Re: a guide for get a 1.6.0 crash

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jens Noeckel wrote:
 Yes, the  crash I saw does indeed seem to be fixed in today's newly  
 released LyX 1.6.1.

Excellent.

Jürgen

Re: bug: font status display not updated

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
 inor thing I noticed in LyX 1.6.1: I observed that starting a
 LyX-Code section using Alt-P,C does not mention the new font in the
 statusbar -- it still says Font: Default. Only after moving the cursor
 away and back on the lyxcode paragraph will it say Font: Typewriter.

Confirmed. Could you file a report, please?

Jürgen

Re: Custom Bibliography

[Luca De Marini]

Hallo everyone... this is getting me really tired :(On my computer
bibliography works like a charm and it really is so nice to use and see, but
today I finally managed to have my girlfriend stay sitted on the damned
chair, to explain her how to use it and, of course, it didn't work :(
You know, when you have to show something cool to someone important, well,
it simply doesn't work having you look like a stupid geek or something.

Well, now, the problem is that I followed the same steps you showed me
before with her computer too, so, no jokes.
I start by telling you I installed Lyx 1.6 over 1.5 as I did on my computer
previously too (and on my mac it works nice, oh, we both have a mac).

So, the first strange this is that when I insert the bibliography from the
Insert menu, after I successfully load my Jabref database, in Style I see
plainat of course, but I want apalike. So I click on the menu and...
ta-dn!! There's only plainat... why the heck?! So I downloaded from the
tex site the apalike package and manually browsed for that one. It shouldn't
be necessary though, this is a problem, on my mac I see a huge number of
entries already available!! (In case you where guessing, on both computers I
installed the full 200+ MB Text distribution)..

Then, when, in any part of the text body I try to insert a reference, choose
only numerical [#ID] and try to generate a pdf, I see no bibliography at all
at the end of the document and instead of the reference number only a
bastard ? question mark without quotes...

Of course, and that's cute, if I use the super option, the question mark is
little over the words :)
How swet...
Please help me people.
I tried everything I got. That is:


   - Removed and reinstalled Lyx.
   - re-executed the installer several times
   - eliminated the preferences folder so that lyx could create a new
   preferences folder by itself
   - tried the all thing on a new document
   - reinstalled the LATEX distribution package


Nothing worked and honestly I'm out of ideas... :(
Greetings,

Luca D.M.

2008/12/12 rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com

 Luca De Marini wrote:

 Thanks to everyone, reading the documents you linked, I managed to obtain
 the exact result I needed. Basically, I searched the wiki and never found
 the illustrated guide Dominik linked :)
 With that guide and using JabRef, as suggested by rgheck, I have now a
 fully
 setted and working bibliography for my own test document and will now
 teach
 my girlfriend how to achieve the same result :)
 Very nice, thanks a lot! But it is only perfect if used in combination
 with
 the super command suggested by rgheck :)
 It should be added to the illustrated guide indeed, in my opinion.



 You might want ot have a look now at the documentation for natbib, which
 you'll find here:
   http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/natbib/natbib.pdf
 and probably in natbib.dvi or natbib.pdf somewhere on your own machine.
 There are lots of other options that can be used.

 rh

hanging par strange behavior

[Ignacio García]

The new feature Modules includes a module to hang paragrahs.

Applying the style 'hanging' to the second paragraph of an article,
the output doesn't show this second paragraph starting a new one,
but following the last line of the first paragraph, with a little
horizontal additional space.
Then, hanging the third paragraph too, it outputs correctly as a new
separate hanging paragrah

It seems that the very first hanging paragraph following to a standard
one  doesn't start really a new paragraph.

What's wrong?

Thanks in advance
Ignacio Garcia

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Paul A. Rubin]

peppergrower wrote:

I'm used to TeXnicCenter and MikTex on Windows, but I decided to give LyX
(1.55) a try on my Ubuntu 8.10 system, and I'm having difficulty creating
PDFs.  When I run pdflatex from within LyX, it keeps saying I'm missing
basic packages: like subfigure, and wrapfig, and nomencl.  If I manually
install these in my local texmf directory, it doesn't halt on that package
anymore...instead, it just brings up another one.

I've installed texlive (though not texlive-full), and run texhash, and tried
the 'reconfigure' option in LyX's Tools menu.  What am I missing here?



TeXLive takes some adjusting to for us MiKTeX users.  :-)  Whereas 
MiKTeX bundles most of the LaTeX packages individually, TeXLive bundles 
clusters of them in one package.  For instance, subfigure is in 
texlive-latex-extra (as are wrapfig and nomencl).


IMHO there are two reasonable ways to go here:

1.  In the Synaptic Package Manager, use the quick search box to find 
out which TeXLive package contains a missing LaTeX package (e.g., 
subfigure), then install it through Synaptic.  Since the TeXLive bundles 
are rather big, that will likely take care of many of your needs. 
Repeat as needed.  If you still lack a few (more obscure?) packages, 
download those from CTAN, install manually and run texhash.


OR

2.  There's a port of the MiKTeX package manager for Linux.  Last I 
checked it still lacked a graphical interface, so you have to run it 
from a terminal.  The advantage is that you can install individual 
packages as needed.  Note that, unlike MiKTeX on Windows, you can't use 
it to install missing packages on the fly.


If you have adequate disk space and bandwidth, I'd suggest doing #1 to 
get the bulk of the missing packages, then either manual download or the 
MiKTeX port for the odd individual packages.


/Paul

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 TeXLive takes some adjusting to for us MiKTeX users.  :-)  Whereas
 MiKTeX bundles most of the LaTeX packages individually, TeXLive bundles
 clusters of them in one package.  For instance, subfigure is in
 texlive-latex-extra (as are wrapfig and nomencl).

This is of course only true for some distribution repackaging of TeXLive, not 
for TeXLive proper.

[...]

 2.  There's a port of the MiKTeX package manager for Linux.  Last I
 checked it still lacked a graphical interface, so you have to run it
 from a terminal.  The advantage is that you can install individual
 packages as needed.  Note that, unlike MiKTeX on Windows, you can't use
 it to install missing packages on the fly.

TeXLive 2008 has a package manager as well, including a GUI, that lets you 
install and update individual packages. The only thing it doesn't, as opposed 
to MikTeX PM, is on-the-fly-installing.

Jürgen

Re: hanging par strange behavior

[Paul A. Rubin]

Ignacio García wrote:

The new feature Modules includes a module to hang paragrahs.


Does the European Union allow this?  Seems cruel.  Now if LyX were 
developed in Texas ...  :-)


Applying the style 'hanging' to the second paragraph of an article,
the output doesn't show this second paragraph starting a new one,
but following the last line of the first paragraph, with a little
horizontal additional space.
Then, hanging the third paragraph too, it outputs correctly as a new
separate hanging paragrah

It seems that the very first hanging paragraph following to a standard
one  doesn't start really a new paragraph.

What's wrong?



It's either a bug or a very nonintuitive feature.  I'll report it. 
Meanwhile, as a work-around, you can do the following.  When switching 
from a standard paragraph to a hanging paragraph, hit Enter to end the 
standard paragraph, insert an empty TeX insert (ERT), hit Enter again 
and switch the new paragraph to hanging.


HTH,
Paul

custom equation numbering

[Ivan Werning]

How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from  
forcing a particular number or symbol?


