cover image with empty page

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (insertfileexternal materialpdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover image 
as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the German 
version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and how 
to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.
Thankful for a pointer:

Wolfgang

Re: Handling overlay in Beamer with svg

[Sergey Churilov]

This works.
The problem before was that I did not input Separator correctly.

Best regards,
Sergey Churilov

*Sergey Churilov, PhD. 
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C3tivLgJhl=en*

assistant professor

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University

Faculty of Civil Engineering
Chair of Structural Analysis

Blvd. Partizanski odredi 24, P.O.Box 560
1000 Skopje
Macedonia

Tel: +389 2 3116066 ext. 110
Fax: +389 2 3118 834
Mobile: +389 75 337336
http://ktk.gf.ukim.edu.mk

http://www.robotmk.com http://www.robotmk.com

On 07.11.2014 23:39, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

The following applies to LyX 2.1 and later -- slight differences (I think)
for earlier versions.

Start a new paragraph and set the environment to Frame (in the Frames
section of the environment list). Fill in the slide title.

Start a new paragraph and set the environment to Only (in the Overlays
section of the environment list). Insert an overlay specification (Insert 
Overlay Specifications) and put 1 in the field. Add the first image the
usual way (Insert  Graphics...) along with any custom formatting (such as
spacing commands, if you don't like where it lands by default). Nest it
under the frame environment (Edit  Increase List Depth).

Start a new paragraph, convert it to the Separator environment, and nest
it under the Frame.

Create another Only environment as above, changing 1 to 2 in the overlay
specification.

Repeat ad nauseum.

Paul

Re: cover image with empty page

[Richard Heck]

On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (insertfileexternal materialpdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
image as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
German version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and 
how to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.


I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:


# pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf

Much easier.

Richard

Re: cover image with empty page

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 10.11.2014 um 15:48 schrieb Richard Heck:

On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (insertfileexternal materialpdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
image as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
German version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and 
how to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.


I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:


# pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf

Much easier.

Richard


Good idea, thanks, Richard
Wolfgang

Re: cover image with empty page

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:48:57 -0500
Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:

 On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  Hello,
 
  I can't find the reason for the following:
  I inserted a cover image (insertfileexternal materialpdf pages).
  The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
  an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
  The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
  image as the first page,
  however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
  German version), before the titlepage appears.
  What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward
  the title page, so no empty page before or after it.
  What should I do to find out the difference between the versions
  and how to avoid the empty page.
  I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.
 
 I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
 add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:
 
  # pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf
 
 Much easier.
 
 Richard

pdftk is one more step of complication. Before that, I'd suggest
shrinking your cover image. The idiomatic reason for pagefeeding is that
the image plus margins is bigger than the paper.

Near the top, start with this ERT:
\frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}

Then this ERT:
\enlargethispage{1.50in}

Then this ERT:
~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in

Then insert your image, which should be a portrait, letter size (or A4
or whatever if European).

Then insert a newpage.

Then this ERT to reset left and right margins:
\leftskip -.5in\rightskip -.5in

The preceding enlarges the page area, demarginizes it so the cover
image starts at the very top left, and then newpages

The preceding should get you close, but you'll need to tweak to get it
just right.

The reason I prefer this to pdftk is that, for PDF eBooks, a script
personalizes each copy, and that script is much simpler if the cover's
in the LyX file instead of bolted on later using Pdftk. Also, if once a
year I need to update the book and once again turn it into a PDF for
printing, I don't need to remember that there's an extra Pdftk step.

By the way, the preceding code came out of this book:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/startbusiness.htm

HTH,

SteveT

Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance

Re: cover image with empty page

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Steve Litt wrote:


pdftk is one more step of complication. Before that, I'd suggest
shrinking your cover image. The idiomatic reason for pagefeeding is that
the image plus margins is bigger than the paper.


  Those of us who regularly use pdftk find it's a convenience rather than a
complication. :-)

  Your suggestion is good for those preparing an e-book. But, if the book is
to be printed and bound by a commercial printer then the cover should be a
separate document because it includes the front, spine, and back. And, it
tends to be printed in color while the book contents are black text on white
background.

