date:20051115


Hello LyXers,

I'm proud to announce the second version (0.2) of the LyXWinInstaller:

http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117release_id=7989
(it could take a while until the download begins)

The installer sources are available here:

http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117release_id=7988

The source package also includes the language files. You could help to 
improve the internationalization if you translate some strings in the 
textfiles your_language.nsh and send it to me or to the project page.


--- General Info ---
The installer installs a full functional LaTeX-environment on Windows.
This is in detail

- math fonts needed by LyX
- needed python, perl, and UNIX shell files
- basic installation of MiKTeX
- ImageMagick
- Ghostscript
- Aspell
- GSview (optional)
- LyX 1.3.6 (with complete documentation)

The installer analyses your system and installs only the missing programs.

There are two versions available:

- Complete; contains all programs listed above
- Small; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
--- General Info ---

regards Uwe

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?

  Updates on the continuing (non)  installation saga
  This replies to a number of postings by  Steven and Paul over the Sunday 
14  Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I  have not missed any important suggestions. I 
decided to use Yahoo  mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise and 
thought it  would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised the  
rather serious limitations of it for handling a mail list.
  Anyway
  I did have an earlier installation of  LyX Small a few weeks ago when I 
was trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As  far as I have been able to tell, there are 
no files/folders left from  that attempt. I spend a good while late yesterday 
and this morning  checking.  Also checked for *.tex files and found nothing 
suspicious.
  Since then I have tried both the large  and whole installations both from 
the hard drive.
  The last installation I also disabled  my virus protection.
  I have checked and could not find any  rogue Latex.exe files and I have 
hunted down and exterminated the  localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf which 
was in my R folder. I  simply removed R for the moment. :)
  I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran  C:\texmflatex ltxcheck.tex with 
the same results as when I ran  the 'latex chklatex.ltx' .  That is, files not 
found etc.
  I then tried the c:\fmtutil  all  with this result
  C:\fmtutil --all
'fmtutil' is not  recognized as an internal or external 
command,
  operable program or  batch file.

  
I tried initex latex.lts  Latex.lts  does not seem to exist. A search of C 
drive did not find it.
   C:\texmfinitex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version  3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file  `latex.lts'.
* latex.lts

  You suggested that I try printing  outside the LyX environment but I have not 
 a clue how to do this.  Nothing re printing etc can be seen in the View menu.  
As noted  before I cannot print or export except in ASCII. Custom export leaves 
 me with a blank command line.  Should I be able to type in a command?  
  I just noticed from the mailing list  that a new LyX installer is out.  I 
may bring in the exterminators  again, sanitize the machine and give it a try.
  Thanks for all the help so far. I  certainly have learned a lot (most of 
it useful :)  and recalled a  bunch of DOS commands I would happily had remain 
forgotten.
  John Kane, Kingston ON  Canada

  
  


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Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

the new installer version 0.2

https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117release_id=7989

now recognizes also TeXLive.
The various TeXLive Win-installers don't write something special to the
registry so that I serach for the path to the latex.exe in the PATH
variable.

Stephen, can you find out if TeXlive has an entry in the registry so
that the Windows installer can check for its existence?

I think the default install directory is C:\TexLive2005, I don't remember
any choice for changing the directory which is called TLroot
Don't know if this will help but I saw TLroot associated with the entry
for C:\TexLive2005 in
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Controlset001
\Control\Session Manager\Environment
(also TEXMFTEMP , TEXMFCNF, but nothing latex.exe specific)

SH: I am a computist rather than a developer, so take this ? with a
grain of salt as I'm asking out of curiousity. I thought the TLroot
value (the default C:\TexLive2005 in this case) could be used as
a variable to check for C:\TLroot\texmf\miktex\bin where latex.exe
lives? I'm in not challenging the method you adopted, just interested.
I think the ~\texmf\miktex\bin\*.exe is the required structure.

If a user installs protext then MiKTeX is installed as LaTeX
distribution, so no change in the code was needed.
(btw. the protext bundle is the same as my complete installer for LyX,
it also comes with all necessary programs like GSView, spellchecker etc.)

With the Angus installer I had to use the browse icon to navigate
to latex.exe even though ProText uses the Miktex installation.
Only our standard Miktex installation is recognized by default.

The Miktex developer stated that the Miktex full iso was going
(http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/category/1005.aspx)
to be used for the Miktex in ProText released along with TL2005
on the dvd only. ProTeXt includes the trial version of WinEdt but
there is very little difference between the Protext cd and the Miktex cd.
The Protext version has a different gui for updating Miktex.

Stephen could you please test if the installer recognizes your TeXLive
distribution (when thepath to the latex.exe of TeXLive is in the PATH 
variable). Many thanks in advance.
(When you also have MiKTeX installed LyXWin will use this one instead of 
TeXLive because MiKTeX is much easier to use, especially when a 
LaTeX-package is missing and should be installed.)

regards Uwe

I got into a discussion with Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Subject: Re: TeXLive 2005, LyX and Windows xp
about the relative merits of switching to ProText from
the web install of Miktex. So I tried TexLive2005 full install first, and
it was bloated. I then tried Protext which has almost the same version
number as the Mitex cd  md-2.4.2025.iso.bz2 19-Jul-2005 14:34 340M
which worked well enough, but it comes bundled with TeXnicCenter
which is no help for a LyX user and a soso Mitex Options gui.

So after deleting Texlive2005 and ProText, I tested the Mitex iso
and that worked very well. But then I had occasion to investigate
a net install of Mitex. So I deleted the Mixtex cd install and used
the Miktex net total install choosing to store all the cabs on disk.
This also works great and seems very close in content to the full iso.

To make a long story short, I've already deleted the TeXlive2005
and am using the net installed Miktex for troubleshooting now. I
would have tested your installer and Angus earlier, but with my
limited skills, I evaluate the success of the install using Tex
Information as one criteria, which the Angus install displays. I
didn't test the Angus 1.3.7 install with the other Miktex/Protext
versions because I like to install LyX to C:\LyX, which both of
the WinLyX 1.3.6 installers do well. I do like your installer.

Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- Complete; contains all programs listed above
- Small; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: - GSview (optional)]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.

How do you print without GSview? Well, maybe printing
from postscript is an unappreciated option for most users?
Maybe because pdf is available, but postscript has text
extract that works on some pdf files when Adobe doesn't.

Regards,
Stephen

change space between top line and text body

Hello,
  I am using koma-script, scrbook, with scrpage2 package,
  How I can reduce space between top line and text body?
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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align left and hyphenation

Hello,
  I want use align left in my book but when
  changed from align justified I lost 
  hyphenation.
  This spent a lot of pages.
  How I can get align left and hyphention?
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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add weight to a font

Hello,
  I selected pslatex font size 10.
  How I can add weight to this font?
  (more bolder)
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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Re: align left and hyphenation

2005-11-15 Thread Helge Hafting

On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:15:48PM -0300, Marcelo Acuÿf1a wrote:
 Hello,
   I want use align left in my book but when
   changed from align justified I lost 
   hyphenation.
   This spent a lot of pages.
   How I can get align left and hyphention?

I don'�t know if this is even possible.  It could be, but
as far as I know, hyphenation is turned on _because_ you
use justification.  Good justification is impossible
without hyphenation, or the interword spacing would be
way too big sometimes. This problem doesn't exist with left 
align - then the line simply ends when there isn't
enough room for the next word.  Some will also say that the point of
using left align is to avoid the hyphens.

I wonder though, why you would even want to print a book left
aligned.  Some special reason?  Usually, it is quite ugly
and looks unprofessional.  Like it was made with an amateur tool
like word - or by someone who don't know better.  But of course there
may be valid and good reasons for doing so.  Still, look at
some random books from ordinary publishers and I don't think you 
find any set left aligned.

Helge Hafting

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

John Kane wrote:

Updates on the continuing (non) installation saga
This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday 14
Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important suggestions. I
decided to use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise and
thought it would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised the
rather serious limitations of it for handling a mail list.
Anyway
I did have an earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I
was trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are
no files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late yesterday
and this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and found nothing
suspicious.
Since then I have tried both the large and whole installations both from
the hard drive.
The last installation I also disabled my virus protection.
I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have
hunted down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf which
was in my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmflatex ltxcheck.tex with
the same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is, files not
found etc.
I then tried the c:\fmtutil –all with this result
C:\fmtutil --all
'fmtutil' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.

I tried “initex latex.lts Latex.lts does not seem to exist. A search of C drive did not find it.

