Re: Figure numbers & change tracking
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, EK wrote:
>> OK-- further research uncovered the culprit for the first issue (the need to
>> accept any change made before I could compile).
>> In my preamble I had the following:
>>
>> \usepackage{enumitem}
>>
>> \setlist{leftmargin=0mm, itemindent=3mm, itemsep=0.75mm,nolistsep}
>>
>> \usepackage[pdftex,outerbars]{changebar}
>>
>> \renewcommand{\lyxadded}[3]{{\cbstart\color{lyxadded}{}#3\cbend}}
>>
>> \renewcommand{\lyxdeleted}[3]{{\cbstart\color{lyxdeleted}\sout{#3}\cbend}}
>>
>>
>> Commenting these lines out solved the problem. I have not yet discovered
>> the reason for the failure to correctly reference a wrap figure in a box.
>
> Thanks for keeping us updated. Hopefully we can figure out the second issue
Hi Ehud,
The reason you get "Figure D" is that the label is outside of the
figure caption. Thus, LaTeX thinks that you want to reference the
section, not the figure. Your sections are lettered. Thus, this must
have been in the 4th section of your LyX document.
To fix this, put the label inside the caption (I think anywhere is
fine) of the graphic. Does that work?
Best,
Scott
Re: pdf content saved as images
Hi bcsikos, On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Csikos Bela wrote: > Hello: > > Is it possible in lyx or latex to save or export a document so that the > resulting > content would be bitmap images? That is, the result would be similar to when > I scan a text as jpg (or other) and save it as pdf (embed the image in pdf). Yes, on Ubuntu you can convert with just the following: "convert Intro.pdf temp.png" You could put this into a converter. You have to be careful with multiple pages though because I don't think most bitmap formats have a concept of "pages". > And/or is it possible to make a pdf which is not searchable or indexable? This must be possible but I have no experience with it. A manual way to do this would be to convert from pdf to png and then convert back to pdf and then join all of the pdf pages together with pdftk. Best, Scott
Re: Share LaTeX
Mind you, merging LyX contents via a VCS is not easy... What I've been doing so far with my colleagues is to pass around a "your turn" e-mail, then we each make our edits in turn with change tracking, and one of us (or the next one to get a turn) merges edits. It'd be nice to have a LyX diff/merge feature. (We've had a thread about this.) Nico --
Re: Share LaTeX
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Thanks for the explanation. If your collaborator is new to LaTeX, he/she might also be new to Git which also has a learning curve so I can see how this alternative would indeed be easier. He's a software engineer for ~30 years. Rich
Re: Share LaTeX
Hi Ehud On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:58 PM, EK wrote: > I was looking yesterday at the newly-release Google "Chromebook Pixel", > which has a gorgeous display and other nice features. > However, since you cannot install much on it, having a Lyx-in-the-cloud > capability could have converted it from a useless item to a desirable device > (at least for me). Great example. I agree that this would be nice. It's not impossible. See, for example: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI3NDc But I doubt that it will ever happen for something like LyX. I think a more practical alternative in this case would be to use SSH with X. I guess your point though is that the pixel doesn't even allow you to use SSH? In this case, I wonder if there are web services that implement this (through Java?). I know that Amazon has a web SSH client that allows you to connect to an instance but I don't imagine it can do X. As to not being able to install much on it, check this out: http://liliputing.com/2013/02/the-chromebook-pixel-can-run-ubuntu-linux-mint-other-distros.html Scott
Re: Share LaTeX
Hi Rich, On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2013, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >> Do you just mean compile .lyx files on the cloud? Or do you mean a >> complete LyX editor in a web browser? Is the idea that this would be >> useful if you don't want to install anything on your computer or if you >> want to be able to work from any computer (e.g. at the library)? But for >> this one could just ssh with X into a computer that has LyX, no? > > > Scott, > > I and a collaborator (who is new to LaTeX) could both work on the same > document. I did not propose the LyX version but asked if anyone has > experience with this LaTeX-sharing tool for collabortive writing using > LaTeX. The alternatives are sending the .tex or .lyx file back and forth or > keeping it in a subversion (or git) repository and each checking out the > latest version. Thanks for the explanation. If your collaborator is new to LaTeX, he/she might also be new to Git which also has a learning curve so I can see how this alternative would indeed be easier. > The 'cloud' is just the latest idea to generate business by those who have > spare room on file servers and untilled bandwidth available. Regardless of > whether a lyx version is attempted I (and perhaps others) would like to > learn of the experiences of those who have used the LaTeX version. Makes sense. Thanks for sharing. Scott
Sidecap
I tried to use the sidecap module, to create a figure with its
caption on the side, rather than below the figure.