  Horses for courses, as it is written.

Regards,

Rich

Re: Error converting to loadable format

[Andreas Steinmayr]

Hi Stephan,
Yes, I upgraded to Yosemite. I found out that including the files works
when I start LyX from the console.
Andreas

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 07.11.2014 um 20:18 schrieb Andreas andreas.steinm...@gmail.com:

  Hello,
  I recently upgraded to Lyx 2.1.2.1.

 You are on Mac OS Yosemite?

  When I opened an existing file that has figures embedded as
  PDFs, I get the error message Error converting to loadable
  format. Before the upgrade everything worked fine.
  Do you have any ideas what the problem could be and how I could solve
  it?

 You've updated LyX only? Or is anything else changed too?

  Thanks for all suggestions.
  Andreas
 

Re: Lyx2lyx script failure trying to open year old file

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-11-10 14:40 GMT+01:00 Graham Smith:

 Hello Jurgen,

 Sorry for the delay in replying, I missed your response.

 It won't compile because of R code chunks which have been altered.

 What was originally:


 [image: Inline images 1]

 has been changed to:

 [image: Inline images 2]

 all the way through the document


I think this is what it is supposed to be now (i.e., correct). But I am not
sure (I do not use chunks). Doesn't the LaTeX output look identical?

I started to edit it back, but in the end just had to use last years
 pdf/beamer for my class.

 Indeed this has become a major problem as only a few of my lectures from
 last year will compile this year (not all have r code chunks in them).

 I assume its some something to do with beamer as a typical error relates
 to  paragraph ending before  beamer@inlineframetile was complete.


Could you send such a document for inspection?



 Unfortunately, I have been in too much of a panic to prepare something fro
 lectures that I haven't spend the time trying to sort it out. But I seem to
 have separators between slides that i can't remember being there before.


This is correct. In the new interface, frames have to be separated that way.

I just don't have the time to look at it properly right now.


If you find time again, please prepare an example document, so we can check
what is wrong.

Jürgen



 Cheers,

 Graham





 On 3 November 2014 12:11, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote:

 Graham Smith wrote:
  Hello Jurgen,
 
  Many thanks for this, I can now read it, but unfortunately it won't
 compile

 If you post the errors to lyx-users, we might be able to help.

 Jürgen

cover image with empty page

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (insertfileexternal materialpdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover image 
as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the German 
version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and how 
to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.
Thankful for a pointer:

Wolfgang

Re: Handling overlay in Beamer with svg

[Sergey Churilov]

This works.
The problem before was that I did not input Separator correctly.

Best regards,
Sergey Churilov

*Sergey Churilov, PhD. 
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C3tivLgJhl=en*

assistant professor

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University

Faculty of Civil Engineering
Chair of Structural Analysis

Blvd. Partizanski odredi 24, P.O.Box 560
1000 Skopje
Macedonia

Tel: +389 2 3116066 ext. 110
Fax: +389 2 3118 834
Mobile: +389 75 337336
http://ktk.gf.ukim.edu.mk

http://www.robotmk.com http://www.robotmk.com

On 07.11.2014 23:39, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

The following applies to LyX 2.1 and later -- slight differences (I think)
for earlier versions.

Start a new paragraph and set the environment to Frame (in the Frames
section of the environment list). Fill in the slide title.

Start a new paragraph and set the environment to Only (in the Overlays
section of the environment list). Insert an overlay specification (Insert 
Overlay Specifications) and put 1 in the field. Add the first image the
usual way (Insert  Graphics...) along with any custom formatting (such as
spacing commands, if you don't like where it lands by default). Nest it
under the frame environment (Edit  Increase List Depth).

Start a new paragraph, convert it to the Separator environment, and nest
it under the Frame.

Create another Only environment as above, changing 1 to 2 in the overlay
specification.

Repeat ad nauseum.

Paul

Re: cover image with empty page

[Richard Heck]

On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (insertfileexternal materialpdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
image as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
German version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and 
how to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.


