I cannot access your FTP server.

[DAEMYUNG LEE]

Dear LyX Team,


I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
access FTP server.

The following links in the LyX website do not work!

5.  Previous versions

   - Source code ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/
   - Binaries ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/


URL : ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/ , ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/

Could you tell me how I can access the above FTP links?


Regards,

Lee

Re: Instant preview with tikz?

[Rainer M Krug]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 Rainer M Krug r.m.krug at gmail.com writes:


  I am using LyX 2.0.0, and I am wondering if I am doing something wrong,
 as I
  do not get instant preview working for the attached lyx file which
 contains
  a tikz graph wrapped in instant preview.
 
 
  Is it a problem on my side? (instant preview is enabled in the settings.)

 It previews properly for me (also LyX 2.0.0, on Linux Mint). Does an
 ordinary
 math formula preview for you (to verify that you have the preview style
 installed and preview in general works)?


OK - now it is working. It worked after closing lyx and opening again.

I can reproduce this by simply removing the preview box and saving the file.
When I open it and wrap the insert in a preview box, I do not see a preview,
but when I save the file now and re-open it, I see the preview.

Cheers,

Rainer



 Paul





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UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
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Skype:  RMkrug

Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE dmlee1...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear LyX Team,

 I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
 access FTP server.

Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do
you need RC2 instead of 2.0.0?
Liviu

[1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/bin/

Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Rainer M Krug]

This is bringings me back to the mirror on sourceforge of the svn (It would
not solve this problem, but would be useful - one could also upload all the
releases to the sourceforge mirror): it is created, but not yet synced -
what is needed to sync it is a computer on which we can run the sync
command, and possibly run it from a cron job afterwards (or from svn
directly) to keep the mirror on sourceforge up to date. The initial sync
might take some time (a week?) but no major bandwidth. THe easies would be
to run it on the lyx svn server

Rainer


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.comwrote:

 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE dmlee1...@gmail.com wrote:
  Dear LyX Team,
 
  I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
  access FTP server.
 
 Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
 although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do
 you need RC2 instead of 2.0.0?
 Liviu

 [1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/bin/




-- 
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UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

Tel :   +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
Cell:   +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
Fax (F):   +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44

Fax (D):+49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44

email:  rai...@krugs.de

Skype:  RMkrug

Latex use in Lyx

[Johan]

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?

Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..

Regards

Johan.

Re: Latex use in Lyx

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Johan sa...@vaderberg.info wrote:
 Hello.

 I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want 
 to
 type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
 mode. Is this possible in Lyx?

Yes. Enter math mode with 'ctrl + m' and then tab-completion will work.

 Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
 \begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..

I don't think so (but I may be wrong). Simply choose the correct
environment using the UI.
Liviu

Re: Latex use in Lyx

[David L. Johnson]

On 07/26/2011 07:26 AM, Johan wrote:

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?
Certainly.  You can use Ctrl-m to enter math-mode, then \int (no need to 
use the $'s) will get you an integral sign.  Or, you can bind enter 
math mode to a function key (I use f10).

Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..
Again, there are built-in shortcuts, or you can assign keys to the ones 
you use most often.




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were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of
water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!
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Re: Latex use in Lyx

[Helge Hafting]

On 26. juli 2011 13:26, Johan wrote:

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?

Hit ctrl+m, then write latex math. It will be converted to integrals 
etc. as you type.



Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..


You don't *need* this for enumerate, simply select enumerate and you 
will get a numbered list.


If you *want* to write latex code instead, click the TeX button. You'll 
get a red frame into which you can type any latex command. But it will 
stay as latex commands on screen, becoming lists etc. only when you print.


Helge Hafting

Is it possible to support multi-user

[Marat Siddikov]

Hello everybody,

I found that in LyX there is a very useful option which allows tracking of the 
changes made to document and their display in the produced pdf.

I wonder if it is possible in some way to merge changes made by different 
people *simultaneously* ? 
Example situation: user_1 writes the text and  sends it to user_2 and user_3; 
they both simultaneously make changes and return their corrections to user_1. 
I wonder if user_1 could merge changes made in both versions and 
simultaneously see the corrections suggested by user_2 and user_3 ???

With best regards,
Marat


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Re: Is it possible to support multi-user

[Julien Rioux]

On 26/07/2011 11:20 AM, Marat Siddikov wrote:

Hello everybody,

I found that in LyX there is a very useful option which allows tracking of the
changes made to document and their display in the produced pdf.

I wonder if it is possible in some way to merge changes made by different
people *simultaneously* ?
Example situation: user_1 writes the text and  sends it to user_2 and user_3;
they both simultaneously make changes and return their corrections to user_1.
I wonder if user_1 could merge changes made in both versions and
simultaneously see the corrections suggested by user_2 and user_3 ???

With best regards,
Marat


Hi,

The simple answer is: it is not possible. Your users would have to edit 
the file in sequence.


To have multiple users work on the same document simultaneously, you 
would have to sync the files on each computers regularly, to ensure 
there is never any conflict (two users editing the same sentence). 
Problem is that when the file is edited on disk, it does not update 
automatically in the LyX window. You need to force the update by using 
File  Revert to saved.


To avoid conflicts you can have different files for different sections 
of your document, and have each user work on different files.


--
Julien

Re: a5paper for tufte book class

[Julien Rioux]

On 17/07/2011 2:11 PM, Kulkarni Shantanu wrote:

Hi,
Tufte book class docs say a5paper is not supported and one has to use the
geometry package. But geometry is already loaded by lyx. How do I pass
options to it later? I did \geometry{a5paper} but that made the
formatting extremly bad (I had already written 20 pages in Tufte default
mode).
If I give a5paper  in Documents-Settings-Document Class-Option,
does it trickle down to the geometry package?


Yes, it is my understanding that the options put there will trickle down 
to the loaded packages. It depends on each package whether they 
recognize the option or not. Definitely worth a try.



The Documents-Settings-Page Layout-Paper Format is also greyed out
with A4.

Thanks in advance.

Shantanu


You might also consider producing a pdf in a4 and using an external tool 
to convert a4-a5.


--
Julien

Re: Installation 26/7/2011

[Julien Rioux]

On 25/07/2011 1:56 AM, pam wrote:

Dear Sirs,

I just installed the LyX 2.0.0-3 installer exe word document it
downloaded and the page comes up on screen but it won't work.

I have a laptop computer windows vista basic, could you please let me
know what i have done wrong. I am a beginner with computers so don't
know very much. It sounds like a very good program my husband is writing
the Bible and needs something easy we have open office . org but it is
too complicated. He does'nt know much either about computers. I thank
you very much for your free download.

