Background images

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
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 y

Can I have bounding box around floating images?

2006-03-23 Thread Nagy Gabor
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

2006-03-23 Thread Stacia Hartleben
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

keep-with-next

2006-03-23 Thread Nagy Gabor
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 -

orphans, keep-with-next thing

2006-03-23 Thread Nagy Gabor
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? Che

indentation

2006-03-23 Thread Nagy Gabor
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

2006-03-23 Thread Nagy Gabor
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

Re: charstyle-insert

2006-03-23 Thread Paul A. Rubin
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

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-23 Thread Bruce Muirhead
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 preferre

Re: Wiki upload area

2006-03-23 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[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 i

Re: Wiki upload area

2006-03-23 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[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 his

Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?

2006-03-23 Thread John McCabe-Dansted
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_

Re: babel problem using IEEEtran.cls

2006-03-23 Thread Enrico Forestieri
<[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

charstyle-insert

2006-03-23 Thread Stacia Hartleben
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

2006-03-23 Thread christian . ridderstrom
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 wor

Re: Testing WinLyX1.4.0 with some patches applied

2006-03-23 Thread Paul A. Rubin
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

Re: Wiki upload area

2006-03-23 Thread christian . ridderstrom
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 list

Re: Wiki upload area

2006-03-23 Thread Stephen Harris
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

Re: Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-23 Thread Jose' Matos
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

Wiki upload area

2006-03-23 Thread Paul A. Rubin
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 i

Book cover in LyX file

2006-03-23 Thread Steve Litt
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 Trouble

Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?

2006-03-23 Thread Georg Baum
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?

2006-03-23 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
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?

2006-03-23 Thread Stephen Harris
[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

Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?

2006-03-23 Thread christian . ridderstrom
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

Re: Testing WinLyX1.4.0 with some patches applied

2006-03-23 Thread Stephen Harris
- 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 loc

Re: Formatting character dialog

2006-03-23 Thread Helge Hafting
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.

Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?

2006-03-23 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[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

Testing WinLyX1.4.0 with some patches applied

2006-03-23 Thread Sreekumar Bhaskaran {msbad084}
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

2006-03-23 Thread Marcelo Acuña
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.

babel problem using IEEEtran.cls

2006-03-23 Thread archiv_maus
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 "Pack

Re: Missing Shortcut in Navigation Menu?

2006-03-23 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "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 (fo

Re: Wiki question: What is spam? And, separate group for non-LyX stuff?

2006-03-23 Thread christian . ridderstrom
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 'Pers