Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references
Steve Burnham írta: >I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry >incorrectly. As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed >after the question mark. I need to remove this period but am I having >difficulty doing so. I found this >solutionhttp://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/181130/remove-question-mark-following-period-for-reference-title-in-pdf-using-vancouveI > tried to implement it by adding the \killpunct after the question mark in my >.bib file and then added \newcommand{\killpunct}[1]{} to my preamble. Upon >compilation I get an error that there is a built in limit of 9 arguments. >Searching around it seems like there are some fixes to overcome this >limitation but nothing straightforward and all involve lots of programming in >LaTeX, which I am not comfortable with. Is there any easy fix to remove the >offending period?--Steve Burnham Hello: I guess the problem is the bst file. It should not add the dot after given characters as ? !. Nevertheless I would check first the database file if the title has as "?" or "?.". If it's the latter correcting it might help. If the database entry is correct you have two options. 1. Find or create a bst file which makes correct output. makebst (custom-bst ) generated bst files never does not have this issue (at least never had it for me). 2. Compile the document manually as: --Export the lyx file as plain latex (tex) file from lyx. Make sure the paths for the bst and bib files are correct in the tex file. --In a console (or dos window) navigate to the directory where the file is located. --run pdflatex on the file ("pdflatex filename.tex") This creates a bbl file in the directory. --run bibtex ("bibtex filename" without extension or "bibtex filename.aux". --In the directory now you should see a file "filename.bbl". Look for bbl extension. --Edit the bbl file: search for the incorrect entry and correct it, save the edited file. --Now run again "pdflatex filename.tex" one, two, or even more time until all the citations, references, cross references in the file are inserted correctly. You can use latex insted of pdflatex if want dvi output. bcsikos
reconfiguration fails (miktex)
Hello everone! I have a fresh install of Lyx (bundle) on my windows box. Lyx starts up fine, but I can not typeset files using Ctrl-R. All packages are marked as unavailable, although the miktex path seems to be fine (C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin) and miktex itself seems to work as expected. Lyx Reconfigure fails with: $ /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/LyX\ 2.1/bin/lyx.exe -x reconfigure Looking for python v2.x ... Examining C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1//Python/python.exe Examining C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1//Python/pythonw.exe Examining C:/cygwin64/bin/python2.7.exe Examining C:/cygwin64/bin/python3.2m.exe Warning: No python v2.x binary found. checking for DVI to DTL converter... +checking for "dv2dt"... yes checking for DTL to DVI converter... +checking for "dt2dv"... yes checking for a Latex2e program... +checking for "latex"... yes checking for a DVI postprocessing program... +checking for "pplatex"... yes checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX... +checking for "platex"... yes '\\win.desy.de\home\fwilde\Application Data\LyX2.1' CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory. UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory. platex: The memory dump file could not be found. platex: Data: platex.fmt Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1/Resources/configure.py", line 1536, in LATEX = checkLatex(dtl_tools) File "C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1/Resources/configure.py", line 506, in checkLatex ''') File "C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1/Resources/configure.py", line 32, in writeToFile file = open(filename, 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'chklatex.ltx' ..\..\..\src\support\Systemcall.cpp (292): Systemcall: 'python -tt "C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1/Resources/configure.py" --binary-dir="C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1/bin/"' finished with exit code 1 Calling python -tt "C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1/Resources/configure.py" --binary-dir="C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1/bin/" oth works fine. I gave almost every Permissions to everyone in C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.1 and can write file there. So, somethings is very wrong with my installation I can't figure out what that is. Does anyone have an idea what is going on? Cheers, Fabian
Re: error
