Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Murat Yildizoglu]

I have just donwloaded the executable from CTAN and indicated its path to
Lyx and it worked like a charm since TexLive2005 contains other necessary
files.

Murat

2008/10/31 Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Joost Verburg schrieb:

  Why not bundle it in the installer if MiKTeX doesn't distribute it?


 Because this is no real solution. Everybody should benefit and not
 everybody build its own solution. ChkTeX is on CTAN that everybody can
 access it, it is not in MiKTeX either due to compilation problems or license
 issues. Please inform Christian Schenk and he will add it.

 regards Uwe




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[Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[Nick Bell]

Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help file: 
I get the error No information for converting xpm format files to png. 
Define a converter in the preferences.

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-qa9ejyijjxmyxfekjtmjirmnwx.jpg

When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG, and 
the Add and Modify buttons are greyed out:

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-mjb9yfpit92s8xr96q7ipdc3kh.jpg

I am able to save e.g. Look and Feel preferences.

ImageMagick 6.4.1 is installed in /usr/local/bin which is in the PATH.

Any ideas? I'm using Leopard.
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Re: How to install LaTeX packages

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Les Denham wrote:


To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Les Denham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

On Thursday 30 October 2008, Keith Roberts wrote:

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

Keith Roberts wrote:

How do I go about installing new/required LaTeX packages from CTAN?

Do I have to install them into LyX, or into my actuall LaTeX
installation?


What operating system, and what LaTeX distribution?

/Paul


Hi Paul. I'm on Fedora 8, and it uses tetex-latex 3.0-44.9.fc8

Keith


Keith,

I'd suggest you upgrade to TexLive -- tetex is no longer maintained.  You may
well find the packages you want are already included.  See:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive

However, the basic installation for most CTAN packages is pretty simple:

1. Download the package -- usually the You can get this entire directory
bundled as .zip near the top of the page listing the contents.

2. Unzip the downloaded file.

3. Follow the installation instructions in the README file.

4. Run texhash

5. From within LyX, do: Tools-Reconfigure. Restart LyX.

See section 5.1 in the LyX Help file Customization.

The installation instructions typically are something like this (from the
calendar package):

INSTALLATION

The simplest way to install the tools in the package is to make a
subdirectory in the search path of your TeX, FTP all of the source files to
that directory, and run latex allcal.ins.  You should then be able to run
the demonstration files.



--
Les

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


Thankyou for your very helpfull reply Les. I'm gonna 
uninstall tetex-latex and start afresh with:


yum install texlive texlive-latex

I'll post again to the list and let you all know how it goes.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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Re: LYX problem: Formatting table

[Helge Hafting]

rgheck wrote:

Rasheda Khanam wrote:

Hi
How could I accommodate the attached table in one page (without page 
number entering in the table)? or How could I insert a break that will 
transfer the table in two pages?
 
I think the answer is that you should use longtable. See the Embedded 
Objects manual for info.


Yes, longtable is the only sane way to have a table split over two (or 
more) pages. One can make two tables instead, but the problem with that 
is that it is hard to change the split when editing the document. A 
longtable adjusts automatically.


Alternatively, if the table fits on a page but the page number gets
into it, put an ERT with \thispagestyle{empty} somewhere, so
the page will be unnumbered. But note that it won't look good in
a two-sided layout, as the table extends way below the bottom
margin of the facing page.

Helge Hafting

Re: [Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[rgheck]

Nick Bell wrote:
Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help 
file: I get the error No information for converting xpm format files 
to png. Define a converter in the preferences.

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-qa9ejyijjxmyxfekjtmjirmnwx.jpg

When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG, 
and the Add and Modify buttons are greyed out:

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-mjb9yfpit92s8xr96q7ipdc3kh.jpg

This dialog is kind of confusing. Once you choose new from and to 
formats, you'll get the buttons enabled.


rh

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:

 What would be needed to make it available? Since I am the maintainer
 nowadays, we can work out a solution.

 You are the maintainer of ChkTeX?

Yes, since the last time I asked Baruck Even about applying a patch :) I
tend to produce small patches eveytime I need to use chktex.

The next version is mostly ready for release, I just need to find a
little time to actually do it. I have no idea however whether msdos
support still work. Therefore, testing on windows would be appreciated. 

The svn is now here:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/chktex/

Testing would be appreciated. The web site is still at Baruch's site,
and therefore things will need to be updated on this side.

 This should be delivered by the LaTeX distribution. It turned out that
 ChkTeX is available in TeXLive but not MiKTeX. The MiKTeX maintainer
 reported me once that he had problems to compile it on Windows, but
 this was long ago. I would like when you contact the MiKTeX maintainer
 (Christian Schenk cs/at\miktex*org) and ask what he needs to be able
 to compile it. I'm sure he will add ChkTeX then to MiKTeX.

I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
have a go at it.

JMarc

1.6 Mac Binary?

[Nick Bell]

Hi there,

Is there any timeline for a Mac binary of Lyx 1.6 (RC or final) being 
posted somewhere? 1.6 has lots of nice improvements ...


Thanks

Nick
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Re: How to install LaTeX packages

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Les Denham wrote:


To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Les Denham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

On Thursday 30 October 2008, Keith Roberts wrote:

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

Keith Roberts wrote:

How do I go about installing new/required LaTeX packages from CTAN?

Do I have to install them into LyX, or into my actuall LaTeX
installation?


What operating system, and what LaTeX distribution?

/Paul


Hi Paul. I'm on Fedora 8, and it uses tetex-latex 3.0-44.9.fc8

Keith


Keith,

I'd suggest you upgrade to TexLive -- tetex is no longer 
maintained.  You may well find the packages you want are 
already included.  See: 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive


However, the basic installation for most CTAN packages is pretty simple:

1. Download the package -- usually the You can get this entire directory
bundled as .zip near the top of the page listing the contents.

2. Unzip the downloaded file.

3. Follow the installation instructions in the README file.

4. Run texhash

5. From within LyX, do: Tools-Reconfigure. Restart LyX.

See section 5.1 in the LyX Help file Customization.

The installation instructions typically are something like this (from the
calendar package):

INSTALLATION  The simplest way to install the 
tools in the package is to make a subdirectory in the 
search path of your TeX, FTP all of the source files to 
that directory, and run latex allcal.ins.  You should 
then be able to run the demonstration files.



--
Les


Sorted out now Les. Thanks again for your helpfull reply.

I added the texlive.repo to yum.

Also created a Smart PM channel from the yum repo.

Fedora spotted the texlive repo, and offered to update from 
tetex-latex to texlive-latex.


