Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?
On 2009-01-30, Christian Ridderström wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, A B wrote: >> Add a html/wiki <--> LyX converter and we are all done! Heck, with the >> current LyX format it feels like replacing \section with == > Well, in principle, yes. :-) There are several problems here: * Which of the many wiki variants do you want to support? * What about the many many features that have no counterpart in the wiki syntax? Actually, if even the LyX->LaTeX->LyX round-trip is not failsave (yet), so I would not expect any other format conversion to be able to offer co-operation with non-lyx-users. That said, it might be possible to have a Wiki->LyX->Wiki path for wiki-editing with LyX (but I'd personally prefer a good text editor). Günter
Re: Hyphenation at end of the page
Hello Marcelo, thanks a lot! This works – thank you also for the explanations. Best* Jess Am 30.01.2009 um 00:28 schrieb Marcelo Acuña: Hm, well, I really meant to avoid it for the whole document… You mean I could avoid with ERT at the hyphenated line? Like "\hyphenpenalty1"? Doesn´t seem like a long term solution, especially for longer documents. Is this going to be revised in a newer version of Latex? Thanks, best* Jess If you put \hyphenpenalty=1 you avoid hyphenation in all lines in the entire document. If you put a lower number, like 200 or 500, you reduce the number of word hyphenated in all lines in the whole documente. \brokenpenalty is for your case. Regards Marcelo Acuña visitá mi sitio web http://www.aleph-uno.com.ar == Yahoo! Cocina Recetas prácticas y comida saludable http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/
Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)
On 2009-01-29, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: >> Guenter Milde wrote: >> > My proposal would be: >> > >> >LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... >> Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: >> "LyX is a graphical word processor mainly used with a LateX backend. LyX > While this is essentially true, the word "word processor" has certain > connotations including easy fingerpainting and amateurish type layout. This are also the connotations of "WYSIWYG" (for most LyX users, with one notable exception) which is why I'd prefer to leave this term out of the description. > I've often referred to LyX as a "typesetting program", but of course this > might intimidate people just beginning to consider LyX. >> is especially suited for structured document writing." > Yes it is, although creation and modification of styles is an order of > magnitude or two harder than with MS Word or WordPerfect. When considering how best to decribe LyX in the Debian and Ubuntu repositories, please keep the context (including the heading "Document Processor"). This would give the discussion a proper base. The current description of LyX in Debian and Ubuntu is: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to word processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX's concept of general mark-ups, it is even easier and faster to create professional quality documents with it than with usual word processors. It is also possible to use LaTeX commands within LyX, so nothing of LaTeX's power is lost. Actually, in this contex I can even live with the WYSIWYG term. Günter
How do I get todays date output as e.g. 2009-01-30?
Hi, I'd like to output todays date in the header with the date formatted as 2009-01-30 How should I do this? I'm using \today to get the current date. Best regards, Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Export to Open document
Hesham Kamel writes: > > My system is Windows I also use windows, XP sp3, Lyx 1.6.1 installed with the alt installer I've never been able to export (with the menu tools) to a open document, and I use Lyx since the 1.5.4 version. The problem has always been more or less the same of Hesham, but in last versions (I can't tell since which one) the document IS created, is more or less 7kb (inconsistent with lyx document dimensions) and results empty. I tried with small new documents, guide documents etc.: no way. Any idea?
Re: Request for svn test on Windows
Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: >> 6. is the file.lyx inside LyX window in read-only mode? > Yes. >> 10. is the file.lyx inside LyX window in write mode? > Yes. >> 13. is the file.lyx inside LyX window in read-only mode? > Yes. >> 14. in A: does the following fail?: svn lock file.lyx > Yes. > > Vincent beautiful pavel
how to put an image
Hello, I have a problem with lyx. I inserted an images, which also shows the image correctly in lyx, but then I try to export in pdf format I get an error like "... cannot determine size of graphic". Whats the problem here? I tried a lot but I could not solve the problem... can somebody help...?
SV: Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?
