Re: [lyx-announce] LyX 2.4.0 RC2

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

The Mac version works on Intel and Silicon (my (torture test) handbook)

greetings, el

On 2024-02-08 00:20, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> Here:
> 
> http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.4/
> 
> Please report bugs to lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org, or email me directly.
> 
> Riki
> 
> 

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Re: Collaboration ( was: Re: lyx 2.3.7 running on a Mac Ventura 13.6.1)

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Have a look at typst.

el

On 2024-01-11 13:26, Tobias Hilbricht wrote:
[...]
> I agree with you that the collaboration features are a big point in
> favour of Overleaf. The strong desire by many LaTeX-users (and LyX-
> users?) for those collaboration features are expressed by Emiliano
> Heyns, the developer of BetterBibTeX for Zotero, in an interview:
>
> "What I’d love to see is an online (because who wants to have to
> install stuff these days), real-time, multi-author editor, that
> would have a neutered view for my WYSIWYG brethren, a markup view for
> me (LaTeX or something else, as long as I get the stuff I care
> about), a vim mode preferably but at least something that syncs to
> offline files (don’t trust the cloud as the only place for your
> precious articles). LyX would be halfway there if the file format
> wasn’t so strange, and co-authoring (or even version management,
> really) is a non-starter."
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Re: Strange Pacer Question

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

John,

Have a look at https://writer2latex.sourceforge.net/index.html

I have used Writer2LaTeX a few years ago and found it very
helpful when using what was then called the "Ultraclean"
Option, which I don't see on this much more current version
on cursory look.

Install both writer2latex.oxt and writer2latex-config.oxt.
Then play with the Configuration in Tools -> Options (which
on my Mac only appear of an ODT is open).

You would need to save as ODT first, then export to LaTeX,
from which you would be able to use tex2lyx (the -m option
canbehelpful), and then you could pull into LyX.

If the Word format you are getting is always the same (per
lawyer) which is likely, because they would use some sort of
"template" much of this could be automated :-)-O

The PDF5 might look like

File -> Export -> Export [PDF (LuaTeX)]

which I have tied to Command-R on my Mac(s).

greetings, el

On 29/12/2023 00:59, John White wrote:
> Hi el,
> 
> 
> If I get a Word doc, it opens in libreoffice, which allows
> for export to pdf.  If I recall, I generally either
> highlight the words involved while in libreoffice and paste
> directly to lyx or instead export to pdf, highlight the
> relevant portions of the pdf and paste to lyx.
> 
> 
> It took me forever to get the ps2pdf right (so it would
> become pleading paper, with a vertical line followed by line
> numbers to the left of the page.  When I use anything else I
> have to load pleading paper and use that.
> 
> 
> I plan to try your PDF5 trick this weekend.
> 
> 
> John
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Re: Strange Pacer Question

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Ever looked at Pandoc?

el

On 28/12/2023 21:57, Rich Shepard wrote:
[...]
> When I have a .doc/.docx file sent that I want to
> incorporate into a LyX document I'll do either of two
> things:
> 
> 1.  Highlight the desired text in the Word document then use
> Edit -> Paste Special -> Join Lines to put it in the LyX
> doc.
> 
> 2.  [...]  If it's a .doc/.docx file I load it in
> LibreOffice Writer then save as a text file before inserting
> it.
> 
> Since your LyX document is set to include line numbers I
> think these actions would work for you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
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Re: Strange Pacer Question

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

John,

did you ever try to export using PDF5 (LuaLaTeX)?

Recent PSTricks should load
https://github.com/zauguin/luapstricks when using LuaLaTeX. If
that works for the "normal" way try and upload into Pacer and
see what happens. If Pacer accepts that see what happens when
you import a Word document and generate the PDF with LuaLaTeX.

How do you "import" Word documents?

el

On 28/12/2023 21:28, John White wrote:
[...]
> Normally, I just do regular lyx stuff and once the file is
> ready, export with pst2pdf (to insure that line numbers
> exist at the left side of each page) and upload to Pacer.
[...]
> To file in Pacer, the document must be "flattened."  This poses no
> problem with files created in lyx.  However, whenever I import a Word
> file and convert it to lyx, Pacer balks and refuses to accept the
> document unless I "flatten" it.
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Re: Two input parameter of lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

In this particular case LyX can use colors without ERT.

el


On 28/12/2023 16:03, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 28/12/2023 à 03:48, Jiahao Yan a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a fan of lyx but I meet a question when I use it. Sometimes we
>> want input two parameter with one command, like
>> \textcolor{color}{text}, but lyx will compile the command and the
>> first curly braket, considering the first parameter as none. I wonder
>> if there is a solution. I would appreciate it if any help!
>>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Could you send a short example file demonstrating your problem?
> 
> JMarc
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Re: I am facing this problem...

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I asked him for a MWE on his previous question already.

el

On 04/12/2023 18:59, Stefano Simonucci wrote:
> I too, didn't understand what the problem is: perhaps the fact that
> "hello" is written after the figure in the output?
> 
> On 04/12/23 16:01, John Kane wrote:
>> I think we probably need a minimum werking example (MWE) here.  It in
>> very difficult to diagnose a problem from a screenshot.


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Re: GnuPlot

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Can you please post it here, so I can try it on 2.3.7.2 on
the Mac, where there is no examples button.

el


On 30/11/2023 20:47, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
[...[
> Note that we have an example .lyx file that we ship with
> LyX. Go to File > Open Example in 2.4.x. I'm not sure how to
> open it in 2.3.x. Maybe File > Open and then click on the
> examples button.

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Re: Problem in inserting figure...

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Please google MWE (Minimal Working Example).

And, fix your web site.

el

And fix the website On 2023-11-21 19:53, Dr. Manab Kumar Das wrote:
> Screenshot from 2023-11-21 23-20-58.png
> I am getting problems such as UNDEFINED in Figure.
[...]> http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ernet.in/~manab/

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Python (was Shortcuts under MacOs Sonoma)

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

This has been discussed here a number of times in the not so
distant past.

I think you need to install the X-Code command line tools to
get /usr/bin/python3 again but I use Homebrew's python and
that survives OS Upgrades.

greetings, el



On 07/11/2023 15:12, Daniel CLEMENT via lyx-users wrote:
> Thanks for your reply Isaac.
> 
> The user directory is: ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3/ 
> 
> That sounded correct. 
> 
> So I investigated a bit more on the Python side.  It was
> definitely a Python issue.
> 
> I still can hardly believe it, but it seems that the upgrade
> had completely stripped my system of any Python.  I
> (re)installed it from the official site, and all the LyX
> shortcuts got working again.  And the reconfigure function,
> too.
> 
> So, problem solved for now. BR, Daniel
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Re: KOMA-Script Report Class: cannot select biblatex

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

So it was not really a MWE.

el


On 2023-10-25 04:52, Paul Rubin wrote:
> On 10/24/23 14:57, Rich Shepard wrote:
[...]
>> I've created a new KOMA-Script report class MWE (attached.)  It
>> has only a title and the question, "Why can't I change the
>> bibliograpy style format in Document -> Settings ->
>> Bibliography?"
[...]
> The Natbibapa module may be the culprit.  If I remove it, I can
> change the bibliography style.
> 
> Paul

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Re: Adding horizonal lines for user entry

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I usually create tables but this works even better.

el

On 15/09/2023 20:15, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Am 15.09.23 um 20:02 schrieb Rich Shepard:
>> I need to add lines for a signature, printed neme, and other data in
>> a report document.  I'm using the description environment for the
>> data names to be entered.
[...]
> Rich,
> insert a box (minipage) of a width like 50% of the textwidth, which
> can be set in the box menue.  And then use \hrulefill
> 
> Herbert
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Re: Garamond police does not support italics

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That is a LaTeX issue.

el

On 30/08/2023 15:42, emile wrote:
> I want to use the Garamond police with LyX 2.3.7.
> Normal and bold text work apparently fine, but when Italic text is used,
> there is no output Pdf document.
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Re: TOC on the Title Slide

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That is a beamer question not a lyx one, and you might have more joy in
a beamer group/list.

On 19/08/2023 17:17, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> With Beamer, is it possible to have the TOC on the Title Slide,
> below the Title, Authors and Affiliations?
> 
> Thanks


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Re: Laggy cursor

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That might only work from the command line but may not when double clicking.

Something like this might help:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51677/how-to-set-path-for-finder-launched-applications



On 10/08/2023 07:02, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 10.08.2023 um 01:56 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>>
>> Sorry for the confusion but thanks for the help. I have Python 3.8.5 as 
>> output from python -V
>>
>> Also:
>>
>> (base) tgarrett@tims-mbp ~ % which python3
>> /Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/bin/python3
>> (base) tgarrett@tims-mbp ~ % python3
>> Python 3.8.5 (default, Sep  4 2020, 02:22:02)
>> [Clang 10.0.0 ] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
>> (base) tgarrett@tims-mbp ~ % echo $PATH
>> /Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/bin:/Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin
> 
> Every program started by the launch service will not have this PATH setting. 
> That’s the case when you start LyX from the Dock or Finder. You have to add 
> /Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/bin to the PATH prefix in LyX. (Perhaps 
> /Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/condabin is required too.)
> 
> Did you install the python package from python.org? Last time I’ve tested it 
> this addition wasn’t needed.
> 
> Stephan
> 
>> On 9 Aug 2023, at 17:09, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>
>>> Am 10.08.2023 um 00:15 schrieb Tim Garrett :

 Sorry, it’s what I sent earlier:
>>>
>>> Sorry, but no, it isn’t.
>>>
>>> That’s the output of the command w/o -V … but anyway. Where is your python3 
>>> installed? Perhaps LyX cannot find it.
>>>
>>> Stephan
>>>
 Python 3.8.5 (default, Sep  4 2020, 02:22:02)
 [Clang 10.0.0 ] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin

 On 9 Aug 2023, at 15:49, Stephan Witt wrote:

> Am 09.08.2023 um 23:47 schrieb Stephan Witt :
>>
>> Am 09.08.2023 um 21:41 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>>>
>>> 13:40:10.630: Reloading configuration...LyX: reconfiguring user 
>>> directory
>>> support/Systemcall.cpp (261): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
>>> "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/configure.py" 
>>> --with-version-suffix=-2.3 
>>> --binary-dir="/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/"' did not start!
>>> support/Systemcall.cpp (262): error The process failed to start. Either 
>>> the invoked program is missing, or you may have insufficient 
>>> permissions to invoke the program.
>>> LyX: Done!
>>> 13:40:14.373: (reconfigure)Warning: Cite Engine not available
>>
>> Please, what happens on invoke of
>> $ python -V
>>
>> ???
>
> … and
>
> $ which python3
>
>>
>>>
>>> On 9 Aug 2023, at 13:13, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>>
 Am 09.08.2023 um 20:20 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>
> Thanks for the response!
> I have this so perhaps something else?:
> 

 Yes, maybe something else.

 Please, enable file and info messages in messages pane. Rerun 
 reconfigure and present the output here.

