Re: Can't convert

2011-06-24 Thread William Hanson
I have a folder named "MIKTEX2.7 in Program Files, so I suppose I'm using MiKTeX. But I know very little about how LyX works. Also, I don't know what you mean when you say, "open a command prompt and run 'kpsewhich article.cls' ". Bill Hanson On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Paul Rubin wrote

Re: Can't convert

2011-06-24 Thread Richard Heck
On 06/23/2011 03:06 PM, William Hanson wrote: > I reconfigured both 1.6.7 and 2.0.0 just a few moments ago. the only > "configure.log files I can find are attached. But the first (from > 1.6.7) is dated nearly two years ago, and the second (from 2.0.0) is > dated three days ago. > This is extrem

Re: full the page vertically

2011-06-24 Thread Paul Rubin
Insert '\vspace*{\fill}' in ERT (ctrl-L or Insert > TeX Code) on both sides of the image. Paul

Re: Empty output file?

2011-06-24 Thread Paul Rubin
Unknown unknown.invalid> writes: > File does not exist: /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.J10717/lyx_tmpbuf2/eugenio-24june2011.pdf All this means is that LaTeX failed to generate the PDF output file; it does not tell you why. After trying (and presumably failing) to view the PDF, look in Document > LaTeX Log an

Re: Can't convert

2011-06-24 Thread Paul Rubin
Just as an FYI, the Desktop path _does_ contain spaces if it is translated into an absolute path (it maps to C:\Documents and Settings\\Desktop). Is it possible that your MiKTeX installation (I assume you are using MiKTeX) became borked during an upgrade? If you open a command prompt and run 'kps

Re: Image PDF output rescalling issues

2011-06-24 Thread Paul Rubin
Can you post a minimal example (single page document, one image), including the image file, here? That would help to sort out what you're seeing. Paul

Re: no classes available after installation of 1.6.10 and 2.0.0-3

2011-06-24 Thread Paul Rubin
When you successfully run latex at a command prompt, you are doing so with the limited rights account, correct? Am I correct in assuming that if you log in with the local admin account, LyX works correctly for you? One thing you might try is to delete the local LyX directory for the limited right

Re: Importing LaTeX file fails

2011-06-24 Thread Richard Heck
On 06/24/2011 01:02 PM, Trevor Jenkins wrote: > I grabbed a copy of a tutorial on the use of Constraint Grammars from > here http://kevindonnelly.org.uk/2010/05/constraint-grammar-tutorial/ > The author provides a LaTeX file that latex processes correctly (other > than that my system doesn't have a

Re: Lyx Crashing Unexpectedly

2011-06-24 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Tim Wescott wrote: > I'm using Lyx 1.6.5 on Ubuntu 10.04, it's been just fine.  Until now.  This > is what happens when I open a document, then try to create a figure frame. >  This is an operation that I've done many times before -- but now it crashes > Lyx. > > T

Re: No PDFs.

2011-06-24 Thread Gordon Cooper
On 06/24/2011 11:41 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Make sure that you have texlive installed. THANK YOU! Re-installing texlive has restored the PDF. Now to work on learning more. Gordon

Re: Is there an easy way to convert "straight quotes" into "smart quotes" ?

2011-06-24 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-06-24, Julio Rojas wrote: > [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: quoted-printable --] > Defining the same, how can it differentiate? I guess this package is not > context-sensitive. Try yourself: \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{csquotes} \MakeOuterQuote{"} \MakeInnerQuote{|} \begin{do

Re: LyX 2.0 Preview Inset with PSTricks

2011-06-24 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Gustavo Goretkin wrote: > I've successfully used the Preview Inset to display qtrees. Can I use it for > PSTricks too? > PSTricks features the big drawback that it is incompatible with pdflatex. I'm not sure how the Preview machinery works, but you need either Post

How does LyX compile to PDF?

2011-06-24 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, The following shellscript compiles my PDF: = #!/bin/bash rm -f junk.* cp -p larry.lyx junk.lyx lyx --export latex junk.lyx latex junk.tex makeindex -c -q junk.idx latex junk.tex dvips junk.dvi ps2pdf13 junk.ps acroread junk.pdf =

LyX 2.0 Preview Inset with PSTricks

2011-06-24 Thread Gustavo Goretkin
I've successfully used the Preview Inset to display qtrees. Can I use it for PSTricks too? Ultimately, I want to use the package pst-sigsys and preview a diagram like the one appended. Thanks! Gustavo \begin{figure}[ht] \centering % \begin{pspicture}[showgrid=false](0,3)(10,5) \psset{style=Round

Importing LaTeX file fails

2011-06-24 Thread Trevor Jenkins
I grabbed a copy of a tutorial on the use of Constraint Grammars from here http://kevindonnelly.org.uk/2010/05/constraint-grammar-tutorial/ The author provides a LaTeX file that latex processes correctly (other than that my system doesn't have a specific font installed). When I import this file int

Re: xetex CV

2011-06-24 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >>> Try >>> >>> TitleLatexName makecvtitle >>> >> I tried the following (see attached), but it doesn't seem to work even >> after reconfiguring. Am I doing something wrong? > > No, it should work... What happens exactly? > Stupid me, I'

Empty output file?

2011-06-24 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
When I try to create a PDF of my Lyx file, this is the error message I get. Could someone guide me pls: File does not exist: /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.J10717/lyx_tmpbuf2/eugenio-24june2011.pdf FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-in

Re: No PDFs.

2011-06-24 Thread Liviu Andronic
(please reply to the list, too) On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Gordon Cooper wrote: > Liviu  wrote: >> >> We would need more info than that. What OS? What version of LaTeX. >> Have you tried removing LyX and re-installing and starting with a >> clean profile folder ( on Linux, remove ~/.lyx). >

Re: Table cell widths are wrong and cannot be changed from LyX 1.6.10 to 2.0.0

2011-06-24 Thread Daisuke Koya
You've helped me before Richard, so thank you again. Since my first posting, I've found out what the culprit was which was causing funny things in my table floats. This seems to do with inserting the \usepackage{pdfsync} LaTeX code in the preamble. When I removed the above code, the f

full the page vertically

2011-06-24 Thread mirko.adda...@libero.it
Hi I would like to have pictures (and/or text) vertically better distributed into the page. I make an example to explain what I mean. The attachement shows 2 pages with a picture: Lyx puts the picture as showed in page 1 and I would like that, entering a new option, Lyx makes in the way showed

Re: xetex CV

2011-06-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 24/06/2011 04:11, Liviu Andronic a écrit : On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Try TitleLatexName makecvtitle I tried the following (see attached), but it doesn't seem to work even after reconfiguring. Am I doing something wrong? No, it should work... What hap

Re: Is there an easy way to convert "straight quotes" into "smart quotes" ?

2011-06-24 Thread Julio Rojas
Defining the same, how can it differentiate? I guess this package is not context-sensitive. Also, it has a list of not allowed characters, like, for example, straight single and double quotes. - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Fri, Jun 24, 2011

RE: no classes available after installation of 1.6.10 and 2.0.0-3

2011-06-24 Thread Matthias Hunstig
Hi, > Matthias, is one of the MiKTeX bin directories the first directory > encountered on your system path that contains a latex.exe file? It is, miktex\bin is the first directory in the system path. Matthias