Re: other LyX books at lulu (Re: Self-publishing with LyX)
I bought the copy on publishing for LULU (I didn't realise there were two other options) The style is very different to Alan's book, with detailed hand holding instructions on installing Lyx, Gimp etc.more screen grabs, and step by step menu paths The focus on Windows is appropriate because the feel of the book is that it is written to encourage people who have never used anything other than Windows/Word to have a go AND take you by the hand every step of the way. Graham Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Today, I search lulu for Alan's book (so I could send the http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 link to a list I am on). And I found a few other books too: http://www.lulu.com/content/1165817 http://www.lulu.com/content/1097620 http://www.lulu.com/content/983754 Has anyone here read any of those? I don't recall them mentioned on this list. Jeremy C. Reed __ NOD32 2514 (20070908) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: other LyX books at lulu (Re: Self-publishing with LyX)
Mmmm, yes the review does sound a bit unlikely, but I have downloaded the book any way to have a look at it. Graham Nicolás wrote: I have not taken a look at these books, so I do not know if they are good or not. I just found funny the review for this book: http://www.lulu.com/content/1165817 It smells a little bit fake to me, do not you agree? According to the review, the son installed LyX, learnt to use it, and converted his MS-Word-based PhD thesis into a LyX document in one night! Impressive! Cheers, Nicolás Graham Smith wrote: I bought the copy on publishing for LULU (I didn't realise there were two other options) The style is very different to Alan's book, with detailed hand holding instructions on installing Lyx, Gimp etc.more screen grabs, and step by step menu paths The focus on Windows is appropriate because the feel of the book is that it is written to encourage people who have never used anything other than Windows/Word to have a go AND take you by the hand every step of the way. Graham Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Today, I search lulu for Alan's book (so I could send the http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 link to a list I am on). And I found a few other books too: http://www.lulu.com/content/1165817 http://www.lulu.com/content/1097620 http://www.lulu.com/content/983754 Has anyone here read any of those? I don't recall them mentioned on this list. Jeremy C. Reed __ NOD32 2514 (20070908) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __ NOD32 2514 (20070908) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: other LyX books at lulu (Re: Self-publishing with LyX)
These three books would seem to be the same book. I bought the"Self Publishing on LULU" book a few weeks ago, and have just bought the "Got Lyx? It does writing good" (whatever that means) as it has a sub title on writing research papers etc. However, the latter book is just the former book with the chapters on designing a cover and publishing on LULU omitted. I was rather hoping for more on citations, inserting equations, and features specific to writing up research. I assume the Amazon version will be identical to the LULU version but with an Amazon chapter. I still think they are useful books for their intended market. Graham Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Today, I search lulu for Alan's book (so I could send the http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 link to a list I am on). And I found a few other books too: http://www.lulu.com/content/1165817 http://www.lulu.com/content/1097620 http://www.lulu.com/content/983754 Has anyone here read any of those? I don't recall them mentioned on this list. Jeremy C. Reed __ NOD32 2514 (20070908) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Just a test - is lyx alive
Just testing as I haven't had a mesage for a couple of days and list is usually very active. Sorry for any annoyance. Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Export as odt - doesn't seem to work
I have just installed 1.5.2 on WINXPpro and trying to export my lyx doc as an OpenOffice doc file appears to do nothing. Some older messages here suggest that with earlier version you needed to change the export extension to odt (in preferences) but that is correct in this latest version. As I am very new to this, I suspect I am just doing something wrong. The doc I am trying to export is only 20 pages, but with many figures and cross references. I would appreciate any help. Many thanks, Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: Export as odt - doesn't seem to work
Bad form to reply to my own message, but I should add that the status bar suggests that the coversion is happening with the file apparantly being converted to tex and then oolatex being executed to create the odt file, its just the converted file doesn't appear anywhere. Graham Smith wrote: I have just installed 1.5.2 on WINXPpro and trying to export my lyx doc as an OpenOffice doc file appears to do nothing. Some older messages here suggest that with earlier version you needed to change the export extension to odt (in preferences) but that is correct in this latest version. As I am very new to this, I suspect I am just doing something wrong. The doc I am trying to export is only 20 pages, but with many figures and cross references. I would appreciate any help. Many thanks, Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: Export as odt - doesn't seem to work
Yes, so I have found, my initial searches didn't find any of the more recent messages, but since then I discovered that there seems to be a problem. I have been looking at other approaches export to PDF and then converting the PDF to Word, but this is a bit a hassle. I will have a go at running oolatex manually Thanks, Graahm Richard Heck wrote: Graham Smith wrote: Bad form to reply to my own message, but I should add that the status bar suggests that the coversion is happening with the file apparantly being converted to tex and then oolatex being executed to create the odt file, its just the converted file doesn't appear anywhere. Yes, that is what is supposed to happen. But if you search the mailing list, you'll see that there are lots of problem with oolatex on Windows. I don't know what the status of that is. Some people have had success but it's often been a bit of work. What I'd suggest is that you try exporting to LaTeX and then running oolatex manually. That'll at least give you lots of error messages if something is going wrong. rh Graham Smith wrote: I have just installed 1.5.2 on WINXPpro and trying to export my lyx doc as an OpenOffice doc file appears to do nothing. Some older messages here suggest that with earlier version you needed to change the export extension to odt (in preferences) but that is correct in this latest version. As I am very new to this, I suspect I am just doing something wrong. The doc I am trying to export is only 20 pages, but with many figures and cross references. I would appreciate any help. Many thanks, Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: Export as odt - doesn't seem to work
Yes, Latex2RTF seems to work well, rather better with Word than OOo, as OOo seems to include extra text for cross references. But certainly a long way towards a solution. Thanks again, Graham Richard Heck wrote: Graham Smith wrote: Yes, so I have found, my initial searches didn't find any of the more recent messages, but since then I discovered that there seems to be a problem. I have been looking at other approaches export to PDF and then converting the PDF to Word, but this is a bit a hassle. I will have a go at running oolatex manually. If you can get it to work manually, then it should also work from LyX. Another possibility is Latex2RTF, which you can find on the web. LyX is also capable of using that, I think. rh Thanks, Graahm Richard Heck wrote: Graham Smith wrote: Bad form to reply to my own message, but I should add that the status bar suggests that the coversion is happening with the file apparantly being converted to tex and then oolatex being executed to create the odt file, its just the converted file doesn't appear anywhere. Yes, that is what is supposed to happen. But if you search the mailing list, you'll see that there are lots of problem with oolatex on Windows. I don't know what the status of that is. Some people have had success but it's often been a bit of work. What I'd suggest is that you try exporting to LaTeX and then running oolatex manually. That'll at least give you lots of error messages if something is going wrong. rh Graham Smith wrote: I have just installed 1.5.2 on WINXPpro and trying to export my lyx doc as an OpenOffice doc file appears to do nothing. Some older messages here suggest that with earlier version you needed to change the export extension to odt (in preferences) but that is correct in this latest version. As I am very new to this, I suspect I am just doing something wrong. The doc I am trying to export is only 20 pages, but with many figures and cross references. I would appreciate any help. Many thanks, Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Reference list appears in middle of text
I am using the article (paper) Class with several figures and 22 pages long, all was fine until I added a BibTex reference list (with only one reference) Now the final paragraph and a half of text appears "after" the reference list. Is there something obvious I am doing wrong WINXPPro Lyx 1.5.2 many thanks, Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: Reference list appears in middle of text
Mirko, Thanks, but I think I may have solved this. The last item in the document (other than the code for the reference list) was a figure set to "default" placement, By changing this to the "here if possible" option, the text that was being moved from above the figure to below the reference list, now seems to be staying where it should be. Graham Mirko Briemle wrote: Graham, I do this to accomplish having the reference list at the end: 1. remove references and list 2. go to the very end of the lyx document 3. if you want the references appear on a separate page - instert -> Formatting -> Page Break 4. Below the Page Break: insert -> List/TOC -> Bibtext/Bibliography 5. Add you reference(s) in your text again. I hope that helps, Mirko On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:24:09 + Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am using the article (paper) Class with several figures and 22 pages long, all was fine until I added a BibTex reference list (with only one reference) Now the final paragraph and a half of text appears "after" the reference list. Is there something obvious I am doing wrong WINXPPro Lyx 1.5.2 many thanks, Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
How to I add a bibtex bibliographic style to lyx
