Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
John Pye wrote: Your approach defeats the purpose of using SVG in the first place, and will result in much large PDF files that I am currently getting. I really want to work out how use my SVG-with-alpha directly in LyX, or at least some vector format that will look OK. I wonder if there's an SVG-to-EPS converter that doesn't something smart with regard to alpha channels? It would need to flatten the layers of the vector image in a vectorised way, rather than the bitmapped way that most renderers no double work. Perhaps I just need to give up on the alpha-channel idea... Cheers JP Stephen Harris wrote: John Pye wrote: Hi Uwe, This approach (save as PDF from Inkscape) did not give me alpha channel transparency in my PDF. For example: On the left is a PNG exported from Inkscape (or alternatively, generated using 'rsvg-convert'. On the right is the PDF exported by Inkscape. So I'm still stuck with no alpha channel; the only approach still is to use a PNG conversion filter, which means blurry figures. I'm hoping that rsvg-convert's PDF output might do a better job than Inkscape's, but haven't succeeded with that (the LyX builtin 'convert' convert seems to get in the way for some reason). Cheers JP This is a recommended method I found before: Alternatively, SVG to EPS or PDF 1. Open with inkscape. 2. Export to png (huge hi-resolution) 3. Open with the GIMP 4. Save as .eps 5. gsview (or linux command) convert to .ps 6. ps2pdf convert .ps to .pdf Regards, Stephen Adobe is a supporter of SVG and recommends Adobe Illustrator CS and they also have a viewer. Notoriously poor support for Linux. http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html * Current support documentation (PDF: 743k) * Adobe® SVG Viewer for Windows® (PDF: 65k) * Adobe SVG Viewer for Macintosh (PDF: 70k) Regards, Stephen
URL in References
Hi there, I'm using the actual Version of Lyx and Bibdesk on Mac OS. My problem is, that i create a Bibdesk entry for a webpage, enter the url in the specific field but in my generated pdf, the url is not shown. All other entry types (book, article,..) work fine. What am i doing wrong? is there maybe a font missing? Christian
Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
Your approach defeats the purpose of using SVG in the first place, and will result in much large PDF files that I am currently getting. I really want to work out how use my SVG-with-alpha directly in LyX, or at least some vector format that will look OK. I wonder if there's an SVG-to-EPS converter that doesn't something smart with regard to alpha channels? It would need to flatten the layers of the vector image in a vectorised way, rather than the bitmapped way that most renderers no double work. Perhaps I just need to give up on the alpha-channel idea... Cheers JP Stephen Harris wrote: John Pye wrote: Hi Uwe, This approach (save as PDF from Inkscape) did not give me alpha channel transparency in my PDF. For example: On the left is a PNG exported from Inkscape (or alternatively, generated using 'rsvg-convert'. On the right is the PDF exported by Inkscape. So I'm still stuck with no alpha channel; the only approach still is to use a PNG conversion filter, which means blurry figures. I'm hoping that rsvg-convert's PDF output might do a better job than Inkscape's, but haven't succeeded with that (the LyX builtin 'convert' convert seems to get in the way for some reason). Cheers JP This is a recommended method I found before: Alternatively, SVG to EPS or PDF 1. Open with inkscape. 2. Export to png (huge hi-resolution) 3. Open with the GIMP 4. Save as .eps 5. gsview (or linux command) convert to .ps 6. ps2pdf convert .ps to .pdf Regards, Stephen -- John Pye Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia http://pye.dyndns.org/
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
On 19/06/06, Jeremy Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas. Judging from the number of posts to this lists, citations and bibliographies are a major issue. There is no easy to use method (e.g., a GUI) that can define the options for natbib, jurabib, or any number of bibliography styles. Most importantly, customizing these styles again requires one to write more code, yet again, instead of engaging in the writing process. Yes. Especially for the Humanities where Journal X or Department Y has its own house style. I suppose what I'm hoping for is someone to say 1) "no, you're wrong, because..."; 2) "wait x number of years and we'll be there"; or 3) "if you don't like coding, use a different tool." 1) No you're wrong. LyX is a front end, designed to make LaTeX easier, which it has successed at. Its suffering from mission-shift at the moment as more people take it up. Due to the sciences bias in the initial user group / development group, LyX and LaTeX achieve science results with greater ease. I anticipate this will change as more humanities users take LyX/LaTeX up. 2) Wait x number of years and we'll be closer to a front-end for more LaTeX features. Though this may mean tkJuraBibStyleEditor as a device independent GUI ap, rather than the features embedded in LyX itself. Or it may mean tkLyX_Semi_WYSIWYM/WYSIWYG_StyleEditor instead of a style editor within LyX itself. Or it may mean LyX_DocumentTemplate_Humanities_History_ChicagoFootnotes_UniversityFoo_DeptBar_StyleBok etc. Who knows? It depends on the contributions from the community of users and developers between now and year X. What I do know is the age, stability and support for LyX/LaTeX/TeX means that your commitment is unlikely to be wasted by technological or commercial change: Company X won't fail and no longer support their document format. 3) If you don't like the limitations of LyX as it currently is, and don't like the bug/feature resolution system of ERT / feature requesting / solving it yourself and sharing the results, don't use LyX. The community development culture is unlikely to change. This whole thing is extremely frustrating as I can see the huge promise that the LaTeX/Lyx system can offer, but it's awfully rough beneath the surface. Yes. I found that LyX was great to write undergraduate / honours work in without a bibliography / citation manager. Now that I'm working on journal articles and my doctoral dissertation, I'm finding that I'm coming up against new challenges with regards to citation management. 1.4.3 provides far more suitable and easy solutions than 1.3.7 did for me. It also took a large amount of time to find the right device independent tools for bibliography management, and the ones which suited my academic needs over a career. I found this a more useful investment of my time than the repeated wordprocessor crashes and frustrations of EndNote. Your situation may differ. Finally, LyX development works more like a community of knowledge than a commercial developer. People produce new ideas, or reproduce old ideas, and share them for free. The cost is of course, people may not have developed the ideas you need, yet. yours, Sam R. -- I will give you Tacos, such Tacos as you have never seen.
highlight / underline mispelt words
Hi fellow lyxers. It would be nice to have a less intrusive spell check where any mispelt words are highlighted. (in word processors this is typically a curly red underline) The reason for requesting this is because I find the current (1.4.1) spellcheck very intrusive and I sometimes want to check my spelling as I go without overly interrupting my thought process. What I was thinking was a quick key combination that did a "rough spellcheck", which runs through the document and applies a special highlight to words that are mispelt (removing that same highlight anywhere else). And, most important, returns the cursor to where it was. I suppose there is no reason why that particular highlight style couldn't be visible in the TeX output. Anyway, thought I would suggest it.
Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
John Pye wrote: Hi Uwe, This approach (save as PDF from Inkscape) did not give me alpha channel transparency in my PDF. For example: On the left is a PNG exported from Inkscape (or alternatively, generated using 'rsvg-convert'. On the right is the PDF exported by Inkscape. So I'm still stuck with no alpha channel; the only approach still is to use a PNG conversion filter, which means blurry figures. I'm hoping that rsvg-convert's PDF output might do a better job than Inkscape's, but haven't succeeded with that (the LyX builtin 'convert' convert seems to get in the way for some reason). Cheers JP This is a recommended method I found before: Alternatively, SVG to EPS or PDF 1. Open with inkscape. 2. Export to png (huge hi-resolution) 3. Open with the GIMP 4. Save as .eps 5. gsview (or linux command) convert to .ps 6. ps2pdf convert .ps to .pdf Regards, Stephen
Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
John Pye wrote: Is that still true? I take it to mean that I can't bypass LyX's use of 'convert' in converting my SVG first to a PNG? You should be able to define a SVG -> PNG converter in LyX's preferences. If you use Imagemagick's convert utility to do this you probably save the alpha channel. Could you please send my your SVG-file for some tests? Thanks in advance. regards Uwe
Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
Hi Jean-Pierre, Re: Lyx 1.4.0pre3 + SVG + pdflatex Georg Baum Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:56:43 -0800 Alfonso Gazo wrote: > After, when generating the PDF file, it produces a messy graphic just in > the place the SVG graphic should be. I've found that LyX is somewhat > converting from SVG to EPS and then to PNG. Finally, PNG image is > included in PDF file. Correct. This is unfortunately hardcoded in LyX. Is that still true? I take it to mean that I can't bypass LyX's use of 'convert' in converting my SVG first to a PNG? Cheers JP Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:24:22 +1000 From: John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org" Subject: SVGs with alpha channel transparency Hi all What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel appearing right in the end-product PDF file? I've tried a few combinations such as intermediate EPS and PS file (no transparency) and 'convert' (it goes to bitmap so I lose my hard-edged lines). I think that I need to go for an 'encapsulated PDF' somehow, perhaps using 'rsvg-convert' but so far haven't been able to make it work. My particular case is contour plot with coloured regions overlaid, generated from Matplotlib and hand-edited a little with Inkscape. Has anyone had some experience with this that they could pass on? There is a thread about SVG in the archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg45269.html Transparency is not discussed however. HTH -- John Pye Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia http://pye.dyndns.org/
Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
Hi Uwe, This approach (save as PDF from Inkscape) did not give me alpha channel transparency in my PDF. For example: On the left is a PNG exported from Inkscape (or alternatively, generated using 'rsvg-convert'. On the right is the PDF exported by Inkscape. So I'm still stuck with no alpha channel; the only approach still is to use a PNG conversion filter, which means blurry figures. I'm hoping that rsvg-convert's PDF output might do a better job than Inkscape's, but haven't succeeded with that (the LyX builtin 'convert' convert seems to get in the way for some reason). Cheers JP Uwe Stöhr wrote: John Pye wrote: What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel appearing right in the end-product PDF file? Transform your SVG to PDF. Inkscape supports alpha channels in SVG and in PNG, see http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/InkscapeFeatures The new version 0.44 of Inkscape: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=99112 comes with a native PDF export, so that the alpha channel should be included in the PDF. The resulting PDF image can directly be used in LyX when you use pdflatex to generate the PDF output. regards Uwe -- John Pye Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia http://pye.dyndns.org/
Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
John Pye wrote: What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel appearing right in the end-product PDF file? Transform your SVG to PDF. Inkscape supports alpha channels in SVG and in PNG, see http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/InkscapeFeatures The new version 0.44 of Inkscape: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=99112 comes with a native PDF export, so that the alpha channel should be included in the PDF. The resulting PDF image can directly be used in LyX when you use pdflatex to generate the PDF output. regards Uwe
Re: lyx-users Digest 8 Jun 2006 00:42:35 -0000 Issue 1922
I think the problem is with ImageMagick (convert utility), which cannot find GhostScript executable or some related file as gs_init.ps. ImageMagick in fact uses other programs (as GhostScript) to manage different file type (as eps). these programs are called coder modules and must reside in ImageMagick path. I'm waiting for some feedback from ImageMagick user list on how to add program directory to ImageMagick coder module search path. Regards, Diego 2006/6/20, Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Ares wrote: > Hello everyone, > I exported my PhD thesis LyX file to html by exporting from LyX to > latex and then running htlatex, bibtex'ing each aux file corresponding > to each bib file included (I have sectioned bibliography, i.e. I'm > using bibtopic in LyX, I guess). I also found somewhere that the bug > with exporting to html from LyX may be related to the use of bibtex > itself. > > Now I have a new problem: equations in the object html document don't > show as figures but rather as: > > ( )T G(x,y) = ∂I, ∂I∂x ∂y -- in Firefox > > > (2.1) > in MS internet explorer > > I think it is a mix of misinterpreted figure and text... > > I had a look on various discussion groups but couldn't find any > problem report like this. Have any hint on this? What kind of > information is needed to detect the problem source? > > Thanks for your support, > Diego > you're right (of course I didn't think that there's more than one utility named convert on my machine...). I tried c:\...\convert foo.eps foo.jpg with both versions 6.2.8-Q16 (dynamic DLL) and 6.2.7.2 (bundled in LyX win installer) and I get respectively the following error messages SH: Remember that the generic foo.eps needs to be an existing file in the directory that you run convert. http://gallery.menalto.com/node/49736 convert.exe: no decode delegate for this image format There are several instances of this error message on Google. Apparently there is a corrupt file or some type of conflict. http://redux.imagemagick.org/discussion-server/viewtopic.php?t=4450&; ImageMagick Studio appears to be a different product than ImageMagick. Make sure you didn't use a Linux version that ends with a tar.gz. Most people thought the problem was with ImageMagick rather than Ghostscript. Regards, Stephen It is not always safe to have two different versions of the same .dll, they can cause conflicts just as two different versions of convert will can conflict. For instance the Msys sh.exe needed to run LyX scripts works, but not the sh.exe which comes with Cygwin which some Windows users have on their machines. Try renaming the 6.2.8.dll to 6.2.8.dllbak and then run convert someimagefile.* to a different someimagefile.* where the * is a jpg or png or eps, some image format that is small that you have on hand for a test. Run this from the directory where the LyXWininstaller has put C:\ImageMagick with the test file in the same directory. Putting cross-ported program in directories which have spaces in them, like Program files, can create odd errors.
Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
>>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:24:22 +1000 >>From: John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org" >>Subject: SVGs with alpha channel transparency >> >>Hi all >> >>What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel >>transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel >>appearing right in the end-product PDF file? >> >>I've tried a few combinations such as intermediate EPS and PS file (no >>transparency) and 'convert' (it goes to bitmap so I lose my hard-edged >>lines). I think that I need to go for an 'encapsulated PDF' somehow, >>perhaps using 'rsvg-convert' but so far haven't been able to make it work. >> >>My particular case is contour plot with coloured regions overlaid, >>generated from Matplotlib and hand-edited a little with Inkscape. >> >>Has anyone had some experience with this that they could pass on? There is a thread about SVG in the archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg45269.html Transparency is not discussed however. HTH -- Jean-Pierre
Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency
On 6/20/06, John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel appearing right in the end-product PDF file? I've tried a few combinations such as intermediate EPS and PS file (no transparency) and 'convert' (it goes to bitmap so I lose my hard-edged lines). I think that I need to go for an 'encapsulated PDF' somehow, perhaps using 'rsvg-convert' but so far haven't been able to make it work. My particular case is contour plot with coloured regions overlaid, generated from Matplotlib and hand-edited a little with Inkscape. Has anyone had some experience with this that they could pass on? Have you tried to save your picture as ps and then issued the command ps2epsi picture.eps ? Paul
SVGs with alpha channel transparency
Hi all What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel appearing right in the end-product PDF file? I've tried a few combinations such as intermediate EPS and PS file (no transparency) and 'convert' (it goes to bitmap so I lose my hard-edged lines). I think that I need to go for an 'encapsulated PDF' somehow, perhaps using 'rsvg-convert' but so far haven't been able to make it work. My particular case is contour plot with coloured regions overlaid, generated from Matplotlib and hand-edited a little with Inkscape. Has anyone had some experience with this that they could pass on? Cheers JP -- John Pye Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia http://pye.dyndns.org/
Re: Jurabib and Lyx: Bibliography problem
Thanks for your help. I'll check the .sty file. BTW, there's the international way of doing things and our local way of doing things. With bibliographies, the local standard is the publisher before the the city, has always been like that. On 6/20/06, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Julio Rojas wrote: > Hi, this is a minor problem, but an annoying one. In Jurabib documentation > the format of each bibliographic reference shows: > > Brox, Hans: Allgemeiner Teil des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches. 20th edition. > Köln, Berlin, Bonn, München, 1996 > > But in my document all references are show like this one: > > Bobbio, Norberto: El tiempo de los derechos. Madrid: Sistema, 1991 > > As you can see, the address field (Madrid) is shown before the publisher > (Sistema). I would like them to be switched, but don't know if this is the > stardard Jurabib behavior, some configuration chosen by LyX or my own > configuration problem. The following code if from my Jurabib configuration > in my document preamble: No. There is no option to put the editing house before the editing town. The only way to do it is to create a new bibliographical style .sty starting with jurabib.sty. It is not very hard. Just invert the two fields. On the other hand, having the town before the printer is rather the normal way of doping things. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org -- - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Tool to convert from LaTeX to SVG
On 6/20/06, John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You might find that the mathtext component in Matplotlib does what you need. Its support for latex equations is basic: no support for \frac, for example. But for your simpler all-on-one-line equations with symbols, it's ok. It's also not a stand-alone 'tool', which is what you were looking for. Thanks, John. I was meanwhile able to having pstoedit doing the correct conversions. So, my problem is solved. With pstoedit, one can probably produce a SVG file from whatever LaTeX output. Paul
Re: OT: Tool to convert from LaTeX to SVG
You might find that the mathtext component in Matplotlib does what you need. Its support for latex equations is basic: no support for \frac, for example. But for your simpler all-on-one-line equations with symbols, it's ok. It's also not a stand-alone 'tool', which is what you were looking for. Cheers JP Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some tool to convert from LaTex equations to SVG? I have tried pstoedit, but it does not apparently work here. Thanks in advance, Paul -- John Pye Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia http://pye.dyndns.org/
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 12:02, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of > the "FIFA occupied cities"). But do I have to tell that to a Portuguese? For us, two years ago - Euro 2004, it was UEFA. :-) > Jürgen -- José Abílio
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
Jose' Matos wrote: > I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in > 1.5svn. :-( I know. >> I see lots of policemen recently ;-) > > What would you expect with the World Cup in your country? ;-) exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of the "FIFA occupied cities"). But do I have to tell that to a Portuguese? Jürgen
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 11:28, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Jose' Matos wrote: > >> Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done. > > > > Would that change the file format? > > Yes. I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in 1.5svn. :-( > >> Jürgen > > > > PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-) > > I see lots of policemen recently ;-) What would you expect with the World Cup in your country? ;-) > Jürgen -- José Abílio
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
Jose' Matos wrote: >> Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done. > > Would that change the file format? Yes. >> Jürgen > > PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-) I see lots of policemen recently ;-) Jürgen
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:56, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done. Would that change the file format? > Jürgen PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-) -- José Abílio
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
Charles de Miramon wrote:
> A \nobibliography{} option would be nice for 1.4.3. Today, it is really a
> fragile hack to do it inside LyX
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Jürgen
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> For instance: jurabib (since this is mentioned by the OP). I implemented
> that to Lyx 1.4 because I need it for my own work. I admit that the
> jurabib support still can be enhanced in many ways. But hey, it's a brand
> new feature, jurabib itself is very feature-rich, and I also have to get
> some real work done. Jurabib support *will* evolve, if people tell us what
> and why they need a given feature (and not: "I want *all* jurabib features
> pronto").
>
A \nobibliography{} option would be nice for 1.4.3. Today, it is really a
fragile hack to do it inside LyX
Cheers,
Charles
--
http://www.kde-france.org
Re: Jurabib and Lyx: Bibliography problem
Julio Rojas wrote: > Hi, this is a minor problem, but an annoying one. In Jurabib documentation > the format of each bibliographic reference shows: > > Brox, Hans: Allgemeiner Teil des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches. 20th edition. > Köln, Berlin, Bonn, München, 1996 > > But in my document all references are show like this one: > > Bobbio, Norberto: El tiempo de los derechos. Madrid: Sistema, 1991 > > As you can see, the address field (Madrid) is shown before the publisher > (Sistema). I would like them to be switched, but don't know if this is the > stardard Jurabib behavior, some configuration chosen by LyX or my own > configuration problem. The following code if from my Jurabib configuration > in my document preamble: No. There is no option to put the editing house before the editing town. The only way to do it is to create a new bibliographical style .sty starting with jurabib.sty. It is not very hard. Just invert the two fields. On the other hand, having the town before the printer is rather the normal way of doping things. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
Re: Problems with natbib
Gustav Von Sydow wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm using Lyx with natbib and have some problems with the citations.
> Some of my citations look like this "poole [5]" and some of them look
> like this "[8]". I do not want the author to appear in the document,
> just the numbers. I have chosen citations style: numerical in the
> preferences window, but it does not seem to help.
natbib provides several formats, also for numerical citations. You can
select from those in the citation dialog ("Cite Style"). In that list,
there's also "[]".
If you want really all citations look like this, a quick and dirty solution
is to add to the preamble:
\let\citet\citep
> In some of my citations I can chose style in the citation style-box.
> Those citations also have parenthesis and not brackets when they appear
> in the text... In the citations with brackets I can't chose style.
>
> It's really confusing...
Did you select "natbib" from the document dialog (Bibliography section)?
Jürgen
> /Gustav
Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?
Eric Nystrom wrote: > We humanists have particular expertise with > documentation - perhaps creating, revising, or tweaking the docs may be of > help. In short, please appreciate this community both for what it is and > what it is not; and if you are looking to contribute, there are many ways > of doing so. ACK. Though it is not impossible even for humanists to a bit of coding, if desired. I am a humanist myself and I never saw (let alone wrote) a single line of code before I encountered that even if the developers are very open, I had to make my own hands dirty to get some of my desired features in. Remember that people are running this project in their spare time, and they are, understandably enough, particularly interested in features they need themselves (or they find interesting from a coder's point of view, to practice their coding). For instance: jurabib (since this is mentioned by the OP). I implemented that to Lyx 1.4 because I need it for my own work. I admit that the jurabib support still can be enhanced in many ways. But hey, it's a brand new feature, jurabib itself is very feature-rich, and I also have to get some real work done. Jurabib support *will* evolve, if people tell us what and why they need a given feature (and not: "I want *all* jurabib features pronto"). I encountered that the LyX code is (more and more) well documented and understandable. All I know about C++ is actually from staring at that code and from the patch reviewing of the developers (and I think there are other developers with similar experiences). In general, I think that LyX will only evolve for certain topics if people from that topic are willing to participate in one way or the other, simply because they best know their needs. I understand that writing a thesis comes first and doesn't give you too much time to invest at that particular moment. I also understand the frustration if an application doesn't seem to do what you actually (and urgently) need. But vice versa, you should also understand that developers might not get too motivated if a user simply argues "Why the hell does this [free] application not do what I want it to do? I need to save my time, so sit down, invest your spare time and do that for me!" Regards, Jürgen
Re: APA for LyX
On Monday 19 June 2006 12:02, Thomas Widhalm wrote: > Hi, > > I'm asking on behalf of one of my users. > > I need to include the APA regulations for documents into LyX on a Fedora > Core 5 box. I found several packages, but didn't manage to install it in > an easy and quick way. I know Fedora and I can tell that it is not the problem here. ;-) I am using it. :-) > Now I am asking you, if I just weren't able to find, how to include > predefined packages for this, or if there are no such packages. I don't know APA. :-) Looking to the distributed sources I see that we ship an apa.layout file. For this to work you need to place apa.cls in a place where tex can find it, then lyx will use it. > The designated use of the Documents are thesis', so book might be the > right DocumentClass. Notice again that I don't know what I am talking about. Looking in some detail to the apa layout we distribute it looks like it is article-like, so some changes may be needed to have it working for a thesis like structure. > Just tell me, if I was searching in vain or if I haven't searched long > enough. Any links appreciated. :-) You are close, if you notice the header of apa.layout file you will notice an email address there. If you still don't have you want this list is a good place for asking such questions. > Regards, > Thomas Widhalm -- José Abílio
strange text alignment in tables
Hi all I am writhing a questionnaire in Lyx 1.4.1 on Win XP. The whole thing is one gigantic table. I experience very strange effects with the alignment of text both vertically and horizontally 1. Text in adjacent columns are not aligned even when both are set at the same vertical alignment. This happens not only but especially when a ctr-enter was used. 2. Multicolunm the cells above and below to disregard their column width settings 3. Horizontal alignment is not the same for rows either. Sometimes the text begins with an indent, sometimes not 4. Setting the column with sometimes does not set the width of the column but the width of the text within . this is the case in multicolumns. The problem is that there is no control over the width of a column when one cell is also part of a multicolumn Can anyone help regards Christiaan . -- Dr Christiaan Pauw (tel) +27 12 420 2015 (fax) +27 12 420 4016 "The peacock’s feather - whenever I gaze at it - makes me sick" Charles Darwin
Re: Endnotes and Lyx
K. Elo wrote:
> inserting \renewcommand\footnote{\endnote} into the preamble - and
> now everything works.
Or just
\let\footnote\endnote
> I think this issue should also be described in the LyX WiKi.
Yes. Please do so.
Jürgen
Endnotes and Lyx
Hi,
I am not sure if some has had this problem before, but I encountered
difficulties when using the endnotes package with lyx and did not find
any answers on the LyX WiKi site describing how to use Jurabib with LyX.
The core problem was that although I had inserted \usepackage{endnotes}
in the preamble, references inserted as footnotes still appeared as
footnotes in the final output and an ERT containing \theendnotes
resulted in errors. After studying both the Jurabib documentation and
TLC2e (both giving no direct answer to this question either), I tried
out inserting \renewcommand\footnote{\endnote} into the preamble - and
now everything works.
I think this issue should also be described in the LyX WiKi. Or am I
missing something?
Kind regards,
Kimmo
