Qt 3.2.2 is out--going to compile and see how LyX 1.3.3 fairs

2003-10-30 Thread Marc Jeffrey Driftmeyer
Just in case people aren't aware of this information. -Marc

Re: trouble with 1.3.3

2003-10-30 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jose' Matos wrote: I am using lyx regularly to prepare slides and materials for classes. With 1.3.3 I am working quite happily under SuSE 8.2. since it was available.   There was some problem with the rpm for SUSE 8.2.   Jürgen, that made the package knows it better, let us wait for his

Re: trouble with 1.3.3

2003-10-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Jose' Matos wrote: I am using lyx regularly to prepare slides and materials for classes. With 1.3.3 I am working quite happily under SuSE 8.2. since it was available.   There was some problem with the rpm for SUSE 8.2.

Can't use scalable interface fonts anymore.

2003-10-30 Thread Martijn Brouwer
Until sometime ago, I used the bitstream charter font for displaying roman text in lyx, but a few days ago I saw lyx changed this to helvetica. Since this is a sans serif bitmap font I wanted to revert to charter, but that font was not listed anymore in the drop down list. It is still

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Martijn Brouwer
When I tried it, it complained about the revtex4.layout, which is of lyx 1.3. With the version of 1.4 Andre sent me, a 1.4 lyx document was created which could not be imported in 1.4. So for users of 1.3, reLyX is the only way to go. Martijn P.S. When will 1.4 arrive and what will it bring us?

Re: scrolling (three questions)

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Ronald Florence wrote: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You should find that the xforms frontend does have a more manageable scrolling behaviour. I've used LyX from before version 1.0, with xforms and qt frontends, and don't remember the scrolling ever being satisfactory. I wish

Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Frank Chu wrote: Dear Andres, Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ? I saw these on win32 lyx's homepage: Patches extra files: (updated 20030518) extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files MSVC wrapper) lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS) quick_fix.diff

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Martijn Brouwer wrote: P.S. When will 1.4 arrive and what will it bring us? * Not any time soon. * Lots. The last few releases have concentrated on cleaning up the LyX source code rather than on supporting a larger subset of LaTeX. Enhancements have occurred (notably the math editor supports

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Martijn Brouwer wrote: When I tried it, it complained about the revtex4.layout, which is of lyx 1.3. With the version of 1.4 Andre sent me, a 1.4 lyx document was created which could not be imported in 1.4. So for users of 1.3, reLyX is the only way to go. Not true. The lyx2lyx python script

Possible solution (Re: Error with importing from LaTeX)

2003-10-30 Thread Anbu Mani
This is a possible solution for the problem with Lyx 1.3.2 Python on Windows. I had the exact problem in converting latex to lyx and while searching the mail-archives, I could not found a solution. So the following tweaks I found may help some using Lyx (1.3.2) on Windows 2000. In the file

Re: Possible solution (Re: Error with importing from LaTeX)

2003-10-30 Thread Jose' Matos
On Thursday 30 October 2003 00:53, Anbu Mani wrote: This is a possible solution for the problem with Lyx 1.3.2 Python on Windows. I had the exact problem in converting latex to lyx and while searching the mail-archives, I could not found a solution. So the following tweaks I found may help

math font with lyx 1.3.2

2003-10-30 Thread lorenzo
Hallo everybody, I just installed the new distribution suse 9.0 with lyx 1.3.2 and qt 3.2.1 but the math fonts do not work. free-ttf-fonts are installed, still all greeks character and many symbol are not visible in math mode. Anybody has an idea what has gone wrong? Thanks a lot in advance

Re: math font with lyx 1.3.2

2003-10-30 Thread Christoph Cattarius
Hi Lorenzo! I had exactly the same problems. The only solution I found, was to download and to compile lyx 1.3.3 by myself. Maybe this is a lyx-1.3.2/qt/SuSE bug. Greetings Christoph On Thursday 30 October 2003 17:16, lorenzo wrote: Hallo everybody, I just installed the new distribution

make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Ulrich Hiller
Hi, system: sparc solaris 2.7 lyx version: 1.3.3 qt version: 3.2.1 gcc version: 3.2.1 configure went through without problems. make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: gcc -O -fno-exceptions -Wl,-R/systools/lib -o lyx BufferView.o BufferView_pimpl.o Bullet.o Chktex.o

Re: make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Ulrich Hiller wrote: Hi, system: sparc solaris 2.7 lyx version: 1.3.3 qt version: 3.2.1 gcc version: 3.2.1 configure went through without problems. make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: [snip...] support/.libs/libsupport.a(DebugStream.o) (symbol belongs to

Re: make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Ulrich Hiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Hi, | system: sparc solaris 2.7 | lyx version: 1.3.3 | qt version: 3.2.1 | gcc version: 3.2.1 | configure went through without problems. | make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: | gcc -O -fno-exceptions -Wl,-R/systools/lib -o lyx

Why no VersionTracker listing?

