Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Jayneil Dalal jayneil.da...@gmail.com wrote: 3. Regarding the version name, I thought lyx live dvd just sounded plain and simple and since 12.04.2 is LTS, I am probably not going to change that version. I meant that a versioning scheme would be useful to

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes: 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

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Stephen George steve_...@optusnet.com.au wrote: 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

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

2013-06-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
It is flattering to say, hey John Doe the great novelist is using LyX, but much more important is another question. Is LyX the right tool for a publisher who wants to publish printed books and ebooks from the same source, which is what publishers want to do today. At least this is what I want to

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for distribution. Our target group are not authors (have a look at

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

2013-06-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Am 12.06.2013 10:59, schrieb Liviu Andronic: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for distribution. Our

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

2013-06-12 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? 2013/6/12 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu myi...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC project is to polish the

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

2013-06-12 Thread Philipp Gröne
Hello! Thank you for your answers! Paul Rubin wrote: 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. After reading a bit further and asking friends which

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

2013-06-12 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes: 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.com wrote: On 11 June 2013

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

2013-06-12 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: This is the goal of one of our GSoC projects this year: http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/NonLinearWriting and Please tell the person doing the NonLinearWriting project that if he needs to talk with an author of Discovery

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

2013-06-12 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes: On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes: On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes:

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Csikos Bela
Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org írta: 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#39;s preamble)? The user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would like to change

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

2013-06-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
Liviu Andronic writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu myi...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
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: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
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 something./ He would not be able to use

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal jayneil.da...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Sorry for posting so late about this. I gave a talk on Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013: http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- alternative-latex I have also started a project on

Lyx stuck generating PDFs

2013-06-12 Thread Julio Rojas
Dear all, I am having a very weird behaviour on Lyx 2.0.6. When I try to generate any PDF, even the simplest one, nothing happens. I can see PDFLatex running in the background, eating some processor, but nothing to be worried about. This keeps going on until a message telling me that the command

Powerdot and graphics

2013-06-12 Thread Joe Melton
Hello All, I am using LyX 2.0.5.1. on a Mac (10.6.8) with the powerdot layout that comes preinstalled. I am trying to get powerdot to easily include figures in a sensical way. I have had no luck fiddling on my own and the powerdot manual does not address figure placement. I was hoping someone

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Jayneil Dalal jayneil.da...@gmail.com wrote: 3. Regarding the version name, I thought lyx live dvd just sounded plain and simple and since 12.04.2 is LTS, I am probably not going to change that version. I meant that a versioning scheme would be useful to

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes: 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

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Stephen George steve_...@optusnet.com.au wrote: 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

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

2013-06-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
It is flattering to say, hey John Doe the great novelist is using LyX, but much more important is another question. Is LyX the right tool for a publisher who wants to publish printed books and ebooks from the same source, which is what publishers want to do today. At least this is what I want to

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for distribution. Our target group are not authors (have a look at

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

2013-06-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Am 12.06.2013 10:59, schrieb Liviu Andronic: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for distribution. Our

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

2013-06-12 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? 2013/6/12 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu myi...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC project is to polish the

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

2013-06-12 Thread Philipp Gröne
Hello! Thank you for your answers! Paul Rubin wrote: 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. After reading a bit further and asking friends which

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

2013-06-12 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes: 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.com wrote: On 11 June 2013

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

2013-06-12 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: This is the goal of one of our GSoC projects this year: http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/NonLinearWriting and Please tell the person doing the NonLinearWriting project that if he needs to talk with an author of Discovery

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

2013-06-12 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes: On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes: On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de wrote: Ray Rashif schivmeis...@gmail.com writes:

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Csikos Bela
Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org írta: 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#39;s preamble)? The user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would like to change

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

2013-06-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
Liviu Andronic writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu myi...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
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: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
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 something./ He would not be able to use

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal jayneil.da...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Sorry for posting so late about this. I gave a talk on Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013: http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- alternative-latex I have also started a project on

Lyx stuck generating PDFs

2013-06-12 Thread Julio Rojas
Dear all, I am having a very weird behaviour on Lyx 2.0.6. When I try to generate any PDF, even the simplest one, nothing happens. I can see PDFLatex running in the background, eating some processor, but nothing to be worried about. This keeps going on until a message telling me that the command

Powerdot and graphics

2013-06-12 Thread Joe Melton
Hello All, I am using LyX 2.0.5.1. on a Mac (10.6.8) with the powerdot layout that comes preinstalled. I am trying to get powerdot to easily include figures in a sensical way. I have had no luck fiddling on my own and the powerdot manual does not address figure placement. I was hoping someone

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Jayneil Dalal wrote: > 3. Regarding the version name, I thought "lyx live dvd" just sounded plain > and simple and since 12.04.2 is LTS, I am probably not going to change that > version. > I meant that a versioning scheme would be useful

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
Ray Rashif writes: > 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

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Stephen George wrote: > 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

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

2013-06-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
It is flattering to say, hey John Doe the great novelist is using LyX, but much more important is another question. Is LyX the right tool for a publisher who wants to publish printed books and ebooks from the same source, which is what publishers want to do today. At least this is what I want to

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be > a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for > distribution. Our target group are not authors (have a look

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

2013-06-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Am 12.06.2013 10:59, schrieb Liviu Andronic: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke > wrote: >> You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be >> a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for >>

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

2013-06-12 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? 2013/6/12 Liviu Andronic > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke > wrote: > > You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with

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

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been > able to test it), by Rob? > Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC project is to polish the

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

2013-06-12 Thread Philipp Gröne
Hello! Thank you for your answers! Paul Rubin wrote: 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. After reading a bit further and asking friends which

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

2013-06-12 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > Ray Rashif writes: > > > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif

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

2013-06-12 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0200 Liviu Andronic wrote: > This is the goal of one of our GSoC projects this year: > http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/NonLinearWriting and Please tell the person doing the NonLinearWriting project that if he needs to talk with an author of

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

2013-06-12 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > stefano franchi writes: > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > >> Ray Rashif writes: > >> > >> > On 12 June 2013 03:57,

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
stefano franchi writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > >> Ray Rashif writes: >> >> > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi >> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue,

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

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
stefano franchi writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > >> stefano franchi writes: >> >> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> > >> >> Ray Rashif

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Csikos Bela
"Jürgen Spitzmüller" írta: >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 documents preamble)? The user >>guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would >>like

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

2013-06-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
Liviu Andronic writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: >> Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been >> able to test it), by Rob? >> > Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the > goal of

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> 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: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> > 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 something."/ > > He would not be

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for posting so late about this. I gave a talk on Lyx at Linuxfest > Northwest 2013: > > > http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- > alternative-latex > > I have also started a

Lyx stuck generating PDFs

2013-06-12 Thread Julio Rojas
Dear all, I am having a very weird behaviour on Lyx 2.0.6. When I try to generate any PDF, even the simplest one, nothing happens. I can see PDFLatex running in the background, eating some processor, but nothing to be worried about. This keeps going on until a message telling me that the command

Powerdot and graphics

2013-06-12 Thread Joe Melton
Hello All, I am using LyX 2.0.5.1. on a Mac (10.6.8) with the powerdot layout that comes preinstalled. I am trying to get powerdot to easily include figures in a sensical way. I have had no luck fiddling on my own and the powerdot manual does not address figure placement. I was hoping someone