Re: Force equations to stay with the text #8211; keep position?
On 18.05.08, Tomi Makkonen wrote: Hi! How do I force lyx to keep group of numbered equations together with the text? Now I have first equation with the text and then 2 figures and 2 tables (2 pages) later the equations will continue. Those equations happen to be most importance in the text so it is not acceptable. From your description I infere that 1. there is a page break somewhere between the equations + describing text block. 2. there are 2 pages with floats only inserted inbetween. Do you want a) the float-pages at another place but keep the pagebreak, or b) the equations + describing text block on one page? You can achieve a) by one of * moving the float boxes behind the equations-block place in lyx * change the placement settings of the offending floats (right click on the float button). * changing float parameters in the preamble, so that more (or larger) floats fit on a page and no extra page is created. (See the recent thread about pathetic floats.) You can achieve b) by * moving the equations and their description inside a mini-page box. This is LaTeX' way of forcing stuff to keep together. With the box-width set to textwidth, the minipage will not be visible in the output (except for 1. no pagebreaks and 2. footnotes inside the minipage) Hope this helps Günter
Re: Greek Fonts don't display on Screen but print out in PDF
On 5/22/08, Erez Yerushalmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Most of the Greek Fonts such as \alpha \beta \gamma etc. come out on screen
as a red empty box.
However, viewing the page as PDF gives me the correct fonts.
Not sure whether on-topic. If you intend to write in Greek, the
following three commands in you preamble would allow you to use
cbgreek fonts in your document:
\usepackage[iso-8859-7]{inputenc}
\usepackage[10pt]{type1ec}
\usepackage[greek, english]{babel}
Regards.
Liviu
Re: Greek Fonts don't display on Screen but print out in PDF
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: (Sorry for sending this again - if I did. I am not sure to which address to send a question to. Sorry ) Hi, I'm a new user to LyX. Just installed LyX 1.5.5 on my Windows XP. Most of the Greek Fonts such as \alpha \beta \gamma etc. come out on screen as a red empty box. However, viewing the page as PDF gives me the correct fonts. I have latex-xft fonts and Bakoma fonts installed on my pc. Can anyone help? You have both latex-xft and Bakoma installed under XP? Unless I'm missing something, you should need only the Bakoma fonts. The empty box thing usually is a problem with the fonts, and at least with older versions of LyX it was not unheard of for the fonts to get broken somehow on XP. Try the following: 1. Grab a copy of the Bakoma archive and unzip it somewhere. 2. Use the Windows font applet (Control Panel) to delete the eight fonts in the Bakoma archive, assuming they're installed. 3. Then use the font applet to install the unzipped files. 4. Restart LyX and hope for the best. No, don't do that, LyX already bundle modified Bakoma fonts. Just do steps 1, 2 and 4 but not 3. Abdel.
Lyx crash after selecting document - settings from the menu
Hello I'm completely new to LyX I wanted to start using it, was following the Tutorial, but it crashed everytime I tried to access the menu: Document - settings. I have Lyx 1.5.5.1 with ProTeXt-2.1-010408, Win XP Pro, (notebook core 2 duo, lots of mem and space, W^X on) Is this a known bug? Could you please suggest me what to do to get LyX working? Thanks Best regards, Peter Huncar smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: Lyx crash after selecting document - settings from the menu
Huncar, Peter wrote: Is this a known bug? Yes: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4861 although we are not yet sure about the actual cause. Could you please suggest me what to do to get LyX working? Either substitute the LyX binary and DLLs with the ones provided here: http://www.lyx.org/~joost/lyx-1.5.5-qt-4.3.4-bin.zip Or reinstall LyX using the Alternative Win Installer: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller HTH, Jürgen
Awful feature or bug?
Hi! When I select something in a document and then press Ctrl+N+N to get it inserted into a LyX Note, the part of the document that I had selected goes into the clipboard. I guess this is a bug. Or is it an awful feature? Nicolás
Re: Awful feature or bug?
Nicolás [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I select something in a document and then press Ctrl+N+N to get it inserted into a LyX Note, the part of the document that I had selected goes into the clipboard. I guess this is a bug. Or is it an awful feature? Something in between :) JMarc
[Lyx] undefined control sequence su algorithm
Salve a tutti, ho un problema con Lyx. Utilizzo i comandi del package algorithm2e per la scrittura di algoritmi, ma alla compilazione, vengono fuori tanti errori quanti sono i comandi di algorithm2e utilizzati. Tutti i messaggi di errori sono del tipo Undefined control sequence. Premetto che ho l'installazione completta della macchina Latex, non so come cavarci le gambe. Ne sapete nulla..?? Grazie
Image Upload Password
On the wiki it said that I should ask here what password to use to upload files onto the wiki. I have a screenshot for the only coor scheme without one that I would like to add. Thanks Kyle
Re: Image Upload Password
Kyle Horne wrote: On the wiki it said that I should ask here what password to use to upload files onto the wiki. I have a screenshot for the only coor scheme without one that I would like to add. Sent by email. rh
Table borders...double borders
Dear LyX..ers, I would put a double border at the top and at the bottom of a table. The only way I found up to now is rather fancy; that is, putting 2 lines more, one at the top and at the bottom and then selecting the borders. But, the results is not so good, obviously, as the table appears longer than needed. Does someone know a more intellegent way of putting a double border? many thanks to all -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Table-borders...double-borders-tp17409400p17409400.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Installation glitch
I need a little rudimentary help. It's been a while since I did a fresh install of LyX. I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX opened the command window to check configuration before opening the program the first time (the this may take a while part). It carried on but stalled at checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an error message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and all looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not complete and that I should uninstall and try again. Any advice? - 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/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installation-glitch-tp17410700p17410700.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Latexcad help Again
A week a go I posted a message looking for help with latexcad- Sorry but it
is still not working. I am usign Windows and I don't know where to write the
thing you have said:
('locate *.sty' or 'whereis *.sty'
as root run 'texhash'.
