Re: inverted iota

2008-01-30 Thread Paul A. Rubin
William Seager wrote: Hi all. I'm having trouble figuring out how to make the "definite description" symbol (which is an inverted Greek iota). There seem to be two ways to do this, both of which fail for me. One is to use graphicx package and the rotatebox command. But this does not seem to work

Re: bug in conversion of old lyx file to 1.5.3 (uwthesis template)

2008-01-30 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Scott Otterson wrote: I'm trying to use lyx 1.5.3 to read a lyx file which was created with an older version of lyx (the University of Washington lyx thesis template: http://staff.washington.edu/fox/tex/uwthesis_lyx.zip). When I open the file, this triggers a lyx bug, either in lyx or within

bug in conversion of old lyx file to 1.5.3 (uwthesis template)

2008-01-30 Thread Scott Otterson
I'm trying to use lyx 1.5.3 to read a lyx file which was created with an older version of lyx (the University of Washington lyx thesis template: http://staff.washington.edu/fox/tex/uwthesis_lyx.zip). When I open the file, this triggers a lyx bug, either in lyx or within our install of lyx (er

inverted iota

2008-01-30 Thread William Seager
Hi all. I'm having trouble figuring out how to make the "definite description" symbol (which is an inverted Greek iota). There seem to be two ways to do this, both of which fail for me. One is to use graphicx package and the rotatebox command. But this does not seem to work inside math equations (

Re: Paragraph layout dialog missing spacing section in lyx 1.5

2008-01-30 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Håvard Husevåg Garnes wrote: > Is there a reason that the "Above" and "Below"-sections are missing from > the Paragraph Layout dialog in lyx 1.5? I really want to be able to > individually space my paragraphs, but I can not seem to find a good way > to do this. I used to be so convenient in 1.4. Is

Re: aspell on ubuntu with LyX

2008-01-30 Thread Christopher Menzel
On Jan 30, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Stacia Hartleben wrote: Hey guys, I am running into difficulty getting aspell working under Xubuntu. I installed it but the spellcheck button is always grayed out...is there some sort of setting I can turn on to get it working? I couldn't f

Re: OT: Proof reading - usually with doc?????

2008-01-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Rainer M Krug wrote: Thakns - I feel much better now. I thought exactly the same. And in addition, if you want to have track changes enabled, you have to specify it - this is more then bad practise I would say. LyX has a word count feature; at worst, export to ASCII text

Paragraph layout dialog missing spacing section in lyx 1.5

2008-01-30 Thread Håvard Husevåg Garnes
Hello Is there a reason that the "Above" and "Below"-sections are missing from the Paragraph Layout dialog in lyx 1.5? I really want to be able to individually space my paragraphs, but I can not seem to find a good way to do this. I used to be so convenient in 1.4. Is the dialog moved somewhere el

Re: OT: Proof reading - usually with doc?????

2008-01-30 Thread David Hewitt
> I wanted my thesis to be proofread at my university, and the language lab > told me they ONLY accept word doc files. So I am wondering? are they > trange > or do I have strange ideas about doc for proofreading? I would have > expected > them to work in pdf or hardcopies. > That's frustrating

Re: aspell on ubuntu with LyX

2008-01-30 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Stacia Hartleben wrote: Hey guys, I am running into difficulty getting aspell working under Xubuntu. I installed it but the spellcheck button is always grayed out...is there some sort of setting I can turn on to get it working? I couldn't find anything on the Wiki. Don't know about Xubuntu, bu

Re: OT: Proof reading - usually with doc?????

2008-01-30 Thread Rainer M Krug
Hi Rich, On 30/01/2008, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > I wanted my thesis to be proofread at my university, and the language > lab > > told me they ONLY accept word doc files. So I am wondering? are they > > trange or do I have strange i

Re: OT: Proof reading - usually with doc?????

2008-01-30 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: Talk with your major advisor and get him/her on your side. It's much easier to mark up and make revisions on a paper copy. Then, drag the language lab into the 20th century. You mean "back to the 20th century", right? :-) My guess is that the proofreaders use the chang

Re: OT: Proof reading - usually with doc?????

2008-01-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Rainer M Krug schrieb: I wanted my thesis to be proofread at my university, and the language lab told me they ONLY accept word doc files. So I am wondering? are they trange or do I have strange ideas about doc for proofreading? I would have expected them to work in pdf or hardcopies. Everybody

Re: I'm new to LyX

2008-01-30 Thread Charles de Miramon
Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Elswood wrote: > >> And have tried to install the "memoir" template. On the configuration >> screen it says "yes" for it being but is nowhere to be found in my >> Templates folder nor can I find it anywhere else. I have re-configured >> after every dow

Re: I'm new to LyX

2008-01-30 Thread Elswood
Thanks, Paul. I found that out yesterday, and under document->settings->Document class->drop down list there it was! Appreciate the help from everyone on the list. The reason why I love LyX is not just the typesetting beauty of it, but mostly the screen. It is easy on old eyes! On Wednesday

Re: OT: Proof reading - usually with doc?????

2008-01-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Rainer M Krug wrote: I wanted my thesis to be proofread at my university, and the language lab told me they ONLY accept word doc files. So I am wondering? are they trange or do I have strange ideas about doc for proofreading? I would have expected them to work in pdf or hard

Re: I'm new to LyX

2008-01-30 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Elswood wrote: And have tried to install the "memoir" template. On the configuration screen it says "yes" for it being but is nowhere to be found in my Templates folder nor can I find it anywhere else. I have re-configured after every download and I have downloaded hundreds of megabytes of st

Re: Overfull line after embedded URL

2008-01-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I assume that the result of \small was a smaller font size. I've considered that once or twice but shied away because I thought it might look funny. Paul, Since the URL is set in a monospaced typeface it's not nearly as noticable as we'd think. It

Re: Overfull line after embedded URL

2008-01-30 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: You could try putting \linebreak[n] in ERT where you want the break, where n is an integer in the range 0..4. This "suggests" a line break, where higher numbers reflect stronger suggestions (and 4 means "the Godfather wants you sho

OT: Proof reading - usually with doc?????

2008-01-30 Thread Rainer M Krug
Hi I wanted my thesis to be proofread at my university, and the language lab told me they ONLY accept word doc files. So I am wondering? are they trange or do I have strange ideas about doc for proofreading? I would have expected them to work in pdf or hardcopies. Rainer