Re: LyX crashes on startup

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Timo Gienger wrote:
> Error Message:
> LyX: Missing quote [around line 5 of file ]
> Assertion triggered in __thiscall lyx::support::FileName::FileName(const
> class std::basic_string,class
> std::allocator > &) by failing check "empty() ||
> absolutePath(name_)" in file
> D:\LyX\lyx-1.5.0rc2\src\support\FileName.cpp:47
>
> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual
> way.
> Please contact the application's support team for more information.
> Completed

What does "lyx -dbg files" reveal?

Jürgen

Re: create PDF of selected pages (using texexec)?

[Jens Noeckel]

Hi Jeremy,
with ghostscript the paper format is preserved on my Mac. I made a  
test file "newfile1.pdf" with your page geometry and put it into an  
empty directory to do the following manipulations from the terminal  
(just as you apparently did with texec). I'm assuming I want the page  
numbers 2, 4 and 5 extracted:


tcsh
foreach i ( 2 4 5)
foreach?  gs -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dFirstPage=$i -dLastPage=$i - 
sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=im$i.pdf newfile1.pdf

foreach? end

gs -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE  -sDEVICE=pdfwrite - 
sOutputFile=combine.pdf `ls im*.pdf`


With this, the output file "combine.pdf" has the desired three pages  
and also the original page format.
The first line (tcsh) just gets you a shell in which the "foreach"  
command is recognized, which I use to loop through the list of pages  
to be extracted. The loop creates one file each per extracted page,  
and the last line after the loop combines these pages back into a  
single document.


I guess someone who really needs this often would want to make this  
into a script, but I had to be at a Harry-Potter party today so I'll  
just have to hope that this works for you...


Jens




On Jul 18, 2007, at 11:30 PM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:


I have a 650+ page book of 535.68 x 696.959 pts pages. This is for a
7.44in x 9.68in book (printer calls it Crown Quarto).

I need to just have some selected pages sent to printer to do some
testing.

I used texexec like:

 texexec --pdfselect --selection=6,7,20,21 --result=images.pdf  
book.pdf


But the generated book is in A4.

Any suggestions on how to texexec to not reformat the pages at all  
(and

keep my 7.44in x 9.68in pages)?

Or any other tool or technique to do what I want?

Thanks in advance,

  Jeremy C. Reed

Re: Bug or feature? LyX table multicol

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

killermike wrote:
> It's possible that I am misunderstanding this feature.
>
> Start new document; create table; select cell; choose "multicol" from table
> toolbar; switch off top border on that cell. Result: the top border
> disappears from all but the selected cell.

Known bug (limitation). For multicols, you have to toggle the borders in the 
table dialog.

Jürgen

Bug or feature? LyX table multicol

[killermike]

It's possible that I am misunderstanding this feature.

Start new document; create table; select cell; choose "multicol" from table 
toolbar; switch off top border on that cell. Result: the top border 
disappears from all but the selected cell.

See screenshot:

http://www.unmusic.co.uk/lyx_multicol.png

The pdf output reflects what is displayed on screen.

-- 
http://www.unmusic.co.uk - about me, music, geek sitcom etc.

Editing spacing in List of Tables/Figures

[Lyx Physicst]

Hi all, I have a thesis with lots of figures and tables.  Im using report
class and the default method in the List of Figures/Tables is to group
figures/tables together by chapter, double space, and then group the
figures/tables for the next chapter. ie
Fig 1.2  blah blah
Fig 1.3  Blha ldskjf

Fig 2.1 ...  Blahsdh
Fig 2.2   ldsajfkls

I need to remove that space and have single spacing consistently throughout
the LOT and LOF.  I tried to edit this using the Layouts package in my
preamble, but Im doing something wrong with the syntax and getting errors:
\usepackage{layouts}
\makeatletter
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
\makeatother

Can someone tell me what Im doing wrong or suggest an alternative method?
Thanks,
Charles

re: putting the title of book in italics for @inbook for just the footnote and changing position of editor

[cmiramon]

Richard McIntosh wrote:

> Charles,
> 
> Thanks for the help there. I hope it hasn't taken up to much of you time.
> yes I am doing it on English reformed theology (is this your field too).

No, I fell in sin but not into heresy ;-) 

> Though my college use the Society of biblical literature conventions. I
> think the T&T Clark ones are quite close and should not cause to a
> problem.
> 
> That would be great if you could send me those files. I will use that
> arrangement.  I will also delete the Society of Biblical Literature entry
> from the wiki. Is it ok can I add your files to the wiki as the T&T clark
> one is empty.

OK, I clean the files and send them this week-end
> 
> I don't have time before my thesis is due in. But what books (websites)
> are best for learning how to edit bst files.

Tame the Beast  by Nicolas Markey
http://www.lsv.ens-cachan.fr/~markey/BibTeX/doc/ttb_en.pdf

bst files are beasts because they work in reverse Polish notation like the
old HP pocket calculators and with a stack. Hacking bst files is like going
into a time machine to the (un)happy rainy days, when you were a teenager
trying to program something in Forth on your ZX Spectrum. 

There is a new bibliographical package biblatex that seems to be more
flexible than jurabib and does not need bst files but it is not as stable
and mature than jurabib.

Cheers,
Charles

re: putting the title of book in italics for @inbook for just the footnote and changing position of editor

[Richard McIntosh]

Charles,

Thanks for the help there. I hope it hasn't taken up to much of you time.
yes I am doing it on English reformed theology (is this your field too).
Though my college use the Society of biblical literature conventions. I
think the T&T Clark ones are quite close and should not cause to a problem.

That would be great if you could send me those files. I will use that
arrangement.  I will also delete the Society of Biblical Literature entry
from the wiki. Is it ok can I add your files to the wiki as the T&T clark
one is empty.