Did that, and everything also appears to work fine now.

I also found the installation path for new latex packages, 
which can be found in LyX, under Tools  TeX Information. 
Then checked the show paths box.


I installed a new package called 'pmboxdraw' by creating a 
new directory and copying the required files into that.


Thanks again Les.

This Latex and Lyx stuff is real cool!

Kind Regards,

Keith

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Re: 1.6 Mac Binary?

[James Sutherland]

see
  ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
We haven't yet seen a binary installer for RC5.

On Oct 31, 2008, at 6:43 AM, Nick Bell wrote:


Hi there,

Is there any timeline for a Mac binary of Lyx 1.6 (RC or final)  
being posted somewhere? 1.6 has lots of nice improvements ...


Thanks

Nick
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Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Jonathan Kroner]

Danke, Merci, thank you.


On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:

  What would be needed to make it available? Since I am the maintainer
 nowadays, we can work out a solution.


 You are the maintainer of ChkTeX?

  I think you should bundle it in he installer.


 This should be delivered by the LaTeX distribution. It turned out that
 ChkTeX is available in TeXLive but not MiKTeX. The MiKTeX maintainer
 reported me once that he had problems to compile it on Windows, but this was
 long ago. I would like when you contact the MiKTeX maintainer (Christian
 Schenk cs/at\miktex*org) and ask what he needs to be able to compile it. I'm
 sure he will add ChkTeX then to MiKTeX.

 regards Uwe




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Re: How to insert a logo into beamer's sidebar?

[Paul A. Rubin]

Dr. Wang Yongqiao wrote:

How to insert a logo into beamer's sidebar?

I put the following code into the preamble, but it doesn't work.

\pgfdeclareimage[interpolate=true,width=1.4cm,height=1.4cm]{mylogo}{logo}
\setbeamertemplate{sidebar left} {
\pgfuseimage{mylogo}
..
}



Are you using a Beamer style that (a) has a left sidebar and (b) puts 
the logo there by default?  If so, all you need is


\pgfdeclareimage[interpolate=true,width=1.4cm,height=1.4cm]{mylogo}{logo}
\logo{\pgfuseimage{mylogo}}

(assuming that 'logo.eps' is the name of the image file).

If you are using a style that has a left sidebar but does not normally 
include a logo there, then you have to modify the appropriate 
beamertemplate.  If you're using a style that does not have a left 
sidebar, I don't think declaring the template will add one; you have to 
modify the style itself.


If this doesn't answer the question fully, let us know what style you 
are using.


/Paul

missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[Erez Yerushalmi]

Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as standard

I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

 I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





-- 
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[James Sutherland]

I sometimes have this problem due to what is likely a bug in LyX.

Try the following: segment your document into several documents and  
see which one(s) fail.  Continue removing until you find the offending  
part(s).  Then if you also look at the LaTeX source code you can  
sometimes find the problem.  Ususally for me it is an extra space  
(LyX typically eliminates those, and if it doesn't for some reason,  
things break).


James


On Oct 31, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote:


Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as  
standard


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





--
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[A. Scottedward Hodel]

That's a LaTeX error.  Something is odd with the way you're putting in  
your equations.   I often find it useful to export the LyX document as  
LaTeX and then see where the error comes from there.  You can also  
click on the error message in list and see the line in the original  
LyX document that causes the problem.  Either way should give you some  
insight into the problem.


On Oct 31, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote:


Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as  
standard


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





--
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi


A. Scottedward Hodel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Uwe Stöhr]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:


I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
have a go at it.


I won't have time for this, but Joost will surely help you.

regards Uwe

Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Christopher Reeve]

Hi, I just got Skim to pdfsync with LyX. It took me a while, and I think my
problems were that I had defined my lyxpipe in ~/.lyx/.lyxpipe. Now I set it
just as ~/.lyx. Another problem I had was that LyX could not find the
pdfsync.sty package so I downloaded it and stuck it in my working folder. If
anyone can tell me what I should have done please say!

My question now is, I am writing a long document with many chapters so I
stick all the chapters into child documents which I include in a parent
document. If I compile the whole document then Command-Shift clicking in
Skim it will only relolcate the courser in the parent document in LyX - that
is if I am reading a middle chapter it does not work. Does anyone know if
there is a way to fix this?

Your solution might be to proof read each chapter seperately. The only
problem with this is that I have many references to figures and equations in
different chapters and these would be shown as ??, so I have no way of
telling if the link is actually broken or not. Actually a most common
problem I have is forgetting to change the reference type - that is
sometimes I might refer to a figure number and other times to a page. I
don't really want to read the document again just to check for these errors.

Cheers,

Chris.

Mac OS 10.4, LyX 1.6rc4, Skim 1.1.13


ps, I might formally add this as a feature request: It would be very nice to
be able to search within child documents from within the parent document
with Find.

Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[Paul A. Rubin]

Erez Yerushalmi wrote:

Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time. I regularly pdf 
it.


I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as 
standard


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...



Are you using a BibTeX database to add citations?  The fact that this 
occurs during or after the second pass rather than the first suggests 
that something is being added belatedly (like the bibliography) that 
produces the error.  You said you didn't do anything to the document; 
might you (or someone else) have edited the BibTeX file?


/Paul

Re: Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Abdelrazak Younes]

On 31/10/2008 19:21, Christopher Reeve wrote:

Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.


Didn't you notice the 'Labels  References' item in the outline pane? 
You can even sort the labels now...


Abdel.

Re: Problem with intext citations with custom BibTeX .bst file

[Paul A. Rubin]

Andrew Barr wrote:

Hi all,

I have been using the java program Bib-It to put together my own
custom BibTeX style file.  It is working very well, but the problem I
am having is that I don't seem to be able to specify in-text citation
styles with Bib-It and I don't speak .bst.

Right now the in-text citations only list the first author and year.
I need it to list (FirstAuthor [ SecondAuthor], Year). For more than
two authors, (FirstAuthor \emph{et. al}, Year). I only want to use et
al. for in-text citations.  In the full reference list I need to list
all authors.

My .bst file is available here
https://webspace.utexas.edu/wab536/www/custombst_nat.bst

Any help is much appreciated.



The following quick fix might or might not work.  In LyX, go to Document 
- Settings... - Bibliography, select Natbib, and pick Author-year as 
the Natbib style.  When inserting a citation, pick the desired format in 
the drop-down list and check Full author list when there are exactly 
two authors.  By default, I think this will insert two-author cites as 
A. Smith and B. Jones, 1987.  If you really want an ampersand rather 
than and, edit line 87 of the .bst file, replacing 'and' with '\'. 
(The backslash is important.)


