Re: \line and justification

2005-09-29 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks to all replies on this question. \underline{\hphantom{text}} is precisely what I needed. I realize as well that I can \newcommand to shorten this even further. As always, the LyX community comes through.

Re: \line and justification

2005-09-29 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks to all replies on this question. \underline{\hphantom{text}} is precisely what I needed. I realize as well that I can \newcommand to shorten this even further. As always, the LyX community comes through.

Re: \line and justification

2005-09-29 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks to all replies on this question. \underline{\hphantom{text}} is precisely what I needed. I realize as well that I can \newcommand to shorten this even further. As always, the LyX community comes through.

Re: \line and justification

2005-09-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
at 09:14 +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Christopher M. Jones wrote: Hi, all. This is a reiteration of my previous question. Someone responded off-list that I should try \newline. Problem with this is that what I really want is -inline- 'blanks' that don't break justification. If I'm asking

Re: \line and justification

2005-09-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
button in the Below pane. one may look better than the other for your purpose. Christopher M. Jones wrote: No, I am using \line because I want an horizontal line in the place of missing words. It's what a Word user would repeatedly hit the _ to do. \hspace just leaves an empty space

Re: \line and justification

2005-09-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
at 09:14 +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Christopher M. Jones wrote: Hi, all. This is a reiteration of my previous question. Someone responded off-list that I should try \newline. Problem with this is that what I really want is -inline- 'blanks' that don't break justification. If I'm asking

Re: \line and justification

2005-09-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
button in the Below pane. one may look better than the other for your purpose. Christopher M. Jones wrote: No, I am using \line because I want an horizontal line in the place of missing words. It's what a Word user would repeatedly hit the _ to do. \hspace just leaves an empty space

Re: \line and justification

2005-09-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
at 09:14 +0200, Georg Baum wrote: > Christopher M. Jones wrote: > > > Hi, all. This is a reiteration of my previous question. Someone > > responded off-list that I should try \newline. Problem with this is that > > what I really want is -inline- 'blanks' that don't break j

Re: \line and justification

2005-09-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
gt; click Layout -> Paragraph... > select the Line radio button in the Below pane. > > one may look better than the other for your purpose. > > "Christopher M. Jones" wrote: > > > > No, I am using \line because I want an horizontal line in the place of >

\line and justification

2005-09-27 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Hi, all. This is a reiteration of my previous question. Someone responded off-list that I should try \newline. Problem with this is that what I really want is -inline- 'blanks' that don't break justification. If I'm asking this question in the wrong place, then please, someone let me know where I

\line and justification

2005-09-27 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Hi, all. This is a reiteration of my previous question. Someone responded off-list that I should try \newline. Problem with this is that what I really want is -inline- 'blanks' that don't break justification. If I'm asking this question in the wrong place, then please, someone let me know where I

\line and justification

2005-09-27 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Hi, all. This is a reiteration of my previous question. Someone responded off-list that I should try \newline. Problem with this is that what I really want is -inline- 'blanks' that don't break justification. If I'm asking this question in the wrong place, then please, someone let me know where I

\line and line breaking

2005-09-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Hi, all. Back on the list after a long break. I want to create a fill-in-the-blank handout. I'm using \line(1,0){100} in ERT to make my blanks. The problem is that \line really messes up line breaking, so that I have lines running off the page. If I change from justified to left for my paragraph

\line and line breaking

2005-09-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Hi, all. Back on the list after a long break. I want to create a fill-in-the-blank handout. I'm using \line(1,0){100} in ERT to make my blanks. The problem is that \line really messes up line breaking, so that I have lines running off the page. If I change from justified to left for my paragraph

\line and line breaking

2005-09-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Hi, all. Back on the list after a long break. I want to create a fill-in-the-blank handout. I'm using \line(1,0){100} in ERT to make my blanks. The problem is that \line really messes up line breaking, so that I have lines running off the page. If I change from justified to left for my paragraph

need a quick paragraph style

2003-07-22 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need a quick paragraph style that does the opposite of a standard indented paragraph. I need the first line to the left margin, with subsequent lines indented by a length. Unfortunately, I haven't got the time to RTF or to fiddle. Any takers? Thanks much.

need a quick paragraph style

2003-07-22 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need a quick paragraph style that does the opposite of a standard indented paragraph. I need the first line to the left margin, with subsequent lines indented by a length. Unfortunately, I haven't got the time to RTF or to fiddle. Any takers? Thanks much.

need a quick paragraph style

2003-07-22 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need a quick paragraph style that does the opposite of a standard indented paragraph. I need the first line to the left margin, with subsequent lines indented by a length. Unfortunately, I haven't got the time to RTF or to fiddle. Any takers? Thanks much.

rubber page size for creating figures?