> There are several problems here: > > * Which of the many wiki variants do you want to support? Even if there are many wikis, there are many common features. However, the best aproach may be to include these into a layout file. e.g.: Style Chapter wikicommand "==" END Style Section wikicommand "===" END etc In this way adding wikiengine support would be to make a new layoutfile. > * What about the many many features that have no counterpart in the > wiki syntax? I suggest these are dealt with in the same manner that wi deal with missing environments when one change document type. Warn and revert to plain. However, images might be a problem, I guess... I think it would be a great addition. My use case is my latest book. It was co-authored in a wiki (50+ persons), converted to html, imported to oo, exported as Latex imported to lyx. Added a lot of text and about 400 images in Lyx -> pdf. Printed. Loved the Lyx part of the work :). However, now the co-authors want to start edit again in the wiki, and create a living book on the web. And I have stated that it is out of the questin as I can not find the time to convert it to a wiki. Ingar
Macros in Lyx?
Is there a way to record and play back macros (sequences of keystrokes/mouse clicks), as one can do in some editors, like WinEdt? Thanks,
Re: How do I get todays date output as e.g. 2009-01-30?
On 2009-01-30, Christian Ridderström wrote: > I'd like to output todays date in the header with the date formatted as > 2009-01-30 > How should I do this? with the package "isodate": http://dante.ctan.org/CTAN/help/Catalogue/entries/isodate.html Günter
Re: How do I get todays date output as e.g. 2009-01-30?
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-01-30, Christian Ridderström wrote: I'd like to output todays date in the header with the date formatted as 2009-01-30 How should I do this? with the package "isodate": http://dante.ctan.org/CTAN/help/Catalogue/entries/isodate.html Thanks, this did the trick in my preamble: \usepackage{isodate} \lhead{\isodate\today} /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?
On Thursday 29 January 2009, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > Add a html/wiki <--> LyX converter and we are all done! Heck, with the > > current LyX format it feels like replacing \section with == > > Well, in principle, yes. One further complication I haven't seen mentioned here is that HTML is gradually being replaced by XHTML, where (ideally) the appearance of the document is entirely controlled by one or more style sheets. In principle, I can imagine a LyX layout combined with a LaTeX class generating a CSS style sheet, and vice versa. But I can also envision the practical difficulties. -- Les ~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
Re: SV: Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Ingar Pareliussen wrote: However, images might be a problem, I guess... I think it would be a great addition. My use case is my latest book. It was co-authored in a wiki (50+ persons), converted to html, imported to oo, exported as Latex imported to lyx. Added a lot of text and about 400 images in Lyx -> pdf. Printed. Loved the Lyx part of the work :). There is a thing called Wiki Publisher that works with Pmwiki, it goes from wiki page to XML to LaTeX to PDF. http://www.wikipublisher.org/ /Christian However, now the co-authors want to start edit again in the wiki, and create a living book on the web. And I have stated that it is out of the questin as I can not find the time to convert it to a wiki. -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)
On Friday 30 January 2009 03:18:09 am Guenter Milde wrote: > When considering how best to decribe LyX in the Debian and Ubuntu > repositories, please keep the context (including the heading "Document > Processor"). This would give the discussion a proper base. > > The current description of LyX in Debian and Ubuntu is: > > Document Processor > > LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and > typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to word > processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX's concept of general mark-ups, it > is even easier and faster to create professional quality documents with > it than with usual word processors. It is also possible to use LaTeX > commands within LyX, so nothing of LaTeX's power is lost. > > > Actually, in this contex I can even live with the WYSIWYG term. I agree. The preceding is a pretty darned good description useful for a LyX-unfamiliar. Personally, I'd leave it as is. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)
On Friday 30 January 2009 03:18:09 am Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-01-29, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > >> Guenter Milde wrote: > >> > My proposal would be: > >> > > >> >LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... > >> > >> Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: > >> "LyX is a graphical word processor mainly used with a LateX backend. LyX > > > > While this is essentially true, the word "word processor" has certain > > connotations including easy fingerpainting and amateurish type layout. > > This are also the connotations of "WYSIWYG" (for most LyX users, with one > notable exception) Gee, I wonder who that exception might be :-) As Curly would have said, "Hey, I resemble that remark!" SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
Re: some questions on page numbering (pages BEFORE chapter 1)
Joe(theWordy)Philbrook writes: > I'm also hoping I can get the pre-chapter pages to be numbered with a > different style such as roman numerals... Definitely use the \frontmatter and \mainmatter separations. Also, to get the numbering style changes you want, put this in ERT at the start of each of those sections: \pagenumbering{roman} \pagenumbering{arabic}