 Stephan

>
> On 9 Aug 2023, at 12:01, Stephan Witt wrote:
>
> Am 09.08.2023 um 18:50 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>
> This may have worked!
>
> But in a reconfigure request problem. 
>
> Sorry, should know what to do next but it’s been a while. Multiple 
> reconfigures doesn’t fix the problem.
>
> Perhaps you’re on macOS w/o python utility. What’s your OS version?
>
> LyX 2.3.6.2 expects a working python installation which was gone 
> since macOS 12.3.1. Newer versions of LyX will give a proper hint.
>
> You may install python3 from here: 
> https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/
>
> Stephan
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
>
> On 9 Aug 2023, at 10:09, Stephan Witt wrote:
>
> Am 09.08.2023 um 18:02 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck 
> :
>
> On 8/9/23 11:23, Tim Garrett wrote:
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> I’m wondering if there’s something like a factory reset I can do on 
> the settings that is worth trying. Perhaps over the years I’ve 
> adjusted the look and feel to something that is causing problems.
>
> Move your user directory somewhere else, so a new one is generated.
>
> On mac that would be:
> - terminate LyX if actually running
> - use in Finder „Go to Folder“ with the term „Library“ starting at 
> your home directory
> - open Application Support
> - rename the folder LyX-2.3 to e.g. LyX-2.3-2023-08-09
>
> Stephan
>
> Or else launch LyX from the command line with something like:
>
> lyx -userdir /tmp/newuserdir/
>
> But I'd be 

Re: Laggy cursor

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

In the first instance install LyX 2.3.7 (2023-01-01)

el

On 08/08/2023 00:27, Tim Garrett wrote:
> I’ve been having a problem with cursor and typing speed.  I find the
> speed of the cursor is inversely proportional to the length of the
> paragraph I write.  Fine for one sentence.  Anything more is pretty
> bad and of course gets tiresome.  I’d appreciate any ideas as I’ve
> been a user since KLyX 0.3 in 2001 so pretty much my entire career is
> now on a super-laggy platform.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Tim
> 
> LyX 2.3.6.2 (2021-01-07)
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Re: editor for preamble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That works great, thank you,

el
On 14/07/2023 14:52, Daniel wrote:
> On 2023-07-14 14:44, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>> If I want to edit the Preamble through the Edit button, it fires
>> in my case aquamacs up.  I can not find where this is defined and
>> want to replace it with 'subl' or preferably 'subl -w' preferably.
>>
>>
>> Where do I do that?
>>
>> el
> 
> I would try to set the "Editor" for "Format" "LaTeX (plain)" under
> 
> "Preferences" > "File Handling" > "File Formats"
> 
> You can set a "Custom" editor or choose "System Default" and then change
> the default for ".tex"-files on your OS system wide.
> 
> Daniel
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Re: Frage zu: BibTeX-erzeugtes Literaturverzeichnis MIT Nummerierung ins Inhaltsverzeichnis aufnehmen

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Questions in English might attract more answers.

el
On 15/07/2023 12:25, isabell.gals...@studium.fernuni-hagen.de wrote:
> Hallo liebes Lyx-Team,
> 
>  
> 
> mein Ziel ist es, ein mit BibTeX-erzeugtes Literaturverzeichnis MIT
> Kapitel-Nummerierung ins Inhaltsverzeichnis aufzunehmen.
> 
>  
> 
> Bisher ist es mir gelungen, dass im Inhaltsverzeichnis zwischen dem
> letzten Kapitel 5 und dem Anhang(das ist  Kapitel 6) ein
> Literaturverzeichnis einzufügen.
> 
> Ich habe im Internet dazu zwei Lösungen gefunden. Entweder folgenden
> TeX-Code einfügen:
> 
> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{meinText}
> 
> oder in den Einstellungen unter Dokumentenklasse (ich nutze
> KOMA-Script-Bericht) unter Benutzerdefiniert: bibtotoc reinschreiben.
> 
> Jetzt fehlt noch die Kapitelnummerierung, Kapitel 6 soll das
> Literaturverzeichnis werden und dann automatisch Kapitel 7 der Anhang.
> 
> Wie ich das hinbekomme habe ich leider keine Infos im Internet gefunden.
> 
>  
> 
> Hier
> https://www.lyx.org/WebDe.MailingLists#toc11
> 
> 
> steht die Info, dass man sich bei Fragen melden könnte. Ich würde mich
> sehr über Tipps freuen.
> 
>  
> 
> Herzliche Grüße
> 
> Isabell Galster
> 
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editor for preamble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

If I want to edit the Preamble through the Edit button, it fires
in my case aquamacs up.  I can not find where this is defined and
want to replace it with 'subl' or preferably 'subl -w' preferably.


Where do I do that?

el

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texlogsieve

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Hi,

how do I pipe the lualatex call into another program, such as texlogsieve?

Pointer to the Manual will do :-)-O

https://ctan.org/pkg/texlogsieve


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Re: How do I increase TL2023 TeX capacity?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

And what Steve and I are saying, doing this successive reduction one
will find the location of the error.  Then one can either remove the
offending code or figure out what to do to make it work.


In the case of a KOMA bug, the author is extremely responsive and
helpful.

el

On 29/06/2023 14:41, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023, Steve Litt wrote:
[...]
> In my case it's a bug in the KOMA-Script book class.  Herbert filed a
> bug report and sent me a temporary replacement class.  Sunday, when
> /etc/cron.weekly runs, there might be an official fix.  If not, then
> next week.
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Re: How do I increase TL2023 TeX capacity?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Selective quote.

Eventually you locate the line that triggers the error.

el


On 28/06/2023 23:59, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> 
>> Reduce the document by half and look at the half which triggers the
>> error.
> 
> Would make no difference.
> 
> TL2023 needed an update. Updating TL2023 is now included in
> /etc/cron.weekly.
> 
> Rich


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Re: How do I increase TL2023 TeX capacity?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Reduce the document by half and look at the half which triggers the
error.

Rinse and Repeat until you locate the error in your (generated) LaTeX
which triggers this (misleading) error message and fix it.

el

On 28/06/2023 01:07, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2023, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
>> This is another new one for me: TeX capacity exceeded when I tried
>> compiling my book.  The full error log is attached.
> 
> I forgot to add that I looked at several StackExchange threads but
> they did not seem relevant to my situation.
> 
> Rich

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Re: Installing a new font in TexLive2023

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use tlmgr

el

On 13/06/2023 19:24, Eckhard Höffner wrote:
> There is a doc.
> 
> https://ctan.space-pro.be/tex-archive/fonts/urw/classico/README
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 13.06.23 um 18:14 schrieb Rich Shepard:
>> I'm starting to learn the memoir class for my book and want to add the
>> URW
>> Classico san-serif type family in TeXLive2023. The URW Palatino family
>> is in
>> /usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/urw35vf/palatino/.
>>
>> Du I unzip urw-classico.zip in that .../vf/directory? And what is the TeX
>> command to make it visible to TeXLive2023 and LyX?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Rich
> 
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Re: Import docx to lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That requires the use of Word. And costs money.

el


On 02/06/2023 17:57, Jack Lyon wrote:
> LyXConverter does a great job:
>
> https://www.editorium.com/lyxconverter.htm
>
> Full disclosure: I wrote it. :)
>
> Best wishes,
> Jack Lyon

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Re: Import docx to lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Use the Ultra-Clean option :-)-O

el
On 02/06/2023 14:51, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> 
>> Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in?
> 
> el,
> 
> Thank you. I didn't know about that plug-in, which will be useful for me,
> too.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Rich


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Re: Import docx to lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in?

And, LyX (or rather LateX) doesn't use (multiple) blank lines.

el


On 01/06/2023 20:58, Matthias Schmidt wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I want to convert a Word docx-document into a Lyx document. 
> 
> I have tried several online converters that convert docx to tex. When I
> import these tex files into Lyx, the result is reasonably okay, but all
> these online converters cannot recognise blank lines.
> 
> Is there a way to transfer a docx document with all formatting, spaces
> an blanc lines to Lyx?


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Re: question about TOC

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Even better,

el

On 16/05/2023 07:11, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
> M.B. Schiekel schrieb:
[...]
> tocloft is incompatible to komascript. There is the tocstyle package for
> KomaScript ...
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Re: Using tables

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

What youare doing wrong?

You are not posting a Minimal Working Example.

el

On 17/05/2023 23:44, Cesare Padovani wrote:
> HI,
> 
> I need a table of 10 columns and 8 rows. When I generate the PDF file,
> the last columns are not displayed correctly: the horizontal lines of
> the rows are missing. What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thank you
> 
>  
> 
> Cesare
> 
> 


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Re: question about TOC

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

This is a LaTeX question.

I would not re-invent the wheel but read up on the tocloft
package which you would use in the LyX preamble.

https://ctan.org/pkg/tocloft?lang=en

el

On 13/05/2023 11:49, M.B. Schiekel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with LyX 2.3.7 and PDFLatex (pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22) I do a
> normal Table Of Contents (TOC).
> When the section numbers have 2 digits then in the TOC there is no space
> between the section number and the following section header, i.e.
>   1 Chapter-1
>   1.1 Section-1.1
>   ...
>   1.10Section-1.10
> 
> What I'm missing?
> Thank you -
> bernhard
> 

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Re: SOLVED > Re: how to tell LyX that there is a 2023 texlive

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On the Mac I use Homebrew's basictex with a small script to save the
installed packages so it can pull the additional ones after the upgrade
via tlmgr.  LyX works out of the box because Homebrew and tlmgr run
texhash and the binary directories are symlinked by Homebrew.

I can then usually just remove the older version.

el

On 02/05/2023 18:09, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 02.05.23 um 17:42 schrieb José Matos:
>> On Tue, 2023-05-02 at 16:43 +0200, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
>>> How can I tell LyX that there is a 2023 texlive which I installed
>>> just now.
>>>
>>> It is in
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2023
>>> and I have the PATHs set in ~/.profile.
>>>
>>> However, LyX uses still
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2022
>>>
>>> Wolfgang
>>
>> What happens if you try:
>> Tools -> Reconfigure
>>
>> then restart LyX.
>>
>> Does that works?
> 
> Thanks, José, for the reminder. I forgot the reconfigure,
> and thanks, Steve, for the texhash. Now its working.
> 
> Wolfgang

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Re: My book isn't compiling, having something to do with refstyle

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Sounds like you updated your TeX installation, so it is not a LyX issue
and more help can be obtained on TeX related lists. But it's about to
be fixed anyway.

