Fwd: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

2017-04-28 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
-- Forwarded message -- From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا < fredericknoro...@gmail.com> Date: 23 April 2017 at 17:44 Subject: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC To: LyX Users Dear all, Could you kindly help me with a tip on

Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

2017-04-23 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Dear all, Could you kindly help me with a tip on how to insert a carriage-return/line-break in my table of contents, for a very long title? I'm using Lyx 2.2.0 The problem text is below (and neither \\ nor \newline works) : \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{How Goan Identity and India's Independenc

Re: Problem with table....

2017-04-18 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
M, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك > نورونيا wrote: > > Dear all: > > I seem to be having a problem in generating a PDF of the table attached, > and it throws up repeated error messages saying: > > QUOTE > *Paragraph ended before \foreignlanguage was compl

Query about table of contents in Lyx

2015-09-20 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Some of my chapter titles are really long. I'd like to break them into two lines (at a point where I want it, without the line being justified). Can someone kindly let me know how this is done using the ERT for creating the table of contents? Many thanks! FN -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twi

Removing index entries... automatically?

2015-08-14 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Is there some way to remove all index entries? I'm trying to convert a printed book into an ebook and need to remove all. Thanks! FN -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556

Reducing space after fullstops?

2015-08-10 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
LyX tends to add spaces after fullstops. It looks a bit excessive sometimes. How do I reduce/avoid this pls? FN -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556

Query about footnotes in Lyx: size appears too small

2015-03-09 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
Dear all: I would be very grateful if anyone could give me a clue on how to universally enahance the font size of footnotes in a book. The current size I'm using appear too small. My document settings are as follows: \usepackage{lettrine} %\usepackage{watermark} %\usepackage{draftcopy} \usep

Insert row... lyx

2014-11-22 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
The 'insert row' facility in Lyx tables, would it not help if any number of rows could be inserted at a time (as done, say, for Libre Office tables), intead of having to add one at a time? Or am I missing something? FN -- -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha

How to convert Lyx file into doc?

2014-11-03 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Dear all, would be grateful for a bit of advice. I often need to share my files (soft copy, in Lyx) with my authors. What would be the best way to convert a Lyx file into a doc file, while retaining its images and formatting? Many thanks! FN -- -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Fa

Query: how to get italics in a Table of Contents?

2014-10-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
I need to create a ToC for a book dealing with the writing of Salman Rushdie. The chapter titles contain book names. How do I make a word italicised in the ToC? \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Writing in a Postcolonial / Postmodern Space: Rushdie’s Narrative Landscape} -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

2014-08-14 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Really grateful to Les for his advice below. This works very well! Gracias... from India. FN On 14 July 2014 04:30, Les Denham wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:08:47 +0530 > Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا > wrote: > > > * What is the easiest way to

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

2014-08-03 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
, nearly all set in LyX! See http://goa1556.in On 14 July 2014 04:30, Les Denham wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:08:47 +0530 > Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا > wrote: > > > * What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub? > > *

Lyx, Kindle, epub

2014-07-13 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Dear all: Just seeking your indulgence with some information: * What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub? * How can one ensure this will be consistent with epub standards? * Any site to test the resultant epub? * Can Lyx developers help to develop some tools that make i

Importing tables to Lyx?

2014-05-13 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Is there any tool which allows imports of boxes/tables (from say doc/odt files) to Lyx? The filters for Abiword often don't work. FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Prouding using Lyx to publish: http://goa1556.in

Narrower columns (on a two column page)

2014-05-11 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Can I somehow make my columns narrower on a two-column page. Thanks in advance, FN -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in

Filters, etc ... to make ebooks?

2014-04-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Is there some way please to easily convert a Lyx file into an epub ebook? FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick Goa,1556: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2

Increasing the width of a 'quote' column

2014-04-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Dear anyone who can help: I'm trying to set a two-column page, with the text (poetry) in the 'quote' format. Question: Is it possible to have a larger width for the quote columns on the page? Many thanks! FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http:

Any way to create catchy page numbers...

2014-04-08 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
... with the number in reverse set against a black background? What could I use to attain this? Thanks in advance! FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick Goa,1556: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books

Where the error message shows up

2014-04-04 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Can someone help and instruct me on this, or kindly see if there's a bug in the software? I made a mistake in adding an entry into the Table Of Contents. Instead of writing \addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{Institutional repositories} I wrote \addcontentsline{toc}{Institutional repositories} The

Re: Semi-automatic indexing

2013-12-07 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Thanks indeed Andrew... am just trying to figure out how to install/work this, and will get back. Really appreciate! FN On 7 December 2013 04:49, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > Hullo Frederick, > > Back at the start of October, you asked on the list about semi-automatic > indexing. Richard Heck suggeste

Words in the index, italicisation...

2013-10-27 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Can someone give me a clue why some words of mine end up as italics in the index, and others don't? Also, how can one italicise certain words in a table-of-contents? Thanks, FN _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/FN P+91-832-2409490 M+91-982212243

Re: 304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

2013-10-17 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Thanks very much for that help Stefano. I've split the file into two parts, and can now generate PDF. Generating PS is still giving some trouble though! FN On 18 October 2013 00:59, stefano franchi wrote: > Frederick, > > we need some more information on what is happening to provide help. Do you

Re: 304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

2013-10-17 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
ored Reflections(poetry) _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ On 18 October 2013 00:48, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا wrote: > Dear all: > > Please could you advice me? > > I've got a 304-page picture-rich bo

304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

2013-10-17 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Dear all: Please could you advice me? I've got a 304-page picture-rich book. But while generating PDF, the file cuts short at Page 236. After that, the pages don't show up. Any idea why this could be happening? Is it due to a lack of space on my hard disk? Ive' tried clearing some files. Tks f

Re: For Lyx Users: index

2013-10-04 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
/76671049/Goa1556-Catalogue-Books-from-Goa On 5 October 2013 01:57, stefano franchi wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या >> *فريدريك نورونيا wrote: >>

Requesting a feature... semi-automated index-creation tool

2013-10-04 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Is it possible to have some semi-automated tool for creating indexes in Lyx? Something like TExtract http://www.Texyz.com -- it could allow the user to enter the keywords, and then accept those appearing in the text. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org

For Lyx Users: index

2013-10-04 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Please could you help me with this? In the index, I'm adding: resorts|see{beeach resorts} And what I get is resorts, see {eeach resorts}191 OR resorts|see beeach resorts and resorts, see beach resorts191 QUESTION: How do I leave out the page number? Why do I need to misspell the word to get 'be

Lyx... setting text in circular shape

2013-09-27 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Is there some way I could set the colophone of a book (done in Lyx) in a circular shape? FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org

Offtopic: Onyx files?

2013-09-22 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Please excuse an off-topic query, as I don't know where else to raise this. Is there any GNU/Linux tool to create Onyx files? Onyx is the format in which book-related information is stored. http://www.netread.com/onix/ Tks, FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org

Resetting footnote numbering after every chapter...

2013-08-09 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Could someone kindly tell me how to reset my footnote numbers (Memoire class book) after every chapter? As of now, I'm getting continuous chapter-numbering for the whole book. Secondly, is there some way to use symbols for a book which has very many footnotes? (The problem is that the footnote sym