Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 I am finally trying biblatex-biber in LyX after my son helped me to install
 it  under Debian.
 
 I have entered in
 toolspreferencesfile format
 Format: biber
 Sorting: biber
 (I am using the German version, Einsortieren als; maybe my translation is
 not  correct)
 everything else I left empty
 
 Is this correct?

No. Instead, do this:

In
Tools  Preferences  Output  LaTeX  BibTeX command

replace bibtex (or whatever call you have) by biber (or biber 
options). Hit Apply and Save.

Jürgen

Re: A little help with LyX-Sweave-R

[phgrosjean]

I am currently away from my office. Not much time to work on this. Next
week will be very busy too. I'll save some times after that looking what
could be contributed to LyX 2.0.

To answer a question from David, there is little connection between this
and the rest of SciViews, except the default R code editor is configured
to be Komodo Edit/SciViews-K.

All the best,

Philippe

Re: Lilypond+Lyx

[Helge Hafting]

Bernardo Barros wrote:

I got an error. BTW with this method there isn't much difference of this and
importing the PDF already. It's not less work.

It is slightly less; LyX will manage the creation of PDFs itself, you 
will not need to update the PDF when changing the .ly file.


Of course, embedding lilypond code in LyX would be even less work. But I 
don't know a quick way to program that. Anything not supported directly 
by latex, is kept in separate files. This is the way it is for graphics, 
as well as music.


The current lilypond support in LyX takes care of running lilypond and 
importing the resulting PDF automatically. So you can include music, but 
you need to have each piece in a separate file.



What you want can be done though. Lilypond code could be stored in the
.lyx file, and LyX could write out a temporary .ly file and process it 
with lilypond.


You may want to file an enhancement request for this at 
http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome

so your idea is not forgotten. The idea is interesting, but I don't have
time right now.

Helge Hafting

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 08:11:50 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  I am finally trying biblatex-biber in LyX after my son helped me to
  install it  under Debian.
 
  I have entered in
  toolspreferencesfile format
  Format: biber
  Sorting: biber
  (I am using the German version, Einsortieren als; maybe my translation is
  not  correct)
  everything else I left empty
 
  Is this correct?

 No. Instead, do this:

 In
 Tools  Preferences  Output  LaTeX  BibTeX command

 replace bibtex (or whatever call you have) by biber (or biber
 options). Hit Apply and Save.

 Jürgen

Thanks, Jürgen,

I did this now. But what do I have to do in

 toolspreferencesfile format

which I had (erranoeusly) changed to

  Format: biber
  Sorting: biber

?
I tried to find out by using the corresponding one of the lyx file of the user 
guide of Lyx, but strangely this shows also 

 Format: biber
 Sorting: biber

and the same with an older lyx file of mine, where I am surely never changed 
these items in toolspreferencesfile format 
to biber. since I had not used it at that time. 

I am really puzzled and would appreciate the help of one of the gurus.

Wolfgang

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 I did this now. But what do I have to do in
 
  toolspreferencesfile format
 
 which I had (erranoeusly) changed to
 
   Format: biber
   Sorting: biber
 
 ?
 I tried to find out by using the corresponding one of the lyx file of the
 user  guide of Lyx, but strangely this shows also

Delete this entry (hit the Remove button). Afterwards, issue Edit  
Reconfigure in order to restore a potentially overwritten default BibTeX 
format.

Jürgen

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
 Afterwards, issue Edit  Reconfigure

Sorry, this is Tools  Reconfigure nowadays.

Jürgen

Latex error entering addresses

[YURENA MENDOZA]

Hi,
Lyx tells me an error when I enter  the addresses (I have two different
ones) of the authors just below the names of the authors of a paper. I have
these addresses as as address in preliminary section . Exactly the message
is as follows: The control sequence at the end of the top line

of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have

misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct

spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,

and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.


Thank you

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 12:43:14 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
 Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
  Afterwards, issue Edit  Reconfigure

 Sorry, this is Tools  Reconfigure nowadays.

Yes I did that.


But I am still struggling.

I have now no reference output at all in 
pdf, dvi and ps. 

What I did/have:

I changed the toolspreferences  file management file format 
to the original setting by klicking at the delete button 
which shows now
BibTeX (Format)
bibtex (sorted)
bib (file end)
sensible-editor (prg to work with)
---
toolspreferences outputlatex is:
...
Bibtex comand : biber
Bibtex comand (Japanese): biber
... 

documentpreferencesreferences 
I have chosen
natbib author/year
-
nothing special in the latex preamble of my document
(do I need here ref to biblatex or biber or both? how?)

at the end of my document is
bibtex produced reference list
with my data bank (EG)
style apalike
all cited entrances

do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex 
produced reference list?

Wolfgang

Re: How do I change the background color of a LyX header/headline/whatchamacallit? SOLVED

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 4/11/2010 8:56 PM, Steve Litt wrote:



Your code was almost exactly what I wanted, but it left white spaces at the
slide's margins.


I saw that when I experimented with it, but I figured it needed some 
sort of width argument and that you'd be able to figure that out (having 
more motivation than I did :-) ).


I searched for hours to try to find this, and you gave it to me in 1 minute.
Thanks so much!!!



You're welcome. :-)

/Paul

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex 
 produced reference list?

Yes, look here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex

Jürgen

Re: Latex error entering addresses

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 4/12/2010 7:36 AM, YURENA MENDOZA wrote:

Hi,
Lyx tells me an error when I enter  the addresses (I have two different
ones) of the authors just below the names of the authors of a paper. I have
these addresses as as address in preliminary section . Exactly the message
is as follows: The control sequence at the end of the top line

of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have

misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct

spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,

and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.


Thank you



It would be best if you could post a LyX document with just the title 
page (including authors and addresses).  Feel free to change the 
authors' identities if you wish, so long as the test document produces 
the error message.


/Paul

import preamble

[Hauser Helmut]

Hello,

I need help regarding following problem:

I have a larger document divided into chapters, which I include via the 
'include' command. Now it happens that I want to change some details in 
the style (e.g., marginsize) or that I want include a new package. The 
problem is, if I change the preamble of the parent document it will 
affect the whole output (which I want), but it will not affect the 
single child documents. How can I trespass this information to all of my 
child documents? Or to put it differently, how can I change all 
preambles at once?


One solution would be to copy the preamble and paste it to every single 
child document (too much work  :-( ).

(This will be my plan C or D)

Or I will have to write a script to change the preamble of all 
documents. (plan B)


Have you guys any suggestions? Is it possible to do that inside LyX?

Thanks for your help and the great software.
helmut


--

 Helmut Hauser
 Institute for Theoretical Computer Sciences
 Technische Universitaet Graz
 Inffeldgasse 16b, I
 A-8010 Graz, Austria
---
 helmut.hau...@igi.tugraz.at
 Tel: + 43 316 873-5821
 Fax: + 43 316 873-5805
 http://www.igi.TUGraz.at/helmut/

Re: import preamble

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Hauser Helmut wrote:
 I have a larger document divided into chapters, which I include via the 
 'include' command. Now it happens that I want to change some details in 
 the style (e.g., marginsize) or that I want include a new package. The 
 problem is, if I change the preamble of the parent document it will 
 affect the whole output (which I want), but it will not affect the 
 single child documents. How can I trespass this information to all of my 
 child documents? Or to put it differently, how can I change all 
 preambles at once?

Outsource the preamble to a file mypreamble.tex and include this file into 
each document via

\input{mypreamble}

Jürgen

Re: How do I change the background color of a LyX header/headline/whatchamacallit? SOLVED

[Steve Litt]

On Monday 12 April 2010 08:23:29 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 On 4/11/2010 8:56 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
  Your code was almost exactly what I wanted, but it left white spaces at
  the slide's margins.
 
 I saw that when I experimented with it, but I figured it needed some
 sort of width argument and that you'd be able to figure that out (having
 more motivation than I did :-) ).

You're not kidding I have more motivation. My May 2010 Linux Productivity 
Magazine is going to be on Beamer, so I have to get it just right! That's why 
I'm so glad you got me past that stumbling block. Now I actually have a 
version whose header features red, white and blue stripes. It's amazing what 
you can do with colorboxes.

