Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Dave]

Dear all,

I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
and academic papers but I am close to giving up
as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
I would like to use Lyx in combination with
Bibdesk or Zotero, and use an 
ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
This includes in-text references (e.g. (Giddens:22)),
the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.

Thanking you,

David

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
 Dear all,

 I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
 and academic papers but I am close to giving up
 as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
 I would like to use Lyx in combination with
 Bibdesk or Zotero, 

Lots of people do that

 and use an 
 ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
 This includes in-text references (e.g. (Giddens:22)),
 the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
 I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
 nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
 setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
 I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.

The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
difficult as it sounds.

Richard

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[Richard Heck]

On 11/02/2011 11:46 PM, bsquared wrote:
 On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:
 Hello,

 I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
 I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.

 [snip]

 This is redacted output:

 [code]
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
 checking for a Latex2e program...
 +checking for latex...  yes
 checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
 +checking for pplatex...  no
 checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
 +checking for platex...  yes

 kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
 Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)

 This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we 
 have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try 
 having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can 
 also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember

 Thank you.

 Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?

The file I'd like to see is configure.log, which should be in your LyX
user directory, by default $HOME/.lyx/. However

 If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
 If not where would I find this log?

we have seen this problem on Arch recently. Can you please run python
--version and find out what version that is? The previously reported
problems were due to this being Python 3.x, which is not backwards
compatible (why not!?) and will not properly run the configure script.

If that is the problem, you can find some sort of solution, I think, in
this thread:
http://marc.info/?l=lyx-develm=131914585121454w=2

Richard

A4 paper in tufte book class

[Roel Schipper - CITG]

Is there a way to use A4 paper in Tufte book class? The Tufte-LaTeX def file is 
prepared for A4. LyX is using Letter now by default. I used A4 without problems 
one year ago in LyX 1.6, but in 2.0.0 the option Format under Document 
Settings - Page Layout is greyed out. It does not make a difference if I set 
the default paper size to A4 in Preferences - LaTeX.

Kindly,
Roel Schipper

Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Rich Shepard]

  Currently running LyX-2.0.1 on Slackware-13.1. It's been several years
since I loaded the .lyx file for my book, but I want to do so now. However,
lyx tells me that svmono.cls is not installed. When I check I find it on the
system in:

/home/rshepard/.lyx/layouts/svmono.cls
/home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/submittal/svmono.cls
/home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/mono/styles/svmono.cls
/usr/share/lyx/tex/svmono.cls

  What do I need to do to assure lyx that it's actually present?

TIA,

Rich

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[bsquared]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:

 Hello,

 I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
 I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.

 Name           : lyx
 Version        : 2.0.1-2

 Name           : texlive-core (texlive-most)
 Version        : 2011.23170-1


 I followed the instructions on
 http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/LaTeXErrors#file-not-found;

 $ kpsewhich article.cls
 /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls

 I ran reconfigure from the tools menu, restarted and opened
 .../examples/splash.lyx.

 But lyx still fails to configure properly.

 This is redacted output:

 [code]
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
 checking for a Latex2e program...
 +checking for latex...  yes
 checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
 +checking for pplatex...  no
 checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
 +checking for platex...  yes

 kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
 Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)

 This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we
 have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try
 having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can
 also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember

 Richard


Thank you.

Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?

If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
If not where would I find this log?

Looking at the output it seems related to configuring user directory.
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
seems to indicate it is re-configuring on every run - this makes me
think configuring is not successful.

Also, if i run Tools -TeX Information all classes are listed and
paths are correct.

Re: Help Formatting and fonts... Beggining Thesis! Critical...

[ehud.kap...@gmail.com]

Kenedy,
You are clearly in the hands of experts here, so I shall not try to 
muddle the water.
However, after several years of using Miktex on Windows, I have switched 
to TexLive,
which seems to be the general trend.  I use Texlive on Linux, and wanted 
to have the same Latex system on both

Windows and Linux (Ubuntu).
In my experience, TexLive is easier to maintain (upgrade).  In addition, 
after you install it (on Windows),

you can click Start/Run:
tlmgr gui
and see a list of all the Latex packages with a short description of 
what each one does, plus some other information about the package.  You 
can double click on the package name and get a longer description.
You might consider trying that.  Unlike the Republicans and Democrats in 
Congress,
TexLive and MikTex can coexist and function in the same system, and Lyx 
can use either.

I hope this is helpful--
Ehud Kaplan

On 10/29/2011 10:18 AM, Kenedy Torcatt wrote:

Hello...

 Where can I find a description for every MiKTEX package Tht's is been 
using inside hte LyX file preamble?. I need to do an inventory of them 
to simplifyand ilustrate  it's use.


/kenedy/





--
Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D.
Jules and Doris Stein /Research to Prevent Blindness/ Professor
*Director*, The laboratory of Visual  Computational Neuroscience
*Director*, Center for Excellence in Computational  Systems Neuroscience
/Friedman Brain Institute/
Departments of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Structural  Chemical Biology,
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave Levy Place,
NY, NY, 10029

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[bsquared]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 11/02/2011 11:46 PM, bsquared wrote:
 On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:
 Hello,

 I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
 I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.

 [snip]

 This is redacted output:

 [code]
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
 checking for a Latex2e program...
 +checking for latex...  yes
 checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
 +checking for pplatex...  no
 checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
 +checking for platex...  yes

 kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
 Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)

 This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we 
 have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try 
 having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can 
 also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember

 Thank you.

 Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?

 The file I'd like to see is configure.log, which should be in your LyX
 user directory, by default $HOME/.lyx/. However

 If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
 If not where would I find this log?

 we have seen this problem on Arch recently. Can you please run python
 --version and find out what version that is? The previously reported
 problems were due to this being Python 3.x, which is not backwards
 compatible (why not!?) and will not properly run the configure script.

 If that is the problem, you can find some sort of solution, I think, in
 this thread:
    http://marc.info/?l=lyx-develm=131914585121454w=2

 Richard



configure.log :
http://pastebin.com/DhMqGtS9

python --version
Python 3.2.2

I have 2.x installed also as python2.
python2 --version
Python 2.7.2

I tried the configure script like this python2
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py, but that does not work either.

The link provided would possibly help if I were building LyX, but I
don't really want to jump through those hoiops right now.  I will
report this as a bug to ArchLinux LyX package maintainer.

Thanks for your help.
-- 
Regards,
-Brian

Re: Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 11:53 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
   Currently running LyX-2.0.1 on Slackware-13.1. It's been several years
 since I loaded the .lyx file for my book, but I want to do so now.
 However,
 lyx tells me that svmono.cls is not installed. When I check I find it
 on the
 system in:

 /home/rshepard/.lyx/layouts/svmono.cls
 /home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/submittal/svmono.cls
 /home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/mono/styles/svmono.cls
 /usr/share/lyx/tex/svmono.cls

   What do I need to do to assure lyx that it's actually present?

