Re: Getting started
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Dekel Tsur wrote: Converting the Postscript to PDF will give a much smaller file. Yes, but Postscript files compress better so that the final compressed file is often smaller with Postscript (especially if you use bzip2). This doesn't help viewing, though.
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interessant to know that, even in windows, if you choose a PostScript printer (you don't need to have a real one, only the driver for it !) and print to a file, you can take advantage of the resulting file. It's a way that I use with "autocratic closed programs" which Offtopic, but I'd like to comment a bit this. Windows default postscript driver seems not to be too good. It might be better to download another postscript driver from Adobe. Also, windows drivers produce some rubbish in top of (and possibly bottom) of the postscript file that should be deleted manually.
Re: Again: description based style with a counter
1. I want the paragraph indented without the first line! (like the description environment). The latex command \theoremindent1cm will indent the whole paragraph, i.e. including the first line! change the following lines in the lyx layout which are not quoted. it's a solution without ntheorem. GREAT: Indenting now works! So it's really WYSIWYM! Thank you very much! 2. I want to change the environment depth for the following paragraph in case that this is for example a 'Standard' or 'Itemize' layout! i hope, i understand well: you can mark the paragraphs with the mouse, than laxout-paragraph-indent paragraph write in the textfield 0cm!! than latex choose the standard parindent value for indentation. Sorry, but that's not what I do expect! I just want to write a following parapgraph using the 'Standard', 'Itemize' or 'Enumerate' layout. And I want to use the Menu option Layout-Change environment depth so this parapgraph is 'indented' automatically with regard to the indented 'Aufgabe' paragraph! This was the normal behaviour when using layout 'Description' instead of 'Aufgabe' before! I hope this make my problem more clear to you! Thanks again so far Claus
Re: Table-Import
Andre Poenitz wrote: Thanks for this tips, it works fine. I've another sort of contrariety with tables : copy-paste an entire one ! If I select a table with the mouse, then do a Ctr-c and Ctrl-v somewhere in the document, the "frames" of the initial table aren't copied, I get only the inner text, each "cell" separated by the little red arrow of new-line. A solution seems to be inserting a new table with the same number of cells/rows, and then past in it the copied text of the previous. But is it a simplier way of dong it ? Try to place the cursor immediately before the table, and press Shift-CursorRight. This marks the whole table, at least in 1.1.6pre3. Cut and paste as usual. If this does not work, move the cursor to the first character after the table while keeping Shift pressed. If your table is in a float you can also copy the table by clicking on the caption, minimizing (or closing) the float. Then select and copy the remaining "tab"-mark as usual, maximize or open the float on the new place. regards Niklas
View problem, bug maybe.
Lyx users,
I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
Joeri
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 02:07:10PM +0100, Joeri R. Verbiest wrote:
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
Hi Joeri,
that is all right. Lyx uses its own format in the .lyx files. You have
to use the Export as LaTeX feature in order to produce a file which
can be fed into LaTeX.
Alternative: having a .lyx file you just open it with lyx and use the
view PS function.
HTH
Frank
1.1.6pre3 now?
Hi! As it seems, many people use 1.1.6pre3 yet. Because I'm writing my thesis, it will be dangerous to switch to 1.1.6pre3 now, isn't it? If I do a make install, the new LyX overwrites the old one, so I can't really test 1.1.6pre3 without losing my stable 1.1.5fix2. Is there a way to have both versions installed without interference? Regards, Chris
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
Today at 2:07pm, Joeri R. Verbiest said:
Lyx users,
I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
I have had the same problem with older lyx version. This was my solution:
-- Don't use directory names containing spaces. I think LyX quotes them
not right when calling LateX. (a bug, ihmo)
Joeri
success,
Wilbert
Re: Menus not german
"Andre" == Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre Jan Ulrich Hasecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. I am VERY sad, that you removed the possibility to use faxspool and sendfax in lyx 1.1.6. Andre Me too. Why was this done? Getting paid by the K.D.E.? ;) The idea is that LyX is not designed to send faxes (we do not do e-mail either...). Are there other fax GUIs than KSendFax that could be of use to you? JMarc
bullets and pdf (year 2001 bug?)
Hi All! Don't know whether this is lyx-related..., but is a rather strange behaviour and might be of interest. since this year (stress on THIS) the documents I wrote last year (or the ones I start now) seem to get corrupted during export to pdf (no matter, whether ps2pdf or pdflatex is used). They don't show the first level enumeration bullets anymore! They DO show the second, third,... level ones though... In ps all signs are displayed correctly lyx-1.1.5fix2 gs-6.01 linux ;-) strange enough viewed in kghostview the pdf files seem to be OK, it's only acroread that misses something (anybody an idea? I already checked adobe's page, didn't find anything (come to that I seem to be rather blind... -)) have fun* Niklas
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
Wilbert and other lyx users,
Today at 2:07pm, Joeri R. Verbiest said:
Lyx users,
I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
I have had the same problem with older lyx version. This was my solution:
-- Don't use directory names containing spaces. I think LyX quotes them
not right when calling LateX. (a bug, ihmo)
Directory with names containing spaces, this was the problem.
Thanks,
Wilbert
Caption on figure
I am using: Version 1.1.5fix2 on Linux. When I load an eps file using the figure option, there is a place where I can put in a caption for the figure. When I do that...nothing happens. It's as if I didn't type anything in at all. Has anyone else had this problem? Anna P.S. I'm not enclosing anything since it seems to be that way on any eps file I use and enclose as a figure in Lyx. If you DON'T have that problem, could you send me your test case so I can see if I can get it to work on MY system?? Thanks!!
Re: Caption on figure
Hello, On Tue, 09 Jan 2001, Anna H.Pryor wrote: I am using: Version 1.1.5fix2 on Linux. When I load an eps file using the figure option, there is a place where I can put in a caption for the figure. When I do that...nothing happens. It's as if I didn't type anything in at all. Has anyone else had this problem? i guess you mean the caption for a subfigure, right? If you want a caption the easiest way is to insert first a float (INSERT-Float-Figure Float), typing the caption (directly in the Lyx main window) and finally inserting the figure (Insert-Figure). jan -- +--- Jan Goebel (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) DIW Berlin Longitudinal Data and Microanalysis Knigin-Luise-Str. 5 D-14195 Berlin -- Germany -- phone: 49 30 89789-377 +---
1.1.6-pre3 and wv
Nice to see Word import in 1.1.6-pre3 - I never use Word myself, but people insist on sending me files in .doc format. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. With wv versions 0.5.26 and 0.5.44, lyx won't detect wv (i.e. after reconfiguring there is still no "Import - Word" option). With version 0.6.2, Import-Word gives me all the LaTeX commands' but the text is just digital garbage. Is there another version of wv I should be using, or is there something else I should have installed? Thanks, Robin
Re: looking for pseudocode class
Thanks Herbert I have started using the "algorithm" package and I like it. http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/algorithm/algorithm.html A few questions: 1- How to remove the automatic numbering of algorithms (floats) ? (and either leave it blank with just the word Algorithm preceding the caption, or with a parameter to specify explicitly the number or label I want ) 2- How to have comments after "endfor" printed ? 3- Is there a way to have margin notes work within the algorithm float? 4- Is there a way to have vertical lines, on the LHS, displayed to link the beginning and end of a loop (e.g., for endfor ) ? thanks Frederic
Re: 1.1.6pre3 now?