I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:


# pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf

Much easier.

Richard

Re: cover image with empty page

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 10.11.2014 um 15:48 schrieb Richard Heck:

On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (insertfileexternal materialpdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
image as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
German version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and 
how to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.


I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:


# pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf

Much easier.

Richard


Good idea, thanks, Richard
Wolfgang

Re: cover image with empty page

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:48:57 -0500
Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:

 On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  Hello,
 
  I can't find the reason for the following:
  I inserted a cover image (insertfileexternal materialpdf pages).
  The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
  an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
  The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
  image as the first page,
  however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
  German version), before the titlepage appears.
  What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward
  the title page, so no empty page before or after it.
  What should I do to find out the difference between the versions
  and how to avoid the empty page.
  I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.
 
 I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
 add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:
 
  # pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf
 
 Much easier.
 
 Richard

pdftk is one more step of complication. Before that, I'd suggest
shrinking your cover image. The idiomatic reason for pagefeeding is that
the image plus margins is bigger than the paper.

Near the top, start with this ERT:
\frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}

Then this ERT:
\enlargethispage{1.50in}

Then this ERT:
~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in

Then insert your image, which should be a portrait, letter size (or A4
or whatever if European).

Then insert a newpage.

Then this ERT to reset left and right margins:
\leftskip -.5in\rightskip -.5in

The preceding enlarges the page area, demarginizes it so the cover
image starts at the very top left, and then newpages

The preceding should get you close, but you'll need to tweak to get it
just right.

The reason I prefer this to pdftk is that, for PDF eBooks, a script
personalizes each copy, and that script is much simpler if the cover's
in the LyX file instead of bolted on later using Pdftk. Also, if once a
year I need to update the book and once again turn it into a PDF for
printing, I don't need to remember that there's an extra Pdftk step.

By the way, the preceding code came out of this book:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/startbusiness.htm

HTH,

SteveT

Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance

Re: cover image with empty page

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Steve Litt wrote:


pdftk is one more step of complication. Before that, I'd suggest
shrinking your cover image. The idiomatic reason for pagefeeding is that
the image plus margins is bigger than the paper.


  Those of us who regularly use pdftk find it's a convenience rather than a
complication. :-)

  Your suggestion is good for those preparing an e-book. But, if the book is
to be printed and bound by a commercial printer then the cover should be a
separate document because it includes the front, spine, and back. And, it
tends to be printed in color while the book contents are black text on white
background.

  Horses for courses, as it is written.

Regards,

Rich

Re: Error converting to loadable format

[Andreas Steinmayr]

Hi Stephan,
Yes, I upgraded to Yosemite. I found out that including the files works
when I start LyX from the console.
Andreas

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 07.11.2014 um 20:18 schrieb Andreas andreas.steinm...@gmail.com:

  Hello,
  I recently upgraded to Lyx 2.1.2.1.

 You are on Mac OS Yosemite?

  When I opened an existing file that has figures embedded as
  PDFs, I get the error message Error converting to loadable
  format. Before the upgrade everything worked fine.
  Do you have any ideas what the problem could be and how I could solve
  it?

 You've updated LyX only? Or is anything else changed too?

  Thanks for all suggestions.
  Andreas
 

Re: Lyx2lyx script failure trying to open year old file

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-11-10 14:40 GMT+01:00 Graham Smith:

 Hello Jurgen,

 Sorry for the delay in replying, I missed your response.

 It won't compile because of R code chunks which have been altered.

 What was originally:


 [image: Inline images 1]

 has been changed to:

 [image: Inline images 2]

 all the way through the document


I think this is what it is supposed to be now (i.e., correct). But I am not
sure (I do not use chunks). Doesn't the LaTeX output look identical?

I started to edit it back, but in the end just had to use last years
 pdf/beamer for my class.

 Indeed this has become a major problem as only a few of my lectures from
 last year will compile this year (not all have r code chunks in them).

 I assume its some something to do with beamer as a typical error relates
 to  paragraph ending before  beamer@inlineframetile was complete.