2003-03-23 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I want to create a simple figure to import into a LaTeX document. How do I get a pagesize that 'fits' itself around the figure, rather than simply setting the figure into the middle of a (e.g.) USLetter size page? Do I have to fiddle with the page size until it is just about as big as the

rubber page size for creating figures?

2003-03-23 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I want to create a simple figure to import into a LaTeX document. How do I get a pagesize that 'fits' itself around the figure, rather than simply setting the figure into the middle of a (e.g.) USLetter size page? Do I have to fiddle with the page size until it is just about as big as the

rubber page size for creating figures?

2003-03-23 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I want to create a simple figure to import into a LaTeX document. How do I get a pagesize that 'fits' itself around the figure, rather than simply setting the figure into the middle of a (e.g.) USLetter size page? Do I have to fiddle with the page size until it is just about as big as the

pdflatex and type 3

2002-05-13 Thread Christopher M. Jones
My pdflatex generates a file using type 3 fonts. I don't have any type 3 fonts, and so the resulting file is not right. I have looked through the documentation for pdftex, but the answer is not immediately obvious to me, and this is not something I have time to figure out. Does anybody know

pdflatex and type 3

2002-05-13 Thread Christopher M. Jones
My pdflatex generates a file using type 3 fonts. I don't have any type 3 fonts, and so the resulting file is not right. I have looked through the documentation for pdftex, but the answer is not immediately obvious to me, and this is not something I have time to figure out. Does anybody know

pdflatex and type 3

2002-05-13 Thread Christopher M. Jones
My pdflatex generates a file using type 3 fonts. I don't have any type 3 fonts, and so the resulting file is not right. I have looked through the documentation for pdftex, but the answer is not immediately obvious to me, and this is not something I have time to figure out. Does anybody know

stretching text?

2002-05-06 Thread Christopher M. Jones
How is it possible to stretch a number of letters across a defined length of space? For example, Hello world appears as He l l oW or l d

stretching text?

2002-05-06 Thread Christopher M. Jones
How is it possible to stretch a number of letters across a defined length of space? For example, Hello world appears as He l l oW or l d

stretching text?

2002-05-06 Thread Christopher M. Jones
How is it possible to stretch a number of letters across a defined length of space? For example, "Hello world" appears as He l l oW or l d

repeating for every page? Or best alternative

2002-05-02 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I would like to know how to repeat a command for every page. Specifically, I have the following at the beginning of a document: \begin{picture}(0,0) \unitlength=1in \put(-.35,-7.25){\line(0,1){7.25}\hspace{1.05\textwidth}\line(0,1){7.25}} \end{picture} The effect this gives me should be

repeating for every page? Or best alternative

2002-05-02 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I would like to know how to repeat a command for every page. Specifically, I have the following at the beginning of a document: \begin{picture}(0,0) \unitlength=1in \put(-.35,-7.25){\line(0,1){7.25}\hspace{1.05\textwidth}\line(0,1){7.25}} \end{picture} The effect this gives me should be

repeating for every page? Or best alternative

2002-05-02 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I would like to know how to repeat a command for every page. Specifically, I have the following at the beginning of a document: \begin{picture}(0,0) \unitlength=1in \put(-.35,-7.25){\line(0,1){7.25}\hspace{1.05\textwidth}\line(0,1){7.25}} \end{picture} The effect this gives me should be

Re: section number placement twoside

2002-04-02 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks much. Now, how do I get this to behave more like the section command, so that I don't end up with the heading split from the body between pages? Also sprach Dekel Tsur: On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 06:19:27PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: Christopher M. Jones wrote: I need the numbering

Re: section number placement twoside

2002-04-02 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks much. Now, how do I get this to behave more like the section command, so that I don't end up with the heading split from the body between pages? Also sprach Dekel Tsur: On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 06:19:27PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: Christopher M. Jones wrote: I need the numbering

Re: section number placement twoside

2002-04-02 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks much. Now, how do I get this to behave more like the section command, so that I don't end up with the heading split from the body between pages? Also sprach Dekel Tsur: > On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 06:19:27PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > > Christopher M. Jones wrote: >

section number placement twoside

2002-03-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need the numbering of sections to be placed against the left/right margin, depending on whether it appears on an odd or even page (twoside). The section text should be centered. How would I go about this?

section number placement twoside

2002-03-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need the numbering of sections to be placed against the left/right margin, depending on whether it appears on an odd or even page (twoside). The section text should be centered. How would I go about this?

section number placement twoside

2002-03-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need the numbering of sections to be placed against the left/right margin, depending on whether it appears on an odd or even page (twoside). The section text should be centered. How would I go about this?