EPS files are not natively supported. The pdf created is a wrapper for the EPS. Do you have the \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.eps,png} %Allowed includegraphics Declared in the preamble? There are huge reasons to not use .jpgs in text and an EPS should work. I know that this might be a huge pain, but if it doesn't work, can you load it into something and save it as a pdf? A pdf will work. I have had great luck with svg files as well but yes, you might also have to spam the dev list. ~Ben On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: > > > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 at 9:08 PM > From: "Steve Burnham" > To: "Patrick Dupre" , lyx > Subject: Re: error > > On June 5, 2014 at 12:50:35 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com) wrote: > > > Hello, > > Can somebody tell me what is wrong in this file? > There 2 issues, > with the figure and with the bibliography! > > Thank. > > > > === > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 > 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France > > === > > > I don’t know if this is an acceptable solution for you but when I convert > the .eps file to a .jpg and insert that instead it complies properly. I’ve > attached the .jpg if you would like it. I don’t see any problems with the > bibliography. > > -Steve > > On June 5, 2014 at 15:09:08 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com) wrote: > > > Hello, > > Why I need to use epstopdf > How can I avoid to use epstopdf. I have an eps file, there is not point to > convert it! > > Thank. > > === > > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 > 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France > === > > > > > > This is probably a question better suited for a LyX developer to answer > but I would assume that unless you have used .eps files successfully before > then LyX isn’t able to handle them and doesn’t know what they are. I don’t > know what operating system you are using but on OSX and Windows there are > very simple to use screen capture tools where you can just open up the file > and draw a box around the picture and it creates a .jpg file. I run OSX > and this is what I did with your file (Cmd+Shift+4). > > -Steve > > > > > > > > >
Embedding asymptote in Lyx
Hello everybody, I'm trying to embed asymptote code in my LyX files. The compilation of a file containing asymptote code named "myfile.tex" works like this: latex myfile.tex asy myfile-* latex myfile.tex How can i manage to get this sequence of instructions with a simple shortcut inside LyX ? Thank you for your answers, Cyril
Re: error
=== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France === Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 at 4:25 PM From: "Benedict Holland" To: "Steve Burnham" Cc: "Patrick Dupre" , lyx Subject: Re: error EPS files are not natively supported. The pdf created is a wrapper for the EPS. Do you have the eps was originally the only supported graphic file format for latex, isn't it? Which would it not supported any more. To my knowledge, the editors still like the eps files! \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.eps,png} %Allowed includegraphics Declared in the preamble? There are huge reasons to not use .jpgs in text and an EPS should work. I know that this might be a huge pain, but if it doesn't work, can you load it into something and save it as a pdf? A pdf will work. I have had great luck with svg files as well but yes, you might also have to spam the dev list. ~Ben On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 at 9:08 PM From: "Steve Burnham" To: "Patrick Dupre" , lyx Subject: Re: error On June 5, 2014 at 12:50:35 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com[pdu...@gmx.com]) wrote: Hello, Can somebody tell me what is wrong in this file? There 2 issues, with the figure and with the bibliography! Thank. === Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com[pdu...@gmx.com] Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France === I don’t know if this is an acceptable solution for you but when I convert the .eps file to a .jpg and insert that instead it complies properly. I’ve attached the .jpg if you would like it. I don’t see any problems with the bibliography. -Steve On June 5, 2014 at 15:09:08 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com[pdu...@gmx.com]) wrote: Hello, Why I need to use epstopdf How can I avoid to use epstopdf. I have an eps file, there is not point to convert it! Thank. === Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com[pdu...@gmx.com] Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France === This is probably a question better suited for a LyX developer to answer but I would assume that unless you have used .eps files successfully before then LyX isn’t able to handle them and doesn’t know what they are. I don’t know what operating system you are using but on OSX and Windows there are very simple to use screen capture tools where you can just open up the file and draw a box around the picture and it creates a .jpg file. I run OSX and this is what I did with your file (Cmd+Shift+4). -Steve
Re: error
