Re: question about multiple files for a book
> I'm working with a long document in > multiple files, and I can tell you > that most things do work very well: > > * Labels from any file may be used everywhere > * You only need to include the bibliography once, > etc. > > About ortography, I guess one of the points of having > multiple files is being able to do this kind of > comprobations part by part; I agree with > you that word count is a problem, though. > > Manolo Perhaps a new feature is needed in the words counter. Like two totals, one for the whole project. Marcelo Yahoo! Cocina Encontra las mejores recetas con Yahoo! Cocina. http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/
RE: LyX for AAAI articles
Hi Mehrdad ,
The best way to get started is to install the LaTeX class and examples in your
texmf folder (~/Library/texmf/tex/latex on Mac OS X,
/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex on other Unix-like operating systems; if the
folder doesn't exist, then create it). When done, open up a terminal and type:
sudo texhash
When done, Open LyX and select Tools->Reconfigure. Restart LyX.
To use the aaai style, create a new document in LyX using the "article"
document class.
To the preamble of your document (Document->Settings->LaTeX preamble), add the
following:
\usepackage{aaai}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{courier}
For the bibliography, choose Insert->LaTeX Bibliography and specify which
BibTeX database you will be using. To ensure that it uses the right style,
find aaai from the available options and select it. Press Ok.
Then, start writing. You're very lucky. Aaai is implemented as a LaTeX
package (rather than as a stand-alone document class), which means don't need
to create your own custom layout. The \usepackage{aaai} command will ensure
that the formatting complies with the publication specifications.
If you want additional information, take a look at the
"formatting-instructions.tex" file which came as part of the AuthorKit. It has
some good information on how to get started. If you are going to be using LyX
long-term, it will also help you become comfortable looking at LaTeX source.
You don't need to be a LaTeX guru to use LyX, but understanding the basics
opens a whole new world of what you can accomplish.
If you're interested, I've written a couple of articles that explore this more
in-depth:
Customizing LyX: Create an NIH Grant Proposal
(http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/custom-lyx-nih)
Customizing LyX: Character Styles and the LyX Local Layout
(http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/11/14/customize-lyx-character-styles)
Best of luck with your paper.
Cheers,
Rob Oakes
LyX for AAAI articles
Hello, I am trying to use LyX to create an article in the AAAI format. AAAI provides a Latex author kit which can be downloaded here: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Templates/AuthorKit.zip More information on this format may be found on their Author Instructions page: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php What is the best way of getting LyX to use this Latex author kit to create articles (with bibliographies) in AAAI format? I am using LyX 1.6.5 on a Mac. Thanks a lot!
Re: question about multiple files for a book
I use Linux, yes. If you could provide that script, or a pointer where to find it, it would be great :) Manolo Steve Litt escribió: On Friday 08 January 2010 10:22:38 Manolo Martínez wrote: About ortography, I guess one of the points of having multiple files is being able to do this kind of comprobations part by part; I agree with you that word count is a problem, though. If you're using any UNIX based operating system, you can get a reasonable approximation of wordcount with a simple shellscript, even if you're adding the wordcount of multiple files. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Re: question about multiple files for a book
On Friday 08 January 2010 10:22:38 Manolo Martínez wrote: > About ortography, I guess one of the points of having multiple files is > being able to do this kind of comprobations part by part; I agree with > you that word count is a problem, though. If you're using any UNIX based operating system, you can get a reasonable approximation of wordcount with a simple shellscript, even if you're adding the wordcount of multiple files. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Re: question about multiple files for a book
On Friday 08 January 2010 10:18:14 Marcelo Acuña wrote: > Hello, > I have a 35 words book Dang dude, that's awesome. What is that, 1200 pages? > and I want to know what I win and that I lose > if I change one file to multiple files? I am thinking to make the change > due to the delays in writing the file. Do you mean delays saving the huge file, or delays in navigating through it or both. For me, anything over 110,000 words is uncharted territory. If the hugeness of your file is substantially slowing you down, my opinion is that you must break it up during the main writing process. If it were me I'd break it down to one file per part (not per chapter). That way I wouldn't have 60 files hanging around. I can tell you from personal experience that if you have a 2 year old commodity computer, navigating a 100K word book is instantaneous, saving it is maybe a second or two, and viewing it as PDF is about 30 seconds, which I find quite tolerable. So I'd think that breaking this thing into 3 or more parts would be sufficient. Personally, I'd consider putting the whole thing back together once the major writing, copy editing, spellchecking and indexing are done. I've found it easier to deal with books as a whole, and with all that work done you won't be messing with the file all that much after that. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Re: Lyx in Fedora 12
