Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-24, Florin Oprina wrote: I use Lyx 1.6.2. I created a child document, selected a default master document and put all my custom commands in the preamble of the master file. In the master file I included the child document. Now, if I compile the child document the settings in the

Re: custom layout -- possible bug?

2009-03-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-23, Ernesto Posse wrote: Hello. I'm having a bit of an issue with a custom layout I'm trying to create for ACM SIG proceedings (from the sig-alternate.cls available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) First I'm creating a layoutfile named

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Florin Oprina wrote: Hi all. I use Lyx 1.6.2. I created a child document, selected a default master document and put all my custom commands in the preamble of the master file. In the master file I included the child document. Now, if I compile the child document the settings in the master file

Re: custom layout -- possible bug?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Ernesto Posse wrote: --- begin of sig-alternate.layout --- #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this # \DeclareLaTeXClass[sig-alternate]{sig-alternate} Format 11 Input stdclass.inc --- end of sig-alternate.layout --- # \DeclareLaTeXClass{sig-alternate} should do. Also,

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: This new master document feature seems to bring more trouble that it solved Jürgen ;-) I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly implemented it for my own needs). So it seems to actually address a frequent desire. The only thing that is missing is

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Guenter Milde wrote: You can compile the master from the child document with the master-buffer-view and master-buffer-update functions, e.g. Esc-x % open minibuffer (command line) master-buffer-view pdf2 You can also bind these functions to keys if you happen to

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Florin Oprina
Thanks. I was under the impression that I don't have to compile the master. I thought I can compile only the child document and still get the common macros and settings. The reason I wanted this is because I have a rather large document and I use XeTeX, which is _really_ slow. Compiling the

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Florin Oprina wrote: Thanks. I was under the impression that I don't have to compile the master. I thought I can compile only the child document and still get the common macros and settings. No (intentionally not). Because one might *want* to have different settings in the childs. The

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Hubert Christiaen
On dinsdag 24 maart 2009, Florin Oprina wrote: Compiling the entire file takes ages, so I wanted to split it into smaller chunks.  I guess the solution is to just copy the preamble into each child document. I have a book divided in chapters. I created a copy of the master and add just one

temizlik hizmetleri

2009-03-24 Thread info temizlik
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RE: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW
I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly implemented it for my own needs). So it seems to actually address a frequent desire. Could you explain when you should use this feature and what it can do for you ? Beware what you say, because I might start messing up the gui,

Re: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I have ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-2 ghostscript-doc and ghostscript-x installed (debian lenny) and Lyx1.6.1 First, upgrade to 1.6.2. Many crashes have been resolved in that release. Jürgen

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Now I just open the chapter I'm working on, and I issue master-buffer-view and master-buffer-update to preview the result. Ah, and remember that this also gives you all master information without opening the master (such as bibliography information, cross references,

Re: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

2009-03-24 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Tuesday 24 March 2009 10:23:59 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I have ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-2 ghostscript-doc and ghostscript-x installed (debian lenny) and Lyx1.6.1 First, upgrade to 1.6.2. Many crashes have been resolved in that release. Thanks,

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Now I just open the chapter I'm working on, and I issue master-buffer-view and master-buffer-update to preview the result. Ah, and remember that this also gives you all master information without opening the master (such as bibliography

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Steve, Stefano, Not everyone read this list (only a minority even). You guys should create a LyX planet and start blogging about LyX. We need that kind of informed advertising :-) Abdel.

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_. This is irrelevant, from a user POV. Jürgen

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly implemented it for my own needs). So it seems to actually address a frequent desire. Could you explain when you should use this feature and what it can do for you ? This is a typical scenario

Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

2009-03-24 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
I am experiencing the following error after having written for some time in a document (koma book): wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ GPL Ghostscript 8.63: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 dvipng warning: No GhostScript pngalpha output, cannot render raw PostScript after some time the whole lyx process

Re: Installing biblatex on OSX

2009-03-24 Thread jezZiFeR
.layout/.module files are OS agnostic: there is no special Linux or Mac or Windows version of them. So you can copy them from one computer to another so long as you put them in the right place. But your texmf folder is *not* the right place for .layout/.module files; YES, that was it! I

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Manveru
2009/3/24 Abdelrazak Younes you...@lyx.org Steve, Stefano, Not everyone read this list (only a minority even). You guys should create a LyX planet and start blogging about LyX. We need that kind of informed advertising :-) Abdel. LyX Planet could be created on Wiki - just new section.

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_. This is irrelevant, from a user POV. To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. Abdel.

