Re: older lyx file will not open
Solved! Thanks so much Stephan! This was it. I installed Python by way of... xcode-select --install and I now have Python 3.9.6 I'm sorry I didn't notice the previously reported Ventura issue, as I only ran into this problem when I was trying to convert a file. Newer files were loading. So I didn't search for Ventura issues in the forum. LyX rocks and this mail list rocks. Thanks again Stephan. -Iván On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 6:10 PM Stephan Witt wrote: > Am 04.12.2022 um 23:56 schrieb Ivan Werning : > > > > Hi > > > > Help! I'm having trouble with an important older LyX file not opening in > LyX. > > > > I'm a long time LyX user here. I am having trouble with an old file from > 2014 that was created by LyX 2.1. I'm on a 2017 intel mac running OS 13.0.1 > (Ventura). > > Hi Ivan, > > did you upgrade macOS and what was your previous version? > > Most of the time users did an upgrade from macOS 12.3 or earlier. The > upgrade process removes one crucial utility (python) from the system and > replaces it by a new one which asks the users for download and install of > the newer version. One has to notice it, interpret is and agree with. > > See the ticket in LyX’s bug tracker: https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/12523 > > To check for this you may open a Terminal session and type the command > python3 -V > > Either you get a version info or you’ll be asked to download and install > the real software. This is required to keep LyX working. > > BR, > Stephan > > > When I try to open it in 2.3.6.2 I get filename.lyx is from an older > version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to convert it. > > > > #LyX 2.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ > > \lyxformat 474 > > \begin_document > > \begin_header > > \textclass article > > > > > > I tried downloading earlier versions of Lyx to no avail. I completely > failed with 2.1.5. Here when I run LyX I am asked to reconfigure. I do, > but I'm not sure it works. > > > > The error messages I get are different: > > > > The module basic has been requested by > > this document but has not been found in the list of > > available modules. If you recently installed it, you > > probably need to reconfigure LyX. > > > > Hit OK then... > > > > The module theorems-ams has been requested by > > this document but has not been found in the list of > > available modules. If you recently installed it, you > > probably need to reconfigure LyX. > > > > The module natbib has been requested by > > this document but has not been found in the list of > > available modules. If you recently installed it, you > > probably need to reconfigure LyX. > > > > And it finally opens the file with a Parse error box complaining "Layout > `Proposition' was not found." > > > > At this point I have the file fully open, but it will not compile. Nor > do I know what to do with it to take it to a newer version. I get no Export > options and I tried copy pasting into the newer LyX and that did not work > (I get again "[filname] is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx > script failed to convert it.") > > > > Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks. > > > > -Ivan > > > > -- > > lyx-users mailing list > > lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users > > -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
older lyx file will not open
Hi Help! I'm having trouble with an important older LyX file not opening in LyX. I'm a long time LyX user here. I am having trouble with an old file from 2014 that was created by LyX 2.1. I'm on a 2017 intel mac running OS 13.0.1 (Ventura). When I try to open it in 2.3.6.2 I get filename.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to convert it. #LyX 2.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 474 \begin_document \begin_header \textclass article I tried downloading earlier versions of Lyx to no avail. I completely failed with 2.1.5. Here when I run LyX I am asked to reconfigure. I do, but I'm not sure it works. The error messages I get are different: The module basic has been requested by this document but has not been found in the list of available modules. If you recently installed it, you probably need to reconfigure LyX. Hit OK then... The module theorems-ams has been requested by this document but has not been found in the list of available modules. If you recently installed it, you probably need to reconfigure LyX. The module natbib has been requested by this document but has not been found in the list of available modules. If you recently installed it, you probably need to reconfigure LyX. And it finally opens the file with a Parse error box complaining "Layout `Proposition' was not found." At this point I have the file fully open, but it will not compile. Nor do I know what to do with it to take it to a newer version. I get no Export options and I tried copy pasting into the newer LyX and that did not work (I get again "[filname] is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to convert it.") Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks. -Ivan -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
keeping PDF output files
I would like to control the management of output and auxiliary files. I would like to have LyX keep the output PDF automatically in the current working directory, and not delete it automatically. Now it creates it in a temporary directory and deletes it upon closing. Is there a way to do this. I couldn't find the option, nor any discussion about this. -Ivan
Re: keeping PDF output files