I don't have time before my thesis is due in. But what books (websites) are
best for learning how to edit bst files.

Richard

On 20/07/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Richard McIntosh wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Thanks for all the help so far.
>
> I really need the inbook references to come out something like this,
>
> footnote first citation:
>
> Stephen Sykes, "P. T. Forsyth on the Church" in Justice the True and
Only
> Mercy (ed. Trevor Hart; Edinburgh: T&T Clark,1996)
>
> subsequent footnote citation
>
> Sykes, "Forsyth on Church",
>
> Bibliography entry
>
> Stephen Sykes, "P. T. Forsyth on the Church" pages 1-15 in Justice the
> True and Only Mercy Edited by Trevor Hart. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996.
>

It starts to get complex and weird, especially the place where you put the
pages. It is possible with a lot of massaging and a custom bst file which
is not very easy to do. When you start redifining lot of stuff in jurabib,

you can get borders effect.

You seem to be in the field of English Reformed Theology. I have done a
T&T
Clark bst file and jurabib customization, that I can give you. Maybe you
can convince your supervisor to let you adopt T&T bibliographical
convention which is also fairly quaint and gain time, energy and serenity.

Cheers,
Charles

Re: LyX, pdflatex and local hyperlinks

[Uwe Stöhr]

Nick and Anne Hopton schrieb:

is that the drive letter (F:) is hard wired into the link. However, what 
I want to do is put the PDF file containing the link and the HTML file 
at which the link points onto a CD, but it doesn't seem possible to use 
relative paths in PDF links.


Besides what Todd explained you can also simply put the html file in the same folder where the PDF 
is located. The \href call ise then simply


\href{index.html}{name}

regards Uwe

Re: LyX vs. Scribus

[Les Denham]

On Friday 20 July 2007 12:33, Steve Litt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just heard about a program called Scribus, which supposedly is a page
> layout program and not a wordprocessing program. The program's web page is
> at http://www.scribus.net/.
>
> I'm not familiar with Scribus. Can someone tell me the differences between
> LyX and Scribus?
>
Steve,

I've used Lyx for about five years, and Scribus for about one.

Lyx is far more useful to me, but Scribus has its uses.

Lyx takes care of the layout automatically; Scribus practically demands that 
you lay every page out individually (sketching the page layout on paper is 
recommended as the first step).

Lyx is highly suited to writing text; Scribus is not recommended for writing 
text.

Lyx adheres to accepted typesetting conventions; Scribus lets you mess things 
up completely.

Lyx places figures and tables automatically; Scribus lets (makes) you put each 
one wherever you want it.

Lyx has great support for crossreferencing and bibliographies; Scribus has 
none.

Lyx is easy to learn; Scribus is not.

Scribus allows you to put a graphic item exactly where you want it, and to 
overlay multiple graphic and text items with varying degrees of transparency; 
Lyx does not.

Lyx is a lightweight program which runs happily on almost any computer; 
Scribus has brought my Athlon 64 X2 workstation with 2GB RAM to its knees.

Scribus allows use of any font installed on your computer, and can scale and 
distort it any way you want; Lyx does not support this.

Scribus has complex color management for text, graphics and lines; Lyx has 
limited color support.

I've used Lyx for letters, reports, books, articles and presentations (with 
Powerdot) ranging from a single page of text to hundreds of pages with 
hundreds of figures.

I've used Scribus only for a couple of poster papers, and found it an 
excellent tool for the job.  I completed six posters 6ft x 3ft in about a 
week; each poster has about ten text boxes and about five pictures.

I'd use Scribus for a brochure or poster without hesitation; it might also be 
best for a short newsletter.

-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: putting the title of book in italics for @inbook for just the footnote and changing position of editor

[cmiramon]

Richard McIntosh wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Thanks for all the help so far.
> 
> I really need the inbook references to come out something like this,
> 
> footnote first citation:
> 
> Stephen Sykes, "P. T. Forsyth on the Church" in Justice the True and Only
> Mercy (ed. Trevor Hart; Edinburgh: T&T Clark,1996)
> 
> subsequent footnote citation
> 
> Sykes, "Forsyth on Church",
> 
> Bibliography entry
> 
> Stephen Sykes, "P. T. Forsyth on the Church" pages 1-15 in Justice the
> True and Only Mercy Edited by Trevor Hart. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996.
> 

It starts to get complex and weird, especially the place where you put the
pages. It is possible with a lot of massaging and a custom bst file which
is not very easy to do. When you start redifining lot of stuff in jurabib,
you can get borders effect.

You seem to be in the field of English Reformed Theology. I have done a T&T
Clark bst file and jurabib customization, that I can give you. Maybe you
can convince your supervisor to let you adopt T&T bibliographical
convention which is also fairly quaint and gain time, energy and serenity.

Cheers,
Charles

Re: LyX vs. Scribus

[Tim Michelsen]

You can use Srcibus for Invitations or (more intersting for publishers) 
to design cover pages for books and thesis work.


I used Inkscape for my cover page since I was not familiar with Scribus. 
While working on another document I learned a bit more. The PDF 
generation is really good. The user interface could become a bit more 
intuitive...



a page layout program.  I would hestiate to use LyX to
publish the local club newsletter and would not use
A German mangazine on free software and Linux uses Latex to produce a 
very nice layout:

http://www.freies-magazin.de/2007/freiesMagazin-2007-07.pdf

On the page they even share their Latex layout which looks quite 
professional:

http://www.elyps.de/magazin.html

regards,
Timmie

putting the title of book in italics for @inbook for just the footnote and changing position of editor

[Richard McIntosh]

Dear All,

Thanks for all the help so far.

