Re: Formatted ref for Propositions broken?

2009-03-11 Thread rgheck
Ernesto Posse wrote: It looks like the formatted reference for Propositions is not working properly. While other math environments like "Theorem" and "Lemma" correctly put the word "Theorem" (resp. Lemma, etc.) in the reference, in the case of propositions, only the number appears. Is this normal

Re: math-macro-file child-document class issue

2009-03-11 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Richard Heck schreef: Axel Heim wrote: Hi, on the lyx-webpage (see references below) it is recommended to use a math macro file to collect all personal macros. When I do that, I encounter the problem that lyx complains with popup windows upon compilation if the document class of the child docume

Formatted ref for Propositions broken?

2009-03-11 Thread Ernesto Posse
It looks like the formatted reference for Propositions is not working properly. While other math environments like "Theorem" and "Lemma" correctly put the word "Theorem" (resp. Lemma, etc.) in the reference, in the case of propositions, only the number appears. Is this normal? How can it be fixed?

Re: old document corrupted

2009-03-11 Thread Eran Kaplinsky
Thanks to Richard for the solution – the file wouldn't open due to a problem in LyX2LyX, which has now been corrected. Cheers! Eran

page number position problem

2009-03-11 Thread Melissa Bukovsky
Hello all, I'm having a problem with the location of my page numbers in lyx. I'm using version 1.6.1 (just upgraded hoping my problem would be solved that way, but it wasn't) on a Mac. I have my pagestyle set to plain, because all of the page numbers need to be on the bottom center of my pa

Be careful to use float args when using ItemSep and ParSep

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, Don't fall into the same trap I did... In my "SkipThis" environment, I wanted to have the environment, as displayed in the LyX user interface, have noticible spaces between consecutive paragraphs of the environment. According to the "Customizing LyX: Features for the Advanced User" doc

BIBINPUTS under Windows??

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Heck
David Bickel wrote: Thanks, Richard. Exactly where should I paste those two lines of text? Is there a shell file somewhere I should edit? I do not know TeX, and I just started using LyX. That, I am afraid, is what I don't know, or even if you should paste them somewhere. I know how to do it

Re: Introducing eLyXer: LyX to HTML converter

2009-03-11 Thread Nikos Alexandris
ad link: > http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Tools/eLyXer/elyxer-20090311.tar.gz > > I would like to try a newer version; I am right now compiling LyX > 1.6.2rc2 but it is going to take a while. Could you send me privately > a sample document, even if it is a large one? It is probably the

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 10:37:18 am Sophie (itsme213) wrote: > What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty > current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)? > > Thanks I don't know what it might be, or what your tolerance is for waits during compiles to PDF, but I can tel

Re: lyx2lyx script failed... lyx 1.6.1 >>lyx 1.5.6

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Heck
M-L wrote: On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:34:24 -0400 rgheck wrote: M-L wrote: On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:58:49 -0400 rgheck wrote: As Jurgen said, export to 1.5.x should work on Windows, too. But you have to find the right file: FILENAME.lyx15. Thank you for that. I w

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Heck
Sophie (itsme213) wrote: What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)? I don't know of any realistic limit. I think there are people who've got documents several hundred pages long. I've got one that's about 300 pages myse

Re: change default path to .bib files

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Heck
David Bickel wrote: I keep my .bib files on a portable hard drive so I can easily work from multiple computers. The only way I have been able to get LyX to use these .bib files is to have it put the full path to my .bib directory in the .lyx file. The problem with this is that I share the .lyx fi

Re: math-macro-file child-document class issue

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Heck
Axel Heim wrote: Hi, on the lyx-webpage (see references below) it is recommended to use a math macro file to collect all personal macros. When I do that, I encounter the problem that lyx complains with popup windows upon compilation if the document class of the child document (which contains my m

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Sophie (itsme213) wrote: What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)? Why do you think there could be a limit imposed by the software? There shouldn't be any such limit. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph

Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Sophie (itsme213)
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)? Thanks

Re: italicised capitalics?

2009-03-11 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-03-11, Finalfin wrote: > Hello! > I have searched the archives, but haven't found this question answered. > I would like to be able to put into my documents some capitalicised text in > italics. However, I am unable to put both attributes on the same word. If I > try to italicise a word

italicised capitalics?