Probably none of these are in the paths TeX is searching. You'll need to
put it in one of those directories and then run texhash. Run e.g.
kpsewhich article.cls to see where that one lives, and put svmono.cls
in a similar location. Or you can create a local TeX tree, e.g., at
$HOME/texmf/. Note that it has to have the same structure as the main
TeX tree. E.g., LaTeX stuff would be below $HOME/texmf/tex/latex/.

Richard

Flex-insets in Math mode

[Murat Yildizoglu]

Hello,

I have waited a little bit before harassing you again with my Sage
extension problem.

Concerning the possibility of including Sage commands in the math mode, I
have not found any solution.

Is there a Flex-inset type that can be inserted in a math box, without
being interpreted before the compilation of the document by
pdflatex+Sage+pdflatex? When I insert my \sage{} instruction in a math
expression, Lyx tries to interpret what is inside, even if I have set the
inset as Passtrough=1.

I know that I can do it using an ERT but I will have to type the complete
expression in the ERt too in this case :-(  (well, I know that I could type
it in a math box and then copy and paste in the ERT, but I cannot use the
conveniences of Lyx for displayed equations and equation sets even in this
case).

-- 
Prof. Murat Yildizoglu

Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV
GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113)
Avenue Léon Duguit
33608 Pessac cedex
France

yi...@u-bordeaux4.fr

http://yildizoglu.info

http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu

Re: Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Richard Heck wrote:


Probably none of these are in the paths TeX is searching. You'll need to
put it in one of those directories and then run texhash. Run e.g.
kpsewhich article.cls to see where that one lives, and put svmono.cls
in a similar location.


Richard,

  D'oh! I forgot that in the interval since I wrote my book I migrated from
tetex to TeXLive. Sigh. However, copying it to
/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/, reconfiguring lyx, and restarting the
application did not resolve the error.

  I'll read the latest users guide and see what it tells me.

Thanks,

Rich

Lualatex and Lyx.

[john Culleton]

I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
course a tremendous advance.

Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?

Thanks for your help.

-- 
John Culleton
Free list of books for self-publishers:
http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html

Create Book Covers with Scribus
http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Bruce Kendall]

This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
(V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
 and
while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX couldn't
get past generating the noweb file.

I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to be
Rweave.bat $$i rather than Rweave $$i.

Bruce

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Just switch it on :-)-O

el

On 2011-11-03 18:01 , john Culleton wrote:
 I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
 it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
 course a tremendous advance.
 
 Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
 updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?
 
 Thanks for your help.
 

Chain rule tree diagram

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif

Thanks in advance,

Paul

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Ernesto Posse]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear All,

 Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
 Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:

 http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif

 Thanks in advance,

 Paul


While there is no direct way of doing that in lyx, there are useful
alternatives. My favourite is the XY-pic package
(http://www.tug.org/applications/Xy-pic/), which is useful for all
kinds of diagrams.

To use it you need to install XY-pic (the 'xy' latex package), and in
LyX, in the preamble (Documents-Settings-LaTeX preamble) you should
write

\usepackage[all]{xy}

\newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}} %this line is
only for your specific diagram

Then in the body, you create an ERT box (Ctrl-L) and inside you can
put the following:

\[
\xymatrix{
 z \ar@{-}[dll]_{\pd{z}{x}} \ar@{-}[drr]^{\pd{z}{y}}  \\
   x \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{x}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{x}{t}}   y
\ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{y}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{y}{t}}\\
s t s t \\
}
\]

A first look at this might seem daunting, but once you read the xy
user's guide it will seem quite straight-forward.




-- 
Ernesto Posse

Modelling and Analysis in Software Engineering
School of Computing
Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Ernesto Posse epo...@gmail.com wrote:
 Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
 Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:

 http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif

 While there is no direct way of doing that in lyx, there are useful
 alternatives. My favourite is the XY-pic package
 (http://www.tug.org/applications/Xy-pic/), which is useful for all
 kinds of diagrams.

 To use it you need to install XY-pic (the 'xy' latex package), and in
 LyX, in the preamble (Documents-Settings-LaTeX preamble) you should
 write

 \usepackage[all]{xy}

 \newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}} %this line is
 only for your specific diagram

 Then in the body, you create an ERT box (Ctrl-L) and inside you can
 put the following:

 \[
 \xymatrix{
         z \ar@{-}[dll]_{\pd{z}{x}} \ar@{-}[drr]^{\pd{z}{y}}          \\
   x \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{x}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{x}{t}}           y
 \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{y}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{y}{t}}    \\
 s     t     s     t \\
 }
 \]

 A first look at this might seem daunting, but once you read the xy
 user's guide it will seem quite straight-forward.

Thanks a lot, Ernesto. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Paul

Re: LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Yihui Xie]

Thanks for the solution! I'm not sure if the author of that document
can see this email, so I guess you'd better cc Jeff or Dave.

As for the batch file, I mentioned this once to JMarc, and I do not if
this is a good solution, because if the user knows how to modify PATH,
he/she does not need the Rweave.bat trick. So which way is better to
go? Teach Windows users PATH or use the batch files to find R
automatically? Or let LyX borrow the idea of the batch file as a part
of its configuration? e.g. when (re)configuring LyX, the path to
Rscript.exe will be searched automatically.

Regards,
Yihui
--
Yihui Xie xieyi...@gmail.com
Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name
Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA



On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Bruce Kendall kend...@bren.ucsb.edu wrote:
 This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
 (V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
 http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
  and
 while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX 
 couldn't
 get past generating the noweb file.

 I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to be
 Rweave.bat $$i rather than Rweave $$i.

 Bruce

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Dave]

Richard Heck rgheck at comcast.net writes:

 
 On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
  Dear all,
 
  I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
  and academic papers but I am close to giving up
  as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
  I would like to use Lyx in combination with
  Bibdesk or Zotero, 
 
 Lots of people do that
 
  and use an 
  ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
  This includes in-text references (e.g. (Giddens:22)),
  the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
  I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
  nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
  setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
  I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.
 
 The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
 packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
 CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
 class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
 the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
 And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
 difficult as it sounds.
 
 Richard
 
 


Thanks for the reply, Richard!

The good news is: I managed to adapt the standard
templates using some \bibpunct[:]{(}{)}{,}{a}{}{;}
commands and other local adjustments. This is sufficient
for me to start working and to stick to Lyx after 
all. I am sure more formatting issues will come up in
the course of my work and who knows, maybe be 
then I will be able to write a whole new class for the
ASA document style.

Best, David

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 04:14 PM, Dave wrote:
 Richard Heck rgheck at comcast.net writes:

 On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
 Dear all,

 I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
 and academic papers but I am close to giving up
 as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
 I would like to use Lyx in combination with
 Bibdesk or Zotero, 

 Lots of people do that

 and use an 
 ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
 This includes in-text references (e.g. (Giddens:22)),
 the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
 I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
 nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
 setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
 I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.