Chris, The way to do this is to recompile the new lyx under a different name. Get the sources (lyx-1.1.6pre3.tar.gz), untar them. There are two configure switches that help you. One is --with-lyxname, which sets the name for various directories and files (but not the main executable) to something other than 'lyx'. The other is --prefix, which sets the location where everything is installed. You can thus install things in a temporary place, not /usr/local or /usr. What I would do is not install the files to /usr/local, but rather do something like: configure --with-lyxname=lyx-1.1.6pre3 --prefix=~/tmp/lyx-1.1.6pre3 +any other switches you like to add. The --with-lyxname option is useful because then the default ~/.lyx directory name is actually ~/.lyx-1.1.6pre3 (assuming the example above) and thus your lyxrc will not be overwritten. You then run the program from ~/tmp/lyx-1.1.6pre3/bin/lyx (set an alias for that). Note that you can test the program without 'installing' it. Configure --with-lyxname (again to preserve ~/.lyx), and compile with just 'make' (and not 'make install' if you've been using that). Then you can run the exectuable from [wherever the sources are]/src/lyx A final word of caution - if you plan on using tabulars, the file format is being changed right now, so lyx-1.1.6 may not read tabulars written by lyx-1.1.6pre*. I think all versions can import old-style (1.1) tables. HTH, Lior. On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Chris Schulbert wrote: Hi! As it seems, many people use 1.1.6pre3 yet. Because I'm writing my thesis, it will be dangerous to switch to 1.1.6pre3 now, isn't it? If I do a make install, the new LyX overwrites the old one, so I can't really test 1.1.6pre3 without losing my stable 1.1.5fix2. Is there a way to have both versions installed without interference? Regards, Chris
Re: RedHat 7.0, lyx rpm, new user
Hello, Wai-Sun's instructions work fine, and I built lyx 1.1.6pre3 with xforms 0.89 following his instructions. Thanks! But I found out yesterday quite by accident that the problem is elsewhere. To wit: It turns out that the problem of no Greek letters on lyx is limited to the case where I run lyx on a KDE 1.1.2 desktop. I found this out quite by accident when I used ssh X forwarding to show a lyx-using friend the problem, and MY version of lyx displayed just fine on HIS desktop (SuSE 7.0, I think KDE 2.x). If I use VNC to start a twm desktop on my machine and then view it, once again the lyx display is fine if started on the twm desktop. So the problem is KDE, not lyx. It seems like this must be some kind of FAQ with a well-documented solution, but I'm not finding it. The only message lyx produces on startup is "Warning: Setting language `default' to `english'." -- Stephen Walton, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Wai-Sun Chia wrote: To help in solving the RH7 mysteries/nightmares, below is the combination that I have success with: Distro: RH7 Kernel: 2.4.0-test9 (with ReiserFS patch) Gcc: gcc-2.96-69 (from Rawhide) Glibc:glibc-2.2-9 (from Rawhide) Xforms: RPM homemade (instructions as per previous posting, and yes the forms_sngl.ps.gz is from the RH 0.88 RPM) Lyx: lyx-1.1.6pre3 Stephen Walton wrote: I just installed lyx-1.1.5fix2-1.i386.rpm and xforms-0.88-15.i386.rpm on my RedHat 7.0 system; the former from the LyX FTP site and the latter from the RedHat 7.0 Powertools CD. Now, I've seen a lot of complaints on this list about this combination, but it seems to work here with RedHat's latest gcc and glibc versions (gcc-2.96-69 and glibc-2.2-5). With one Upgrade to lyx-1.1.6pre3 and glibc-2.2-9 exception: I'm not seeing Greek letters displayed in the LyX window, though they are of course in the LaTeX source I'm importing. I have no problems with my combination. rpm complained that it couldn't find the file forms_sngl.ps.gz which the Yes, it's the same file. Just copy it to SOURCES subdirectory and you'll be fine.
Re: bullets and pdf (year 2001 bug?)
Niklas Werner wrote: since this year (stress on THIS) the documents I wrote last year (or the ones I start now) seem to get corrupted during export to pdf (no matter, whether ps2pdf or pdflatex is used). They don't show the first level enumeration bullets anymore! They DO show the second, third,... level ones though... In ps all signs are displayed correctly lyx-1.1.5fix2 gs-6.01 linux ;-) strange enough viewed in kghostview the pdf files seem to be OK, it's only acroread that misses something (anybody an idea? I already checked adobe's page, didn't find anything (come to that I seem to be rather blind... -)) did you choose pslatex in (lyx)layout-document-fontstyle? Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: looking for pseudocode class
Frederic Leymarie wrote: I have started using the "algorithm" package and I like it. http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/algorithm/algorithm.html A few questions: 1- How to remove the automatic numbering of algorithms (floats) ? (and either leave it blank with just the word Algorithm preceding the caption, or with a parameter to specify explicitly the number or label I want ) i hope that Benoit Guillon read this too, because this alogithm-package was created by him. otherwise search in user-mailing list for this subject, than you'll get his email-address. Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Directory Tree
Darryl VanDorp wrote: I'm trying to diagram a directory layout using lyx that will export nicely to ASCII and html. However I can't use spaces etc. in lyx. how would i do something like this: .-- appname | |-- inc | | |-- functions.inc.php | | |-- header.inc.php package pstricks does it. maybe that there is another useful package. have a look at http://www.dante.de/CTAN/help/Catalogue/brief.html Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Directory Tree
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 11:14:11AM -0600, Darryl VanDorp wrote: Hiya lyx users, I'm trying to diagram a directory layout using lyx that will export nicely to ASCII and html. However I can't use spaces etc. in lyx. how would i do something like this: Use the lyx-code layout (and use ctrl+enter to break the lines).
Re: Menus not german
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Andre" == Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre Jan Ulrich Hasecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. I am VERY sad, that you removed the possibility to use faxspool and sendfax in lyx 1.1.6. Andre Me too. Why was this done? Getting paid by the K.D.E.? ;) The idea is that LyX is not designed to send faxes (we do not do e-mail either...). Are there other fax GUIs than KSendFax that could be of use to you? JMarc Jean-Marc, what I really like about LyX are its interfaces. I think the .lyxpipe is a great idea, and make extensive use of the custom export command. What I would really appreciate are more customizable interfaces, which let me happily pipe my stuff! I'd like to have about five custom export commands, greyed out if not set up... Get things less specific and more interchangeable... As for the fax, the former solution wasn't ideal; I had problems to automize reading and converting the fax addressbook for a system-wide efax. But that didn't really matter. Of course my users can still print to '-Pfax -J 1234567' (efax is able to print to lpr), but it's less convenient for them. Just an example. As for faxes printed to lpr, well, why should I use another GUI than LyX when sending; and most Picture viewers can display the fax-specific tiff format, so I don't need a Fax program for displaying them either. I'd "really need" an addressbook in/for LyX that lets me trigger a number of export functions of LyX, for faxes or various stuff. PS: Hope you don't mind the K.D.E. joke :) Andre
Table of Contents in Text output?
How do I get the table of contents generated with ascii text
output?
I was playing with the
example_lyxified.lyx
and I exported the output to text.
I used the File|Export|Ascii Text.. option.
When I edit the text output, I see
THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
by Fee LyX
June 12, 1972
\tableofcontents{}
1 Basic Philosophy
The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content
of what you're writing and not the form.
As you can see, it generates
\tableofcontents{}
instead of an actual table of contents. How do I get it
do generate an actual table of contents. I would like
the output similar to this text linux doc.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO
brian
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Re: Table of Contents in Text output?
Brian Lavender wrote:
How do I get the table of contents generated with ascii text
output?
I was playing with the
example_lyxified.lyx
and I exported the output to text.
I used the File|Export|Ascii Text.. option.