I use MacTeX (TeXLive) (2023) and update almost daily with tlmgr.  When
regressions are introduced I usually try to downgrade the corresponding
package with tlmgr which I have configured to keep at least two previous
versions of packages when updating.

el

On 03/05/2023 00:02, Steve Litt wrote:
> Udicoudco said on Wed, 3 May 2023 00:32:30 +0300
[...]
>> The amsmath package robustified \eqref and it broke how refstyle
>> handled amsmath.
[...]
>> FWIW, Jürgen Spitzmüller notified the author of refstly,
>> and he replied that he will fix it.
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Re: Screen font question-inline

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Oh

then you can also look at (in my case)


\screen_zoom 180

and increase the number

el


On 20/04/2023 21:02, John White wrote:
[...]
> Its already set to the Dejavu fonts.  I vote to leave this alone as alt
> + or alt - while editing a lyx doc is all I need. If I had known about
> the alt adjustments, I would not have posted in the first place.
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Re: Screen font question-inline

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Oh

then you can also look at (in my case)


\screen_zoom 180

and increase the number

el


On 20/04/2023 21:02, John White wrote:
[...]
> Its already set to the Dejavu fonts.  I vote to leave this alone as alt
> + or alt - while editing a lyx doc is all I need. If I had known about
> the alt adjustments, I would not have posted in the first place.
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Re: Screen font question-inline

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

ok, than we'll move to the deep stuff :-)-O

I don't have Debian, but on my Mac there is a ~/.lyx directory where
there is a file called lyxrc which has, in my case,

\screen_font_roman "Noto Serif"
\screen_font_sans "Noto Sans"
\screen_font_typewriter "Noto Sans Mono"

so you want end LyX, then locate the file and change that to read
something like

\screen_font_roman "DejaVu Serif"
\screen_font_sans "DejaVu Sans"
\screen_font_typewriter "Hack"

and then start LyX again and see what that does.

el

On 20/04/2023 20:27, John White wrote:
> Thank for the suggestion. I can move window left and right, but not up
> or down. The little move icon shows, but I can't reach the bottom edge.
> 
> 
> On Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:55:34 AM PDT Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> 
>> Drag on a lateral edge of the window to move it, then make it narrower
> 
>> and do same on the top (or bottom) edge.
> 
>>
> 
>> el
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Screen font question-inline

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Drag on a lateral edge of the window to move it, then make it narrower
and do same on the top (or bottom) edge.

el




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Re: csv2lyx.py throwing an error

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Thank you.

el

On 24/03/2023 12:39, José Matos wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-03-23 at 21:44 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
>> Yes I reported same a week or so back.  Change "ru" to "r"
> 
> Thanks to Neal's report this is already fixed for 2.4.
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Re: csv2lyx.py throwing an error

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Ah, so it takes longer for the error to show up? :-)-O


el

On 24/03/2023 00:27, John White wrote:
> Go linux 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:38:24 PM PDT Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
[...]
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/csv2lyx.py",
>> line 171, in 
>> input_file = "".join(open(infile,'rU').readlines())
>> ^
>> ValueError: invalid mode: 'rU'

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Re: csv2lyx.py throwing an error

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Thanks,

el

On 24/03/2023 02:44, Neal Becker wrote:
> Yes I reported same a week or so back.  Change "ru" to "r"
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csv2lyx.py throwing an error

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Hi,

I have tried to File -> Import -> Table (CSV) a small CSV file
into a LyX document and receive an error, which I can reproduce
from the command line for Python 3.9 3.10 and 3.11.2 (my default)
like so:

python -tt /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/csv2lyx.py
i.csv i.lyx

always yielding this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/csv2lyx.py",
line 171, in 
input_file = "".join(open(infile,'rU').readlines())
 ^
ValueError: invalid mode: 'rU'

This is on my spanking new M2 Airbook MacOs 13.2.1 and the MacTeX
2023 as well as on my Intel iMac.

Does anyone have an idea what to do about this?

greetings, el

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Re: Insert an empty line in beamer

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Insert a vertical space?

el

On 18/03/2023 15:46, Ehud Behar wrote:
> I want to print the following in my beamer document:
> "
> First line
> Second line
> "
> 
> The beamer lyx doc class allows the user to insert empty line in the
> Standard layout. But even if insert more than 2 empty lines between
> "First line" and "Second line" in lyx, still there is no any empty line
> (or more correctly a \par command between them) in the generated latex
> file.
> 
> Any idea how to insert a (real) empty line in the editor?
> 
> What I do now is I insert an empty line with an ERT box.
> 
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Re: Broken document

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On my Ventura M2 with 2.3.7 and TexLive 2022 it does reporduce.

el

On 15/03/2023 09:42, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 15.03.2023 um 14:34 schrieb Daniel :
>>
>> On 15/03/2023 14:28, Eckhard Höffner wrote:
>>> That's another possible LyX specific cause:
>>> \makeatletter
>>> %% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
>>> \AtBeginDocument{\providecommand\figref[1]{\ref{fig:#1}}}
>>> \RS@ifundefined{subsecref}
>>>   {\newref{subsec}{name = \RSsectxt}}
>>>   {}
>>> \RS@ifundefined{thmref}
>>>   {\def\RSthmtxt{theorem~}\newref{thm}{name = \RSthmtxt}}
>>>   {}
>>> \RS@ifundefined{lemref}
>>>   {\def\RSlemtxt{lemma~}\newref{lem}{name = \RSlemtxt}}
>>>   {}
>>> \makeatother
>>
>> But then the error should be reproducible, right? Axel could not. Could you?
> 
> Just for the record: I cannot reproduce the error either.
> 
> I’m using TeX Live 2020 here.
> 
> Stephan


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Re: Diacriticals in the Name pert of a Hyperlink

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Somehow this exchange did not make it here, Herbert figured it out

On 13/03/2023 14:05, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Am 13.03.23 um 19:44 schrieb Dr Eberhard W Lisse:
>> Please find enclosed the output of LuaLaTeX of the LyX file.
> 
> enable document->preferences->fonts->don't use TeX fonts
> 
> Herbert

I actually managed to get the agenda up before the individual
concerned started to present.  Very impressive, thank you.

el

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Diacriticals in the Name pert of a Hyperlink

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Hi,

I am using beamer to make an agenda of a workshop and one of the
presenters has this 'š' diacritical.  I want the name to appear on
the PDF and the email address to be fired up when clicked
(mailto:).  That works but the diacritical does not survive into
the PDF.

Any idea?

el

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Re: speaker notes & Beamer

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On the Mac: Slidepilot


el

On 23/02/2023 14:07, Saša Janiška wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I need to put together one presentation and wonder how to deal with the 
> speaker 
> notes in Beamer?
> 
> Are they visible in Linux PDF viewers like Atril/Evince or Acrobat if I'd 
> just 
> copy presentation on USB stick to present under Windows OS?
> 
> One option for presenting might be to use (https://pdfpc.github.io/), but in 
> that case it seems that preferrable way is to use notes embedded in *.pdfpc 
> files, possibly formatted with Markdown markup.
> 
> Any hint?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Saša
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Re: Translate LyX document to another language

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

It's next to impossible, like trying to dictate into LyX.

Never mind that automatic translations, while more or less reasonable to
good, are never perfect.  There is just no substitute for professional
translation.

el

On 21/02/2023 22:49, Paul Smith wrote:
> Thanks, Dr Eberhard W Lisse. The idea is to get a LyX file as the
> result, but I understand it is something very difficult to achieve.
> 
> Paul
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Re: Translate LyX document to another language

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

And the result must be a LyX file? I doubt that this is possible.

You can always export to text and have that translated.

el



On 21/02/2023 11:01, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Is there some way of automatically translating a LyX document, say,
> from Spanish to English?
> 
> I have come across GoogleTranslate4LyX:
> 
> https://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/GoogleTranslate4LyX
> 
> However, since an intermediate step involves conversion to HTML files,
> I am a bit skeptical about the quality of the result.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul


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Re: Reconfigure from script

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

if LyX is running you can save all open buffers to disk and then quit by
way of something like (multiple levels of double quotes are required
(on the Mac due to the space in ~/Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.3))

pushd "$(dirname "$(find ~/Library -name .lyxpipe.in -type p)")"
echo "LYXCMD:test:buffer-write-all" > .lyxpipe.in
echo "LYXCMD:test:lyx-quit" > .lyxpipe.in

and then (on the Mac)

/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/configure.py
osascript -e 'tell application id "org.lyx.lyx" to activate'

or (on Linux, but since I use the Mac it's not tested)

configure.py
lyx &

and on all

popd


greetings, el

On 19/02/2023 20:35, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 2/18/23 18:11, Mark Livingstone wrote:
>> Hi People,
>>
>> I am using LyX 2.3.7 on Mac OS Ventura.
>>
>> Is it possible to run reconfigure from script in the terminal, if so
>> how?
> 
> Just execute the file configure.py.  It will write the relevant files
> to the current working directory, so make sure you are where you want
> to be when you call it.
> 
> Riki
> 
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Re: Beta2 on Mac OS X 13.2

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

sudo spctl --master-disable

el
On 06/02/2023 12:57, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 06.02.23 um 11:15 schrieb Anders Ekberg via lyx-users:
>> Trying to install Beta2 on Mac OSX 13.2 on my iMac, but after going
>> through the usual hassle with allowing open in System settings, the
>> program does not load. It displays “LyX24b2.app” can’t be opened
>> because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. And when
>> clicking Open it just closes.
>> I get the same for both qt5 and qt6 versions. Have tried to spot error
>> in console, but can’t see anything.
>> On my MacBook Pro it works fine (as does the alpha3). Python 3
>> installed through Anaconda on both. Only difference I can see is that
>> the Python detected is python3 -tt on Pro, but python -tt on iMac.
> 
> 
> - downloading
> http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.4/LyX-2.4.0-beta2+qt6-x86_64-arm64-cocoa.dmg
> 
> - installing it and running. As usual mac doesn't allow it
> 
> - System Prefences->Security   scrolling to the end and allowing
>   to open LyX anyway
> 
> - macOs again ask if it should really be open
> 
> - after password everything is fine (Ventura 13.2 on iMac):
> 
> Version 2.4.0-beta2 (11. Dezember 2022)
> 
> Qt-Version (Laufzeit): 6.4.1 (Plattform: cocoa)
> 
> Qt-Version (bei Erstellung): 6.4.1
> 
> OS-Version (bei Erstellung): macOS 13.2
> 
> Python-Aufruf: python3 -tt
> 
> 
> 
> Herbert
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Re: Ventura graphics Mac

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I always have an iTerm2 window open with a number of tabs (and
different directories) and open almost every LyX file from the command
line. That makes copying and pasting the path for graphics quite easy
and as I said I haven't been using the file browser much.

el

On 23/01/2023 23:43, Stephen Buonopane wrote:
[...]
> In general if one “copies” or “drags" a file from Finder into a text
> based application (eg Terminal) you get the path and file name.  Even
> works using the little icon in title bar of most apps (eg Preview).
> This has worked for on the order of 10 years.
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Re: Ventura graphics Mac

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Please don't argue unnecessary points, on the ARM Intel can not be
virtualized only emulated as you rightly say.

Finding an ARM Linux is an issue for itself, as is installing it,
finding a recent version of LaTeX for it and keep this all current.

Makes even less sense for this small issue, for which there is s simple
workaround and which I am confident will be fixed soon.

I have been using Virtual Box on an Intel iMac (for many years) as my
practice software runs on (Intel) Windows only.  They have an early beta
for ARM, but for if and when I have to replace the iMac (with an ARM
iMini or Studio) I rather have gotten me a small form factor Intel box,
which I will install RSN and then run headless with RustDesk or VNC even
while I still have the Intel box so I get experience.