On 01/08/2010 10:55 AM, José Matos wrote: On Friday 08 January 2010 13:58:39 Rex Dieter wrote: No objection. OK, thanks. I will commit the new Require to rawhide (and release there). The change will be propagated to F-11 and F-12 with LyX's the next stable release 1.6.6 as there is no need to issue an update with this single change. Reminds me, for posterity, I'll brainstorm on ways to make GraphicsMagick work here too (and possibly allow for either it or ImageMagick satisfy this dependency). -- Rex
Re: Lyx in Fedora 12
On Friday 08 January 2010 13:58:39 Rex Dieter wrote: > No objection. > > -- Rex OK, thanks. I will commit the new Require to rawhide (and release there). The change will be propagated to F-11 and F-12 with LyX's the next stable release 1.6.6 as there is no need to issue an update with this single change. Regards, -- José Abílio
Re: How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
On Friday 08 January 2010 at 04:35, Hellmut Weber wrote: > I didn't find a possibility to get okular to output a landscape document > as landscape on my printer. > I find that if I have lyx set the document to landscape and tell okular to orient page as portrait I get a landscape printout. But my document was very simple. -- William Seager University of Toronto Scarborough www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~seager
Re: question about multiple files for a book
I'm working with a long document in multiple files, and I can tell you that most things do work very well: * Labels from any file may be used everywhere * You only need to include the bibliography once, etc. About ortography, I guess one of the points of having multiple files is being able to do this kind of comprobations part by part; I agree with you that word count is a problem, though. Manolo Marcelo Acuña escribió: Hello, I have a 35 words book and I want to know what I win and that I lose if I change one file to multiple files? I am thinking to make the change due to the delays in writing the file. I can see that count words (tool) with multiple files not offer the total sum of the book. And that the orthographic correction does not continue throughout all the book. What other things I will find? Marcelo Acuña visitá mi sitio web http://www.aleph-uno.com.ar == Yahoo! Cocina Encontra las mejores recetas con Yahoo! Cocina. http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/
question about multiple files for a book
Hello, I have a 35 words book and I want to know what I win and that I lose if I change one file to multiple files? I am thinking to make the change due to the delays in writing the file. I can see that count words (tool) with multiple files not offer the total sum of the book. And that the orthographic correction does not continue throughout all the book. What other things I will find? Marcelo Acuña visitá mi sitio web http://www.aleph-uno.com.ar == Yahoo! Cocina Encontra las mejores recetas con Yahoo! Cocina. http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/
Re: Lyx in Fedora 12
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, José Matos wrote: On Thursday 07 January 2010 22:40:32 rgheck wrote: But ImageMagick, if I'm not mistaken, is the "default converter" that we use not just for output but also for converting images to formats we can display in LyX. It's the "converter of last resort". For that reason, it seems to me to make good sense actually to require it. I agree, it seems reasonable to require it. Any objection against it, Rex? No objection. -- Rex
Re: Lyx in Fedora 12
On Thursday 07 January 2010 22:40:32 rgheck wrote: > But ImageMagick, if I'm not mistaken, is the "default converter" that we > use not just for output but also for converting images to formats we can > display in LyX. It's the "converter of last resort". For that reason, it > seems to me to make good sense actually to require it. I agree, it seems reasonable to require it. Any objection against it, Rex? > rh -- José Abílio
Re: How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
Am 08.01.2010 10:42, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: Hellmut Weber wrote: I looked at the converters but didn't see okular mentioned, so where do I have to look? File format. Jürgen Thanks a lot ;-) Acroread has the additional advantage that the selection of pages to be output is more flexible. Happy LyXing 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: How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
Hellmut Weber wrote: > I looked at the converters but didn't see okular mentioned, so where do > I have to look? File format. Jürgen
How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
Hi I'm using LyX-1.6.5 as of December 5th 2009 with Sabayon-Linux-5.1-r1 (KDE 4.3.4) on IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T61. When I activate the preview of my document with >>view >pdflatex the kde program okular opens up. I didn't find a possibility to get okular to output a landscape document as landscape on my printer. acroread OTOH does this without any problem. So I would like to change the default viewer for pdflatex to acroread. How can I do that? I looked at the converters but didn't see okular mentioned, so where do I have to look? TIA Cheers 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