That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex

For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen  
by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal  
behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the  
default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of  
a previous equation numbered (3).


Thanks!

-Ivan

Re: hanging par strange behavior

[Paul A. Rubin]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

When switching 
from a standard paragraph to a hanging paragraph, hit Enter to end the 
standard paragraph, insert an empty TeX insert (ERT), hit Enter again 
and switch the new paragraph to hanging.




Sorry, old habits die hard.  An easier solution is to insert a 
--Separator-- between the standard paragraph and the hanging paragraph.


/Paul (who is gradually catching up to everyone else)

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Paul A. Rubin]

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:



TeXLive 2008 has a package manager as well, including a GUI, that lets you 
install and update individual packages. The only thing it doesn't, as opposed 
to MikTeX PM, is on-the-fly-installing.




Unfortunately, it's still not available from the Ubuntu repositories. 
One can of course install it manually (if one knows what one is doing).

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 Unfortunately, it's still not available from the Ubuntu repositories.
 One can of course install it manually (if one knows what one is doing).

I always use the official media (DVD) from the TUG, which is trivial to 
install (the only problem is getting your distro package management to ignore 
TeX). The distro repackagings of TeXLive I tested did not really excite me, to 
put it diplomatically.

Jürgen

Re: custom equation numbering

[Paul A. Rubin]

Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from 
forcing a particular number or symbol?


That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex

For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen 
by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal 
behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default 
and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a 
previous equation numbered (3).




Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's 
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.  Then 
enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.  In the 
widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested widget. 
Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the inner widget (no 
parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less than esthetically 
pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The inner widget is needed 
to get you into math mode if you're going to use a superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

Re: custom equation numbering

[Neil Hepburn]

Hi Ivan,
Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further and  
make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have equation (3)  
and you also have a rewritten form of that equation, call it (3').  Do  
all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except rather than putting  
in the number 3, click on the cross-reference tool in the LyX toolbar.  
Then select the equation of interest and then apply.  To refer to  
equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a little in-elegant -- insert  
the cross reference to point to the original form of the equation,  
then go into math mode (inline equation) right after the cross  
reference and insert the prime symbol.  Now, if you add or delete  
equations before the original equation, all of the numbers  
automatically update.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:


Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically  
from forcing a particular number or symbol?

That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex
For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is  
chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct  
normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of  
the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a  
variant of a previous equation numbered (3).


Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's  
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.   
Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.  In  
the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested  
widget. Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the inner  
widget (no parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less than  
esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The inner  
widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to use a  
superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

Re: Computer Algebra System

[Neil Hepburn]

I've found that the best way to use Maxima with LyX is to write all of  
the maxima commands in a comment box in LyX. I write them as if I were  
writing a batch file for Maxima. Then I simply copy and paste them  
into a maxima session. The last commands in a particular code block  
ask Maxima for a TeX version of the output. I then copy of the TeX  
output from Maxima and paste it into my LyX document inside and  
equation environment.  Kind of klunky but it works.  Also, the code  
that I used in Maxima is always available if I need to change something.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 13-Dec-08, at 9:23 AM, Amir Rachum wrote:


Hello,
I'm trying to use the option Use Computer Algebra System under the  
Edit
menu. I did have partial success using Maxima, but it only works  
when the

expression I want to calculate is in it's own math box. I want it to
calculate the latest part of my math calculations. like
a = b*c = 6*7
but when I use maxima on the former line, I get
a = a
as it only reacts to the first part of the equation.

Besides solving this problem, is there anywhere a documentation of  
this

option, anywhere?

--
Amir Rachum

rfe: \left \lfloor

[Jan Engelhardt]

Hi,


support for automatic \lfloor-\rfloor in math, like there is for 
\left( \right), seems to be absent; could it be added in a future 
version?


Jan

LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces an PDF, PS, DVI or TEX file

[Stoutemyer, David]

For some reason LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces a .PDF, .PS, .DVI or LaTeX export 
file of either type when requested.

Perhaps it is because of an error that I have introduced in my file, but there 
is no error message when I request the output file.

Some of my short earlier .lyx files work OK, but I am now having a similar 
difficulty with another .lyx file of about 45 pages that I don't think I have 
changed.

Some operations have become quite slow too compared to earlier and other 
applications, even when LyX is the only open application.

-- thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Re: LyX can't find local packages

[Guy Rutenberg]

Hi,

Paul A. Rubin ru...@... writes:
 The key is that LaTeX must know where to find the .sty file.  So
 
 1.  Create the style file somewhere in the LaTeX directory structure 
 (typically something like 
 localtexmf/tex/latex/myNewClass/myclassname.sty).  This has the side 
 benefit of protecting the file from deletion is you upgrade either LyX 
 or your TeX distro.

Generally speaking you are right. The problem is that the package is developed
very closely with the document (actually I'm implementing what I need as I go).
By default LaTeX searches first the local directory, then the local texmf dir
and last the different site wide ones.

I'm looking for a way to keep the LyX file and the package together, if 
possible.

 Note that if this really is a document class, rather than a package, 
 you'll need to make the extension .cls, you'll need to kludge together a 
 LyX layout file for it, and you'll need to reconfigure LyX to find the 
 layout (*after* you've done step 2).  But I'm guessing you meant style 
   rather than class above.

Actually, I haven't decided yet whether to write only a package to override the
document styles and tweak them as required, or to make it a complete new
document class, hence my confusion with relating to it.

Thanks,

Guy

macros in the middle of the text

[Niko Schwarz]

hello, i noticed that math macros exist. i want something similar, but in my
text. i'm writing a text about a cs problem called minimum KT distance,
which is a noun. and I'm really tired of typing that name and then setting
it to be a noun. isn't there a quicker way?
regards,

niko

Re: custom equation numbering

[Ivan Werning]

Thanks Neil and Paul. Indeed, using the LaTeX command \tag seems like  
the best thing I could find---thanks for the specific tips regarding  
math modes and cross referencing, which I guess are good ideas, I had  
never thought of, in LaTeX editing as well. One of the greatest things  
of LyX is that it still allows entering LaTeX quite easily. I really  
value that. Although it would be nice for LyX to allow custom equation  
numbering natively, given how standard it is.


-Ivan

On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote:


Hi Ivan,
Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further  
and make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have  
equation (3) and you also have a rewritten form of that equation,  
call it (3').  Do all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except  
rather than putting in the number 3, click on the cross-reference  
tool in the LyX toolbar. Then select the equation of interest and  
then apply.  To refer to equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a  
little in-elegant -- insert the cross reference to point to the  
original form of the equation, then go into math mode (inline  
equation) right after the cross reference and insert the prime  
symbol.  Now, if you add or delete equations before the original  
equation, all of the numbers automatically update.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:


Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically  
from forcing a particular number or symbol?

That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex
For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is  
chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct  
normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of  
the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a  
variant of a previous equation numbered (3).


Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's  
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.   
Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.   
In the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a  
nested widget. Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the  
inner widget (no parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less  
than esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The  
inner widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to  
use a superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

bug: applying prefs moves window

[Jan Engelhardt]

Hi,


in Lyx 1.6.1, after preferences have been changed (such as choosing new 
fonts or colors), the window moves up a few pixels, seems like as much 
as my windowframe height is. I guess it gets the client size (which does 
not include WM decorations) and then uses that to set the window 
geometry (including the size for WM deco).

