2.0.0rc3, no dvi preview, no ps2pdf generation, croaks on .eps files

2011-07-08 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, An untimely computer crash brought me to Ubuntu 11.04, which brought me to LyX 2.0.0rc3. Ctrl+D says "successful DVD preview, but does nothing. The View menu gives no ps2pdf choice, and when I click the "View other formats" choice, nothing opens up, even though I configured PDF and DVI

Re: Install lyx 2 in windows with 1.6.10

2011-07-08 Thread Waluyo Adi Siswanto
Thanks Paul Now I have both 1.6 and 2.0 versions in my Windows XP box. Regards Waluyo On 9 July 2011 05:56, Paul Rubin wrote: > Waluyo Adi Siswanto gmail.com> writes: > >> Is that possible to have lyx 2, while maintaining 1.6.10 in the machine. > > Yes.  LyX 2 will install into a different dir

Re: double column vs. single column text

2011-07-08 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:11:24 -0700 "Richard Opheim rvaci...@gmail.com" suggested this: >OK, I solved the problem. In order to make the &#$%&%* thing work, I >had to position >\usepackage{multicol} to be the first thing in the preamble. >Otherwise, it would give me an error message. Thanks for sh

Re: font question

2011-07-08 Thread Liviu Andronic
2011/7/8 Csikos Bela : > Hello: > > I have a question related to latex fonts, xetex and unicode. > > In lyx2 under document > settings > fonts I can set "Use non-TeX fonts (via > XeTeX/LuaTeX). If I want to use unicode encoding I have to set this option, I > guess. Does this mean as well that the

Re: html5 presentation support?

2011-07-08 Thread Alex Fernandez
Hi Rainer, Sorry for the delay. On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> It sounds interesting, but I am not looking into it at the moment. >> However (and here comes the inevitable contribution request), I accept >> patches :)  If you try it you will find eLyXer very flexible in

Re: double column vs. single column text

2011-07-08 Thread Richard Opheim
OK, I solved the problem. In order to make the &#$%&%* thing work, I had to position \usepackage{multicol} to be the first thing in the preamble. Otherwise, it would give me an error message. 2011/7/7 Richard Opheim > I have the tools package which includes the file multicol.sty > > > 2011/7/7 Ma

Re: Install lyx 2 in windows with 1.6.10

2011-07-08 Thread Paul Rubin
Waluyo Adi Siswanto gmail.com> writes: > Is that possible to have lyx 2, while maintaining 1.6.10 in the machine. Yes. LyX 2 will install into a different directory than 1.6.10, and will use a different user directory, so I think there should be no collisions. I ran them in parallel on an XP b

font question

2011-07-08 Thread Csikos Bela
Hello: I have a question related to latex fonts, xetex and unicode. In lyx2 under document > settings > fonts I can set "Use non-TeX fonts (via XeTeX/LuaTeX). If I want to use unicode encoding I have to set this option, I guess. Does this mean as well that the standard tex fonts won't be availa

Re: Problem with custom .cls and figure/subfigure and lyx layout

2011-07-08 Thread Julien Rioux
On 08/07/2011 1:37 AM, Sebastian Krämer wrote: On 07/07/2011 06:15 PM, Julien Rioux wrote: A few things: - Your layout will try to load a SMBV11.cls file, is that right? - Don't put # in front of "Format 35", that makes it a comment - If your class is derived from article, you're a bit better of

Re: # in URL cause compiling to hang

2011-07-08 Thread Julio Rojas
Thanks - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2011-07-07, Richard Heck wrote: > > On 07/07/2011 03:12 AM, Julio Rojas wrote: > >> I had exactly this same problem a couple of days ago and I had t

Re: # in URL cause compiling to hang

2011-07-08 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-07-07, Richard Heck wrote: > On 07/07/2011 03:12 AM, Julio Rojas wrote: >> I had exactly this same problem a couple of days ago and I had to >> leave the part after the "#" sign out. > I think the # has to be escaped somehow...? Yes. >From the Docutils latex writer:: # We need

Re: suggestion: searchbar for insert special character

2011-07-08 Thread Diego Queiroz
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > I tried to insert a special character ½, and found it difficult to locate. > I > use kcharselect (from kde) to find it. It has a search bar. Just type in > the > term 'half', and it's the first thing shown (on my machine). > > My suggestion

Re: Icons

2011-07-08 Thread Marcelo Acuña
>>> I agree that the icons should be distinctive even at first >>> glace -- not only >>> for older eyes but also for small screens. >> My problem is that big icons are still too small for my eyes. > Would your problem be solved with more distinctive > icons at the current >size, do you require i

Re: PDF commenting enabled

2011-07-08 Thread Diego Queiroz
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Michael Joyner wrote: > The commenting restriction is strictly because of the PDF generator. > If you are using a software that can create commentable PDF's from a PS > file, the result you create should be commentable. > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Thomas

Re: PDF commenting enabled

2011-07-08 Thread Michael Joyner
The commenting restriction is strictly because of the PDF generator. If you are using a software that can create commentable PDF's from a PS file, the result you create should be commentable. On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > I understand it is not possible to create PDFs w

PDF commenting enabled

2011-07-08 Thread Thomas
Hi, I understand it is not possible to create PDFs with Lyx that allow commenting by others. My question is whether this is still true when I use Lyx to get the postscript file and distill the file myself? Thanks, Thomas

Re: LyX generated XeTeX PDFs crash PDF Viewer (Preview and Adobe)

2011-07-08 Thread gregor . hochschild
Math font: I don't know which one I am just changing to XeTeX and selecting Palatino as a font. Crash: In general, the reader crashes but I can still move the mouse and force quit the reader. Everything works fine with Preview on my mac. Adobe Reader 9.3.2 on Mac and Adobe Reader X on Wind

Re: Folding of headings - Possible new feature?

2011-07-08 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Vito 'ZeD' De Tullio > wrote: > > Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > >> What I am wondering: why haven't I seen this feature in text editors? > > > > text editors don't have structure :D > > > It depends on the file t

Re: Where is 'Indent' or 'Skip' ?

2011-07-08 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-07-07, Julien Rioux wrote: > On 27/06/2011 3:29 PM, Guenter Milde wrote: >> On 2011-06-27, Fernando Basso wrote: >> Beware: LyX's implementation of (*) Vertical Space is broken -- it >> inserts too much space in lists (enumeration, itemize, ...) and similar >> places (see l2tabuen.pdf).

Re: LyX generated XeTeX PDFs crash PDF Viewer (Preview and Adobe)

2011-07-08 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-07-07, gregor.hochsch...@gmx.de wrote: > Actually, it doesn't work with these two packages... :( My new theory > is that it's connected with the math font. I can produce the error with > a very small document just same text + math. Everything seems to work > with a figure... Any ideas? Ho

Re: Icons

2011-07-08 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-07-07, Marcelo Acuña wrote: >> > (1) The open-save-print group: in each case there's a white >> > square/rectangle above a darker square/rectangle. In the old (classic) >> > icon set, the icons for open and print are on the diagonal. Could that >> > be done here to make a clearer distinc