When I edit the text output, I see
THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
by Fee LyX
June 12, 1972
\tableofcontents{}
1 Basic Philosophy
The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content
of what you're writing and not the form.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO
you can export to pdf or ps and than with
pdftotext or ps2ascii
especially the first one gives a good result and you have
the pdf-file too.
Herbert
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Re: 1.1.6-pre3 and wv
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 05:59:08PM +0200, Robin Turner wrote: Nice to see Word import in 1.1.6-pre3 - I never use Word myself, but people insist on sending me files in .doc format. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. With wv versions 0.5.26 and 0.5.44, lyx won't detect wv (i.e. after reconfiguring there is still no "Import - Word" option). With version 0.6.2, Import-Word gives me all the LaTeX commands' but the text is just digital garbage. Is there another version of wv I should be using, or is there something else I should have installed? What was the language of the document? wv supports only latin1 encoding (but it is possible to change this).
VNC and LyX
I find that LyX V1.1.5fix2 and earlier does not work over VNC. I've not done any homework to establish why. With the fundamental changes in approach to GUI etc, is this likely to change in the near future? Arnim. -- Arnim Littek[EMAIL PROTECTED] Med-Dev Ltd.ph. +64-4-934-5790 www.med-dev.com fax +64-4-934-5797
Picture alignment
Hi, When I insert pictures into a file (say two pictures in one "wide figure float") the pictures seem to be nicely in their place in the LyX window but when I actually compile the file and view the dvi, the pictures are at top of the page rather than where I want them to be. Any suggesstions? Regards, Remzi
Re: Picture alignment
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Rem wrote:
Hi,
When I insert pictures into a file (say two pictures in one "wide figure
float") the pictures seem to be nicely in their place in the LyX window but
when I actually compile the file and view the dvi, the pictures are at top
of the page rather than where I want them to be.
Any suggesstions?
Regards,
Remzi
This is default behavior for LaTeX. However, you can try to control the
placement by putting '!h' (without the quotes) in the float placement box
of the Layout-Document dialog. 'h' means: here; '!h' means: try really
really hard to place this float here.
Thanks. Syrus.
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Re: import ps
On Tuesday 09 January 2001 18:02, you wrote: Lyx user, I use Lyx version 1.1.6pre3. But I can't import ps file. Which tool must I install? Probably you need to run ps2ascii on it first; this should leave you with the plain text. You can then import the ASCII into LyX. -- // Carl Hudkins :: ICQ 5723399 // // "Wake me when it's over, touch my face // Tell me every word has been erased..." --TMBG
Re: VNC and LyX
I find that LyX V1.1.5fix2 and earlier does not work over VNC. I've not done any homework to establish why. What exactly do you mean by "does not work"? Any error messages? Andre' -- Andr Pnitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Page borders again
At 07.1.2001 '.' Converted:, you wrote:
Rosen wrote:
At 1/4/01, you wrote:
I tried fancy pages, read all documentation
about fancy package, but nothing for me. Is it
it's no problem for me to put a frame with fancypage.
you can also try package pstricks with \psframe ...
possible to insert a simple table in the header?
yes
Herbert
OK , how could I put table in the header? What about
for example in preamble or in text in texmode (red)
and with package fancyhdr
\newcommand\myTable{%
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}\hline
a b \\\hline
c d\\\hline
\end{tabular}%
}
\fancyhead[LE,LO]{\myTable\hfill\thepage}
making margins of the page visible, I mean making
them borders of the page? Should I put TeX code
which margins? the textarea? textarea with headers?
with fancybox and chapter 9 in the doc:
9 Framing a whole page
\thisfancypage{\fbox}{}
gives a box around the textarea.
Herbert
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Hi Herbert, and thanks for the help.
I managed to put a table in header of the page.
That trick with \newcommanad was what I missed.
I also installed succesfully "fancybox" package
and made a page as you wrote:
\pagestyle{\fbox}{}
But I couldn't compile the documentation
file fancybox.doc that came together with fancybox.sty.
TeX gives me a lot of errors :(
That's while I am asking here how to put a
border on the page, including the header and
textarea. Also, would (or could) this border and the
table, that I'm puting in the header, merge where
they touch.
One other question, why the text in the tables
arranges so close to th upper edge of the cells?
I'm just inserting a table, writing text in it,
and when I go to preview it looks like the
letters hold upper edge of the cells on their heads:(
These questions are inspired from the thesis
that I'm writing now with LyX. With 50 pages,
half of them with complex formulas, typed for
5 days, I couldn't imagine something more
easier and powerfull than LyX. 10x to all
that made it work.
Re: Getting started
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Dekel Tsur wrote: Converting the Postscript to PDF will give a much smaller file. Yes, but Postscript files compress better so that the final compressed file is often smaller with Postscript (especially if you use bzip2). This doesn't help viewing, though.
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interessant to know that, even in windows, if you choose a PostScript printer (you don't need to have a real one, only the driver for it !) and print to a file, you can take advantage of the resulting file. It's a way that I use with "autocratic closed programs" which Offtopic, but I'd like to comment a bit this. Windows default postscript driver seems not to be too good. It might be better to download another postscript driver from Adobe. Also, windows drivers produce some rubbish in top of (and possibly bottom) of the postscript file that should be deleted manually.
Re: Again: description based style with a counter
1. I want the paragraph indented without the first line! (like the description environment). The latex command \theoremindent1cm will indent the whole paragraph, i.e. including the first line! change the following lines in the lyx layout which are not quoted. it's a solution without ntheorem. GREAT: Indenting now works! So it's really WYSIWYM! Thank you very much! 2. I want to change the environment depth for the following paragraph in case that this is for example a 'Standard' or 'Itemize' layout! i hope, i understand well: you can mark the paragraphs with the mouse, than laxout-paragraph-indent paragraph write in the textfield 0cm!! than latex choose the standard parindent value for indentation. Sorry, but that's not what I do expect! I just want to write a following parapgraph using the 'Standard', 'Itemize' or 'Enumerate' layout. And I want to use the Menu option Layout-Change environment depth so this parapgraph is 'indented' automatically with regard to the indented 'Aufgabe' paragraph! This was the normal behaviour when using layout 'Description' instead of 'Aufgabe' before! I hope this make my problem more clear to you! Thanks again so far Claus
Re: Table-Import
Andre Poenitz wrote: Thanks for this tips, it works fine. I've another sort of contrariety with tables : copy-paste an entire one ! If I select a table with the mouse, then do a Ctr-c and Ctrl-v somewhere in the document, the "frames" of the initial table aren't copied, I get only the inner text, each "cell" separated by the little red arrow of new-line. A solution seems to be inserting a new table with the same number of cells/rows, and then past in it the copied text of the previous. But is it a simplier way of dong it ? Try to place the cursor immediately before the table, and press Shift-CursorRight. This marks the whole table, at least in 1.1.6pre3. Cut and paste as usual. If this does not work, move the cursor to the first character after the table while keeping Shift pressed. If your table is in a float you can also copy the table by clicking on the caption, minimizing (or closing) the float. Then select and copy the remaining "tab"-mark as usual, maximize or open the float on the new place. regards Niklas
View problem, bug maybe.
Lyx users,
I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
Joeri
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 02:07:10PM +0100, Joeri R. Verbiest wrote:
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
Hi Joeri,
that is all right. Lyx uses its own format in the .lyx files. You have
to use the Export as LaTeX feature in order to produce a file which
can be fed into LaTeX.
Alternative: having a .lyx file you just open it with lyx and use the
view PS function.
HTH
Frank
1.1.6pre3 now?