But, make no mistake, nothing else will be installed on that thingy, I
will not use Microsoft products if there is any way around it and would
not dream of even trying LyX on Windows.

el


On 23/01/2023 16:01, Christopher Menzel wrote:
[...]
> Virtualization is not emulation. An emulator (like WINE) makes use of a
> software bridge to simulate a different hardware environment, with a
> high cost in performance; software running on an emulator interacts with
> the bridge, not directly with the hardware. Software running in a
> Parallels VM runs directly on the native hardware at native, or near
> native, speeds. On a Mac running Apple Silicon, you create an native Arm
> VM with Parallels and you install an Arm version of Linux in the VM.
> There is no emulation.
> 
>> and install Linux, of which most distributions do not have the latest
>> and greatest LyX and or TeX(live)
> 
> So you find one that does (e.g., Kali and, soon, Fedora), easy-peasy.
> It’s also super easy to compile the latest and greatest source
> yourself under Linux (not that that’s everyone’s cup o’ tea).
> 
>> to fix a bug that is almost certainly going to be fixed soon and can
>> be reasonably easily circumvented until then?
> 
> Well, I admit that I didn’t say so explicitly, but I wasn’t really
> suggesting that one purchase and install Parallels /just/ to fix the
> bug (which /hopefully/ is going to be fixed soon — though if it isn’t,
> it won’t be Stephan’s fault, it will be due to some deeper problem
> with MacOS).  I was assuming that one might have Parallels installed
> already or have independent reasons for purchasing it.  For such
> folks, the VM solution (even if temporary) seems to me to be a
> reasonable one.
> 
>> Makes no sense to me, whatsoever.
> 
> Hope it makes at least a bit of sense to you now. ;-)
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Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Is it LyX or LaTeX which is looking for this?

el

On 22/01/2023 02:12, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I'm using the KOMA-letter2 class.  The .sty file is in
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/koma-script/scrpage2.sty.
> 
> When I try to print the developing letter I get an error; the entire
> output log is attached.  I've looked at it without seeing where LyX
> fell of the track.  The log reports that letter class option 'DIN' is
> loaded on input line 6, but I don't see that anywhere in the Settings.
> 
> Helps appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rich
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Re: Lyx & Tectonic

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I think the point was that tectonic can be embedded.  Which would be
really cool for LyX.

I kind of like if it could pull all packages required (only) if and when
needed, but that means you could only use it with an Internet
connection running. That's not always guaranteed.

But I have of course no clue how that would work with existing
Lua(La)TeX documents using LUA, and how this would keep the packages
from TexLive updated.

greetings, el

On 21/01/2023 20:41, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 1/19/23 07:04, Saša Janiška wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> the other day I was reading about Tectonic
>> (https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/en-US/) and wonder if LyX
>> could take advantage of it?
> 
> Probably.  I would think the way to experiment with this would be to
> set up a new export format and assign tectonic as the converter for
> it.  If someone can get it to work, then we could consider shipping
> LyX with the appropriate configuration.
> 
> Riki
> 
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Re: Ventura graphics Mac

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On 2.3.7 and Intel 13.1, I can also not use the File Browser to insert
graphics.  But then I haven't inserted graphics for a while.  On the
2.3.7 on an intel 12.6.2 I don't see that behavior.

The alternative proposed here makes not sense whatsoever to me,
especially on an M1.  The (speed) limiting factor is LaTeX (in
particular LuLaTeX).

Universal binary in any case means that on the M1 the M1 binary runs and
on the Intel the Intel binary.  However, even running the Intel binary
on the M1 under Rosetta makes no real difference, other than that it
loads slower.  But since LyX is set up to open at login I would not even
care.

el

On 21/01/2023 23:02, Christopher Menzel wrote:
[...]

> This definitely appears to be a Ventura thing.  I can’t insert
> graphics on my 2021 MacBook Pro using either 2.3.6.2 or 2.3.7 but both
> versions work just fine on my old iMac under Big Sur.  
> 
> You can mitigate the pain of the kludgy workaround a little bit by
> locating your desired graphic in the Finder, right clicking and
> selecting “Get Info”.  This will bring up an info window that contains
> the full Unix path to the containing directory that you can copy and
> paste into the “file:” field in the LyX pop-up for inserting graphics.
> You’ll still have to type in the file name, but the process is still
> easier than typing in the whole path, especially if you use cloud
> storage, which buries your files pretty deeply under your home
> directory.
> 
> Alternatively, run LyX under Linux in a Parallels VM — it’s quite a bit
> faster than the MacOS universal binary and doesn’t suffer from this bug.
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Re: LyX 1.0

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Does not look like a LyX file to me.

/Applications/LyX.app//Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx -n  t.lyx -o
new.lyx

shows :


Warning: Version does not match file format, discarding it. (Version
None, format 215)
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing '\use_amsmath'.
Warning: Truncated document.
Warning: Malformed lyx document: Missing '\use_numerical_citations'.
Warning: Malformed lyx document: Missing '\use_jurabib'.
Warning: Malformed lyx document: Missing '\use_natbib'.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing `\fontscheme'.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing `\cite_engine'.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing \use_indices.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Could not find amsmath os esint 
setting.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_mhchem.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_mathdots.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing \suppress_date.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package amsmath.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_roman!
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_sans!
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_typewriter!
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_sf_scale!
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_tt_scale!
Warning: Malformed LyX document! Can't find \quotes_language!


I would perhaps try and reconstruct the LaTeX manually and then
see if you can import that into lyx.

el

On 10/01/2023 12:23, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> Yes, I can share it.
> Not sure about the exact result !
> 
> Thank
> 
> ---
> #This file was created by  Wed Aug 22 20:08:36 2001
> #LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1999 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
> \lyxformat 2.15
> \textclass article
> \papersize a4paper
> \options american,portrait,dvips
> \begin_preamble
> %\usepackage{a4_fr}
> \usepackage{times}
> %\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> %\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
> %\usepackage[body={20cm,28.5cm}]{geometry}
> %\usepackage[body={20cm,26.5cm}]{geometry}
> %\usepackage{geometry}
> %\geometry{verbose,a4paper}
> %\geometry{verbose}
> \pagestyle{empty}
> \usepackage{babel}
> %\usepackage{doublespace}
> \usepackage{color}
> %\usepackage{crayola}
> %\usepackage{pifont}
> %\usepackage{graphicx}
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> %\usepackage{pstcol,pst-char,pst-plot,pst-grad}
> \usepackage{pst-coil,pst-text}
> %\usepackage[curve,arrow,frame]{xy}
> %\usepackage{mfpic}
> %\usepackage{semcolor}
> %\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
> \usepackage{palatino,mathpple}
> %\usepackage{lucida,lucmaths}
> %\usepackage{fancyheadings}
> %\usepackage{fancybox}
> %\usepackage{mathptmx}
> %\setlength\parskip{\medskipamount}
> %\setlength\parskip{0pt}
> %\setlength\parindent{0pt}
> %\setlength\textwidth{19.5cm}
> %\setlength\textheight{26cm}
> %\setlength{\topmargin}{0cm}%{-2cm}
> 
> \end_preamble
> 
> \layout Standard
> 
> 
> \begin_float fig 
> 
> \latex latex 
> 
> \backslash begin{pspicture}(0,0)(18,9)
> \backslash psline[linewidth=0.25mm]{-}(5.0,2.0)(5.0,7.0)
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash psline[linewidth=0.25mm]{-}(6.0,2.0)(6.0,7.0)
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash psset{arrowlength=2,arrowsize=4pt,arrowscale=2 1}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash 
> pszigzag[coilwidth=3mm,linearc=1.5pt,coilarmA=1pt,coilarmB=10pt]{->}(3.5,3.0)(5.0,5.0)
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash psset{linestyle=none}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(4.5,1.0)(5.5,1.0)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash left| a
> \backslash right
> \backslash rangle
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(5.5,1.0)(6.5,1.0)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash left
> \backslash langle a
> \backslash right|
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(4.5,8.0)(5.5,8.0)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash left| b
> \backslash right
> \backslash rangle
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(5.5,8.0)(6.5,8.0)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash left
> \backslash langle a
> \backslash right|
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(0.5,4.5)(4.5,4.5)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash widetilde{V}_{ab}
> \backslash left(
> \backslash omega,
> \backslash ,
> \backslash overrightarrow{r}
> \backslash right)
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
>   
> \backslash end{pspicture}
> \latex default 
> 
> \layout Caption
> 
> 
> \latex latex 
> 
> \backslash protect
> \latex default 
> 
> \latex latex 
> 
> \backslash centering{}
> \latex default 
> Two-level 

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

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Hal,

I use the python3 installed by the Homebrew package manager which will
remind me during my (almost) daily upgrade if the XCode Command Line
Tools are not installed to do the xcode-select, so I am used to that
(without having to pay attention to Python).

greetings, el


On 14/12/2022 18:08, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Dec 14, 2022, at 8:55 AM, 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)
>> and hence must be done as administrator (technically root).
>>
>> The complete XCode will of course also install python3 but is a few GB
>> too much.
>>
>> el
>>
> El -
> 
> Thanks. I thought you had posted something like this, but could not find it.
> 
> Hal

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Re: closing a named buffer?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

buffer-close-all

will do what I want for this particular issue.

el

On 14/12/2022 18:18, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 12/14/22 10:52, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
>> 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" using
>> the LYXPIPE mechanism?
>>
>> Let's say the file names I am editing are a.lyx and b.lyx, and a.lyx is
>> in front, how would I close b.lyx while keeping a.lyx in front/active?
>>
>> I am willing to RTFM :-)-O
>>
>> el
>>
> I don't know if this would fit your intended use, but you could use a
> command sequence like "buffer-switch
> /path/to/b.lyx;buffer-close;buffer-switch /path/to/a.lyx", assuming that
> you knew the file names/paths when the sequence was triggered. I'm not
> sure if the switch back to a.lyx is necessary. It may depend on whether
> there are more than two buffers open when you execute the command sequence.
> 
> Paul
> 


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Re: About upgrading to MacOS 13

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I must confess, Stefan made

/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx: Mach-O universal
binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable
x86_64] [arm64]

for me :-)-O which works like nobody's business :-)-O

el

On 08/12/2022 09:48, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 07.12.22 um 21:36 schrieb Christopher Menzel:
>>
>> I have used LyX 2.3.6.2 under Ventura and did find that it crashed
>> regularly. Since the version on LyX.org is still only compiled for
>> Intel, perhaps Rosetta is the problem.
> 
> no problem here with
> 
> LyX Version 2.3.6.2
> 
> and Ventura 13.1
> 
> Herbert
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> And just to note, in case it is helpful: if you are familiar with
>> Linux and have, or don’t mind purchasing, a Parallels 18 subscription,
>> LyX 2.3.6.2 (together with the Okular PDF viewer) is wonderfully
>> snappy and stable running in a Linux VM under Ventura.
>>
>> -chris
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2022, at 2:08 PM, Daniel CLEMENT via lyx-users
>>  wrote:
>>> ...
>>> I conclude that there is a risk, however little, that something _can_
>>> go wrong.
>>>
>>> Since I cannot afford to break anything for the next months, I think
>>> I’ll play it safe and delay the upgrade.
>>>
>>> I need to learn MacOS better first. (Marcus: I didn’t even know that
>>> the downgrade relied on Time Machine…)
>>>
>>> In the meantime, there’s a couple of very minor annoyances that I
>>> cannot solve alone; I’ll ask about them in another thread.
>>>
>>> BR - Daniel
>>
>>
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Re: issue with opening lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

After an unsuccessful launch open Systems Preferences -> Privacy &
Security  and you might find a butto to allow it anyway.

