Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Niko Schwarz
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Etienne lepercq e.gu...@gmail.com wrote: [self-contained lyx-files] I think this feature should be at least re-discussed. I for one have had large troubles when asking people to cooperate with me, because I had to give them precise instructions how to set up

Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread A B
Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?)

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Rainer M Krug
Just my two cents worth: 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I would definitely not change the default format. 2) I like the idea of an export format, which effectively compresses all files necessary into a single file. This is very nice for archiving final

[announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Ignacio García
Hello LyXers! From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into Spanish. If you want you can have a look at http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome here. Thanks! Best regards Ignacio García

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Friday 17 April 2009 4:53:12 pm A B wrote: Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?) You don't say what OS. I am running Mandriva Linux in Australia, which is metric. My paper is A4 and my measurements (all defaults at the moment)

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread A B
First I wish to come clean with one thing: I'd like to see LyX being used by the ms word people in the industry, so my take is: do not trust files someone send to you (see earlier discussions on collaboration) 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I would definitely

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread A B
I use Linux. 2009/4/17 Doug Laidlaw laidl...@hotkey.net.au: On Friday 17 April 2009 4:53:12 pm A B wrote: Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?) You don't say what OS.  I am running Mandriva Linux in Australia, which is metric.  

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
What is your locale set at? My /etc/sysconfig/i18n has the line LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8 You should be able to set your locale with administrative tools, or with KDE. If you are in the States, and want to keep inches for everything else, I don't know what you could do. You may need to

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:26 AM, A B gentosa...@gmail.com wrote: First I wish to come clean with one thing: I'd like to see LyX being used by the ms word people in the industry, so my take is: do not trust files someone send to you (see earlier discussions on collaboration) 1) I like the lyx

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
A B gentosa...@gmail.com writes: Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?) The default width is cm if you use a 'metric' paper size and inch if you use a paper size from weird countries, like usletter or legal. JMarc

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Friday 17 April 2009 6:27:37 pm Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: A B gentosa...@gmail.com writes: Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?) The default width is cm if you use a 'metric' paper size and inch if you use a paper size

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:26:26AM +0200, A B wrote: suggested. But basically everything in one place. Reason? If you need lyxa format, you are either archiving it for backup or sending it to someone. The recipient are never going to have the same directory structure as you. That will only

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Niko Schwarz
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com wrote: 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I would definitely not change the default format. Ok, maybe I didn't make myself clear: you can have self-contained archives with no compression at all

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Doug Laidlaw laidl...@hotkey.net.au writes: You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the U.S. use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users need both. We had to choose something,

Re: [announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Marcelo Acuña
Hello LyXers! From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into Spanish. If you want you can have a look at http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome here. Thanks! Best regards

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the U.S. use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users need both. We had to choose something, actually.

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the U.S. use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users need

Citation order wrong in table

2009-04-17 Thread rettie
Hello everyone! I am in the situation where I have a table of previous work (articles) with numerical references, as below: | Author [ref]| Year | Description | However, the citations are ordered as they are in the subsequent text, not in the table, even through the table comes first, which

Page numbers and the book class

2009-04-17 Thread Hesham Kamel
Hi, Please, I am using the book more fonts class. Everything is fine, except I am using the* \pagestyle{empty}* to suppress printing the header. However, this also causes printing the page number *ONLY* for the first page on each chapter. *Is there a way to print page numbers for all pages, and in

Re: Citation order wrong in table

2009-04-17 Thread Anders Host-Madsen
One (primitive) idea, which I don't know will work or not, is to use a \nocite command with the authors in the order you want the citations to appear.

Re: [announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Sergio Celani
Marcelo Acuña escribió: Hello LyXers! From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into Spanish. If you want you can have a look at http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome here. Thanks! Best

Re: Error converting to loadable format

2009-04-17 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Eliseu Filho schrieb: I get the name of the .eps file and below it the message: Error converting to loadable format Some system configuration info: Ghostscript 8.61 ImageMagick 6.5.1-3 Q16 (2009-05-01) What you see is a problem that ImageMagick is either misconfigured or cannot find

Re: Page numbers and the book class

2009-04-17 Thread Yago
Do you know what's Google?. http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/teTeX/latex/latex2e-html/ltx-138.html - Original Message - From: Hesham Kamel helta...@gmail.com To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:08 PM Subject: Page numbers and the book class

A question

2009-04-17 Thread Adrian Diaz
Friends of Lyx i am writting my thesis and several times i have to set up some list. Lyx by default has the option by point or number, but i would like to use symbols or letter and only in certains points of my thesis. any advice? Greetings Adrián

Re: A question

2009-04-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 17 April 2009 11:36:30 pm Adrian Diaz wrote: Friends of Lyx i am writting my thesis and several times i have to set up some list. Lyx by default has the option by point or number, but i would like to use symbols or letter and only in certains points of my thesis. any advice?

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Niko Schwarz
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Etienne lepercq e.gu...@gmail.com wrote: [self-contained lyx-files] I think this feature should be at least re-discussed. I for one have had large troubles when asking people to cooperate with me, because I had to give them precise instructions how to set up

Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread A B
Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?)

