Problem (File does not exist) with Lyx 1.6.2 and XeTex (under TexLive 2009)

[Clemente Beghi]

Hello,

I am a newbie running a computer with Ubuntu 8.1 (intrepid) where I tried
installing Lyx and have it work with XeTex.
Eventually I opted for the latest Lyx package on getdeb (version 1.6.2) and
the repository files for TexLive/Xetex. I later realised that the
latex/xetex were way too old so I got the TexLive 2009 installer (somehow I
had some problems installing the TexLive 2008 DVD).
Now, after setting Lyx up for XeTex, I get the following message when I try
to export or view with XeTex:
File does not exist: /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.TJ6121/lyx_tmpbuf0/Test.pdf
I didn't get it before with the 2007 repository version (although I had
problems with other things that eventually pushed me to try to update
everything).
If I run a tex file with xetex with the command line I get:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.0 (TeX Live 2009)
restricted \write18 enabled.
---! /home/arjuna/.texlive2009/texmf-var/web2c/xetex/xelatex.fmt doesn't
match xetex.pool
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

I hope someone can help.
All the best

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Liviu Andronic]

On 8/24/09, G. Jay Kerns gke...@ysu.edu wrote:
  Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
  without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
  even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?

You could use emelFM2 as the file manager from which you open your LyX
documents. It has an integrated output pane that is, for practical
reasons, a terminal. And you can see all LyX mindwork in it. When not
needed, you could simply hide the output pane. I would believe Ubuntu
has a (somewhat dated) emelFM2 binary.
Liviu

Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

Hi,

I'm new to lyx and i think it's a very good program. I've a trouble i'm trying 
to fix from a long time and i googled a lot without finding anything useful 
which works.

The problem is simple, i've a frontpage which should be not numbered and that 
must have a blank page afterwards.

I just typed some test characters and i did Insert-Formatting-Clear Double 
Page.

I tried with New Page, Clear Page and Page Break but the result is even the 
same: nothing changes when i print as pdf or dvi or ps.

Does anyone know why?

Thanks
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Re: Installing LyX 1.6.4

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
  When I install LyX 1.6.4 on my Mac LyXAbout LyX and LyXPreferences..
  are greyed out.  How do I fix this?  In particular, how do I use
  Preferences?
 
  Hal
 
 We know about this problem and it has our full attention.

The Mac binary of LyX 1.6.4 has now been removed from the server due to this 
problem.

We'll release a small update for the Mac soon which addresses the problem.

Jürgen

Re: A feature you really need

[Helge Hafting]

Steve Litt wrote:

Hi all,

Thank you so much for the outline view on LyX 1.6.x. You need two or three 
more buttons to make the outline view fully functional:


* Insert
* Delete
* Maybe Insert Subservient

The Insert function inserts a new heading, at the level of the current 
heading,

Useful indeed.

The Delete function deletes the current headline and everything subservient to 
it. This function should have an are you sure screen, and maybe highlight in 
the document view everything that will be deleted. No need for a keyboard 
mapping --- this should not be done thoughtlessly.


I am not sure the are you sure thing is needed - instead, undo
will reinstate anything deleted by accident.

Or make it a two-click button:
* First click marks the stuff to be deleted, and moves (some of) it into
  view in the main window if needed. The button changes to something
  that indicate deletion, such as scissors.
* The next click deletes the stuff, and resets the button.
  Any other action except scrolling (to see what will go) should
  also reset the button and remove the marking.

This at least avoids the dreaded popup.

Helge Hafting

Re: Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?

[Helge Hafting]

Wolfgang Keller wrote:


Personally, I like Linux Libertine. But I'm just an amateur.


Can libertine be used without having to mess with xetex? Is there good 
latex support for it?


Helge Hafting

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Helge Hafting]

G. Jay Kerns wrote:

Dear LyX-Users,

I am on Ubuntu Linux.  If I run lyx from a terminal, then along with
the LyX window I get a terminal where I can see what LyX is thinking
when it generates PDFs, etc.  This is a very useful debugging tool,
but I only need it a relatively small fraction of the time I am using
LyX.

On the other hand, I can never predict when I am going to need it.
And if I run LyX from the Desktop icon, say, then I don't get the
terminal showing LyX's thought processes.  If I get to someplace where
I need the terminal (especially when I am doing something with
Sweave), the only solution I have found is to close LyX and open it up
again with a terminal.

Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?


I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Helge Hafting

[ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
===

We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:

* A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
* Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
* Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
* Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).

A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.

In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
which yields smaller files):

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2

and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
also host the .bz2 versions):

ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to 
a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released. 
Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2

If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).

Enjoy!

The LyX team.


What's new in version 1.6.4?


** Updates:
***

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
  * nomenclature entries
  * the LaTeX-package esint
  * the alternative LaTeX document language names portuguese and
brazilian

- Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
  pLaTeX's bibtex and makeindex replacements (bug 5601).

- Lyx now recognizes dviout as DVI viewer (bug 6103).


* USER INTERFACE

- Support for chemical formulae via the LaTeX package mhchem. For a
  description see LyX's Math manual.

- LyX's warning about different textclasses in master and child now has a
  Do not show this warning again! checkbox. Checking it will disable the
  warning for this specific master/child constellation over sessions
  (bug 3218).

- Tooltips for toolbar buttons now show the 

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Joachim Osnabryg]

Am 24.08.2009, 13:28 Uhr, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:


NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.


OK, that means patience. But you continue with:

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to  
apply one of the following patches instead

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2


Is this statement also guilty for my case with LyX 1.6.3 having installed  
from the Mac OS X binaries?


Sorry for my ignorance…

joachim
--
MacTeXLive 2008 - TeXShop 2.18-svn - LyX 1.6.3
MacBook Pro OSX 10.4.11 Tiger (intel)

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[G. Jay Kerns]

 You could use emelFM2 as the file manager from which you open your LyX
 documents. It has an integrated output pane that is, for practical
 reasons, a terminal. And you can see all LyX mindwork in it. When not
 needed, you could simply hide the output pane. I would believe Ubuntu
 has a (somewhat dated) emelFM2 binary.
 Liviu


Thanks, Liviu.

I installed emelFM2, and it looks pretty cool.  I am going to need to
play around with it more to learn what all it can do.  But I see the
output pane you mentioned, and it seems to be another method to get
what I was looking for.

Thanks again,
Jay



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Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[G. Jay Kerns]

 I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
 a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

 If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

 Helge Hafting



Thanks, Helge.

I did some searching and it seems like I can replace the command

lyx %F

in the launcher with

gnome-terminal -e lyx %F

and it will open a terminal (not minimized, though).  This is
basically what I was looking for.  There is an extra window, but at
least I don't need to start a whole new LyX process if/when I run into
trouble.

Cheers,
Jay

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Murat Yildizoglu]

Thanks a lot! This is an impressive list of bug fixes (and, moreover,
of  some nasty ones)! Congratulations!

Murat

2009/8/24 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org:
 Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
 ===

 We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
 maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
 many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:

 * A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
 * Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
 * Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
 * Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).

 A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
 are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

 All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.

 In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
 http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

 You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
 which yields smaller files):

        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
        ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2

 and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
 also host the .bz2 versions):

        ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        
 http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

 Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
 installers) should soon be available at
        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

 NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
 a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
 Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.

 If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
 one of the following patches instead
        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2

 If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
 e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
 or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

 If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
 question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
 the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).

 Enjoy!

 The LyX team.


 What's new in version 1.6.4?
 

 ** Updates:
 ***

 * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

 - LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
  * nomenclature entries
  * the LaTeX-package esint
  * the alternative LaTeX document language names portuguese and
    brazilian

 - Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
  pLaTeX's bibtex and makeindex replacements (bug 5601).

 - Lyx now recognizes dviout as DVI viewer (bug 6103).


 * USER INTERFACE

 - Support for chemical formulae via the LaTeX package mhchem. For a
  description see LyX's Math manual.

 - LyX's warning about different textclasses in master and child now has 

HUGE fomulae

[sammichaelstevens]

When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the main text
or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the formula
usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then reselect the
formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to normal size.  I am doing
something obviously wrong?

Thank you in advance

Sam
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Joachim Osnabryg wrote:
  If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to
apply one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2
 
 Is this statement also guilty for my case with LyX 1.6.3 having installed  
  from the Mac OS X binaries?

No. The patches can only be applied to the source code of LyX 1.6.3 (which 
needs to be recompiled, then). Furthermore, these patches are intended to be a 
comprehensive way of checking what we have changed since the last release (for 
those who are interested in programming).

Jürgen

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[John McCabe-Dansted]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Helge Haftinghelge.haft...@hist.no wrote:
 I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
 a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

 If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Another possibility, run lyx as
   lyx 21 | tee -a /tmp/lyx-$USER.log
then if you need to see what lyx is thinking, run
   tail -f  /tmp/lyx-$USER.log
or if you need to know what lyx was thinking you can run something like
   gedit /tmp/lyx-$USER.log

This may be better if you don't want to clutter your panel with
windows you probably won't use (or if you may need to know what LyX
was thinking a while back).

The downside is that the log will grow and grow and won't be
automatically cleared until Ubuntu cleans out /tmp on a restart.
However, even a reconfigure only adds 15k to the log so it is unlikely
to grow very large.