I know this has to be explained in the help documentation, but I can't find it. I have downloaded the apalike citation style, using the Miktex Package Manager. I have reconfigured and restarted Lyx and rather naively, it seems, expected apalike to appear in the list of Bibtex bibliography citation style options. According to the Miktex package manager the apalike package has been downloaded in /uncategorized, but I cannot find this folder in the MikTex directory. I would appreciate some help, but happy to be pointed to the appropriate help file. Thanks, Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: How to I add a bibtex bibliographic style to lyx
Roberto, Thanks, I didn't know you needed to do this, I've now done it, but it has made no difference :-( Graham Roberto Gorjão wrote: Olá Graham, It seems that you may not have updated the format files or refreshed the file name database at Miktex Options or Miktex settings. After any install, thats a required procedure. I hope that helps! Cumprimentos, Roberto - On Sun, November 11, 2007 11:16 am, Graham Smith wrote: I know this has to be explained in the help documentation, but I can't find it. I have downloaded the apalike citation style, using the Miktex Package Manager. I have reconfigured and restarted Lyx and rather naively, it seems, expected apalike to appear in the list of Bibtex bibliography citation style options. According to the Miktex package manager the apalike package has been downloaded in /uncategorized, but I cannot find this folder in the MikTex directory. I would appreciate some help, but happy to be pointed to the appropriate help file. Thanks, Graham -Roberto Gorjão freelance designer and web designer personal site: www.castelosnoar.com PORTUGAL / BRAGA / PÓVOA DE LANHOSO -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: How to I add a bibtex bibliographic style to lyx
Roberto, Thanks again, but I had already run reconfigure, and the instructions which seem focussed on Linux, don't help a lot on Windows :-( Hopefully, as you suggest, some one else will pick this up, but thanks again for your help. Graham Roberto Gorjão wrote: Graham, Then maybe you need to do the same at LyX's side. See point 2.2 of the UserGuide, and choose Tolls->Reconfigure. The actual directions about how to install new packages are in the Help->Costumization document, at point 5.1. If neither of these are of help, then you'll have to wait for one of LyX's Gurus to answer. Cumprimentos, Roberto - On Sun, November 11, 2007 12:10 pm, Graham Smith wrote: Roberto, Thanks, I didn't know you needed to do this, I've now done it, but it has made no difference :-( Graham Roberto Gorjão wrote: Olá Graham, -Roberto Gorjão freelance designer and web designer personal site: www.castelosnoar.com PORTUGAL / BRAGA / PÓVOA DE LANHOSO -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Re: How to I add a bibtex bibliographic style to lyx
Jurgen, Thanks, that did it :-) Graham Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Graham Smith wrote: I have downloaded the apalike citation style, using the Miktex Package Manager. I have reconfigured and restarted Lyx and rather naively, it seems, expected apalike to appear in the list of Bibtex bibliography citation style options. To get it in there, you need to run "Rescan" in Tools->TeX Information. Jürgen -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
Adding footnotes in letter (Koma Script) version 2
I am trying to add a foot note to the text in the sender name environment of the above. Is this this possible? I can add the footnote but it doesn't appear as a footer. Lyx1.5.2 on WInXPPro Thanks, Graham -- Graham M Smith Station Cottage Tel:01749 840631 Station RoadFax:0870 1322773 Binegar Mobile: 07971 177623 nr Radstock Somerset BA3 4UQ Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
embedding or linking a sound file in a Powerdot PDF
Apologies if this is obvious, but is it possible to embed a sound file into a PDF when using PowerDot. In the Adobe world this is only available as part of Adobe Professional so I understand why it may not be possible. However, I am also struggling to work out how to link to an external sound file. regardless of whether the links will work in a PowerDot created PDF, the link options in Lyx (certainly through the menu) seem limited to specific file types. I much appreciate some pointers into how this might be done. Many thanks, Graham
Testing
Just a test as I have posted a couple of times this week and neither have appeared on the list - so I don't suppose this one will either. But thought it worth a try. Graham Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: embedding or linking a sound file in a Powerdot PDF
Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What an ultra-cool idea! I'd love to embed a sound file in each of my Ebooks. > > SteveT > > On Wednesday 28 November 2007 08:09, Graham Smith wrote: > > Apologies if this is obvious, but is it possible to embed a sound file > > into a PDF when using PowerDot. In the Adobe world this is only > > available as part of Adobe Professional so I understand why it may not > > be possible. Steve, Thanks, but its not mine, unfortunately. Maybe someone will come up with a solution. Graham
Very strange problem with posts - need help
I have a strange problem with posts to this group. My posts are appearing in the Gmane list, but not via my pop3 account that I pick up with Thunderbird. Replies to my post are getting through to my POP3 account, but not my replies to these replies, even though again they are appearing in Gmane. Messages posted via Gmane are getting through to my pop3 account The spam filters are disabled at my ISP and my posts are not appearing in my local spam folder. I know this isn't a Lyx question, but I am many mailing list user groups and this is the only one where this is happening. Anyone any ideas? Thanks, Graham
Re: Very strange problem with posts - need help
Manveru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am not sure about that, but I think that this list does not forward your > own emails to you. I am using gmail, which automagically create threads from > my sent message and reply to this list. > > Regards, > M. > > 2007/12/2, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I have a strange problem with posts to this group. My posts are appearing > > in the > > Gmane list, but not via my pop3 account that I pick up with Thunderbird. This is absolutely bizarre, however, your post suggests that the problem may be a local one as I was able to read your postlocally and then when I went back to it, it had vanished. And yes, GMail seems to hide your original post, but this hasn't been a feature of Thunderbird and POP3. Thanks, for the reply, as it may take me a bit closer to sorting out the problem. Graham BTW I know I have confused this post by bottom posting but Gmane won't allow top posting.
Re: embedding or linking a sound file in a Powerdot PDF
Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've seen in the Beamer documentation that there is a package called > multimedia.sty. Siegfried, Thanks for this, very useful. Sorry for the delay in responding but strange things are happening with my mail base and I thought I had replied. Graham
Re: MiKTeX 2.7
Uwe > I just announced a new version of LyXWinInstaller that comes with MikTeX > 2.7. So you can play a bit I have just used the LyxWinInstallerUpdate, to update 1.5.2, but it hasn't updated any of the 3rd programs, like MiKTeX 2.7, that come with the full installer. Is that right. Are these only updated as part of the full install? Graham -- Graham Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MiKTeX 2.7
> So I think you must un install any previous version of MiKTeX if you > want an update... Ah thanks, I missed reading this :-( Graham -- Graham Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MiKTeX 2.7
Uwe, > > Third-party programs are not updated. > > Beside this, was the update to lyX 1.5.3 successful for you? Thanks, I am no desperate rush to upgrade, just wondered, and yes the update appears to have been successful, certainly no immediate or obvious issues. Graham -- Graham Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MiKTeX 2.7
Uwe > > Thanks, I am no desperate rush to upgrade, just wondered, > > You can update your ecisting MikTeX 2.6 installation to get the latest > LaTeX-packages in any case. No done, thanks. Graham -- Graham Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. Thanks, Graham
Spell checker on Mac not working
I am trying to run the Spell check on Tiger and version 1.5.3 of Lyx. I get an error The Spell checker could not be started Error The file "/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/english" can not be opened for reading. Now I can't actually find that directory, and I thought Lyx used cocoaspell. Again, maybe my problem is being new to the Mac, but can anyone help me sort this out. A web search suggested that the problem was no dictionaries selected in cocoaspell, but the UK English dictionaries are selected. Many thanks, Graham
Re: Spell checker on Mac not working
Bennet, Thanks for this, copying the path as described fixed it. I'm glad it was this simple :-) Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 13:10, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Graham Smith wrote: I am trying to run the Spell check on Tiger and version 1.5.3 of Lyx. I get an error The Spell checker could not be started Error The file "/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/english" can not be opened for reading. Now I can't actually find that directory, and I thought Lyx used cocoaspell. LyX will use CocoAspell if you've properly installed it. The instructions were hard to find on the wiki; I've edited things to make it clearer: <http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling#toc2> Bennett
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Mmm, this is rather strange, I cannot find a directory called /usr/ local/... Spotlight isn't finding "beameruserguide.pdf" I did use MacTex to install Thanks again Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 13:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Bennett
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Bjarnþór Many thanks for this, extremely useful. I am enjoying my new Mac, but some things are very different. Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 18:35, Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins wrote: In the FInder choose from the Go menu Go to Folder, In there type /usr og any directory you want to go to. Not all folders are visible int the Finder but it is possible to see all folders using this. Bjarnþór On 22.2.2008, at 17:30, Graham Smith wrote: Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel -- Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins Deildarstjóri í STÆRÐFRÆÐI Fjölbrautaskóla Vesturlands á Akranesi vinnusími: 433-2500 heimasími: 431-2579 GSM: 860-2579 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Beamer and article class - have you tried it?
