Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

[cc:ing to lyx-devel] James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu writes: Okay, I think that I found the problem: I am missing the xargs package. The exported LaTeX file actually had a line: \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08] which I discarded. This is presumably where the \newcommandx

lyx2pdf

Hi there, I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx Inside the lyx file I have some SVG images which are converted to a _very_ bad quality. When I use htlatex: /usr/bin/lyx -e latex somefile.lyx /usr/bin/htlatex somefile.tex xhtml,charset=utf-8

Problem with the length of tables and figures

Hi at all, in my lyx document, i have a table and a figure. I want to make both to 9cm length, but the table is longer than the figure. what can i do? best regards, Jörg ___ Dipl. Ing. (Fh) Jörg Huber Klauflügelweg 46 88400 Biberach +49 171 9958995 joerghu...@gmx.de

Re: lyx2pdf

On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:00:51 Matthias Coy wrote: Hi there, I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx What happens if you use pdf2 or even pdf3 instead of pdf? pdf, pdf2 and pdf3 are different routes to convert the document to pdf. Inside the lyx

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:04 AM, jezZiFeR jezzi...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, I´m not really sure how to install the csquotes package. Do I have to copy the green folder csquotes into the green latex-folder? Yes: that's the right procedure. Since you're copying it into your local texmf

Re: Problem with the length of tables and figures

If I got your problem, right click on a picture / table and you should be able to set the maximum length. It can be a % of the page or it can be expressed in cm or what you like. I don't remember if it's possible to set a maximum table lenght but at least you should be able to set the length of

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

I´m not really sure how to install the csquotes package. Do I have to copy the green folder csquotes into the green latex-folder? Yes: that's the right procedure. Since you're copying it into your local texmf tree, you don't need to run mktexlsr (or texhash). But are you sure you don't have

Re: lyx2pdf

Actually I found http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages which works fine for me on Windows. And yes, I have inkscape. But I'm generating the pdf on my server (gentoo linux) and there is no X installed on that. So it's kind of difficult to make those changes without a gui. Are there any

Re: lyx2pdf

2009/1/7 Matthias Coy matthias@gmx.de: Actually I found http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages which works fine for me on Windows. And yes, I have inkscape. But I'm generating the pdf on my server (gentoo linux) and there is no X installed on that. So it's kind of difficult to

Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Hi, I have just upgraded from 1.5.3 (lyx has evolved so rapidly lately that I have not been able to keep up, good show everyone!). All in all I love lyx 1.6.1 as I have loved every release of lyx, however there are a couple of things that I am not loving as much :). First of all 90% of my

Re: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen ingar.parelius...@dmmh.no writes: 1. I not able to use the keyboard to select a box or an ERT. If you use shift+crtl+right-/left-arrow and release shift+ctrl the box/ert is no longer selected. I cannot reproduce (and why do you need Ctrl?) 2. I think I understand the

Re: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen wrote: 1. I not able to use the keyboard to select a box or an ERT. If you use shift+crtl+right-/left-arrow and release shift+ctrl the box/ert is no longer selected. This is supposed to work. Did you read this in the RELEASE_NOTES? Caveats when upgrading from earlier

Re: problem with running lyx on windows

Firat Bilgel wrote: * Hi,* * I have downloaded LyX 1.5.6 bundle into my computer but when I run LyX, I * * get an error message saying LyX cannot continue because no textclass is* * found. I have uninstalled 1.5.6 and installed LyX 1.6. I have \ installed LyX* * 1.6 on C:\Lyx16 and MikteX on

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

On Jan 7, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: (Check the csquotes documentation for details on how to use it. You can access that documentation once the package is installed by entering texdoc csquotes in the terminal.) Not that I'm afraid of the Terminal, mind you, but is there a mac

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

jezZiFeR wrote: Thanks you for your help. You are right: I have csquotes installed. Jürgen told me he didn´t find it in my logfile, so I would have to install it. And he was right, although it is installed, because after entering \usepackage{csquotes} in the preamble I get the following

SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

For graphics settings, you should have a look at graphics groups: just give a group name to several graphics insets and they share the same parameters. This could be extended to other insets. Is that what graphics groups are? I was a bit mystified about that option. 'Initialize group name'

SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

This is supposed to work. Did you read this in the RELEASE_NOTES? Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x --- Sadly, deleting the .lyx directory did not help. However, I am using kde 4.2beta and I guess that is the cause.