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted

Re: shifting a table outside margins?

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:30:55PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
 
 What I find I can do is to set each column to a % width. That's fine,
 and equivalent to figuring out a number of cm.  The table does not
 center itself on the page, though. It slides off to the right...

I _think_ I used a float for the table in order to make this work
nicely.  I don't think I was able to get the table to look good
without the float.

A

-- 
Andrew Sullivan
a...@shinkuro.com
Shinkuro, Inc.

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Helge Hafting]

G. Jay Kerns wrote:

I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Helge Hafting




Thanks, Helge.

I did some searching and it seems like I can replace the command

lyx %F

in the launcher with

gnome-terminal -e lyx %F

and it will open a terminal (not minimized, though).


I use the rxvt terminal emulator, which can be started minimized
like this:

rxvt -iconic

I don't have gnome-terminal, but you may try the command
man gnome-terminal
to see if it takes some option for starting minimized. Just put
such options before the -e lyx %F in your launcher command.

Helge Hafting

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Helge Hafting]

Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:

Hi,

I'm new to lyx and i think it's a very good program. I've a trouble i'm trying 
to fix from a long time and i googled a lot without finding anything useful 
which works.


The problem is simple, i've a frontpage which should be not numbered and that 
must have a blank page afterwards.


I just typed some test characters and i did Insert-Formatting-Clear Double 
Page.


I tried with New Page, Clear Page and Page Break but the result is even the 
same: nothing changes when i print as pdf or dvi or ps.




What exactly is the problem? Do you get numbers you don't want on those 
pages?


Use the TeX-button (or Insert-TeX Code) and add the command
\thispagestyle{empty}
on all of the pages where you don't want a number.

New page/page break/clear page has nothing to do with numbering and 
such, these commands just gives you pages without normal text on them.


Helge Hafting

Re: HUGE fomulae

[Helge Hafting]

sammichaelstevens wrote:

When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the main text
or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the formula
usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then reselect the
formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to normal size.  I am doing
something obviously wrong?


Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know how
to fix that. Take a look at Tools-Preferences-Screen Fonts, see if 
there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.


I assume this does not affect output, i.e. your PDFs or printouts are fine?

Helge Hafting

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

On Monday 24 August 2009 03:24:25 pm Helge Hafting wrote:
 New page/page break/clear page has nothing to do with numbering and
 such, these commands just gives you pages without normal text on them.


Sorry i'm not good at english and i didn't explain good.

I had two problems: the first one is to hide the page number and this command 
fixed it \thispagestyle{empty} 

The second issue is that i need a blank page somewhere in my document. Is 
there a way to add it ? i tried with 
Insert-Formatting-Clear Double Page.
Insert-Formatting-Page Break.
Insert-Formatting-New Page.
Insert-Formatting-Clear Page.

But none of them worked.

How can i do it?

Thanks

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RE: HUGE fomulae

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
 When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the
main 
 text or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the 
 formula usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then 
 reselect the formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to
normal 
 size.  I am doing something obviously wrong?

Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know
how to fix that. Take a look at Tools-Preferences-Screen Fonts,
see if there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.


Or, look at Tools-Preferences-Graphics and set Instant Preview to Off.

Or, have a look at your preferences file in the LyX dir in your user
directory and look for some magic entry saying something about the size
of previews: '\\preview_scale_factor'. If it's there and it's not 0.9,
start wondering how it got there.

Vincent

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Matthias Bußjäger]

Great!

I would really like to use this version because of more stability. Currently
I use Lyx 1.6.3 to write my thesis.
Thereby I am very careful and would like to know if it might result in any
problem if I change my current version of Lyx?

Thanks in advance, Matthias



On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote:

 Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
 ===

 We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
 maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
 many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:

 * A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
 * Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
 * Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
 * Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).

 A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
 are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

 All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.

 In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
 http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

 You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
 which yields smaller files):

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2

 and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
 also host the .bz2 versions):

ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

 ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

 http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

 Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
 installers) should soon be available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

 NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
 a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
 Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.

 If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to
 apply
 one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2

 If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
 e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
 or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

 If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
 question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
 the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org
 ).

 Enjoy!

 The LyX team.


 What's new in version 1.6.4?
 

 ** Updates:
 ***

 * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

 - LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
  * nomenclature entries
  * the LaTeX-package esint
  * the alternative LaTeX document language names portuguese and
brazilian

 - Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
  pLaTeX's bibtex and makeindex replacements (bug 5601).

 - Lyx now recognizes dviout as DVI viewer (bug 6103).


 * USER INTERFACE

 - 

RE: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
Great!

I would really like to use this version because of
more stability.

Yes, sorry for that.

Currently I use Lyx 1.6.3 to write my thesis.
Thereby I am very careful and would like to know if
it might result in any problem if I change my current
version of Lyx?

No. (at least it shouldn't). The file format doesn't change between minor 
versions, so your file won't be converted in any sense. A backup can never hurt 
of course.

Vincent

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

On Monday 24 August 2009 03:32:13 pm Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:


 I had two problems: the first one is to hide the page number and this
 command fixed it \thispagestyle{empty} 

 The second issue is that i need a blank page somewhere in my document. Is
 there a way to add it ? i tried with
 Insert-Formatting-Clear Double Page.
 Insert-Formatting-Page Break.
 Insert-Formatting-New Page.
 Insert-Formatting-Clear Page.

 But none of them worked.

 How can i do it?

 Thanks

I solved with this trick:
Insert-Formatting-Clear Double Page
type CTRL+ SPACE
Insert-Formatting-Clear Double Page
In this way i've finally an empty page.

Thx ;)


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RE: HUGE fomulae

[Sam Stevens]

Dear Helge  Vincent

Thankyou for your speedy responses.  Turning off instant preview worked.  

You've made a PhD thesis writing student alot less stressed!

Thanks again

Sam
 
On Monday, 24 August, 2009, at 03:41PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW 
v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl wrote:
 
 When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the
main 
 text or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the 
 formula usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then 
 reselect the formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to
normal 
 size.  I am doing something obviously wrong?

Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know
how to fix that. Take a look at Tools-Preferences-Screen Fonts,
see if there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.


Or, look at Tools-Preferences-Graphics and set Instant Preview to Off.

Or, have a look at your preferences file in the LyX dir in your user
directory and look for some magic entry saying something about the size
of previews: '\\preview_scale_factor'. If it's there and it's not 0.9,
start wondering how it got there.

Vincent

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jonatan R. Catai]

Hello, Wolfgang

Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a structural
formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it). When I added
some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using the caption
package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small caption but could
not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the caption stay on
the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture itself, goes to the
right, center, left when I just select Paragraph Settings and choose the
justification.

I can't image that this can be so difficult, because it is quite common in
reports, article and thesis to have small captions to the left side (or
justified as would be a large caption).

Someone knows the trick?

Jonatan

PS. I apologize if I am making well known questions but I am a newbee ;-)


On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann 
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

 Am Friday 21 August 2009 22:22:33 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
  Unfortunetly, it did not work.
 
  Only the picture goes to the left, but not the caption. Some other idea?
 
 
  Jonatan
 

 Jonatan,
 I am not sure now what you are aiming at. Is your figure a small one and
 the
 legend short, so that it would be better to have the whole float at the
 left?
 In this case you might consider the \usepackage[Option]{sidecap} as
 described
 in the EmbeddedObjects help menu. The \usepackage{caption} has also
 solutions. You could also consider using boxes or parboxes, but I am not
 familiar with it. I personally use twocolumns in my book (Koma-script) and
 if
 a float is small, I restrict it to one column, if large, spanning columns
 by
 clicking with the right mouse button on
 floatobject: figure  settings
 Wolfgang

  On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann 
 
  engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
   Am Friday 21 August 2009 04:23:06 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
Dear All,
   
I added a float picture on my report and Lyx adds the caption
  
   automatically
  
- so far so good. However, the caption stays on the center of the
 page.
I tryed clicking with the right button of the mouse outside the
 caption
  
   box,
  
within the float picture box, and in Paragraph Settings change to
 left,
  
   but
  
no sucess - the caption remaings on the center in DVI and PDF output.
Am
  
   I
  
doing something wrong? How can I change its position to the left?
   
I am using article koma script.
   
Jonatan
  
   Mark the float with mouse, click with right mouse button, select
   paragraph settings  justification left
   (wording might be different in English; I am using the German setting)
  
   Wolfgang



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Re: Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?

[Wolfgang Keller]

  Personally, I like Linux Libertine. But I'm just an amateur.
 
 Can libertine be used without having to mess with xetex? Is there good 
 latex support for it?

Good? It depends. For me the version from CTAN is ok. ;-

Sincerely,

Wolfgang

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Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?

[Bjørn Liene Gundersen]

Hi,

I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?

A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.

\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
 % set fonts for nicer pdf view
 \IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}

I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?

Best regards
Bjørn Liene Gundersen
Master student at Telemark University College, Norway.

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Guenter Milde]

On 2009-08-24, G. Jay Kerns wrote:

 Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
 without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
 even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?

Errors of X programms without attached terminal are written into
'.xsession-errors' in your home directory.

Günter

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jonatan R. Catai]

Hello all,

I might be answering my own question, but if there other ways to solve the
caption problem, I am eager to try them out.