Hi! As it seems, many people use 1.1.6pre3 yet. Because I'm writing my thesis, it will be dangerous to switch to 1.1.6pre3 now, isn't it? If I do a make install, the new LyX overwrites the old one, so I can't really test 1.1.6pre3 without losing my stable 1.1.5fix2. Is there a way to have both versions installed without interference? Regards, Chris
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
Today at 2:07pm, Joeri R. Verbiest said:
Lyx users,
I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
I have had the same problem with older lyx version. This was my solution:
-- Don't use directory names containing spaces. I think LyX quotes them
not right when calling LateX. (a bug, ihmo)
Joeri
success,
Wilbert
Re: Menus not german
"Andre" == Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre Jan Ulrich Hasecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. I am VERY sad, that you removed the possibility to use faxspool and sendfax in lyx 1.1.6. Andre Me too. Why was this done? Getting paid by the K.D.E.? ;) The idea is that LyX is not designed to send faxes (we do not do e-mail either...). Are there other fax GUIs than KSendFax that could be of use to you? JMarc
bullets and pdf (year 2001 bug?)
Hi All! Don't know whether this is lyx-related..., but is a rather strange behaviour and might be of interest. since this year (stress on THIS) the documents I wrote last year (or the ones I start now) seem to get corrupted during export to pdf (no matter, whether ps2pdf or pdflatex is used). They don't show the first level enumeration bullets anymore! They DO show the second, third,... level ones though... In ps all signs are displayed correctly lyx-1.1.5fix2 gs-6.01 linux ;-) strange enough viewed in kghostview the pdf files seem to be OK, it's only acroread that misses something (anybody an idea? I already checked adobe's page, didn't find anything (come to that I seem to be rather blind... -)) have fun* Niklas
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
Wilbert and other lyx users,
Today at 2:07pm, Joeri R. Verbiest said:
Lyx users,
I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
I have had the same problem with older lyx version. This was my solution:
-- Don't use directory names containing spaces. I think LyX quotes them
not right when calling LateX. (a bug, ihmo)
Directory with names containing spaces, this was the problem.
Thanks,
Wilbert
Caption on figure
I am using: Version 1.1.5fix2 on Linux. When I load an eps file using the figure option, there is a place where I can put in a caption for the figure. When I do that...nothing happens. It's as if I didn't type anything in at all. Has anyone else had this problem? Anna P.S. I'm not enclosing anything since it seems to be that way on any eps file I use and enclose as a figure in Lyx. If you DON'T have that problem, could you send me your test case so I can see if I can get it to work on MY system?? Thanks!!
Re: Caption on figure
Hello, On Tue, 09 Jan 2001, Anna H.Pryor wrote: I am using: Version 1.1.5fix2 on Linux. When I load an eps file using the figure option, there is a place where I can put in a caption for the figure. When I do that...nothing happens. It's as if I didn't type anything in at all. Has anyone else had this problem? i guess you mean the caption for a subfigure, right? If you want a caption the easiest way is to insert first a float (INSERT-Float-Figure Float), typing the caption (directly in the Lyx main window) and finally inserting the figure (Insert-Figure). jan -- +--- Jan Goebel (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) DIW Berlin Longitudinal Data and Microanalysis Knigin-Luise-Str. 5 D-14195 Berlin -- Germany -- phone: 49 30 89789-377 +---
1.1.6-pre3 and wv
Nice to see Word import in 1.1.6-pre3 - I never use Word myself, but people insist on sending me files in .doc format. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. With wv versions 0.5.26 and 0.5.44, lyx won't detect wv (i.e. after reconfiguring there is still no "Import - Word" option). With version 0.6.2, Import-Word gives me all the LaTeX commands' but the text is just digital garbage. Is there another version of wv I should be using, or is there something else I should have installed? Thanks, Robin
Re: looking for pseudocode class
Thanks Herbert I have started using the "algorithm" package and I like it. http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/algorithm/algorithm.html A few questions: 1- How to remove the automatic numbering of algorithms (floats) ? (and either leave it blank with just the word Algorithm preceding the caption, or with a parameter to specify explicitly the number or label I want ) 2- How to have comments after "endfor" printed ? 3- Is there a way to have margin notes work within the algorithm float? 4- Is there a way to have vertical lines, on the LHS, displayed to link the beginning and end of a loop (e.g., for endfor ) ? thanks Frederic
Re: 1.1.6pre3 now?
Chris, The way to do this is to recompile the new lyx under a different name. Get the sources (lyx-1.1.6pre3.tar.gz), untar them. There are two configure switches that help you. One is --with-lyxname, which sets the name for various directories and files (but not the main executable) to something other than 'lyx'. The other is --prefix, which sets the location where everything is installed. You can thus install things in a temporary place, not /usr/local or /usr. What I would do is not install the files to /usr/local, but rather do something like: configure --with-lyxname=lyx-1.1.6pre3 --prefix=~/tmp/lyx-1.1.6pre3 +any other switches you like to add. The --with-lyxname option is useful because then the default ~/.lyx directory name is actually ~/.lyx-1.1.6pre3 (assuming the example above) and thus your lyxrc will not be overwritten. You then run the program from ~/tmp/lyx-1.1.6pre3/bin/lyx (set an alias for that). Note that you can test the program without 'installing' it. Configure --with-lyxname (again to preserve ~/.lyx), and compile with just 'make' (and not 'make install' if you've been using that). Then you can run the exectuable from [wherever the sources are]/src/lyx A final word of caution - if you plan on using tabulars, the file format is being changed right now, so lyx-1.1.6 may not read tabulars written by lyx-1.1.6pre*. I think all versions can import old-style (1.1) tables. HTH, Lior. On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Chris Schulbert wrote: Hi! As it seems, many people use 1.1.6pre3 yet. Because I'm writing my thesis, it will be dangerous to switch to 1.1.6pre3 now, isn't it? If I do a make install, the new LyX overwrites the old one, so I can't really test 1.1.6pre3 without losing my stable 1.1.5fix2. Is there a way to have both versions installed without interference? Regards, Chris
Re: RedHat 7.0, lyx rpm, new user
Hello, Wai-Sun's instructions work fine, and I built lyx 1.1.6pre3 with xforms 0.89 following his instructions. Thanks! But I found out yesterday quite by accident that the problem is elsewhere. To wit: It turns out that the problem of no Greek letters on lyx is limited to the case where I run lyx on a KDE 1.1.2 desktop. I found this out quite by accident when I used ssh X forwarding to show a lyx-using friend the problem, and MY version of lyx displayed just fine on HIS desktop (SuSE 7.0, I think KDE 2.x). If I use VNC to start a twm desktop on my machine and then view it, once again the lyx display is fine if started on the twm desktop. So the problem is KDE, not lyx. It seems like this must be some kind of FAQ with a well-documented solution, but I'm not finding it. The only message lyx produces on startup is "Warning: Setting language `default' to `english'." -- Stephen Walton, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Wai-Sun Chia wrote: To help in solving the RH7 mysteries/nightmares, below is the combination that I have success with: Distro: RH7 Kernel: 2.4.0-test9 (with ReiserFS patch) Gcc: gcc-2.96-69 (from Rawhide) Glibc:glibc-2.2-9 (from Rawhide) Xforms: RPM homemade (instructions as per previous posting, and yes the forms_sngl.ps.gz is from the RH 0.88 RPM) Lyx: lyx-1.1.6pre3 Stephen Walton wrote: I just installed lyx-1.1.5fix2-1.i386.rpm and xforms-0.88-15.i386.rpm on my RedHat 7.0 system; the former from the LyX FTP site and the latter from the RedHat 7.0 Powertools CD. Now, I've seen a lot of complaints on this list about this combination, but it seems to work here with RedHat's latest gcc and glibc versions (gcc-2.96-69 and glibc-2.2-5). With one Upgrade to lyx-1.1.6pre3 and glibc-2.2-9 exception: I'm not seeing Greek letters displayed in the LyX window, though they are of course in the LaTeX source I'm importing. I have no problems with my combination. rpm complained that it couldn't find the file forms_sngl.ps.gz which the Yes, it's the same file. Just copy it to SOURCES subdirectory and you'll be fine.
