Re: Calibri Font

2024-04-30 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Brian, have you googled this? https://www.google.com/search?q=calibri+latex gives 94 answers. You would put the commands into the Preamble. Now, however, comes the obvious question: Why? :-)-O Calibri, besides being proprietary (and not on CTAN for easy installation into LaTeX), is a

Re: LyX and MacOS upgrade to M3?

2024-04-28 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I think this (Windows) is serious underkill :-)-O as this works out of the box. I use Sonoma 14.4.1 and LyX 2.4.0 RC4 (but 2.3.7.2 workd without any issues on my Sonoma 14.4.1 M2 MacBook Air) Safari and Mail.app work very well, even though I use GoogleChrome and BetterBird (improvement on

Re: What controls figure numbering?

2024-01-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Order something from Amazon, they will deliver :-)-O el On 2024-01-19 04:46 , Rich Shepard wrote: [...] > Mea culpa! Six days stuck in the house because temps are below freezing and > there was a half-inch of ice (under the freezing rain) everywhere and I > blanked on that issue. [...] --

Re: Extra space in moderncv doc [FIXED]

2024-01-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
What does the LyX Compare of the two versions show you? el On 2024-01-18 22:39 , Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> Help needed. > > Fixed it. I re-entered the second presentation, deleted the original, > saved, and compiled. No more extra space. I didn't see

Re: Compiling causes LyX to crash [UPDATE]

2024-01-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
What I do for long documents is to split it by chapter into child documents which (may) include a .tex file where I can do a lot of things including conditionals. I can then compile those also individually if I have an issue which then makes "bisecting" it down to the error (or an MWE) easier.

Re: LyX 2.4.0, Release Candidate 1

2024-01-17 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
We had two offers, so 99 should be no drama. And as below they might even waive. el On 2024-01-17 20:54 , Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 1/17/24 13:47, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: >> Was it not something like 299 USD per annum? > > This page > > https://developer.appl

Re: LyX 2.4.0, Release Candidate 1

2024-01-17 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Also look at https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/ el On 2024-01-17 20:54 , Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 1/17/24 13:47, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: >> Was it not something like 299 USD per annum? > > This page > > https://developer.apple.com/suppor

Re: LyX 2.4.0, Release Candidate 1

2024-01-17 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Was it not something like 299 USD per annum? el On 2024-01-17 19:36 , Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 1/17/24 02:20, markhsalmon wrote: >> How much does the Apple licence fee cost Pavel? > > We don't have an official Apple license, which does sometimes causes > installation problems. My

Re: slow cursor speed

2023-12-19 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Tim, Does this affect all files or only certain ones? I am thinking about file sizes in particular? I am using 2.3.7 on Monterey and Sonoma (both Intel and Silicon) and don't see this (can not recall ever seeing this( Can you try an construct a MWE? It a file which has everything in the

Re: How do I increase TL2023 TeX capacity?

2023-07-03 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
BTW, make sure you have configured tlmgr to keep one or two versions of updates in case you pull a misunderimproved version of something and so can revert. I do the updates manually (little shell script), so that I am aware of things. el On 29/06/2023 14:41, Rich Shepard wrote: [...] > Sunday,

Re: tex2lyx Feature Request

2023-06-30 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Jean-Marc Let's make it --list-textclasses -l that was just an example. The request concerns tex2lyx. I am getting the available textclasses out of it. el n 30/06/2023 11:30, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 30/06/2023 à 11:07, Dr Eberhard Lisse a écrit : >> so I wond

tex2lyx Feature Request

2023-06-30 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Hi, I am doing an exercise of translating OpenOffice formatted files into Lyx via pandoc and tex2lyx. The LyX file is readable but when I use scrlettr it wants Koma Letter V1 which is not installed. I had to do find /Applications/LyX.app/ -name 'scrl*' to find