That said, when I tested this on a small document, it inexplicably 
mangled some of the references.  In one case, it cited Jones et al. for 
a sole-authored article.  In another, it cited Jones 2000 for an article 
with three authors (no et al.).  One (perfectly valid) BibTeX entry it 
refused to insert at all.  So my suggestion would be to use the 
custom-bib LaTeX package to generate a new .bst file that does what you 
want.


/Paul

Re: Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Christopher Reeve wrote:

Hi, I just got Skim to pdfsync with LyX. It took me a while, and I think my
problems were that I had defined my lyxpipe in ~/.lyx/.lyxpipe. Now I set it
just as ~/.lyx. 


Last time I tried that, I've set in Skim the editor to custom and
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor
with arguments
%file %line


Another problem I had was that LyX could not find the
pdfsync.sty package so I downloaded it and stuck it in my working folder. If
anyone can tell me what I should have done please say!


The right place for manually installed packages on the Mac is (assuming 
you use MacTex or TeXLive):

~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/
You need to run texhash afterwards (from Terminal).


My question now is, I am writing a long document with many chapters so I
stick all the chapters into child documents which I include in a parent
document. 


You were warned that RCx is not for real work, right? ;-)


If I compile the whole document then Command-Shift clicking in
Skim it will only relolcate the courser in the parent document in LyX - that
is if I am reading a middle chapter it does not work. Does anyone know if
there is a way to fix this?


No idea, but a general question:
Compared to the additional hassle the each-chapter-in-a-file approach 
creates, do you really gain that much?


I am working on a 200p document right now as well (also with plenty of 
math, figures, etc.), and there is no problem whatsoever (1.5.6). And it 
is simple/quick to get around in the document, even with the basic 
outliner of 1.5.x.. It needs some time getting used to actually use the 
outliner, but then it is fast.



ps, I might formally add this as a feature request: It would be very nice to
be able to search within child documents from within the parent document
with Find.
Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.


I believe it is generally known that the current Find/Replace is pretty 
basic and that much could be improved (contributors welcome!). There is 
some pretty hot stuff on its way though ...


Cheers,
/Konrad

Re: [Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Nick Bell wrote:
Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help file: 


I cannot reproduce. LyX version?
Can you generate a pdf from the UserGuide, for example?

I get the error No information for converting xpm format files to png. 
Define a converter in the preferences.


The xpm files are the small icon images.


When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG


It is not necessary to have a converter defined for this (I do not have
one either). If nothing is defined, then LyX falls back on using convert
(which is ImageMagick), and which should work here. And if that fails,
then LyX complains about a missing converter. So it looks like LyX does
not find your convert-binary. Or your convert-version fails to process a
particular file. Do you have anything on Console?

You could also try starting Lyx from terminal with (adjust the path):
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -dbg graphics

And also see what output the following gives you (put on one line):
python
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/images/copy.xpm copy.png


ImageMagick 6.4.1 is installed in /usr/local/bin which is in the PATH.


Is it also on the system's path? (I.e., on Terminal, type
convert --version). Normally it should be...


Any ideas? I'm using Leopard.


No other than that your ImageMagick installtion is broken.

Hope some of the above helps tracing down the problem.

Good luck,
Konrad

Re: LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 5) is released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

José Matos wrote:

Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 5)
=


Compiles fine on the Mac.

For those not being able to wait, I have placed a zipped Mac Universal 
Binary (without the installer) at

http://www2.spsc.tugraz.at/people/hofbauer/lyx/LyX-1.6.0rc5.app.zip

For what goes onto the server, we better wait for Bennett's build.

Thanks,
Konrad

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Enrico Forestieri]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes writes:

 I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
 have a go at it.

Builds and runs fine on cygwin OOTB.

Builds with no errors on mingw but crashes at startup in getopt_long()
when using short options. I mean, chktex --help works, but chktex -h
crashes. Anyway, chktex file.tex successfully checks file.tex.

-- 
Enrico

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Murat Yildizoglu]

I have just donwloaded the executable from CTAN and indicated its path to
Lyx and it worked like a charm since TexLive2005 contains other necessary
files.

Murat

2008/10/31 Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Joost Verburg schrieb:

  Why not bundle it in the installer if MiKTeX doesn't distribute it?


 Because this is no real solution. Everybody should benefit and not
 everybody build its own solution. ChkTeX is on CTAN that everybody can
 access it, it is not in MiKTeX either due to compilation problems or license
 issues. Please inform Christian Schenk and he will add it.

 regards Uwe




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[Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[Nick Bell]

Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help file: 
I get the error No information for converting xpm format files to png. 
Define a converter in the preferences.

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-qa9ejyijjxmyxfekjtmjirmnwx.jpg

When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG, and 
the Add and Modify buttons are greyed out:

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-mjb9yfpit92s8xr96q7ipdc3kh.jpg

I am able to save e.g. Look and Feel preferences.

ImageMagick 6.4.1 is installed in /usr/local/bin which is in the PATH.

Any ideas? I'm using Leopard.
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Re: How to install LaTeX packages

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Les Denham wrote:


To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Les Denham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

On Thursday 30 October 2008, Keith Roberts wrote:

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

Keith Roberts wrote:

How do I go about installing new/required LaTeX packages from CTAN?

Do I have to install them into LyX, or into my actuall LaTeX
installation?


What operating system, and what LaTeX distribution?

/Paul


Hi Paul. I'm on Fedora 8, and it uses tetex-latex 3.0-44.9.fc8

Keith


Keith,

I'd suggest you upgrade to TexLive -- tetex is no longer maintained.  You may
well find the packages you want are already included.  See:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive

However, the basic installation for most CTAN packages is pretty simple:

1. Download the package -- usually the You can get this entire directory
bundled as .zip near the top of the page listing the contents.

2. Unzip the downloaded file.

3. Follow the installation instructions in the README file.

4. Run texhash

5. From within LyX, do: Tools-Reconfigure. Restart LyX.

See section 5.1 in the LyX Help file Customization.

The installation instructions typically are something like this (from the
calendar package):

INSTALLATION

The simplest way to install the tools in the package is to make a
subdirectory in the search path of your TeX, FTP all of the source files to
that directory, and run latex allcal.ins.  You should then be able to run
the demonstration files.



