Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: Aliabbas Petiwala wrote: I am getting bibtex entry errors. Yes, these have not been caught in previous versions of LyX. You probably need to fix your bibtex database or style file. Please post the errors if you need

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: Hi Wolfgang, In the following site the templates are apparently not for Linux. I don't think this is true. I think the instructions for installing (look at the paths and MiKTeX) are for Windows. 2- where do

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Tuesday, 20. August 2013, 10:09:25 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: Hi Wolfgang, In the following site the templates are apparently not for Linux. I don't think this is true. I think the instructions for

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Aliabbas Petiwala
Thanks, There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important for BibTeX errors, as sometimes there are even syntax errors in the .bst files themselves and one would like to just ignore those and get a

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: Am Tuesday, 20. August 2013, 10:09:25 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: In the following site the templates are apparently not

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
Hi Aliabbas, Unless you sent your email prematurely, I'm not sure why you would copy/paste something from somewhere without saying where you got it from. Not just for me, but for anyone that might read this thread. Please always give your source when copying text. Further, a new request was made

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2013/8/20 Aliabbas Petiwala aliabba...@gmail.com There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important for BibTeX errors, as sometimes there are even syntax errors in the .bst files themselves and

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: 2013/8/20 Aliabbas Petiwala aliabba...@gmail.com There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important for BibTeX errors, as

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I forgot to mention one minus, btw: Compared to XML, with LyX/LaTeX you can't *enforce* compliance of documents with a given structure, like with XML schemas and validating editors. That can be a nuisance in an environment with several authors. I literally cannot use Word or its clones for

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Wolfgang Keller felip...@gmx.net wrote: For beamer I still prefer Texworks. The last time I tried, I couldn't get the overlays to work *exactly* the way I wanted them with LyX, this is one thing that's just much easier with a source-level editor. I do use LyX

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2013/8/20 Scott Kostyshak skost...@princeton.edu Is Julien's test case for #8739 invalid? Or your point is that it is rare? IMO syntax errors in bst files are not harmless (per se). I would certainly not use a broken bst file for a publication, and if a journal provides a broken bst file, I

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Keller
The only case where I still prefer to use LO over LyX is generation of documents from databases. That I do with LaTeX and Perl (such as pulling out VAT out of my accounting package SQL-Ledger and printing it onto the scanned form :-)-O That's exactly why I prefer to use LO for such

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: 2013/8/20 Scott Kostyshak skost...@princeton.edu Is Julien's test case for #8739 invalid? Or your point is that it is rare? IMO syntax errors in bst files are not harmless (per se). I would certainly not use a broken

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Jerry
On Aug 18, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote: My general approach to getting a LyX document into Word format is to us the LyXHTML export, import the exported file into LibreOffice, fix the inevitable problems, and save in DOCX format. How do you import the XHTML from

Importing LaTeX file with multiple indexes

2013-08-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
I'm having trouble with this. I have a LaTeX file with multiple indexes (defined in accordance with LyX conventions). I want to convert it to LyX. The relevant part of the preamble looks like this: \usepackage{splitidx} \makeindex \newindex[Index]{idx} \newindex[Table of Statutes]{tab}

Re: formula numbering

2013-08-20 Thread Jerry
On Aug 19, 2013, at 5:56 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.sf.net wrote: On 2013-08-08, bieniasz wrote: Richard Heck rgheck at lyx.org writes: What happens, then, when you add a new equation somewhere in the middle of the document? This is what LyX already does - it updates automatically

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Aliabbas Petiwala
Thanks for processing the bibtex file, but the keys of bibtex entries were modified and I have a huge document and I would not like to manually change all references atleast there are 200 referring places. So I would not like to upgrade to higher versions for due to this issue On Wed, Aug 21,

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: Aliabbas Petiwala wrote: I am getting bibtex entry errors. Yes, these have not been caught in previous versions of LyX. You probably need to fix your bibtex database or style file. Please post the errors if you need

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: Hi Wolfgang, In the following site the templates are apparently not for Linux. I don't think this is true. I think the instructions for installing (look at the paths and MiKTeX) are for Windows. 2- where do

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Tuesday, 20. August 2013, 10:09:25 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: Hi Wolfgang, In the following site the templates are apparently not for Linux. I don't think this is true. I think the instructions for

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Aliabbas Petiwala
Thanks, There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important for BibTeX errors, as sometimes there are even syntax errors in the .bst files themselves and one would like to just ignore those and get a

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: Am Tuesday, 20. August 2013, 10:09:25 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: In the following site the templates are apparently not

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
Hi Aliabbas, Unless you sent your email prematurely, I'm not sure why you would copy/paste something from somewhere without saying where you got it from. Not just for me, but for anyone that might read this thread. Please always give your source when copying text. Further, a new request was made

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2013/8/20 Aliabbas Petiwala aliabba...@gmail.com There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important for BibTeX errors, as sometimes there are even syntax errors in the .bst files themselves and

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: 2013/8/20 Aliabbas Petiwala aliabba...@gmail.com There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important for BibTeX errors, as

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I forgot to mention one minus, btw: Compared to XML, with LyX/LaTeX you can't *enforce* compliance of documents with a given structure, like with XML schemas and validating editors. That can be a nuisance in an environment with several authors. I literally cannot use Word or its clones for

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Wolfgang Keller felip...@gmx.net wrote: For beamer I still prefer Texworks. The last time I tried, I couldn't get the overlays to work *exactly* the way I wanted them with LyX, this is one thing that's just much easier with a source-level editor. I do use LyX