I got an error message about missing \end{sidecap}. I think this
used to work in previous versions--
I am currently using Lyx 2.0.5.1 under Lubuntu 12.10 (64 bit).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
--
Ehud Kaplan,
Re: Share LaTeX
I was looking yesterday at the newly-release Google "Chromebook Pixel", which has a gorgeous display and other nice features. However, since you cannot install much on it, having a Lyx-in-the-cloud capability could have converted it from a useless item to a desirable device (at least for me). Ehud Kaplan On 02/25/2013 08:57 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 24 Feb 2013, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Do you just mean compile .lyx files on the cloud? Or do you mean a complete LyX editor in a web browser? Is the idea that this would be useful if you don't want to install anything on your computer or if you want to be able to work from any computer (e.g. at the library)? But for this one could just ssh with X into a computer that has LyX, no? Scott, I and a collaborator (who is new to LaTeX) could both work on the same document. I did not propose the LyX version but asked if anyone has experience with this LaTeX-sharing tool for collabortive writing using LaTeX. The alternatives are sending the .tex or .lyx file back and forth or keeping it in a subversion (or git) repository and each checking out the latest version. The 'cloud' is just the latest idea to generate business by those who have spare room on file servers and untilled bandwidth available. Regardless of whether a lyx version is attempted I (and perhaps others) would like to learn of the experiences of those who have used the LaTeX version. Rich -- Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D. Jules and Doris Stein Research to Prevent Blindness Professor Director, The laboratory of Visual & Computational Neuroscience Director, Center for Excellence in Computational & Systems Neuroscience Friedman Brain Institute Departments of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Structural & Chemical Biology, The Ichan school of medicine at Mount Sinai One Gustave Levy Place, NY, NY, 10029
issues with tufte-book on LyX
Hello LyXers!! I´m managing some issues when I use tufte-book on my LyX 2.0.4 in windows 7 x64 SP1. 1. Section labels doesn´t appear on Contents Table (nor there is an option to force this under document->properties->numbering and IG). 2. Cannot add figures as title (I need an icon and a caption in the title, it returns an error of some a.cfg and at.cfg files missing, but I have a full MikTeX 2.9 installation. Only with the caption works fine but when I add an inline figure it crash). I need the figure only in the title in the first page, not in the rest, but why not? At the end it is hust the icon of my app with 32x32 bits size. (Yeah I'm writing an user manual) 3. Date, address and address_right doesn´t appear in front page, so WTH are these? again if I use them with a figure it crash with the same errors mentioned above. For the minimal example you can refer to the tufte-book.lyx that appears in the example folder, so I think the issue is in the tufte-book module. Is this an intended behaviour?? In this case how can I change this? Do I need to rewrite the module? I'm not a LaTeX expert so I don't know if all these can be achieved in LaTeX. Best regards Alex Vergara MSc. Nuclear Physics SSDL, CPHR, Cuba http://www.cphr.edu.cu
Re: bold matrix and vector. Need customization help.
On 2013-02-24, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I need customization help to change all math usages of a variable x to
> \bm{\mathrm{x}} AND to make it easier to enter those in the future.