 The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
 packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
 CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
 class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
 the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
 And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
 difficult as it sounds.

 Richard



 Thanks for the reply, Richard!

 The good news is: I managed to adapt the standard
 templates using some \bibpunct[:]{(}{)}{,}{a}{}{;}
 commands and other local adjustments. This is sufficient
 for me to start working and to stick to Lyx after 
 all. I am sure more formatting issues will come up in
 the course of my work and who knows, maybe be 
 then I will be able to write a whole new class for the
 ASA document style.

And the best thing is: If you change your mind about these formatting
issues, you can change it all around again later just as easily.

Richard

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday, November 03, 2011 01:37:54 PM Paul Smith wrote:
 Dear All,
 
 Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule
 diagram? Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:
 
 http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/imag
 e001.gif
 
 Thanks in advance,
 
 Paul

Hi Paul,

Are you writing a calculus book? I've been looking for a book to 
refresh my memory of calculus, and if your book uses lots of diagrams, 
that's a good thing. Where can your book be purchased?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: A4 paper in tufte book class

[Trevor Jenkins]

Document  Settings Then Custom where you type a4paper as an option.
Works for me in 2.0.0.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Roel Schipper - CITG
h.r.schip...@tudelft.nl wrote:
 Is there a way to use A4 paper in Tufte book class? The Tufte-LaTeX def file
 is prepared for A4. LyX is using Letter now by default. I used A4 without
 problems one year ago in LyX 1.6, but in 2.0.0 the option “Format” under
 “Document Settings - Page Layout” is greyed out. It does not make a
 difference if I set the default paper size to A4 in “Preferences – LaTeX”.



 Kindly,

 Roel Schipper







-- 
Regards, Trevor.

 Re: deemed!

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[Pavel Sanda]

bsquared wrote:
 don't really want to jump through those hoiops right now.  I will
 report this as a bug to ArchLinux LyX package maintainer.

please do, i already asked for this. maintainer might find useful info
in http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/7030

pavel

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

[Liviu Andronic]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:01 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote:
 I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
 it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
 course a tremendous advance.

 Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
 updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?

Lualatex won't work on most Linux distributions, since they ship
outdated version of TL (and some other packages), and don't allow
user-space updating of packages. If you're on Windows, you're best bet
is to update your packages to their latest version, select 'use
non-tex fonts' in Doc Settings  Fonts, and cross your fingers.

Liviu


 Thanks for your help.

 --
 John Culleton
 Free list of books for self-publishers:
 http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html

 Create Book Covers with Scribus
 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html




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Re: LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Liviu Andronic]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Yihui Xie x...@yihui.name wrote:
 Thanks for the solution! I'm not sure if the author of that document
 can see this email, so I guess you'd better cc Jeff or Dave.

 As for the batch file, I mentioned this once to JMarc, and I do not if
 this is a good solution, because if the user knows how to modify PATH,
 he/she does not need the Rweave.bat trick. So which way is better to
 go? Teach Windows users PATH

As far as I'm concerned best is to properly document PATH tweaks for
Sweave users on Windows. Batch tricks may work in one version, but not
in the next one. And one of the best things about LyX is that it keeps
things transparent; if it could, and it certainly seems so, a
black-box trick should be avoided.

My 02.00€
Liviu


 or use the batch files to find R
 automatically? Or let LyX borrow the idea of the batch file as a part
 of its configuration? e.g. when (re)configuring LyX, the path to
 Rscript.exe will be searched automatically.

 Regards,
 Yihui
 --
 Yihui Xie xieyi...@gmail.com
 Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name
 Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA



 On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Bruce Kendall kend...@bren.ucsb.edu wrote:
 This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
 (V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
 http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
  and
 while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX 
 couldn't
 get past generating the noweb file.

 I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to 
 be
 Rweave.bat $$i rather than Rweave $$i.

 Bruce






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Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Dave]

Dear all,

I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
and academic papers but I am close to giving up
as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
I would like to use Lyx in combination with
Bibdesk or Zotero, and use an 
ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
This includes in-text references (e.g. (Giddens:22)),
the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.

Thanking you,

David

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
 Dear all,

 I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
 and academic papers but I am close to giving up
 as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
 I would like to use Lyx in combination with
 Bibdesk or Zotero, 

Lots of people do that

 and use an 
 ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
 This includes in-text references (e.g. (Giddens:22)),
 the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
 I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
 nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
 setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
 I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.

The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
difficult as it sounds.

Richard

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[Richard Heck]

On 11/02/2011 11:46 PM, bsquared wrote:
 On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:
 Hello,

 I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
 I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.

 [snip]

 This is redacted output:

 [code]
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
 checking for a Latex2e program...
 +checking for latex...  yes
 checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
 +checking for pplatex...  no
 checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
 +checking for platex...  yes

 kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
 Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)

 This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we 
 have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try 
 having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can 
 also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember

 Thank you.

 Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?

The file I'd like to see is configure.log, which should be in your LyX
user directory, by default $HOME/.lyx/. However

 If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
 If not where would I find this log?

we have seen this problem on Arch recently. Can you please run python
--version and find out what version that is? The previously reported
problems were due to this being Python 3.x, which is not backwards
compatible (why not!?) and will not properly run the configure script.

If that is the problem, you can find some sort of solution, I think, in
this thread:
http://marc.info/?l=lyx-develm=131914585121454w=2

Richard

A4 paper in tufte book class

[Roel Schipper - CITG]

Is there a way to use A4 paper in Tufte book class? The Tufte-LaTeX def file is 
prepared for A4. LyX is using Letter now by default. I used A4 without problems 
one year ago in LyX 1.6, but in 2.0.0 the option Format under Document 
Settings - Page Layout is greyed out. It does not make a difference if I set 
the default paper size to A4 in Preferences - LaTeX.

Kindly,
Roel Schipper

Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Rich Shepard]

  Currently running LyX-2.0.1 on Slackware-13.1. It's been several years
since I loaded the .lyx file for my book, but I want to do so now. However,
lyx tells me that svmono.cls is not installed. When I check I find it on the
system in:

/home/rshepard/.lyx/layouts/svmono.cls
/home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/submittal/svmono.cls
/home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/mono/styles/svmono.cls
/usr/share/lyx/tex/svmono.cls

  What do I need to do to assure lyx that it's actually present?

TIA,

Rich

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[bsquared]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:

 Hello,

 I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
 I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.

 Name           : lyx
 Version        : 2.0.1-2

 Name           : texlive-core (texlive-most)
 Version        : 2011.23170-1


 I followed the instructions on
 http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/LaTeXErrors#file-not-found;

 $ kpsewhich article.cls
 /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls

 I ran reconfigure from the tools menu, restarted and opened
 .../examples/splash.lyx.

 But lyx still fails to configure properly.

