Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Monday, October 17, 2011 12:49:53 PM Johnston81 wrote: > To the ones that can and will help, > > I apologize if this has already been covered in another topic; I > have searched but been unable to find any such. If, however, you > know of such topics, if you could please point me in the right >

getting curly snake like arrow with xymatrix using lyx

when writing the code \ar @{{˜}>} I keep getting the message: "dir not defined", so I went to the manual and saw some examples for defining tips of arrows, and wasnt able to get it right for the shaft  ~  , I already tried other things like \ar @{{}˜>} , \ar @{{}~>} and the like, and at some poi

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On 10/17/2011 12:49 PM, Johnston81 wrote: 1. Considering LyX over Word, how much time would I approximately need to learn LyX to the extent that I can actually produce text, including graphics and formulas(!), from a template? Should be quick. I presume you have some basic programming skills.

Re: Beginners introductory tutorials?

Here is one that I point people to - there may be newer ones I'm not aware of, but this should give you the flavor: "Introduction to Latex and Lyx" http://youtu.be/m4cEAVmLegg Jens On Oct 17, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > Hi. Thanks for LyX which I think is an awesome piece of softw

Beginners introductory tutorials?

Hi. Thanks for LyX which I think is an awesome piece of software! Are there any introductory screencast tutorials that will show a complete beginner how to use LyX to do some basic eiting tasks, and then how to generate the appropriate DVI and PDF output for the edited document please? Some

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Well, there is no doubt that math typesetting and float tracking is considerably more robust in TeX, no need to argue about that. The main problem I am constantly encountering when I try to convert people in TeX is the fact that people get easily discouraged by the steep learning curve. And it

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Monday 17 October 2011 11:49:53 Johnston81 wrote: > 1. Considering LyX over Word, how much time would I approximately need to > learn LyX to the extent that I can actually produce text, including > graphics and formulas(!), from a template? Assuming you are reasonably fast at learning new thing

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

I would second everything that Liviu has said. I'd especially like to amplify his mention of the mailing lists. 90% of the time I've had a problem, I could immediately find mention of it on the lists, and very helpful responses. 10% of the time, I figured it out myself, usually right after askin

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Johnston81 wrote: > To the ones that can and will help, > > I apologize if this has already been covered in another topic; I have > searched but been unable to find any such. If, however, you know of such > topics, if you could please point me in the right directio

Re: Printing a LyX file as it appears onscreen

On 10/17/2011 11:27 AM, Bert Lloyd wrote: On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Bert Lloyd wrote: Hello LyX users, Is it possible to print a paper copy of a LyX document as it appears onscreen, i.e. without exporting to PDF? Have you tried

Re: Printing a LyX file as it appears onscreen

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Bert Lloyd wrote: >> Hello LyX users, >> >> Is it possible to print a paper copy of a LyX document as it appears >> onscreen, i.e. without exporting to PDF? >> > Have you tried File > Print? Normally it pri

Re: Printing a LyX file as it appears onscreen

Richard Heck wrote: > The only way to do it would be to redefine the Note insets via some > layout. If that's not possible, then we should make it possible. This is > a common request. It's not possible yet with (yellow) notes, since InsetNote::latex returns early if params_.type == InsetNotePa

Re: Printing a LyX file as it appears onscreen

On 10/17/2011 08:53 AM, Helge Hafting wrote: I don't think you can print notes, The only way to do it would be to redefine the Note insets via some layout. If that's not possible, then we should make it possible. This is a common request. Richard

Re: Printing a LyX file as it appears onscreen

On 10/17/2011 02:57 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Bert Lloyd wrote: Hello LyX users, Is it possible to print a paper copy of a LyX document as it appears onscreen, i.e. without exporting to PDF? Have you tried File> Print? Normally it prints the document as see

Re: Move from d:drive to c:drive

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 4:25 AM, Christopher Menzel wrote: > And don't forget about: 3) Have a geeky friend write a (really very simple) > script to make all of those changes in one fell swoop. > touché -Jacob

Re: Printing a LyX file as it appears onscreen

On 17. okt. 2011 00:23, Bert Lloyd wrote: Hello LyX users, Is it possible to print a paper copy of a LyX document as it appears onscreen, i.e. without exporting to PDF? I would like to read through a collaborative document with lots of tracked changes, LyX notes, and other things that do not ge

Re: Fwd: Move from d:drive to c:drive

On 14. okt. 2011 20:17, Sølvi wrote: ANYONE?? -- Forwarded message -- From: *Sølvi* mailto:s.n.mi...@gmail.com>> Date: 2011/10/11 Subject: Move from d:drive to c:drive To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Hi, I'm currently using Windows XP with LyX v.2.

Re: Multilingual difficulties for beginners with Lyx

On 29. sep. 2011 02:52, Lisa wrote: Guenter Milde users.berlios.de> writes: If this main font contains Chinese characters, it should work for Chinese. If you want to use a different font for Chinese (or any other non-Latin script) via polyglossia, this needs to be set up in the preamble. By

Re: Triangle of Tartaglia with Lyx

On 13. okt. 2011 11:32, Rubén Jiménez wrote: Hi Will you show me how I can draw the triangle of Tartaglia with Lyx? I searched the forums but have not found the answer. thank you very much How about this? If you want more numbers, start with a bigger matrix. Helge Hafting pascal.lyx Desc

Re: LyX slowness

On 13. okt. 2011 23:00, Paul Rubin wrote: For what it's worth, I have LyX installed on three machines (Dell desktop, Dell laptop, Acer desktop). All run Linux Mint with the Gnome desktop. The Dells are both Intel 32; the Acer is AMD 64. Both desktops have nVidia displays with nVidia proprietar

Re: how to wrap the Title in classicthesis-preamble.sty

On 10/17/2011 10:29 AM, Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci wrote: Hi again, I would be seriously happy to try the new version of classic-thesis template. Where can I find it? Do you have a direct link? http://code.google.com/p/classicthesis/ or directly to download: classicthesis.googlecode.com/files

Re: how to wrap the Title in classicthesis-preamble.sty

Hi again, I would be seriously happy to try the new version of classic-thesis template. Where can I find it? Do you have a direct link? Thanks a lot, Gian On 17 October 2011 00:52, PhilipPirrip wrote: > On 10/16/2011 10:54 PM, Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci wrote: > >> I tired your advice adding

Re: Branch names with spaces

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Dominik Waßenhoven wrote: >> Which is a shame. (c; > > Says an Historian! > > Jürgen Historians do not change the past, they invent the past and call that a reconstruction (c; Regards, Dominik.-