Thanking you very much. My email address is :-

siammcil...@dodo.com.au.

Regards,
Pamela Mcilroy






Hi and welcome to LyX!

There are many documents to help you get started. Some are listed on 
this web page: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Tutorials


For a video introduction, a quick search brought up these:

installation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCo8-Fbx1xU
writing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhdLJ0C6pk

For more useful help on our side, please describe what does not work.

Cheers,
Julien

Re: Installation 26/7/2011

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:56 AM, pam siammcil...@dodo.com.au wrote:
 I just installed the LyX 2.0.0-3 installer exe word document it downloaded
 and the page comes up on screen but it won't work.

 I have a laptop computer windows vista basic, could you please let me know
 what i have done wrong. I am a beginner with computers so don't know very
 much. It sounds like a very good program my husband is writing the Bible and
 needs something easy we have open office . org but it is too complicated. He
 does'nt know much either about computers. I thank you very much for your
 free download.

I don't want to discourage you, but as a rule of thumb LyX is harder
to grasp than MS Word or OpenOffice. This said, please check some
introductory materials, such as 'LyX Essentials' [1] or the
documentation shipped with LyX, particularly 'Help  Introduction'.

Regards
Liviu

[1] 
https://sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf?attredirects=0d=1

LyX Essentials / View PDF / Export PDF

[Ken]

Stephen and Liviu wrote the excellent guide: LyX Essentials
(sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf)

In it they write: The View icon is practical for previewing your
final output, but it is generally a good habit to use File ! Export !
PDF (pdflatex) to actually export your final PDF document.

Why?  Is this so that one has a permanent copy of the PDF in the
relevant folder as opposed to just the PDF placed in the temporary
folder?

If that is the reason, then I would agree but often tend to forget to
export my document every time I am done editing it.  In fact I wish
that I could somehow over-ride the View functionality so that the
generated PDF is always placed in the same folder as the .lyx file ---
possibly with the word draft appended to it.  In that case I would
always have a copy of every document in PDF form compiled to the
latest version.  This is useful for cases where (a) I want to read one
of my document without opening LyX or (b) want to quickly send a
document to someone quickly and don't want to have to compile it (just
in case for one reason or another the compilation is broken).

Can anyone suggest either:
(1) how to over-ride the View function as described above, or
(2) how to create a new icon which generates a PDF (appended with
draft) which is saved in my working directory and automatically opened
for viewing.

Thanks,
Ken

Re: LyX Essentials / View PDF / Export PDF

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello Ken

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Ken kmai...@gmail.com wrote:
 Stephen and Liviu wrote the excellent guide: LyX Essentials
 (sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf)

Thank you for the kind words.


 In it they write: The View icon is practical for previewing your
 final output, but it is generally a good habit to use File ! Export !
 PDF (pdflatex) to actually export your final PDF document.

 Why?  Is this so that one has a permanent copy of the PDF in the
 relevant folder as opposed to just the PDF placed in the temporary
 folder?

Basically, yes.


 If that is the reason, then I would agree but often tend to forget to
 export my document every time I am done editing it.  In fact I wish

This is true in the beginning, but should get better as you get more
familiar with the LyX work-flow.


 that I could somehow over-ride the View functionality so that the
 generated PDF is always placed in the same folder as the .lyx file ---
 possibly with the word draft appended to it.  In that case I would

I'm not sure that you want this. For one, at each Export instance you
will be greated with the 'Overwrite?' dialogue. (I don't know if you
can turn it off, but if you do it can be dangerous.)


 always have a copy of every document in PDF form compiled to the
 latest version.

One way to work around would be to create a custom 'Export to PDF'
button (this is easy) that would always compile the document and
export it in the desired folder. Then, if you use a well behaved PDF
viewer such as Evince, each time the file is saved to disk the viewer
will automatically reload it, meaning that the button will effectively
act both as 'export' and 'preview'. This way you have to open your PDF
file only once, and have it regularly updated by LyX.


 This is useful for cases where (a) I want to read one
 of my document without opening LyX or (b) want to quickly send a
 document to someone quickly and don't want to have to compile it (just
 in case for one reason or another the compilation is broken).

 Can anyone suggest either:
 (1) how to over-ride the View function as described above, or
 (2) how to create a new icon which generates a PDF (appended with
 draft) which is saved in my working directory and automatically opened
 for viewing.

In principle it should be possible to combine the preview and export
command sequences. For this, check Help  Functions (particularly
'command-sequence') and some examples on the mailing list (same
keyword, and perhaps 'keyboard bindings'). For the commands run in the
menus and on the toolbar inspect 'stdmenus.inc' and 'stdtoolbars.inc'.
I haven't tested, but it should be as easy as copy/pasting and
slightly modifying the items of interest.

Regards
Liviu

User-defined numbering in equation (have text instead number appear next to equation in output file)

[ChiPro]

Hi,

I'm trying to refer to a formula within a document and would like the output
file (PDF) to display a text instead of a number next to the formula (while the
equation numbering should remain unchanged in the rest of the file and not count
this one equation in its equation count).

Example of what I would like in the output file:

[start]


x = 2  (Program 1)


[end]


I would like the PDF file to display (Program 1) next to the equation.

I have found a reference in the math manual in section 19.4. User-defined
Numbering but don't know how to implement that in LYX.

Thanks for your help!

Re: User-defined numbering in equation (have text instead number appear next to equation in output file)

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 03:51 PM, ChiPro wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm trying to refer to a formula within a document and would like the output
 file (PDF) to display a text instead of a number next to the formula (while 
 the
 equation numbering should remain unchanged in the rest of the file and not 
 count
 this one equation in its equation count).

 Example of what I would like in the output file:

 [start]


 x = 2  (Program 1)


 [end]


 I would like the PDF file to display (Program 1) next to the equation.

 I have found a reference in the math manual in section 19.4. User-defined
 Numbering but don't know how to implement that in LYX.

In the equation, type \tag and then, in the box that appears, type
Program 1.

Richard

Re: I can't use multiple indexes in LyX

[Richard Heck]

On 07/22/2011 08:14 AM, Francesc Gispert Sanchez wrote:
 Hi, I am new at using LyX and I'm trying to create an alphabetic index
 in a book. However, there's no such option in the book layout, so I've
 been trying to use a custom index.

What do you mean by an alphabetic index? Do you need two indexes, or
is it just the title that you want to change? If the latter, then you
can use the normal index and change the title fairly easily. Just put:
\renewcommand\indexname{Alphabetic Index}
into the preamble.