Re: bullets and pdf (year 2001 bug?)
Niklas Werner wrote: since this year (stress on THIS) the documents I wrote last year (or the ones I start now) seem to get corrupted during export to pdf (no matter, whether ps2pdf or pdflatex is used). They don't show the first level enumeration bullets anymore! They DO show the second, third,... level ones though... In ps all signs are displayed correctly lyx-1.1.5fix2 gs-6.01 linux ;-) strange enough viewed in kghostview the pdf files seem to be OK, it's only acroread that misses something (anybody an idea? I already checked adobe's page, didn't find anything (come to that I seem to be rather blind... -)) did you choose pslatex in (lyx)layout-document-fontstyle? Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: looking for pseudocode class
Frederic Leymarie wrote: I have started using the "algorithm" package and I like it. http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/algorithm/algorithm.html A few questions: 1- How to remove the automatic numbering of algorithms (floats) ? (and either leave it blank with just the word Algorithm preceding the caption, or with a parameter to specify explicitly the number or label I want ) i hope that Benoit Guillon read this too, because this alogithm-package was created by him. otherwise search in user-mailing list for this subject, than you'll get his email-address. Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Directory Tree
Darryl VanDorp wrote: I'm trying to diagram a directory layout using lyx that will export nicely to ASCII and html. However I can't use spaces etc. in lyx. how would i do something like this: .-- appname | |-- inc | | |-- functions.inc.php | | |-- header.inc.php package pstricks does it. maybe that there is another useful package. have a look at http://www.dante.de/CTAN/help/Catalogue/brief.html Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Directory Tree
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 11:14:11AM -0600, Darryl VanDorp wrote: Hiya lyx users, I'm trying to diagram a directory layout using lyx that will export nicely to ASCII and html. However I can't use spaces etc. in lyx. how would i do something like this: Use the lyx-code layout (and use ctrl+enter to break the lines).
Re: Menus not german
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Andre" == Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre Jan Ulrich Hasecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. I am VERY sad, that you removed the possibility to use faxspool and sendfax in lyx 1.1.6. Andre Me too. Why was this done? Getting paid by the K.D.E.? ;) The idea is that LyX is not designed to send faxes (we do not do e-mail either...). Are there other fax GUIs than KSendFax that could be of use to you? JMarc Jean-Marc, what I really like about LyX are its interfaces. I think the .lyxpipe is a great idea, and make extensive use of the custom export command. What I would really appreciate are more customizable interfaces, which let me happily pipe my stuff! I'd like to have about five custom export commands, greyed out if not set up... Get things less specific and more interchangeable... As for the fax, the former solution wasn't ideal; I had problems to automize reading and converting the fax addressbook for a system-wide efax. But that didn't really matter. Of course my users can still print to '-Pfax -J 1234567' (efax is able to print to lpr), but it's less convenient for them. Just an example. As for faxes printed to lpr, well, why should I use another GUI than LyX when sending; and most Picture viewers can display the fax-specific tiff format, so I don't need a Fax program for displaying them either. I'd "really need" an addressbook in/for LyX that lets me trigger a number of export functions of LyX, for faxes or various stuff. PS: Hope you don't mind the K.D.E. joke :) Andre
Table of Contents in Text output?
How do I get the table of contents generated with ascii text
output?
I was playing with the
example_lyxified.lyx
and I exported the output to text.
I used the File|Export|Ascii Text.. option.
When I edit the text output, I see
THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
by Fee LyX
June 12, 1972
\tableofcontents{}
1 Basic Philosophy
The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content
of what you're writing and not the form.
As you can see, it generates
\tableofcontents{}
instead of an actual table of contents. How do I get it
do generate an actual table of contents. I would like
the output similar to this text linux doc.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO
brian
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Re: Table of Contents in Text output?
Brian Lavender wrote:
How do I get the table of contents generated with ascii text
output?
I was playing with the
example_lyxified.lyx
and I exported the output to text.
I used the File|Export|Ascii Text.. option.
When I edit the text output, I see
THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
by Fee LyX
June 12, 1972
\tableofcontents{}
1 Basic Philosophy
The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content
of what you're writing and not the form.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO
you can export to pdf or ps and than with
pdftotext or ps2ascii
especially the first one gives a good result and you have
the pdf-file too.
Herbert
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Re: 1.1.6-pre3 and wv
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 05:59:08PM +0200, Robin Turner wrote: Nice to see Word import in 1.1.6-pre3 - I never use Word myself, but people insist on sending me files in .doc format. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. With wv versions 0.5.26 and 0.5.44, lyx won't detect wv (i.e. after reconfiguring there is still no "Import - Word" option). With version 0.6.2, Import-Word gives me all the LaTeX commands' but the text is just digital garbage. Is there another version of wv I should be using, or is there something else I should have installed? What was the language of the document? wv supports only latin1 encoding (but it is possible to change this).
VNC and LyX
I find that LyX V1.1.5fix2 and earlier does not work over VNC. I've not done any homework to establish why. With the fundamental changes in approach to GUI etc, is this likely to change in the near future? Arnim. -- Arnim Littek[EMAIL PROTECTED] Med-Dev Ltd.ph. +64-4-934-5790 www.med-dev.com fax +64-4-934-5797
Picture alignment
Hi, When I insert pictures into a file (say two pictures in one "wide figure float") the pictures seem to be nicely in their place in the LyX window but when I actually compile the file and view the dvi, the pictures are at top of the page rather than where I want them to be. Any suggesstions? Regards, Remzi
Re: Picture alignment
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Rem wrote:
Hi,
When I insert pictures into a file (say two pictures in one "wide figure
float") the pictures seem to be nicely in their place in the LyX window but
when I actually compile the file and view the dvi, the pictures are at top
of the page rather than where I want them to be.
Any suggesstions?
Regards,
Remzi
This is default behavior for LaTeX. However, you can try to control the
placement by putting '!h' (without the quotes) in the float placement box
of the Layout-Document dialog. 'h' means: here; '!h' means: try really
really hard to place this float here.
Thanks. Syrus.
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Re: import ps
On Tuesday 09 January 2001 18:02, you wrote: Lyx user, I use Lyx version 1.1.6pre3. But I can't import ps file. Which tool must I install? Probably you need to run ps2ascii on it first; this should leave you with the plain text. You can then import the ASCII into LyX. -- // Carl Hudkins :: ICQ 5723399 // // "Wake me when it's over, touch my face // Tell me every word has been erased..." --TMBG
Re: VNC and LyX
I find that LyX V1.1.5fix2 and earlier does not work over VNC. I've not done any homework to establish why. What exactly do you mean by "does not work"? Any error messages? Andre' -- Andr Pnitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Page borders again
At 07.1.2001 '.' Converted:, you wrote:
Rosen wrote:
At 1/4/01, you wrote:
I tried fancy pages, read all documentation
about fancy package, but nothing for me. Is it
it's no problem for me to put a frame with fancypage.
you can also try package pstricks with \psframe ...
possible to insert a simple table in the header?
yes
Herbert
OK , how could I put table in the header? What about
for example in preamble or in text in texmode (red)
and with package fancyhdr
\newcommand\myTable{%
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}\hline
a b \\\hline
c d\\\hline
\end{tabular}%
}
\fancyhead[LE,LO]{\myTable\hfill\thepage}
making margins of the page visible, I mean making
them borders of the page? Should I put TeX code
which margins? the textarea? textarea with headers?
with fancybox and chapter 9 in the doc:
9 Framing a whole page
\thisfancypage{\fbox}{}
gives a box around the textarea.