C:\texmfinitex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file `latex.lts'.
* latex.lts

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?



Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program 
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did 
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

  Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten  something!  Thanks.  I just did it.

  Results 
  Creating latex.efmt...
  pdfetex.exe --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias  
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in  
\pdfoutput=1 \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm  
\pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 \pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in  \input 
latex.ltx \dump
  This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
  entering extended mode
  (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx (C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)


  !! No syntax for the current directory could be found



  [EMAIL PROTECTED] set to: .


  Assuming \openin and \input 
  have the same search path.
  --And much more dreck-

John Kane wrote:
   Updates on the continuing (non)  installation saga
  This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday  14 
  Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important  suggestions. I 
 decided to use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use  it much otherwise 
 and thought it would keep things separate.  Unfortunately I had not realised 
 the rather serious limitations of it  for handling a mail list.
   Anyway
 I did have an  earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I was 
 trying to  install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are 
 no  files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late  
 yesterday and this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and  found 
 nothing suspicious.
   Since then I have tried both the large  and whole installations both 
 from the hard drive.
   The last installation I also disabled  my virus protection.
  I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have  
 hunted down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only  texmf 
 which was in my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
  I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmflatex ltxcheck.tex  with the 
 same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is,  files not 
 found etc.
   I then tried the c:\fmtutil  all  with this result
   C:\fmtutil --all
 'fmtutil' is not  recognized as an internal or external 
 command,
   operable program or  batch file.
 
   
 I tried initex latex.lts  Latex.lts  does not seem to exist. A search of 
 C drive did not find it.
C:\texmfinitex latex.lts
 This is TeX, Version  3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
 ! I can't find file  `latex.lts'.
 * latex.lts
 






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Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?

- Original Message - 
From: John Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Users LyX lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst
are false  so no output. Any suggestions?

Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

 Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten  something!  Thanks.  I just did it.

 Results
 Creating latex.efmt...
 pdfetex.exe --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias 
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in 
\pdfoutput=1 \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm 
\pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 \pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in 
\input latex.ltx \dump

 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
 entering extended mode
 (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx 
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)

Is there actually a latex.ltx file in  (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx ?
I think you need to run initex latex.ltx from above directory first, if
there is a latex.ltx file located there, and then run Miktex Options Update.

I would also play it safe and run LyX -- Edit -- Reconfigure
even if it may be a very unneeded step, or a devious and subtle riposte.

If for some reason you can't run initex latex.ltx first and then run
latex ltxcheck.tex second and get all Oks, that should narrow the
field of problem causes substantially.
I'll check on preloaded format, unpacking and latex.dtx

 !! No syntax for the current directory could be found

I have both of those directories shown above installed on my computer.

I think the gremlin dongos may have et your latex.ltx,
Stephen

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?

Bugger. We're getting out of my depth on the LaTeX front.

The initex run was looking for the wrong file: should be 'initex
latex.ltx' (not .lts). The latex.ltx file should be in the
C:\MiKTeX\tex\latex\base directory (give or take adjusting the root path
of the MiKTeX install). Might be worth a try running that.

I'm bothered by the fact that the output from your format refresh seems
to be running pdfetex rather than etex, but I don't know if I should be.
When you ran latex against chklatex.ltx, it was (properly) etex that
ran, albeit unsuccessfully. One thing you could do just for the sake of
my curiosity is to take a look at the formats.ini file in the MiKTeX
config directory (sibling to the MiKTeX bin directory). In the section
labeled '[latex]', the compile should be 'etex' and the input should be
'latex.ltx'. It's a long-shot, but someone in the list encountered a
problem because 'latex.exe' was linked to pdflatex on his system.

You might want to take this to comp.text.tex on USENET, or to the help
forum for MiKTeX (http://www.miktex.org/fora.html).

Or you could try reposting here with a subject line like MiKTeX
installation help that might draw a guru. It's pretty clear that your
MiKTeX installation is broken, but I don't know why.

I'll be largely out of the loop until around 26 November, by the way.

Paul (who's brain is cramping)

John Kane wrote:

Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten something! Thanks. I just did it.

Results
Creating latex.efmt...

pdfetex.exe --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in \pdfoutput=1
\pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm \pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4
\pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in \input latex.ltx \dump
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
entering extended mode
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx (C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)

!! No syntax for the current directory could be found

[EMAIL PROTECTED] set to: .

Assuming \openin and \input
have the same search path.

--And much more dreck-

John Kane wrote:

Updates on the continuing (non) installation saga
This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday 14
Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important suggestions. I decided to
use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise and thought it
would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised the rather serious
limitations of it for handling a mail list.
Anyway
I did have an earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I was
trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are no
files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late yesterday and
this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and found nothing
suspicious.
Since then I have tried both the large and whole installations both from
the hard drive.
The last installation I also disabled my virus protection.
I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have hunted
down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf which was in
my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmflatex ltxcheck.tex with the
same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is, files not found
etc.
I then tried the c:\fmtutil –all with this result
C:\fmtutil --all
'fmtutil' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.

I tried “initex latex.lts Latex.lts does not seem to exist. A search of C drive did not find it.

C:\texmfinitex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file `latex.lts'.
* latex.lts

Re: change space between top line and text body


Marcelo Acuña wrote:


  I am using koma-script, scrbook, with scrpage2 package,
  How I can reduce space between top line and text body?


I am relatively sure that the koma-script documentation (scrguien.pdf) 
explains it. Also the following pages might help you:


http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Tips/paperLayout/paperDistances.png
http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PaperLayout
http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Units

If nothing helps send an example file and I'll have a look at it.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:


Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- Complete; contains all programs listed above
- Small; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: - GSview (optional)]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.


Does this mean that you can't print with GSview when it was installed 
using my installer? I tested this and it works for me without problems.
If Ghostscript (gswin32.exe) isn't yet installed my installer installs 
it and GSview knows then where the gswin32.exe is located. So I can't 
see your problem or need a better description.



How do you print without GSview? Well, maybe printing
from postscript is an unappreciated option for most users?


PDF is now THE printing format in most offices. But I decide to include 
it not to the Small installer because to install it you have to use 
its own installer (installing it silently directly with my installer is 
very very complicated).
So if it is not included the Small installer needn't to start external 
installers which simplifies the installations process.

But if also other users want GSview to be included I'll think about it.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:

I think the default install directory is C:\TexLive2005, I don't 
remember

any choice for changing the directory which is called TLroot
Don't know if this will help but I saw TLroot associated with the entry
for C:\TexLive2005 in
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Controlset001
\Control\Session Manager\Environment
(also TEXMFTEMP , TEXMFCNF, but nothing latex.exe specific)


SH: I am a computist rather than a developer, so take this ? with a
grain of salt as I'm asking out of curiousity. I thought the TLroot
value (the default C:\TexLive2005 in this case) could be used as
a variable to check for C:\TLroot\texmf\miktex\bin where latex.exe
lives? I'm in not challenging the method you adopted, just interested.


The problem are the different available installers for TeXLive on 
Windows. I cannot assure that all registry entries are set by all 
installers. After looking at


http://www.tug.org/texlive/windows.html

I decided to use the PATH variable to check for the path to the latex.exe.
But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?
If yes my method doesn't find but anyway I'll change the code to prevent 
these kind of bugs in the future.


thanks and regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

Stephen Harris wrote:

Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- Complete; contains all programs listed above
- Small; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: - GSview (optional)]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.

Does this mean that you can't print with GSview when it was installed 
using my installer? I tested this and it works for me without problems.
If Ghostscript (gswin32.exe) isn't yet installed my installer installs it 
and GSview knows then where the gswin32.exe is located. So I can't see 
your problem or need a better description.

No, I wrote perhaps a muddled:

I would have tested your installer and Angus earlier, but with my limited 
skills, I evaluate the success of the install using Tex

Information as one criteria, which the Angus install displays.

I meant that the reason I didn't test TeXlive2005, ProText, and
the Miktex .iso installs with both installers was because your
installer doesn't display Tex Information, which is one of my
testing criteria and the Angus installer does. So testing only
the Angus installer then required adding gsview to Path Prefix.
I guess I consider that a milder shortcoming since a user can
readily fix it. I suppose it is my biased preference for using
gsview which explains its lack of objective developer prioritizing.
Both installers certainly have merit; I tested yours only twice
mainly for the ability to install to C:\Lyx as well as Progra~1.

Regards,
Stephen

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


I wrote:


But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?


