to 
learn. I downloaded the latest LyxWinInstaller (complete) and attempted to 
install on a WinXP machine (fairly new, plenty or memory and speed, etc.). 
At a couple points in the installation a DOS window popped up, did 
something that seemed to take only a short time, but then stayed there and 
wouldn't close. The installer was halted during this time. For each window 
I just waited a while and then closed it. The installer continued and all 
seemed fine. However, virtually nothing in LyX would work when it was all 
said and done. Can someone provide guidance about those pop-up DOS windows 
and what I should do? Everything else went very smoothly and seemed OK, so 
I assume the problem was there.


Thanks,
Dave Hewitt

-
Dave Hewitt
Fisheries Science/Crustacean Ecology
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 1346
Gloucester Point, VA  23062
804.684.7333
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.vims.edu/fish/students/dhewitt/

Re: New user and graphics display

[Paul A. Rubin]

Nathan Paxton wrote:
I've reinstalled Imagemagick and reconfigured Lyx, and I still can't 
get inline images.  Any other ideas?


--
Nathan A. Paxton
Ph.D. Candidate
Dept. of Government, Harvard University


You've checked "Show in LyX" in the dialog for each image, right? 
(Ordinarily I would assume this, but I've had experience with you 
Harvard folks.  :-)


Try running LyX from a command prompt using 'lyx -dbg graphics' (no 
quotes).  Open your document, scroll to the point where an image should 
show up, and see what messages you get in the command window.  They 
might shed some light.


Also, you mentioned EPS images in the original post.  If the images are 
all EPS, the problem might be with Ghostscript (which Imagemagick uses 
as a "delegate" for processing EPS files).  Do JPG, PNG or other image 
files display properly?


Paul Rubin
(Princeton '73)

Re: New user and graphics display

[Nathan Paxton]

	I've reinstalled Imagemagick and reconfigured Lyx, and I still can't  
get inline images.  Any other ideas?


Thanks.

-N
On 12 Nov 2006, at 1:40 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:


Nathan Paxton schrieb:

I'm trying to include images in my documents, but I cannot  
figure out how to get them to both display inline on the screen  
and to printout when Lyx goes to process the document to PDF.

> EPS images process to PDF

nicely, but they don't display in the screen version.


This looks like a problem with the installation of the program  
"Imagemagick" that is used by LyX to convert images to a format  
that Lyx can display.


What's the overall most successful way to create images for  
both printing and display?


Have a llok at section 1.3 and appendix B in the Extended-Insets  
manual:

http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/DocumentationDevelopment#Extended-Insets
where the image and output formats are described.

regards Uwe


--
Nathan A. Paxton
Ph.D. Candidate
Dept. of Government, Harvard University

Resident Tutor
John Winthrop House, Harvard University

[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~napaxton
 
===
When you have to stay eight years away from California, you live in a  
perpetual state of homesickness.

- Ronald Reagan

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.  Aloud.
-Coco Chanel
 
===

Re: New user and graphics display

[Uwe Stöhr]

Nathan Paxton schrieb:

I'm trying to include images in my documents, but I cannot figure 
out how to get them to both display inline on the screen and to printout 
when Lyx goes to process the document to PDF.

> EPS images process to PDF

nicely, but they don't display in the screen version.


This looks like a problem with the installation of the program 
"Imagemagick" that is used by LyX to convert images to a format that Lyx 
can display.


What's the overall most successful way to create images for both 
printing and display?


Have a llok at section 1.3 and appendix B in the Extended-Insets manual:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/DocumentationDevelopment#Extended-Insets
where the image and output formats are described.

regards Uwe

New user and graphics display

[Nathan Paxton]

Hi there,

	I've taken the TeX plunge via Lyx, and I'm liking it so far.  I've  
got a PPC OS X 10.4 machine, and I'm running Lyx 1.4 and my TeX  
installation is via the i-Installer program.
	I'm trying to include images in my documents, but I cannot figure  
out how to get them to both display inline on the screen and to  
printout when Lyx goes to process the document to PDF.  EPS images  
process to PDF nicely, but they don't display in the screen version.   
I've tried searching for how to set Lyx up to see the images, but I'm  
not having much success.
	What's the overall most successful way to create images for both  
printing and display?


Thanks in advance.

Best,
-N
--
Nathan A. Paxton
Ph.D. Candidate
Dept. of Government, Harvard University

Resident Tutor
John Winthrop House, Harvard University

[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~napaxton
 
===
When you have to stay eight years away from California, you live in a  
perpetual state of homesickness.

- Ronald Reagan

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.  Aloud.
-Coco Chanel
 
===

Re: inquiry/problem/new user

[Andre Poenitz]

On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 12:21:37AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am completely new to lyx... so sorry if my question is 
> too newby. I am trying to write a document in Lyx, I 
> inserted a TOC, and have some paragraphs. The TOC displays 
> ok, but when I try to create a pdf of the lyx file it 
> gives me an error msg. It is:
> 
> Undefined control sequence.
>  ...oduction and Motivation\tableofcontents{}}

This looks as if you put the TOC into a section heading or similar.
Put it into a paragaph with 'Standard' layout and re-try.

