Latest Lyx for Kubuntu 64 bits
Can anyone tell me what is the latest Lyx version that is available for Kubuntu 64 bits? It seems that the repositories only have 1.6.2, and the only 1.6.3 version I found was meant for Karmic (9.10) which is not out yet. Thanks, EK
Re: wrapfig......... how to do that.........
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:23:15 +0200 Vincent van Ravesteijn applied thoughts to keyboard and posted this: >M-L schreef: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have been reading this: >> >> http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText >> >> Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped >> around a graphic. >> >> I can't make it work. >> >> Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with >> it from there: >> >> Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in? >> >> \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg} >> >> Doesn't work in ERT >> >> So how might one use it? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Charlie >> >You have to do nothing, just use the menu: Insert -> Float -> Figure >Wrap Float. Then insert your graphics just as you'd do for a normal >float. > >Vincent Thank you for your very prompt reply Vincent, it is very much appreciated. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or fruit. ...Henry David Thoreau *** Debian, just the best way to create magic ___
Re: wrapfig......... how to do that.........
M-L schreef: Hello everyone, I have been reading this: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped around a graphic. I can't make it work. Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with it from there: Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in? \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg} Doesn't work in ERT So how might one use it? Thanks in advance, Charlie You have to do nothing, just use the menu: Insert -> Float -> Figure Wrap Float. Then insert your graphics just as you'd do for a normal float. Vincent
wrapfig......... how to do that.........
Hello everyone, I have been reading this: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PlacingPicturesBesideTheText Plus a whole heap of stuff on the net to try to have text wrapped around a graphic. I can't make it work. Just a simple line example would be nice and I will experiment with it from there: Do I have to use it in an ERT in the chapter/section I want it in? \usepackage{wrapfig}[12]{r}[34pt]{5cm}{pictobeused.jpg} Doesn't work in ERT So how might one use it? Thanks in advance, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams. .Henry David Thoreau *** Debian, just the best way to create magic ___
Re: paste gvim --> lyx
Hellmut Weber wrote > Hi list, > building a new gentoo system fro scratch with quite some documentation i > often have the need to cut some lines from gvim to insert them into my lyx > document. Doing so I loose all line breaks. > For longer peaces of code this is quite annoying. > IIRC this topic has already been discussed in this list but i didn't save the > contributions, and ggogling didn't give what I was looking for. > If somebody can give me a hint it would save me a lot of time > TIA > Hellmut The menu entry Edit > Paste Special > Plain Text can help you. The copied text is pasted in LyX and inserted as Paragraphs, the line breaks of the text will start a new paragraph in LyX. I hope this works for you Ignacio
paste gvim --> lyx
Hi list, building a new gentoo system fro scratch with quite some documentation i often have the need to cut some lines from gvim to insert them into my lyx document. Doing so I loose all line breaks. For longer peaces of code this is quite annoying. IIRC this topic has already been discussed in this list but i didn't save the contributions, and ggogling didn't give what I was looking for. If somebody can give me a hint it would save me a lot of time TIA Hellmut -- Dr. Hellmut Weber m...@hellmutweber.de Degenfeldstraße 2 tel +49-89-3081172 D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321 please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq
Re: LyX crash feedback
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> In the last 6 months this list has featured at least 10 reports of LyX >> 1.6.x terminating unexpectedly. I myself had instances of this in 1.6.2 and >> 1.6.3, and was lucky enough to find a workaround in 1.6.3. >> >> Turns out, the lyx file causing the crash in my 1.6.3 featured a huge >> (bigger than 2mb) .eps file. When the file loaded, the picture on the screen >> said "loading bookcover.eps", and then a couple seconds later crashed. This >> was a reproducible error -- it happened every time in the same amount of >> time. >> >> Using Vim, I replaced bookcover.eps with bookcover.pdf, a much smaller >> file, and the problem disappeared. >> So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files >> include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large >> graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file >> DID NOT have graphic files? > > I'm not sure that *all* crashes on Ubuntu are related to Qt and graphics. > I've had a couple of crashes lately working on a document whose only images > are generated by xypic (so the images are external TeX files that are added > to the doc by LyX input commands, with instant preview off). The most > recent one, at least, occurred when I cursored out of a math inset and then > immediately changed my mind and tried to reenter it via the left arrow key. > (I might have deleted a character along the way; don't recall