It is a pretty dirty trick, but it worked nicely. When you have a short
caption, just add at its end whitespaces (crtl+shtift_space) and there you
go, our caption goes to the left. This trick avoid adding preamble and tex
code in the middle of the text. Of course, it might have its disadvantage,
but...


Jonatan

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Jonatan R. Catai jrca...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello, Wolfgang

 Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a
 structural formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it).
 When I added some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using
 the caption package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small
 caption but could not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the
 caption stay on the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture
 itself, goes to the right, center, left when I just select Paragraph
 Settings and choose the justification.

 I can't image that this can be so difficult, because it is quite common in
 reports, article and thesis to have small captions to the left side (or
 justified as would be a large caption).

 Someone knows the trick?

 Jonatan

 PS. I apologize if I am making well known questions but I am a newbee ;-)



 On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann 
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

 Am Friday 21 August 2009 22:22:33 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
  Unfortunetly, it did not work.
 
  Only the picture goes to the left, but not the caption. Some other idea?
 
 
  Jonatan
 

 Jonatan,
 I am not sure now what you are aiming at. Is your figure a small one and
 the
 legend short, so that it would be better to have the whole float at the
 left?
 In this case you might consider the \usepackage[Option]{sidecap} as
 described
 in the EmbeddedObjects help menu. The \usepackage{caption} has also
 solutions. You could also consider using boxes or parboxes, but I am not
 familiar with it. I personally use twocolumns in my book (Koma-script) and
 if
 a float is small, I restrict it to one column, if large, spanning columns
 by
 clicking with the right mouse button on
 floatobject: figure  settings
 Wolfgang

  On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann 
 
  engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
   Am Friday 21 August 2009 04:23:06 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
Dear All,
   
I added a float picture on my report and Lyx adds the caption
  
   automatically
  
- so far so good. However, the caption stays on the center of the
 page.
I tryed clicking with the right button of the mouse outside the
 caption
  
   box,
  
within the float picture box, and in Paragraph Settings change to
 left,
  
   but
  
no sucess - the caption remaings on the center in DVI and PDF
 output.
Am
  
   I
  
doing something wrong? How can I change its position to the left?
   
I am using article koma script.
   
Jonatan
  
   Mark the float with mouse, click with right mouse button, select
   paragraph settings  justification left
   (wording might be different in English; I am using the German setting)
  
   Wolfgang



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Re: Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?

[rgheck]

On 08/24/2009 05:20 PM, Bjørn Liene Gundersen wrote:

Hi,

I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?

   
I'm not entirely clear what you want here. If you want a new line, type 
Ctrl-Enter (which gives you the equivalent of LaTeX's \\). As for the 
picture, anything you can do in LaTeX, you can do in LyX, if only by 
inserting raw TeX code (InsertTeX Code), also known as ERT. In this 
case, I would have thought InsertGraphics would do it. That gives you 
LaTeX's \includegraphics command.


Note however that the titlepage is controlled by the document class. If 
you really want to get into heavy customization of the titlepage, then 
you are probably going to have to redefine \maketitle.



A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.

\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
  % set fonts for nicer pdf view
  \IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}

I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?

   
It sounds to me as if this is a font issue. So you should probably just 
experiment with different fonts, and perhaps try to find out which font 
SWP was using. To customize the font, go to DocumentSettingsFonts, and 
then choose the Serif (mislabeled, I think, as Roman) font you want. If 
you choose Latin Moder, that will load lmodern.sty.


rh

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 24/08/2009 20:23, Jonatan R. Catai a écrit :

Hello, Wolfgang

Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a structural
formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it). When I added
some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using the caption
package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small caption but could
not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the caption stay on
the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture itself, goes to the
right, center, left when I just select Paragraph Settings and choose the
justification.


Just a point: the fact that captions are centered when short enough and 
justified when they are longer than a normal line (the only layout that 
exhibits this behaviour AFAIK) is considered to be a feature of the 
textclass :) Are you sure that the behaviour you want is better, or is 
it just that it surprised you?


JMarc

[announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.6.4

[Uwe Stöhr]

Hello LyXers,

the alternative Windows installer for LyX 1.6.4 is now available.

This installer comes again with an update installer to update existing LyX 
1.6.3 installation to LyX
1.6.4. NOTE: To be able to use this installer version, LyX 1.6.3 must have been 
installed with the
alternative Windows installer.

-

The installer for this version can be downloaded from:
http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117release_id=16634
and
http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

(General infos about the installer can be found here:
 http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller )

Installer Changelog:
-
Version 4.20
- LyX 1.6.4
- updated to ImageMagick 6.5.5-0
- updated to JabRef 2.5
- updated to Ghostscript 8.70
-

happy LyXing
Uwe

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jonatan R. Catai]

Hi JMarc

The answer is yes for both questions.

Interesting to thing about the feature as part of the textclass. Yes, it
surprised me. I could leave the way it is. I, personally, have no problem
with it.

On the other side, however, the document I am writing goes to other people
and that is the way they are used to (because they are used to M$ word and
that is the way it behaves). So, I have to adapt, a bit, in order to avoid
useless further explanations. There are people that do not benefit from the
open source movement just because they are not open minded!

Maybe my next question would fit better in another topic/subject but I'll
ask it right here, since it still relates with this issue (please, I have no
intention attacking anybody or any idea, it is just curiosity): Who have
determined that the textclass would have such behavior for short captions
(or wherever other feature) and is there a reason for that?

Jonatan


On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.orgwrote:

 Le 24/08/2009 20:23, Jonatan R. Catai a écrit :

 Hello, Wolfgang

 Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a
 structural
 formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it). When I
 added
 some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using the caption
 package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small caption but
 could
 not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the caption stay on
 the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture itself, goes to
 the
 right, center, left when I just select Paragraph Settings and choose the
 justification.


 Just a point: the fact that captions are centered when short enough and
 justified when they are longer than a normal line (the only layout that
 exhibits this behaviour AFAIK) is considered to be a feature of the
 textclass :) Are you sure that the behaviour you want is better, or is it
 just that it surprised you?

 JMarc

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[G. Jay Kerns]

Thanks for all of the answers; they are all what I was looking for.

Perhaps Günter's solution is the most convenient for my setup... the
errors have been there waiting for me in .xsession-errors all along.

Thanks again.
Jay

Problem (File does not exist) with Lyx 1.6.2 and XeTex (under TexLive 2009)

[Clemente Beghi]

Hello,

I am a newbie running a computer with Ubuntu 8.1 (intrepid) where I tried
installing Lyx and have it work with XeTex.
Eventually I opted for the latest Lyx package on getdeb (version 1.6.2) and
the repository files for TexLive/Xetex. I later realised that the
latex/xetex were way too old so I got the TexLive 2009 installer (somehow I
had some problems installing the TexLive 2008 DVD).
Now, after setting Lyx up for XeTex, I get the following message when I try
to export or view with XeTex:
File does not exist: /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.TJ6121/lyx_tmpbuf0/Test.pdf
I didn't get it before with the 2007 repository version (although I had
problems with other things that eventually pushed me to try to update
everything).
If I run a tex file with xetex with the command line I get:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.0 (TeX Live 2009)
restricted \write18 enabled.
---! /home/arjuna/.texlive2009/texmf-var/web2c/xetex/xelatex.fmt doesn't
match xetex.pool
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

I hope someone can help.
All the best

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Liviu Andronic]

On 8/24/09, G. Jay Kerns gke...@ysu.edu wrote:
  Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
  without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
  even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?

You could use emelFM2 as the file manager from which you open your LyX
documents. It has an integrated output pane that is, for practical
reasons, a terminal. And you can see all LyX mindwork in it. When not
needed, you could simply hide the output pane. I would believe Ubuntu
has a (somewhat dated) emelFM2 binary.
Liviu

Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

Hi,

I'm new to lyx and i think it's a very good program. I've a trouble i'm trying 
to fix from a long time and i googled a lot without finding anything useful 
which works.

The problem is simple, i've a frontpage which should be not numbered and that 
must have a blank page afterwards.

I just typed some test characters and i did Insert-Formatting-Clear Double 
Page.

I tried with New Page, Clear Page and Page Break but the result is even the 
same: nothing changes when i print as pdf or dvi or ps.

Does anyone know why?

Thanks
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Re: Installing LyX 1.6.4

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
  When I install LyX 1.6.4 on my Mac LyXAbout LyX and LyXPreferences..
  are greyed out.  How do I fix this?  In particular, how do I use
  Preferences?
 
  Hal
 
 We know about this problem and it has our full attention.

The Mac binary of LyX 1.6.4 has now been removed from the server due to this 
problem.

We'll release a small update for the Mac soon which addresses the problem.

Jürgen

Re: A feature you really need

[Helge Hafting]

Steve Litt wrote:

Hi all,

Thank you so much for the outline view on LyX 1.6.x. You need two or three 
more buttons to make the outline view fully functional:


* Insert
* Delete
* Maybe Insert Subservient

The Insert function inserts a new heading, at the level of the current 
heading,

Useful indeed.

The Delete function deletes the current headline and everything subservient to 
it. This function should have an are you sure screen, and maybe highlight in 
the document view everything that will be deleted. No need for a keyboard 
mapping --- this should not be done thoughtlessly.