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen wrote: Could it be an idea to have a drop-down box instead, with the different groups to choose, and 'add new group' button? Yes, this would definitely be a better UI. Jürgen

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Jürgen Spitzmüller schreef: Ingar Pareliussen wrote: Could it be an idea to have a drop-down box instead, with the different groups to choose, and 'add new group' button? Yes, this would definitely be a better UI. Jürgen as in.. the current UI is b... so if you have some

Re: problem with running lyx on windows

Firat Bilgel wrote: Is the MiKTeX bin directory on your system command path? (Can you run latex --version from a DOS prompt?) Firat wrote: I have reinstalled the bundle on C:\program files\lyx15 and C:\program files\miktex2.7, still doesnt work. I have a miktex bin directory in C:\program

Re: lyx2pdf

Hi again, I found out, that these two files (or at least one of them) work: ~/.lyx/lyxrc.dist ~/.lyx/preferences I put in them the following lines: \format SVG svg svg inkview inkscape vector \converter SVG eps inkscape -F -D -z $$i --export-eps=$$o

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen ingar.parelius...@dmmh.no writes: For graphics settings, you should have a look at graphics groups: just give a group name to several graphics insets and they share the same parameters. This could be extended to other insets. Is that what graphics groups are? I was a bit

Re: lyx2pdf

Matthias Coy schreef: Hi again, I found out, that these two files (or at least one of them) work: ~/.lyx/lyxrc.dist ~/.lyx/preferences I put in them the following lines: \format SVG svg svg inkview inkscape vector \converter SVG eps inkscape -F -D -z $$i --export-eps=$$o

Re: lyx2pdf

On Wednesday 07 January 2009 08:00:51 am Matthias Coy wrote: Hi there, I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx Inside the lyx file I have some SVG images which are converted to a _very_ bad quality. When I use htlatex: /usr/bin/lyx -e latex

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

Am 07.01.2009 um 10:59 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: [cc:ing to lyx-devel] James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu writes: Okay, I think that I found the problem: I am missing the xargs package. The exported LaTeX file actually had a line: \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08] which

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

Am 06.01.2009 um 16:58 schrieb James C. Sutherland: I have been using macros in 1.6.1, and recently tried to use a macro with an optional argument. I have attached a trivial LyX file that shows this macro and an example of its use. This compiles through LyX just fine. The problem is

How can I find out, if XeTex is installed on OSX?

I thought I had installed XeTex with MacTex, but when I followed the instructions of the wiki I don´t get the mentioned new item under the View menu. When I try to complile via the pdf-button, I get the message LaTeX Error: *** this package currently works only with XeTeX ***. Could it

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

xargs is only needed if you have macros with optional arguments. Of course, \newcommand could handle the case with one optional. But, what we need in fact is something equivalent to \global\def for this case. Is there a way to do this with \newcommand? Why \global? I think that

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Updating your MacTex to the latest version will solve the problem. Updating MacTex did the job. Thank you! James

Re: How can I find out, if XeTex is installed on OSX?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:42 PM, jezZiFeR jezzi...@googlemail.com wrote: I thought I had installed XeTex with MacTex, but when I followed the instructions of the wiki I don´t get the mentioned new item under the View menu. When I try to complile via the pdf-button, I get the message LaTeX

Is Lyx suitable for me?

