Re: keyboard shortcuts

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 9.01.08, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since 1.5 version ... when I type too quickly, I get a menu (as example, alt-m-f will give alt-f) You should try 'Alt-m f', i.e. make sure to release the two keys before typing 'f'. So I'd like to disable all the alt-menu

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 10.01.08, bigblop wrote: Is it not possible to include PDF in LyX files? I suppose LyX can be configured to accept PDF as graphic format. Hm it seems that I cannot include a pdf file even though it get shown in the pdfpreview. I get the error: Error converting to loadable format You

Beamer style

2008-01-11 Thread sticken
Hi, i am using LyX 1.5 on Windows XP/Mac OS X. I tried using the Beamer Layout style (latex-beamer). I got it working, but run into several caveats: - When I used a shorttitle and copied text into the field, it did not work. I had to enter the text manually. - I figured out it is important to

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread bigblop
You need to define a converter in ToolsSettings Converter E.g. a PDF-EPS converter should help. Ok I have now added: From format: PDF (pdflatex) To format: Postscript which results in this string in the Converter box: fig2dev -L png $$i $$o But I still get the same error. Do I have to

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 11.01.08, bigblop wrote: You need to define a converter in ToolsSettings Converter E.g. a PDF-EPS converter should help. Ok I have now added: From format: PDF (pdflatex) To format: Postscript I am not sure wheter this will help, IMO to format should be EPS which results in this

Re: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
Neal Becker wrote: I have a description env, and I have some notes for some entries. I was planning to use footnotes, but I need multiple references to the _same_ notes. Like: entry A: 1 entry B: 1 entry C: 2 1: some footnote 2: some other footnote It looks like floatmisc package

Re: onehalfspace mystery

2008-01-11 Thread Donn
Bump. Apropos my last post. Any suggestions for the search/replace of the lyx file in a text editor? \d

(latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
I have a description env, and I have some notes for some entries. I was planning to use footnotes, but I need multiple references to the _same_ notes. Like: entry A: 1 entry B: 1 entry C: 2 1: some footnote 2: some other footnote

language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
in order to use babelbib for handling references of different languages correctly I am supposed to create a field language in Jabref. How do I do it and how can I insert english in each reference? Most of my references are in english, than I need only to change the remaining one into ngerman,

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Laurent Duperval
Nobody knows? :-( L On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:29:42 +, Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, I am trying to print a landscape document. Hoewever, when I view a PDF or DVI document, it shows up in portrait. If it matters any, I am using a longtable in my document. L -- Prenez la parole

Re: DocBook Support?

2008-01-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Sourena Mohammadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, How can I unsubscribe from this mailing list. I have attempted several times to unsubscribe but it doesn't work. What did you try? Send a message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (assuming this is the address under which you are subscribed). JMarc

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 09 January 2008 20:29, Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, I am trying to print a landscape document. Hoewever, when I view a PDF or DVI document, it shows up in portrait. If it matters any, I am using a longtable in my document. L This might help:

Re: keyboard shortcuts

2008-01-11 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Sure but I was talking about the other bug, when you type 'Alt-i f' (releasing the Alt and i keys before typing f). Sorry, my bad. I can reproduce this one too (where the insert menu opens but an 'f' gets inserted at the cursor position in the text) on XP Home, but

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Laurent Duperval wrote: Nobody knows? :-( L It works for me. Perhaps you can provide more details on your setup (and even a minimal example file that fails) that might help someone figure out what's going wrong for you. Bennett On Thu, 10 Jan 2008

Re: 1.5.3 bug? - using child documents with same class causing error

2008-01-11 Thread Bo Peng
Yes, I do - I've got all my files in a working copy of an svn repo, so I decided to also keep a copy of the layout file there as well. Is this a new feature or something so that I don't need to install new layout classes in the system area? It is a new feature, and you have encountered a bug

Footnote in table problem (texlive issue?)

