Re: svg graphic import in Lyx

[Guenter Milde]

On 2014-07-12, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 Hello,
 a svg graphic can apparently be imported into a Lyx document. However, 
 it seems it is converted into bitmap if exported eg by pdflatex. Is that 
 true?

This depends on the installed converters. With e.g. inkscape installed, it
is converted to pdf. Bitmap is the fallback.

You may have a look at the configuration log.
More detail about SVG images in LyX should be available in the wiki.

Günter

Beamer and Lyx

[Mikhail Salganik]

Dear all,

I downloaded version 2.07 of Lyx into Windows 8.1.  The Beamer Layout
in the Document Settings is marked as unavailable.

Is there any way to overcome this problem without leaving windows 8?

Thank you.

Misha Salganik

Lyx, Kindle, epub

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

Dear all:

Just seeking your indulgence with some information:

* What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub?
* How can one ensure this will be consistent with epub standards?
* Any site to test the resultant epub?
* Can Lyx developers help to develop some tools that make it easy to create
epub and other formats of ebooks?

Many thanks!

FN for Goa,1556
http://goa1556.in is an alternative publishers, which has over 70 books to
its credit and is officially committed to using LyX!


-- 
FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in

Re: Beamer and Lyx

[Benedict Holland]

Is is possible to install a 2.1 version? There are a ton of bug fixes
between 2.0.X and a 2.1.X version. If that doesn't work, you might not have
the beamer file installed but I would try upgrading first.

http://www.lyx.org/Download

~Ben


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Mikhail Salganik misha.salga...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Dear all,

 I downloaded version 2.07 of Lyx into Windows 8.1.  The Beamer Layout
 in the Document Settings is marked as unavailable.

 Is there any way to overcome this problem without leaving windows 8?

 Thank you.

 Misha Salganik

Re: svg graphic import in Lyx

[Benedict Holland]

I strongly encourage you to turn the SVG into a PS, EPS, or PDF file. I
think somewhere is the documentation is states that for SVG to correctly
work within the document is requires inkscape. Not at all a problem,
inkscape is one of the best vector editors out there but it is required as
Guenter stated.

~Ben


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.sf.net wrote:

 On 2014-07-12, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  Hello,
  a svg graphic can apparently be imported into a Lyx document. However,
  it seems it is converted into bitmap if exported eg by pdflatex. Is that
  true?

 This depends on the installed converters. With e.g. inkscape installed, it
 is converted to pdf. Bitmap is the fallback.

 You may have a look at the configuration log.
 More detail about SVG images in LyX should be available in the wiki.

 Günter

Re: Beamer and Lyx

[Paul A . Rubin]

This typically indicates that the Beamer LaTeX package is either not
installed or not properly on the LaTeX search path. Have you installed it
under MiKTeX (assuming that's what you are using)?

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

[Les Denham]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:08:47 +0530
 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:

 * What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub?
 * How can one ensure this will be consistent with epub standards?
 * Any site to test the resultant epub?
 * Can Lyx developers help to develop some tools that make it easy to
 create epub and other formats of ebooks?

Frederick,

I've done this for several books. From my experience the answer to your
questions are:

* Conversion
1. Export your file to LyXHTML
2. Using your favorite text editor (I use vi), delete the first line of
the file (something like ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?) and
save as type HTML.
3. The file can now be imported into Sigil
  (http://web.sigil.googlecode.com/git/files/OEBPS/Text/introduction.html),
  which saves files in epub format.

* Epub standards
Sigil includes the FlightCrew validator, and also a link to validate
stylesheets with W3C.

* Testing the epub
I don't know of any site for testing, other than
  http://validator.idpf.org/, which as far as I know does exactly the
  same as the Sigil validator. The real problem is that no e-reader
  supports the standards completely and exactly, so you need to test
  your epub on several readers. I use Nook, Calibre and FBreader.

* LyX development
I'll leave this to developers.

Without images, the conversion is straightforward, with the main
problem being how to handle footnotes: as epub is reflowable, the
concept of footnote does not exist, so you will have to decide how to
handle them. Sigil gives you the tools to implement any solution you
decide on, but it may involve a lot of detailed editing.

Images complicate the conversion. Do you want small images in a fixed
location in the text? That is fairly easy. So is putting all the images
at the end of a chapter (or at the end of the book). But if you want
clickable links to images, and a clickable link to return you to the
page you were on, it can become very complicated, and involve a lot of
hand editing. But again, Sigil has all the tools you need for this.

