Re: question about overriding Lyx default document class
Just a comment here, not a solution. A problem is, as stated, that open office produces very poor latex. It seems that the goal of the designers of the translation module was to make the latex output resemble the formatting of the open office document, rather than making the contents the same. That is, they are trying to 'finger-paint' with latex, directly opposed to the philosophy of LyX. I tried to use open office to convert MS Word documents into lyx (MS Word->OO->Latex->LyX), but had to give up because the latex produced by OO was so poor.
Re: question about overriding Lyx default document class
Thanks, maybe I'll try this. I have a lot of documents in MS Word that I continually update, and ideally I would like to convert all of those to LyX. So far, though, it has been too cumbersome to be worth the while, so I continue to use MS Word.
Re: Word Import
Richard Heck comcast.net> writes: > > What I'd propose is that someone begin a proper word2lyx project based > upon Rob's ideas. That would be great. I would be happy to donate to such a project if it was set up as a 'donation project' as other projects on LyX's homepage. A lyx2word converter would also be nice. The situation is this: you have material in LyX, but the agency/publisher/collaborator requires a word document.
LyX theorem environment
I have a lyx and a latex question First, is it possible to define new theorem environments in LyX? I looked through the help manuals, but could not find anything. If not possible in LyX, of course I can use latex \newtheorem. Here the question is, is it possible to make this follow the style of an already defined theorem environment? Specifically, I want my environment to look like the theorem style in the IEEETran class, but if I just use \newtheorem it has a completely different style.
Re: LyX theorem environment
Sorry, I think I was not quite clear about what I would like to do. I'm using the IEEETran class. I would like to define a new type of theorem (a "property") that looks the same was as theorems look in the IEEETran class.
Re: LyX theorem environment
Richard Heck comcast.net> writes: Thanks, I will try that.
Re: Guidance in starting to use LyX/LaTex
> My ability to make documents look the way I want them to is limited. In my personal opinion, this is the weakness of LaTeX/LyX. LaTeX is great when you write for a medium with a defined formatting, e.g., a journal, and they give you a style file to use. Then you just fill out the contents. But if you a free to format your document, and have specific ideas on how it should look like, it's not that convenient. I found the easiest way is to use LaTeX packages such as enumitem, fancyhdr, and titlesec. Once you have formatted one document, you can use it as template for following documents.
Lion
Has anyone tried LyX (2.0) under Mac OSX Lion? Has anyone encountered any problems? I will wait with upgrading until I know LyX can run under Lion.
Re: A period after section number
You should be able to do this with the titlesec package.
For example, it has the following command:
"and you may add a dot after the counter simply with
\titlelabel{\thetitle.\quad}"
My experience is that trying to change the section labels
manually gives headaches.
Automatic save of LaTeX
Is there a way to make LyX automatically save the LaTeX version of a document every time the LyX document is saved?
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Dr Eberhard Lisse lisse.NA> writes: > > What on earth for? > There are several reasons. But a main reason is that I would like to be able to edit my documents on my iPad. LaTeX exists, but not LyX. I can edit the latex, and then copy the changes back to LyX. But that does require I have access to the latex version. It often happens I have my iPad with me, I unexpectedly get some extra time and would like to do some work -- but then I don't have the latex version of the document I'm working on.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Paul A. Rubin msu.edu> writes: > > Anders Host-Madsen yahoo.com> writes: > > > > > Is there a way to make LyX automatically save the LaTeX version of a > > document > > every time the LyX document is saved? > > > > You can write a custom macro that chains the buffer-write and buffer-export > LFUNs and bind it to some key combination. Then you need to remember to use > that key combo whenever you save your file. You will need to specify an > export format (e.g., pdflatex) in the buffer-export function. The LFUNs are > detailed in Help > LyX Functions. > > Paul > > Thanks. That would work for me. I checked the LFUNs, and I see how I can make each work individually. But how do I combine them? That is, how do I write a macro? I only see something about math macros.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Thanks, that works. I see I can use the command-sequence to combine the commands. So, now it works.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Andrew Parsloe clear.net.nz> writes: > I'm interested to know whether this really does work. In the past when > I've tried to use command-sequence with export or save operations it has > run into problems with threaded code -- an export or save is not > completed before the next command in the sequence is initiated. > > Andrew I have only used it a few times so far, and it seems to work. If the first command, buffer-write, fails because there are no changes, the rest does not run either. But in this case that is clearly desirable.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Scott Kostyshak lyx.org> writes: > > On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 11:19:06AM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > > On 6/04/2016 8:55 a.m., Anders Host-Madsen wrote: > > >Thanks, that works. I see I can use the command-sequence to combine > > >the commands. So, now it works. > > I'm interested to know whether this really does work. In the past when I've > > tried to use command-sequence with export or save operations it has run into > > problems with threaded code -- an export or save is not completed before the > > next command in the sequence is initiated. > > I think this issue might be the one that you're running into: > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8338 > > Also note these posts: > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/71110/can-lyx-automatically-save-the-pdf-output-in-the- same-folder/71212#71212 > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/89561/shortcut-for-export-pdf-on-lyx/89562#89562 > > Scott > I can only say that so far it works for me. I assigned command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdflatex; buffer-export pdf2 to a key (control-command-S), and it works as intended. I'm using a mac.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Anders Host-Madsen yahoo.com> writes: > > I can only say that so far it works for me. I assigned > > command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdflatex; buffer-export pdf2 > > to a key (control-command-S), and it works as intended. I'm using a mac. > > I do have one issue, though. Sometimes the third part is not executed, so the updated pdf is not saved. I don't see the pattern in when it's executed, and when it's not.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
