Re: interactive viewing of math symbols

2006-07-17 Thread Bo Peng
I am using Lyx 1.4.2 in windows. I had used earlier Lyx 1.3.6 in Linux. In this older linux version, you can start an equation/equation array and say "\alpha" and the math symbol for "alpha" will appear. (assumed that you have the latex-xft fonts installed). I have used this feature

Re: Tgif with lyx as equation editor

2006-07-17 Thread Ed Gatzke
> > Also, I saw recently that lyx added native tgif support for the image > > converter. > > I have been using tgif forever, exporting to eps for use in lyx. My > > ImageMagick > > / convert does not appear to work on my new XP install for converting tgif > > .obj files to .ppm, but that is ok,

Re: Latex Logfile in Lyx win 32

2006-07-17 Thread Bo Peng
Please start LyX with the "-dbg files" switch from a command window. You will see something like Log name calculated as: xxx.log in the command window, where xxx.log is the name of the logfile that LyX tries to read. Does that file exist? This is the output when I start lyx, open faq and

Re: interactive viewing of math symbols

2006-07-17 Thread Ed Gatzke
> > feature extensively. In the windows version, this doesn't work. So, in > > LyX 1.4.2, is it a feature or a bug? Any ideas or work arounds ? > > Strange. It works fine here. Repeat after me slowly > 1. insert->math->whatever > 2. type \alpha followed by blank > > Do you see the real alpha? >

Re: Tgif with lyx as equation editor

2006-07-17 Thread Georg Baum
Am Montag, 17. Juli 2006 19:40 schrieb Ed Gatzke: > On my XP box, I get garbage. Output at console from lyx: > Maybe it is due to me not reinstalling all the peripheral software with the new > version update? No. The reason is probably that tgif is not in your path. It should work if you

Re: Latex Logfile in Lyx win 32

2006-07-17 Thread Georg Baum
Am Montag, 17. Juli 2006 19:46 schrieb Bo Peng: > > Please start LyX with the "-dbg files" switch from a command window. You > > will see something like > > > > Log name calculated as: xxx.log > > > > in the command window, where xxx.log is the name of the logfile that LyX > > tries to read.

Re: Latex Logfile in Lyx win 32

2006-07-17 Thread Bo Peng
> > This is the output when I start lyx, open faq and close. The instersiting part would be from somebody with a not working "Rescan" button, and of course you need to press this button in order to get the output mentioned above. Come on. This is the no log file thread. I start lyx, compile

Re: interactive viewing of math symbols

2006-07-17 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Shourya Prakash Otta wrote: Hi, I am using Lyx 1.4.2 in windows. I had used earlier Lyx 1.3.6 in Linux. In this older linux version, you can start an equation/equation array and say "\alpha" and the math symbol for "alpha" will appear. (assumed that you have the latex-xft fonts installed).

Re: Latex Logfile in Lyx win 32

2006-07-17 Thread Georg Baum
Am Montag, 17. Juli 2006 20:20 schrieb Bo Peng: > Come on. This is the no log file thread. I start lyx, compile faq, > view the dvi output, but document->latex log has nothing. Sorry, I somehow mixed that up. Of course I meant that you also should view the latex log. Do you really not get a

Re: Latex Logfile in Lyx win 32

2006-07-17 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Georg Baum wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: Jean-Claude Garreau wrote: Hi, I recently intalled the win32 version of Lyx 1.4.2, and I can't view the Latex logfile. It says "No LaTeX log file found." Is there a way to circunvent the problem? Thanks of any information, The same thing happens to

Re: Latex Logfile in Lyx win 32

2006-07-17 Thread Bo Peng
Log name calculated as in that case? That would be strange. I did not seem to see it, but another email says a different story. > This encoding problem is interesting: > # -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*- > > because when I change it to > # -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*- > > Things work fine. Now, we

Re: Small problem with Lyx142 windows installer

2006-07-17 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That is strange. On linux Rescan regenerates the files. Please somebody file > a bug. After selecting "TeX information" you can see the following error on the console: File "C:/Programmi/LyX14/Resources/scripts/TeXFiles.py", line 2 SyntaxError:

Re: Small problem with Lyx142 windows installer

2006-07-17 Thread Bo Peng
So, after changing the second line of TeXFiles.py from # -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*- to # -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*- the error goes away and "TeX Information" works. I also find this problem, but I do not really know what is going on. I guess 8859-1 is universally available, and we need to

Re: Latex Logfile in Lyx win 32

2006-07-17 Thread Georg Baum
Am Montag, 17. Juli 2006 20:33 schrieb Paul A. Rubin: > Yes, and it contains the correct content. Picking up from after where I > load the document but just before where I execute View->DraftDVI: > > Temporary file `C:/Documents and Settings/me/Local Settings/Temp/lyx >

Re: Small problem with Lyx142 windows installer

2006-07-17 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I also find this problem, but I do not really know what is going on. I > guess 8859-1 is universally available, and we need to install some > language package to use 8859-15? Or 8859-15 is not supported by > windows at all? Maybe some module is missing in