Herbert
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Hi Herbert, and thanks for the help.
I managed to put a table in header of the page.
That trick with \newcommanad was what I missed.
I also installed succesfully "fancybox" package
and made a page as you wrote:
\pagestyle{\fbox}{}
But I couldn't compile the documentation
file fancybox.doc that came together with fancybox.sty.
TeX gives me a lot of errors :(
That's while I am asking here how to put a
border on the page, including the header and
textarea. Also, would (or could) this border and the
table, that I'm puting in the header, merge where
they touch.
One other question, why the text in the tables
arranges so close to th upper edge of the cells?
I'm just inserting a table, writing text in it,
and when I go to preview it looks like the
letters hold upper edge of the cells on their heads:(
These questions are inspired from the thesis
that I'm writing now with LyX. With 50 pages,
half of them with complex formulas, typed for
5 days, I couldn't imagine something more
easier and powerfull than LyX. 10x to all
that made it work.
Re: Getting started
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Dekel Tsur wrote: > Converting the Postscript to PDF will give a much smaller file. Yes, but Postscript files compress better so that the final compressed file is often smaller with Postscript (especially if you use bzip2). This doesn't help viewing, though.
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's interessant to know that, even in windows, if you choose a > PostScript printer (you don't need to have a real one, only the driver > for it !) and print to a file, you can take advantage of the resulting > file. It's a way that I use with "autocratic closed programs" which Offtopic, but I'd like to comment a bit this. Windows default postscript driver seems not to be too good. It might be better to download another postscript driver from Adobe. Also, windows drivers produce some rubbish in top of (and possibly bottom) of the postscript file that should be deleted manually.
Re: Again: description based style with a counter
> > > > 1. I want the paragraph indented without the first line! (like the > > description environment). The latex command \theoremindent1cm will indent > > the whole paragraph, i.e. including the first line! > > change the following lines in the lyx layout which are not quoted. > it's a solution without ntheorem. GREAT: Indenting now works! So it's really WYSIWYM! Thank you very much! > > > 2. I want to change the environment depth for the following paragraph in > > case that this is for example a 'Standard' or 'Itemize' layout! > > i hope, i understand well: you can mark the paragraphs with the mouse, > than laxout->paragraph->indent paragraph > write in the textfield 0cm!! than latex choose the standard parindent > value for indentation. Sorry, but that's not what I do expect! I just want to write a following parapgraph using the 'Standard', 'Itemize' or 'Enumerate' layout. And I want to use the Menu option Layout->Change environment depth so this parapgraph is 'indented' automatically with regard to the indented 'Aufgabe' paragraph! This was the normal behaviour when using layout 'Description' instead of 'Aufgabe' before! I hope this make my problem more clear to you! Thanks again so far Claus
Re: Table-Import
Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > Thanks for this tips, it works fine. I've another sort of contrariety > > with tables : copy-paste an entire one ! If I select a table with the > > mouse, then do a Ctr-c and Ctrl-v somewhere in the document, the > > "frames" of the initial table aren't copied, I get only the inner text, > > each "cell" separated by the little red arrow of new-line. > > > > A solution seems to be inserting a new table with the same number of > > cells/rows, and then past in it the copied text of the previous. > > > > But is it a simplier way of dong it ? > > Try to place the cursor immediately before the table, and press > Shift-CursorRight. This marks the whole table, at least in 1.1.6pre3. > Cut and paste as usual. > > If this does not work, move the cursor to the first character after the > table while keeping Shift pressed. > If your table is in a float you can also copy the table by clicking on the caption, minimizing (or closing) the float. Then select and copy the remaining "tab"-mark as usual, maximize or open the float on the new place. regards Niklas
View problem, bug maybe.
Lyx users,
I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
\begin{document}.
Stange. Is this a bug?
I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
Joeri
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 02:07:10PM +0100, Joeri R. Verbiest wrote:
> When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
> But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
> and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
> \begin{document}.
> Stange. Is this a bug?
>
Hi Joeri,
that is all right. Lyx uses its own format in the .lyx files. You have
to use the Export as LaTeX feature in order to produce a file which
can be fed into LaTeX.
Alternative: having a .lyx file you just open it with lyx and use the
view PS function.
HTH
Frank
1.1.6pre3 now?
Hi! As it seems, many people use 1.1.6pre3 yet. Because I'm writing my thesis, it will be dangerous to switch to 1.1.6pre3 now, isn't it? If I do a make install, the new LyX overwrites the old one, so I can't really test 1.1.6pre3 without losing my stable 1.1.5fix2. Is there a way to have both versions installed without interference? Regards, Chris
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
Today at 2:07pm, Joeri R. Verbiest said:
> Lyx users,
>
> I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
>
> I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
>
> When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
> But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
> and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
> \begin{document}.
> Stange. Is this a bug?
>
> I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
I have had the same problem with older lyx version. This was my solution:
--> Don't use directory names containing spaces. I think LyX quotes them
not right when calling LateX. (a bug, ihmo)
> Joeri
success,
Wilbert
Re: Menus not german
> "Andre" == Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andre> Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> P.S. I am VERY sad, that you removed the possibility to use >> faxspool and sendfax in lyx 1.1.6. Andre> Me too. Why was this done? Getting paid by the K.D.E.? ;) The idea is that LyX is not designed to send faxes (we do not do e-mail either...). Are there other fax GUIs than KSendFax that could be of use to you? JMarc
bullets and pdf (year 2001 bug?)
Hi All! Don't know whether this is lyx-related..., but is a rather strange behaviour and might be of interest. since this year (stress on THIS) the documents I wrote last year (or the ones I start now) seem to get corrupted during export to pdf (no matter, whether ps2pdf or pdflatex is used). They don't show the first level enumeration bullets anymore! They DO show the second, third,... level ones though... In ps all signs are displayed correctly lyx-1.1.5fix2 gs-6.01 linux ;-) strange enough viewed in kghostview the pdf files seem to be OK, it's only acroread that misses something (anybody an idea? I already checked adobe's page, didn't find anything (come to that I seem to be rather blind... -)) have fun* Niklas
Re: View problem, bug maybe.
Wilbert and other lyx users,
>
> Today at 2:07pm, Joeri R. Verbiest said:
>
> > Lyx users,
> >
> > I have a problem with view dvi or pdf.
> >
> > I have installed lyx version 1.1.6.pre3.
> >
> > When I open a new file and to view dvi and pdf than it works.
> > But if I save the document newfile to newfile.lyx or another file name,
> > and if I to view pdf or dvi, than it doesn't work, gives error: missing
> > \begin{document}.
> > Stange. Is this a bug?
> >
> > I have reinstalled lyx and also reconfigure, it doesn't help.
>
> I have had the same problem with older lyx version. This was my solution:
>
> --> Don't use directory names containing spaces. I think LyX quotes them
> not right when calling LateX. (a bug, ihmo)
Directory with names containing spaces, this was the problem.
