Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > - possibility to use context menu for assign (i think we agree here) Yes > - possibility to use graphics dialog for changin group definition as it >   is now without any additional clicking around (i'm not sure we agree > here) - possibility to define new group inside the gra

Re: LyX Reference Dialog broken

2009-01-09 Thread rgheck
Martin Görg wrote: Hello there, I'm a fan of LyX but sometimes it gets me going :) I open the LyX User's Guide (or any other document) and klick on a reference. The pop-up dialog is empty showing none of the existing labels and when I click 'Update' LyX crashes with the message "lyx: SIGSEGV si

Re: No Input after Ctrl-W

2009-01-09 Thread rgheck
Martin Görg wrote: Hello List, Here's another problem I'm running into and which makes me dazzle: When I have two documents open and I close one of them using Ctrl-w, then I cannot input anything into the remaining document with the keyboard. There is no reaction to the keyboard in that documen

No Input after Ctrl-W

2009-01-09 Thread Martin Görg
Hello List, Here's another problem I'm running into and which makes me dazzle: When I have two documents open and I close one of them using Ctrl-w, then I cannot input anything into the remaining document with the keyboard. There is no reaction to the keyboard in that document whatsoever. Any id

Re: LyX Reference Dialog broken

2009-01-09 Thread Martin Görg
Hi again, Interestingly, I just discovered, that it seems to work fine with a document I created by myself. Should I also mention, that I had another version of Lyx before? That was the one packaged with my Ubuntu. I removed it with 'apt-get remove lyx' before installing texlive and the new LyX.

LyX Reference Dialog broken

2009-01-09 Thread Martin Görg
Hello there, I'm a fan of LyX but sometimes it gets me going :) I open the LyX User's Guide (or any other document) and klick on a reference. The pop-up dialog is empty showing none of the existing labels and when I click 'Update' LyX crashes with the message "lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught". I'm af

Re: printing table of contents

2009-01-09 Thread rgheck
Bob Lounsbury wrote: Starred stuff does not appear in the TOC. A LaTeX default. To add starred stuff to the toc you would have to insert in ERT just after the section in the text: And FYI: That's the difference between section and section*: The former gets a number and appears in the TOC; th

Re: printing table of contents

2009-01-09 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:14 AM, John White wrote: > > > Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:38 AM, John White wrote: >> >>> >>> I'm using lyx 1.6.1 (article) on a linux slackware system (vector 5.9). >>> I cannot figure out how to put the table of contents in the document >>> bef

Re: problem running lyx on windows

2009-01-09 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Firat Bilgel wrote: Firat Bilgel wrote: I opened the command prompt and under C:\>, I typed 'latex--version' (without the quotes). The program says 'latex--version' is not recognized as a file or program. You need a space between latex and the double dash: latex --version. If Windows can't

VS: printing table of contents

2009-01-09 Thread Ingar Pareliussen
-Opprinnelig melding- Fra: John White [mailto:j...@lawquest.com] Sendt: fr 2009-01-09 17:38 Til: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Emne: printing table of contents >I'm using lyx 1.6.1 (article) on a linux slackware system (vector 5.9). > >I cannot figure out how to put the table of contents in t

Re: printing table of contents

2009-01-09 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:38 AM, John White wrote: > I'm using lyx 1.6.1 (article) on a linux slackware system (vector 5.9). > I cannot figure out how to put the table of contents in the document before > printing it. TOC works fine for getting around the document (as does > navigate). But when I

Re: Problem with biblatex /Lyx 1.6.1./ MacTex

2009-01-09 Thread jezZiFeR
I have a problem running the biblatex package on my Mac (not a problem with the installation, the wiki howto is crystal clear and works); I can find no way of using my .bib file when it is not stored in the texmf root folder. Contrariwise to Windows+Miktex where you can easily access the files and

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Abdelrazak Younes writes: Wrong, it's perfectly fine that the dialog do 'read' access to the buffer. The other way around is strictly forbidden. And it's good practice to avoid direct 'write' access to the buffer from the dialog; we should use an LFUN instead.

printing table of contents

2009-01-09 Thread John White
I'm using lyx 1.6.1 (article) on a linux slackware system (vector 5.9). I cannot figure out how to put the table of contents in the document before printing it. TOC works fine for getting around the document (as does navigate). But when I try to insert it into the document for final printing,

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
> > imho Document->Settings way is very unpractical. my usual worflow is not to > > define set of groups and then assign them images, but to have set of images > > and start to create new groups via dialog without even closing it. > > My problem with the current approach is that graphic groups are

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Abdelrazak Younes writes: > Wrong, it's perfectly fine that the dialog do 'read' access to the > buffer. The other way around is strictly forbidden. And it's good > practice to avoid direct 'write' access to the buffer from the dialog; > we should use an LFUN instead. So could the buffer() be con