Re: how to put an image
Yakup Ayvaz writes: > I inserted an images, which also shows the image correctly in lyx, > but then I try to export in pdf format I get an error > like "... cannot determine size of graphic". > > Whats the problem here? > I tried a lot but I could not solve the problem... can somebody help...? Help us help you. Provide: OS, LyX version, image file type, small sample file that shows the problem
Re: some questions on page numbering (pages BEFORE chapter 1)
It would appear that on Jan 25, Steve Litt did say: > Start the book with \frontmatter, and then where you want page 1 to be, > use \mainmatter. Thank You! (I presume these go in ERT boxes???) The logic of \frontmatter identifying the part of a book that appears before the \mainmatter makes me wonder if there is also something like an \backmatter designation for any parts of a book that may appear after the last chapter??? > There are also ways to strongarm the page number -- I do this a lot in > the front matter of the book, but NEVER NEVER NEVER in the main matter. Agreed, if by main matter you mean the part of the "book" from the first, through the last chapter, I'd find it disturbing for the page numbers to be anything but consecutive throughout it. Though the unconventional side of my personality would find it reasonable for some creative work to be presented as a collection of chapter/books with each chapter numbered separately... But then I'd hope that each page would be marked with a chapter id as well as a page number... But in any normal book I'd be very uncomfortable with inconsistent page numbering... -- | ~^~ ~^~ | <*> <*> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <>
Re: Macros in Lyx?
E. Kaplan wrote: Is there a way to record and play back macros (sequences of keystrokes/mouse clicks), as one can do in some editors, like WinEdt? Not quite. You can't record them. But you can assign any sequence of operations you like to a key. I think it would be fairly easy to add a recording facility. You could request it in bugzilla. rh
Re: some questions on page numbering (pages BEFORE chapter 1)
It would appear that on Jan 29, Marcelo Acu?a did say: > A partial answer: > at the start of each chapter put in ERT > \setcounter{pagenumber}{0} Thanks Marcelo. This sounds like one of the "ways to strongarm the page number" that Steve mentioned in his reply... Offhand this looks like a way to thoroughly micromanage page numbering. -- | ^^^ ^^^ |Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <>
Re: some questions on page numbering (pages BEFORE chapter 1)
On Friday 30 January 2009 11:40:05 am Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: > It would appear that on Jan 25, Steve Litt did say: > > Start the book with \frontmatter, and then where you want page 1 to be, > > use \mainmatter. > > Thank You! (I presume these go in ERT boxes???) Yes. In ERT boxes. > > The logic of \frontmatter identifying the part of a book that appears > before the \mainmatter makes me wonder if there is also something like > an \backmatter designation for any parts of a book that may appear > after the last chapter??? Yes, there's a \backmatter. That's where you put your bibliography and index and the like. > > > There are also ways to strongarm the page number -- I do this a lot in > > the front matter of the book, but NEVER NEVER NEVER in the main matter. > > Agreed, if by main matter you mean the part of the "book" from the > first, through the last chapter, Yes, by mainmatter I meant the chapters, and I believe all appendices are mainmatter too. What I do with eBooks is put the cover art on the first page, which is numbered 1000 or some such. The next page lists my other books, and its page number is auto incremented. The next page is the title page, and is numbered i via an ERT strongarm, although there's no page on it. The next page is the copyright page, numbered ii, again with no page number on it. The next page is the dedication, how to use this book, and the like, which go on for several consecutively numbered pages. Finally, the \mainmatter is executed via ERT, resetting the page number to 1 and the number display to Arabic, and chapter 1 begins. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
Re: how to put an image
Hello, If you export the LyX file to pdf with pdflatex, only .pdf, .png, .pdf or Metapost output figures will be processed. That's all: pdflatex don't support the .eps format in figures. You can use instead dvipdfm to export to .pdf your LyX file or convert .eps figures to another format that can read pdflatex. - Original Message - From: "Yakup Ayvaz" To: ; Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: how to put an image Hello, I have a problem with lyx. I inserted an images, which also shows the image correctly in lyx, but then I try to export in pdf format I get an error like "... cannot determine size of graphic". Whats the problem here? I tried a lot but I could not solve the problem... can somebody help...? __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3798 (20090125) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
Re: how to put an image
Yakup Ayvaz writes: > I inserted an images, which also shows the image correctly in lyx, > but then I try to export in pdf format I get an error like "... cannot > determine size of graphic". I would suggest specifying width and height in the LyX graphics dialog box. This sounds like the type of Latex error you could get if you don't set those parameters.