I really need the inbook references to come out something like this,

footnote first citation:

Stephen Sykes, "P. T. Forsyth on the Church" in Justice the True and Only
Mercy (ed. Trevor Hart; Edinburgh: T&T Clark,1996)

subsequent footnote citation

Sykes, "Forsyth on Church",

Bibliography entry

Stephen Sykes, "P. T. Forsyth on the Church" pages 1-15 in Justice the True
and Only Mercy Edited by Trevor Hart. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996.


Ordinary books work ok with my current preamble



Here is my current preamble:

\addto\jbonlyforbib{%
\DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyldelim}{\unskip\unskip\space}%
\DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyrdelim}{}%
  }%
\renewcommand{\bibapyldelim}{(}
\renewcommand{\bibapyrdelim}{)}
\jurabibsetup{
titleformat=italic,%
titleformat=commasep,%
titleformat=all,%
titleformat=commasep%
bibformat=compress,%
bibformat=ibidem,%
oxford,%
commabeforerest,%
citefull=first,%
pages=format%
}

and here is my test books:

@book{manson1948csm,
 title={{The Church's Ministry}},
 shorttitle={Church's Ministry}
 author={Manson, T.W.},
 year={1948},
 publisher={Hodder \& Stoughton},
 location={London},
 shorttitle={Church's Ministry},
}

@inbook{sykjusmer,
 author =  {Stephen Sykes},
 editor =  {Trevor Hart},
 title =  {Justice the True and Only Mercy},
 chapter =  {P.T. Forsyth on the Church},
 publisher =  {T \& T Clark},
 location= {Edinburgh},
 year =  {1996},
 pages =  {1-15},
 OPTnote =  {},
 OPTannote =  {}
}

Re: LyX vs. Scribus

[John Kane]

I have only had a quick look at it but it is a desktop
publishing program like the old pagemaker.  As far as
I could see it was designed to take existing text and
images and produce a nice output.  It seems to handle
linked frames, call-outs etc well.  

LyX and Scribus are almost completely different
animals.  One is a text processing program, the other
a page layout program.  I would hestiate to use LyX to
publish the local club newsletter and would not use
Scribus to produce a mathmatical textbook.

--- Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've just heard about a program called Scribus,
> which supposedly is a page 
> layout program and not a wordprocessing program. The
> program's web page is at 
> http://www.scribus.net/. 
> 
> I'm not familiar with Scribus. Can someone tell me
> the differences between LyX 
> and Scribus?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
> Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and
> courseware
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/
> 



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Re: LyX vs. Scribus

[Alan G Isaac]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote:
> Can someone tell me the differences between LyX and 
> Scribus? 

LyX does not do page layout (thank goodness).
Scribus does not do math.

Cheers,
Alan Isaac

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Bob Lounsbury]

On 7/20/07, Lyx Physicst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



On 7/20/07, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/20/07, Lyx Physicst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I don't know the reason, but you can add the Table of Contents, List
> > > of Figures, List of Figures, and BibTeX bibliography to the Table of
> > > contents using
> > >
> > > \usepackage{tocbibind}
> > >
> > > in the preamble. Or if you just want to add one or the other then you
can
> > add
> > >
> > > \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
> > >
> > > next to the List of Figures callout in ERT.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> >
> > So I did that, and it worked.  But now my page numbers are off... For
the
> > first sections(acknowlegments, list of tables, list of figures,
> > abbreviations, etc) I have roman numerals counting.  Then the counter
starts
> > at 1 once the text of Chapter one starts.  Well now my roman numerals
are
> > off by one page.  It says the LOT starts at vi, but it really starts at
vii
> > and so all the other ones are off by one... Is this due to the tocloft
> > package?
>
>
> I'm not following. Have you separated your addcontentsline commands?
>
> Here's an example as you've described number acknowledgments, lof, and
> lot in roman and the chapter 1 in arabic. There is no page number
> issue.
>
> Bob


Yes, your sample is correct in how I would like it.  But, my TOC is two
pages long, so the counter "skips" the second page of the TOC and labels it
as the first page of the LOT(the next section)  So my TOC is on page v and
vi, and the LOT starts at vii, but is being listed as starting at vi.  I
hope I explained it better..



That makes sense, but I can't reproduce it. I added chapters and
sections such that the TOC was two pages long and the numbering was
still correct. Something else must be going on or conflicting. Maybe,
you could send a minimal example.

Bob

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Lyx Physicst]

On 7/20/07, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 7/20/07, Lyx Physicst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I don't know the reason, but you can add the Table of Contents, List
> > of Figures, List of Figures, and BibTeX bibliography to the Table of
> > contents using
> >
> > \usepackage{tocbibind}
> >
> > in the preamble. Or if you just want to add one or the other then you
can
> add
> >
> > \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
> >
> > next to the List of Figures callout in ERT.
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
> So I did that, and it worked.  But now my page numbers are off... For
the
> first sections(acknowlegments, list of tables, list of figures,
> abbreviations, etc) I have roman numerals counting.  Then the counter
starts
> at 1 once the text of Chapter one starts.  Well now my roman numerals
are
> off by one page.  It says the LOT starts at vi, but it really starts at
vii
> and so all the other ones are off by one... Is this due to the tocloft
> package?


I'm not following. Have you separated your addcontentsline commands?

Here's an example as you've described number acknowledgments, lof, and
lot in roman and the chapter 1 in arabic. There is no page number
issue.

Bob





Yes, your sample is correct in how I would like it.  But, my TOC is two
pages long, so the counter "skips" the second page of the TOC and labels it
as the first page of the LOT(the next section)  So my TOC is on page v and
vi, and the LOT starts at vii, but is being listed as starting at vi.  I
hope I explained it better..

LyX vs. Scribus

[Steve Litt]

Hi all,

I've just heard about a program called Scribus, which supposedly is a page 
layout program and not a wordprocessing program. The program's web page is at 
http://www.scribus.net/. 