I have copied the latexcad.sty in the folder indicated in the documentation
(...MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex) and still appears the error ('latexcad.sty not
found').
Thank you again
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Re: Installation glitch
David Hewitt wrote: I need a little rudimentary help. It's been a while since I did a fresh install of LyX. I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX opened the command window to check configuration before opening the program the first time (the this may take a while part). It carried on but stalled at checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an error message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and all looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not complete and that I should uninstall and try again. Dave, Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before doing an install or reconfigure. As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as above and reconfigure. /Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote:
A week a go I posted a message looking for help with latexcad- Sorry but it
is still not working. I am usign Windows and I don't know where to write the
thing you have said:
('locate *.sty' or 'whereis *.sty'
as root run 'texhash'.
I have copied the latexcad.sty in the folder indicated in the documentation
(...MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex) and still appears the error ('latexcad.sty not
found').
Thank you again
Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
/Paul
Re: Installation glitch
I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX opened the command window to check configuration before opening the program the first time (the this may take a while part). It carried on but stalled at checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an error message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and all looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not complete and that I should uninstall and try again. Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before doing an install or reconfigure. Since it was a fresh install, I had not set anything in the MikTeX interface itself, but I do think I clicked 'Yes' for the install-missing-packages-on-the-fly option during the installer. I'm curious to hear whether Uwe agrees that setting that to No initially is a best practice. It would be nice if the installer could just time out on sleepy servers for certain packages, so as not to worry nit-picky users like me. As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as above and reconfigure. So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all it's doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX does the same thing? - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (USA) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installation-glitch-tp17410700p17412512.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Table borders...double borders
econkramer wrote: I would put a double border at the top and at the bottom of a table. The only way I found up to now is rather fancy; that is, putting 2 lines more, one at the top and at the bottom and then selecting the borders. But, the results is not so good, obviously, as the table appears longer than needed. Does someone know a more intellegent way of putting a double border? I think that you are trying to achieve something that the booktabs package offers (check Google ;)). LyX has half-native support for booktabs. Click on the table and open its properties and click on “formal table”. Check section 2 in the Embedded Objects Manual for more information. Regards, Max -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Table-borders...double-borders-tp17409400p17412598.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Latexcad help Again
Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
/Paul
I did this and still not working. The first error that apperars when
compling with Lyx is LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. That doesn't
happen without using \usepackage{latexcad}.
Angel
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Re: Installation glitch
David Hewitt wrote: Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before doing an install or reconfigure. Since it was a fresh install, I had not set anything in the MikTeX interface itself, but I do think I clicked 'Yes' for the install-missing-packages-on-the-fly option during the installer. I'm curious to hear whether Uwe agrees that setting that to No initially is a best practice. It would be nice if the installer could just time out on sleepy servers for certain packages, so as not to worry nit-picky users like me. The MikTeX setting is the proverbial two-edged sword. LyX *needs* certain LaTeX packages to be installed, and if the basic MikTeX set that Uwe bundles in lacks some of them and you tell MikTeX to punt missing packages, bad things may happen down the road. On the other hand, LyX looks for a *lot* of packages (many of which I am happy to report I will not use in this lifetime, and likely not in my next few lifetimes), and downloading all those is painful even if your connection is ok and the repository you're using is not slammed. I can get away with the punt setting because I already have all the key packages installed, but for someone doing a first-time MikTeX installation automatically punting might not in fact be such a good idea. The other approach, which I've used, is to set MikTeX to ask before downloading. Then be prepared to press the 'N' key over and over as MikTeX asks you whether you want to download the document class created by the Journal of Entomological Banking Practices or the package that allows you to create smiley faces in Sanskrit. The good news there is that you can manage the download process (and also tell when MikTeX is hanging). The bad news is carpal tunnel syndrome. As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as above and reconfigure. So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all it's doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX does the same thing? Critical is in the eye of the beholder, but yes, AFAIK once you're seeing stuff scroll, that's the configuration script, and it's the same script that Tools - Reconfigure runs. By the time you've gotten there, all the software bits have been installed, but the local configuration files (including the all-important textclass.lst) haven't been generated yet (that's what the script does). So if the script blows up, you've got a version of LyX that won't run without a reconfigure (but hopefully will at least start, although there have been blown installation instances where it wouldn't even launch). /Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote:
Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
/Paul
I did this and still not working. The first error that apperars when
compling with Lyx is LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. That doesn't
happen without using \usepackage{latexcad}.
Angel
That error message means that either something is mucked up in the
preamble (or maybe early in the document?) or else latexcad is
conflicting with some other package. Does the documentation for
latexcad warn about any conflicts? If not, you may have to post a small
file that blows up on you.
/Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Ok, I have created a new blank Lyx document, and I have only added the latexcad package and this is the result: http://www.nabble.com/file/p17414959/Image.jpg -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Latexcad-help-Again-tp17411764p17414959.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
how do I actually get a .bib file?