I am not sure the are you sure thing is needed - instead, undo
will reinstate anything deleted by accident.

Or make it a two-click button:
* First click marks the stuff to be deleted, and moves (some of) it into
  view in the main window if needed. The button changes to something
  that indicate deletion, such as scissors.
* The next click deletes the stuff, and resets the button.
  Any other action except scrolling (to see what will go) should
  also reset the button and remove the marking.

This at least avoids the dreaded popup.

Helge Hafting

Re: Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?

[Helge Hafting]

Wolfgang Keller wrote:


Personally, I like Linux Libertine. But I'm just an amateur.


Can libertine be used without having to mess with xetex? Is there good 
latex support for it?


Helge Hafting

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Helge Hafting]

G. Jay Kerns wrote:

Dear LyX-Users,

I am on Ubuntu Linux.  If I run lyx from a terminal, then along with
the LyX window I get a terminal where I can see what LyX is thinking
when it generates PDFs, etc.  This is a very useful debugging tool,
but I only need it a relatively small fraction of the time I am using
LyX.

On the other hand, I can never predict when I am going to need it.
And if I run LyX from the Desktop icon, say, then I don't get the
terminal showing LyX's thought processes.  If I get to someplace where
I need the terminal (especially when I am doing something with
Sweave), the only solution I have found is to close LyX and open it up
again with a terminal.

Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?


I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Helge Hafting

[ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
===

We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:

* A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
* Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
* Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
* Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).

A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.

In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
which yields smaller files):

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2

and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
also host the .bz2 versions):

ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to 
a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released. 
Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2

If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).

Enjoy!

The LyX team.


What's new in version 1.6.4?


** Updates:
***

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
  * nomenclature entries
  * the LaTeX-package esint
  * the alternative LaTeX document language names portuguese and
brazilian

- Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
  pLaTeX's bibtex and makeindex replacements (bug 5601).

- Lyx now recognizes dviout as DVI viewer (bug 6103).


* USER INTERFACE

- Support for chemical formulae via the LaTeX package mhchem. For a
  description see LyX's Math manual.

- LyX's warning about different textclasses in master and child now has a
  Do not show this warning again! checkbox. Checking it will disable the
  warning for this specific master/child constellation over sessions
  (bug 3218).

- Tooltips for toolbar buttons now show the 

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Joachim Osnabryg]

Am 24.08.2009, 13:28 Uhr, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:


NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.


OK, that means patience. But you continue with:

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to  
apply one of the following patches instead

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2


Is this statement also guilty for my case with LyX 1.6.3 having installed  
from the Mac OS X binaries?


Sorry for my ignorance…

joachim
--
MacTeXLive 2008 - TeXShop 2.18-svn - LyX 1.6.3
MacBook Pro OSX 10.4.11 Tiger (intel)

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[G. Jay Kerns]

 You could use emelFM2 as the file manager from which you open your LyX
 documents. It has an integrated output pane that is, for practical
 reasons, a terminal. And you can see all LyX mindwork in it. When not
 needed, you could simply hide the output pane. I would believe Ubuntu
 has a (somewhat dated) emelFM2 binary.
 Liviu


Thanks, Liviu.

I installed emelFM2, and it looks pretty cool.  I am going to need to
play around with it more to learn what all it can do.  But I see the
output pane you mentioned, and it seems to be another method to get
what I was looking for.

Thanks again,
Jay



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***
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Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics  Statistics
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555-0002 USA
Office: 1035 Cushwa Hall
Phone: (330) 941-3310 Office (voice mail)
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Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[G. Jay Kerns]

 I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
 a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

 If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

 Helge Hafting



Thanks, Helge.

I did some searching and it seems like I can replace the command

lyx %F

in the launcher with

gnome-terminal -e lyx %F

and it will open a terminal (not minimized, though).  This is
basically what I was looking for.  There is an extra window, but at
least I don't need to start a whole new LyX process if/when I run into
trouble.

Cheers,
Jay

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Murat Yildizoglu]

Thanks a lot! This is an impressive list of bug fixes (and, moreover,
of  some nasty ones)! Congratulations!

Murat

2009/8/24 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org:
 Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
 ===

 We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
 maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
 many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:

 * A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
 * Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
 * Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
 * Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).

 A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
 are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

 All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.

 In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
 http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

 You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
 which yields smaller files):

        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
        ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2

 and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
 also host the .bz2 versions):

        ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        
 http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
        http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

 Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
 installers) should soon be available at
        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

 NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
 a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
 Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.

 If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
 one of the following patches instead
        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2

 If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
 e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
 or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

 If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
 question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
 the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).

 Enjoy!

 The LyX team.


 What's new in version 1.6.4?
 

 ** Updates:
 ***

 * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

 - LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
  * nomenclature entries
  * the LaTeX-package esint
  * the alternative LaTeX document language names portuguese and
    brazilian

 - Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
  pLaTeX's bibtex and makeindex replacements (bug 5601).

 - Lyx now recognizes dviout as DVI viewer (bug 6103).


 * USER INTERFACE

 - Support for chemical formulae via the LaTeX package mhchem. For a
  description see LyX's Math manual.

 - LyX's warning about different textclasses in master and child now has 

HUGE fomulae

[sammichaelstevens]

When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the main text
or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the formula
usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then reselect the
formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to normal size.  I am doing
something obviously wrong?

Thank you in advance

Sam
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Joachim Osnabryg wrote:
  If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to
apply one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2
 
 Is this statement also guilty for my case with LyX 1.6.3 having installed  
  from the Mac OS X binaries?

No. The patches can only be applied to the source code of LyX 1.6.3 (which 
needs to be recompiled, then). Furthermore, these patches are intended to be a 
comprehensive way of checking what we have changed since the last release (for 
those who are interested in programming).

Jürgen

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[John McCabe-Dansted]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Helge Haftinghelge.haft...@hist.no wrote:
 I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
 a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

 If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Another possibility, run lyx as
   lyx 21 | tee -a /tmp/lyx-$USER.log
then if you need to see what lyx is thinking, run
   tail -f  /tmp/lyx-$USER.log
or if you need to know what lyx was thinking you can run something like
   gedit /tmp/lyx-$USER.log

This may be better if you don't want to clutter your panel with
windows you probably won't use (or if you may need to know what LyX
was thinking a while back).

The downside is that the log will grow and grow and won't be
automatically cleared until Ubuntu cleans out /tmp on a restart.
However, even a reconfigure only adds 15k to the log so it is unlikely
to grow very large.

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted

Re: shifting a table outside margins?

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:30:55PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
 
 What I find I can do is to set each column to a % width. That's fine,
 and equivalent to figuring out a number of cm.  The table does not
 center itself on the page, though. It slides off to the right...

I _think_ I used a float for the table in order to make this work
nicely.  I don't think I was able to get the table to look good
without the float.

A

-- 
Andrew Sullivan
a...@shinkuro.com
Shinkuro, Inc.

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Helge Hafting]

G. Jay Kerns wrote:

I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Helge Hafting




Thanks, Helge.

I did some searching and it seems like I can replace the command

lyx %F

in the launcher with

gnome-terminal -e lyx %F

and it will open a terminal (not minimized, though).


I use the rxvt terminal emulator, which can be started minimized
like this:

rxvt -iconic

I don't have gnome-terminal, but you may try the command
man gnome-terminal
to see if it takes some option for starting minimized. Just put
such options before the -e lyx %F in your launcher command.

Helge Hafting

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Helge Hafting]

Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:

Hi,

I'm new to lyx and i think it's a very good program. I've a trouble i'm trying 
to fix from a long time and i googled a lot without finding anything useful 
which works.


The problem is simple, i've a frontpage which should be not numbered and that 
must have a blank page afterwards.


I just typed some test characters and i did Insert-Formatting-Clear Double 
Page.


I tried with New Page, Clear Page and Page Break but the result is even the 
same: nothing changes when i print as pdf or dvi or ps.




What exactly is the problem? Do you get numbers you don't want on those 
pages?


Use the TeX-button (or Insert-TeX Code) and add the command
\thispagestyle{empty}
on all of the pages where you don't want a number.

New page/page break/clear page has nothing to do with numbering and 
such, these commands just gives you pages without normal text on them.


Helge Hafting

Re: HUGE fomulae

[Helge Hafting]

sammichaelstevens wrote:

When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the main text
or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the formula
usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then reselect the
formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to normal size.  I am doing
something obviously wrong?


Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know how
to fix that. Take a look at Tools-Preferences-Screen Fonts, see if 
there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.


I assume this does not affect output, i.e. your PDFs or printouts are fine?

Helge Hafting

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

On Monday 24 August 2009 03:24:25 pm Helge Hafting wrote:
 New page/page break/clear page has nothing to do with numbering and
 such, these commands just gives you pages without normal text on them.


Sorry i'm not good at english and i didn't explain good.

I had two problems: the first one is to hide the page number and this command 
fixed it \thispagestyle{empty} 

The second issue is that i need a blank page somewhere in my document. Is 
there a way to add it ? i tried with 
Insert-Formatting-Clear Double Page.
Insert-Formatting-Page Break.
Insert-Formatting-New Page.
Insert-Formatting-Clear Page.

But none of them worked.

How can i do it?