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: This is irrelevant, from a user POV. To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to *bother* about the master, and this really makes a difference

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Hubert Christiaen
On dinsdag 24 maart 2009, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: I'm currently writing a book. Each chapter is in its own child document, and each has the master of the book as default_master. Previous to 1.6.0, I always had to open the master and open the child from there. each has the master of the book

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Hubert Christiaen wrote: each has the master of the book as default master. Where do you set this? DocumentSettingsDocument ClassSelect default master document. I have been looking through all the help files, but I cannot find it. Or where can I find this in the documentation? * UserGuide,

RE: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: This is irrelevant, from a user POV. To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to *bother* about the master, and this really makes a difference

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: Hmm.. I don't really see the major improvement in workflow ;-).. Do you extensively work with multipart documents? For me, this solves one of the most annoying obstacles when working with multipart docs (but of course, no one is forced to use it). Anyhow,

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: This is irrelevant, from a user POV. To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to *bother* about the master,

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: What about an option in the InsetInclude that says set children master or this child is only a child of this master, which then automatically sets the master document of its childs. This can be checked and/or set each time the master is opened. When you open a

RE: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: What about an option in the InsetInclude that says set children master or this child is only a child of this master, which then automatically sets the master document of its childs. This can be checked and/or set each time the master is opened. When you open a

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: Well, I think that if you create your child document, the first thing you have to do is to add it to the master. So, you have your master already openend. But this does not solve the problems you described (renaming or moving the master), at least not if

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread rgheck
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: This is irrelevant, from a user POV. To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
rgheck wrote: I would myself be happy to see a way of getting that kind of information into the child even when just compiling it. Otherwise, you have to use ugly hacks to get your macros into the child in this case. Yoe mean, apart from master-buffer-[view|update]? I guess what we really

Re: Dropping a document out of version control

2009-03-24 Thread Todd Denniston
Shahar Or wrote, On 12/23/-28158 02:59 PM: Dear list, How is it possible to stop using version control on a document, please? Simple answer: stop clicking File - Version Control - Check In Changes... Complex answer: remove the version control file, i.e.: rm RCS/mylyxfile.lyx,v cp

lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien

2009-03-24 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package. Is it recommendable or better to use the source code? Wolfgang

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Charles de Miramon
stefano franchi wrote: On the other hand: * LyX produces glorious output--through LaTex---but that's not that important to me, because no one in my field would accept a LaTex file. In fact I doubt they would even know what it is. And they would not accept a camera-ready file either. Almost

LyX Branch, self-compiled [was: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien]

2009-03-24 Thread rgheck
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package. Is it recommendable or better to use the source code? Once you get used to it, using the source is very easy. In fact,

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Stefano Franchi
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 08:52:32 Charles de Miramon wrote: stefano franchi wrote: On the other hand: * LyX produces glorious output--through LaTex---but that's not that important to me, because no one in my field would accept a LaTex file. In fact I doubt they would even know what it

Re: LyX Branch, self-compiled [was: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien]

2009-03-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-24, rgheck wrote: Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: ... I wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package. Is it recommendable or better to use the source code? Once you get used to it, using the source is very easy. But until this, you may spend some time

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread BH
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_. This is irrelevant, from a user POV. You're right in principle, but in fact it's not given a bug in the implementation of tabs.

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-24, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_. This is irrelevant, from a user POV. Unfortunately not. Opening a child doc takes much more time. Günter

Nice LYX report template

2009-03-24 Thread Benjamin K
Hi I am working with LYX for the first time and am looking for a very nice looking LYX report template for my assignments af the Engineering college of Copenhagen. It is not a thesis template i am looking for but rather something that would give room for the following content: Synopsis 1

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-24, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. BTW: Would it be possible to put all hidden buffers in a sub-menu? Günter

Re: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien

2009-03-24 Thread killermike
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 13:39:00 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package. Is it recommendable or better to use the source code? Wolfgang If it makes any

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Guenter Milde wrote: Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. BTW: Would it be possible to put all hidden buffers in a sub-menu? Yes. Jürgen

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
BH wrote: You're right in principle, but in fact it's not given a bug in the implementation of tabs. Let's say I have 3 child documents open in a single window. If I'm in child1 and select buffer-next, I go to child2. But if I'm in child3 and select buffer-next, I expect to cycle around to

Re: Lyx 1.6.2 debian binaries (LyX Branch, self-compiled [was: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien])

2009-03-24 Thread Nina Lafayette
Am 24.03.2009, 15:29 Uhr, schrieb Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.de: Hi folks, isn't there anybody who can put the debian binaries for Lyx 1.6.2 on a Web server? This would be great! Thanks, Nina On 2009-03-24, rgheck wrote: Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: ... I wonder whether somebody has