On Jun 3, 2010, at 1:38 PM, BH wrote: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:12 AM, BH wrote: Did you miss this one? -- Preferences File Handling Converters Converter File Cache (enable the check box) BH Thanks. Yes, I had missed that one. I looked now and I have that checked. Does this mean it is saving all the bib aux log etc. files between sessions? Based entirely on observed speed patterns I had assumed it wasn't, but I may have been wrong. (Please make sure you reply to the list so that others can benefit from the conversation.) It will keep all converted files, such as .eps or .jpg figures that need to be converted to .pdf when you typeset with pdflatex. It won't save .bib, .aux, etc.; all of that gets trashed when you close the .lyx document. BH OK, it really isn't the solution I was looking for then. I understand the benefits for most users of having these auxiliary files hidden away from view (in temp folders) and trashed. I was hoping there might be some (perhaps hidden) preference for changing that though. -Ivan
keeping PDF output files
I would like to control the management of output and auxiliary files. I would like to have LyX keep the output PDF automatically in the current working directory, and not delete it automatically. Now it creates it in a temporary directory and deletes it upon closing. Is there a way to do this. I couldn't find the option, nor any discussion about this. -Ivan
Re: keeping PDF output files
On Jun 3, 2010, at 1:38 PM, BH wrote: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:12 AM, BH wrote: Did you miss this one? -- Preferences File Handling Converters Converter File Cache (enable the check box) BH Thanks. Yes, I had missed that one. I looked now and I have that checked. Does this mean it is saving all the bib aux log etc. files between sessions? Based entirely on observed speed patterns I had assumed it wasn't, but I may have been wrong. (Please make sure you reply to the list so that others can benefit from the conversation.) It will keep all converted files, such as .eps or .jpg figures that need to be converted to .pdf when you typeset with pdflatex. It won't save .bib, .aux, etc.; all of that gets trashed when you close the .lyx document. BH OK, it really isn't the solution I was looking for then. I understand the benefits for most users of having these auxiliary files hidden away from view (in temp folders) and trashed. I was hoping there might be some (perhaps hidden) preference for changing that though. -Ivan
keeping PDF output files
I would like to control the management of output and auxiliary files. I would like to have LyX keep the output PDF automatically in the current working directory, and not delete it automatically. Now it creates it in a temporary directory and deletes it upon closing. Is there a way to do this. I couldn't find the option, nor any discussion about this. -Ivan
Re: keeping PDF output files
On Jun 3, 2010, at 1:38 PM, BH wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ivan Werning <iwern...@economics.mit.edu> > wrote: >> On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:12 AM, BH wrote: >> >>> Did you miss this one? -- >>> >>> Preferences > File Handling > Converters > Converter File Cache >>> (enable the check box) >>> >>> BH >> >> Thanks. Yes, I had missed that one. I looked now and I have that checked. >> Does this mean it is saving all the bib aux log etc. files between sessions? >> Based entirely on observed speed patterns I had assumed it wasn't, but I may >> have been wrong. > > (Please make sure you reply to the list so that others can benefit > from the conversation.) > > It will keep all converted files, such as .eps or .jpg figures that > need to be converted to .pdf when you typeset with pdflatex. It won't > save .bib, .aux, etc.; all of that gets trashed when you close the > .lyx document. > > BH OK, it really isn't the solution I was looking for then. I understand the benefits for most users of having these auxiliary files hidden away from view (in temp folders) and trashed. I was hoping there might be some (perhaps hidden) preference for changing that though. -Ivan
problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. Thanks -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)? BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)? BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan Sorry, I forgot the attachment. Here it is. mac.bind Description: Binary data
problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. Thanks -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)? BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning iwern...@economics.mit.edu wrote: I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6)? BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan Sorry, I forgot the attachment. Here it is. mac.bind Description: Binary data
problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I found I now had the same problems. Thanks -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning > <iwern...@economics.mit.edu> wrote: >> I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: >> >> - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor >> - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter >> >> I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a result >> of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer during >> the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. Could that >> have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have mine tweaked >> the old style, from the file, but it never created problems before. >> >> Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I >> found I now had the same problems. > > It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly > if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application > Support/LyX-1.6)? > > BH Thanks for your suggestion BH. I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX package content. Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package content and things were also working fine. So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac bind file. What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). -Ivan
