Background images
I am interested to know if it is possible to create a document (PDF) in which there is a background image. That is, the text appears over a background image which may -or may not- cover the entrire page. I am thinking about the type of ebook created by such windows programmes such as exebook and ybookmaker. If this is possible, how would I go about doing it? Bruce
Can I have bounding box around floating images?
Hi, I have some floating figures in my paper, and I would like to have a rectangle around the fload (or around the picture inside the float. How can I do that? Cheers, Gabor
Re: charstyle-insert
Cool, I got it to work with TIPA using the following code: CharStyle ipa LatexType Environment LatexName textipa Font Family Sans EndFont LabelFont Family Roman Color red EndFont End Neat. I just wish there were an easier way to mark text. I posted a feature request on bugzilla that requested drop down menus for things like colors, font sizes, and hopefully char styles. That would be really cool. Just one more question though - I put a true type font in using MTFI, for which I have the following clunky ERT every time I want to use it: \usefont{T1}{stacish}{m}{n} \selectfont hello \usefont{T1}{ae}{m}{n} \selectfont How can I make this a simple charstyle-insert? On 3/23/06, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stacia Hartleben wrote: > > How do you use the new feature charstyle-insert? I tried running it > > from the command buffer in the 1.4.1 pre for windows but I get > > "Command disabled". How can I turn this back on? I was looking forward > > to it being an easy way to mark font styles and so on... > > > > Your layout file has to be aware of the character styles you intend to > use. My understanding (watching from a safe distance) is that > eventually the developers intend character styles to be definable from > the GUI, but right now you need to hack the layout file. > > If you look in the .../layouts directory for 1.4.x, you'll see a file > db_stdcharstyle.inc, which José Matos apparently cooked up for the > docbook class. The docbook.layout file inputs db_stdclass.inc, which in > turn inputs db_stdcharstyles.inc. > > Once your layout file contains (or loads) character styles, the buffer > command to insert them will work. Whether the character styles > themselves will is another question entirely. I'm not a docbook user, > but I assume that the LatexName entries in db_stdcharstyles.inc (for > instance, "filename") correspond to docbook macros ("\filename"). If > your character styles use macros not already known to LaTeX, you'll need > to define them in the Preamble subsection of each CharStyle section. I > think. (Confession: Haven't tried yet myself.) > > /Paul > > >
keep-with-next
Eh, I forgot to include this in my previous mail: So I have a subsubsection, then 5 lines of standard text, then a paragraph, then immediately a subparagraph, and then some standard text. So something like this: 2.3.2 SubSubSection Standard Text, Text, Text Standard Text. 2.3.2.1 A Paragraph Subparagraph Standard Text again. Okay, now the problem: the new page is where I have put the line. I would like to have 2.3.2.1 on the other page with its subparagraph and stuff. At least now it is quite ugly to have a title part (paragraph) on one page, and its standard lines are all on that other. Cheers, Gabor
orphans, keep-with-next thing
Hi, I have noticed another thing. I have a paragraph, and the last half line (actually 5 words) has gone on the top of a new page. Why? I have read the LyX user's guide and it says that LaTeX will not allow widows and orphans. How come that I have one then right here? And how can I cure it? Cheers, Gabor
indentation
Hi, I have just noticed, that the paragraphs after a list (itemize env) or a LyX-Code env are not indented. I'd like them to be indented, just like every other paragraphs. Regards, Gabor
don't show page numbers
Hi, I wrote a paper. I have used komascript article. Now I see that every page is numbered, the very first one, and the table of contents too. I'd prefer not to have page numbers shown until the first page of the first section. Well, if the numbers stay under the TOC, so be it, but I really hate the 1 on the first page. How can I get rid of those? Cheers, Gabor
Re: charstyle-insert
Stacia Hartleben wrote: How do you use the new feature charstyle-insert? I tried running it from the command buffer in the 1.4.1 pre for windows but I get "Command disabled". How can I turn this back on? I was looking forward to it being an easy way to mark font styles and so on... Your layout file has to be aware of the character styles you intend to use. My understanding (watching from a safe distance) is that eventually the developers intend character styles to be definable from the GUI, but right now you need to hack the layout file. If you look in the .../layouts directory for 1.4.x, you'll see a file db_stdcharstyle.inc, which José Matos apparently cooked up for the docbook class. The docbook.layout file inputs db_stdclass.inc, which in turn inputs db_stdcharstyles.inc. Once your layout file contains (or loads) character styles, the buffer command to insert them will work. Whether the character styles themselves will is another question entirely. I'm not a docbook user, but I assume that the LatexName entries in db_stdcharstyles.inc (for instance, "filename") correspond to docbook macros ("\filename"). If your character styles use macros not already known to LaTeX, you'll need to define them in the Preamble subsection of each CharStyle section. I think. (Confession: Haven't tried yet myself.) /Paul