Re: how to put an image
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 18:51 +0100, Yago wrote: > Hello, > > If you export the LyX file to pdf with pdflatex, only .pdf, .png, .pdf > or > Metapost output figures will be processed. That's all: pdflatex don't > support the .eps format in figures. You can use instead dvipdfm to > export to > .pdf your LyX file or convert .eps figures to another format that can > read > pdflatex. Hi Yego. Hmm, that's a bit strange to me. I use .eps all the time without any problem and "hit" the pdf button (or export > PDF (pdlatex) ) and never experienced conflicts. Perhaps I don't understand the problem of Yakup very well, but I think it's probably a size problem. Kind regards, Nikos
Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?
I have had good experience using reStructuredText as a cooperative format. It is a fairly powerful "plain text" markup. It has the advantage of a formal specification and good converters to oo, LaTeX and xhtml. Because of the formal specs, it has become more powerful than most wiki languages as new features are relatively easy to add in a consistent way. Again, because of the formal specs it might be easier to add into LyX than other less well defined markup systems. Cheers, Alan
Re: how to put an image
Nikos Alexandris writes: > Hi Yego. > > Hmm, that's a bit strange to me. I use .eps all the time without any > problem and "hit" the pdf button (or export > PDF (pdlatex) ) and never > experienced conflicts. > > Perhaps I don't understand the problem of Yakup very well, but I think > it's probably a size problem. > > Kind regards, Nikos > > Yes, I agree, LyX can handle eps, but you need the imagemagick package. However, I think the problem here is that the size cannot be determined. I had that kind of problem before in Latex, and I solved it by setting the width in Latex, which I believe is equivalent to setting width in lyx.
Re: how to put an image
Yes, I agree, LyX can handle eps, but you need the imagemagick package. However, I think the problem here is that the size cannot be determined. I had that kind of problem before in Latex, and I solved it by setting the width in Latex, which I believe is equivalent to setting width in lyx. Check in Document Settings that the graphics driver is set to "default" and not to "dvips". JMarc
Re: how to put an image
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 21:39 +, Anders Host-Madsen wrote: > Nikos Alexandris writes: > > > > Hi Yego. > > > > Hmm, that's a bit strange to me. I use .eps all the time without any > > problem and "hit" the pdf button (or export > PDF (pdlatex) ) and never > > experienced conflicts. > > > > Perhaps I don't understand the problem of Yakup very well, but I think > > it's probably a size problem. > > > > Kind regards, Nikos > > > > > > Yes, I agree, LyX can handle eps, but you need the imagemagick package. > However, I think the problem here is that the size cannot be determined. > I had that kind of problem before in Latex, and I solved it by setting the > width in Latex, which I believe is equivalent to setting width in lyx. > Thanks for the clarification. By the way, are there quality differences betweem pdf's vs. eps's? I usually export R plots as eps's. Kind regards, Nikos
Re: some questions on page numbering (pages BEFORE chapter 1)
> > A partial answer: > > at the start of each chapter put in ERT > > \setcounter{pagenumber}{0} > > Thanks Marcelo. This sounds like one of the "ways to > strongarm the > page number" that Steve mentioned in his reply... > > Offhand this looks like a way to thoroughly micromanage > page numbering. > Yes, you can put any value instead of zero. And you put this command in any site. I use koma-script style book and I use \frontmatter, \mainmatter and \backmatter for change the look of this different part of a book. Marcelo Yahoo! Cocina Recetas prácticas y comida saludable http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/
Re: Example CVs give error
Dave Woodfall schrieb: I have been using lyx for letters without problem, but now want to write a CV. The problem is I always get an error when loading the example CVs. 'The layout requested by this file xxx.layout is unusable...' It depends on the CV class that you want to use. For the modernCV example, you need to install the LaTeX-package "moderncv", for the example simpleCV, the package "simplecv", and for the example "europeCv", the package "europecv". To install a LaTeX package, use TeXLive's package manager. Afterwards, restart lyX and reconfigure it (Tools menu). regards Uwe