Re: problems in mac's LyX 1.6.5
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning >> <iwern...@economics.mit.edu> wrote: >>> I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: >>> >>> - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor >>> - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter >>> >>> I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a >>> result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do answer >>> during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and such. >>> Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I have >>> mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created problems >>> before. >>> >>> Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I >>> found I now had the same problems. >> >> It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly >> if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application >> Support/LyX-1.6)? >> >> BH > > Thanks for your suggestion BH. > > I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That > created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome > screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems > disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not > the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX > package content. > > Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) > copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked > mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. > When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package > content and things were also working fine. > > So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked mac > bind file. > > What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things anymore, > but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until recently > (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). > > -Ivan Sorry, I forgot the attachment. Here it is. mac.bind Description: Binary data
spaces and format
If I introduce a medium skip vertical space in the neighborhood of underlined or bold text, the command is ignored. Turns out that if the space tag is not unformatted it is ignored. Selecting the tag and undoing underline or bold (attributes shown only in status bar, not visible in edit window). -Ivan
spaces and format
If I introduce a medium skip vertical space in the neighborhood of underlined or bold text, the command is ignored. Turns out that if the space tag is not unformatted it is ignored. Selecting the tag and undoing underline or bold (attributes shown only in status bar, not visible in edit window). -Ivan
spaces and format
If I introduce a medium skip vertical space in the neighborhood of underlined or bold text, the command is ignored. Turns out that if the space tag is not unformatted it is ignored. Selecting the tag and undoing underline or bold (attributes shown only in status bar, not visible in edit window). -Ivan
custom equation numbering
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered (3). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: custom equation numbering
Thanks Neil and Paul. Indeed, using the LaTeX command \tag seems like the best thing I could find---thanks for the specific tips regarding math modes and cross referencing, which I guess are good ideas, I had never thought of, in LaTeX editing as well. One of the greatest things of LyX is that it still allows entering LaTeX quite easily. I really value that. Although it would be nice for LyX to allow custom equation numbering natively, given how standard it is. -Ivan On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote: Hi Ivan, Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further and make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have equation (3) and you also have a rewritten form of that equation, call it (3'). Do all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except rather than putting in the number 3, click on the cross-reference tool in the LyX toolbar. Then select the equation of interest and then apply. To refer to equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a little in-elegant -- insert the cross reference to point to the original form of the equation, then go into math mode (inline equation) right after the cross reference and insert the prime symbol. Now, if you add or delete equations before the original equation, all of the numbers automatically update. -Neil = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email nhepb...@augustana.ca On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered (3). Well, \tag will work. Stick the cursor in the equation. If it's already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number. Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget. In the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested widget. Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the inner widget (no parentheses). The display in the GUI is, ah, less than esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI. The inner widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to use a superscript. I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it. HTH, Paul
custom equation numbering
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered (3). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: custom equation numbering