I forgot to ask if

C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin

was/is in your PATH variable when you installed TeXLive. If not what 
TeXLive stuff is in your PATH.



thanks and regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

Stephen Harris wrote:

I decided to use the PATH variable to check for the path to the latex.exe.
But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?
If yes my method doesn't find but anyway I'll change the code to prevent 
these kind of bugs in the future.

thanks and regards Uwe

Oh, I did that from memory, let me see.

Directory of E:\TeXLive2005

11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  .
11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  ..
11/07/2005  05:12 AM15,017 dir.txt
11/07/2005  01:08 AM83,041 tlpm.log
11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  texmf-local
11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  temp
11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  setup-win32
11/15/2005  04:53 PM 0 texliv05.txt
  3 File(s) 98,058 bytes
  5 Dir(s)   1,533,841,408 bytes free

SH: I'm getting short of space on my storage partition
which is why I deleted ProText. I'm not sure, this may
be just the directory I used to install from.

I will send sh.exe as an attachment. I will rename it
sh.zip because of filters so rename it back if you use it.

Regards,
Stephen

Re: about custom key bindings

Thank you Paul, people in the mailing list (including
you, of course) are really helpful. I appreciate it. I
also know and acknowledge that this is a big plus.
Regards,
Nusret

--- Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 11/14/05, Nusret BALCI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
 
  I know Scientific workplace from my MS thesis:
 It's
  reasonably well, but sometimes you need to tweak
 the
  Latex code anyway. For some reason you should be
  extremely careful doing that, because it tried to
 eat
  my document a couple of times when I was trying to
  write the abstract and bibliography. Thanks God I
 had
  multiple backups :). It sometimes does not
 cooperate
  well with other editors, and I guess that's the
 reason
  for incompatibility. You're right in that, it's
 not
  very reliable for sharing documents (at least I
 feel
  so).
  This is true even when you save the file as
 portable
  LaTeX and avoid all those TCI macros. Anyway, it's
 in
  fact a good piece of software, but if someone
 requests
  hundreds of dollars for something, they should be
  ready for all kinds of moaning and whining (like
 mine
  :)). And to be fair I used it a couple of years
 ago,
  so probably newer versions may be more robust.
 
  I don't know if you mean that, but I tried to set
 up
  emacs and auctex with preview mode but for some
 reason
  emacs keeps freezing and crushing on my machine:
 I'm
  not a big fan of it anyways:). Therefore I
 couldn't
  get to the preview mode at all:). Searching for a
  solution, I've seen an article on the web which
  mentioned LyX in just one line (it was about Vim
 vs.
  Emacs; namely something alien for a Windows user
 like
  me:)
 
  LyX fares well as the time being though, and I'm
  fairly impressed.
 
 Nusret,
 
 I was an user of Scientific WorkPlace, and I was
 extremely hesitant
 before migrating to LyX. Now, using LyX, I can tell
 you that I feel as
 having done the best choice. In short, LyX is an
 intelligent program
 made by intelligent people. Welcome to LyX and to
 this very helpful
 mailing list!
 
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Re: about the window just above the status bar

Interesting, thank you. Sorry for asking without
checking wiki, I'm just getting used to LyX, help
system, etc. 
Regards,

Nusret

--- Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Nusret BALCI wrote:
 
  Risking to sound silly, what's the window on the
  bottom part of main lyx window, just above the
 status
  bar for? It looks like kind of command line, but
 I'm
  not sure: it certainly doesn't understand LaTeX
  commands :), so it should have some other
  functionality. Probably not very important, but I
  wonder.
 
 You are right, it is some kind of command line. It
 is the so-called
 minibuffer and understands lfuns. See
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mini-buffer
 for more info.
 
 
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Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

I wrote:

But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?

I forgot to ask if

C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin

was/is in your PATH variable when you installed TeXLive. If not what 
TeXLive stuff is in your PATH.

thanks and regards Uwe

I've already cleaned my Windows path statement so
can't check it to be sure. I do remember using the
browse button in the Angus installer to navigate
to the Texlive2005 subdir containing latex.exe
because the installer would not let me proceed until
it found a latex.exe I think it was the path you give.

I have Miktex/latex.exe in my windows path statement now.
But that is something I do after I finish installing LyX, not
after installing Latex, not before. I don't remember if
TexLive appended by itself to the Windows path either.

So C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin was not in my
windows path before installing LyX. I might have put
it there afterwards before deleting it. I'm only sure
about manually inputting into the LyX installation.

I have to write out a grocery list now too,
Stephen

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:


I meant that the reason I didn't test TeXlive2005, ProText, and
the Miktex .iso installs with both installers was because your
installer doesn't display Tex Information, which is one of my
testing criteria and the Angus installer does.


I found the bug now. I simply forgot to ship the find.exe from MSYS 
with my installer.

I'll upload a new version of the installer soon.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

Stephen Harris wrote:

I meant that the reason I didn't test TeXlive2005, ProText, and
the Miktex .iso installs with both installers was because your
installer doesn't display Tex Information, which is one of my
testing criteria and the Angus installer does.

I found the bug now. I simply forgot to ship the find.exe from MSYS with 
my installer.

I'll upload a new version of the installer soon.

regards Uwe

Great! I will test it. TexLive2005 is still on my E: drive,
maybe enough of it to install. Do you still want to see
if your installer works with TexLive2005? I will have
some time later this week, though not the ProTeXt.
Did you run some sort of diff or comparison utility?

Regards,
Stephen

Re: add weight to a font

2005-11-15 Thread Roy Schestowitz


_/ On Tue 15 Nov 2005 21:18:37 GMT, [Marcelo Acuÿf1a] wrote : \_


Hello,
 I selected pslatex font size 10.
 How I can add weight to this font?
 (more bolder)

 Thanks in advance.

 Marcelo Acuña


pslatex  comes as-is and cannot be subjected to uniform customisation such
as   all   uppercase   or  bold  throughout  (unlike,   for   example,
(X)HTML/CSS).  If you wish to change the weight of fonts in your text, you
may  have to highlight all the text in the document and then hit CTRL+B or
Bold in the toolbar. Maybe an alternative solution evades me...

Hope it helps,

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Re: about the window just above the status bar

2005-11-15 Thread Georg Baum

Nusret BALCI wrote:

 Risking to sound silly, what's the window on the
 bottom part of main lyx window, just above the status
 bar for? It looks like kind of command line, but I'm
 not sure: it certainly doesn't understand LaTeX
 commands :), so it should have some other
 functionality. Probably not very important, but I
 wonder.

You are right, it is some kind of command line. It is the so-called
minibuffer and understands lfuns. See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mini-buffer
for more info.


Georg

second beta release of new LyXWin installer


Hello LyXers,

I'm proud to announce the second version (0.2) of the LyXWinInstaller:

http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117release_id=7989
(it could take a while until the download begins)

The installer sources are available here:

http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117release_id=7988

The source package also includes the language files. You could help to 
improve the internationalization if you translate some strings in the 
textfiles your_language.nsh and send it to me or to the project page.


--- General Info ---
The installer installs a full functional LaTeX-environment on Windows.
This is in detail

- math fonts needed by LyX
- needed python, perl, and UNIX shell files
- basic installation of MiKTeX
- ImageMagick
- Ghostscript
- Aspell
- GSview (optional)
- LyX 1.3.6 (with complete documentation)

The installer analyses your system and installs only the missing programs.

There are two versions available:

- Complete; contains all programs listed above
- Small; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
--- General Info ---

regards Uwe

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?

  Updates on the continuing (non)  installation saga
  This replies to a number of postings by  Steven and Paul over the Sunday 
14  Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I  have not missed any important suggestions. I 
decided to use Yahoo  mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise and 
thought it  would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised the  
rather serious limitations of it for handling a mail list.
  Anyway
  I did have an earlier installation of  LyX Small a few weeks ago when I 
was trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As  far as I have been able to tell, there are 
no files/folders left from  that attempt. I spend a good while late yesterday 
and this morning  checking.  Also checked for *.tex files and found nothing 
suspicious.
  Since then I have tried both the large  and whole installations both from 
the hard drive.
  The last installation I also disabled  my virus protection.
  I have checked and could not find any  rogue Latex.exe files and I have 
hunted down and exterminated the  localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf which 
was in my R folder. I  simply removed R for the moment. :)
  I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran  C:\texmflatex ltxcheck.tex with 
the same results as when I ran  the 'latex chklatex.ltx' .  That is, files not 
found etc.
  I then tried the c:\fmtutil  all  with this result
  C:\fmtutil --all
'fmtutil' is not  recognized as an internal or external 
command,
  operable program or  batch file.