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
Then I run the enclosed test through pdflatex using texlive (texlive-2007-0.18.fc9.x86_64), the footnote doesn't show up. newfile1.lyx Description: application/lyx

calendar style for lyx?

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Is there a calendar style for LyX available (photocal, style = side and style=bottom? Wolfgang

Re: language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Freitag, 11. Januar 2008 17:15 schrieb Dominik Waßenhoven: Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: in order to use babelbib for handling references of different languages correctly I am supposed to create a field language in Jabref. How do I do it

Re: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Les Denham
On Friday 11 January 2008 08:25, Neal Becker wrote: I have a description env, and I have some notes for some entries. I was planning to use footnotes, but I need multiple references to the _same_ notes. Like: entry A: 1 entry B: 1 entry C: 2 1: some footnote 2: some other footnote

RE: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Daniel CLEMENT
Also possible : Place the cross-reference to the labeled footnote in a superscript, so that it will appear as a note too. Thus you get twice the same reference to the same footnote, they look alike, and the numbering si preserved. Daniel CLEMENT -Original Message- From: news

how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Berthold Metz (PH-Freiburg)
hi, i have a - very basal - problem for which i couldn't find any solution neither on the web nor in the documentation. and pease sorry: i am very new to lyx/tex. i startet writing an longer document using koma-book. i would like to change some attributes for specific

Re: language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: in order to use babelbib for handling references of different languages correctly I am supposed to create a field language in Jabref. How do I do it http://jabref.sourceforge.net/help/CustomEntriesHelp.php (English)

Re: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Neal Becker schrieb: Strangely, lyx allows inserting a label into a footnote, but I don't see how to use this as a reference (that would appear formatted in the style of a footnote). You could do something like 1: [label-in-footnote] This is a footnote. 2: On this topic, see footnote

math mode latex errors

2008-01-11 Thread Hicham Mouline
Hello, Being a beginner of lyx (no knowledge of latex), I have this lyx-generated latex source (lyxout.txt attached) When doing view / PDF (PDFLatex), latex run 1, I get a few Missing ... inserted and these errors: LaTeX Error: \begin{tabular} on input line 90 ended by \end{eqnarray*}. ... =

Re: language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: I had read the JabRef documentation, but did not understand the procedure. Am I correct that fields can be added in General only, No, they can also be added in the other tabs, though the procedure is less evident. If you choose 'Options - Customize entry types', you

Re: how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Richard Heck
Berthold Metz (PH-Freiburg) wrote: hi, i have a - very basal - problem for which i couldn't find any solution neither on the web nor in the documentation. and pease sorry: i am very new to lyx/tex. i startet writing an longer document using koma-book. i would like to change some attributes

Re: how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Richard Heck
Berthold Metz (PH-Freiburg) wrote: hi, i have a - very basal - problem for which i couldn't find any solution neither on the web nor in the documentation. and pease sorry: i am very new to lyx/tex. i startet writing an longer document using koma-book. i would like to change some attributes

Re: Footnote in table problem (texlive issue?)

2008-01-11 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Neal Becker wrote: Then I run the enclosed test through pdflatex using texlive (texlive-2007-0.18.fc9.x86_64), the footnote doesn't show up. LaTeX restriction: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=808 Jürgen

Questions about graphics

2008-01-11 Thread Deskins, Nathaniel A
I'm relatively new to Latex and Lyx. I have a few questions about images/graphics. 1) How does Lyx/Latex treat graphic resizing? For instance, I have a 900x900 pixel image. If I manually set the image to be 3 inches wide, does Lyx simply rescale it to be a 3 inch by 3 inch image with 300 dpi?

Re: Beamer Problems

2008-01-11 Thread David Rosenberg
Thanks Paul! I never did a careful study of exactly what was causing all the problems, but putting an EndFrame environment between every slide seemed to fix my old presentation. Supposedly this isn't necessary in most circumstances, but it worked. Best, David On Jan 3, 2008 8:29 AM, Paul A.