Hi, I feel that this is probably a stupid question, but I've spent so much time trying to figure this out. I still don't get it. Here is what I can do so far. 1. From the examples given in wiki and other sources, I know now how to use a .bib file with LyX and it works great in citations. 2. I also know that .bib files have a certain format, and that I can get them as an output from the various journals. 3. So far, and I can save these outputs as .txt file only. However, HERE IS THE QUESTION, How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? Can any one give a simple answer? Thanks so much, Erez
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
JabRef Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (USA) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-do-I-actually-get-a-.bib-file--tp17416085p17416364.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi, I feel that this is probably a stupid question, but I've spent so much time trying to figure this out. I still don't get it. Here is what I can do so far. 1. From the examples given in wiki and other sources, I know now how to use a .bib file with LyX and it works great in citations. 2. I also know that .bib files have a certain format, and that I can get them as an output from the various journals. 3. So far, and I can save these outputs as .txt file only. However, HERE IS THE QUESTION, How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? Can any one give a simple answer? You can write out the .bib file by hand using a text editor. However, it is usually preferable to use a bibtex editor such as JabRef. Gui bibtex editors are available for most operating systems. -- http://www.unmusic.co.uk Michael Reed -- technology, gender, and geek culture freelance writer
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use Save as... to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
On 22-May-08, at 7:38 PM, rgheck wrote: David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use Save as... to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
Okay, I will try sending this again but with the actual comment in it - DOH! One thing to note if you are working on a Windows system and using Windows Notepad as your editor (as well as text editors perhaps), put the filename in quotation marks. Otherwise, Windows will stick a txt extension on by default. -Neil On 22-May-08, at 8:08 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote: On 22-May-08, at 7:38 PM, rgheck wrote: David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use Save as... to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote: Ok, I have created a new blank Lyx document, and I have only added the latexcad package and this is the result: http://www.nabble.com/file/p17414959/Image.jpg Strange. The attached LyX document works fine for me. I took one of the drawings supplied with the package (lcadeg.lp) and moved it to /temp because I needed to specify an absolute path for it (containing no spaces -- I'm on Windows, where paths routinely have spaces). Try it on your system (you'll have to adjust the path to the .lp file). If it works, try changing the language and encoding settings to match your defaults (i.e., the settings in the document that did not work). If you can't get my document to display properly, export it to LaTeX and post the .tex file here. Best guess is that something in another package, perhaps babel, is colliding with the latexcad package on your system but not on mine (because a setting, such as language, is different on mine). /Paul latexcad.lyx Description: application/lyx
How to config Lyx to use CJK?
Hi, all,
I just installed Lyx 1.5.5 (5/12/2008) on vista. The CJK I used is
4.5.2. Miktex is 2.4.1769.
I want to config Lyx to use Chinese. First, in the tab
Document-settings- language , I changed language to
Chinese(simplified), and Encoding to GBK. When I created a Lyx document
and viewed its latex source, I found Lyx has added \usepackage{CJK} in
preamble, and added \begin{CJK}{GBK}{}% and \end{CJK} in the beginning and
the ending of the document. It seems work. But the only problem is that, the
second argument for font is null. If I changed {} to kai, then I can use
latex to get the correct PDF with Chinese characters.
My question is how to change the commands Lyx adds to what I want. In
fact, I prefer to use \begin{CJK*}{GBK}{kai} and \end{CJK*}.
Thanks!
Best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Yaoguang Wei
2008-05-22
Re: Force equations to stay with the text #8211; keep position?
On 18.05.08, Tomi Makkonen wrote: Hi! How do I force lyx to keep group of numbered equations together with the text? Now I have first equation with the text and then 2 figures and 2 tables (2 pages) later the equations will continue. Those equations happen to be most importance in the text so it is not acceptable. From your description I infere that 1. there is a page break somewhere between the equations + describing text block. 2. there are 2 pages with floats only inserted inbetween. Do you want a) the float-pages at another place but keep the pagebreak, or b) the equations + describing text block on one page? You can achieve a) by one of * moving the float boxes behind the equations-block place in lyx * change the placement settings of the offending floats (right click on the float button). * changing float parameters in the preamble, so that more (or larger) floats fit on a page and no extra page is created. (See the recent thread about pathetic floats.) You can achieve b) by * moving the equations and their description inside a mini-page box. This is LaTeX' way of forcing stuff to keep together. With the box-width set to textwidth, the minipage will not be visible in the output (except for 1. no pagebreaks and 2. footnotes inside the minipage) Hope this helps Günter
Re: Greek Fonts don't display on Screen but print out in PDF
On 5/22/08, Erez Yerushalmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Most of the Greek Fonts such as \alpha \beta \gamma etc. come out on screen
as a red empty box.
However, viewing the page as PDF gives me the correct fonts.
Not sure whether on-topic. If you intend to write in Greek, the
following three commands in you preamble would allow you to use
cbgreek fonts in your document:
\usepackage[iso-8859-7]{inputenc}
\usepackage[10pt]{type1ec}
\usepackage[greek, english]{babel}
Regards.