I was hoping to use the Beamer class facility to embed a Handout (article class) in the same file as the presentation, but the user guide recommends against doing this if you are using Lyx. But also says "you can try" Does anyone use this facility with Beamer? Thanks, Graham
Re: Beamer and article class - have you tried it?
Rich, Having now read the user guide, it looks exactly what I am looking for. You can write the handout (article), but within the handout include the elements you want in the presentation as well as the speakers notes. Sharing the same illustrations and parts of the text with both the presentation and handout, as well as text for the presentation slides only. BUT, even though everything is the one file and easily updated in one go, only the elements needed for the presentation appear in the final presentation, and only the elements needed in the handout appear, in the handout This would make the annual update of my lectures and handouts so much easier, than it is now However, my lack of experience with Lyx, and even greater lack of experience with Latex, means that I can't get it working at the moment. Graham. P.S. After rummaging on my bookshelves, I've now confirmed why I thought I recognised your name, indeed having flicked through the book just now, I feel inspired to re-read it. On 23 Feb 2008, at 15:07, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, Graham Smith wrote: I was hoping to use the Beamer class facility to embed a Handout (article class) in the same file as the presentation, but the user guide recommends against doing this if you are using Lyx. Does anyone use this facility with Beamer? Graham, No, I've not tried this. The one time I wanted a separate article to supplement the presentation I did them as separate LyX files. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
PDF to PowerPoint converter
Although, I have found a couple via google does anyone have experience of PDF to PowerPoint converters. I would prefer a Mac or multiplatform option, but Windows, or even Linux would do. Having now been using Beamer for a few days and been very pleased with it as a replacement for PowerPoint, I'm now told that I "must" provide my students access to PowerPoints of my presentations. However, having used Beamer there is no way I am going back to PowerPoint. Apparently, PDFs, do not provide the same support for accessibility requirements (SENDA in the UK and section 508 in the US). I can't see how exactly, but thems the rules it seems. Graham
Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter
Siegfried, Thanks, I have read the document you gave the link to, or at least the Acrobat 7 version, and I was using this a guide, assuming it would also meet the SENDA requirements as I am in the UK. But I think the argument revolves around very specialist software for very unusual disabilities, that work with PowerPoint but not PDF. Having said that, I am struggling to really understand the reasoning, and decided to just buy a converter. But as with all these things it is useful to hear comments form people who have tried a bit of software out. Some programs that initially look promising often turn out to be less than you had hoped for. Graham On 27 Feb 2008, at 13:22, Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: Another solution is to make de PDF accessible, see this document : http://www.adobe.com/fr/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf I don't know if Powerpoints are by themself more accessible than PDF. I think that the above document can give arguments to show that a given document conforms to the accessibilty rules. With Adobe Reader, you can verify if your document can pose problems. I checked a PDF presentation produced with the Beamer package (an LyX), and yes, there is a problem due to the fact that the structure of the document is complex. I think it's the TOC which is present on every slide. Hope it helps. Siegfried.
Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter
Alan, Maybe not surprisingly, I have my own views on the logic behind this, but as I have subsequently posted, it seems to relate to third party software being able to work with PPT but not PDF. In fact from my reading, it seems that most of the really specialist software uses HTML (so your solution not only seems the simplest, but also the best), but that is not what I have been told to do, I have been told to provide PPTs. However, and to move off topic even further, having now been reading about the accessibility requirements, I doubt if a single PPT file anywhere on our VLE complies. So looking for the easy way out, a PDF to PPT convertor still seems the "easiest" option. Graham On 27 Feb 2008, at 15:20, Alan Isaac wrote: On the face of it, this is totally stupid. One can easily create non-compliant Ppt or compliant PDF. But there is a simpler solution: HTML. Give a lyx to HTML converter a try. Post your HTML along with your PDFs. Voilá: compliance. (Or anyway, as much as the Ppt will have.) IANAL, Alan Isaac
Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter
Well, as I said in my reply to Alan, I would be surprised if any of our PPTs are compliant. I admit I have only just started looking at this in any depth because it only cropped up when I casually mentioned that I was using PDFs. Ironically to increase accessibility (in the general sense) as I have students using Macs and Linux and PDFs seem a more universal option. I have just spoken to Adobe and the Linux, Mac and Windows version of Acrobat Reader have the accessibility features. There are PDF specialist viewers available for Linux and Windows, but not the Mac apparently, which seems odd. However, it seems that the main file format for accessibility is HTML, but that isn't being promoted locally. I fully agree that just converting a PDF to PPT will make it no more accessible, except for the argument that there are specialist accessibility viewers for PPTs, but not for PDFs. But Adobe don't seem to agree with this. I am now completely confused by it all, but cannot believe that a PDF/ HTML solution can be less accessible than PPT. But currently I am under pressure to go back to producing PPTs. Graham On 27 Feb 2008, at 16:13, Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: I agree completly with Alan : most of the PowerPoints aren't compliant ( PowerPoint don't enforce the tagging of the images ...). I understand that a converter can be a solution to convince somebody, but it is a false one because I doubt the converted PDF will be more compliant than the original one. My point is : this accessibility issue is a way to force a commercial software upon us. Don't use LaTeX or PDF, they aren't accessible ! We must find a way to create compliant documents with our tools (LyX, LaTeX, PDF ...). I don't think it is so difficult. Siegfried.
Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter
Andre, A tactic as you suggest would not work as one of the requirement is for the reader to have control over the colours of text and background. Something they have with PDFs (certainly using Acrobat Reader you can) I think part of the problem is that people don't understand why I just don't use PowerPoint like everyone else. Graham On 27 Feb 2008, at 18:05, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 09:34:44AM +0000, Graham Smith wrote: Although, I have found a couple via google does anyone have experience of PDF to PowerPoint converters. I would prefer a Mac or multiplatform option, but Windows, or even Linux would do. Having now been using Beamer for a few days and been very pleased with it as a replacement for PowerPoint, I'm now told that I "must" provide my students access to PowerPoints of my presentations. However, having used Beamer there is no way I am going back to PowerPoint. I usually responded to such requirements by producing bitmap version of the ps/pdf document in question and include them in an otherwise empty doc. This gives really ugly results, is pretty unusable, but conforms to the rules. When I offered the original .pdf as alternative, guess what suddenly became "acceptable"... Lucky me does not have to produce paperwork anymore... Apparently, PDFs, do not provide the same support for accessibility requirements (SENDA in the UK and section 508 in the US). I can't see how exactly, but thems the rules it seems. Following rules by the letter usually does not give the intended result. People tend to learn that quickly ;-) Andre'
Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter
Although now way off topic, it may of some interest to share some of my findings on this. Although I have been looking at several places. Two web sites that are actually useful are: http://www.webaim.org/ AND http://www.open.ac.uk/inclusiveteaching/index.php The conclusions from all my reading is that only HTML fully qualifies as accessible, because it provides all the features (if properly created) that are needed by on screen viewers. PDFs CAN be fully accessible, because you can add the tags and the alternate text needed to direct text flow and provide alternate text for images ( the latter you can also do in PowerPoint). It seems that while HTML has the edge over PDF, they are very close. PowerPoints are NOT considered "fully" accessible,because they lack essential features. The advice is to convert PowerPoints to HTML, and provide these as alternatives to your PowerPoint, Additionally the Webaim site recommend writing your presentations in HTML to begin with and suggest Opera Show or S5, which work like PowerPoint but designed to use HTML. Thus making them in the format required for uploading. http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ Opera Show is built into the Opera Browser, the browser I used before switching to FireFox, and an Opera Show tutorial is at: http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/operashow/ Both are free. What I need to do now, see whether Lyx/Beamer/Latex will allow me to create HTML files with the appropriate tags and alternate text for figures that are needed. As I say not really a lyx issue, but it may be of interest to some. Graham On 27 Feb 2008, at 09:34, Graham Smith wrote: Although, I have found a couple via google does anyone have experience of PDF to PowerPoint converters. I would prefer a Mac or multiplatform option, but Windows, or even Linux would do. Having now been using Beamer for a few days and been very pleased with it as a replacement for PowerPoint, I'm now told that I "must" provide my students access to PowerPoints of my presentations. However, having used Beamer there is no way I am going back to PowerPoint. Apparently, PDFs, do not provide the same support for accessibility requirements (SENDA in the UK and section 508 in the US). I can't see how exactly, but thems the rules it seems. Graham
Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter
Helge A tactic as you suggest would not work as one of the requirement is for the reader to have control over the colours of text and background. That is the _idea_, but do they demand "powerpoints with reader control of colors" from you, or do they just demand "powerpoints"? As far as I can make out the requirement is just PowerPoints Something they have with PDFs (certainly using Acrobat Reader you can) I think part of the problem is that people don't understand why I just don't use PowerPoint like everyone else. Which is why it might be a good idea to provide useless powerpoints in order to comply Well, that is where this thread began with my question about a PDF to PowerPoint converter. The plan was to carry on with the PDFs, but also supply a PowerPoint, without me needing to make any effort with the PowerPoint production Working to change the system may be possible too, although that will usually take time. Where I work, some people now distributes PDFs because they are finally starting to see that "not everybody have word". This is my preferred option. Graham
Including alternate text for figures on HTML export
Before exporting from Lyx to HTML, is there a way of providing alternate text for the figures. I see in the graphics dialog box there is space for for some Latex code and I am hoping this might provide the mechanism. Thanks, Graham
Re: Including alternate text for figures on HTML export
Given the lack of response I assume there is no easy answer to this,
however, with help elsewhere it seems that this can be done with
tex4ht which is part of the Mactex distribution.
This is done with one of the following commands
1\Picture[replacement-for-textual-browser]{file-name attributes}
2 \Picture+[replacement-for-text-browsers]{file-name attributes}
content\EndPicture
3 \Picture*[replacement-for-text-browsers]{file-name attributes}
content\EndPicture
This leads me to additional questions.
1. what program does lyx use for the HTML conversion (on the Mac), I
presume it tells me on the wiki somewhere but I can't find it.
2. I have tried several ways of using command 1 above to try and add
the alt text into the graphics latex options, but get compile errors.
the commands are obviously meant for tex4ht, but I thought I would
give it a try..
3. Assuming tex4ht isn't one of the two HTML export options in Lyx,
can I add it as an export option menu item.
Thanks,
Graham
On 28 Feb 2008, at 14:47, Graham Smith wrote:
Before exporting from Lyx to HTML, is there a way of providing
alternate text for the figures.
I see in the graphics dialog box there is space for for some Latex
code and I am hoping this might provide the mechanism.
Thanks,
Graham
Re: Including alternate text for figures on HTML export
OK, sorry about all these posts, but after rooting around I see that
Lyx is using tex4ht, so it seems what I need help with is how to add
the code into the lyx document so it adds the alt text when exporting
to html.
Thanks.
Graham
On 1 Mar 2008, at 15:46, Graham Smith wrote:
Given the lack of response I assume there is no easy answer to
this, however, with help elsewhere it seems that this can be done
with tex4ht which is part of the Mactex distribution.
This is done with one of the following commands
1\Picture[replaOkcement-for-textual-browser]{file-name attributes}
2 \Picture+[replacement-for-text-browsers]{file-name attributes}
content\EndPicture
3 \Picture*[replacement-for-text-browsers]{file-name attributes}
content\EndPicture
This leads me to additional questions.
1. what program does lyx use for the HTML conversion (on the Mac),
I presume it tells me on the wiki somewhere but I can't find it.
2. I have tried several ways of using command 1 above to try and
add the alt text into the graphics latex options, but get compile
errors. the commands are obviously meant for tex4ht, but I thought
I would give it a try..
3. Assuming tex4ht isn't one of the two HTML export options in Lyx,
can I add it as an export option menu item.
Thanks,
Graham
On 28 Feb 2008, at 14:47, Graham Smith wrote:
Before exporting from Lyx to HTML, is there a way of providing
alternate text for the figures.
I see in the graphics dialog box there is space for for some Latex
code and I am hoping this might provide the mechanism.
Thanks,
Graham
Re: Including alternate text for figures on HTML export
Günter Thanks, I was assuming it would go in the latex code box for the graphic, but creating a latex doc and importing it seems a good idea. Graham On 3 Mar 2008, at 08:12, G. Milde wrote: On 1.03.08, Graham Smith wrote: OK, sorry about all these posts, but after rooting around I see that Lyx is using tex4ht, so it seems what I need help with is how to add the code into the lyx document so it adds the alt text when exporting to html. Actually, LyX can work with several HTML exporters (and you can configure this under Tools>Settings). I assume you will need ERT (i.e. raw LaTeX) for the special commands and experiment with the placing. Checking the "source preview" option under View will give you instant feedback. Another option would be to create a small sample LaTeX document with the correct syntax and then import this into LyX -- if all goes well, the ERT will occure at the right place. Good luck Günter
error messages with Tables of Contents
Hello,
Possibly premature with this question as I am still learning the
basics of the basics, but trying to generate a TOC (Lyx 1.4.3-5 on WINXPPro) it
seems OK until I try to preview in PS
Ctrl+T.
I then get errors:
paragraph ended before [EMAIL PROTECTED] was complete
expanded in the lower box to say
I suspect you've forgotten a `}', causing me to apply this
control sequence to too much text. How can we recover?
My plan is to forget the whole thing and hope for the best.
AND
Argument of [EMAIL PROTECTED] has an extra }.
expanded below to say
\end{document}
I've run across a `}' that doesn't seem to match anything.
For example, `\def\a#1{...}' and `\a}' would produce
this error. If you simply proceed now, the `\par' that
I've just inserted will cause me to report a runaway
argument that might be the root of the problem. But if
your `}' was spurious, just type `2' and it will go away.
Now I have only been using Lyx/Latex for a day so it hopefully has an
obvious solution.
I first had the problem with the Steve Litt tutorial, but I also have
it with a fresh file with only three or four headings.
Hopefully someone can point out where I am going wrong.
Many thanks.