> I notice that, when I export repeatedly to pdf, the command will > actually run and the pdf will not update unless the buffer has been > changed. So that's probably why your pdf doesn't always run --- you > have to change the document, then it will all run. > No, that's not the issue. I do change the lyx file. If there is any pattern, then it seems like it only runs every second time. So, I change the lyx file, it doesn't convert to pdf. Then I make a trivial change, say inserting a space somewhere, run it again, and then it will save the pdf.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Gordon Cooper kinect.co.nz> writes: > > > On 07/04/16 02:18, David L. Johnson wrote: > > I notice that, when I export repeatedly to pdf, the command will > > actually run and the pdf will not update unless the buffer has been > > changed. So that's probably why your pdf doesn't always run --- you > > have to change the document, then it will all run. > I can confirm that, happens here too. > > Gordon. > Tauranga N.Z. > > As said, that is not the problem. I change the document. Then sometimes, it exports to pdf, sometimes not. But it SEEMS (I haven't tried enough times yet) that if I change the order, it always executes all three commands (assuming the document is changed). So, if I use command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdf2; buffer-export pdflatex it seems it always runs all three commands. But if I use command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdflatex; buffer-export pdf2 it seems it sometimes does not run the export to pdf. Odd.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Update. If I run command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdf2; buffer-export pdflatex It sometimes make LyX hang. If I run command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdflatex; buffer-export pdf2 sometimes the pdf export doesn't happen. So, neither quite work. I have a strong feeling it has to do with how long the commands take to run. On my iMac, which has a slow spinning HD, I get more trouble than on my MacBook, which has an SSD.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Scott Kostyshak lyx.org> writes: > I think this issue might be the one that you're running into: > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8338 Looking at this ticket and the comments, it seems it the same kind of problem I run into. The exports run in parallel. It then makes sense that my iMac, which has a slower disk, gives more problems. It seems I can only run one of the exports. Too bad. My idea was that if you always save pdf and latex, you can view the pdf on platforms that do not have LyX, and edit the LaTeX. My main usage scenario would be an iPad, but it could also apply if you use a computer that does not have LyX installed.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Paul A. Rubin msu.edu> writes: > > Another possible approach is to define a new file format (Tools | File > Handling | File Formats) and a new converter (Tools | File Handling | > Converters) from LaTeX (pdflatex) to the new format. In the "Converter:" > field, supply the name of a script that first archives the .tex file, then > runs pdflatex (and bibtex?) against it, then archives the .pdf file > somewhere. Then you just have to export to the new format in the command > sequence (after saving the buffer). > > This sounds a little challenging. By script, you mean a unix shell script? One challenge is that you don't quite know how many time to run pdflatex. I guess usually pdflatex, bibtext, pdflatex, pdflatex would work.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Paul A. Rubin msu.edu> writes: > > > Yes, this is what I meant, and the sequence you listed is what I would use. > I don't know if it will work in 100% of all cases, but at worst you should > have the .lyx and .tex files saved (and a LaTeX log file indicating why > compilation failed), or maybe a PDF file with those annoying question marks > where you were hoping for cross-references. > > I have tried this method. I figured out how to write scripts and put the formats into LyX, and how to debug LyX. But LyX just will not run my script. I get the message 14:15:31.593: The process failed to start. Either the invoked program is missing, or you may have insufficient permissions to invoke the program. 14:15:31.720: Successful export to format: Exportsupport/Systemcall.cpp (276): Systemcall: 'LExport.sh $$r "test.tex"' did not start! support/Systemcall.cpp (277): error The process failed to start. Either the invoked program is missing, or you may have insufficient permissions to invoke the program. I have tried to put the scrip inside the LyX scripts directory, and outside. I can run it from terminal. But when LyX tries to run it, the above happens. Any ideas from anyone? It's all on a Mac.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Paul A. Rubin msu.edu> writes: > Is LExport.sh marked executable by all users, not just yourself. I don't > know whether LyX runs the script with you as the user or with LyX as the user. It should be. Here is ls -l -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 madsen admin 20 Apr 12 14:11 LExport.sh > > Also, does the script specify a command interpreter with a hash-bang comment > at the top? In other words, when you successfully run it outside LyX, do you > do so with "./LExport.sh", or do you specify a command interpreter (e.g, > "bash ./LExport.sh"? Yes. Here is the script (at the moment I'm just trying to make the script run, so it doesn't do anything yet): #!