I'm not familiar with Scribus. Can someone tell me the differences between LyX 
and Scribus?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
http://www.troubleshooters.com/

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Bob Lounsbury]

On 7/20/07, Lyx Physicst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I don't know the reason, but you can add the Table of Contents, List
> of Figures, List of Figures, and BibTeX bibliography to the Table of
> contents using
>
> \usepackage{tocbibind}
>
> in the preamble. Or if you just want to add one or the other then you can
add
>
> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
>
> next to the List of Figures callout in ERT.
>
> Bob
>

So I did that, and it worked.  But now my page numbers are off... For the
first sections(acknowlegments, list of tables, list of figures,
abbreviations, etc) I have roman numerals counting.  Then the counter starts
at 1 once the text of Chapter one starts.  Well now my roman numerals are
off by one page.  It says the LOT starts at vi, but it really starts at vii
and so all the other ones are off by one... Is this due to the tocloft
package?



I'm not following. Have you separated your addcontentsline commands?

Here's an example as you've described number acknowledgments, lof, and
lot in roman and the chapter 1 in arabic. There is no page number
issue.

Bob


newfile1-1.4.4.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 20 July 2007 11:33, Charles de Miramon wrote:

That's right, and before you buy LaTeX Companion, you should learn TeX so that 
LaTeX Companion makes sense. I recommend these two:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/impatient/book.pdf

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/lyx_latex_tex.htm

SteveT

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Lyx Physicst]

On 7/20/07, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 7/20/07, Lyx Physicst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks bob, that got the name change and the dots correct, but for some
> reason my List of Tables and List of Figures got dropped from the Table
of
> contents when I added your tex into my preamble... Is there any reason
for
> this, or do I need to add something else?
> Charles


I don't know the reason, but you can add the Table of Contents, List
of Figures, List of Figures, and BibTeX bibliography to the Table of
contents using

\usepackage{tocbibind}

in the preamble. Or if you just want to add one or the other then you can
add

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}

next to the List of Figures callout in ERT.

Bob



So I did that, and it worked.  But now my page numbers are off... For the
first sections(acknowlegments, list of tables, list of figures,
abbreviations, etc) I have roman numerals counting.  Then the counter starts
at 1 once the text of Chapter one starts.  Well now my roman numerals are
off by one page.  It says the LOT starts at vi, but it really starts at vii
and so all the other ones are off by one... Is this due to the tocloft
package?

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Bob Lounsbury]

On 7/20/07, Lyx Physicst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Thanks bob, that got the name change and the dots correct, but for some
reason my List of Tables and List of Figures got dropped from the Table of
contents when I added your tex into my preamble... Is there any reason for
this, or do I need to add something else?
Charles



I don't know the reason, but you can add the Table of Contents, List
of Figures, List of Figures, and BibTeX bibliography to the Table of
contents using

\usepackage{tocbibind}

in the preamble. Or if you just want to add one or the other then you can add

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}

next to the List of Figures callout in ERT.

Bob

Re: Using article layout but having 'Bibliography' rather than reference

[Todd Denniston]

Richard McIntosh wrote:

Hi all
I would like the article (koma) style but want the word Bibliography rather
than references. I have tried manually editing the layout files to get the
article style but haven't managed to add the word Bibliography rather than
references.



I use article but the following may work for you to, or point to what you do 
need to do:

in ERT just before the bib location I put
\renewcommand{\refname}{} % remove the word 'References' from bibliography
for me I just type the name "REFERENCED DOCUMENTS." as the section name.


perhaps
\renewcommand{\refname}{Bibliography}
would do it for you? It worked for me in a quick test.

--
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Lyx Physicst]

On 7/20/07, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 7/20/07, Lyx Physicst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/20/07, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Lyx Physicst wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all, Im trying to tweak a few things in my Table of contents. 1)
I
> > need
> > > to change how Lyx makes all new sections(ie chapter, list of tables,
> > list
> > > of
> > > figures, etc)  in bold font and the corresponding listed page number
is
> > in
> > > bold as well.  I need to make the whole thing in normal font.   2) I
> > need
> > > to have the dots that go from section to page number ie:
> > > 1.1Background... 1
> > > Apply to all items in the table of contents.  Right now, the main
> > chapter
> > > titles do not have these dots, nor do items such as list of tables,
list
> > > of
> > > figures etc.  Only subsections within each chapter have them, and I
need
> > > to
> > > include them for all entries.  3) Finally, I need to change the
title to
> > > Table of Contents, not contents
> > > I am using Lyx 1.44 on a mac with the report class.  Thanks,
> > > Charles
> >
> > Over use of dotted lines is very ugly and a bad habit left from
MsWord.
> >
> > You seem to be a tweaker and you should borrow / buy the LaTeX
Companion.
> > It
> > is a big expensive book but a good investment.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Charles
> > --
> > http://www.kde-france.org
> >
> > Charles, I agree that is ugly and if it were up to me I wouldnt use
it.
> But the editors at my graduate school are making me change the default
Lyx
> format to their standards and that uses dots for all the
sections  All
> of these changes are their doing, not mine.  I think it looks great as
is...


The tocloft package will do everything that you need. Grab the package
documentation and read through it. It took me quite a while to figure
out how to add dotted leaders to chapters or sections. This was a
requirement for my thesis also.

I've attached a simple example of how to add dotted leaders and change
the name of the table of contents. Consult the tocloft documentation
for the other requirements.

