Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread nodje
I'm using LyX 1.5.4 on Leopard 10.5.2. I have to work with Google Docs to keep a document reviewable by anyone at anytime. Also it keeps the document in a standard format while being developed. It can then be transformed to PDF, RTF or more for publishing. But no LaTeX support yet. The best

Re: Gentoo future

2008-04-20 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After being a user (for at least a year each) of Redhat, Suse, Debian I finally went to Gentoo and intend to stick to it. What I like most: - I had to reinstall only once, when I changed my computer. That's great ! Experience has taught me that, should a new version be

Gentoo future

2008-04-20 Thread alain . didierjean
After being a user (for at least a year each) of Redhat, Suse, Debian I finally went to Gentoo and intend to stick to it. What I like most: - I had to reinstall only once, when I changed my computer. That's great ! Experience has taught me that, should a new version be issued, the safer and least

Re: Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread cmiramon
nodje wrote: I'm trying to use other converters by defining them through Preferences, but it wouldn't let me add one. How come? It sounds that I could have an HTML - LaTeX converter. What's your experience? What works best in terms of converting? I would try to export to ODF and then

Re: LyX and Scientific Word/Workplace

2008-04-20 Thread Ken
Thanks for all of the replies. I definitely agree LyX is awesome! But just as I don't want to learn+buy SWP, my colleagues do not have the time to learn LyX. We must use SWP for the master/working copy (not just on this project but on a couple of them). I'll look into why SWP does not like LyX

Address manager for LaTeX, like BibTeX?

2008-04-20 Thread David Hewitt
Are there any free managers for address files (.adr) like there are for bibtext files (e.g., JabRef)? - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist, USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (Oregon, USA) -and- Student, Virginia Institute of Marine Science http://www.vims.edu/fish/students/dhewitt/ --

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 19, 2008, at 10:17 PM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: On Apr 19, 2008, at 8:33 PM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I am trying to write a textbook layout file (current version is attached) that will let me set a switch in the preamble of my LyX file so that I

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread rgheck
A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I may just be being too picky. I was able to \def a LaTeX command with \ifthenelse very similar to what you describe: I just wanted to make in a \newenvironment, and these sort of commands don't seem to mesh well with that macro. My command was

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:20 AM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I may just be being too picky. I was able to \def a LaTeX command with \ifthenelse very similar to what you describe: I just wanted to make in a \newenvironment, and these sort of commands don't seem to mesh well with

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:30 AM, A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:20 AM, rgheck wrote: You can define a paragraph to be of command type. Section headers, for example, are like this. This just determines whether LyX outputs: \begin{whatever}...\end{whatever} or instead:

Re: Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread Michael Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would try to export to ODF and then use writer2latex to convert it to LaTeX. You clean the LaTeX with a script to take away all the Wysiwyg cruft and then convert it to LyX. I can't tell from the note whether you are a skillful composer of scripts, as Charles is

Two moderncv questions

2008-04-20 Thread snvv
Hello I have two final problems with moderncv class. 1st. using \cvlistitem for bullets when the text is longer than one line then the second line is not justified as expected (just below the text of the previous line but it is below the bullet). You may see the problem in a pdf lyx file in

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 4:28 PM, A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: Victory! Thanks very much for your suggestions and help! Attached is a sample LyX file (a bit convoluted, but it shows the features) and the layout file. A. Scottedward Hodel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar

english appended to the left side of the running head

2008-04-20 Thread rhoooob
I'm rather inexperienced with LaTeX and LyX, trying to use the latter to write a presentation for a class. I'm using the amsart document class, because it makes the handout look the best, but at the top of each page, it prints the title as englishTopological Vector Spaces instead of Topological

Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread nodje
I'm using LyX 1.5.4 on Leopard 10.5.2. I have to work with Google Docs to keep a document reviewable by anyone at anytime. Also it keeps the document in a standard format while being developed. It can then be transformed to PDF, RTF or more for publishing. But no LaTeX support yet. The best

Re: Gentoo future

2008-04-20 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After being a user (for at least a year each) of Redhat, Suse, Debian I finally went to Gentoo and intend to stick to it. What I like most: - I had to reinstall only once, when I changed my computer. That's great ! Experience has taught me that, should a new version be

Gentoo future

2008-04-20 Thread alain . didierjean
After being a user (for at least a year each) of Redhat, Suse, Debian I finally went to Gentoo and intend to stick to it. What I like most: - I had to reinstall only once, when I changed my computer. That's great ! Experience has taught me that, should a new version be issued, the safer and least

Re: Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread cmiramon
nodje wrote: I'm trying to use other converters by defining them through Preferences, but it wouldn't let me add one. How come? It sounds that I could have an HTML - LaTeX converter. What's your experience? What works best in terms of converting? I would try to export to ODF and then

Re: LyX and Scientific Word/Workplace

2008-04-20 Thread Ken
Thanks for all of the replies. I definitely agree LyX is awesome! But just as I don't want to learn+buy SWP, my colleagues do not have the time to learn LyX. We must use SWP for the master/working copy (not just on this project but on a couple of them). I'll look into why SWP does not like LyX

Address manager for LaTeX, like BibTeX?