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Ringwood
Just a query. I have found LyX for Mac to be a very useful and approachable programme, and I was wondering - why has it not appeared on VersionTracker, for example? Is the author, Ronald Florence (as I understand) preferring to keep it within the domain of those who have actively sought it out so

Need some help with a few things

2003-10-30 Thread Bradley Navarro
Hello, I have three problems that I was hoping someone could help me with. The first is I need to be able to change the default spacing between section names in the TOC. So for example, say I have: CHAPTER 1...2 Section 1.1...2 Section 1.2...5 and I want to change the

Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Ringwood
Dear Correspondents, I am beginning to become fond of the font 'Computer Modern', but if I wish to use it in LyX, I need to add to the preamble \usepackage{ae} in order that it prints and displays as a much more attractive PS font. Does anyone have an idea why the bitmapped font is the default?

RE:Tables

2003-10-30 Thread Toby Allen
This is what I have tried to do I spent an hour or so fiddling with it the other day. Exact same dimensions etc and it didnt work. Maybe it just didnt like m e that day or something I will try again, I guess. When cutting and pasting from gnumeric, I would create a table in LyX that was the

Re: Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Matej Cepl
Peter Ringwood wrote: Perhaps it has something to do with unavailable PS maths glyphs. I am not a mathematician, so perhaps this is something I just have to deal with, but are there any opinions out there as to why the default setting in such a great programme gives such an ugly output? It

Installing LyX on Slackware 9.1

2003-10-30 Thread Paul Jahshan
Hi all, I was trying to install LyX 1.3.3 on Slackware 9.1 but I either got error messages about missing class files not in the right place or getting a below-average GUI. I know it should work because I did the same install on the same machine a few weeks ago and it all worked properly, but

Re: Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Matej Cepl
Peter Ringwood wrote: I am beginning to become fond of the font 'Computer Modern', but if I wish to use it in LyX, I need to add to the preamble \usepackage{ae} in order that it prints and displays as a much more attractive PS font. I forgot to say, that you can certainly Save as Default and

Re: Installing LyX on Slackware 9.1

2003-10-30 Thread Johann Haarhoff
I installed lyx1.3.3 on slack 9.1 a few days ago. (i assume you want the xforms frontend) install tex (/cdrom/slackware/t/tetex--.tar.gz I think) Install xpm, then xforms goto the lyx source dir, then: ./configure --frontend=xforms (qt for qt frontend) make make install (or checkinstall)

Qt 3.2.2 is out--going to compile and see how LyX 1.3.3 fairs

2003-10-30 Thread Marc Jeffrey Driftmeyer
Just in case people aren't aware of this information. -Marc

Re: trouble with 1.3.3

2003-10-30 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jose' Matos wrote: I am using lyx regularly to prepare slides and materials for classes. With 1.3.3 I am working quite happily under SuSE 8.2. since it was available.   There was some problem with the rpm for SUSE 8.2.   Jürgen, that made the package knows it better, let us wait for his

Re: trouble with 1.3.3

2003-10-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Jose' Matos wrote: I am using lyx regularly to prepare slides and materials for classes. With 1.3.3 I am working quite happily under SuSE 8.2. since it was available.   There was some problem with the rpm for SUSE 8.2.

Can't use scalable interface fonts anymore.

2003-10-30 Thread Martijn Brouwer
Until sometime ago, I used the bitstream charter font for displaying roman text in lyx, but a few days ago I saw lyx changed this to helvetica. Since this is a sans serif bitmap font I wanted to revert to charter, but that font was not listed anymore in the drop down list. It is still

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Martijn Brouwer
When I tried it, it complained about the revtex4.layout, which is of lyx 1.3. With the version of 1.4 Andre sent me, a 1.4 lyx document was created which could not be imported in 1.4. So for users of 1.3, reLyX is the only way to go. Martijn P.S. When will 1.4 arrive and what will it bring us?