Cheers,
Bob Lounsbury

Thanks bob, that got the name change and the dots correct, but for some

reason my List of Tables and List of Figures got dropped from the Table of
contents when I added your tex into my preamble... Is there any reason for
this, or do I need to add something else?
Charles

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Bob Lounsbury]

On 7/20/07, Lyx Physicst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 7/20/07, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Lyx Physicst wrote:
>
> > Hi all, Im trying to tweak a few things in my Table of contents. 1) I
> need
> > to change how Lyx makes all new sections(ie chapter, list of tables,
> list
> > of
> > figures, etc)  in bold font and the corresponding listed page number is
> in
> > bold as well.  I need to make the whole thing in normal font.   2) I
> need
> > to have the dots that go from section to page number ie:
> > 1.1Background... 1
> > Apply to all items in the table of contents.  Right now, the main
> chapter
> > titles do not have these dots, nor do items such as list of tables, list
> > of
> > figures etc.  Only subsections within each chapter have them, and I need
> > to
> > include them for all entries.  3) Finally, I need to change the title to
> > Table of Contents, not contents
> > I am using Lyx 1.44 on a mac with the report class.  Thanks,
> > Charles
>
> Over use of dotted lines is very ugly and a bad habit left from MsWord.
>
> You seem to be a tweaker and you should borrow / buy the LaTeX Companion.
> It
> is a big expensive book but a good investment.
>
> Cheers,
> Charles
> --
> http://www.kde-france.org
>
> Charles, I agree that is ugly and if it were up to me I wouldnt use it.
But the editors at my graduate school are making me change the default Lyx
format to their standards and that uses dots for all the sections  All
of these changes are their doing, not mine.  I think it looks great as is...



The tocloft package will do everything that you need. Grab the package
documentation and read through it. It took me quite a while to figure
out how to add dotted leaders to chapters or sections. This was a
requirement for my thesis also.

I've attached a simple example of how to add dotted leaders and change
the name of the table of contents. Consult the tocloft documentation
for the other requirements.

Cheers,
Bob Lounsbury


newfile1-1.4.4.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: gettting lyx/mac to see .bst files

[Lyx Physicst]

On 7/20/07, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Lyx Physicst wrote:

> I downloaded aip.bst again(twice actually) and saved it in my
> bibtex folder
> I created. ran sudo texhash, and still nothing...  LaTeX gives me
> this error
> now when I run bibtex..
> This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.5.5)
> The top-level auxiliary file: Thesis3.4.1.aux
> The style file: aip.bst
> "<" can't start a style-file command---line 1 of file aip.bst
> :
> : 
> (Error may have been on previous line)
> (There was 1 error message)
>
> Does this mean Im missing something else, some style file?
> Thanks for your patience,
> charles

No, it means you haven't downloaded the right file. (You've
downloaded a webpage instead!) CTAN is a bit confusing in this
regard: you'll need to keep clicking on links until you get to the
actual file.

The file you want is located here:



Bennett


Bennett, I got your message JUST as I was replying to say I realized I had
downloaded the website  I got it fixed and its working now! Thank you
very much...
Charles

Re: gettting lyx/mac to see .bst files

[Bennett Helm]

On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Lyx Physicst wrote:

I downloaded aip.bst again(twice actually) and saved it in my  
bibtex folder
I created. ran sudo texhash, and still nothing...  LaTeX gives me  
this error

now when I run bibtex..
This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.5.5)
The top-level auxiliary file: Thesis3.4.1.aux
The style file: aip.bst
"<" can't start a style-file command---line 1 of file aip.bst
:
: 
(Error may have been on previous line)
(There was 1 error message)

Does this mean Im missing something else, some style file?
Thanks for your patience,
charles


No, it means you haven't downloaded the right file. (You've  
downloaded a webpage instead!) CTAN is a bit confusing in this  
regard: you'll need to keep clicking on links until you get to the  
actual file.


The file you want is located here:




Bennett

Re: One more thing

[Lorenzo Paulatto]

Paniez Paykari ha scritto:
> Sorry one more thing is that it has a table 3.2 and a table 3.6 after
> that! why not creating number in the sequence ie 3.3 after 3.2? it
> misses 3.3 3.4 3.5 and has a table of 3.6?

Maybe you used a picture float instead of a table float without
noticing. Anyway it is very difficult to help you more without
additional detail (at least lyx version) and an example!

bye

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Using article layout but having 'Bibliography' rather than reference

[Richard McIntosh]

Hi all
I would like the article (koma) style but want the word Bibliography rather
than references. I have tried manually editing the layout files to get the
article style but haven't managed to add the word Bibliography rather than
references.

Below is the layout file i tried created that didn't work:

#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[scrartcl]{article-sbl (koma-script)}
# KOMA scrartcl textclass definition file.
# Bernd Rellermeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 1998/7/11.

Format 2
Input scrclass.inc
Input numarticle.inc

SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3

NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
NoStyle Addchap
NoStyle Addchap*
NoStyle Addpart
NoStyle Dictum


Style Part
   Align Left
   AlignPossible Left
   TopSep2
   BottomSep 1.5
   Font
 SizeLarger
   EndFont
End

Style Part*
   Align Left
   AlignPossible Left
   TopSep2
   BottomSep 1.5
   Font
 SizeLarger
   EndFont
End

Style Bibliography
   TopSep4
   LabelString   "Bibliography"
   LabelFont
 Series  Bold
 SizeLargest
   EndFont
End


Thanks,
Richard

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Lyx Physicst]

On 7/20/07, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Lyx Physicst wrote:

> Hi all, Im trying to tweak a few things in my Table of contents. 1) I
need
> to change how Lyx makes all new sections(ie chapter, list of tables,
list
> of
> figures, etc)  in bold font and the corresponding listed page number is
in
> bold as well.  I need to make the whole thing in normal font.   2) I
need
> to have the dots that go from section to page number ie:
> 1.1Background... 1
> Apply to all items in the table of contents.  Right now, the main
chapter
> titles do not have these dots, nor do items such as list of tables, list
> of
> figures etc.  Only subsections within each chapter have them, and I need
> to
> include them for all entries.  3) Finally, I need to change the title to
> Table of Contents, not contents
> I am using Lyx 1.44 on a mac with the report class.  Thanks,
> Charles

Over use of dotted lines is very ugly and a bad habit left from MsWord.