Re: latex vs xetex

2023-06-30 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I use Makefiles for this, so it only does a compile when needed. el On 30/06/2023 01:43, Steve Litt wrote: > Patrick Dupre said on Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:54:45 +0200 [...] > I'm going to get a lot of static about this, but in any serious > documents I place a compile shellscript in the directory

Re: Add Clickable Hyperlink to LyX Document

2023-05-26 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
This would be very useful. el On 26/05/2023 10:29, Chen Yang wrote: > Dear Sir or Madam,  > > Hope this email finds you well!  > > I am a LyX user from China. I have a problem with the hyperlink in the > LyX document.  > > At present, we can add a hyperlink to the LyX document. And this >

Re: Font (detection) problems (want to use a Garamond font)

2023-05-06 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I am wondering if texhash looks for fonts and if so if it configured to see the path. Something for the experts... I would NOT copy but only symlink so that an update (in /opt) will automatically pull through. Otherwise you have to remember to repeat the copy. el On 2023-05-06 00:29 ,

Re: Screen font question-inline

2023-04-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Make the Window smaller :-)-O BTW, I use NoTo for the Screen as well as for text. el On 19/04/2023 19:44, John White wrote: > I hope Mr. Hoffner is right but I know of no way to make my screen > larger. I can't figure that out. > > > On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 9:34:09 AM PDT Eckhard Höffner

Re: Automize command

2023-04-03 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
What are you trying to do/achieve? el On 2023-04-03 10:50 , Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello, I tried to automatize the commands export Latex (plain); latex ; dvipdf -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY but I have not been successful. Can I get some help? Thank. -- lyx-users mailing list

Re: pdfcomment.sty: tlmgr says it's installed, but latex document doesn't find it

2023-02-23 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I would in the first instance just do a tlmgr install --reinstall pdfcomment and see what that does greetings, el On 22/02/2023 19:53, John Coppens wrote: > On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:42:27 +0100 > Herbert Voss wrote: > >> texhash >> >> and then try again with >> >> kpsewhich

Re: WG: LyX - Privacy Policy

2023-02-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
And I would like to know what ypu meann by that? el On 2023-02-15 14:36 , Filippou, Nikolas wrote: Hi, i would like to know if LyX has a Privacy Policy (I couldn´t find anything on the website) and if so what does it include? Thank you in advance! Best Regards *M.Sc. Nikolas Filippou*

Re: URL question

2023-02-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
That is a LaTeX issue I have this in my preamble(s) \Urlmuskip=0mu plus 1mu \usepackage{xurl} el On 2023-02-08 17:55 , Rich Shepard wrote: I thought that after inserting a URL (either from the Insert menu or as ERT) compiling with pdflatex would automatically break the string to fit the

Re: Ventura graphics Mac

2023-01-23 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Why would I try and install a VM on an M1 (ie an EMULATOR for a different processor) and install Linux, of which most distributions do not have the latest and greatest LyX and or TeX(live) to fix a bug that is almost certainly going to be fixed soon and can be reasonably easily circumvented until

Layout question, was Re: Method for Not Input \tag Everytime

2022-12-19 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Hao, it is better to only ask one question per email with appropriate subject line. Then it is helpful to produce a minimal working example (MWE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_reproducible_example https://minimalbeispiel.de/mini-en.html You did not mention the class

Re: How to make LyX work with Mac OS 13.1:solved

2022-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
05:55:17PM +0200, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: >> Hal, >> >> the command is >> >> sudo xcode-select --install >> >> you will then be asked for your password. >> >> It is a system wide installation of the command line tools (of XCode) >

Re: How to make LyX work with Mac OS 13.1:solved

2022-12-14 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Hal, the command is sudo xcode-select --install you will then be asked for your password. It is a system wide installation of the command line tools (of XCode) and hence must be done as administrator (technically root). The complete XCode will of course also install python3 but is a

closing a named buffer?