 This is redacted output:

 [code]
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
 checking for a Latex2e program...
 +checking for latex...  yes
 checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
 +checking for pplatex...  no
 checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
 +checking for platex...  yes

 kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
 Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)

 This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we
 have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try
 having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can
 also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember

 Richard


Thank you.

Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?

If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
If not where would I find this log?

Looking at the output it seems related to configuring user directory.
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
seems to indicate it is re-configuring on every run - this makes me
think configuring is not successful.

Also, if i run Tools -TeX Information all classes are listed and
paths are correct.

Re: Help Formatting and fonts... Beggining Thesis! Critical...

[ehud.kap...@gmail.com]

Kenedy,
You are clearly in the hands of experts here, so I shall not try to 
muddle the water.
However, after several years of using Miktex on Windows, I have switched 
to TexLive,
which seems to be the general trend.  I use Texlive on Linux, and wanted 
to have the same Latex system on both

Windows and Linux (Ubuntu).
In my experience, TexLive is easier to maintain (upgrade).  In addition, 
after you install it (on Windows),

you can click Start/Run:
tlmgr gui
and see a list of all the Latex packages with a short description of 
what each one does, plus some other information about the package.  You 
can double click on the package name and get a longer description.
You might consider trying that.  Unlike the Republicans and Democrats in 
Congress,
TexLive and MikTex can coexist and function in the same system, and Lyx 
can use either.

I hope this is helpful--
Ehud Kaplan

On 10/29/2011 10:18 AM, Kenedy Torcatt wrote:

Hello...

 Where can I find a description for every MiKTEX package Tht's is been 
using inside hte LyX file preamble?. I need to do an inventory of them 
to simplifyand ilustrate  it's use.


/kenedy/





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*Director*, The laboratory of Visual  Computational Neuroscience
*Director*, Center for Excellence in Computational  Systems Neuroscience
/Friedman Brain Institute/
Departments of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Structural  Chemical Biology,
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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NY, NY, 10029

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[bsquared]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 11/02/2011 11:46 PM, bsquared wrote:
 On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:
 Hello,

 I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
 I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.

 [snip]

 This is redacted output:

 [code]
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
 checking for a Latex2e program...
 +checking for latex...  yes
 checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
 +checking for pplatex...  no
 checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
 +checking for platex...  yes

 kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
 Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)

 This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we 
 have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try 
 having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can 
 also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember

 Thank you.

 Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?

 The file I'd like to see is configure.log, which should be in your LyX
 user directory, by default $HOME/.lyx/. However

 If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
 If not where would I find this log?

 we have seen this problem on Arch recently. Can you please run python
 --version and find out what version that is? The previously reported
 problems were due to this being Python 3.x, which is not backwards
 compatible (why not!?) and will not properly run the configure script.

 If that is the problem, you can find some sort of solution, I think, in
 this thread:
    http://marc.info/?l=lyx-develm=131914585121454w=2

 Richard



configure.log :
http://pastebin.com/DhMqGtS9

python --version
Python 3.2.2

I have 2.x installed also as python2.
python2 --version
Python 2.7.2

I tried the configure script like this python2
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py, but that does not work either.

The link provided would possibly help if I were building LyX, but I
don't really want to jump through those hoiops right now.  I will
report this as a bug to ArchLinux LyX package maintainer.

Thanks for your help.
-- 
Regards,
-Brian

Re: Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 11:53 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
   Currently running LyX-2.0.1 on Slackware-13.1. It's been several years
 since I loaded the .lyx file for my book, but I want to do so now.
 However,
 lyx tells me that svmono.cls is not installed. When I check I find it
 on the
 system in:

 /home/rshepard/.lyx/layouts/svmono.cls
 /home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/submittal/svmono.cls
 /home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/mono/styles/svmono.cls
 /usr/share/lyx/tex/svmono.cls

   What do I need to do to assure lyx that it's actually present?

Probably none of these are in the paths TeX is searching. You'll need to
put it in one of those directories and then run texhash. Run e.g.
kpsewhich article.cls to see where that one lives, and put svmono.cls
in a similar location. Or you can create a local TeX tree, e.g., at
$HOME/texmf/. Note that it has to have the same structure as the main
TeX tree. E.g., LaTeX stuff would be below $HOME/texmf/tex/latex/.

Richard

Flex-insets in Math mode

[Murat Yildizoglu]

Hello,

I have waited a little bit before harassing you again with my Sage
extension problem.

Concerning the possibility of including Sage commands in the math mode, I
have not found any solution.

Is there a Flex-inset type that can be inserted in a math box, without
being interpreted before the compilation of the document by
pdflatex+Sage+pdflatex? When I insert my \sage{} instruction in a math
expression, Lyx tries to interpret what is inside, even if I have set the
inset as Passtrough=1.

I know that I can do it using an ERT but I will have to type the complete
expression in the ERt too in this case :-(  (well, I know that I could type
it in a math box and then copy and paste in the ERT, but I cannot use the
conveniences of Lyx for displayed equations and equation sets even in this
case).

-- 
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Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV
GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113)
Avenue Léon Duguit
33608 Pessac cedex
France

yi...@u-bordeaux4.fr

http://yildizoglu.info

http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu

Re: Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Richard Heck wrote:


Probably none of these are in the paths TeX is searching. You'll need to
put it in one of those directories and then run texhash. Run e.g.
kpsewhich article.cls to see where that one lives, and put svmono.cls
in a similar location.


Richard,

  D'oh! I forgot that in the interval since I wrote my book I migrated from
tetex to TeXLive. Sigh. However, copying it to
/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/, reconfiguring lyx, and restarting the
application did not resolve the error.

  I'll read the latest users guide and see what it tells me.

Thanks,

Rich

Lualatex and Lyx.

[john Culleton]

I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
course a tremendous advance.

Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?

Thanks for your help.

-- 
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Free list of books for self-publishers:
http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html

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http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Bruce Kendall]

This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
(V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
 and
while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX couldn't
get past generating the noweb file.

I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to be
Rweave.bat $$i rather than Rweave $$i.

Bruce

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Just switch it on :-)-O

el

On 2011-11-03 18:01 , john Culleton wrote:
 I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
 it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
 course a tremendous advance.
 
 Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
 updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?
 
 Thanks for your help.
 

Chain rule tree diagram

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif

Thanks in advance,

Paul

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Ernesto Posse]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear All,

 Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
 Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:

 http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif

 Thanks in advance,

 Paul


While there is no direct way of doing that in lyx, there are useful
alternatives. My favourite is the XY-pic package
(http://www.tug.org/applications/Xy-pic/), which is useful for all
kinds of diagrams.