You seem to be a tweaker and you should borrow / buy the LaTeX Companion.
It
is a big expensive book but a good investment.

Cheers,
Charles
--
http://www.kde-france.org

Charles, I agree that is ugly and if it were up to me I wouldnt use it.

But the editors at my graduate school are making me change the default Lyx
format to their standards and that uses dots for all the sections  All
of these changes are their doing, not mine.  I think it looks great as is...

Re: TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Charles de Miramon]

Lyx Physicst wrote:

> Hi all, Im trying to tweak a few things in my Table of contents. 1) I need
> to change how Lyx makes all new sections(ie chapter, list of tables, list
> of
> figures, etc)  in bold font and the corresponding listed page number is in
> bold as well.  I need to make the whole thing in normal font.   2) I need
> to have the dots that go from section to page number ie:
> 1.1Background... 1
> Apply to all items in the table of contents.  Right now, the main chapter
> titles do not have these dots, nor do items such as list of tables, list
> of
> figures etc.  Only subsections within each chapter have them, and I need
> to
> include them for all entries.  3) Finally, I need to change the title to
> Table of Contents, not contents
> I am using Lyx 1.44 on a mac with the report class.  Thanks,
> Charles

Over use of dotted lines is very ugly and a bad habit left from MsWord. 

You seem to be a tweaker and you should borrow / buy the LaTeX Companion. It
is a big expensive book but a good investment.

Cheers,
Charles 
-- 
http://www.kde-france.org

Re: gettting lyx/mac to see .bst files

[Lyx Physicst]

On 7/20/07, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Lyx Physicst wrote:

> Ok, I created that directory and moved the file there.  How do I
> check to see if I have permissions and/or if the file is
> corrupted?  I was a little confused on how to download it from
> CTAN, so I just copied the text into a new tex file and saved it as
> aip.bst, is this ok or did I do it wrong?

Hard to tell from here. Having done all this (and sudo texhash), does
it work? If not, go to CTAN, find the aip.bst file, and download it
directly to your hard drive. (To do this, -click the link,
and select "Save link as ...", entering "aip.bst" as the file name.)
Put that in ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst, run sudo texhash, and see if
it works.

Bennett



I downloaded aip.bst again(twice actually) and saved it in my bibtex folder
I created. ran sudo texhash, and still nothing...  LaTeX gives me this error
now when I run bibtex..
This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.5.5)
The top-level auxiliary file: Thesis3.4.1.aux
The style file: aip.bst
"<" can't start a style-file command---line 1 of file aip.bst
:
: 
(Error may have been on previous line)
(There was 1 error message)

Does this mean Im missing something else, some style file?
Thanks for your patience,
charles

TOC font changes, adding dots between heading and page

[Lyx Physicst]

Hi all, Im trying to tweak a few things in my Table of contents. 1) I need
to change how Lyx makes all new sections(ie chapter, list of tables, list of
figures, etc)  in bold font and the corresponding listed page number is in
bold as well.  I need to make the whole thing in normal font.   2) I need to
have the dots that go from section to page number ie:
1.1Background... 1
Apply to all items in the table of contents.  Right now, the main chapter
titles do not have these dots, nor do items such as list of tables, list of
figures etc.  Only subsections within each chapter have them, and I need to
include them for all entries.  3) Finally, I need to change the title to
Table of Contents, not contents
I am using Lyx 1.44 on a mac with the report class.  Thanks,
Charles

Re: gettting lyx/mac to see .bst files

[Bennett Helm]

On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Lyx Physicst wrote:

Ok, I created that directory and moved the file there.  How do I  
check to see if I have permissions and/or if the file is  
corrupted?  I was a little confused on how to download it from  
CTAN, so I just copied the text into a new tex file and saved it as  
aip.bst, is this ok or did I do it wrong?


Hard to tell from here. Having done all this (and sudo texhash), does  
it work? If not, go to CTAN, find the aip.bst file, and download it  
directly to your hard drive. (To do this, -click the link,  
and select "Save link as ...", entering "aip.bst" as the file name.)  
Put that in ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst, run sudo texhash, and see if  
it works.


Bennett

Re: gettting lyx/mac to see .bst files

[Lyx Physicst]

On 7/20/07, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Lyx Physicst wrote:

>> This indicates it's not a LyX problem but something wrong with your
>> LaTeX setup. I'm not sure what the "couldn't open style file aip.bst"
>> is indicating. You said you installed it; are you sure? Try opening
>> the Terminal and typing:
>>
>> kpsewhich aip.bst
>>
>> That should return a path to the file if LaTeX can find the file and
>> nothing otherwise. If you do get a path to that file, check to make
>> sure you have read permissions on it. The other possibility I can
>> think of is that the file is somehow corrupted.
>>
>> When installing extra files for LaTeX, the standard place to put them
>> on Mac is ~/Library/texmf/. So .bst files would generally be put
>> in ~/
>> Library/texmf/bibtex/bst. Having done that, run "sudo
>> texhash" (giving your password), and it *should* work.
>>
>> Bennett
>>
>
> This is the path that I found the aip.bst file in
> /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/bibtex/bst/base/aip.bst
>   I looked and I dont have a ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst folder
> Could there be somewhere else that I can put the file so LaTeX can
> see it?

(You can always create that folder! -- Your LaTeX installation will
recognize it once you do.)

Did you check to see if you have read permissions to aip.bst? Are you
sure your copy of that file is not corrupted?

Bennett



Ok, I created that directory and moved the file there.  How do I check to
see if I have permissions and/or if the file is corrupted?  I was a little
confused on how to download it from CTAN, so I just copied the text into a
new tex file and saved it as aip.bst, is this ok or did I do it wrong?

