Re: knitr package not available or converter not installed

[Tom Hopper]

James,

Double-check your R installation to make sure that the knitr package is
installed there. I've found that knitr occasionally disappears from my R
library, and have had a similar (possibly the same) error when it
disappears.

Regards,

Tom



On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 7:57 PM, James Saracco  wrote:

> Dear group,
> I'm a new Lyx user. I'm trying to add the Rnw(knitr) module in the
> document -> settings, but get the following message:
> "The module knitr requires a packages that is not available in your LaTex
> installation, or a converter that you may not have installed. LaTex output
> may not be possible. Missing prerequisites: knitr->latex"
> I'm then referred to section 3.1.2.3 of the User's manual, which wasn't
> too helpful. From Stackoverflow forum, I found reference to this problem in
> Stackoverflow forum, which suggested a PATH problem. So I added the path to
> my R installation to the list of PATH prefixes under the preferences tab
> and reconfigured. But that didn't seem to do anything.
> I installed Lyx using the LyX-2.0.7-Bundle-4.exe windows installer. I've
> installed on both Windows 7 (desktop) and Windows 8 (notebook) machines
> using all of the default installer options. Any thoughts on this would be
> appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Jim
>
> --
> James F. Saracco
> The Institute for Bird Populations
> 907-957-4790
> jsara...@birdpop.org
>

Re: Beamer in Lyx 2.1.0

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Julio Rojas  wrote:
> Actually is the "separator" what annoys me the most. Is there any way in
> which it is "automatically" inserted by the UI? I find myself doing
> copy-paste all the tame from the previous slide in order to add a CR, a
> separator, a new title and an indented line. Without the separator I would
> be doing a couple of CRs to get out of the "Frame" environment, then adding
> a new "Frame" title. Somehow this workflow is kind of faster/smoother.

Hi Julio,

The following is taken from the LyX Beamer manual (Help > Specific
Manuals > Beamer):

There is a simple automated way to start a new frame: Issue Edit⇒Start
New Environment (Alt+P Return) if you are in a non-nested Frame
paragraph, or Edit⇒Start New Parent Environment (Alt+P Shift+Return),
respectively, if you are in a nested paragraph within the frame!

Best,

Scott

Re: Beamer in Lyx 2.1.0

[Julio Rojas]

Actually is the "separator" what annoys me the most. Is there any way in
which it is "automatically" inserted by the UI? I find myself doing
copy-paste all the tame from the previous slide in order to add a CR, a
separator, a new title and an indented line. Without the separator I would
be doing a couple of CRs to get out of the "Frame" environment, then adding
a new "Frame" title. Somehow this workflow is kind of faster/smoother.

Regards.



-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller  wrote:

> 2014-05-05 19:14 GMT+02:00 Julio Rojas:
>
> Thanks for your answer. I suspected all the time that the reasons were the
>> ones explained in that email. Now, I will go back to get used to the
>> new/improved/simpler/optimized/standardized way with the slides for my
>> courses. ;)
>>
>
> And please report back. As said in that mail, there is certainly room for
> improvement within the new UI.
>
> Jürgen
>
>

Cannot use some greek letters

[Steve Burnham]

Forum,

I am currently writing my thesis in LyX and am writing a number of equations, 
many of which use greek letters.  All has been working fine until today when I 
needed to use the greek letter “phi”.  When trying to use that letter I get 
“could not find LaTeX command for character “phi” (code point 0x3d5).  I am 
using the latest LyX on OSX with MacTeX.  In the description of the error it 
says "Some characters of your document are probably not representable in the 
chosen encoding.  Changing the document encoding to utf8 could help.”  I tried 
changing my encoding to utf8 but it just breaks the document even more and 
doesn’t like the other greek letters.  Any advice on how to get around this?

-Steve

Re: LyX and Cygwin

[Bert Lloyd]

Thanks, installing 32-bit Cygwin solved the problem.