Andre'

Re: inquiry/problem/new user

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I am completely new to lyx... so sorry if my question is too newby. I am
> trying to write a document in Lyx, I inserted a TOC, and have some
> paragraphs. The TOC displays ok, but when I try to create a pdf of the lyx
> file it gives me an error msg. It is:

  What document type? Book? Do you have the grey box with the
"TableofContents" label in the center of the page (horizontally)? You write
that it "displays"; where and under what circumstances? How are you
generating the pdf output?

  Curious minds want to know.

Rich

-- 
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)

inquiry/problem/new user

[a.garcia]

I am completely new to lyx... so sorry if my question is 
too newby. I am trying to write a document in Lyx, I 
inserted a TOC, and have some paragraphs. The TOC displays 
ok, but when I try to create a pdf of the lyx file it 
gives me an error msg. It is:

Undefined control sequence.
 ...oduction and Motivation\tableofcontents{}}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
I do not know what to do... sorry but have no idea. What 
am I doing wrong?  

Re: (new user) how to import a bibliographic database from a medline querry ?

[tom mettner]

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:33:48 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Spitzmueller) wrote:

> under Linux, there's 
> the bibliography frontend pybliographic

And there ist the excellent Java Tool "JabRef". Just use Google to find it.

HTH too
Tom

Re: (new user) how to import a bibliographic database from a medline querry ?

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

Jean-Patrick Pommier wrote:
> Hello,
> I plan to leave word/end-note for lyx, but I have a problem with the
> bibliography.
>
> I have bibliographic database saved as a text file in the medline format
> (biblio.txt). I didn't find how to use lyx in order to import this file
> to insert a citation in the article I am writting.

LyX (LaTeX) uses its own bibliography format, BibTeX:
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~jacobsd/bib/formats/bibtex.html

Converting your medline database to bibtex should be no problem. I heard that 
endnote can export bibtex. If not, other tools can (e.g. under Linux, there's 
the bibliography frontend pybliographic, which can deal both with medline and 
bibtex).
There's a small guide on how to use BibTeX with LyX in Help->Customization, 
section 1.2 and here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/Examples/SimpleUseOfBibTeX

HTH,
Jürgen.

(new user) how to import a bibliographic database from a medline querry ?

[Jean-Patrick Pommier]

Hello,
I plan to leave word/end-note for lyx, but I have a problem with the
bibliography.

I have bibliographic database saved as a text file in the medline format
(biblio.txt). I didn't find how to use lyx in order to import this file
to insert a citation in the article I am writting.

Thanks in advance for your help

Jean-Patrick Pommier
-- 
http://www.bioinformatics.org/dip4fish

Re: From a new user

[Paul Jahshan]

Count on me!

But the funny thing is that I haven't encountered any problems yet (and I've 
been using LyX extensively, four to five hours a day). The only thing I had 
to fix was changing footnotes to endnotes and, after doing some search in the 
LyX/Latex forums, this was quickly done.

Thanks,
Paul

On Wednesday 23 July 2003 23:43, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:31:51PM +0300, Paul Jahshan wrote:
> > I would like to say that I am totally impressed by LyX and amazed at how
>
> Thanks (from everybody) :)
>
> I hope this means that you're going to do your part: reporting
> documentation problems, apparent bugs, etc. ;)
>
> regards
> john

-- 
Paul Jahshan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of American Studies
Editor for the Humanities, Palma Journal
Notre Dame University
Zouk
Lebanon

Re: From a new user

[John Levon]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:31:51PM +0300, Paul Jahshan wrote:

> I would like to say that I am totally impressed by LyX and amazed at how 

Thanks (from everybody) :)

I hope this means that you're going to do your part: reporting
documentation problems, apparent bugs, etc. ;)

regards
john

From a new user

[Paul Jahshan]

Hello all!

I'm rather new to Linux (about a year) and I have just discovered LyX. More 
than that, I have even started using it for writing scholarly papers. 
I would like to say that I am totally impressed by LyX and amazed at how 
professional the output looks. For academic purposes it outshines and 
outsmarts any word processor I have seen/used.
I am currently introducing LyX to other faculty members at our university and 
will do the same with my students when the new semester begins.

Thumbs up!

Paul Jahshan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of American Studies
Editor for the Humanities, Palma Journal
Notre Dame University
Zouk
Lebanon

Re: New User needs help with the Tutorial

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

> "Paul" == Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Paul> Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
>> Paul E Condon wrote:
>>> I'm working thru the Tutorial. I've gotten to the place where I'm
>>> asked to type in 'Introduction' and change it's environment to
>>> Section (in section 2.2.1 of the Turorial) The Tutorial says 'LyX
>>> numbers the section "1" and typesets ...'. But no number appears
>>> on the screen, or in the DVI output display. It seems to me that I
>>> should see a numeral "1".
>>> 
>>  This sounds like you have chosen Section* instead of Section. The
>> starred version does not have a number and does not appear in the
>> table of contents.
>> 
Paul> Yes! That fixed it. Thanks.

Paul> Suggestion: Add a footnote at this place in the Tutorial: (Be
Paul> sure to use Section and NOT Section*, which will be covered
Paul> later).

Good idea. I did it.