 I created it by adding a new index called 'Alphabetic index' in Document 
 Settings  Indexes. Then I selected the text I wanted to add in the
 index and I added it with Insert  Index entry (Alphabetic index), and a
 gray box with green letters appeared. 
 After that, I inserted the alphabetic index somewhere in the book
 (Insert  Indexes  Index: Alphabetic index) and a gray box labeled
 'Alphabetic index' appeared right there. 
 But when I try to export it as a PDF, there is no index (apart from the
 default table of contents).

 Am I doing something wrong? If so, how am I supposed to add multiple
 indexes?

I don't know what is happening, but please see the attached.

Richard



index.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Pavel Sanda]

Liviu Andronic wrote:
 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE dmlee1...@gmail.com wrote:
  Dear LyX Team,
 
  I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
  access FTP server.
 
 Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
 although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do

i'm sure we do not keep archive of pre-releases (i removed them).
i would be able to give you rc2 tarball but i guess you want binaries.
then the only possibility to ask users here on list, maybe someone still
has the installers.

anyway the right thing would be to explain what bug is causing
that you don't want to use the final release.

 [1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/

this is currently complete mirror of ftp.lyx.org. what cannot be found here is 
gone.

pavel

Horizontal Scrollbar Again!!!

[Kortink, Mark A]

I know the purists think a horizontal scrollbar is somehow impure but can we 
please please get one. It is not currently possible to:-
1)  Write long equation sequences inline in a proof when you want to keep 
the proof short and not taking up multiple lines.
2)  Do xypic diagrams with anything sophisticated in the cells.
3)  Do matrices with anything sophisticated in the cells.
There is nothing illegitamate about any of these requirements. The solution 
that would make the purists happy would be to at least allow a horizontal 
scrollbar in maths mode.

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Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).bst style

[Mark Stephenson]

Hi,

I'm currently using Lyx 2.0 on Linux Mint Debian Edition with Texlive 2009 and
storing all my bibliographic entries in JabRef.

I'm writing a thesis and up until now, my university has previously asked for
all bibliographic entries to be in the Chicago Turabin note-bibliography style.

This hasn't been a problem for me -- I simply added \usepackage{opcit} to the
LateX Preamble and chose opcit from the Style list.

As of 1 September 2011, my university is now requiring all bibliographic entries
to be in the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) style.

Searching LyX Wiki and Google has only turned up the one pointer at
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/JurabibSBL.

Using the information there, I select Jurabib from the Citation Style, then copy
and paste the following in to the LaTeX Preamble: 

\addto\jbonlyforbib{%

\DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyldelim}{\unskip\unskip\space}%
\DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyrdelim}{}%
}%

\renewcommand{\bibapyldelim}{(} \renewcommand{\bibapyrdelim}{)} \jurabibsetup{
titleformat=italic,% titleformat=commasep,% titleformat=all,%
titleformat=commasep% bibformat=compress,% bibformat=ibidem,% oxford,%
commabeforerest,% citefull=first,% pages=format% } 

But I can't get it to work. Has anyone had any experience with this and could
give some advice please?

Thanks,

Mark. 

Re: How to get footnotes to stick to bottom of page?

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 04:37 PM, ChiPro wrote:
 Hi,

 what can I do to get my footnotes to stick to the bottom of the page when the
 text on the page finishes before the bottom of the page (and the footnotes
 follows immediately after the text and does not stick to the bottom of the 
 page)?

Look at the footmisc package. The option you want is bottom.

Richard

Re: Horizontal Scrollbar Again!!!

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 10:03 PM, Kortink, Mark A wrote:
 I know the purists think a horizontal scrollbar is somehow impure but
 can we please please get one. It is not currently possible to:-

1. Write long equation sequences inline in a proof when you want to
   keep the proof short and not taking up multiple lines.
2. Do xypic diagrams with anything sophisticated in the cells.
3. Do matrices with anything sophisticated in the cells.

 There is nothing illegitamate about any of these requirements. The
 solution that would make the purists happy would be to at least allow
 a horizontal scrollbar in maths mode.

Or, at least, to make LyX move things around on screen as you navigate.
I've seen this problem recently with xymatrix.

Richard

I cannot access your FTP server.

[DAEMYUNG LEE]

Dear LyX Team,


I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
access FTP server.

The following links in the LyX website do not work!

5.  Previous versions

   - Source code ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/
   - Binaries ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/


URL : ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/ , ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/

Could you tell me how I can access the above FTP links?


Regards,

Lee

Re: Instant preview with tikz?

[Rainer M Krug]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 Rainer M Krug r.m.krug at gmail.com writes:


  I am using LyX 2.0.0, and I am wondering if I am doing something wrong,
 as I
  do not get instant preview working for the attached lyx file which
 contains
  a tikz graph wrapped in instant preview.
 
 
  Is it a problem on my side? (instant preview is enabled in the settings.)

 It previews properly for me (also LyX 2.0.0, on Linux Mint). Does an
 ordinary
 math formula preview for you (to verify that you have the preview style
 installed and preview in general works)?


OK - now it is working. It worked after closing lyx and opening again.

I can reproduce this by simply removing the preview box and saving the file.
When I open it and wrap the insert in a preview box, I do not see a preview,
but when I save the file now and re-open it, I see the preview.

Cheers,

Rainer



 Paul





-- 
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology,
UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

Tel :   +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
Cell:   +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
Fax (F):   +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44

Fax (D):+49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44

email:  rai...@krugs.de

Skype:  RMkrug

Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE dmlee1...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear LyX Team,

 I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
 access FTP server.

Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do
you need RC2 instead of 2.0.0?
Liviu

[1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/bin/

Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Rainer M Krug]

This is bringings me back to the mirror on sourceforge of the svn (It would
not solve this problem, but would be useful - one could also upload all the
releases to the sourceforge mirror): it is created, but not yet synced -
what is needed to sync it is a computer on which we can run the sync
command, and possibly run it from a cron job afterwards (or from svn
directly) to keep the mirror on sourceforge up to date. The initial sync
might take some time (a week?) but no major bandwidth. THe easies would be
to run it on the lyx svn server

Rainer


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.comwrote:

 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE dmlee1...@gmail.com wrote:
  Dear LyX Team,
 
  I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
  access FTP server.
 
 Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
 although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do
 you need RC2 instead of 2.0.0?
 Liviu

 [1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/bin/




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Latex use in Lyx

[Johan]

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?

Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..

Regards

Johan.

Re: Latex use in Lyx

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Johan sa...@vaderberg.info wrote:
 Hello.

 I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want 
 to
 type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
 mode. Is this possible in Lyx?