Hello all I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound to have many... well, photos :). I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering about two features (that is, if they are available or not): a) Will i be able to have spell checking in

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Panos Katergiathis wrote: a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like cocoAspell ? Panos, I'll let one of the developers answer this. b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it automatically scaled to fit on the with of the

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

[cc:ing to lyx-devel] James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu writes: Okay, I think that I found the problem: I am missing the xargs package. The exported LaTeX file actually had a line: \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08] which I discarded. This is presumably where the \newcommandx

lyx2pdf

Hi there, I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx Inside the lyx file I have some SVG images which are converted to a _very_ bad quality. When I use htlatex: /usr/bin/lyx -e latex somefile.lyx /usr/bin/htlatex somefile.tex xhtml,charset=utf-8

Problem with the length of tables and figures

Hi at all, in my lyx document, i have a table and a figure. I want to make both to 9cm length, but the table is longer than the figure. what can i do? best regards, Jörg ___ Dipl. Ing. (Fh) Jörg Huber Klauflügelweg 46 88400 Biberach +49 171 9958995 joerghu...@gmx.de

Re: lyx2pdf

On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:00:51 Matthias Coy wrote: Hi there, I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx What happens if you use pdf2 or even pdf3 instead of pdf? pdf, pdf2 and pdf3 are different routes to convert the document to pdf. Inside the lyx

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:04 AM, jezZiFeR jezzi...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, I´m not really sure how to install the csquotes package. Do I have to copy the green folder csquotes into the green latex-folder? Yes: that's the right procedure. Since you're copying it into your local texmf

Re: Problem with the length of tables and figures

If I got your problem, right click on a picture / table and you should be able to set the maximum length. It can be a % of the page or it can be expressed in cm or what you like. I don't remember if it's possible to set a maximum table lenght but at least you should be able to set the length of

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

I´m not really sure how to install the csquotes package. Do I have to copy the green folder csquotes into the green latex-folder? Yes: that's the right procedure. Since you're copying it into your local texmf tree, you don't need to run mktexlsr (or texhash). But are you sure you don't have

Re: lyx2pdf

Actually I found http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages which works fine for me on Windows. And yes, I have inkscape. But I'm generating the pdf on my server (gentoo linux) and there is no X installed on that. So it's kind of difficult to make those changes without a gui. Are there any

Re: lyx2pdf

2009/1/7 Matthias Coy matthias@gmx.de: Actually I found http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages which works fine for me on Windows. And yes, I have inkscape. But I'm generating the pdf on my server (gentoo linux) and there is no X installed on that. So it's kind of difficult to

Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Hi, I have just upgraded from 1.5.3 (lyx has evolved so rapidly lately that I have not been able to keep up, good show everyone!). All in all I love lyx 1.6.1 as I have loved every release of lyx, however there are a couple of things that I am not loving as much :). First of all 90% of my

Re: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen ingar.parelius...@dmmh.no writes: 1. I not able to use the keyboard to select a box or an ERT. If you use shift+crtl+right-/left-arrow and release shift+ctrl the box/ert is no longer selected. I cannot reproduce (and why do you need Ctrl?) 2. I think I understand the

Re: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen wrote: 1. I not able to use the keyboard to select a box or an ERT. If you use shift+crtl+right-/left-arrow and release shift+ctrl the box/ert is no longer selected. This is supposed to work. Did you read this in the RELEASE_NOTES? Caveats when upgrading from earlier

Re: problem with running lyx on windows

Firat Bilgel wrote: * Hi,* * I have downloaded LyX 1.5.6 bundle into my computer but when I run LyX, I * * get an error message saying LyX cannot continue because no textclass is* * found. I have uninstalled 1.5.6 and installed LyX 1.6. I have \ installed LyX* * 1.6 on C:\Lyx16 and MikteX on

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

On Jan 7, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: (Check the csquotes documentation for details on how to use it. You can access that documentation once the package is installed by entering texdoc csquotes in the terminal.) Not that I'm afraid of the Terminal, mind you, but is there a mac

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

jezZiFeR wrote: Thanks you for your help. You are right: I have csquotes installed. Jürgen told me he didn´t find it in my logfile, so I would have to install it. And he was right, although it is installed, because after entering \usepackage{csquotes} in the preamble I get the following

SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

For graphics settings, you should have a look at graphics groups: just give a group name to several graphics insets and they share the same parameters. This could be extended to other insets. Is that what graphics groups are? I was a bit mystified about that option. 'Initialize group name'

SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

This is supposed to work. Did you read this in the RELEASE_NOTES? Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x --- Sadly, deleting the .lyx directory did not help. However, I am using kde 4.2beta and I guess that is the cause.