To use it you need to install XY-pic (the 'xy' latex package), and in
LyX, in the preamble (Documents-Settings-LaTeX preamble) you should
write

\usepackage[all]{xy}

\newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}} %this line is
only for your specific diagram

Then in the body, you create an ERT box (Ctrl-L) and inside you can
put the following:

\[
\xymatrix{
 z \ar@{-}[dll]_{\pd{z}{x}} \ar@{-}[drr]^{\pd{z}{y}}  \\
   x \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{x}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{x}{t}}   y
\ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{y}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{y}{t}}\\
s t s t \\
}
\]

A first look at this might seem daunting, but once you read the xy
user's guide it will seem quite straight-forward.




-- 
Ernesto Posse

Modelling and Analysis in Software Engineering
School of Computing
Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Ernesto Posse epo...@gmail.com wrote:
 Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
 Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:

 http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif

 While there is no direct way of doing that in lyx, there are useful
 alternatives. My favourite is the XY-pic package
 (http://www.tug.org/applications/Xy-pic/), which is useful for all
 kinds of diagrams.

 To use it you need to install XY-pic (the 'xy' latex package), and in
 LyX, in the preamble (Documents-Settings-LaTeX preamble) you should
 write

 \usepackage[all]{xy}

 \newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}} %this line is
 only for your specific diagram

 Then in the body, you create an ERT box (Ctrl-L) and inside you can
 put the following:

 \[
 \xymatrix{
         z \ar@{-}[dll]_{\pd{z}{x}} \ar@{-}[drr]^{\pd{z}{y}}          \\
   x \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{x}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{x}{t}}           y
 \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{y}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{y}{t}}    \\
 s     t     s     t \\
 }
 \]

 A first look at this might seem daunting, but once you read the xy
 user's guide it will seem quite straight-forward.

Thanks a lot, Ernesto. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Paul

Re: LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Yihui Xie]

Thanks for the solution! I'm not sure if the author of that document
can see this email, so I guess you'd better cc Jeff or Dave.

As for the batch file, I mentioned this once to JMarc, and I do not if
this is a good solution, because if the user knows how to modify PATH,
he/she does not need the Rweave.bat trick. So which way is better to
go? Teach Windows users PATH or use the batch files to find R
automatically? Or let LyX borrow the idea of the batch file as a part
of its configuration? e.g. when (re)configuring LyX, the path to
Rscript.exe will be searched automatically.

Regards,
Yihui
--
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Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name
Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA



On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Bruce Kendall kend...@bren.ucsb.edu wrote:
 This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
 (V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
 http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
  and
 while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX 
 couldn't
 get past generating the noweb file.

 I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to be
 Rweave.bat $$i rather than Rweave $$i.

 Bruce

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Dave]

Richard Heck rgheck at comcast.net writes:

 
 On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
  Dear all,
 
  I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
  and academic papers but I am close to giving up
  as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
  I would like to use Lyx in combination with
  Bibdesk or Zotero, 
 
 Lots of people do that
 
  and use an 
  ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
  This includes in-text references (e.g. (Giddens:22)),
  the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
  I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
  nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
  setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
  I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.
 
 The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
 packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
 CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
 class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
 the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
 And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
 difficult as it sounds.
 
 Richard
 
 


Thanks for the reply, Richard!

The good news is: I managed to adapt the standard
templates using some \bibpunct[:]{(}{)}{,}{a}{}{;}
commands and other local adjustments. This is sufficient
for me to start working and to stick to Lyx after 
all. I am sure more formatting issues will come up in
the course of my work and who knows, maybe be 
then I will be able to write a whole new class for the
ASA document style.

Best, David

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 04:14 PM, Dave wrote:
 Richard Heck rgheck at comcast.net writes:

 On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
 Dear all,

 I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
 and academic papers but I am close to giving up
 as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
 I would like to use Lyx in combination with
 Bibdesk or Zotero, 

 Lots of people do that

 and use an 
 ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
 This includes in-text references (e.g. (Giddens:22)),
 the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
 I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
 nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
 setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
 I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.

 The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
 packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
 CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
 class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
 the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
 And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
 difficult as it sounds.

 Richard



 Thanks for the reply, Richard!

 The good news is: I managed to adapt the standard
 templates using some \bibpunct[:]{(}{)}{,}{a}{}{;}
 commands and other local adjustments. This is sufficient
 for me to start working and to stick to Lyx after 
 all. I am sure more formatting issues will come up in
 the course of my work and who knows, maybe be 
 then I will be able to write a whole new class for the
 ASA document style.

And the best thing is: If you change your mind about these formatting
issues, you can change it all around again later just as easily.

Richard

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday, November 03, 2011 01:37:54 PM Paul Smith wrote:
 Dear All,
 
 Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule
 diagram? Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:
 
 http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/imag
 e001.gif
 
 Thanks in advance,
 
 Paul

Hi Paul,

Are you writing a calculus book? I've been looking for a book to 
refresh my memory of calculus, and if your book uses lots of diagrams, 
that's a good thing. Where can your book be purchased?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: A4 paper in tufte book class

[Trevor Jenkins]

Document  Settings Then Custom where you type a4paper as an option.
Works for me in 2.0.0.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Roel Schipper - CITG
h.r.schip...@tudelft.nl wrote:
 Is there a way to use A4 paper in Tufte book class? The Tufte-LaTeX def file
 is prepared for A4. LyX is using Letter now by default. I used A4 without
 problems one year ago in LyX 1.6, but in 2.0.0 the option “Format” under
 “Document Settings - Page Layout” is greyed out. It does not make a
 difference if I set the default paper size to A4 in “Preferences – LaTeX”.



 Kindly,

 Roel Schipper







-- 
Regards, Trevor.

 Re: deemed!

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[Pavel Sanda]

bsquared wrote:
 don't really want to jump through those hoiops right now.  I will
 report this as a bug to ArchLinux LyX package maintainer.

please do, i already asked for this. maintainer might find useful info
in http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/7030

pavel

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

[Liviu Andronic]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:01 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote:
 I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
 it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
 course a tremendous advance.

 Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
 updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?

Lualatex won't work on most Linux distributions, since they ship
outdated version of TL (and some other packages), and don't allow
user-space updating of packages. If you're on Windows, you're best bet
is to update your packages to their latest version, select 'use
non-tex fonts' in Doc Settings  Fonts, and cross your fingers.

Liviu


 Thanks for your help.

 --
 John Culleton
 Free list of books for self-publishers:
 http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html

 Create Book Covers with Scribus
 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html




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Do you know how to write?
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail

Re: LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Liviu Andronic]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Yihui Xie x...@yihui.name wrote:
 Thanks for the solution! I'm not sure if the author of that document
 can see this email, so I guess you'd better cc Jeff or Dave.

 As for the batch file, I mentioned this once to JMarc, and I do not if
 this is a good solution, because if the user knows how to modify PATH,
 he/she does not need the Rweave.bat trick. So which way is better to
 go? Teach Windows users PATH

As far as I'm concerned best is to properly document PATH tweaks for
Sweave users on Windows. Batch tricks may work in one version, but not
in the next one. And one of the best things about LyX is that it keeps
things transparent; if it could, and it certainly seems so, a
black-box trick should be avoided.

