Also, after going to the document settings I'm no longer able to view
the
PDF output.
These class switch errors come back as export errors, although they are
unrelated to LaTeX. Looks like the log window isn't cleared correctly.
Any idea as to what might be causing them? The export errors
Dear Developers,
I seem to be writing with a new complaint every day.
I just updated to the latest SVN a few minutes ago and recompiled on
Windows. Upon re-launching, the XeTeX font options under Document Settings
Fonts are all disabled.
Is there any way to re-enable those options?
<< Also, after going to the document settings I'm no longer able to view
the
PDF output.
These "class switch errors" come back as "export errors", although they are
unrelated to LaTeX. Looks like the log window isn't cleared correctly. >>
Any idea as to what might be causing them? The
Dear Developers,
I seem to be writing with a new complaint every day.
I just updated to the latest SVN a few minutes ago and recompiled on
Windows. Upon re-launching, the XeTeX font options under Document Settings >
Fonts are all disabled.
Is there any way to re-enable those options?
can somebody post list of layout changes so we can see whether there
is consensus about them?
Here is the toolbars file I put together (or, at least the one I use).
This post from the original UI discussion has the rationale for the layout:
> can somebody post list of layout changes so we can see whether there
> is consensus about them?
Here is the toolbars file I put together (or, at least the one I use).
This post from the original UI discussion has the rationale for the layout:
Dear LyX Developers,
This morning, I've run into a problem which I can't seem to solve and I thought
I would solicit your advice on. Some time ago, I created a module that
automated the creation of Drop Cap Initials through the use of a character
style. It's been working great up until the
Hi Richard,
Thanks for getting back to me.
What's the actual LaTeX error? If LyX isn't reporting it in the log, then
export and do it manually.
That's the problem, there isn't a LaTeX error. If the inset has been added to
the document, then it fails to export to XeTeX and fails with:
What conversion is supposed to be happening in this case? Do you get any
information on the terminal?
Unfortunately, I haven't got a clue. I'm getting some very strange output in
the terminal. When I try and convert a different file, I'm getting this:
LyX: Unknown InsetLayout tag [around
Dear LyX Developers,
This morning, I've run into a problem which I can't seem to solve and I thought
I would solicit your advice on. Some time ago, I created a module that
automated the creation of Drop Cap Initials through the use of a character
style. It's been working great up until the
Hi Richard,
Thanks for getting back to me.
> What's the actual LaTeX error? If LyX isn't reporting it in the log, then
> export and do it manually.
That's the problem, there isn't a LaTeX error. If the inset has been added to
the document, then it fails to export to XeTeX and fails with:
> What conversion is supposed to be happening in this case? Do you get any
> information on the terminal?
Unfortunately, I haven't got a clue. I'm getting some very strange output in
the terminal. When I try and convert a different file, I'm getting this:
LyX: Unknown InsetLayout tag [around
Dear LyX Developers and Users,
I'm trying to create custom insets and environments for the document class
features. One environment that has me stumped though, is how to create an
inset for the memoir sidecaption feature.
The sidecaption environment allows you to typeset the caption of
Dear LyX-Developers,
So, after working on the Side Caption style, I got excited and thought that I
would try and make an epigraph style for memoir and my custom class.
The epigraph command allows the enterprising author to add a quotation to their
document prior to the start of the chapter
This is quite a wonderful note, and as I received it the other day, I thought
everyone had been able to read through Leo's thoughts. I'm still composing my
reply, but I thought that I would see if we want to try for Google Summer of
Code this year.
From the discussion so far, it seems that we
I just copied and pasted some stub responses for the application questions. If
people could have a look, edit, brainstorm, etc. It would be appreciated. When
I have some time tonight, I'll try and flesh out the UI improvements component
of projects page.
Cheers,
Rob
Dear LyX Developers and Users,
> I'm trying to create custom insets and environments for the document class
> features. One environment that has me stumped though, is how to create an
> inset for the memoir "sidecaption" feature.
>
> The sidecaption environment allows you to typeset the
Dear LyX-Developers,
So, after working on the Side Caption style, I got excited and thought that I
would try and make an "epigraph" style for memoir and my custom class.