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-24, Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: Hmm.. I don't really see the major improvement in workflow ;-).. You don't seem to need many cross references between siblings. Actually, better master/child support was one of the major points I longed for LyX 1.6! As it is a new feature I

Re: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien

2009-03-24 Thread Rodrigo Fresneda
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 15:57:11 killermike wrote: On Tuesday 24 March 2009 13:39:00 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package. Is it recommendable or better to use

Re: Lyx 1.6.2 debian 64bit binaries (LyX Branch, self-compiled [was: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien])

2009-03-24 Thread Nina Lafayette
Am 24.03.2009, 16:03 Uhr, schrieb Nina Lafayette nina.lafaye...@gmx.net: P.S.: A 64bit version of Lyx 1.6.2 for debian would be highly appreciated. Regards, Nina Am 24.03.2009, 15:29 Uhr, schrieb Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.de: Hi folks, isn't there anybody who can put the debian

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Guenter Milde wrote: In my view the master/child support will only be complete with a proper support of \includeonly - so that the output will resemble what I see in LyX (section numbering, cross references, ...) also with compilation of a single chapter. I could not agree more.

Re: how to use xelibertine?

2009-03-24 Thread Tao Cumplido
Where is this part in the manual? Once we get an answer from someone, we can update it. It's in Customization.lyx, chapter 5. You cannot use xelibertine with LyX as it requires XeTeX. (There are workarounds for using XeTeX with LyX but this ... is really complicated . Well, I don't

using windows system fonts?

2009-03-24 Thread Tao Cumplido
Hello, is it possible with LyX to access the system fonts on Windows XP? When I go to the Document options there are only very few fonts available to choose. If it's not possible to access these fonts directly is there another way to use them? Moving them to another folder mabye? Regards,

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: BH wrote: You're right in principle, but in fact it's not given a bug in the implementation of tabs. Let's say I have 3 child documents open in a single window. If I'm in child1 and select buffer-next, I go to child2. But if I'm in child3 and select buffer-next, I

Re: using windows system fonts?

2009-03-24 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Tao Cumplido wrote: Hello, is it possible with LyX to access the system fonts on Windows XP? When I go to the Document options there are only very few fonts available to choose. If it's not possible to access these fonts directly is there another way to use them? Moving them to another

Re: Nice LYX report template

2009-03-24 Thread James C. Sutherland
You can easily change the number of columns to one. Document - Settings - Text Layout Uncheck the Two-column document box. On Mar 24, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Benjamin K wrote: Thankyou for your quick answer - but an article - does it not have 2 colomns on one page? I need 1 colomn 2009/3/24

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Piero Faustini
I can't thank you all enough for your time and interest. Just a bunch of answers to single answers, and a thought, but I think it can interest all of you: @Steve: wise LyX usage and great propaganda, I can use some of your arguments, thanks... but I think I'll keep the WYSIWYM in the title!

Re: Nice LYX report template

2009-03-24 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Benjamin K wrote: Any tutorials on the article layout? Have a look at the Tutorial document in the Help menu. Most document classes have some things in common such as section, subsection, etc. The primary difference is often how these are formatted when

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 05:48:53 am Manveru wrote: 2009/3/24 Abdelrazak Younes you...@lyx.org Steve, Stefano, Not everyone read this list (only a minority even). You guys should create a LyX planet and start blogging about LyX. We need that kind of informed advertising :-) Abdel.

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 09:52:32 am Charles de Miramon wrote: stefano franchi wrote: On the other hand: * LyX produces glorious output--through LaTex---but that's not that important to me, because no one in my field would accept a LaTex file. In fact I doubt they would even know what

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 12:06:22 pm Piero Faustini wrote: Purist LaTeXians don't like LyX. I don't like LaTeX code. LaTeX code is a way for the computer to represent content. Computer, though, like it. I don't. I like LyX representation which is DESIGNED for me. Thorugh Latex, computer can

Re: Dropping a document out of version control

2009-03-24 Thread Shahar Or
On ג', 2009-03-24 at 09:21 -0400, Todd Denniston wrote: Complex answer: remove the version control file, i.e.: rm RCS/mylyxfile.lyx,v I don't have an RCS directory where my file is. Should I? cp mylyxfile.lyx mylyxfile.lyx.bak; \ cvs remove -f mylyxfile.lyx cp mylyxfile.lyx

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Piero Faustini
Steve Litt sl...@... writes: With the advent of the eBook, it doesn't have to be that way. Printing an eBook, complete with personalization at the bottom of every page so the reader thinks twice about posting his copy for the world to see, it the running of a one minute computer program. I

Lyx 1.6.2 import problem.

