Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

Hello, On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal jayneil.da...@gmail.com wrote: http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- alternative-latex When introducing LyX to people I myself prefer launching a full-blown your first document in LyX session, based on

the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote: On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is simple: more or

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX file could be used to output LaTeX, MSWord doc, XHTML, HTML, simple HTML, or who knows what else. To more easily

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Steve, of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O I run a Obstetrician and Gynaecologist's practice for all documents, letters, reports, some recreated forms, prescriptions, presentations (beamer and recently discovered beamerposter), statistics (SWEAVE) and

beamer documentation

Hello: Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would like to change the sizes and positioning of the headline and footline,

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: This can already be done, more or less. That is, I can't imagine anything you'd want to do, as far as XHTML export goes, that isn't provided for in the layout files. Indeed, I am

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

But I can tell you this guy is going to come back and say he's a great and mighty best selling author, ask how many books have I sold. While books provide a part of my income, I have no best sellers, either now or in the past. So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages that look like pdf documents. What I would

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:32:12 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX file could be used to output LaTeX, MSWord doc,

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 06/11/2013 01:42 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/11/2013 01:18 PM, stefano franchi wrote: Here are the problems I found. My guess is that part of these are LyX/XHMTL issues and part are due to AbiWord. 1. Bibliography did not come over and was just ignored. I had to copy and paste from the pdf output. Biblatex issue? Probably. If

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/11/2013 02:03 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:32:12 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX file

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: These are just ideas from my side, but to try to incorporate pandoc into LyX in the same way as LaTeX is Incorporated, would make LyX even more powerful then it is already now. I agree. In fact, I think this affects me more as an

Re: beamer documentation

2013/6/11 Csikos Bela Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would like to change the sizes and positioning of the

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on this, perhaps to get an idea as to the demand for some research into this area. The

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

Short of manually inserting page breaks (and adjusting them whenever the text changes), I do not think it is possible to do what you want and be certain that you get the desired result. You can try using \FloatBarrier from the placeins package

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.comwrote: On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on this, perhaps

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

Liviu Andronic landronimirc at gmail.com writes: Hello, On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal jayneil.dalal at gmail.com wrote: http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- alternative-latex When introducing LyX to people I myself prefer launching a

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 6/11/13 11:20 AM, Richard Heck wrote: What sort of thing would you like to be able to do? I am interested in adding a collapsible text block when I export to an HTML page. As an example, I want to have a proof following the statement of a mathematical theorem. I would like to put a + sign

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

Hello, On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal jayneil.da...@gmail.com wrote: http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- alternative-latex When introducing LyX to people I myself prefer launching a full-blown your first document in LyX session, based on

the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote: On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is simple: more or

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX file could be used to output LaTeX, MSWord doc, XHTML, HTML, simple HTML, or who knows what else. To more easily

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Steve, of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O I run a Obstetrician and Gynaecologist's practice for all documents, letters, reports, some recreated forms, prescriptions, presentations (beamer and recently discovered beamerposter), statistics (SWEAVE) and

beamer documentation

Hello: Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would like to change the sizes and positioning of the headline and footline,

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: This can already be done, more or less. That is, I can't imagine anything you'd want to do, as far as XHTML export goes, that isn't provided for in the layout files. Indeed, I am

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

But I can tell you this guy is going to come back and say he's a great and mighty best selling author, ask how many books have I sold. While books provide a part of my income, I have no best sellers, either now or in the past. So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages that look like pdf documents. What I would

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:32:12 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX file could be used to output LaTeX, MSWord doc,

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 06/11/2013 01:42 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/11/2013 01:18 PM, stefano franchi wrote: Here are the problems I found. My guess is that part of these are LyX/XHMTL issues and part are due to AbiWord. 1. Bibliography did not come over and was just ignored. I had to copy and paste from the pdf output. Biblatex issue? Probably. If

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/11/2013 02:03 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:32:12 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX file