You can also issue

sudo spctl --master-disable

it will ask you for your password and you must be an admin for this.

If you try again it should go through.

el






On 04/12/2022 05:23, Patryk Kozlowski wrote:
> i want to use lyx fairly frequently, but everytime i restart my computer
> i am not able to load the application on my mac big sur 11.3.1. when i
> try to open lyx, i get the dialog: 
> 
> *“LyX.app” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious
> software.*
> 
> This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more
> information.
> 
> 
> This item is on the disk image “LyX-2.3.6.2+qt5-12-x86_64-cocoa
> (2).dmg”. Chrome downloaded this disk image today at 5:23 PM from
> *www.lyx.org *.
> 
> 
> 
> Is there any way to get rid of this message?
> 
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Re: Generating index when compiling document

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Running an 8 yrar old Linux. Hmm.

el

On 02/12/2022 01:01, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote:
> 
>> Which latex distribution did you install and which operating system are
>> you working on?
> 
> Udi,
> 
> Slackware-14.2/x86_64 and texlive-2021.210418-x86_64-1slint.
> 
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Re: Generating index when compiling document

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

WHat I am seeing is that texindy is not (properly) installed. I would
figure out to which slackware package texindy belongs (probably texlive)
and reinstall that.

el

On 02/12/2022 16:33, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
>> Rich, export your document to LaTeX, go into the directory of
>> the exported code and then run
>> pdflatex 
>> texindy file.idx
>> then you'll see what happens. If you know the temporary directory
>> of the LyX files, you can also run texindy in that directory with the
>> current filename.
> 
> Herbert,
> 
> Yesterday I ran texindy on the *.idx file in /tmp; today produced the same
> result.
> 
> Exported document to latex (pdflatex).
> $ pdflatex biota-to-set-wq-standards.tex
> $ texindy biota-to-set-wq-standards.idx
> texindy: not a symlink as required for TeX Live at /usr/bin/texindy line
> 414.
> 
> I posted the relevant portion of that script yesterday. Can provide it
> again
> if needed.
> 
> I'll see if the Slackware-15.0 texlive has the texindy perl script and will
> use that to replace 2021-04-18 version in /usr/bin/.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich


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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

The developer has a M1 Mini if I am not mistaken so upgrade on Ventura
should work :-))-O.

I have no issues on Ventura nor on Monterey (on the two desktops which
don't want to upgrade to Ventura)

What is the '"create new" environment'? You mean File -> New?
Works for me.


el

On 16/11/2022 17:22, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 11:10:14AM -0800, Michela Giorcelli via
> lyx-users wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently upgraded my Mac to Ventura and in Lyx the create new
>> environment option has disappeared and I’m not able to create a
>> new frame, not even using the key board option.  Could anyone
>> help with this?
> 
> Hi Michela,
> 
> Unfortunately, we've seen a lot of strange issues reported by
> LyX users upgrading to Ventura.  Further, we have only one LyX
> developer whose main operating system is macOS and I'm not even
> sure if they are on Ventura so I don't know if there will be a
> fix anytime soon since it's hard to figure out what the problem
> is and how to fix it.  I'm really sorry for the inconvenience!
> 
> Scott
> 
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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Stephan,

this is surely the python issue that was mentioned previously here :-)-O

el

On 17/11/2022 07:40, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 16.11.2022 um 21:54 schrieb Scott Kostyshak :
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:43:50AM +1100, Gordon Watson wrote:
>>>
[...]
>>> I am currently locked out of hundreds of essays with a lyx2lyx
>>> problem.
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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Requires even more reading (which he doesn't want to do) and does
not give you recent LyX/LaTeX.

As you know, I am doing this on Mac for many many years and no
insurmountable problems (all that occurred, were fixed quickly)

el

On 17/11/2022 01:17, John White wrote:
> I don't think a new PC is needed.  Why not pick up a used PC and
> put a linux OS on it?  That's what I have done for years.  Lyx
> works fine.
> 
> 
> John
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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Because the LaTeX you need to run LyX is much more finicky on
Windoze. At least on the Mac it'll sort itself out over time.

el

On 16/11/2022 22:26, lyx101 via lyx-users wrote:
[...]
> But Scott, as I think further.  Why don’t I — to put it simply —
> just buy a PC? And more happily step up to 15 hours per day
> (occasionally) beginning tomorrow?
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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Refusing to learn?


No sympathy here.

el

On 16/11/2022 21:54, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:43:50AM +1100, Gordon Watson wrote:
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> On the subject of LyX and Mac!  LyX — LyX Version 2.3.6.2 (7
>> January 2021) — is more important to me than my Monterey v12.6
>> Mac.  (Ventura is on hold.)  I am currently locked out of
>> hundreds of essays with a lyx2lyx problem.  SO: Is it time for
>> me to buy a PC?
>>
>> NB: I am a heavy user of LyX, often 14 hours per day.  BUT: it
>> is a black box to me, and that’s how I want it to stay: for I
>> do not expect to fiddle with the engine when I buy a car!  And,
>> yes, to escape my current dilemma, I’d be happy to BUY LyX or
>> hire a consultant.
>>
>> In particular: I have no familiarity with the jargon — python,
>> Koma, Linux/Unix — and I hope to remain that way
>>
>> If a PC is the BEST solution, then recommendations for a
>> suitable PC — or ones to avoid — will be happily received!
>>
>> Thanks; Gordon
> 
> Hi Gordon,
> 
> Ouch!  That sounds really frustrating!  I do not think you
> should buy a new computer just because of this.  We are working
> on releasing 2.4.0, and I wonder if this will somehow work for
> you since it has a lot of improvements compared to the version
> you're using.
> 
> Wow, 14 hours a day!  I wonder if there is an entry in the
> Guiness Book of World Records for LyX usage?
> 
> It is our goal that you should not have to know anything about
> Python, Unix, Qt, C++, etc., to use LyX. Unfortunately, in
> practice it's hard to achieve that since LyX has a lot of things
> it needs to work well and sometimes the parts don't line up.
> 
> Best,
> Scott
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Re: Why is Theorems (ams-extended) not available?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

To me it looks like it is already installed...

el


On 04/11/2022 22:02, Neal Becker wrote:
> Why is Theorems (ams-extended) not available (Add is grayed out)?  See
> screenshot below.  This is lyx-2.3.6.1 on Fedora 36.
> 
> Thanks,
> Neal
> 
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Re: Re MacOS Ventura trouble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Did you Tool -> Reconfigure LyX afterwards?

el

On 04/11/2022 04:36, Zhiyu Fu wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> Just to provide another data point, I also encountered this problem on
> my two M1 mac machines, both were upgraded to Ventura recently.  On
> one machine files cannot be loaded; On the other one all keyboard
> shortcuts stop working.  It's probably because the bind file is not
> loaded properly.  Not sure whether it's related.
> 
> I tried the trick below and it didn't solve the problem.
> 
> `sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python`
> 
> -Zhiyu
> 
> 
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Re: Default location for files

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Even better would be using R and knitR.

el


On 01/11/2022 07:15, Marcus Kriele via lyx-users wrote:
[...]
> I think, a better approach would be to produce a pdf for your plot
> outside LyX and then to read the pdf into LyX as a figure.
> Advantages: the figure input dialog does accept relative paths, you
> can use an editor which is better suited to do LaTeX work (syntax
> highlighting etc), if you have a large document with many files the
> LyX compilation is much faster because it does not have to process
> TikZ (which is slow) every time.
> 
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Re: MWE: two issues need resolving

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

No, the lesson is write a proper MWE.

Often that tells me where the issue is and I don't even have to ask here.

el

On 29/10/2022 14:57, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2022, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
>> Instead of the old \sc \it \rm \sf \tt \bf \md use \scshape \itshape
>> \rmfamily \sffamily \ttfamily \bfseries \mdseries
> 
> Herbert,
> 
> I had made those changes. The immediate problem was the bibliographic style
> in Settings. I neglected to check that and change from Natbib (Bibtex) to
> Biblatex (Natbib). That was the cause. All fixed now. And a valuable lesson
> for me: check all settings on older docs being upgraded.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
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Re: Re MacOS Ventura trouble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Go back to 2.3.6.2


On 09/01/2021 20:42, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> A change in LyX 2.3.6.1 broke the use of SyncTeX with OSX (bug
> #12063).  This was due to inconsistencies in our underlying Qt
> libraries.  Thus, a new version fixing that problem has been
> released.
[...]

And try to symlink python3 to a directory in your PATH

ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python

or if that squeals

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python

If you run

find /Applications/LyX.app -type f -exec grep python {} ';'

you'll see that a number of files want python (and not python3).

As an aside:

I use homebrew's python3.10.8 which symlinks to
/usr/local/bin/python3 and if I am not mistaken to
/usr/local/bin/python (but I may have done this manually) so
python is always found and always equates to the (latest)
python (3.10.*) installed by homebrew.

Added complication for homebrew is of course that on the
M1 /usr/local is replaced by /opt/homebrew in the above,
but as that's in my PATH it doesn't matter.

As my two Desktop machines do not support Ventura I'll have to
software update them after the (long) weekend (at the coast
:-)-O) to 12.6.2 and see what that does.  12.6.1 has
/usr/bin/pythin3 as well but that's 3.9.6

There is a reason for this (homebrew) madness.  Namely I need
to run some Python modules (installed with PIP) and I need the
same version on all of my machines, obviously :-)-O

greetings, el

On 28/10/2022 19:26, mkriele--- via lyx-users wrote:
> This should be okay.  After downgraded to 12.6.1, I installed
> python and tried the command „which python“ etc.  This only
> yielded python3 but not python or python2.  However, I could
> install LyX without any problems.  Obviously, I did not try this
> on Ventura.
> 
> Marcus
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Re: Re MacOS Ventura trouble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On my M1 Macbook I see /usr/bin/python3 but not /usr/bin/python.

el



On 27/10/2022 22:40, Marcus Kriele via lyx-users wrote:
> I had the last 12.x which came out before Ventura.  So it was
> very likely 12..6 and at least 12.5 But I did not install Python
> 3 on Ventura.  This was probably my mistake
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Re: MacOS Ventura trouble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I don't see this on my Intel Macbook 13. I'll look on the M1 Macbook Air
over the weekend.

el

On 24/10/2022 22:31, mkriele--- via lyx-users wrote:
> Dear Lyx Mac users,
> 
> I have just installed Ventura.  Now LyX cannot read my modules any
> more.  They are correctly listed in the modules list in the settings
> dialog, but I get the error message "Error reading module addons”
> (where “addons.module” is my module file in my personal layout
> folder).  The additional environments are not showing up either.
> 
> When I try to reconfigure I get the error message that it failed.
> When I delete my LyX-2.3 folder altogether, then LyX creates a new
> folder but gives more error messages.  It cannot be reconfigured
> either and processing documents does not work at all (It doesn’t even
> find the article class).
> 
> If I use my old LyX-2.3 folder then I can process simple documents and
> the built-in modules work, but it cannot read my personal ones.
> 
> I first thought that my preferences simply cannot be read any more,
> but other personal customisations such as colors or key bindings do
> work.
> 
> Needless to say, there were no problems before the update from the
> previous version of the OS.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?  I have no idea what went
> wrong.
> 
> Given my experience, I would advise not to upgrade to Ventua right now
> 
> Thanks and regards, Marcus

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Re: Drawing an arc

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

So, because I can include images, questions about Photoshop should be
asked here?