2009-03-11 Thread Finalfin
Hello! I have searched the archives, but haven't found this question answered. I would like to be able to put into my documents some capitalicised text in italics. However, I am unable to put both attributes on the same word. If I try to italicise a word which is already capitalicised (also know

Re: Introducing eLyXer: LyX to HTML converter

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Fernandez
again? Same download link: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Tools/eLyXer/elyxer-20090311.tar.gz I would like to try a newer version; I am right now compiling LyX 1.6.2rc2 but it is going to take a while. Could you send me privately a sample document, even if it is a large one? It is probably the f

change default path to .bib files

2009-03-11 Thread David Bickel
I keep my .bib files on a portable hard drive so I can easily work from multiple computers. The only way I have been able to get LyX to use these .bib files is to have it put the full path to my .bib directory in the .lyx file. The problem with this is that I share the .lyx file with other users wh

math-macro-file child-document class issue

2009-03-11 Thread Axel Heim
Hi, on the lyx-webpage (see references below) it is recommended to use a math macro file to collect all personal macros. When I do that, I encounter the problem that lyx complains with popup windows upon compilation if the document class of the child document (which contains my macros) is different

Re: Sure Fire Way to Create Lyx Layouts

2009-03-11 Thread Erez Yerushalmi
thanks a lot looks really useful, erez On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I just created a new web page called "Steve Litt's Sure Fire, > No Fail Way to Create Lyx Layouts". Most people won't need it, but some > people > (like me) have trouble getting layou

Sure Fire Way to Create Lyx Layouts

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I just created a new web page called "Steve Litt's Sure Fire, No Fail Way to Create Lyx Layouts". Most people won't need it, but some people (like me) have trouble getting layout files to work right away. This document gives a standard way to get your layout file recognized instantly by

Re: Exporting to RTF

2009-03-11 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Nikos: > I need some help. I have an article (for a Newsletter) which I have to > deliver today. I am trying unsuccessfully to export my document _at > least_ as an RTF to make my colleague's life easy :-). > [I still have problems with all kinds of _external_ file formats] > I get the following

Re: LyX trunk: where is the configure script?

2009-03-11 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:16 +0100, Nikos Alexandris wrote: > Nikos: > > > Hi all! > > > > > > I've jsut tried to compile from source (trunk). There is no executable > > > _configure_ script though !? > > > > > > ls -l | grep configure > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 nik nik 15612 2009-03-11 08:05 configure.ac

Exporting to RTF

2009-03-11 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Folks, I need some help. I have an article (for a Newsletter) which I have to deliver today. I am trying unsuccessfully to export my document _at least_ as an RTF to make my colleague's life easy :-). [I still have problems with all kinds of _external_ file formats] I get the following error in

Re: LyX trunk: where is the configure script?

2009-03-11 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Nikos: > > Hi all! > > > > I've jsut tried to compile from source (trunk). There is no executable > > _configure_ script though !? > > > > ls -l | grep configure > > -rw-r--r-- 1 nik nik 15612 2009-03-11 08:05 configure.ac > > > > Anything different in LyX than with usual source-codes? Florian:

Re: LyX trunk: where is the configure script?

2009-03-11 Thread Florian Rubach
Nikos Alexandris schrieb: > Hi all! > > I've jsut tried to compile from source (trunk). There is no executable > _configure_ script though !? > > ls -l | grep configure > -rw-r--r-- 1 nik nik 15612 2009-03-11 08:05 configure.ac > > > Anything different in LyX than with usual source-codes? > Kindes

LyX trunk: where is the configure script?

2009-03-11 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Hi all! I've jsut tried to compile from source (trunk). There is no executable _configure_ script though !? ls -l | grep configure -rw-r--r-- 1 nik nik 15612 2009-03-11 08:05 configure.ac Anything different in LyX than with usual source-codes? Kindest regards, Nikos

Re: pdfsync and tables clash

2009-03-11 Thread Konrad Hofbauer
James C. Sutherland wrote: If you use the pdfsync class and then create a table with a specified column width then the table column width becomes very wide. Removing the pdfsync package seems to fix the problem. Can anyone duplicate this? Is it a LyX bug or a LaTeX problem??? A known probl