> Why?
> I'm late to the math style party. Until now, I've not paid attention
> to the conventions of style for variables, matrices, and vectors. It
> was all "math" to me. I didn't put functions like "sin" or "log" as
> plain characters.
In LyX, you should/could write "\sin" or "\log" for mathematical functions.
> I did not notice that d in "dx/dy" is upright.
> Lots of complications! The LyX math guide explains a lot of this, I've
> just ignored it until now. But a Microsoft Word user pointed out my
> laziness and now must respond.
> Many people think a vector can't just be a math x, it is supposed to
> be roman, not italics, and bold.
The standard (ISO 8-2) is bold-italic. This is also the
recommendation by many international science bodies (see below). However,
some non-standard house styles use upright bold.
The details of ISO-conforming mathematical typesetting are in
http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/isomath/isomath.html
> Political Analysis, in their style
> page
> (http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/polana/for_authors/general.html),
> recommends using package bm for bolding things.
> They have this suggestion for raw LaTeX users, to create a macro \vm:
> I don't know why one would prefer bm over boldsymbol or the other
> things that appear now in the LyX math menus for fonts. Can I make LyX
> aware of \vm?
Add
> \usepackage{bm}
to Document>Settings>LaTeX preamble.
Write
\newcommand\vm[1]{\bm{\mathrm{#1}}}
in the document (as text). Select it and press Ctrl-M (or whatever your
binding for a math box is). The command should change into a math-macro
definition.
For bold-italic vectors, the definition steps would change to
Add
> \usepackage{isomath}
to Document>Settings>LaTeX preamble.
Write
\newcommand\vm[1]{\mathbfit{#1}}}
in the document (as text). Select it and press Ctrl-M
Günter
[typefaces] National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Typefaces for Symbols in Scientific Manuscripts:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/typefaces.pdf.
[checklist] National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), SI
Unit rules and style conventions Check List for Reviewing Manuscripts:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html.
[fonts_for_symbols] International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC), On the use of italic and roman fonts for symbols in scientific
text, (Revised December 1999):
http://old.iupac.org/standing/idcns/fonts_for_symbols.html.
[SI] Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM), The International
System of Units (SI): http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/.
[Green-Book] International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC),
Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry, 3rd edition, RSC
Publishing, Cambridge 2007: [ISBN 0 85404 433 7; ISBN-13 978 0 85404 433
7].
[Red-Book] International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP),
Symbols, Units, Nomenclature and Fundamental Constants in Physics:
http://metrology.wordpress.com/measurement-process-index/iupap-red-book/index-iupap-red-book/.
Re: Share LaTeX
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:57:24 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2013, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > Do you just mean compile .lyx files on the cloud? Or do you mean a > > complete LyX editor in a web browser? Is the idea that this would be > > useful if you don't want to install anything on your computer or if > > you want to be able to work from any computer (e.g. at the > > library)? But for this one could just ssh with X into a computer > > that has LyX, no? > > Scott, > >I and a collaborator (who is new to LaTeX) could both work on the > same document. I did not propose the LyX version but asked if anyone > has experience with this LaTeX-sharing tool for collabortive writing > using LaTeX. FWIW, when I main-authored "Samba Unleashed", we simply divvied out the chapters to the authors. It worked very well, and would fit right in with LyX's master documents. There were a few instances when a pair of authors wrote a chapter. In that case, the publisher left the mechanics of the operation up to those two authors. HTH SteveT
Re: Share LaTeX
On Sun, 24 Feb 2013, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Do you just mean compile .lyx files on the cloud? Or do you mean a complete LyX editor in a web browser? Is the idea that this would be useful if you don't want to install anything on your computer or if you want to be able to work from any computer (e.g. at the library)? But for this one could just ssh with X into a computer that has LyX, no? Scott, I and a collaborator (who is new to LaTeX) could both work on the same document. I did not propose the LyX version but asked if anyone has experience with this LaTeX-sharing tool for collabortive writing using LaTeX. The alternatives are sending the .tex or .lyx file back and forth or keeping it in a subversion (or git) repository and each checking out the latest version. The 'cloud' is just the latest idea to generate business by those who have spare room on file servers and untilled bandwidth available. Regardless of whether a lyx version is attempted I (and perhaps others) would like to learn of the experiences of those who have used the LaTeX version. Rich
Re: letter (KOMA-Script v.2) Space between closing and signature...........