There are 18 Million Tikz hits on Google.

el


On 2022-10-07 07:32 , Steve Litt wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 19:14 +0200, Daniel wrote:
>> On 2022-10-06 14:29, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
>>> 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 specific?
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> I meant to imply a *close* relation. Anyway, I think as long as there is 
>> an obvious relation why you want to do something in LyX, like LaTeX 
>> stuff, it seems to me that those questions are "okay" on the list. And 
>> some people seem to happily answer them as well. I guess
>>
>> "This list is for questions on how to get LyX working and how to use LyX"
>>
>> is (intentionally) a bit vague. (Unlike, say, that bottom posting is 
>> preferable.)
> 
> Yeah, I was going to mention the top posting thing too. And if a person wants 
> to use
> Tikz in LaTeX to include geometric figures in their LyX documents and 
> therefore asks
> questions on the LyX list, only a wannabe list cop would object.
> 
> You know, I just might study Tikz. It sounds interesting.
> 
> SteveT



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Re: Drawing an arc

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

What does this have to do with LyX?

el


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Re: Batch convert LyX files that require `needauth` action

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Copy one of them, change it in LyX, and run diff on them. That will give
you an idea about the perl/sed command you can use to fix that.

el


On 2022-10-01 14:39 , Steven Paulson wrote:
> Dear LyX users,
> 
> I have LyX files (that require `knitr` converter) synced over GitHub
> across multiple computers. It is tedious sometimes when I pull the files
> to a new machine and convert all of them to PDF, because I have to open
> every single one of them in LyX and grant their permission to always run
> before I can batch convert them with a makefile. I know it is possible
> to get around this hassle by unchecking the `Use needauth option` box
> for the converter in the preference, but I feel it is not the optimal
> solution for me because I do want a warning of security for LyX
> documents I am not familiar with. I am wondering if there is a command
> line option (I am thinking of something along the lines of
> `--assume-yes`) that I can pass to `lyx` to grant permission for the
> converter to run LyX documents I am familiar with. That way I do not
> need to uncheck the `needauth` option globally. If you have any idea how
> to do this or if you have other solutions, please let me know.
> 
> Thank you,
> Yuwen
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Re: old lyx document in lyx 2.3.6 doesn't compile

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I stand corrected, and apologize unreservedly for being
(thoughtfully :-)-O) rude.

I opened directly from Thunderbird when it shows Editing Disabled,
but when I saved the file and double clicked, it did not.

Perhaps good to know.

Though my advice stands.

el

On 2022-09-15 17:12 , Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 9/15/22 09:59, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>> Asking for help on a document with Disabled Editing is
>> (thoughtlessly) rude.
>>
>> el
>>
> I opened the file and disable editing was /not/ checked.  I'm
> not sure why it was for you, but castigating someone for
> something they did not do is (thoughtlessly) rude.
> 
> Paul
> 
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Re: old lyx document in lyx 2.3.6 doesn't compile

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Remove the

\usepackage[magyar,english]{babel}

from the Preamble and switch in

Document -> Settings... Language

to

Hungarian,

then it will compile.


Asking for help on a document with Disabled Editing is
(thoughtlessly) rude.

el


On 2022-09-14 19:16 , Csikos Bela wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I have an old document I made in lyx 2.0. Lyx 2.3.6.1 opens is but
> interprets the code incorrectly and gives compilation error:
> 
> In lyx 2.0 the latex code is:
> 
> \selectlanguage{magyar}%
> \begin{enumerate}[nosep]
> \inputencoding{latin2}%
> \item Első item.\inputencoding{latin9}\foreignlanguage{english}{}\\
> \foreignlanguage{english}{First item. }\selectlanguage{english}%
> \end{enumerate}
> 
> Opening the file in lyx 2.3.6.1 latex code is:
> 
> \selectlanguage{magyar}%
> \begin{enumerate}[\foreignlanguage{english}{nosep}]
> \inputencoding{latin2}%
> \item Első item.\inputencoding{latin9}\foreignlanguage{english}{}\\
> \foreignlanguage{english}{First item. }\selectlanguage{english}%
> \end{enumerate}
> 
> How can I convert or open my lyx 2.0 document in lyx 2.3 so that it
> would work correctly?
> 
> I attach the the lyx 2.0 file (MWE).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> bcsikos
> 
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Re: check the logs

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Wolfgang,

this is not what what I suggested, try this:


lyx24x -f -e luatex A-SP-Jul26.lyx
lualatex A-SP-Jul26.tex

el

On 2022-07-27 18:25 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:



Am 27.07.22 um 18:14 schrieb Dr Eberhard W Lisse:

You ran luatex when you needed to run lualatex.

This is indeed confusing that LyX uses luatex when it exports to
lualatex. It uses pdflatex (and not pdftex).

el

On 2022-07-27 17:38 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
[...]
 > lyx24x -f -e luatex A-SP-Jul26.lyx
 > wolfgang@Fuji:~/Dokumente/PUBLIKATIONEN-EIGENE/A-SP-2022$ luatex 
A-SP-Jul26.tex

 > This is LuaTeX, Version 1.15.0 (TeX Live 2022)
[...]


running  as suggested:
lyx24x -f -e lualatex A-SP-Jul26.lyx
Error: Couldn't export file

No information for exporting the format lualatex.

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Re: check the logs

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

You ran luatex when you needed to run lualatex.

This is indeed confusing that LyX uses luatex when it exports to
lualatex. It uses pdflatex (and not pdftex).

el

On 2022-07-27 17:38 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
[...]
> lyx24x -f -e luatex A-SP-Jul26.lyx
> wolfgang@Fuji:~/Dokumente/PUBLIKATIONEN-EIGENE/A-SP-2022$ luatex 
A-SP-Jul26.tex

> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.15.0 (TeX Live 2022)
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Re: check the logs

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I usually do something like

lyx -f -e luatex lyxfile.lyx
lualatex lyxfile.tex
lexlogsieve lyxfile.log

el

On 2022-07-27 16:16 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
>
>
> Am 27.07.22 um 16:12 schrieb Kornel Benko:
>> Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:09:54 +0200
>> schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann :
>>> Am 27.07.22 um 16:04 schrieb Kornel Benko:
 Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:48:16 +0200
 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann :
> I worked today on a document and tried to export is as pdf
> (Lua-TeX).  I got this message:
>
> The external program lualatex finished with an error.  It is
> recommended you fix the cause of the external program's error
> (check the logs).
>
> So I went back to the version of yesterday, in which the export
> worked.
>
> However, I get the same error.
>
> Very strange!
>
> Where do I find the log file?
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Re: Syncing skim with LyX

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Ehud,

First of all why compile to tex and then to pdf, instead of doing this
directly?


There are however (at least) two ways of doing this:

First look in the

Document

pulldown for

View [PDF (LuaTeX)]

can be also

[PDF (pdflatex)]

which is tied (in my case) to CMD-R


Then in

Perferences -> File Handling -> File Formats -> Format:

look for

[PDF (LuaTeX)]

and set

Viewer: [Custom] [open -a Skim.app $$i]

click

Apply

and perhaps do same for

[PDF (pdflatex)]


You can also select an PDF in the finder and then enter

CMD-I

which will open a window with lots of information and you usually would
find

Open With: ...

showing

Preview.

You can change that in the Pulldown to Skim for this (single) file or
for all files, so that double clicking on a PDF will open it with skim,
and the default method of opening PDFs in Skim would also change to
skim.

I do the latter, as I use skim for almost every PDF.

greetings,  el



On 2022-07-17 00:22 , Ehud Behar via lyx-users wrote:
> I am using macOS and until now, after compiling the lyx file (to tex and
> then) to a pdf file, the output was opened by the default pdf viewer
> (macOS Preview, on my computer).
>
> I want to use the pdf viewer "Skim" to open the compiled pdf, with
> mainly the advantage that there are no page jumps after making changes
> to the document.
>
> What are the steps needed to change this in LyX in order to implement
> skim as the pdf viewer?
>
> The closest thing I came across until now is appendix C in the User
> manual, section File Handling, and section 3 in the customization
> manual, "The Preferences dialog".
>
> It was a first reading and I haven't grasped everything, but at the
> moment I am not sure if my answer is covered there at all.
>
> Therefore my question is if those are the places to look at all, and if
> someone can maybe redirect me to a short guide for that?
>

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Re: Support for xfig graphics (Solved)

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Well, I see two things :-)-O

You didn't include it as graphic but as external file, so it does not
preview in the lyX file.  Cosmetic, but I wonder why one would do that.

And indeed the stock fig2pdftex.py lacks a shebang on my Mac which I
would not consider a feature so I have raised it as

https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/12560

on the tracker.

greetings, el

On 2022-06-21 20:08 , Rudi Gaelzer wrote:
> On terça-feira, 21 de junho de 2022 14:26:39 -03 Rudi Gaelzer wrote:
>> Indeed there is:
>>
>> 14:20:04.072: Previewing ...
>> 14:20:04.076: (buffer-view)
>> 14:20:04.085: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/scripts/fig_copy.py"
>> "/home/rudi/temp/ ufrgs/Coulomb_Law.fig" "/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.DFELBfPgzbQo/
>> lyx_tmpbuf25/40_home_rudi_temp_ufrgs_Coulomb_Law.fig"
>> 14:20:04.104: Fatal Python error: init_sys_streams: can't initialize sys
>> standard streams
>>
>> There's a fatal error with python.  Is that it?  I had to force the
>> standard distribution for python in .bashrc with:
>>
>> alias python='/usr/bin/python3'
>>
>> otherwise the standard would fall to the Intel distribution.
>
> It seems that the problem was indeed a mix-up with different python
> distributions.  Got rid of the Intel python distribution and now the
> internal conversion of Xfig files is working again.