--
Les

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


Thankyou for your very helpfull reply Les. I'm gonna 
uninstall tetex-latex and start afresh with:


yum install texlive texlive-latex

I'll post again to the list and let you all know how it goes.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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Re: LYX problem: Formatting table

[Helge Hafting]

rgheck wrote:

Rasheda Khanam wrote:

Hi
How could I accommodate the attached table in one page (without page 
number entering in the table)? or How could I insert a break that will 
transfer the table in two pages?
 
I think the answer is that you should use longtable. See the Embedded 
Objects manual for info.


Yes, longtable is the only sane way to have a table split over two (or 
more) pages. One can make two tables instead, but the problem with that 
is that it is hard to change the split when editing the document. A 
longtable adjusts automatically.


Alternatively, if the table fits on a page but the page number gets
into it, put an ERT with \thispagestyle{empty} somewhere, so
the page will be unnumbered. But note that it won't look good in
a two-sided layout, as the table extends way below the bottom
margin of the facing page.

Helge Hafting

Re: [Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[rgheck]

Nick Bell wrote:
Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help 
file: I get the error No information for converting xpm format files 
to png. Define a converter in the preferences.

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-qa9ejyijjxmyxfekjtmjirmnwx.jpg

When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG, 
and the Add and Modify buttons are greyed out:

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-mjb9yfpit92s8xr96q7ipdc3kh.jpg

This dialog is kind of confusing. Once you choose new from and to 
formats, you'll get the buttons enabled.


rh

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:

 What would be needed to make it available? Since I am the maintainer
 nowadays, we can work out a solution.

 You are the maintainer of ChkTeX?

Yes, since the last time I asked Baruck Even about applying a patch :) I
tend to produce small patches eveytime I need to use chktex.

The next version is mostly ready for release, I just need to find a
little time to actually do it. I have no idea however whether msdos
support still work. Therefore, testing on windows would be appreciated. 

The svn is now here:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/chktex/

Testing would be appreciated. The web site is still at Baruch's site,
and therefore things will need to be updated on this side.

 This should be delivered by the LaTeX distribution. It turned out that
 ChkTeX is available in TeXLive but not MiKTeX. The MiKTeX maintainer
 reported me once that he had problems to compile it on Windows, but
 this was long ago. I would like when you contact the MiKTeX maintainer
 (Christian Schenk cs/at\miktex*org) and ask what he needs to be able
 to compile it. I'm sure he will add ChkTeX then to MiKTeX.

I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
have a go at it.

JMarc

1.6 Mac Binary?

[Nick Bell]

Hi there,

Is there any timeline for a Mac binary of Lyx 1.6 (RC or final) being 
posted somewhere? 1.6 has lots of nice improvements ...


Thanks

Nick
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to install LaTeX packages

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Les Denham wrote:


To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Les Denham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

On Thursday 30 October 2008, Keith Roberts wrote:

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

Keith Roberts wrote:

How do I go about installing new/required LaTeX packages from CTAN?

Do I have to install them into LyX, or into my actuall LaTeX
installation?


What operating system, and what LaTeX distribution?

/Paul


Hi Paul. I'm on Fedora 8, and it uses tetex-latex 3.0-44.9.fc8

Keith


Keith,

I'd suggest you upgrade to TexLive -- tetex is no longer 
maintained.  You may well find the packages you want are 
already included.  See: 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive


However, the basic installation for most CTAN packages is pretty simple:

1. Download the package -- usually the You can get this entire directory
bundled as .zip near the top of the page listing the contents.

2. Unzip the downloaded file.

3. Follow the installation instructions in the README file.

4. Run texhash

5. From within LyX, do: Tools-Reconfigure. Restart LyX.

See section 5.1 in the LyX Help file Customization.

The installation instructions typically are something like this (from the
calendar package):

INSTALLATION  The simplest way to install the 
tools in the package is to make a subdirectory in the 
search path of your TeX, FTP all of the source files to 
that directory, and run latex allcal.ins.  You should 
then be able to run the demonstration files.



--
Les


Sorted out now Les. Thanks again for your helpfull reply.

I added the texlive.repo to yum.

Also created a Smart PM channel from the yum repo.

Fedora spotted the texlive repo, and offered to update from 
tetex-latex to texlive-latex.


Did that, and everything also appears to work fine now.

I also found the installation path for new latex packages, 
which can be found in LyX, under Tools  TeX Information. 
Then checked the show paths box.


I installed a new package called 'pmboxdraw' by creating a 
new directory and copying the required files into that.


Thanks again Les.

This Latex and Lyx stuff is real cool!

Kind Regards,

Keith

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Re: 1.6 Mac Binary?

[James Sutherland]

see
  ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
We haven't yet seen a binary installer for RC5.

On Oct 31, 2008, at 6:43 AM, Nick Bell wrote:


Hi there,

Is there any timeline for a Mac binary of Lyx 1.6 (RC or final)  
being posted somewhere? 1.6 has lots of nice improvements ...


Thanks

Nick
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Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Jonathan Kroner]

Danke, Merci, thank you.


On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:

  What would be needed to make it available? Since I am the maintainer
 nowadays, we can work out a solution.


 You are the maintainer of ChkTeX?

  I think you should bundle it in he installer.


 This should be delivered by the LaTeX distribution. It turned out that
 ChkTeX is available in TeXLive but not MiKTeX. The MiKTeX maintainer
 reported me once that he had problems to compile it on Windows, but this was
 long ago. I would like when you contact the MiKTeX maintainer (Christian
 Schenk cs/at\miktex*org) and ask what he needs to be able to compile it. I'm
 sure he will add ChkTeX then to MiKTeX.

 regards Uwe




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305.310.6046

Re: How to insert a logo into beamer's sidebar?

[Paul A. Rubin]

Dr. Wang Yongqiao wrote:

How to insert a logo into beamer's sidebar?

I put the following code into the preamble, but it doesn't work.

\pgfdeclareimage[interpolate=true,width=1.4cm,height=1.4cm]{mylogo}{logo}
\setbeamertemplate{sidebar left} {
\pgfuseimage{mylogo}
..
}



Are you using a Beamer style that (a) has a left sidebar and (b) puts 
the logo there by default?  If so, all you need is


\pgfdeclareimage[interpolate=true,width=1.4cm,height=1.4cm]{mylogo}{logo}
\logo{\pgfuseimage{mylogo}}

(assuming that 'logo.eps' is the name of the image file).

If you are using a style that has a left sidebar but does not normally 
include a logo there, then you have to modify the appropriate 
beamertemplate.  If you're using a style that does not have a left 
sidebar, I don't think declaring the template will add one; you have to 
modify the style itself.


If this doesn't answer the question fully, let us know what style you 
are using.