/bin/bash cp $1 $2 Perhaps it's some security issue on Mac that prevents it from running? Anyway, now that I know there is a message pane, I figured out exactly where it goes wrong with the command-sequence. The issue is with copying figures. Sometimes they don't copy, and pdflatex fails. If I have a long LyX document, but without figures, the command-sequence seems to always work, producing a latex and pdf file.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Stephan Witt gmx.net> writes: Thank you so much. Now it works. The key was to put the path to the script in the lyx path. I had understood from the LyX customization manual that when you put it inside the lyx scripts folder, lyx would find it. But that seems not to be the case. Also thanks for the script itself. Much more advanced than something I could write.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Stephan Witt gmx.net> writes: Unfortunately it's not quite there. I have tried to modify the script to run bibtex, but it doesn't work. I have tried different variations for the input to bibtex, below is one. But it's not quite clear to me exactly what should be the input argument to bibtex. It's almost there, so I hope someone can help me. #!/bin/sh echo $(date)":" "$0" "$ " filename=$(basename "$1" .tex) if [ -d "$2" ]; then targetdir="$2" elif [ -f "$2" ]; then targetdir=$(dirname "$2") else targetdir="$2" if [ ! -d "$2" ]; then echo Bad call with target "$2" exit 1 fi fi echo pwd=$(pwd) filename="$filename" echo pdflatex "$1" "$targetdir"/"$filename".pdf pdflatex "$1" "$targetdir"/"$filename".pdf bibtex “$filename”.aux pdflatex “$1” "$targetdir"/"$filename".pdf pdflatex "$1" && test -f "$filename".pdf && cp "$filename".pdf "$targetdir"/ echo cp "$1" "$targetdir"/"$filename".tex cp "$1" "$targetdir"/"$filename".tex
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
OK, I found the problem. Textedit on Mac changed the quotes " into smart quotes. After correcting that it works completely. Thanks all for your help.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Anders Host-Madsen yahoo.com> writes: A few more comment on this. To get the same latex file as one would get when exporting from the menu, set the "nice" flag in the exporter. The main issue with the script approach is that it changes the name of the files. For example, spaces become _. I don't see how to solve this. I doesn't seem the real name of the original file is available to the converter.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
That was it, now it works exactly as intended. Thanks again for your help.
Re: Automatic save of LaTeX
Hal Kierstead me.com> writes: > > Please post the final version. > Thanks, > Hal > I wrote a step by step procedure (ironically, in MS Word! I just find it easier to copy the screen shots into Word) for the non-techies -- mainly so I can myself repeat the procedure when I install a new version of LyX or get a new computer. I don't know how to attach with the gmane interface, but here is a link if anyone is interested. I could also perhaps post on a Wiki? https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D6910206_06659227_6503710
Gmane interface down?
Hi all, It seems I cannot access the lyx lists through the gmane interface anymore. Is that a general problem? Anders Host-Madsen.
macOS Sierra
Has anyone tried LyX on MacOS Sierra? Any issues?
Re: macOS Sierra
Thanks. Then perhaps I will update. One thing that breaks for me every time I update is setting the BIBINPUTS path. Every time Apple updates, they put some restrictions in the UNIX shell that breaks the previous work around. For El Capitain I had to make a applescript that runs at startup. Hopefully that will still work. On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 8:21 AM, Christopher Menzel wrote: On 20 Sep 2016, at 2:16 PM, Anders Host-Madsen wrote: > Has anyone tried LyX on MacOS Sierra? Any issues? LyX (currently 2.2) with MacTeX 2015 is rock solid for me under Sierra, and has been since the early public betas. Will upgrade to MacTeX 2016 one of these days but don't expect any problems at all. -chris
Re: macOS Sierra
So, I did the upgrade, and as you said, everything works fine. Even the BIBINPUT environment variable is fine. I guess Sierra really was a minor update that did not change the interior workings of OS X. On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 8:21 AM, Christopher Menzel wrote: On 20 Sep 2016, at 2:16 PM, Anders Host-Madsen wrote: > Has anyone tried LyX on MacOS Sierra? Any issues? LyX (currently 2.2) with MacTeX 2015 is rock solid for me under Sierra, and has been since the early public betas. Will upgrade to MacTeX 2016 one of these days but don't expect any problems at all. -chris
Beamerposter example
I need to create a conference poster, and I think I can do it with beamerposter. But I would like to do it starting with a template/example, so that I just have to replace things, not start from scratch (I have no experience with beamer). Does anyone have a good example in LyX? I tried to import some examples from latex, but they don't compile in LyX. Thanks,Anders.
Re: Beamerposter example
On 04/08/2017 04:19 PM, Anders Host-Madsen wrote: I need to create a conference poster, and I think I can do it with beamerposter. But I would like to do it starting with a template/example, so that I just have to replace things, not start from scratch (I have no experience with beamer). Does anyone have a good example in LyX? I tried to import some examples from latex, but they don't compile in LyX.Thanks, Anders. What about File > New from Template... using the poster-beamerposter.lyx template?Paul - Thanks. It was not among my templates. Somehow my lyx is pointing to an old templates folder. But I found it inside the lyx app. Yes, I can use that as starting point. P.S. The reply to this post never came back to my inbox. I only found it on mail-archieve.com.
Buffer-export works in 2.3.0!
A sequence of multiple buffer exports works in 2.3.0 -- they did not do so in 2.2, and I had to write a shell script to circumvent it (that sometimes worked, sometimes not). For example now I have the keyboard shortcut command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdflatex; buffer-export pdf2 assigned to a keyboard shortcut. This automatically saves a lyx file, a latex file, and a pdf file. I'm just posting in case anyone might be interested. And thanks for fixing that in 2.3!