Liviu
Re: Greek Fonts don't display on Screen but print out in PDF
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: (Sorry for sending this again - if I did. I am not sure to which address to send a question to. Sorry ) Hi, I'm a new user to LyX. Just installed LyX 1.5.5 on my Windows XP. Most of the Greek Fonts such as \alpha \beta \gamma etc. come out on screen as a red empty box. However, viewing the page as PDF gives me the correct fonts. I have latex-xft fonts and Bakoma fonts installed on my pc. Can anyone help? You have both latex-xft and Bakoma installed under XP? Unless I'm missing something, you should need only the Bakoma fonts. The empty box thing usually is a problem with the fonts, and at least with older versions of LyX it was not unheard of for the fonts to get broken somehow on XP. Try the following: 1. Grab a copy of the Bakoma archive and unzip it somewhere. 2. Use the Windows font applet (Control Panel) to delete the eight fonts in the Bakoma archive, assuming they're installed. 3. Then use the font applet to install the unzipped files. 4. Restart LyX and hope for the best. No, don't do that, LyX already bundle modified Bakoma fonts. Just do steps 1, 2 and 4 but not 3. Abdel.
Lyx crash after selecting document - settings from the menu
Hello I'm completely new to LyX I wanted to start using it, was following the Tutorial, but it crashed everytime I tried to access the menu: Document - settings. I have Lyx 1.5.5.1 with ProTeXt-2.1-010408, Win XP Pro, (notebook core 2 duo, lots of mem and space, W^X on) Is this a known bug? Could you please suggest me what to do to get LyX working? Thanks Best regards, Peter Huncar smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: Lyx crash after selecting document - settings from the menu
Huncar, Peter wrote: Is this a known bug? Yes: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4861 although we are not yet sure about the actual cause. Could you please suggest me what to do to get LyX working? Either substitute the LyX binary and DLLs with the ones provided here: http://www.lyx.org/~joost/lyx-1.5.5-qt-4.3.4-bin.zip Or reinstall LyX using the Alternative Win Installer: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller HTH, Jürgen
Awful feature or bug?
Hi! When I select something in a document and then press Ctrl+N+N to get it inserted into a LyX Note, the part of the document that I had selected goes into the clipboard. I guess this is a bug. Or is it an awful feature? Nicolás
Re: Awful feature or bug?
Nicolás [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I select something in a document and then press Ctrl+N+N to get it inserted into a LyX Note, the part of the document that I had selected goes into the clipboard. I guess this is a bug. Or is it an awful feature? Something in between :) JMarc
[Lyx] undefined control sequence su algorithm
Salve a tutti, ho un problema con Lyx. Utilizzo i comandi del package algorithm2e per la scrittura di algoritmi, ma alla compilazione, vengono fuori tanti errori quanti sono i comandi di algorithm2e utilizzati. Tutti i messaggi di errori sono del tipo Undefined control sequence. Premetto che ho l'installazione completta della macchina Latex, non so come cavarci le gambe. Ne sapete nulla..?? Grazie
Image Upload Password
On the wiki it said that I should ask here what password to use to upload files onto the wiki. I have a screenshot for the only coor scheme without one that I would like to add. Thanks Kyle
Re: Image Upload Password
Kyle Horne wrote: On the wiki it said that I should ask here what password to use to upload files onto the wiki. I have a screenshot for the only coor scheme without one that I would like to add. Sent by email. rh
Table borders...double borders
Dear LyX..ers, I would put a double border at the top and at the bottom of a table. The only way I found up to now is rather fancy; that is, putting 2 lines more, one at the top and at the bottom and then selecting the borders. But, the results is not so good, obviously, as the table appears longer than needed. Does someone know a more intellegent way of putting a double border? many thanks to all -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Table-borders...double-borders-tp17409400p17409400.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Installation glitch
I need a little rudimentary help. It's been a while since I did a fresh install of LyX. I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX opened the command window to check configuration before opening the program the first time (the this may take a while part). It carried on but stalled at checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an error message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and all looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not complete and that I should uninstall and try again. Any advice? - 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/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installation-glitch-tp17410700p17410700.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Latexcad help Again
A week a go I posted a message looking for help with latexcad- Sorry but it
is still not working. I am usign Windows and I don't know where to write the
thing you have said:
('locate *.sty' or 'whereis *.sty'
as root run 'texhash'.
I have copied the latexcad.sty in the folder indicated in the documentation
(...MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex) and still appears the error ('latexcad.sty not
found').
Thank you again
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Re: Installation glitch
David Hewitt wrote: I need a little rudimentary help. It's been a while since I did a fresh install of LyX. I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX opened the command window to check configuration before opening the program the first time (the this may take a while part). It carried on but stalled at checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an error message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and all looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not complete and that I should uninstall and try again. Dave, Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before doing an install or reconfigure. As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as above and reconfigure. /Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote:
A week a go I posted a message looking for help with latexcad- Sorry but it
is still not working. I am usign Windows and I don't know where to write the
thing you have said:
('locate *.sty' or 'whereis *.sty'
as root run 'texhash'.
I have copied the latexcad.sty in the folder indicated in the documentation
(...MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex) and still appears the error ('latexcad.sty not
found').
Thank you again
Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
/Paul
Re: Installation glitch
I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX opened the command window to check configuration before opening the program the first time (the this may take a while part). It carried on but stalled at checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an error message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and all looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not complete and that I should uninstall and try again. Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before doing an install or reconfigure. Since it was a fresh install, I had not set anything in the MikTeX interface itself, but I do think I clicked 'Yes' for the install-missing-packages-on-the-fly option during the installer. I'm curious to hear whether Uwe agrees that setting that to No initially is a best practice. It would be nice if the installer could just time out on sleepy servers for certain packages, so as not to worry nit-picky users like me. As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as above and reconfigure. So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all it's doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX does the same thing? - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (USA) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installation-glitch-tp17410700p17412512.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Table borders...double borders
econkramer wrote: I would put a double border at the top and at the bottom of a table. The only way I found up to now is rather fancy; that is, putting 2 lines more, one at the top and at the bottom and then selecting the borders. But, the results is not so good, obviously, as the table appears longer than needed. Does someone know a more intellegent way of putting a double border? I think that you are trying to achieve something that the booktabs package offers (check Google ;)). LyX has half-native support for booktabs. Click on the table and open its properties and click on “formal table”. Check section 2 in the Embedded Objects Manual for more information. Regards, Max -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Table-borders...double-borders-tp17409400p17412598.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Latexcad help Again
Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
/Paul
I did this and still not working. The first error that apperars when
compling with Lyx is LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. That doesn't
happen without using \usepackage{latexcad}.