My 02.00€
Liviu


 or use the batch files to find R
 automatically? Or let LyX borrow the idea of the batch file as a part
 of its configuration? e.g. when (re)configuring LyX, the path to
 Rscript.exe will be searched automatically.

 Regards,
 Yihui
 --
 Yihui Xie xieyi...@gmail.com
 Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name
 Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA



 On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Bruce Kendall kend...@bren.ucsb.edu wrote:
 This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
 (V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
 http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
  and
 while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX 
 couldn't
 get past generating the noweb file.

 I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to 
 be
 Rweave.bat $$i rather than Rweave $$i.

 Bruce






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Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Dave]

Dear all,

I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
and academic papers but I am close to giving up
as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
I would like to use Lyx in combination with
Bibdesk or Zotero, and use an 
ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
This includes in-text references (e.g. "(Giddens:22)"),
the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.

Thanking you,

David

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
> and academic papers but I am close to giving up
> as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
> I would like to use Lyx in combination with
> Bibdesk or Zotero, 
>
Lots of people do that

> and use an 
> ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
> This includes in-text references (e.g. "(Giddens:22)"),
> the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
> I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
> nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
> setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
> I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.
>
The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
difficult as it sounds.

Richard

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[Richard Heck]

On 11/02/2011 11:46 PM, bsquared wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck  wrote:
>> On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
>>> I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> This is redacted output:
>>>
>>> [code]
>>> LyX: reconfiguring user directory
>>> checking for a Latex2e program...
>>> +checking for "latex"...  yes
>>> checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
>>> +checking for "pplatex"...  no
>>> checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
>>> +checking for "platex"...  yes
>>>
>>> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
>>> Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)
>>>
>> This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we 
>> have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try 
>> having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can 
>> also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember
>>
> Thank you.
>
> Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?
>
The file I'd like to see is configure.log, which should be in your LyX
user directory, by default $HOME/.lyx/. However

> If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
> If not where would I find this log?
>
we have seen this problem on Arch recently. Can you please run "python
--version" and find out what version that is? The previously reported
problems were due to this being Python 3.x, which is not backwards
compatible (why not!?) and will not properly run the configure script.

If that is the problem, you can find some sort of solution, I think, in
this thread:
http://marc.info/?l=lyx-devel=131914585121454=2

Richard

A4 paper in tufte book class

[Roel Schipper - CITG]

Is there a way to use A4 paper in Tufte book class? The Tufte-LaTeX def file is 
prepared for A4. LyX is using Letter now by default. I used A4 without problems 
one year ago in LyX 1.6, but in 2.0.0 the option "Format" under "Document 
Settings - Page Layout" is greyed out. It does not make a difference if I set 
the default paper size to A4 in "Preferences - LaTeX".

Kindly,
Roel Schipper

Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Rich Shepard]

  Currently running LyX-2.0.1 on Slackware-13.1. It's been several years
since I loaded the .lyx file for my book, but I want to do so now. However,
lyx tells me that svmono.cls is not installed. When I check I find it on the
system in:

/home/rshepard/.lyx/layouts/svmono.cls
/home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/submittal/svmono.cls
/home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/mono/styles/svmono.cls
/usr/share/lyx/tex/svmono.cls

  What do I need to do to assure lyx that it's actually present?

TIA,

Rich

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[bsquared]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck  wrote:
> On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
>> I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.
>>
>> Name           : lyx
>> Version        : 2.0.1-2
>>
>> Name           : texlive-core (texlive-most)
>> Version        : 2011.23170-1
>>
>>
>> I followed the instructions on
>> "http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/LaTeXErrors#file-not-found;
>>
>> $ kpsewhich article.cls
>> /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
>>
>> I ran reconfigure from the tools menu, restarted and opened
>> ".../examples/splash.lyx".
>>
>> But lyx still fails to configure properly.
>>
>> This is redacted output:
>>
>> [code]
>> LyX: reconfiguring user directory
>> checking for a Latex2e program...
>> +checking for "latex"...  yes
>> checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
>> +checking for "pplatex"...  no
>> checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
>> +checking for "platex"...  yes
>>
>> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
>> Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)
>>
> This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we
> have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try
> having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can
> also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember
>
> Richard
>
>
Thank you.

Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?

If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
If not where would I find this log?

Looking at the output it seems related to configuring user directory.
>> LyX: reconfiguring user directory
seems to indicate it is re-configuring on every run - this makes me
think configuring is not successful.

Also, if i run "Tools -TeX Information" all classes are listed and
paths are correct.

Re: Help Formatting and fonts... Beggining Thesis! Critical...

[ehud.kap...@gmail.com]

Kenedy,
You are clearly in the hands of experts here, so I shall not try to 
muddle the water.
However, after several years of using Miktex on Windows, I have switched 
to TexLive,
which seems to be the general trend.  I use Texlive on Linux, and wanted 
to have the same Latex system on both

Windows and Linux (Ubuntu).
In my experience, TexLive is easier to maintain (upgrade).  In addition, 
after you install it (on Windows),

you can click Start/Run:
tlmgr gui
and see a list of all the Latex packages with a short description of 
what each one does, plus some other information about the package.  You 
can double click on the package name and get a longer description.
You might consider trying that.  Unlike the Republicans and Democrats in 
Congress,
TexLive and MikTex can coexist and function in the same system, and Lyx 
can use either.

I hope this is helpful--
Ehud Kaplan

On 10/29/2011 10:18 AM, Kenedy Torcatt wrote:

Hello...

 Where can I find a description for every MiKTEX package Tht's is been 
using inside hte LyX file preamble?. I need to do an inventory of them 
to simplifyand ilustrate  it's use.


/kenedy/





--
Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D.
Jules and Doris Stein /Research to Prevent Blindness/ Professor
*Director*, The laboratory of Visual & Computational Neuroscience
*Director*, Center for Excellence in Computational & Systems Neuroscience
/Friedman Brain Institute/
Departments of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Structural & Chemical Biology,
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave Levy Place,
NY, NY, 10029

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[bsquared]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Richard Heck  wrote:
> On 11/02/2011 11:46 PM, bsquared wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Richard Heck  wrote:
>>> On 11/2/11 3:19 PM, bsquared wrote:
 Hello,

 I have used lyx on other distos with no problems, but
 I am having problems getting lyx configured on ArchLinux.