Re: how to generate list of publications?

2002-03-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
For book classes: \renewcommand\bibname{blah} For article classes: \renewcommand\refname{blah} Also sprach praveen taneja: hi everyone...I want to generate a list of my publications from a bibtex file. I am able to generate the list by using \nocite{*}, but the title of the list is either

Re: how to generate list of publications?

2002-03-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
For book classes: \renewcommand\bibname{blah} For article classes: \renewcommand\refname{blah} Also sprach praveen taneja: hi everyone...I want to generate a list of my publications from a bibtex file. I am able to generate the list by using \nocite{*}, but the title of the list is either

Re: how to generate list of publications?

2002-03-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
For book classes: \renewcommand\bibname{blah} For article classes: \renewcommand\refname{blah} Also sprach praveen taneja: > hi everyone...I want to generate a list of my > publications from a bibtex file. I am able to generate > the list by using \nocite{*}, but the title of the > list is

lyx/xforms and wheelmouse

2002-03-05 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I just bought a wheelmouse... i'd like to have the following (using Linux) When button 1 is pressed, the wheel does a cursor down to select text. Instead of the wheel scrolling one frame at a time (ala PageDown) I'd like to have a smooth scroll (ala scrollbar). Is this an xforms issue, or a

lyx/xforms and wheelmouse

2002-03-05 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I just bought a wheelmouse... i'd like to have the following (using Linux) When button 1 is pressed, the wheel does a cursor down to select text. Instead of the wheel scrolling one frame at a time (ala PageDown) I'd like to have a smooth scroll (ala scrollbar). Is this an xforms issue, or a

lyx/xforms and wheelmouse

2002-03-05 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I just bought a wheelmouse... i'd like to have the following (using Linux) When button 1 is pressed, the wheel does a cursor down to select text. Instead of the wheel scrolling one frame at a time (ala PageDown) I'd like to have a smooth scroll (ala scrollbar). Is this an xforms issue, or a

minipage strange behavior

2002-02-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
The following basic new environment, \newenvironment{fancyquote}{% \addtolength\parindent{2em}\bigskip \begin{minipage{\textwidth} }{\end{minipage}\bigskip} works when I have it defined in the document preamble. But when I put it in a text file that LaTeX knows about, and \usepackage it, I

minipage strange behavior

2002-02-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
The following basic new environment, \newenvironment{fancyquote}{% \addtolength\parindent{2em}\bigskip \begin{minipage{\textwidth} }{\end{minipage}\bigskip} works when I have it defined in the document preamble. But when I put it in a text file that LaTeX knows about, and \usepackage it, I

minipage strange behavior

2002-02-26 Thread Christopher M. Jones
The following basic new environment, \newenvironment{fancyquote}{% \addtolength\parindent{2em}\bigskip \begin{minipage{\textwidth} }{\end{minipage}\bigskip} works when I have it defined in the document preamble. But when I put it in a text file that LaTeX knows about, and \usepackage it, I

LaTeX related: need a new verse environment

2002-02-25 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need a new verse environment, and I am not quite up to the task. Here is what I need: First line of verses no indent Second line of verses indented xxx Lines which run longer than the page are broken at an arbitrary (?) point before normal line termination, and placed raggedleft. ***The

LaTeX related: need a new verse environment

2002-02-25 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need a new verse environment, and I am not quite up to the task. Here is what I need: First line of verses no indent Second line of verses indented xxx Lines which run longer than the page are broken at an arbitrary (?) point before normal line termination, and placed raggedleft. ***The

LaTeX related: need a new verse environment

2002-02-25 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I need a new verse environment, and I am not quite up to the task. Here is what I need: First line of verses no indent Second line of verses indented xxx Lines which run longer than the page are broken at an arbitrary (?) point before normal line termination, and placed raggedleft. ***The

Re: Citation problem

2002-02-19 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Don't know geralpha, but normally one handles these situations using @incollection or @inbook. I usually make a crossref from the article to the book in which it appears. Also sprach Jan-Peter Koopmann: Hi, this is more a bibtex question I suppose but maybe you guys can help. How do I get