Yes. Enter math mode with 'ctrl + m' and then tab-completion will work.

 Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
 \begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..

I don't think so (but I may be wrong). Simply choose the correct
environment using the UI.
Liviu

Re: Latex use in Lyx

[David L. Johnson]

On 07/26/2011 07:26 AM, Johan wrote:

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?
Certainly.  You can use Ctrl-m to enter math-mode, then \int (no need to 
use the $'s) will get you an integral sign.  Or, you can bind enter 
math mode to a function key (I use f10).

Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..
Again, there are built-in shortcuts, or you can assign keys to the ones 
you use most often.




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welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance,  and benevolence,
were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of
water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!
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Re: Latex use in Lyx

[Helge Hafting]

On 26. juli 2011 13:26, Johan wrote:

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?

Hit ctrl+m, then write latex math. It will be converted to integrals 
etc. as you type.



Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..


You don't *need* this for enumerate, simply select enumerate and you 
will get a numbered list.


If you *want* to write latex code instead, click the TeX button. You'll 
get a red frame into which you can type any latex command. But it will 
stay as latex commands on screen, becoming lists etc. only when you print.


Helge Hafting

Is it possible to support multi-user

[Marat Siddikov]

Hello everybody,

I found that in LyX there is a very useful option which allows tracking of the 
changes made to document and their display in the produced pdf.

I wonder if it is possible in some way to merge changes made by different 
people *simultaneously* ? 
Example situation: user_1 writes the text and  sends it to user_2 and user_3; 
they both simultaneously make changes and return their corrections to user_1. 
I wonder if user_1 could merge changes made in both versions and 
simultaneously see the corrections suggested by user_2 and user_3 ???

With best regards,
Marat


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Re: Is it possible to support multi-user

[Julien Rioux]

On 26/07/2011 11:20 AM, Marat Siddikov wrote:

Hello everybody,

I found that in LyX there is a very useful option which allows tracking of the
changes made to document and their display in the produced pdf.

I wonder if it is possible in some way to merge changes made by different
people *simultaneously* ?
Example situation: user_1 writes the text and  sends it to user_2 and user_3;
they both simultaneously make changes and return their corrections to user_1.
I wonder if user_1 could merge changes made in both versions and
simultaneously see the corrections suggested by user_2 and user_3 ???

With best regards,
Marat


Hi,

The simple answer is: it is not possible. Your users would have to edit 
the file in sequence.


To have multiple users work on the same document simultaneously, you 
would have to sync the files on each computers regularly, to ensure 
there is never any conflict (two users editing the same sentence). 
Problem is that when the file is edited on disk, it does not update 
automatically in the LyX window. You need to force the update by using 
File  Revert to saved.


To avoid conflicts you can have different files for different sections 
of your document, and have each user work on different files.


--
Julien

Re: a5paper for tufte book class

[Julien Rioux]

On 17/07/2011 2:11 PM, Kulkarni Shantanu wrote:

Hi,
Tufte book class docs say a5paper is not supported and one has to use the
geometry package. But geometry is already loaded by lyx. How do I pass
options to it later? I did \geometry{a5paper} but that made the
formatting extremly bad (I had already written 20 pages in Tufte default
mode).
If I give a5paper  in Documents-Settings-Document Class-Option,
does it trickle down to the geometry package?


Yes, it is my understanding that the options put there will trickle down 
to the loaded packages. It depends on each package whether they 
recognize the option or not. Definitely worth a try.



The Documents-Settings-Page Layout-Paper Format is also greyed out
with A4.

Thanks in advance.

Shantanu


You might also consider producing a pdf in a4 and using an external tool 
to convert a4-a5.


--
Julien

Re: Installation 26/7/2011

[Julien Rioux]

On 25/07/2011 1:56 AM, pam wrote:

Dear Sirs,

I just installed the LyX 2.0.0-3 installer exe word document it
downloaded and the page comes up on screen but it won't work.

I have a laptop computer windows vista basic, could you please let me
know what i have done wrong. I am a beginner with computers so don't
know very much. It sounds like a very good program my husband is writing
the Bible and needs something easy we have open office . org but it is
too complicated. He does'nt know much either about computers. I thank
you very much for your free download.

Thanking you very much. My email address is :-

siammcil...@dodo.com.au.

Regards,
Pamela Mcilroy






Hi and welcome to LyX!

There are many documents to help you get started. Some are listed on 
this web page: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Tutorials


For a video introduction, a quick search brought up these:

installation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCo8-Fbx1xU
writing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhdLJ0C6pk

For more useful help on our side, please describe what does not work.

Cheers,
Julien

Re: Installation 26/7/2011

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:56 AM, pam siammcil...@dodo.com.au wrote:
 I just installed the LyX 2.0.0-3 installer exe word document it downloaded
 and the page comes up on screen but it won't work.

 I have a laptop computer windows vista basic, could you please let me know
 what i have done wrong. I am a beginner with computers so don't know very
 much. It sounds like a very good program my husband is writing the Bible and
 needs something easy we have open office . org but it is too complicated. He
 does'nt know much either about computers. I thank you very much for your
 free download.

I don't want to discourage you, but as a rule of thumb LyX is harder
to grasp than MS Word or OpenOffice. This said, please check some
introductory materials, such as 'LyX Essentials' [1] or the
documentation shipped with LyX, particularly 'Help  Introduction'.

Regards
Liviu

[1] 
https://sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf?attredirects=0d=1

LyX Essentials / View PDF / Export PDF

[Ken]

Stephen and Liviu wrote the excellent guide: LyX Essentials
(sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf)

In it they write: The View icon is practical for previewing your
final output, but it is generally a good habit to use File ! Export !
PDF (pdflatex) to actually export your final PDF document.

Why?  Is this so that one has a permanent copy of the PDF in the
relevant folder as opposed to just the PDF placed in the temporary
folder?

If that is the reason, then I would agree but often tend to forget to
export my document every time I am done editing it.  In fact I wish
that I could somehow over-ride the View functionality so that the
generated PDF is always placed in the same folder as the .lyx file ---
possibly with the word draft appended to it.  In that case I would
always have a copy of every document in PDF form compiled to the
latest version.  This is useful for cases where (a) I want to read one
of my document without opening LyX or (b) want to quickly send a
document to someone quickly and don't want to have to compile it (just
in case for one reason or another the compilation is broken).

Can anyone suggest either:
(1) how to over-ride the View function as described above, or
(2) how to create a new icon which generates a PDF (appended with
draft) which is saved in my working directory and automatically opened
for viewing.