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2013/8/20 Scott Kostyshak skost...@princeton.edu Is Julien's test case for #8739 invalid? Or your point is that it is rare? IMO syntax errors in bst files are not harmless (per se). I would certainly not use a broken bst file for a publication, and if a journal provides a broken bst file, I

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Keller
The only case where I still prefer to use LO over LyX is generation of documents from databases. That I do with LaTeX and Perl (such as pulling out VAT out of my accounting package SQL-Ledger and printing it onto the scanned form :-)-O That's exactly why I prefer to use LO for such

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: 2013/8/20 Scott Kostyshak skost...@princeton.edu Is Julien's test case for #8739 invalid? Or your point is that it is rare? IMO syntax errors in bst files are not harmless (per se). I would certainly not use a broken

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Jerry
On Aug 18, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote: My general approach to getting a LyX document into Word format is to us the LyXHTML export, import the exported file into LibreOffice, fix the inevitable problems, and save in DOCX format. How do you import the XHTML from

Importing LaTeX file with multiple indexes

2013-08-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
I'm having trouble with this. I have a LaTeX file with multiple indexes (defined in accordance with LyX conventions). I want to convert it to LyX. The relevant part of the preamble looks like this: \usepackage{splitidx} \makeindex \newindex[Index]{idx} \newindex[Table of Statutes]{tab}

Re: formula numbering

2013-08-20 Thread Jerry
On Aug 19, 2013, at 5:56 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.sf.net wrote: On 2013-08-08, bieniasz wrote: Richard Heck rgheck at lyx.org writes: What happens, then, when you add a new equation somewhere in the middle of the document? This is what LyX already does - it updates automatically

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Aliabbas Petiwala
Thanks for processing the bibtex file, but the keys of bibtex entries were modified and I have a huge document and I would not like to manually change all references atleast there are 200 referring places. So I would not like to upgrade to higher versions for due to this issue On Wed, Aug 21,

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Aliabbas Petiwala wrote: >> I am getting bibtex entry errors. > > Yes, these have not been caught in previous versions of LyX. You probably need > to fix your bibtex database or style file. Please post the errors if you

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Hi Wolfgang, > In the following site the templates are apparently not for Linux. I don't think this is true. I think the instructions for installing (look at the paths and "MiKTeX") are for Windows. > 2-

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Tuesday, 20. August 2013, 10:09:25 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann > wrote: > > Hi Wolfgang, > > > In the following site the templates are apparently not for Linux. > > I don't think this is true. I think the

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Aliabbas Petiwala
Thanks, There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important for BibTeX errors, as sometimes there are even syntax errors in the .bst files themselves and one would like to just ignore those and get a

Re: svmult style for lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Am Tuesday, 20. August 2013, 10:09:25 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: > >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann > >> wrote: >> > In the following site the templates are

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
Hi Aliabbas, Unless you sent your email prematurely, I'm not sure why you would copy/paste something from somewhere without saying where you got it from. Not just for me, but for anyone that might read this thread. Please always give your source when copying text. Further, a new request was made

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2013/8/20 Aliabbas Petiwala > There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. > Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important > for BibTeX errors, as sometimes there are even syntax errors in the .bst > files themselves

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > 2013/8/20 Aliabbas Petiwala >> >> There should be a way to ignore these errors and continue the processing. >> Such an option would be useful in general, but it is especially important >> for BibTeX

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I forgot to mention one "minus", btw: Compared to XML, with LyX/LaTeX you can't *enforce* compliance of documents with a given structure, like with XML schemas and validating editors. That can be a nuisance in an environment with several authors. > I literally cannot use Word or its clones for

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > For beamer I still prefer Texworks. The last time I tried, I couldn't > get the overlays to work *exactly* the way I wanted them with LyX, this > is one thing that's just much easier with a source-level editor. > > I do

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2013/8/20 Scott Kostyshak > Is Julien's test case for #8739 invalid? Or your point is that it is rare? > IMO syntax errors in bst files are not harmless (per se). I would certainly not use a broken bst file for a publication, and if a journal provides a broken bst file,

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> > The only case where I still prefer to use LO over LyX is > > generation of documents from databases. > > That I do with LaTeX and Perl (such as pulling out VAT out of my > accounting package SQL-Ledger and printing it onto the scanned > form :-)-O That's exactly why I prefer to use LO for

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > 2013/8/20 Scott Kostyshak >> >> Is Julien's test case for #8739 invalid? Or your point is that it is rare? > > > IMO syntax errors in bst files are not harmless (per se). I would certainly > not

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-20 Thread Jerry
On Aug 18, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Les Denham wrote: > My general approach to getting a LyX document into Word format is to > us the LyXHTML export, import the exported file into LibreOffice, fix > the inevitable problems, and save in DOCX format. How do you import the XHTML

Importing LaTeX file with multiple indexes

2013-08-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
I'm having trouble with this. I have a LaTeX file with multiple indexes (defined in accordance with LyX conventions). I want to convert it to LyX. The relevant part of the preamble looks like this: \usepackage{splitidx} \makeindex \newindex[Index]{idx} \newindex[Table of Statutes]{tab}

Re: formula numbering

2013-08-20 Thread Jerry
On Aug 19, 2013, at 5:56 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2013-08-08, bieniasz wrote: >> Richard Heck lyx.org> writes: > >>> What happens, then, when you add a new equation somewhere in >>> the middle of the document? > >> This is what LyX already does - it updates

Re: Error in new beta lyx

2013-08-20 Thread Aliabbas Petiwala
Thanks for processing the bibtex file, but the keys of bibtex entries were modified and I have a huge document and I would not like to manually change all references atleast there are 200 referring places. So I would not like to upgrade to higher versions for due to this issue On Wed, Aug 21,