Thanks,
Wilbert
Caption on figure
I am using: Version 1.1.5fix2 on Linux. When I load an eps file using the figure option, there is a place where I can put in a caption for the figure. When I do that...nothing happens. It's as if I didn't type anything in at all. Has anyone else had this problem? Anna P.S. I'm not enclosing anything since it seems to be that way on any eps file I use and enclose as a figure in Lyx. If you DON'T have that problem, could you send me your test case so I can see if I can get it to work on MY system?? Thanks!!
Re: Caption on figure
Hello, On Tue, 09 Jan 2001, Anna H.Pryor wrote: > I am using: > Version 1.1.5fix2 on Linux. > > When I load an eps file using the figure option, there is a place where I can > put in a caption for the figure. When I do that...nothing happens. It's as if > I didn't type anything in at all. Has anyone else had this problem? i guess you mean the caption for a subfigure, right? If you want a caption the easiest way is to insert first a float (INSERT->Float->Figure Float), typing the caption (directly in the Lyx main window) and finally inserting the figure (Insert->Figure). jan -- +--- Jan Goebel (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) DIW Berlin Longitudinal Data and Microanalysis Königin-Luise-Str. 5 D-14195 Berlin -- Germany -- phone: 49 30 89789-377 +---
1.1.6-pre3 and wv
Nice to see Word import in 1.1.6-pre3 - I never use Word myself, but people insist on sending me files in .doc format. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. With wv versions 0.5.26 and 0.5.44, lyx won't detect wv (i.e. after reconfiguring there is still no "Import - Word" option). With version 0.6.2, Import-Word gives me all the LaTeX commands' but the text is just digital garbage. Is there another version of wv I should be using, or is there something else I should have installed? Thanks, Robin
Re: looking for pseudocode class
Thanks Herbert I have started using the "algorithm" package and I like it. > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/algorithm/algorithm.html A few questions: 1- How to remove the automatic numbering of algorithms (floats) ? (and either leave it blank with just the word Algorithm preceding the caption, or with a parameter to specify explicitly the number or label I want ) 2- How to have comments after "endfor" printed ? 3- Is there a way to have margin notes work within the algorithm float? 4- Is there a way to have vertical lines, on the LHS, displayed to link the beginning and end of a loop (e.g., for endfor ) ? thanks Frederic
Re: 1.1.6pre3 now?
Chris, The way to do this is to recompile the new lyx under a different name. Get the sources (lyx-1.1.6pre3.tar.gz), untar them. There are two configure switches that help you. One is --with-lyxname, which sets the name for various directories and files (but not the main executable) to something other than 'lyx'. The other is --prefix, which sets the location where everything is installed. You can thus install things in a temporary place, not /usr/local or /usr. What I would do is not install the files to /usr/local, but rather do something like: configure --with-lyxname=lyx-1.1.6pre3 --prefix=~/tmp/lyx-1.1.6pre3 +any other switches you like to add. The --with-lyxname option is useful because then the default ~/.lyx directory name is actually ~/.lyx-1.1.6pre3 (assuming the example above) and thus your lyxrc will not be overwritten. You then run the program from ~/tmp/lyx-1.1.6pre3/bin/lyx (set an alias for that). Note that you can test the program without 'installing' it. Configure --with-lyxname (again to preserve ~/.lyx), and compile with just 'make' (and not 'make install' if you've been using that). Then you can run the exectuable from [wherever the sources are]/src/lyx A final word of caution - if you plan on using tabulars, the file format is being changed right now, so lyx-1.1.6 may not read tabulars written by lyx-1.1.6pre*. I think all versions can import old-style (1.1) tables. HTH, Lior. On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Chris Schulbert wrote: > Hi! > > As it seems, many people use 1.1.6pre3 yet. Because I'm writing my thesis, > it will be dangerous to switch to 1.1.6pre3 now, isn't it? > If I do a make install, the new LyX overwrites the old one, so I can't > really test 1.1.6pre3 without losing my stable 1.1.5fix2. > Is there a way to have both versions installed without interference? > > > Regards, > Chris > > >
Re: RedHat 7.0, lyx rpm, new user
Hello, Wai-Sun's instructions work fine, and I built lyx 1.1.6pre3 with xforms 0.89 following his instructions. Thanks! But I found out yesterday quite by accident that the problem is elsewhere. To wit: It turns out that the problem of no Greek letters on lyx is limited to the case where I run lyx on a KDE 1.1.2 desktop. I found this out quite by accident when I used ssh X forwarding to show a lyx-using friend the problem, and MY version of lyx displayed just fine on HIS desktop (SuSE 7.0, I think KDE 2.x). If I use VNC to start a twm desktop on my machine and then view it, once again the lyx display is fine if started on the twm desktop. So the problem is KDE, not lyx. It seems like this must be some kind of FAQ with a well-documented solution, but I'm not finding it. The only message lyx produces on startup is "Warning: Setting language `default' to `english'." -- Stephen Walton, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Wai-Sun Chia wrote: > To help in solving the RH7 mysteries/nightmares, below is the > combination that I have success with: > > Distro: RH7 > Kernel: 2.4.0-test9 (with ReiserFS patch) > Gcc: gcc-2.96-69 (from Rawhide) > Glibc:glibc-2.2-9 (from Rawhide) > Xforms: RPM homemade (instructions as per previous posting, and yes > the forms_sngl.ps.gz is from the RH 0.88 RPM) > Lyx: lyx-1.1.6pre3 > > > > Stephen Walton wrote: > > > > I just installed lyx-1.1.5fix2-1.i386.rpm and xforms-0.88-15.i386.rpm on > > my RedHat 7.0 system; the former from the LyX FTP site and the latter > > from the RedHat 7.0 Powertools CD. Now, I've seen a lot of complaints on > > this list about this combination, but it seems to work here with RedHat's > > latest gcc and glibc versions (gcc-2.96-69 and glibc-2.2-5). With one > > Upgrade to lyx-1.1.6pre3 and glibc-2.2-9 > > > exception: I'm not seeing Greek letters displayed in the LyX window, > > though they are of course in the LaTeX source I'm importing. > > I have no problems with my combination. > > > rpm complained that it couldn't find the file forms_sngl.ps.gz which the > > Yes, it's the same file. Just copy it to SOURCES subdirectory and you'll > be fine. > > > >
Re: bullets and pdf (year 2001 bug?)
Niklas Werner wrote: > > since this year (stress on THIS) the documents I wrote last year (or the > ones I start now) seem to > get corrupted during export to pdf (no matter, whether ps2pdf or pdflatex > is used). They don't show the first level enumeration bullets anymore! > They DO show the second, third,... level ones though... > In ps all signs are displayed correctly > > lyx-1.1.5fix2 > gs-6.01 > linux ;-) > > strange enough viewed in kghostview the pdf files seem to be OK, it's only > acroread that misses something (anybody an idea? I already checked adobe's > page, didn't find anything (come to that I seem to be rather blind... -)) did you choose pslatex in (lyx)layout->document->fontstyle? Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: looking for pseudocode class
Frederic Leymarie wrote: > > I have started using the "algorithm" package and I like it. > > > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/algorithm/algorithm.html > > A few questions: > > 1- How to remove the automatic numbering of algorithms (floats) ? > (and either leave it blank with just the word Algorithm preceding the >caption, > or with a parameter to specify explicitly the number or label I want ) > i hope that Benoit Guillon read this too, because this alogithm-package was created by him. otherwise search in user-mailing list for this subject, than you'll get his email-address. Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Directory Tree
Darryl VanDorp wrote: > > I'm trying to diagram a directory layout using lyx that will export nicely to > ASCII and html. However I can't use spaces etc. in lyx. how would i do > something like > this: > > .-- appname > | |-- inc > | | |-- functions.inc.php > | | |-- header.inc.php package pstricks does it. maybe that there is another useful package. have a look at http://www.dante.de/CTAN/help/Catalogue/brief.html Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
Re: Directory Tree
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 11:14:11AM -0600, Darryl VanDorp wrote: > Hiya lyx users, > > I'm trying to diagram a directory layout using lyx that will export nicely to > ASCII and html. However I can't use spaces etc. in lyx. how would i do > something like > this: Use the lyx-code layout (and use ctrl+enter to break the lines).