Angel
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Re: Installation glitch
David Hewitt wrote: Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before doing an install or reconfigure. Since it was a fresh install, I had not set anything in the MikTeX interface itself, but I do think I clicked 'Yes' for the install-missing-packages-on-the-fly option during the installer. I'm curious to hear whether Uwe agrees that setting that to No initially is a best practice. It would be nice if the installer could just time out on sleepy servers for certain packages, so as not to worry nit-picky users like me. The MikTeX setting is the proverbial two-edged sword. LyX *needs* certain LaTeX packages to be installed, and if the basic MikTeX set that Uwe bundles in lacks some of them and you tell MikTeX to punt missing packages, bad things may happen down the road. On the other hand, LyX looks for a *lot* of packages (many of which I am happy to report I will not use in this lifetime, and likely not in my next few lifetimes), and downloading all those is painful even if your connection is ok and the repository you're using is not slammed. I can get away with the punt setting because I already have all the key packages installed, but for someone doing a first-time MikTeX installation automatically punting might not in fact be such a good idea. The other approach, which I've used, is to set MikTeX to ask before downloading. Then be prepared to press the 'N' key over and over as MikTeX asks you whether you want to download the document class created by the Journal of Entomological Banking Practices or the package that allows you to create smiley faces in Sanskrit. The good news there is that you can manage the download process (and also tell when MikTeX is hanging). The bad news is carpal tunnel syndrome. As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as above and reconfigure. So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all it's doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX does the same thing? Critical is in the eye of the beholder, but yes, AFAIK once you're seeing stuff scroll, that's the configuration script, and it's the same script that Tools - Reconfigure runs. By the time you've gotten there, all the software bits have been installed, but the local configuration files (including the all-important textclass.lst) haven't been generated yet (that's what the script does). So if the script blows up, you've got a version of LyX that won't run without a reconfigure (but hopefully will at least start, although there have been blown installation instances where it wouldn't even launch). /Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote:
Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
/Paul
I did this and still not working. The first error that apperars when
compling with Lyx is LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. That doesn't
happen without using \usepackage{latexcad}.
Angel
That error message means that either something is mucked up in the
preamble (or maybe early in the document?) or else latexcad is
conflicting with some other package. Does the documentation for
latexcad warn about any conflicts? If not, you may have to post a small
file that blows up on you.
/Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Ok, I have created a new blank Lyx document, and I have only added the latexcad package and this is the result: http://www.nabble.com/file/p17414959/Image.jpg -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Latexcad-help-Again-tp17411764p17414959.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
how do I actually get a .bib file?
Hi, I feel that this is probably a stupid question, but I've spent so much time trying to figure this out. I still don't get it. Here is what I can do so far. 1. From the examples given in wiki and other sources, I know now how to use a .bib file with LyX and it works great in citations. 2. I also know that .bib files have a certain format, and that I can get them as an output from the various journals. 3. So far, and I can save these outputs as .txt file only. However, HERE IS THE QUESTION, How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? Can any one give a simple answer? Thanks so much, Erez
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
JabRef Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (USA) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-do-I-actually-get-a-.bib-file--tp17416085p17416364.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi, I feel that this is probably a stupid question, but I've spent so much time trying to figure this out. I still don't get it. Here is what I can do so far. 1. From the examples given in wiki and other sources, I know now how to use a .bib file with LyX and it works great in citations. 2. I also know that .bib files have a certain format, and that I can get them as an output from the various journals. 3. So far, and I can save these outputs as .txt file only. However, HERE IS THE QUESTION, How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? Can any one give a simple answer? You can write out the .bib file by hand using a text editor. However, it is usually preferable to use a bibtex editor such as JabRef. Gui bibtex editors are available for most operating systems. -- http://www.unmusic.co.uk Michael Reed -- technology, gender, and geek culture freelance writer
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use Save as... to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
On 22-May-08, at 7:38 PM, rgheck wrote: David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use Save as... to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
Okay, I will try sending this again but with the actual comment in it - DOH! One thing to note if you are working on a Windows system and using Windows Notepad as your editor (as well as text editors perhaps), put the filename in quotation marks. Otherwise, Windows will stick a txt extension on by default. -Neil On 22-May-08, at 8:08 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote: On 22-May-08, at 7:38 PM, rgheck wrote: David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use Save as... to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote: Ok, I have created a new blank Lyx document, and I have only added the latexcad package and this is the result: http://www.nabble.com/file/p17414959/Image.jpg Strange. The attached LyX document works fine for me. I took one of the drawings supplied with the package (lcadeg.lp) and moved it to /temp because I needed to specify an absolute path for it (containing no spaces -- I'm on Windows, where paths routinely have spaces). Try it on your system (you'll have to adjust the path to the .lp file). If it works, try changing the language and encoding settings to match your defaults (i.e., the settings in the document that did not work). If you can't get my document to display properly, export it to LaTeX and post the .tex file here. Best guess is that something in another package, perhaps babel, is colliding with the latexcad package on your system but not on mine (because a setting, such as language, is different on mine). /Paul latexcad.lyx Description: application/lyx
How to config Lyx to use CJK?
