Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

2009-01-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Panos Katergiathis wrote: a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like cocoAspell ? Panos, I'll let one of the developers answer this. b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it automatically scaled to fit on the with of the "p

Is Lyx suitable for me?

2009-01-07 Thread Panos Katergiathis
Hello all I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound to have many... well, photos :). I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering about two features (that is, if they are available or not): a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Gree

Re: How can I find out, if XeTex is installed on OSX?

2009-01-07 Thread Bennett Helm
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:42 PM, jezZiFeR wrote: > I thought I had installed XeTex with MacTex, but when I followed the > instructions of the wiki I don´t get the mentioned new item under the View > menu. When I try to complile via the pdf-button, I get the message "LaTeX > Error: *** this package

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Updating your MacTex to the latest version will solve the problem. Updating MacTex did the job. Thank you! James

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
xargs is only needed if you have macros with optional arguments. Of course, \newcommand could handle the case with one optional. But, what we need in fact is something equivalent to \global\def for this case. Is there a way to do this with \newcommand? Why \global? I think that \global\new

How can I find out, if XeTex is installed on OSX?

2009-01-07 Thread jezZiFeR
I thought I had installed XeTex with MacTex, but when I followed the instructions of the wiki I don´t get the mentioned new item under the View menu. When I try to complile via the pdf-button, I get the message "LaTeX Error: *** this package currently works only with XeTeX ***". Could it

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Stefan Schimanski
Am 06.01.2009 um 16:58 schrieb James C. Sutherland: I have been using macros in 1.6.1, and recently tried to use a macro with an optional argument. I have attached a trivial LyX file that shows this macro and an example of its use. This compiles through LyX just fine. The problem is th

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Stefan Schimanski
Am 07.01.2009 um 10:59 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: [cc:ing to lyx-devel] "James C. Sutherland" writes: Okay, I think that I found the problem: I am missing the "xargs" package. The exported LaTeX file actually had a line: \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08] which I discarded. This is

Re: lyx2pdf

2009-01-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 08:00:51 am Matthias Coy wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: > > /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx > > Inside the lyx file I have some SVG images which are converted to a _very_ > bad quality. When I use htlatex: > > /usr/bin/lyx -e latex

Re: lyx2pdf

2009-01-07 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Matthias Coy schreef: Hi again, I found out, that these two files (or at least one of them) work: ~/.lyx/lyxrc.dist ~/.lyx/preferences I put in them the following lines: \format "SVG" "svg" "svg" "" "inkview" "inkscape" "vector" \converter "SVG" "eps" "inkscape -F -D -z $$i --

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"Ingar Pareliussen" writes: >> For graphics settings, you should have a look at graphics groups: just >> give a group name to several graphics insets and they share the same >> parameters. This could be extended to other insets. > > Is that what graphics groups are? I was a bit mystified about tha

Re: lyx2pdf

2009-01-07 Thread Matthias Coy
Hi again, I found out, that these two files (or at least one of them) work: ~/.lyx/lyxrc.dist ~/.lyx/preferences I put in them the following lines: \format "SVG" "svg" "svg" "" "inkview" "inkscape" "vector" \converter "SVG" "eps" "inkscape -F -D -z $$i --export-

Re: problem with running lyx on windows

2009-01-07 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Firat Bilgel wrote: Is the MiKTeX bin directory on your system command path? (Can you run latex --version from a DOS prompt?) Firat wrote: I have reinstalled the bundle on C:\program files\lyx15 and C:\program files\miktex2.7, still doesnt work. I have a miktex bin directory in C:\program files

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Jürgen Spitzmüller schreef: Ingar Pareliussen wrote: Could it be an idea to have a drop-down box instead, with the different groups to choose, and 'add new group' button? Yes, this would definitely be a better UI. Jürgen as in.. the current UI is b... so if you have some spare

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Ingar Pareliussen wrote: > Could it be an idea to have a drop-down box instead, with the different > groups to choose, and 'add new group' button? Yes, this would definitely be a better UI. Jürgen

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Ingar Pareliussen wrote: > However, it is qute that protected space now have it's own context menu :) All manifestations of the space inset, for that matter. Protected space is just the nearest, binding-wise. Jürgen

SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Ingar Pareliussen
> This is supposed to work. Did you read this in the RELEASE_NOTES? > > "Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x > --- Sadly, deleting the .lyx directory did not help. However, I am using kde 4.2beta and I guess that is the cause

SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Ingar Pareliussen
> For graphics settings, you should have a look at graphics groups: just > give a group name to several graphics insets and they share the same > parameters. This could be extended to other insets. Is that what graphics groups are? I was a bit mystified about that option. 'Initialize group name