Re: scrolling (three questions)

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Ronald Florence wrote: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You should find that the xforms frontend does have a more manageable scrolling behaviour. I've used LyX from before version 1.0, with xforms and qt frontends, and don't remember the scrolling ever being satisfactory. I wish

Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Frank Chu wrote: Dear Andres, Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ? I saw these on win32 lyx's homepage: Patches extra files: (updated 20030518) extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files MSVC wrapper) lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS) quick_fix.diff

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Martijn Brouwer wrote: P.S. When will 1.4 arrive and what will it bring us? * Not any time soon. * Lots. The last few releases have concentrated on cleaning up the LyX source code rather than on supporting a larger subset of LaTeX. Enhancements have occurred (notably the math editor supports

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Martijn Brouwer wrote: When I tried it, it complained about the revtex4.layout, which is of lyx 1.3. With the version of 1.4 Andre sent me, a 1.4 lyx document was created which could not be imported in 1.4. So for users of 1.3, reLyX is the only way to go. Not true. The lyx2lyx python script

Possible solution (Re: Error with importing from LaTeX)

2003-10-30 Thread Anbu Mani
This is a possible solution for the problem with Lyx 1.3.2 Python on Windows. I had the exact problem in converting latex to lyx and while searching the mail-archives, I could not found a solution. So the following tweaks I found may help some using Lyx (1.3.2) on Windows 2000. In the file

Re: Possible solution (Re: Error with importing from LaTeX)

2003-10-30 Thread Jose' Matos
On Thursday 30 October 2003 00:53, Anbu Mani wrote: This is a possible solution for the problem with Lyx 1.3.2 Python on Windows. I had the exact problem in converting latex to lyx and while searching the mail-archives, I could not found a solution. So the following tweaks I found may help

math font with lyx 1.3.2

2003-10-30 Thread lorenzo
Hallo everybody, I just installed the new distribution suse 9.0 with lyx 1.3.2 and qt 3.2.1 but the math fonts do not work. free-ttf-fonts are installed, still all greeks character and many symbol are not visible in math mode. Anybody has an idea what has gone wrong? Thanks a lot in advance

Re: math font with lyx 1.3.2

2003-10-30 Thread Christoph Cattarius
Hi Lorenzo! I had exactly the same problems. The only solution I found, was to download and to compile lyx 1.3.3 by myself. Maybe this is a lyx-1.3.2/qt/SuSE bug. Greetings Christoph On Thursday 30 October 2003 17:16, lorenzo wrote: Hallo everybody, I just installed the new distribution

make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Ulrich Hiller
Hi, system: sparc solaris 2.7 lyx version: 1.3.3 qt version: 3.2.1 gcc version: 3.2.1 configure went through without problems. make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: gcc -O -fno-exceptions -Wl,-R/systools/lib -o lyx BufferView.o BufferView_pimpl.o Bullet.o Chktex.o

Re: make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Ulrich Hiller wrote: Hi, system: sparc solaris 2.7 lyx version: 1.3.3 qt version: 3.2.1 gcc version: 3.2.1 configure went through without problems. make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: [snip...] support/.libs/libsupport.a(DebugStream.o) (symbol belongs to

Re: make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Ulrich Hiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Hi, | system: sparc solaris 2.7 | lyx version: 1.3.3 | qt version: 3.2.1 | gcc version: 3.2.1 | configure went through without problems. | make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: | gcc -O -fno-exceptions -Wl,-R/systools/lib -o lyx

Why no VersionTracker listing?

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Ringwood
Just a query. I have found LyX for Mac to be a very useful and approachable programme, and I was wondering - why has it not appeared on VersionTracker, for example? Is the author, Ronald Florence (as I understand) preferring to keep it within the domain of those who have actively sought it out so

Need some help with a few things

2003-10-30 Thread Bradley Navarro
Hello, I have three problems that I was hoping someone could help me with. The first is I need to be able to change the default spacing between section names in the TOC. So for example, say I have: CHAPTER 1...2 Section 1.1...2 Section 1.2...5 and I want to change the

Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Ringwood
Dear Correspondents, I am beginning to become fond of the font 'Computer Modern', but if I wish to use it in LyX, I need to add to the preamble \usepackage{ae} in order that it prints and displays as a much more attractive PS font. Does anyone have an idea why the bitmapped font is the default?