 [snip]

 This is redacted output:

 [code]
 LyX: reconfiguring user directory
 checking for a Latex2e program...
 +checking for "latex"...  yes
 checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
 +checking for "pplatex"...  no
 checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
 +checking for "platex"...  yes

 kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
 Latex not usable (not LaTeX2e)

>>> This is the problem. LyX thinks you do not have LaTeX installed. I know we 
>>> have seen this before, but I do not remember what the problem was. Try 
>>> having a look at the config.log file and see why LyX is choking. You can 
>>> also post it here. Perhaps someone else will remember
>>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Are you referring to the the config.log created in the build process?
>>
> The file I'd like to see is configure.log, which should be in your LyX
> user directory, by default $HOME/.lyx/. However
>
>> If so I did not build.  I installed via pacman (ArchLinux package manager).
>> If not where would I find this log?
>>
> we have seen this problem on Arch recently. Can you please run "python
> --version" and find out what version that is? The previously reported
> problems were due to this being Python 3.x, which is not backwards
> compatible (why not!?) and will not properly run the configure script.
>
> If that is the problem, you can find some sort of solution, I think, in
> this thread:
>    http://marc.info/?l=lyx-devel=131914585121454=2
>
> Richard
>
>

configure.log :
http://pastebin.com/DhMqGtS9

python --version
Python 3.2.2

I have 2.x installed also as python2.
python2 --version
Python 2.7.2

I tried the configure script like this "python2
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", but that does not work either.

The link provided would possibly help if I were building LyX, but I
don't really want to jump through those hoiops right now.  I will
report this as a bug to ArchLinux LyX package maintainer.

Thanks for your help.
-- 
Regards,
-Brian

Re: Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 11:53 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   Currently running LyX-2.0.1 on Slackware-13.1. It's been several years
> since I loaded the .lyx file for my book, but I want to do so now.
> However,
> lyx tells me that svmono.cls is not installed. When I check I find it
> on the
> system in:
>
> /home/rshepard/.lyx/layouts/svmono.cls
> /home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/submittal/svmono.cls
> /home/rshepard/documents/eia-book/mono/styles/svmono.cls
> /usr/share/lyx/tex/svmono.cls
>
>   What do I need to do to assure lyx that it's actually present?
>
Probably none of these are in the paths TeX is searching. You'll need to
put it in one of those directories and then run texhash. Run e.g.
"kpsewhich article.cls" to see where that one lives, and put svmono.cls
in a similar location. Or you can create a local TeX tree, e.g., at
$HOME/texmf/. Note that it has to have the same structure as the main
TeX tree. E.g., LaTeX stuff would be below $HOME/texmf/tex/latex/.

Richard

Flex-insets in Math mode

[Murat Yildizoglu]

Hello,

I have waited a little bit before harassing you again with my Sage
extension problem.

Concerning the possibility of including Sage commands in the math mode, I
have not found any solution.

Is there a Flex-inset type that can be inserted in a math box, without
being interpreted before the compilation of the document by
pdflatex+Sage+pdflatex? When I insert my \sage{} instruction in a math
expression, Lyx tries to interpret what is inside, even if I have set the
inset as Passtrough=1.

I know that I can do it using an ERT but I will have to type the complete
expression in the ERt too in this case :-(  (well, I know that I could type
it in a math box and then copy and paste in the ERT, but I cannot use the
conveniences of Lyx for displayed equations and equation sets even in this
case).

-- 
Prof. Murat Yildizoglu

Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV
GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113)
Avenue Léon Duguit
33608 Pessac cedex
France

yi...@u-bordeaux4.fr

http://yildizoglu.info

http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu

Re: Class Not Found After Upgrades

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Richard Heck wrote:


Probably none of these are in the paths TeX is searching. You'll need to
put it in one of those directories and then run texhash. Run e.g.
"kpsewhich article.cls" to see where that one lives, and put svmono.cls
in a similar location.


Richard,

  D'oh! I forgot that in the interval since I wrote my book I migrated from
tetex to TeXLive. Sigh. However, copying it to
/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/, reconfiguring lyx, and restarting the
application did not resolve the error.

  I'll read the latest users guide and see what it tells me.

Thanks,

Rich

Lualatex and Lyx.

[john Culleton]

I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
course a tremendous advance.

Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?

Thanks for your help.

-- 
John Culleton
Free list of books for self-publishers:
http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html

"Create Book Covers with Scribus"
http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Bruce Kendall]

This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
(V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
 and
while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX couldn't
get past generating the noweb file.

I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to be
"Rweave.bat $$i" rather than "Rweave $$i".

Bruce

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Just switch it on :-)-O

el

On 2011-11-03 18:01 , john Culleton wrote:
> I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
> it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
> course a tremendous advance.
> 
> Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
> updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 

Chain rule tree diagram

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif

Thanks in advance,

Paul

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Ernesto Posse]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
> Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:
>
> http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
>

While there is no direct way of doing that in lyx, there are useful
alternatives. My favourite is the XY-pic package
(http://www.tug.org/applications/Xy-pic/), which is useful for all
kinds of diagrams.

To use it you need to install XY-pic (the 'xy' latex package), and in
LyX, in the preamble (Documents->Settings->LaTeX preamble) you should
write

\usepackage[all]{xy}

\newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}} %this line is
only for your specific diagram

Then in the body, you create an ERT box (Ctrl-L) and inside you can
put the following:

\[
\xymatrix{
  &   &   & z \ar@{-}[dll]_{\pd{z}{x}} \ar@{-}[drr]^{\pd{z}{y}} &   &   &   \\
  & x \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{x}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{x}{t}} &   &   &   & y
\ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{y}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{y}{t}} &   \\
s &   & t &   & s &   & t \\
}
\]

A first look at this might seem daunting, but once you read the xy
user's guide it will seem quite straight-forward.




-- 
Ernesto Posse

Modelling and Analysis in Software Engineering
School of Computing
Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Ernesto Posse  wrote:
>> Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule diagram?
>> Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:
>>
>> http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/image001.gif
>
> While there is no direct way of doing that in lyx, there are useful
> alternatives. My favourite is the XY-pic package
> (http://www.tug.org/applications/Xy-pic/), which is useful for all
> kinds of diagrams.
>
> To use it you need to install XY-pic (the 'xy' latex package), and in
> LyX, in the preamble (Documents->Settings->LaTeX preamble) you should
> write
>
> \usepackage[all]{xy}
>
> \newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}} %this line is
> only for your specific diagram
>
> Then in the body, you create an ERT box (Ctrl-L) and inside you can
> put the following:
>
> \[
> \xymatrix{
>  &   &   & z \ar@{-}[dll]_{\pd{z}{x}} \ar@{-}[drr]^{\pd{z}{y}} &   &   &   \\
>  & x \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{x}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{x}{t}} &   &   &   & y
> \ar@{-}[dl]_{\pd{y}{s}} \ar@{-}[dr]^{\pd{y}{t}} &   \\
> s &   & t &   & s &   & t \\
> }
> \]
>
> A first look at this might seem daunting, but once you read the xy
> user's guide it will seem quite straight-forward.

Thanks a lot, Ernesto. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Paul

Re: LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Yihui Xie]

Thanks for the solution! I'm not sure if the author of that document
can see this email, so I guess you'd better cc Jeff or Dave.

