Re: LyX and flowcharts

On Saturday 06 December 2003 19:51, Paul Smith wrote: > > Just be aware that StarOffice was known to produce horrible EPS > > basically unimportable to anything else (including LyX). Don't > > know how the situation is with OpenOffice. > > Matej, thanks for the warning! Indeed, the EPS file is not

Re: How to call the PDF viewer?

Sure: Edit/Preferences/Viewers and set some viewer for PDF (pdflatex). It works! Thanks, Matej! Paul

Re: LyX and flowcharts

Just be aware that StarOffice was known to produce horrible EPS basically unimportable to anything else (including LyX). Don't know how the situation is with OpenOffice. Matej, thanks for the warning! Indeed, the EPS file is not importable from OpenOffice into LyX, as the bounding box is not speci

Re: LyX and flowcharts

Paul Smith wrote: > Meanwhile, I have found out that Draw of OpenOffice is > particularly suited for drawing flowcharts. I thought this > information might be useful for some people on here. Just be aware that StarOffice was known to produce horrible EPS basically unimportable to anything else (in

Re: How to call the PDF viewer?

Could someone please tell me how to call the PDF viewer from LyX? View/PDF ? Matej, I had already tried that, but I always get the following message: "Cannot view the file No information for viewing PDF (pdflatex)" Any hints? Paul

Re: How to call the PDF viewer?

Paul Smith wrote: > Could someone please tell me how to call the PDF viewer from > LyX? View/PDF ? Matej -- Matej Cepl, GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488

Re: LyX and flowcharts

On stardate Sat, 6 Dec 2003, the wise Paul Smith entered: > Thanks, Herbert! Is there some free program designed specificly to draw > flowcharts? > > Paul Dia is also a nice program to create flowcharts. http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/ Marco -- "What's the use of a good quotation if you ca

How to call the PDF viewer?

Dear All Could someone please tell me how to call the PDF viewer from LyX? Thank you a lot in advance! Paul

Re: LyX and flowcharts

I have used xcircuit to draw my charts and then load the graphics into lyx. It works very well, not only for the flowcharts but anykind of simple drawing. Thanks a lot, Robert! Paul

Re: LyX and flowcharts

Robert Orr wrote: I have used xcircuit to draw my charts and then load the graphics into lyx. It works very well, not only for the flowcharts but anykind of simple drawing. For drawings, which are not too complex, PSTricks is a good choice. See http://members.aol.com/Mluque5130 http://melusine.eu

Re: LyX and flowcharts

I have used xcircuit to draw my charts and then load the graphics into lyx. It works very well, not only for the flowcharts but anykind of simple drawing. Phil --- Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > don't know. I need only small flowcharts which I > created with > > PSTricks, like the

Re: LyX and flowcharts

don't know. I need only small flowcharts which I created with PSTricks, like the above example. Meanwhile, I have found out that Draw of OpenOffice is particularly suited for drawing flowcharts. I thought this information might be useful for some people on here. Paul

A special case of frame decoration

Dear All I would like to make some sort of "frame decoration", but being the decoration normal text or maths. Is that possible? Thank you a lot in advance! Paul

Re: LyX and flowcharts

Paul Smith wrote: sure, but it makes no real sense to use LyX for this. Create your flowcharts with a simple text editor and include it in LyX, if they are part of another document. http://www.pstricks.de/psmatrix/psmatrix.phtml#flowchart http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/layouts/nassi.pht

Re: LyX and flowcharts

sure, but it makes no real sense to use LyX for this. Create your flowcharts with a simple text editor and include it in LyX, if they are part of another document. http://www.pstricks.de/psmatrix/psmatrix.phtml#flowchart http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/layouts/nassi.phtml Thanks, Herbert

Re: LyX and flowcharts

Paul Smith wrote: I would like to ask you whether LyX can be used to draw flowcharts. sure, but it makes no real sense to use LyX for this. Create your flowcharts with a simple text editor and include it in LyX, if they are part of another document. http://www.pstricks.de/psmatrix/psmatrix.phtml#fl

Re: Paragraph with a grey background

Thanks a lot! That is exactly what I wanted! Paul

Re: Paragraph with a grey background

Paul Smith wrote: I would like to know how to make a paragraph with a grey background colour. Could somebody here please help me? attached a demo file. Herbert #LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 221 \textclass article \begin_preamble \usepackage{color,ca

Re: Paragraph with a grey background

Paul Smith wrote: > I would like to know how to make a paragraph with a grey background > colour. Could somebody here please help me? http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/layouts/BoxFrame.phtml#box_2 Regards, Jürgen.

Paragraph with a grey background

Dear All I would like to know how to make a paragraph with a grey background colour. Could somebody here please help me? Thank you a lot in advance! Paul

LyX and flowcharts

Dear All I would like to ask you whether LyX can be used to draw flowcharts. Thank you a lot in advance! Paul

Re: Pstricks package

Hassoun Karam wrote: Thanks Herbert for the reply. These are the results of kpsewhich for the .pro files: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/pstricks/pst-node.pro /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/pstricks/pst-dots.pro /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro ok

Re: Pstricks package

Thanks Herbert for the reply. These are the results of kpsewhich for the .pro files: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/pstricks/pst-node.pro /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/pstricks/pst-dots.pro /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro I generated the .pdf fi