--
Regards,
Graham mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: error messages with Tables of Contents
On Saturday, December 30, 2006, 3:53:13 PM, I wrote: > Possibly premature with this question as I am still learning the > basics of the basics, but trying to generate a TOC (Lyx 1.4.3-5 on > WINXPPro) it seems OK until I try to preview in PS > Ctrl+T. It seems that, although I thought I was following the instructions, I was placing the TOC command in the wrong place. Its now working. -- Regards, Grahammailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lyx server and Jabref on windows
Hello, I have Lyx 1.4.3-5 (Windows) and Jabref 2.2b. Trying to push a citation from jabref gives me an error to verify that Lyx is ruuning and that the lyxpipe is valid C:\Documents and Settings\Graham\lyx\ In lyx I have added the path C:\Documents and Settings\Graham\lyx\.lyxpipe in the lyx preferences and reconfigured and restarted lyx. As I understand the documentation this should create an lyxpipe.in file, but no file is created. I have tried several different path options, eg creating the full file name etc, but cannot get it to work. Can anyone suggest what I should be doing. Many thanks Graham
Re: Lyx server and Jabref on windows
Christian, Monday, January 1, 2007, 6:57:25 PM, you wrote: > I had the same problem on a Mac. > See http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac#toc10 for useful hints. They are meant > for Mac, but might be applicable for Windows, too. > A likely source of error are blanks in the path name. For example, > "C:\Documents and Settings\..." might not be a good option. Did you try > a new path with no blanks? Thanks, I had found that link and tried to follow the advice there. I also tried a path without spaces, but it didn't help. The other paths, in both lyx and Jabref have spaces, so I suspect that isn't the problem. Thanks again. -- Regards, Grahammailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lyx server and Jabref on windows
Georg, Monday, January 1, 2007, 7:20:43 PM, you wrote: > Am Montag, 1. Januar 2007 19:48 schrieb Graham Smith: >> I have Lyx 1.4.3-5 (Windows) and Jabref 2.2b. >> >> Trying to push a citation from jabref gives me an error to verify that >> Lyx is ruuning and that the lyxpipe is valid C:\Documents and > Settings\Graham\lyx\ > You cannot use this feature on windows, since the pipe is implemented using > UNIX specific functions that are not available on windows. Many thanks, this has caused me a lot of frustration trying to get it to work. So the explanation is gratefully received. -- Regards, Grahammailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
newsletter class
Hello, I have just started using Lyx, and wondered if there was a class for short newsletters (2 sides or 4 sides of A4) I assume it is a Class I am looking for, and that Lyx would be suitable. It doesn't need to be too fancy, but smart and modern and something that I can type in the text and not spend several days trying to make it look good, as I did in Word. two column with a banner headline, logo and contact details. Distributed and PDF attachment, but with some printed. BTW to the developers: Lyx looks a brilliant piece of software and I am really looking forward to learning it. -- Regards, Graham mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: word
ryma, Friday, January 12, 2007, 11:53:50 AM, you wrote: > please i want to generate ".doc" files for word from lyx ones. Is > it possible and how can i make this? I will be delighted if someone suggests a better method, but in Windows, I have generated PDFs from Lyx, and then used AllPdf http://www.bcltechnologies.com/document/products/allpdf/ to open the PDFs in Word as Doc files. There is a range of software in Windows for Converting PDF to .Doc, this is only one of them, but during my brief experimentation it seems to work well. -- Regards, Grahammailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why Lyx->Word?
As indeed modern versions of Wordperfect, for the last few version you have been able to run in classic view which emulates the DOS version. Graham Helge Hafting wrote: Richard Heck wrote: Hey, I loved WordPerfect back when you had the blue background and stuff. Note that LyX has color preferences - so you can get that white on blue feeling. :-) Helge Hafting __ NOD32 2271 (20070516) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- Graham M Smith (Consultant Ecologist) 5 Westend Terrace Tel: 01446 793446 Llantwit MajorFax:0870 1322773 Vale of Glamorgan Mobile: 07971 177623 Wales, CF61 1SN Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myotis.co.uk Information contained in this e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only, and may be confidential or privileged. If you receive this message in error, please advise me immediately. If you are not the intended recipient(s), any form of distribution, copying, or use of information gained as a result of this communication is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. Attachments to this e-mail may contain software viruses that could damage your systems. I have taken reasonable precautions to minimise this risk, but you are advised that any attachments should be virus checked before opening.
positioning tables inside float
I am trying to align a table inside a float, so it sits in the centre of the page. I can't see any obvious way of doing this. I thought using the center paragraphs might have worked but its greyed out. But that is how I thought I had done it in the past I am using lyx 1.6.5 on Ubuntu 10.04 and lyx 1.6.7 on a Mac running Tiger. Thanks, Graham
Re: positioning tables inside float
Jurgen, Are you sure the cursor is _outside_ the table? Nope, I'm sure the cursor is _inside_ the table :-( That would explain why it worked before, but didn't work this time. Working fine now, many thanks. Graham
Re: print slides with notes
Necati
Not exactly what you need maybe, but this is what I do.
This is copied from my preamble
%next five lines needed to print two to a page handout comment out for
presentation
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper,border shrink=2mm]
\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=black!1}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[page number]
\setbeameroption{show only notes}
It shows a thumbnail of the slide, plus any notes associated with the slide.
For it to work, every slide has to have a note attached, even if its
empty, as its really printing the notes, with the thumbnail of the slide
an addition to the note.
I haven't used it for a bit, and its cobbled together from beamer help
from different places, but it might help.
Graham
Re: print slides with notes
Necati * Is there a way to disable the thumbnail? * When i add notes, notes are seen as numbered list. Is there a way to change to itemized list? Sorry, I don't know the answer to either of these questions, I'm still very new to this. Hopefully someone else can help. Graham
Figure x: defaults set up
This has got to be simple, but how do I change the figure/table defaults, so I get "Figure x." rather than "Figure x:" i.e. a full stop rather than a colon. This is with article class if that makes a difference. Thanks, Graham
Re: Figure x: defaults set up
Paul,
In the preamble:
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup[figure]{labelsep=period}
Many thanks, exactly what I needed.
Graham
A bit OT - Jabref and citing web pages in lyx
I've got Lyx working with citations largely as I expect it to work, but I am struggling with web page citations. I am collecting references in Zotero, then importing into Jabref which has a *.bib file in the same directory I am usng for my Lyx document. I am then inserting the citations using Lyx, but keeping the *.bib file updated with Jabref. Web page reference exported from Zotero won't import into Jabref. BUT I also have Mendeley which syncs with the Zotero database and exports as a bib file that Jabref will read. However, there is no web page reference option and the "misc" type that it imports as doesn't have a field for "last accessed" As this has now a days got to be a common reference type, can anyone give me some pointers about how to deal with web page references/citations with a lyx/jabref/bibtex combination. Googlind hasn't helped me any, but if someone has a link to an appropriate web site, that would be great. Many thanks, Graham
Re: A bit OT - Jabref and citing web pages in lyx
Kevin, I haven't tried JabRef, but Zotero does export my web pages as "misc" in a format that LyX understands anyway. However, Zotero doesn't export the "lastchecked" field, I believe since it's not "standard" bibtex. Ah, I never tried using the Zotero to bibtex direct route, as I couldn't get Jabref to import the Zotero exported bibtex file. I might rethink this The user shil88 in http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/1302/export-bibtex-webpage-specific-fieldsinformation-missing/ Thanks, I will have a look at this. Graham
Re: A bit OT - Jabref and citing web pages in lyx
Julio The best solution is Biblatex. For example: Thanks for this, I was looking for something like this, but couldn't find it. Graham
Re: A bit OT - Jabref and citing web pages in lyx
Paul, If you're disinclined to move to Biblatex (per Julio's suggestion), you might try one of the workarounds at http://win.ua.ac.be/~nschloe/content/bibtex-how-cite-website. Thanks, a lot of helpful info here. Graham
suppressing "Chapter" labels in book class
I'm afraid I have asked this before, but can't find it either by googlng or in my mail base. With book class each chapter is headed Chapter x and then the title of the chapter. I only want to show the title of the chapter and suppress the "Chapter x" printing in either the main text or the header. I would be grateful if someone could remind me how this is done. Many thanks, Graham
text placement with box(minipage) on same page
Using book class I have some information inside a box, which is sitting inside a branch (as the material is optional). The box fills about a quarter of the page. The box is being placed at the bottom of the page and the three short paragraphs of text above the box on the same page are being spread evenly to fill the space. As they are short paragraphs this leaves large amounts of white space between them. If I convert then them to a single paragraph, that single paragraph is then centred in the whte space between the top of the page and the top of the box. This obviously does not look very good. There is another box/code branch on the next page if that is important. However for this page it would make sense if the paragraphs and the box were all moved up, so all the white space was at the bottom of the page. I hope that makes sense, and that somoen can tell me how to fix this. Many thanks, Graham
Re: text placement with box(minipage) on same page
Jürgen > Try (in preamble): > > \raggedbottom Excellent, that fixed it :-) many thank, Graham
Re: suppressing "Chapter" labels in book class
Can I be more specific with this What I would like to be able to do is to replace Chapter 1 Title of Chapter 1 With 1. Title of Chapter 1 So it looks like another section I can't simply use sections as they start numbers at zero if you don't use the chapter environment. I'm not sure my earlier post was all that clear. Thanks, Graham On 05/09/2010 11:08, Graham Smith wrote: I'm afraid I have asked this before, but can't find it either by googlng or in my mail base. With book class each chapter is headed Chapter x and then the title of the chapter. I only want to show the title of the chapter and suppress the "Chapter x" printing in either the main text or the header. I would be grateful if someone could remind me how this is done. Many thanks, Graham
Re: suppressing "Chapter" labels in book class
Jürgen
> Either use the KOMA book class (that has this as default), or with the
> standard book class, use
>
> \usepackage{anonchap}
> \simplechapter
>
> If you use the tocbibind package, you cannot use anonchap in parallel (but
> tocbibind provides the same \simplechapter command).