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: These are just ideas from my side, but to try to incorporate pandoc into LyX in the same way as LaTeX is Incorporated, would make LyX even more powerful then it is already now. I agree. In fact, I think this affects me more as an

Re: beamer documentation

2013/6/11 Csikos Bela Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would like to change the sizes and positioning of the

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on this, perhaps to get an idea as to the demand for some research into this area. The

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

Short of manually inserting page breaks (and adjusting them whenever the text changes), I do not think it is possible to do what you want and be certain that you get the desired result. You can try using \FloatBarrier from the placeins package

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.comwrote: On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on this, perhaps

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

Liviu Andronic landronimirc at gmail.com writes: Hello, On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal jayneil.dalal at gmail.com wrote: http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- alternative-latex When introducing LyX to people I myself prefer launching a

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 6/11/13 11:20 AM, Richard Heck wrote: What sort of thing would you like to be able to do? I am interested in adding a collapsible text block when I export to an HTML page. As an example, I want to have a proof following the statement of a mathematical theorem. I would like to put a + sign

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

Hello, On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal wrote: > http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- > alternative-latex > When introducing LyX to people I myself prefer launching a full-blown "your first document in LyX" session, based on

the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

stefano franchi writes: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Les Denham wrote: > >> On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 >> stefano franchi wrote: >> >> > I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is >> >

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX file could be used to output LaTeX, MSWord doc, XHTML, HTML, simple HTML, or who knows what else. To more easily

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Steve, of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O I run a Obstetrician and Gynaecologist's practice for all documents, letters, reports, some recreated forms, prescriptions, presentations (beamer and recently discovered beamerposter), statistics (SWEAVE) and

beamer documentation

Hello: Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would like to change the sizes and positioning of the headline and footline,

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Richard Heck wrote: > On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > This can already be done, more or less. That is, I can't imagine anything > you'd want to do, as far as XHTML export goes, that isn't provided for in > the layout files. > >

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

> But I can tell you this guy is going to come back and say he's a great > and mighty best selling author, ask how many books have I sold. While > books provide a part of my income, I have no best sellers, either now > or in the past. > > So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages that look like pdf documents. What I would

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:32:12 -0400 Richard Heck wrote: > On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the > > proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX > > file could be used to output LaTeX,

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 06/11/2013 01:42 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/11/2013 01:18 PM, stefano franchi wrote: Here are the problems I found. My guess is that part of these are LyX/XHMTL issues and part are due to AbiWord. 1. Bibliography did not come over and was just ignored. I had to copy and paste from the pdf output. Biblatex issue? Probably. If

Re: Lyx2doc: was Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 06/11/2013 02:03 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:32:12 -0400 Richard Heck wrote: On 06/10/2013 06:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: These days, it could be used as a front end to anything with the proper styles defined, and the proper converter. So the same LyX file

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug wrote: > These are just ideas from my side, but to try to incorporate pandoc > into LyX in the same way as LaTeX is Incorporated, would make LyX even > more powerful then it is already now. > I agree. In fact, I think this affects me more as

Re: beamer documentation

2013/6/11 Csikos Bela > Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a > template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user > guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would > like to change the sizes and positioning of the

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif wrote: > On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on this, > perhaps to get an idea as to the demand for some research into this area. >

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

Short of manually inserting page breaks (and adjusting them whenever the text changes), I do not think it is possible to do what you want and be certain that you get the desired result. You can try using \FloatBarrier from the placeins package

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif wrote: > >> On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> >> I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

Liviu Andronic gmail.com> writes: > > Hello, > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal gmail.com> wrote: > > http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- > > alternative-latex > > > When introducing LyX to people I myself prefer launching a full-blown > "your

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

On 6/11/13 11:20 AM, Richard Heck wrote: What sort of thing would you like to be able to do? I am interested in adding a collapsible text block when I export to an HTML page. As an example, I want to have a proof following the statement of a mathematical theorem. I would like to put a + sign

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /"open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do