2022-12-14 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Hi, I can easily close the current buffer with a command like (on the mac) LYXPIPE=$(find ~/Library/Application\ Support ~/.lyx \ -name .lyxpipe.in 2>/dev/null | head -1) echo "LYXCMD:P2:buffer-close" > "$LYXPIPE" Is it possible to close a named buffer even another was "active"

Re: About upgrading to MacOS 13

2022-12-07 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Never even thought for a second to downgrade any of the many upgrades I have done. Even if some were not straight sailing... el On 2022-12-07 19:46 , Marcus Kriele via lyx-users wrote: Hi Daniel Please note that Time Machine may not work for going back from macOS13 to macOS12. At least it

Re: Raster image format

2022-12-07 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I would not waste too much time on that, but for speed purposes I would select the draft button, until such time you want to see the images proper. el On 2022-12-07 20:27 , Rich Shepard wrote: My documents tend to contain many PDF vector images which appear to be converted by LyX to a

Re: KOMA-Script article: 'Abstract' in tiny font

2022-11-01 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Why don't you post a proper MWE so one can have a look? el On 31/10/2022 19:03, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> What might cause the string, Abstract, to be displayed slightly indented >> from the left margin when the environment is Abstract? > > Also, the

Re: Re MacOS Ventura trouble

2022-10-31 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
MacOs 12.6 and 12.6.1 both have Python 3.9.6 in /usr/bin/python3 (12.6.2 is not out yet of course :-)-O el On 2022-10-29 13:54 , Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: [...] As my two Desktop machines do not support Ventura I'll have to software update them after the (long) weekend (at the coast :-)-O)

Re: Re MacOS Ventura trouble

2022-10-31 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
MacOs 12.6 and 12.6.1 both have Python 3.9.6 in /usr/bin/python3 (12.6.2 is not out yet of course :-)-O el On 2022-10-29 13:54 , Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: [...] As my two Desktop machines do not support Ventura I'll have to software update them after the (long) weekend (at the coast :-)-O)

Re: Problem converting older files with lyx2lyx

2022-10-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
The easiest is to completeley uninstall TeX and then LyX (on the Mac you can just Trash it) and then first to install TeX (MacTex in whatever guise or form) and then LyX, which in the first run will do a Tools -> Reconfigure which you can do manually any time. You should be able to run

Re: Bibliography filtering by type

2022-10-19 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Perhaps an Umlaut Issue? el On 18/10/2022 21:04, Oliver Margraf wrote: > Dear list, > > I have used LyX for some time and came now across the change of the > handling of the bibliography in 2.3.6. I managed to understand the > changes concering inserting a biblography, changes towards the

Re: Book about LyX 2.4

2022-10-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I'll be willing to try it on my handbook too :-)-O el On 17/10/2022 22:49, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 10:03:51PM +0200, Ricardo Berlasso wrote: [...] > Don't worry about it! I'll ask you again whenever we are close to > releasing 2.4.0 if we really want lyx2lyx to get some

Re: Book about LyX 2.4

2022-10-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Ricardo, I have an (almost) 1000 page ops handbook of 25 chapters (child documents) and a common include.tex with 330 includes (listings and images) and a 550 line Makefile. It displays in 12 point font in landscape when I need to work something (like recently reinstalling Perl from Homebrew)

Re: Book about LyX 2.4

2022-10-17 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Ricardo, when 2.4 final is out you should look at exporting this to DocBook because then it can go onto the Kindle... el On 2022-10-17 15:17 , Ricardo Berlasso wrote: I'm a bit crazy, let's face it, so not only have I updated the book I once wrote about LyX, I've done it in English, Spanish

Re: Problem converting older files with lyx2lyx

2022-10-14 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
That can be a Python issue. But it's nice to see it works. What I have done in the past is to convert all LyX files I have below my work area with something similar to find ~/medicine/cpd/ -name '*.lyx' -type f -exec open {} ';' and then having to save all the files manually. Which

Re: Problem converting older files with lyx2lyx

2022-10-12 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
On the Mac (deduced from the icloud address) find /Applications/LyX.app/ -name lyx2lyx -type f tells us /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx Try the complete path/file name on the old file and see what that says. Looks a little like a TeX installation