Fractions below baseline in 2.3
It seems to me that LyX 2.3 sets fractions slightly too low compared to the baseline when entering equations. Of course once they are typeset, they move to the correct position. But in the math input mode it's almost as though fractions are in subscript mode. Anyone else noticed?
Re: Fractions below baseline in 2.3
Yes, I can see it. The issue is that the \pi in math input mode is smaller than the \pi in latex, which makes it look unbalanced in math input mode. Probably nothing to do about that.
Buffer-export
I have the following command sequence assigned to a shortcut:
command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdflatex; buffer-export pdf2
The idea is that whenever I save a lyx file, I also get a latex and pdf file.
The issue is that the latex export messes up filenames (or paths, perhaps). As
an example, when I export directly from the menu, I get
\includegraphics[scale=0.7]{Redundancy}
But when I run my command sequence, I get
\includegraphics[scale=0.7]{0_Users_madsen_Dropbox_AHM_Papers_Big_Data_Paper_Big_Data_Real_JP_Redundancy.pdf}
So, the latex file does not compile.
Any ideas what could be the issue and how I fix it?
Thanks,
Re: Buffer-export
Yes, I see now that my command sequence does not give the correct latex file. It also has some extra commands in the start like \batchmode. I thought it was fixed in 2.3.0 compared to 2.2.x, because the command sequence ran without any issues. But good if it will be fixed in the next release.On Sunday, May 6, 2018, 11:33:33 AM HST, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 05/06/2018 04:58 PM, Anders Host-Madsen wrote: > I have the following command sequence assigned to a shortcut: > > command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdflatex; buffer-export pdf2 This will not work properly in 2.3.0 or earlier versions. Probably what you are seeing is a race condition of some sort. The problem is that the first export does not finish before we try to start another one. This is fixed for 2.3.1, which should be out in a few weeks. Riki
Unable to import from LaTeX after 2.3.1
After upgrading to 2.3.1 I'm unable to import from latex. I'm pretty sure
import worked in 2.3.0. The error message I get is:
An error occurred while running:
$$s/../MacOS/tex2lyx -f "Big Data MDL CCF 17IX.tex" "Big Data MDL CCF 17IX.lyx"
To test that it's not a problem with my document, I created a simple tex
document:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Hello!
\end{document}
But import also fails for thatThanks,Anders.
Re: Unable to import from LaTeX after 2.3.1
Thanks, yes that solved the problem. On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 8:43:22 AM HST, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 10/16/18 2:41 PM, Anders Host-Madsen wrote: After upgrading to 2.3.1 I'm unable to import from latex. I'm pretty sure import worked in 2.3.0. The error message I get is: An error occurred while running: $$s/../MacOS/tex2lyx -f "Big Data MDL CCF 17IX.tex" "Big Data MDL CCF 17IX.lyx" This was a known problem in the original binary. It was supposed to have been fixed with the new one, so try re-installing. Riki
LyX on iPad
Perhaps beating a dead horse, but I really wish there would be a LyX for iPad. Apple more and more positions the iPad as a computer replacement. And recent developments has made that come closer for me. Latex is there, Keynote now can do latex, and Pythonista can do (basic) Python. The only thing preventing me from just bringing my iPad when I travel is the lack of LyX.
Re: LyX on iPad
I have not really figured out how to properly reply to the mailing list. Hopefully this ends up the right place. First, I tried rollapp.com. It’s not too bad, in fact. The interface is not touch optimized, but one can use the Apple Pencil to click the small icons. A little slow. Perhaps OK if one wants to run LyX on iPad occasionally, but then kind of expensive to subscribe; on the other hand, if one wants to use it often, the interface becomes too cumbersome and slow. So, not a real solution. With respect to what I want to do: I would like to be able to edit a LyX document when I’m on the go. I might have a LyX document started on my computer, but then when I’m out I would like to continue to edit on the iPad, and then later on my computer again. One possibility is of course to convert the lyx document to latex, edit it there, and then convert back to LyX on computer. But as we know, things do get lost in the conversion back and forth between LyX and LaTeX. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
Re: LyX on iPad
Still have not found the proper way to post to thread, so I just hope it will show up the right place. First, for the topic of the thread: I have now tried 1) rollapp.com and 2) remote access to my Mac from iPad (Screens and TeamWiever). rollapp.com is too limited (e.g., shortcuts and arrow keys don't work) and expensive. Remote access is too slow and unreliable to be a solution. So, the only solution would be some type of native app on iPad. I do think of LyX as a frontend for LaTeX, and not at all irrelevant. In fact, it is the software I use the most of all software that I have. It has completely revolutionized my workflow, as it's now so easy to write LaTeX. I think the issue is not that LyX is outdated, but that LaTeX is outdated. It's made for typesetting on paper, and honestly most reading now is done on screens. For that PDF is terrible. It's fixed format for printing. Instead, what is needed is mathematical typesetting that is free-flowing and adaptable to the screen it's read on (including a phone). Is there any work going on on that kind of standard?