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:58:04 +0100 "Jean-Marie Pacquet j...@pacquet.net"
sent this:
>Le 25/02/2013 07:48, Charlie a écrit :
>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:39:05 +0100 Jean-Marie mentioned this:
>> Re: letter (KOMA-Script v.2) Space between closing and
>>signature
>>
>>> A picture being worth a thousand words, Figure 6.1 in the
>>> scrguien.pdf is your friend.
>>My reply follows:
>>
>> Hello Jean-Marie,
>>
>>I have seen that diagram but again don't know how to work it.
>> The different first commands like:
>>
>> \@addtoplength
>> or
>> \@setplength or whatever.
>Hi Charlie,
>
>First, as my own copy of the guide is quite old (my figure 6.1 is now
>17.1), I updated it now from the last one dated 2012-05-15 which is
> here: http://www.komascript.de/files/scrguien.pdf
>
>So the page numbers I'm using now refer to this last version of the
> guide.
>>
>>
>> How does one understand these commands? How does one know which to
>> use where?
>
>Read section 4.2 Pseudo-Lengths (page 135). With my words:
>All these pseudo-lengths have a default value. If you want to change
>this default value and make it completly different you use
> \@setplength. If you want to slightly modify it, you use
> \@addtoplength.
>
>>
>> I have attached the diagram you sent and added the commands that you
>> have helped me with in green and red.
>>
>> I have also tried to make the signature on my letter template come to
>> the left of the page with these commands, none of which work:
>>
>> \@setplength{sigindent}{\raggedleft} without success [...]
>> And many more, to numerous to mention here, but never the right one.
>
>\@setplength{sigindent}{0mm}
>will place the box containing the signature on the left side but this
> is already defined in the DIN.lco
>
>It's probably worthwhile to make your own version of the DIN.lco that
>you are using. Copy it under a new name (myDIN.lco f.ex.) in the
>directory where you have your lyx letters and modify it as you wish:
>
>Instead of using
>\@addtoplength{firstheadvpos}{1cm}
>after calling the original DIN.lco where this plength is set, you can
>replace inside your new lco the
>\@setplength{firstheadvpos}{8mm}
>by
>\@setplength{firstheadvpos}{18mm}
>
>
>Don't forget to call your lco file in the preamble:
>
>\LoadLetterOption{myDIN}%
>
>
>
>To place the signature inside the closing box on the left you have to
>change in your lco file
> \let\raggedsignature=\centering
>to
>\let\raggedsignature=\raggedright
>
>HTH
>--
>Jean-Marie
Your explanation and guidance has been extremely helpful Jean-Marie.
I took your advice and tweaked the DIN.lco file and placed it in my
templates directory and added the absolute path to it in my preamble.
Again, thank you for your time and this enormous assistance.
Be well,
Charlie
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pdf content saved as images
Hello: Is it possible in lyx or latex to save or export a document so that the resulting content would be bitmap images? That is, the result would be similar to when I scan a text as jpg (or other) and save it as pdf (embed the image in pdf). And/or is it possible to make a pdf which is not searchable or indexable? Thanks, bcsikos
Re: letter (KOMA-Script v.2) Space between closing and signature...........
Le 25/02/2013 07:48, Charlie a écrit :
On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:39:05 +0100 Jean-Marie mentioned this:
Re: letter (KOMA-Script v.2) Space between closing and
signature
A picture being worth a thousand words, Figure 6.1 in the
scrguien.pdf is your friend.
