Re: To Quit, or Not To Quit

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:57:45 +1300 gordon_cooper hughgord...@gmail.com sent this: Too many people merely click on the Reply button, resulting in posts that are far too long. I have to disagree. I like to read the long repetitions and I am on an Internet connection very slow and flaky, not

lyx- list group

Dear Lyx Group, Would you please make a mailing list  for me. Thank you, Jaka

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: I'm not a programmer, learned many years ago that is not for me. But I did contribute, for free, to writing the help files of a commercial program for a platform now long gone. But, as I wrote in

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer: Just a question, does viable equate something that will be successful in the long run? It is already successful. We have users, LyX continues to advance, although at a

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:28:44 +1300 Bryan Baldwin br...@katofiad.co.nz wrote: On 10/26/2013 02:08 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: And that may be the origin of the problem, SINCE IN ALL CAPS IT IS PLAIN UNREADABLE AND THUS NO ONE WILL ACTUALLY READ IT. That's backwards. Its part of the

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Oct 26, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer: Just a question, does viable equate something that will be successful in the long run? It is

Grafik in Beamer slides

Hello im using Beamer to show my work. Presenting Text and getting a Toc works wonderful. But i had some problems to put pictures in my slides. I Searched with google but i found no good solution. Are there a good (right) way to put pictures in Beamerslides? Is there anywhere a good

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Uwe Ade uwe@gmx.de wrote: Hello im using Beamer to show my work. Presenting Text and getting a Toc works wonderful. But i had some problems to put pictures in my slides. I Searched with google but i found no good solution. Are there a good (right) way to

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

Hello sorry Iam no native englisch speaker. I don´t understand „put in a float“ . Are there a german speaking reader, who can say which menu this in the german version is? Thanks uwe Am 26.10.2013 um 20:40 schrieb Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com: On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Uwe

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Hal Kierstead hal.kierst...@icloud.com wrote: On Oct 26, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer: Just a question, does

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Uwe Ade uwe@gmx.de wrote: Hello sorry Iam no native englisch speaker. I don´t understand „put in a float“ . Are there a german speaking reader, who can say which menu this in the german version is? Try Insert Float Figure. (But I can't help with the

Re: how to center a wide table float

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I've been battling with this issue for a couple of weeks now, and today I finally found a solution. I have a document with some (very) wide table floats (which are also long enough to fit the height of

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:32:05 +1300 John O'Gorman j...@og.co.nz wrote: On 26/10/13 04:12, Bruce Pourciau wrote: On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:49 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: For me, LyX is in fact a killer app, in the sense that it has killed any need or desire to have an affair, a one

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: But, as I wrote in news://news.gmane.org:119/l4bi37$vh$1...@ger.gmane.org, if I help by reporting bugs I find in a program, assuming that reporting is requested by developers, shouldn't there be some thanks shown by

Canned Beamer

Has anybody used slide sequences produced with Beamer in conjunction with a recorded audio track? Gordon Tauranga N.Z.

Re: Canned Beamer

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:28 PM, gordon_cooper hughgord...@gmail.com wrote: Has anybody used slide sequences produced with Beamer in conjunction with a recorded audio track? It would be possible, I suppose, to create the Beamer presentation, then display it full-screen and make some audio

Re: Canned Beamer

Thanks Liviu, Your reply confirms my thinking that Beamer would need to be integrated into a recording system. I worked in this field years ago, when we made graphics by pasting symbols on to a background, or drew them by hand. Presentations were a sequence of 35mm

Re: why people give up on open source software

On 10/26/13 10:17 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: I'm not a programmer, learned many years ago that is not for me. But I did contribute, for free, to writing the help files of a commercial program for a platform now long gone. But,

Re: why people give up on open source software

Ken, you are not the one doing the fixing. The ones doing the fixing are the ones deserving of gratitude and the ones doing the real work, far more than the ones reporting the bugs. Reporting bugs (politely) is always appreciated. Reporting bugs while insulting, and trashing the *volunteer* work

Re: why people give up on open source software

On 10/26/13 1:25 PM, John Coppens wrote: On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: But, as I wrote in news://news.gmane.org:119/l4bi37$vh$1...@ger.gmane.org, if I help by reporting bugs I find in a program, assuming that reporting is requested by developers,

Problem using thesis template

Hi all, Is there a step-by-step guide to using the thesis template? I tried new from template with thesis, then rendering the document before changing anything. I get undefined control sequence error. I am using Lyx 2.0.4, and have to continue with it for various reasons. Also running