Jan

Multicolumn... spacing between colums and background picture.

[Luca De Marini]

Hallo people, I tried to google for this a lot and to look into the wiki
too, but seems like I cannot find it. I can ensure you I solved a lot of
problems myself by the way :)
So my first question is, is it possible, in a multicolumn document (I only
managed to find the document on 2 colums option.. is is possible to create
the doc on more colums?) to set the spacing between a column and the other?
By default they are very very near, I near to set them a little more far
from each other.

the second question is, is it possible to apply a wallpaper picture to use
as the layout background of the document? I wish I could apply a picture
frame I can design. I know it is possible because I've seen this used in
presentation files created with Lyx but I couldn't understand how did they
manage to do it.. please help me.

Greetings,

Luca D.M.

Re: LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces an PDF, PS, DVI or TEX file

[asm23]

Stoutemyer, David wrote:

For some reason LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces a .PDF, .PS, .DVI or LaTeX export 
file of either type when requested.

Perhaps it is because of an error that I have introduced in my file, but there 
is no error message when I request the output file.

Some of my short earlier .lyx files work OK, but I am now having a similar 
difficulty with another .lyx file of about 45 pages that I don't think I have 
changed.

Some operations have become quite slow too compared to earlier and other 
applications, even when LyX is the only open application.

-- thanks in advance for any suggestions.



Why not trying Lyx 1.6?
I think Lyx 1.5.4 is outdated.

Can I print an automatic character count?

[Jonas Ørting]

I need to put a character count on my front page. Is there a way to do this
automatically with Lyx / TeX /...?

Using Lyx 1.6.0, OSX 10.5.5, MacTex 2008 (kept pretty much up to date).

- -
Jonas Ørting

Failed to start ispell?!

[Kuo-Hsien Chang]

The ispell can be operated under terminals, however it can not be  
started in LyX.


The error message was The spellchecker could not be started. LyX:  
Failed to start ispell!


I already check the instruction, but I still cannot let it works.

The current setting in LyX preference were:

User Interface language : Default
Default language : English (USA)Language package : \usepackage{babel}
Command start : \selectlanguage{$$lang}
Spellcheckerexecuable : ispell

If I choose the aspell, the error message was The spellchecker  
could not be started. LyX: Failed to start ispell!


If I choose the ispell, the error message was The spellchecker  
could not be started. LyX: Failed to start ispell!


Please help me. Thanks.

Michael

[ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.1 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Public release of LyX version 1.6.1
===

We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.1. This is the first
maintenance release in the brand-new 1.6.x series, and as such, it mainly
focuses on bug fixes. We have ironed out some major problems that slipped
into the application in the wake of the new features.

All users of LyX 1.6.0 are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

You can download LyX 1.6.1 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
which yields smaller files):

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.1.tar.bz2

and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
also host the .bz2 versions):

   ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz

http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz

Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.1/

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.1.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.1.bz2

If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.1, you may either
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).

Enjoy!

The LyX team.


What's new in version 1.6.1?


** Updates:
***

* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION

- Updated localization of the user interface for Czech, French, German,
  Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish.

- Updated English, French, German, and Spanish User's Guide, Math,
  and Embedded Objects manual.

- Updated English Customization manual.


* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- New layout file for journal articles published by the American Chemical
  Society.


* USER INTERFACE

- The BibTeX dialog now has a button for rescanning *.bib and *.bst files
  in the TEXMF tree.


** Bug fixes:
*

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- Fix a crash and generally improve the behaviour while loading an
  emergency save of a master document from within a child (bug 5514).

- Fix freeze when child document fails to load due to a conversion error
  or similar problem (bug 5539). Note that LyX will not try to reload the
  file. If the problem should with the child be fixed, the master document
  will need to be closed and reopened for the child to be loaded.

- Removed NoStyle Abstract from AMS book class, which does have an
  abstract.

- Fix conversion of some more complex index insets from version 1.5.x
  (bug 5579 a.o.).

- Fix reversion of info insets to LyX format 1.5.x. This bug blocked the
  reversion of the User Guide to LyX 1.5.

- Fix reversion of subfloats to version 1.5.x.

- Fix reversion of \slash and \nobreakdash to version 1.5.x.

- Fix possible endless loop while running lyx2lyx.

- Fix redirection to temporary files with spaces 

Re: a guide for get a 1.6.0 crash

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jens Noeckel wrote:
 Yes, the  crash I saw does indeed seem to be fixed in today's newly  
 released LyX 1.6.1.

Excellent.

Jürgen

Re: bug: font status display not updated

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
 inor thing I noticed in LyX 1.6.1: I observed that starting a
 LyX-Code section using Alt-P,C does not mention the new font in the
 statusbar -- it still says Font: Default. Only after moving the cursor
 away and back on the lyxcode paragraph will it say Font: Typewriter.

Confirmed. Could you file a report, please?

Jürgen

Re: Custom Bibliography

[Luca De Marini]

Hallo everyone... this is getting me really tired :(On my computer
bibliography works like a charm and it really is so nice to use and see, but
today I finally managed to have my girlfriend stay sitted on the damned
chair, to explain her how to use it and, of course, it didn't work :(
You know, when you have to show something cool to someone important, well,
it simply doesn't work having you look like a stupid geek or something.

Well, now, the problem is that I followed the same steps you showed me
before with her computer too, so, no jokes.
I start by telling you I installed Lyx 1.6 over 1.5 as I did on my computer
previously too (and on my mac it works nice, oh, we both have a mac).

So, the first strange this is that when I insert the bibliography from the
Insert menu, after I successfully load my Jabref database, in Style I see
plainat of course, but I want apalike. So I click on the menu and...
ta-dn!! There's only plainat... why the heck?! So I downloaded from the
tex site the apalike package and manually browsed for that one. It shouldn't
be necessary though, this is a problem, on my mac I see a huge number of
entries already available!! (In case you where guessing, on both computers I
installed the full 200+ MB Text distribution)..

Then, when, in any part of the text body I try to insert a reference, choose
only numerical [#ID] and try to generate a pdf, I see no bibliography at all
at the end of the document and instead of the reference number only a
bastard ? question mark without quotes...

Of course, and that's cute, if I use the super option, the question mark is
little over the words :)
How swet...
Please help me people.
I tried everything I got. That is:


   - Removed and reinstalled Lyx.
   - re-executed the installer several times
   - eliminated the preferences folder so that lyx could create a new
   preferences folder by itself
   - tried the all thing on a new document
   - reinstalled the LATEX distribution package


Nothing worked and honestly I'm out of ideas... :(
Greetings,

Luca D.M.

2008/12/12 rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com

 Luca De Marini wrote:

 Thanks to everyone, reading the documents you linked, I managed to obtain
 the exact result I needed. Basically, I searched the wiki and never found
 the illustrated guide Dominik linked :)
 With that guide and using JabRef, as suggested by rgheck, I have now a
 fully
 setted and working bibliography for my own test document and will now
 teach
 my girlfriend how to achieve the same result :)
 Very nice, thanks a lot! But it is only perfect if used in combination
 with
 the super command suggested by rgheck :)
 It should be added to the illustrated guide indeed, in my opinion.



