Re: URGENT:Prezentation with Prosper [Win98]

[Herbert Voss]

Robert Orr wrote:


I just fired up LyX and loaded one of my powerdot
presentations;  looks like you have to export .ps and
then run ps2pdf on the .ps file to generate a .pdf


powerdot is derived from prosper, it uses heavily PSTricks code,
so dvi->ps->pdf is the correct sequence.

Herbert

Re: lyxwin136-small-04 and instant preview

[Enrico Forestieri]

Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 
> Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> >> instant preview still does not work.
> >> What is missing ?
> 
> > You need to have Python, dvips and Ghostscript installed and on your
> > system command path.  Do you have all of them?  (Incidentally, Angus
> > recommends the Win32all extensions for Python as well.  See
> > http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview.)
> 
> > Do you have netpbm installed?  At one time instant preview required
> > pnmcrop, which is part of netpbm.  The current preview script lists it
> > as optional, so I don't think it's the source of your immediate problem,
> > but who knows?
> 
> Most importantly, you need the preview.sty latex package...

The number of things that can go wrong in windows is unlimited, I think.
In my case, if the LyX Preview->PPM converter is defined as

python $$s/scripts/lyxpreview2ppm.py

then instant preview fails and in the terminal I see the message
Could not fork: No such file or directory
But if it is defined as

python.exe $$s/scripts/lyxpreview2ppm.py

then everything goes well. Moreover, if leave untouched the definition
and create a python.bat script (ahead in the path) which simply calls
python.exe, again everything is ok. This really is beyond me.
 
Another cause of failure for me (but not always) is that I also have
pplatex and it is picked first by lyxpreview2ppm.py.
I had to tweak the script such that latex comes first...

--
Enrico

Re: lyxwin136-small-04 and instant preview

[Uwe Stöhr]

H. Peter Gumm schrieb:


instant preview still does not work.


The upcoming new version of the installer comes with all necessary 
files. All you need then is to install the LaTeX-package "preview" 
(using e.g. MiKTeX's package Manager), to enable

Edit->Preferences-Graphics->Instant Preview, and to reconfigure Lyx.

> Is the new installer meant to install everything

I hope that the installer will now be nearly complete. The only thing 
that is still missing is a nice and free (GPLed) BibTeX-manager for Windows.

Has anybody a good proposal?

regards Uwe

Re: Re[2]: URGENT:Prezentation with Prosper [Win98]

[Robert Orr]

Hi Alex,

I just fired up LyX and loaded one of my powerdot
presentations;  looks like you have to export .ps and
then run ps2pdf on the .ps file to generate a .pdf
 

If you have powerdot, check the users guide, section
8.2 for info
on creating/viewing output.

Phil


--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hello Robert,
> 
> 
> RO> If I may make a suggestion here.
> Yes, of course.
> 
> RO> Try powerdot rather than prosper.   I think you
> will
> RO> find it an improvement and may not have as many
> RO> problems.
> I faced to the same problem trying powerdot. :(
> 
> I installed everything (LyX 1.3.6) on an XP machine
> and I played a little
> bit. I found that the View -> PDF does not work! It
> produces the errors as
> described below. In the other hand, if I export it
> to PDF, it works!
> Wow! What is the problem? Somebody shall check it,
> sometime...
> 
> It is same for prosper and powerdot.
> 
> So, I returned back to my 1.3.3 (at home) and I
> tryed to export as PDF.
> Unfortunately, I have Win98 and I was out of
> environment space during
> running ps2pdf! It was hard to figured it out. So, I
> have to export it
> to PS first, then copy to "C:\lyx\gs\gs8.51\lib\"
> and then do
> "command /e:1024" to increse enviroment space
> afterward comes the ps2pdf in
> that shell. Thus, I have the presentation in pdf.
> 
> I tryed to increase environment space at boot,
> without any success! :(
> 
> >> step: Counter does not exist: lyxnewslide
> >> step: Counter does not exist: lyxnewslide
> >> step: Counter does not exist: lyxnewslide
> I don't know why this appears, but it does not
> bother me anymore.
> 
> 
> View -> PDF will not work for some reason, maybe
> somebody got it working?
> 
> >> I use lyx 1.3.3 (I tryed it with 1.3.5, it was
> the
> >> same) on Win98se.
> >> I have MikTeX 2.4.1398 installed.
> + ghostscript 8.51
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Alexmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> >> Dear List,
> >> 
> >> I have installed prosper and I cannot compile the
> >> example files on the
> >> wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Prosper)!
> >> 
> >> When I open "layout_Dekel-sample.lyx" on console
> >> window I can see a
> >> message:
> 
> 
> >> I try to view it with 'View -> DVI', but as it is
> >> written doesn't show anyithing
> >> (ops it shows something on the far right, if I
> zoom
> >> it out, I could see something...).
> 
> >> When I try to "View -> PDF(pdflatex)", I does
> show
> >> me that there are 20
> >> errors during running latex.
> >> The first 5 complain about "Undefined control
> >> sequence" for "\maketitle".
> >> At each caption there are other 5 like "Undefined
> >> control sequence" for
> >> "\lyxnewslide{Caption n:o 2}".
> >> Finally, at the end the same for
> "\end{document}".
> 
> 
> 
> 




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Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Angus Leeming]

Stephen Harris wrote:
>> Have a look at development/Win32/packaging/build_lyxwin.sh to see what
>> needs to be done to build LyX using the MinGW/MSYS environment. In
>> truth, I haven't used this with 1.4 for ages because I tend to use the
>> MSVS.Net 2003 compiler (there's a .sln file in development/Win32).
>> However, it certainly used to work. (You might want to add
>> "--disable-stdlib-debug" to the options passed to the LyX configure
>> script; it speeds up LyX's execution by an order of magnitude.)

> Thank you. I have MS C++ visual?, 

Try clicking on the lyx.sln file from an explorer window then. You may need
to tweak the location of the Qt header files etc but your compilation will
be an order of magnitude faster than with g++.

> but have only used 
> Cygwin and Msys. I'm actually going to try this. Do
> you happen to know the syntax for the config --frontend qt

It's in that build_lyxwin.sh script as

../configure --without-x --with-included-gettext
--with-extra-prefix='${LYX_ASPELL_DIR}' --with-frontend=qt
QTDIR='$QT_DIR'"

although if you're planning on building LyX 1.4 I'd add the
--disable-stdlib-debug flag to that if I were you.

-- 
Angus

Re: lyxwin136-small-04 and instant preview

[Angus Leeming]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
>> instant preview still does not work.
>> What is missing ?

> You need to have Python, dvips and Ghostscript installed and on your
> system command path.  Do you have all of them?  (Incidentally, Angus
> recommends the Win32all extensions for Python as well.  See
> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview.)

> Do you have netpbm installed?  At one time instant preview required
> pnmcrop, which is part of netpbm.  The current preview script lists it
> as optional, so I don't think it's the source of your immediate problem,
> but who knows?

Most importantly, you need the preview.sty latex package...

-- 
Angus

Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Stephen Harris]

- Original Message - 
From: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings



Stephen Harris wrote:

I am not sure of the command line for the frontend for Windows.
It is supposed to use Qt but I don't know if Qt3 is used for
Windows and all I saw in the cvs was Qt2.


That's just a directory name thing. CVS isn't very smart when it comes to
renaming things or adding directories.

I build LyX against the QT_WIN32_3_3_BRANCH branch of the qtwin project.
Grab it with the cvs command:

 $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/qtwin \
   login
 

 $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/qtwin \
   checkout -r QT_WIN32_3_3_BRANCH qt-3

Have a look at development/Win32/packaging/build_lyxwin.sh to see what
needs to be done to build LyX using the MinGW/MSYS environment. In truth,
I haven't used this with 1.4 for ages because I tend to use the MSVS.Net
2003 compiler (there's a .sln file in development/Win32). However, it
certainly used to work. (You might want to add "--disable-stdlib-debug" to
the options passed to the LyX configure script; it speeds up LyX's
execution by an order of magnitude.)

--
Angus




Thank you. I have MS C++ visual?, but have only used
Cygwin and Msys. I'm actually going to try this. Do
you happen to know the syntax for the config --frontend qt
I've seen it and can probably find it if you don't know
it off the top of your head. I want to see if change/tracking
works in windows. BTW, I still can't install to C:\Lyx using
1.3.7_3 without getting the textclass.lst error. OTOH, that
may well have a low priority. I keep learning, I didn't know
that Miktex wasn't crucial to LyX for instance.

Regards,
Stephen

Re: lyxwin136-small-04 and instant preview

[Paul A. Rubin]

H. Peter Gumm wrote:

Is the new installer meant to install everything
Lyx needs for instant preview to work ?

After

- installing the preview package in LaTeX,
- checking Edit->Preferences-Graphics->Instant Preview
- doing a "Reconfigure"
- restarting LyX

instant preview still does not work.
What is missing ?

H.Peter



You need to have Python, dvips and Ghostscript installed and on your 
system command path.  Do you have all of them?  (Incidentally, Angus 
recommends the Win32all extensions for Python as well.  See 
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview.)


Do you have netpbm installed?  At one time instant preview required 
pnmcrop, which is part of netpbm.  The current preview script lists it 
as optional, so I don't think it's the source of your immediate problem, 
but who knows?


HTH,

Paul

Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Stephen Harris]

- Original Message - 
From: "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings




I may be wrong, but isn't lyxwininstall 0.4 Uwe's installer (rather than 
Angus's)?  Does it support selective installation of components?  (I've 
never tried it.)


Paul



Yes, he replied sheepishly. The network install does. But I got
confused about using the Angus installer which does "browse"
at that point in the installation and LyX1.4. Could have happened
to any old dodderer. 


Regards,
Stephen

Re: lyxwin136-small-04 and instant preview

[Uwe Stöhr]

H. Peter Gumm schrieb:


Is the new installer meant to install everything
Lyx needs for instant preview to work ?


No, Instant Preview is not yet supported but I'm working on it.
At the moment you have to install needed programs manually after you 
have installed LyX.


I missed to give this hint in the Readmes, sorry.

regards Uwe

lyxwin136-small-04 and instant preview

[H. Peter Gumm]

Is the new installer meant to install everything
Lyx needs for instant preview to work ?

After

- installing the preview package in LaTeX,
- checking Edit->Preferences-Graphics->Instant Preview
- doing a "Reconfigure"
- restarting LyX

instant preview still does not work.
What is missing ?

H.Peter

Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Uwe Stöhr]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

I may be wrong, but isn't lyxwininstall 0.4 Uwe's installer (rather than 
Angus's)?  Does it support selective installation of components?  (I've 
never tried it.)


Yes, the Nwetwork variant allows you to choose a LaTeX-distribution.

regards Uwe

Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Paul A. Rubin]

Stephen Harris wrote:


"YOUNES Abdelrazak / M3SYSTEM" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]



Hello,

My Miktex install is very complete so I don't want to download the full
package. The path to latex.exe is in the system wide path
(D:\program\texmf\miktex\bin), is there anything I could do to tell the
installer it's there? Maybe adding a registry key or something?



Isn't there a browse symbol, .. that lets you navigate to the
proper directory for latex.exe in the Angus 1.3.6 installer?
When it asks for the Miktex directory during installation.


Thanks in advance,
Abdel.

OT: Is there a chance that a package with lyx 1.4 is done ? I am very 
much

interested in the XML DocBook capability.




You could test it. I am curious about the change/tracking feature.
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX14

I downloaded the source to build 1.4 (you need a compiler).
http://www.lyx.org/devel/cvs.php tells you how to get it.

I am not sure of the command line for the frontend for Windows.
It is supposed to use Qt but I don't know if Qt3 is used for
Windows and all I saw in the cvs was Qt2.

Regards,
Stephen




I may be wrong, but isn't lyxwininstall 0.4 Uwe's installer (rather than 
Angus's)?  Does it support selective installation of components?  (I've 
never tried it.)


Paul

Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Uwe Stöhr]

YOUNES Abdelrazak wrote:


My Miktex install is very complete so I don't want to download the full
package. The path to latex.exe is in the system wide path
(D:\program\texmf\miktex\bin), is there anything I could do to tell the
installer it's there? Maybe adding a registry key or something?


Hm, you used the Small version of the installer and it aborts the 
installation because it didn't find MiKTeX, right?
If the path " D:\program\texmf\miktex\bin" is really in the PATH 
variable, could you please check if there is the file "latex.exe" and 
look in the registry 
HKey_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session 
Manager\Environment

if the path to the latex.exe is there in the entry "Path"
It detects your MiKTeX when the path is in this registry key.

Ah, perhaps you have two entries in the PATH variable that contains the 
a folder "miktex". If yes move the actual path at the first position of 
the PATH. (The problem is that MiKTeX doesn't clean up the PATH when it 
is deinstalled so that you have more than one entries when you reinstall 
it. MiKTeX sets the actual one at the first position so that the 
installer will use the first PATH entry with the folder "miktex" as 
folder to latex.exe. The next installer version will check every PATH 
entry with a folder "miktex" for the latex.exe).


Please report me what was the problem.

If nothing helps, use the Network version of the installer and set the 
path to latex.exe manually.


thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Angus Leeming]

Stephen Harris wrote:
> I am not sure of the command line for the frontend for Windows.
> It is supposed to use Qt but I don't know if Qt3 is used for
> Windows and all I saw in the cvs was Qt2.

That's just a directory name thing. CVS isn't very smart when it comes to
renaming things or adding directories.

I build LyX against the QT_WIN32_3_3_BRANCH branch of the qtwin project.
Grab it with the cvs command:

  $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/qtwin \
login
  

  $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/qtwin \
checkout -r QT_WIN32_3_3_BRANCH qt-3

Have a look at development/Win32/packaging/build_lyxwin.sh to see what
needs to be done to build LyX using the MinGW/MSYS environment. In truth,
I haven't used this with 1.4 for ages because I tend to use the MSVS.Net
2003 compiler (there's a .sln file in development/Win32). However, it
certainly used to work. (You might want to add "--disable-stdlib-debug" to
the options passed to the LyX configure script; it speeds up LyX's
execution by an order of magnitude.)

-- 
Angus

Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Stephen Harris]

"YOUNES Abdelrazak / M3SYSTEM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hello,

My Miktex install is very complete so I don't want to download the full
package. The path to latex.exe is in the system wide path
(D:\program\texmf\miktex\bin), is there anything I could do to tell the
installer it's there? Maybe adding a registry key or something?



Isn't there a browse symbol, .. that lets you navigate to the
proper directory for latex.exe in the Angus 1.3.6 installer?
When it asks for the Miktex directory during installation.


Thanks in advance,
Abdel.

OT: Is there a chance that a package with lyx 1.4 is done ? I am very much
interested in the XML DocBook capability.




You could test it. I am curious about the change/tracking feature.
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX14

I downloaded the source to build 1.4 (you need a compiler).
http://www.lyx.org/devel/cvs.php tells you how to get it.

I am not sure of the command line for the frontend for Windows.
It is supposed to use Qt but I don't know if Qt3 is used for
Windows and all I saw in the cvs was Qt2.

Regards,
Stephen 

Re: lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[Angus Leeming]

YOUNES Abdelrazak wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> My Miktex install is very complete so I don't want to download the full
> package. The path to latex.exe is in the system wide path
> (D:\program\texmf\miktex\bin), is there anything I could do to tell the
> installer it's there? Maybe adding a registry key or something?

You should be able to add the path directly in the installer...

Ultimately, you'll find that LyX generates a file
  C:\Program Files\LyX\Resources\lyx\lyxrc.defaults
containing a '\path_prefix' entry. Mine is

\path_prefix "J:\MSYS\bin;C:\Python24;C:\MiKTeX\Main\miktex\bin;C
\PROGRA~1\Perl\bin;c:\program files\Ghostscript 8.33\gs8.33\bin;C:\Program
Files\ImageMagick-6.2.3-Q16"

LyX uses this to modify the PATH environment variable that enables it to
find these various executables. You can always adjust this variable,
either by editing the file manually or by using the Edit->Preferences
dialog. This latter approach will create a user-level file
  C:\Documents and Settings\Angus\Application Data\LyX\preferences
that contains differences bwtween your preferences and the contents of
lyxrc.defaults

Does any of that make sense/help?

> Thanks in advance,
> Abdel.
> 
> OT: Is there a chance that a package with lyx 1.4 is done ? I am very
> much interested in the XML DocBook capability.

No 1.4 is a work in progress, although it's making great progress at the
moment.

-- 
Angus

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Stephen Harris]

- Original Message - 
From: "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)



Angus Leeming wrote:

There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If 
you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why.


I'm afraid we're going to just have to disagree fundamentally once again, 
Uwe.


;-) We aren't fundamentalists!


It's not the installer's business to enforce such policies.
The current installer runs without admin priviliges; so should yours.


I tried it but there were too many problems to cover all specialities of 
the third-party programs. If the user has admin privileges I can assure 
that it works on every Win2k and WinXP-installation.
And also when the user uses your installer he needs admin privileges to 
install for example the latest Perl. And what if other installers will 
need admin privileges too in future releases?


regards Uwe



Currently, a new LyX user can download and install all the
programs needed to make LyX 1.3.6 work. It defeats the
purpose of your installer if the current new user, such as
mamato, can pre-install workable helper programs but has to
turn to the Angus installer, which does not interfere with WinXP
limited user policy or network admin authority, to complete the job.

I mean if the install fails because of rights, then let it fail,
why make it fail? Add a line or two to the Readme about it.
Your method runs counter to open source and cross-porting ideals.

Regards,
Stephen 

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

> "David" == David L Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

David> I don't want to get too involved in the debate, but I also find
David> being able to install lyx on a computer that does not have TeX
David> is a good option. On my Zaurus, there is not only not enough
David> room for TeX, there is no direct printer access, so just being
David> able to edit documents, then move them to another computer to
David> print, is fine. IMO there should be the option of using LyX
David> without TeX.

I tried to do what is needed to make that work. If it does not work,
complain.

JMarc

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

> "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Herbert> Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX
Herbert> system and try to run LyX ... ;-)

You are supposed to be able to edit files without LaTeX installed. If
it does not work, there is a bug.

JMarc

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Angus Leeming]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Hä? "Run" a program is not just starting it. If I run LyX I want to be
> able to get a result.

Your definition of "result" is different to mine then. I want to write a
paper on my laptop. I don't need to see the thing typeset.

> This is the reason why I build the new installer! 

No, everything works for *you* already. There's no need to build a new
installer for that. You are building a new installer because you want
other people to benefit from your work. You think that you can create
something which improves on what exists currently.

That's laudable, but in my opinion you should aim to create something that
is uniformly better than the existing tool. Not better in some places and
worse in others.

>>> And what if other installers will
>>> need admin privileges too in future releases?

>> That's their problem. It's not something you should be concerned about.

> No it is my problem because my installer uses them! Angus, with all
> respect, have you ever tested my installer or looked in its code?

No and yes, in that order.

Look, with all due respect that's not the point. The point I'm trying to
get across is that your vision isn't the only one and, indeed, isn't
better or worse than, say, mine. However, if you create a flexible tool
then we all benefit. There's nothing conceptually difficult about an
installer that can do more if it has administrator privileges, nor does
such a beast have to result in much more work for you. It boils down to:

   if (is_admin)
 install_imagemagick
   else
 print "can't install image magick without admin rights"

-- 
Angus

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Stephen Harris]

- Original Message - 
From: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)



Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Angus Leeming wrote:


You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU rather than
HKLM.



There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If 
you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why.


I'm afraid we're going to just have to disagree fundamentally once again, 
Uwe. It's not the installer's business to enforce such policies. The 
current installer runs without admin priviliges; so should yours.




A limited Win XP user can install all the helper apps. It doesn't make
sense for one installer to block LyX because of Admin rights; one can
just use the other installer. Suppose a parent has to take a six-week
business trip and wants to let his teenager install programs, but just not
eliminate the parent's programs. Why should the LyX installer eliminate
that option. On a network, the right to allow program installs or not
belongs to the sys/net admin policy adminstration, not a developer.
Because frequently, you have to ask a sysadmin to install a program
does not mean that _must_ be a rule enforced by a programmer.
The installer working this way is also not aligned with open source ideals.

But anyway, HKLM is needed to get all third-party programs running and to 
work together. You also need it to be able to modify or completely remove 
programs via Windows Installed Applications list.


Lots and lots of stuff can be installed by a local user. It's more effort 
on the part of the installer writer, that's all.




I think eliminating the Administrator group check and mentioning
in the Readme that Admin rights may be required is enough for LyX
will work as things are now without any extra effort. I could use
Add/Remove programs with LyX as a limited user; besides it says
from the Windows XP Program Files/ User Accounts :

"Pick an Account Type
_   _
|_| Computer administrator  |_| Limited

With a limited account, you can:

*Change or remove your password
*Change your picture, theme, and other desktop settings
*View Files you created
*View Files in the Shared Documents Folder

Users with limited accounts cannot always install programs.

Depending on the program, a user might need administrator
privileges to install it.
Also, programs designed prior to Windows VP or Windows 2000
might not work properly with limited accounts. For best results,
choose programs bearing the Designed For Windows VP logo, or,
to run older programs, choose the
"computer administrator account type."

SH: That seems like enough warning to me. Why should LyX require 
administrator privileges when MikTeX doesn't?!




Angus




Regards,
Stephen 

Re[2]: URGENT:Prezentation with Prosper [Win98]

[Alex]

Hello Robert,


RO> If I may make a suggestion here.
Yes, of course.

RO> Try powerdot rather than prosper.   I think you will
RO> find it an improvement and may not have as many
RO> problems.
I faced to the same problem trying powerdot. :(

I installed everything (LyX 1.3.6) on an XP machine and I played a little
bit. I found that the View -> PDF does not work! It produces the errors as
described below. In the other hand, if I export it to PDF, it works!
Wow! What is the problem? Somebody shall check it, sometime...

It is same for prosper and powerdot.

So, I returned back to my 1.3.3 (at home) and I tryed to export as PDF.
Unfortunately, I have Win98 and I was out of environment space during
running ps2pdf! It was hard to figured it out. So, I have to export it
to PS first, then copy to "C:\lyx\gs\gs8.51\lib\" and then do
"command /e:1024" to increse enviroment space afterward comes the ps2pdf in
that shell. Thus, I have the presentation in pdf.

I tryed to increase environment space at boot, without any success! :(

>> step: Counter does not exist: lyxnewslide
>> step: Counter does not exist: lyxnewslide
>> step: Counter does not exist: lyxnewslide
I don't know why this appears, but it does not bother me anymore.


View -> PDF will not work for some reason, maybe somebody got it working?

>> I use lyx 1.3.3 (I tryed it with 1.3.5, it was the
>> same) on Win98se.
>> I have MikTeX 2.4.1398 installed.
+ ghostscript 8.51

-- 
Best regards,
 Alexmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


>> Dear List,
>> 
>> I have installed prosper and I cannot compile the
>> example files on the
>> wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Prosper)!
>> 
>> When I open "layout_Dekel-sample.lyx" on console
>> window I can see a
>> message:


>> I try to view it with 'View -> DVI', but as it is
>> written doesn't show anyithing
>> (ops it shows something on the far right, if I zoom
>> it out, I could see something...).

>> When I try to "View -> PDF(pdflatex)", I does show
>> me that there are 20
>> errors during running latex.
>> The first 5 complain about "Undefined control
>> sequence" for "\maketitle".
>> At each caption there are other 5 like "Undefined
>> control sequence" for
>> "\lyxnewslide{Caption n:o 2}".
>> Finally, at the end the same for "\end{document}".

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[David L. Johnson]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:24:39 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> >
> > >> admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX.
> > Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and
> > try to run LyX ... ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing!

I don't want to get too involved in the debate, but I also find being able to
install lyx on a computer that does not have TeX is a good option.  On my
Zaurus, there is not only not enough room for TeX, there is no direct printer
access, so just being able to edit documents, then move them to another
computer to print, is fine.  IMO there should be the option of using LyX
without TeX.

-- 

David L. Johnson

   __o   | Enron's slogan: Respect, Communication, Integrity, and
 _`\(,_  | Excellence.  
(_)/ (_) | 
   

Windows and spellcheck

[Vic Kelson]

THANKS everyone! It works now.
--v

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[mamato]

>
> >> admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX.
> Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and
> try to run LyX ... ;-)



being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing!

i almost decided to go with that solution on my laptop from work because
latex was so heavy and i wasn't sure it would install without admin
privileges.

running lyx without latex would have allowed me to write my thesis anywhere
using the laptop. i'm in no hurry to print it and when i do need to print it
i can always latex it from my home computer or remotely over the net...

  mamato

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Herbert Voss]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Angus Leeming wrote:


* You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX.



I never said this. But ImageMagick is of course required to run LyX. A 
wordprocessor is useless when no images can be processed.


there are a lot of other tools ...

* There are certainly latex distributions out there that don't require 
admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX.


Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and
try to run LyX ... ;-)

(Currently I have the problem that the Postscript delegation of the 
latest ImageMagick still fails and that the graphics conversion don't 
work when TeXLive is used.)


ImagaMagick _always_ uses ghostscript when converting ps/eps/pdf files

Herbert

Re: indent + raggedright

[Mike Leahy]

Nevermind - I missed this:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg15610.html

That solution worked for me.

Mike Leahy wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I'm a new user, and just getting familiar with LaTeX/LyX.  I'm just
> wondering if anyone knows of a way to get the 'standard' style of text
> to have both indents for new paragraphs AND have ragged right edges
> (since that's a requirement for a paper I'm working on).  Every time I
> enable raggedright (e.g., in the preamble), I lose all indents for text
> in the 'standard' class.  I don't have much luck doing inline in an ERT
> section.  I've been digging around the net for a couple days now, but no
> working solution has revealed itself to me.
> 
> Does anybody have any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
> 
> 
> 

Re: Spellcheck on Windows

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vic Kelson wrote:

I'm running LyX 1.3.6 on Win32, and I can't figure out how to make the 
spellcheck work. I had it working on one of the previous versions, but I 
can't recall how I did it. Is it now possible to make it work?


Simply install Aspell, but it must be installed to "C:\Aspell".

You can also use the new installer that does this automatically for you:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

regards Uwe

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Angus Leeming wrote:


* You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX.


I never said this. But ImageMagick is of course required to run LyX. A 
wordprocessor is useless when no images can be processed.


* There are certainly latex distributions out there that don't require 
admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX.


Hä? "Run" a program is not just starting it. If I run LyX I want to be 
able to get a result. This is the reason why I build the new installer!



And what if other installers will
need admin privileges too in future releases?


That's their problem. It's not something you should be concerned about.


No it is my problem because my installer uses them! Angus, with all 
respect, have you ever tested my installer or looked in its code?

Please do so and you will probably understand my decision.
I don't say that admin privileges are definetively needed but for the 
moment I want to have a stable installer before working on this.
(Currently I have the problem that the Postscript delegation of the 
latest ImageMagick still fails and that the graphics conversion don't 
work when TeXLive is used.)


regards Uwe

indent + raggedright

[Mike Leahy]

Hello list,

I'm a new user, and just getting familiar with LaTeX/LyX.  I'm just
wondering if anyone knows of a way to get the 'standard' style of text
to have both indents for new paragraphs AND have ragged right edges
(since that's a requirement for a paper I'm working on).  Every time I
enable raggedright (e.g., in the preamble), I lose all indents for text
in the 'standard' class.  I don't have much luck doing inline in an ERT
section.  I've been digging around the net for a couple days now, but no
working solution has revealed itself to me.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Mike

Re: lyx can not find any description of the environment :/

[mamato]

fixed it...
should have read your mail more carefully :/ it was in App Data.

mamato


On 11/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> windows has been searching my whole drive for most of the afternoon now
> and
> has only found the one file it should have (even though it's not done yet)
>
> i've only ever tried to install this lyx-1.3.6 but i've done it multiple
> times and the only other directory i installed it to has been deleted.
>
> is it possible to turn on the lyxerr[Debug::TCLASS]debug messages from the
> runtime i have?
>
>mamato
>
>
> On 11/29/05, Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > i looked briefly at the code in cvs and the weird thing is that if i
> > rename
> > > the textclass.lst file it looks like i should get a "check that the
> file
> > is
> > > installed correctly" error instead of the "check the content" one that
> > i'm
> > > getting.
> > >
> > > where in hell could it be looking at?!
> >
> > Assuming that you installed LyX at C:\Program Files\LyX, it's looking
> for
> > textclass.lst in the LyX system directory:
> >   C:\Program Files\LyX\Resources\lyx\
> > or in the per-user support directory. In my case, here:
> >   C:\Documents and Settings\Angus\Application Data\LyX
> >
> > If your textclass.lst exists in any other place, then that
> textclass.lstis
> > part of a previous, unofficial and unsupported port of LyX to Windows,
> > either by Ruurd Reitsma or by Claus Hentschel.
> >
> > HTH,
> > --
> > Angus
> >
> >
>
>

Re: WinLyx 1.3.7pre4 install - missing textclass.lst

[YOUNES Abdelrazak / M3SYSTEM]

"Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> YOUNES Abdelrazak / M3SYSTEM wrote:
> > One additional information: I have just installed Python 2.4.2. Maybe
this
> > is the problem?
> > Anyway, I have re-installed 1.3.6 and overwrite the bin directory with
the
> > one from 1.3.7pre4 installation. Seems to work fine...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Abdel.
> >
> >
> > "YOUNES Abdelrazak (M3SYSTEM)"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
> > in message
> >
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I have a problem with the install of lyx 1.3.7pre4 (lyx-1.3.6 is OK). At
> >
> > the
> >
> >>install, a popup box says: Failed attempting to execute the configure
> >>script". I click on OK and let it launch but then a  new box  says:
> >>"Lyx wasn't able to find it's layout descriptions!"
> >>"Check that the file "textclass.lst" is installed correctly, Sorry, has
to
> >>exit :-("
> >>
> >>When I try at the command-line "lyx -x reconfigure" it gives me the same
> >>answer.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Abdel.
> >>
>
> Not sure, but we seem to be seeing some flaky symptoms from the
> 1.3.7pre4 installer.  If 1.3.6 works for you, presumably you have MinSys
> installed.  Usually the "no textclass.lst" syndrome is the result of not
> having a working sh.exe (or not having sed.exe), but if that were the
> case, you should not be able to install 1.3.6 either.

Right, MSIS is there and working.

>
> If you want to take another crack at 1.3.7, you might try opening a
> command window in the ...\Resources\lyx directory of the 1.3.7
> installation, and running 'sh configure' there.  (If the MinSys bin
> directory is not on your command path, you'll need to give a full path
> to sh.exe in the command line.)  That should generate textclass.lst,
> after which you should be able to start 1.3.7pre4.  Maybe.

That made it indeed. Thanks.

So I guess this is an installer bug...

Abdel

>
> Paul
>
>
>
>

Re: WinLyx 1.3.7pre4 install - missing textclass.lst

[Paul A. Rubin]

YOUNES Abdelrazak / M3SYSTEM wrote:

One additional information: I have just installed Python 2.4.2. Maybe this
is the problem?
Anyway, I have re-installed 1.3.6 and overwrite the bin directory with the
one from 1.3.7pre4 installation. Seems to work fine...

Thanks,
Abdel.


"YOUNES Abdelrazak (M3SYSTEM)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Hello,

I have a problem with the install of lyx 1.3.7pre4 (lyx-1.3.6 is OK). At


the


install, a popup box says: Failed attempting to execute the configure
script". I click on OK and let it launch but then a  new box  says:
"Lyx wasn't able to find it's layout descriptions!"
"Check that the file "textclass.lst" is installed correctly, Sorry, has to
exit :-("

When I try at the command-line "lyx -x reconfigure" it gives me the same
answer.

Thanks,
Abdel.



Not sure, but we seem to be seeing some flaky symptoms from the 
1.3.7pre4 installer.  If 1.3.6 works for you, presumably you have MinSys 
installed.  Usually the "no textclass.lst" syndrome is the result of not 
having a working sh.exe (or not having sed.exe), but if that were the 
case, you should not be able to install 1.3.6 either.


If you want to take another crack at 1.3.7, you might try opening a 
command window in the ...\Resources\lyx directory of the 1.3.7 
installation, and running 'sh configure' there.  (If the MinSys bin 
directory is not on your command path, you'll need to give a full path 
to sh.exe in the command line.)  That should generate textclass.lst, 
after which you should be able to start 1.3.7pre4.  Maybe.


Paul

Re: Spellcheck on Windows

[Paul A. Rubin]

Vic Kelson wrote:

Hi All,

I'm running LyX 1.3.6 on Win32, and I can't figure out how to make the 
spellcheck work. I had it working on one of the previous versions, but I 
can't recall how I did it. Is it now possible to make it work?


THANKS!
--vic



You need aspell (and a dictionary) installed, and I'm pretty sure it has 
to be installed in C:\Aspell.  See http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX136 
(scroll down to "Spell checking").


Paul

Re: The best 2d and 3d eps math graphs to Lyx

[Stephen Harris]

- Original Message - 
From: "Paul Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: The best 2d and 3d eps math graphs to Lyx


On 11/27/05, Michel Gosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Texgraph is a beautiful program, exporting in pstricks and eps :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/Fradin.Patrick/TeXgraph/accueil.html
Easy to use.


Unfortunately, Texgraph is in French...

Paul

Well, it is not like trying to read Connes and Changeux's
"Conversations on Mind, Matter, and Mathematics".

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/inrstex/texgraph/
has thgraph.ps  --- A PostScript version of the TeXGraph Chapter 
in the  INRSTeX Reference Manual. [written in English]


The program appears to be written in English. But the version
is old and perhaps there are compatibility problems. Perhaps
not, since Michel Gosse says it is "easy to use". Also I didn't
see any download page for a newer version at Patrick Fradin's.

Regards,
Stephen

Re: lyx can not find any description of the environment :/

[mamato]

windows has been searching my whole drive for most of the afternoon now and
has only found the one file it should have (even though it's not done yet)

i've only ever tried to install this lyx-1.3.6 but i've done it multiple
times and the only other directory i installed it to has been deleted.

is it possible to turn on the lyxerr[Debug::TCLASS]debug messages from the
runtime i have?

mamato


On 11/29/05, Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > i looked briefly at the code in cvs and the weird thing is that if i
> rename
> > the textclass.lst file it looks like i should get a "check that the file
> is
> > installed correctly" error instead of the "check the content" one that
> i'm
> > getting.
> >
> > where in hell could it be looking at?!
>
> Assuming that you installed LyX at C:\Program Files\LyX, it's looking for
> textclass.lst in the LyX system directory:
>   C:\Program Files\LyX\Resources\lyx\
> or in the per-user support directory. In my case, here:
>   C:\Documents and Settings\Angus\Application Data\LyX
>
> If your textclass.lst exists in any other place, then that textclass.lstis
> part of a previous, unofficial and unsupported port of LyX to Windows,
> either by Ruurd Reitsma or by Claus Hentschel.
>
> HTH,
> --
> Angus
>
>

Re[2]: Label font -- wrong encoding (+ ERT encoding)

[Andrei Popov]

>> However,  I'm  at  a  loss  -- lyx-xforms appears to be fixable, while
>> lyx-qt  apparently  not.  How is it possible, if they're both based on
>> the same code?

> We rely on the frontend toolkits to supply us with the fonts we ask
> for. XForms does as we ask, but Qt occassionally lies to us.

> You might like to drop either John Levon (who wrote this code) or
> Kuba Ober (who has used Cyrillic fonts with success in the past) a
> line.

>levon () movementarian ! org
>kuba () mareimbrium ! org

Thanks, Angus. I'll verify again at home this problem with QT and
check if it really went away in Xforms, and then try to reach for the
guys.

-- 
WBR,
Andrei Popov

Using LyX 1.3.6 on Debian GNU/Linux

Re: lyx can not find any description of the environment :/

[Angus Leeming]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

i looked briefly at the code in cvs and the weird thing is that if i rename
the textclass.lst file it looks like i should get a "check that the file is
installed correctly" error instead of the "check the content" one that i'm
getting.

where in hell could it be looking at?!


Assuming that you installed LyX at C:\Program Files\LyX, it's looking for 
textclass.lst in the LyX system directory:

  C:\Program Files\LyX\Resources\lyx\
or in the per-user support directory. In my case, here:
  C:\Documents and Settings\Angus\Application Data\LyX

If your textclass.lst exists in any other place, then that textclass.lst is 
part of a previous, unofficial and unsupported port of LyX to Windows, 
either by Ruurd Reitsma or by Claus Hentschel.


HTH,
--
Angus

Spellcheck on Windows

[Vic Kelson]

Hi All,

I'm running LyX 1.3.6 on Win32, and I can't figure out how to make the 
spellcheck work. I had it working on one of the previous versions, but I 
can't recall how I did it. Is it now possible to make it work?


THANKS!
--vic

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Angus Leeming]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

It's not the installer's business to enforce such policies.
The current installer runs without admin priviliges; so should yours.


I tried it but there were too many problems to cover all specialities of 
the third-party programs. If the user has admin privileges I can assure 
that it works on every Win2k and WinXP-installation.
And also when the user uses your installer he needs admin privileges to 
install for example the latest Perl.


* LyX 1.4 won't need Perl.
* I see heaps of complaints to the Python devs about Python 2.4 requiring 
admin priviliges. Python 2.3 and below don't.

* MSYS doesn't need admin priviliges.
* You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX.
* There are certainly latex distributions out there that don't require 
admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX.


It's perfectly reasonable to tell your user that some parts of the 
installation procedure need admin rights, for reasons outside of your 
control. If the installer is run by a non-admin then restrict what gets 
installed or enable the installer to upgrade itself to admin priviliges for 
those bits (presumably requires a password dialog).


And what if other installers will

need admin privileges too in future releases?


That's their problem. It's not something you should be concerned about.

Angus

Re: WinLyx 1.3.7pre4 install - missing textclass.lst

[YOUNES Abdelrazak / M3SYSTEM]

One additional information: I have just installed Python 2.4.2. Maybe this
is the problem?
Anyway, I have re-installed 1.3.6 and overwrite the bin directory with the
one from 1.3.7pre4 installation. Seems to work fine...

Thanks,
Abdel.


"YOUNES Abdelrazak (M3SYSTEM)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with the install of lyx 1.3.7pre4 (lyx-1.3.6 is OK). At
the
> install, a popup box says: Failed attempting to execute the configure
> script". I click on OK and let it launch but then a  new box  says:
> "Lyx wasn't able to find it's layout descriptions!"
> "Check that the file "textclass.lst" is installed correctly, Sorry, has to
> exit :-("
>
> When I try at the command-line "lyx -x reconfigure" it gives me the same
> answer.
>
> Thanks,
> Abdel.
> 
>
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Re: Label font -- wrong encoding (+ ERT encoding)

[Angus Leeming]

Andrei Popov wrote:

However,  I'm  at  a  loss  -- lyx-xforms appears to be fixable, while
lyx-qt  apparently  not.  How is it possible, if they're both based on
the same code?


A. The penny drops. (I start to understand.)

We rely on the frontend toolkits to supply us with the fonts we ask for. 
XForms does as we ask, but Qt occassionally lies to us. I'm hazy about the 
details but there are comments to this effect in qfont_loader.C:


http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lyx-devel/src/frontends/qt2/qfont_loader.C?rev=1.27.2.8&only_with_tag=BRANCH_1_3_X&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

You might like to drop either John Levon (who wrote this code) or Kuba Ober 
(who has used Cyrillic fonts with success in the past) a line.


  levon () movementarian ! org
  kuba () mareimbrium ! org

Regards,
Angus

Re: orientation of .eps figures

[Herbert Voss]

Richard Sherman wrote:

Thanks again to those of you who are helping me with this.

Herbert Voss wrote:


first do not use an extension for file names. The
graphic driver can detect the right extension.

It is a typical behaviour for ghostscript, that it thinks,
that your graphic should be rotated to get your vertical
text in a horizontal view. ghostscript is too clever here.

Try it by hand, export the lyx file as PosScript,
then run
ps2pdf --dAutoRotatePages=/None filename.ps

or alternatively with --dPrePress=/None

Herbert




Sounds like good intuition, and I tried it: but Lyx won't export the  
PostScript ("Cannot convert file" error).  Same thing when I remove  the 
.eps extension.


hm, shouldn't be happened ...
then export to from with LyX to latex and run

latex file
dvips file
ps2pdf  --dAutoRotatePages=/None file.ps


Herbert

Re: lyx can not find any description of the environment :/

[mamato]

i looked briefly at the code in cvs and the weird thing is that if i rename
the textclass.lst file it looks like i should get a "check that the file is
installed correctly" error instead of the "check the content" one that i'm
getting.

where in hell could it be looking at?!

mamato


On 11/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> when i run lyx (right after installation) i get the following error
> message:
> "lyx can not find any description of the environment. please verify the
> content of textclass.lst"
>
> the file in question looks fine to me, it's 73 lines long and has the
> default layouts set to true...
>
> what could be wrong with my setup? i've tried to uninstall and reinstall
> lyx
> but doesn't change a thing. i'm using windows. miktex, python,
> minsys installed ok, no perl, gs, imagemagik.
>
>   mamato
>
> ## This file declares layouts and their associated definition files.
> ## It has been automatically generated by configure
> ## Use "Options/Reconfigure" if you need to update it after a
> ## configuration change. Run ./configure manually to update the
> ## system wide version of this file.
> "IEEEtran" "IEEEtran" "article (IEEEtran)" "true"
> "aa" "aa" "article (A&A)" "false"
> "aapaper" "aa" "article (A&A V4)" "false"
> "aastex" "aastex" "article (AASTeX)" "true"
> "agums" "aguplus" "article (AGU++) manuscript" "false"
> "amsart-plain" "amsart" "article (AMS, unnumbered)" "true"
> "amsart-seq" "amsart" "article (AMS, sequential numbering)" "true"
> "amsart" "amsart" "article (AMS)" "true"
> "amsbook" "amsbook" "book (AMS)" "true"
> ...
>
>

Re[4]: Controling indentation of lists

[Andrei Popov]

Hello Stephen,

Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 4:26:42 PM, you wrote:

> I should have been a bit more specific...
> mdwlists has  predefined compact environments called itemize* 
> enumerate* and description* which reduce the interline spacing from the
> normal LaTex defaults. To enable these in LyX I made a LyX layout file
> called mdwlists.inc (attached) and then added the line "Input 
> mdwlists.inc" to the stdclass.inc file. The result is that itemize* 
> enumerate* and description* show up in the LyX pull-down menu for 
> environment. Another useful feature is that the numbering does not 
> automatically reset when you stop an enumerate* environment.

> mdwlists has many other features that you can access via ERT.

This is really useful, at least for me, thanks!

-- 
WBR,
Andrei Popov

Using LyX 1.3.6 on Debian GNU/Linux

WinLyx 1.3.7pre4 install - missing textclass.lst

[YOUNES Abdelrazak \(M3SYSTEM\)]

Hello,

I have a problem with the install of lyx 1.3.7pre4 (lyx-1.3.6 is OK). At the
install, a popup box says: Failed attempting to execute the configure
script". I click on OK and let it launch but then a  new box  says:
"Lyx wasn't able to find it's layout descriptions!"
"Check that the file "textclass.lst" is installed correctly, Sorry, has to
exit :-("

When I try at the command-line "lyx -x reconfigure" it gives me the same
answer.

Thanks,
Abdel.


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Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[mamato]

it mainly depends on which registry the install is trying to write to.

- in many cases you can install software to your home directory without any
admin privileges because it uses the user registry and not the main
registry.
- sometimes it asks whether it should be installed for everyone (main
registry) or just the current user (user registry).
- sometimes it needs to use the main registry for legitimate reasons (need
low level access to drivers etc) or only bothers with the main registry and
then you can't do anything without admin privileges.

i have to agree with angus, there's no legitimate need for a word processor
to require admin level registry access. it's simply a user-level app...

thx angus for letting regular users use your installer ;)

mamato


On 11/28/05, Stephen Harris < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:57 AM
> Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)
>
>
> >
> > > argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/
> >
> > No it doesn't. I regularly install at
> >J:\Program Files\LyX
> > without problems. Installing to
> >C:\Program Files
> > on WinXP certainly *does* require admin privileges.
>
>
> i just tried again running
> LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exe >and
> before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need
> administrator privileges.
>
> Admin privileges have to do with the operating system.
> Do you own the laptop? Then you should have admin rights.
>
> If you don't own the computer, then the rights are those
> given to you by the network administrator of the network.
> Ordinary users have few rights. If you own the laptop then
> you should login as a user with admin rights or create such
> an account. But you need the admin password to do that.
>
> The net admin can prevent you from installing Python2.4
> and allow winzip etc or allow both or prevent all, including
> certain websites, using email etc.etc. Also the complete
> install still accesses the internet which is why I suggested a cd.
> For instance, a public library can completely erase any change
> made by any user, when the next user logs in.
>
> It is not the LyX installer. Other programs, determined by
> the network admin, can also have the admin rights stipulation
> applied to them by the network admin. A beginning course
> in Windows covers this type of stuff. If you have an XP home
> computer, you can usually install LyX because the default
> for home computers is close to full rights. The Operating system
> is generating the error message in your situation, not the LyX
> installer. On a network, the admin dictates the extent of your rights.
>
> Regards,
> Stephen
>
>
> Regards,
> Stephen
>
>
>

lyxwininstall 0.4 doesn't detect my M iktex settings

[YOUNES Abdelrazak / M3SYSTEM]

Hello,

My Miktex install is very complete so I don't want to download the full
package. The path to latex.exe is in the system wide path
(D:\program\texmf\miktex\bin), is there anything I could do to tell the
installer it's there? Maybe adding a registry key or something?

Thanks in advance,
Abdel.

OT: Is there a chance that a package with lyx 1.4 is done ? I am very much
interested in the XML DocBook capability.

lyx can not find any description of the environment :/

[mamato]

when i run lyx (right after installation) i get the following error message:
"lyx can not find any description of the environment. please verify the
content of textclass.lst"

the file in question looks fine to me, it's 73 lines long and has the
default layouts set to true...

what could be wrong with my setup? i've tried to uninstall and reinstall lyx
but doesn't change a thing. i'm using windows. miktex, python,
minsys installed ok, no perl, gs, imagemagik.

   mamato

## This file declares layouts and their associated definition files.
## It has been automatically generated by configure
## Use "Options/Reconfigure" if you need to update it after a
## configuration change. Run ./configure manually to update the
## system wide version of this file.
"IEEEtran" "IEEEtran" "article (IEEEtran)" "true"
"aa" "aa" "article (A&A)" "false"
"aapaper" "aa" "article (A&A V4)" "false"
"aastex" "aastex" "article (AASTeX)" "true"
"agums" "aguplus" "article (AGU++) manuscript" "false"
"amsart-plain" "amsart" "article (AMS, unnumbered)" "true"
"amsart-seq" "amsart" "article (AMS, sequential numbering)" "true"
"amsart" "amsart" "article (AMS)" "true"
"amsbook" "amsbook" "book (AMS)" "true"
...

Re: Re[2]: Controling indentation of lists

[Stephen Buonopane]

On Nov 29, 2005, at 8:53 AM, Andrei Popov wrote:


Hello Stephen,

Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 3:37:32 PM, you wrote:

Try the mdwlist package. It gives easier control over spacing and 
other

options.
I have used it to define a new LyX environment so that it is available
directly from the pull-down menu.


Could you please share it? I think a lot of people could find that
useful.



I should have been a bit more specific...
mdwlists has  predefined compact environments called itemize* 
enumerate* and description* which reduce the interline spacing from the 
normal LaTex defaults. To enable these in LyX I made a LyX layout file 
called mdwlists.inc (attached) and then added the line "Input 
mdwlists.inc" to the stdclass.inc file. The result is that itemize* 
enumerate* and description* show up in the LyX pull-down menu for 
environment. Another useful feature is that the numbering does not 
automatically reset when you stop an enumerate* environment.


mdwlists has many other features that you can access via ERT.




mdwlists.inc
Description: Binary data

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Angus Leeming wrote:

There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. 
If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why.


I'm afraid we're going to just have to disagree fundamentally once 
again, Uwe.


;-) We aren't fundamentalists!


It's not the installer's business to enforce such policies.
The current installer runs without admin priviliges; so should yours.


I tried it but there were too many problems to cover all specialities of 
the third-party programs. If the user has admin privileges I can assure 
that it works on every Win2k and WinXP-installation.
And also when the user uses your installer he needs admin privileges to 
install for example the latest Perl. And what if other installers will 
need admin privileges too in future releases?


regards Uwe

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[Angus Leeming]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

Angus Leeming wrote:


You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU rather than
HKLM.



There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If 
you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why.


I'm afraid we're going to just have to disagree fundamentally once again, 
Uwe. It's not the installer's business to enforce such policies. The 
current installer runs without admin priviliges; so should yours.


But anyway, HKLM is needed to get all third-party programs running and 
to work together. You also need it to be able to modify or completely 
remove programs via Windows Installed Applications list.


Lots and lots of stuff can be installed by a local user. It's more effort 
on the part of the installer writer, that's all.


Angus

Re[2]: Controling indentation of lists

[Andrei Popov]

Hello Stephen,

Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 3:37:32 PM, you wrote:

> Try the mdwlist package. It gives easier control over spacing and other
> options.
> I have used it to define a new LyX environment so that it is available
> directly from the pull-down menu.

Could you please share it? I think a lot of people could find that
useful.

-- 
WBR,
Andrei Popov

Using LyX 1.3.6 on Debian GNU/Linux

Re: The best 2d and 3d eps math graphs to Lyx

[Andrei Popov]

> Hey guys, how are you?
I'm fine, thanx =)

> Well, I'm using the best free LaTeX visual editor (Lyx) and I would
> like to know what is the best software to generate good math
> graphics in EPS format.
jPicEdt, jfig, Ipe, Xfig, scilab, Tgif, TeXpict (limited)...

The ones using Java will run anywhere, Ipe is available for Windows as
well (QT), scilab is also built for many platforms. Otherwise, think
Linux =)

-- 
WBR,
Andrei Popov

Using LyX 1.3.6 on Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Controling indentation of lists

[Stephen Buonopane]

On Nov 29, 2005, at 8:14 AM, James Kebinger wrote:

Thanks a lot! As a followup,is there a way to indent and/or single 
space a

list/enumeration?


Try the mdwlist package. It gives easier control over spacing and other 
options.
I have used it to define a new LyX environment so that it is available 
directly from the pull-down menu.