Thanks,
Ken

Re: LyX Essentials / View PDF / Export PDF

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello Ken

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Ken kmai...@gmail.com wrote:
 Stephen and Liviu wrote the excellent guide: LyX Essentials
 (sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf)

Thank you for the kind words.


 In it they write: The View icon is practical for previewing your
 final output, but it is generally a good habit to use File ! Export !
 PDF (pdflatex) to actually export your final PDF document.

 Why?  Is this so that one has a permanent copy of the PDF in the
 relevant folder as opposed to just the PDF placed in the temporary
 folder?

Basically, yes.


 If that is the reason, then I would agree but often tend to forget to
 export my document every time I am done editing it.  In fact I wish

This is true in the beginning, but should get better as you get more
familiar with the LyX work-flow.


 that I could somehow over-ride the View functionality so that the
 generated PDF is always placed in the same folder as the .lyx file ---
 possibly with the word draft appended to it.  In that case I would

I'm not sure that you want this. For one, at each Export instance you
will be greated with the 'Overwrite?' dialogue. (I don't know if you
can turn it off, but if you do it can be dangerous.)


 always have a copy of every document in PDF form compiled to the
 latest version.

One way to work around would be to create a custom 'Export to PDF'
button (this is easy) that would always compile the document and
export it in the desired folder. Then, if you use a well behaved PDF
viewer such as Evince, each time the file is saved to disk the viewer
will automatically reload it, meaning that the button will effectively
act both as 'export' and 'preview'. This way you have to open your PDF
file only once, and have it regularly updated by LyX.


 This is useful for cases where (a) I want to read one
 of my document without opening LyX or (b) want to quickly send a
 document to someone quickly and don't want to have to compile it (just
 in case for one reason or another the compilation is broken).

 Can anyone suggest either:
 (1) how to over-ride the View function as described above, or
 (2) how to create a new icon which generates a PDF (appended with
 draft) which is saved in my working directory and automatically opened
 for viewing.

In principle it should be possible to combine the preview and export
command sequences. For this, check Help  Functions (particularly
'command-sequence') and some examples on the mailing list (same
keyword, and perhaps 'keyboard bindings'). For the commands run in the
menus and on the toolbar inspect 'stdmenus.inc' and 'stdtoolbars.inc'.
I haven't tested, but it should be as easy as copy/pasting and
slightly modifying the items of interest.

Regards
Liviu

User-defined numbering in equation (have text instead number appear next to equation in output file)

[ChiPro]

Hi,

I'm trying to refer to a formula within a document and would like the output
file (PDF) to display a text instead of a number next to the formula (while the
equation numbering should remain unchanged in the rest of the file and not count
this one equation in its equation count).

Example of what I would like in the output file:

[start]


x = 2  (Program 1)


[end]


I would like the PDF file to display (Program 1) next to the equation.

I have found a reference in the math manual in section 19.4. User-defined
Numbering but don't know how to implement that in LYX.

Thanks for your help!

Re: User-defined numbering in equation (have text instead number appear next to equation in output file)

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 03:51 PM, ChiPro wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm trying to refer to a formula within a document and would like the output
 file (PDF) to display a text instead of a number next to the formula (while 
 the
 equation numbering should remain unchanged in the rest of the file and not 
 count
 this one equation in its equation count).

 Example of what I would like in the output file:

 [start]


 x = 2  (Program 1)


 [end]


 I would like the PDF file to display (Program 1) next to the equation.

 I have found a reference in the math manual in section 19.4. User-defined
 Numbering but don't know how to implement that in LYX.

In the equation, type \tag and then, in the box that appears, type
Program 1.

Richard

Re: I can't use multiple indexes in LyX

[Richard Heck]

On 07/22/2011 08:14 AM, Francesc Gispert Sanchez wrote:
 Hi, I am new at using LyX and I'm trying to create an alphabetic index
 in a book. However, there's no such option in the book layout, so I've
 been trying to use a custom index.

What do you mean by an alphabetic index? Do you need two indexes, or
is it just the title that you want to change? If the latter, then you
can use the normal index and change the title fairly easily. Just put:
\renewcommand\indexname{Alphabetic Index}
into the preamble.

 I created it by adding a new index called 'Alphabetic index' in Document 
 Settings  Indexes. Then I selected the text I wanted to add in the
 index and I added it with Insert  Index entry (Alphabetic index), and a
 gray box with green letters appeared. 
 After that, I inserted the alphabetic index somewhere in the book
 (Insert  Indexes  Index: Alphabetic index) and a gray box labeled
 'Alphabetic index' appeared right there. 
 But when I try to export it as a PDF, there is no index (apart from the
 default table of contents).

 Am I doing something wrong? If so, how am I supposed to add multiple
 indexes?

I don't know what is happening, but please see the attached.

Richard



index.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Pavel Sanda]

Liviu Andronic wrote:
 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE dmlee1...@gmail.com wrote:
  Dear LyX Team,
 
  I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
  access FTP server.
 
 Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
 although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do

i'm sure we do not keep archive of pre-releases (i removed them).
i would be able to give you rc2 tarball but i guess you want binaries.
then the only possibility to ask users here on list, maybe someone still
has the installers.

anyway the right thing would be to explain what bug is causing
that you don't want to use the final release.

 [1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/

this is currently complete mirror of ftp.lyx.org. what cannot be found here is 
gone.

pavel

Horizontal Scrollbar Again!!!

[Kortink, Mark A]

I know the purists think a horizontal scrollbar is somehow impure but can we 
please please get one. It is not currently possible to:-
1)  Write long equation sequences inline in a proof when you want to keep 
the proof short and not taking up multiple lines.
2)  Do xypic diagrams with anything sophisticated in the cells.
3)  Do matrices with anything sophisticated in the cells.
There is nothing illegitamate about any of these requirements. The solution 
that would make the purists happy would be to at least allow a horizontal 
scrollbar in maths mode.

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Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).bst style

[Mark Stephenson]

Hi,

I'm currently using Lyx 2.0 on Linux Mint Debian Edition with Texlive 2009 and
storing all my bibliographic entries in JabRef.

I'm writing a thesis and up until now, my university has previously asked for
all bibliographic entries to be in the Chicago Turabin note-bibliography style.

This hasn't been a problem for me -- I simply added \usepackage{opcit} to the
LateX Preamble and chose opcit from the Style list.

As of 1 September 2011, my university is now requiring all bibliographic entries
to be in the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) style.

Searching LyX Wiki and Google has only turned up the one pointer at
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/JurabibSBL.