Re: Problem converting older files with lyx2lyx

2022-10-11 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Have you tried running lyx2lyx on them and see what that says? perhaps with the --noisy option? LyX will display, but can't convert. So you need to look what image you are trying to display and whether there is a converter for that. Sometimes just a Tools --> Reconfigure will do the trick el

Re: Drawing an arc

2022-10-11 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
No, you didn't. Or maybe you use Windows. el On 11/10/2022 10:14, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 2022-10-09 at 23:25 +0200, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: >> So, because I can include images, questions about Photoshop should be >> asked here? >> >> There are 18 Million Tikz hits on Google. >> >> el >

Re: Drawing an arc

2022-10-06 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Computers can be used to type. el On 06/10/2022 08:41, Daniel wrote: > On 04/10/2022 23:03, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: >> What does this have to do with LyX? >> >> el >> >> > > LyX can be used to output LaTeX documents. TikZ can be used in LaTeX via > a package. Or did you mean something more

Re: Running a command from within Lyx/Beamer

2022-09-27 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
\usepackage{multimedia} in the preamble comes to mind. el On 27/09/2022 14:24, UD K wrote: > Is there a (simple) way of running a (linux) command from within a > Lyx/Beamer presentation?  > I have tried the href latex command but it did not do anything, although > I included the

Re: Missing character

2022-09-01 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Auntie Gugel tells me via https://unicodeplus.com/U+0098 that this (SoS) is the Tilde '~' but it probably does not matter. I would first remove the reference \ref{alg:Skript-zur PRC-Erzeugung} If that does the trick, you may want to remove the space from the Reference and

Re: Missing character

2022-09-01 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
C.O.M.P.I.I.L.E the TeX file with lualatex and note where it stops (on or near the error line ). Also what does googling for the error message show you? Or just for "U+0098"? el On 31/08/2022 17:01, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > > Am 31.08.22 um 15:20 schrieb Dr Eberhar

Re: Missing character

2022-08-31 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
compile the file with lualatex and not the line the error is reported on. el On 25/08/2022 17:17, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > On 8/25/22 05:02, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: >> I got this warning >> Missing character: There is no ˜ (U+0098) in font >> [LibertinusSerif-Italic.otf]: >> >> and tried to

Re: lyx remove in Debian bullseye

2022-08-14 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Steve I read the subject line "Debian Bullseye" as meaning Linux. el On 2022-08-12 08:49 , Steve Litt wrote: [...] Hi Wolfgang, What El wrote is a shellscript. Shellscripts can't be used on Windows unless you have Linux For Windows or Windows Posix or whatever. [...] -- lyx-users

Re: lyx remove in Debian bullseye

2022-08-11 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
apt install coreutils or for i in lyx lyx24[0xn] do sudo find / -name $i -exec rm -rf {} ';' done this is not difficult. el On 2022-08-11 18:08 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am 11.08.22 um 14:28 schrieb Dr Eberhard Lisse: for i in lyx lyx240

Re: lyx remove in Debian bullseye

2022-08-11 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
for i in lyx lyx240 lyx24n lyx24x do rm -rf $(realpath $(which $i)) done el On 11/08/2022 00:08, Alan Tyree wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, > I can't help you with your immediate problem, but if you again wish to > install multiple versions of a program, I suggest using GNU Stow. It > allows

Re: Voice Recognition Accessibility

2022-08-04 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I purchased a Dragon Dictate license for the Mac exactly 4 weeks before they discontinued the Mac Support. I was never able to dictate into the Mac LyX, so I went through a small detour dictating MarkDown which is much easier to dictate than LaTeX, and worked extremely well for me. I spent

Re: no document classes available

2022-07-29 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Buy a Mac, install Homebrew and then install MacTeX and LyX from Homebrew :-)-O el On 28/07/2022 17:06, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I just found that my lyx document does not have the Document class KOMA-script-book available In fact, all the document classes are greyed out. What should I do?