 You might want ot have a look now at the documentation for natbib, which
 you'll find here:
   http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/natbib/natbib.pdf
 and probably in natbib.dvi or natbib.pdf somewhere on your own machine.
 There are lots of other options that can be used.

 rh

hanging par strange behavior

[Ignacio García]

The new feature Modules includes a module to hang paragrahs.

Applying the style 'hanging' to the second paragraph of an article,
the output doesn't show this second paragraph starting a new one,
but following the last line of the first paragraph, with a little
horizontal additional space.
Then, hanging the third paragraph too, it outputs correctly as a new
separate hanging paragrah

It seems that the very first hanging paragraph following to a standard
one  doesn't start really a new paragraph.

What's wrong?

Thanks in advance
Ignacio Garcia

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Paul A. Rubin]

peppergrower wrote:

I'm used to TeXnicCenter and MikTex on Windows, but I decided to give LyX
(1.55) a try on my Ubuntu 8.10 system, and I'm having difficulty creating
PDFs.  When I run pdflatex from within LyX, it keeps saying I'm missing
basic packages: like subfigure, and wrapfig, and nomencl.  If I manually
install these in my local texmf directory, it doesn't halt on that package
anymore...instead, it just brings up another one.

I've installed texlive (though not texlive-full), and run texhash, and tried
the 'reconfigure' option in LyX's Tools menu.  What am I missing here?



TeXLive takes some adjusting to for us MiKTeX users.  :-)  Whereas 
MiKTeX bundles most of the LaTeX packages individually, TeXLive bundles 
clusters of them in one package.  For instance, subfigure is in 
texlive-latex-extra (as are wrapfig and nomencl).


IMHO there are two reasonable ways to go here:

1.  In the Synaptic Package Manager, use the quick search box to find 
out which TeXLive package contains a missing LaTeX package (e.g., 
subfigure), then install it through Synaptic.  Since the TeXLive bundles 
are rather big, that will likely take care of many of your needs. 
Repeat as needed.  If you still lack a few (more obscure?) packages, 
download those from CTAN, install manually and run texhash.


OR

2.  There's a port of the MiKTeX package manager for Linux.  Last I 
checked it still lacked a graphical interface, so you have to run it 
from a terminal.  The advantage is that you can install individual 
packages as needed.  Note that, unlike MiKTeX on Windows, you can't use 
it to install missing packages on the fly.


If you have adequate disk space and bandwidth, I'd suggest doing #1 to 
get the bulk of the missing packages, then either manual download or the 
MiKTeX port for the odd individual packages.


/Paul

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 TeXLive takes some adjusting to for us MiKTeX users.  :-)  Whereas
 MiKTeX bundles most of the LaTeX packages individually, TeXLive bundles
 clusters of them in one package.  For instance, subfigure is in
 texlive-latex-extra (as are wrapfig and nomencl).

This is of course only true for some distribution repackaging of TeXLive, not 
for TeXLive proper.

[...]

 2.  There's a port of the MiKTeX package manager for Linux.  Last I
 checked it still lacked a graphical interface, so you have to run it
 from a terminal.  The advantage is that you can install individual
 packages as needed.  Note that, unlike MiKTeX on Windows, you can't use
 it to install missing packages on the fly.

TeXLive 2008 has a package manager as well, including a GUI, that lets you 
install and update individual packages. The only thing it doesn't, as opposed 
to MikTeX PM, is on-the-fly-installing.

Jürgen

Re: hanging par strange behavior

[Paul A. Rubin]

Ignacio García wrote:

The new feature Modules includes a module to hang paragrahs.


Does the European Union allow this?  Seems cruel.  Now if LyX were 
developed in Texas ...  :-)


Applying the style 'hanging' to the second paragraph of an article,
the output doesn't show this second paragraph starting a new one,
but following the last line of the first paragraph, with a little
horizontal additional space.
Then, hanging the third paragraph too, it outputs correctly as a new
separate hanging paragrah

It seems that the very first hanging paragraph following to a standard
one  doesn't start really a new paragraph.

What's wrong?



It's either a bug or a very nonintuitive feature.  I'll report it. 
Meanwhile, as a work-around, you can do the following.  When switching 
from a standard paragraph to a hanging paragraph, hit Enter to end the 
standard paragraph, insert an empty TeX insert (ERT), hit Enter again 
and switch the new paragraph to hanging.


HTH,
Paul

custom equation numbering

[Ivan Werning]

How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from  
forcing a particular number or symbol?


That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex

For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen  
by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal  
behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the  
default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of  
a previous equation numbered (3).


Thanks!

-Ivan

Re: hanging par strange behavior

[Paul A. Rubin]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

When switching 
from a standard paragraph to a hanging paragraph, hit Enter to end the 
standard paragraph, insert an empty TeX insert (ERT), hit Enter again 
and switch the new paragraph to hanging.




Sorry, old habits die hard.  An easier solution is to insert a 
--Separator-- between the standard paragraph and the hanging paragraph.


/Paul (who is gradually catching up to everyone else)

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Paul A. Rubin]

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:



TeXLive 2008 has a package manager as well, including a GUI, that lets you 
install and update individual packages. The only thing it doesn't, as opposed 
to MikTeX PM, is on-the-fly-installing.




Unfortunately, it's still not available from the Ubuntu repositories. 
One can of course install it manually (if one knows what one is doing).

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 Unfortunately, it's still not available from the Ubuntu repositories.
 One can of course install it manually (if one knows what one is doing).

I always use the official media (DVD) from the TUG, which is trivial to 
install (the only problem is getting your distro package management to ignore 
TeX). The distro repackagings of TeXLive I tested did not really excite me, to 
put it diplomatically.

Jürgen

Re: custom equation numbering

[Paul A. Rubin]

Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from 
forcing a particular number or symbol?


That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex

For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen 
by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal 
behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default 
and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a 
previous equation numbered (3).




Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's 
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.  Then 
enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.  In the 
widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested widget. 
Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the inner widget (no 
parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less than esthetically 
pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The inner widget is needed 
to get you into math mode if you're going to use a superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

Re: custom equation numbering

[Neil Hepburn]

Hi Ivan,
Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further and  
make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have equation (3)  
and you also have a rewritten form of that equation, call it (3').  Do  
all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except rather than putting  
in the number 3, click on the cross-reference tool in the LyX toolbar.  
Then select the equation of interest and then apply.  To refer to  
equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a little in-elegant -- insert  
the cross reference to point to the original form of the equation,  
then go into math mode (inline equation) right after the cross  
reference and insert the prime symbol.  Now, if you add or delete  
equations before the original equation, all of the numbers  
automatically update.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:


Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically  
from forcing a particular number or symbol?

That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex
For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is  
chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct  
normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of  
the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a  
variant of a previous equation numbered (3).


Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's  
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.   
Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.  In  
the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested  
widget. Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the inner  
widget (no parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less than  
esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The inner  
widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to use a  
superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

Re: Computer Algebra System

[Neil Hepburn]

I've found that the best way to use Maxima with LyX is to write all of  
the maxima commands in a comment box in LyX. I write them as if I were  
writing a batch file for Maxima. Then I simply copy and paste them  
into a maxima session. The last commands in a particular code block  
ask Maxima for a TeX version of the output. I then copy of the TeX  
output from Maxima and paste it into my LyX document inside and  
equation environment.  Kind of klunky but it works.  Also, the code  
that I used in Maxima is always available if I need to change something.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 13-Dec-08, at 9:23 AM, Amir Rachum wrote:


Hello,
I'm trying to use the option Use Computer Algebra System under the  
Edit
menu. I did have partial success using Maxima, but it only works  
when the

expression I want to calculate is in it's own math box. I want it to
calculate the latest part of my math calculations. like
a = b*c = 6*7
but when I use maxima on the former line, I get
a = a
as it only reacts to the first part of the equation.