2009-03-24 Thread Kurt Bilinski
Hello, I just installed Lyx 1.6.2 and attempted to import a .tex document but get the following error: LyX: Cannot convert file. An error occurred while running tex2lyx -f 'main.tex' 'main.lyx. (The error message is my recollection and may not be exact.) The error message means

Re: Lyx 1.6.2 import problem.

2009-03-24 Thread rgheck
Kurt Bilinski wrote: Hello, I just installed Lyx 1.6.2 and attempted to import a .tex document but get the following error: LyX: Cannot convert file. An error occurred while running tex2lyx -f 'main.tex' 'main.lyx. (The error message is my recollection and may not be exact.)

Re: Lyx 1.6.2 import problem.

2009-03-24 Thread Florian Rubach
I just installed Lyx 1.6.2 and attempted to import a .tex document but get the following error: LyX: Cannot convert file. An error occurred while running tex2lyx -f 'main.tex' 'main.lyx. (The error message is my recollection and may not be exact.) Try using tex2lyx directly on

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 01:44:26 pm Piero Faustini wrote: Steve Litt sl...@... writes: With the advent of the eBook, it doesn't have to be that way. Printing an eBook, complete with personalization at the bottom of every page so the reader thinks twice about posting his copy for the world

My LyX 1.5.6 just became unstable

2009-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
One day after saying my number one reason for using LyX is its stability, it started getting unstable. Specifically, intermittently while typing a block of text, including the part I'm working on, becomes gray. I compiled 1.5.6 myself, and am running it on Mandriva 2008 spring edition. It's

Re: Dropping a document out of version control

2009-03-24 Thread Todd Denniston
Shahar Or wrote, On 03/24/2009 01:36 PM: On ×’', 2009-03-24 at 09:21 -0400, Todd Denniston wrote: Complex answer: remove the version control file, i.e.: rm RCS/mylyxfile.lyx,v I don't have an RCS directory where my file is. Should I? Making the assumption that you really do mean version

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Stefano Franchi
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 12:18:38 Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 24 March 2009 09:52:32 am Charles de Miramon wrote: stefano franchi wrote: On the other hand: * LyX produces glorious output--through LaTex---but that's not that important to me, because no one in my field would accept a

Lyx-Command for inserting Tex-Code

2009-03-24 Thread arne12345
Hi, I wondered if there is a Lyx-Command to insert a specific TEX-Code (e.g. \newline). The ert-insert-command only opens an input box, but I would like to create a toolbar for inserting frequently used tex-codes. Can I specify an argument for ert-insert? Regards Arne -- View this message in

Re: Lyx-Command for inserting Tex-Code

2009-03-24 Thread Florian Rubach
arne12345 schrieb: Hi, I wondered if there is a Lyx-Command to insert a specific TEX-Code (e.g. \newline). The ert-insert-command only opens an input box, but I would like to create a toolbar for inserting frequently used tex-codes. Can I specify an argument for ert-insert? Regards Arne You

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Typhoon
SNIP This has been an interesting discussion. I agree with Stefano that it seems to have divided the publishers from the authors - and I am aware that this is not an entirely fair description of the two approaches. I was Professor of Law at the University of Sydney before my retirement. Not

Re: Lyx-Command for inserting Tex-Code

2009-03-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
arne12345 schrieb: I wondered if there is a Lyx-Command to insert a specific TEX-Code (e.g. \newline). But LyX already support \newline via the Insert-Formatting menu its shortcut is Strg+Return as described in the LyX UserGuide. The ert-insert-command only opens an input box, but I

Re: Lyx 1.6.2 import problem.

2009-03-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Kurt Bilinski schrieb: I just installed Lyx 1.6.2 and attempted to import a .tex document but get the following error: LyX: Cannot convert file. An error occurred while running tex2lyx -f 'main.tex' 'main.lyx. Can you please send me a file to be able to reproduce the bug? regards Uwe

change header/footer style

2009-03-24 Thread Stefano Lampis
Hello, is it possible with lyx to customize the header and/or the footer of the layout for PDF output, for instance with background color, text color, or different margins? Thanks for help. Regards. -- Stefano Lampis

Re: Lyx-Command for inserting Tex-Code

2009-03-24 Thread Florian Rubach
I don't know this special case, but what TeX commands do you frequently need? Well, in my case, these are some really specific commands. For example, as a chemist, I want the Substances in my Texts to have a number orderered by appearance, and at the same time I want to define a short name.