JMarc

RE: New user

[Steven Homolya]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Vasileios Lourdas wrote:

> First of all, thank you for your answer. But as i recall, my question was
> about setting up LyX to produce greek documents (.dvi or whatever they are
> called), instead of setting it up for Windows. I know that setting up LyX
> for Windows is a rather complicated procedure, but i don't mind using LyX in
> Linux at all.
> 

So you got a lot of answers to a question you did not mean to ask. It's 
inevitable that if you make a comment not related to your question, people 
might comment back, even if they haven't a clue about how to answer your 
question ;-)
 
> I think that any users writing greek documents would probably be helpful on
> this one. Thanks anyway.
> 

Go to the internationalisation page at lyx.org:

http://www.lyx.org/about/i18n.php3

There are links to how to set up lyx in various languages. There is 
nothing specific to Greek unfortunately, but it should be similar to other 
languages which use non-latin fonts. The Bulgarian link is unfortunately 
broken, so the closest thing would be Hebrew, with the added complication 
of right-to-left, which you don't need to worry about. See 
http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~dekelts/lyx/instructions2.html

Basically,

- install any latex stuff specific to Greek docs.
- install fonts for displaying on screen (you probably already have 
these).
- optionally, download keybindings (greek.bind -- sorry, I don't know 
where from)
- set up fonts and encoding (iso-8859-7 for Greek, I believe) and 
language(s) using lyx GUI (menu options depend on what version of lyx 
you're using)

If you can't get it going maybe you should drop a line to the contact 
person responsible for the Greek documentation. See 
http://www.devel.lyx.org/translation.php3

-- 
Steven Homolya
School of Physics and Materials Engineering
Monash University, VIC 3800
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9905 3694
Fax: +61 3 9905 3637

RE: New user

[Vasileios Lourdas]

First of all, thank you for your answer. But as i recall, my question was
about setting up LyX to produce greek documents (.dvi or whatever they are
called), instead of setting it up for Windows. I know that setting up LyX
for Windows is a rather complicated procedure, but i don't mind using LyX in
Linux at all.

I think that any users writing greek documents would probably be helpful on
this one. Thanks anyway.

> -Original Message-
> From: Steven Homolya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:52 AM
> To: Vasileios Lourdas
> Cc: LyX users mailing list
> Subject: Re: New user
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Vasileios Lourdas wrote:
>
> > partition of my hard disk (currently using Windows XP). I have
> tried to find
> > a LyX-like type setting program for Windows, but with no luck. Anyway, i
>
> If messages on this list are any indication, there are a lot of people
> using Lyx in MS-Windows (with Cygwin). You'll find info on installing on
> the website, www.lyx.org.
>

Re: New User needs help with the Tutorial

[Paul E Condon]

Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:


Paul E Condon wrote:
 

I'm working thru the Tutorial. I've gotten to the place where I'm asked
to type in 'Introduction' and change it's environment to Section (in
section 2.2.1 of the Turorial)
The Tutorial says 'LyX numbers the section "1" and typesets ...'. But no
number appears on the screen, or in the DVI output display. It seems to
me that I should see a numeral "1".
   


This sounds like you have chosen Section* instead of Section. The starred 
version does not have a number and does not appear in the table of contents.
 

Yes! That fixed it.
Thanks.

Suggestion: Add a footnote at this place in the Tutorial: (Be sure to 
use Section and NOT Section*, which will be covered later).

I never noticed plain Section, and took the * to mean something that was 
not yet worth mentioning. But, you see, it was worthwhile mentioning, at 
least just this once.

Another suggestion: At places where the instructions to the user are to 
use the Enter/Return key, say "press Enter" rather than "hit Enter". In 
my view, 'press' is less violent than 'hit'.

Again, thanks. I'm on my way.

Paul

Re: New User needs help with the Tutorial

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

Paul E Condon wrote:
> I'm working thru the Tutorial. I've gotten to the place where I'm asked
> to type in 'Introduction' and change it's environment to Section (in
> section 2.2.1 of the Turorial)
> The Tutorial says 'LyX numbers the section "1" and typesets ...'. But no
> number appears on the screen, or in the DVI output display. It seems to
> me that I should see a numeral "1".

This sounds like you have chosen Section* instead of Section. The starred 
version does not have a number and does not appear in the table of contents.

Hope this helps,
Jürgen.

New User needs help with the Tutorial

[Paul E Condon]

Thanks for the beautiful documentation, but this new user still manages 
to have problems:

I'm working thru the Tutorial. I've gotten to the place where I'm asked 
to type in 'Introduction' and change it's environment to Section (in 
section 2.2.1 of the Turorial)
The Tutorial says 'LyX numbers the section "1" and typesets ...'. But no 
number appears on the screen, or in the DVI output display. It seems to 
me that I should see a numeral "1".

This is a recent install of lyx from the Debian package in Debian Sarge. 
Install under Debian is such a straight forward process that I don't see 
how I could have messed up, but who knows. I have been known to do 
really stupid things.

Should I see a "1"?
If yes, where should I look for controls to turn it on?

Thanks,
Paul

Re: New user

[Matej Cepl]

Rob S wrote:
> Lyx has opened my eyes to a world outside windows.  I'm in the
> process of change.

If you do not need to install XFree86/Cygwin for other reasons,
than you do not have to do it just because of LyX:

   http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/

You probably have to download original tarball of LyX as well
(the above mentioned package does not contain documentation), but
it seems to be able to work without Cygwin beast.

I am not on Windows, but I believe that with help of people on
this list you should be able to make it working.

   Best,

  Matej

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Re: New user

[Andre Poenitz]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 04:30:18PM +0200, robin wrote:
> I was wondering whether it would be possible to have LyX use the 
> OpenOffice Word filters rather than wv.  wv does a pretty good job on 
> many Word documents, but it tends to choke on complicated formatting and 
>   some charsets.