Using the information there, I select Jurabib from the Citation Style, then copy
and paste the following in to the LaTeX Preamble: 

\addto\jbonlyforbib{%

\DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyldelim}{\unskip\unskip\space}%
\DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyrdelim}{}%
}%

\renewcommand{\bibapyldelim}{(} \renewcommand{\bibapyrdelim}{)} \jurabibsetup{
titleformat=italic,% titleformat=commasep,% titleformat=all,%
titleformat=commasep% bibformat=compress,% bibformat=ibidem,% oxford,%
commabeforerest,% citefull=first,% pages=format% } 

But I can't get it to work. Has anyone had any experience with this and could
give some advice please?

Thanks,

Mark. 

Re: How to get footnotes to stick to bottom of page?

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 04:37 PM, ChiPro wrote:
 Hi,

 what can I do to get my footnotes to stick to the bottom of the page when the
 text on the page finishes before the bottom of the page (and the footnotes
 follows immediately after the text and does not stick to the bottom of the 
 page)?

Look at the footmisc package. The option you want is bottom.

Richard

Re: Horizontal Scrollbar Again!!!

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 10:03 PM, Kortink, Mark A wrote:
 I know the purists think a horizontal scrollbar is somehow impure but
 can we please please get one. It is not currently possible to:-

1. Write long equation sequences inline in a proof when you want to
   keep the proof short and not taking up multiple lines.
2. Do xypic diagrams with anything sophisticated in the cells.
3. Do matrices with anything sophisticated in the cells.

 There is nothing illegitamate about any of these requirements. The
 solution that would make the purists happy would be to at least allow
 a horizontal scrollbar in maths mode.

Or, at least, to make LyX move things around on screen as you navigate.
I've seen this problem recently with xymatrix.

Richard

I cannot access your FTP server.

[DAEMYUNG LEE]

Dear LyX Team,


I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
access FTP server.

The following links in the LyX website do not work!

5.  Previous versions

   - Source code 
   - Binaries 


URL : ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/ , ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/

Could you tell me how I can access the above FTP links?


Regards,

Lee

Re: Instant preview with tikz?

[Rainer M Krug]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Paul Rubin  wrote:

> Rainer M Krug  gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> > I am using LyX 2.0.0, and I am wondering if I am doing something wrong,
> as I
> > do not get instant preview working for the attached lyx file which
> contains
> > a tikz graph wrapped in instant preview.
> >
> >
> > Is it a problem on my side? (instant preview is enabled in the settings.)
>
> It previews properly for me (also LyX 2.0.0, on Linux Mint). Does an
> ordinary
> math formula preview for you (to verify that you have the preview style
> installed and preview in general works)?
>

OK - now it is working. It worked after closing lyx and opening again.

I can reproduce this by simply removing the preview box and saving the file.
When I open it and wrap the insert in a preview box, I do not see a preview,
but when I save the file now and re-open it, I see the preview.

Cheers,

Rainer


>
> Paul
>
>
>


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UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

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Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE  wrote:
> Dear LyX Team,
>
> I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
> access FTP server.
>
Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do
you need RC2 instead of 2.0.0?
Liviu

[1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/bin/

Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Rainer M Krug]

This is bringings me back to the mirror on sourceforge of the svn (It would
not solve this problem, but would be useful - one could also upload all the
releases to the sourceforge mirror): it is created, but not yet synced -
what is needed to sync it is a computer on which we can run the sync
command, and possibly run it from a cron job afterwards (or from svn
directly) to keep the mirror on sourceforge up to date. The initial sync
might take some time (a week?) but no major bandwidth. THe easies would be
to run it on the lyx svn server

Rainer


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE  wrote:
> > Dear LyX Team,
> >
> > I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
> > access FTP server.
> >
> Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
> although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do
> you need RC2 instead of 2.0.0?
> Liviu
>
> [1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/bin/
>



-- 
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology,
UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

Tel :   +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
Cell:   +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
Fax (F):   +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44

Fax (D):+49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44

email:  rai...@krugs.de

Skype:  RMkrug

Latex use in Lyx

[Johan]

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?

Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..

Regards

Johan.

Re: Latex use in Lyx

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Johan  wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want 
> to
> type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
> mode. Is this possible in Lyx?
>
Yes. Enter math mode with 'ctrl + m' and then tab-completion will work.

> Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
> \begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..
>
I don't think so (but I may be wrong). Simply choose the correct
environment using the UI.
Liviu

Re: Latex use in Lyx

[David L. Johnson]

On 07/26/2011 07:26 AM, Johan wrote:

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?
Certainly.  You can use Ctrl-m to enter math-mode, then \int (no need to 
use the $'s) will get you an integral sign.  Or, you can bind "enter 
math mode" to a function key (I use f10).

Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..
Again, there are built-in shortcuts, or you can assign keys to the ones 
you use most often.




--

David L. Johnson

"Business!" cried the Ghost. "Mankind was my business. The common
welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance,  and benevolence,
were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of
water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
--Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"

Re: Latex use in Lyx

[Helge Hafting]

On 26. juli 2011 13:26, Johan wrote:

Hello.

I did see I can add LaTeX code to Lyx, it is displayed as latex code. I want to
type some shotcut key and $\int$ then I want to see the integral sign in math
mode. Is this possible in Lyx?

Hit ctrl+m, then write latex math. It will be converted to integrals 
etc. as you type.



Also for environments like \begin{enumerate}...\end{enumerate},
\begin{align*}...\end{align*}, etc ..


You don't *need* this for "enumerate", simply select enumerate and you 
will get a numbered list.


If you *want* to write latex code instead, click the TeX button. You'll 
get a red frame into which you can type any latex command. But it will 
stay as latex commands on screen, becoming lists etc. only when you print.


Helge Hafting

Is it possible to support multi-user

[Marat Siddikov]

Hello everybody,

I found that in LyX there is a very useful option which allows tracking of the 
changes made to document and their display in the produced pdf.

I wonder if it is possible in some way to merge changes made by different 
people *simultaneously* ? 
Example situation: user_1 writes the text and  sends it to user_2 and user_3; 
they both simultaneously make changes and return their corrections to user_1. 
I wonder if user_1 could merge changes made in both versions and 
simultaneously see the corrections suggested by user_2 and user_3 ???

With best regards,
Marat


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Re: Is it possible to support multi-user

[Julien Rioux]

On 26/07/2011 11:20 AM, Marat Siddikov wrote:

Hello everybody,

I found that in LyX there is a very useful option which allows tracking of the
changes made to document and their display in the produced pdf.