Re: check the logs

2022-07-29 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
This is because you don't read (the manuals) :-)-O el On 28/07/2022 16:43, Steve Litt wrote: [...] I had no idea you could install tlmgr as anything BUT root. Thanks for the information. [...] -- To email me replace 'nospam' with 'el' -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: check the logs

2022-07-28 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
This is of course a LaTeX and not a LyX issue and https://www.google.com/search?q=I+can%27t+find+the+format+file+%60lualatex.fmt shows 63 hits. el On 28/07/2022 07:34, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am 27.07.22 um 22:38 schrieb Dr Eberhard W Lisse: Wolfgang, this is not what what I

Re: Syncing skim with LyX

2022-07-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Not all do. On 20/07/2022 07:01, Stephan Witt wrote: [...] PS: the readers on this list prefer the use of inline citation or bottom post in mails.[...] -- To email me replace 'nospam' with 'el' -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Bug tracker accounts

2022-07-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
While deliberation on email lists are very helpful that just will not work for software development, not even in closed shops, but most certainly not in Open Source projects and large ones such as this. el On 15/07/2022 23:16, Steve Litt wrote: [...] Or, how's this for a novel idea: How

Re: Syncing skim with LyX

2022-07-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Ehud, Search in Help -> Customization for Copiers (or Converters) :-)-O Some variables are there defined and $$i is the input file name. greetings, el On 20/07/2022 00:43, tush via lyx-users wrote: [...] By the way, what does the $$i option that you added to "open -a Skim.app" do? With

Re: Conversion failure for older format

2022-06-24 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
He did address it by complete path prefixed by python2. I would think the scrip itself uses python3 and therefor works. el On 2022-06-21 12:06 , Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 20/06/2022 à 15:28, Rudi Gaelzer a écrit : That successfully converted the original to format 544, which the

Re: Settings file for lyx

2022-06-02 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
You are not listening. Don't do this, there is no need to and it'll confuse your colleagues. Split the document into chapters and have each "owned" by a particular colleague and then use GIT or CVS source control. That's much more productive with messing with the site installation, which has

Re: Formatting Python code

2022-05-30 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
STOP. USING. ERT! :-)-O In Settings -> Document -> Listings you can set things into the window which wind up in the generated tex file as \lstset{} greetings, el On 2022-05-27 23:20 , Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: Thanks for the pointer. Paul, Since all

Re: Acrobat pdf

2022-05-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Assuming this is on the Mac: Click on any PDF and then issue CMD-I. Then change the "Open-With" Pulldown do whatever viewer you want but click on "Change-All" Then in Lyx you can use "open" as the viewer. PDF Expert is very nice and powerful but I like Skim for day-to-day by the way.

Re: Suggestions for custom layouts/templates creation

2022-05-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I have recreated a number of forms required by the local Medical Industrial Complex :-)-O using tables, judicious spacing and other trickery to achieve reasonable similarity which has been accepted in each case. I usually use Komascript but have a few legacy forms that I created in Memoir and

Re: Top toolbar missing after switching from debian 10 to debian 11 (bullseye)

2022-05-16 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
John, what happens if you right-click on one of the toolbars? "Standard" should be ticked. el On 12/05/2022 18:56, John White wrote: The main lyx tool bar is gone, the one with File, Edit, View, Insert, Navigate, Document, Tools, Help. Any thoughts on how I might get it back? Thanks,

Re: License Agreement Entitlement Query

2022-05-13 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
terms and conditions will allow the University to deliver LyX using this new model? Otherwise, if this does not comply with your current terms, can you please advise what changes are required to allow us to deliver LyX" On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 05:58, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: Neither statement

Re: License Agreement Entitlement Query

2022-05-13 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
terms and conditions will allow the University to deliver LyX using this new model? Otherwise, if this does not comply with your current terms, can you please advise what changes are required to allow us to deliver LyX" On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 05:58, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: Neither statement