My reply follows:
Hello Jean-Marie,
I have seen that diagram but again don't know how to work it. The
different first commands like:
\@addtoplength
or
\@setplength or whatever.
Hi Charlie,
First, as my own copy of the guide is quite old (my figure 6.1 is now
17.1), I updated it now from the last one dated 2012-05-15 which is here:
http://www.komascript.de/files/scrguien.pdf
So the page numbers I'm using now refer to this last version of the guide.
How does one understand these commands? How does one know which to use
where?
Read section 4.2 Pseudo-Lengths (page 135). With my words:
All these pseudo-lengths have a default value. If you want to change
this default value and make it completly different you use \@setplength.
If you want to slightly modify it, you use \@addtoplength.
I have attached the diagram you sent and added the commands that you
have helped me with in green and red.
I have also tried to make the signature on my letter template come to
the left of the page with these commands, none of which work:
\@setplength{sigindent}{\raggedleft} without success [...]
And many more, to numerous to mention here, but never the right one.
\@setplength{sigindent}{0mm}
will place the box containing the signature on the left side but this is
already defined in the DIN.lco
It's probably worthwhile to make your own version of the DIN.lco that
you are using. Copy it under a new name (myDIN.lco f.ex.) in the
directory where you have your lyx letters and modify it as you wish:
Instead of using
\@addtoplength{firstheadvpos}{1cm}
after calling the original DIN.lco where this plength is set, you can
replace inside your new lco the
\@setplength{firstheadvpos}{8mm}
by
\@setplength{firstheadvpos}{18mm}
Don't forget to call your lco file in the preamble:
\LoadLetterOption{myDIN}%
To place the signature inside the closing box on the left you have to
change in your lco file
\let\raggedsignature=\centering
to
\let\raggedsignature=\raggedright
HTH
--
Jean-Marie
Re: from mac to windows
Am 24.02.2013 um 23:05 schrieb Cecile Danilo : > I downloaded LyX-2.0.5.1-Bundle-4.exe from http://www.lyx.org/Download and I > have windows 7. > When I install Lyx, Miktex asks me if I want to install missing packages on > the fly, of course I click "Yes". It doesn t tell me anything about > amsthm.sty and later Miktex aks me if i want to update it. The first time I > said yes. > > While searching on the web how to install amsthm, I found that I was not the > only one to have a problem with the amsthm! > (http://latex-community.org/home/news/46-news-latex-distributions/469-miktex-amsmath) > I reinstall lyx and this time I refuse the update of Miktex and ... now it > works!! The only annoying thing is that Miktex keeps asking me if I let it > modify my computer when I want to create the pdf… Nice to hear you've solved your problem. This looks like a problem with the LaTeX package manager MikTeX. I don't know if this is a problem with the version bundled with LyX or a general one. Uwe, are you aware of this problem with the bundled MikTeX? Normally I'd propose to change the preference setting to install missing packages automatically, but apparently it doesn't work reliable (as Stephen wrote too). Regards, Stephan > -Message d'origine- From: Stephan Witt > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:28 PM > To: Cecile Danilo > Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Subject: Re: from mac to windows > > Am 24.02.2013 um 18:59 schrieb Cecile Danilo : > >> I downloaded amscls2 and amsmath2 from >> http://www.ams.org/publications/authors/tex/amslatex but since the >> installation seems quite complicated for me I tryed to uninstall MikTex >> which I couldn t because the directory wasn t empty??? >> My question is : should I remove directly Miktex? will that uninstall it? > > How did you install LyX (and MikTeX)? > > AFAIK the LyX installer for Windows tries hard to assist you to install the > required packages. > > How did you manage to get asked from MikTeX to install the amsthm.sty package > and later it's missing? I'm not a MikTeX user, but either you are a LaTeX > package manager like MikTeX or you have to add missing packages manually. You > should avoid to mix these or you should know what you're doing. > > You didn't say anything about your Windows version, or did I