  
I tried initex latex.lts  Latex.lts  does not seem to exist. A search of C 
drive did not find it.
   C:\texmfinitex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version  3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file  `latex.lts'.
* latex.lts

  You suggested that I try printing  outside the LyX environment but I have not 
 a clue how to do this.  Nothing re printing etc can be seen in the View menu.  
As noted  before I cannot print or export except in ASCII. Custom export leaves 
 me with a blank command line.  Should I be able to type in a command?  
  I just noticed from the mailing list  that a new LyX installer is out.  I 
may bring in the exterminators  again, sanitize the machine and give it a try.
  Thanks for all the help so far. I  certainly have learned a lot (most of 
it useful :)  and recalled a  bunch of DOS commands I would happily had remain 
forgotten.
  John Kane, Kingston ON  Canada

  
  


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Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

the new installer version 0.2

https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117release_id=7989

now recognizes also TeXLive.
The various TeXLive Win-installers don't write something special to the
registry so that I serach for the path to the latex.exe in the PATH
variable.

Stephen, can you find out if TeXlive has an entry in the registry so
that the Windows installer can check for its existence?

I think the default install directory is C:\TexLive2005, I don't remember
any choice for changing the directory which is called TLroot
Don't know if this will help but I saw TLroot associated with the entry
for C:\TexLive2005 in
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Controlset001
\Control\Session Manager\Environment
(also TEXMFTEMP , TEXMFCNF, but nothing latex.exe specific)

SH: I am a computist rather than a developer, so take this ? with a
grain of salt as I'm asking out of curiousity. I thought the TLroot
value (the default C:\TexLive2005 in this case) could be used as
a variable to check for C:\TLroot\texmf\miktex\bin where latex.exe
lives? I'm in not challenging the method you adopted, just interested.
I think the ~\texmf\miktex\bin\*.exe is the required structure.

If a user installs protext then MiKTeX is installed as LaTeX
distribution, so no change in the code was needed.
(btw. the protext bundle is the same as my complete installer for LyX,
it also comes with all necessary programs like GSView, spellchecker etc.)

With the Angus installer I had to use the browse icon to navigate
to latex.exe even though ProText uses the Miktex installation.
Only our standard Miktex installation is recognized by default.

The Miktex developer stated that the Miktex full iso was going
(http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/category/1005.aspx)
to be used for the Miktex in ProText released along with TL2005
on the dvd only. ProTeXt includes the trial version of WinEdt but
there is very little difference between the Protext cd and the Miktex cd.
The Protext version has a different gui for updating Miktex.

Stephen could you please test if the installer recognizes your TeXLive
distribution (when thepath to the latex.exe of TeXLive is in the PATH 
variable). Many thanks in advance.
(When you also have MiKTeX installed LyXWin will use this one instead of 
TeXLive because MiKTeX is much easier to use, especially when a 
LaTeX-package is missing and should be installed.)

regards Uwe

I got into a discussion with Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Subject: Re: TeXLive 2005, LyX and Windows xp
about the relative merits of switching to ProText from
the web install of Miktex. So I tried TexLive2005 full install first, and
it was bloated. I then tried Protext which has almost the same version
number as the Mitex cd  md-2.4.2025.iso.bz2 19-Jul-2005 14:34 340M
which worked well enough, but it comes bundled with TeXnicCenter
which is no help for a LyX user and a soso Mitex Options gui.

So after deleting Texlive2005 and ProText, I tested the Mitex iso
and that worked very well. But then I had occasion to investigate
a net install of Mitex. So I deleted the Mixtex cd install and used
the Miktex net total install choosing to store all the cabs on disk.
This also works great and seems very close in content to the full iso.

To make a long story short, I've already deleted the TeXlive2005
and am using the net installed Miktex for troubleshooting now. I
would have tested your installer and Angus earlier, but with my
limited skills, I evaluate the success of the install using Tex
Information as one criteria, which the Angus install displays. I
didn't test the Angus 1.3.7 install with the other Miktex/Protext
versions because I like to install LyX to C:\LyX, which both of
the WinLyX 1.3.6 installers do well. I do like your installer.

Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- Complete; contains all programs listed above
- Small; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: - GSview (optional)]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.

How do you print without GSview? Well, maybe printing
from postscript is an unappreciated option for most users?
Maybe because pdf is available, but postscript has text
extract that works on some pdf files when Adobe doesn't.

Regards,
Stephen

change space between top line and text body

Hello,
  I am using koma-script, scrbook, with scrpage2 package,
  How I can reduce space between top line and text body?
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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align left and hyphenation

Hello,
  I want use align left in my book but when
  changed from align justified I lost 
  hyphenation.
  This spent a lot of pages.
  How I can get align left and hyphention?
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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add weight to a font

Hello,
  I selected pslatex font size 10.
  How I can add weight to this font?
  (more bolder)
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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Re: align left and hyphenation

2005-11-15 Thread Helge Hafting

On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:15:48PM -0300, Marcelo Acuÿf1a wrote:
 Hello,
   I want use align left in my book but when
   changed from align justified I lost 
   hyphenation.
   This spent a lot of pages.
   How I can get align left and hyphention?

I don'�t know if this is even possible.  It could be, but
as far as I know, hyphenation is turned on _because_ you
use justification.  Good justification is impossible
without hyphenation, or the interword spacing would be
way too big sometimes. This problem doesn't exist with left 
align - then the line simply ends when there isn't
enough room for the next word.  Some will also say that the point of
using left align is to avoid the hyphens.

I wonder though, why you would even want to print a book left
aligned.  Some special reason?  Usually, it is quite ugly
and looks unprofessional.  Like it was made with an amateur tool
like word - or by someone who don't know better.  But of course there
may be valid and good reasons for doing so.  Still, look at
some random books from ordinary publishers and I don't think you 
find any set left aligned.

Helge Hafting

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

John Kane wrote:

I tried “initex latex.lts Latex.lts does not seem to exist. A search of C drive did not find it.

C:\texmfinitex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file `latex.lts'.
* latex.lts

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?



Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program 
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did 
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

  Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten  something!  Thanks.  I just did it.

  Results 
  Creating latex.efmt...
  pdfetex.exe --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias  
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in  
\pdfoutput=1 \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm  
\pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 \pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in  \input 
latex.ltx \dump
  This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
  entering extended mode
  (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx (C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)


  !! No syntax for the current directory could be found



  [EMAIL PROTECTED] set to: .


  Assuming \openin and \input 
  have the same search path.
  --And much more dreck-

John Kane wrote:
   Updates on the continuing (non)  installation saga
  This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday  14 
  Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important  suggestions. I 
 decided to use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use  it much otherwise 
 and thought it would keep things separate.  Unfortunately I had not realised 
 the rather serious limitations of it  for handling a mail list.
   Anyway
 I did have an  earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I was 
 trying to  install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are 
 no  files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late  
 yesterday and this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and  found 
 nothing suspicious.
   Since then I have tried both the large  and whole installations both 
 from the hard drive.
   The last installation I also disabled  my virus protection.
  I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have  
 hunted down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only  texmf 
 which was in my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
  I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmflatex ltxcheck.tex  with the 
 same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is,  files not 
 found etc.
   I then tried the c:\fmtutil  all  with this result
   C:\fmtutil --all
 'fmtutil' is not  recognized as an internal or external 
 command,
   operable program or  batch file.
 
   
 I tried initex latex.lts  Latex.lts  does not seem to exist. A search of 
 C drive did not find it.
C:\texmfinitex latex.lts
 This is TeX, Version  3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
 ! I can't find file  `latex.lts'.
 * latex.lts
 






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Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?

- Original Message - 
From: John Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Users LyX lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst
are false  so no output. Any suggestions?

Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

 Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten  something!  Thanks.  I just did it.

 Results
 Creating latex.efmt...
 pdfetex.exe --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias 
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in 
\pdfoutput=1 \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm 
\pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 \pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in 
\input latex.ltx \dump

 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
 entering extended mode
 (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx 
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)

Is there actually a latex.ltx file in  (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx ?
I think you need to run initex latex.ltx from above directory first, if
there is a latex.ltx file located there, and then run Miktex Options Update.

I would also play it safe and run LyX -- Edit -- Reconfigure
even if it may be a very unneeded step, or a devious and subtle riposte.

If for some reason you can't run initex latex.ltx first and then run
latex ltxcheck.tex second and get all Oks, that should narrow the
field of problem causes substantially.
I'll check on preloaded format, unpacking and latex.dtx

 !! No syntax for the current directory could be found

I have both of those directories shown above installed on my computer.