Re: License Agreement Entitlement Query

2022-05-04 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Neither statement is helpful. This most likely boilerplate that they send to everybody and as we want to push Open Source use we should politely point them towards the GLP2 license. greetings, el On 2022-05-03 08:50 , Alan Tyree wrote: I agree with Steve on this. It's no part of the LyX

Re: Tufte Handout class handling of citations broken by LyX v2.3.6.2

2022-04-29 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
This is a LaTeX issue, not a LyX one as far as I can see. And perhaps one between chair and screen (lack of RTFM perhaps) :-)-O el On 29/04/2022 01:18, Trevor Jenkins wrote: I have a number of (old) LyX files that use the Tufte Handout class (tufte-handout.cls). In LyX version 2.0 these

Re: SOLVED >: nomenclature error

2022-04-28 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
I don't think LyX can ever fix LaTeX errors :-)-O el On 19/04/2022 10:24, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: [...] It took some time to find out, and I wonder whether there could be a better error or warning handling. [...] Am 14.04.22 um 17:30 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users: [...] !

Re: What Am I Doing Wrong … bibliography entries not being included

2022-04-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Create an MWE, please, ie a minimal working example, by reducing everything but what triggers the issue, and paste this here, including the BIB file which should contain a single reference. Often that will lead you to the solution and if not we can have a look at it :-)-O el On 2022-04-18

Re: After my latest MacOS/Microsoft updates

2022-04-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
This is a "security" feature of the Mac. See https://developer.apple.com/developer-id/ I usually enter from a terminal window (iTerm2) sudo spctl --master-disable and then you still get a warning when you open an app for the first time but can go ahead at your discretion. el

Re: MacOS 12.3.1 (Monterey) lyx2lyx script fails to convert

2022-04-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
On the Mac I STRONGLY recommend using homebrew's python as it will be updated any time you do a 'brew update'. el On 2022-04-17 10:21 , Stephan Witt wrote: Am 16.04.2022 um 01:52 schrieb gelfand : Just upgraded (from Mohave!) and when attempt to open any LyX 2.2 and earlier get lyx2lyx

Re: How to include a bunch of tex commands globally

2022-04-18 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
That will not survive LyX Updates. Local Layouts should go into the local layout difrectory (which on the Mac is below ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3). Never mind that "must be located" is incorrect. LaTeX finds documents in many places (find out what texhash does :-)-O) I don't

Re: Making first paragraphs not indented in exported HTML

2022-04-11 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
If you think other people have the time you don't maybe you also not waste their time by posting this. el On 2022-04-11 09:22 , Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Daniel via lyx-users said on Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:13:43 +0200 On 2022-04-11 03:44, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Hi all, In the

Re: lyx not a readable Lyx document

2022-04-08 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
le to read the 2.4 format. el On 2022-04-08 08:18 , Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users wrote: Am 08.04.22 um 07:21 schrieb Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users: An older version of lyx2lyx can't know about newer formats? el On 2022-04-07 09:55 , Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users wrote: [...] I remember

Re: lyx not a readable Lyx document

2022-04-07 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
An older version of lyx2lyx can't know about newer formats? el On 2022-04-07 09:55 , Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users wrote: [...] I remember, that one does not need a lyx2lyx in the same version, here 2.4.x Has this changed? Wolfgang -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: [Important] New behavior for spam handling on this list

2022-04-07 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
To me it is as much or little of an inconvenience as reading the manual ;-0-O el On 07/04/2022 10:12, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes via lyx-users said on Wed, 6 Apr 2022 16:01:16 +0200 Dear all, Until now, the handling of the list was like: messages from subscribers

Re: Setting up LyX on a new computer

2022-03-17 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
After installation (I do that from from Homebrew) I would do ln -fs $HOME/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3/preferences \ $HOME/lyxrc and run unison with a force from the old to the new, but installing unison is currently not advisable for casual users as the stable