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Rainer M Krug
Just my two cents worth: 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I would definitely not change the default format. 2) I like the idea of an export format, which effectively compresses all files necessary into a single file. This is very nice for archiving final

[announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Ignacio García
Hello LyXers! From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into Spanish. If you want you can have a look at http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome here. Thanks! Best regards Ignacio García

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Friday 17 April 2009 4:53:12 pm A B wrote: Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?) You don't say what OS. I am running Mandriva Linux in Australia, which is metric. My paper is A4 and my measurements (all defaults at the moment)

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread A B
First I wish to come clean with one thing: I'd like to see LyX being used by the ms word people in the industry, so my take is: do not trust files someone send to you (see earlier discussions on collaboration) 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I would definitely

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread A B
I use Linux. 2009/4/17 Doug Laidlaw laidl...@hotkey.net.au: On Friday 17 April 2009 4:53:12 pm A B wrote: Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?) You don't say what OS.  I am running Mandriva Linux in Australia, which is metric.  

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
What is your locale set at? My /etc/sysconfig/i18n has the line LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8 You should be able to set your locale with administrative tools, or with KDE. If you are in the States, and want to keep inches for everything else, I don't know what you could do. You may need to

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:26 AM, A B gentosa...@gmail.com wrote: First I wish to come clean with one thing: I'd like to see LyX being used by the ms word people in the industry, so my take is: do not trust files someone send to you (see earlier discussions on collaboration) 1) I like the lyx

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
A B gentosa...@gmail.com writes: Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?) The default width is cm if you use a 'metric' paper size and inch if you use a paper size from weird countries, like usletter or legal. JMarc

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Friday 17 April 2009 6:27:37 pm Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: A B gentosa...@gmail.com writes: Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?) The default width is cm if you use a 'metric' paper size and inch if you use a paper size

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:26:26AM +0200, A B wrote: suggested. But basically everything in one place. Reason? If you need lyxa format, you are either archiving it for backup or sending it to someone. The recipient are never going to have the same directory structure as you. That will only

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Niko Schwarz
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com wrote: 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I would definitely not change the default format. Ok, maybe I didn't make myself clear: you can have self-contained archives with no compression at all

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Doug Laidlaw laidl...@hotkey.net.au writes: You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the U.S. use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users need both. We had to choose something,

Re: [announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Marcelo Acuña
Hello LyXers! From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into Spanish. If you want you can have a look at http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome here. Thanks! Best regards

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the U.S. use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users need both. We had to choose something, actually.

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the U.S. use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users need

Citation order wrong in table

2009-04-17 Thread rettie
Hello everyone! I am in the situation where I have a table of previous work (articles) with numerical references, as below: | Author [ref]| Year | Description | However, the citations are ordered as they are in the subsequent text, not in the table, even through the table comes first, which

Page numbers and the book class

2009-04-17 Thread Hesham Kamel
Hi, Please, I am using the book more fonts class. Everything is fine, except I am using the* \pagestyle{empty}* to suppress printing the header. However, this also causes printing the page number *ONLY* for the first page on each chapter. *Is there a way to print page numbers for all pages, and in

Re: Citation order wrong in table

2009-04-17 Thread Anders Host-Madsen
One (primitive) idea, which I don't know will work or not, is to use a \nocite command with the authors in the order you want the citations to appear.

Re: [announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Sergio Celani
Marcelo Acuña escribió: Hello LyXers! From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into Spanish. If you want you can have a look at http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome here. Thanks! Best

Re: Error converting to loadable format

2009-04-17 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Eliseu Filho schrieb: I get the name of the .eps file and below it the message: Error converting to loadable format Some system configuration info: Ghostscript 8.61 ImageMagick 6.5.1-3 Q16 (2009-05-01) What you see is a problem that ImageMagick is either misconfigured or cannot find

Re: Page numbers and the book class

2009-04-17 Thread Yago
Do you know what's Google?. http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/teTeX/latex/latex2e-html/ltx-138.html - Original Message - From: Hesham Kamel helta...@gmail.com To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:08 PM Subject: Page numbers and the book class

A question

2009-04-17 Thread Adrian Diaz
Friends of Lyx i am writting my thesis and several times i have to set up some list. Lyx by default has the option by point or number, but i would like to use symbols or letter and only in certains points of my thesis. any advice? Greetings Adrián

Re: A question

2009-04-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 17 April 2009 11:36:30 pm Adrian Diaz wrote: Friends of Lyx i am writting my thesis and several times i have to set up some list. Lyx by default has the option by point or number, but i would like to use symbols or letter and only in certains points of my thesis. any advice?

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Niko Schwarz
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Etienne lepercq wrote: > > >[self-contained lyx-files] > I think this feature should be at least re-discussed. I for one have had large troubles when asking people to cooperate with me, because I had to give them precise instructions how to

Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread A B
Hi. Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch to mm (or something else?)