I wonder if it is possible in some way to merge changes made by different
people *simultaneously* ?
Example situation: user_1 writes the text and  sends it to user_2 and user_3;
they both simultaneously make changes and return their corrections to user_1.
I wonder if user_1 could merge changes made in both versions and
simultaneously see the corrections suggested by user_2 and user_3 ???

With best regards,
Marat


Hi,

The simple answer is: it is not possible. Your users would have to edit 
the file in sequence.


To have multiple users work on the same document simultaneously, you 
would have to sync the files on each computers regularly, to ensure 
there is never any conflict (two users editing the same sentence). 
Problem is that when the file is edited on disk, it does not update 
automatically in the LyX window. You need to force the update by using 
File > Revert to saved.


To avoid conflicts you can have different files for different sections 
of your document, and have each user work on different files.


--
Julien

Re: a5paper for tufte book class

[Julien Rioux]

On 17/07/2011 2:11 PM, Kulkarni Shantanu wrote:

Hi,
Tufte book class docs say a5paper is not supported and one has to use the
geometry package. But geometry is already loaded by lyx. How do I pass
options to it later? I did \geometry{a5paper} but that made the
formatting extremly bad (I had already written 20 pages in Tufte default
mode).
If I give "a5paper"  in Documents->Settings->Document Class->Option,
does it trickle down to the geometry package?


Yes, it is my understanding that the options put there will trickle down 
to the loaded packages. It depends on each package whether they 
recognize the option or not. Definitely worth a try.



The Documents->Settings->Page Layout->Paper Format is also greyed out
with A4.

Thanks in advance.

Shantanu


You might also consider producing a pdf in a4 and using an external tool 
to convert a4->a5.


--
Julien

Re: Installation 26/7/2011

[Julien Rioux]

On 25/07/2011 1:56 AM, pam wrote:

Dear Sirs,

I just installed the LyX 2.0.0-3 installer exe word document it
downloaded and the page comes up on screen but it won't work.

I have a laptop computer windows vista basic, could you please let me
know what i have done wrong. I am a beginner with computers so don't
know very much. It sounds like a very good program my husband is writing
the Bible and needs something easy we have open office . org but it is
too complicated. He does'nt know much either about computers. I thank
you very much for your free download.

Thanking you very much. My email address is :-

siammcil...@dodo.com.au.

Regards,
Pamela Mcilroy






Hi and welcome to LyX!

There are many documents to help you get started. Some are listed on 
this web page: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Tutorials


For a video introduction, a quick search brought up these:

installation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCo8-Fbx1xU
writing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhdLJ0C6pk

For more useful help on our side, please describe what does not work.

Cheers,
Julien

Re: Installation 26/7/2011

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:56 AM, pam  wrote:
> I just installed the LyX 2.0.0-3 installer exe word document it downloaded
> and the page comes up on screen but it won't work.
>
> I have a laptop computer windows vista basic, could you please let me know
> what i have done wrong. I am a beginner with computers so don't know very
> much. It sounds like a very good program my husband is writing the Bible and
> needs something easy we have open office . org but it is too complicated. He
> does'nt know much either about computers. I thank you very much for your
> free download.
>
I don't want to discourage you, but as a rule of thumb LyX is harder
to grasp than MS Word or OpenOffice. This said, please check some
introductory materials, such as 'LyX Essentials' [1] or the
documentation shipped with LyX, particularly 'Help > Introduction'.

Regards
Liviu

[1] 
https://sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf?attredirects=0=1

LyX Essentials / View PDF / Export PDF

[Ken]

Stephen and Liviu wrote the excellent guide: "LyX Essentials"
(sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf)

In it they write: "The View icon is practical for previewing your
final output, but it is generally a good habit to use File ! Export !
PDF (pdflatex) to actually export your final PDF document."

Why?  Is this so that one has a permanent copy of the PDF in the
relevant folder as opposed to just the PDF placed in the temporary
folder?

If that is the reason, then I would agree but often tend to forget to
export my document every time I am done editing it.  In fact I wish
that I could somehow over-ride the "View" functionality so that the
generated PDF is always placed in the same folder as the .lyx file ---
possibly with the word "draft" appended to it.  In that case I would
always have a copy of every document in PDF form compiled to the
latest version.  This is useful for cases where (a) I want to read one
of my document without opening LyX or (b) want to quickly send a
document to someone quickly and don't want to have to compile it (just
in case for one reason or another the compilation is broken).

Can anyone suggest either:
(1) how to over-ride the "View" function as described above, or
(2) how to create a new icon which generates a PDF (appended with
draft) which is saved in my working directory and automatically opened
for viewing.

Thanks,
Ken

Re: LyX Essentials / View PDF / Export PDF

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello Ken

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Ken  wrote:
> Stephen and Liviu wrote the excellent guide: "LyX Essentials"
> (sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf)
>
Thank you for the kind words.


> In it they write: "The View icon is practical for previewing your
> final output, but it is generally a good habit to use File ! Export !
> PDF (pdflatex) to actually export your final PDF document."
>
> Why?  Is this so that one has a permanent copy of the PDF in the
> relevant folder as opposed to just the PDF placed in the temporary
> folder?
>
Basically, yes.


> If that is the reason, then I would agree but often tend to forget to
> export my document every time I am done editing it.  In fact I wish
>
This is true in the beginning, but should get better as you get more
familiar with the LyX work-flow.


> that I could somehow over-ride the "View" functionality so that the
> generated PDF is always placed in the same folder as the .lyx file ---
> possibly with the word "draft" appended to it.  In that case I would
>
I'm not sure that you want this. For one, at each Export instance you
will be greated with the 'Overwrite?' dialogue. (I don't know if you
can turn it off, but if you do it can be dangerous.)


> always have a copy of every document in PDF form compiled to the
> latest version.
>
One way to work around would be to create a custom 'Export to PDF'
button (this is easy) that would always compile the document and
export it in the desired folder. Then, if you use a well behaved PDF
viewer such as Evince, each time the file is saved to disk the viewer
will automatically reload it, meaning that the button will effectively
act both as 'export' and 'preview'. This way you have to open your PDF
file only once, and have it regularly updated by LyX.


> This is useful for cases where (a) I want to read one
> of my document without opening LyX or (b) want to quickly send a
> document to someone quickly and don't want to have to compile it (just
> in case for one reason or another the compilation is broken).
>
> Can anyone suggest either:
> (1) how to over-ride the "View" function as described above, or
> (2) how to create a new icon which generates a PDF (appended with
> draft) which is saved in my working directory and automatically opened
> for viewing.
>
In principle it should be possible to combine the preview and export
command sequences. For this, check Help > Functions (particularly
'command-sequence') and some examples on the mailing list (same
keyword, and perhaps 'keyboard bindings'). For the commands run in the
menus and on the toolbar inspect 'stdmenus.inc' and 'stdtoolbars.inc'.
I haven't tested, but it should be as easy as copy/pasting and
slightly modifying the items of interest.