Missing templates
I use LyX 2.0 on Mac. But I cannot find any templates. One one computer I installed on top of LyX 1.6, on the other computer it was a fresh install of 2.0. In either, no templates. What can I do?
Re: Missing templates
Thanks, that solved the problem!
Re: Missing templates
I did this: copy them from there (e. g. /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/templates) to ~/Library/Application Support/LyX/templates Of course, that is not very user friendly. In particular now that Apple has decided to hide Library. Would it be possible to run some kind of installation script that does this automatically?
Re: converting from doc (doc import) - html and LaTeX approach failed
It depends on whether or not you want to import equations as well. I have been using Word2tex to convert word documents with mainly equations, and it works fairly well. Some hand-editing is required, but it is fairly limited. Word2tex is not free, though. Still, I have found that all the free approaches work very poorly for equations.
Re: How to select via keyboard?
You can hold down the shift key while you use the arrow keys, at least on Mac.
Re: copying from MS Word to LyX
> My experience has been that word2tex is the only program that will work well > with "lots of math equations". But over the years, Word has handled math > in a bunch of different ways, so I'd recommend getting an evaluation version > first, and making sure it works for your particular word documents. I agree. I also bought word2tex after trying all the free options. The problem with OpenOffice, at least when I tried it, was that it tried to copy the exact style of equations into latex, so the resulting latex was a terrible mess. Word2tex has worked quite well to me. It is not completely automatic. I usually do some hand editing of the latex code before finally converting it into LyX.
Mountain Lion
Did anyone try to run LyX under Mountain Lion? Any problems? Thanks.
BIBINPUTS
This is more of a latex question. Bibtex finds the location of BIB files from the environmental variable BIBINPUTS. This is true on both Windows and Mac, and has worked so far. But suddenly, today, it doesn't work on Mac anymore. What I have used until now is the following method In finder, choose Go->go to folder... ~/.MacOSX Edit "environment.plist" Add BIBINPUTS as a new key, and put path(s). Restart computer (seems necessary). But again, this doesn't work anymore. Any suggestions? I did some search on the internet, and it seems the /.MacOSX doesn't work any longer in Mountain Lion (but I'm pretty sure I did compile after installing mountain lion). People say things should now be set in launchd. But, hey, that's too technical for me. Anyone have a solution for directing bibtex to look for bib files in a central location?
Re: BIBINPUTS
The alternative is to give direct paths to the BIB files. However, that is an issue when you collaborate with people on a document. Furthermore, it seems there is a bug in LyX. When I give direct paths to the BIB files, the citation dialog box becomes superwide, stretching beyond the width of my large screen. How can I solve that?
Re: BIBINPUTS
Sorry for posting to quick, the last issue with wide citation dialog box solved itself. But still, the question is how to set the path for bibtex.
Re: BIBINPUTS
I solved the problem through help on the Apple discussions. I will post the solution here for reference in case others have the same issue. Perhaps I can put it on a wiki? 1) In finder, choose Go->go to folder... /etc 2) Edit "launchd.conf" This file may not exist. In that case create it. Make sure it's called "launchd.conf" and not "lauchd.conf.txt" 3) add "setenv BIBINPUTS path(s)". Separate multiple paths with : Notice that the string after BIBINPUTS cannot contain spaces. 4) Restart computer.
Re: Track changes but don't show them in LyX?
This is also a feature I sorely miss. Unless you only have a few changes, the LyX display quickly becomes unreadable. The consequence is that the the resulting pdf can have errors that are overlooked in LyX, a typical example being missing spaces.
Re: Wrapfigure placing figures at beginning
karl linek.at linek.at> writes: > > Hi, > > I'm using wrapfigure. I would like to have the top of a figure adjusted > with the paragraph. Although I place the wrapfigure environment at the > beginning of the paragraph, lyx places the figure about one line below > the first line. In my experience, wrapfigure doesn't work very well. I think you have to experiment with manual adjustments. You can insert a negative vertical space before the graphic (i.e., inside the wrapfigure environment) and adjust it so you get alignment. After this you may have to manually adjust the length of the wrapfigure environment to avoid too much space below.
documentclass{sig-alternate}
I need to produce a paper using the ACM sig-alternate document class. Is there anyway I can do that in LyX? I tried to import an example file to LyX, but it gave an error. For now it seems the only option is to write a draft in LyX, export to Latex and then continue working there.
Re: documentclass{sig-alternate}
I found one LyX layout file at: http://krono.act.uji.es/people/ismael/lyx-templates-1 This helps, but it lacks theorems (which is key to what I write). Any other suggestions?
Automatic save of PDF
Is it possible to configure/program LyX so that whenever the LyX files is saved by the user (not auto-save) the pdf version (and latex) version is also saved (without the warning about overwrite)? I realized I do this hundred of times every day: save the LyX file then export it to pdf. It would be nice if it could be done automatically.