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen wrote: Could it be an idea to have a drop-down box instead, with the different groups to choose, and 'add new group' button? Yes, this would definitely be a better UI. Jürgen

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Jürgen Spitzmüller schreef: Ingar Pareliussen wrote: Could it be an idea to have a drop-down box instead, with the different groups to choose, and 'add new group' button? Yes, this would definitely be a better UI. Jürgen as in.. the current UI is b... so if you have some

Re: problem with running lyx on windows

Firat Bilgel wrote: Is the MiKTeX bin directory on your system command path? (Can you run latex --version from a DOS prompt?) Firat wrote: I have reinstalled the bundle on C:\program files\lyx15 and C:\program files\miktex2.7, still doesnt work. I have a miktex bin directory in C:\program

Re: lyx2pdf

Hi again, I found out, that these two files (or at least one of them) work: ~/.lyx/lyxrc.dist ~/.lyx/preferences I put in them the following lines: \format SVG svg svg inkview inkscape vector \converter SVG eps inkscape -F -D -z $$i --export-eps=$$o

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen ingar.parelius...@dmmh.no writes: For graphics settings, you should have a look at graphics groups: just give a group name to several graphics insets and they share the same parameters. This could be extended to other insets. Is that what graphics groups are? I was a bit

Re: lyx2pdf

Matthias Coy schreef: Hi again, I found out, that these two files (or at least one of them) work: ~/.lyx/lyxrc.dist ~/.lyx/preferences I put in them the following lines: \format SVG svg svg inkview inkscape vector \converter SVG eps inkscape -F -D -z $$i --export-eps=$$o

Re: lyx2pdf

On Wednesday 07 January 2009 08:00:51 am Matthias Coy wrote: Hi there, I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx Inside the lyx file I have some SVG images which are converted to a _very_ bad quality. When I use htlatex: /usr/bin/lyx -e latex

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

Am 07.01.2009 um 10:59 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: [cc:ing to lyx-devel] James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu writes: Okay, I think that I found the problem: I am missing the xargs package. The exported LaTeX file actually had a line: \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08] which

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

Am 06.01.2009 um 16:58 schrieb James C. Sutherland: I have been using macros in 1.6.1, and recently tried to use a macro with an optional argument. I have attached a trivial LyX file that shows this macro and an example of its use. This compiles through LyX just fine. The problem is

How can I find out, if XeTex is installed on OSX?

I thought I had installed XeTex with MacTex, but when I followed the instructions of the wiki I don´t get the mentioned new item under the View menu. When I try to complile via the pdf-button, I get the message LaTeX Error: *** this package currently works only with XeTeX ***. Could it

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

xargs is only needed if you have macros with optional arguments. Of course, \newcommand could handle the case with one optional. But, what we need in fact is something equivalent to \global\def for this case. Is there a way to do this with \newcommand? Why \global? I think that

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Updating your MacTex to the latest version will solve the problem. Updating MacTex did the job. Thank you! James

Re: How can I find out, if XeTex is installed on OSX?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:42 PM, jezZiFeR jezzi...@googlemail.com wrote: I thought I had installed XeTex with MacTex, but when I followed the instructions of the wiki I don´t get the mentioned new item under the View menu. When I try to complile via the pdf-button, I get the message LaTeX

Is Lyx suitable for me?