The epigraph command allows the enterprising author to add a quotation to their
document prior to the start of the chapter
This is quite a wonderful note, and as I received it the other day, I thought
everyone had been able to read through Leo's thoughts. I'm still composing my
reply, but I thought that I would see if we want to try for Google Summer of
Code this year.
From the discussion so far, it seems that we
I just copied and pasted some stub responses for the application questions. If
people could have a look, edit, brainstorm, etc. It would be appreciated. When
I have some time tonight, I'll try and flesh out the UI improvements component
of projects page.
Cheers,
Rob
Hi Tommaso,
Sorry to hear about the difficulties. I actually had better luck creating my
own import path.
ODF - HTML - Run tidy on HTML - HTML2LaTeX- LyX
This made sure that the markup coming into LyX was as clean as possible with no
strange ERT or other data that couldn't be converted. I
Dear LyX Developers and Users,
For the past couple of days, I've been working on a custom LaTeX document class
for a non-profit. It is based on memoir, and while it is still a work in
progress, I'd like to think that it is rather awesome.
Because the final goal is to use this document class in
Hi Tommaso,
Sorry to hear about the difficulties. I actually had better luck creating my
own import path.
ODF -> HTML -> Run tidy on HTML -> HTML2LaTeX-> LyX
This made sure that the markup coming into LyX was as clean as possible with no
strange ERT or other data that couldn't be converted. I
Dear LyX Developers and Users,
For the past couple of days, I've been working on a custom LaTeX document class
for a non-profit. It is based on memoir, and while it is still a work in
progress, I'd like to think that it is rather awesome.
Because the final goal is to use this document class in
Dear Vincent and Pavel,
I'm happy to serve as a mentor, developer point of contact, or both. I'm also
happy to help draft the application.
In order to understand what would be required, I signed up for a developer
account on GSoC. Here's what I found.
Everything looks straightforward. In
This website also has some really good advice on constructing ideas pages and
policies:
http://gsoc-wiki.osuosl.org/index.php/Best_of_the_ideas-lists
Also, while we need to sort out mentors, are there any students in our
community who may wish to apply? Getting approved does us very little if
Dear Vincent and Pavel,
I'm happy to serve as a mentor, developer point of contact, or both. I'm also
happy to help draft the application.
In order to understand what would be required, I signed up for a developer
account on GSoC. Here's what I found.
Everything looks straightforward. In
This website also has some really good advice on constructing ideas pages and
policies:
http://gsoc-wiki.osuosl.org/index.php/Best_of_the_ideas-lists
Also, while we need to sort out mentors, are there any students in our
community who may wish to apply? Getting approved does us very little if
natively import Word files would be an impressive achievement. It would
enable people to work with both word and latex- using collaborators. I'd be
careful not to add a bunch of dependencies on that move. KDE is getting to a
point where any tiny app is interconnected with a huge
Hi Richard,
This is not true. We have native import/export of LaTeX, and it does not
allow easy collaboration with users of pure LaTeX. One problem is that you
cannot know that the sorts of constructs the LaTeX folks introduce will be
intelligible to LyX when you re-import. Another is that
Rob also mentioned Google summer of code. I think that LyX could benefit
immensely from having some extra manpower for a few months, to look into
features that nobody has time to implement right now. However, mentoring
students does take some time (5 - 10 hours per week), so I'm not sure if
> natively import Word files would be an impressive achievement. It would
> enable people to work with both word and latex- using collaborators. I'd be
> careful not to add a bunch of dependencies on that move. KDE is getting to a
> point where any tiny app is interconnected with a huge
Hi Richard,
> This is not true. We have native import/export of LaTeX, and it does not
> allow easy collaboration with users of pure LaTeX. One problem is that you
> cannot know that the sorts of constructs the LaTeX folks introduce will be
> intelligible to LyX when you re-import. Another is
> Rob also mentioned Google summer of code. I think that LyX could benefit
> immensely from having some extra manpower for a few months, to look into
> features that nobody has time to implement right now. However, mentoring
> students does take some time (5 - 10 hours per week), so I'm not
- libreoffice icon guys there seems to be agreement on the need of new
defaults.
its time to for finishing the thread if you want this in 2.0.
i'll be against such commits in rc2/3 phase.