Thanks Neil and Paul. Indeed, using the LaTeX command \tag seems like the best thing I could find---thanks for the specific tips regarding math modes and cross referencing, which I guess are good ideas, I had never thought of, in LaTeX editing as well. One of the greatest things of LyX is that it still allows entering LaTeX quite easily. I really value that. Although it would be nice for LyX to allow custom equation numbering natively, given how standard it is. -Ivan On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote: Hi Ivan, Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further and make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have equation (3) and you also have a rewritten form of that equation, call it (3'). Do all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except rather than putting in the number 3, click on the cross-reference tool in the LyX toolbar. Then select the equation of interest and then apply. To refer to equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a little in-elegant -- insert the cross reference to point to the original form of the equation, then go into math mode (inline equation) right after the cross reference and insert the prime symbol. Now, if you add or delete equations before the original equation, all of the numbers automatically update. -Neil = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email nhepb...@augustana.ca On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered (5) which is chosen by default because it comes after (4). That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation (3') because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered (3). Well, \tag will work. Stick the cursor in the equation. If it's already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number. Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget. In the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested widget. Type 3' (or 3^\prime if you're a purist) in the inner widget (no parentheses). The display in the GUI is, ah, less than esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI. The inner widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to use a superscript. I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it. HTH, Paul
custom equation numbering
How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered "(5)" which is chosen by default because it comes after "(4)". That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation "(3')" because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered "(3)". Thanks! -Ivan
Re: custom equation numbering
Thanks Neil and Paul. Indeed, using the LaTeX command \tag seems like the best thing I could find---thanks for the specific tips regarding math modes and cross referencing, which I guess are good ideas, I had never thought of, in LaTeX editing as well. One of the greatest things of LyX is that it still allows entering LaTeX quite easily. I really value that. Although it would be nice for LyX to allow custom equation numbering natively, given how standard it is. -Ivan On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Neil Hepburn wrote: Hi Ivan, Just to follow up on Paul's solution, you can go one step further and make the equation number automatic. Suppose that you have equation (3) and you also have a rewritten form of that equation, call it (3'). Do all of the steps that Paul has indicated, except rather than putting in the number 3, click on the cross-reference tool in the LyX toolbar. Then select the equation of interest and then apply. To refer to equation 3' elsewhere in the paper is a little in-elegant -- insert the cross reference to point to the original form of the equation, then go into math mode (inline equation) right after the cross reference and insert the prime symbol. Now, if you add or delete equations before the original equation, all of the numbers automatically update. -Neil = Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor Department of Social Sciences, Augustana Faculty University of Alberta 4901-46 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3 Phone (780) 679-1588 email nhepb...@augustana.ca On 14-Dec-08, at 9:24 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: How do I change an equation number that was chosen automatically from forcing a particular number or symbol? That is, I want the analog of \tag in Latex For example, I have an equation that is numbered "(5)" which is chosen by default because it comes after "(4)". That's the correct normal behavior of course. However, I want to break briefly out of the default and number this one equation "(3')" because it is a variant of a previous equation numbered "(3)". Well, \tag will work. Stick the cursor in the equation. If it's already being numbered, M-m n will remove the automatic number. Then enter '\tag' followed by space, which will create a widget. In the widget, type '\ensuremath' followed by a space to get a nested widget. Type "3'" (or "3^\prime" if you're a purist) in the inner widget (no parentheses). The display in the GUI is, ah, less than esthetically pleasing, but it comes out right in the DVI. The inner widget is needed to get you into math mode if you're going to use a superscript. I'm not sure if there's a more LyXish way to do it. HTH, Paul
Re: Fast typing - LyX follows slowly only [solved - not yet]
On Nov 30, 2008, at 1:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found another behaviour that might be relevant for experts to solve this: * Large window size of lyx (e.g., full screen or maximized) - LyX is slow * Make the window minimal (only show a few lines and columns) - LyX is fast I get the same on a Mac Book Air when using an external monitor (as the main screen and my laptop's as a secondary one). If the window is expanded (full screen actually) and I type fast I have to wait for LyX to catch up. I had never tried this setup with 1.5.6, so I can't say anything about that. -Ivan
Re: Fast typing - LyX follows slowly only [solved - not yet]
On Nov 30, 2008, at 1:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found another behaviour that might be relevant for experts to solve this: * Large window size of lyx (e.g., full screen or maximized) - LyX is slow * Make the window minimal (only show a few lines and columns) - LyX is fast I get the same on a Mac Book Air when using an external monitor (as the main screen and my laptop's as a secondary one). If the window is expanded (full screen actually) and I type fast I have to wait for LyX to catch up. I had never tried this setup with 1.5.6, so I can't say anything about that. -Ivan