In setting up your solution and then expanding on it, I also found out what to 
you is probably obvious -- that setbeamercolor's first argument isn't an 
element, it's a fg/bg color combination whose name just might happen to 
correspond to an element.

Meanwhile, I need to finish my presentation for a 10 minute talk on 
troubleshooting at Greater Orlando Linux User Group.

My plan for Linux Productivity Magazine is to do it in two different magazine 
issues. The first issue will do just the basics. Then readers will email me 
saying here's a better way or Steve, you're full of bulls**t, here's how 
you should have done it. I'll tech edit all their suggestions and put the 
best ones into the second issue.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: duda al exportar a pdf

[Marcelo Acuña]

 hola 
 soy nuevo usando el programa  instale el programa
 version 1.6.5
 mi sistema operativo es windos 7
 quisiera saber si puedo exportar a pdf
 sin tener instalado adobe acrobat en mi computador

Hola, 
 Nunca hice la prueba, pero creo que podés exportar sin problmeas a pdf porque 
ese trabajo lo hace otro programa, no el visor de pdfs.
 Sí necesitarás algún visor de pdfs para poder visualizarlo.
 Por lo demás, tratá de escribir en inglés, ya que ese es el idioma de esta 
lista.
 Saludos
Marcelo

Re: insert custom layout

[rgheck]

On 04/10/2010 06:24 PM, Julien Rioux wrote:

Sajjaddosto.wa...@...  writes:
   

then i choose the Title Environment and set the title of the thesis work
and then i select the author and put my name there.
 

By the way, there is a problem here because liuthesis redefines \title
to take 2 arguments:

You must always provide both a Swedish (first argument) and an English
title (second argument), \title{Svensk titel}{English Title}.

but LyX will output \title{YOUR TITLE} no matter what (i.e., only 1 argument).

A workaround is to write your Swedish title like usual and then, at the end
of the line, insert a TeX box and write }{English title inside it (with the
braces).

This is a hack, but I am not sure how you would do this elegantly in LyX.

   
There isn't at present any good way to do this. Multi-argument commands 
aren't directly supported. I've been thinking about this for a while, 
but haven't done anything.


rh

Re: bibtopic usage

[Thibaud Hulin]

Hi Jürgen,
Thanks you. I verified with your files that all your prescriptions was
checked, that's the case. However, the compilation fails (I note that
export from zotero use comma in bibtex file format).

Here is the log of latex errors :

This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
(format=pdflatex 2009.11.7)  12 APR 2010 16:12
entering extended mode
 %-line parsing enabled.
**cv-th.tex
(./cv-th.tex
LaTeX2e 2005/12/01
Babel v3.8h and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, loaded.

(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/europecv/europecv.cls
Document Class: europecv 2006/04/24 (beta) European curriculum vitae class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\...@part=\count79
\...@section=\count80
\...@subsection=\count81
\...@subsubsection=\count82
\...@paragraph=\count83
\...@subparagraph=\count84
\...@figure=\count85
\...@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/ucs.sty
Package: ucs 2004/10/17 UCS: Unicode input support
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/data/uni-global.def
File: uni-global.def 2004/10/17 UCS: Unicode global data
)
\...@secondtry=\count87
\...@combtoks=\toks14
\...@combtoksb=\toks15
\...@temptokena=\toks16
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty
Package: inputenc 2006/05/05 v1.1b Input encoding file
\inp...@prehook=\toks17
\inp...@posthook=\toks18
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/utf8x.def
File: utf8x.def 2004/10/17 UCS: Input encoding UTF-8
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/array.sty
Package: array 2005/08/23 v2.4b Tabular extension package (FMi)
\...@sep=\dimen103
\extrarowheight=\dimen104
\...@list=\toks19
\extratabsurround=\skip43
\bac...@length=\skip44
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/longtable.sty
Package: longtable 2004/02/01 v4.11 Multi-page Table package (DPC)
\LTleft=\skip45
\LTright=\skip46
\LTpre=\skip47
\LTpost=\skip48
\LTchunksize=\count88
\LTcapwidth=\dimen105
\...@head=\box26
\...@firsthead=\box27
\...@foot=\box28
\...@lastfoot=\box29
\...@cols=\count89
\...@rows=\count90
\...@lt@tables=\count91
\...@lt@chunks=\count92
\...@p@ftn=\toks20
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.sty
\fa...@headwidth=\skip49
\...@ncyo@elh=\skip50
\...@ncyo@erh=\skip51
\...@ncyo@olh=\skip52
\...@ncyo@orh=\skip53
\...@ncyo@elf=\skip54
\...@ncyo@erf=\skip55
\...@ncyo@olf=\skip56
\...@ncyo@orf=\skip57
)
\...@langparwidth=\skip58
\...@rulewidth=\skip59
\...@colsep=\skip60
\...@leftcolwidth=\skip61
\...@rightcolwidth=\skip62
\...@extrarowheight=\skip63
\...@flagwidth=\skip64
\...@logowidth=\skip65
\...@logooffset=\skip66
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/europecv/ecven.def
File: ecven.def europecv English definitions
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/europecv/ecven.def
File: ecven.def europecv English definitions
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
Package: fontenc 2005/09/27 v1.99g Standard LaTeX package
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def
File: t1enc.def 2005/09/27 v1.99g Standard LaTeX file
LaTeX Font Info:Redeclaring font encoding T1 on input line 43.
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.sty
Package: geometry 2002/07/08 v3.2 Page Geometry
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty
Package: keyval 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
\...@toks@=\toks21
)
\...@cnth=\count93
\...@cntv=\count94
\...@gm@tempcnt=\count95
\...@bindingoffset=\dimen106
\...@wd@mp=\dimen107
\...@odd@mp=\dimen108
\...@even@mp=\dimen109
\...@dimlist=\toks22
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
Package: color 2005/11/14 v1.0j Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)
(/etc/texmf/tex/latex/config/color.cfg
File: color.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
)
Package color Info: Driver file: pdftex.def on input line 130.
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
File: pdftex.def 2007/01/08 v0.04d Graphics/color for pdfTeX
\gr...@gobject=\count96
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
Package: babel 2005/11/23 v3.8h The Babel package
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/babel/english.ldf
Language: english 2005/03/30 v3.3o English support from the babel system
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
File: babel.def 2005/11/23 v3.8h Babel common definitions
\ba...@savecnt=\count97
\...@d=\dimen110
)
\...@british = a dialect from \languag...@english
\...@ukenglish = a dialect from \languag...@english
\...@canadian = a dialect from \languag...@american
\...@australian = a dialect from \languag...@british
\...@newzealand = a dialect from \languag...@british
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ltxmisc/url.sty
\Urlmuskip=\muskip10
Package: url 2005/06/27  ver 3.2  Verb mode for 

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 14:25:45 schrieben Sie:
 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex
  produced reference list?

 Yes, look here:
 http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex

 Jürgen

Thanks.
Still questions:

-1-
under
Using biblatex with LyX
I am advised to

Put the file biblatex.module in the layouts folder in your user directory

but I can't find it in the folder
/home/wolfgang/Desktop/biblatex-biber-v0.5.3
with search for biblatex.modul 
and also not with a global search

Since it says:
Note that step (1) is only necessary if you want to use an author-year style

I tried the following, and do get citations in the output, but no references:

-2-
To change from bibtex to biber, go to Tools→Settings→Output→LaTeX and 
change 
the bibtex command from bibtex to biber (also input biber options, if you 
need them). Also note that you will need to pass the option backend=biber to 
the \usepackage[...]{biblatex} call if you use biber. 

This is in my preamble:
\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
\bibliography{/home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test}

and this I did also
(5) In the document, enter \printbibliography in ERT at the place where the 
bibliography shall occur.

So something is missing or wrong

Thanks for your patience and help,
Wolfgang

Re: bibtopic usage

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Thibaud Hulin wrote:
 ! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `dot' for package `bibtopic'.
[snip]
 ! LaTeX Error: Environment btSect undefined.

