On 20 Feb 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
Anthony,
What were your other three books? Are you self-publishing them, were they
published
On 21/02/2009 09:53, Anthony Campbell wrote:
On 20 Feb 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
Anthony,
What were your other three books? Are you
1. I've seen your web site, Steve, and I must say it's a remarkable
body of work and a great resource!
2. I think I'm going to be closer to Rich in the ebooks I write. I'll
take the defaults whenever possible. I do a lot with the
latex-beamer package, but I also use the R - LyX Sweave interface.
On 20 Feb 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
Anthony,
What were your other three books? Are you self-publishing them, were they
published
On 21/02/2009 09:53, Anthony Campbell wrote:
On 20 Feb 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
Anthony,
What were your other three books? Are you
1. I've seen your web site, Steve, and I must say it's a remarkable
body of work and a great resource!
2. I think I'm going to be closer to Rich in the ebooks I write. I'll
take the defaults whenever possible. I do a lot with the
latex-beamer package, but I also use the R - LyX Sweave interface.
On 20 Feb 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
> > 1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
>
> Anthony,
>
> What were your other three books? Are you self-publishing them, were they
>
On 21/02/2009 09:53, Anthony Campbell wrote:
On 20 Feb 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
Anthony,
What were your other three books? Are you
1. I've seen your web site, Steve, and I must say it's a remarkable
body of work and a great resource!
2. I think I'm going to be closer to Rich in the ebooks I write. I'll
take the defaults whenever possible. I do a lot with the
"latex-beamer" package, but I also use the R - LyX "Sweave"
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
I have a problem with importing the text. I import the first chapter
(previously a plain text tile) but when I want to add the second chapter
it comes as a new tab. This isn't what I want, at least for
On 20 Feb 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
I have a problem with importing the text. I import the first chapter
(previously a plain text tile) but when I want to add the second
chapter it comes as a
On Friday 20 February 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
Is there no way to add it to the foot of the first chapter? Do I have to
do it with the mouse?
I assume you are using the Import function under File. You need to use
the FilePlain Text function under Insert.
--
Les
On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
Anthony,
What were your other three books? Are you self-publishing them, were they
published by others, or were they books used
Steve Litt wrote:
If I had to give LyX advice to a prospective author, I'd say that the minute
you've committed to using LyX, learn LaTeX.
I've seen people doing full PhD theses in LyX without the slightest clue
of latex. Depends all on the field you are in and your requirements.
But as you
Steve Litt sl...@... writes:
If I had to give LyX advice to a prospective author, I'd say that the minute
you've committed to using LyX, learn LaTeX. In my opionion, the VERY FIRST
STEP in learning LaTeX is to learn TeX, which is about 1000 times easier. I'd
advise the new LyX-using book
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, David Hewitt wrote:
I tend to agree with Konrad. I happily wrote my dissertation in LyX and
only stumbled into LaTeX on an as-needed basis, primarily using the
Koma-script documentation, package documentation at CTAN, and the LyX
mailing list. I quite frankly don't even
On Friday 20 February 2009 01:55:00 pm Rich Shepard wrote:
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A lot depends on how we approach our writing. I use LyX for almost all
my writing, and I accept the default classes and layouts because they were
designed by folks much more knowledgeable than I about typography, page
layout,
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
I have a problem with importing the text. I import the first chapter
(previously a plain text tile) but when I want to add the second chapter
it comes as a new tab. This isn't what I want, at least for
On 20 Feb 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
I have a problem with importing the text. I import the first chapter
(previously a plain text tile) but when I want to add the second
chapter it comes as a
On Friday 20 February 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
Is there no way to add it to the foot of the first chapter? Do I have to
do it with the mouse?
I assume you are using the Import function under File. You need to use
the FilePlain Text function under Insert.
--
Les
On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
Anthony,
What were your other three books? Are you self-publishing them, were they
published by others, or were they books used
Steve Litt wrote:
If I had to give LyX advice to a prospective author, I'd say that the minute
you've committed to using LyX, learn LaTeX.
I've seen people doing full PhD theses in LyX without the slightest clue
of latex. Depends all on the field you are in and your requirements.
But as you
Steve Litt sl...@... writes:
If I had to give LyX advice to a prospective author, I'd say that the minute
you've committed to using LyX, learn LaTeX. In my opionion, the VERY FIRST
STEP in learning LaTeX is to learn TeX, which is about 1000 times easier. I'd
advise the new LyX-using book
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, David Hewitt wrote:
I tend to agree with Konrad. I happily wrote my dissertation in LyX and
only stumbled into LaTeX on an as-needed basis, primarily using the
Koma-script documentation, package documentation at CTAN, and the LyX
mailing list. I quite frankly don't even
On Friday 20 February 2009 01:55:00 pm Rich Shepard wrote:
[clip]
A lot depends on how we approach our writing. I use LyX for almost all
my writing, and I accept the default classes and layouts because they were
designed by folks much more knowledgeable than I about typography, page
layout,
I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
I have a problem with importing the text. I import the first chapter
(previously a plain text tile) but when I want to add the second chapter
it comes as a new tab. This isn't what I want, at least for
On 20 Feb 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
> 1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
>
> I have a problem with importing the text. I import the first chapter
> (previously a plain text tile) but when I want to add the second
> chapter it comes
On Friday 20 February 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Is there no way to add it to the foot of the first chapter? Do I have to
> do it with the mouse?
I assume you are using the "Import" function under "File". You need to use
the "File>Plain Text" function under "Insert".
--
Les
On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using
> 1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x.
Anthony,
What were your other three books? Are you self-publishing them, were they
published by others, or were they books used
Steve Litt wrote:
If I had to give LyX advice to a prospective author, I'd say that the minute
you've committed to using LyX, learn LaTeX.
I've seen people doing full PhD theses in LyX without the slightest clue
of latex. Depends all on the field you are in and your requirements.
But as you
Steve Litt writes:
> If I had to give LyX advice to a prospective author, I'd say that the minute
> you've committed to using LyX, learn LaTeX. In my opionion, the VERY FIRST
> STEP in learning LaTeX is to learn TeX, which is about 1000 times easier. I'd
> advise the new LyX-using
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, David Hewitt wrote:
I tend to agree with Konrad. I happily wrote my dissertation in LyX and
only stumbled into LaTeX on an as-needed basis, primarily using the
Koma-script documentation, package documentation at CTAN, and the LyX
mailing list. I quite frankly don't even
On Friday 20 February 2009 01:55:00 pm Rich Shepard wrote:
[clip]
>A lot depends on how we approach our writing. I use LyX for almost all
> my writing, and I accept the default classes and layouts because they were
> designed by folks much more knowledgeable than I about typography, page
>
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