Re: Menus not german
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Andre" == Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andre> Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> P.S. I am VERY sad, that you removed the possibility to use > >> faxspool and sendfax in lyx 1.1.6. > > Andre> Me too. Why was this done? Getting paid by the K.D.E.? ;) > > The idea is that LyX is not designed to send faxes (we do not do e-mail > either...). Are there other fax GUIs than KSendFax that could be of > use to you? > > JMarc Jean-Marc, what I really like about LyX are its interfaces. I think the .lyxpipe is a great idea, and make extensive use of the custom export command. What I would really appreciate are more customizable interfaces, which let me happily pipe my stuff! I'd like to have about five custom export commands, greyed out if not set up... Get things less specific and more interchangeable... As for the fax, the former solution wasn't ideal; I had problems to automize reading and converting the fax addressbook for a system-wide efax. But that didn't really matter. Of course my users can still print to '-Pfax -J 1234567' (efax is able to print to lpr), but it's less convenient for them. Just an example. As for faxes printed to lpr, well, why should I use another GUI than LyX when sending; and most Picture viewers can display the fax-specific tiff format, so I don't need a Fax program for displaying them either. I'd "really need" an addressbook in/for LyX that lets me trigger a number of export functions of LyX, for faxes or various stuff. PS: Hope you don't mind the K.D.E. joke :) Andre
Table of Contents in Text output?
How do I get the table of contents generated with ascii text
output?
I was playing with the
example_lyxified.lyx
and I exported the output to text.
I used the File|Export|Ascii Text.. option.
When I edit the text output, I see
THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
by Fee LyX
June 12, 1972
\tableofcontents{}
1 Basic Philosophy
The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content
of what you're writing and not the form.
As you can see, it generates
\tableofcontents{}
instead of an actual table of contents. How do I get it
do generate an actual table of contents. I would like
the output similar to this text linux doc.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO
brian
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Re: Table of Contents in Text output?
Brian Lavender wrote:
>
> How do I get the table of contents generated with ascii text
> output?
> I was playing with the
> example_lyxified.lyx
> and I exported the output to text.
> I used the File|Export|Ascii Text.. option.
> When I edit the text output, I see
>THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
>by Fee LyX
>June 12, 1972
>\tableofcontents{}
>1 Basic Philosophy
>The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content
>of what you're writing and not the form.
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO
you can export to pdf or ps and than with
pdftotext or ps2ascii
especially the first one gives a good result and you have
the pdf-file too.
Herbert
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Re: 1.1.6-pre3 and wv
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 05:59:08PM +0200, Robin Turner wrote: > Nice to see Word import in 1.1.6-pre3 - I never use Word myself, but > people insist on sending me files in .doc format. However, I'm having > trouble getting it to work. With wv versions 0.5.26 and 0.5.44, lyx > won't detect wv (i.e. after reconfiguring there is still no "Import - > Word" option). With version 0.6.2, Import-Word gives me all the LaTeX > commands' but the text is just digital garbage. Is there another > version of wv I should be using, or is there something else I should > have installed? What was the language of the document? wv supports only latin1 encoding (but it is possible to change this).
VNC and LyX
I find that LyX V1.1.5fix2 and earlier does not work over VNC. I've not done any homework to establish why. With the fundamental changes in approach to GUI etc, is this likely to change in the near future? Arnim. -- Arnim Littek[EMAIL PROTECTED] Med-Dev Ltd.ph. +64-4-934-5790 www.med-dev.com fax +64-4-934-5797
Picture alignment
Hi, When I insert pictures into a file (say two pictures in one "wide figure float") the pictures seem to be nicely in their place in the LyX window but when I actually compile the file and view the dvi, the pictures are at top of the page rather than where I want them to be. Any suggesstions? Regards, Remzi
Re: Picture alignment
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Rem wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I insert pictures into a file (say two pictures in one "wide figure
> float") the pictures seem to be nicely in their place in the LyX window but
> when I actually compile the file and view the dvi, the pictures are at top
> of the page rather than where I want them to be.
>
> Any suggesstions?
>
> Regards,
>
> Remzi
This is default behavior for LaTeX. However, you can try to control the
placement by putting '!h' (without the quotes) in the float placement box
of the Layout->Document dialog. 'h' means: here; '!h' means: try really
really hard to place this float here.
Thanks. Syrus.
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Re: import ps
On Tuesday 09 January 2001 18:02, you wrote: > Lyx user, > > I use Lyx version 1.1.6pre3. But I can't import ps file. Which tool must > I install? Probably you need to run ps2ascii on it first; this should leave you with the plain text. You can then import the ASCII into LyX. -- // Carl Hudkins :: ICQ 5723399 // // "Wake me when it's over, touch my face // Tell me every word has been erased..." --TMBG
Re: VNC and LyX
> I find that LyX V1.1.5fix2 and earlier does not work over VNC. I've > not done any homework to establish why. What exactly do you mean by "does not work"? Any error messages? Andre' -- André Pönitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Page borders again
At 07.1.2001 'ã.' Converted:, you wrote:
>Rosen wrote:
>>
>> At 1/4/01, you wrote:
>> >> I tried fancy pages, read all documentation
>> >> about fancy package, but nothing for me. Is it
>> >
>> >it's no problem for me to put a frame with fancypage.
>> >you can also try package pstricks with \psframe ...
>> >
>> >> possible to insert a simple table in the header?
>> >
>> >yes
>> >
>> >
>> >Herbert
>> OK , how could I put table in the header? What about
>
>for example in preamble or in text in texmode (red)
>and with package fancyhdr
>
>\newcommand\myTable{%
>\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}\hline
>a & b \\\hline
>c & d\\\hline
>\end{tabular}%
>}
>\fancyhead[LE,LO]{\myTable\hfill\thepage}
>
>> making margins of the page visible, I mean making
>> them borders of the page? Should I put TeX code
>
>which margins? the textarea? textarea with headers?
>
>with fancybox and chapter 9 in the doc:
>9 Framing a whole page
>
>\thisfancypage{\fbox}{}
>
>gives a box around the textarea.
>
>
>Herbert
>
>
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Hi Herbert, and thanks for the help.
I managed to put a table in header of the page.
That trick with \newcommanad was what I missed.
I also installed succesfully "fancybox" package
and made a page as you wrote:
\pagestyle{\fbox}{}
But I couldn't compile the documentation
file fancybox.doc that came together with fancybox.sty.
TeX gives me a lot of errors :(
That's while I am asking here how to put a
border on the page, including the header and
textarea. Also, would (or could) this border and the
table, that I'm puting in the header, merge where
they touch.
One other question, why the text in the tables
arranges so close to th upper edge of the cells?
I'm just inserting a table, writing text in it,
and when I go to preview it looks like the
letters hold upper edge of the cells on their heads:(
These questions are inspired from the thesis
that I'm writing now with LyX. With 50 pages,
half of them with complex formulas, typed for
5 days, I couldn't imagine something more
easier and powerfull than LyX. 10x to all
that made it work.