I think the gremlin dongos may have et your latex.ltx,
Stephen

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are false so no output. Any suggestions?

Bugger. We're getting out of my depth on the LaTeX front.

You might want to take this to comp.text.tex on USENET, or to the help
forum for MiKTeX (http://www.miktex.org/fora.html).

Or you could try reposting here with a subject line like MiKTeX
installation help that might draw a guru. It's pretty clear that your
MiKTeX installation is broken, but I don't know why.

I'll be largely out of the loop until around 26 November, by the way.

Paul (who's brain is cramping)

John Kane wrote:

Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten something! Thanks. I just did it.

Results
Creating latex.efmt...

!! No syntax for the current directory could be found

[EMAIL PROTECTED] set to: .

Assuming \openin and \input
have the same search path.

--And much more dreck-

John Kane wrote:

Updates on the continuing (non) installation saga
This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday 14
Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important suggestions. I decided to
use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise and thought it
would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised the rather serious
limitations of it for handling a mail list.
Anyway
I did have an earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I was
trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are no
files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late yesterday and
this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and found nothing
suspicious.
Since then I have tried both the large and whole installations both from
the hard drive.
The last installation I also disabled my virus protection.
I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have hunted
down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf which was in
my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmflatex ltxcheck.tex with the
same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is, files not found
etc.
I then tried the c:\fmtutil –all with this result
C:\fmtutil --all
'fmtutil' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.

I tried “initex latex.lts Latex.lts does not seem to exist. A search of C drive did not find it.

C:\texmfinitex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file `latex.lts'.
* latex.lts

Re: change space between top line and text body


Marcelo Acuña wrote:


  I am using koma-script, scrbook, with scrpage2 package,
  How I can reduce space between top line and text body?


I am relatively sure that the koma-script documentation (scrguien.pdf) 
explains it. Also the following pages might help you:


http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Tips/paperLayout/paperDistances.png
http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PaperLayout
http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Units

If nothing helps send an example file and I'll have a look at it.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:


Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- Complete; contains all programs listed above
- Small; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: - GSview (optional)]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.


Does this mean that you can't print with GSview when it was installed 
using my installer? I tested this and it works for me without problems.
If Ghostscript (gswin32.exe) isn't yet installed my installer installs 
it and GSview knows then where the gswin32.exe is located. So I can't 
see your problem or need a better description.



How do you print without GSview? Well, maybe printing
from postscript is an unappreciated option for most users?


PDF is now THE printing format in most offices. But I decide to include 
it not to the Small installer because to install it you have to use 
its own installer (installing it silently directly with my installer is 
very very complicated).
So if it is not included the Small installer needn't to start external 
installers which simplifies the installations process.

But if also other users want GSview to be included I'll think about it.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:

I think the default install directory is C:\TexLive2005, I don't 
remember

any choice for changing the directory which is called TLroot
Don't know if this will help but I saw TLroot associated with the entry
for C:\TexLive2005 in
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Controlset001
\Control\Session Manager\Environment
(also TEXMFTEMP , TEXMFCNF, but nothing latex.exe specific)


SH: I am a computist rather than a developer, so take this ? with a
grain of salt as I'm asking out of curiousity. I thought the TLroot
value (the default C:\TexLive2005 in this case) could be used as
a variable to check for C:\TLroot\texmf\miktex\bin where latex.exe
lives? I'm in not challenging the method you adopted, just interested.


The problem are the different available installers for TeXLive on 
Windows. I cannot assure that all registry entries are set by all 
installers. After looking at


http://www.tug.org/texlive/windows.html

I decided to use the PATH variable to check for the path to the latex.exe.
But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?
If yes my method doesn't find but anyway I'll change the code to prevent 
these kind of bugs in the future.


thanks and regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

Stephen Harris wrote:

Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- Complete; contains all programs listed above
- Small; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: - GSview (optional)]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.

Does this mean that you can't print with GSview when it was installed 
using my installer? I tested this and it works for me without problems.
If Ghostscript (gswin32.exe) isn't yet installed my installer installs it 
and GSview knows then where the gswin32.exe is located. So I can't see 
your problem or need a better description.

No, I wrote perhaps a muddled:

I would have tested your installer and Angus earlier, but with my limited 
skills, I evaluate the success of the install using Tex

Information as one criteria, which the Angus install displays.

I meant that the reason I didn't test TeXlive2005, ProText, and
the Miktex .iso installs with both installers was because your
installer doesn't display Tex Information, which is one of my
testing criteria and the Angus installer does. So testing only
the Angus installer then required adding gsview to Path Prefix.
I guess I consider that a milder shortcoming since a user can
readily fix it. I suppose it is my biased preference for using
gsview which explains its lack of objective developer prioritizing.
Both installers certainly have merit; I tested yours only twice
mainly for the ability to install to C:\Lyx as well as Progra~1.

Regards,
Stephen

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


I wrote:


But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?


I forgot to ask if

C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin

was/is in your PATH variable when you installed TeXLive. If not what 
TeXLive stuff is in your PATH.



thanks and regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

Stephen Harris wrote:

I decided to use the PATH variable to check for the path to the latex.exe.
But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?
If yes my method doesn't find but anyway I'll change the code to prevent 
these kind of bugs in the future.

thanks and regards Uwe

Oh, I did that from memory, let me see.

Directory of E:\TeXLive2005

11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  .
11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  ..
11/07/2005  05:12 AM15,017 dir.txt
11/07/2005  01:08 AM83,041 tlpm.log
11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  texmf-local
11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  temp
11/07/2005  11:20 PMDIR  setup-win32
11/15/2005  04:53 PM 0 texliv05.txt
  3 File(s) 98,058 bytes
  5 Dir(s)   1,533,841,408 bytes free

SH: I'm getting short of space on my storage partition
which is why I deleted ProText. I'm not sure, this may
be just the directory I used to install from.

I will send sh.exe as an attachment. I will rename it
sh.zip because of filters so rename it back if you use it.

Regards,
Stephen

Re: about custom key bindings

Thank you Paul, people in the mailing list (including
you, of course) are really helpful. I appreciate it. I
also know and acknowledge that this is a big plus.
Regards,
Nusret

--- Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 11/14/05, Nusret BALCI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
 
  I know Scientific workplace from my MS thesis:
 It's
  reasonably well, but sometimes you need to tweak
 the
  Latex code anyway. For some reason you should be
  extremely careful doing that, because it tried to
 eat
  my document a couple of times when I was trying to
  write the abstract and bibliography. Thanks God I
 had
  multiple backups :). It sometimes does not
 cooperate
  well with other editors, and I guess that's the
 reason
  for incompatibility. You're right in that, it's
 not
  very reliable for sharing documents (at least I
 feel
  so).
  This is true even when you save the file as
 portable
  LaTeX and avoid all those TCI macros. Anyway, it's
 in
  fact a good piece of software, but if someone
 requests
  hundreds of dollars for something, they should be
  ready for all kinds of moaning and whining (like
 mine
  :)). And to be fair I used it a couple of years
 ago,
  so probably newer versions may be more robust.
 
  I don't know if you mean that, but I tried to set
 up
  emacs and auctex with preview mode but for some
 reason
  emacs keeps freezing and crushing on my machine:
 I'm
  not a big fan of it anyways:). Therefore I
 couldn't
  get to the preview mode at all:). Searching for a
  solution, I've seen an article on the web which
  mentioned LyX in just one line (it was about Vim
 vs.
  Emacs; namely something alien for a Windows user
 like
  me:)
 
  LyX fares well as the time being though, and I'm
  fairly impressed.
 
 Nusret,
 
 I was an user of Scientific WorkPlace, and I was
 extremely hesitant
 before migrating to LyX. Now, using LyX, I can tell
 you that I feel as
 having done the best choice. In short, LyX is an
 intelligent program
 made by intelligent people. Welcome to LyX and to
 this very helpful
 mailing list!
 
 Paul
 




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Re: about the window just above the status bar

Interesting, thank you. Sorry for asking without
checking wiki, I'm just getting used to LyX, help
system, etc. 
Regards,

Nusret

--- Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Nusret BALCI wrote:
 
  Risking to sound silly, what's the window on the
  bottom part of main lyx window, just above the
 status
  bar for? It looks like kind of command line, but
 I'm
  not sure: it certainly doesn't understand LaTeX
  commands :), so it should have some other
  functionality. Probably not very important, but I
  wonder.
 