I wasn't sure where the UI discussion left off. It seems that restructuring
some of the menus and
> - libreoffice icon guys there seems to be agreement on the need of new
> defaults.
> its time to for finishing the thread if you want this in 2.0.
> i'll be against such commits in rc2/3 phase.
I wasn't sure where the UI discussion left off. It seems that restructuring
some of the menus and
on the View menu. pdfTeX is
one, XeTeX is another, LuaTeX is a third. (Depending on the version of LyX that
you use, not all of these options might be available.)
Cheers,
Rob Oakes
on the View menu. pdfTeX is
one, XeTeX is another, LuaTeX is a third. (Depending on the version of LyX that
you use, not all of these options might be available.)
Cheers,
Rob Oakes
Dear LyX Developers,
I spent a little bit of time trying to order the toolbar, based on the
conversation from the other day. Here is a first pass attempt which shows the
standard toolbar and a revised extras toolbar.
inline: Screen shot 2011-02-22 at 12.35.08 PM.png
In the standard toolbar,
Dear LyX Developers,
I spent a little bit of time trying to order the toolbar, based on the
conversation from the other day. Here is a first pass attempt which shows the
standard toolbar and a revised extras toolbar.
<>
In the standard toolbar, I've removed the file and the edit links. With
Hi Jurgen,
And here the problem starts. What are the necessaries? Whose necessaries?
Who is the average user? A scientific writer who heavily uses math or one
from the humanities who never needs math, but lots of citations, multiple
indices, languages? A writer who writes papers or one who
Hi Edwin,
Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate your thoughts.
A second weakness is that there are multiple ways to do the same
things. For example, all of the insets can also be added from the
Insert menu (for which there are usually convenient shortcuts that
can speed things up).
Hi Jurgen,
> And here the problem starts. What are "the necessaries"? Whose "necessaries"?
> Who is the "average user"? A scientific writer who heavily uses math or one
> from the humanities who never needs math, but lots of citations, multiple
> indices, languages? A writer who writes papers
Hi Edwin,
Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate your thoughts.
>> A second weakness is that there are multiple ways to do the same
>> things. For example, all of the insets can also be added from the
>> "Insert" menu (for which there are usually convenient shortcuts that
>> can speed
Oh, and one other question. Is there a place where I could download the
packaged Oxygen theme? I'm curious to play with it and see how it looks.
Cheers,
Rob
Oh, and one other question. Is there a place where I could download the
packaged Oxygen theme? I'm curious to play with it and see how it looks.
Cheers,
Rob
I can't confirm the error either. I've checked the text of my book (which has
several thousand images in a variety of formats), and I'm only getting RAM
usage of about 300 MB. (This was done on both Mac and Linux).
Would it be possible to get a little bit more information about the problem?
Is it OK if I increase the default size with 2 pixels and try to find some
better public domain or GPL icons to replace some of the current ones? I'd be
nice to have at least a little bit of UI refresh for 2.0 :)
I think that would be fantastic.
+1
As a way of starting, you might take a
I can't confirm the error either. I've checked the text of my book (which has
several thousand images in a variety of formats), and I'm only getting RAM
usage of about 300 MB. (This was done on both Mac and Linux).
Would it be possible to get a little bit more information about the problem?
> Is it OK if I increase the default size with 2 pixels and try to find some
> better public domain or GPL icons to replace some of the current ones? I'd be
> nice to have at least a little bit of UI refresh for 2.0 :)
I think that would be fantastic.
+1
As a way of starting, you might take
Dear LyX Users and Developers,
Does anyone know if LyX's current XHTML export allows for the HTML to be output
in one file and for the CSS to be output to another? If this isn't currently
possible, does anyone know how hard it might be to implement?