Besides solving this problem, is there anywhere a documentation of  
this

option, anywhere?

--
Amir Rachum

rfe: \left \lfloor

[Jan Engelhardt]

Hi,


support for automatic \lfloor-\rfloor in math, like there is for 
\left( \right), seems to be absent; could it be added in a future 
version?


Jan

LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces an PDF, PS, DVI or TEX file

[Stoutemyer, David]

For some reason LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces a .PDF, .PS, .DVI or LaTeX export 
file of either type when requested.

Perhaps it is because of an error that I have introduced in my file, but there 
is no error message when I request the output file.

Some of my short earlier .lyx files work OK, but I am now having a similar 
difficulty with another .lyx file of about 45 pages that I don't think I have 
changed.

Some operations have become quite slow too compared to earlier and other 
applications, even when LyX is the only open application.

-- thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Re: LyX can't find local packages

[Guy Rutenberg]

Hi,

Paul A. Rubin ru...@... writes:
 The key is that LaTeX must know where to find the .sty file.  So
 
 1.  Create the style file somewhere in the LaTeX directory structure 
 (typically something like 
 localtexmf/tex/latex/myNewClass/myclassname.sty).  This has the side 
 benefit of protecting the file from deletion is you upgrade either LyX 
 or your TeX distro.

Generally speaking you are right. The problem is that the package is developed
very closely with the document (actually I'm implementing what I need as I go).
By default LaTeX searches first the local directory, then the local texmf dir
and last the different site wide ones.

I'm looking for a way to keep the LyX file and the package together, if 
possible.

 Note that if this really is a document class, rather than a package, 
 you'll need to make the extension .cls, you'll need to kludge together a 
 LyX layout file for it, and you'll need to reconfigure LyX to find the 
 layout (*after* you've done step 2).  But I'm guessing you meant style 
   rather than class above.

Actually, I haven't decided yet whether to write only a package to override the
document styles and tweak them as required, or to make it a complete new
document class, hence my confusion with relating to it.

Thanks,

Guy

macros in the middle of the text

[Niko Schwarz]

hello, i noticed that math macros exist. i want something similar, but in my
text. i'm writing a text about a cs problem called minimum KT distance,
which is a noun. and I'm really tired of typing that name and then setting
it to be a noun. isn't there a quicker way?
regards,

niko

Re: custom equation numbering

[Ivan Werning]

Thanks Neil and Paul. Indeed, using the LaTeX command \tag seems like  
the best thing I could find---thanks for the specific tips regarding  
math modes and cross referencing, which I guess are good ideas, I had  
never thought of, in LaTeX editing as well. One of the greatest things  
of LyX is that it still allows entering LaTeX quite easily. I really  
value that. Although it would be nice for LyX to allow custom equation  
numbering natively, given how standard it is.


-Ivan

On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote:


Hi Ivan,
Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further  
and make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have  
equation (3) and you also have a rewritten form of that equation,  
call it (3').  Do all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except  
rather than putting in the number 3, click on the cross-reference  
tool in the LyX toolbar. Then select the equation of interest and  
then apply.  To refer to equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a  
little in-elegant -- insert the cross reference to point to the  
original form of the equation, then go into math mode (inline  
equation) right after the cross reference and insert the prime  
symbol.  Now, if you add or delete equations before the original  
equation, all of the numbers automatically update.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:


Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically  
from forcing a particular number or symbol?

That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex
For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is  
chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct  
normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of  
the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a  
variant of a previous equation numbered (3).


Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's  
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.   
Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.   
In the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a  
nested widget. Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the  
inner widget (no parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less  
than esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The  
inner widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to  
use a superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

bug: applying prefs moves window

[Jan Engelhardt]

Hi,


in Lyx 1.6.1, after preferences have been changed (such as choosing new 
fonts or colors), the window moves up a few pixels, seems like as much 
as my windowframe height is. I guess it gets the client size (which does 
not include WM decorations) and then uses that to set the window 
geometry (including the size for WM deco).

Jan

Multicolumn... spacing between colums and background picture.

[Luca De Marini]

Hallo people, I tried to google for this a lot and to look into the wiki
too, but seems like I cannot find it. I can ensure you I solved a lot of
problems myself by the way :)
So my first question is, is it possible, in a multicolumn document (I only
managed to find the document on 2 colums option.. is is possible to create
the doc on more colums?) to set the spacing between a column and the other?
By default they are very very near, I near to set them a little more far
from each other.

the second question is, is it possible to apply a wallpaper picture to use
as the layout background of the document? I wish I could apply a picture
frame I can design. I know it is possible because I've seen this used in
presentation files created with Lyx but I couldn't understand how did they
manage to do it.. please help me.

Greetings,

Luca D.M.

Re: LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces an PDF, PS, DVI or TEX file

[asm23]

Stoutemyer, David wrote:

For some reason LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces a .PDF, .PS, .DVI or LaTeX export 
file of either type when requested.

Perhaps it is because of an error that I have introduced in my file, but there 
is no error message when I request the output file.

Some of my short earlier .lyx files work OK, but I am now having a similar 
difficulty with another .lyx file of about 45 pages that I don't think I have 
changed.

Some operations have become quite slow too compared to earlier and other 
applications, even when LyX is the only open application.

-- thanks in advance for any suggestions.



Why not trying Lyx 1.6?
I think Lyx 1.5.4 is outdated.

Can I print an automatic character count?

[Jonas Ørting]

I need to put a character count on my front page. Is there a way to do this
automatically with Lyx / TeX /...?

Using Lyx 1.6.0, OSX 10.5.5, MacTex 2008 (kept pretty much up to date).

- -
Jonas Ørting

Failed to start ispell?!

[Kuo-Hsien Chang]

The ispell can be operated under terminals, however it can not be  
started in LyX.


The error message was The spellchecker could not be started. LyX:  
Failed to start ispell!


I already check the instruction, but I still cannot let it works.

The current setting in LyX preference were:

User Interface language : Default
Default language : English (USA)Language package : \usepackage{babel}
Command start : \selectlanguage{$$lang}
Spellcheckerexecuable : ispell

If I choose the aspell, the error message was The spellchecker  
could not be started. LyX: Failed to start ispell!


If I choose the ispell, the error message was The spellchecker  
could not be started. LyX: Failed to start ispell!


Please help me. Thanks.

Michael

[ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.1 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Public release of LyX version 1.6.1
===

We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.1. This is the first
maintenance release in the brand-new 1.6.x series, and as such, it mainly
focuses on bug fixes. We have ironed out some major problems that slipped
into the application in the wake of the new features.

All users of LyX 1.6.0 are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

You can download LyX 1.6.1 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
which yields smaller files):

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.1.tar.bz2

and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
also host the .bz2 versions):

   ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz

http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz

Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.1/

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.1.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.1.bz2

If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.1, you may either
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).