This indicates that you have a (very) outdated version of bibtopic. Recent is 
v1.1a (2006/09/08). Grab it here:
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/

Jürgen

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 Still questions:
 
 -1-
 under
 Using biblatex with LyX
 I am advised to
 
 Put the file biblatex.module in the layouts folder in your user directory
 
 but I can't find it in the folder
 /home/wolfgang/Desktop/biblatex-biber-v0.5.3
 with search for biblatex.modul 
 and also not with a global search

You have to download it from the wiki:
http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/BibTeX/biblatex.module
(actually, the text you cite contains a hyperlink to that file).

 Since it says:
 Note that step (1) is only necessary if you want to use an author-year
 style
 
 I tried the following, and do get citations in the output, but no
 references:
 -2-
 To change from bibtex to biber, go to Tools→Settings→Output→LaTeX
 and  change
 the bibtex command from bibtex to biber (also input biber options, if you 
 need them). Also note that you will need to pass the option backend=biber
 to  the \usepackage[...]{biblatex} call if you use biber.
 
 This is in my preamble:
 \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
 \bibliography{/home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test}
 
 and this I did also
 (5) In the document, enter \printbibliography in ERT at the place where
 the  bibliography shall occur.
 
 So something is missing or wrong

Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.

 Thanks for your patience and help,

You're welcome.

Jürgen

como evitar espacios en blanco entre párrafos

[José Miguel Canino]

Hola.
Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
dibujos.

Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.

Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
los espacios que deja en blanco.

Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
Gracias
Jose M.

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Jürgen, here the console output

 Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.

wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ lyx165 
[1] 3474
wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.

I would guess there is something wrong with the perl install, perhaps related 
or identical to that:
In that situation I'd try  build devel/p5-Parse-RecDescent (or
re-install it) and then have another go at building the module you're
trying to build.

But I am a person who manages to muddle everything. So I am asking again for 
advice

Wolfgang

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

 Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.

I added the two places referred to in the error message of the console output 
(###)
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.

package Biber::BibTeX::PRD;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp;
use Biber::Constants;
use Biber::Utils;
use Biber::Entries;
use Biber::Entry;
use Biber::Entry::Names;
use Biber::Entry::Name;
use Parse::RecDescent; #here is line 11.##
use Regexp::Common qw{ balanced };
use Biber::BibTeX::Parser;
use File::Spec;
use Encode;
use List::AllUtils qw(first);
use Log::Log4perl qw(:no_extra_logdie_message);
use base 'Exporter';

my $logger = Log::Log4perl::get_logger('main');

our @EXPORT = qw{ parsename };



### here is Biber.pm line 655: (and following lines)
   require Biber::BibTeX::PRD; #line 655
push @ISA, 'Biber::BibTeX::PRD';

$logger-info(Using a Parse::RecDescent parser...);

# we only add this warning if the bib file is larger than 20KB
if (-s $filename  2 ) {
  $logger-warn(Note that it can be very slow with large bib files!\n,
You are advised to install Text::BibTeX for faster processing!);
};

Re: bibtopic usage

[Thibaud Hulin]

Great, that works... Have you an idea to eliminate name of the author
and the code of the referece ? With plainurl, I used {} instead of my
name or {With Name_of_the_Collaborator} for a collaborative work. The
result with plainat is not very usable for a CV... And plain style
doesn't use urls...


2010/4/12, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org:
 Thibaud Hulin wrote:
 ! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `dot' for package `bibtopic'.
 [snip]
 ! LaTeX Error: Environment btSect undefined.

 This indicates that you have a (very) outdated version of bibtopic. Recent
 is
 v1.1a (2006/09/08). Grab it here:
 ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/

 Jürgen

Mathmatics...

[OldDeath]

I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called neo layout) that allows me to 
enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. However 
these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area and are not 
converted correctly into the output pdf file...
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially as i invested most of the 
past hour to find it out myself...
 
greetings,
OldDeath

new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

[Jose Quesada]

Hi All,

New google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends).
googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html

Most people agree that collaboration tools in latex lag behing word/gdocs.
LyX has track changes, but it's very hard to convince collaborators to use
it.
It'd be good to keep an eye on this. Office will come up with online
versions for Office 2010. If every other tool has a cloud version, LyX will
be perceived as old-style and it'd be even harder to convince collaborators
:)

Best,
-Jose

Jose Quesada, PhD.
Max Planck Institute,
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition,
Berlin
http://www.josequesada.name/
http://twitter.com/Quesada

Re: Mathmatics...

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:38 PM, OldDeath olddeat...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called neo layout) that allows me to 
 enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. 
 However these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area and 
 are not converted correctly into the output pdf file...

In math mode, write

\mathbb + ENTER.

Afterwards, write R and see the result.

Paul

Re: como evitar espacios en blanco entre párrafos

[Andrés Becerra Sandoval]

2010/4/12 José Miguel Canino jmcan...@gmail.com:
 Hola.
 Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
 dibujos.

 Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
 quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.

 Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
 así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
 página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
 los espacios que deja en blanco.

 Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
 Gracias
 Jose M.


Jose M,

You should really try to write in english, in spanish only few people
can help you!

The space between paragraphs depends on the document type, what is it?
Can you send a minimal file exhibiting the problem?

El espacio entre párrafos depende del tipo de documento, ¿cual es?
¿Puede enviar un archivo pequeño que presente el problema?

-- 
  Andrés

Re: como evitar espacios en blanco entre párraf os

[rgheck]

On 04/12/2010 05:27 PM, Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote:

2010/4/12 José Miguel Caninojmcan...@gmail.com:
   

Hola.
Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
dibujos.

Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.

Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
los espacios que deja en blanco.

Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
Gracias
Jose M.

 

Jose M,

You should really try to write in english, in spanish only few people
can help you!

   
And, no offense intended, the language of this list is English. There's 
a French list, and of course others can always be started. The English 
doesn't have to be great, just readable.


If I understand, and my Spanish is terrible, was the problem that the 
space between paragraphs varies? If so, then of course LaTeX does that 
on purpose, and if there are a lot of floats, you can see this kind of 
thing quite often.


Richard

Re: Mathmatics...

[Micha Feigin]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:29:00 +0100
Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:38 PM, OldDeath olddeat...@gmail.com wrote:
  I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called neo layout) that allows me to 
  enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. 
  However these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area 
  and are not converted correctly into the output pdf file...
 
 In math mode, write
 
 \mathbb + ENTER.
 
 Afterwards, write R and see the result.
 
 Paul
 
Although personally I like the appearance of 

\usepackage{dsfont}
\mathds{R}

better of reals, complex, etc.

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 I am finally trying biblatex-biber in LyX after my son helped me to install
 it  under Debian.
 
 I have entered in
 toolspreferencesfile format
 Format: biber
 Sorting: biber
 (I am using the German version, Einsortieren als; maybe my translation is
 not  correct)
 everything else I left empty
 
 Is this correct?

No. Instead, do this:

In
Tools  Preferences  Output  LaTeX  BibTeX command

replace bibtex (or whatever call you have) by biber (or biber 
options). Hit Apply and Save.

Jürgen

Re: A little help with LyX-Sweave-R

[phgrosjean]

I am currently away from my office. Not much time to work on this. Next
week will be very busy too. I'll save some times after that looking what
could be contributed to LyX 2.0.

To answer a question from David, there is little connection between this
and the rest of SciViews, except the default R code editor is configured
to be Komodo Edit/SciViews-K.

All the best,

Philippe

Re: Lilypond+Lyx

[Helge Hafting]

Bernardo Barros wrote:

I got an error. BTW with this method there isn't much difference of this and
importing the PDF already. It's not less work.

It is slightly less; LyX will manage the creation of PDFs itself, you 
will not need to update the PDF when changing the .ly file.


Of course, embedding lilypond code in LyX would be even less work. But I 
don't know a quick way to program that. Anything not supported directly 
by latex, is kept in separate files. This is the way it is for graphics, 
as well as music.


The current lilypond support in LyX takes care of running lilypond and 
importing the resulting PDF automatically. So you can include music, but 
you need to have each piece in a separate file.



What you want can be done though. Lilypond code could be stored in the
.lyx file, and LyX could write out a temporary .ly file and process it 
with lilypond.