I've been working with a non-profit to
It doesn't allow that. It's definitely on the agenda. It wouldn't be all that
hard to do, but other things intervene at the moment. If you look at
Buffer::writeLyXHTMLSource(), you'll see where all the preamble stuff gets
output. I guess all that would need to be done would be to open a
Dear LyX Users and Developers,
Does anyone know if LyX's current XHTML export allows for the HTML to be output
in one file and for the CSS to be output to another? If this isn't currently
possible, does anyone know how hard it might be to implement?
I've been working with a non-profit to
> It doesn't allow that. It's definitely on the agenda. It wouldn't be all that
> hard to do, but other things intervene at the moment. If you look at
> Buffer::writeLyXHTMLSource(), you'll see where all the preamble stuff gets
> output. I guess all that would need to be done would be to open a
Hi Richard,
The width and height tags should just be output in the InsetGraphics::xhtml()
routine, and it should be pretty clear where.
I spent a little time playing with this and came up with a solution that meets
my needs pretty well. It adds a style tag to the declaration and then
Hi Richard,
> The width and height tags should just be output in the InsetGraphics::xhtml()
> routine, and it should be pretty clear where.
I spent a little time playing with this and came up with a solution that meets
my needs pretty well. It adds a "style" tag to the declaration and then
Dear LyX Developers and Users,
I've been playing with using LyX as a way to create both print PDFs and ePub
documents from a single source document. So far, everything works very, very
well. (The XHMTL is extremely clean and easy to modify by tweaking the CSS.)
What is not easy, however, is
Dear LyX Developers and Users,
I've been playing with using LyX as a way to create both print PDFs and ePub
documents from a single source document. So far, everything works very, very
well. (The XHMTL is extremely clean and easy to modify by tweaking the CSS.)
What is not easy, however, is
Dear LyX Users,
Does anyone know how to export a document to a custom URL with LyX? I've been
playing with the creation of e-books using the XHTML export in LyX 2.0 (and it
works really well), but would like to export to a directory different than the
one which holds my files.
I can't seem to
Dear LyX Users,
Does anyone know how to export a document to a custom URL with LyX? I've been
playing with the creation of e-books using the XHTML export in LyX 2.0 (and it
works really well), but would like to export to a directory different than the
one which holds my files.
I can't seem to
I started digging into eBook formats and got discouraged -- it looks like I
can address some narrow segment of the eBook market with any given format,
but would need to have numerous ones to address any large swath.
I know the feeling.
It seems like the .epub spec, which is free and open
> I started digging into eBook formats and got discouraged -- it looks like I
> can address some narrow segment of the eBook market with any given format,
> but would need to have numerous ones to address any large swath.
I know the feeling.
It seems like the .epub spec, which is free and
Some time ago Rob had plans to provide builds for 2.0 betas in his ppa
[1], but I guess he got busy. Regards
I still have plans for 2.0 packages, but the final will probably be out by the
time that I'll have time to actually act on them. Unfortunately all projects
that can be described as
> Some time ago Rob had plans to provide builds for 2.0 betas in his ppa
> [1], but I guess he got busy. Regards
I still have plans for 2.0 packages, but the final will probably be out by the
time that I'll have time to actually act on them. Unfortunately all projects
that can be described as
Dear LyX Developers,
I don't want to re-open the debate on the Font preferences dialog, but ... I
found that the new design was slightly distracting. In particular the presence
of the Use non-TeX fonts checkbox at the top of the list was driving me nuts.
Because of this, I took an
Dear LyX Developers,
I don't want to re-open the debate on the Font preferences dialog, but ... I
found that the new design was slightly distracting. In particular the presence
of the "Use non-TeX fonts" checkbox at the top of the list was driving me nuts.
Because of this, I took an
I am ecstatic to see support for LuaTeX and XeTeX added. I've used XeTeX
for a while now and I'm just starting to use LuaTeX. However, it is really
important that you allow the user choose which engine they wish to use.
While the goal is to make LuaTeX the end all and be-all of TeX typesetting,
I am ecstatic to see support for LuaTeX and XeTeX added. I've used XeTeX
for a while now and I'm just starting to use LuaTeX. However, it is really
important that you allow the user choose which engine they wish to use.