That is quite Thanks, ~Ben On Jun 6, 2014 11:11 AM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > === > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 > 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France > === > > > > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 at 4:25 PM > From: "Benedict Holland" > To: "Steve Burnham" > Cc: "Patrick Dupre" , lyx > Subject: Re: error > > EPS files are not natively supported. The pdf created is a wrapper for the > EPS. Do you have the > > eps was originally the only supported graphic file format for latex, isn't > it? > Which would it not supported any more. To my knowledge, the editors still > like the eps files! > > \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.eps,png} %Allowed includegraphics > > Declared in the preamble? There are huge reasons to not use .jpgs in text > and an EPS should work. I know that this might be a huge pain, but if it > doesn't work, can you load it into something and save it as a pdf? A pdf > will work. I have had great luck with svg files as well but yes, you might > also have to spam the dev list. > > ~Ben > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: > > > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 at 9:08 PM > From: "Steve Burnham" > To: "Patrick Dupre" , lyx < > lyx-users@lists.lyx.org[lyx-users@lists.lyx.org]> > Subject: Re: error > > On June 5, 2014 at 12:50:35 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com[ > pdu...@gmx.com]) wrote: > > > Hello, > > Can somebody tell me what is wrong in this file? > There 2 issues, > with the figure and with the bibliography! > > Thank. > > > > === > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com[pdu...@gmx.com] > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 > 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France > > === > > > I don’t know if this is an acceptable solution for you but when I convert > the .eps file to a .jpg and insert that instead it complies properly. I’ve > attached the .jpg if you would like it. I don’t see any problems with the > bibliography. > > -Steve > On June 5, 2014 at 15:09:08 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com[ > pdu...@gmx.com]) wrote: > > > Hello, > > Why I need to use epstopdf > How can I avoid to use epstopdf. I have an eps file, there is not point to > convert it! > > Thank. > > === > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com[pdu...@gmx.com] > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 > 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France > === > > > > This is probably a question better suited for a LyX developer to answer > but I would assume that unless you have used .eps files successfully before > then LyX isn’t able to handle them and doesn’t know what they are. I don’t > know what operating system you are using but on OSX and Windows there are > very simple to use screen capture tools where you can just open up the file > and draw a box around the picture and it creates a .jpg file. I run OSX > and this is what I did with your file (Cmd+Shift+4). > > -Steve > > > > > > > > >
Re: error
Sorry about the last email. I tried a complex one from my phone and I shouldn't have bothered. It is very possible that latex natively supports .eps. I have found that converting an EPS to PDF and using that within Lyx makes life much easier. I don't know if Lyx SHOULD work natively with EPS or really PS files but I know that EPS to PDF is lossless. Both are vector graphics. I also know that lyx natively works with PDFs as child documents. I also read that unless you are using a PDF as an image, you have to declare EPS as an extension. I don't know why. I also don't know how this SHOULD work but I have used 5 different file formats extensively. What I would suggest doing is converting the EPS to a PDF. I don't know why that is a problem. Again, nothing should be lost in this transition. EPS to SVG I know loses nothing and EPS to PDF, when I have done it, print exactly the same. Does the program crash if EPS is declared as a valid graphics type? If it doesn't crash and works, might I suggest just using it? If making the EPS into a PDF also works and your document compiles, might I also suggest using that? I don't think either fixes the core crash but if you can make it work fairly easily, I would personally prefer to have a document work with a minor hack than not have a document work at all. ~Ben On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Benedict Holland < benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is quite > > Thanks, > ~Ben > On Jun 6, 2014 11:11 AM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > >> >> >> >> === >> Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com >> Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | >> Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | >> Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 >> 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France >> >> === >> >> >> >> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 at 4:25 PM >> From: "Benedict Holland" >> To: "Steve Burnham" >> Cc: "Patrick Dupre" , lyx >> Subject: Re: error >> >> EPS files are not natively supported. The pdf created is a wrapper for >> the EPS. Do you have the >> >> eps was originally the only supported graphic file format for latex, >> isn't it? >> Which would it not supported any more. To my knowledge, the editors still >> like the eps files! >> >> \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.eps,png} %Allowed includegraphics >> >> Declared in the preamble? There are huge reasons to not use .jpgs in text >> and an EPS should work. I know that this might be a huge pain, but if it >> doesn't work, can you load it into something and save it as a pdf? A pdf >> will work. I have had great luck with svg files as well but yes, you might >> also have to spam the dev list. >> >> ~Ben >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: >> >> >> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 at 9:08 PM >> From: "Steve Burnham" >> To: "Patrick Dupre" , lyx < >> lyx-users@lists.lyx.org[lyx-users@lists.lyx.org]> >> Subject: Re: error >> >> On June 5, 2014 at 12:50:35 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com[ >> pdu...