Enjoy!

The LyX team.


What's new in version 1.6.1?


** Updates:
***

* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION

- Updated localization of the user interface for Czech, French, German,
  Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish.

- Updated English, French, German, and Spanish User's Guide, Math,
  and Embedded Objects manual.

- Updated English Customization manual.


* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- New layout file for journal articles published by the American Chemical
  Society.


* USER INTERFACE

- The BibTeX dialog now has a button for rescanning *.bib and *.bst files
  in the TEXMF tree.


** Bug fixes:
*

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- Fix a crash and generally improve the behaviour while loading an
  emergency save of a master document from within a child (bug 5514).

- Fix freeze when child document fails to load due to a conversion error
  or similar problem (bug 5539). Note that LyX will not try to reload the
  file. If the problem should with the child be fixed, the master document
  will need to be closed and reopened for the child to be loaded.

- Removed NoStyle Abstract from AMS book class, which does have an
  abstract.

- Fix conversion of some more complex index insets from version 1.5.x
  (bug 5579 a.o.).

- Fix reversion of info insets to LyX format 1.5.x. This bug blocked the
  reversion of the User Guide to LyX 1.5.

- Fix reversion of subfloats to version 1.5.x.

- Fix reversion of \slash and \nobreakdash to version 1.5.x.

- Fix possible endless loop while running lyx2lyx.

- Fix redirection to temporary files with spaces 

Re: a guide for get a 1.6.0 crash

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jens Noeckel wrote:
> Yes, the  crash I saw does indeed seem to be fixed in today's newly  
> released LyX 1.6.1.

Excellent.

Jürgen

Re: bug: font status display not updated

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> inor thing I noticed in LyX 1.6.1: I observed that starting a
> LyX-Code section using Alt-P,C does not mention the new font in the
> statusbar -- it still says "Font: Default". Only after moving the cursor
> away and back on the lyxcode paragraph will it say "Font: Typewriter".

Confirmed. Could you file a report, please?

Jürgen

Re: Custom Bibliography

[Luca De Marini]

Hallo everyone... this is getting me really tired :(On my computer
bibliography works like a charm and it really is so nice to use and see, but
today I finally managed to have my girlfriend stay sitted on the damned
chair, to explain her how to use it and, of course, it didn't work :(
You know, when you have to show something cool to someone important, well,
it simply doesn't work having you look like a stupid geek or something.

Well, now, the problem is that I followed the same steps you showed me
before with her computer too, so, no jokes.
I start by telling you I installed Lyx 1.6 over 1.5 as I did on my computer
previously too (and on my mac it works nice, oh, we both have a mac).

So, the first strange this is that when I insert the bibliography from the
Insert menu, after I successfully load my Jabref database, in Style I see
plainat of course, but I want apalike. So I click on the menu and...
ta-dn!! There's only plainat... why the heck?! So I downloaded from the
tex site the apalike package and manually browsed for that one. It shouldn't
be necessary though, this is a problem, on my mac I see a huge number of
entries already available!! (In case you where guessing, on both computers I
installed the full 200+ MB Text distribution)..

Then, when, in any part of the text body I try to insert a reference, choose
only numerical [#ID] and try to generate a pdf, I see no bibliography at all
at the end of the document and instead of the reference number only a
bastard "?" question mark without quotes...

Of course, and that's cute, if I use the super option, the question mark is
little over the words :)
How swet...
Please help me people.
I tried everything I got. That is:


   - Removed and reinstalled Lyx.
   - re-executed the installer several times
   - eliminated the preferences folder so that lyx could create a new
   preferences folder by itself
   - tried the all thing on a new document
   - reinstalled the LATEX distribution package


Nothing worked and honestly I'm out of ideas... :(
Greetings,

Luca D.M.

2008/12/12 rgheck 

> Luca De Marini wrote:
>
>> Thanks to everyone, reading the documents you linked, I managed to obtain
>> the exact result I needed. Basically, I searched the wiki and never found
>> the illustrated guide Dominik linked :)
>> With that guide and using JabRef, as suggested by rgheck, I have now a
>> fully
>> setted and working bibliography for my own test document and will now
>> teach
>> my girlfriend how to achieve the same result :)
>> Very nice, thanks a lot! But it is only perfect if used in combination
>> with
>> the super command suggested by rgheck :)
>> It should be added to the illustrated guide indeed, in my opinion.
>>
>>
>>
> You might want ot have a look now at the documentation for natbib, which
> you'll find here:
>   http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/natbib/natbib.pdf
> and probably in natbib.dvi or natbib.pdf somewhere on your own machine.
> There are lots of other options that can be used.
>
> rh
>
>

hanging par strange behavior

[Ignacio García]

The new feature Modules includes a module to hang paragrahs.

Applying the style 'hanging' to the second paragraph of an article,
the output doesn't show this second paragraph starting a new one,
but following the last line of the first paragraph, with a little
horizontal additional space.
Then, hanging the third paragraph too, it outputs correctly as a new
separate hanging paragrah

It seems that the very first hanging paragraph following to a standard
one  doesn't start really a new paragraph.

What's wrong?

Thanks in advance
Ignacio Garcia

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Paul A. Rubin]

peppergrower wrote:

I'm used to TeXnicCenter and MikTex on Windows, but I decided to give LyX
(1.55) a try on my Ubuntu 8.10 system, and I'm having difficulty creating
PDFs.  When I run pdflatex from within LyX, it keeps saying I'm missing
basic packages: like subfigure, and wrapfig, and nomencl.  If I manually
install these in my local texmf directory, it doesn't halt on that package
anymore...instead, it just brings up another one.

I've installed texlive (though not texlive-full), and run texhash, and tried
the 'reconfigure' option in LyX's Tools menu.  What am I missing here?



TeXLive takes some adjusting to for us MiKTeX users.  :-)  Whereas 
MiKTeX bundles most of the LaTeX packages individually, TeXLive bundles 
clusters of them in one package.  For instance, subfigure is in 
texlive-latex-extra (as are wrapfig and nomencl).


IMHO there are two reasonable ways to go here:

1.  In the Synaptic Package Manager, use the quick search box to find 
out which TeXLive package contains a missing LaTeX package (e.g., 
subfigure), then install it through Synaptic.  Since the TeXLive bundles 
are rather big, that will likely take care of many of your needs. 
Repeat as needed.  If you still lack a few (more obscure?) packages, 
download those from CTAN, install manually and run texhash.


OR

2.  There's a port of the MiKTeX package manager for Linux.  Last I 
checked it still lacked a graphical interface, so you have to run it 
from a terminal.  The advantage is that you can install individual 
packages as needed.  Note that, unlike MiKTeX on Windows, you can't use 
it to install missing packages on the fly.


If you have adequate disk space and bandwidth, I'd suggest doing #1 to 
get the bulk of the missing packages, then either manual download or the 
MiKTeX port for the odd individual packages.


/Paul

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> TeXLive takes some adjusting to for us MiKTeX users.  :-)  Whereas
> MiKTeX bundles most of the LaTeX packages individually, TeXLive bundles
> clusters of them in one package.  For instance, subfigure is in
> texlive-latex-extra (as are wrapfig and nomencl).

This is of course only true for some distribution repackaging of TeXLive, not 
for TeXLive proper.

[...]

