Re: Problems with hyperref (and longtable?)

2005-02-19 Thread Herbert Voss
Roland Schmitz wrote: i've got a problem with hperref in my Master Thesis. If i generate a dvi or pdf an click on a link for exmple chapter 2, the second chapter in the apendix will be shown to me. If i cklick to on chapter 4 the fourth chapter in the apendix is shown, and so on ... I'm not

[noob q] Recursive sections?

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Hi I'm completely new to lyx, latex and tex (I've successfully avoided them for years - all looked too intimidating). I've done the very easy lyx intro and tutorial. I'm liking lyx (no pun) and tried using it today to do some 'real' work. I'm using using the default set of styles (is styles

[nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Hi again - just a newbie trying to wear out his welcome. In programs like pagemaker, or scribus its possible to place boxes at (often indiscriminant) places throught a document, and have a 'story' flow through them. I imagine given the 'structured' nature of lyx that this isn't possible?

Re: Including pdf pages within a lyx document?

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Herbert Voss wrote: \usepackage{pdfpages}% in the preamble in ERT (no LyX support :-( ) \includepdf[pages=1-2,...]{file}% for the pages 1-2 Herbert, Thank you. I was going to look at the pdftools for an answer, but this works. Rich -- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President

Re: [noob q] Recursive sections?

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: I'm using using the default set of styles (is styles the correct word) with section, subsection etc - but am running out of nested 'sections'. Docbook SGML in its DTD has two type of 'section' tags the SECT[12345] set and also the SECTION tag, which allows

Re: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: In programs like pagemaker, or scribus its possible to place boxes at (often indiscriminant) places throught a document, and have a 'story' flow through them. I imagine given the 'structured' nature of lyx that this isn't possible? Correct? Is it however

Custom import filter

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Dear LyXperts: I'm interested in writing documents using minimal text markup, as in AFT and reStructuredText: http://www.maplefish.com/todd/aft.html http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html Typical markup looks something like this: *This Is a Heading **This Is a Subheading ***This Is a

Custom import filter clarification

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
And when I say, It would be most cool if I could import such text directly into LyX, what I mean is that the markup elements would be translated into LyXish. For example, *this* would be imported as italic. I could, of course, export from AFT or reStructuredText as LaTeX and import *that* into

RE: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Thanks Rich - Makes perfect sense - can I take the question one step further - does anyone know of a page layout tools that an utilise content created with Lyx/LaTex and 'lay' it out in a manner described? Lyx seems like a great way to author content. Thanks Glenn -Original Message- From:

RE: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: Does anyone know of a page layout tools that an utilise content created with Lyx/LaTex and 'lay' it out in a manner described? Lyx seems like a great way to author content. Glenn, It still looks like you are asking for more work than you need. From the

How to set up book-like footnotes

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Here's a way to set up standard, book-like footnotes in LyX--in other words, notes that look like this: 1. Here's the first note. 2. And here's the second one. Just put this in your document's preamble: %Set up regular footnote numbering style \makeatletter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems with hyperref (and longtable?)

2005-02-19 Thread Herbert Voss
Roland Schmitz wrote: i've got a problem with hperref in my Master Thesis. If i generate a dvi or pdf an click on a link for exmple chapter 2, the second chapter in the apendix will be shown to me. If i cklick to on chapter 4 the fourth chapter in the apendix is shown, and so on ... I'm not

[noob q] Recursive sections?

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Hi I'm completely new to lyx, latex and tex (I've successfully avoided them for years - all looked too intimidating). I've done the very easy lyx intro and tutorial. I'm liking lyx (no pun) and tried using it today to do some 'real' work. I'm using using the default set of styles (is styles

[nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Hi again - just a newbie trying to wear out his welcome. In programs like pagemaker, or scribus its possible to place boxes at (often indiscriminant) places throught a document, and have a 'story' flow through them. I imagine given the 'structured' nature of lyx that this isn't possible?

Re: Including pdf pages within a lyx document?

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Herbert Voss wrote: \usepackage{pdfpages}% in the preamble in ERT (no LyX support :-( ) \includepdf[pages=1-2,...]{file}% for the pages 1-2 Herbert, Thank you. I was going to look at the pdftools for an answer, but this works. Rich -- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President

Re: [noob q] Recursive sections?