/Paul

missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[Erez Yerushalmi]

Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as standard

I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

 I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





-- 
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[James Sutherland]

I sometimes have this problem due to what is likely a bug in LyX.

Try the following: segment your document into several documents and  
see which one(s) fail.  Continue removing until you find the offending  
part(s).  Then if you also look at the LaTeX source code you can  
sometimes find the problem.  Ususally for me it is an extra space  
(LyX typically eliminates those, and if it doesn't for some reason,  
things break).


James


On Oct 31, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote:


Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as  
standard


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





--
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[A. Scottedward Hodel]

That's a LaTeX error.  Something is odd with the way you're putting in  
your equations.   I often find it useful to export the LyX document as  
LaTeX and then see where the error comes from there.  You can also  
click on the error message in list and see the line in the original  
LyX document that causes the problem.  Either way should give you some  
insight into the problem.


On Oct 31, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote:


Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as  
standard


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





--
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi


A. Scottedward Hodel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Uwe Stöhr]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:


I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
have a go at it.


I won't have time for this, but Joost will surely help you.

regards Uwe

Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Christopher Reeve]

Hi, I just got Skim to pdfsync with LyX. It took me a while, and I think my
problems were that I had defined my lyxpipe in ~/.lyx/.lyxpipe. Now I set it
just as ~/.lyx. Another problem I had was that LyX could not find the
pdfsync.sty package so I downloaded it and stuck it in my working folder. If
anyone can tell me what I should have done please say!

My question now is, I am writing a long document with many chapters so I
stick all the chapters into child documents which I include in a parent
document. If I compile the whole document then Command-Shift clicking in
Skim it will only relolcate the courser in the parent document in LyX - that
is if I am reading a middle chapter it does not work. Does anyone know if
there is a way to fix this?

Your solution might be to proof read each chapter seperately. The only
problem with this is that I have many references to figures and equations in
different chapters and these would be shown as ??, so I have no way of
telling if the link is actually broken or not. Actually a most common
problem I have is forgetting to change the reference type - that is
sometimes I might refer to a figure number and other times to a page. I
don't really want to read the document again just to check for these errors.

Cheers,

Chris.

Mac OS 10.4, LyX 1.6rc4, Skim 1.1.13


ps, I might formally add this as a feature request: It would be very nice to
be able to search within child documents from within the parent document
with Find.

Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[Paul A. Rubin]

Erez Yerushalmi wrote:

Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time. I regularly pdf 
it.


I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as 
standard


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...



Are you using a BibTeX database to add citations?  The fact that this 
occurs during or after the second pass rather than the first suggests 
that something is being added belatedly (like the bibliography) that 
produces the error.  You said you didn't do anything to the document; 
might you (or someone else) have edited the BibTeX file?


/Paul

Re: Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Abdelrazak Younes]

On 31/10/2008 19:21, Christopher Reeve wrote:

Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.


Didn't you notice the 'Labels  References' item in the outline pane? 
You can even sort the labels now...


Abdel.

Re: Problem with intext citations with custom BibTeX .bst file

[Paul A. Rubin]

Andrew Barr wrote:

Hi all,

I have been using the java program Bib-It to put together my own
custom BibTeX style file.  It is working very well, but the problem I
am having is that I don't seem to be able to specify in-text citation
styles with Bib-It and I don't speak .bst.

Right now the in-text citations only list the first author and year.
I need it to list (FirstAuthor [ SecondAuthor], Year). For more than
two authors, (FirstAuthor \emph{et. al}, Year). I only want to use et
al. for in-text citations.  In the full reference list I need to list
all authors.

My .bst file is available here
https://webspace.utexas.edu/wab536/www/custombst_nat.bst

Any help is much appreciated.



The following quick fix might or might not work.  In LyX, go to Document 
- Settings... - Bibliography, select Natbib, and pick Author-year as 
the Natbib style.  When inserting a citation, pick the desired format in 
the drop-down list and check Full author list when there are exactly 
two authors.  By default, I think this will insert two-author cites as 
A. Smith and B. Jones, 1987.  If you really want an ampersand rather 
than and, edit line 87 of the .bst file, replacing 'and' with '\'. 
(The backslash is important.)


That said, when I tested this on a small document, it inexplicably 
mangled some of the references.  In one case, it cited Jones et al. for 
a sole-authored article.  In another, it cited Jones 2000 for an article 
with three authors (no et al.).  One (perfectly valid) BibTeX entry it 
refused to insert at all.  So my suggestion would be to use the 
custom-bib LaTeX package to generate a new .bst file that does what you 
want.


/Paul

Re: Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Christopher Reeve wrote:

Hi, I just got Skim to pdfsync with LyX. It took me a while, and I think my
problems were that I had defined my lyxpipe in ~/.lyx/.lyxpipe. Now I set it
just as ~/.lyx. 


Last time I tried that, I've set in Skim the editor to custom and
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor
with arguments
%file %line


Another problem I had was that LyX could not find the
pdfsync.sty package so I downloaded it and stuck it in my working folder. If
anyone can tell me what I should have done please say!


The right place for manually installed packages on the Mac is (assuming 
you use MacTex or TeXLive):

~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/
You need to run texhash afterwards (from Terminal).


My question now is, I am writing a long document with many chapters so I
stick all the chapters into child documents which I include in a parent
document. 


You were warned that RCx is not for real work, right? ;-)


If I compile the whole document then Command-Shift clicking in
Skim it will only relolcate the courser in the parent document in LyX - that
is if I am reading a middle chapter it does not work. Does anyone know if
there is a way to fix this?


No idea, but a general question:
Compared to the additional hassle the each-chapter-in-a-file approach 
creates, do you really gain that much?


I am working on a 200p document right now as well (also with plenty of 
math, figures, etc.), and there is no problem whatsoever (1.5.6). And it 
is simple/quick to get around in the document, even with the basic 
outliner of 1.5.x.. It needs some time getting used to actually use the 
outliner, but then it is fast.



ps, I might formally add this as a feature request: It would be very nice to
be able to search within child documents from within the parent document
with Find.
Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.


I believe it is generally known that the current Find/Replace is pretty 
basic and that much could be improved (contributors welcome!). There is 
some pretty hot stuff on its way though ...


Cheers,
/Konrad

Re: [Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Nick Bell wrote:
Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help file: 


I cannot reproduce. LyX version?
Can you generate a pdf from the UserGuide, for example?

I get the error No information for converting xpm format files to png. 
Define a converter in the preferences.


The xpm files are the small icon images.