You may want to file an enhancement request for this at 
http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome

so your idea is not forgotten. The idea is interesting, but I don't have
time right now.

Helge Hafting

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 08:11:50 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  I am finally trying biblatex-biber in LyX after my son helped me to
  install it  under Debian.
 
  I have entered in
  toolspreferencesfile format
  Format: biber
  Sorting: biber
  (I am using the German version, Einsortieren als; maybe my translation is
  not  correct)
  everything else I left empty
 
  Is this correct?

 No. Instead, do this:

 In
 Tools  Preferences  Output  LaTeX  BibTeX command

 replace bibtex (or whatever call you have) by biber (or biber
 options). Hit Apply and Save.

 Jürgen

Thanks, Jürgen,

I did this now. But what do I have to do in

 toolspreferencesfile format

which I had (erranoeusly) changed to

  Format: biber
  Sorting: biber

?
I tried to find out by using the corresponding one of the lyx file of the user 
guide of Lyx, but strangely this shows also 

 Format: biber
 Sorting: biber

and the same with an older lyx file of mine, where I am surely never changed 
these items in toolspreferencesfile format 
to biber. since I had not used it at that time. 

I am really puzzled and would appreciate the help of one of the gurus.

Wolfgang

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 I did this now. But what do I have to do in
 
  toolspreferencesfile format
 
 which I had (erranoeusly) changed to
 
   Format: biber
   Sorting: biber
 
 ?
 I tried to find out by using the corresponding one of the lyx file of the
 user  guide of Lyx, but strangely this shows also

Delete this entry (hit the Remove button). Afterwards, issue Edit  
Reconfigure in order to restore a potentially overwritten default BibTeX 
format.

Jürgen

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
 Afterwards, issue Edit  Reconfigure

Sorry, this is Tools  Reconfigure nowadays.

Jürgen

Latex error entering addresses

[YURENA MENDOZA]

Hi,
Lyx tells me an error when I enter  the addresses (I have two different
ones) of the authors just below the names of the authors of a paper. I have
these addresses as as address in preliminary section . Exactly the message
is as follows: The control sequence at the end of the top line

of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have

misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct

spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,

and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.


Thank you

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 12:43:14 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
 Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
  Afterwards, issue Edit  Reconfigure

 Sorry, this is Tools  Reconfigure nowadays.

Yes I did that.


But I am still struggling.

I have now no reference output at all in 
pdf, dvi and ps. 

What I did/have:

I changed the toolspreferences  file management file format 
to the original setting by klicking at the delete button 
which shows now
BibTeX (Format)
bibtex (sorted)
bib (file end)
sensible-editor (prg to work with)
---
toolspreferences outputlatex is:
...
Bibtex comand : biber
Bibtex comand (Japanese): biber
... 

documentpreferencesreferences 
I have chosen
natbib author/year
-
nothing special in the latex preamble of my document
(do I need here ref to biblatex or biber or both? how?)

at the end of my document is
bibtex produced reference list
with my data bank (EG)
style apalike
all cited entrances

do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex 
produced reference list?

Wolfgang

Re: How do I change the background color of a LyX header/headline/whatchamacallit? SOLVED

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 4/11/2010 8:56 PM, Steve Litt wrote:



Your code was almost exactly what I wanted, but it left white spaces at the
slide's margins.


I saw that when I experimented with it, but I figured it needed some 
sort of width argument and that you'd be able to figure that out (having 
more motivation than I did :-) ).


I searched for hours to try to find this, and you gave it to me in 1 minute.
Thanks so much!!!



You're welcome. :-)

/Paul

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex 
 produced reference list?

Yes, look here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex

Jürgen

Re: Latex error entering addresses

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 4/12/2010 7:36 AM, YURENA MENDOZA wrote:

Hi,
Lyx tells me an error when I enter  the addresses (I have two different
ones) of the authors just below the names of the authors of a paper. I have
these addresses as as address in preliminary section . Exactly the message
is as follows: The control sequence at the end of the top line

of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have

misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct

spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,

and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.


Thank you



It would be best if you could post a LyX document with just the title 
page (including authors and addresses).  Feel free to change the 
authors' identities if you wish, so long as the test document produces 
the error message.


/Paul

import preamble

[Hauser Helmut]

Hello,

I need help regarding following problem:

I have a larger document divided into chapters, which I include via the 
'include' command. Now it happens that I want to change some details in 
the style (e.g., marginsize) or that I want include a new package. The 
problem is, if I change the preamble of the parent document it will 
affect the whole output (which I want), but it will not affect the 
single child documents. How can I trespass this information to all of my 
child documents? Or to put it differently, how can I change all 
preambles at once?


One solution would be to copy the preamble and paste it to every single 
child document (too much work  :-( ).

(This will be my plan C or D)

Or I will have to write a script to change the preamble of all 
documents. (plan B)


Have you guys any suggestions? Is it possible to do that inside LyX?

Thanks for your help and the great software.
helmut


--

 Helmut Hauser
 Institute for Theoretical Computer Sciences
 Technische Universitaet Graz
 Inffeldgasse 16b, I
 A-8010 Graz, Austria
---
 helmut.hau...@igi.tugraz.at
 Tel: + 43 316 873-5821
 Fax: + 43 316 873-5805
 http://www.igi.TUGraz.at/helmut/

Re: import preamble

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Hauser Helmut wrote:
 I have a larger document divided into chapters, which I include via the 
 'include' command. Now it happens that I want to change some details in 
 the style (e.g., marginsize) or that I want include a new package. The 
 problem is, if I change the preamble of the parent document it will 
 affect the whole output (which I want), but it will not affect the 
 single child documents. How can I trespass this information to all of my 
 child documents? Or to put it differently, how can I change all 
 preambles at once?

Outsource the preamble to a file mypreamble.tex and include this file into 
each document via

\input{mypreamble}

Jürgen

Re: How do I change the background color of a LyX header/headline/whatchamacallit? SOLVED

[Steve Litt]

On Monday 12 April 2010 08:23:29 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 On 4/11/2010 8:56 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
  Your code was almost exactly what I wanted, but it left white spaces at
  the slide's margins.
 
 I saw that when I experimented with it, but I figured it needed some
 sort of width argument and that you'd be able to figure that out (having
 more motivation than I did :-) ).

You're not kidding I have more motivation. My May 2010 Linux Productivity 
Magazine is going to be on Beamer, so I have to get it just right! That's why 
I'm so glad you got me past that stumbling block. Now I actually have a 
version whose header features red, white and blue stripes. It's amazing what 
you can do with colorboxes.

In setting up your solution and then expanding on it, I also found out what to 
you is probably obvious -- that setbeamercolor's first argument isn't an 
element, it's a fg/bg color combination whose name just might happen to 
correspond to an element.

Meanwhile, I need to finish my presentation for a 10 minute talk on 
troubleshooting at Greater Orlando Linux User Group.

My plan for Linux Productivity Magazine is to do it in two different magazine 
issues. The first issue will do just the basics. Then readers will email me 
saying here's a better way or Steve, you're full of bulls**t, here's how 
you should have done it. I'll tech edit all their suggestions and put the 
best ones into the second issue.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: duda al exportar a pdf

[Marcelo Acuña]

 hola 
 soy nuevo usando el programa  instale el programa
 version 1.6.5
 mi sistema operativo es windos 7
 quisiera saber si puedo exportar a pdf
 sin tener instalado adobe acrobat en mi computador

Hola, 
 Nunca hice la prueba, pero creo que podés exportar sin problmeas a pdf porque 
ese trabajo lo hace otro programa, no el visor de pdfs.
 Sí necesitarás algún visor de pdfs para poder visualizarlo.
 Por lo demás, tratá de escribir en inglés, ya que ese es el idioma de esta 
lista.
 Saludos
Marcelo

Re: insert custom layout

[rgheck]

On 04/10/2010 06:24 PM, Julien Rioux wrote:

Sajjaddosto.wa...@...  writes:
   

then i choose the Title Environment and set the title of the thesis work
and then i select the author and put my name there.
 