Re: [Bulk] Moderncv issues resolved - page on Wiki

2008-01-11 Thread David Hewitt
[1] I suggest correcting the alignment mismatch in a more drastic way: in moderncv.cls around line 333 the \cvline command is defined like this: \newcommand*{\cvline}[3][.25em]{% [EMAIL PROTECTED] after the second line you can add the following line: \vspace*{-1.1em} so that

Re: [Bulk] Moderncv issues resolved - page on Wiki

2008-01-11 Thread David Hewitt
Filippo Zangheri-2 wrote: [1] I suggest correcting the alignment mismatch in a more drastic way: in moderncv.cls around line 333 the \cvline command is defined like this: \newcommand*{\cvline}[3][.25em]{% [EMAIL PROTECTED] after the second line you can add the following line:

RE: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Daniel CLEMENT
Also possible : Place the cross-reference to the labeled footnote in a superscript, so that it will appear as a note too. Thus you get twice the same reference to the same footnote, they look alike, and the numbering si preserved. Daniel CLEMENT -Original Message- From: news

Re: how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Charles de Miramon
Richard Heck wrote: So to change this, you have to get your hands dirty with LaTeX. It /may/ be that koma-book itself provides a way to configure the font size: It's very configurable. Look at the koma-script documentation to see. You'll find it in scrguide.pdf, which ought to have come with

Re: how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Charles de Miramon writes: If koma-book doesn't provide a way to change this, then you have to get your hands dirty with LaTeX. One way to do it is to put this in the preamble: \renewenvironment{quotation} {\list{}{\listparindent 1em% \itemindent

Re: math mode latex errors

2008-01-11 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Hicham Mouline writes: Hello, Being a beginner of lyx (no knowledge of latex), I have this lyx-generated latex source (lyxout.txt attached) When doing view / PDF (PDFLatex), latex run 1, I get a few “Missing … inserted” and these errors: This happens because you put an eqnarray in a

Re: 1.5.3 bug? - using child documents with same class causing error

2008-01-11 Thread Ryan Cross
Hey Bo, I renamed the local file and did a reconfigure and that seems to have worked - it also seems to have corrected the 0s issue. I'm working on both windows and mac (currently my mac), so I can't test the dev version till next week but will let you know. I should also note that I've been using

Re: 1.5.3 bug? - using child documents with same class causing error

2008-01-11 Thread Bo Peng
I renamed the local file and did a reconfigure and that seems to have worked - it also seems to have corrected the 0s issue. I'm working on both windows and mac (currently my mac), so I can't test the dev version till next week but will let you know. Thanks. I should also note that I've

Initial Newbie Questions

2008-01-11 Thread Scott Meyers
I just downloaded and installed LyX via the Windows installer. I've used LaTeX before (not recently), but never LyX. In playing around with the LyX Tutorial, I find that after changing some text to red or green and then generating DVI, I get errors such as this, LaTeX Error: Undefined

Re: Initial Newbie Questions

2008-01-11 Thread rgheck
I just downloaded and installed LyX via the Windows installer. I've used LaTeX before (not recently), but never LyX. In playing around with the LyX Tutorial, I find that after changing some text to red or green and then generating DVI, I get errors such as this, LaTeX Error: Undefined color

Re: Initial Newbie Questions

2008-01-11 Thread Scott Meyers
rgheck wrote: You don't say which documents you are compiling. The LyX Tutorial -- 35 pages in the DVI file. Not a very long document, in other words. Something I'd hope could be generated in no more than a couple of seconds. The former is a weird bug that emerged from a combination

Re: keyboard shortcuts

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 9.01.08, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since 1.5 version ... when I type too quickly, I get a menu (as example, alt-m-f will give alt-f) You should try 'Alt-m f', i.e. make sure to release the two keys before typing 'f'. So I'd like to disable all the alt-menu