Yes, I think this is the way to go. We can nicely insulate ourselves agaist
Word by using the OOo format.

> >One way to avoid that impression is simply by not supporting MS Windows at
> >all. Maybe not the best, but certainly the simplest.
> 
> True, but I think now the Qt version is up and running, a native Windows 
> version is a realistic goal.  Whether it would be worth the effort is 
> uncertain - that's something for interested developers to decide.

Well, at least I am not interested, and I don't think we have too much
power to spare and not enough to win in this direction. But this is
certainly a political thing.

Andre'

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will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)

Re: New user

[robin]

Andre Poenitz wrote:

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:20:49PM +1100, Steven Homolya wrote:


If messages on this list are any indication, there are a lot of people 
using Lyx in MS-Windows (with Cygwin).

Which begs the question where we failed...


Failed to make it clear that one does not need to look for a "LyX-like 
type setting program for Windows" because Lyx works on MS-Windows. (As I 
far as I understand, most open source stuff can be run in Cygwin. ? )


More or less. Usually there is quite some pain as it does not integrate
as well as applications specifically developed for MS Windwows.

Which leads to over-generalization "OSS does not work well" (as in
"cannot read MS-Word files flawlessly").


I was wondering whether it would be possible to have LyX use the 
OpenOffice Word filters rather than wv.  wv does a pretty good job on 
many Word documents, but it tends to choke on complicated formatting and 
  some charsets.

One way to avoid that impression is simply by not supporting MS Windows at
all. Maybe not the best, but certainly the simplest.


True, but I think now the Qt version is up and running, a native Windows 
version is a realistic goal.  Whether it would be worth the effort is 
uncertain - that's something for interested developers to decide.

Robin

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Turkey

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Re: New user

[Andre Poenitz]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:20:49PM +1100, Steven Homolya wrote:
> > > If messages on this list are any indication, there are a lot of people 
> > > using Lyx in MS-Windows (with Cygwin).
> > 
> > Which begs the question where we failed...
> 
> Failed to make it clear that one does not need to look for a "LyX-like 
> type setting program for Windows" because Lyx works on MS-Windows. (As I 
> far as I understand, most open source stuff can be run in Cygwin. ? )

More or less. Usually there is quite some pain as it does not integrate
as well as applications specifically developed for MS Windwows.

Which leads to over-generalization "OSS does not work well" (as in
"cannot read MS-Word files flawlessly").

One way to avoid that impression is simply by not supporting MS Windows at
all. Maybe not the best, but certainly the simplest.

Andre'

-- 
Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,
will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)

Re: New user

[Steven Homolya]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 01:52:25PM +1100, Steven Homolya wrote:
> > > partition of my hard disk (currently using Windows XP). I have tried to find
> > > a LyX-like type setting program for Windows, but with no luck. Anyway, i
> > 
> > If messages on this list are any indication, there are a lot of people 
> > using Lyx in MS-Windows (with Cygwin).
> 
> Which begs the question where we failed...
> 

Failed to make it clear that one does not need to look for a "LyX-like 
type setting program for Windows" because Lyx works on MS-Windows. (As I 
far as I understand, most open source stuff can be run in Cygwin. ? )

-- 
Steven Homolya
School of Physics and Materials Engineering
Monash University, VIC 3800
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9905 3694
Fax: +61 3 9905 3637

RE: New user

[Rob S]

> 
> Which begs the question where we failed...

Failed.. I don't think so;
Lyx has opened my eyes to a world outside windows.  I'm in the process
of change.

Rob S
> 
> Andre'
> 
> --
> Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,
> will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)

Re: New user

[Andre Poenitz]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 01:52:25PM +1100, Steven Homolya wrote:
> > partition of my hard disk (currently using Windows XP). I have tried to find
> > a LyX-like type setting program for Windows, but with no luck. Anyway, i
> 
> If messages on this list are any indication, there are a lot of people 
> using Lyx in MS-Windows (with Cygwin).

Which begs the question where we failed...

Andre'

-- 
Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,
will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)

Re: New user

[Steven Homolya]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Vasileios Lourdas wrote:

> partition of my hard disk (currently using Windows XP). I have tried to find
> a LyX-like type setting program for Windows, but with no luck. Anyway, i

If messages on this list are any indication, there are a lot of people 
using Lyx in MS-Windows (with Cygwin). You'll find info on installing on 
the website, www.lyx.org.

-- 
Steven Homolya
School of Physics and Materials Engineering
Monash University, VIC 3800
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9905 3694
Fax: +61 3 9905 3637

New user

[Vasileios Lourdas]

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Hello people,

I'm new to this list and a new LyX user. I have Mandrake 9 in another
partition of my hard disk (currently using Windows XP). I have tried to find
a LyX-like type setting program for Windows, but with no luck. Anyway, i
would like to ask if anyone in this list has successfully set up LyX for
greek documents and to tell me (in brief), what this procedure involves.

Thanks in advance,
  --
  Vasileios Lourdas,
  Informatics Engineer,
  Web page : http://users.otenet.gr/~lourdas
  Thessaloniki, Greece

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Two questions from a new user

[Francis Girard]

Hello,

I'm new to both LyX and LaTeX therefore please forgive me if the questions 
are too obvious !