Re: Citation problem

2002-02-19 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Don't know geralpha, but normally one handles these situations using @incollection or @inbook. I usually make a crossref from the article to the book in which it appears. Also sprach Jan-Peter Koopmann: Hi, this is more a bibtex question I suppose but maybe you guys can help. How do I get

Re: Citation problem

2002-02-19 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Don't know geralpha, but normally one handles these situations using @incollection or @inbook. I usually make a crossref from the article to the book in which it appears. Also sprach Jan-Peter Koopmann: > Hi, > > this is more a bibtex question I suppose but maybe you guys can help. > How do I

Re: Footers in article class?

2002-02-06 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Your header/footer commands are \rfoot{} and rhead{} (and likewise \chead and \cfoot, etc.). If I'm not mistaken, you can do just about anything in here that you want. The tips and tricks dealilng with Header/Footer will give you some more hints how to use \fancyhdr. Does that help? Also

Re: Footers in article class?

2002-02-06 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Your header/footer commands are \rfoot{} and rhead{} (and likewise \chead and \cfoot, etc.). If I'm not mistaken, you can do just about anything in here that you want. The tips and tricks dealilng with Header/Footer will give you some more hints how to use \fancyhdr. Does that help? Also

Re: Footers in article class?

2002-02-06 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Your header/footer commands are \rfoot{} and rhead{} (and likewise \chead and \cfoot, etc.). If I'm not mistaken, you can do just about anything in here that you want. The tips and tricks dealilng with Header/Footer will give you some more hints how to use \fancyhdr. Does that help? Also

Re: myclass.layout not found

2002-01-30 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Did you run reconfigure and restart LyX? Also sprach Jim Osborn: I'm trying to make a new document class, following the docs from LyX 1.1.5, where in 6.2.2 it says: For the sake of example we'll assume that the style file is called myclass.sty and it is meant to be used with report.cls

Re: myclass.layout not found

2002-01-30 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Did you run reconfigure and restart LyX? Also sprach Jim Osborn: I'm trying to make a new document class, following the docs from LyX 1.1.5, where in 6.2.2 it says: For the sake of example we'll assume that the style file is called myclass.sty and it is meant to be used with report.cls

Re: myclass.layout not found

2002-01-30 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Did you run reconfigure and restart LyX? Also sprach Jim Osborn: > I'm trying to make a new document class, following the docs > from LyX 1.1.5, where in 6.2.2 it says: > > "For the sake of example we'll assume that the style file is > called myclass.sty and it is meant to be used with

Re: Font names

2002-01-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
try http://www.tug.org/fontname Also sprach Roberto Hernandez: Hi everyone, I hope this question isn't overly stupid, but I haven't been able to find the answer in LyXTips or the doc. To load the courier font I issue the following: \fontfamily{pcr}\fontseries{m}\selectfont Now, I want

Re: Font names

2002-01-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
try http://www.tug.org/fontname Also sprach Roberto Hernandez: Hi everyone, I hope this question isn't overly stupid, but I haven't been able to find the answer in LyXTips or the doc. To load the courier font I issue the following: \fontfamily{pcr}\fontseries{m}\selectfont Now, I want

Re: Font names

2002-01-28 Thread Christopher M. Jones
try http://www.tug.org/fontname Also sprach Roberto Hernandez: > Hi everyone, > > I hope this question isn't overly stupid, but I haven't been able to > find the answer in LyXTips or the doc. > > To load the courier font I issue the following: > > \fontfamily{pcr}\fontseries{m}\selectfont > >

Re: How do I control the maximum footnote size.

2002-01-24 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I think you want \setlength\interfootnotelinepenalty{1} But you should check out Herbert Voss's tips and tricks page. That will tell you for sure. Also sprach Roberto Hernandez: Hey everyone, I'm writing a document where I have some very long footnotes. After a certain number of

Re: How do I control the maximum footnote size.

2002-01-24 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I think you want \setlength\interfootnotelinepenalty{1} But you should check out Herbert Voss's tips and tricks page. That will tell you for sure. Also sprach Roberto Hernandez: Hey everyone, I'm writing a document where I have some very long footnotes. After a certain number of

Re: How do I control the maximum footnote size.