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 10.01.08, bigblop wrote: Is it not possible to include PDF in LyX files? I suppose LyX can be configured to accept PDF as graphic format. Hm it seems that I cannot include a pdf file even though it get shown in the pdfpreview. I get the error: Error converting to loadable format You

Beamer style

2008-01-11 Thread sticken
Hi, i am using LyX 1.5 on Windows XP/Mac OS X. I tried using the Beamer Layout style (latex-beamer). I got it working, but run into several caveats: - When I used a shorttitle and copied text into the field, it did not work. I had to enter the text manually. - I figured out it is important to

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread bigblop
You need to define a converter in ToolsSettings Converter E.g. a PDF-EPS converter should help. Ok I have now added: From format: PDF (pdflatex) To format: Postscript which results in this string in the Converter box: fig2dev -L png $$i $$o But I still get the same error. Do I have to

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 11.01.08, bigblop wrote: You need to define a converter in ToolsSettings Converter E.g. a PDF-EPS converter should help. Ok I have now added: From format: PDF (pdflatex) To format: Postscript I am not sure wheter this will help, IMO to format should be EPS which results in this

Re: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
Neal Becker wrote: I have a description env, and I have some notes for some entries. I was planning to use footnotes, but I need multiple references to the _same_ notes. Like: entry A: 1 entry B: 1 entry C: 2 1: some footnote 2: some other footnote It looks like floatmisc package

Re: onehalfspace mystery

2008-01-11 Thread Donn
Bump. Apropos my last post. Any suggestions for the search/replace of the lyx file in a text editor? \d

(latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
I have a description env, and I have some notes for some entries. I was planning to use footnotes, but I need multiple references to the _same_ notes. Like: entry A: 1 entry B: 1 entry C: 2 1: some footnote 2: some other footnote

language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
in order to use babelbib for handling references of different languages correctly I am supposed to create a field language in Jabref. How do I do it and how can I insert english in each reference? Most of my references are in english, than I need only to change the remaining one into ngerman,

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Laurent Duperval
Nobody knows? :-( L On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:29:42 +, Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, I am trying to print a landscape document. Hoewever, when I view a PDF or DVI document, it shows up in portrait. If it matters any, I am using a longtable in my document. L -- Prenez la parole

Re: DocBook Support?

2008-01-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Sourena Mohammadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, How can I unsubscribe from this mailing list. I have attempted several times to unsubscribe but it doesn't work. What did you try? Send a message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (assuming this is the address under which you are subscribed). JMarc

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 09 January 2008 20:29, Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, I am trying to print a landscape document. Hoewever, when I view a PDF or DVI document, it shows up in portrait. If it matters any, I am using a longtable in my document. L This might help:

Re: keyboard shortcuts

2008-01-11 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Sure but I was talking about the other bug, when you type 'Alt-i f' (releasing the Alt and i keys before typing f). Sorry, my bad. I can reproduce this one too (where the insert menu opens but an 'f' gets inserted at the cursor position in the text) on XP Home, but

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Laurent Duperval wrote: Nobody knows? :-( L It works for me. Perhaps you can provide more details on your setup (and even a minimal example file that fails) that might help someone figure out what's going wrong for you. Bennett On Thu, 10 Jan 2008

Re: 1.5.3 bug? - using child documents with same class causing error

2008-01-11 Thread Bo Peng
Yes, I do - I've got all my files in a working copy of an svn repo, so I decided to also keep a copy of the layout file there as well. Is this a new feature or something so that I don't need to install new layout classes in the system area? It is a new feature, and you have encountered a bug

Footnote in table problem (texlive issue?)

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
Then I run the enclosed test through pdflatex using texlive (texlive-2007-0.18.fc9.x86_64), the footnote doesn't show up. newfile1.lyx Description: application/lyx

calendar style for lyx?