Thanks, I am using Book because I am running SWeave, which currenly
Lyx only supports in Book,Report and Article. I believe this is
changing in Lyx 2.0, but for now I am stuck with Book.
anonchap works fine for the text, but it still leaves Chapter 1,
Chapter 2 etc in the header.
I have had a look at the documenation for anonchap and tocbibind and I
can't see anything obvious to fix the header.
Can you suggest an approach for the header.
Thanks again,
Graham
Re: suppressing "Chapter" labels in book class
Jürgen
> Quick and dirty:
> \d...@chapapp{\hspace*{-1ex}}
Excellent, quick and dirty is what I need right now.
>
> More elegant: set heading style to "fancy" and redefine the header to your
> needs (see fancyheadings manual).
I will look at this once I start to think in detail on how I want the
report presented, at the moment I was/am under pressure to get
something out the door.
So many thanks again.
Graham
Sweave and Branches (optionally including and excluding code in a report)
I have written a report using Lyx and SWeave. After testing to see it worked with a couple of bits of code, I put all the code in a branch called code. The plan being to be able to produce two reports, one with code and one without. However, even though it seemed to work when I tested it,now that I am finished, the file compiles fine with the code branch active, but if I switch off the branch containing the code I get an error. An error occurred whilst running R CMD Sweave 'Jbats_3_ReportFinalArticle.Rnw' Should the code work in branches. I'm not sure how SWeave works. Some of the figures in the report draw on information generated by the code. I also have some bootstrapping. Is there an easy way of incuding and excluding code that I am missing. Any suggestion very welcome. Thanks, Graham
Adding bibliography environment adds key-2[] at end of document rather than Bibliography
I changed class from book to article and the bibliography broke. No references appeared in the Bibliography section when compliled and the in text citations compiled with a "?" I deleted the environment and tried to re-add the bibliography but intead of getting the bibliography "button" that allows you to link a database, I am getting References key-2[] If I open an existing citation there is no database listed, I have tried shutting down and reconfiguring, but I guess I am doing something more fundamentally wrong here. Can someone explain what it is. Thanks, Graham
Re: Adding bibliography environment adds key-2[] at end of document rather than Bibliography
To add to this on an earlier draft of this document I see the source
code is
\bibliographystyle{apalike2}
\bibliography{jbatsbib}
On this document and indeed I have now tried this with a couple of new
documents, adding the bibliography environment is adding
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
\bibitem{key-10}
\end{thebibliography}
Graham
Re: Adding bibliography environment adds key-2[] at end of document rather than Bibliography
Oh Dear, how stupid am I, in a bit of a tizz here and just being stupid.
Sorry folks.
Graham
On 7 September 2010 16:02, Graham Smith wrote:
> To add to this on an earlier draft of this document I see the source code is
>
> \bibliographystyle{apalike2}
> \bibliography{jbatsbib}
>
>
> On this document and indeed I have now tried this with a couple of new
> documents, adding the bibliography environment is adding
>
> \begin{thebibliography}{99}
> \bibitem{key-10}
> \end{thebibliography}
>
> Graham
>
SWeave and Lyx - managing the R code component
Hello, I posted a similar question earlier, but without a response - maybe it wasn't worded properly, as I was in a bit of a panic, when it was posted. SWeave and Lyx are a great combination for combining R code and R output into the same document and most of the time this is fine, but occasionally I need a 2nd version without the code, but still any graphs produced by the code. I did try branches, but switching off a branch, which runs a calculation that a figure relies on, breaks the figure code. I also tried putting the code in an appendix, but this has a similar problem with the figure code calling data that hasn't yet been created. Has anyone any idea how this can be got around, and give me the two document versions: one with code and one without. I could live with all the code ending up in an appendix, and wondered if there was some clever way of working with two files, one for the analysis that would run first, then the main document could grab output from this analysis file for the main text, and then dump the analysis file into the compiled document as an appendix. If that makes sense. Any suggestions gratefully received. Graham
Re: SWeave and Lyx - managing the R code component
Liviu
Have you tried to use \SweaveOpts{echo=T} for the with_code document,
and 'echo=F' for the document with no code? You can also use this
option on specific chunks as follows
<>=
@
I have used this in specific chunks but it isn't practical for a full
report. Howver, I haven't tried it as an option in the pre-amble. I
will give it a go.
Thanks,
Graham
Re: SWeave and Lyx - managing the R code component
Liviu, This shows some promise. The echo=T within the chunks overrides the SWeaveOpts command, and the although the code is suppressed you still get the output, which is fine for the figures but not for some of the numerical output However, this all looks promising as you could create objects in the main text (rather than output)and then put the output into the appendix. All told this looks very good. Many many thanks. lyx seems to triumph again. Graham
Re: SWeave and Lyx - managing the R code component
Rainer Well - you could open the LyX document in a text editor, and do a search-replace, so that all chunks have the same option? Also something I did in the past. Yes, this is an option, but its an added complication I would rather avoid Howver, I haven't tried it as an option in the pre-amble. I will give it a go. If I remember correctly, I tried to set it in the preamble, but it was overwritten again - so I put it into an ert block at the beginning of the document and it was working. I have it an ERT block at the beginning of the document, as it didn't seem to work in the pre-amble, but that was before I realised that the local echo=T were overrding the SWeaveOpt command. So I'm not sure now. However, as I've said in another response I now seem to have the makings of someting that will work. Thanks, Graham
Sweave - No information for exporting the format PDF (pdflatex).
I have just installed, Lyx/Sweave on ubuntu 10.04 on an Asus eeepc 901. I have upgraded to Lyx 1.6.7 using the repository at http://ppa.launchpad.net/lyx-outline-devel/lyx-stable/ubuntu Followed the instructions at http://ggorjan.blogspot.com/2010/01/lyx-sweave-on-ubuntu-karmic.html to install SWeave etc, as I have done several times before, checked that all the files are where the instructions say they should be, done the texhash/reconfigure but get an erro:r No information for exporting the format PDF (pdflatex). When I try to compile a file with this text test <>= x<-c(4,5,6,7,5,6,7,8,9) x @ The code chunk is in an ert box. Has anyone any suggestions s to where I can look for the problem. Many thanks, Graham
Re: Sweave - No information for exporting the format PDF (pdflatex).