Hi, all,
I just installed Lyx 1.5.5 (5/12/2008) on vista. The CJK I used is
4.5.2. Miktex is 2.4.1769.
I want to config Lyx to use Chinese. First, in the tab
Document-settings- language , I changed language to
Chinese(simplified), and Encoding to GBK. When I created a Lyx document
and viewed its latex source, I found Lyx has added \usepackage{CJK} in
preamble, and added \begin{CJK}{GBK}{}% and \end{CJK} in the beginning and
the ending of the document. It seems work. But the only problem is that, the
second argument for font is null. If I changed {} to kai, then I can use
latex to get the correct PDF with Chinese characters.
My question is how to change the commands Lyx adds to what I want. In
fact, I prefer to use \begin{CJK*}{GBK}{kai} and \end{CJK*}.
Thanks!
Best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Yaoguang Wei
2008-05-22
Re: Force equations to stay with the text keep position?
On 18.05.08, Tomi Makkonen wrote: > Hi! > How do I force lyx to keep group of numbered equations together with > the text? Now I have first equation with the text and then 2 figures > and 2 tables (2 pages) later the equations will continue. Those > equations happen to be most importance in the text so it is not > acceptable. >From your description I infere that 1. there is a page break somewhere between the "equations + describing text" block. 2. there are 2 pages with floats only inserted inbetween. Do you want a) the float-pages at another place but keep the pagebreak, or b) the "equations + describing text" block on one page? You can achieve a) by one of * moving the float boxes behind the equations-block place in lyx * change the placement settings of the offending floats (right click on the float button). * changing float parameters in the preamble, so that more (or larger) floats fit on a page and no extra page is created. (See the recent thread about "pathetic floats".) You can achieve b) by * moving the equations and their description inside a mini-page box. This is LaTeX' way of forcing stuff to keep together. With the box-width set to textwidth, the minipage will not be visible in the output (except for 1. no pagebreaks and 2. footnotes inside the minipage) Hope this helps Günter
Re: Greek Fonts don't display on Screen but print out in PDF
On 5/22/08, Erez Yerushalmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Most of the Greek Fonts such as \alpha \beta \gamma etc. come out on screen
> as a red empty box.
> However, viewing the page as PDF gives me the correct fonts.
>
Not sure whether on-topic. If you intend to write in Greek, the
following three commands in you preamble would allow you to use
cbgreek fonts in your document:
\usepackage[iso-8859-7]{inputenc}
\usepackage[10pt]{type1ec}
\usepackage[greek, english]{babel}
Regards.
Liviu
Re: Greek Fonts don't display on Screen but print out in PDF
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: (Sorry for sending this again - if I did. I am not sure to which address to send a question to. Sorry ) Hi, I'm a new user to LyX. Just installed LyX 1.5.5 on my Windows XP. Most of the Greek Fonts such as \alpha \beta \gamma etc. come out on screen as a red empty box. However, viewing the page as PDF gives me the correct fonts. I have latex-xft fonts and Bakoma fonts installed on my pc. Can anyone help? You have both latex-xft and Bakoma installed under XP? Unless I'm missing something, you should need only the Bakoma fonts. The empty box thing usually is a problem with the fonts, and at least with older versions of LyX it was not unheard of for the fonts to get "broken" somehow on XP. Try the following: 1. Grab a copy of the Bakoma archive and unzip it somewhere. 2. Use the Windows font applet (Control Panel) to delete the eight fonts in the Bakoma archive, assuming they're installed. 3. Then use the font applet to install the unzipped files. 4. Restart LyX and hope for the best. No, don't do that, LyX already bundle modified Bakoma fonts. Just do steps 1, 2 and 4 but not 3. Abdel.
Lyx crash after selecting document -> settings from the menu
Hello I'm completely new to LyX I wanted to start using it, was following the Tutorial, but it crashed everytime I tried to access the menu: Document -> settings. I have Lyx 1.5.5.1 with ProTeXt-2.1-010408, Win XP Pro, (notebook core 2 duo, lots of mem and space, W^X on) Is this a known bug? Could you please suggest me what to do to get LyX working? Thanks Best regards, Peter Huncar smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: Lyx crash after selecting document -> settings from the menu
Huncar, Peter wrote: > Is this a known bug? Yes: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4861 although we are not yet sure about the actual cause. > Could you please suggest me what to do to get LyX working? Either substitute the LyX binary and DLLs with the ones provided here: http://www.lyx.org/~joost/lyx-1.5.5-qt-4.3.4-bin.zip Or reinstall LyX using the "Alternative Win Installer": http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller HTH, Jürgen
Awful feature or bug?
Hi! When I select something in a document and then press Ctrl+N+N to get it inserted into a LyX Note, the part of the document that I had selected goes into the clipboard. I guess this is a bug. Or is it an awful feature? Nicolás
Re: Awful feature or bug?