When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG


It is not necessary to have a converter defined for this (I do not have
one either). If nothing is defined, then LyX falls back on using convert
(which is ImageMagick), and which should work here. And if that fails,
then LyX complains about a missing converter. So it looks like LyX does
not find your convert-binary. Or your convert-version fails to process a
particular file. Do you have anything on Console?

You could also try starting Lyx from terminal with (adjust the path):
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -dbg graphics

And also see what output the following gives you (put on one line):
python
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/images/copy.xpm copy.png


ImageMagick 6.4.1 is installed in /usr/local/bin which is in the PATH.


Is it also on the system's path? (I.e., on Terminal, type
convert --version). Normally it should be...


Any ideas? I'm using Leopard.


No other than that your ImageMagick installtion is broken.

Hope some of the above helps tracing down the problem.

Good luck,
Konrad

Re: LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 5) is released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

José Matos wrote:

Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 5)
=


Compiles fine on the Mac.

For those not being able to wait, I have placed a zipped Mac Universal 
Binary (without the installer) at

http://www2.spsc.tugraz.at/people/hofbauer/lyx/LyX-1.6.0rc5.app.zip

For what goes onto the server, we better wait for Bennett's build.

Thanks,
Konrad

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Enrico Forestieri]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes writes:

 I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
 have a go at it.

Builds and runs fine on cygwin OOTB.

Builds with no errors on mingw but crashes at startup in getopt_long()
when using short options. I mean, chktex --help works, but chktex -h
crashes. Anyway, chktex file.tex successfully checks file.tex.

-- 
Enrico

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Murat Yildizoglu]

I have just donwloaded the executable from CTAN and indicated its path to
Lyx and it worked like a charm since TexLive2005 contains other necessary
files.

Murat

2008/10/31 Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Joost Verburg schrieb:
>
>  Why not bundle it in the installer if MiKTeX doesn't distribute it?
>>
>
> Because this is no real solution. Everybody should benefit and not
> everybody build its own solution. ChkTeX is on CTAN that everybody can
> access it, it is not in MiKTeX either due to compilation problems or license
> issues. Please inform Christian Schenk and he will add it.
>
> regards Uwe
>



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[Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[Nick Bell]

Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help file: 
I get the error "No information for converting xpm format files to png. 
Define a converter in the preferences."

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-qa9ejyijjxmyxfekjtmjirmnwx.jpg

When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG, and 
the Add and Modify buttons are greyed out:

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-mjb9yfpit92s8xr96q7ipdc3kh.jpg

I am able to save e.g. Look and Feel preferences.

ImageMagick 6.4.1 is installed in /usr/local/bin which is in the PATH.

Any ideas? I'm using Leopard.
--
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Re: How to install LaTeX packages

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Les Denham wrote:


To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Les Denham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

On Thursday 30 October 2008, Keith Roberts wrote:

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

Keith Roberts wrote:

How do I go about installing new/required LaTeX packages from CTAN?

Do I have to install them into LyX, or into my actuall LaTeX
installation?


What operating system, and what LaTeX distribution?

/Paul


Hi Paul. I'm on Fedora 8, and it uses tetex-latex 3.0-44.9.fc8

Keith


Keith,

I'd suggest you upgrade to TexLive -- tetex is no longer maintained.  You may
well find the packages you want are already included.  See:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive

However, the basic installation for most CTAN packages is pretty simple:

1. Download the package -- usually the "You can get this entire directory
bundled as .zip" near the top of the page listing the contents.

2. Unzip the downloaded file.

3. Follow the installation instructions in the README file.

4. Run texhash

5. From within LyX, do: Tools->Reconfigure. Restart LyX.

See section 5.1 in the LyX Help file Customization.

The installation instructions typically are something like this (from the
calendar package):

INSTALLATION

The simplest way to install the tools in the package is to make a
subdirectory in the search path of your TeX, FTP all of the source files to
that directory, and run "latex allcal.ins".  You should then be able to run
the demonstration files.



--
Les

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


Thankyou for your very helpfull reply Les. I'm gonna 
uninstall tetex-latex and start afresh with:


yum install texlive texlive-latex

I'll post again to the list and let you all know how it goes.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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Re: LYX problem: Formatting table

[Helge Hafting]

rgheck wrote:

Rasheda Khanam wrote:

Hi
How could I accommodate the attached table in one page (without page 
number entering in the table)? or How could I insert a break that will 
transfer the table in two pages?
 
I think the answer is that you should use longtable. See the Embedded 
Objects manual for info.


Yes, longtable is the only sane way to have a table split over two (or 
more) pages. One can make two tables instead, but the problem with that 
is that it is hard to change the split when editing the document. A 
longtable adjusts automatically.


Alternatively, if the table fits on a page but the page number gets
into it, put an ERT with \thispagestyle{empty} somewhere, so
the page will be unnumbered. But note that it won't look good in
a two-sided layout, as the table extends way below the bottom
margin of the facing page.

Helge Hafting

Re: [Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[rgheck]

Nick Bell wrote:
Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help 
file: I get the error "No information for converting xpm format files 
to png. Define a converter in the preferences."

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-qa9ejyijjxmyxfekjtmjirmnwx.jpg

When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG, 
and the Add and Modify buttons are greyed out:

http://img.skitch.com/20081031-mjb9yfpit92s8xr96q7ipdc3kh.jpg

This dialog is kind of confusing. Once you choose new from and to 
formats, you'll get the buttons enabled.


rh

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:
>
>> What would be needed to make it available? Since I am the maintainer
>> nowadays, we can work out a solution.
>
> You are the maintainer of ChkTeX?

Yes, since the last time I asked Baruck Even about applying a patch :) I
tend to produce small patches eveytime I need to use chktex.

The next version is mostly ready for release, I just need to find a
little time to actually do it. I have no idea however whether msdos
support still work. Therefore, testing on windows would be appreciated. 

The svn is now here:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/chktex/

Testing would be appreciated. The web site is still at Baruch's site,
and therefore things will need to be updated on this side.

> This should be delivered by the LaTeX distribution. It turned out that
> ChkTeX is available in TeXLive but not MiKTeX. The MiKTeX maintainer
> reported me once that he had problems to compile it on Windows, but
> this was long ago. I would like when you contact the MiKTeX maintainer
> (Christian Schenk cs/at\miktex*org) and ask what he needs to be able
> to compile it. I'm sure he will add ChkTeX then to MiKTeX.

I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
have a go at it.

JMarc

1.6 Mac Binary?

[Nick Bell]

Hi there,

Is there any timeline for a Mac binary of Lyx 1.6 (RC or final) being 
posted somewhere? 1.6 has lots of nice improvements ...