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-24, Florin Oprina wrote: I use Lyx 1.6.2. I created a child document, selected a default master document and put all my custom commands in the preamble of the master file. In the master file I included the child document. Now, if I compile the child document the settings in the

Re: custom layout -- possible bug?

2009-03-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-23, Ernesto Posse wrote: Hello. I'm having a bit of an issue with a custom layout I'm trying to create for ACM SIG proceedings (from the sig-alternate.cls available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) First I'm creating a layoutfile named

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Florin Oprina wrote: Hi all. I use Lyx 1.6.2. I created a child document, selected a default master document and put all my custom commands in the preamble of the master file. In the master file I included the child document. Now, if I compile the child document the settings in the master file

Re: custom layout -- possible bug?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Ernesto Posse wrote: --- begin of sig-alternate.layout --- #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this # \DeclareLaTeXClass[sig-alternate]{sig-alternate} Format 11 Input stdclass.inc --- end of sig-alternate.layout --- # \DeclareLaTeXClass{sig-alternate} should do. Also,

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: This new master document feature seems to bring more trouble that it solved Jürgen ;-) I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly implemented it for my own needs). So it seems to actually address a frequent desire. The only thing that is missing is

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Guenter Milde wrote: You can compile the master from the child document with the master-buffer-view and master-buffer-update functions, e.g. Esc-x % open minibuffer (command line) master-buffer-view pdf2 You can also bind these functions to keys if you happen to

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Florin Oprina
Thanks. I was under the impression that I don't have to compile the master. I thought I can compile only the child document and still get the common macros and settings. The reason I wanted this is because I have a rather large document and I use XeTeX, which is _really_ slow. Compiling the

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Florin Oprina wrote: Thanks. I was under the impression that I don't have to compile the master. I thought I can compile only the child document and still get the common macros and settings. No (intentionally not). Because one might *want* to have different settings in the childs. The

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Hubert Christiaen
On dinsdag 24 maart 2009, Florin Oprina wrote: Compiling the entire file takes ages, so I wanted to split it into smaller chunks.  I guess the solution is to just copy the preamble into each child document. I have a book divided in chapters. I created a copy of the master and add just one

temizlik hizmetleri

2009-03-24 Thread info temizlik
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RE: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW
I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly implemented it for my own needs). So it seems to actually address a frequent desire. Could you explain when you should use this feature and what it can do for you ? Beware what you say, because I might start messing up the gui,

Re: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I have ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-2 ghostscript-doc and ghostscript-x installed (debian lenny) and Lyx1.6.1 First, upgrade to 1.6.2. Many crashes have been resolved in that release. Jürgen

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Now I just open the chapter I'm working on, and I issue master-buffer-view and master-buffer-update to preview the result. Ah, and remember that this also gives you all master information without opening the master (such as bibliography information, cross references,

Re: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

2009-03-24 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Tuesday 24 March 2009 10:23:59 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I have ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-2 ghostscript-doc and ghostscript-x installed (debian lenny) and Lyx1.6.1 First, upgrade to 1.6.2. Many crashes have been resolved in that release. Thanks,

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Now I just open the chapter I'm working on, and I issue master-buffer-view and master-buffer-update to preview the result. Ah, and remember that this also gives you all master information without opening the master (such as bibliography

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Steve, Stefano, Not everyone read this list (only a minority even). You guys should create a LyX planet and start blogging about LyX. We need that kind of informed advertising :-) Abdel.

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_. This is irrelevant, from a user POV. Jürgen

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly implemented it for my own needs). So it seems to actually address a frequent desire. Could you explain when you should use this feature and what it can do for you ? This is a typical scenario

Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

2009-03-24 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
I am experiencing the following error after having written for some time in a document (koma book): wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ GPL Ghostscript 8.63: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 dvipng warning: No GhostScript pngalpha output, cannot render raw PostScript after some time the whole lyx process

Re: Installing biblatex on OSX

2009-03-24 Thread jezZiFeR
.layout/.module files are OS agnostic: there is no special Linux or Mac or Windows version of them. So you can copy them from one computer to another so long as you put them in the right place. But your texmf folder is *not* the right place for .layout/.module files; YES, that was it! I

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Manveru
2009/3/24 Abdelrazak Younes you...@lyx.org Steve, Stefano, Not everyone read this list (only a minority even). You guys should create a LyX planet and start blogging about LyX. We need that kind of informed advertising :-) Abdel. LyX Planet could be created on Wiki - just new section.

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_. This is irrelevant, from a user POV. To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. Abdel.

Re: child document not working as advertised?

2009-03-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: This is irrelevant, from a user POV. To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and sisters are available in the View menu. Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to *bother* about the master, and this really makes a difference

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