@gmx.com]) wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> >> Can somebody tell me what is wrong in this file? >> There 2 issues, >> with the figure and with the bibliography! >> >> Thank. >> >> >> >> === >> Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com[pdu...@gmx.com] >> Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | >> Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | >> Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 >> 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France >> >> === >> >> >> I don’t know if this is an acceptable solution for you but when I convert >> the .eps file to a .jpg and insert that instead it complies properly. I’ve >> attached the .jpg if you would like it. I don’t see any problems with the >> bibliography. >> >> -Steve >> On June 5, 2014 at 15:09:08 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com[ >> pdu...@gmx.com]) wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> >> Why I need to use epstopdf >> How can I avoid to use epstopdf. I have an eps file, there is not point >> to convert it! >> >> Thank. >> >> >> === >> Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com[pdu...@gmx.com] >> Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | >> Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | >> Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 >> 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France >> >> === >> >> >> >> This is probably a question better suited for a LyX developer to answer >> but I would assume that unless you have used .eps files successfully before >> then LyX isn’t able to handle them and doesn’t know what they are. I don’t >> know what operating system you are using but on OSX and Windows
Re: error
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Benedict Holland < benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry about the last email. I tried a complex one from my phone and I > shouldn't have bothered. It is very possible that latex natively supports > .eps. > The problem is that the above sentence "Latex natively supports natively eps" is neither true nor false. It all depends on which output format you direct Latex to (or, rather, TeX). If you use LaTeX to produce .ps (postscript) files, then, yes, native inclusion of EPS is supported, while pdf is not. If you use LaTeX to produce pdf (for instance, as it is most common, by using the pdftex backend) then eps is *not* supported, while pdf is. (I am not going into *how* you can produce different formats with the many different TeX backends now available, as there are numerous, overlapping possibilities. Suffice it to say that the most common option is to use pdftex, which can output either .ps and .pdf. The user's manual has details for those interested.) LyX tries to take care of this (and many other) discrepancies by using imagemagick's facilities to convert back and forth among the various graphics formats. Often, though, it is better to avoid this behind-the-scene magic by inserting the images in the graphics format directly supported by the output format one is aiming for (.ps .pdf, etc.) All this is explained in the user's manual, BTW, sec. 3.8.2 "Output file formats" Cheers, Stefano -- __ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA stef...@tamu.edu http://stefano.cleinias.org
Re: Embedding asymptote in Lyx
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Cyril wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I'm trying to embed asymptote code in my LyX files. > > The compilation of a file containing asymptote code named "myfile.tex" works > like this: > > latex myfile.tex > asy myfile-* > latex myfile.tex > > How can i manage to get this sequence of instructions with a simple shortcut > inside LyX ? > > Thank you for your answers, Hi Cyril, I have little experience with this kind of thing, but you should take a look at the converters section in Help > Customization. You could create a format "pdfA" (or "PDF (Asymptote)" ) and then a converter latex -> pdfA and add your commands there. Best, Scott
Backspacing at the start of an inset occupying a paragraph
Placing the cursor at the start of an inset and pressing the backspace key destroys the inset and makes its content part of the surrounding text. However, if the inset is the *only* item in a paragraph environment (list, Quotation, etc.) then not only is the inset destroyed but so too is the environment, which becomes a standard paragraph. Writing [note](note contents) to denote a note inset, 1. [note](blah blah blah) (a) sub-item (b) another sub-item displays in the pdf as 1. (a) sub-item (b) another sub-item which may what is desired, but if you feel the "blah blah blah" should be made visible in the pdf and put the cursor before the first "blah" and press backspace, the result is blah blah blah <-- a standard paragraph 1. sub-item (a) another sub-item What I expected was 1. blah blah blah (a) sub-item (b) another sub-item This seems to apply to all insets (I've also tried footnotes, margin notes, minipages, ERT), not just notes. Andrew