Thanks

Nick
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to install LaTeX packages

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Les Denham wrote:


To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Les Denham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

On Thursday 30 October 2008, Keith Roberts wrote:

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
From: Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install LaTeX packages

Keith Roberts wrote:

How do I go about installing new/required LaTeX packages from CTAN?

Do I have to install them into LyX, or into my actuall LaTeX
installation?


What operating system, and what LaTeX distribution?

/Paul


Hi Paul. I'm on Fedora 8, and it uses tetex-latex 3.0-44.9.fc8

Keith


Keith,

I'd suggest you upgrade to TexLive -- tetex is no longer 
maintained.  You may well find the packages you want are 
already included.  See: 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive


However, the basic installation for most CTAN packages is pretty simple:

1. Download the package -- usually the "You can get this entire directory
bundled as .zip" near the top of the page listing the contents.

2. Unzip the downloaded file.

3. Follow the installation instructions in the README file.

4. Run texhash

5. From within LyX, do: Tools->Reconfigure. Restart LyX.

See section 5.1 in the LyX Help file Customization.

The installation instructions typically are something like this (from the
calendar package):

INSTALLATION  The simplest way to install the 
tools in the package is to make a subdirectory in the 
search path of your TeX, FTP all of the source files to 
that directory, and run "latex allcal.ins".  You should 
then be able to run the demonstration files.



--
Les


Sorted out now Les. Thanks again for your helpfull reply.

I added the texlive.repo to yum.

Also created a Smart PM channel from the yum repo.

Fedora spotted the texlive repo, and offered to update from 
tetex-latex to texlive-latex.


Did that, and everything also appears to work fine now.

I also found the installation path for new latex packages, 
which can be found in LyX, under Tools > TeX Information. 
Then checked the show paths box.


I installed a new package called 'pmboxdraw' by creating a 
new directory and copying the required files into that.


Thanks again Les.

This Latex and Lyx stuff is real cool!

Kind Regards,

Keith

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Re: 1.6 Mac Binary?

[James Sutherland]

see
  ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
We haven't yet seen a binary installer for RC5.

On Oct 31, 2008, at 6:43 AM, Nick Bell wrote:


Hi there,

Is there any timeline for a Mac binary of Lyx 1.6 (RC or final)  
being posted somewhere? 1.6 has lots of nice improvements ...


Thanks

Nick
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Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Jonathan Kroner]

Danke, Merci, thank you.


On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:
>
>  What would be needed to make it available? Since I am the maintainer
>> nowadays, we can work out a solution.
>>
>
> You are the maintainer of ChkTeX?
>
>  I think you should bundle it in he installer.
>>
>
> This should be delivered by the LaTeX distribution. It turned out that
> ChkTeX is available in TeXLive but not MiKTeX. The MiKTeX maintainer
> reported me once that he had problems to compile it on Windows, but this was
> long ago. I would like when you contact the MiKTeX maintainer (Christian
> Schenk cs/at\miktex*org) and ask what he needs to be able to compile it. I'm
> sure he will add ChkTeX then to MiKTeX.
>
> regards Uwe
>



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Re: How to insert a logo into beamer's sidebar?

[Paul A. Rubin]

Dr. Wang Yongqiao wrote:

How to insert a logo into beamer's sidebar?

I put the following code into the preamble, but it doesn't work.

\pgfdeclareimage[interpolate=true,width=1.4cm,height=1.4cm]{mylogo}{logo}
\setbeamertemplate{sidebar left} {
\pgfuseimage{mylogo}
..
}



Are you using a Beamer style that (a) has a left sidebar and (b) puts 
the logo there by default?  If so, all you need is


\pgfdeclareimage[interpolate=true,width=1.4cm,height=1.4cm]{mylogo}{logo}
\logo{\pgfuseimage{mylogo}}

(assuming that 'logo.eps' is the name of the image file).

If you are using a style that has a left sidebar but does not normally 
include a logo there, then you have to modify the appropriate 
beamertemplate.  If you're using a style that does not have a left 
sidebar, I don't think declaring the template will add one; you have to 
modify the style itself.


If this doesn't answer the question fully, let us know what style you 
are using.


/Paul

missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[Erez Yerushalmi]

Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as "standard"

I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

 I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





-- 
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[James Sutherland]

I sometimes have this problem due to what is likely a bug in LyX.

Try the following: segment your document into several documents and  
see which one(s) fail.  Continue removing until you find the offending  
part(s).  Then if you also look at the LaTeX source code you can  
sometimes find the problem.  Ususally for me it is an "extra" space  
(LyX typically eliminates those, and if it doesn't for some reason,  
things break).


James


On Oct 31, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote:


Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as  
"standard"


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





--
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[A. Scottedward Hodel]

That's a LaTeX error.  Something is odd with the way you're putting in  
your equations.   I often find it useful to export the LyX document as  
LaTeX and then see where the error comes from there.  You can also  
click on the error message in list and see the line in the original  
LyX document that causes the problem.  Either way should give you some  
insight into the problem.


On Oct 31, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote:


Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time.
I regularly pdf it.

I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as  
"standard"


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...

Any suggestions would be greatful

Erez

*missing $ inserted*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Extra }, or forgotten $.*
Beta.pdf}

.

I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.


*Missing $ inserted.*

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.



and so on...





--
Erez Yerushalmi
PhD Student
Warwick University, UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi


A. Scottedward Hodel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://homepage.mac.com/hodelas/tar

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Uwe Stöhr]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes schrieb:


I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
have a go at it.


I won't have time for this, but Joost will surely help you.

regards Uwe

Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Christopher Reeve]

Hi, I just got Skim to pdfsync with LyX. It took me a while, and I think my
problems were that I had defined my lyxpipe in ~/.lyx/.lyxpipe. Now I set it
just as ~/.lyx. Another problem I had was that LyX could not find the
pdfsync.sty package so I downloaded it and stuck it in my working folder. If
anyone can tell me what I should have done please say!

My question now is, I am writing a long document with many chapters so I
stick all the chapters into child documents which I include in a parent
document. If I compile the whole document then Command-Shift clicking in
Skim it will only relolcate the courser in the parent document in LyX - that
is if I am reading a middle chapter it does not work. Does anyone know if
there is a way to fix this?

Your solution might be to proof read each chapter seperately. The only
problem with this is that I have many references to figures and equations in
different chapters and these would be shown as ??, so I have no way of
telling if the link is actually broken or not. Actually a most common
problem I have is forgetting to change the reference type - that is
sometimes I might refer to a figure number and other times to a page. I
don't really want to read the document again just to check for these errors.