Re: Book cover in LyX file
You also can use pdftk. It is a command line utility, but very powerfula and easy to use. What is needed is to create the cover and extra pages in a separate programme as a pdf, and then joing th e two pdf files using pdftk. see http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php?topic=pdftk It is my preferred tool for that type of thing because it is easy and lets me design the cover and frontispiece however I want. Cheers Bruce - Original Message - From: "Jose' Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:39 AM Subject: Re: Book cover in LyX file On Thursday 23 March 2006 21:03, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm making my first Ebook, and want to have the front cover be part of the final PDF file. That means it, and a following blank page, has to come before the title page. I'd like the cover page to be a graphic. How do I do this? pdfpages? http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pdfpages.html I remember this advice from Herbert's previous answers to similar questions. Notice that I could remember wrong. :-) http://tug.org/PSTricks/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdf#a5 Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com -- José Abílio -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.0/290 - Release Date: 23/03/2006
Re: Wiki upload area
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a more permanent solution, I'd need a snippet of PHP code that lists the contents of a directory (recursively). If someone would like to help with that, I could give a more precise specification of the function. With this function I could then very easily integrate it with the wiki and have the list of files be generated automatically whenever you look at the page. If you'd care to post the spec here, I'll take a whack at it when time permits. /Paul
Re: Wiki upload area
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Paul A. Rubin wrote: First, http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX14x (which does not seem to be indexed anywhere I can find, Maybe that's because of the big fat red text Warning: This page is work in progress. Do not use According to the page's history, Angus is working on it. :-) Right, but I thought his intent was to distribute his compilation of 1.4.1 for Windows to alpha -er- beta testers here. So I took the "do not use" sign to be an attempt to warn off people looking for a production version. although you can find it if you know to search for '14x'), there's a broken link (Christian, you reading this?) to the 19.03.2006 snapshot. There is no uploaded file called anything like that... the only thing close enough is something called: lyx-1.4.1-pre_win32_setup_v1.exe But I think we should simply wait for Angus to announce this thing. Since Angus apparently created the link, I assume that he was under the impression at some point that the file was there (although when he announced it to the developer mail list, it was with the ..._setup_v1... name). Anyhow, we'll just let him sort out what will/won't be linked there. /Paul
Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?
On 3/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm... even though the disk (<1 MB) and bandwith (normal web server) > requirements would be very small, I can't really offer anything as it's > not my server. Have you had a look at existing Wiki farms? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_farms -- John C. McCabe-Dansted Master's Student
Re: babel problem using IEEEtran.cls
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > I'm using Lyx 1.4.0 (on a Knoppix 4.0.2 hd installation with tetex 3.0) and > have installed IEEEtran.cls to > my tetex local directory as it is written on several sites in the internet. > Opening the IEEEtran.lyx works > fine but when I try to look at the dvi output I get the following error > "Package babel Error: You haven't > defined the langugae ENGLISH yet.". For each other document style I can > create this dvi output. > Being a Linux beginner with no latex knowledge I'm quite confused and don't > know what to try. Searching the > net with google also didn't give me any idea. How can I fix the problem? You have two choices: 1) Disable babel: in Preferences->Language uncheck "Use babel" 2) Do not use the MarkBoth environment I think it is related to a particular version of babel. For example, I do not have this problem with teTeX 2, but have it with MikTeX. And at some point of time it was the reverse, I had the problem with teTeX 1 but not with MikTeX. Go figure. -- Enrico
charstyle-insert
How do you use the new feature charstyle-insert? I tried running it from the command buffer in the 1.4.1 pre for windows but I get "Command disabled". How can I turn this back on? I was looking forward to it being an easy way to mark font styles and so on...
