Re: LyX deletes text

2001-03-02 Thread John Levon
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > add: "#! > > Problem with this approach is of course that one needs to know the full > path to the LyX binary... > > Andre' Nahh #! /usr/bin/env lyx john -- "I hear you have four hundred and eighty six PCs for sale ?" - Some Fool

Re: problem compiling Lyx

2001-02-24 Thread John Levon
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Jeroen wrote: > Hi everyone, > It seems I have a problem here :) > I'm trying to compile lyx-1.1.6fix1, configure works fine but make drops out > on me. > ../../src/minibuffer.h:17: using directive `Object' introduced > ambiguous type `_ObjectRec *' > make[3]: *** [formula.lo

Re: LyX 1.1.6fix1: EPS figures not shown

2001-02-20 Thread John Levon
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > Of course, xdvi shows the EPS figures. I am using GhostScript 6.50. > Surely I am doing something wrong... or not? Yes, ghostscript 6.50 has a bug. You will need to back down to 5.50, or perhaps try 6.60 (see http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles

Re: crash at every start

2001-02-14 Thread John Levon
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Alexandru Mustatea wrote: > This is my first post on this list, I hope I won't break any > rule... Also, please excuse my English, I'm not a native English speaker. > Every time I start lyx, it crashes after displaying the main > window and just before displaying

Re: Word Wrap in Tables

2001-02-13 Thread John Levon
On 13 Feb 2001, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Stephen Carville wrote: > | > | > They do appear to be the correct headers. Where should they be? I > | > can create symlinks to prevent this problem a

Re: Word Wrap in Tables

2001-02-13 Thread John Levon
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Stephen Carville wrote: > They do appear to be the correct headers. Where should they be? I > can create symlinks to prevent this problem again. Did you upgrade from a previous Mandrake by any chance ? And did you install the contents of CD2 ? john -- "Having Outlook se

Re: find and replace

2001-02-13 Thread John Levon
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > Sure. And I think the find dialog should not actually accept LaTeX command > (at least not necessarily) but instead the user could search and replace > for styles too, not just character strings (I think some other word > processors can actually do th

Re: tables and fonts

2001-02-09 Thread John Levon
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Friedemann Baitinger wrote: > And still I'd consider this process a step backward compared to > LyX-1.1.5 where it was possible to use the GUI to adjust the font size > and other characteristics. I'm afraid the same ugly method has to be > used in order to change other attribu

Re: reLyx install in /usr/local, lyx in /usr

2001-02-08 Thread John Levon
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Dumas Patrice wrote: > Hi, > > configuration put lyx 1.1.6fix1 by default in /usr. I think it would be > better if it was in /usr/local (a personnal desire, feel free to discard > it, but all the other softs I ever installed with ./configure;make;make > install were installed

Re: compiling LyX-1.1.6fix1?

2001-02-06 Thread John Levon
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Friedemann Baitinger wrote: > Where? I have read that a few times and about the only thing related > reads like: (using '|' to quote from 'INSTALL') o if you get an error message when compiling LyX that looks like this : ../../src/minibuffer.h:17: using directive `Obj

Re: compiling LyX-1.1.6fix1?

2001-02-06 Thread John Levon
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Friedemann Baitinger wrote: > on lyx.org in the context of describing the newly released 1.1.6fix1 it > was stated that compile problems on RH 7.0 have been removed, however, I > still can't compile the thing on my pretty much standard RH > 7.0. ./configure runs through withou

Re: lyx1.1.6 too big !

2001-02-05 Thread John Levon
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Nicolas SABOURET wrote: > PS : The strip version takes only 8Mo, vs 40Mo for the regular one. What > makes this difference ? Could you tell me more ? An unstripped binary contains debugging symbols. This is needed if you experience a LyX bug that causes it to crash, in order

Re: LyX 1.1.5x and keyboard control

2001-02-05 Thread John Levon
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Florian Cramer wrote: > While it was never possible to control each and every function/popu in LyX > through keyboard commands, chances have considerably decreased since tabbed > dialogues were introduced in LyX 1.1.6x. I therefore have to admit my > somewhat mixed feelings ab

RE: LyX 1.1.6fix1 RPM faulty?

2001-02-02 Thread John Levon
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Mohammad Reza Danesh wrote: > I got the same error messages with RH 7.0 trying to upgrade to Fix-1. > > -M > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Cazzolato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:56 PM > To: LyX Users > Subject: LyX 1.1.6fix1 RPM

Re: Fw: Section Numbering and Face.