Re: gettting lyx/mac to see .bst files

[Bennett Helm]

On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Lyx Physicst wrote:


This indicates it's not a LyX problem but something wrong with your
LaTeX setup. I'm not sure what the "couldn't open style file aip.bst"
is indicating. You said you installed it; are you sure? Try opening
the Terminal and typing:

kpsewhich aip.bst

That should return a path to the file if LaTeX can find the file and
nothing otherwise. If you do get a path to that file, check to make
sure you have read permissions on it. The other possibility I can
think of is that the file is somehow corrupted.

When installing extra files for LaTeX, the standard place to put them
on Mac is ~/Library/texmf/. So .bst files would generally be put  
in ~/

Library/texmf/bibtex/bst. Having done that, run "sudo
texhash" (giving your password), and it *should* work.

Bennett



This is the path that I found the aip.bst file in
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/bibtex/bst/base/aip.bst
  I looked and I dont have a ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst folder
Could there be somewhere else that I can put the file so LaTeX can  
see it?


(You can always create that folder! -- Your LaTeX installation will  
recognize it once you do.)


Did you check to see if you have read permissions to aip.bst? Are you  
sure your copy of that file is not corrupted?


Bennett

Re: gettting lyx/mac to see .bst files

[Lyx Physicst]

On 7/20/07, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On Jul 19, 2007, at 10:42 PM, Lyx Physicst wrote:

> Ok, so Im still very new to LaTeX... But I ran it and everything
> came out the same, there was no bibliography at all.  So I ran
> BibTeX and got this error
>
> "This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.5.5)
> The top-level auxiliary file: Thesis3.4.1.aux
> I couldn't open style file aip.bst
> ---line 146 of file Thesis3.4.1.aux
>  : \bibstyle{aip
>  :  }
> I'm skipping whatever remains of this command
> I found no style file---while reading file Thesis3.4.1.aux
> (There were 2 error messages)"
>
> Am I missing some style file?  (I am using report class fyi)
> Thanks,
> Charles

This indicates it's not a LyX problem but something wrong with your
LaTeX setup. I'm not sure what the "couldn't open style file aip.bst"
is indicating. You said you installed it; are you sure? Try opening
the Terminal and typing:

kpsewhich aip.bst

That should return a path to the file if LaTeX can find the file and
nothing otherwise. If you do get a bath to that file, check to make
sure you have read permissions on it. The other possibility I can
think of is that the file is somehow corrupted.

When installing extra files for LaTeX, the standard place to put them
on Mac is ~/Library/texmf/. So .bst files would generally be put in ~/
Library/texmf/bibtex/bst. Having done that, run "sudo
texhash" (giving your password), and it *should* work.

Bennett



This is the path that I found the aip.bst file in
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/bibtex/bst/base/aip.bst
  I looked and I dont have a ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst folder
Could there be somewhere else that I can put the file so LaTeX can see it?

Re: LyX, pdflatex and local hyperlinks

[Todd Denniston]

Nick and Anne Hopton wrote:

Uwe Stöhr wrote:


You can alternatively simply use:

\href{F:/Directory1/Directory2/index.html}{name}

This opens the file with the default program that is set in the 
registry as default viewer for html-files.


Thanks again for this Uwe, now when I click on the link in the PDF, 
Explorer fires up and loads index.html. All very good, but the trouble 
is that the drive letter (F:) is hard wired into the link. However, what 
I want to do is put the PDF file containing the link and the HTML file 
at which the link points onto a CD, but it doesn't seem possible to use 
relative paths in PDF links. On the CD the link in the PDF will always 
point at drive F: which isn't where the HTML file will be (unless by 
some happy chance all of the people to whom I distribute the CD have 
drive F: as their CD-ROM drives).


I know this isn't strictly a LyX problem, but any hints on a possible 
solution would be appreciated. I'm very reluctant to abandon the idea of 
using a LyX-generated PDF as a 'front page' for my project (it's 
genealogy, for the family).


Regards,
Nick.



assuming your LyX produced PDF is in Directory1 have you tried something like:
\href{./Directory2/index.html}{name}
otherwise known as a relative link?

works for me in a minimal test on Linux, using either the info above in ERT or 
putting the URL in using LyX's insert->URL.



--
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter

Re: gettting lyx/mac to see .bst files

[Bennett Helm]

On Jul 19, 2007, at 10:42 PM, Lyx Physicst wrote:

Ok, so Im still very new to LaTeX... But I ran it and everything  
came out the same, there was no bibliography at all.  So I ran  
BibTeX and got this error


"This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.5.5)
The top-level auxiliary file: Thesis3.4.1.aux
I couldn't open style file aip.bst
---line 146 of file Thesis3.4.1.aux
 : \bibstyle{aip
 :  }
I'm skipping whatever remains of this command
I found no style file---while reading file Thesis3.4.1.aux
(There were 2 error messages)"

Am I missing some style file?  (I am using report class fyi)
Thanks,
Charles


This indicates it's not a LyX problem but something wrong with your  
LaTeX setup. I'm not sure what the "couldn't open style file aip.bst"  
is indicating. You said you installed it; are you sure? Try opening  
the Terminal and typing:


kpsewhich aip.bst

That should return a path to the file if LaTeX can find the file and  
nothing otherwise. If you do get a bath to that file, check to make  
sure you have read permissions on it. The other possibility I can  
think of is that the file is somehow corrupted.


When installing extra files for LaTeX, the standard place to put them  
on Mac is ~/Library/texmf/. So .bst files would generally be put in ~/ 
Library/texmf/bibtex/bst. Having done that, run "sudo  
texhash" (giving your password), and it *should* work.


Bennett

Re: LyX, pdflatex and local hyperlinks

[Nick and Anne Hopton]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:


You can alternatively simply use:

\href{F:/Directory1/Directory2/index.html}{name}

This opens the file with the default program that is set in the registry 
as default viewer for html-files.