I hope this helps,

Les

Re: svg graphic import in Lyx

[Guenter Milde]

On 2014-07-12, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
 Hello,
 a svg graphic can apparently be imported into a Lyx document. However, 
 it seems it is converted into bitmap if exported eg by pdflatex. Is that 
 true?

This depends on the installed converters. With e.g. inkscape installed, it
is converted to pdf. Bitmap is the fallback.

You may have a look at the configuration log.
More detail about SVG images in LyX should be available in the wiki.

Günter

Beamer and Lyx

[Mikhail Salganik]

Dear all,

I downloaded version 2.07 of Lyx into Windows 8.1.  The Beamer Layout
in the Document Settings is marked as unavailable.

Is there any way to overcome this problem without leaving windows 8?

Thank you.

Misha Salganik

Lyx, Kindle, epub

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

Dear all:

Just seeking your indulgence with some information:

* What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub?
* How can one ensure this will be consistent with epub standards?
* Any site to test the resultant epub?
* Can Lyx developers help to develop some tools that make it easy to create
epub and other formats of ebooks?

Many thanks!

FN for Goa,1556
http://goa1556.in is an alternative publishers, which has over 70 books to
its credit and is officially committed to using LyX!


-- 
FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in

Re: Beamer and Lyx

[Benedict Holland]

Is is possible to install a 2.1 version? There are a ton of bug fixes
between 2.0.X and a 2.1.X version. If that doesn't work, you might not have
the beamer file installed but I would try upgrading first.

http://www.lyx.org/Download

~Ben


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Mikhail Salganik misha.salga...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Dear all,

 I downloaded version 2.07 of Lyx into Windows 8.1.  The Beamer Layout
 in the Document Settings is marked as unavailable.

 Is there any way to overcome this problem without leaving windows 8?

 Thank you.

 Misha Salganik

Re: svg graphic import in Lyx

[Benedict Holland]

I strongly encourage you to turn the SVG into a PS, EPS, or PDF file. I
think somewhere is the documentation is states that for SVG to correctly
work within the document is requires inkscape. Not at all a problem,
inkscape is one of the best vector editors out there but it is required as
Guenter stated.

~Ben


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.sf.net wrote:

 On 2014-07-12, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  Hello,
  a svg graphic can apparently be imported into a Lyx document. However,
  it seems it is converted into bitmap if exported eg by pdflatex. Is that
  true?

 This depends on the installed converters. With e.g. inkscape installed, it
 is converted to pdf. Bitmap is the fallback.

 You may have a look at the configuration log.
 More detail about SVG images in LyX should be available in the wiki.

 Günter

Re: Beamer and Lyx

[Paul A . Rubin]

This typically indicates that the Beamer LaTeX package is either not
installed or not properly on the LaTeX search path. Have you installed it
under MiKTeX (assuming that's what you are using)?

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

[Les Denham]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:08:47 +0530
 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:

 * What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub?
 * How can one ensure this will be consistent with epub standards?
 * Any site to test the resultant epub?
 * Can Lyx developers help to develop some tools that make it easy to
 create epub and other formats of ebooks?

Frederick,

I've done this for several books. From my experience the answer to your
questions are:

* Conversion
1. Export your file to LyXHTML
2. Using your favorite text editor (I use vi), delete the first line of
the file (something like ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?) and
save as type HTML.
3. The file can now be imported into Sigil
  (http://web.sigil.googlecode.com/git/files/OEBPS/Text/introduction.html),
  which saves files in epub format.

* Epub standards
Sigil includes the FlightCrew validator, and also a link to validate
stylesheets with W3C.

* Testing the epub
I don't know of any site for testing, other than
  http://validator.idpf.org/, which as far as I know does exactly the
  same as the Sigil validator. The real problem is that no e-reader
  supports the standards completely and exactly, so you need to test
  your epub on several readers. I use Nook, Calibre and FBreader.

* LyX development
I'll leave this to developers.

Without images, the conversion is straightforward, with the main
problem being how to handle footnotes: as epub is reflowable, the
concept of footnote does not exist, so you will have to decide how to
handle them. Sigil gives you the tools to implement any solution you
decide on, but it may involve a lot of detailed editing.

Images complicate the conversion. Do you want small images in a fixed
location in the text? That is fairly easy. So is putting all the images
at the end of a chapter (or at the end of the book). But if you want
clickable links to images, and a clickable link to return you to the
page you were on, it can become very complicated, and involve a lot of
hand editing. But again, Sigil has all the tools you need for this.