By the way, there is a problem here because liuthesis redefines \title
to take 2 arguments:

You must always provide both a Swedish (first argument) and an English
title (second argument), \title{Svensk titel}{English Title}.

but LyX will output \title{YOUR TITLE} no matter what (i.e., only 1 argument).

A workaround is to write your Swedish title like usual and then, at the end
of the line, insert a TeX box and write }{English title inside it (with the
braces).

This is a hack, but I am not sure how you would do this elegantly in LyX.

   
There isn't at present any good way to do this. Multi-argument commands 
aren't directly supported. I've been thinking about this for a while, 
but haven't done anything.


rh

Re: bibtopic usage

[Thibaud Hulin]

Hi Jürgen,
Thanks you. I verified with your files that all your prescriptions was
checked, that's the case. However, the compilation fails (I note that
export from zotero use comma in bibtex file format).

Here is the log of latex errors :

This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
(format=pdflatex 2009.11.7)  12 APR 2010 16:12
entering extended mode
 %-line parsing enabled.
**cv-th.tex
(./cv-th.tex
LaTeX2e 2005/12/01
Babel v3.8h and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, loaded.

(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/europecv/europecv.cls
Document Class: europecv 2006/04/24 (beta) European curriculum vitae class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\...@part=\count79
\...@section=\count80
\...@subsection=\count81
\...@subsubsection=\count82
\...@paragraph=\count83
\...@subparagraph=\count84
\...@figure=\count85
\...@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/ucs.sty
Package: ucs 2004/10/17 UCS: Unicode input support
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/data/uni-global.def
File: uni-global.def 2004/10/17 UCS: Unicode global data
)
\...@secondtry=\count87
\...@combtoks=\toks14
\...@combtoksb=\toks15
\...@temptokena=\toks16
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty
Package: inputenc 2006/05/05 v1.1b Input encoding file
\inp...@prehook=\toks17
\inp...@posthook=\toks18
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/utf8x.def
File: utf8x.def 2004/10/17 UCS: Input encoding UTF-8
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/array.sty
Package: array 2005/08/23 v2.4b Tabular extension package (FMi)
\...@sep=\dimen103
\extrarowheight=\dimen104
\...@list=\toks19
\extratabsurround=\skip43
\bac...@length=\skip44
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/longtable.sty
Package: longtable 2004/02/01 v4.11 Multi-page Table package (DPC)
\LTleft=\skip45
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\...@p@ftn=\toks20
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.sty
\fa...@headwidth=\skip49
\...@ncyo@elh=\skip50
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) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/europecv/ecven.def
File: ecven.def europecv English definitions
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) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
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File: babel.def 2005/11/23 v3.8h Babel common definitions
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Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 14:25:45 schrieben Sie:
 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex
  produced reference list?

 Yes, look here:
 http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex

 Jürgen

Thanks.
Still questions:

-1-
under
Using biblatex with LyX
I am advised to

Put the file biblatex.module in the layouts folder in your user directory

but I can't find it in the folder
/home/wolfgang/Desktop/biblatex-biber-v0.5.3
with search for biblatex.modul 
and also not with a global search

Since it says:
Note that step (1) is only necessary if you want to use an author-year style

I tried the following, and do get citations in the output, but no references:

-2-
To change from bibtex to biber, go to Tools→Settings→Output→LaTeX and 
change 
the bibtex command from bibtex to biber (also input biber options, if you 
need them). Also note that you will need to pass the option backend=biber to 
the \usepackage[...]{biblatex} call if you use biber. 

This is in my preamble:
\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
\bibliography{/home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test}

and this I did also
(5) In the document, enter \printbibliography in ERT at the place where the 
bibliography shall occur.

So something is missing or wrong

Thanks for your patience and help,
Wolfgang

Re: bibtopic usage

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Thibaud Hulin wrote:
 ! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `dot' for package `bibtopic'.
[snip]
 ! LaTeX Error: Environment btSect undefined.

This indicates that you have a (very) outdated version of bibtopic. Recent is 
v1.1a (2006/09/08). Grab it here:
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/

Jürgen

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 Still questions:
 
 -1-
 under
 Using biblatex with LyX
 I am advised to
 
 Put the file biblatex.module in the layouts folder in your user directory
 
 but I can't find it in the folder
 /home/wolfgang/Desktop/biblatex-biber-v0.5.3
 with search for biblatex.modul 
 and also not with a global search

You have to download it from the wiki:
http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/BibTeX/biblatex.module
(actually, the text you cite contains a hyperlink to that file).

 Since it says:
 Note that step (1) is only necessary if you want to use an author-year
 style
 
 I tried the following, and do get citations in the output, but no
 references:
 -2-
 To change from bibtex to biber, go to Tools→Settings→Output→LaTeX
 and  change
 the bibtex command from bibtex to biber (also input biber options, if you 
 need them). Also note that you will need to pass the option backend=biber
 to  the \usepackage[...]{biblatex} call if you use biber.
 
 This is in my preamble:
 \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
 \bibliography{/home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test}
 
 and this I did also
 (5) In the document, enter \printbibliography in ERT at the place where
 the  bibliography shall occur.
 
 So something is missing or wrong

Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.

 Thanks for your patience and help,

You're welcome.

Jürgen

como evitar espacios en blanco entre párrafos

[José Miguel Canino]

Hola.
Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
dibujos.

Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.

Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
los espacios que deja en blanco.

Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
Gracias
Jose M.

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Jürgen, here the console output

 Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.

wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ lyx165 
[1] 3474
wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.

I would guess there is something wrong with the perl install, perhaps related 
or identical to that:
In that situation I'd try  build devel/p5-Parse-RecDescent (or
re-install it) and then have another go at building the module you're
trying to build.

But I am a person who manages to muddle everything. So I am asking again for 
advice

Wolfgang

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

 Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.

I added the two places referred to in the error message of the console output 
(###)
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.

package Biber::BibTeX::PRD;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp;
use Biber::Constants;
use Biber::Utils;
use Biber::Entries;
use Biber::Entry;
use Biber::Entry::Names;
use Biber::Entry::Name;
use Parse::RecDescent; #here is line 11.##
use Regexp::Common qw{ balanced };
use Biber::BibTeX::Parser;
use File::Spec;
use Encode;
use List::AllUtils qw(first);
use Log::Log4perl qw(:no_extra_logdie_message);
use base 'Exporter';

my $logger = Log::Log4perl::get_logger('main');

our @EXPORT = qw{ parsename };



### here is Biber.pm line 655: (and following lines)
   require Biber::BibTeX::PRD; #line 655
push @ISA, 'Biber::BibTeX::PRD';

$logger-info(Using a Parse::RecDescent parser...);

# we only add this warning if the bib file is larger than 20KB
if (-s $filename  2 ) {
  $logger-warn(Note that it can be very slow with large bib files!\n,
You are advised to install Text::BibTeX for faster processing!);
};

Re: bibtopic usage

[Thibaud Hulin]

Great, that works... Have you an idea to eliminate name of the author
and the code of the referece ? With plainurl, I used {} instead of my
name or {With Name_of_the_Collaborator} for a collaborative work. The
result with plainat is not very usable for a CV... And plain style
doesn't use urls...


2010/4/12, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org:
 Thibaud Hulin wrote:
 ! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `dot' for package `bibtopic'.
 [snip]
 ! LaTeX Error: Environment btSect undefined.

 This indicates that you have a (very) outdated version of bibtopic. Recent
 is
 v1.1a (2006/09/08). Grab it here:
 ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/

 Jürgen

Mathmatics...

[OldDeath]

I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called neo layout) that allows me to 
enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. However 
these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area and are not 
converted correctly into the output pdf file...
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially as i invested most of the 
past hour to find it out myself...
 
greetings,
OldDeath

new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

[Jose Quesada]

Hi All,

New google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends).
googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html

Most people agree that collaboration tools in latex lag behing word/gdocs.
LyX has track changes, but it's very hard to convince collaborators to use
it.
It'd be good to keep an eye on this. Office will come up with online
versions for Office 2010. If every other tool has a cloud version, LyX will
be perceived as old-style and it'd be even harder to convince collaborators
:)

Best,
-Jose

Jose Quesada, PhD.
Max Planck Institute,
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition,
Berlin
http://www.josequesada.name/
http://twitter.com/Quesada

Re: Mathmatics...

