Color font to highlight parts inside equations
Hi everybody there, I'm writing maths with Lyx and I know how to change the color of a equation by first highlighting it and then rightclicking and choosing and then picking text style in the menu that pops up, and then personal style. But what I would like to do now y to change the colour or a part of the equation to highlight the part I want the reader to look at. When I highlight the part and rightclick on it, the menu doesn't pop up. I have search in the forum but I didn't find any solution. Can anybody give me a hand? Thanks in advance. Manuel. By the way, I'm writing slides using the one of the Beamer styles. And I'm using standard 2.1.5 release for Windows 7. Just in case this piece of info is relevant.
Re: I can't open old Lyx files
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 02:00:22PM -0500, Ross Reyes wrote: > I often have the same problem. > To solve I usually just open the file and edit this to match the current > version of LyX. > > I must be doing something wrong because you'd think the files would be > automatically upconverted but for some reason I have to manually edit them, > but it works. Thanks for giving this feedback. You are right that if you manually change the line LyX will not do the update. This could lead to strange problems. If you come across that problem again, it would be great if you can send us an example document that you can no longer open. This way we will be able to fix the root bug. Or perhaps it happens will all files? If so, then it is probably the case that LyX is having trouble calling lyx2lyx. I seem to recall several issues with Windows and Python in the past. But if this were the case, it seems we would also have trouble calling configure.py. Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: I can't open old Lyx files
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 01:45:44PM -0500, David L. Johnson wrote: > On 03/02/2016 01:39 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >Also when giving a bug report, it's useful to say what your operating > >system is and what the version of your operating system is. For example, > >I'm using Ubuntu 15.04. > He did mention that he was using Windows 7. Indeed. Thanks for catching that. My guess is that it is a lyx2lyx problem. Either LyX is having trouble running lyx2lyx (we can test this by sending you a simple LyX document in the 2.0.x format), or there is a bug in lyx2lyx and it is not updating the file correctly. Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: I can't open old Lyx files
On 03/02/2016 02:00 PM, Ross Reyes wrote: > I often have the same problem. > To solve I usually just open the file and edit this to match the > current version of LyX. > > I must be doing something wrong because you'd think the files would be > automatically upconverted but for some reason I have to manually edit > them, but it works. Yes, there is something wrong and the question is what. LydX is supposed to convert old files to the new format. Of course, there can be bugs that prevent this from happening, but those are, well, bugs, and we take them very, very seriously. I.e., we try to fix them as fast as possible. In this case, if there is a bug that is preventing files from being converted to 2.2 format, then we want to know about it NOW and get it solved NOW. So please report all such bugs. They can usually be fixed very fast if we have example files that we can use to investigate them. Richard > On 3/2/2016 9:27 AM, Aron Toth wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Currently I am using Lyx 2.1 on Windows 7 (Enterprise). I cannot open >> old Lyx files. I can’t remember in which Lyx version they were edited >> last, but the last time I edited them was two years ago… I would >> really need to access these files, so your help would be much >> appreciated. >> >> >> >> Thanks, Áron >> >> >> >> PS: I am not a techy guy… >> >> >> >
Re: I can't open old Lyx files
I often have the same problem. To solve I usually just open the file and edit this to match the current version of LyX. I must be doing something wrong because you'd think the files would be automatically upconverted but for some reason I have to manually edit them, but it works. On 3/2/2016 9:27 AM, Aron Toth wrote: Hi, Currently I am using Lyx 2.1 on Windows 7 (Enterprise). I cannot open old Lyx files. I can’t remember in which Lyx version they were edited last, but the last time I edited them was two years ago… I would really need to access these files, so your help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Áron PS: I am not a techy guy…
Re: I can't open old Lyx files
On 03/02/2016 01:39 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 02:27:14PM +, Aron Toth wrote: Hi, Currently I am using Lyx 2.1 on Windows 7 (Enterprise). I cannot open old Lyx files. I can't remember in which Lyx version they were edited last, but the last time I edited them was two years ago... I would really need to access these files, so your help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Áron PS: I am not a techy guy... Hi Áron, Thank you When reporting problems like these, it's always helpful if you are specific. When you say "I cannot open old Lyx files", that doesn't give us much information to go off of. Why can't you open old LyX files? LyX does not open? Or it opens and gives an error? How exactly are you opening the LyX files from within LyX using File > Open or are you double-clicking them in your file browser? Also when giving a bug report, it's useful to say what your operating system is and what the version of your operating system is. For example, I'm using Ubuntu 15.04. He did mention that he was using Windows 7. However, the suggestion that he provide more detail about what happened when he tried to open the files is helpful. BTW, I have no trouble opening 10+ -year old files, so there is something amiss. -- David L. Johnson Department of Mathematics Lehigh University
Re: I can't open old Lyx files
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 02:27:14PM +, Aron Toth wrote: > Hi, > > Currently I am using Lyx 2.1 on Windows 7 (Enterprise). I cannot open old Lyx > files. I can't remember in which Lyx version they were edited last, but the > last time I edited them was two years ago... I would really need to access > these files, so your help would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, Áron > > PS: I am not a techy guy... > Hi Áron, Thank you When reporting problems like these, it's always helpful if you are specific. When you say "I cannot open old Lyx files", that doesn't give us much information to go off of. Why can't you open old LyX files? LyX does not open? Or it opens and gives an error? How exactly are you opening the LyX files from within LyX using File > Open or are you double-clicking them in your file browser? Also when giving a bug report, it's useful to say what your operating system is and what the version of your operating system is. For example, I'm using Ubuntu 15.04. Finally, what is your LyX version? Is it 2.1.4? You can find this information in Help > About. Is there an old LyX file that does not open for you that is confidential, that you could send to this list (which would make it public)? Or are they all private (which is understandable of course)? Please respond to the list and not to me personally. Best, Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
I can't open old Lyx files
Hi, Currently I am using Lyx 2.1 on Windows 7 (Enterprise). I cannot open old Lyx files. I can't remember in which Lyx version they were edited last, but the last time I edited them was two years ago... I would really need to access these files, so your help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Áron PS: I am not a techy guy...