Re: To Quit, or Not To Quit

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:57:45 +1300 gordon_cooper hughgord...@gmail.com sent this: Too many people merely click on the Reply button, resulting in posts that are far too long. I have to disagree. I like to read the long repetitions and I am on an Internet connection very slow and flaky, not

lyx- list group

Dear Lyx Group, Would you please make a mailing list  for me. Thank you, Jaka

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: I'm not a programmer, learned many years ago that is not for me. But I did contribute, for free, to writing the help files of a commercial program for a platform now long gone. But, as I wrote in

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer: Just a question, does viable equate something that will be successful in the long run? It is already successful. We have users, LyX continues to advance, although at a

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:28:44 +1300 Bryan Baldwin br...@katofiad.co.nz wrote: On 10/26/2013 02:08 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: And that may be the origin of the problem, SINCE IN ALL CAPS IT IS PLAIN UNREADABLE AND THUS NO ONE WILL ACTUALLY READ IT. That's backwards. Its part of the

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Oct 26, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer: Just a question, does viable equate something that will be successful in the long run? It is

Grafik in Beamer slides

Hello im using Beamer to show my work. Presenting Text and getting a Toc works wonderful. But i had some problems to put pictures in my slides. I Searched with google but i found no good solution. Are there a good (right) way to put pictures in Beamerslides? Is there anywhere a good

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Uwe Ade uwe@gmx.de wrote: Hello im using Beamer to show my work. Presenting Text and getting a Toc works wonderful. But i had some problems to put pictures in my slides. I Searched with google but i found no good solution. Are there a good (right) way to

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

Hello sorry Iam no native englisch speaker. I don´t understand „put in a float“ . Are there a german speaking reader, who can say which menu this in the german version is? Thanks uwe Am 26.10.2013 um 20:40 schrieb Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com: On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Uwe

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Hal Kierstead hal.kierst...@icloud.com wrote: On Oct 26, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer: Just a question, does

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Uwe Ade uwe@gmx.de wrote: Hello sorry Iam no native englisch speaker. I don´t understand „put in a float“ . Are there a german speaking reader, who can say which menu this in the german version is? Try Insert Float Figure. (But I can't help with the

Re: how to center a wide table float

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I've been battling with this issue for a couple of weeks now, and today I finally found a solution. I have a document with some (very) wide table floats (which are also long enough to fit the height of

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:32:05 +1300 John O'Gorman j...@og.co.nz wrote: On 26/10/13 04:12, Bruce Pourciau wrote: On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:49 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: For me, LyX is in fact a killer app, in the sense that it has killed any need or desire to have an affair, a one

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: But, as I wrote in news://news.gmane.org:119/l4bi37$vh$1...@ger.gmane.org, if I help by reporting bugs I find in a program, assuming that reporting is requested by developers, shouldn't there be some thanks shown by

Canned Beamer

Has anybody used slide sequences produced with Beamer in conjunction with a recorded audio track? Gordon Tauranga N.Z.

Re: Canned Beamer

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:28 PM, gordon_cooper hughgord...@gmail.com wrote: Has anybody used slide sequences produced with Beamer in conjunction with a recorded audio track? It would be possible, I suppose, to create the Beamer presentation, then display it full-screen and make some audio

Re: Canned Beamer

Thanks Liviu, Your reply confirms my thinking that Beamer would need to be integrated into a recording system. I worked in this field years ago, when we made graphics by pasting symbols on to a background, or drew them by hand. Presentations were a sequence of 35mm

Re: why people give up on open source software

On 10/26/13 10:17 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: I'm not a programmer, learned many years ago that is not for me. But I did contribute, for free, to writing the help files of a commercial program for a platform now long gone. But,

Re: why people give up on open source software

Ken, you are not the one doing the fixing. The ones doing the fixing are the ones deserving of gratitude and the ones doing the real work, far more than the ones reporting the bugs. Reporting bugs (politely) is always appreciated. Reporting bugs while insulting, and trashing the *volunteer* work

Re: why people give up on open source software

On 10/26/13 1:25 PM, John Coppens wrote: On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: But, as I wrote in news://news.gmane.org:119/l4bi37$vh$1...@ger.gmane.org, if I help by reporting bugs I find in a program, assuming that reporting is requested by developers,

Problem using thesis template

Hi all, Is there a step-by-step guide to using the thesis template? I tried new from template with thesis, then rendering the document before changing anything. I get undefined control sequence error. I am using Lyx 2.0.4, and have to continue with it for various reasons. Also running