Re: Wiki upload area
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > First, http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX14x (which does not seem to be > indexed anywhere I can find, Maybe that's because of the big fat red text Warning: This page is work in progress. Do not use According to the page's history, Angus is working on it. :-) Having said that, here are the steps used to 'index' the page in the lyx wiki: * Edit the page 'PageList' in the current group (Windows/ in this case) * Add a link to the page to be 'indexed', i.e. add something like this: ** [[Windows/LyX14x]]: About LyX 1.4.x That's basically it, although I recommend adding something like this instead: T** [[Windows/LyX14x]] and then editing Windows/LyX14x and making sure that the first line on that page is a good description (teaser) of the page. This teaser is then automatically shown in the page list. > although you can find it if you know to search for '14x'), there's a > broken link (Christian, you reading this?) to the 19.03.2006 snapshot. There is no uploaded file called anything like that... the only thing close enough is something called: lyx-1.4.1-pre_win32_setup_v1.exe But I think we should simply wait for Angus to announce this thing. /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Testing WinLyX1.4.0 with some patches applied
Stacia Hartleben wrote: Is instant preview supposed to work with this version? When I open a document with math fomulas, instead of previewing, they all disapear. It seems to work with 1.4.1pre1 (Win XP Pro). Mostly. I have a recurring problem with symbols either disappearing or displaying incorrectly (although the DVI is fine). So far, the following fix has not failed: change the document font to default, save, exit the document, reload the document, make sure IP now displays correctly, then change the document font back to whatever I want and save again. I have not seen entire formulas disappear, though, just bits and pieces of each. /Paul
Re: Wiki upload area
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Second, would it be possible (and desirable) to create index pages for > the upload area, so that someone looking to download a file (but lacking > a valid URL or the exact file name) could manually hunt for it? I used good old 'tree' to generate a listing and placed it here for now: http://wiki.lyx.org/Playground/UploadedFiles It's a temporary reprieve at least. For a more permanent solution, I'd need a snippet of PHP code that lists the contents of a directory (recursively). If someone would like to help with that, I could give a more precise specification of the function. With this function I could then very easily integrate it with the wiki and have the list of files be generated automatically whenever you look at the page. /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Wiki upload area
Paul A. Rubin wrote: First, http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX14x (which does not seem to be indexed anywhere I can find, although you can find it if you know to search for '14x'), there's a broken link (Christian, you reading this?) to the 19.03.2006 snapshot. Second, would it be possible (and desirable) to create index pages for the upload area, so that someone looking to download a file (but lacking a valid URL or the exact file name) could manually hunt for it? /Paul The broken link points to http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Windows/LyX14x/ lyx-1.4.x_win32_setup_19mar2006.exe {on one line} The webpage containing the link is, as Paul stated, http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX14x But the executable is actually named/found on, http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Windows/LyX14x/ lyx-1.4.1-pre_win32_setup_v1.exe {/uploads} This is easy to fix with the Edit button at the bottom of the page, but I did not want to change the link without permission from Angus. It is the 19March snapshot. Apache sent me at least 50 notifications. Intended as clarification, Stephen
Re: Book cover in LyX file
On Thursday 23 March 2006 21:03, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm making my first Ebook, and want to have the front cover be part of the > final PDF file. That means it, and a following blank page, has to come > before the title page. > > I'd like the cover page to be a graphic. How do I do this? pdfpages? http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pdfpages.html I remember this advice from Herbert's previous answers to similar questions. Notice that I could remember wrong. :-) http://tug.org/PSTricks/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdf#a5 > Thanks > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Author: >* Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware >* Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist >* Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist > Webmaster >* Troubleshooters.Com >* http://www.troubleshooters.com -- José Abílio
Wiki upload area
First, http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX14x (which does not seem to be indexed anywhere I can find, although you can find it if you know to search for '14x'), there's a broken link (Christian, you reading this?) to the 19.03.2006 snapshot. Second, would it be possible (and desirable) to create index pages for the upload area, so that someone looking to download a file (but lacking a valid URL or the exact file name) could manually hunt for it? /Paul
Book cover in LyX file
Hi all, I'm making my first Ebook, and want to have the front cover be part of the final PDF file. That means it, and a following blank page, has to come before the title page. I'd like the cover page to be a graphic. How do I do this? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com
Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?
Am Donnerstag, 23. März 2006 20:32 schrieb Stephen Harris: > Stephen (who has converted to: What's the Word? Thunderbird!) Wow! Georg
Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?
Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Stephen (who has converted to: What's the Word? Thunderbird!) So now I can read your mails again without being completely confused wrt quoting style :-) -- Lgb
Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, since no one else has given an opinion on this I'll just let it rest. It's not like I can't create a separate wiki later on :-) cheers /Christian We could have a section of the current LyX Wiki devoted to: Accoutrements for the LyX Publicist Some pdf files are created in reverse order. The last page is first. There is a free tool which changes the order of the pages. Just the other day John Baez referenced a paper like this in "This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics" A few newcomers may have forgotten my post about this tool. Maybe accoutrements is a bit grandiose and Tips, would do. :-) You do a remarkably conscientious job, Stephen (who has converted to: What's the Word? Thunderbird!)
Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > In case I forgot earlier, many thanks for running the link check! > > You didn't forget, but in any case you're quite welcome. > > > Would a completely separate wiki be an option? It's not that I want a wiki > > for non-related LyX stuff, it's only that it'd be nice to be able to refer > > LyX users to some place. In addition, I suspect that LyX users learning to > > edit wiki pages will eventually benefit the documentation project as a > > whole. A third benefit is that people more actively editing a wiki > > automatically means more feedback to me about the site's usuabiliy and any > > bugs - this is of course both good and bad ;-) > > Well, if you have capacity (both disk and bandwidth) and are willing to > offer this, I guess why not? I'm a bit fuzzy on what it would look > like, though. Hmm... even though the disk (<1 MB) and bandwith (normal web server) requirements would be very small, I can't really offer anything as it's not my server. > My impression was that wikis were typically "themed"; the LyX wiki, for > instance, deals pretty much exclusively with things related to LyX. As for the theme, I guess it'd still be for the LyX community, although the material might not be directly related to LyX... that's a theme of sorts. > Would an unthemed wiki draw visitors? I don't actually care :-) It was just that the "spam" about CV writing made me wonder why someone would place it there in the first place. There is also some stuff that is sort of LyX-related. A lot of stuff discussing LaTeX in general could fall in that category. > Anyway, the only concern I would have would be with legal issues > relating to what got posted. Would you monitor the content (and reserve > editorial rights)? If not, what are the relevant laws (and for that > matter, what's the relevant jurisdiction -- you're in Sweden but the > wiki is hosted in Norway)? We're still trying to sort this stuff out > over here, as the recent flap over the Wikipedia attests. I honestly don't know... in a sense I monitor some of the stuff what goes on the LyX wiki, primarily in order to watch out for spam abuse etc. But it's not a very strict process. Still, I suspect that these issues aren't a big problem in our particular case - at least not any worse than the current wiki. However, since no one else has given an opinion on this I'll just let it rest. It's not like I can't create a separate wiki later on :-) cheers /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Testing WinLyX1.4.0 with some patches applied
- Original Message - From: "Sreekumar Bhaskaran {msbad084}" To: Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:04 AM Subject: Testing WinLyX1.4.0 with some patches applied I get the message " file not found" when I try to download 1.4.1. Has it been removed from the server? SH: The original location which no longer works was, http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Windows/LyX141pre/lyx-1.4.1-pre_win32_setup_v1.exe This executable file has been moved, not removed to, http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Windows/LyX14x/lyx-1.4.1-pre_win32_setup_v1.exe But the parent directory of this .exe link, http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Windows/LyX14x contains a red caution, WARNING This page is a work-in-progress. Do not use. This information answers your question above. It should not be construed as a recommendation by me to download the file. Perhaps the link to the file, lyx-1.4.x_win32_setup_19mar2006.exe, which does not work, persists because it was done deliberately, rather than some type of forgetful editing of links or renaming files due to being busy. Discretion is the better part of valor, Stephen
Re: Formatting character dialog
Charles de Miramon wrote: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: We could do a poll of how other apps (ooo, word, kword, abiword...) and decide how to change this behaviour. OpenOffice follows the same behaviour than LyX. Kword, Abiword and if I remember right MsWord are in the opposite group. I think LyX actual behaviour is quite nice. You generally want to change the format of the whole word, not of 3 letters in the middle of it. Nevertheless, I was wondering if it would be possible when you put your cursor in the middle of a word and select the formatting character dialog that LyX highlights the whole word, to make it clearer where you formatting change will apply. Some kind of highlight would be ok, but not a selection. After changing formating I am going to type more, and don't want to erase the word by overwriting the "selection". Helge Hafting
Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In case I forgot earlier, many thanks for running the link check! You didn't forget, but in any case you're quite welcome. Would a completely separate wiki be an option? It's not that I want a wiki for non-related LyX stuff, it's only that it'd be nice to be able to refer LyX users to some place. In addition, I suspect that LyX users learning to edit wiki pages will eventually benefit the documentation project as a whole. A third benefit is that people more actively editing a wiki automatically means more feedback to me about the site's usuabiliy and any bugs - this is of course both good and bad ;-) Well, if you have capacity (both disk and bandwidth) and are willing to offer this, I guess why not? I'm a bit fuzzy on what it would look like, though. My impression was that wikis were typically "themed"; the LyX wiki, for instance, deals pretty much exclusively with things related to LyX. Would an unthemed wiki draw visitors? Anyway, the only concern I would have would be with legal issues relating to what got posted. Would you monitor the content (and reserve editorial rights)? If not, what are the relevant laws (and for that matter, what's the relevant jurisdiction -- you're in Sweden but the wiki is hosted in Norway)? We're still trying to sort this stuff out over here, as the recent flap over the Wikipedia attests. Cheers, /Paul
Testing WinLyX1.4.0 with some patches applied
I get the message " file not found" when I try to download 1.4.1. Has it been removed from the server.
bookstab package in lyx
Hello, I want to use bookstab package for nices tables, doc came with example, this example work in kile but in lyx I only get errors and errors like You haven´t defined [EMAIL PROTECTED] yet and many others. I try with example in or out ERT, in or out of float, etc., but I can´t get bookstab work. What I make bad? Thanks Marcelo ___ 1GB gratis, Antivirus y Antispam Correo Yahoo!, el mejor correo web del mundo http://correo.yahoo.com.ar
babel problem using IEEEtran.cls
Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.4.0 (on a Knoppix 4.0.2 hd installation with tetex 3.0) and have installed IEEEtran.cls to my tetex local directory as it is written on several sites in the internet. Opening the IEEEtran.lyx works fine but when I try to look at the dvi output I get the following error "Package babel Error: You haven't defined the langugae ENGLISH yet.". For each other document style I can create this dvi output. Being a Linux beginner with no latex knowledge I'm quite confused and don't know what to try. Searching the net with google also didn't give me any idea. How can I fix the problem? Bye, Katja __ Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige Bilder per SMS! Jetzt bei WEB.DE FreeMail: http://f.web.de/?mc=021193
Re: Missing Shortcut in Navigation Menu?
> "Michael" == Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> Hi guys, I want to gather your feedback before I submit the Michael> following feature request: The keyboard bindings in the LyX Michael> navigation menu are great, you get to the section 5.2 by just Michael> typing (for instance) ALT-N-5-2. Since I have a really large Michael> document (dissertation thesis for example), this is pretty Michael> helpful. However I can't find a keyboard binding to jump to Michael> the beginning of a chapter - I find myself having to use the Michael> mouse to activate the chapter submenu in the navigation menu. Michael> Having a '0' keyboard shortcut would be a welcome feature. In Michael> that case you could jump to the beginning of chapter 5 with Michael> ALT-N-5-0. What about this? Alt-N 5 It means more keys, but it works. Adding a 0 as shortcut is difficult, because it has to be visible in the menu label. JMarc
Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > Anyway, would those of you who use the LyX wiki like a section which > > isn't related to LyX at all? If so, we could create a separate group > > for this, or you can create your own personal group (preferably > > prefixed with 'Personal', as in 'PersonalAlston'). > Personally, I'd rather keep the LyX Wiki just LyX (particularly if I > ever have to run another link check for you -- last one took long > enough!). In case I forgot earlier, many thanks for running the link check! Would a completely separate wiki be an option? It's not that I want a wiki for non-related LyX stuff, it's only that it'd be nice to be able to refer LyX users to some place. In addition, I suspect that LyX users learning to edit wiki pages will eventually benefit the documentation project as a whole. A third benefit is that people more actively editing a wiki automatically means more feedback to me about the site's usuabiliy and any bugs - this is of course both good and bad ;-) regards /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr