Format Freeze during betas?

2007-03-19 Thread John McCabe-Dansted
Has the 1.5.x format has been frozen? (due to the beta release) If so I might use 1.5.x a bit more. -- John C. McCabe-Dansted PhD Student University of Western Australia

Lyx on windows problems with preamble

2007-03-19 Thread Lennart
I am running lyx on windows XP. When I try to fill in the preamble lyx crashes every time. I can click on the text box but when I start typing lyx crashes. I want to use the preamble option (described here:http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc3). The error lyx gives says only "disabling socket". Is th

Re: setting background color for definitions

2007-03-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:06:15 -0700 (PDT) Robert Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't remember where I got this but I'm sure it was > asked before and so you may find more details digging > in the archives. > > I use this preamble. > > \usepackage{color} > \usepackage{soul} > \newcomman

Re: setting background color for definitions

2007-03-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:56:11 -0400 "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > > I'm trying to set a colored background for some definitions in my document > > (course notes and I want to get the effect of using a marker to highlight > > some things). > > > > using the pack

Re: setting background color for definitions

2007-03-19 Thread Robert Orr
I don't remember where I got this but I'm sure it was asked before and so you may find more details digging in the archives. I use this preamble. \usepackage{color} \usepackage{soul} \newcommand{\boxit}[1] {\leavevmode\thinspace\hbox{\vrule\vtop{\vbox{\hrule\kern1pt \hbox{\vphantom{\tt/}\th

Re: setting background color for definitions

2007-03-19 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Micha Feigin wrote: I'm trying to set a colored background for some definitions in my document (course notes and I want to get the effect of using a marker to highlight some things). using the package xcolor and the \colorbox{gray!30}{text} inside the definition mostly achieves the desired effec

setting background color for definitions

2007-03-19 Thread Micha Feigin
I'm trying to set a colored background for some definitions in my document (course notes and I want to get the effect of using a marker to highlight some things). using the package xcolor and the \colorbox{gray!30}{text} inside the definition mostly achieves the desired effect, although it fails i

Re: Copy/paste broken in 1.5

2007-03-19 Thread Helge Hafting
James wrote: I am using 1.5beta1 (binaries downloaded from lyx.org). I guess I need to bite the bullet and do a build from scratch, or is there going to be a beta refresh made? Read the developer list. They are definitely planning to have another beta, but I don't know when. Helge Hafting