Cheers,

Chris.

Mac OS 10.4, LyX 1.6rc4, Skim 1.1.13


ps, I might formally add this as a feature request: It would be very nice to
be able to search within child documents from within the parent document
with Find.

Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.

Re: missing $ inserted : what does that mean?

[Paul A. Rubin]

Erez Yerushalmi wrote:

Dear All,

I have been working on a document for a long time. I regularly pdf 
it.


I didn't do anything to it, and now suddenly screams

This happens on the first line of the document, with line as 
"standard"


I'm using lyx 1.5.5 , xp.

See below the error...

It complies 1 run, and then 2nd run, and then gets stuck...



Are you using a BibTeX database to add citations?  The fact that this 
occurs during or after the second pass rather than the first suggests 
that something is being added belatedly (like the bibliography) that 
produces the error.  You said you didn't do anything to the document; 
might you (or someone else) have edited the BibTeX file?


/Paul

Re: Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Abdelrazak Younes]

On 31/10/2008 19:21, Christopher Reeve wrote:

Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.


Didn't you notice the 'Labels & References' item in the outline pane? 
You can even sort the labels now...


Abdel.

Re: Problem with intext citations with custom BibTeX .bst file

[Paul A. Rubin]

Andrew Barr wrote:

Hi all,

I have been using the java program Bib-It to put together my own
custom BibTeX style file.  It is working very well, but the problem I
am having is that I don't seem to be able to specify in-text citation
styles with Bib-It and I don't speak .bst.

Right now the in-text citations only list the first author and year.
I need it to list (FirstAuthor [& SecondAuthor], Year). For more than
two authors, (FirstAuthor \emph{et. al}, Year). I only want to use et
al. for in-text citations.  In the full reference list I need to list
all authors.

My .bst file is available here
https://webspace.utexas.edu/wab536/www/custombst_nat.bst

Any help is much appreciated.



The following quick fix might or might not work.  In LyX, go to Document 
-> Settings... -> Bibliography, select Natbib, and pick Author-year as 
the Natbib style.  When inserting a citation, pick the desired format in 
the drop-down list and check "Full author list" when there are exactly 
two authors.  By default, I think this will insert two-author cites as 
"A. Smith and B. Jones, 1987".  If you really want an ampersand rather 
than "and", edit line 87 of the .bst file, replacing 'and' with '\&'. 
(The backslash is important.)


That said, when I tested this on a small document, it inexplicably 
mangled some of the references.  In one case, it cited Jones et al. for 
a sole-authored article.  In another, it cited Jones 2000 for an article 
with three authors (no et al.).  One (perfectly valid) BibTeX entry it 
refused to insert at all.  So my suggestion would be to use the 
custom-bib LaTeX package to generate a new .bst file that does what you 
want.


/Paul

Re: Skim, pdfsync and child documents in LyX. Possible?

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Christopher Reeve wrote:

Hi, I just got Skim to pdfsync with LyX. It took me a while, and I think my
problems were that I had defined my lyxpipe in ~/.lyx/.lyxpipe. Now I set it
just as ~/.lyx. 


Last time I tried that, I've set in Skim the editor to custom and
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor
with arguments
"%file" %line


Another problem I had was that LyX could not find the
pdfsync.sty package so I downloaded it and stuck it in my working folder. If
anyone can tell me what I should have done please say!


The right place for manually installed packages on the Mac is (assuming 
you use MacTex or TeXLive):

~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/
You need to run texhash afterwards (from Terminal).


My question now is, I am writing a long document with many chapters so I
stick all the chapters into child documents which I include in a parent
document. 


You were warned that RCx is not for real work, right? ;-)


If I compile the whole document then Command-Shift clicking in
Skim it will only relolcate the courser in the parent document in LyX - that
is if I am reading a middle chapter it does not work. Does anyone know if
there is a way to fix this?


No idea, but a general question:
Compared to the additional hassle the each-chapter-in-a-file approach 
creates, do you really gain that much?


I am working on a >200p document right now as well (also with plenty of 
math, figures, etc.), and there is no problem whatsoever (1.5.6). And it 
is simple/quick to get around in the document, even with the basic 
outliner of 1.5.x.. It needs some time getting used to actually use the 
outliner, but then it is fast.



ps, I might formally add this as a feature request: It would be very nice to
be able to search within child documents from within the parent document
with Find.
Also being able to search for occurences label names - both when they are
defined and or when they are refered to. This would make debugging much
easier when LyX refuses to compile.


I believe it is generally known that the current Find/Replace is pretty 
basic and that much could be improved (contributors welcome!). There is 
some pretty hot stuff on its way though ...


Cheers,
/Konrad

Re: [Mac 1.5.6] No information for converting xpm format files to png; Unable to add xpm to png converter

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Nick Bell wrote:
Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help file: 


I cannot reproduce. LyX version?
Can you generate a pdf from the UserGuide, for example?

I get the error "No information for converting xpm format files to png. 
Define a converter in the preferences."


The xpm files are the small icon images.


When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG


It is not necessary to have a converter defined for this (I do not have
one either). If nothing is defined, then LyX falls back on using convert
(which is ImageMagick), and which should work here. And if that fails,
then LyX complains about a missing converter. So it looks like LyX does
not find your convert-binary. Or your convert-version fails to process a
particular file. Do you have anything on Console?

You could also try starting Lyx from terminal with (adjust the path):
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -dbg graphics

And also see what output the following gives you (put on one line):
python
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/images/copy.xpm copy.png


ImageMagick 6.4.1 is installed in /usr/local/bin which is in the PATH.


Is it also on the system's path? (I.e., on Terminal, type
convert --version). Normally it should be...


Any ideas? I'm using Leopard.


No other than that your ImageMagick installtion is broken.

Hope some of the above helps tracing down the problem.

Good luck,
Konrad

Re: LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 5) is released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

José Matos wrote:

Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 5)
=


Compiles fine on the Mac.

For those not being able to wait, I have placed a zipped Mac Universal 
Binary (without the installer) at



For what goes onto the server, we better wait for Bennett's build.

Thanks,
Konrad

Re: ChkTex in Windows

[Enrico Forestieri]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes writes:

> I'll try to see first whether Joost (or Enrico on mingw/cygwin?) can
> have a go at it.

Builds and runs fine on cygwin OOTB.

Builds with no errors on mingw but crashes at startup in getopt_long()
when using short options. I mean, "chktex --help" works, but "chktex -h"
crashes. Anyway, "chktex file.tex" successfully checks file.tex.

-- 
Enrico