Re: Continuation of lists across beamer frames

2022-03-16 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
enumerate-resume? el On 15/03/2022 16:22, markhsalmon via lyx-users wrote: Hi,  I have tried everything I know without success and asked tis question on other fora without a result- simple question how do I continue an existing say numbered list onto a new Beamer frame/slide please? Thanks

Re: EPUB converter

2022-03-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Perl is your friend :-)-O or Python, Lua or whatever language you prefer. el On 2022-03-09 06:41 , Tom Goldring via lyx-users wrote: Is there a substitute for \thinspace that will not generate an error in elxyer? -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: EPUB converter

2022-03-07 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Ken there is a mailing list/news group for elyxer (last traffic 2017) elyxer-us...@nongnu.org gmane.editors.lyx.elyxer el On 2022-03-07 04:35 , Ken Kopelson via lyx-users wrote: [...] Speaking of which, I did run into a problem with the LyXHTML export from LyX. The other

Re: EPUB converter

2022-03-06 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Steve, Since it such a schlepp, why don't you participate in the development or support the developers? Never mind that LyX seems to predate the Kindle, this is a LaTeX issue rather than a LyX one (which, after all, just a front end). As written numerous times I am very keen on on the new

Re: EPUB converter

2022-03-03 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Ken, where is the missing link :-)-O? This is great news. I am actually waiting for 2.4 and DocBook to convert my 859 page "handbook" to EPUB so my staff and I can carry it around on our Kindles (App on iPad actually). But, I would be very keen to see how your package works. My little

Re: LyX for Mac

2022-02-21 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
I stand corrected, my cursor does blink :-)-O but I seem to be so used to it that I didn't even notice :-)-O. I copy and paste all my mail messages into an AlphaX window (I keep a file on the Desktop to double click) because that one can format format even indented text properly and then copy

Re: LyX for Mac

2022-02-21 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
My cursor does not blink and my background is an ugly beige (default) :-)-O The background is most certainly configurable. What are hotkeys? el On 2022-02-18 21:46 , Tom Goldring via lyx-users wrote: I have version 2.3.6.2 on my MacBook Pro. I consider it a poor substitute for the Windows

Re: Single space TOC

2022-01-26 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Have a look at the tocloft package. el On 26/01/2022 08:35, Joseph Hesse via lyx-users wrote: I am writing a book with separate chapters in a master document. My TOC prints double spaced and I want to make it single spaced. I have the package setspace and I have \usepackage{setspace} in the

Re: Remove textquotedblplain from preamble

2022-01-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
This is not an MWE. It requires several files not provided and has a ton of entries in the Preamble. el On 2022-01-16 21:34 , tush via lyx-users wrote: I want to remove it because I don't have any idea what it add or alters in the shape of my output file. I want to have control over what

Re: Program Listings

2022-01-13 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Joe, When you open the Insert -> File -> Child Document -> Program Listing there should be a window looking something like the enclosed, where you can either type the path to the file (complete or relative as in this example) or click the Browse button, find the file and double click it after

Re: Program Listings

2022-01-13 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
RTFM of the LaTeX Listings package I would use a single word for the label or separate ords with ':' ie something like first:program. If that's the culprit, we should file an improvement request (ie checking for spaces from within LyX). Generally speaking attaching a MWE is very helpful, ie the

Re: LyX on Apple Silicon (in a VM)

2021-12-27 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Chris, I have a development version which I run both on arm64 and x86_64. LyX does not "run" faster. The graphical front end on the M1 feels zippier, indeed, but while typing and enditing it does not make that much aof a differnece. The limiting factor is the (Lua)LaTeX running in the

Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-27 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
And 20 seconds is a drama? Come on. And my understanding is that you can pass parameters from the command line to make, so this can become part of an automatable workflow. el On 2021-12-20 22:49 , Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users said on Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08

Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-19 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Stve, I like the Noto fonts, but my understanding is that all TeX Gyre fonts also work under PDFLaTeX. But, LUA is really cool. You can put simple stuff into the preamble like \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode*} socket = require "socket" function