Mac: cannot see graphics, classes
I just discovered LyX. What a great program! I have been using LateX and MS Word for many years, but never been happy. This looks just like what I have been looking for. I have some basic questions 1. I use LyX on OS X 10.5.6. Graphics (eps and pdf) never show up. It just says 'error converting...' This is true even for the LyX user manual. When I typeset using latex, the figures look fine. What could be the problem? 2. Many classes show Unavailable: specifically, I'm interested in the IEEETran.cls. I have the IEEETran.cls file, but how do I get it into the system so that LyX can use it? It may be an issue of installing it in my Latex installation. I use gwtex. --------- Anders Host-Madsen, Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822
Problem showing graphics
Sorry, this is actually I follow up to my previous posting. I did not figure out how to post replies. So Thanks to Konrad Hofbauer I found out how to use the IEEEtran class. Now I know how to install new classes (run sudo texhash and reconfigure LyX). But graphics is still hit and miss. I installed imagemagic, as adviced, and now it shows some graphics. pdf works, some .eps files work (e.g., the one in the documentation), but most of my .eps files do not show up (funny, the one .eps I could make work does not work if it's in another directory). Any idea what could be the problem? - Anders Host-Madsen, Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822
Re: Copy and Paste Latex
I don't really understand how to post replies to messages on the mailing list, so excuse me if this appears as a separate thread. Thanks to Guenter Milde for the trick about converting latex formulas into lyx. That should work for short pieces of latex code: just select the equation parts and convert that. For longer pieces, a conversion would be usefull. I will try to post this on bugzilla.
How to post reply?
Maybe this is not the right place to ask: I just don't understand how to post replies to previous messages (including my own, and answers to my questions) on this kind of mail forum. Could someone let me know where to find help? I tried mailing lyx-users-h...@lists.lyx.org for help, but it doesn't say how to post replies. Maybe that's too obvious?
Re: How to post reply?
Piero Faustini writes: Yes, now I see, I can use gmane to post. There is some action menu in the upper right corner.
Re: I: paste latex code into lyx?
Giovanni Bedetti writes: > > What i mean is that i paste LaTeX code and see the layout. I'd like to paste > it in the source view. I just started using LyX, and I had exactly the same question, see the list below. I feel that would be one of the most useful additions to LyX. I will copy and paste one answer I got from Guenter Milde. Especially c) I find useful: you can paste your text into LyX and then convert each equation to math. > What you can do is... a) >> take the code and make it into a full latex document by adding things, >> import to LyX, and then copy and paste, but that seems cumbersome. b) use the tex2lyx command with option -p on a file with incomplete LaTeX (you will need to specify the documentclass with -c too), c) for Math (and only math): paste "normally", select and press Ctrl-M: LyX will convert it into math in a math-box. d) for your old LaTeX files: let lyx convert everything into a lyx file in a batch job.
MS Word to LyX
LyX is really a great way to write math. Therefore I would like to convert my old MS Word documents -- with a lot of equation in Equation Editor -- to LyX (these are documents I continually revise). Any advise about this? I found two commercial packages for conversion to LaTeX: Grind EQ and Word2Tex. They are expensive, and the results are so-so. Definitely requires a lot of hand editing of the LaTeX code. Any experiences with these programs? It appears to me the results from Word2Tex is a little more faithful to the source, but it's hard to evaluate from the trial version.
Re: MS Word to LyX
Richard Heck writes: > > > OpenOffice will export LaTeX. You should be able to load your Word docs > there, and then export. Might be no worse. You WILL have to do hand > editing, one way or the other. There's just no way around it. I tried to install open office (neo office). It does convert to LaTeX. But the issue is that it seems the philosophy in the OO converter is to make the typeset LaTeX document look like the OO document, rather than conveying the meaning/contents of the document -- WYSIWYG rather than WYSIWYM. The results is terrible, terrible LaTeX code. Maybe there is some option to set so that it's converted to nice latex code, that does not try to reproduce the formatting of the OO document? At least the commercial programs produce LaTeX code that reproduce the meaning of the original document fairly.
Re: Corss reference and math functions shortkey.
Jens Noeckel writes: > Hi, > yes, some of the lfun names have changed over time. For cross- > references, you now have to invoke the lengthy command "dialog-show- > new-inset ref"... In LyX 1.6.x you can find these function names by > searching in the Preferences > Editing > Shortcuts panels. I have wondered about the same thing. At least on Mac, when I search for ref in the shortcuts, the only thing coming up is reference-next, no insert-ref. If I search on ins there are lots of inserts (citation, quotation), but no cross reference. Could this be a bug in the Mac version?
Re: MS Word to LyX
Richard Heck writes: > There's also the free wvLatex program that you can try. I don't know if > it runs on Windows. See here: > http://wvware.sourceforge.net/ > But if it doesn't, that's a good reason to dual boot Linux. I looked vwLatex. They refer to AbiWord, But I couldn't make AbiWord convert equations at all. So, it seems the only solution is word2tex -- it appears to do the conversion better than GrindEQ. But it is hard to judge from the trial version, and the real version is quite expensive (and risky, since it seems support is non-existent).
Re: how to put an image
Yakup Ayvaz writes: > I inserted an images, which also shows the image correctly in lyx, > but then I try to export in pdf format I get an error like "... cannot > determine size of graphic". I would suggest specifying width and height in the LyX graphics dialog box. This sounds like the type of Latex error you could get if you don't set those parameters.