Re: Small problem with Lyx142 windows installer

2006-07-17 Thread Bo Peng
Maybe some module is missing in the bundled python? You are right, since it is reported that standalone python works. Anyway, it is easier just to change the encoding since I am told that 8859-15 is only useful when the Euro sign is going to be used. Bo

Re: Tgif with lyx as equation editor

2006-07-17 Thread Georg Baum
Am Montag, 17. Juli 2006 21:09 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: > Are you using a native windows version of LyX? Are you using cygwin tools? > Specifically, is your imagemagick a cygwin version? AFAIK that does not matter, since imagemagick does not know how to handle tgif files. Georg

Re: please consolidate the documentation

2006-07-17 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andreas K. wrote: > I think there is one. At least they have a mailing list. Try sending a > mail to their mailing list at > lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org That has nothing but automatically sent 'Wiki changes' updates. I unsubscribed a while ago, so it may

Re: Prouncing "LyX" - help with sound file

2006-07-17 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Gatzke wrote: > Why can't computer people come up with pronounceable names like Windows, > Word, and Excel? Because we don't get to be as smug and superior. :p Dan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux)

Re: interactive viewing of math symbols

2006-07-17 Thread Shourya Prakash Otta
Thanks Bo. Should have checked it out before sending an email. Looks like any key stroke works, other than a return key. Shourya Bo Peng wrote: I am using Lyx 1.4.2 in windows. I had used earlier Lyx 1.3.6 in Linux. In this older linux version, you can start an equation/equation array and

Re: Small problem with Lyx142 windows installer

2006-07-17 Thread Bo Peng
I have the exact same problem. Could you elaborate exactly what you did? How do your run the texfiles.py file and where should the generated files go? Hi, David and Nicolas, The problem has been identified to be caused by the encoding of the python script lib/scripts/TeXFiles.py. Changing the

Re: Tgif with lyx as equation editor

2006-07-17 Thread Ed Gatzke
> Are you using a native windows version of LyX? Are you using cygwin tools? > Specifically, is your imagemagick a cygwin version? I am using the new 1.4.2 version on Windows. I am not sure how they compiled it, but I assume they used cygwin. I am running lyx.exe from a cygwin shell (which

Re: Small problem with Lyx142 windows installer

2006-07-17 Thread David Halpern
On 7/17/06, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the exact same problem. Could you elaborate exactly what you did? How > do your run the texfiles.py file and where should the generated files go? Hi, David and Nicolas, The problem has been identified to be caused by the encoding of the

Re: please consolidate the documentation

2006-07-17 Thread Ed Gatzke
> agreed! > > one file would be so nice, because then you could search for a particular > keyword you are looking for without having to open all the different help > files. and since lyx/latex is so good at sectioning, it would be straight > forward to combine them all. > It does not take

bib to bbl

2006-07-17 Thread Bruce Pourciau
I've got a .bib file and a .bst style file. A journal tells me to make from these a .bbl file, so I can include (as a TeX inset?) the .bbl file in my LyX document and/or cut and paste the .bbl file into the TeX file. Any suggestions on how to make such a .bbl file? I know I need to "run

Re: please consolidate the documentation

2006-07-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Ed Gatzke wrote: Change the "titles" to "Parts" and copy paste the rest in. Use Insert->Insert File->LyX file. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. |The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.(TM)|Accelerator

Re: please consolidate the documentation

2006-07-17 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Daniel Watkins wrote: I think there is one. At least they have a mailing list. Try sending a mail to their mailing list at lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org That has nothing but automatically sent 'Wiki changes' updates. I unsubscribed a while ago, so it may ahve changed since.

Re: bib to bbl

2006-07-17 Thread Bruce Pourciau
Actually, I'm told I should "run BibTeX on my source tex file," but when I do what I think this means, with a small test file BblTest.tex, I get an error message from BibDesk: "cannot open file name BibTest.aux" Suggestions? Bruce On Jul 17, 2006, at 3:57 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote: I've

Re: bib to bbl

2006-07-17 Thread Richard Heck
Basically, what you need to do is run LaTeX manually instead of letting LyX do it for you. Detailed instructions follow. Let's say your LyX file is /home/you/doc.lyx. Open it in LyX and export your LyX document as LaTeX (File>Export>LaTeX). It will turn up as /home/you/doc.tex. Open a terminal

Re: bib to bbl

2006-07-17 Thread Richard Heck
You have to run latex once on the tex file to create the aux file. BibTeX reads the aux file to find out what references exist in the document. Richard Bruce Pourciau wrote: > Actually, I'm told I should "run BibTeX on my source tex file," but > when I do what I think this means, with a small

Re: Latex Logfile in Lyx win 32

2006-07-17 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Georg Baum wrote: Am Montag, 17. Juli 2006 20:33 schrieb Paul A. Rubin: Yes, and it contains the correct content. Picking up from after where I load the document but just before where I execute View->DraftDVI: Temporary file `C:/Documents and Settings/me/Local Settings/Temp/lyx

