Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-26 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: * Changed Macro names mustn't contain numbers! intoMacro names cannot contain numbers! What is the difference between mustn't and may not/cannot? Mustn't = may not, or am I wrong? The reason I didn't like 'Mustn't' is that it sounds too

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-26 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Acroread 5.x is very buggy. The font display for bitmap fonts is fixed in Acroread 6.x, which is available for Windows since 9 Months. But there is no Linux version, I don't know why. They've got an evil compact with Micro$oft? Anyway, even if 6.x was

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-26 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > * Changed "Macro names mustn't contain numbers!" > > into"Macro names cannot contain numbers!" > > What is the difference between mustn't and may not/cannot? > Mustn't = may not, or am I wrong? The reason I didn't like 'Mustn't' is that it

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-26 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Acroread 5.x is very buggy. The font display for bitmap fonts is fixed > in Acroread 6.x, which is available for Windows since 9 Months. But > there is no Linux version, I don't know why. They've got an evil compact with Micro$oft? Anyway, even if 6.x

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Uwe == Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Uwe I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion Uwe page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide Uwe, something I forgot to ask about: are you using the 1.3.x or 1.4.0cvs version of the UserGuide? These two documents live

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, [UTF-8] Uwe Stöhr wrote: I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide I redid some changes to your ...A4PDFv2.lyx and uploaded the result to:

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb: Uwe I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion Uwe page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide Uwe, something I forgot to ask about: are you using the 1.3.x or 1.4.0cvs version of the UserGuide? These two documents live on a different

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Christian Ridderström schrieb: I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide I redid some changes to your ...A4PDFv2.lyx and uploaded the result to: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelDoc/UserGuide/UserGuideA4PDFv2_chr.lyx

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Uwe == Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Uwe I used this one: Uwe http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/lyxdoc/UserGuide.lyx?rev=HEADcontent-type=text/plain Uwe I thought this is the newest one. Yes, it is the newest one, in the sense that it has been adapted for 1.4.0. This is

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-25 Thread Lior Silberman
In the US at least, 'letter' is the standard paper size. I think England uses A4. IIRC 'legal' pages have the same width as 'letter', but are much longer. What happens if you print an A4 file on a modern printer is that it doesn't print -- instead it displays an informative error message like

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Mike Ressler
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 08:58, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Lior Silberman schrieb: In the US at least, 'letter' is the standard paper size. I think England uses A4. IIRC 'legal' pages have the same width as 'letter', but are much longer. legal is 8.5 x 14 inches, IIRC. Seems that the ISO sizes are

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
The file prints fine. Good news. Other quibbles: 1. The note up front: translate 'oder' to 'or'. Done. 2. sec 3.3.4.3, table: the word 'add' is sometimes in the default font, sometimes marked 'Sans Serif'. All 'add' are sans serif now. 3. sec 3.3.4.4, second *: it's _displayed_ math

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Here the corrected version of UserguidePDF: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuidePDF.lyx Well, here we go again :-) I took your version and did the following: * Changed Macro names mustn't contain numbers! intoMacro names cannot contain

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Angus Leeming
Christian Ridderström wrote: This section is now a little out of date: graphics will now fit on the lyx screen; the user can set the size of the screen image independent of its size in the exported document. 1.2.2 How LYX Looks ... There are three cases where you might want a horizontal

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Well, here we go again :-) I took your version and did the following: * Changed Macro names mustn't contain numbers! intoMacro names cannot contain numbers! What is the difference between mustn't and may not/cannot? Mustn't = may not, or am I wrong? * Added this to the preamble: %

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Uwe" == Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Uwe> I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion Uwe> page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide Uwe, something I forgot to ask about: are you using the 1.3.x or 1.4.0cvs version of the UserGuide? These two

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, [UTF-8] Uwe Stöhr wrote: > I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: > http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide I redid some changes to your ...A4PDFv2.lyx and uploaded the result to:

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb: Uwe> I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion Uwe> page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide Uwe, something I forgot to ask about: are you using the 1.3.x or 1.4.0cvs version of the UserGuide? These two documents live on a different

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Christian Ridderström schrieb: I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide I redid some changes to your ...A4PDFv2.lyx and uploaded the result to: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/DevelDoc/UserGuide/UserGuideA4PDFv2_chr.lyx

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-25 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Uwe" == Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Uwe> I used this one: Uwe> http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/lyxdoc/UserGuide.lyx?rev=HEAD=text/plain Uwe> I thought this is the newest one. Yes, it is the newest one, in the sense that it has been adapted for 1.4.0. This is

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-25 Thread Lior Silberman
In the US at least, 'letter' is the standard paper size. I think England uses A4. IIRC 'legal' pages have the same width as 'letter', but are much longer. What happens if you print an A4 file on a modern printer is that it doesn't print -- instead it displays an "informative" error message like

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Mike Ressler
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 08:58, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Lior Silberman schrieb: > > In the US at least, 'letter' is the standard paper size. I think England > > uses A4. IIRC 'legal' pages have the same width as 'letter', but are much > > longer. "legal" is 8.5 x 14 inches, IIRC. > Seems that the ISO

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> The file prints fine. Good news. > Other quibbles: > > 1. The "note" up front: translate 'oder' to 'or'. Done. > 2. sec 3.3.4.3, table: the word 'add' is sometimes in the default > font, sometimes marked 'Sans Serif'. All 'add' are sans serif now. > 3. sec 3.3.4.4, second *: it's _displayed_

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Here the corrected version of UserguidePDF: > > http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuidePDF.lyx Well, here we go again :-) I took your version and did the following: * Changed "Macro names mustn't contain numbers!" into"Macro names cannot contain

