Re: controlling vertical spaces

2002-10-22 Thread Herbert Voss
Herbert Voss schrieb: try in preamble: \setlength{\topspace}{2in% < the whole vertical space sorry, cut and paste ... before this line you need a \newlength{\topspace} Herbert

Re: long equations

2002-10-22 Thread Herbert Voss
Nirmal Govind schrieb: Hi.. I have a really long equation.. earlier, I used \sloppy in my \sloppy works for text preamble and it split the equations across lines.. then, I was trying to use the AMS multiline feature and looks like something went wrong and I can't seem to get the equation to

Re: controlling vertical spaces

2002-10-22 Thread Herbert Voss
Myriam Abramson schrieb: I have a multi book class document. How do I the vertical space of the Chapter titles? I set my page layout to 1.25 and my Chapter titles have to start 2 inches from the top. try in preamble: \setlength{\topspace}{2in% < the whole vertical space -\topmargin%

automatic margin removal

2002-10-22 Thread Max Bian
Anyone knows a software that automatically removes the white margin from a eps figure by changing the boundingbox? Max __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/

Using raggedright with LyX

2002-10-22 Thread Paul Tremblay
I would like to set up a raggedright (non-justified) environment in LyX. I want this environment to work like it would in any word processor. If I press return, then the next paragraph automatically indents. The text should be ragged, so that if I decide to add something in the middle of a paragrap

Re: long equations

2002-10-22 Thread Bo Peng
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:08:01PM -0400, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Hi.. I have a really long equation.. earlier, I used \sloppy in my > preamble and it split the equations across lines.. then, I was trying to > use the AMS multiline feature and looks like something went wrong and I > can't seem to

Re: controlling vertical spaces

2002-10-22 Thread Nirmal Govind
> Chapter titles? I set my page layout to 1.25 and my Chapter titles > have to start 2 inches from the top. > I'm guessing that the headheight, headsep and \topskip should be able to accomplish this.. the first two are in the Layout -> Document -> Paper tab.. \topskip you'll have to define in th

long equations

2002-10-22 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. I have a really long equation.. earlier, I used \sloppy in my preamble and it split the equations across lines.. then, I was trying to use the AMS multiline feature and looks like something went wrong and I can't seem to get the equation to split into separate lines again.. is there any docu

Re: Theorem and Definition for math paper

2002-10-22 Thread Bo Peng
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 05:12:38PM -0700, Richard Wang wrote: > Hi, > I am writing a math paper with a few theorems. Any one can tell me how > to write a "Thereom" title beside typing it myself? Thanks. > Richard Go to layout -> document -> document -> class, choose a document style with ams.

Theorem and Definition for math paper

2002-10-22 Thread Richard Wang
Hi, I am writing a math paper with a few theorems. Any one can tell me how to write a "Thereom" title beside typing it myself? Thanks. Richard

controlling vertical spaces

2002-10-22 Thread Myriam Abramson
Hi! I have a multi book class document. How do I the vertical space of the Chapter titles? I set my page layout to 1.25 and my Chapter titles have to start 2 inches from the top. TIA -- myriam

Re: delete empty math box.

2002-10-22 Thread Bo Peng
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:34:15AM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 03:36:54PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > > Would you consider adding this behavior to lyx? > Non-trivial giving the current state of affairs. So, not for 1.3. > But it should be do-able later, so maybe filing a feat

Problems when changing line spacing

2002-10-22 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
Hi, I am using lyx 1.2.1, and have found a problem when changing the line spacing from single to onehalf (using Layout->Document). Basically, while the new line-spacing is acknowledged in the Lyx window, generating dvi or PS versions of the document results in lots of errors. I

Re: xfig and LyX

2002-10-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:25:51AM -0400, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Lyx 1.2 includes External Material without any problems, so I've been > able to include the attached .fig file and view the DVI and PS output.. > the cvs version crashes consistently.. with the error that I'd posted > earlier.. I upda

Re: xfig and LyX

2002-10-22 Thread I Wayan Warmada
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Nirmal Govind wrote: | Sorry... my bad, I forgot to attach the file.. here it is.. not | attaching the lyx file since I can reproduce the crash by just including | this fig file in an otherwise empty document (and including the color | package) | | Regarding using input/inclu

Re: xfig and LyX

2002-10-22 Thread Nirmal Govind
> > I don't find your attachment. I have made an article (in Indonesia) > about inserting fig and tex graphics format in lyx-1.2.x series (I put > on my website, sorry my English is bad). I have no problem using > insert external material with lyx-1.3.0cvs (have installed last > 2weeks) --> DVI, P

Re: footnote and minipage margin alignment

2002-10-22 Thread I Wayan Warmada
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, E GCP wrote: | I'm using LyX 1.1.6fix4 to prepare a long document. I'm using a minipage | inside a table float to handle footnotes at the bottom of the table and | not at the bottom of the page. The problem I have is that footnotes are | always aligned with the main text, so

Re: xfig and LyX

2002-10-22 Thread I Wayan Warmada
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Nirmal Govind wrote: | Yes, that was it!! Thanks a lot.. the problem with the crash in 1.3.0cvs | (when including a .fig directly using external material) still remains.. | so Wayan, I'm attaching a .fig file here and this is the error that | 1.3.0cvs gives when it crashes:

Re: xfig and LyX

2002-10-22 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> Where's the file? (.lyx and .fig) Angus> Incidentally, can you not use the Include inset for this? That Angus> way you can get a preview of the figure with 1.3.0cvs. This is what he was doing before being advised to use external i

Re: xfig and LyX

2002-10-22 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 22 October 2002 2:49 pm, Nirmal Govind wrote: > > Maybe your problem is that you do not include the color > > package (\usepackage{color} in Preamble) > > Yes, that was it!! Thanks a lot.. the problem with the crash > in 1.3.0cvs (when including a .fig directly using external > material)

Re: Wish for future lyx iterations

2002-10-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 08:42:28AM -0500, Praedor Tempus wrote: > Would it be possible to slow down lyx's scrolling behavior when one's cursor > hits the edge of the text screen so that it is possible to actually > cut-and-paste whatever (text, figures, tables) that extend beyond the visable > w

Wish for future lyx iterations

2002-10-22 Thread Praedor Tempus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have run into a difficulty working within Lyx a lot of late. In trying to do some cutting and pasting within lyx, it is often impossible to do unless done with little snippets of text at a time, perhaps 5 lines or so. If a figure that I want to c

Re: xfig and LyX

2002-10-22 Thread Nirmal Govind
> > Maybe your problem is that you do not include the color package > (\usepackage{color} in Preamble) > Yes, that was it!! Thanks a lot.. the problem with the crash in 1.3.0cvs (when including a .fig directly using external material) still remains.. so Wayan, I'm attaching a .fig file here and

footnote and minipage margin alignment

2002-10-22 Thread E GCP
Hi! I'm using LyX 1.1.6fix4 to prepare a long document. I'm using a minipage inside a table float to handle footnotes at the bottom of the table and not at the bottom of the page. The problem I have is that footnotes are always aligned with the main text, so when the tables (that have to be cen

Re: Emacs bindings, help, and preferences

2002-10-22 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Christof" == Christof Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christof> So, in my desire to have ctrl-d delete like I'm used to, I Christof> switched to emacs mode. Christof> I didn't read the documentation thoroughly enough as I Christof> didn't realize that switching to emacs mode would reduc

Re: ensure-math in keybinding?

2002-10-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 01:00:07PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > However, if I have two or more math-insert and I start from text > mode, lyx will leave math-mode after the first math-insert. For > example, "command-sequence math-insert \alpha; math-subscript; > math-inssert \beta;" will generate som

Re: Problem adding figure to figure float

2002-10-22 Thread Joao B. Oliveira
> Jochen Wurster wrote: > > Now inserting pictures works and the picture is show correct in the pdf/dvi > > output, but in lyx it shows an error message ("error converting ro loadable > > format") instead of the picture. > > I have tried png and ps files. > > Do you have converters for PNG->EPS an

problems with bibliography using LLNCS

2002-10-22 Thread Fernando Molina Ortiz
Hello, I am new to the list, so hello to everybody. I have a problem with llncs style for which I have found no solution in the list's archives. I use Lyx 1.2.1 and I have successfully installed llns document class. But when I add a references section (bibliography style) I get three identical

Re: Lyx and ".cls/.bst"

2002-10-22 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Pascal" == Pascal Francq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pascal> Hi, I have receive a '.cls' and a '.bst' to publish in a Pascal> journal. The draft of the article was written using Lyx. Is it Pascal> possible to create a LyX document class based on this file, or Pascal> must I export the LyX i

typewriter font

2002-10-22 Thread Peter Harkins
This sounds very silly, but I'm having trouble with the typewriter font. I'm writing some docs which occasionally direct the user to do something (ls -l) and having trouble marking it as a command. I select text, click the Font button in the toolbar, and nothing happens. I can go to Layout

Re: Problem adding figure to figure float

2002-10-22 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jochen Wurster wrote: > Now inserting pictures works and the picture is show correct in the pdf/dvi > output, but in lyx it shows an error message ("error converting ro loadable > format") instead of the picture. > I have tried png and ps files. Do you have converters for PNG->EPS and EPS->XPM in

Re: math display and left alignment

2002-10-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:47:21PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > The equation is centered as it should be. But the word "example:" on screen as well. Which shouldn't be centered... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either on

Re: delete empty math box.

2002-10-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 03:36:54PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > Would you consider adding this behavior to lyx? Non-trivial giving the current state of affairs. So, not for 1.3. But it should be do-able later, so maybe filing a feature request is in order, just to make sure it does not get lost? Andre

Re: xfig and LyX

2002-10-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 03:39:14PM -0400, Nirmal Govind wrote: > \put(10351,-5236){\makebox(0,0)[lb]{\smash{\SetFigFont{12}{14.4}{\rmdef > ault}{\mddefault}{\updefault}{\color[rgb]{0,0,0}$M_1$}% > }}} > > For some reason I think it doesn't like SetFigFont or so.. is this part > of standard Latex?

Re: question by newbie

2002-10-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 02:49:47PM +0200, Dirk Ducrée wrote: > How can I use the Laplace operator or the "corresponds with" operator in > mathed? Have a look at the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol list, choose the symbol you want and type \symbolname in mathed. Or draw them here in ASCII art and wel