 You are right, it is some kind of command line. It
 is the so-called
 minibuffer and understands lfuns. See
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mini-buffer
 for more info.
 
 
 Georg
 
 





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Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

I wrote:

But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?

I forgot to ask if

C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin

was/is in your PATH variable when you installed TeXLive. If not what 
TeXLive stuff is in your PATH.

thanks and regards Uwe

I've already cleaned my Windows path statement so
can't check it to be sure. I do remember using the
browse button in the Angus installer to navigate
to the Texlive2005 subdir containing latex.exe
because the installer would not let me proceed until
it found a latex.exe I think it was the path you give.

I have Miktex/latex.exe in my windows path statement now.
But that is something I do after I finish installing LyX, not
after installing Latex, not before. I don't remember if
TexLive appended by itself to the Windows path either.

So C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin was not in my
windows path before installing LyX. I might have put
it there afterwards before deleting it. I'm only sure
about manually inputting into the LyX installation.

I have to write out a grocery list now too,
Stephen

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:


I meant that the reason I didn't test TeXlive2005, ProText, and
the Miktex .iso installs with both installers was because your
installer doesn't display Tex Information, which is one of my
testing criteria and the Angus installer does.


I found the bug now. I simply forgot to ship the find.exe from MSYS 
with my installer.

I'll upload a new version of the installer soon.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

Stephen Harris wrote:

I meant that the reason I didn't test TeXlive2005, ProText, and
the Miktex .iso installs with both installers was because your
installer doesn't display Tex Information, which is one of my
testing criteria and the Angus installer does.

I found the bug now. I simply forgot to ship the find.exe from MSYS with 
my installer.

I'll upload a new version of the installer soon.

regards Uwe

Great! I will test it. TexLive2005 is still on my E: drive,
maybe enough of it to install. Do you still want to see
if your installer works with TexLive2005? I will have
some time later this week, though not the ProTeXt.
Did you run some sort of diff or comparison utility?

Regards,
Stephen

Re: add weight to a font

2005-11-15 Thread Roy Schestowitz


_/ On Tue 15 Nov 2005 21:18:37 GMT, [Marcelo Acuÿf1a] wrote : \_


Hello,
 I selected pslatex font size 10.
 How I can add weight to this font?
 (more bolder)

 Thanks in advance.

 Marcelo Acuña


pslatex  comes as-is and cannot be subjected to uniform customisation such
as   all   uppercase   or  bold  throughout  (unlike,   for   example,
(X)HTML/CSS).  If you wish to change the weight of fonts in your text, you
may  have to highlight all the text in the document and then hit CTRL+B or
Bold in the toolbar. Maybe an alternative solution evades me...

Hope it helps,

Roy

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Re: about the window just above the status bar

2005-11-15 Thread Georg Baum

Nusret BALCI wrote:

> Risking to sound silly, what's the window on the
> bottom part of main lyx window, just above the status
> bar for? It looks like kind of command line, but I'm
> not sure: it certainly doesn't understand LaTeX
> commands :), so it should have some other
> functionality. Probably not very important, but I
> wonder.

You are right, it is some kind of command line. It is the so-called
minibuffer and understands "lfuns". See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mini-buffer
for more info.

Georg

second beta release of new LyXWin installer


Hello LyXers,

I'm proud to announce the second version (0.2) of the LyXWinInstaller:

http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117_id=7989
(it could take a while until the download begins)

The installer sources are available here:

http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117_id=7988

The source package also includes the language files. You could help to 
improve the internationalization if you translate some strings in the 
textfiles "your_language.nsh" and send it to me or to the project page.


--- General Info ---
The installer installs a full functional LaTeX-environment on Windows.
This is in detail

- math fonts needed by LyX
- needed python, perl, and UNIX shell files
- basic installation of MiKTeX
- ImageMagick
- Ghostscript
- Aspell
- GSview (optional)
- LyX 1.3.6 (with complete documentation)

The installer analyses your system and installs only the missing programs.

There are two versions available:

- "Complete"; contains all programs listed above
- "Small"; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
--- General Info ---

regards Uwe

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are "false " so no output. Any suggestions?

  Updates on the continuing (non)  installation saga
  This replies to a number of postings by  Steven and Paul over the Sunday 
14 & Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I  have not missed any important suggestions. I 
decided to use Yahoo  mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise and 
thought it  would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised the  
rather serious limitations of it for handling a mail list.
  Anyway
  I did have an earlier installation of  LyX Small a few weeks ago when I 
was trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As  far as I have been able to tell, there are 
no files/folders left from  that attempt. I spend a good while late yesterday 
and this morning  checking.  Also checked for *.tex files and found nothing 
suspicious.
  Since then I have tried both the large  and whole installations both from 
the hard drive.
  The last installation I also disabled  my virus protection.
  I have checked and could not find any  rogue Latex.exe files and I have 
hunted down and exterminated the  localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf which 
was in my R folder. I  simply removed R for the moment. :)
  I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran  C:\texmf>latex ltxcheck.tex with 
the same results as when I ran  the 'latex chklatex.ltx' .  That is, files not 
found etc.
  I then tried the c:\fmtutil  all  with this result
  C:\>fmtutil --all
'fmtutil' is not  recognized as an internal or external 
command,
  operable program or  batch file.

  
I tried initex latex.lts  Latex.lts  does not seem to exist. A search of C 
drive did not find it.
   C:\texmf>initex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version  3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file  `latex.lts'.
<*> latex.lts

  You suggested that I try printing  outside the LyX environment but I have not 
 a clue how to do this.  Nothing re printing etc can be seen in the View menu.  
As noted  before I cannot print or export except in ASCII. Custom export leaves 
 me with a blank command line.  Should I be able to type in a command?  
  I just noticed from the mailing list  that a new LyX installer is out.  I 
may bring in the exterminators  again, sanitize the machine and give it a try.
  Thanks for all the help so far. I  certainly have learned a lot (most of 
it useful :)  and recalled a  bunch of DOS commands I would happily had remain 
forgotten.
  John Kane, Kingston ON  Canada

  
  


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Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

the new installer version 0.2

https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117_id=7989

now recognizes also TeXLive.
The various TeXLive Win-installers don't write something special to the
registry so that I serach for the path to the latex.exe in the PATH
variable.

Stephen, can you find out if TeXlive has an entry in the registry so
that the Windows installer can check for its existence?

I think the default install directory is C:\TexLive2005, I don't remember
any choice for changing the directory which is called "TLroot"
Don't know if this will help but I saw TLroot associated with the entry
for C:\TexLive2005 in
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Controlset001
\Control\Session Manager\Environment
(also TEXMFTEMP , TEXMFCNF, but nothing latex.exe specific)

SH: I am a computist rather than a developer, so take this ? with a
grain of salt as I'm asking out of curiousity. I thought the TLroot
value (the default C:\TexLive2005 in this case) could be used as
a variable to check for C:\TLroot\texmf\miktex\bin where latex.exe
lives? I'm in not challenging the method you adopted, just interested.
I think the ~\texmf\miktex\bin\*.exe is the required structure.

If a user installs "protext" then MiKTeX is installed as LaTeX
distribution, so no change in the code was needed.
(btw. the protext bundle is the same as my "complete" installer for LyX,
it also comes with all necessary programs like GSView, spellchecker etc.)

With the Angus installer I had to use the browse icon to navigate
to latex.exe even though ProText uses the Miktex installation.
Only our "standard" Miktex installation is recognized by default.

The Miktex developer stated that the Miktex full iso was going
(http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/category/1005.aspx)
to be used for the Miktex in ProText released along with TL2005
on the dvd only. ProTeXt includes the trial version of WinEdt but
there is very little difference between the Protext cd and the Miktex cd.
The Protext version has a different gui for updating Miktex.

Stephen could you please test if the installer recognizes your TeXLive
distribution (when thepath to the latex.exe of TeXLive is in the PATH 
variable). Many thanks in advance.
(When you also have MiKTeX installed LyXWin will use this one instead of 
TeXLive because MiKTeX is much easier to use, especially when a 
LaTeX-package is missing and should be installed.)

regards Uwe

I got into a discussion with Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Subject: Re: TeXLive 2005, LyX and Windows xp
about the relative merits of switching to ProText from
the web install of Miktex. So I tried TexLive2005 full install first, and
it was bloated. I then tried Protext which has almost the same version
number as the Mitex cd  md-2.4.2025.iso.bz2 19-Jul-2005 14:34 340M
which worked well enough, but it comes bundled with TeXnicCenter
which is no help for a LyX user and a soso Mitex Options gui.