Nicolás <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I select something in a document and then press Ctrl+N+N to get > it inserted into a LyX Note, the part of the document that I had > selected goes into the clipboard. I guess this is a bug. Or is it an > awful feature? Something in between :) JMarc
[Lyx] undefined control sequence su algorithm
Salve a tutti, ho un problema con Lyx. Utilizzo i comandi del package algorithm2e per la scrittura di algoritmi, ma alla compilazione, vengono fuori tanti errori quanti sono i comandi di algorithm2e utilizzati. Tutti i messaggi di errori sono del tipo "Undefined control sequence". Premetto che ho l'installazione completta della macchina Latex, non so come cavarci le gambe. Ne sapete nulla..?? Grazie
Image Upload Password
On the wiki it said that I should ask here what password to use to upload files onto the wiki. I have a screenshot for the only coor scheme without one that I would like to add. Thanks Kyle
Re: Image Upload Password
Kyle Horne wrote: On the wiki it said that I should ask here what password to use to upload files onto the wiki. I have a screenshot for the only coor scheme without one that I would like to add. Sent by email. rh
Table borders...double borders
Dear LyX..ers, I would put a double border at the top and at the bottom of a table. The only way I found up to now is rather fancy; that is, putting 2 lines more, one at the top and at the bottom and then selecting the borders. But, the results is not so good, obviously, as the table appears longer than needed. Does someone know a more intellegent way of putting a double border? many thanks to all -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Table-borders...double-borders-tp17409400p17409400.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Installation glitch
I need a little rudimentary help. It's been a while since I did a fresh install of LyX. I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX opened the command window to check configuration before opening the program the first time (the "this may take a while" part). It carried on but stalled at checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an error message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and all looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not complete and that I should uninstall and try again. Any advice? - 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/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installation-glitch-tp17410700p17410700.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Latexcad help Again
A week a go I posted a message looking for help with latexcad- Sorry but it
is still not working. I am usign Windows and I don't know where to write the
thing you have said:
>('locate *.sty' or 'whereis *.sty'
>as root run 'texhash'.
I have copied the latexcad.sty in the folder indicated in the documentation
(...MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex) and still appears the error ('latexcad.sty not
found').
Thank you again
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Re: Installation glitch
David Hewitt wrote: I need a little rudimentary help. It's been a while since I did a fresh install of LyX. I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX opened the command window to check configuration before opening the program the first time (the "this may take a while" part). It carried on but stalled at checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an error message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and all looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not complete and that I should uninstall and try again. Dave, Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before doing an install or reconfigure. As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as above and reconfigure. /Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote:
A week a go I posted a message looking for help with latexcad- Sorry but it
is still not working. I am usign Windows and I don't know where to write the
thing you have said:
('locate *.sty' or 'whereis *.sty'
as root run 'texhash'.
I have copied the latexcad.sty in the folder indicated in the documentation
(...MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex) and still appears the error ('latexcad.sty not
found').
Thank you again
Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
/Paul
Re: Installation glitch
>>> I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new >>> WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX >>> opened >>> the command window to check configuration before opening the program the >>> first time (the "this may take a while" part). It carried on but stalled >>> at >>> checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the >>> window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an >>> error >>> message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and >>> all >>> looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not >>> complete >>> and that I should uninstall and try again. > >> Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I >> think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep >> (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net >> connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best >> practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before >> doing an install or reconfigure. > Since it was a fresh install, I had not set anything in the MikTeX interface itself, but I do think I clicked 'Yes' for the install-missing-packages-on-the-fly option during the installer. I'm curious to hear whether Uwe agrees that setting that to No initially is a best practice. It would be nice if the installer could just time out on sleepy servers for certain packages, so as not to worry nit-picky users like me. >> As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming >> LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as >> above and reconfigure. > So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all it's doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX does the same thing? - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (USA) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installation-glitch-tp17410700p17412512.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Table borders...double borders
econkramer wrote: > I would put a double border at the top and at the bottom of a table. The > only way I found up to now is rather fancy; that is, putting 2 lines more, > one at the top and at the bottom and then selecting the borders. But, the > results is not so good, obviously, as the table appears longer than > needed. > Does someone know a more intellegent way of putting a double border? I think that you are trying to achieve something that the booktabs package offers (check Google ;)). LyX has half-native support for booktabs. Click on the table and open its properties and click on “formal table”. Check section 2 in the Embedded Objects Manual for more information. Regards, Max -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Table-borders...double-borders-tp17409400p17412598.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Latexcad help Again
>Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
>/Paul
I did this and still not working. The first error that apperars when
compling with Lyx is "LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}". That doesn't
happen without using "\usepackage{latexcad}".
Angel
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Re: Installation glitch
David Hewitt wrote: Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before doing an install or reconfigure. Since it was a fresh install, I had not set anything in the MikTeX interface itself, but I do think I clicked 'Yes' for the install-missing-packages-on-the-fly option during the installer. I'm curious to hear whether Uwe agrees that setting that to No initially is a best practice. It would be nice if the installer could just time out on sleepy servers for certain packages, so as not to worry nit-picky users like me. The MikTeX setting is the proverbial two-edged sword. LyX *needs* certain LaTeX packages to be installed, and if the basic MikTeX set that Uwe bundles in lacks some of them and you tell MikTeX to punt missing packages, bad things may happen down the road. On the other hand, LyX looks for a *lot* of packages (many of which I am happy to report I will not use in this lifetime, and likely not in my next few lifetimes), and downloading all those is painful even if your connection is ok and the repository you're using is not slammed. I can get away with the punt setting because I already have all the key packages installed, but for someone doing a first-time MikTeX installation automatically punting might not in fact be such a good idea. The other approach, which I've used, is to set MikTeX to ask before downloading. Then be prepared to press the 'N' key over and over as MikTeX asks you whether you want to download the document class created by the Journal of Entomological Banking Practices or the package that allows you to create smiley faces in Sanskrit. The good news there is that you can manage the download process (and also tell when MikTeX is hanging). The bad news is carpal tunnel syndrome. As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as above and reconfigure. So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all it's doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX does the same thing? Critical is in the eye of the beholder, but yes, AFAIK once you're seeing stuff scroll, that's the configuration script, and it's the same script that Tools -> Reconfigure runs. By the time you've gotten there, all the software bits have been installed, but the local configuration files (including the all-important textclass.lst) haven't been generated yet (that's what the script does). So if the script blows up, you've got a version of LyX that won't run without a reconfigure (but hopefully will at least start, although there have been blown installation instances where it wouldn't even launch). /Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote:
Run the MikTeX settings application, click 'Refresh FNDB', then try again.