Liviu, Thanks, all it says is +Read the file doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx for more information. gra...@eeepc-linux:~$ lyx Error: Couldn't export file No information for exporting the format PDF (pdflatex). If I just use article class it compiles OK, its just when I change the class to article Sweave noweb that I get the error, so it seems an Sweave issue. Graham
Re: Sweave - No information for exporting the format PDF (pdflatex).
Liviu, I have managed to fix this. The preferences file had downloaded as preferences.txt. But looking at my other installs, I noticed it has no extension, so I deleted the ",txt", and everything now works. Can't say I remember deleting this before, but its now working. Thanks for your help.. Graham
Keeping text in sync at two locations in a document
I have two timetables within the same document. One is the main timetable which has the lecture title and a summary of its content. The other is a summary timetable that goes on the back page of the document, and just has the date and lecture title. With Word I can use" Bookmarks" to auto-update the summary timetable when I edit the main timetable. The dates are fixed so its only the lecture titles that get edited and re-arranged. Is there some way of doing this in Lyx. Thanks, Graham
Re: Keeping text in sync at two locations in a document
Richard > It can easily be done in LaTeX, by defining macros that contain the dates > and titles and then using those more than once. You can do this in LyX, too, That is very clever, and exactly what I wanted. Indeed I can see scope for this being useful for several other things as well. many thanks, Graham
Re: Keeping text in sync at two locations in a document
Mateo > Yes there is native support for macros in lyx, but the name is misleading; > they are called Math macros. [Menu | Insert | Math | Macros] will allow you > to define the macro, in both LaTeX and how it should appear in LyX if you so > desire. Then, to use it in your text, insert some Inline Math; type your > macro name preceded with a back-slash. > > This is instead of defining the LaTeX macros in your preamble, as per below > (which also work just as well). This is also useful to know, but in this instance having the code in an ERT block at the beginning of the document works well, as I can construct my timetable in this block and see dates etc in context have it propagated through the document. Next year I can then edit the appropriate bits in the block and that part of the docment is updated. Thanks, Graham
Printing a beamer outline
I have Beamer set up to create a main presentation plus a child document that produces an article (where I include additional "article" only text) that I use as a handout. A change of policy means that we are now handing out just an "outline" of the main slide headings and the bullet points beneath them (no frames or graphics). Easily done in PowerPoint (just print as an outline) which everyone else uses, but its not obvious to me how I do this with Lyx. The "proper" handout will be made available online, so I still need my existing article ouput. I did wonder if there might be some way of setting up a second child document still with the beamer class, but with a print "outline" or maybe even a TOC option, but I can't see anything as simple as that. Once again any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks, Graham
Re: Printing a beamer outline
Richard, > I'm not sure I fully understand what you want. What do you mean by "the > bullet points beneath them"? I think of bullet points as things on the > slides, so that's presumably not what you mean. If you have a presentation file with no additional "article" notes or graphics and print out a Beamer article as a handout you get an outline of the presentation, with each frame title as a heading and the text contained in the frame under the frame title. This is what I am describing as an outline. But I have graphics and additional article only text in the presentation, which is currently also printed as part of the Beamer Article. I would like to be able to: 1. Print out the Beamer presentation 2. Print out a Beamer article with the additional article only text and graphics. 3. Print out a Beamer Article that excludes the article only text and graphics, and only has the text that is included in the presentation (without the frames) Does that make any more sense? Thanks, Graham
Re: Printing a beamer outline
Richard,
Thanks for persisting with this.
The text is added in an ERT box.
\mode {text inserted between brackets will only print in the
article and not the presentation}
Graphics are added just with the insert graphics menu.
It is beginning to look that this may well end up rather complicated.
I wonder if your original idea of using branches might be the
solution.
I will put together a file, but I'm on the wrong computer at the moment.
Graham
Re: Printing a beamer outline
I wonder if a child document that only contained a TOC might work, if that's possible. Graham
Re: Printing a beamer outline
I guess this is impossible. Unless someone has had a brainwave since my original post. I've had no reply to this on the Beamer forum or on the comp.text.tex group. I was hoping that someone might have known of a simple Latex switch to switch off the graphics and the article only text, but obviously not. I'm not sure how I get round this, certainly don't want to go back to PowerPoint, but nor do I fancy manually creating and keeping an outline in sync with the main presentation and article. Thanks, Graham
Re: more on collaboration
Steve, > All Unleashed books are written by a main author and lots of contributing > authors. However, it's carved up by chapter, so no chapter is collaborative. While this may well be true in general, the two books I have collaborated on (my only book experience) I contributed to every chapter, writing some sections as well as heavy editing of the content written by the main author (or the other authors). Certainly this wasn't live collaboration, and relied on the track changes features of Word. I have done the same thing with Lyx and co-authoring Technical reports. We also tried a Skype/Google Apps approach for live editing, but it didn't work very well because of how slow the Skype connection was. But this was more of brainstorming exercise trying to flesh out a Report outline. The books are: http://www.amazon.com/Effects-Extensions-Ecology-Statistics-Biology/dp/0387874577/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285353221&sr=1-1 and http://www.amazon.com/Analysing-Ecological-Statistics-Biology-Health/dp/0387459677/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285353262&sr=1-2 Graham
Re: Printing a beamer outline
Richard >> I guess this is impossible. >> >> Unless someone has had a brainwave since my original post. >> >> > > I just haven't had time to think about it. LyX time is spent chasing other > bugs right now. I still appreciate you thinking about it, if you do have a sudden eureka moment, then I would still appreciate you getting back to me. I am already viewed with some suspicion, as I don't use PowerPoint, and as its now department policy to hand out outlines, not being able to produce them in Lyx/Beamer, gives me a bit of a problem. Graham
Re: Printing a beamer outline
Paul, > First off, unless you have a specific reason to put the article-only text in > child documents, I'd probably advocate including it in the original text file > in > branches (just to keep things together). If you have a particular reason to > use > child documents, then maybe put the child include statements in a branch (so > you > can turn them on and off easily). I used to do it all in one doc and switch document class as you suggest. However, I found the presentation often needs tweaked to get the article to look right and the child document approach allows easier regular compilation to check that it looks OK. But I agree using branches looks a promising approach Certainly its going to be better than PowerPoint, I will give it a go. Thanks, Graham
Off-topic (sort of) Online PDF annotation tools
Has anyone any experience of tools such http://a.nnotate.com/index.html or https://docq.com/ These allow you to upload a PDF to the web, send someone a link, and they can then annotate the PDF online from their browser. It seems a way of getting some level of collaboration/feedback from clients/collaborators, without needing to have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Professional to enable the comment feature, forcing them to download one of the many third party pdf annotation tools, or giving them a converted Word/HTML version of your Lyx document. They will see something that looks like a finished document. As, with one exception, everyone I work with expects a Word document to comment on, but is still comfortable with the idea of PDFs as "final" documents, this seems a possible solution, to an ongoing problem I have, just because I use Lyx. It wouldn't be that great for full blown co-author work, but for a lot of what I do when its really on-going feedback this sounds like a possible solution. Graham
Spellchecker stopped working
With lyx 1.6.7 on Ubuntu 10.10 the spell checker cannot be started, running from terminal gives me this output. gra...@antec-linux:~$ lyx ForkedProcess::kill(5) Error: Spellchecker error The spellchecker could not be started LyX: Failed to start ispell! ** (:3299): WARNING **: Failed to send buffer ** (:3299): WARNING **: Failed to send buffer Killed 3301 ../../../../src/frontends/qt4/Dialog.cpp(129): Dialog "spellchecker" failed to translate the data string passed to show() This a fresh install of both Ubuntu and Lyx (a couple of weeks old), and the spell checker was working until today Possibly of relevance, after this re-install, Emacs was giving me an error that it couldn't enable flyspell. This apparently needed elisp updated which was done as per instruction to add ppa:ubuntu-elisp/ppa and update the dist-upgrade. This may be coincidence but since sorting out the spell checking issue with emacs, I seem to have broken the spell checking with Lyx. I have re-installed Lyx, but this hasn't helped. Thanks, Graham
Re: Spellchecker stopped working
M With lyx 1.6.7 on Ubuntu 10.10 the spell checker cannot be started, running > from terminal gives me this output. > To answer this myself, switching the preferences to aspell, got this working again, but why should it suddenly decide to use iSpell. Or have I always been using ispell and it did indeed suddenly break. I will obviously need to read up about this, unless someone has a quick and easy answer. Thanks, Graham
Re: LyX and editors?