Re: Fast typing - LyX follows slowly only [solved - not yet]
On Nov 30, 2008, at 1:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found another behaviour that might be relevant for experts to solve this: * Large window size of lyx (e.g., full screen or maximized) -> LyX is slow * Make the window minimal (only show a few lines and columns) -> LyX is fast I get the same on a Mac Book Air when using an external monitor (as the main screen and my laptop's as a secondary one). If the window is expanded (full screen actually) and I type fast I have to wait for LyX to catch up. I had never tried this setup with 1.5.6, so I can't say anything about that. -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 30, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! Perhaps, prediction algorithms from Artificial Intelligence could help with ranking the autocompletion suggestions. Ideally, of course, autocompletion should work already with the first keystroke in a document and produce ready-to-submit papers. Of course, that still leaves the author at the mercy of the (mostly) human reviewers... Ideally, of course, we would like to have less ironic and more constructive LyX developers... The idea of using machine learning algorithms to the problem of ranking text autocomplete suggestions is not, in fact, new; it has been applied to determine the suggestions of urls for Firefox/Mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ml/autocomplete/ Paul Very interesting. Although using AI would be great, it is probably icing on the cake relative to the simple idea, brought up by Stefan, of having a rank list that is updated by the history of completions chosen. -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 30, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! Perhaps, prediction algorithms from Artificial Intelligence could help with ranking the autocompletion suggestions. Ideally, of course, autocompletion should work already with the first keystroke in a document and produce ready-to-submit papers. Of course, that still leaves the author at the mercy of the (mostly) human reviewers... Ideally, of course, we would like to have less ironic and more constructive LyX developers... The idea of using machine learning algorithms to the problem of ranking text autocomplete suggestions is not, in fact, new; it has been applied to determine the suggestions of urls for Firefox/Mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ml/autocomplete/ Paul Very interesting. Although using AI would be great, it is probably icing on the cake relative to the simple idea, brought up by Stefan, of having a rank list that is updated by the history of completions chosen. -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 30, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! Perhaps, prediction algorithms from Artificial Intelligence could help with ranking the autocompletion suggestions. Ideally, of course, autocompletion should work already with the first keystroke in a document and produce ready-to-submit papers. Of course, that still leaves the author at the mercy of the (mostly) human reviewers... Ideally, of course, we would like to have less ironic and more constructive LyX developers... The idea of using machine learning algorithms to the problem of ranking text autocomplete suggestions is not, in fact, new; it has been applied to determine the suggestions of urls for Firefox/Mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ml/autocomplete/ Paul Very interesting. Although using AI would be great, it is probably icing on the cake relative to the simple idea, brought up by Stefan, of having a rank list that is updated by the history of completions chosen. -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 29, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Hi! In fact there is some logic in the autocompletion to remember the last choice. I fear it is not working correctly and should be fixed (and extended). It is not that obvious what exactly should be remembered. Probably it would be enough to remember just a fixed number of completions and put those in front to be selected first on tab. Everytime a selection is chosen, the item it put in front again. So next time you want press tab on the same prefix, you get the same completion again. Regards, Stefan Yes, that would be perfect. Having a ranking of autocompletions accepted with this rule would be nice and I think it would solve it. As a simple example of the problems no:if one attempts to type the sequence (within math): \sum \beta \sum \beta \sum ... auto-completion does not help very much. The problem is it will forget what you wanted to complete \su with after completing typing \beta(\beta, then \sagitarius, then \subarray are given priority to \sum) and viceversa. This case would be fixed with the suggested rule. I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 29, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Hi! In fact there is some logic in the autocompletion to remember the last choice. I fear it is not working correctly and should be fixed (and extended). It is not that obvious what exactly should be remembered. Probably it would be enough to remember just a fixed number of completions and put those in front to be selected first on tab. Everytime a selection is chosen, the item it put in front again. So next time you want press tab on the same prefix, you get the same completion again. Regards, Stefan Yes, that would be perfect. Having a ranking of autocompletions accepted with this rule would be nice and I think it would solve it. As a simple example of the problems no:if one