> 2.  There's a port of the MiKTeX package manager for Linux.  Last I
> checked it still lacked a graphical interface, so you have to run it
> from a terminal.  The advantage is that you can install individual
> packages as needed.  Note that, unlike MiKTeX on Windows, you can't use
> it to install missing packages on the fly.

TeXLive 2008 has a package manager as well, including a GUI, that lets you 
install and update individual packages. The only thing it doesn't, as opposed 
to MikTeX PM, is on-the-fly-installing.

Jürgen

Re: hanging par strange behavior

[Paul A. Rubin]

Ignacio García wrote:

The new feature Modules includes a module to hang paragrahs.


Does the European Union allow this?  Seems cruel.  Now if LyX were 
developed in Texas ...  :-)


Applying the style 'hanging' to the second paragraph of an article,
the output doesn't show this second paragraph starting a new one,
but following the last line of the first paragraph, with a little
horizontal additional space.
Then, hanging the third paragraph too, it outputs correctly as a new
separate hanging paragrah

It seems that the very first hanging paragraph following to a standard
one  doesn't start really a new paragraph.

What's wrong?



It's either a bug or a very nonintuitive feature.  I'll report it. 
Meanwhile, as a work-around, you can do the following.  When switching 
from a standard paragraph to a hanging paragraph, hit Enter to end the 
standard paragraph, insert an empty TeX insert (ERT), hit Enter again 
and switch the new paragraph to hanging.


HTH,
Paul

custom equation numbering

[Ivan Werning]

How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from  
forcing a particular number or symbol?


That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex

For example, I have an equation that is numbered "(5)" which is chosen  
by default because it comes after "(4)". That's the correct normal  
behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the  
default and number this one equation "(3')" because it is a variant of  
a previous equation numbered "(3)".


Thanks!

-Ivan

Re: hanging par strange behavior

[Paul A. Rubin]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

When switching 
from a standard paragraph to a hanging paragraph, hit Enter to end the 
standard paragraph, insert an empty TeX insert (ERT), hit Enter again 
and switch the new paragraph to hanging.




Sorry, old habits die hard.  An easier solution is to insert a 
--Separator-- between the standard paragraph and the hanging paragraph.


/Paul (who is gradually catching up to everyone else)

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Paul A. Rubin]

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:



TeXLive 2008 has a package manager as well, including a GUI, that lets you 
install and update individual packages. The only thing it doesn't, as opposed 
to MikTeX PM, is on-the-fly-installing.




Unfortunately, it's still not available from the Ubuntu repositories. 
One can of course install it manually (if one knows what one is doing).

Re: Missing basic packages in fresh LyX installation

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> Unfortunately, it's still not available from the Ubuntu repositories.
> One can of course install it manually (if one knows what one is doing).

I always use the official media (DVD) from the TUG, which is trivial to 
install (the only problem is getting your distro package management to ignore 
TeX). The distro repackagings of TeXLive I tested did not really excite me, to 
put it diplomatically.

Jürgen

Re: custom equation numbering

[Paul A. Rubin]

Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from 
forcing a particular number or symbol?


That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex

For example, I have an equation that is numbered "(5)" which is chosen 
by default because it comes after "(4)". That's the correct normal 
behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default 
and number this one equation "(3')" because it is a variant of a 
previous equation numbered "(3)".




Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's 
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.  Then 
enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.  In the 
widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested widget. 
Type "3'" (or "3^\prime" if you're a purist) in the inner widget (no 
parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less than esthetically 
pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The inner widget is needed 
to get you into math mode if you're going to use a superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

Re: custom equation numbering

[Neil Hepburn]

Hi Ivan,
Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further and  
make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have equation (3)  
and you also have a rewritten form of that equation, call it (3').  Do  
all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except rather than putting  
in the number 3, click on the cross-reference tool in the LyX toolbar.  
Then select the equation of interest and then apply.  To refer to  
equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a little in-elegant -- insert  
the cross reference to point to the original form of the equation,  
then go into math mode (inline equation) right after the cross  
reference and insert the prime symbol.  Now, if you add or delete  
equations before the original equation, all of the numbers  
automatically update.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:


Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically  
from forcing a particular number or symbol?

That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex
For example, I have an equation that is numbered "(5)" which is  
chosen by default because it comes after "(4)". That's the correct  
normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of  
the default and number this one equation "(3')" because it is a  
variant of a previous equation numbered "(3)".


Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's  
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.   
Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.  In  
the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested  
widget. Type "3'" (or "3^\prime" if you're a purist) in the inner  
widget (no parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less than  
esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The inner  
widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to use a  
superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

Re: Computer Algebra System

[Neil Hepburn]

I've found that the best way to use Maxima with LyX is to write all of  
the maxima commands in a comment box in LyX. I write them as if I were  
writing a batch file for Maxima. Then I simply copy and paste them  
into a maxima session. The last commands in a particular code block  
ask Maxima for a TeX version of the output. I then copy of the TeX  
output from Maxima and paste it into my LyX document inside and  
equation environment.  Kind of klunky but it works.  Also, the code  
that I used in Maxima is always available if I need to change something.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 13-Dec-08, at 9:23 AM, Amir Rachum wrote:


Hello,
I'm trying to use the option "Use Computer Algebra System" under the  
Edit
menu. I did have partial success using Maxima, but it only works  
when the

expression I want to calculate is in it's own math box. I want it to
calculate the latest part of my math calculations. like
a = b*c = 6*7
but when I use maxima on the former line, I get
a = a
as it only reacts to the first part of the equation.

Besides solving this problem, is there anywhere a documentation of  
this

option, anywhere?

--
Amir Rachum

rfe: \left \lfloor

[Jan Engelhardt]

Hi,


support for "automatic" \lfloor-\rfloor in math, like there is for 
\left( \right), seems to be absent; could it be added in a future 
version?


Jan

LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces an PDF, PS, DVI or TEX file

[Stoutemyer, David]

For some reason LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces a .PDF, .PS, .DVI or LaTeX export 
file of either type when requested.

Perhaps it is because of an error that I have introduced in my file, but there 
is no error message when I request the output file.

Some of my short earlier .lyx files work OK, but I am now having a similar 
difficulty with another .lyx file of about 45 pages that I don't think I have 
changed.

Some operations have become quite slow too compared to earlier and other 
applications, even when LyX is the only open application.

-- thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Re: LyX can't find local packages

[Guy Rutenberg]

Hi,

Paul A. Rubin  writes:
> The key is that LaTeX must know where to find the .sty file.  So
> 
> 1.  Create the style file somewhere in the LaTeX directory structure 
> (typically something like 
> /tex/latex/myNewClass/myclassname.sty).  This has the side 
> benefit of protecting the file from deletion is you upgrade either LyX 
> or your TeX distro.

Generally speaking you are right. The problem is that the package is developed
very closely with the document (actually I'm implementing what I need as I go).
By default LaTeX searches first the local directory, then the local texmf dir
and last the different site wide ones.

I'm looking for a way to keep the LyX file and the package together, if 
possible.

> Note that if this really is a document class, rather than a package, 
> you'll need to make the extension .cls, you'll need to kludge together a 
> LyX layout file for it, and you'll need to reconfigure LyX to find the 
> layout (*after* you've done step 2).  But I'm guessing you meant "style" 
>   rather than "class" above.