Thanks

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RE: HUGE fomulae

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
 When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the
main 
 text or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the 
 formula usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then 
 reselect the formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to
normal 
 size.  I am doing something obviously wrong?

Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know
how to fix that. Take a look at Tools-Preferences-Screen Fonts,
see if there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.


Or, look at Tools-Preferences-Graphics and set Instant Preview to Off.

Or, have a look at your preferences file in the LyX dir in your user
directory and look for some magic entry saying something about the size
of previews: '\\preview_scale_factor'. If it's there and it's not 0.9,
start wondering how it got there.

Vincent

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Matthias Bußjäger]

Great!

I would really like to use this version because of more stability. Currently
I use Lyx 1.6.3 to write my thesis.
Thereby I am very careful and would like to know if it might result in any
problem if I change my current version of Lyx?

Thanks in advance, Matthias



On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote:

 Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
 ===

 We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
 maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
 many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:

 * A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
 * Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
 * Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
 * Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).

 A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
 are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

 All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.

 In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
 http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

 You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
 which yields smaller files):

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2

 and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
 also host the .bz2 versions):

ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

 ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

 http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

 Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
 installers) should soon be available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

 NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
 a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
 Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.

 If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to
 apply
 one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2

 If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
 e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
 or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

 If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
 question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
 the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org
 ).

 Enjoy!

 The LyX team.


 What's new in version 1.6.4?
 

 ** Updates:
 ***

 * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

 - LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
  * nomenclature entries
  * the LaTeX-package esint
  * the alternative LaTeX document language names portuguese and
brazilian

 - Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
  pLaTeX's bibtex and makeindex replacements (bug 5601).

 - Lyx now recognizes dviout as DVI viewer (bug 6103).


 * USER INTERFACE

 - 

RE: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
Great!

I would really like to use this version because of
more stability.

Yes, sorry for that.

Currently I use Lyx 1.6.3 to write my thesis.
Thereby I am very careful and would like to know if
it might result in any problem if I change my current
version of Lyx?

No. (at least it shouldn't). The file format doesn't change between minor 
versions, so your file won't be converted in any sense. A backup can never hurt 
of course.

Vincent

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

On Monday 24 August 2009 03:32:13 pm Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:


 I had two problems: the first one is to hide the page number and this
 command fixed it \thispagestyle{empty} 

 The second issue is that i need a blank page somewhere in my document. Is
 there a way to add it ? i tried with
 Insert-Formatting-Clear Double Page.
 Insert-Formatting-Page Break.
 Insert-Formatting-New Page.
 Insert-Formatting-Clear Page.

 But none of them worked.

 How can i do it?

 Thanks

I solved with this trick:
Insert-Formatting-Clear Double Page
type CTRL+ SPACE
Insert-Formatting-Clear Double Page
In this way i've finally an empty page.

Thx ;)


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RE: HUGE fomulae

[Sam Stevens]

Dear Helge  Vincent

Thankyou for your speedy responses.  Turning off instant preview worked.  

You've made a PhD thesis writing student alot less stressed!

Thanks again

Sam
 
On Monday, 24 August, 2009, at 03:41PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW 
v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl wrote:
 
 When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the
main 
 text or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the 
 formula usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then 
 reselect the formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to
normal 
 size.  I am doing something obviously wrong?

Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know
how to fix that. Take a look at Tools-Preferences-Screen Fonts,
see if there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.


Or, look at Tools-Preferences-Graphics and set Instant Preview to Off.

Or, have a look at your preferences file in the LyX dir in your user
directory and look for some magic entry saying something about the size
of previews: '\\preview_scale_factor'. If it's there and it's not 0.9,
start wondering how it got there.

Vincent

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jonatan R. Catai]

Hello, Wolfgang

Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a structural
formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it). When I added
some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using the caption
package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small caption but could
not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the caption stay on
the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture itself, goes to the
right, center, left when I just select Paragraph Settings and choose the
justification.

I can't image that this can be so difficult, because it is quite common in
reports, article and thesis to have small captions to the left side (or
justified as would be a large caption).

Someone knows the trick?

Jonatan

PS. I apologize if I am making well known questions but I am a newbee ;-)


On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann 
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

 Am Friday 21 August 2009 22:22:33 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
  Unfortunetly, it did not work.
 
  Only the picture goes to the left, but not the caption. Some other idea?
 
 
  Jonatan
 

 Jonatan,
 I am not sure now what you are aiming at. Is your figure a small one and
 the
 legend short, so that it would be better to have the whole float at the
 left?
 In this case you might consider the \usepackage[Option]{sidecap} as
 described
 in the EmbeddedObjects help menu. The \usepackage{caption} has also
 solutions. You could also consider using boxes or parboxes, but I am not
 familiar with it. I personally use twocolumns in my book (Koma-script) and
 if
 a float is small, I restrict it to one column, if large, spanning columns
 by
 clicking with the right mouse button on
 floatobject: figure  settings
 Wolfgang

  On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann 
 
  engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
   Am Friday 21 August 2009 04:23:06 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
Dear All,
   
I added a float picture on my report and Lyx adds the caption
  
   automatically
  
- so far so good. However, the caption stays on the center of the
 page.
I tryed clicking with the right button of the mouse outside the
 caption
  
   box,
  
within the float picture box, and in Paragraph Settings change to
 left,
  
   but
  
no sucess - the caption remaings on the center in DVI and PDF output.
Am
  
   I
  
doing something wrong? How can I change its position to the left?
   
I am using article koma script.
   
Jonatan
  
   Mark the float with mouse, click with right mouse button, select
   paragraph settings  justification left
   (wording might be different in English; I am using the German setting)
  
   Wolfgang



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Re: Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?

[Wolfgang Keller]

  Personally, I like Linux Libertine. But I'm just an amateur.
 
 Can libertine be used without having to mess with xetex? Is there good 
 latex support for it?

Good? It depends. For me the version from CTAN is ok. ;-

Sincerely,

Wolfgang

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Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?

[Bjørn Liene Gundersen]

Hi,

I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?

A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.

\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
 % set fonts for nicer pdf view
 \IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}

I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?

Best regards
Bjørn Liene Gundersen
Master student at Telemark University College, Norway.

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Guenter Milde]

On 2009-08-24, G. Jay Kerns wrote:

 Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
 without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
 even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?

Errors of X programms without attached terminal are written into
'.xsession-errors' in your home directory.

Günter

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jonatan R. Catai]

Hello all,

I might be answering my own question, but if there other ways to solve the
caption problem, I am eager to try them out.

It is a pretty dirty trick, but it worked nicely. When you have a short
caption, just add at its end whitespaces (crtl+shtift_space) and there you
go, our caption goes to the left. This trick avoid adding preamble and tex
code in the middle of the text. Of course, it might have its disadvantage,
but...


Jonatan

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Jonatan R. Catai jrca...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello, Wolfgang

 Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a
 structural formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it).
 When I added some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using
 the caption package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small
 caption but could not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the
 caption stay on the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture
 itself, goes to the right, center, left when I just select Paragraph
 Settings and choose the justification.

 I can't image that this can be so difficult, because it is quite common in
 reports, article and thesis to have small captions to the left side (or
 justified as would be a large caption).

 Someone knows the trick?

 Jonatan

 PS. I apologize if I am making well known questions but I am a newbee ;-)



 On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann 
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

 Am Friday 21 August 2009 22:22:33 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
  Unfortunetly, it did not work.
 
  Only the picture goes to the left, but not the caption. Some other idea?
 
 
  Jonatan
 

 Jonatan,
 I am not sure now what you are aiming at. Is your figure a small one and
 the
 legend short, so that it would be better to have the whole float at the
 left?
 In this case you might consider the \usepackage[Option]{sidecap} as
 described
 in the EmbeddedObjects help menu. The \usepackage{caption} has also
 solutions. You could also consider using boxes or parboxes, but I am not
 familiar with it. I personally use twocolumns in my book (Koma-script) and
 if
 a float is small, I restrict it to one column, if large, spanning columns
 by
 clicking with the right mouse button on
 floatobject: figure  settings
 Wolfgang

  On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann 
 
  engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
   Am Friday 21 August 2009 04:23:06 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
Dear All,
   
I added a float picture on my report and Lyx adds the caption
  
   automatically
  
- so far so good. However, the caption stays on the center of the
 page.
I tryed clicking with the right button of the mouse outside the
 caption
  
   box,
  
within the float picture box, and in Paragraph Settings change to
 left,
  
   but
  
no sucess - the caption remaings on the center in DVI and PDF
 output.
Am
  
   I
  
doing something wrong? How can I change its position to the left?
   
I am using article koma script.
   
Jonatan
  
   Mark the float with mouse, click with right mouse button, select
   paragraph settings  justification left
   (wording might be different in English; I am using the German setting)
  
   Wolfgang



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Re: Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?

[rgheck]

On 08/24/2009 05:20 PM, Bjørn Liene Gundersen wrote:

Hi,

I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?

   
I'm not entirely clear what you want here. If you want a new line, type 
Ctrl-Enter (which gives you the equivalent of LaTeX's \\). As for the 
picture, anything you can do in LaTeX, you can do in LyX, if only by 
inserting raw TeX code (InsertTeX Code), also known as ERT. In this 
case, I would have thought InsertGraphics would do it. That gives you 
LaTeX's \includegraphics command.