--- 1 ---

I'd like to use some features of amsTeX like the theorems environment for 
example but (and have these environments appear in the pop-up in the 
toolbar) BUT I prefer to use the normal book (say) class for the document 
overall structure. Without LyX, I would do something like :

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,english,french]{book}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}

%% etc ...

How is it possible to do such a thing WITHIN LyX while still having all the 
environements in the toolbar pop-up and using latex code at least as 
possible ?

--- 2 ---

I'm french and I'd like to do it all in french. But when I choose the 
amsbook class, LyX seem to automatically produce this LaTeX code :

%% Textclass specific LaTeX commands.
\numberwithin{section}{chapter}
\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}[section]
\numberwithin{equation}{section} %% Comment out for sequentially-numbered
\numberwithin{figure}{section} %% Comment out for sequentially-numbered
\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem*{thm*}{Theorem}
\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem*{lem*}{Lemma} %%Delete [thm] to re-start numbering

Although it is nowhere in the LaTeX preambule as LyX shows me in the menu 
Format/Preambule, it _does_ appear in the preambule of my exported LaTeX 
file. What I'd like to do, is to substitute "Theorem" for "Théorème" and 
"Lemma" for "Lemme". How can I do this from within LaTeX ?

Thank you !

Francis Girard
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Re: Cannot export .dvi (new user)

[Robin Turner]

U n d e r a c h i e v e r wrote:
> 
> I've used a thousand and one page layout programs and word processors
> over the years, and i'm now trying lyx out. I always end up trying to
> force PLs and WPs to work in some sort of logical style order, and i
> always end up exporting to something cross platform like html and/or
> pdf, so lyx seems ideal.
> 
> However, running on Solaris 8 on intel, i'm hitting a serious problem.
> The program compiled fine, runs ok and i can write documents. If I
> export as text it is OK and it can save the .lyx file alright. But an
> export to dvi results in the following on the command line:
> 
> Converting from  latex to dvi
> Running
> sh: document.tex: not found
> 
Sounds like a problem with your TeX distro.  Try exporting as
LaTeX, then run

latex yourdocument.tex

to see if you get a .dvi file that way.  If you do, then
Ghostscript may be looking in the wrong directory; if you don't,
your TeX distro is buggered.

Robin

Cannot export .dvi (new user)

[U n d e r a c h i e v e r]

I've used a thousand and one page layout programs and word processors
over the years, and i'm now trying lyx out. I always end up trying to
force PLs and WPs to work in some sort of logical style order, and i
always end up exporting to something cross platform like html and/or
pdf, so lyx seems ideal.

However, running on Solaris 8 on intel, i'm hitting a serious problem.
The program compiled fine, runs ok and i can write documents. If I
export as text it is OK and it can save the .lyx file alright. But an
export to dvi results in the following on the command line:

Converting from  latex to dvi
Running
sh: document.tex: not found

Which is strange as an export straight to .tex format works OK. In
fact, other than ascii, it is the only export that works.

PDF exports fail due to the lack of a .dvi file, PDFLatex fails but
produces no errors and ps export fails due to lack of .dvi

A heads up would be much appreciated as a scan of the archives seems to
reveal no-one who has had this problem

thanks



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Re: New user, post RTFM

[robin]

Dekel Tsur wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 07:31:58PM -0800, DAve wrote:
> > Can anyone give me clue as to what is going wrong with relyx, or am I doing  the 
>completely wrong thing
> > here. The files I downloaded did not come with 'res.layout' as the errors indicate.
> 
> In order to use new document classes, LyX & reLyX requires a layout file,
> and there is no such file for the class you are trying to use.
> 
> Currently the only available resume layout file is not in the LyX distribution
> (why??), but you can get it from
> http://www-rocq.inria.fr/~lasgoutt/lyx/cv-1.3.tar.gz

Nice layout following the KISS principle. I would take issue with this
line, though:

"If a topic does not have a subtitle, you have to put a protected space
there.  This is a shortcoming of LyX."

Really? Looks more like a LaTeX feature to me, and a pretty unavoidable
one in this kind of environment (which looks like a vaiation the List
environment). To expect any program short of genuine AI to intuit when
the first word you type is a list heading and when not would be too much
to expect!

Robin

Re: New user, post RTFM

[Dekel Tsur]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 07:31:58PM -0800, DAve wrote:
> Can anyone give me clue as to what is going wrong with relyx, or am I doing  the 
>completely wrong thing
> here. The files I downloaded did not come with 'res.layout' as the errors indicate.

In order to use new document classes, LyX & reLyX requires a layout file,
and there is no such file for the class you are trying to use.

Currently the only available resume layout file is not in the LyX distribution
(why??), but you can get it from
http://www-rocq.inria.fr/~lasgoutt/lyx/cv-1.3.tar.gz

New user, post RTFM

[DAve]

I did read the docs I did. 

The fact that they formatted and printed so well is what sold me. I've tried SO,
Koffice, Word Perfect, Maxwell, Abiword, etc. Thye either act just like a Word 
Processor, or crash.
Which is I guess, acting like a Word Processor.

In any event I was in search of something to write several technical docs, specs, for 
my development
team including style guides for programmers and designers, network overviews for the 
sysadmin, procedure
guides, etc. I'd like to redo my resume as well ;^)

I read the intro, overview, tutorial, and user guide, compliments to all. I went to 
CTAN to look up a 
sample resume for practice to and use with the tutorial and downloaded several. I am 
having a problem
importing them and I'm not sure that I am not doing something wrong. Follows is a 
script from the term
window while attempting an import.