Actually, I haven't decided yet whether to write only a package to override the
document styles and tweak them as required, or to make it a complete new
document class, hence my confusion with relating to it.

Thanks,

Guy

macros in the middle of the text

[Niko Schwarz]

hello, i noticed that math macros exist. i want something similar, but in my
text. i'm writing a text about a cs problem called "minimum KT distance",
which is a noun. and I'm really tired of typing that name and then setting
it to be a noun. isn't there a quicker way?
regards,

niko

Re: custom equation numbering

[Ivan Werning]

Thanks Neil and Paul. Indeed, using the LaTeX command \tag seems like  
the best thing I could find---thanks for the specific tips regarding  
math modes and cross referencing, which I guess are good ideas, I had  
never thought of, in LaTeX editing as well. One of the greatest things  
of LyX is that it still allows entering LaTeX quite easily. I really  
value that. Although it would be nice for LyX to allow custom equation  
numbering natively, given how standard it is.


-Ivan

On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote:


Hi Ivan,
Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further  
and make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have  
equation (3) and you also have a rewritten form of that equation,  
call it (3').  Do all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except  
rather than putting in the number 3, click on the cross-reference  
tool in the LyX toolbar. Then select the equation of interest and  
then apply.  To refer to equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a  
little in-elegant -- insert the cross reference to point to the  
original form of the equation, then go into math mode (inline  
equation) right after the cross reference and insert the prime  
symbol.  Now, if you add or delete equations before the original  
equation, all of the numbers automatically update.


-Neil

=
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta
4901-46 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta  T4V 2R3

Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepb...@augustana.ca



On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:


Ivan Werning wrote:
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically  
from forcing a particular number or symbol?

That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex
For example, I have an equation that is numbered "(5)" which is  
chosen by default because it comes after "(4)". That's the correct  
normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of  
the default and number this one equation "(3')" because it is a  
variant of a previous equation numbered "(3)".


Well, \tag will work.  Stick the cursor in the equation.  If it's  
already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number.   
Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget.   
In the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a  
nested widget. Type "3'" (or "3^\prime" if you're a purist) in the  
inner widget (no parentheses).  The display in the GUI is, ah, less  
than esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI.  The  
inner widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to  
use a superscript.


I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it.

HTH,
Paul

bug: applying prefs moves window

[Jan Engelhardt]

Hi,


in Lyx 1.6.1, after preferences have been changed (such as choosing new 
fonts or colors), the window moves up a few pixels, seems like as much 
as my windowframe height is. I guess it gets the client size (which does 
not include WM decorations) and then uses that to set the window 
geometry (including the size for WM deco).

Jan

Multicolumn... spacing between colums and background picture.

[Luca De Marini]

Hallo people, I tried to google for this a lot and to look into the wiki
too, but seems like I cannot find it. I can ensure you I solved a lot of
problems myself by the way :)
So my first question is, is it possible, in a multicolumn document (I only
managed to find the document on 2 colums option.. is is possible to create
the doc on more colums?) to set the spacing between a column and the other?
By default they are very very near, I near to set them a little more far
from each other.

the second question is, is it possible to apply a wallpaper picture to use
as the layout background of the document? I wish I could apply a picture
frame I can design. I know it is possible because I've seen this used in
presentation files created with Lyx but I couldn't understand how did they
manage to do it.. please help me.

Greetings,

Luca D.M.

Re: LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces an PDF, PS, DVI or TEX file

[asm23]

Stoutemyer, David wrote:

For some reason LyX 1.5.4 no longer produces a .PDF, .PS, .DVI or LaTeX export 
file of either type when requested.

Perhaps it is because of an error that I have introduced in my file, but there 
is no error message when I request the output file.

Some of my short earlier .lyx files work OK, but I am now having a similar 
difficulty with another .lyx file of about 45 pages that I don't think I have 
changed.

Some operations have become quite slow too compared to earlier and other 
applications, even when LyX is the only open application.

-- thanks in advance for any suggestions.



Why not trying Lyx 1.6?
I think Lyx 1.5.4 is outdated.

Can I print an automatic character count?

[Jonas Ørting]

I need to put a character count on my front page. Is there a way to do this
automatically with Lyx / TeX /...?

Using Lyx 1.6.0, OSX 10.5.5, MacTex 2008 (kept pretty much up to date).

- -
Jonas Ørting

Failed to start ispell?!

[Kuo-Hsien Chang]

The ispell can be operated under terminals, however it can not be  
started in LyX.


The error message was "The spellchecker could not be started. LyX:  
Failed to start ispell!"


I already check the instruction, but I still cannot let it works.

The current setting in LyX preference were:

User Interface language : Default
Default language : English (USA)Language package : \usepackage{babel}
Command start : \selectlanguage{$$lang}
Spellcheckerexecuable : ispell

If I choose the "aspell", the error message was "The spellchecker  
could not be started. LyX: Failed to start ispell!"


If I choose the "ispell", the error message was "The spellchecker  
could not be started. LyX: Failed to start ispell!"


Please help me. Thanks.

Michael

[ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.1 is released

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Public release of LyX version 1.6.1
===

We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.1. This is the first
maintenance release in the brand-new 1.6.x series, and as such, it mainly
focuses on bug fixes. We have ironed out some major problems that slipped
into the application in the wake of the new features.

All users of LyX 1.6.0 are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems
are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES.

In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:

   LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
   based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
   is released under a Free Software/Open Source license.

   LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
   right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
   details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with
   page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's
   legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.

   On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output --
   or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks
   like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs,
   all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
   different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes
   'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to press.

   LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
   internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the
   Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.

You can download LyX 1.6.1 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
which yields smaller files):

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.1.tar.bz2

and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
also host the .bz2 versions):

   ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz

http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz
   http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.1.tar.gz

Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.1/

If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply
one of the following patches instead
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.1.gz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.1.bz2

If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.1, you may either
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel  lists.lyx.org),
or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org

If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a
question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find
the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users  lists.lyx.org).

Enjoy!

The LyX team.


What's new in version 1.6.1?


** Updates:
***

* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION

- Updated localization of the user interface for Czech, French, German,
  Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish.

- Updated English, French, German, and Spanish User's Guide, Math,
  and Embedded Objects manual.

- Updated English Customization manual.


* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- New layout file for journal articles published by the American Chemical
  Society.


* USER INTERFACE

- The BibTeX dialog now has a button for rescanning *.bib and *.bst files
  in the TEXMF tree.


** Bug fixes:
*

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- Fix a crash and generally improve the behaviour while loading an
  emergency save of a master document from within a child (bug 5514).

- Fix freeze when child document fails to load due to a conversion error
  or similar problem (bug 5539). Note that LyX will not try to reload the
  file. If the problem should with the child be fixed, the master document
  will need to be closed and reopened for the child to be loaded.

- Removed "NoStyle Abstract" from AMS book class, which does have an
  abstract.

- Fix conversion of some more complex index insets from version 1.5.x
  (bug 5579 a.o.).

- Fix reversion of info insets to LyX format 1.5.x. This bug blocked the
  reversion of the User Guide to LyX 1.5.

- Fix reversion of subfloats to version 1.5.x.

- Fix reversion of \slash and \nobreakdash to version 1.5.x.

- Fix possible endless loop while running lyx2lyx.

- Fix redirection to temporary files with spaces