2001-02-01 Thread John Levon
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Allan Rae wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > You need a valid unit with the integer. Eg, "1 cm", "2 em", "3 mm" etc. > > Maybe we should offer a choice-box with the units available? > > But then again can margins have rubber lengths? > > Allan. (ARRa

Re: Request for Feature: emacs-like searching

2001-01-31 Thread John Levon
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > Hi! > > Is it possible to have a search-function similar to the emacs search? > > I want to jump to the search-string simply typing "C-s search-string > RET". With the given search-panel I have to use the mouse. > > > Ciao! > juh Am I right in

Re: installation help

2001-01-30 Thread John Levon
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Adam Huffman wrote: > You are using the RedHat xforms RPMs? If so, I had a similar problem > with them, and solved it by using an older set of xforms RPMs, currently > 0.88-9 This is indeed the problem, the xforms headers include a file they don't need to, which breaks the

Re: installation help

2001-01-29 Thread John Levon
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, David wrote: > Ok folks, I give up. I can't build 1.1.6. I know, I know, it's not rocket > science. Take your best shot and then maybe help me out? > > ./configure in the lyx-1.1.6 directory gets me "cannot find libforms or > libxforms - cannot find forms.h" > > I got the l

Re: Desktop icon

2001-01-29 Thread John Levon
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, alex wrote: > Hi LyX people! > > Just a little question: I'd like to have a LyX icon on my desktop to > quickly launch the program! Doesn't the LyX team have released anyone? > > The INSTALL readme file in the source package of lyx-1.1.6 tells about > an icon (lyx.xpm) that

Re: Changing margin size in Document

2001-01-29 Thread John Levon
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, R. Lahaye wrote: > Would it be a good idea to have LyX use a default measure unit, > when not typing it explicitly? Let that be adjustable in the lyxrc file > and in preferences. hmm, not sure about that. Maybe. The real way to fix it is to have a combo box of the units, lik

Re: ghostscript and installing Lyx

2001-01-26 Thread John Levon
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, vinicius provenzano wrote: > I'm with GNU Ghostscript 5.50 here. What would I get if I upgrade to Alladin > Ghostscript 6.50? Would I have any upgrade I should care to download? What you would get is the inability to see your figures within LyX. There is a bug in Ghostscrip

Re: Release LyX 1.1.6

2001-01-15 Thread John Levon
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Ronald Florence wrote: > It also appears that the stock Solaris make fails with the lyx-1.1.6 > makefiles. Gnumake seems to be working. This might warrant mention > in the documentation as a requirement for compilation. Yes, it requires GNU Make. In 1.1.6fix1 this requirem

Re: Suitable vector graphics program?

2001-01-05 Thread John Levon
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, James Sinnamon wrote: > Dear LyX users, > > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use > xfig, but it

Re: KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-28 Thread John Levon
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Matej Cepl wrote: > At 10:06 PM 12/25/2000 +0100, Javier Nieto Esteban wrote: > >Hi, > > I'm an Spanish newbie user of Lyx (really, I use Klyx in my > > Mandrake Linux). > > > I have read something about re-emergence of KLyX in LDN, but I did not > understood it w

Re: bug with space in dir name

2000-12-18 Thread John Levon
On 16 Dec 2000, Stefano Ghirlanda wrote: > Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Stefano Ghirlanda wrote: > > > Hi, I do not know wheter this is a bug in LyX or LaTeX/TeX, but > > > is seems that documents whose full path contains spaces cannot be > > > typeset. For instance I see thi

Ghostscript 6.50 and LyX

2000-12-11 Thread John Levon
A couple of users reported that they couldn't get recent Ghostscript versions to work with LyX with displaying figures inline. It transpires this is a Ghostscript bug http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=124957&group_id=1897 This bug appears to affect 6.22 upwards. Hopefully a bu

Re: No rendering with Ghostscript 6.50

2000-12-08 Thread John Levon
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Armin Geisse wrote: > Hi, > > after upgrading to ghostscript 6.50, lyx1.1.5fix2 and the latest > cvs-version don't render eps-pictures any more. > > Anybody else suffering the same problem ? > > Cheers > Armin I've just confirmed this happens with lyx 1.0.4 (yep, that's ho

Re: No rendering with Ghostscript 6.50

2000-12-08 Thread John Levon
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Idar Tollefsen wrote: > >after upgrading to ghostscript 6.50, lyx1.1.5fix2 and the latest > >cvs-version don't render eps-pictures any more. > >Anybody else suffering the same problem ? > > Some of the same. I'm running the Win32 port of LyX 1.1.5fix2 > and using Ghostscript

Re: English thesaurus?

2000-11-16 Thread John Levon
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Matej Cepl wrote: > Does anybody know about something like %subj% for Linux? If > there already is such animal, are there plans for its linking to > LyX (in similar manner as [ia]spell is)? > > Thanx > > Matej > not as far as I'm aware. The only

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