Note however that the titlepage is controlled by the document class. If 
you really want to get into heavy customization of the titlepage, then 
you are probably going to have to redefine \maketitle.



A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.

\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
  % set fonts for nicer pdf view
  \IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}

I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?

   
It sounds to me as if this is a font issue. So you should probably just 
experiment with different fonts, and perhaps try to find out which font 
SWP was using. To customize the font, go to DocumentSettingsFonts, and 
then choose the Serif (mislabeled, I think, as Roman) font you want. If 
you choose Latin Moder, that will load lmodern.sty.


rh

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 24/08/2009 20:23, Jonatan R. Catai a écrit :

Hello, Wolfgang

Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a structural
formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it). When I added
some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using the caption
package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small caption but could
not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the caption stay on
the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture itself, goes to the
right, center, left when I just select Paragraph Settings and choose the
justification.


Just a point: the fact that captions are centered when short enough and 
justified when they are longer than a normal line (the only layout that 
exhibits this behaviour AFAIK) is considered to be a feature of the 
textclass :) Are you sure that the behaviour you want is better, or is 
it just that it surprised you?


JMarc

[announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.6.4

[Uwe Stöhr]

Hello LyXers,

the alternative Windows installer for LyX 1.6.4 is now available.

This installer comes again with an update installer to update existing LyX 
1.6.3 installation to LyX
1.6.4. NOTE: To be able to use this installer version, LyX 1.6.3 must have been 
installed with the
alternative Windows installer.

-

The installer for this version can be downloaded from:
http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117release_id=16634
and
http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

(General infos about the installer can be found here:
 http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller )

Installer Changelog:
-
Version 4.20
- LyX 1.6.4
- updated to ImageMagick 6.5.5-0
- updated to JabRef 2.5
- updated to Ghostscript 8.70
-

happy LyXing
Uwe

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jonatan R. Catai]

Hi JMarc

The answer is yes for both questions.

Interesting to thing about the feature as part of the textclass. Yes, it
surprised me. I could leave the way it is. I, personally, have no problem
with it.

On the other side, however, the document I am writing goes to other people
and that is the way they are used to (because they are used to M$ word and
that is the way it behaves). So, I have to adapt, a bit, in order to avoid
useless further explanations. There are people that do not benefit from the
open source movement just because they are not open minded!

Maybe my next question would fit better in another topic/subject but I'll
ask it right here, since it still relates with this issue (please, I have no
intention attacking anybody or any idea, it is just curiosity): Who have
determined that the textclass would have such behavior for short captions
(or wherever other feature) and is there a reason for that?

Jonatan


On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.orgwrote:

 Le 24/08/2009 20:23, Jonatan R. Catai a écrit :

 Hello, Wolfgang

 Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a
 structural
 formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it). When I
 added
 some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using the caption
 package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small caption but
 could
 not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the caption stay on
 the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture itself, goes to
 the
 right, center, left when I just select Paragraph Settings and choose the
 justification.


 Just a point: the fact that captions are centered when short enough and
 justified when they are longer than a normal line (the only layout that
 exhibits this behaviour AFAIK) is considered to be a feature of the
 textclass :) Are you sure that the behaviour you want is better, or is it
 just that it surprised you?

 JMarc

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[G. Jay Kerns]

Thanks for all of the answers; they are all what I was looking for.

Perhaps Günter's solution is the most convenient for my setup... the
errors have been there waiting for me in .xsession-errors all along.

Thanks again.
Jay

Problem (File does not exist) with Lyx 1.6.2 and XeTex (under TexLive 2009)

[Clemente Beghi]

Hello,

I am a newbie running a computer with Ubuntu 8.1 (intrepid) where I tried
installing Lyx and have it work with XeTex.
Eventually I opted for the latest Lyx package on getdeb (version 1.6.2) and
the repository files for TexLive/Xetex. I later realised that the
latex/xetex were way too old so I got the TexLive 2009 installer (somehow I
had some problems installing the TexLive 2008 DVD).
Now, after setting Lyx up for XeTex, I get the following message when I try
to export or view with XeTex:
File does not exist: /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.TJ6121/lyx_tmpbuf0/Test.pdf
I didn't get it before with the 2007 repository version (although I had
problems with other things that eventually pushed me to try to update
everything).
If I run a tex file with xetex with the command line I get:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.0 (TeX Live 2009)
restricted \write18 enabled.
---! /home/arjuna/.texlive2009/texmf-var/web2c/xetex/xelatex.fmt doesn't
match xetex.pool
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

I hope someone can help.
All the best

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Liviu Andronic]

On 8/24/09, G. Jay Kerns  wrote:
>  Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
>  without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
>  even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?
>
You could use emelFM2 as the file manager from which you open your LyX
documents. It has an integrated output pane that is, for practical
reasons, a terminal. And you can see all LyX mindwork in it. When not
needed, you could simply hide the output pane. I would believe Ubuntu
has a (somewhat dated) emelFM2 binary.
Liviu

Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

Hi,

I'm new to lyx and i think it's a very good program. I've a trouble i'm trying 
to fix from a long time and i googled a lot without finding anything useful 
which works.

The problem is simple, i've a frontpage which should be not numbered and that 
must have a blank page afterwards.

I just typed some test characters and i did Insert->Formatting->Clear Double 
Page.

I tried with New Page, Clear Page and Page Break but the result is even the 
same: nothing changes when i print as pdf or dvi or ps.

Does anyone know why?

Thanks
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Re: Installing LyX 1.6.4

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
> > When I install LyX 1.6.4 on my Mac LyX>About LyX and LyX>Preferences..
> > are greyed out.  How do I fix this?  In particular, how do I use
> > Preferences?
> >
> > Hal
> 
> We know about this problem and it has our full attention.

The Mac binary of LyX 1.6.4 has now been removed from the server due to this 
problem.

We'll release a small update for the Mac soon which addresses the problem.

Jürgen

Re: A feature you really need

[Helge Hafting]

Steve Litt wrote:

Hi all,

Thank you so much for the outline view on LyX 1.6.x. You need two or three 
more buttons to make the outline view fully functional:


* Insert
* Delete
* Maybe "Insert Subservient"

The Insert function inserts a new heading, at the level of the current 
heading,

Useful indeed.

The Delete function deletes the current headline and everything subservient to 
it. This function should have an "are you sure" screen, and maybe highlight in 
the document view everything that will be deleted. No need for a keyboard 
mapping --- this should not be done thoughtlessly.


I am not sure the "are you sure" thing is needed - instead, "undo"
will reinstate anything deleted by accident.

Or make it a two-click button:
* First click marks the stuff to be deleted, and moves (some of) it into
  view in the main window if needed. The button changes to something
  that indicate deletion, such as scissors.
* The next click deletes the stuff, and resets the button.
  Any other action except scrolling (to see what will go) should
  also reset the button and remove the marking.

This at least avoids the dreaded popup.

Helge Hafting

Re: Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?

[Helge Hafting]

Wolfgang Keller wrote:


Personally, I like Linux Libertine. But I'm just an amateur.


Can libertine be used without having to mess with xetex? Is there good 
latex support for it?


Helge Hafting

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Helge Hafting]

G. Jay Kerns wrote:

Dear LyX-Users,

I am on Ubuntu Linux.  If I run lyx from a terminal, then along with
the LyX window I get a terminal where I can see what LyX is thinking
when it generates PDFs, etc.  This is a very useful debugging tool,
but I only need it a relatively small fraction of the time I am using
LyX.

On the other hand, I can never predict when I am going to need it.
And if I run LyX from the Desktop icon, say, then I don't get the
terminal showing LyX's thought processes.  If I get to someplace where
I need the terminal (especially when I am doing something with
Sweave), the only solution I have found is to close LyX and open it up
again with a terminal.

Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?


I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Helge Hafting

[ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
===

We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:

* A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
* Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
* Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
* Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).

A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.

In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
which yields smaller files):

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2

and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
also host the .bz2 versions):

ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz

Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/

NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to 
a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released. 
Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2

If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel  lists.lyx.org),
or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users  lists.lyx.org).

Enjoy!

The LyX team.


What's new in version 1.6.4?


** Updates:
***

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
  * nomenclature entries
  * the LaTeX-package esint
  * the alternative LaTeX document language names "portuguese" and
"brazilian"

- Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
  pLaTeX's bibtex and makeindex replacements (bug 5601).

- Lyx now recognizes dviout as DVI viewer (bug 6103).


* USER INTERFACE

- Support for chemical formulae via the LaTeX package mhchem. For a
  description see LyX's Math manual.

- LyX's warning about different textclasses in master and child now has a
  "Do not show this warning again!" checkbox. Checking it will disable the
  warning for this specific master/child constellation over sessions
  (bug 3218).

- Tooltips for toolbar buttons now show the 

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Joachim Osnabryg]

Am 24.08.2009, 13:28 Uhr, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:


NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.


OK, that means patience. But you continue with:

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to  
apply one of the following patches instead

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2


Is this statement also guilty for my case with LyX 1.6.3 having installed  
from the Mac OS X binaries?