Thanks again for this Uwe, now when I click on the link in the PDF, 
Explorer fires up and loads index.html. All very good, but the trouble 
is that the drive letter (F:) is hard wired into the link. However, what 
I want to do is put the PDF file containing the link and the HTML file 
at which the link points onto a CD, but it doesn't seem possible to use 
relative paths in PDF links. On the CD the link in the PDF will always 
point at drive F: which isn't where the HTML file will be (unless by 
some happy chance all of the people to whom I distribute the CD have 
drive F: as their CD-ROM drives).


I know this isn't strictly a LyX problem, but any hints on a possible 
solution would be appreciated. I'm very reluctant to abandon the idea of 
using a LyX-generated PDF as a 'front page' for my project (it's 
genealogy, for the family).


Regards,
Nick.

--
Nick and Anne Hopton, Caversham, Reading, England.

One more thing

[Paniez Paykari]

Sorry one more thing is that it has a table 3.2 and a table 3.6 after 
that! why not creating number in the sequence ie 3.3 after 3.2? it 
misses 3.3 3.4 3.5 and has a table of 3.6?


Cheers
Paniez

Floats

[Paniez Paykari]

Dear Sir/Madam,

references to my tables come out all wrong? table no is 3.8 but in text 
it refers to it as 3.6how can I fix this?


Cheers
Paniez

LyX crashes on start.

[Timo Gienger]

Hi,

since today my lyx is crashing when i start it. The only thing i newly 
installed was graphviz. I´m using LyX on Windows. Maybe someone knows 
how to fix the problem. I haven´t tried reinstalling lyx so far. I don´t 
understand the path-message from the error-message, it says 
D:\LyX\lyx-1.5.0rc2\. the path even doesn´t exist, lyx isn´t 
installed there.


Error Message:
LyX: Missing quote [around line 5 of file ]
Assertion triggered in __thiscall lyx::support::FileName::FileName(const 
class std::basic_string,class 
std::allocator > &) by failing check "empty() || 
absolutePath(name_)" in file D:\LyX\lyx-1.5.0rc2\src\support\FileName.cpp:47


This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual 
way.

Please contact the application's support team for more information.
Completed


Greetings Timo

LyX crashes on startup

[Timo Gienger]

Hi,

since today my lyx is crashing when i start it. The only thing i newly 
installed was graphviz. I´m using LyX on Windows. Maybe someone knows 
how to fix the problem. I haven´t tried reinstalling lyx so far. I don´t 
understand the path-message from the error-message, it says 
D:\LyX\lyx-1.5.0rc2\. the path even doesn´t exist, lyx isn´t 
installed there.


Error Message:
LyX: Missing quote [around line 5 of file ]
Assertion triggered in __thiscall lyx::support::FileName::FileName(const 
class std::basic_string,class 
std::allocator > &) by failing check "empty() || 
absolutePath(name_)" in file 
D:\LyX\lyx-1.5.0rc2\src\support\FileName.cpp:47


This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual 
way.

Please contact the application's support team for more information.
Completed


Greetings Timo

Re: parentheses round location publisher and date in footnotes

[Charles de Miramon]

Richard McIntosh wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> Thanks again Charles!
> 
> Is there anyway that I could not have the parentheses in the
> references/bibliography at the end yet keep them in the footnotes?
> 

\addto\jbonlyforbib{%
  \DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyldelim}{\unskip\unskip\space}%
  \DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyrdelim}{}%
}%

Cheers,
Charles

When your bibliography style is ready please add a page on the Lyx wiki with
the different tricks. I'm short on time.

-- 
http://www.kde-france.org

Re: parentheses round location publisher and date in footnotes

[Richard McIntosh]

Dear all,

Thanks again Charles!

Is there anyway that I could not have the parentheses in the
references/bibliography at the end yet keep them in the footnotes?

With respect to the series, I am not using any works from a series in my
thesis so its not a problem. However, according to my style handbook the
series should be in the parantheses before the location separated by a
colon!!

Richard
On 20/07/07, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Richard McIntosh wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I would like to be able to put parentheses in first footnote around
> location, publisher and date, e.g. (London: Continuum, 1987). I have
found
> on google someone asking to get rid of them but can't find how to add
> them!
>

Where do you place the series ? Inside the parentheses or not ?

Add that in your preamble :
\renewcommand{\bibapyldelim}{(}
\renewcommand{\bibapyrdelim}{)}

Cheers,
Charles
--
http://www.kde-france.org

Re: parentheses round location publisher and date in footnotes

[Charles de Miramon]

Richard McIntosh wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to be able to put parentheses in first footnote around
> location, publisher and date, e.g. (London: Continuum, 1987). I have found
> on google someone asking to get rid of them but can't find how to add
> them!
> 

Where do you place the series ? Inside the parentheses or not ?

Add that in your preamble :
\renewcommand{\bibapyldelim}{(}
\renewcommand{\bibapyrdelim}{)}

Cheers,
Charles
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Re: flashcards layout

[Jonathan Vogt]

Hi Steve

> Exactly what kind of paper are you going to use for your flashcards? Will
> you print them yourself, or have a copy shop print them? I've found that
> putting thick paper into my printers shortens their life considerably.

Since I just started using the flashcardspackage and I needed them fast, I 
have only printed a few on normal paper. I'm still (haven't started yet) 
looking for a store where I can print them on businesscards.

>
> Around where I live we have a place called CopyMax who can print from a PDF
> file. 3x5 cards are easy to get, but I think thicker stock would be needed
> to get rugged, long lasting flash cards. What do you think?

I read that businesscards should be long enough lasting. You should be able to 
get letter or A4 paper, which are perforated the right way for businesscards.

If you use a laser printer you don't have to worry about much I guess. If 
you're lifing in a rough environment, you might wannt to try laminating the 
cards before you break them appart.

Jonathan