for sure.) I > suppose that could still be a Qt issue, since Qt handles the LyX GUI itself. > > Personally, I'm just going to live with it until the updated Qt version > finds its way into some repository as a .deb package. Fortunately, I deal > with short documents, so restart/reload is not too painful. Well they are in the Karmic repositories. Instructions on how to upgrade qt4 (fairly) safely are at: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg74482.html Scroll down past my instructions and follow Michael Gasper's clearer, better instructions. These instructions have worked for me and Michael without any files being eaten. The main things to remember are to watch the upgrade to make sure it it only upgrades qt4 related packages, and disable the Karmic repository after you use it (so you don't accidentally upgrade to Karmic next time you do updates). -- John C. McCabe-Dansted PhD Student University of Western Australia
Re: LyX crash feedback
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, In the last 6 months this list has featured at least 10 reports of LyX 1.6.x terminating unexpectedly. I myself had instances of this in 1.6.2 and 1.6.3, and was lucky enough to find a workaround in 1.6.3. Turns out, the lyx file causing the crash in my 1.6.3 featured a huge (bigger than 2mb) .eps file. When the file loaded, the picture on the screen said "loading bookcover.eps", and then a couple seconds later crashed. This was a reproducible error -- it happened every time in the same amount of time. Using Vim, I replaced bookcover.eps with bookcover.pdf, a much smaller file, and the problem disappeared. So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file DID NOT have graphic files? I'm not sure that *all* crashes on Ubuntu are related to Qt and graphics. I've had a couple of crashes lately working on a document whose only images are generated by xypic (so the images are external TeX files that are added to the doc by LyX input commands, with instant preview off). The most recent one, at least, occurred when I cursored out of a math inset and then immediately changed my mind and tried to reenter it via the left arrow key. (I might have deleted a character along the way; don't recall for sure.) I suppose that could still be a Qt issue, since Qt handles the LyX GUI itself. Personally, I'm just going to live with it until the updated Qt version finds its way into some repository as a .deb package. Fortunately, I deal with short documents, so restart/reload is not too painful. /Paul
Re: LyX crash feedback
? wrote: ... > > I'd advice you to upgrade to Qt4.5.2. --%<-- Steve Litt wrote: > How do I do that? --%<-- There are no qt 4.5.2 packages in the repositories for Jaunty (yet, and who knows if there will be an update before Karmic Koala). Eventually you can avoid compiling from source by getting the .deb's for Ubuntu Karmic Koala [1]. But I am unsure which .deb's are required and if this is wise to do. Nikos [1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default§ion=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=qt4
Re: LyX crash feedback
On Sunday 26 July 2009 05:49:44 you wrote: > Steve Litt schreef: > > So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your [clip] > Steve, > > A lot of the crashes that were reported actually came from people that > were using Ubuntu 9.04. The problem was that Ubuntu was shipped with > Qt4.5.0, which had a number of bugs (at least in combination with LyX > that is). I know you don't want to fiddle around with your fresh new > installation, but if you still have Qt4.5.0, I'd advice you to upgrade > to Qt4.5.2. How do I do that? If I do it, how badly is that going to mess up everything else on my system that depends on Qt? Thanks SteveT
Re: LyX crash feedback
Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: The best thing that I can think of in your case is that you have run into bug #5957: If you scale down an image with an odd number of rows to 50% (on screen), Qt4.5.0 would crash. I've used much larger eps graphics which didn't show your problem (on Windows). Another problem on Linux is that KDE people created an eps plugin for Qt; this enables to visualize the eps graphics directly within LyX without any conversion to png. But this plugin has often been buggy and crashy in my experience. You can see if this plugin is used at the console output of LyX. Abdel.
Re: LyX crash feedback
Steve Litt schreef: So here's my question for everyone reporting 1.6.x crashes: Did your files include graphics? Did they include large graphics? Were any of the large graphics .eps files? Was there anybody suffering a 1.6.x crash whose file DID NOT have graphic files? If there's anyone currently able to reproduce this problem, would you be able to use a text editor to whittle the file down to a small reproducer, and then use the text editor to toggle the symptom by enabling and disapbling the big graphic? Steve, A lot of the crashes that were reported actually came from people that were using Ubuntu 9.04. The problem was that Ubuntu was shipped with Qt4.5.0, which had a number of bugs (at least in combination with LyX that is). I know you don't want to fiddle around with your fresh new installation, but if you still have Qt4.5.0, I'd advice you to upgrade to Qt4.5.2. The best thing that I can think of in your case is that you have run into bug #5957: If you scale down an image with an odd number of rows to 50% (on screen), Qt4.5.0 would crash. I've used much larger eps graphics which didn't show your problem (on Windows). Thanks SteveT Vincent