Re: Controling indentation of lists

[James Kebinger]

Thanks a lot! As a followup,is there a way to indent and/or single space a
list/enumeration?

On 11/29/05, Johan Ingvast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> James Kebinger wrote:
> > Hi all, can anyone tell me how to control the layout of lists? Right
> now,
> > using the article class, I get huge indents between the list number and
> the
> > body of that list item. Is there a way to reduce this?
> Mark the whole list, choose Layout->Paragraph->Lines&Pagebreaks
>
> Then in the box Longest label you type in something that has the length
> of the indention you want.
>
> /johan
>

Re: The best 2d and 3d eps math graphs to Lyx

[mywebs2005-lyx]

I want to thank everyone these  suggestions: both the scilab and texgraph 
are really nice softwares,  truly remarkable ones!
  Is there some way to translate the texgraph from  french, or to get some 
english version? (I can't speak french).
  
  Cheers!
 Douglas


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Re: The best 2d and 3d eps math graphs to Lyx

[Paul Smith]

On 11/27/05, Michel Gosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Texgraph is a beautiful program, exporting in pstricks and eps :
> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/Fradin.Patrick/TeXgraph/accueil.html
> Easy to use.

Unfortunately, Texgraph is in French...

Paul

Re[2]: Lyx and language depended characters / A Unicode Problem?

[Andrei Popov]

> Now my «locale -a | grep de» gives following output:

> de_DE
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> de_DE.iso88591
> de_DE.utf8

> Where are the dashes left?? But ok, so I enterd:

I'm  not  sure  about  the dashes, I don't have access to my Linux box
right  now.  There  can  be  some  inconsistency  about the dashes and
upper/lower case on various systems. Such as ru_RU.koi8-r, ru_RU.KOI8R
and the like. But, it may be absolutely normal.

The  only  way  to  be  100% sure about how this locale should look on
Gentoo is to ask a Gentoo user or google for it, I think.

> LANG=de_DE.iso88591 lyx

> (and also I tried:)

> LANG=de_DE.iso-8859-1 lyx

> but  I  still  have  my problem :-(. Can you tell me, where I made a
> mistake?
OK,  maybe  it's  not  JUST  a locale problem after all... But I still
think  you  should  start  lyx in a script or xterm with a VALID 8-bit
locale preceding it, rather than a Unicode one.

OK, so we need to input German. For now, I assume you're entering text
in LyX via XKB, like in all other apps? Let's do it the other way:

1.  open  Preferences,  go  to  Keyboard,  and set the first kmap to a
German one, and the second one to whatever. E.g. American. Then save
changes and  restart LyX.

2.  Create  a  new  doc,  set  its language to German, its encoding to
latin1, and try to enter some umlauts.

3.  Far-fetched,  but still: Can you possibly be using some half-assed
fonts  that  even  do  not  contain umlauts? I doubt it, but better be
sure.  Screen fonts are set via Preferences, while other fonts are set
via $ qtconfig.

Try all the above and see if it helps.

-- 
WBR,
Andrei Popov

Using LyX 1.3.6 on Debian GNU/Linux

Re[2]: Simplest approach to hanging indent paragraph?

[Andrei Popov]

Hello Paul,

Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 12:22:16 PM, you wrote:

> works to pull back the first line. This is a good solution, EXCEPT if
> you are doing this to the first paragraph of a section.  As another 
> poster noted, LyX (and LaTeX) are stubborn about that one.

I'm not sure, but maybe \usepackage{indentfirst} will help in
combination with what you posted previously?

-- 
WBR,
Andrei Popov

Using LyX 1.3.6 on Debian GNU/Linux

Re[4]: Label font -- wrong encoding (+ ERT encoding)

[Andrei Popov]

> You  might  search  the archives for "Kuba Ober". He's got things to
> workwith   Cyrillic   encodings   in   the   past   I   believe.
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lyx-devel&w=2&r=1&s=Kuba+Ober
OK, thanks, I'll try that.

>> What  really  _is_  annoying, is that I have a similar problem with
>> ERT.  This time, I not only see latin1-garbage in rectangular boxes
>> that  represent  ERTs  with Russian in it, I also can't see Russian
>> when  I  try _inputting_ it into the box. It shows again as latin1.
>> So I have to type blind and hope for the best.

> Sorry, I don't understand. You input ERT on the LyX screen, no?
Yes.  I  open an ERT box, I type some latex stuff, and I need to input
some  Russian.  Only,  I  don't  see my Russian chars, I only see some
latin1 garbage.

An  update:  This  only happens with lyx-qt now, with xforms I seem to
have  solved  this  AND  the previous label problem with the following
code I found on Google and adapted to my needs:

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=[ Begin Clipboard ]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

\screen_font_roman "-*-times"
\screen_font_sans "-microsoft-tahoma"
\screen_font_typewriter "-*-courier"
\screen_font_encoding "cp1251"
\screen_font_popup "-*-helvetica-*-r"
\screen_font_menu "-*-helvetica-*-r"
\screen_font_encoding_menu "cp1251"

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[ End Clipboard ]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

With  the  above  in  .lyxrc,  the  Russian  chars are visible in both
on-screen ERT boxes and labels. Only in xforms, though, which is bound
to be dropped some time soon, right?

OK,  maybe  this  will  still  be  of some use to anyone with the same
problem.

However,  I'm  at  a  loss  -- lyx-xforms appears to be fixable, while
lyx-qt  apparently  not.  How is it possible, if they're both based on
the same code?

-- 
WBR,
Andrei Popov

Using LyX 1.3.6 on Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Simplest approach to hanging indent paragraph?

[Paul Johnson]

Kenward Vaughan wrote:

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 11:52:08AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote:


Paul Johnson wrote:


What is the best advice now for LyX users who want paragraphs shaped 
like this


  X
   

But we want to control both the indentation of the lines 2-3 as well 
as the negative indentation of line 1.

...


Have you tried using the "verse" paragraph type instead of "standard"?
It looks like your example above.  Perhaps a bit counterintuitive when you
aren't writing poetry, but it has a hanging indent and is very simple to 
use.




The big problem was paragraph positioning. Verse has margins that are 
too big.


 \parindent=-3em pushes the first line back into the margin and does 
not indent the rest of the paragraph.


I found the magic bullet.  After hours and hours of stumbling around the 
Internet, I found ERT


\leftskip=3em

to push the whole paragraph in .  Then

\parindent=-3em

works to pull back the first line. This is a good solution, EXCEPT if 
you are doing this to the first paragraph of a section.  As another 
poster noted, LyX (and LaTeX) are stubborn about that one.



The Verse environment is a better approach, the only problem is margins 
are too big. But ERT \leftskip fixes it:


\leftskip=-3em


Man, this one was hard to find. Here is where I got this idea:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/TeTeX-HOWTO.html

I worry that using the verse environment might be dangerous because some 
layouts might have fancy fonts or nonsense for verses.




For lists, see if the paragraph type "labeling" might be useful.  Here 
the indent

is adjustable thorugh paragraph settings.

If you really want a negative indent (first line of paragraph stick into 
the margin)

try setting the document to use indented text and put \parindent=-2em
in the document preamble.  (Or in an ERT box in the first paragraph you want
to be this way.  In this case, make sure there is a space after the 
command.)



The \parindent works fine for the 1st line, but not the 1st paragraph,
which is stubborn in its insistence about being non-indented (at least,
after a heading of some sort).  


Yes, This is true.

:(


Kenward



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