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

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

2.3.6.2 works on my 12.3.1 (x86 and arm)

I use hombrew's python but the stub will also work because homebrew
will ask for the Command Line Tools anyway :-)-O

el

On 2022-04-19 11:46 , Stephan Witt wrote:
[...]
> LyX is trying to use python3 while looking for python.  This one
> (/usr/bin/python3) is present for a long time and a stub to ask for
> install of it.  The real python3 is part of the developer tools and
> can be download from Apple freely.  Of course other alternatives are
> available.  The „official“ one from python.org or the python from
> homebrew or macports.
>
> What the best choice for the user is depends on its background, IMO.
[...]
> Currently I have Monterey 12.1 with MacTeX and LyX 2.3.6.2 up and
> running.  Next step is the update to 12.3.1 …
>
> Stephan

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

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

What is also not helpful is to have a hardcoded bibliography in a
directory that does not exist on my computer and starting the name of
the bibliography with a space ' '.

The (Tufte (not LyX)) issue is amenable to Google.

This link


https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/587605/tufte-book-biblatex-error-biblatex-incompatible-with-natbib

basically says that nobib turns off natbib and if you don't have natbib
you need a replacement such as biblatex.

The correct LyX way of doing what you want is described in


https://lyx-users.lyx.narkive.com/V1WM48zp/correct-usage-of-nobibliography-in-lyx

which works in your example (after I loaded the required packages
manually, which I am now tossing again).

el

On 2022-04-19 14:48 , Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> No, it is not. It requires a number of packages which are not installed
> on my computer.
>
>
> el
>
> On 2022-04-19 14:29 , Trevor Jenkins wrote:
>> Okay here’s the simplest case
>>
>> Regards, Trevor.
>>
>> <>< Re: deemed!.
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Re: Making first paragraphs not indented in exported HTML

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse via lyx-users]

For what?

el

On 2022-04-12 18:56 , Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote:

Dr Eberhard W Lisse via lyx-users said on Tue, 12 Apr 2022 14:22:21
+0200


Because I am right and you are unnecessarily annoying?


A simple "Thank you" would have sufficed.

SteveT

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Re: Making first paragraphs not indented in exported HTML

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse via lyx-users]

Because I am right and you are unnecessarily annoying?


el

On 2022-04-12 08:14 , Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote:

Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users said on Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:22:54 +0200


If you think other people have the time you don't maybe you
also not waste their time by posting this.


Now how did I know that *you'd* be the guy to say this.

SteveT

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Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That's from 2016, right?

On 2021-11-08 15:57 , Joel Kulesza wrote:
[...]
> I don't necessarily recommend one versus the other, but I usually use
> `pdflatex` unless I cannot, in which case I opt for `lualatex`.  In
> those cases, my preference was somewhat informed by other
> Internet-based opinions posted here:
> https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/126216, and in particular, claims
> regarding TikZ compatibility.
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Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Even cooler, thanks more :-)-O

el

On 2021-10-19 19:03 , Jack Lyon wrote:
> Greetings, all.
>
> I'm the creator of LyXBook, and I'd be happy to answer any questions
> you may have about it.
>
> When I first created the LyXBook layouts, I licensed some of them
> based on the purchase of my Microsoft Word add-in LyXConverter, which
> converts Word documents into LyX documents:
>
> https://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/LyXConverter
>
> However, I'm changing those licenses to be the same as that used for
> LyX itself, the GNU General Public License:
>
> https://www.lyx.org/License
>
> That means you can freely use and distribute any of the LyXBook
> layouts (including those that are part of LyXConverter) any way you
> please.  I hope you find them useful.
>
> Thanks to all of you for making LyX such a great piece of software.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jack Lyon
> The Editorium
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Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Cool, thanks,

el

On 2021-10-19 18:29 , Ken Kopelson wrote:

If anyone has information about LyXBook, here is where I found out about it:

LyX wiki | Layouts / Layouts 

So, the official LyX wiki shows quite a few options when it comes to 
layouts.  Under the section on "book" layouts, you will find this entry:


  * LyXBook  is a
collection of layouts from the Editorium
 designed specifically for typesetting
books in LyX (novels, histories, biographies, and so on).

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Re: Preamble header issues

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Rich,

"Only a year" means a lot in computer terms, and not only coma script
has been updated significantly in the meantime.

Secondly, that was actually not a minimal working example.

An MWE reduces ALL additional choices to the defaults, empties out the
preamble, one line by one and removes all additional commands until the
only remaining text and commands (re)produce the error.

Often that makes one see the problem before even asking for help.

However, it appears that you totally unnecessarily (in my not so humble
view) add several lines to the preamble.

The fonts can be chosen in LyX, as can the Clear Page command (where you
had a typo (\cleardoublepddpage)) and the default page style which when
chosen from the pull down translates, as Herbert pointed out absolutely
correctly, to 'plain'.

I hate ERT but haven't figured out yet how to (re)move the page
numbering changes (into the preamble).

Please find enclosed.

I myself like the NoTo fonts, but if I was using something like
Palatino I would use the (free) TexGyre fonts (I think Pagella is the
one).

greetings, el

On 2021-10-09 22:42 , Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Oct 2021, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>
>> you need to figure out a way of updating KOMA Script to the latest
>> version (the versions coming with the linux distributions are years
>> behind).
>
> EL,
>
> Installed here are
> texlive-2020.200608-x86_64-2_SBo
> texlive-extra-2020.200608-x86_64-1_SBo
>
> These are only a year behind the current release.
>
>> And if that doesn't work you need to post a MWE here, and I mean
>> MINIMAL :-)-O
>
> See attached.  What puzzles me is that pdflatex produces output but
> also shows errors.  And there are no page numbers.  Sigh.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>#LyX 2.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 544
\begin_document
\begin_header
\save_transient_properties true
\origin unavailable
\textclass scrreprt
\begin_preamble
\usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage}
\addtokomafont{pageheadfoot}{\small}
\end_preamble
\use_default_options true
\maintain_unincluded_children false
\language english
\language_package default
\inputencoding auto
\fontencoding global
\font_roman "palatino" "default"
\font_sans "avant" "default"
\font_typewriter "default" "default"
\font_math "auto" "auto"
\font_default_family default
\use_non_tex_fonts false
\font_sc false
\font_osf false
\font_sf_scale 100 100
\font_tt_scale 100 100
\use_microtype false
\use_dash_ligatures true
\graphics default
\default_output_format pdf2
\output_sync 0
\bibtex_command default
\index_command default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\use_hyperref false
\papersize letterpaper
\use_geometry true
\use_package amsmath 1
\use_package amssymb 1
\use_package cancel 1
\use_package esint 0
\use_package mathdots 0
\use_package mathtools 1
\use_package mhchem 1
\use_package stackrel 1
\use_package stmaryrd 1
\use_package undertilde 1
\cite_engine basic
\cite_engine_type default
\biblio_style plain
\use_bibtopic false
\use_indices false
\paperorientation portrait
\suppress_date false
\justification true
\use_refstyle 0
\use_minted 0
\index Index
\shortcut idx
\color #008000
\end_index
\leftmargin 2cm
\topmargin 4cm
\bottommargin 2cm
\headsep 1.5cm
\secnumdepth 2
\tocdepth 2
\paragraph_separation skip
\defskip medskip
\is_math_indent 0
\math_numbering_side default
\quotes_style english
\dynamic_quotes 0
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 2
\paperpagestyle default
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes false
\html_math_output 0
\html_css_as_file 0
\html_be_strict false
\end_header

\begin_body

\begin_layout Title
This is a report
\end_layout

\begin_layout Publishers
Prepared for:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset

Regulatory Agency
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed

\begin_layout Plain Layout


\backslash
pagenumbering{roman}
\end_layout

\end_inset


\begin_inset CommandInset toc
LatexCommand tableofcontents

\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset FloatList figure

\end_inset


\begin_inset Newpage clearpage
\end_inset


\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed

\begin_layout Plain Layout


\backslash
pagenumbering{arabic}
\end_layout

\begin_layout Plain Layout


\backslash
setcounter{page}{1}
\end_layout

\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Chapter
Introduction
\end_layout

\begin_layout Section
Need
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
I need to be able to compile this report with pdflatex and have the pages
 numbered.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
It will compile, despite showing an error, but there are no page numbers.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Newpage newpage
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
Here's more jibberish.
\end_layout

\end_body
\end_document
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Re: Preamble header issues

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Rich,

you need to figure out a way of updating KOMA Script to the latest
version (the versions coming with the linux distributions are years
behind).

And if that doesn't work you need to post a MWE here, and I mean MINIMAL
:-)-O


el


On 2021-10-08 22:06 , Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>> Ah, they are difficult to distinguish with the light typeface stroke
>> on a white background.  It was the \usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage};
>> fixing that did not resolve the problem of pdflatex not finding that
>> .sty file.
>
> Now I'm back to these issues:
>
> Package scrlayer-scrpage Info: auto-selection of
> `pagestyleset=KOMA-Script'.
> ! Undefined control sequence.
>  \undefinedpagestyle
>
> l.24 \pagestyle{default}
>
> The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message
> was never \def'ed.  If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type
> `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox').  Otherwise just
> continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
>
> ! Undefined control sequence.  l.25 \headsepline =on
>
> This exsurpt starts on line 189 of the attached error file.
>
> Perhaps I misread the KOMA-Script manual, but it advises against using
> empty, plain, header, and fancy page styles so only default is left.
>
> And, \headsepline is supposed to work with scrlayer-scrpage.
>
> Rich
>
>
>

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Re: How to access the Date Field from Koma Letter in the (LaTeX) preamble.

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

John,

the Phillies are almost still in it. And the Blue Jays :-)-O

Was the LCO in the same directory? And did you install the lipsum package?

But the stamp is more or less working, which is the main thing.

el
On 24. Sep 2021, 18:49 +0200, John White , wrote:
> On Thursday, September 23, 2021 10:58:42 PM PDT Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
> > John, all
> >
> > here is the complete letter with the accompanying Koma Letter Class
> > Option file, which either needs to be in the same directory or in one
> > which texhash (which MUST be run after each change) can find.
> >
> 
> I am vacationing in Philadelphia for a while and will look into this upon my 
> return to Reno.
> But just for the fun of it I ran your bookoff.lys on my stock lyx, making no 
> changes, and here attach the resulting pdf.
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Re: How to access the Date Field from Koma Letter in the (LaTeX) preamble.