Can anyone give me clue as to what is going wrong with relyx, or am I doing  the 
completely wrong thing
here. The files I downloaded did not come with 'res.layout' as the errors indicate.

Thanks much,

Dave


Script started on Tue Feb 20 18:14:11 2001
bash-2.03$ lyx
Converting from  latex to lyx
Calling reLyX -f 'res-sample2.tex'
reLyX, the LaTeX to LyX translator. Revision date 2000/06/06

Reading LaTeX command syntax 
(res-sample2.tex: Splitting Preamble
Creating LyX preamble
Cannot find layout file res.layout in dir(s) /usr/local/share/lyx/layouts at 
/usr/local/bin/../share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267,  chunk 19.
Exited due to fatal Error!
Converting from  latex to lyx
Calling reLyX -f 'res-sample.tex'
reLyX, the LaTeX to LyX translator. Revision date 2000/06/06

Reading LaTeX command syntax 
(res-sample.tex: Splitting Preamble
Creating LyX preamble
Cannot find layout file res.layout in dir(s) /usr/local/share/lyx/layouts at 
/usr/local/bin/../share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267,  chunk 15.
Exited due to fatal Error!
Converting from  latex to lyx
Calling reLyX -f 'res-sample2.tex'
reLyX, the LaTeX to LyX translator. Revision date 2000/06/06

Reading LaTeX command syntax 
(res-sample2.tex: Splitting Preamble
Creating LyX preamble
Cannot find layout file res.layout in dir(s) /usr/local/share/lyx/layouts at 
/usr/local/bin/../share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267,  chunk 19.
Exited due to fatal Error!
Converting from  latex to lyx
Calling reLyX -f 'sample_resume.tex'
reLyX, the LaTeX to LyX translator. Revision date 2000/06/06

Reading LaTeX command syntax 
(sample_resume.tex: Splitting Preamble
Didn't find \begin{document} command! at 
/usr/local/bin/../share/lyx/reLyX/MakePreamble.pm line 52,  chunk 52.
Exited due to fatal Error!
Bye.
bash-2.03$ exit
exit

###

Re: RedHat 7.0, lyx rpm, new user

[Stephen Walton]

Hello,

Wai-Sun's instructions work fine, and I built lyx 1.1.6pre3 with xforms
0.89 following his instructions.  Thanks!

But I found out yesterday quite by accident that the problem is elsewhere.
To wit:  It turns out that the problem of no Greek letters on lyx is
limited to the case where I run lyx on a KDE 1.1.2 desktop.  I found this
out quite by accident when I used ssh X forwarding to show a lyx-using
friend the problem, and MY version of lyx displayed just fine on HIS
desktop (SuSE 7.0, I think KDE 2.x).  If I use VNC to start a twm desktop
on my machine and then view it, once again the lyx display is fine if
started on the twm desktop.

So the problem is KDE, not lyx.  It seems like this must be some kind of
FAQ with a well-documented solution, but I'm not finding it.  The only
message lyx produces on startup is "Warning: Setting language `default' to
`english'."

-- 
Stephen Walton, Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
California State University, Northridge
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Wai-Sun Chia wrote:

> To help in solving the RH7 mysteries/nightmares, below is the
> combination that I have success with:
>
> Distro:   RH7
> Kernel:   2.4.0-test9 (with ReiserFS patch)
> Gcc:  gcc-2.96-69 (from Rawhide)
> Glibc:glibc-2.2-9 (from Rawhide)
> Xforms:   RPM homemade (instructions as per previous posting, and yes
>   the forms_sngl.ps.gz is from the RH 0.88 RPM)
> Lyx:  lyx-1.1.6pre3
>
>
>
> Stephen Walton wrote:
> >
> > I just installed lyx-1.1.5fix2-1.i386.rpm and xforms-0.88-15.i386.rpm on
> > my RedHat 7.0 system;  the former from the LyX FTP site and the latter
> > from the RedHat 7.0 Powertools CD.  Now, I've seen a lot of complaints on
> > this list about this combination, but it seems to work here with RedHat's
> > latest gcc and glibc versions (gcc-2.96-69 and glibc-2.2-5).  With one
>
> Upgrade to lyx-1.1.6pre3 and glibc-2.2-9
>
> > exception:  I'm not seeing Greek letters displayed in the LyX window,
> > though they are of course in the LaTeX source I'm importing.
>
> I have no problems with my combination.
>
> > rpm complained that it couldn't find the file forms_sngl.ps.gz which the
>
> Yes, it's the same file. Just copy it to SOURCES subdirectory and you'll
> be fine.
>
>
>
>

Re: RedHat 7.0, lyx rpm, new user

[Wai-Sun Chia]

To help in solving the RH7 mysteries/nightmares, below is the
combination that I have success with:

Distro: RH7
Kernel: 2.4.0-test9 (with ReiserFS patch)
Gcc:gcc-2.96-69 (from Rawhide)
Glibc:  glibc-2.2-9 (from Rawhide)
Xforms: RPM homemade (instructions as per previous posting, and yes 
the forms_sngl.ps.gz is from the RH 0.88 RPM)
Lyx:lyx-1.1.6pre3



Stephen Walton wrote:
> 
> I just installed lyx-1.1.5fix2-1.i386.rpm and xforms-0.88-15.i386.rpm on
> my RedHat 7.0 system;  the former from the LyX FTP site and the latter
> from the RedHat 7.0 Powertools CD.  Now, I've seen a lot of complaints on
> this list about this combination, but it seems to work here with RedHat's
> latest gcc and glibc versions (gcc-2.96-69 and glibc-2.2-5).  With one

Upgrade to lyx-1.1.6pre3 and glibc-2.2-9

> exception:  I'm not seeing Greek letters displayed in the LyX window,
> though they are of course in the LaTeX source I'm importing.