While the goal is to make LuaTeX the end all and be-all of TeX typesetting,
As I've always been curious about this, I decided to try and look it up.
According to Dictionary.com, both indexes and indices are correct. I think
that we should just pick one and stay consistent. When I see the term in
biomedical science, it is usually written as indexes. I've been told
As I've always been curious about this, I decided to try and look it up.
According to Dictionary.com, both indexes and indices are correct. I think
that we should just pick one and stay consistent. When I see the term in
biomedical science, it is usually written as indexes. I've been told
Dear LyX Users and Developers,
I'm currently working on the book chapter that covers writing with LyX and
LaTeX. While doing so, I've been trying to find a list of all of the external
tools and modules that LyX works with. While many of these are alluded to in
the manuals, is anyone aware of
Hi Rainer,
Thank you for your comments.
Nice - could you inform the list when it is available? Will it be
downloadable?
Short answer, yes.
Slightly longer answer: I'm not sure that it will be freely available,
unfortunately. It is dependent on the publisher There will be several
Dear LyX Developers,
I am currently working on the LyX chapter for a book and I had a quick question
about plans for the 2.0 release. I've written the chapter assuming that LyX
2.0 will be the stable version (the book is set to be released early next year).
From the release schedule on the
Hi Pavel,
Thanks for the list and the pointer to the configure script. I'll look through
it. I'll also add anything that might be missing.
On Oct 9, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote:
for long time i was thinking that it would be great to deliver LyX manuals as
a
printed book. from
On 10/09/2010 02:22 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote:
if you feel energy and enthusiasm about the idea contact Uwe, he is our
manuals master.
i think lyx is mature enough to deserve its own printed bible... ;)
I will do that. Another interesting question might be:
Should that bible be the same as the
Dear LyX Users and Developers,
I'm currently working on the book chapter that covers writing with LyX and
LaTeX. While doing so, I've been trying to find a list of all of the external
tools and modules that LyX works with. While many of these are alluded to in
the manuals, is anyone aware of
Hi Rainer,
Thank you for your comments.
>
> Nice - could you inform the list when it is available? Will it be
> downloadable?
Short answer, yes.
Slightly longer answer: I'm not sure that it will be freely available,
unfortunately. It is dependent on the publisher There will be several
Dear LyX Developers,
I am currently working on the LyX chapter for a book and I had a quick question
about plans for the 2.0 release. I've written the chapter assuming that LyX
2.0 will be the stable version (the book is set to be released early next year).
From the release schedule on the
Hi Pavel,
Thanks for the list and the pointer to the configure script. I'll look through
it. I'll also add anything that might be missing.
On Oct 9, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> for long time i was thinking that it would be great to deliver LyX manuals as
> a
> printed book. from
On 10/09/2010 02:22 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> if you feel energy and enthusiasm about the idea contact Uwe, he is our
> manuals master.
> i think lyx is mature enough to deserve its own printed bible... ;)
I will do that. Another interesting question might be:
Should that bible be the same as
Dear LyX Developers,
I wanted to see if anyone else was having a similar issue. After
updating to the most recent SVN version of LyX (well, most recent as of
yesterday morning), I discovered that modules were no longer loading
from the system directory (using the -sysdir flag). They still
On 10/06/2010 09:15 AM, Richard Heck wrote:
And this used to work?
Up till I merged with SVN yesterday afternoon. Modules in alpha6 appear
to be working without problems.
I first noticed the problem because I was getting errors in a document
that I'm working on that uses the Sweave module.
Dear LyX Developers,
I wanted to see if anyone else was having a similar issue. After
updating to the most recent SVN version of LyX (well, most recent as of
yesterday morning), I discovered that modules were no longer loading
from the system directory (using the -sysdir flag). They still
On 10/06/2010 09:15 AM, Richard Heck wrote:
>And this used to work?
Up till I merged with SVN yesterday afternoon. Modules in alpha6 appear
to be working without problems.