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

john,

I'll share a complete example

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On 23. Sep 2021, 17:43 +0200, John White , wrote:
> On Thursday, September 23, 2021 4:25:57 AM PDT Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have hacked me a Stamp in LaTeX which works very well in the Koma
> > Letter (by way of putting it in LyX's preamble.
> >
> > The stamp gets placed next to the signature block, slightly randomly
> > placed, then slightly randomly rotated and by way of some roation of the
> > frame achieving a realistic look (smudged corners). I wrote an article
> > about this in the German TeX Usergroup's Die Technische Kommödie 2/2017.
> >
> > I use the \ISOtoday ERT from Koma Script's scrdate package.
> >
> >
> > I do not remember whether I have asked this before, and I have looked,
> > but is there a way of using the date that Lyx uses in the blue Date:
> > field? So that if I put a fixed date in the letter, the same should
> > appear in the stamp (i.e. I do not want to have today's stamp on
> > yesterday's letter :-)-O
> >
> > greetings, el
> >
> >
> > PS: In case someone is interested, here is what I use in my Practice,
> > copy and paste into the preamble:
> >
> > 
> > % You can do whatever you want with this, other than bothering us but
> > % if you make money from it, you must send us some.
> > %
> > % Copyright, -wrong -left, and -center 2017, 2021 SPF Lisse Private
> > % Family Foundation best...@spflisseff.nl
> > 
> > %% LUA: Winkel des Gesamtstempels -- willk\"{u}rlich
> > %% zwischen -5 und +5 Grad -- bei jedem Dokument anders
> > \usepackage{luacode}
> > \newcommand\rot{\directlua{tex.sprint(math.random(-5,5))}}
> >
> >
> > \usepackage{tikz}
> > \usepackage{xpatch}
> >
> > %% XCOLOR: Farbdefinitionen
> > \definecolor{stampink}{RGB}{122 150 165}
> >
> > %% LATEX: Individuelle Definitionen f\"{u}r den Stempel
> > %% (Formatierung Gr\"{o}{\ss}e und Schriftstil)
> > %%
> > \newcommand\myStampName{Dr Eberhard W Lisse}
> > \newcommand\myStampProf{Obstetrician \& Gynecologist}
> > \newcommand\myStampPO{PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht}
> > \newcommand\myStampNo{016-000-0141135}
> >
> > \newcommand\myStampArrangement{%
> > \setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O}
> > \parbox{3cm}{%
> > \centering\sffamily
> > \footnotesize\myStampName\\
> > \tiny\myStampProf\\
> > \scriptsize\myStampPO\\
> > \myStampNo\\
> > \footnotesize\ISOToday
> > }
> > \setsansfont{IBM Plex Sans}
> > }
> >
> > %% TIKZ: Laden notwendiger Styles
> > \usetikzlibrary{fit}
> >
> > %% Erstellen eines Befehls f\"{u}r den Stempel in einer
> > %% Gr\"{o}{\ss}e von 6 cm x 3 cm skaliert
> > \newcommand\Stamper{%
> > \resizebox{8cm}{3cm}{%
> > \begin{tikzpicture}
> > %%%
> > %%
> > %% TIKZ: Setzen der linken unteren und rechten oberen Ecke
> > %% des Rechtecks
> > \coordinate (dm1) at (0,0);
> > \coordinate (dm2) at (2.6,1.4);
> > %%
> > %%%
> > %% TIKZ: Schleife f\"{u}r drei Winkel
> > %%
> > \foreach \r in {-0.9,0,0.9}{%
> > %%
> > %% TIKZ: Rahmmen des Stempels: Rechteck, Farbe=stampink,
> > %% Transparenz=0.4,Linienst\"{a}rke des Rahmens=1pt und
> > einen %% Knoten namens (bx4) definieren
> > %%
> > \node[rectangle,draw,stampink,opacity=.4,line width=1.2pt,
> > rotate=\r, rounded corners=1pt][fit=(dm1)(dm2)](bx4){};
> > %%
> > %% TIKZ: Stempeltext: Farbe=stampink, gedreht um den Winkel
> > \r %% mit Transparenz=0.4 in Knoten (bx4) gesetzt
> > %%
> > \node[stampink,rotate=\r,opacity=.4] at
> > (bx4){\myStampArrangement}; }
> > \end{tikzpicture}
> > }
> > }
> >
> > %% SCRLTTR2 & XPATCH: Erstellen einer neuen Variablen f\"{u}r den Brief
> > %% zur Positionierung des Stempels rechts von \closing
> > \newkomavar{rightbesidesignature}
> > \newlength{\normalparskip}
> > \xapptocmd{\closing}{%
> > \setlength{\normalparskip}{\parskip}%
> > \noindent\parbox[b][0pt]{\linewidth}{\raggedleft
> > \setlength{\parskip}{\normalparskip}%
> > \usekomavar{rightbesidesignature}\ifhmode\unskip\strut\fi
> > \vspace{-1.8\baselineskip}%
> > \vspace{\parskip}%
> > \vspace{\lineskip}%
> > }%
> > }{}{}
> >
> 

Re: Wallpaper on first page only........

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

If it is in the preamble you can try to but it into (the braces of)
something like

\AtBeginDocument{}
or
\NowButAfterBeginDocument{}


greetings, el

On 2021-05-06 13:40 , Charlie wrote:


Christoph Schmitz informed me regarding: Re: Wallpaper on first
page only on Thu, 6 May 2021 07:33:47 +0200


Try the following:

1. In the preamble add the following line:
\usepackage{wallpaper}

2. In the document add TeX following code (LyX > Insert > TeX Code):
\thispagestyle{empty}
\ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{path_to_wallpaper}

Chris


Replied thus:

Thanks Chris,

That has done it. Great.

I always use \thispagestyle{empty} in the first page.

I attempted to use \ThisCenterWallPaper{.43}{path_to_wallpaper}

However, I must have done something wrong, because it didn't work. I
tried so many things, in the end. I might have put that in the preamble
instead of ERT. I don't know?

Thank you, it works a treat. You are the man.

Charlie

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Re: Solved: capacity exeeded

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

It is a real nuisance, bein gunable to understand what is meant by this.

Quoting the whole Digest without even referring what helped makes no
sense.

el
On 2021-05-02 18:45 , Andreas Plihal wrote:

Thank you very much - that helped!
Greetings
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1. capacity exeeded (Andreas Plihal)
2. Re: capacity exeeded (Dr Eberhard Lisse)
3. Re: capacity exeeded (Wolfgang Engelmann)
4. Cannot open document created with current master with alpha3
(Daniel)
5. Re: Cannot open document created with current master with
alpha3 (Kornel Benko)
6. Layout based on "Book (Standard Class with Extra Font Sizes)"
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:40:10 +0200
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Subject: capacity exeeded
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 17:09:44 +0200
From: Dr Eberhard Lisse 
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
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That is a not that uncommon LaTeX issue.

Upgrade to the latest LyX and TeX, update the latter to current and run
everything again.

Then I would suggest you make a Minimal Working Example (MWE), ie remove
EVERYTHING which does not produce contribute to the error (including in
the preamble, settings and the like).

That often already allows one to find and correct the issue.

If not export it to TeX and und PDFLaTeX or LUALaTeX on it and see where
in the MWE that error is triggered. Reduce that even further until you
have a bare bones TeX file which reproduces the issue.

Or post the MWE (LyX file) and the image here so one can have a look if
it it sows same behavior on different systems.

el

On 27/04/2021 14:40, Andreas Plihal wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > In order not to let my book get too big in KOMA-Script, I created
 > special graphics as separate PDF files. This method works just fine.
 > Only with one graphic do I get the error message:
 >
 > Tex capacity exeeded, sorry [main memory size=300].
 >
 > If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to
 > enlarge me.
 >
 > What should I do. Googling didn't help me very much.
 >
 > Greetings
 >
 > Andreas
 >
 >

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:44:19 +0200
From: Wolfgang Engelmann 
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: capacity exeeded
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Am 27.04.21 um 14:40 schrieb Andreas Plihal:
 > Hi,
 >
 > In order not to let my book get too big in KOMA-Script, I created
 > special graphics as separate PDF files. This method works just fine.
 > Only with one graphic do I get the error message:
 >
 > Tex capacity exeeded, sorry [main memory size=300].
 >
 > If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to
 > enlarge me.
 >
 > What should I do. Googling didn't help me very much.
 >
 > Greetings
 >
 > Andreas
 >
 >
Can't you just run this particular graphic (throw in a copy everything
else away) and see what is causing the error?
Wolfgang


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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 03:06:22 +0200
From: Daniel 
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Cannot open document created with current master with alpha3
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"

Hi,

I tried to open a document (attached) created with LyX 2.4 current
master (on a Mac) with LyX 2.4 alpha3 (on Mac and Windows).
Unfortunately, I got an error message and cannot work on the document.
Does someone know what might be causing this?

All the best,
Daniel
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\origin unavailable
\textclass article
\begin_preamble

Re: Pasting latex in a lyx file

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Me three :-)-O

el

On 2021-04-19 14:47 , Christoph Schmitz wrote:
> I want to second this proposal!
>
> I do not know how much work it would be to create a new setting, which
> would allow users to use whatever method they prefer.  If I have to
> chose between the two options, Daniel's proposal is my preference.
>
> Chris
>
>
>> Am 19.04.2021 um 14:43 schrieb Daniel :
>>
>> On 10/4/21 16:07, Mario D wrote:
>>> Paul,
>>> Ctrl+Shift+V works just fine for me, thanks!
>>> My fault, and I beg your pardon for this, for not having tried the
>>> relative option in "Edit -> Paste Special" : I just tried the "Paste
>>> from LaTeX", which doesn't work in my case (I am pasting tikz
>>> figures, so @rich: I was referring to the second option).  Thank you
>>> everybody.  :)
>>
>> Actually, I am wondering whether preserving newlines should be the
>> default.  I don't think one can expect that the default paste command
>> changes the format that way.  Instead the "special" option should be
>> paste with removing newlines, I think.
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Re: Pasting latex in a lyx file

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Yes, it does.


el

On 2021-04-08 00:57 , Paul A. Rubin wrote:
[...]


Actually, I usually do the same thing (because I forget about the paste 
LaTeX option). Sometimes, though, what plops into the ERT box is a mess 
of the sort Mario described, and I end up inserting newlines to make it 
readable. I'm not sure if the paste special approach avoids that -- I 
don't have an example handy at the moment -- but one can hope.


Paul





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Re: 3D graphics for LYX

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

There are 375482 tools around to produce professional 3D graphics.

This is the wrong question.  The question must be what data you got, and
what you want to show.

R and knitR are very well suited to produce very good graphics from
within LyX.

el


On 2021-03-26 16:06 , Andreas Plihal wrote:
> With which tool is it possible to produce professional 3D graphics in
> the context of LYX? Can a software such as tikzpicture be used for
> this?
> And if so, how?
>

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Re: Changing Figure Labelling in LyX

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Phillipe,

this is a LaTeX issue, and if asked on a LaTeX related forum
Usenet's comp.text.tex or Stackexchange might yield better
results.

Google is also you friend.

el


On 2021-03-18 20:13 , Philippe Burden wrote:

To whomever this may concern,

I have recently started using LyX to write scientific papers for my 
undergraduate degree. In writing one of my reports, I found myself 
wanting to change the way the figures are labelled. I have managed to 
change the figure labelling from “Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3…” to 
labelling per section “Figure 1.1, Figure 1.2, Figure 2.1…” However, I 
was wondering if there was a way to change it to say “Fig. 1.1”, instead 
of “Figure 1.1”


I’ve also changed the size of the font inside the caption to be 
smallest. This works great, no issues. However, the figure label itself 
does not change in size. It simply shows “Figure 1.1: Blah Blah Blah, 
this is only an example…”. Is there a way to make the size of the label 
match that of the caption.


Thank in advance to anyone who can help me.

Cheers,

Philippe Burden





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