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Enrico Forestieri  wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 11:13:18AM -0400, Bert Lloyd wrote:
>
>> Thanks again for your advice.
>>
>> I am having a few issues with installation:
>>
>> In step 4 of the installation instructions ("In the "Select Packages"
>> view...") I did not initially see lyx and related packages. After
>> clicking "View" a few times until "Not Installed" was displayed, the
>> relevant packages were displayed (lyx, lyxdict, etc, although not
>> LyXwin as stated in step 4).
>>
>> When installing, I then got popup messages from Cygwin setup "Can't
>> open (null) for reading: No such file" while setup was installing
>> cygspawn-1.0.0-2-src, dtltools-0.6.2-src, dvipost-1.1-4-src,
>> latex2rtf-1.9.17-2.src, lyxsupport-2.0-src.
>>
>> Finally, lyx still finds my windows installation rather than the new
>> cygwin version:
>> $ lyx -version
>> LyX 2.0.8 (2014-04-14)
>> Built on Apr 15 2014, 23:03:32
>> CMake Build
>>
>>
>> I'm assuming I need to edit the cygwin PATH variable, since this still 
>> includes
>> /cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.0/bin
>> however, I can't find the right directory in cygwin, i.e.
>> /usr/local/share/lyx/ does not exist, nor can I find lyx.exe,
>> lyxwin.exe, or any lyx directory in my cygwin installation. I'm not
>> sure that I've looked everywhere, but I have looked everywhere I can
>> think of, including
>> C:\cygwin64\bin
>> C:\cygwin64\etc
>> C:\cygwin64\lib
>> C:\cygwin64\usr
>> C:\cygwin64\usr\local
>> C:\cygwin64\usr\share
>>
>> which leads me to suspect my installation was not successful after all.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> From what you write above, I suspect that you installed the 64 bit version
> of Cygwin, while that package was built for the 32 bit version.
> If you don't have a specific need for the 64 bit version, you can try
> installing the 32 bit version. I am sorry but I don't have cygwin64
> and can't build a 64 bit version of the package ATM, because I still
> use an old 32 bit laptop for working in Windows.
>
> --
> Enrico

Re: lyx-es : a mailing list for Spanish speakers

[Gordon Cooper]

Typo in first send  sorry.


Marcelo,
  Remove the stop after  org

and send your email  to

lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org

That works properly,

Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.

On 05/06/2014 02:44 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote:

I can't send a mail to the address lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org.
Is rejected for yahoo.
What I make bad?

Re: lyx-es : a mailing list for Spanish speakers

[Gordon Cooper]

Marcelo,
  Remove the stop after  org

and send your email  to

lyx-es-subscribe@;ists.lyx.org

That works properly,

Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.

On 05/06/2014 02:44 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote:

I can't send a mail to the address lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org.
Is rejected for yahoo.
What I make bad?

Re: LyX and Cygwin

[Enrico Forestieri]

On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 11:13:18AM -0400, Bert Lloyd wrote:

> Thanks again for your advice.
> 
> I am having a few issues with installation:
> 
> In step 4 of the installation instructions ("In the "Select Packages"
> view...") I did not initially see lyx and related packages. After
> clicking "View" a few times until "Not Installed" was displayed, the
> relevant packages were displayed (lyx, lyxdict, etc, although not
> LyXwin as stated in step 4).
> 
> When installing, I then got popup messages from Cygwin setup "Can't
> open (null) for reading: No such file" while setup was installing
> cygspawn-1.0.0-2-src, dtltools-0.6.2-src, dvipost-1.1-4-src,
> latex2rtf-1.9.17-2.src, lyxsupport-2.0-src.
> 
> Finally, lyx still finds my windows installation rather than the new
> cygwin version:
> $ lyx -version
> LyX 2.0.8 (2014-04-14)
> Built on Apr 15 2014, 23:03:32
> CMake Build
> 
> 
> I'm assuming I need to edit the cygwin PATH variable, since this still 
> includes
> /cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.0/bin
> however, I can't find the right directory in cygwin, i.e.
> /usr/local/share/lyx/ does not exist, nor can I find lyx.exe,
> lyxwin.exe, or any lyx directory in my cygwin installation. I'm not
> sure that I've looked everywhere, but I have looked everywhere I can
> think of, including
> C:\cygwin64\bin
> C:\cygwin64\etc
> C:\cygwin64\lib
> C:\cygwin64\usr
> C:\cygwin64\usr\local
> C:\cygwin64\usr\share
> 
> which leads me to suspect my installation was not successful after all.
> 
> Any suggestions?