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

2009-01-07 Thread rgheck
jezZiFeR wrote: Thanks you for your help. You are right: I have csquotes installed. Jürgen told me he didn´t find it in my logfile, so I would have to install it. And he was right, although it is installed, because after entering "\usepackage{csquotes}" in the preamble I get the following erro

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

2009-01-07 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Jan 7, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: (Check the csquotes documentation for details on how to use it. You can access that documentation once the package is installed by entering "texdoc csquotes" in the terminal.) Not that I'm afraid of the Terminal, mind you, but is there a "mac"

Re: problem with running lyx on windows

2009-01-07 Thread Firat Bilgel
Firat Bilgel wrote: *> Hi,* *> I have downloaded LyX 1.5.6 bundle into my computer but when I run LyX, I * *> get an error message saying "LyX cannot continue because no textclass is* *> found". I have uninstalled 1.5.6 and installed LyX 1.6. I have \ installed LyX* *> 1.6 on C:\Lyx16 and MikteX on

Re: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Ingar Pareliussen wrote: > 1. I not able to use the keyboard to select a box or an ERT. If you use > shift+crtl+right-/left-arrow and release shift+ctrl the box/ert is no > longer selected. This is supposed to work. Did you read this in the RELEASE_NOTES? "Caveats when upgrading from earlier vers

Re: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"Ingar Pareliussen" writes: > 1. I not able to use the keyboard to select a box or an ERT. If you > use shift+crtl+right-/left-arrow and release shift+ctrl the box/ert is > no longer selected. I cannot reproduce (and why do you need Ctrl?) > 2. I think I understand the rationale that when one co

Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Ingar Pareliussen
Hi, I have just upgraded from 1.5.3 (lyx has evolved so rapidly lately that I have not been able to keep up, good show everyone!). All in all I love lyx 1.6.1 as I have loved every release of lyx, however there are a couple of things that I am not loving as much :). First of all 90% of my work

Re: lyx2pdf

2009-01-07 Thread Manveru
2009/1/7 Matthias Coy : > Actually I found > > http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages > > which works fine for me on Windows. And yes, I have inkscape. But I'm > generating the pdf on my server (gentoo linux) and there is no X installed > on that. So it's kind of difficult to make those chan

Re: lyx2pdf

2009-01-07 Thread Matthias Coy
Actually I found http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages which works fine for me on Windows. And yes, I have inkscape. But I'm generating the pdf on my server (gentoo linux) and there is no X installed on that. So it's kind of difficult to make those changes without a gui. Are there any

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

2009-01-07 Thread jezZiFeR
I´m not really sure how to install the csquotes package. Do I have to copy the green folder "csquotes" into the green "latex"-folder? Yes: that's the right procedure. Since you're copying it into your local texmf tree, you don't need to run mktexlsr (or texhash). But are you sure you don't ha

Re: Problem with the length of tables and figures

2009-01-07 Thread Luca De Marini
If I got your problem, right click on a picture / table and you should be able to set the maximum length. It can be a % of the page or it can be expressed in cm or what you like. I don't remember if it's possible to set a maximum table lenght but at least you should be able to set the length of eve

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

2009-01-07 Thread Bennett Helm
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:04 AM, jezZiFeR wrote: > Hello, > > I´m not really sure how to install the csquotes package. Do I have to copy > the green folder "csquotes" > into the green "latex"-folder? Yes: that's the right procedure. Since you're copying it into your local texmf tree, you don't nee

Re: lyx2pdf

2009-01-07 Thread José Matos
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:00:51 Matthias Coy wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: > > /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx What happens if you use pdf2 or even pdf3 instead of pdf? pdf, pdf2 and pdf3 are different routes to convert the document to pdf. > Inside the l

Problem with the length of tables and figures

2009-01-07 Thread joerghuber
Hi at all, in my lyx document, i have a table and a figure. I want to make both to 9cm length, but the table is longer than the figure. what can i do? best regards, Jörg ___ Dipl. Ing. (Fh) Jörg Huber Klauflügelweg 46 88400 Biberach +49 171 9958995 joerghu...@gmx.de __

lyx2pdf

2009-01-07 Thread Matthias Coy
Hi there, I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx Inside the lyx file I have some SVG images which are converted to a _very_ bad quality. When I use htlatex: /usr/bin/lyx -e latex somefile.lyx /usr/bin/htlatex somefile.tex "xhtml,charset=utf-8" " -cun

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
[cc:ing to lyx-devel] "James C. Sutherland" writes: > Okay, I think that I found the problem: I am missing the "xargs" > package. The exported LaTeX file actually had a line: > \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08] > which I discarded. This is presumably where the "\newcommandx" tag is > define