I have no problems with my combination.

> rpm complained that it couldn't find the file forms_sngl.ps.gz which the

Yes, it's the same file. Just copy it to SOURCES subdirectory and you'll
be fine.



-- 
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RedHat 7.0, lyx rpm, new user

[Stephen Walton]

Hi, all,

I just installed lyx-1.1.5fix2-1.i386.rpm and xforms-0.88-15.i386.rpm on
my RedHat 7.0 system;  the former from the LyX FTP site and the latter
from the RedHat 7.0 Powertools CD.  Now, I've seen a lot of complaints on
this list about this combination, but it seems to work here with RedHat's
latest gcc and glibc versions (gcc-2.96-69 and glibc-2.2-5).  With one
exception:  I'm not seeing Greek letters displayed in the LyX window,
though they are of course in the LaTeX source I'm importing.

In hopes of fixing the problem, I tried installing xforms-0.89 according
to the instructions in Wai-Sun Chia's message of January 2 (archived at
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg08330.html), but
rpm complained that it couldn't find the file forms_sngl.ps.gz which the
SPEC file in that message lists as needed.  The only place I can find this
file is inside the RedHat distribution of the xforms-devel-0.88 RPM, and I
wouldn't be sure it was the correct version.  The file doesn't seem to be
directly downloadable from the XForms Web site mirror(s).

Any ideas?  I'm running the KDE 1.1 desktop if that matters.

-- 
Stephen Walton, Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
California State University, Northridge
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problems of a new user (win32)

[Lior Silberman]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Claus Hentschel wrote:

> > 1. The option set_color in the lyxrc-file is not recognized; for example:
> I used: set_color
> > background white; when starting LyX the following message appears in the
> DOS-box:
> > LyX: bad color tag: 'background'
> > LyX: unknown tag: 'white'
> > After this message LyX appears with the standard screen.
> > When I type: 'set-color background white' on the grey commandline in LyX,
> a new background
> > does appear. So this option does work.
> > What am I doing wrong with set_color in the lyxrc-file?
> 
> This indees does not work :-/ Does this work on Linux? I didn't have changed
> any of that code!
>
[snip] 
>
> Regards
> Claus
> 
> 

This is a bug in the original 1.1.5fix1 (due to myself). The workaround
(for lyxrc) is to write (note parenthesis):
\set_color "background" "white" . This has since been corrected by JMarc
(see http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg13066.html).

Current 1.1.5 cvs reflects this update. I don't know about the tarball at
the ftp site.

HTH,
Lior.

Re: problems of a new user (win32)

[J. Kamerling]

- Oorspronkelijk bericht -
Van: Claus Hentschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aan: J. Kamerling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: LyX-Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Verzonden: dinsdag 29 augustus 2000 11:13
Onderwerp: Re: problems of a new user (win32)


> > 2. There are problems with inline-viewing. I searched in the
mailing-list,
> but I cannot find
> > a solution.
> > I have the following problems:
> > When I open UserGuide.lyx (for example) the pictures mobius.eps and
> platypus.eps do not
> > appear on the LyX-screen. I can only see a black rectangle.
>
> This does work on my system! You need to set the following in your lyxrc
> file:
> \ps_command "/apps/gs4.03/bin/gs"
> In my example lyxrc file there is (as a comment) a wrong path set to
> ghostview (with a leading '//c').
>
My lyxrc-file already contained this setting. The directory structure is
also correct. So there is still a problem.

> > a) When I click on the rectangle a new window appears and when I select
in
> that window:
> > 'full screen preview' I get the following GSView-errormessages:
> > bad commandline option: /usr/local/lyx/share/lyx/doc/platypus.eps
> > and
> > error parsing command line.
> > After these messages GSView starts but nothing appears in this program.
> > I don't understand the messages: platypus.eps en mobius.eps are in the
> directory but it
> > seems they cannot be found.
>
> Again a path problem with that Win32-Program!  If you're interested, i.e.
if
> you do need this feature asap (???) I can write a shell script to correct
> that problem!
>
I am very interested, but I don't need this feature as soon as possible. If
you have a solution please let me know.

> > b) When I choose in LyX the option File-View DVI or File-View Postscript
I
> get, after the
> > LaTeX-ing, mistakes at the place of the figures. I get the following
> messages:
> > LaTeX error: cannot determine size of graphic in mobius.eps (no Bounding
> Box)
> >...ing\includegraphics {mobius.eps}
> >\par}
> > LaTeX error: File 'platypus.eps' not found
> >...ing\includegraphics {mobius.eps}
> >\par}
> > Once again, I don't understand these messages. The eps-files do exist in
> the right
> > directory.
>
> This seems to be an internal LyX error! When you open the document
manually,
> i.e. File->Open then change directory into
> file://c/Cygwin/usr/local/lyx/share/doc (prefix file: inserted by Outlook
> Express!) and open the file all went well!
>
> I will check, how Lyx creates the filename if selected by Help->UserGuide.
> This should be in a way, that does not take the configuration in account!
As
> far as I can see now LyX will just prefix the unix-filename
> /usr/local/lyx/share/lyx/doc/UserGuide.lyx with an '//c' although this is
> not okay!
>
> Try to open the files manually so far! I will check and mail you if I can
> fix that problem!
>
I tried to open manually. In YAP and GSView the figures do appear.
Unfortunately not in LyX.