As for the batch file, I mentioned this once to JMarc, and I do not if
this is a good solution, because if the user knows how to modify PATH,
he/she does not need the Rweave.bat trick. So which way is better to
go? Teach Windows users PATH or use the batch files to find R
automatically? Or let LyX borrow the idea of the batch file as a part
of its configuration? e.g. when (re)configuring LyX, the path to
Rscript.exe will be searched automatically.

Regards,
Yihui
--
Yihui Xie 
Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name
Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA



On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Bruce Kendall  wrote:
> This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
> (V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
> http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
>  and
> while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX 
> couldn't
> get past generating the noweb file.
>
> I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to be
> "Rweave.bat $$i" rather than "Rweave $$i".
>
> Bruce
>
>

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Dave]

Richard Heck  comcast.net> writes:

> 
> On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
> > and academic papers but I am close to giving up
> > as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
> > I would like to use Lyx in combination with
> > Bibdesk or Zotero, 
> >
> Lots of people do that
> 
> > and use an 
> > ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
> > This includes in-text references (e.g. "(Giddens:22)"),
> > the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
> > I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
> > nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
> > setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
> > I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.
> >
> The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
> packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
> CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
> class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
> the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
> And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
> difficult as it sounds.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 


Thanks for the reply, Richard!

The good news is: I managed to adapt the standard
templates using some "\bibpunct[:]{(}{)}{,}{a}{}{;}"
commands and other local adjustments. This is sufficient
for me to start working and to stick to Lyx after 
all. I am sure more formatting issues will come up in
the course of my work and who knows, maybe be 
then I will be able to write a whole new class for the
ASA document style.

Best, David

Re: Lyx setup for ASA style (Americal Sociological Associoation)

[Richard Heck]

On 11/03/2011 04:14 PM, Dave wrote:
> Richard Heck  comcast.net> writes:
>
>> On 11/03/2011 06:44 AM, Dave wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I would love to use Lyx for my Phd thesis
>>> and academic papers but I am close to giving up
>>> as I don't manage to adapt it to my needs.
>>> I would like to use Lyx in combination with
>>> Bibdesk or Zotero, 
>>>
>> Lots of people do that
>>
>>> and use an 
>>> ASA document style (American Sociological Association).
>>> This includes in-text references (e.g. "(Giddens:22)"),
>>> the bibliography formatting, the overall text structure etc.
>>> I was neither able to find appropriate document templates
>>> nor to adapt the existing ones. Is there any not-too-difficult way of 
>>> setting up Lyx for the ASA style without diving into the details of Latex?
>>> I am using Mac OS 10.7.2 and Lyx 2.0.1.
>>>
>> The real question is whether there's a LaTeX document class or set of
>> packages for this, and it looks as if there is not. (I can't find one on
>> CTAN.) So I'm afraid there is no way to do this without writing such a
>> class. But really, someone ought to do so. Maybe you don't want to be
>> the one, but it would be really valuable to lots of people, I'm sure.
>> And we're all here to help you if you run into problems. It's not as
>> difficult as it sounds.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply, Richard!
>
> The good news is: I managed to adapt the standard
> templates using some "\bibpunct[:]{(}{)}{,}{a}{}{;}"
> commands and other local adjustments. This is sufficient
> for me to start working and to stick to Lyx after 
> all. I am sure more formatting issues will come up in
> the course of my work and who knows, maybe be 
> then I will be able to write a whole new class for the
> ASA document style.
>
And the best thing is: If you change your mind about these formatting
issues, you can change it all around again later just as easily.

Richard

Re: Chain rule tree diagram

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday, November 03, 2011 01:37:54 PM Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Is there some way of drawing in a LyX document a chain rule
> diagram? Please, see an example of what I am wanting at:
> 
> http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcIII/ChainRule_files/imag
> e001.gif
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul

Hi Paul,

Are you writing a calculus book? I've been looking for a book to 
refresh my memory of calculus, and if your book uses lots of diagrams, 
that's a good thing. Where can your book be purchased?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
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Re: A4 paper in tufte book class

[Trevor Jenkins]

Document > Settings Then Custom where you type a4paper as an option.
Works for me in 2.0.0.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Roel Schipper - CITG
 wrote:
> Is there a way to use A4 paper in Tufte book class? The Tufte-LaTeX def file
> is prepared for A4. LyX is using Letter now by default. I used A4 without
> problems one year ago in LyX 1.6, but in 2.0.0 the option “Format” under
> “Document Settings - Page Layout” is greyed out. It does not make a
> difference if I set the default paper size to A4 in “Preferences – LaTeX”.
>
>
>
> Kindly,
>
> Roel Schipper
>
>
>
>



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<>< Re: deemed!

Re: lyx doesn't find any .cls files

[Pavel Sanda]

bsquared wrote:
> don't really want to jump through those hoiops right now.  I will
> report this as a bug to ArchLinux LyX package maintainer.

please do, i already asked for this. maintainer might find useful info
in http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/7030

pavel

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

[Liviu Andronic]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:01 PM, john Culleton  wrote:
> I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use
> it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of
> course a tremendous advance.
>
> Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been
> updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document?
>
Lualatex won't work on most Linux distributions, since they ship
outdated version of TL (and some other packages), and don't allow
user-space updating of packages. If you're on Windows, you're best bet
is to update your packages to their latest version, select 'use
non-tex fonts' in Doc Settings > Fonts, and cross your fingers.

Liviu


> Thanks for your help.
>
> --
> John Culleton
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> http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
>
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> http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
>



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Re: LyX/Sweave on windows 7

[Liviu Andronic]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Yihui Xie  wrote:
> Thanks for the solution! I'm not sure if the author of that document
> can see this email, so I guess you'd better cc Jeff or Dave.
>
> As for the batch file, I mentioned this once to JMarc, and I do not if
> this is a good solution, because if the user knows how to modify PATH,
> he/she does not need the Rweave.bat trick. So which way is better to
> go? Teach Windows users PATH
>
As far as I'm concerned best is to properly document PATH tweaks for
Sweave users on Windows. Batch tricks may work in one version, but not
in the next one. And one of the best things about LyX is that it keeps
things transparent; if it could, and it certainly seems so, a
"black-box" trick should be avoided.

My 02.00€
Liviu


> or use the batch files to find R
> automatically? Or let LyX borrow the idea of the batch file as a part
> of its configuration? e.g. when (re)configuring LyX, the path to
> Rscript.exe will be searched automatically.
>
> Regards,
> Yihui
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> 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Bruce Kendall  wrote:
>> This is a solution rather than a question.  I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
>> (V. 6.1, build 7601, SP1).  I had followed the instructions at
>> http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/SweaveR/lyx_with_r_and_sweave_instructions.pdf,
>>  and
>> while both versions of the batch file worked from the command line, LyX 
>> couldn't
>> get past generating the noweb file.
>>
>> I finally tracked down the solution.  The converter command (step 8) has to 
>> be
>> "Rweave.bat $$i" rather than "Rweave $$i".
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>



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