RE:Tables

2003-10-30 Thread Toby Allen
This is what I have tried to do I spent an hour or so fiddling with it the other day. Exact same dimensions etc and it didnt work. Maybe it just didnt like m e that day or something I will try again, I guess. When cutting and pasting from gnumeric, I would create a table in LyX that was the

Re: Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Matej Cepl
Peter Ringwood wrote: Perhaps it has something to do with unavailable PS maths glyphs. I am not a mathematician, so perhaps this is something I just have to deal with, but are there any opinions out there as to why the default setting in such a great programme gives such an ugly output? It

Installing LyX on Slackware 9.1

2003-10-30 Thread Paul Jahshan
Hi all, I was trying to install LyX 1.3.3 on Slackware 9.1 but I either got error messages about missing class files not in the right place or getting a below-average GUI. I know it should work because I did the same install on the same machine a few weeks ago and it all worked properly, but

Re: Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Matej Cepl
Peter Ringwood wrote: I am beginning to become fond of the font 'Computer Modern', but if I wish to use it in LyX, I need to add to the preamble \usepackage{ae} in order that it prints and displays as a much more attractive PS font. I forgot to say, that you can certainly Save as Default and

Re: Installing LyX on Slackware 9.1

2003-10-30 Thread Johann Haarhoff
I installed lyx1.3.3 on slack 9.1 a few days ago. (i assume you want the xforms frontend) install tex (/cdrom/slackware/t/tetex--.tar.gz I think) Install xpm, then xforms goto the lyx source dir, then: ./configure --frontend=xforms (qt for qt frontend) make make install (or checkinstall)

Qt 3.2.2 is out--going to compile and see how LyX 1.3.3 fairs

2003-10-30 Thread Marc Jeffrey Driftmeyer
Just in case people aren't aware of this information. -Marc

Re: trouble with 1.3.3

2003-10-30 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jose' Matos wrote: > > I am using lyx regularly to prepare slides and materials for classes. > > With 1.3.3 I am working quite happily under SuSE 8.2. since it was > > available. > >   There was some problem with the rpm for SUSE 8.2. > >   Jürgen, that made the package knows it better, let us

Re: trouble with 1.3.3

2003-10-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Juergen" == Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Juergen> Jose' Matos wrote: >> > I am using lyx regularly to prepare slides and materials for >> classes. > With 1.3.3 I am working quite happily under SuSE 8.2. >> since it was > available. >> >>   There was some problem with

Can't use scalable interface fonts anymore.

2003-10-30 Thread Martijn Brouwer
Until sometime ago, I used the bitstream charter font for displaying roman text in lyx, but a few days ago I saw lyx changed this to helvetica. Since this is a sans serif bitmap font I wanted to revert to charter, but that font was not listed anymore in the drop down list. It is still

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Martijn Brouwer
When I tried it, it complained about the revtex4.layout, which is of lyx 1.3. With the version of 1.4 Andre sent me, a 1.4 lyx document was created which could not be imported in 1.4. So for users of 1.3, reLyX is the only way to go. Martijn P.S. When will 1.4 arrive and what will it bring us?

Re: scrolling (three questions)

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Ronald Florence wrote: > Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> You should find that the xforms frontend does have a more >> manageable scrolling behaviour. > > I've used LyX from before version 1.0, with xforms and qt frontends, > and don't remember the scrolling ever being

Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Frank Chu wrote: > Dear Andres, > > Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ? I saw > these on win32 lyx's homepage: > > Patches & extra files: (updated 20030518) > extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files & MSVC wrapper) > lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS) >

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Martijn Brouwer wrote: > P.S. When will 1.4 arrive and what will it bring us? * Not any time soon. * Lots. The last few releases have concentrated on cleaning up the LyX source code rather than on supporting a larger subset of LaTeX. Enhancements have occurred (notably the math editor supports

Re: Scientific Word files

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Martijn Brouwer wrote: > When I tried it, it complained about the revtex4.layout, which is of > lyx 1.3. With the version of 1.4 Andre sent me, a 1.4 lyx document > was created which could not be imported in 1.4. > So for users of 1.3, reLyX is the only way to go. Not true. The lyx2lyx python

Possible solution (Re: Error with importing from LaTeX)

2003-10-30 Thread Anbu Mani
This is a possible solution for the problem with Lyx 1.3.2 & Python on Windows. I had the exact problem in converting latex to lyx and while searching the mail-archives, I could not found a solution. So the following tweaks I found may help some using Lyx (1.3.2) on Windows 2000. In the file

Re: Possible solution (Re: Error with importing from LaTeX)