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Is there a calendar style for LyX available (photocal, style = side and style=bottom? Wolfgang

Re: language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Freitag, 11. Januar 2008 17:15 schrieb Dominik Waßenhoven: Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: in order to use babelbib for handling references of different languages correctly I am supposed to create a field language in Jabref. How do I do it

Re: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Les Denham
On Friday 11 January 2008 08:25, Neal Becker wrote: I have a description env, and I have some notes for some entries. I was planning to use footnotes, but I need multiple references to the _same_ notes. Like: entry A: 1 entry B: 1 entry C: 2 1: some footnote 2: some other footnote

RE: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Daniel CLEMENT
Also possible : Place the cross-reference to the labeled footnote in a superscript, so that it will appear as a note too. Thus you get twice the same reference to the same footnote, they look alike, and the numbering si preserved. Daniel CLEMENT -Original Message- From: news

how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Berthold Metz (PH-Freiburg)
hi, i have a - very basal - problem for which i couldn't find any solution neither on the web nor in the documentation. and pease sorry: i am very new to lyx/tex. i startet writing an longer document using koma-book. i would like to change some attributes for specific

Re: language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: in order to use babelbib for handling references of different languages correctly I am supposed to create a field language in Jabref. How do I do it http://jabref.sourceforge.net/help/CustomEntriesHelp.php (English)

Re: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Neal Becker schrieb: Strangely, lyx allows inserting a label into a footnote, but I don't see how to use this as a reference (that would appear formatted in the style of a footnote). You could do something like 1: [label-in-footnote] This is a footnote. 2: On this topic, see footnote

math mode latex errors

2008-01-11 Thread Hicham Mouline
Hello, Being a beginner of lyx (no knowledge of latex), I have this lyx-generated latex source (lyxout.txt attached) When doing view / PDF (PDFLatex), latex run 1, I get a few Missing ... inserted and these errors: LaTeX Error: \begin{tabular} on input line 90 ended by \end{eqnarray*}. ... =

Re: language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: I had read the JabRef documentation, but did not understand the procedure. Am I correct that fields can be added in General only, No, they can also be added in the other tabs, though the procedure is less evident. If you choose 'Options - Customize entry types', you

Re: how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Richard Heck
Berthold Metz (PH-Freiburg) wrote: hi, i have a - very basal - problem for which i couldn't find any solution neither on the web nor in the documentation. and pease sorry: i am very new to lyx/tex. i startet writing an longer document using koma-book. i would like to change some attributes

Re: how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Richard Heck
Berthold Metz (PH-Freiburg) wrote: hi, i have a - very basal - problem for which i couldn't find any solution neither on the web nor in the documentation. and pease sorry: i am very new to lyx/tex. i startet writing an longer document using koma-book. i would like to change some attributes

Re: Footnote in table problem (texlive issue?)

2008-01-11 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Neal Becker wrote: Then I run the enclosed test through pdflatex using texlive (texlive-2007-0.18.fc9.x86_64), the footnote doesn't show up. LaTeX restriction: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=808 Jürgen

Questions about graphics

2008-01-11 Thread Deskins, Nathaniel A
I'm relatively new to Latex and Lyx. I have a few questions about images/graphics. 1) How does Lyx/Latex treat graphic resizing? For instance, I have a 900x900 pixel image. If I manually set the image to be 3 inches wide, does Lyx simply rescale it to be a 3 inch by 3 inch image with 300 dpi?

Re: Beamer Problems

2008-01-11 Thread David Rosenberg
Thanks Paul! I never did a careful study of exactly what was causing all the problems, but putting an EndFrame environment between every slide seemed to fix my old presentation. Supposedly this isn't necessary in most circumstances, but it worked. Best, David On Jan 3, 2008 8:29 AM, Paul A.