So after deleting Texlive2005 and ProText, I tested the Mitex iso
and that worked very well. But then I had occasion to investigate
a net install of Mitex. So I deleted the Mixtex cd install and used
the Miktex net total install choosing to store all the cabs on disk.
This also works great and seems very close in content to the full iso.

To make a long story short, I've already deleted the TeXlive2005
and am using the net installed Miktex for troubleshooting now. I
would have tested your installer and Angus earlier, but with my
limited skills, I evaluate the success of the install using Tex
Information as one criteria, which the Angus install displays. I
didn't test the Angus 1.3.7 install with the other Miktex/Protext
versions because I like to install LyX to C:\LyX, which both of
the WinLyX 1.3.6 installers do well. I do like your installer.

Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- "Complete"; contains all programs listed above
- "Small"; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: "- GSview (optional)"]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.

How do you print without GSview? Well, maybe printing
from postscript is an unappreciated option for most users?
Maybe because pdf is available, but postscript has text
extract that works on some pdf files when Adobe doesn't.

Regards,
Stephen

change space between top line and text body

Hello,
  I am using koma-script, scrbook, with scrpage2 package,
  How I can reduce space between top line and text body?
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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align left and hyphenation

Hello,
  I want use align left in my book but when
  changed from align justified I lost 
  hyphenation.
  This spent a lot of pages.
  How I can get align left and hyphention?
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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add weight to a font

Hello,
  I selected pslatex font size 10.
  How I can add weight to this font?
  (more bolder)
   
  Thanks in advance.
   
  Marcelo Acuña
   


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Re: align left and hyphenation

2005-11-15 Thread Helge Hafting

On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:15:48PM -0300, Marcelo Acuÿf1a wrote:
> Hello,
>   I want use align left in my book but when
>   changed from align justified I lost 
>   hyphenation.
>   This spent a lot of pages.
>   How I can get align left and hyphention?
>
I don'�t know if this is even possible.  It could be, but
as far as I know, hyphenation is turned on _because_ you
use justification.  Good justification is impossible
without hyphenation, or the interword spacing would be
way too big sometimes. This problem doesn't exist with left 
align - then the line simply ends when there isn't
enough room for the next word.  Some will also say that the point of
using left align is to avoid the hyphens.

I wonder though, why you would even want to print a book left
aligned.  Some special reason?  Usually, it is quite ugly
and looks unprofessional.  Like it was made with an amateur tool
like word - or by someone who don't know better.  But of course there
may be valid and good reasons for doing so.  Still, look at
some random books from ordinary publishers and I don't think you 
find any set left aligned.

Helge Hafting

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are "false " so no output. Any suggestions?

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

John Kane wrote:

Updates on the continuing (non) installation saga
This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday 14
& Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important suggestions. I
decided to use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise and
thought it would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised the
rather serious limitations of it for handling a mail list.
Anyway
I did have an earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I
was trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are
no files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late yesterday
and this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and found nothing
suspicious.
Since then I have tried both the large and whole installations both from
the hard drive.
The last installation I also disabled my virus protection.
I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have
hunted down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf which
was in my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmf>latex ltxcheck.tex with
the same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is, files not
found etc.
I then tried the c:\fmtutil –all with this result
C:\>fmtutil --all
'fmtutil' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.

I tried “initex latex.lts Latex.lts does not seem to exist. A search of C drive did not find it.

C:\texmf>initex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file `latex.lts'.
<*> latex.lts

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are "false " so no output. Any suggestions?

"Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program 
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did 
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

  Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten  something!  Thanks.  I just did it.

  Results 
  Creating "latex.efmt"...
  "pdfetex.exe" --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias  
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in  
\pdfoutput=1 \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm  
\pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 \pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in  \input 
latex.ltx \dump
  This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
  entering extended mode
  (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx (C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)

  !! No syntax for the current directory could be found

  [EMAIL PROTECTED] set to: .

  Assuming \openin and \input 
  have the same search path.
  --And much more dreck-

John Kane wrote:
>   Updates on the continuing (non)  installation saga
>  This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday  14 
> & Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important  suggestions. I 
> decided to use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use  it much otherwise 
> and thought it would keep things separate.  Unfortunately I had not realised 
> the rather serious limitations of it  for handling a mail list.
>   Anyway
> I did have an  earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I was 
> trying to  install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are 
> no  files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late  
> yesterday and this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and  found 
> nothing suspicious.
>   Since then I have tried both the large  and whole installations both 
> from the hard drive.
>   The last installation I also disabled  my virus protection.
>  I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have  
> hunted down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only  texmf 
> which was in my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
>  I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmf>latex ltxcheck.tex  with the 
> same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is,  files not 
> found etc.
>   I then tried the c:\fmtutil  all  with this result
>   C:\>fmtutil --all
> 'fmtutil' is not  recognized as an internal or external 
> command,
>   operable program or  batch file.
> 
>   
> I tried initex latex.lts  Latex.lts  does not seem to exist. A search of 
> C drive did not find it.
>C:\texmf>initex latex.lts
> This is TeX, Version  3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
> ! I can't find file  `latex.lts'.
> <*> latex.lts
> 

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Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are "false " so no output. Any suggestions?

- Original Message - 
From: "John Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Users LyX" 
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst
are "false " so no output. Any suggestions?

"Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

 Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten  something!  Thanks.  I just did it.

 Results
 Creating "latex.efmt"...
 "pdfetex.exe" --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias 
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in 
\pdfoutput=1 \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm 
\pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 \pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in 
\input latex.ltx \dump

 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
 entering extended mode
 (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx 
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)

Is there actually a latex.ltx file in  (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx ?
I think you need to run "initex latex.ltx" from above directory first, if
there is a latex.ltx file located there, and then run Miktex Options Update.

I would also play it safe and run LyX --> Edit --> Reconfigure
even if it may be a very unneeded step, or a devious and subtle riposte.

If for some reason you can't run initex latex.ltx first and then run
latex ltxcheck.tex second and get all Oks, that should narrow the
field of problem causes substantially.
I'll check on "preloaded format", unpacking and latex.dtx

 !! No syntax for the current directory could be found

I have both of those directories shown above installed on my computer.

I think the gremlin dongos may have et your latex.ltx,
Stephen

Re: Installation Problem. All entries in Textclass.lst are "false " so no output. Any suggestions?

Bugger. We're getting out of my depth on the LaTeX front.

You might want to take this to comp.text.tex on USENET, or to the help
forum for MiKTeX (http://www.miktex.org/fora.html).

Or you could try reposting here with a subject line like "MiKTeX
installation help" that might draw a guru. It's pretty clear that your
MiKTeX installation is broken, but I don't know why.

I'll be largely out of the loop until around 26 November, by the way.

Paul (who's brain is cramping)

John Kane wrote:

"Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

John,

Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?

Paul

Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten something! Thanks. I just did it.

Results
Creating "latex.efmt"...

"pdfetex.exe" --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in \pdfoutput=1
\pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm \pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4
\pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in \input latex.ltx \dump
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
entering extended mode
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx (C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)

!! No syntax for the current directory could be found

[EMAIL PROTECTED] set to: .

Assuming \openin and \input
have the same search path.

--And much more dreck-

John Kane wrote:

Updates on the continuing (non) installation saga
This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday 14 &
Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important suggestions. I decided to
use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise and thought it
would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised the rather serious
limitations of it for handling a mail list.
Anyway
I did have an earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I was
trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are no
files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late yesterday and
this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and found nothing
suspicious.
Since then I have tried both the large and whole installations both from
the hard drive.
The last installation I also disabled my virus protection.
I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have hunted
down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf which was in
my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmf>latex ltxcheck.tex with the
same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is, files not found
etc.
I then tried the c:\fmtutil –all with this result
C:\>fmtutil --all
'fmtutil' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.

I tried “initex latex.lts Latex.lts does not seem to exist. A search of C drive did not find it.

C:\texmf>initex latex.lts
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
! I can't find file `latex.lts'.
<*> latex.lts

Re: change space between top line and text body


Marcelo Acuña wrote:


  I am using koma-script, scrbook, with scrpage2 package,
  How I can reduce space between top line and text body?


I am relatively sure that the koma-script documentation (scrguien.pdf) 
explains it. Also the following pages might help you:


http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Tips/paperLayout/paperDistances.png
http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PaperLayout
http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Units

If nothing helps send an example file and I'll have a look at it.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:


Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- "Complete"; contains all programs listed above
- "Small"; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: "- GSview (optional)"]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.