/Paul
I did this and still not working. The first error that apperars when
compling with Lyx is "LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}". That doesn't
happen without using "\usepackage{latexcad}".
Angel
That error message means that either something is mucked up in the
preamble (or maybe early in the document?) or else latexcad is
conflicting with some other package. Does the documentation for
latexcad warn about any conflicts? If not, you may have to post a small
file that blows up on you.
/Paul
Re: Latexcad help Again
Ok, I have created a new blank Lyx document, and I have only added the latexcad package and this is the result: http://www.nabble.com/file/p17414959/Image.jpg -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Latexcad-help-Again-tp17411764p17414959.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
how do I actually get a .bib file?
Hi, I feel that this is probably a stupid question, but I've spent so much time trying to figure this out. I still don't get it. Here is what I can do so far. 1. From the examples given in wiki and other sources, I know now how to use a .bib file with LyX and it works great in citations. 2. I also know that .bib files have a certain format, and that I can get them as an output from the various journals. 3. So far, and I can save these outputs as .txt file only. However, HERE IS THE QUESTION, How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? Can any one give a simple answer? Thanks so much, Erez
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
JabRef Erez Yerushalmi wrote: > > How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? > - David Hewitt Research Fishery Biologist USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (USA) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-do-I-actually-get-a-.bib-file--tp17416085p17416364.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi, I feel that this is probably a stupid question, but I've spent so much time trying to figure this out. I still don't get it. Here is what I can do so far. 1. From the examples given in wiki and other sources, I know now how to use a .bib file with LyX and it works great in citations. 2. I also know that .bib files have a certain format, and that I can get them as an output from the various journals. 3. So far, and I can save these outputs as .txt file only. However, HERE IS THE QUESTION, How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? Can any one give a simple answer? You can write out the .bib file by hand using a text editor. However, it is usually preferable to use a bibtex editor such as JabRef. Gui bibtex editors are available for most operating systems. -- http://www.unmusic.co.uk Michael Reed -- technology, gender, and geek culture freelance writer
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use "Save as..." to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
On 22-May-08, at 7:38 PM, rgheck wrote: David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use "Save as..." to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?
Okay, I will try sending this again but with the actual comment in it - DOH! One thing to note if you are working on a Windows system and using Windows Notepad as your editor (as well as text editors perhaps), put the filename in quotation marks. Otherwise, Windows will stick a txt extension on by default. -Neil On 22-May-08, at 8:08 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote: On 22-May-08, at 7:38 PM, rgheck wrote: David Hewitt wrote: Erez Yerushalmi wrote: How do I actually save a file in a *.bib* format??? bib files are just text files, and they can be created with any text editor. You may need to use "Save as..." to get your text editor to save them with the right extension, but that's pretty simple to do. That said, as David said, you're probably better off using something like JabRef, or one of the many other BibTeX editors that are out there. rh = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Latexcad help Again
Angel Amat wrote: Ok, I have created a new blank Lyx document, and I have only added the latexcad package and this is the result: http://www.nabble.com/file/p17414959/Image.jpg Strange. The attached LyX document works fine for me. I took one of the drawings supplied with the package (lcadeg.lp) and moved it to /temp because I needed to specify an absolute path for it (containing no spaces -- I'm on Windows, where paths routinely have spaces). Try it on your system (you'll have to adjust the path to the .lp file). If it works, try changing the language and encoding settings to match your defaults (i.e., the settings in the document that did not work). If you can't get my document to display properly, export it to LaTeX and post the .tex file here. Best guess is that something in another package, perhaps babel, is colliding with the latexcad package on your system but not on mine (because a setting, such as language, is different on mine). /Paul latexcad.lyx Description: application/lyx
How to config Lyx to use CJK?
Hi, all,
I just installed Lyx 1.5.5 (5/12/2008) on vista. The CJK I used is
4.5.2. Miktex is 2.4.1769.
I want to config Lyx to use Chinese. First, in the tab
"Document"->"settings"->" language ", I changed "language" to
"Chinese(simplified)", and "Encoding" to "GBK". When I created a Lyx document
and viewed its latex source, I found Lyx has added "\usepackage{CJK} " in
preamble, and added "\begin{CJK}{GBK}{}%" and "\end{CJK}" in the beginning and
the ending of the document. It seems work. But the only problem is that, the
second argument for font is null. If I changed {} to "kai", then I can use
latex to get the correct PDF with Chinese characters.
My question is how to change the commands Lyx adds to what I want. In
fact, I prefer to use "\begin{CJK*}{GBK}{kai}" and "\end{CJK*}".
Thanks!
Best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Yaoguang Wei
2008-05-22