> Regards
> Claus
>
>
Thank you very much for your answers When other problems are solved, please
let me know.

Greetings

Sjaak

Re: problems of a new user (win32)

[Claus Hentschel]

> 1. The option set_color in the lyxrc-file is not recognized; for example:
I used: set_color
> background white; when starting LyX the following message appears in the
DOS-box:
> LyX: bad color tag: 'background'
> LyX: unknown tag: 'white'
> After this message LyX appears with the standard screen.
> When I type: 'set-color background white' on the grey commandline in LyX,
a new background
> does appear. So this option does work.
> What am I doing wrong with set_color in the lyxrc-file?

This indees does not work :-/ Does this work on Linux? I didn't have changed
any of that code!

> 2. There are problems with inline-viewing. I searched in the mailing-list,
but I cannot find
> a solution.
> I have the following problems:
> When I open UserGuide.lyx (for example) the pictures mobius.eps and
platypus.eps do not
> appear on the LyX-screen. I can only see a black rectangle.

This does work on my system! You need to set the following in your lyxrc
file:
\ps_command "/apps/gs4.03/bin/gs"
In my example lyxrc file there is (as a comment) a wrong path set to
ghostview (with a leading '//c').

> a) When I click on the rectangle a new window appears and when I select in
that window:
> 'full screen preview' I get the following GSView-errormessages:
> bad commandline option: /usr/local/lyx/share/lyx/doc/platypus.eps
> and
> error parsing command line.
> After these messages GSView starts but nothing appears in this program.
> I don't understand the messages: platypus.eps en mobius.eps are in the
directory but it
> seems they cannot be found.

Again a path problem with that Win32-Program!  If you're interested, i.e. if
you do need this feature asap (???) I can write a shell script to correct
that problem!

> b) When I choose in LyX the option File-View DVI or File-View Postscript I
get, after the
> LaTeX-ing, mistakes at the place of the figures. I get the following
messages:
> LaTeX error: cannot determine size of graphic in mobius.eps (no Bounding
Box)
>...ing\includegraphics {mobius.eps}
>\par}
> LaTeX error: File 'platypus.eps' not found
>...ing\includegraphics {mobius.eps}
>\par}
> Once again, I don't understand these messages. The eps-files do exist in
the right
> directory.

This seems to be an internal LyX error! When you open the document manually,
i.e. File->Open then change directory into
file://c/Cygwin/usr/local/lyx/share/doc (prefix file: inserted by Outlook
Express!) and open the file all went well!

I will check, how Lyx creates the filename if selected by Help->UserGuide.
This should be in a way, that does not take the configuration in account! As
far as I can see now LyX will just prefix the unix-filename
/usr/local/lyx/share/lyx/doc/UserGuide.lyx with an '//c' although this is
not okay!

Try to open the files manually so far! I will check and mail you if I can
fix that problem!

Regards
Claus

problems of a new user (win32)

[J. Kamerling]

Hello,
 
I read a lot about LyX and I was very interested in 
working with the program; I went to the webpages of Claus Hentschel and 
downloaded the complete package (Winport, version 1.1.5fix1); I installed 
everything according to the remarks on the webpages;
still there are some problems
1. The option set_color in the lyxrc-file is not 
recognized; for example: I used: set_color background white; when starting LyX 
the following message appears in the DOS-box: 
LyX: bad color tag: 'background'
LyX: unknown tag: 'white'
After this message LyX appears with the standard 
screen.
When I type: 'set-color background white' on the 
grey commandline in LyX, a new background does appear. So this option does work.
What am I doing wrong with set_color in the 
lyxrc-file?
2. There are problems with inline-viewing. I 
searched in the mailing-list, but I cannot find a solution.
I have the following problems:
When I open UserGuide.lyx (for example) the 
pictures mobius.eps and platypus.eps do not appear on the LyX-screen. I can only 
see a black rectangle. 
a) When I click on the rectangle a new window 
appears and when I select in that window: 'full screen preview' I get the 
following GSView-errormessages:
bad commandline option: 
/usr/local/lyx/share/lyx/doc/platypus.eps
and
error parsing command line.
After these messages GSView starts but nothing 
appears in this program.
I don't understand the messages: platypus.eps en 
mobius.eps are in the directory but it seems they cannot be found.
b) When I choose in LyX the option File-View DVI or 
File-View Postscript I get, after the LaTeX-ing, mistakes at the place of the 
figures. I get the following messages:
LaTeX error: cannot determine size of graphic in 
mobius.eps (no Bounding Box)
   
...ing\includegraphics {mobius.eps}  
   
\par}
LaTeX error: File 'platypus.eps' not 
found
   
...ing\includegraphics {mobius.eps}
   
\par}
Once again, I don't understand these messages. The 
eps-files do exist in the right directory.
Can someone help me with these 
problems.
 
Thank you
 
Sjaak Kamerling
Schoonhoven
Holland