miss it? > > Regards, > Stephan > >> -Message d'origine- From: Scott Kostyshak >> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:05 PM >> To: Cecile Danilo >> Cc: John Kane ; Lyx List >> Subject: Re: from mac to windows >> >> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Cecile Danilo >> wrote: >>> Hello everyone! >>> >>> Here is (again) a quick description of my problem: >>> >>> >>> I created my lyx files with a mac, I am now using a windows computer and >>> can't create the pdf of the files created with the mac. I have no problem if >>> I compile files created with windows. I send you one of the files that works >>> with mac but not with windows. >>> I use LyX-2.0.5.1 >>> >>> and a more complete description of the problem: >>> >>> When I try to generate a pdflatex file I first have the following message: >>> “Do you autorize the MikTex package manager to modify the computer?” >>> and then this error message: >>> “Latex Error: File ‘amsthm.sty’ not found” >> >> Hi, >> >> You have to install the package that has the amsthm.sty file in >> MiKTeX. The package is probably called 'amsthm'. >> >> After you do this, open LyX and go to Tools > reconfigure. >> >> Scott >
Re: from mac to windows
Hi Cecile, I have also had problems with Miktex not installing missing packages properly, see my post where I comment on a solution that fixed it for me. ymmv http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg94623.html Steve On 25/02/13 09:05, Cecile Danilo wrote: I downloaded LyX-2.0.5.1-Bundle-4.exe from http://www.lyx.org/Download and I have windows 7. When I install Lyx, Miktex asks me if I want to install missing packages on the fly, of course I click "Yes". It doesn t tell me anything about amsthm.sty and later Miktex aks me if i want to update it. The first time I said yes. While searching on the web how to install amsthm, I found that I was not the only one to have a problem with the amsthm! (http://latex-community.org/home/news/46-news-latex-distributions/469-miktex-amsmath) I reinstall lyx and this time I refuse the update of Miktex and ... now it works!! The only annoying thing is that Miktex keeps asking me if I let it modify my computer when I want to create the pdf... Cecile -Message d'origine- From: Stephan Witt Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:28 PM To: Cecile Danilo Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: from mac to windows Am 24.02.2013 um 18:59 schrieb Cecile Danilo : I downloaded amscls2 and amsmath2 from http://www.ams.org/publications/authors/tex/amslatex but since the installation seems quite complicated for me I tryed to uninstall MikTex which I couldn t because the directory wasn t empty??? My question is : should I remove directly Miktex? will that uninstall it? How did you install LyX (and MikTeX)? AFAIK the LyX installer for Windows tries hard to assist you to install the required packages. How did you manage to get asked from MikTeX to install the amsthm.sty package and later it's missing? I'm not a MikTeX user, but either you are a LaTeX package manager like MikTeX or you have to add missing packages manually. You should avoid to mix these or you should know what you're doing. You didn't say anything about your Windows version, or did I miss it? Regards, Stephan -Message d'origine- From: Scott Kostyshak Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:05 PM To: Cecile Danilo Cc: John Kane ; Lyx List Subject: Re: from mac to windows On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Cecile Danilo wrote: Hello everyone! Here is (again) a quick description of my problem: I created my lyx files with a mac, I am now using a windows computer and can't create the pdf of the files created with the mac. I have no problem if I compile files created with windows. I send you one of the files that works with mac but not with windows. I use LyX-2.0.5.1 and a more complete description of the problem: When I try to generate a pdflatex file I first have the following message: “Do you autorize the MikTex package manager to modify the computer?” and then this error message: “Latex Error: File ‘amsthm.sty’ not found” Hi, You have to install the package that has the amsthm.sty file in MiKTeX. The package is probably called 'amsthm'. After you do this, open LyX and go to Tools > reconfigure. Scott