Steve, > Perhaps some of you author in LyX but have editors go over your material. > My > experience is most editors don't have LyX and don't have the technical > chops > to use LyX. So how do you interface with your editors when writing a book > in > LyX? > > Why not just PDFs, I can't imagine a book editor not having mark up tools for PDFs. If you own Acrobat Professional you can activate the mark up tools enabling them to work in the free Acrobat viewer, but there are lots of other programs that will allow marking up PDFs. Although our books were written in Word, the publisher sent the proofs back to us to check (after they had edited them and messed up several bits) as PDFs, and we were expected to mark up the PDFs to send back to them for them to make the corrections. This was because by this time they had converted the Word files into their DTP program and the problem was now reversed ie we didn't have the DTP program to allow us to edit their chosen file format. Graham
Re: LyX Promotion
One possible approach is to write an introduction to Lyx specifically aimed at Word users. This has been done for R at http://chartsgraphs.wordpress.com/learnr-toolkit/ where the tutorials assume familiarity with Excel and demonstrate how things differ (or are the same) in R. There have also been similar things done for the GIS program Manifold, comparing it against the Industry standard products from ESRI. I had a couple of aborted attempts with Lyx, because, as a Word User, I just couldn't get my head around certain concepts (the concept of compiling a document probably being the main one). I then eventually came back to Lyx via SWeave in R, which introduced me to Latex, and then Lyx fell into place and I realised it gave me an easy interface to Latex for every day documents. A Lyx equivilant of the R tutorials would have been a great help. Graham On 22 March 2011 15:51, Rob Oakes wrote: > Dear Users and Developers, > > Thank you to both Pavel and Stefano for ollowing up with Google about why > the GSoC application was turned down. Is there any way that I could help in > that review? Stefano, will you be attending the IRC meeting to be held later > today? I think it's very important that we understand why LyX was rejected > as a mentoring organization, and I'd be willing to hep in any way necessary. > > While I have some ideas about why it may have happened, I think that Pavel > hit the nail on the head. When I talk to people about LyX, they seem to > think of it as a specialized academic writing tool. Basically, a program > which helps professors and students write a thesis or articles. (To be even > more narrow, it seems like many think it is for math and physics people to > write a thesis or article.) Which is to say, a specialized program with an > incredibly small user base and use. > > While that stereotype may be somewhat true (I don't think anyone would > argue that many of the developers and users are within academics), it > significantly understates LyX's appeal, especially if you consider the > enhancements available in the upcoming version. From my own personal > experience, I've found LyX to be the most capable pre-press/writing tool > I've ever come across. If I were a publishing company or involved in the > creation of any type of documentation, I would be looking at LyX very > carefully. It's the only tool that I know that allows you to manage > collaboration, typesetting the final output, and target both electronic and > print from the same source. With the recent explosion of electronic > publishing and eBooks, I think that makes it *highly* relevant. > > Yet, I'm not sure that the wider community appreciates that. (Hearing > Google's rationale for rejecting the GSoC application will help somewhat in > clarifying how LyX is perceived.) Which really brings me to the reason I'm > writing. > > Would it be worth trying to promote LyX to people who might find it > helpful? > > We've talked for a long time about writing a LyX book, which is an > excellent and wonderful project. But what if we first tested those waters by > tackling some smaller projects first? > > For example: > > 1.) I just learned about a new open design magazine this morning, called > LibreGraphics magazine (http://libregraphicsmag.com/). The goal of the > publication is to help designers find tools for their work. It seems like an > article about using LyX for book design would be a natural fit for their > target audience. > > 2.) In similar vein, the LibreGraphics meeting is also coming up. This > year, it will be held in Montreal. LibreGraphics targets a similar > demographic, and it seems like such a presentation would be a natural fit. > Even better, they pay the travel expenses of presenters ( > http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2011/). Might anyone be interested in > talking about using LyX to talk about book design, typography, or writing? > > 3.) It's been some time since Linux magazine or one of the other trade > publications published a general purpose article on LyX. Might it be worth > creating and submitting one? We might try and target Linux users magazine ( > http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/), ZdNet, or one of the large Linux blogs (like > OMG!Ubuntu, http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/). > > 4.) It seems that there are people willing to help promote/evangelize LyX, > but I'm not sure we offer much in the way of promotional materials to help. > Would it be worthwhile to create a limited number of tutorials for people, > like Venom, who will be holding seminars or workshops? (I've also thought > about teaching a design workshop through my local library, and these > materials would help provide a curriculum.) > > The tutorials could address some of the finer points of using LyX that are > not covered in the manuals. For example, how do you collaborate using > version control? What is the process for creating custom, typeset > publications with LyX and LaTeX? We could publish cohesive examples and then > walk throu
Re: LyX Promotion
Rainer, I completely agree and this would be a very usefull document - but the > issue is not to provide an easy transition from Word to LyX, but to > enable an easy co-operation with Word or OO / LibreOffice users, in > the sense that: > Ah OK, I obviously misunderstood the basis of the thread, I thought it was to broaden the appeal/user base beyond the perceived Academic one (but I use it in consultancy). Graham
Re: LyX Promotion
Stephen > There was a version for LaTeX > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latex4wp/latex4wp.pdf > > This looks useful, thanks. Graham
R Gaphics for Lyx
I'm looking for some advice on format and quality specification for exporting graphs from R to go into a Lyx Document, that will end up as a printed document. At the moment each graph using the R defaults is a 3 - 4mb PDF, and I am using them as 9cm x 9cm in the document. Has anyone got a standard spec that they use for exporting from R to keep the file size as small as possible while still giving high quality I am less than half way through a document which currently has 122 graphs (each 9cm x 9cm) in it that gives me a PDF of half a Gb. I can compress the PDF with a Nautilus script down to 11Mb, but it would make sense to export graphs that were as small as possible. At half a Gb, the preview scrolls really badly on my PC. Many thanks, Graham
Re: R Gaphics for Lyx
Hello Murat > If I understand well your message, your plots have a lot of data points and > since each point is represented as a vector object, the vector based formats > like eps or pdf become huge. I often use PNGs if the files are going to end up in a Windows program, but have got used to using PDFs whenever I can. I will give PNGs a try and see how big a difference it makes. Thanks, Graham
Re: R Gaphics for Lyx
Yihui , I think Graham's question has pointed out a very useful > direction -- we may consider leaving some sort of API's or hooks in > the R script in LyX which is used to process the Rnw document. > A few months ago I also recommended the qpdf program to R developers > to compress PDF plots and it has been included in R now (the option > --compact-vignettes in R CMD build). Graham, is your script portable > to Windows and Mac? Could you share it with us? Maybe we can propose > this feature to LyX developers. It will be definitely helpful. > Although I do normally use SWeave, these particular files were simply exported from R, and then imported into Lyx, there just big PDFs. ECDFs based on 120,000 data points, which is why I suspect they are large without some form of flattening. But compressing imported PDFs goes beyond R and maybe qpdf could become a Lyx feature to optimise PDFs the same way that MSWord allows you to optimise graphics before saving/printing. The Nautilus script in Linux uses Ghostscript and maybe this could be another option to consider along with qpdf. http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/download-compress-pdf-12-nautilus.html But I will have a look at qpdf, thanks, Graham