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Angus Leeming
Christian Ridderström wrote: This section is now a little out of date: graphics will now fit on the lyx screen; the user can set the size of the screen image independent of its size in the exported document. 1.2.2 How LYX Looks ... There are three cases where you might want a horizontal

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update 2 (paper format solution)

2004-02-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Well, here we go again :-) I took your version and did the following: * Changed "Macro names mustn't contain numbers!" into"Macro names cannot contain numbers!" What is the difference between mustn't and may not/cannot? Mustn't = may not, or am I wrong? * Added this to the preamble:

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hello LyX-doc team, I uploaded a better version of my Userguide (named UserguideA4PDF.lyx to prevent confusion). I've gone over your version, but since there were quite a few changes (in your first post), I've put my comments here:

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Uwe - use the class 'scrbook' instead of 'book' (scrbook has a better Uwe implementation of environments and is recommended by TUG and Uwe Dante) I agree that scrbook is better than book, but are we sure that everybody will have a working version of it? I mean, not just everybody with a two years

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Uwe == Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree that scrbook is better than book, but are we sure that everybody will have a working version of it? I mean, not just everybody with a two years old linux distribution, but really most people. Uwe The koma-schript classes scr* are standard

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Sorry, I have forgot something: The last preamble entry is % widens the vertical table spacing \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.25} % set the separation of table columns \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.45em} I adopted it from the actual Userguide.lyx and don't know if this is really necessary. Mike could

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Sthr
I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide regards Uwe

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-24 Thread John Weiss
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 03:39:56PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Uwe == Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Uwe - use the class 'scrbook' instead of 'book' (scrbook has a better Uwe implementation of environments and is recommended by TUG and Uwe Dante) I agree that scrbook is

Re: LyX Userguide issues: the diff file

2004-02-24 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > >>http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuideA4PDF.lyx > > > > There's no point doing a diff... the result is simply twice the size of > > Uwe's .lyx file... > > Diff File see attached You get twice the size if you do a: diff -u which is what's

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Hello LyX-doc team, > > I uploaded a better version of my Userguide (named UserguideA4PDF.lyx to > prevent confusion). I've gone over your version, but since there were quite a few changes (in your first post), I've put my comments here:

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Uwe" == Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Uwe> Hello documentation team, I fixed the documentation to solve Uwe> http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1396 Uwe> http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397 Uwe> http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464 Uwe> the document could be

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Uwe> - use the class 'scrbook' instead of 'book' (scrbook has a better Uwe> implementation of environments and is recommended by TUG and Uwe> Dante) I agree that scrbook is better than book, but are we sure that everybody will have a working version of it? I mean, not just everybody with a two

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Uwe" == Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I agree that scrbook is better than book, but are we sure that >> everybody will have a working version of it? I mean, not just >> everybody with a two years old linux distribution, but really most >> people. Uwe> The koma-schript classes

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Sorry, I have forgot something: The last preamble entry is % widens the vertical table spacing \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.25} % set the separation of table columns \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.45em} I adopted it from the actual Userguide.lyx and don't know if this is really necessary. Mike could

Re: LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
I also added some comments to Christians Userguide-discussion page: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/DevelDoc/UserGuide regards Uwe

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-24 Thread John Weiss
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 03:39:56PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Uwe" == Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Uwe> - use the class 'scrbook' instead of 'book' (scrbook has a better > Uwe> implementation of environments and is recommended by TUG and > Uwe> Dante) > > I agree

Re: LyX Userguide issues: the diff file

2004-02-23 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | 134c218 | What is LyX? | --- What is | 134a219,272 \begin_inset ERT status Collapsed \layout Standard \backslash texorpdfstring{ \end_inset Why is LyX mangled like this? Doesn't this just make the onscreen in-LyX view ugly? If there is a

LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hello LyX-doc team, I uploaded a better version of my Userguide (named UserguideA4PDF.lyx to prevent confusion). It could be found at http://fkurth.de/uwest/LyX/userguide/ or http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuideA4PDF.lyx I corrected some mistakes I made and added a footnote in chapter 6.2

Re: LyX Userguide issues: the diff file

2004-02-23 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | 134c218 | < What is LyX? | --- >> What is | 134a219,272 >> \begin_inset ERT >> status Collapsed >> >> \layout Standard >> >> \backslash >> texorpdfstring{ >> \end_inset Why is LyX mangled like this? Doesn't this just make the onscreen in-LyX view

LyX Userguide issues - update

2004-02-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hello LyX-doc team, I uploaded a better version of my Userguide (named UserguideA4PDF.lyx to prevent confusion). It could be found at http://fkurth.de/uwest/LyX/userguide/ or http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuideA4PDF.lyx I corrected some mistakes I made and added a footnote in chapter 6.2

LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-22 Thread Uwe Sthr
Hello documentation team, I fixed the documentation to solve http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1396 http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397 http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464 the document could be found in bug 1464 as attachment:

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, [UTF-8] Uwe Stöhr wrote: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuideA4PDF.lyx There's no point doing a diff... the result is simply twice the size of Uwe's .lyx file... However, I have given it a cursory check, i.e. it compiles and glanced at it . The only blemish was that

LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hello documentation team, I fixed the documentation to solve http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1396 http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397 http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464 the document could be found in bug 1464 as attachment:

Re: LyX Userguide issues

2004-02-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, [UTF-8] Uwe Stöhr wrote: > http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/UserGuideA4PDF.lyx There's no point doing a diff... the result is simply twice the size of Uwe's .lyx file... However, I have given it a cursory check, i.e. it compiles and glanced at it . The only blemish was that