2003-10-30 Thread Jose' Matos
On Thursday 30 October 2003 00:53, Anbu Mani wrote: > This is a possible solution for the problem with Lyx 1.3.2 & Python on > Windows. I had the > exact problem in converting latex to lyx and while searching the > mail-archives, I could not found a solution. So the following tweaks I > found may

math font with lyx 1.3.2

2003-10-30 Thread lorenzo
Hallo everybody, I just installed the new distribution suse 9.0 with lyx 1.3.2 and qt 3.2.1 but the math fonts do not work. free-ttf-fonts are installed, still all greeks character and many symbol are not visible in math mode. Anybody has an idea what has gone wrong? Thanks a lot in advance

Re: math font with lyx 1.3.2

2003-10-30 Thread Christoph Cattarius
Hi Lorenzo! I had exactly the same problems. The only solution I found, was to download and to compile lyx 1.3.3 by myself. Maybe this is a lyx-1.3.2/qt/SuSE bug. Greetings Christoph On Thursday 30 October 2003 17:16, lorenzo wrote: > Hallo everybody, > > I just installed the new

make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Ulrich Hiller
Hi, system: sparc solaris 2.7 lyx version: 1.3.3 qt version: 3.2.1 gcc version: 3.2.1 configure went through without problems. make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: gcc -O -fno-exceptions -Wl,-R/systools/lib -o lyx BufferView.o BufferView_pimpl.o Bullet.o Chktex.o

Re: make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
Ulrich Hiller wrote: > Hi, > system: sparc solaris 2.7 > lyx version: 1.3.3 > qt version: 3.2.1 > gcc version: 3.2.1 > > configure went through without problems. > make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: [snip...] >>support/.libs/libsupport.a(DebugStream.o) (symbol

Re: make + libstdc++

2003-10-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Ulrich Hiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Hi, | system: sparc solaris 2.7 | lyx version: 1.3.3 | qt version: 3.2.1 | gcc version: 3.2.1 > | configure went through without problems. | make was running for more than an hour, then in crashed with: > | gcc -O -fno-exceptions -Wl,-R/systools/lib -o

Why no VersionTracker listing?

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Ringwood
Just a query. I have found LyX for Mac to be a very useful and approachable programme, and I was wondering - why has it not appeared on VersionTracker, for example? Is the author, Ronald Florence (as I understand) preferring to keep it within the domain of those who have actively sought it out so

Need some help with a few things

2003-10-30 Thread Bradley Navarro
Hello, I have three problems that I was hoping someone could help me with. The first is I need to be able to change the default spacing between section names in the TOC. So for example, say I have: CHAPTER 1...2 Section 1.1...2 Section 1.2...5 and I want to change the

Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Ringwood
Dear Correspondents, I am beginning to become fond of the font 'Computer Modern', but if I wish to use it in LyX, I need to add to the preamble \usepackage{ae} in order that it prints and displays as a much more attractive PS font. Does anyone have an idea why the bitmapped font is the default?

RE:Tables

2003-10-30 Thread Toby Allen
This is what I have tried to do I spent an hour or so fiddling with it the other day. Exact same dimensions etc and it didnt work. Maybe it just didnt like m e that day or something I will try again, I guess. >When cutting and pasting from gnumeric, I would create a >table in LyX >that was the

Re: Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Matej Cepl
Peter Ringwood wrote: > Perhaps it > has something to do with unavailable PS maths glyphs. I am not > a mathematician, so perhaps this is something I just have to > deal with, but are there any opinions out there as to why the > default setting in such a great programme gives such an ugly >

Installing LyX on Slackware 9.1

2003-10-30 Thread Paul Jahshan
Hi all, I was trying to install LyX 1.3.3 on Slackware 9.1 but I either got error messages about missing class files not in the right place or getting a below-average GUI. I know it should work because I did the same install on the same machine a few weeks ago and it all worked properly, but

Re: Why is the default 'Computer Modern' font in LyX bitmapped?

2003-10-30 Thread Matej Cepl
Peter Ringwood wrote: > I am beginning to become fond of the font 'Computer Modern', > but if I wish to use it in LyX, I need to add to the preamble > \usepackage{ae} in order that it prints and displays as a much > more attractive PS font. I forgot to say, that you can certainly Save as Default

Re: Installing LyX on Slackware 9.1

2003-10-30 Thread Johann Haarhoff
I installed lyx1.3.3 on slack 9.1 a few days ago. (i assume you want the xforms frontend) install tex (/cdrom/slackware/t/tetex--.tar.gz I think) Install xpm, then xforms goto the lyx source dir, then: ./configure --frontend=xforms (qt for qt frontend) make make install (or checkinstall)