Re: how to put an image
Nikos Alexandris writes: > Hi Yego. > > Hmm, that's a bit strange to me. I use .eps all the time without any > problem and "hit" the pdf button (or export > PDF (pdlatex) ) and never > experienced conflicts. > > Perhaps I don't understand the problem of Yakup very well, but I think > it's probably a size problem. > > Kind regards, Nikos > > Yes, I agree, LyX can handle eps, but you need the imagemagick package. However, I think the problem here is that the size cannot be determined. I had that kind of problem before in Latex, and I solved it by setting the width in Latex, which I believe is equivalent to setting width in lyx.
Re: Installing biblatex-dw-style (Wassenhoven) on OSX
I believe you need to run "sudo texhash" from the terminal after installing new packages.
Re: Installing biblatex-dw-style (Wassenhoven) on OSX
jezZiFeR writes: >From a few weeks of usage of LyX I find that the error messages I get from LyX is rather meaningless. It appears to my that LyX cuts away exactly the important parts. I would suggest you look at the LaTeX log, or try to export to LaTeX and compile to see what exactly happens in LaTeX. That might give you a clue to what exactly is wrong.
Re: Spell checking
OK, I can see that there is an answer to my question on the LyX wiki. Didn't realize that before asking here.
Re: Spell checking
Installing cocoAspell worked. Great.
Spell checking
I badly need spell checking for my typing. LyX relies on aspell, which I don't have. I went to the aspell web page and downloaded, but I find no installation instructions. I'm lost. I use LyX on a Mac, and it seems aspell is some kind of unix thing. I can see that cocoAspell is a Mac version of aspell. If I install that, will it also work from LyX? Thanks.
Re: How to edit
I ran into the same problem. I just started using spellcheck. There is a more direct solution. In Finder you can select Go>Go To Folder (or shift-command-G). Then you can type /usr/local/etc (or just /usr and then navigate from there). You can then change the access privileges for aspell.conf. However, in my case I also had to change the access privileges for the etc folder. Once you have done that you can edit the aspell.conf file. Maybe this should be added to the wiki?
Re: Strange LaTex /bibtex error prevents successful compilation
First, a question to someone knowledgeable. How does LyX do it's compilation of LaTeX? Does it leave .aux files between compilations? I have had this kind of errors with LaTeX. An error in compilation leaves an invalid .aux file. That prevents compilation next time. I have had to manually delete the .aux file. If LyX leaves the .aux file, this could be a reason for an error like this.
Re: continuous spell check on the fly: add more money in the pot bug 718
Mac already has this feature as part of the operating system. I wonder if it would be possible without too much trouble to activate this in the Mac interface? For a Mac user this would be better, since it's nice to have one systemwide dictionary.
Search and replace in equations
Is there any way to search and replace in equations in LyX? Say I want to replace x with y in all my equations. Or \mathbf with \mathsf. If not, is there any plans to implement this? One of the advantages of using Latex is that it's plain text, so it's possible to search and replace in equations. Is it a bad idea to export LyX to Latex, then search and replace, and re-import in LyX?
Re: Search and replace in equations
Uwe Stöhr writes: > This is currently only possible by opening a LyX file with a > text editor and then use find and replace. Thanks, I didn't think about the fact that LyX files are text files. That seems a better solution than exporting to Latex and then re-importing to LyX. It appears that equations in the LyX files are standard Latex. > This feature has been implemented for the next major LyX release LyX 2.0.0, > see > http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20 Excellent! LyX is really a great program.
Re: elsevier natbib author-year problem
Did you specify the elsart-harv.bst in the bibtex insert (as style file)? Otherwise, that would seem an obvious problem.
LyX to HTML?
Is there any good way to convert LyX (or LaTeX perhaps more to the point) to HTML? I do know LyX can export to HTML, but the result is not pretty; it looks so last century. Also, many packages seems to be stripped away (such as enumitem). There is no options to format the HTML to look nice. I tried to google for LaTeX to HTML converters, but it seems few are actively maintained. Perhaps hyperlatex would be an option? There is also elyxer, which produces nice looking output, but has too many missing features. Any ideas? I want to move all my word processing from MS Word to LyX, but one of the things that keeps me with Word is that it can do fair (not great, but fair) HTML conversion.
Re: LyX to HTML?
Iain Mac Donald writes: Thanks, as I stated, I did try elyxer. That actually produces nice output, but it seems to support a very limited set of latex/lyx. None of my equations or numbered lists come out correctly. But maybe this will one day be a good tool. It appears to be new. I do like the philosophy of hyperlatex: you insert some special commands to modify the html. That way you can maintain and update a document that you want to publish both as pdf/print and html.
Re: LyX to HTML?
Robert Orr writes: > One means that I've found as an alternative has been to export .pdf, > then convert it to html by sending it to adobe. I actually did try this earlier, using Acrobat Pro. But the result was terrible, absolutely terrible. Any tricks?
Re: LyX to HTML?
Typhoon writes: > I use tex4ht or hevea. I find that either one of them does a reasonable > job if you then apply a custom CSS. But my work is always plain text, > no images. I'm using Debian Lenny. Thanks, hevea does look interesting. But it seems to be a unix thing. How can I use it on a Mac?
Re: LyX to HTML?