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:38 PM, OldDeath olddeat...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called neo layout) that allows me to 
 enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. 
 However these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area and 
 are not converted correctly into the output pdf file...

In math mode, write

\mathbb + ENTER.

Afterwards, write R and see the result.

Paul

Re: como evitar espacios en blanco entre párrafos

[Andrés Becerra Sandoval]

2010/4/12 José Miguel Canino jmcan...@gmail.com:
 Hola.
 Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
 dibujos.

 Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
 quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.

 Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
 así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
 página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
 los espacios que deja en blanco.

 Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
 Gracias
 Jose M.


Jose M,

You should really try to write in english, in spanish only few people
can help you!

The space between paragraphs depends on the document type, what is it?
Can you send a minimal file exhibiting the problem?

El espacio entre párrafos depende del tipo de documento, ¿cual es?
¿Puede enviar un archivo pequeño que presente el problema?

-- 
  Andrés

Re: como evitar espacios en blanco entre párraf os

[rgheck]

On 04/12/2010 05:27 PM, Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote:

2010/4/12 José Miguel Caninojmcan...@gmail.com:
   

Hola.
Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
dibujos.

Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.

Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
los espacios que deja en blanco.

Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
Gracias
Jose M.

 

Jose M,

You should really try to write in english, in spanish only few people
can help you!

   
And, no offense intended, the language of this list is English. There's 
a French list, and of course others can always be started. The English 
doesn't have to be great, just readable.


If I understand, and my Spanish is terrible, was the problem that the 
space between paragraphs varies? If so, then of course LaTeX does that 
on purpose, and if there are a lot of floats, you can see this kind of 
thing quite often.


Richard

Re: Mathmatics...

[Micha Feigin]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:29:00 +0100
Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:38 PM, OldDeath olddeat...@gmail.com wrote:
  I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called neo layout) that allows me to 
  enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. 
  However these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area 
  and are not converted correctly into the output pdf file...
 
 In math mode, write
 
 \mathbb + ENTER.
 
 Afterwards, write R and see the result.
 
 Paul
 
Although personally I like the appearance of 

\usepackage{dsfont}
\mathds{R}

better of reals, complex, etc.

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> I am finally trying biblatex-biber in LyX after my son helped me to install
> it  under Debian.
> 
> I have entered in
> tools>preferences>file format
> Format: biber
> Sorting: biber
> (I am using the German version, Einsortieren als; maybe my translation is
> not  correct)
> everything else I left empty
> 
> Is this correct?

No. Instead, do this:

In
Tools > Preferences > Output > LaTeX > BibTeX command

replace "bibtex" (or whatever call you have) by "biber" (or "biber 
"). Hit Apply and Save.

Jürgen

Re: A little help with LyX-Sweave-R

[phgrosjean]

I am currently away from my office. Not much time to work on this. Next
week will be very busy too. I'll save some times after that looking what
could be contributed to LyX 2.0.

To answer a question from David, there is little connection between this
and the rest of SciViews, except the default R code editor is configured
to be Komodo Edit/SciViews-K.

All the best,

Philippe

Re: Lilypond+Lyx

[Helge Hafting]

Bernardo Barros wrote:

I got an error. BTW with this method there isn't much difference of this and
importing the PDF already. It's not less work.

It is slightly less; LyX will manage the creation of PDFs itself, you 
will not need to update the PDF when changing the .ly file.


Of course, embedding lilypond code in LyX would be even less work. But I 
don't know a quick way to program that. Anything not supported directly 
by latex, is kept in separate files. This is the way it is for graphics, 
as well as music.


The current lilypond support in LyX takes care of running lilypond and 
importing the resulting PDF automatically. So you can include music, but 
you need to have each piece in a separate file.



What you want can be done though. Lilypond code could be stored in the
.lyx file, and LyX could write out a temporary .ly file and process it 
with lilypond.


You may want to file an enhancement request for this at 
http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome

so your idea is not forgotten. The idea is interesting, but I don't have
time right now.

Helge Hafting

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 08:11:50 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
> Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > I am finally trying biblatex-biber in LyX after my son helped me to
> > install it  under Debian.
> >
> > I have entered in
> > tools>preferences>file format
> > Format: biber
> > Sorting: biber
> > (I am using the German version, Einsortieren als; maybe my translation is
> > not  correct)
> > everything else I left empty
> >
> > Is this correct?
>
> No. Instead, do this:
>
> In
> Tools > Preferences > Output > LaTeX > BibTeX command
>
> replace "bibtex" (or whatever call you have) by "biber" (or "biber
> "). Hit Apply and Save.
>
> Jürgen

Thanks, Jürgen,

I did this now. But what do I have to do in

 tools>preferences>file format

which I had (erranoeusly) changed to

> > Format: biber
> > Sorting: biber

?
I tried to find out by using the corresponding one of the lyx file of the user 
guide of Lyx, but strangely this shows also 

 Format: biber
 Sorting: biber

and the same with an older lyx file of mine, where I am surely never changed 
these items in tools>preferences>file format 
to biber. since I had not used it at that time. 

I am really puzzled and would appreciate the help of one of the gurus.

Wolfgang

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> I did this now. But what do I have to do in
> 
>  tools>preferences>file format
> 
> which I had (erranoeusly) changed to
> 
> > > Format: biber
> > > Sorting: biber
> 
> ?
> I tried to find out by using the corresponding one of the lyx file of the
> user  guide of Lyx, but strangely this shows also

Delete this entry (hit the "Remove" button). Afterwards, issue Edit > 
Reconfigure in order to restore a potentially overwritten default BibTeX 
format.

Jürgen

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Afterwards, issue Edit > Reconfigure

Sorry, this is Tools > Reconfigure nowadays.

Jürgen

Latex error entering addresses

[YURENA MENDOZA]

Hi,
Lyx tells me an error when I enter  the addresses (I have two different
ones) of the authors just below the names of the authors of a paper. I have
these addresses as as "address" in preliminary section . Exactly the message
is as follows: The control sequence at the end of the top line

of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have

misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct

spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,

and I'll forget about whatever was undefined."


Thank you

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 12:43:14 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
> Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> > Afterwards, issue Edit > Reconfigure
>
> Sorry, this is Tools > Reconfigure nowadays.
>
Yes I did that.


But I am still struggling.

I have now no reference output at all in 
pdf, dvi and ps. 

What I did/have:

I changed the tools>preferences > file management >file format 
to the original setting by klicking at the delete button 
which shows now
BibTeX (Format)
bibtex (sorted)
bib (file end)
sensible-editor (prg to work with)
---
tools>preferences >output>latex is:
...
Bibtex comand : biber
Bibtex comand (Japanese): biber
... 

document>preferences>references 
I have chosen
natbib author/year
-
nothing special in the latex preamble of my document
(do I need here ref to biblatex or biber or both? how?)

at the end of my document is
bibtex produced reference list
with my data bank (EG)
style apalike
all cited entrances

do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex 
produced reference list?

Wolfgang

Re: How do I change the background color of a LyX header/headline/whatchamacallit?

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 4/11/2010 8:56 PM, Steve Litt wrote:



Your code was almost exactly what I wanted, but it left white spaces at the
slide's margins.


I saw that when I experimented with it, but I figured it needed some 
sort of width argument and that you'd be able to figure that out (having 
more motivation than I did :-) ).


I searched for hours to try to find this, and you gave it to me in 1 minute.
Thanks so much!!!



You're welcome. :-)

/Paul

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex 
> produced reference list?

Yes, look here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex

Jürgen

Re: Latex error entering addresses

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 4/12/2010 7:36 AM, YURENA MENDOZA wrote:

Hi,
Lyx tells me an error when I enter  the addresses (I have two different
ones) of the authors just below the names of the authors of a paper. I have
these addresses as as "address" in preliminary section . Exactly the message
is as follows: The control sequence at the end of the top line

of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have

misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct

spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,

and I'll forget about whatever was undefined."


Thank you



It would be best if you could post a LyX document with just the title 
page (including authors and addresses).  Feel free to change the 
authors' identities if you wish, so long as the test document produces 
the error message.