Problem with biblatex /Lyx 1.6.1./ MacTex

2009-01-09 Thread Mon Blog
Dear listers I have a problem running the biblatex package on my Mac (not a problem with the installation, the wiki howto is crystal clear and works); I can find no way of using my .bib file when it is not stored in the texmf root folder. Contrariwise to Windows+Miktex where you can easily acce

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > imho Document->Settings way is very unpractical. my usual worflow is not to > define set of groups and then assign them images, but to have set of images > and start to create new groups via dialog without even closing it. My problem with the current approach is that graphic g

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
> Pavel Sanda writes: > > i also accept your critics, but this was to be addressed when i was trying > > to > > get the attention for design details of this feature. when i didn't get the > > feedback i did it the way i like to use it; > > Pissed off already? friday! ok, on wrong list :) pavel

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
> Pavel Sanda wrote: > > i also accept your critics, but this was to be addressed when i was trying > > to get the attention for design details of this feature. when i didn't get > > the feedback i did it the way i like to use it; now i don't have time nor > > interest to rewrite it for a different

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Pavel Sanda wrote: Pavel Sanda writes: this belongs to those 'another proposals'. you need to fetch the list of groups. in case user clicks on some group you need to fetch all parameters for this group. all this without direct access to buffer, so new lfun machinery would be needed around. The

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
> Pavel Sanda writes: > > i had the feeling that we try to avoid direct touching of kernel from gui, > > thats why everything in dialogs is passed through lfuns. > > My view is that we avoid to do _actions_ dorectly (so that everything > can be reproduced through lfuns), but we can query as much

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > i also accept your critics, but this was to be addressed when i was trying > to get the attention for design details of this feature. when i didn't get > the feedback i did it the way i like to use it; now i don't have time nor > interest to rewrite it for a different philosoph

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Pavel Sanda writes: > i also accept your critics, but this was to be addressed when i was trying to > get the attention for design details of this feature. when i didn't get the > feedback i did it the way i like to use it; Pissed off already? JMarc

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
> Pavel Sanda wrote: > > the point 2 is the only one i was a bit worried about. context menu > > selection is done on purpose, since it seemed to be most effective > > way how to work with groups for me. > > User actions should never ever be restricted to context menu exclusively. yes, thats why

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Pavel Sanda writes: > i had the feeling that we try to avoid direct touching of kernel from gui, > thats why everything in dialogs is passed through lfuns. My view is that we avoid to do _actions_ dorectly (so that everything can be reproduced through lfuns), but we can query as much as we want.

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > the point 2 is the only one i was a bit worried about. context menu > selection is done on purpose, since it seemed to be most effective > way how to work with groups for me. User actions should never ever be restricted to context menu exclusively. Frankly, the graphic group

Re: SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
> 1. The gui works in another way than many lyx options. Take the > 'local layout' option from the document options (In document > class tab) as an example on how I would expect it to work. > (A list of layouts-> add layout button-> new window to specify > the new layout-> new layout added) >

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
> Pavel Sanda writes: > > this belongs to those 'another proposals'. you need to fetch the list of > > groups. in case user clicks on some group you need to fetch all parameters > > for > > this group. all this without direct access to buffer, so new lfun machinery > > would be needed around. >

SV: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Ingar Pareliussen
> -Opprinnelig melding- > Fra: Pavel Sanda [mailto:sa...@lyx.org] > Sendt: 9. januar 2009 09:51 > Til: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Emne: Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi > > Manveru schreef: > > I hadn't read this in manual, but from your explanations it > seem to be > > very user not-

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Pavel Sanda writes: > this belongs to those 'another proposals'. you need to fetch the list of > groups. in case user clicks on some group you need to fetch all parameters for > this group. all this without direct access to buffer, so new lfun machinery > would be needed around. The dialog class

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
> Pavel Sanda writes: > > the group name is just part of the image settings, so filling up the name > > is similar as filling the 'new' latex parameters for the image. i have > > removed the confusing "Initialize" word and enriched the tooltips. > > another proposals i have seen up to now are not

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Pavel Sanda writes: > Manveru schreef: >> I hadn't read this in manual, but from your explanations it seem to be >> very user not-friendly feature. It is not natural to users entering >> new name in that field every time they want new group. Without reading >> the manual, people like I who mostly

Re: ModernCV example won't work

2009-01-09 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> This is a bug in the example bibtex file which is shipped with LyX > and included in the modernCV example. Thanks. Who need Bibtex entries in a CV, after all. If I just remove the whole references section and then generate the PDF file, it puts the "Interests" title on the first page, but the a

Re: Word wrap of display formulas

2009-01-09 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-01-02, radagast wrote: How can I make Lyx 1.6 auto-split long display formulas (ctrl+shift+m) when compiling? You can't. This is a feature (or lack of feature) of LaTeX Still, 'instant preview' will give you a quasi real-time preview of the equation without co

Re: What is groupId in GraphicsUi

2009-01-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
Manveru schreef: > I hadn't read this in manual, but from your explanations it seem to be > very user not-friendly feature. It is not natural to users entering > new name in that field every time they want new group. Without reading > the manual, people like I who mostly not read manuals at all can