Could you send such a document for inspection?



 Unfortunately, I have been in too much of a panic to prepare something fro
 lectures that I haven't spend the time trying to sort it out. But I seem to
 have separators between slides that i can't remember being there before.


This is correct. In the new interface, frames have to be separated that way.

I just don't have the time to look at it properly right now.


If you find time again, please prepare an example document, so we can check
what is wrong.

Jürgen



 Cheers,

 Graham





 On 3 November 2014 12:11, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote:

 Graham Smith wrote:
  Hello Jurgen,
 
  Many thanks for this, I can now read it, but unfortunately it won't
 compile

 If you post the errors to lyx-users, we might be able to help.

 Jürgen

cover image with empty page

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (>insert>file>external material>pdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover image 
as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the German 
version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and how 
to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.
Thankful for a pointer:

Wolfgang

Re: Handling overlay in Beamer with svg

[Sergey Churilov]

This works.
The problem before was that I did not input Separator correctly.

Best regards,
Sergey Churilov

*Sergey Churilov, PhD. 
*

assistant professor

"Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University

Faculty of Civil Engineering
Chair of Structural Analysis

Blvd. Partizanski odredi 24, P.O.Box 560
1000 Skopje
Macedonia

Tel: +389 2 3116066 ext. 110
Fax: +389 2 3118 834
Mobile: +389 75 337336
http://ktk.gf.ukim.edu.mk

http://www.robotmk.com 

On 07.11.2014 23:39, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

The following applies to LyX 2.1 and later -- slight differences (I think)
for earlier versions.

Start a new paragraph and set the environment to "Frame" (in the "Frames"
section of the environment list). Fill in the slide title.

Start a new paragraph and set the environment to "Only" (in the "Overlays"
section of the environment list). Insert an overlay specification (Insert >
Overlay Specifications) and put 1 in the field. Add the first image the
usual way (Insert > Graphics...) along with any custom formatting (such as
spacing commands, if you don't like where it lands by default). Nest it
under the frame environment (Edit > Increase List Depth).

Start a new paragraph, convert it to the "Separator" environment, and nest
it under the Frame.

Create another "Only" environment as above, changing 1 to 2 in the overlay
specification.

Repeat ad nauseum.

Paul

Re: cover image with empty page

[Richard Heck]

On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (>insert>file>external material>pdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
image as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
German version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and 
how to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.


I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:


# pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf

Much easier.

Richard

Re: cover image with empty page

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 10.11.2014 um 15:48 schrieb Richard Heck:

On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

Hello,

I can't find the reason for the following:
I inserted a cover image (>insert>file>external material>pdf pages).
The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
image as the first page,
however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
German version), before the titlepage appears.
What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward the 
title page, so no empty page before or after it.
What should I do to find out the difference between the versions and 
how to avoid the empty page.

I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.


I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:


# pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf

Much easier.

Richard


Good idea, thanks, Richard
Wolfgang

Re: cover image with empty page

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:48:57 -0500
Richard Heck  wrote:

> On 11/10/2014 03:59 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I can't find the reason for the following:
> > I inserted a cover image (>insert>file>external material>pdf pages).
> > The pdf output gives me in my German version of the book
> > an empty page (page numbered with 1) before the cover image appears.
> > The pdf output of the English version gives me correctly the cover 
> > image as the first page,
> > however, the next page is empty (no page number, as it was in the 
> > German version), before the titlepage appears.
> > What I want is the title page to appear immediately and afterward
> > the title page, so no empty page before or after it.
> > What should I do to find out the difference between the versions
> > and how to avoid the empty page.
> > I am using lyx2.1.2 under kubuntu.
> 
> I would suggest you not try to insert the cover image in LyX. You can 
> add it to the PDF when you are done using pdftk:
> 
>  # pdftk cover.pdf myfile.pdf cat output newfile.pdf
> 
> Much easier.
> 
> Richard

pdftk is one more step of complication. Before that, I'd suggest
shrinking your cover image. The idiomatic reason for pagefeeding is that
the image plus margins is bigger than the paper.