Alex Fernandez writes: Thanks for making this available. I will experiment a little more with it, and possibly send you some files.
Re: LyX to HTML?
> tex4ht works on all platforms. It is normally accessed when you > view your document as HTML from LyX. > If this is not the case tex4ht is not installed. > (it is often part of the LaTeX distribution). Yes, the translation from within lyx works (htlatex is there). But I'm not very satisfied with the result. Maybe it's possible to customize, as in heava? The documentation page seems to be down.
Re: LyX to HTML?
BH writes: > I haven't used hevea, but I have used tex4ht, which is a part of > TeXLive; LyX should already recognize it. > > Bennett I tried using tex4ht on some other documents, and the result is better than my initial judgement made them. Equations are actually rendered quite faithfully. But, although this might not be the right place, I wonder if anybody has some answers to these questions 1. How do I change formatting, in particular font size? 2. Similar, how to I change the margins (i.e., so that if I make the browser window very wide, the text does not continue to expand) In general, I have a hard time finding documentation for tex4ht. The web site says it's highly configurable, but I cannot figure out how. My knowledge of CSS is limited to knowing what the acronym stands for. 3. It seems tex4ht uses latex to compile, and then translates. That sounds good as it should respect the packages you use. But, for example, I use enumitem, but that never seems to work. How come? 4. Tables come out very poorly. Is that a general problem?
Re: LyX to HTML?
rgheck writes: > The other possibility is plastex, which I haven't used but keep meaning > to investigate. It's pure python, so should run anywhere LyX does. Now I tried out Plastex. The concept is a little different. It makes the latex document into a complete, hierarchical web page. The result is quite good (e.g., tables are rendered well, as opposed to Tex4ht). I my case, though, I just want to embed the html into an existing web page, with its own navigational tools, so this is not exactly what I want. But the documentation is comprehensive, so maybe it can be configured to makes the document into a single web page.
Re: LyX to HTML?
john writes: But looking at the web site, it looks like latex2html was not updated since 2001. That makes me somewhat reluctant to rely on it.
Re: Error converting to loadable format for EPS
I have the same problem. However, only with SOME eps files. In my case EPS files generated by Matlab just don't show in LyX, but those from some other sources do show in LyX (for example those in the user guide). My only workaround has been to convert the EPS into PDF manually (in OS X just use preview). If you need to export as LaTeX/eps, you can just export as pdflatex, but compile with plain latex (if you export as plain latex, LyX will try to convert the PDF files back to EPS and overwrite the original files).
Re: LyX vs. wordprocessors
Steve Litt writes: I'm not really sure I agree that it's as easy to do semantic markup in MS Word is in Latex. There are a number of issues First, it's much easier not to use styles. Personally, I always used styles, but I'm the only one I know how does that. When I put together documents from groups of people it's always a mess because people used their personal formatting. Want a header? Increase font size and make bold. Furthermore, when copying between documents in MS Word, the result is not always as expected, even if styles are used consistently. On the other hand, I never had problem putting together documents from groups of people in Latex. MS Word also tends to make anything into a style. Often document templates have both a 'normal' style and a 'body' style, and if you just write you never know which style is used. Take for example the IEEE MS Word template. There are hundreds of styles in that which makes it very hard to use. And try to switch back and forth between a single column an multicolumn document in MS Word. In Latex it's just changing a single option. In my opinion, when I started using MS Word many year ago it was more geared toward using styles. But MS seems to have accepted that nobody uses styles, and made it more and more difficult to use styles, while easier to use finger painting. In Latex you can write a document focusing on the contents without any thoughts to formatting, and the result is good. In MS Word that is just impossible (for example, MS Word has no mechanism for automatic placement of floats).
Importing tables
Talking about tables. I'm trying to import a table from excel. I get the error "this file is from an earlier version of LyX, but LyX failed to convert it." If I try to open the file lyx created from the CSV, LyX crashes. I tried to shorten my csv file to a few lines, and then LyX managed to import it. It seems to be purely a function of the length, I don't think the rest of the table has any different kind of data than the first part.
Re: "automatically" create table based on external (ascii) data
Guenter Milde writes: > Pasting into a table works with table-data if it is TAB separated. The > space is too often needed inside a table cell in the general case. Thanks for the tip. I didn't realize this was possible. I tried exporting to csv and importing to LyX (see my previous posting), but it didn't work. This does work, but it should be added that it is necessary to paste as "plain text," otherwise the tabs are ignored.
Re: problem inserting .pdf as external material
Giovanni writes: > It's possible to have the content inserted in line, as a paragraph? Can't you just insert the pdf a graphic? Anyway, I had the opposite problem. I wanted to insert whole pages of an external pdf. I didn't know about the pdfpages package until you posting. This solved my problem, thanks.
Re: Mac bug: default save path for creating docs from template
I cannot confirm this either. In my 1.6.1 Lyx, the save as location is my working directory. There must be something amiss in your installation.
Re: Importing tables
Problem solved: There was an apostrophe (') that had been converted to a
weird character when Excel saved the file (Excel for Mac, it seems, only
has the options of Windows
format or MS-DOS format, both incompatible with Mac). After removing that,
it converted correctly. So, it was Excel's problem, although the error
message from LyX was not informative.