Does this mean that you can't print with GSview when it was installed 
using my installer? I tested this and it works for me without problems.
If Ghostscript (gswin32.exe) isn't yet installed my installer installs 
it and GSview knows then where the gswin32.exe is located. So I can't 
see your problem or need a better description.



How do you print without GSview? Well, maybe printing
from postscript is an unappreciated option for most users?


PDF is now THE printing format in most offices. But I decide to include 
it not to the "Small" installer because to install it you have to use 
its own installer (installing it silently directly with my installer is 
very very complicated).
So if it is not included the Small installer needn't to start external 
installers which simplifies the installations process.

But if also other users want GSview to be included I'll think about it.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:

I think the default install directory is C:\TexLive2005, I don't 
remember

any choice for changing the directory which is called "TLroot"
Don't know if this will help but I saw TLroot associated with the entry
for C:\TexLive2005 in
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Controlset001
\Control\Session Manager\Environment
(also TEXMFTEMP , TEXMFCNF, but nothing latex.exe specific)


SH: I am a computist rather than a developer, so take this ? with a
grain of salt as I'm asking out of curiousity. I thought the TLroot
value (the default C:\TexLive2005 in this case) could be used as
a variable to check for C:\TLroot\texmf\miktex\bin where latex.exe
lives? I'm in not challenging the method you adopted, just interested.


The problem are the different available installers for TeXLive on 
Windows. I cannot assure that all registry entries are set by all 
installers. After looking at


http://www.tug.org/texlive/windows.html

I decided to use the PATH variable to check for the path to the latex.exe.
But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?
If yes my method doesn't find but anyway I'll change the code to prevent 
these kind of bugs in the future.


thanks and regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

Stephen Harris wrote:

Also Uwe wrote: There are two versions available:

- "Complete"; contains all programs listed above
- "Small"; doesn't contain MiKTeX and GSview
   (to reduce the download time)
[and from beta post: "- GSview (optional)"]

SH: I don't seem to be able to print when using the
Postscript viewer unless I've installed gswin32.exe
I have each time been adding it to Path Prefix and
on the overly safe side using the absolute path to
C:\ghostgum\gsview\gswin32 under File formats.

Does this mean that you can't print with GSview when it was installed 
using my installer? I tested this and it works for me without problems.
If Ghostscript (gswin32.exe) isn't yet installed my installer installs it 
and GSview knows then where the gswin32.exe is located. So I can't see 
your problem or need a better description.

No, I wrote perhaps a muddled:

I would have tested your installer and Angus earlier, but with my limited 
skills, I evaluate the success of the install using Tex

Information as one criteria, which the Angus install displays.

I meant that the reason I didn't test TeXlive2005, ProText, and
the Miktex .iso installs with both installers was because your
installer doesn't display Tex Information, which is one of my
testing criteria and the Angus installer does. So testing only
the Angus installer then required adding gsview to Path Prefix.
I guess I consider that a milder shortcoming since a user can
readily fix it. I suppose it is my biased preference for using
gsview which explains its lack of objective developer prioritizing.
Both installers certainly have merit; I tested yours only twice
mainly for the ability to install to C:\Lyx as well as Progra~1.

Regards,
Stephen

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


I wrote:


But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?


I forgot to ask if

C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin

was/is in your PATH variable when you installed TeXLive. If not what 
TeXLive stuff is in your PATH.



thanks and regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

Stephen Harris wrote:

I decided to use the PATH variable to check for the path to the latex.exe.
But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?
If yes my method doesn't find but anyway I'll change the code to prevent 
these kind of bugs in the future.

thanks and regards Uwe

Oh, I did that from memory, let me see.

Directory of E:\TeXLive2005

11/07/2005  11:20 PM  .
11/07/2005  11:20 PM  ..
11/07/2005  05:12 AM15,017 dir.txt
11/07/2005  01:08 AM83,041 tlpm.log
11/07/2005  11:20 PM  texmf-local
11/07/2005  11:20 PM  temp
11/07/2005  11:20 PM  setup-win32
11/15/2005  04:53 PM 0 texliv05.txt
  3 File(s) 98,058 bytes
  5 Dir(s)   1,533,841,408 bytes free

SH: I'm getting short of space on my storage partition
which is why I deleted ProText. I'm not sure, this may
be just the directory I used to install from.

I will send sh.exe as an attachment. I will rename it
sh.zip because of filters so rename it back if you use it.

Regards,
Stephen

Re: about custom key bindings

Thank you Paul, people in the mailing list (including
you, of course) are really helpful. I appreciate it. I
also know and acknowledge that this is a big plus.
Regards,
Nusret

--- Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 11/14/05, Nusret BALCI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I know Scientific workplace from my MS thesis:
> It's
> > reasonably well, but sometimes you need to tweak
> the
> > Latex code anyway. For some reason you should be
> > extremely careful doing that, because it tried to
> eat
> > my document a couple of times when I was trying to
> > write the abstract and bibliography. Thanks God I
> had
> > multiple backups :). It sometimes does not
> cooperate
> > well with other editors, and I guess that's the
> reason
> > for incompatibility. You're right in that, it's
> not
> > very reliable for sharing documents (at least I
> feel
> > so).
> > This is true even when you save the file as
> portable
> > LaTeX and avoid all those TCI macros. Anyway, it's
> in
> > fact a good piece of software, but if someone
> requests
> > hundreds of dollars for something, they should be
> > ready for all kinds of moaning and whining (like
> mine
> > :)). And to be fair I used it a couple of years
> ago,
> > so probably newer versions may be more robust.
> >
> > I don't know if you mean that, but I tried to set
> up
> > emacs and auctex with preview mode but for some
> reason
> > emacs keeps freezing and crushing on my machine:
> I'm
> > not a big fan of it anyways:). Therefore I
> couldn't
> > get to the preview mode at all:). Searching for a
> > solution, I've seen an article on the web which
> > mentioned LyX in just one line (it was about Vim
> vs.
> > Emacs; namely something alien for a Windows user
> like
> > me:)
> >
> > LyX fares well as the time being though, and I'm
> > fairly impressed.
> 
> Nusret,
> 
> I was an user of Scientific WorkPlace, and I was
> extremely hesitant
> before migrating to LyX. Now, using LyX, I can tell
> you that I feel as
> having done the best choice. In short, LyX is an
> intelligent program
> made by intelligent people. Welcome to LyX and to
> this very helpful
> mailing list!
> 
> Paul
> 




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Re: about the window just above the status bar

Interesting, thank you. Sorry for asking without
checking wiki, I'm just getting used to LyX, help
system, etc. 
Regards,

Nusret

--- Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Nusret BALCI wrote:
> 
> > Risking to sound silly, what's the window on the
> > bottom part of main lyx window, just above the
> status
> > bar for? It looks like kind of command line, but
> I'm
> > not sure: it certainly doesn't understand LaTeX
> > commands :), so it should have some other
> > functionality. Probably not very important, but I
> > wonder.
> 
> You are right, it is some kind of command line. It
> is the so-called
> minibuffer and understands "lfuns". See
> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Mini-buffer
> for more info.
> 
> 
> Georg
> 
> 





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Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

- Original Message - 
From: "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive

I wrote:

But does the latex.exe really live in
C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin
and not in
C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32
as described in the webpage from above?

I forgot to ask if

C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin

was/is in your PATH variable when you installed TeXLive. If not what 
TeXLive stuff is in your PATH.

thanks and regards Uwe

I've already cleaned my Windows path statement so
can't check it to be sure. I do remember using the
browse button in the Angus installer to navigate
to the Texlive2005 subdir containing latex.exe
because the installer would not let me proceed until
it found a latex.exe I think it was the path you give.

I have Miktex/latex.exe in my windows path statement now.
But that is something I do after I finish installing LyX, not
after installing Latex, not before. I don't remember if
TexLive appended by itself to the Windows path either.

So C:\TexLive2005\texmf\miktex\bin was not in my
windows path before installing LyX. I might have put
it there afterwards before deleting it. I'm only sure
about manually inputting into the LyX installation.

I have to write out a grocery list now too,
Stephen

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive


Stephen Harris wrote:


I meant that the reason I didn't test TeXlive2005, ProText, and
the Miktex .iso installs with both installers was because your
installer doesn't display Tex Information, which is one of my
testing criteria and the Angus installer does.


I found the bug now. I simply forgot to ship the "find.exe" from MSYS 
with my installer.

I'll upload a new version of the installer soon.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX Windows installer and TeXLive