Near the top, start with this ERT:
\frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}

Then this ERT:
\enlargethispage{1.50in}

Then this ERT:
~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in

Then insert your image, which should be a portrait, letter size (or A4
or whatever if European).

Then insert a newpage.

Then this ERT to reset left and right margins:
\leftskip -.5in\rightskip -.5in

The preceding enlarges the page area, demarginizes it so the cover
image starts at the very top left, and then newpages

The preceding should get you close, but you'll need to tweak to get it
just right.

The reason I prefer this to pdftk is that, for PDF eBooks, a script
personalizes each copy, and that script is much simpler if the cover's
in the LyX file instead of bolted on later using Pdftk. Also, if once a
year I need to update the book and once again turn it into a PDF for
printing, I don't need to remember that there's an extra Pdftk step.

By the way, the preceding code came out of this book:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/startbusiness.htm

HTH,

SteveT

Steve Litt*  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance

Re: cover image with empty page

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Steve Litt wrote:


pdftk is one more step of complication. Before that, I'd suggest
shrinking your cover image. The idiomatic reason for pagefeeding is that
the image plus margins is bigger than the paper.


  Those of us who regularly use pdftk find it's a convenience rather than a
complication. :-)

  Your suggestion is good for those preparing an e-book. But, if the book is
to be printed and bound by a commercial printer then the cover should be a
separate document because it includes the front, spine, and back. And, it
tends to be printed in color while the book contents are black text on white
background.

  Horses for courses, as it is written.

Regards,

Rich

Re: Error converting to loadable format

[Andreas Steinmayr]

Hi Stephan,
Yes, I upgraded to Yosemite. I found out that including the files works
when I start LyX from the console.
Andreas

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:

> Am 07.11.2014 um 20:18 schrieb Andreas :
>
> > Hello,
> > I recently upgraded to Lyx 2.1.2.1.
>
> You are on Mac OS Yosemite?
>
> > When I opened an existing file that has figures embedded as
> > PDFs, I get the error message "Error converting to loadable
> > format". Before the upgrade everything worked fine.
> > Do you have any ideas what the problem could be and how I could solve
> > it?
>
> You've updated LyX only? Or is anything else changed too?
>
> > Thanks for all suggestions.
> > Andreas
> >
>
>

Re: Lyx2lyx script failure trying to open year old file

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-11-10 14:40 GMT+01:00 Graham Smith:

> Hello Jurgen,
>
> Sorry for the delay in replying, I missed your response.
>
> It won't compile because of R code chunks which have been altered.
>
> What was originally:
>
>
> [image: Inline images 1]
>
> has been changed to:
>
> [image: Inline images 2]
>
> all the way through the document
>

I think this is what it is supposed to be now (i.e., correct). But I am not
sure (I do not use chunks). Doesn't the LaTeX output look identical?

I started to edit it back, but in the end just had to use last years
> pdf/beamer for my class.
>
> Indeed this has become a major problem as only a few of my lectures from
> last year will compile this year (not all have r code chunks in them).
>
> I assume its some something to do with beamer as a typical error relates
> to  paragraph ending before  beamer@inlineframetile was complete.
>

Could you send such a document for inspection?


>
> Unfortunately, I have been in too much of a panic to prepare something fro
> lectures that I haven't spend the time trying to sort it out. But I seem to
> have separators between slides that i can't remember being there before.
>

This is correct. In the new interface, frames have to be separated that way.

I just don't have the time to look at it properly right now.
>

If you find time again, please prepare an example document, so we can check
what is wrong.

Jürgen


>
> Cheers,
>
> Graham
>
>
>
>
>
> On 3 November 2014 12:11, Jürgen Spitzmüller  wrote:
>
>> Graham Smith wrote:
>> > Hello Jurgen,
>> >
>> > Many thanks for this, I can now read it, but unfortunately it won't
>> compile
>>
>> If you post the errors to lyx-users, we might be able to help.
>>
>> Jürgen
>>
>
>