Re: Fwd: "Lyx must be updated"

2021-12-16 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Murat, 2.40 is on the verge of going from Alpha to Beta, and patience is a virtue :-)-O el On 2021-12-16 10:56 , Murat Yildizoglu via lyx-users wrote: I have tried to send this to lyx-devel but I am not a member. Begin forwarded message: [...] This is what OSX 12.1 tells me now with Lyx

Re: I think we need a better name than "MWE"

2021-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
And https://texfaq.org/FAQ-minxampl el On 15/12/2021 14:37, Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users wrote: https://ctan.org/pkg/mwe el On 14/12/2021 22:05, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Hi all, Here on the LyX list we use the word MWE to mean the simplest example that still exhibits

Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]

2021-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Rich, Steve, that was a rhetorical question of course :-)-O I do however find that whenever I find myself using ERT I always try and look for a LyX way to do it, because I don't like ERT :-)-O I just found out myself, that on the Mac I can just do Option-0 :-)-O BTW, it should be

Re: I think we need a better name than "MWE"

2021-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
https://ctan.org/pkg/mwe el On 14/12/2021 22:05, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Hi all, Here on the LyX list we use the word MWE to mean the simplest example that still exhibits the symptom. But MWE stands for Minimum *Working* Example, and by definition, the file that exhibits the symptom

Re: A big Christmas wish

2021-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
That may be so, but MacTeX Basic does not have it, and I still believe it's very easy to enclose BIB files with MWEs. Especially for us (experienced but( casual users. el On 14/12/2021 13:59, Kornel Benko via lyx-users wrote: Am Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:36:52 +0200 schrieb Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx

Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]

2021-12-14 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Or use curly braces. But why would you do this with ERT in the first place? Instead of \textdegree{} I just used the first character from Insert -> Symbols -> Superscripts and Subscripts and get ⁰C. Never mind that this not only was not an MWE. as you not only don't need the graphic,

Re: A big Christmas wish

2021-12-14 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Maybe, but it would be helpful not to have to look for it. el On 14/12/2021 12:21, Daniel via lyx-users wrote: On 13/12/2021 19:20, Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users wrote: [...] Attaching the BIB file would help... el Sorry. The attached file uses the standard biblatex example BIB file

Re: A big Christmas wish

2021-12-13 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Attaching the BIB file would help... el On 2021-12-13 09:18 , Daniel via lyx-users wrote: On 2021-12-11 10:39, Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users wrote: After having spent numerous hours/days in trying to get a Koma script book to work under luatex/biblatex my biggest Christmas wish is to get a

Re: LyX document corrupted [RESOLVED]

2021-12-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Rich, buy a Windoze box and you can do that daily :)-O el On 08/12/2021 21:05, Rich Shepard wrote: [...] Every few years something constipates the computer and it requires a reboot to clear the clog. [...] -- To email me replace 'nospam' with 'el' -- lyx-users mailing list

Re: How to find LyX' compile strategy?

2021-12-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Steve, from my ~/.latemkrc # # set default to luatex (ie '4') # $pdf_mode = 4; # greetings, el On 08/12/2021 19:16, Steve Litt wrote: Dr Eberhard Lisse said on Wed, 8 Dec 2021 17:22:34 +0200 [...] Aside from the fact that latexmk needed

Re: Graphic file formatsx

2021-12-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
ut the result has 950 pages. As I wrote elsewhere when working on a chapter I can compile that child document separately which takes 5-10 seconds and look at that before running the Makefile. Works for me. greetings, el On 08/12/2021 19:37, Steve Litt wrote: Rich Shepard said on Wed, 8 Dec 2021 07:

Re: How to find LyX' compile strategy?

2021-12-08 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
What's wrong with lyx -f -e pdf5 lawnmower.lyx or if you must, with lyx -f -e luatex lawnmower.lyx && latexmk lawnmower.tex el On 08/12/2021 03:20, Steve Litt wrote: [...] The following is my shellscript: ==

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