Sorry for my ignorance…

joachim
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MacBook Pro OSX 10.4.11 Tiger (intel)

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[G. Jay Kerns]

> You could use emelFM2 as the file manager from which you open your LyX
> documents. It has an integrated output pane that is, for practical
> reasons, a terminal. And you can see all LyX mindwork in it. When not
> needed, you could simply hide the output pane. I would believe Ubuntu
> has a (somewhat dated) emelFM2 binary.
> Liviu
>

Thanks, Liviu.

I installed emelFM2, and it looks pretty cool.  I am going to need to
play around with it more to learn what all it can do.  But I see the
output pane you mentioned, and it seems to be another method to get
what I was looking for.

Thanks again,
Jay



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Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[G. Jay Kerns]

>
> I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
> a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.
>
> If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.
>
> Helge Hafting
>


Thanks, Helge.

I did some searching and it seems like I can replace the command

lyx %F

in the launcher with

gnome-terminal -e lyx %F

and it will open a terminal (not minimized, though).  This is
basically what I was looking for.  There is an extra window, but at
least I don't need to start a whole new LyX process if/when I run into
trouble.

Cheers,
Jay

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Murat Yildizoglu]

Thanks a lot! This is an impressive list of bug fixes (and, moreover,
of  some nasty ones)! Congratulations!

Murat

2009/8/24 Jürgen Spitzmüller :
> Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
> ===
>
> We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
> maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
> many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:
>
> * A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
>  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
>  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
> * Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
> * Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
>  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
> * Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
>  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).
>
> A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
> are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.
>
> All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.
>
> In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
> http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:
>
>   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
>   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
>   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.
>
>   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
>   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
>   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
>   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
>   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.
>
>   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
>   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
>   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
>   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
>   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
>   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.
>
>   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
>   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
>   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.
>
> You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
> which yields smaller files):
>
>        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
>        ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>        ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
>
> and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
> also host the .bz2 versions):
>
>        ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>        http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>        ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>        ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>        
> http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>        http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>
> Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
> installers) should soon be available at
>        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/
>
> NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
> a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
> Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.
>
> If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
> one of the following patches instead
>        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
>        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2
>
> If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
> e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel  lists.lyx.org),
> or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org
>
> If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
> question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
> the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users  lists.lyx.org).
>
> Enjoy!
>
> The LyX team.
>
>
> What's new in version 1.6.4?
> 
>
> ** Updates:
> ***
>
> * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
>
> - LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
>  * nomenclature entries
>  * the LaTeX-package esint
>  * the alternative LaTeX document language names "portuguese" and
>    "brazilian"
>
> - Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
>  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
>  pLaTeX's bibtex and makeindex replacements (bug 5601).
>
> - Lyx now recognizes dviout as DVI viewer (bug 6103).
>
>
> * USER INTERFACE
>
> - Support for chemical formulae via the LaTeX package mhchem. 

HUGE fomulae

[sammichaelstevens]

When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the main text
or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the formula
usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then reselect the
formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to normal size.  I am doing
something obviously wrong?

Thank you in advance

Sam
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Joachim Osnabryg wrote:
> > If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to
> >   apply one of the following patches instead
> >   ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
> >   ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2
> 
> Is this statement also guilty for my case with LyX 1.6.3 having installed  
>  from the Mac OS X binaries?

No. The patches can only be applied to the source code of LyX 1.6.3 (which 
needs to be recompiled, then). Furthermore, these patches are intended to be a 
comprehensive way of checking what we have changed since the last release (for 
those who are interested in programming).

Jürgen

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[John McCabe-Dansted]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Helge Hafting wrote:
> I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
> a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.
>
> If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Another possibility, run lyx as
   lyx 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/lyx-$USER.log
then if you need to see what lyx is thinking, run
   tail -f  /tmp/lyx-$USER.log
or if you need to know what lyx was thinking you can run something like
   gedit /tmp/lyx-$USER.log

This may be better if you don't want to clutter your panel with
windows you probably won't use (or if you may need to know what LyX
was thinking a while back).

The downside is that the log will grow and grow and won't be
automatically cleared until Ubuntu cleans out /tmp on a restart.
However, even a reconfigure only adds 15k to the log so it is unlikely
to grow very large.

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted

Re: shifting a table outside margins?

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:30:55PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> 
> What I find I can do is to set each column to a % width. That's fine,
> and equivalent to figuring out a number of cm.  The table does not
> center itself on the page, though. It slides off to the right...

I _think_ I used a float for the table in order to make this work
nicely.  I don't think I was able to get the table to look good
without the float.

A

-- 
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a...@shinkuro.com
Shinkuro, Inc.

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Helge Hafting]

G. Jay Kerns wrote:

I believe you can make a script that opens LyX with a terminal - but
a minimized terminal. One that disappear as soon as LyX is closed.

If you need the information, just restore the minimized terminal.

Helge Hafting




Thanks, Helge.

I did some searching and it seems like I can replace the command

lyx %F

in the launcher with

gnome-terminal -e lyx %F

and it will open a terminal (not minimized, though).


I use the rxvt terminal emulator, which can be started minimized
like this:

rxvt -iconic

I don't have gnome-terminal, but you may try the command
man gnome-terminal
to see if it takes some option for starting minimized. Just put
such options before the "-e lyx %F" in your launcher command.

Helge Hafting

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Helge Hafting]

Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:

Hi,

I'm new to lyx and i think it's a very good program. I've a trouble i'm trying 
to fix from a long time and i googled a lot without finding anything useful 
which works.


The problem is simple, i've a frontpage which should be not numbered and that 
must have a blank page afterwards.


I just typed some test characters and i did Insert->Formatting->Clear Double 
Page.


I tried with New Page, Clear Page and Page Break but the result is even the 
same: nothing changes when i print as pdf or dvi or ps.




What exactly is the problem? Do you get numbers you don't want on those 
pages?


Use the TeX-button (or Insert->TeX Code) and add the command
\thispagestyle{empty}
on all of the pages where you don't want a number.

New page/page break/clear page has nothing to do with numbering and 
such, these commands just gives you pages without normal text on them.


Helge Hafting

Re: HUGE fomulae

[Helge Hafting]

sammichaelstevens wrote:

When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the main text
or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the formula
usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then reselect the
formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to normal size.  I am doing
something obviously wrong?


Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know how
to fix that. Take a look at "Tools->Preferences->Screen Fonts", see if 
there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.


I assume this does not affect output, i.e. your PDFs or printouts are fine?

Helge Hafting

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

On Monday 24 August 2009 03:24:25 pm Helge Hafting wrote:
> New page/page break/clear page has nothing to do with numbering and
> such, these commands just gives you pages without normal text on them.


Sorry i'm not good at english and i didn't explain good.

I had two problems: the first one is to hide the page number and this command 
fixed it "\thispagestyle{empty} "

The second issue is that i need a blank page somewhere in my document. Is 
there a way to add it ? i tried with 
Insert->Formatting->Clear Double Page.
Insert->Formatting->Page Break.
Insert->Formatting->New Page.
Insert->Formatting->Clear Page.

But none of them worked.

How can i do it?

Thanks

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RE: HUGE fomulae

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
>> When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the
main 
>> text or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the 
>> formula usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then 
>> reselect the formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to
normal 
>> size.  I am doing something obviously wrong?
>>
>Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know
>how to fix that. Take a look at "Tools->Preferences->Screen Fonts",
>see if there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.
>

Or, look at Tools->Preferences->Graphics and set Instant Preview to Off.

Or, have a look at your preferences file in the LyX dir in your user
directory and look for some magic entry saying something about the size
of previews: '\\preview_scale_factor'. If it's there and it's not 0.9,
start wondering how it got there.

Vincent

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Matthias Bußjäger]

Great!

I would really like to use this version because of more stability. Currently
I use Lyx 1.6.3 to write my thesis.
Thereby I am very careful and would like to know if it might result in any
problem if I change my current version of Lyx?

Thanks in advance, Matthias



On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller  wrote:

> Public release of LyX version 1.6.4
> ===
>
> We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth
> maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst
> many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as:
>
> * A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
>  4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
>  scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
> * Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
> * Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
>  helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
> * Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
>  older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).
>
> A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
> are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.
>
> All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version.
>
> In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
> http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:
>
>   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
>   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
>   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.
>
>   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
>   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
>   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
>   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
>   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.
>
>   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
>   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
>   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
>   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
>   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
>   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.
>
>   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
>   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
>   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.
>
> You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
> which yields smaller files):
>
>ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
>ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2
>
> and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
> also host the .bz2 versions):
>
>ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>
> ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>
> http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz
>
> Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, and Windows
> installers) should soon be available at
>ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/
>
> NOTE that no Mac OS X binaries will be provided for this release, due to
> a regression on this platform that was detected after 1.6.4 was released.
> Expect a minor update that addresses this problem to be released soon.
>
> If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to
> apply
> one of the following patches instead
>ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz
>ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2
>
> If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either
> e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel  lists.lyx.org),
> or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org
>
> If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
> question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
> the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users  lists.lyx.org
> ).
>
> Enjoy!
>
> The LyX team.
>
>
> What's new in version 1.6.4?
> 
>
> ** Updates:
> ***
>
> * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
>
> - LaTeX import (tex2lyx) was updated and now also supports:
>  * nomenclature entries
>  * the LaTeX-package esint
>  * the alternative LaTeX document language names "portuguese" and
>"brazilian"
>
> - Implement separate chains for Japanese bibliography and index
>  compilation. This allows for proper support for jbibtex and mendex,
>  pLaTeX's bibtex and 

RE: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.4 is released

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

 
>Great!
>
>I would really like to use this version because of
>more stability.

