Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do this would be.. thanks, nirmal #LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat

Re: woe with indexing

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
William F. Adams wrote: On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 09:36 AM, stephan beal wrote: But if i delete it or rename it to, e.g., foo i get even MORE errors. As Herbert noted, special characters which have special meanings aren't changed by LyX when entered into an index field --- this probably

Re: proposal for bug fix vis-a-vis index entries

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
stephan beal wrote: @lyx developers, i'd look at doing this fix myself, but i'm on a dialup line, paying for each minute online, and the lyx tarball is 5M+. For the Qt interface, it seems it would be trivial to fix the Index Item entry dialog to automatically escape any illegal characters, like

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
Stefano Franchi wrote: Hi all, I am asked by a publisher to submit a book length manuscript in camera-ready form and unfortunately they don't provide LaTeX classes. In fact, they have given me Microsoft Word instructions :-( Well, at least they let you use whatever you want, and don't

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Bennett Helm
On Aug 16, 2004, at 12:47 AM, Nirmal Govind wrote: Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do this would be.. The attached file works for me. (Note the

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Nirmal == Nirmal Govind [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nirmal Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but Nirmal get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is Nirmal a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do Nirmal this would be.. Just use a

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Nirmal Govind
Works great! Thanks Bennett. nirmal The attached file works for me. (Note the changed placement of the \thanks{...} -- one after each author -- and the \and in ERT between authors.) [Let's try again with the attachment!] Bennett

Re: proposal for bug fix vis-a-vis index entries

2004-08-16 Thread andre . poenitz
Quoting Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The ideal solution is an index entry that allow most of the stuff that works in the main text (except for sectioning and floats). In other words: * Escape special symbols the user just types in, as is done for the main text * Allow math editor in an

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Bennett Helm
On Aug 16, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Nirmal == Nirmal Govind [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nirmal Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but Nirmal get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is Nirmal a sample lyx file. Please let me know what

Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do this would be.. thanks, nirmal #LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat

Re: woe with indexing

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
William F. Adams wrote: On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 09:36 AM, stephan beal wrote: But if i delete it or rename it to, e.g., foo i get even MORE errors. As Herbert noted, special characters which have special meanings aren't changed by LyX when entered into an index field --- this probably

Re: proposal for bug fix vis-a-vis index entries

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
stephan beal wrote: @lyx developers, i'd look at doing this fix myself, but i'm on a dialup line, paying for each minute online, and the lyx tarball is 5M+. For the Qt interface, it seems it would be trivial to fix the Index Item entry dialog to automatically escape any illegal characters, like

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
Stefano Franchi wrote: Hi all, I am asked by a publisher to submit a book length manuscript in camera-ready form and unfortunately they don't provide LaTeX classes. In fact, they have given me Microsoft Word instructions :-( Well, at least they let you use whatever you want, and don't

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Bennett Helm
On Aug 16, 2004, at 12:47 AM, Nirmal Govind wrote: Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do this would be.. The attached file works for me. (Note the

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Nirmal == Nirmal Govind [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nirmal Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but Nirmal get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is Nirmal a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do Nirmal this would be.. Just use a

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Nirmal Govind
Works great! Thanks Bennett. nirmal The attached file works for me. (Note the changed placement of the \thanks{...} -- one after each author -- and the \and in ERT between authors.) [Let's try again with the attachment!] Bennett

Re: proposal for bug fix vis-a-vis index entries

2004-08-16 Thread andre . poenitz
Quoting Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The ideal solution is an index entry that allow most of the stuff that works in the main text (except for sectioning and floats). In other words: * Escape special symbols the user just types in, as is done for the main text * Allow math editor in an

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Bennett Helm
On Aug 16, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Nirmal == Nirmal Govind [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nirmal Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but Nirmal get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is Nirmal a sample lyx file. Please let me know what

Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do this would be.. thanks, nirmal #LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat

Re: woe with indexing

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
William F. Adams wrote: On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 09:36 AM, stephan beal wrote: But if i delete it or rename it to, e.g., "foo" i get even MORE errors. As Herbert noted, special characters which have special meanings aren't changed by LyX when entered into an index field --- this

Re: proposal for bug fix vis-a-vis index entries

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
stephan beal wrote: @lyx developers, i'd look at doing this fix myself, but i'm on a dialup line, paying for each minute online, and the lyx tarball is 5M+. For the Qt interface, it seems it would be trivial to fix the Index Item entry dialog to automatically escape any illegal characters, like

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
Stefano Franchi wrote: Hi all, I am asked by a publisher to submit a book length manuscript in camera-ready form and unfortunately they don't provide LaTeX classes. In fact, they have given me Microsoft Word instructions :-( Well, at least they let you use whatever you want, and don't

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Bennett Helm
On Aug 16, 2004, at 12:47 AM, Nirmal Govind wrote: Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do this would be.. The attached file works for me. (Note the

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Nirmal" == Nirmal Govind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nirmal> Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but Nirmal> get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is Nirmal> a sample lyx file. Please let me know what the best way to do Nirmal> this would be..

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Nirmal Govind
Works great! Thanks Bennett. nirmal The attached file works for me. (Note the changed placement of the "\thanks{...}" -- one after each author -- and the "\and" in ERT between authors.) [Let's try again with the attachment!] Bennett

Re: proposal for bug fix vis-a-vis index entries

2004-08-16 Thread andre . poenitz
Quoting Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The ideal solution is an index entry that allow most of the stuff that works > in the main text (except for sectioning and floats). > In other words: > * Escape special symbols the user just types in, as is done for the main > text > * Allow math editor

Re: Problem with \thanks in Author field

2004-08-16 Thread Bennett Helm
On Aug 16, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: "Nirmal" == Nirmal Govind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nirmal> Hi.. I'm trying to include the \thanks in the author field but Nirmal> get a couple of errors related to extra brackets. Attached is Nirmal> a sample lyx file. Please let me know