/Paul

import preamble

[Hauser Helmut]

Hello,

I need help regarding following problem:

I have a larger document divided into chapters, which I include via the 
'include' command. Now it happens that I want to change some details in 
the style (e.g., marginsize) or that I want include a new package. The 
problem is, if I change the preamble of the parent document it will 
affect the whole output (which I want), but it will not affect the 
single child documents. How can I trespass this information to all of my 
child documents? Or to put it differently, how can I change all 
preambles at once?


One solution would be to copy the preamble and paste it to every single 
child document (too much work  :-( ).

(This will be my plan C or D)

Or I will have to write a script to change the preamble of all 
documents. (plan B)


Have you guys any suggestions? Is it possible to do that inside LyX?

Thanks for your help and the great software.
helmut


--

 Helmut Hauser
 Institute for Theoretical Computer Sciences
 Technische Universitaet Graz
 Inffeldgasse 16b, I
 A-8010 Graz, Austria
---
 helmut.hau...@igi.tugraz.at
 Tel: + 43 316 873-5821
 Fax: + 43 316 873-5805
 http://www.igi.TUGraz.at/helmut/

Re: import preamble

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Hauser Helmut wrote:
> I have a larger document divided into chapters, which I include via the 
> 'include' command. Now it happens that I want to change some details in 
> the style (e.g., marginsize) or that I want include a new package. The 
> problem is, if I change the preamble of the parent document it will 
> affect the whole output (which I want), but it will not affect the 
> single child documents. How can I trespass this information to all of my 
> child documents? Or to put it differently, how can I change all 
> preambles at once?

Outsource the preamble to a file mypreamble.tex and include this file into 
each document via

\input{mypreamble}

Jürgen

Re: How do I change the background color of a LyX header/headline/whatchamacallit?

[Steve Litt]

On Monday 12 April 2010 08:23:29 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 4/11/2010 8:56 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Your code was almost exactly what I wanted, but it left white spaces at
> > the slide's margins.
> 
> I saw that when I experimented with it, but I figured it needed some
> sort of width argument and that you'd be able to figure that out (having
> more motivation than I did :-) ).

You're not kidding I have more motivation. My May 2010 Linux Productivity 
Magazine is going to be on Beamer, so I have to get it just right! That's why 
I'm so glad you got me past that stumbling block. Now I actually have a 
version whose header features red, white and blue stripes. It's amazing what 
you can do with colorboxes.

In setting up your solution and then expanding on it, I also found out what to 
you is probably obvious -- that setbeamercolor's first argument isn't an 
element, it's a fg/bg color combination whose name just might happen to 
correspond to an element.

Meanwhile, I need to finish my presentation for a 10 minute talk on 
troubleshooting at Greater Orlando Linux User Group.

My plan for Linux Productivity Magazine is to do it in two different magazine 
issues. The first issue will do just the basics. Then readers will email me 
saying "here's a better way" or "Steve, you're full of bulls**t, here's how 
you should have done it". I'll tech edit all their suggestions and put the 
best ones into the second issue.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: duda al exportar a pdf

[Marcelo Acuña]

> hola 
> soy nuevo usando el programa  instale el programa
> version 1.6.5
> mi sistema operativo es windos 7
> quisiera saber si puedo exportar a pdf
> sin tener instalado adobe acrobat en mi computador

Hola, 
 Nunca hice la prueba, pero creo que podés exportar sin problmeas a pdf porque 
ese trabajo lo hace otro programa, no el visor de pdfs.
 Sí necesitarás algún visor de pdfs para poder visualizarlo.
 Por lo demás, tratá de escribir en inglés, ya que ese es el idioma de esta 
lista.
 Saludos
Marcelo

Re: insert custom layout

[rgheck]

On 04/10/2010 06:24 PM, Julien Rioux wrote:

Sajjad  writes:
   

then i choose the Title Environment and set the title of the thesis work
and then i select the author and put my name there.
 

By the way, there is a problem here because liuthesis redefines \title
to take 2 arguments:

"You must always provide both a Swedish (first argument) and an English
title (second argument), \title{Svensk titel}{English Title}."

but LyX will output \title{YOUR TITLE} no matter what (i.e., only 1 argument).

A workaround is to write your Swedish title like usual and then, at the end
of the line, insert a TeX box and write "}{English title" inside it (with the
braces).

This is a hack, but I am not sure how you would do this elegantly in LyX.

   
There isn't at present any good way to do this. Multi-argument commands 
aren't directly supported. I've been thinking about this for a while, 
but haven't done anything.


rh

Re: bibtopic usage

[Thibaud Hulin]

Hi Jürgen,
Thanks you. I verified with your files that all your prescriptions was
checked, that's the case. However, the compilation fails (I note that
export from zotero use comma in bibtex file format).

Here is the log of latex errors :

This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
(format=pdflatex 2009.11.7)  12 APR 2010 16:12
entering extended mode
 %&-line parsing enabled.
**cv-th.tex
(./cv-th.tex
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel  and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, loaded.

(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/europecv/europecv.cls
Document Class: europecv 2006/04/24 (beta) European curriculum vitae class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\...@part=\count79
\...@section=\count80
\...@subsection=\count81
\...@subsubsection=\count82
\...@paragraph=\count83
\...@subparagraph=\count84
\...@figure=\count85
\...@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/ucs.sty
Package: ucs 2004/10/17 UCS: Unicode input support
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/data/uni-global.def
File: uni-global.def 2004/10/17 UCS: Unicode global data
)
\...@secondtry=\count87
\...@combtoks=\toks14
\...@combtoksb=\toks15
\...@temptokena=\toks16
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty
Package: inputenc 2006/05/05 v1.1b Input encoding file
\inp...@prehook=\toks17
\inp...@posthook=\toks18
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ucs/utf8x.def
File: utf8x.def 2004/10/17 UCS: Input encoding UTF-8
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/array.sty
Package: array 2005/08/23 v2.4b Tabular extension package (FMi)
\...@sep=\dimen103
\extrarowheight=\dimen104
\...@list=\toks19
\extratabsurround=\skip43
\bac...@length=\skip44
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/longtable.sty
Package: longtable 2004/02/01 v4.11 Multi-page Table package (DPC)
\LTleft=\skip45
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\LTpre=\skip47
\LTpost=\skip48
\LTchunksize=\count88
\LTcapwidth=\dimen105
\...@head=\box26
\...@firsthead=\box27
\...@foot=\box28
\...@lastfoot=\box29
\...@cols=\count89
\...@rows=\count90
\...@lt@tables=\count91
\...@lt@chunks=\count92
\...@p@ftn=\toks20
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.sty
\fa...@headwidth=\skip49
\...@ncyo@elh=\skip50
\...@ncyo@erh=\skip51
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\...@flagwidth=\skip64
\...@logowidth=\skip65
\...@logooffset=\skip66
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/europecv/ecven.def
File: ecven.def europecv English definitions
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/europecv/ecven.def
File: ecven.def europecv English definitions
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
Package: fontenc 2005/09/27 v1.99g Standard LaTeX package
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def
File: t1enc.def 2005/09/27 v1.99g Standard LaTeX file
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Package: geometry 2002/07/08 v3.2 Page Geometry
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(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/babel/english.ldf
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\Urlmuskip=\muskip10
Package: url 2005/06/27  ver 3.2  Verb mode for urls, 

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Monday 12 April 2010 14:25:45 schrieben Sie:
> Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > do I need here something with biber/biblatex in ERT instead of the bibtex
> > produced reference list?
>
> Yes, look here:
> http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex
>
> Jürgen

Thanks.
Still questions:

-1-
under
Using biblatex with LyX
I am advised to

Put the file biblatex.module in the layouts folder in your user directory

but I can't find it in the folder
/home/wolfgang/Desktop/biblatex-biber-v0.5.3
with search for biblatex.modul 
and also not with a global search

Since it says:
Note that step (1) is only necessary if you want to use an author-year style

I tried the following, and do get citations in the output, but no references:

-2-
To change from bibtex to biber, go to Tools→Settings→Output→LaTeX and 
change 
the bibtex command from bibtex to biber (also input biber options, if you 
need them). Also note that you will need to pass the option backend=biber to 
the \usepackage[...]{biblatex} call if you use biber. 