attempts to type the sequence (within math): \sum \beta \sum \beta \sum ... auto-completion does not help very much. The problem is it will forget what you wanted to complete \su with after completing typing \beta(\beta, then \sagitarius, then \subarray are given priority to \sum) and viceversa. This case would be fixed with the suggested rule. I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 29, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Hi! In fact there is some logic in the autocompletion to remember the last choice. I fear it is not working correctly and should be fixed (and extended). It is not that obvious what exactly should be remembered. Probably it would be enough to remember just a fixed number of completions and put those in front to be selected first on tab. Everytime a selection is chosen, the item it put in front again. So next time you want press tab on the same prefix, you get the same completion again. Regards, Stefan Yes, that would be perfect. Having a ranking of autocompletions accepted with this rule would be nice and I think it would solve it. As a simple example of the problems no:if one attempts to type the sequence (within math): \sum \beta \sum \beta \sum ... auto-completion does not help very much. The problem is it will forget what you wanted to complete \su with after completing typing \beta(\beta, then \sagitarius, then \subarray are given priority to \sum) and viceversa. This case would be fixed with the suggested rule. I really value having the autocompletion feature in LyX. I hope it can get an improved memory! -Ivan
Toggle Toolbars off?
When I type a math the math toolbar and math-panel toolbar automatically toggles at the bottom of the screen. (Mac OS X 10.5.5 with Lyx 1.6) This is a nice idea, but sometimes has some problems. For example, if I was typing at the bottom of the screen, then I may get the stuff I'm writing covered up by the toolbar! After hitting a key the screen will move, but it isn't ideal to be left blinded for a moment. Anyway, since I barely need it, for this and other reasons I'd rather have it turned off by default and then opt in at will. But I couldn't figure out how to do this. So how can I get the toggled math and math-panel toolbars to be off? Thanks -Ivan
Toggle Toolbars off?
When I type a math the math toolbar and math-panel toolbar automatically toggles at the bottom of the screen. (Mac OS X 10.5.5 with Lyx 1.6) This is a nice idea, but sometimes has some problems. For example, if I was typing at the bottom of the screen, then I may get the stuff I'm writing covered up by the toolbar! After hitting a key the screen will move, but it isn't ideal to be left blinded for a moment. Anyway, since I barely need it, for this and other reasons I'd rather have it turned off by default and then opt in at will. But I couldn't figure out how to do this. So how can I get the toggled math and math-panel toolbars to be off? Thanks -Ivan
Toggle Toolbars off?
When I type a math the math toolbar and math-panel toolbar automatically toggles at the bottom of the screen. (Mac OS X 10.5.5 with Lyx 1.6) This is a nice idea, but sometimes has some problems. For example, if I was typing at the bottom of the screen, then I may get the stuff I'm writing covered up by the toolbar! After hitting a key the screen will move, but it isn't ideal to be left blinded for a moment. Anyway, since I barely need it, for this and other reasons I'd rather have it turned off by default and then opt in at will. But I couldn't figure out how to do this. So how can I get the toggled math and math-panel toolbars to be off? Thanks -Ivan
autocomplete question
I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:34 PM, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 27 November 2008 11:26:45 am Ivan Werning wrote: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. Oh PLEASE tell me there's a way to turn off autocompletion. Yes, as others have said. But I leave it on for math, where it is more useful. rh Right, I like it for the math, precisely. What about my original question, anyone?: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
autocomplete question
I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:34 PM, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 27 November 2008 11:26:45 am Ivan Werning wrote: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. Oh PLEASE tell me there's a way to turn off autocompletion. Yes, as others have said. But I leave it on for math, where it is more useful. rh Right, I like it for the math, precisely. What about my original question, anyone?: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
autocomplete question
I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
Re: autocomplete question
On Nov 27, 2008, at 7:34 PM, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 27 November 2008 11:26:45 am Ivan Werning wrote: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. Oh PLEASE tell me there's a way to turn off autocompletion. Yes, as others have said. But I leave it on for math, where it is more useful. rh Right, I like it for the math, precisely. What about my original question, anyone?: I love having an autocomplete in LyX 1.6. However, it doesn't seem to remember at all what the completions I want are. It seems to change what the first suggestion is too in ways that I cannot understand. Both things makes it hard to use. (your mind expects it to autocomplete to the previous one and you hit tab quickly and get the wrong completion etc...) Is this a fair description of the current implementation? Is there any way to get it to know what the completions that you typically want are or to learn them? Or at least have a consistent ordering of completions? -Ivan
TOC in fullscreen
When entering full screen mode I sometimes get the table of contents panel on the right. It is sporadic. Anyone experience this?