Re: To Quit, or Not To Quit

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:57:45 +1300 "gordon_cooper hughgord...@gmail.com" sent this: >Too many people merely click on the Reply button, resulting in posts >that are far too long. I have to disagree. I like to read the "long repetitions" and I am on an Internet connection very slow and flaky,

lyx- list group

Dear Lyx Group, Would you please make a mailing list  for me. Thank you, Jaka

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer wrote: > I'm not a programmer, learned many years ago that is not for me. But > I did contribute, for free, to writing the help files of a commercial > program for a platform now long gone. > > But, as I wrote in >

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer: > > Just a question, does viable equate something that will be > > successful in the long run? > > It is already successful. We have users, LyX continues to advance, > although

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:28:44 +1300 Bryan Baldwin wrote: > On 10/26/2013 02:08 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > > And that may be the origin of the problem, SINCE IN ALL CAPS IT IS > > PLAIN UNREADABLE AND THUS NO ONE WILL ACTUALLY READ IT. > > That's backwards. Its part of the

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Oct 26, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >> 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer: >>> Just a question, does viable equate something that will be >>> successful in the long run?

Grafik in Beamer slides

Hello im using Beamer to show my work. Presenting Text and getting a Toc works wonderful. But i had some problems to put pictures in my slides. I Searched with google but i found no good solution. Are there a good (right) way to put pictures in Beamerslides? Is there anywhere a good

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Uwe Ade wrote: > Hello > > im using Beamer to show my work. Presenting Text and getting a Toc works > wonderful. But i had some problems to put pictures in my slides. I Searched > with google but i found no good solution. Are there a good (right)

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

Hello sorry Iam no native englisch speaker. I don´t understand „put in a float“ . Are there a german speaking reader, who can say which menu this in the german version is? Thanks uwe Am 26.10.2013 um 20:40 schrieb Liviu Andronic : > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:31 PM,

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Hal Kierstead wrote: > > On Oct 26, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:49:13 +0200 >> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> >>> 25/10/2013 02:37, Ken Springer:

Re: Grafik in Beamer slides

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Uwe Ade wrote: > Hello > > sorry Iam no native englisch speaker. I don´t understand „put in a float“ . > Are there a german speaking reader, who can say which menu this in the german > version is? > Try Insert > Float > Figure. (But I can't help

Re: how to center a wide table float

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Dear all, > I've been battling with this issue for a couple of weeks now, and > today I finally found a solution. > > I have a document with some (very) wide table floats (which are also > long enough to fit the

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:32:05 +1300 John O'Gorman wrote: > On 26/10/13 04:12, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > > On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:49 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > > > > For me, LyX is in fact a killer app, in the sense that it has killed any > > need or desire to have an

Re: why people give up on open source software

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer wrote: > But, as I wrote in news://news.gmane.org:119/l4bi37$vh$1...@ger.gmane.org, > if I help by reporting bugs I find in a program, assuming that reporting > is requested by developers, shouldn't there be some thanks shown by

"Canned" Beamer

Has anybody used slide sequences produced with Beamer in conjunction with a recorded audio track? Gordon Tauranga N.Z.

Re: "Canned" Beamer

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:28 PM, gordon_cooper wrote: > Has anybody used slide sequences produced with > Beamer in conjunction with a recorded audio track? > It would be possible, I suppose, to create the Beamer presentation, then display it full-screen and make some audio

Re: "Canned" Beamer

Thanks Liviu, Your reply confirms my thinking that Beamer would need to be integrated into a recording system. I worked in this field years ago, when we made graphics by pasting symbols on to a background, or drew them by hand. Presentations were a sequence of 35mm

Re: why people give up on open source software

On 10/26/13 10:17 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer wrote: I'm not a programmer, learned many years ago that is not for me. But I did contribute, for free, to writing the help files of a commercial program for a platform now long gone.

Re: why people give up on open source software

Ken, you are not the one doing the fixing. The ones doing the fixing are the ones deserving of gratitude and the ones doing the real work, far more than the ones reporting the bugs. Reporting bugs (politely) is always appreciated. Reporting bugs while insulting, and trashing the *volunteer* work

Re: why people give up on open source software

On 10/26/13 1:25 PM, John Coppens wrote: On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer wrote: But, as I wrote in news://news.gmane.org:119/l4bi37$vh$1...@ger.gmane.org, if I help by reporting bugs I find in a program, assuming that reporting is requested by developers,

Problem using thesis template

Hi all, Is there a step-by-step guide to using the thesis template? I tried "new from template" with thesis, then rendering the document before changing anything. I get "undefined control sequence" error. I am using Lyx 2.0.4, and have to continue with it for various reasons. Also running