Regards
Liviu

User-defined numbering in equation (have text instead number appear next to equation in output file)

[ChiPro]

Hi,

I'm trying to refer to a formula within a document and would like the output
file (PDF) to display a text instead of a number next to the formula (while the
equation numbering should remain unchanged in the rest of the file and not count
this one equation in its equation count).

Example of what I would like in the output file:

[start]


x = 2  (Program 1)


[end]


I would like the PDF file to display "(Program 1)" next to the equation.

I have found a reference in the math manual in section "19.4. User-defined
Numbering" but don't know how to implement that in LYX.

Thanks for your help!

Re: User-defined numbering in equation (have text instead number appear next to equation in output file)

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 03:51 PM, ChiPro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to refer to a formula within a document and would like the output
> file (PDF) to display a text instead of a number next to the formula (while 
> the
> equation numbering should remain unchanged in the rest of the file and not 
> count
> this one equation in its equation count).
>
> Example of what I would like in the output file:
>
> [start]
>
>
> x = 2  (Program 1)
>
>
> [end]
>
>
> I would like the PDF file to display "(Program 1)" next to the equation.
>
> I have found a reference in the math manual in section "19.4. User-defined
> Numbering" but don't know how to implement that in LYX.
>
In the equation, type "\tag" and then, in the box that appears, type
"Program 1".

Richard

Re: I can't use multiple indexes in LyX

[Richard Heck]

On 07/22/2011 08:14 AM, Francesc Gispert Sanchez wrote:
> Hi, I am new at using LyX and I'm trying to create an alphabetic index
> in a book. However, there's no such option in the book layout, so I've
> been trying to use a custom index.
>
What do you mean by an "alphabetic index"? Do you need two indexes, or
is it just the title that you want to change? If the latter, then you
can use the normal index and change the title fairly easily. Just put:
\renewcommand\indexname{Alphabetic Index}
into the preamble.

> I created it by adding a new index called 'Alphabetic index' in Document >
> Settings > Indexes. Then I selected the text I wanted to add in the
> index and I added it with Insert > Index entry (Alphabetic index), and a
> gray box with green letters appeared. 
> After that, I inserted the alphabetic index somewhere in the book
> (Insert > Indexes > Index: Alphabetic index) and a gray box labeled
> 'Alphabetic index' appeared right there. 
> But when I try to export it as a PDF, there is no index (apart from the
> default table of contents).
>
> Am I doing something wrong? If so, how am I supposed to add multiple
> indexes?
>
I don't know what is happening, but please see the attached.

Richard



index.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: I cannot access your FTP server.

[Pavel Sanda]

Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:56 AM, DAEMYUNG LEE  wrote:
> > Dear LyX Team,
> >
> > I need to get previous versions(especially, LyX 2.0-RC2), but I could not
> > access FTP server.
> >
> Yes, this can happen. Try this mirror [1] as it seems to work,
> although I'm not sure that we keep archives of pre-releases. Why do

i'm sure we do not keep archive of pre-releases (i removed them).
i would be able to give you rc2 tarball but i guess you want binaries.
then the only possibility to ask users here on list, maybe someone still
has the installers.

anyway the right thing would be to explain what bug is causing
that you don't want to use the final release.

> [1] ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/

this is currently complete mirror of ftp.lyx.org. what cannot be found here is 
gone.

pavel

Horizontal Scrollbar Again!!!

[Kortink, Mark A]

I know the purists think a horizontal scrollbar is somehow impure but can we 
please please get one. It is not currently possible to:-
1)  Write long equation sequences inline in a proof when you want to keep 
the proof short and not taking up multiple lines.
2)  Do xypic diagrams with anything sophisticated in the cells.
3)  Do matrices with anything sophisticated in the cells.
There is nothing illegitamate about any of these requirements. The solution 
that would make the purists happy would be to at least allow a horizontal 
scrollbar in maths mode.

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Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).bst style

[Mark Stephenson]

Hi,

I'm currently using Lyx 2.0 on Linux Mint Debian Edition with Texlive 2009 and
storing all my bibliographic entries in JabRef.

I'm writing a thesis and up until now, my university has previously asked for
all bibliographic entries to be in the Chicago Turabin note-bibliography style.

This hasn't been a problem for me -- I simply added \usepackage{opcit} to the
LateX Preamble and chose opcit from the Style list.

As of 1 September 2011, my university is now requiring all bibliographic entries
to be in the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) style.

Searching LyX Wiki and Google has only turned up the one pointer at
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/JurabibSBL.

Using the information there, I select Jurabib from the Citation Style, then copy
and paste the following in to the LaTeX Preamble: 

\addto\jbonlyforbib{%

\DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyldelim}{\unskip\unskip\space}%
\DeclareRobustCommand{\bibapyrdelim}{}%
}%

\renewcommand{\bibapyldelim}{(} \renewcommand{\bibapyrdelim}{)} \jurabibsetup{
titleformat=italic,% titleformat=commasep,% titleformat=all,%
titleformat=commasep% bibformat=compress,% bibformat=ibidem,% oxford,%
commabeforerest,% citefull=first,% pages=format% }> 

But I can't get it to work. Has anyone had any experience with this and could
give some advice please?

Thanks,

Mark. 

Re: How to get footnotes to stick to bottom of page?

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 04:37 PM, ChiPro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what can I do to get my footnotes to stick to the bottom of the page when the
> text on the page finishes before the bottom of the page (and the footnotes
> follows immediately after the text and does not stick to the bottom of the 
> page)?
>
Look at the footmisc package. The option you want is "bottom".

Richard

Re: Horizontal Scrollbar Again!!!

[Richard Heck]

On 07/26/2011 10:03 PM, Kortink, Mark A wrote:
> I know the purists think a horizontal scrollbar is somehow impure but
> can we please please get one. It is not currently possible to:-
>
>1. Write long equation sequences inline in a proof when you want to
>   keep the proof short and not taking up multiple lines.
>2. Do xypic diagrams with anything sophisticated in the cells.
>3. Do matrices with anything sophisticated in the cells.
>
> There is nothing illegitamate about any of these requirements. The
> solution that would make the purists happy would be to at least allow
> a horizontal scrollbar in maths mode.
>
Or, at least, to make LyX move things around on screen as you navigate.
I've seen this problem recently with xymatrix.

Richard