2002-01-24 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I think you want \setlength\interfootnotelinepenalty{1} But you should check out Herbert Voss's tips and tricks page. That will tell you for sure. Also sprach Roberto Hernandez: > Hey everyone, > > I'm writing a document where I have some very long footnotes. After a > certain number of

lyx crash - dual head

2002-01-23 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I have a dual-head setup (no xinerama). The main display is :0.0, the second is :0.1. I can do everything just as always on :0.0. However, on :0.1 I can open lyx but not a document. If I open a document then I get: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) LyX 1.1.6fix3 I asked a question

lyx crash - dual head

2002-01-23 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I have a dual-head setup (no xinerama). The main display is :0.0, the second is :0.1. I can do everything just as always on :0.0. However, on :0.1 I can open lyx but not a document. If I open a document then I get: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) LyX 1.1.6fix3 I asked a question

lyx crash - dual head

2002-01-23 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I have a dual-head setup (no xinerama). The main display is :0.0, the second is :0.1. I can do everything just as always on :0.0. However, on :0.1 I can open lyx but not a document. If I open a document then I get: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) LyX 1.1.6fix3 I asked a question

Re: Still citation

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Well, there are lots of bibliography styles out there. I am most familiar with achicago, since that is what I use day-to-day. Doing \usepackage{achichicago} in the preamble and specifying achicago for your bibstyle gives you the command \shortciteA{key} to produce a citation with an

Re: A front page, page numbering, copy+paste questions.

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Do you mean you want a titlepage? Report class, and several other classes put author and title on their own page. The postscript output, viewed in eg. ghostview, will show two pages (logically) numbered one. As long as no pagenumber shows up on the printed output, this should be no problem.

Re: A front page, page numbering, copy+paste questions.

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Do you mean you want a titlepage? Report class, and several other classes put author and title on their own page. The postscript output, viewed in eg. ghostview, will show two pages (logically) numbered one. As long as no pagenumber shows up on the printed output, this should be no problem.

Re: Still citation

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Well, there are lots of bibliography styles out there. I am most familiar with achicago, since that is what I use day-to-day. Doing \usepackage{achichicago} in the preamble and specifying achicago for your bibstyle gives you the command \shortciteA{key} to produce a citation with an

Re: A front page, page numbering, copy+paste questions.

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Do you mean you want a titlepage? Report class, and several other classes put author and title on their own page. The postscript output, viewed in eg. ghostview, will show two pages (logically) numbered one. As long as no pagenumber shows up on the printed output, this should be no problem.

Re: A front page, page numbering, copy+paste questions.

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Do you mean you want a titlepage? Report class, and several other classes put author and title on their own page. The postscript output, viewed in eg. ghostview, will show two pages (logically) numbered one. As long as no pagenumber shows up on the printed output, this should be no problem.

Re: Still citation

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Well, there are lots of bibliography styles out there. I am most familiar with achicago, since that is what I use day-to-day. Doing \usepackage{achichicago} in the preamble and specifying "achicago" for your bibstyle gives you the command \shortciteA{key} to produce a citation with an

Re: A front page, page numbering, copy+paste questions.

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Do you mean you want a titlepage? Report class, and several other classes put author and title on their own page. The postscript output, viewed in eg. ghostview, will show two pages (logically) numbered one. As long as no pagenumber shows up on the printed output, this should be no problem.

Re: A front page, page numbering, copy+paste questions.

2002-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Do you mean you want a titlepage? Report class, and several other classes put author and title on their own page. The postscript output, viewed in eg. ghostview, will show two pages (logically) numbered one. As long as no pagenumber shows up on the printed output, this should be no problem.

formatting logical proofs

2002-01-11 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Is there a package around that handles formatting logical proofs?

formatting logical proofs

2002-01-11 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Is there a package around that handles formatting logical proofs?

formatting logical proofs

2002-01-11 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Is there a package around that handles formatting logical proofs?

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. In the end, I think the problem is due to a combination of all the factors cited. From now on I will simply be aware of how dramatic simple formatting changes can be in terms of page count, and adjust accordingly. Thanks very much, everyone.

tocloft \contentsname

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I want to change the title Contents for the table of contents, using tocloft. Documentation says \renewcommand{\contentsname}{...} should do it, but this doesn't work. Have I missunderstood the documentation?