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Rainer M Krug
Just my two cents worth: 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I would definitely not change the default format. 2) I like the idea of an export format, which effectively compresses all files necessary into a single file. This is very nice for archiving final

[announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Ignacio García
Hello LyXers! >From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into Spanish. If you want you can have a look at http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome here. Thanks! Best regards Ignacio García

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Friday 17 April 2009 4:53:12 pm A B wrote: > Hi. > Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch > to mm (or something else?) You don't say what OS. I am running Mandriva Linux in Australia, which is metric. My paper is A4 and my measurements (all defaults at the

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread A B
First I wish to come clean with one thing: I'd like to see LyX being used by the ms word people in the industry, so my take is: do not trust files someone send to you (see earlier discussions on collaboration) > 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I > would

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread A B
I use Linux. 2009/4/17 Doug Laidlaw : > On Friday 17 April 2009 4:53:12 pm A B wrote: >> Hi. >> Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch >> to mm (or something else?) > > You don't say what OS.  I am running Mandriva Linux in Australia, which is

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
What is your locale set at? My /etc/sysconfig/i18n has the line LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8 You should be able to set your locale with administrative tools, or with KDE. If you are in the States, and want to keep inches for everything else, I don't know what you could do. You may need to

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:26 AM, A B wrote: > First I wish to come clean with one thing: I'd like to see LyX being > used by the ms word people in the industry, so my take is: do not > trust files someone send to you (see earlier discussions on > collaboration) > >> 1) I

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
A B writes: > Hi. > Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch > to mm (or something else?) The default width is cm if you use a 'metric' paper size and inch if you use a paper size from weird countries, like usletter or legal. JMarc

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Doug Laidlaw
On Friday 17 April 2009 6:27:37 pm Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > A B writes: > > Hi. > > Is it possible to change the default unit for column width from inch > > to mm (or something else?) > > The default width is cm if you use a 'metric' paper size and inch if you > use a

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:26:26AM +0200, A B wrote: > suggested. But basically everything in one place. Reason? If you need > lyxa format, you are either archiving it for backup or sending it to > someone. The recipient are never going to have the same directory > structure as you. That will

Re: [Figure embedding] An easy way to share lyx documents

2009-04-17 Thread Niko Schwarz
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > 1) I like the lyx format as it is BECAUSE it is not compressed, so I > would definitely not change the default format. > Ok, maybe I didn't make myself clear: you can have self-contained archives with no compression at

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Doug Laidlaw writes: > You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the U.S. > use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with > universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users need both. We had to choose

Re: [announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Marcelo Acuña
> Hello LyXers! > > From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into > Spanish. > > If you want you can have a look at > > http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home > > or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. > > Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome > here. Thanks! > >

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the > > U.S. use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with > > universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users need > > both. > > We had to choose something,

Re: Change default unit for column width

2009-04-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Jürgen Spitzmüller writes: > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> > You've got more courage than I have. I see that the Universities in the >> > U.S. use A4 for convention papers, etc. that need to be exchanged with >> > universities in the real - oops, ISO world. Ideally, those users

Citation order wrong in table

2009-04-17 Thread rettie
Hello everyone! I am in the situation where I have a table of previous work (articles) with numerical references, as below: | Author [ref]| Year | Description | However, the citations are ordered as they are in the subsequent text, not in the table, even through the table comes first, which

Page numbers and the book class

2009-04-17 Thread Hesham Kamel
Hi, Please, I am using the book more fonts class. Everything is fine, except I am using the* \pagestyle{empty}* to suppress printing the header. However, this also causes printing the page number *ONLY* for the first page on each chapter. *Is there a way to print page numbers for all pages, and in

Re: Citation order wrong in table

2009-04-17 Thread Anders Host-Madsen
One (primitive) idea, which I don't know will work or not, is to use a \nocite command with the authors in the order you want the citations to appear.

Re: [announce] LyX web available in Spanish

2009-04-17 Thread Sergio Celani
Marcelo Acuña escribió: Hello LyXers! From now on, most of the LyX web pages is translated into Spanish. If you want you can have a look at http://www.lyx.org/WebEs.Home or clicking on the Spanish flag on top. Suggestions or error corrections will always be welcome here. Thanks! Best

Re: Error converting to loadable format

2009-04-17 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Eliseu Filho schrieb: I get the name of the .eps file and below it the message: Error converting to loadable format Some system configuration info: Ghostscript 8.61 ImageMagick 6.5.1-3 Q16 (2009-05-01) What you see is a problem that ImageMagick is either misconfigured or cannot find

Re: Page numbers and the book class

2009-04-17 Thread Yago
Do you know what's Google?. http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/teTeX/latex/latex2e-html/ltx-138.html - Original Message - From: "Hesham Kamel" To: Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:08 PM Subject: Page numbers and the book

A question

2009-04-17 Thread Adrian Diaz
Friends of Lyx i am writting my thesis and several times i have to set up some list. Lyx by default has the option by point or number, but i would like to use symbols or letter and only in certains points of my thesis. any advice? Greetings Adrián

Re: A question

2009-04-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 17 April 2009 11:36:30 pm Adrian Diaz wrote: > Friends of Lyx > > i am writting my thesis and several times i have to set up some > list. Lyx by default has the option by point or number, but i would like > to use symbols or letter and only in certains points of my thesis. > > any