I hope this helps,

Les

Re: svg graphic import in Lyx

[Guenter Milde]

On 2014-07-12, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> Hello,
> a svg graphic can apparently be imported into a Lyx document. However, 
> it seems it is converted into bitmap if exported eg by pdflatex. Is that 
> true?

This depends on the installed converters. With e.g. inkscape installed, it
is converted to pdf. Bitmap is the fallback.

You may have a look at the configuration log.
More detail about SVG images in LyX should be available in the wiki.

Günter

Beamer and Lyx

[Mikhail Salganik]

Dear all,

I downloaded version 2.07 of Lyx into Windows 8.1.  The Beamer Layout
in the Document Settings is marked as unavailable.

Is there any way to overcome this problem without leaving windows 8?

Thank you.

Misha Salganik

Lyx, Kindle, epub

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

Dear all:

Just seeking your indulgence with some information:

* What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub?
* How can one ensure this will be consistent with epub standards?
* Any site to test the resultant epub?
* Can Lyx developers help to develop some tools that make it easy to create
epub and other formats of ebooks?

Many thanks!

FN for Goa,1556
http://goa1556.in is an alternative publishers, which has over 70 books to
its credit and is officially committed to using LyX!


-- 
FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in

Re: Beamer and Lyx

[Benedict Holland]

Is is possible to install a 2.1 version? There are a ton of bug fixes
between 2.0.X and a 2.1.X version. If that doesn't work, you might not have
the beamer file installed but I would try upgrading first.

http://www.lyx.org/Download

~Ben


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Mikhail Salganik  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I downloaded version 2.07 of Lyx into Windows 8.1.  The Beamer Layout
> in the Document Settings is marked as unavailable.
>
> Is there any way to overcome this problem without leaving windows 8?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Misha Salganik
>
>

Re: svg graphic import in Lyx

[Benedict Holland]

I strongly encourage you to turn the SVG into a PS, EPS, or PDF file. I
think somewhere is the documentation is states that for SVG to correctly
work within the document is requires inkscape. Not at all a problem,
inkscape is one of the best vector editors out there but it is required as
Guenter stated.

~Ben


On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Guenter Milde  wrote:

> On 2014-07-12, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > Hello,
> > a svg graphic can apparently be imported into a Lyx document. However,
> > it seems it is converted into bitmap if exported eg by pdflatex. Is that
> > true?
>
> This depends on the installed converters. With e.g. inkscape installed, it
> is converted to pdf. Bitmap is the fallback.
>
> You may have a look at the configuration log.
> More detail about SVG images in LyX should be available in the wiki.
>
> Günter
>
>

Re: Beamer and Lyx

[Paul A . Rubin]

This typically indicates that the Beamer LaTeX package is either not
installed or not properly on the LaTeX search path. Have you installed it
under MiKTeX (assuming that's what you are using)?

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

[Les Denham]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:08:47 +0530
 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
 wrote:

> * What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub?
> * How can one ensure this will be consistent with epub standards?
> * Any site to test the resultant epub?
> * Can Lyx developers help to develop some tools that make it easy to
> create epub and other formats of ebooks?

Frederick,

I've done this for several books. From my experience the answer to your
questions are:

* Conversion
1. Export your file to LyXHTML
2. Using your favorite text editor (I use vi), delete the first line of
the file (something like ) and
save as type HTML.
3. The file can now be imported into Sigil
  (http://web.sigil.googlecode.com/git/files/OEBPS/Text/introduction.html),
  which saves files in epub format.

* Epub standards
Sigil includes the FlightCrew validator, and also a link to validate
stylesheets with W3C.

* Testing the epub
I don't know of any site for testing, other than
  http://validator.idpf.org/, which as far as I know does exactly the
  same as the Sigil validator. The real problem is that no e-reader
  supports the standards completely and exactly, so you need to test
  your epub on several readers. I use Nook, Calibre and FBreader.

* LyX development
I'll leave this to developers.

Without images, the conversion is straightforward, with the main
problem being how to handle footnotes: as epub is reflowable, the
concept of footnote does not exist, so you will have to decide how to
handle them. Sigil gives you the tools to implement any solution you
decide on, but it may involve a lot of detailed editing.

Images complicate the conversion. Do you want small images in a fixed
location in the text? That is fairly easy. So is putting all the images
at the end of a chapter (or at the end of the book). But if you want
clickable links to images, and a clickable link to return you to the
page you were on, it can become very complicated, and involve a lot of
hand editing. But again, Sigil has all the tools you need for this.

I hope this helps,

Les