I first noticed the problem because I was getting errors in a document
that I'm working on that uses the Sweave
I know that this has come up before, but would it be better to use the native
file dialogs and add the links to the Templates and Examples directories as
shortcuts in the appropriate sub-menu? I personally find it a bit annoying to
be presented with a non-native dialog that doesn't include the
I know that this has come up before, but would it be better to use the native
file dialogs and add the links to the Templates and Examples directories as
shortcuts in the appropriate sub-menu? I personally find it a bit annoying to
be presented with a non-native dialog that doesn't include the
I just updated to the most recent SVN (earlier this afternoon), and I've
noticed that the program freezes when applying character styles on Mac OS X.
(I haven't tested it on Linux or Windows, so can't comment on those platforms.)
Has anyone else noticed this problem?
Cheers,
Rob
On Sep 15,
Hi Pavel,
Cant reproduce. do you have exact recipy? Can you provide backtrace where the
lyx freezes (ctrl+c under gdb when freezing)?
I'm happy to, see attached. After playing with things a little more (and just
quickly looking at the backtrace), it appears that the problem is related to
Hi BH,
I cannot confirm this with either Apple's native spell checker or with
aspell. (I don't have hunspell to check with.
It looks as though the problem only happens with Hunspell (and possibly with
Aspell). I currently do not have Aspell installed and am unable to test that
it with
I just updated to the most recent SVN (earlier this afternoon), and I've
noticed that the program freezes when applying character styles on Mac OS X.
(I haven't tested it on Linux or Windows, so can't comment on those platforms.)
Has anyone else noticed this problem?
Cheers,
Rob
On Sep 15,
Hi Pavel,
> Cant reproduce. do you have exact recipy? Can you provide backtrace where the
> lyx freezes (ctrl+c under gdb when freezing)?
I'm happy to, see attached. After playing with things a little more (and just
quickly looking at the backtrace), it appears that the problem is related to
Hi BH,
> I cannot confirm this with either Apple's native spell checker or with
> aspell. (I don't have hunspell to check with.
It looks as though the problem only happens with Hunspell (and possibly with
Aspell). I currently do not have Aspell installed and am unable to test that
it with
Dear LyX Developers,
I had two quick question:
1.) Sometime in the recent past, I accidentally changed one of the
compile flags that I use to build LyX SVN and it disabled spell-check
(both through ASpell and Hunspell). With my very modest development
skills and general fear of compilers
Hi Pavel,
the good news is - beta is not going to be that soon. the bad news is that
its because devs have currently no time and the probability that somebody will
do review and management around for this code into 2.0 is small.
Thanks for the response. I am glad that there is good news to
Dear LyX Developers,
I had two quick question:
1.) Sometime in the recent past, I accidentally changed one of the
compile flags that I use to build LyX SVN and it disabled spell-check
(both through ASpell and Hunspell). With my very modest development
skills and general fear of compilers
Hi Pavel,
the "good" news is - beta is not going to be that soon. the bad news is that
its because devs have currently no time and the probability that somebody will
do review and management around for this code into 2.0 is small.
Thanks for the response. I am glad that there is "good" news to
the same technique he describes in his first email), I was able to get
everything working without issues.
Cheers,
Rob Oakes
On Aug 31, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Etienne Snyman wrote:
Hi Torquil!
Thanks for the reply. Please find my replies to your comments in-line:
On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 19:08
and included an example
(using the same technique he describes in his first email), I was able to get
everything working without issues.
Cheers,
Rob Oakes
On Aug 31, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Etienne Snyman wrote:
> Hi Torquil!
>
> Thanks for the reply. Please find my replies to your comments
Dear LyX Users and Developers,
I wanted to provide a bit of an update to my adventures with Ubuntu
packaging (insofar as they are related to LyX).
I've spoken with the Ubuntu developers, and they have granted our
request to include 1.6.7 in the next version of Ubuntu (Maverick
Meerkat,
Sanda wrote:
Rob Oakes wrote:
Dear LyX Users and Developers,
firstly, thanks to care about ubuntu repos. the most frequent bug report
is the combination of lyx 1.6.5 qt-4.6 in lynx; dont know if buntu's
policies permit this but it would be great if all buntu users got 1.6.7
automatically
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