Re: bib to bbl

2006-07-17 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Bruce Pourciau wrote: Actually, I'm told I should "run BibTeX on my source tex file," but when I do what I think this means, with a small test file BblTest.tex, I get an error message from BibDesk: "cannot open file name BibTest.aux" Suggestions? Bruce On Jul 17, 2006, at 3:57 PM, Bruce

Re: Minimum HW requirement

2006-07-17 Thread Helge Hafting
On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 10:10:59AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wednesday 05 July 2006 01:43 am, Alex wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > One student who makes her diplom about "Comparing LyX to another Word > > processors", asked me about the minimum HW required fo LyX. > > I think her initial

Build RPM-Packages from Lyx 1.4.2. for Suse Linux 10.1

2006-07-17 Thread Holger Schmidt
Hi I try to build a RPM-Package from Lyx 1.4.2 for Suse Linux 10.1. but I have some problems with this. I following the instructions from " lyx.rpm READMEA" 1. I installed the  xforms 1.0-266 as RPM-Packet (for Suse  Linux 9.1 only as a RPM-Package) 2. The LaTeX - Package are also complete 3.

Re: Minimum HW requirement

2006-07-17 Thread Helge Hafting
On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 07:43:37AM +0200, Alex wrote: > Dear all, > > One student who makes her diplom about "Comparing LyX to another Word > processors", asked me about the minimum HW required fo LyX. > You'd be hard pressed to come up with a machine capable of running LyX in a bad way. First,

Re: Minimum HW requirement

2006-07-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Helge Hafting wrote: When something can't be done in LyX, I resort to gimp instead. ;-) Well, gee whiz, Helge, shouldn't this be the other way around? After all, it has been written that a picture is worth a thousand words. That would make your meeting minutes a couple

Re: Split a cell

2006-07-17 Thread Helge Hafting
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:33:38PM +0200, Julio Rojas wrote: > The real problem is that I need a cell to use two rows. I know how to join > to cells horizontally, but it doesn't seem there's a way to join two cell > vertically. > This isn't supported, but there are some workarounds: * Table cells

Re: Small problem with Lyx142 windows installer

2006-07-17 Thread Steve Harris
Georg Baum wrote: Steve Harris wrote: I'm not sure that asking if you have a full Python installed is relevant. That was only a shot in the dark, because we have had problems with stripped down python versions in the past. SH: In that sense it does appear to be relevant. Rescan will work

Re: please consolidate the documentation

2006-07-17 Thread Helge Hafting
On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 01:06:05PM +0200, Sven Schreiber wrote: > Dear lyxers, > > don't know if this is the right list, but anyway: I have tried many > times to understand the logic behind the various help documents > (tutorial, user guide, extended features, ... and this list goes The logic is

Re: Small problem with Lyx142 windows installer

2006-07-17 Thread Steve Harris
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Steve Harris wrote: SH: I guess that doesn't explain why you having the Python subdir under LyX works ok, but I have to delete that subdir before Tex Information works right. Paul: I have the full Python 2.3 on my system path (relatively early). It's also on my

Re: please consolidate the documentation

2006-07-17 Thread Ed Gatzke
> > Change the "titles" to "Parts" and copy paste the rest in. > >Use Insert->Insert File->LyX file. > > Rich I think you miss out on some formatting, and you may have trouble with multiple titles/authors and different preambles. To make one super document, the title of the individual

Re: Tgif with lyx as equation editor

2006-07-17 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Ed Gatzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Are you using a native windows version of LyX? Are you using cygwin tools? > > Specifically, is your imagemagick a cygwin version? > > I am using the new 1.4.2 version on Windows. I am not sure how they compiled > it, but I assume they used cygwin.

Re: Minimum HW requirement

2006-07-17 Thread Steve Harris
Helge Hafting wrote: On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 07:43:37AM +0200, Alex wrote: Dear all, One student who makes her diplom about "Comparing LyX to another Word processors", asked me about the minimum HW required fo LyX. You'd be hard pressed to come up with a machine capable of running LyX in a

Re: LyX 1.4.2 and pdflatex

2006-07-17 Thread Sreekumar Bhaskaran {msbad084}
Do you have GS view. The instant preview didn't work perfectly (didn't show equation signs) when the gs view was not in the path. Once I put it in the path, this seemed to work well.

Re: please consolidate the documentation

2006-07-17 Thread Steve Harris
Ed Gatzke wrote: Change the "titles" to "Parts" and copy paste the rest in. Use Insert->Insert File->LyX file. Rich I think you miss out on some formatting, and you may have trouble with multiple titles/authors and different preambles. To make one super document, the title of the

Re: please consolidate the documentation

2006-07-17 Thread Steve Harris
Ed Gatzke wrote: Change the "titles" to "Parts" and copy paste the rest in. Use Insert->Insert File->LyX file. Rich I think you miss out on some formatting, and you may have trouble with multiple titles/authors and different preambles. To make one super document, the title of the

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