Hello all I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound to have many... well, photos :). I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering about two features (that is, if they are available or not): a) Will i be able to have spell checking in

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Panos Katergiathis wrote: a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like cocoAspell ? Panos, I'll let one of the developers answer this. b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it automatically scaled to fit on the with of the

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

[cc:ing to lyx-devel] "James C. Sutherland" writes: > Okay, I think that I found the problem: I am missing the "xargs" > package. The exported LaTeX file actually had a line: > \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08] > which I discarded. This is presumably where the

lyx2pdf

Hi there, I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx Inside the lyx file I have some SVG images which are converted to a _very_ bad quality. When I use htlatex: /usr/bin/lyx -e latex somefile.lyx /usr/bin/htlatex somefile.tex "xhtml,charset=utf-8" "

Problem with the length of tables and figures

Hi at all, in my lyx document, i have a table and a figure. I want to make both to 9cm length, but the table is longer than the figure. what can i do? best regards, Jörg ___ Dipl. Ing. (Fh) Jörg Huber Klauflügelweg 46 88400 Biberach +49 171 9958995 joerghu...@gmx.de

Re: lyx2pdf

On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:00:51 Matthias Coy wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: > > /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx What happens if you use pdf2 or even pdf3 instead of pdf? pdf, pdf2 and pdf3 are different routes to convert the document to pdf. > Inside the

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:04 AM, jezZiFeR wrote: > Hello, > > I´m not really sure how to install the csquotes package. Do I have to copy > the green folder "csquotes" > into the green "latex"-folder? Yes: that's the right procedure. Since you're copying it into your local

Re: Problem with the length of tables and figures

If I got your problem, right click on a picture / table and you should be able to set the maximum length. It can be a % of the page or it can be expressed in cm or what you like. I don't remember if it's possible to set a maximum table lenght but at least you should be able to set the length of

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

I´m not really sure how to install the csquotes package. Do I have to copy the green folder "csquotes" into the green "latex"-folder? Yes: that's the right procedure. Since you're copying it into your local texmf tree, you don't need to run mktexlsr (or texhash). But are you sure you don't

Re: lyx2pdf

Actually I found http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages which works fine for me on Windows. And yes, I have inkscape. But I'm generating the pdf on my server (gentoo linux) and there is no X installed on that. So it's kind of difficult to make those changes without a gui. Are there any

Re: lyx2pdf

2009/1/7 Matthias Coy : > Actually I found > > http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages > > which works fine for me on Windows. And yes, I have inkscape. But I'm > generating the pdf on my server (gentoo linux) and there is no X installed > on that. So it's kind of

Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Hi, I have just upgraded from 1.5.3 (lyx has evolved so rapidly lately that I have not been able to keep up, good show everyone!). All in all I love lyx 1.6.1 as I have loved every release of lyx, however there are a couple of things that I am not loving as much :). First of all 90% of my

Re: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

"Ingar Pareliussen" writes: > 1. I not able to use the keyboard to select a box or an ERT. If you > use shift+crtl+right-/left-arrow and release shift+ctrl the box/ert is > no longer selected. I cannot reproduce (and why do you need Ctrl?) > 2. I think I understand

Re: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen wrote: > 1. I not able to use the keyboard to select a box or an ERT. If you use > shift+crtl+right-/left-arrow and release shift+ctrl the box/ert is no > longer selected. This is supposed to work. Did you read this in the RELEASE_NOTES? "Caveats when upgrading from earlier

Re: problem with running lyx on windows

Firat Bilgel wrote: *> Hi,* *> I have downloaded LyX 1.5.6 bundle into my computer but when I run LyX, I * *> get an error message saying "LyX cannot continue because no textclass is* *> found". I have uninstalled 1.5.6 and installed LyX 1.6. I have \ installed LyX* *> 1.6 on C:\Lyx16 and MikteX

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

On Jan 7, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: (Check the csquotes documentation for details on how to use it. You can access that documentation once the package is installed by entering "texdoc csquotes" in the terminal.) Not that I'm afraid of the Terminal, mind you, but is there a "mac"

Re: Installing csquotes package / OSX

jezZiFeR wrote: Thanks you for your help. You are right: I have csquotes installed. Jürgen told me he didn´t find it in my logfile, so I would have to install it. And he was right, although it is installed, because after entering "\usepackage{csquotes}" in the preamble I get the following

SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

> For graphics settings, you should have a look at graphics groups: just > give a group name to several graphics insets and they share the same > parameters. This could be extended to other insets. Is that what graphics groups are? I was a bit mystified about that option. 'Initialize group

SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

> This is supposed to work. Did you read this in the RELEASE_NOTES? > > "Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x > --- Sadly, deleting the .lyx directory did not help. However, I am using kde 4.2beta and I guess that is the

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Ingar Pareliussen wrote: > Could it be an idea to have a drop-down box instead, with the different > groups to choose, and 'add new group' button? Yes, this would definitely be a better UI. Jürgen

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

Jürgen Spitzmüller schreef: Ingar Pareliussen wrote: Could it be an idea to have a drop-down box instead, with the different groups to choose, and 'add new group' button? Yes, this would definitely be a better UI. Jürgen as in.. the current UI is b... so if you have some

Re: problem with running lyx on windows

Firat Bilgel wrote: Is the MiKTeX bin directory on your system command path? (Can you run latex --version from a DOS prompt?) Firat wrote: I have reinstalled the bundle on C:\program files\lyx15 and C:\program files\miktex2.7, still doesnt work. I have a miktex bin directory in C:\program

Re: lyx2pdf

Hi again, I found out, that these two files (or at least one of them) work: ~/.lyx/lyxrc.dist ~/.lyx/preferences I put in them the following lines: \format "SVG" "svg" "svg" "" "inkview" "inkscape" "vector" \converter "SVG" "eps" "inkscape -F -D -z $$i

Re: SV: Some thoughts on lyx 1.6.1

"Ingar Pareliussen" writes: >> For graphics settings, you should have a look at graphics groups: just >> give a group name to several graphics insets and they share the same >> parameters. This could be extended to other insets. > > Is that what graphics groups are? I

Re: lyx2pdf

Matthias Coy schreef: Hi again, I found out, that these two files (or at least one of them) work: ~/.lyx/lyxrc.dist ~/.lyx/preferences I put in them the following lines: \format "SVG" "svg" "svg" "" "inkview" "inkscape" "vector" \converter "SVG" "eps" "inkscape -F -D -z $$i

Re: lyx2pdf

On Wednesday 07 January 2009 08:00:51 am Matthias Coy wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm using the CLI interface of lyx: > > /usr/bin/lyx -e pdf somefile.lyx > > Inside the lyx file I have some SVG images which are converted to a _very_ > bad quality. When I use htlatex: > > /usr/bin/lyx -e

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

Am 07.01.2009 um 10:59 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: [cc:ing to lyx-devel] "James C. Sutherland" writes: Okay, I think that I found the problem: I am missing the "xargs" package. The exported LaTeX file actually had a line: \usepackage{xargs}[2008/03/08]

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

Am 06.01.2009 um 16:58 schrieb James C. Sutherland: I have been using macros in 1.6.1, and recently tried to use a macro with an optional argument. I have attached a trivial LyX file that shows this macro and an example of its use. This compiles through LyX just fine. The problem is

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I thought I had installed XeTex with MacTex, but when I followed the instructions of the wiki I don´t get the mentioned new item under the View menu. When I try to complile via the pdf-button, I get the message "LaTeX Error: *** this package currently works only with XeTeX ***". Could

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

xargs is only needed if you have macros with optional arguments. Of course, \newcommand could handle the case with one optional. But, what we need in fact is something equivalent to \global\def for this case. Is there a way to do this with \newcommand? Why \global? I think that

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Updating your MacTex to the latest version will solve the problem. Updating MacTex did the job. Thank you! James

Re: How can I find out, if XeTex is installed on OSX?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:42 PM, jezZiFeR wrote: > I thought I had installed XeTex with MacTex, but when I followed the > instructions of the wiki I don´t get the mentioned new item under the View > menu. When I try to complile via the pdf-button, I get the message "LaTeX

Is Lyx suitable for me?

Hello all I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound to have many... well, photos :). I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering about two features (that is, if they are available or not): a) Will i be able to have spell checking in

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Panos Katergiathis wrote: a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like cocoAspell ? Panos, I'll let one of the developers answer this. b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it automatically scaled to fit on the with of the