>From what you write above, I suspect that you installed the 64 bit version
of Cygwin, while that package was built for the 32 bit version.
If you don't have a specific need for the 64 bit version, you can try
installing the 32 bit version. I am sorry but I don't have cygwin64
and can't build a 64 bit version of the package ATM, because I still
use an old 32 bit laptop for working in Windows.

-- 
Enrico

Re: Beamer in Lyx 2.1.0

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-05-05 19:14 GMT+02:00 Julio Rojas:

> Thanks for your answer. I suspected all the time that the reasons were the
> ones explained in that email. Now, I will go back to get used to the
> new/improved/simpler/optimized/standardized way with the slides for my
> courses. ;)
>

And please report back. As said in that mail, there is certainly room for
improvement within the new UI.

Jürgen

Re: Beamer in Lyx 2.1.0

[Julio Rojas]

Dear Jürgen

Thanks for your answer. I suspected all the time that the reasons were the
ones explained in that email. Now, I will go back to get used to the
new/improved/simpler/optimized/standardized way with the slides for my
courses. ;)

Regards.

-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller  wrote:

> 2014-05-05 18:46 GMT+02:00 Julio Rojas :
>
> Dear developers,
>>
>> Why was it decided to force users to "indent" content inside a "Frame"
>> environment in Lyx 2.1.0, instead of leaving the default behavior in Lyx
>> 2.0.x which "automatically" set your content between "Frames" as part of
>> the one on top? Was it to standardize it with all other environments in Lyx?
>>
>
> Read the last answer in this mail:
> http://marc.info/?l=lyx-users&m=139595652821799&w=2
>
> Even if it is an small change, it affects my workflow in a sensitive way,
>> so please, can you program a way to set it to the previous behavior?
>>
>
> No.
>
> Jürgen
>

Re: Beamer in Lyx 2.1.0

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-05-05 18:46 GMT+02:00 Julio Rojas :

> Dear developers,
>
> Why was it decided to force users to "indent" content inside a "Frame"
> environment in Lyx 2.1.0, instead of leaving the default behavior in Lyx
> 2.0.x which "automatically" set your content between "Frames" as part of
> the one on top? Was it to standardize it with all other environments in Lyx?
>

Read the last answer in this mail:
http://marc.info/?l=lyx-users&m=139595652821799&w=2

Even if it is an small change, it affects my workflow in a sensitive way,
> so please, can you program a way to set it to the previous behavior?
>

No.

Jürgen

Beamer in Lyx 2.1.0

[Julio Rojas]

Dear developers,

Why was it decided to force users to "indent" content inside a "Frame"
environment in Lyx 2.1.0, instead of leaving the default behavior in Lyx
2.0.x which "automatically" set your content between "Frames" as part of
the one on top? Was it to standardize it with all other environments in Lyx?

Even if it is an small change, it affects my workflow in a sensitive way,
so please, can you program a way to set it to the previous behavior?

Regards.

PS: I know this is not the developers list, but I have no subscription to
it. Maybe one of the developers would read this email and comment
accordingly or forward it to the developer in charge of Beamer. Anyways,
thanks in advance.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

Re: PDF preview under Widows 8

[UD-K]

Lyx version 2.1;
TexLive 2013
Adobe Reader Touch

I think what I need is to know which pdf version (pdflatex? PDF/luatex? 
etc. I need to specify in the
tools/preferences/file handling/file formats dialog.  Under (L)ubuntu I 
use evince with pdflatex, which works flawlessly.