This is in my preamble:
\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
\bibliography{/home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test}

and this I did also
(5) In the document, enter \printbibliography in ERT at the place where the 
bibliography shall occur.

So something is missing or wrong

Thanks for your patience and help,
Wolfgang

Re: bibtopic usage

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Thibaud Hulin wrote:
> ! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `dot' for package `bibtopic'.
[snip]
> ! LaTeX Error: Environment btSect undefined.

This indicates that you have a (very) outdated version of bibtopic. Recent is 
v1.1a (2006/09/08). Grab it here:
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/

Jürgen

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> Still questions:
> 
> -1-
> under
> Using biblatex with LyX
> I am advised to
> 
> Put the file biblatex.module in the layouts folder in your user directory
> 
> but I can't find it in the folder
> /home/wolfgang/Desktop/biblatex-biber-v0.5.3
> with search for biblatex.modul 
> and also not with a global search

You have to download it from the wiki:
http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/BibTeX/biblatex.module
(actually, the text you cite contains a hyperlink to that file).

> Since it says:
> Note that step (1) is only necessary if you want to use an author-year
> style
> 
> I tried the following, and do get citations in the output, but no
> references:
> -2-
> To change from bibtex to biber, go to Tools→Settings→Output→LaTeX
> and  change
> the bibtex command from bibtex to biber (also input biber options, if you 
> need them). Also note that you will need to pass the option backend=biber
> to  the \usepackage[...]{biblatex} call if you use biber.
> 
> This is in my preamble:
> \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
> \bibliography{/home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test}
> 
> and this I did also
> (5) In the document, enter \printbibliography in ERT at the place where
> the  bibliography shall occur.
> 
> So something is missing or wrong

Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.

> Thanks for your patience and help,

You're welcome.

Jürgen

como evitar espacios en blanco entre párrafos

[José Miguel Canino]

Hola.
Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
dibujos.

Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.

Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
los espacios que deja en blanco.

Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
Gracias
Jose M.

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Jürgen, here the console output
>
> Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.

wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ lyx165 &
[1] 3474
wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.

I would guess there is something wrong with the perl install, perhaps related 
or identical to that:
In that situation I'd try & build devel/p5-Parse-RecDescent (or
re-install it) and then have another go at building the module you're
trying to build.

But I am a person who manages to muddle everything. So I am asking again for 
advice

Wolfgang

Re: biblatex-biber citations

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

> Please run LyX from a console and monitor the biber output there.
>
I added the two places referred to in the error message of the console output 
(###)
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.aux
INFO - Reading testfile-biber.bcf
INFO - Found 2 citekeys in aux file
INFO - Processing bibtex file /home/wolfgang/Desktop/Test/test.bib
Can't locate Parse/RecDescent.pm in @INC (@INC 
contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 
/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber/BibTeX/PRD.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Biber.pm line 
655.

package Biber::BibTeX::PRD;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp;
use Biber::Constants;
use Biber::Utils;
use Biber::Entries;
use Biber::Entry;
use Biber::Entry::Names;
use Biber::Entry::Name;
use Parse::RecDescent; #here is line 11.##
use Regexp::Common qw{ balanced };
use Biber::BibTeX::Parser;
use File::Spec;
use Encode;
use List::AllUtils qw(first);
use Log::Log4perl qw(:no_extra_logdie_message);
use base 'Exporter';

my $logger = Log::Log4perl::get_logger('main');

our @EXPORT = qw{ parsename };



### here is Biber.pm line 655: (and following lines)
   require Biber::BibTeX::PRD; #line 655
push @ISA, 'Biber::BibTeX::PRD';

$logger->info("Using a Parse::RecDescent parser...");

# we only add this warning if the bib file is larger than 20KB
if (-s $filename > 2 ) {
  $logger->warn("Note that it can be very slow with large bib files!\n",
"You are advised to install Text::BibTeX for faster processing!");
};

Re: bibtopic usage

[Thibaud Hulin]

Great, that works... Have you an idea to eliminate name of the author
and the code of the referece ? With plainurl, I used {} instead of my
name or {With Name_of_the_Collaborator} for a collaborative work. The
result with plainat is not very usable for a CV... And plain style
doesn't use urls...


2010/4/12, Jürgen Spitzmüller :
> Thibaud Hulin wrote:
>> ! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `dot' for package `bibtopic'.
> [snip]
>> ! LaTeX Error: Environment btSect undefined.
>
> This indicates that you have a (very) outdated version of bibtopic. Recent
> is
> v1.1a (2006/09/08). Grab it here:
> ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/
>
> Jürgen
>

Mathmatics...

[OldDeath]

I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called "neo layout") that allows me to 
enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. However 
these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area and are not 
converted correctly into the output pdf file...
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially as i invested most of the 
past hour to find it out myself...
 
greetings,
OldDeath

new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

[Jose Quesada]

Hi All,

New google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends).
googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html

Most people agree that collaboration tools in latex lag behing word/gdocs.
LyX has track changes, but it's very hard to convince collaborators to use
it.
It'd be good to keep an eye on this. Office will come up with online
versions for Office 2010. If every other tool has a cloud version, LyX will
be perceived as old-style and it'd be even harder to convince collaborators
:)

Best,
-Jose

Jose Quesada, PhD.
Max Planck Institute,
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition,
Berlin
http://www.josequesada.name/
http://twitter.com/Quesada

Re: Mathmatics...

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:38 PM, OldDeath  wrote:
> I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called "neo layout") that allows me to 
> enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. 
> However these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area and 
> are not converted correctly into the output pdf file...

In math mode, write

\mathbb + ENTER.

Afterwards, write R and see the result.

Paul

Re: como evitar espacios en blanco entre párrafos

[Andrés Becerra Sandoval]

2010/4/12 José Miguel Canino :
> Hola.
> Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
> dibujos.
>
> Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
> quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.
>
> Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
> así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
> página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
> los espacios que deja en blanco.
>
> Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
> Gracias
> Jose M.
>

Jose M,

You should really try to write in english, in spanish only few people
can help you!

The space between paragraphs depends on the document type, what is it?
Can you send a minimal file exhibiting the problem?

El espacio entre párrafos depende del tipo de documento, ¿cual es?
¿Puede enviar un archivo pequeño que presente el problema?

-- 
  Andrés

Re: como evitar espacios en blanco entre párraf os

[rgheck]

On 04/12/2010 05:27 PM, Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote:

2010/4/12 José Miguel Canino:
   

Hola.
Estoy usando Lyx para redactar mi tesis en la que aparecen bastantes
dibujos.

Con  cierta frecuencia el espacio entre párrafo y parrafo se expande  y
quedan espacios en blanco que no consigo eliminar.

Aunque he estudiado un poco las distintas opciones para colocar las figuras
así como las posibles maneras de saltar de página no logro incluir en una
página los párrafos que en teoría deberían caber en la misma si no fuera por
los espacios que deja en blanco.

Alguien me podría indicar una manera de hacerlo?
Gracias
Jose M.

 

Jose M,

You should really try to write in english, in spanish only few people
can help you!

   
And, no offense intended, the language of this list is English. There's 
a French list, and of course others can always be started. The English 
doesn't have to be great, just readable.


If I understand, and my Spanish is terrible, was the problem that the 
space between paragraphs varies? If so, then of course LaTeX does that 
on purpose, and if there are a lot of floats, you can see this kind of 
thing quite often.


Richard

Re: Mathmatics...

[Micha Feigin]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:29:00 +0100
Paul Smith  wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:38 PM, OldDeath  wrote:
> > I'm using a costum keyboard layout (called "neo layout") that allows me to 
> > enter math unicode chars, such as ℂ, ℕ or ℝ, directly from my keyboard. 
> > However these unicode chars arent displayed correctly in the editor area 
> > and are not converted correctly into the output pdf file...
> 
> In math mode, write
> 
> \mathbb + ENTER.
> 
> Afterwards, write R and see the result.
> 
> Paul
> 
Although personally I like the appearance of 

\usepackage{dsfont}
\mathds{R}

better of reals, complex, etc.