Yes, sorry for that.

>Currently I use Lyx 1.6.3 to write my thesis.
>Thereby I am very careful and would like to know if
>it might result in any problem if I change my current
>version of Lyx?

No. (at least it shouldn't). The file format doesn't change between minor 
versions, so your file won't be converted in any sense. A backup can never hurt 
of course.

Vincent

Re: Problem with /cleardoublepage{}

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

On Monday 24 August 2009 03:32:13 pm Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:

>
> I had two problems: the first one is to hide the page number and this
> command fixed it "\thispagestyle{empty} "
>
> The second issue is that i need a blank page somewhere in my document. Is
> there a way to add it ? i tried with
> Insert->Formatting->Clear Double Page.
> Insert->Formatting->Page Break.
> Insert->Formatting->New Page.
> Insert->Formatting->Clear Page.
>
> But none of them worked.
>
> How can i do it?
>
> Thanks

I solved with this trick:
Insert->Formatting->Clear Double Page
type CTRL+ SPACE
Insert->Formatting->Clear Double Page
In this way i've finally an empty page.

Thx ;)


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RE: HUGE fomulae

[Sam Stevens]

Dear Helge & Vincent

Thankyou for your speedy responses.  Turning off "instant preview" worked.  

You've made a PhD thesis writing student alot less stressed!

Thanks again

Sam
 
On Monday, 24 August, 2009, at 03:41PM, "Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW" 
 wrote:
> 
>>> When I've written a math formula, whether it be inserted into the
>main 
>>> text or as a numbered equation, the text size becomes huge with the 
>>> formula usually disappearing off the end of the screen.  If you then 
>>> reselect the formula, as if to edit it, it then shrinks back to
>normal 
>>> size.  I am doing something obviously wrong?
>>>
>>Looks like a problem with instant preview - but I don't know
>>how to fix that. Take a look at "Tools->Preferences->Screen Fonts",
>>see if there are any strange sizes or zoom factors.
>>
>
>Or, look at Tools->Preferences->Graphics and set Instant Preview to Off.
>
>Or, have a look at your preferences file in the LyX dir in your user
>directory and look for some magic entry saying something about the size
>of previews: '\\preview_scale_factor'. If it's there and it's not 0.9,
>start wondering how it got there.
>
>Vincent
>
>

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jonatan R. Catai]

Hello, Wolfgang

Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a structural
formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it). When I added
some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using the caption
package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small caption but could
not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the caption stay on
the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture itself, goes to the
right, center, left when I just select Paragraph Settings and choose the
justification.

I can't image that this can be so difficult, because it is quite common in
reports, article and thesis to have small captions to the left side (or
justified as would be a large caption).

Someone knows the trick?

Jonatan

PS. I apologize if I am making "well known questions" but I am a newbee ;-)


On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann <
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:

> Am Friday 21 August 2009 22:22:33 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
> > Unfortunetly, it did not work.
> >
> > Only the picture goes to the left, but not the caption. Some other idea?
> >
> >
> > Jonatan
> >
>
> Jonatan,
> I am not sure now what you are aiming at. Is your figure a small one and
> the
> legend short, so that it would be better to have the whole float at the
> left?
> In this case you might consider the \usepackage[Option]{sidecap} as
> described
> in the EmbeddedObjects help menu. The \usepackage{caption} has also
> solutions. You could also consider using boxes or parboxes, but I am not
> familiar with it. I personally use twocolumns in my book (Koma-script) and
> if
> a float is small, I restrict it to one column, if large, spanning columns
> by
> clicking with the right mouse button on
> floatobject: figure > settings
> Wolfgang
>
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann <
> >
> > engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
> > > Am Friday 21 August 2009 04:23:06 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
> > > > Dear All,
> > > >
> > > > I added a float picture on my report and Lyx adds the caption
> > >
> > > automatically
> > >
> > > > - so far so good. However, the caption stays on the center of the
> page.
> > > > I tryed clicking with the right button of the mouse outside the
> caption
> > >
> > > box,
> > >
> > > > within the float picture box, and in Paragraph Settings change to
> left,
> > >
> > > but
> > >
> > > > no sucess - the caption remaings on the center in DVI and PDF output.
> > > > Am
> > >
> > > I
> > >
> > > > doing something wrong? How can I change its position to the left?
> > > >
> > > > I am using article koma script.
> > > >
> > > > Jonatan
> > >
> > > Mark the float with mouse, click with right mouse button, select
> > > paragraph settings > justification left
> > > (wording might be different in English; I am using the German setting)
> > >
> > > Wolfgang
>
>
>
> --
> -
> Wolfgang Engelmann
> Schlossgartenstrasse 22
> D-72070 Tübingen
> Tel 07071 68325
>

Re: Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?

[Wolfgang Keller]

> > Personally, I like Linux Libertine. But I'm just an amateur.
> 
> Can libertine be used without having to mess with xetex? Is there good 
> latex support for it?

"Good"? It depends. For me the version from CTAN is ok. >;->

Sincerely,

Wolfgang

-- 
NO "Courtesy Copies" PLEASE!

Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?

[Bjørn Liene Gundersen]

Hi,

I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?

A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.

\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
 % set fonts for nicer pdf view
 \IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}

I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?

Best regards
Bjørn Liene Gundersen
Master student at Telemark University College, Norway.

Re: how to see what LyX is thinking?

[Guenter Milde]

On 2009-08-24, G. Jay Kerns wrote:

> Is there some Linux trick, where I can open LyX, say, from the Desktop
> without a terminal, but on-the-fly open up a terminal (or is there
> even some other mechanism) to see what LyX is thinking?

Errors of X programms without attached terminal are written into
'.xsession-errors' in your home directory.

Günter

Re: changing justification of caption

[Jonatan R. Catai]

Hello all,

I might be answering my own question, but if there other ways to solve the
caption problem, I am eager to try them out.

It is a pretty "dirty" trick, but it worked nicely. When you have a short
caption, just add at its end whitespaces (crtl+shtift_space) and there you
go, our caption goes to the left. This trick avoid adding preamble and tex
code in the middle of the text. Of course, it might have its disadvantage,
but...


Jonatan

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Jonatan R. Catai  wrote:

> Hello, Wolfgang
>
> Yes, my caption is small, a few words only (I just want to show a
> structural formula of a molecule - so, there isn't much to say about it).
> When I added some more words to the caption, then the suggestion of using
> the caption package worked. I looked at the Embedded Object for small
> caption but could not find anything. The interesting thing is that only the
> caption stay on the middle of the page, no matter what I do. The picture
> itself, goes to the right, center, left when I just select Paragraph
> Settings and choose the justification.
>
> I can't image that this can be so difficult, because it is quite common in
> reports, article and thesis to have small captions to the left side (or
> justified as would be a large caption).
>
> Someone knows the trick?
>
> Jonatan
>
> PS. I apologize if I am making "well known questions" but I am a newbee ;-)
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann <
> engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
>
>> Am Friday 21 August 2009 22:22:33 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
>> > Unfortunetly, it did not work.
>> >
>> > Only the picture goes to the left, but not the caption. Some other idea?
>> >
>> >
>> > Jonatan
>> >
>>
>> Jonatan,
>> I am not sure now what you are aiming at. Is your figure a small one and
>> the
>> legend short, so that it would be better to have the whole float at the
>> left?
>> In this case you might consider the \usepackage[Option]{sidecap} as
>> described
>> in the EmbeddedObjects help menu. The \usepackage{caption} has also
>> solutions. You could also consider using boxes or parboxes, but I am not
>> familiar with it. I personally use twocolumns in my book (Koma-script) and
>> if
>> a float is small, I restrict it to one column, if large, spanning columns
>> by
>> clicking with the right mouse button on
>> floatobject: figure > settings
>> Wolfgang
>>
>> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann <
>> >
>> > engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
>> > > Am Friday 21 August 2009 04:23:06 schrieb Jonatan R. Catai:
>> > > > Dear All,
>> > > >
>> > > > I added a float picture on my report and Lyx adds the caption
>> > >
>> > > automatically
>> > >
>> > > > - so far so good. However, the caption stays on the center of the
>> page.
>> > > > I tryed clicking with the right button of the mouse outside the
>> caption
>> > >
>> > > box,
>> > >
>> > > > within the float picture box, and in Paragraph Settings change to
>> left,
>> > >
>> > > but
>> > >
>> > > > no sucess - the caption remaings on the center in DVI and PDF
>> output.
>> > > > Am
>> > >
>> > > I
>> > >
>> > > > doing something wrong? How can I change its position to the left?
>> > > >
>> > > > I am using article koma script.
>> > > >
>> > > > Jonatan
>> > >
>> > > Mark the float with mouse, click with right mouse button, select
>> > > paragraph settings > justification left
>> > > (wording might be different in English; I am using the German setting)
>> > >
>> > > Wolfgang
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> -
>> Wolfgang Engelmann
>> Schlossgartenstrasse 22
>> D-72070 Tübingen
>> Tel 07071 68325
>>
>
>