Re: [Bulk] Moderncv issues resolved - page on Wiki

2008-01-11 Thread David Hewitt
[1] I suggest correcting the alignment mismatch in a more drastic way: in moderncv.cls around line 333 the \cvline command is defined like this: \newcommand*{\cvline}[3][.25em]{% [EMAIL PROTECTED] after the second line you can add the following line: \vspace*{-1.1em} so that

Re: [Bulk] Moderncv issues resolved - page on Wiki

2008-01-11 Thread David Hewitt
Filippo Zangheri-2 wrote: [1] I suggest correcting the alignment mismatch in a more drastic way: in moderncv.cls around line 333 the \cvline command is defined like this: \newcommand*{\cvline}[3][.25em]{% [EMAIL PROTECTED] after the second line you can add the following line:

RE: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Daniel CLEMENT
Also possible : Place the cross-reference to the labeled footnote in a superscript, so that it will appear as a note too. Thus you get twice the same reference to the same footnote, they look alike, and the numbering si preserved. Daniel CLEMENT -Original Message- From: news

Re: how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Charles de Miramon
Richard Heck wrote: So to change this, you have to get your hands dirty with LaTeX. It /may/ be that koma-book itself provides a way to configure the font size: It's very configurable. Look at the koma-script documentation to see. You'll find it in scrguide.pdf, which ought to have come with

Re: how to change some attributes of textclasses/environments?

2008-01-11 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Charles de Miramon writes: If koma-book doesn't provide a way to change this, then you have to get your hands dirty with LaTeX. One way to do it is to put this in the preamble: \renewenvironment{quotation} {\list{}{\listparindent 1em% \itemindent

Re: math mode latex errors

2008-01-11 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Hicham Mouline writes: Hello, Being a beginner of lyx (no knowledge of latex), I have this lyx-generated latex source (lyxout.txt attached) When doing view / PDF (PDFLatex), latex run 1, I get a few “Missing … inserted” and these errors: This happens because you put an eqnarray in a

Re: 1.5.3 bug? - using child documents with same class causing error

2008-01-11 Thread Ryan Cross
Hey Bo, I renamed the local file and did a reconfigure and that seems to have worked - it also seems to have corrected the 0s issue. I'm working on both windows and mac (currently my mac), so I can't test the dev version till next week but will let you know. I should also note that I've been using

Re: 1.5.3 bug? - using child documents with same class causing error

2008-01-11 Thread Bo Peng
I renamed the local file and did a reconfigure and that seems to have worked - it also seems to have corrected the 0s issue. I'm working on both windows and mac (currently my mac), so I can't test the dev version till next week but will let you know. Thanks. I should also note that I've

Initial Newbie Questions

2008-01-11 Thread Scott Meyers
I just downloaded and installed LyX via the Windows installer. I've used LaTeX before (not recently), but never LyX. In playing around with the LyX Tutorial, I find that after changing some text to red or green and then generating DVI, I get errors such as this, LaTeX Error: Undefined

Re: Initial Newbie Questions

2008-01-11 Thread rgheck
I just downloaded and installed LyX via the Windows installer. I've used LaTeX before (not recently), but never LyX. In playing around with the LyX Tutorial, I find that after changing some text to red or green and then generating DVI, I get errors such as this, LaTeX Error: Undefined color

Re: Initial Newbie Questions

2008-01-11 Thread Scott Meyers
rgheck wrote: You don't say which documents you are compiling. The LyX Tutorial -- 35 pages in the DVI file. Not a very long document, in other words. Something I'd hope could be generated in no more than a couple of seconds. The former is a weird bug that emerged from a combination

Re: keyboard shortcuts

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 9.01.08, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Since 1.5 version ... >> when I type too quickly, I get a menu (as example, alt-m-f will give >> alt-f) > You should try 'Alt-m f', i.e. make sure to release the two keys before > typing 'f'. >> So I'd like to disable all the

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 10.01.08, bigblop wrote: > Is it not possible to include PDF in LyX files? I suppose LyX can be configured to accept PDF as graphic format. > Hm it seems that I cannot include a pdf file even though it get shown > in the pdfpreview. I get the error: > "Error converting to loadable format"