THanks,

Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D.
Jules and Doris Stein /Research to Prevent Blindness/ Professor
*Director*, Center of Excellence for Computational & System Neuroscience,
The Friedman Brain Institute, MSSM
*Director*, The laboratory of Visual & Computational Neuroscience
Depts. of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Chemical & Structural Biology
The Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai
One Gustave Levy Place
New York, NY, 10029
On 05/05/2014 11:04 AM, Jacob Bishop wrote:


On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 6:14 PM, UD-Kap > wrote:


I am using Windows 8.1 (NOT my fault!), and pdf previewing does
not work-- I have tried Adobe reader, Sumatra and Foxit as
pdfLatex readers.   Can someone help?


I have LyX on a Windows 8.1 laptop and pdf previewing does work, using 
Adobe reader. Perhaps you could provide more information so we can 
help better. What version of LyX? Which version of Adobe? Which 
installer did you use for LyX? What TeX are you using (MikTeX? 
version?) Thanks.


-Jacob

Re: lyx-es : a mailing list for Spanish speakers

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Marcelo Acuña  wrote:
> I can't send a mail to the address lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org.
> Is rejected for yahoo.
> What I make bad?

Hi Marcelo,

Can you forward the email that you get that says that it was rejected?
Hopefully it gives a reason for rejection. Also, try sending an email
to lyx-es-h...@lists.lyx.org. That has some useful information and I
want to see if you get a reply.

Scott

Re: LyX and Cygwin

[Bert Lloyd]

Thanks again for your advice.

I am having a few issues with installation:

In step 4 of the installation instructions ("In the "Select Packages"
view...") I did not initially see lyx and related packages. After
clicking "View" a few times until "Not Installed" was displayed, the
relevant packages were displayed (lyx, lyxdict, etc, although not
LyXwin as stated in step 4).

When installing, I then got popup messages from Cygwin setup "Can't
open (null) for reading: No such file" while setup was installing
cygspawn-1.0.0-2-src, dtltools-0.6.2-src, dvipost-1.1-4-src,
latex2rtf-1.9.17-2.src, lyxsupport-2.0-src.

Finally, lyx still finds my windows installation rather than the new
cygwin version:
$ lyx -version
LyX 2.0.8 (2014-04-14)
Built on Apr 15 2014, 23:03:32
CMake Build


I'm assuming I need to edit the cygwin PATH variable, since this still includes
/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.0/bin
however, I can't find the right directory in cygwin, i.e.
/usr/local/share/lyx/ does not exist, nor can I find lyx.exe,
lyxwin.exe, or any lyx directory in my cygwin installation. I'm not
sure that I've looked everywhere, but I have looked everywhere I can
think of, including
C:\cygwin64\bin
C:\cygwin64\etc
C:\cygwin64\lib
C:\cygwin64\usr
C:\cygwin64\usr\local
C:\cygwin64\usr\share

which leads me to suspect my installation was not successful after all.

Any suggestions?

Re: PDF preview under Widows 8

[Jacob Bishop]

On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 6:14 PM, UD-Kap  wrote:

> I am using Windows 8.1 (NOT my fault!), and pdf previewing does not work--
> I have tried Adobe reader, Sumatra and Foxit as pdfLatex readers.   Can
> someone help?


I have LyX on a Windows 8.1 laptop and pdf previewing does work, using
Adobe reader. Perhaps you could provide more information so we can help
better. What version of LyX? Which version of Adobe? Which installer did
you use for LyX? What TeX are you using (MikTeX? version?) Thanks.

-Jacob

Re: lyx-es : a mailing list for Spanish speakers

[Marcelo Acuña]

I can't send a mail to the address lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org.
Is rejected for yahoo.
What I make bad?

Marcelo


El día viernes, 2 de mayo de 2014 18:51, Scott Kostyshak  
escribió:
 
We've created a mailing list for users interested in communicating in
Spanish. To subscribe send a blank email to
lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org. You'll receive an email a minute
later. Reply to that email and you'll get another email confirming
that you've successfully subscribed. To send an email to the list, the
address is lyx...@lists.lyx.org.

If you decide the subscribe, feel free to send an email presenting
yourself. There's only a few of us now and the list will probably be
low-traffic.

I hope to see you there,

Scott