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: I'm using using the default set of styles (is styles the correct word) with section, subsection etc - but am running out of nested 'sections'. Docbook SGML in its DTD has two type of 'section' tags the SECT[12345] set and also the SECTION tag, which allows

Re: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: In programs like pagemaker, or scribus its possible to place boxes at (often indiscriminant) places throught a document, and have a 'story' flow through them. I imagine given the 'structured' nature of lyx that this isn't possible? Correct? Is it however

Custom import filter

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Dear LyXperts: I'm interested in writing documents using minimal text markup, as in AFT and reStructuredText: http://www.maplefish.com/todd/aft.html http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html Typical markup looks something like this: *This Is a Heading **This Is a Subheading ***This Is a

Custom import filter clarification

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
And when I say, It would be most cool if I could import such text directly into LyX, what I mean is that the markup elements would be translated into LyXish. For example, *this* would be imported as italic. I could, of course, export from AFT or reStructuredText as LaTeX and import *that* into

RE: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Thanks Rich - Makes perfect sense - can I take the question one step further - does anyone know of a page layout tools that an utilise content created with Lyx/LaTex and 'lay' it out in a manner described? Lyx seems like a great way to author content. Thanks Glenn -Original Message- From:

RE: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: Does anyone know of a page layout tools that an utilise content created with Lyx/LaTex and 'lay' it out in a manner described? Lyx seems like a great way to author content. Glenn, It still looks like you are asking for more work than you need. From the

How to set up book-like footnotes

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Here's a way to set up standard, book-like footnotes in LyX--in other words, notes that look like this: 1. Here's the first note. 2. And here's the second one. Just put this in your document's preamble: %Set up regular footnote numbering style \makeatletter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems with hyperref (and longtable?)

2005-02-19 Thread Herbert Voss
Roland Schmitz wrote: i've got a problem with hperref in my Master Thesis. If i generate a dvi or pdf an click on a link for exmple chapter 2, the second chapter in the apendix will be shown to me. If i cklick to on chapter 4 the fourth chapter in the apendix is shown, and so on ... I'm not

[noob q] Recursive sections?

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Hi I'm completely new to lyx, latex and tex (I've successfully avoided them for years - all looked too intimidating). I've done the very easy lyx intro and tutorial. I'm liking lyx (no pun) and tried using it today to do some 'real' work. I'm using using the default set of styles (is styles

[nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Hi again - just a newbie trying to wear out his welcome. In programs like pagemaker, or scribus its possible to place boxes at (often indiscriminant) places throught a document, and have a 'story' flow through them. I imagine given the 'structured' nature of lyx that this isn't possible?

Re: Including pdf pages within a lyx document?

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Herbert Voss wrote: \usepackage{pdfpages}% in the preamble in ERT (no LyX support :-( ) \includepdf[pages=1-2,...]{file}% for the pages 1-2 Herbert, Thank you. I was going to look at the pdftools for an answer, but this works. Rich -- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President

Re: [noob q] Recursive sections?

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: I'm using using the default set of styles (is styles the correct word) with section, subsection etc - but am running out of nested 'sections'. Docbook SGML in its DTD has two type of 'section' tags the set and also the tag, which allows you in

Re: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: In programs like pagemaker, or scribus its possible to place boxes at (often indiscriminant) places throught a document, and have a 'story' flow through them. I imagine given the 'structured' nature of lyx that this isn't possible? Correct? Is it however

Custom import filter

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Dear LyXperts: I'm interested in writing documents using minimal text markup, as in AFT and reStructuredText: http://www.maplefish.com/todd/aft.html http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html Typical markup looks something like this: *This Is a Heading **This Is a Subheading ***This Is a

Custom import filter clarification

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
And when I say, "It would be most cool if I could import such text directly into LyX," what I mean is that the markup elements would be translated into LyXish. For example, *this* would be imported as italic. I could, of course, export from AFT or reStructuredText as LaTeX and import *that* into

RE: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Glenn Davy
Thanks Rich - Makes perfect sense - can I take the question one step further - does anyone know of a page layout tools that an utilise content created with Lyx/LaTex and 'lay' it out in a manner described? Lyx seems like a great way to author content. Thanks Glenn -Original Message- From:

RE: [nooby q] 'linked' text flow

2005-02-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Glenn Davy wrote: Does anyone know of a page layout tools that an utilise content created with Lyx/LaTex and 'lay' it out in a manner described? Lyx seems like a great way to author content. Glenn, It still looks like you are asking for more work than you need. From the

How to set up book-like footnotes

2005-02-19 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Here's a way to set up standard, book-like footnotes in LyX--in other words, notes that look like this: 1. Here's the first note. 2. And here's the second one. Just put this in your document's preamble: %Set up regular footnote numbering style \makeatletter [EMAIL PROTECTED]