2008-04-20 Thread David Hewitt
Are there any free managers for address files (.adr) like there are for bibtext files (e.g., JabRef)? - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist, USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (Oregon, USA) -and- Student, Virginia Institute of Marine Science http://www.vims.edu/fish/students/dhewitt/ --

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 19, 2008, at 10:17 PM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: On Apr 19, 2008, at 8:33 PM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I am trying to write a textbook layout file (current version is attached) that will let me set a switch in the preamble of my LyX file so that I

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread rgheck
A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I may just be being too picky. I was able to \def a LaTeX command with \ifthenelse very similar to what you describe: I just wanted to make in a \newenvironment, and these sort of commands don't seem to mesh well with that macro. My command was

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:20 AM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I may just be being too picky. I was able to \def a LaTeX command with \ifthenelse very similar to what you describe: I just wanted to make in a \newenvironment, and these sort of commands don't seem to mesh well with

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:30 AM, A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:20 AM, rgheck wrote: You can define a paragraph to be of command type. Section headers, for example, are like this. This just determines whether LyX outputs: \begin{whatever}...\end{whatever} or instead:

Re: Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread Michael Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would try to export to ODF and then use writer2latex to convert it to LaTeX. You clean the LaTeX with a script to take away all the Wysiwyg cruft and then convert it to LyX. I can't tell from the note whether you are a skillful composer of scripts, as Charles is

Two moderncv questions

2008-04-20 Thread snvv
Hello I have two final problems with moderncv class. 1st. using \cvlistitem for bullets when the text is longer than one line then the second line is not justified as expected (just below the text of the previous line but it is below the bullet). You may see the problem in a pdf lyx file in

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 4:28 PM, A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: Victory! Thanks very much for your suggestions and help! Attached is a sample LyX file (a bit convoluted, but it shows the features) and the layout file. A. Scottedward Hodel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar

english appended to the left side of the running head

2008-04-20 Thread rhoooob
I'm rather inexperienced with LaTeX and LyX, trying to use the latter to write a presentation for a class. I'm using the amsart document class, because it makes the handout look the best, but at the top of each page, it prints the title as englishTopological Vector Spaces instead of Topological

Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread nodje
I'm using LyX 1.5.4 on Leopard 10.5.2. I have to work with Google Docs to keep a document reviewable by anyone at anytime. Also it keeps the document in a standard format while being developed. It can then be transformed to PDF, RTF or more for publishing. But no LaTeX support yet. The best

Re: Gentoo future

2008-04-20 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After being a user (for at least a year each) of Redhat, Suse, Debian I finally went to Gentoo and intend to stick to it. What I like most: - I had to reinstall only once, when I changed my computer. That's great ! Experience has taught me that, should a new version be

Gentoo future

2008-04-20 Thread alain . didierjean
After being a user (for at least a year each) of Redhat, Suse, Debian I finally went to Gentoo and intend to stick to it. What I like most: - I had to reinstall only once, when I changed my computer. That's great ! Experience has taught me that, should a new version be issued, the safer and least

Re: Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread cmiramon
nodje wrote: > > I'm trying to use other converters by defining them through Preferences, > but it wouldn't let me add one. > How come? It sounds that I could have an HTML -> LaTeX converter. > > What's your experience? What works best in terms of converting? > I would try to export to ODF

Re: LyX and Scientific Word/Workplace

2008-04-20 Thread Ken
Thanks for all of the replies. I definitely agree LyX is awesome! But just as I don't want to learn+buy SWP, my colleagues do not have the time to learn LyX. We must use SWP for the master/working copy (not just on this project but on a couple of them). I'll look into why SWP does not like LyX

Address manager for LaTeX, like BibTeX?

2008-04-20 Thread David Hewitt
Are there any free managers for address files (.adr) like there are for bibtext files (e.g., JabRef)? - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist, USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (Oregon, USA) -and- Student, Virginia Institute of Marine Science http://www.vims.edu/fish/students/dhewitt/ --

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 19, 2008, at 10:17 PM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: On Apr 19, 2008, at 8:33 PM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I am trying to write a textbook layout file (current version is attached) that will let me set a "switch" in the preamble of my LyX file so that

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread rgheck
A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I may just be being too picky. I was able to \def a LaTeX command with \ifthenelse very similar to what you describe: I just wanted to make in a \newenvironment, and these sort of commands don't seem to mesh well with that macro. My command was

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:20 AM, rgheck wrote: A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: I may just be being too picky. I was able to \def a LaTeX command with \ifthenelse very similar to what you describe: I just wanted to make in a \newenvironment, and these sort of commands don't seem to mesh well with

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:30 AM, A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:20 AM, rgheck wrote: You can define a paragraph to be of "command" type. Section headers, for example, are like this. This just determines whether LyX outputs: \begin{whatever}...\end{whatever} or instead:

Re: Google Docs to LaTeX

2008-04-20 Thread Michael Thompson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would try to export to ODF and then use writer2latex to convert it to > LaTeX. You clean the LaTeX with a script to take away all the Wysiwyg cruft > and then convert it to LyX. I can't tell from the note whether you are a skillful composer of scripts, as Charles

Two moderncv questions

2008-04-20 Thread snvv
Hello I have two final problems with moderncv class. 1st. using \cvlistitem for bullets when the text is longer than one line then the second line is not justified as expected (just below the text of the previous line but it is below the bullet). You may see the problem in a pdf & lyx file in

Re: Preamble order and LyX layouts

2008-04-20 Thread A. Scottedward Hodel
On Apr 20, 2008, at 4:28 PM, A. Scottedward Hodel wrote: Victory! Thanks very much for your suggestions and help! Attached is a sample LyX file (a bit convoluted, but it shows the features) and the layout file. A. Scottedward Hodel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar

"english" appended to the left side of the running head

2008-04-20 Thread rhoooob
I'm rather inexperienced with LaTeX and LyX, trying to use the latter to write a presentation for a class. I'm using the amsart document class, because it makes the handout look the best, but at the top of each page, it prints the title as "englishTopological Vector Spaces" instead of