Re: tocloft \contentsname

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Using report. The \AtBeginDocument suggestion worked fine. Also sprach Tuukka Toivonen: On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Christopher M. Jones wrote: I want to change the title Contents for the table of contents, using tocloft. Documentation says \renewcommand{\contentsname}{...} should do

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. In the end, I think the problem is due to a combination of all the factors cited. From now on I will simply be aware of how dramatic simple formatting changes can be in terms of page count, and adjust accordingly. Thanks very much, everyone.

tocloft \contentsname

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I want to change the title Contents for the table of contents, using tocloft. Documentation says \renewcommand{\contentsname}{...} should do it, but this doesn't work. Have I missunderstood the documentation?

Re: tocloft \contentsname

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Using report. The \AtBeginDocument suggestion worked fine. Also sprach Tuukka Toivonen: On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Christopher M. Jones wrote: I want to change the title Contents for the table of contents, using tocloft. Documentation says \renewcommand{\contentsname}{...} should do

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. In the end, I think the problem is due to a combination of all the factors cited. From now on I will simply be aware of how dramatic simple formatting changes can be in terms of page count, and adjust accordingly. Thanks very much, everyone.

tocloft \contentsname

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I want to change the title "Contents" for the table of contents, using tocloft. Documentation says \renewcommand{\contentsname}{...} should do it, but this doesn't work. Have I missunderstood the documentation?

Re: tocloft \contentsname

2001-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Using report. The \AtBeginDocument suggestion worked fine. Also sprach Tuukka Toivonen: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > >I want to change the title "Contents" for the table of contents, using > >tocloft. Documentation says \renewcommand{\con

compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
A doublspaced paper, with 1in margins all around, at 12pt Times New Roman, 1500 words, is about 5 pages in LyX. However, when a professor asks for a 1500 word essay, he says 1500 words (6-7 pages). This is a more or less consistent trend: whatever the ex[ected page count, the word count is

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
the program that created such a good-looking finished product? Seriously though, I don't know what it is about (La)Tex but it always looks better and reads more easily than any other output. Lyx makes it sooo easy... Kenward On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 12:31:25PM -0600, Christopher M. Jones

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I always use 12pt (see original post) Also sprach Renaud MICHEL: Did you consider using 12 pt instead of 10 (wich is default AFAIK) as font size.

compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
A doublspaced paper, with 1in margins all around, at 12pt Times New Roman, 1500 words, is about 5 pages in LyX. However, when a professor asks for a 1500 word essay, he says 1500 words (6-7 pages). This is a more or less consistent trend: whatever the ex[ected page count, the word count is

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
the program that created such a good-looking finished product? Seriously though, I don't know what it is about (La)Tex but it always looks better and reads more easily than any other output. Lyx makes it sooo easy... Kenward On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 12:31:25PM -0600, Christopher M. Jones

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I always use 12pt (see original post) Also sprach Renaud MICHEL: Did you consider using 12 pt instead of 10 (wich is default AFAIK) as font size.

compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
A doublspaced paper, with 1in margins all around, at 12pt Times New Roman, 1500 words, is about 5 pages in LyX. However, when a professor asks for a 1500 word essay, he says "1500 words (6-7 pages)." This is a more or less consistent trend: whatever the ex[ected page count, the word count

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
on to try out the program that created such a good-looking > finished product? > > Seriously though, I don't know what it is about (La)Tex but it always looks > better and reads more easily than any other output. Lyx makes it sooo > easy... > > Kenward > > On Sat, Dec 15, 2

Re: compare spacing in LyX and WP's

2001-12-15 Thread Christopher M. Jones
I always use 12pt (see original post) Also sprach Renaud MICHEL: > Did you consider using 12 pt instead of 10 (wich is default AFAIK) as font > size.

Re: Blue underlining in CVS version with non-default language

2001-12-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Choose Layout-Character-Language-Reset, to change the language of selected characters. Also sprach Laurent Duperval: Hi, lyx.org is down soi I can't see the list archives. Anyway, I'm editing a document in English. My default languiage is normally French. When I change the language for

Re: errors

2001-12-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
But it doesn't seem the problem is with gsview. You are talking about the little red error boxes? Click on the boxes to get a popup telling you more about the error. Sometimes it is because you haven't loaded the right packages, sometimes you might have left off a brace in a preamble

20th century

2001-12-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
How do I get a raised th after a number, as in 20th century?

Re: Blue underlining in CVS version with non-default language

2001-12-14 Thread Christopher M. Jones
Choose Layout-Character-Language-Reset, to change the language of selected characters. Also sprach Laurent Duperval: Hi, lyx.org is down soi I can't see the list archives. Anyway, I'm editing a document in English. My default languiage is normally French. When I change the language for

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