Beamer style

2008-01-11 Thread sticken
Hi, i am using LyX 1.5 on Windows XP/Mac OS X. I tried using the Beamer Layout style (latex-beamer). I got it working, but run into several caveats: - When I used a shorttitle and copied text into the field, it did not work. I had to enter the text manually. - I figured out it is important to

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread bigblop
You need to define a converter in Tools>Settings Converter E.g. a PDF->EPS converter should help. Ok I have now added: >From format: PDF (pdflatex) To format: Postscript which results in this string in the Converter box: fig2dev -L png $$i $$o But I still get the same error. Do I have

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-11 Thread G. Milde
On 11.01.08, bigblop wrote: > You need to define a converter in Tools>Settings Converter > E.g. a PDF->EPS converter should help. > Ok I have now added: > >From format: > PDF (pdflatex) > To format: > Postscript I am not sure wheter this will help, IMO to format should be EPS > which

Re: (latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
Neal Becker wrote: > I have a description env, and I have some notes for some entries. I was > planning to use footnotes, but I need multiple references to the _same_ > notes. > > Like: > > entry A: 1 > entry B: 1 > entry C: 2 > > 1: some footnote > 2: some other footnote It looks like

Re: onehalfspace mystery

2008-01-11 Thread Donn
Bump. Apropos my last post. Any suggestions for the search/replace of the lyx file in a text editor? \d

(latex question) Repeated footnote?

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
I have a description env, and I have some notes for some entries. I was planning to use footnotes, but I need multiple references to the _same_ notes. Like: entry A: 1 entry B: 1 entry C: 2 1: some footnote 2: some other footnote

language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
in order to use babelbib for handling references of different languages correctly I am supposed to create a field language in Jabref. How do I do it and how can I insert english in each reference? Most of my references are in english, than I need only to change the remaining one into ngerman,

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Laurent Duperval
Nobody knows? :-( L On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:29:42 +, Laurent Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to print a landscape document. Hoewever, when I view a PDF or > DVI document, it shows up in portrait. > > If it matters any, I am using a longtable in my document. > > L > > -- Prenez

Re: DocBook Support?

2008-01-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Sourena Mohammadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > How can I unsubscribe from this mailing list. I have attempted several > times to unsubscribe but it doesn't work. What did you try? Send a message to (assuming this is the address under which you are subscribed).

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 09 January 2008 20:29, Laurent Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to print a landscape document. Hoewever, when I view a PDF or > DVI document, it shows up in portrait. > > If it matters any, I am using a longtable in my document. > > L This might help:

Re: keyboard shortcuts

2008-01-11 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Sure but I was talking about the other bug, when you type 'Alt-i f' (releasing the Alt and i keys before typing f). Sorry, my bad. I can reproduce this one too (where the insert menu opens but an 'f' gets inserted at the cursor position in the text) on XP Home, but

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

2008-01-11 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Laurent Duperval wrote: Nobody knows? :-( L It works for me. Perhaps you can provide more details on your setup (and even a minimal example file that fails) that might help someone figure out what's going wrong for you. Bennett On Thu, 10 Jan 2008

Re: 1.5.3 bug? - using child documents with same class causing error

2008-01-11 Thread Bo Peng
> Yes, I do - I've got all my files in a working copy of an svn repo, so I > decided to also keep a copy of the layout file there as well. Is this a new > feature or something so that I don't need to "install" new layout classes in > the system area? It is a new feature, and you have encountered

Footnote in table problem (texlive issue?)

2008-01-11 Thread Neal Becker
Then I run the enclosed test through pdflatex using texlive (texlive-2007-0.18.fc9.x86_64), the footnote doesn't show up. newfile1.lyx Description: application/lyx

calendar style for lyx?

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Is there a calendar style for LyX available (photocal, style = side and style=bottom? Wolfgang

Re: language field in JabRef

2008-01-11 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Freitag, 11. Januar 2008 17:15 schrieb Dominik Waßenhoven: > Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: > > in order to use babelbib for handling references of different > > languages correctly I am supposed to create a field language in > > Jabref. How do I do it > >

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