TOC in fullscreen
When entering full screen mode I sometimes get the table of contents panel on the right. It is sporadic. Anyone experience this?
TOC in fullscreen
When entering full screen mode I sometimes get the table of contents panel on the right. It is sporadic. Anyone experience this?
Re: fullscreen stuck
Yes, thanks. Seems related, I'll add to the comments there. This problem is easy to avoid, if you know about it. -Ivan On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: It's probably the same problem as described here: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5274 Stefan Am 13.11.2008 um 20:56 schrieb Ivan Werning: Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit PreferencesEditing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferencesLook and Feel and hit the button Clear All Session Information you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
Re: fullscreen stuck
Yes, thanks. Seems related, I'll add to the comments there. This problem is easy to avoid, if you know about it. -Ivan On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: It's probably the same problem as described here: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5274 Stefan Am 13.11.2008 um 20:56 schrieb Ivan Werning: Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit PreferencesEditing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferencesLook and Feel and hit the button Clear All Session Information you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
Re: fullscreen stuck
Yes, thanks. Seems related, I'll add to the comments there. This problem is easy to avoid, if you know about it. -Ivan On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: It's probably the same problem as described here: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5274 Stefan Am 13.11.2008 um 20:56 schrieb Ivan Werning: Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit Preferences>Editing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferences>Look and Feel and hit the button "Clear All Session Information" you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file This is bad practice and making your life harder than necessary. Because you won't inherit any changes made to the bind file in newer version (which is what when wrong for you). For 1.5: Do not change the mac.bind - file. Instead, make your OWN bind file (with a different name, eg. MYFILE.bind) in the user directory, which INCLUDES the original mac.bind file with \bind_file mac.bind and then redefine what you want different (what comes 'last' wins!), for example \bind C-n math-insert \text \bind M-m a math-insert \varphi Then select MYFILE in the Preferences. For 1.6: If you select mac in the Preferences and edit the shortcuts in the Preferences, LyX does all of the above transparently (it creates a user.bind in your user directory which contains your modifications - and only those). /Konrad I guess I was an example after all... of what not to do! Thanks for the pointer, I'll now set up my binding this way. It does sounds a lot better and painless for future upgrades! -Ivan
fullscreen stuck
Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit PreferencesEditing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferencesLook and Feel and hit the button Clear All Session Information you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file This is bad practice and making your life harder than necessary. Because you won't inherit any changes made to the bind file in newer version (which is what when wrong for you). For 1.5: Do not change the mac.bind - file. Instead, make your OWN bind file (with a different name, eg. MYFILE.bind) in the user directory, which INCLUDES the original mac.bind file with \bind_file mac.bind and then redefine what you want different (what comes 'last' wins!), for example \bind C-n math-insert \text \bind M-m a math-insert \varphi Then select MYFILE in the Preferences. For 1.6: If you select mac in the Preferences and edit the shortcuts in the Preferences, LyX does all of the above transparently (it creates a user.bind in your user directory which contains your modifications - and only those). /Konrad I guess I was an example after all... of what not to do! Thanks for the pointer, I'll now set up my binding this way. It does sounds a lot better and painless for future upgrades! -Ivan
fullscreen stuck
Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit PreferencesEditing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferencesLook and Feel and hit the button Clear All Session Information you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file This is bad practice and making your life harder than necessary. Because you won't inherit any changes made to the bind file in newer version (which is what when wrong for you). For 1.5: Do not change the mac.bind - file. Instead, make your OWN bind file (with a different name, eg. MYFILE.bind) in the user directory, which INCLUDES the original mac.bind file with \bind_file mac.bind and then redefine what you want different (what comes 'last' wins!), for example \bind "C-n" "math-insert \text " \bind "M-m a" "math-insert \varphi " Then select MYFILE in the Preferences. For 1.6: If you select "mac" in the Preferences and edit the shortcuts in the Preferences, LyX does all of the above transparently (it creates a user.bind in your user directory which contains your modifications - and only those). /Konrad I guess I was an example after all... of what not to do! Thanks for the pointer, I'll now set up my binding this way. It does sounds a lot better and painless for future upgrades! -Ivan
fullscreen stuck
Using LyX 1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5.5 The following gets me stuck in Fullscreen: -Open any file, or a start a new file. (or you can do this without a file too I think) -Go to fullscreen. -go to edit Preferences>Editing -change Hide Toolbars, Hides Scrollbars, Hide Tabbar from checked to unchecked -hit Apply I don't think it really matters what exactly you do in the preference pane, even if you uncheck hit apply but then recheck it. -Go back to your fullscreen frame. Try to get out of it... when I do this I am stuck there. Fullscreen does not come off. It took me some time to find something that does reset things and gets me out of fullscreen. This seems to finally do the trick: if you close the file and go to preferences>Look and Feel and hit the button "Clear All Session Information" you can then get out of it. Odd. Anyone can reproduce? -ivan
three problems
Congratulations and applause to the developers! I love the new LyX 1.6. I thought 1.5.6 was already awesome and I am still playing with the many many improvements of 1.6. I'm using the mac version with OS X 10.5.5. Three small problems I've had: 1. Exiting from Full Screen; when I get out of full screen the collapse button (not sure what it is called; I mean the little wide one that hides some menus and toolbars) that lives on the upper right of frames/windows in mac OS X disappears. I can't then recover it in any way... maximizing, minimizing, resizing doesn't revive it. This seems like a bug. 2. Another problem is related to the toolbars. If I customize which ones show and their position my choices do not seem to consistently stick across sessions. I'm not sure what I have to do to get some preferred set and position of toolbars saved as a default for new files. It seems like LyX makes some attempts to remember these things, but after a while (after opening and closing sessions or opening different files) it forgets, or reverts to positions used in other files. I can't figure out any consistent pattern yet. Specifically, if I start with no file open. Then remove the View/ Update toolbar. Set the toolbar sizes to small. Then close that frame. Then when I open a new frame it looks just like that. But if I load some previous file it may go back to the old look. Hence, I concluded it is doing things file specifically. But no: if you close the frame and go back to another file that you had tweaked the toolbars differently it will now forget. Or if you start a new file you may get Sorry if I am not describing this very well, but part of it is that it really seems to behave erratically from my point of view, or with an odd rule. Note: I do have the Allow saving/restoring of window layouts and geometry checked in my preferences. I am also using LyX with the tab option enabled. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. 3. I have load open files from last session enabled in my preferences. However, the contrast in the behavior of the following two operations is surely not intended: -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -close this file using CMD-W or selecting close from File menu -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you will NOT have foo.lyx loaded, as expected alternatively... -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -this time: close this file clicking on the upper left button of the frame (the one with the x mark) -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you WILL have foo.lyx loaded Both operations really should give the same result, since in the second case, before you shutdown LyX you can verify that no file is open, e.g. go to View and it reports No Documents Open! so this isn't a matter of an open buffer without a window (as I am used to having in Emacs). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: three problems
On Nov 12, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can confirm this. Please enter it into bugzilla: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/ . Thanks for reporting these. Bennett Thanks. Done. Perhaps someone can confirm it there and add any comments. I filed bugs at... http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5502 for the #1 issue, about Full Screen. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5503 for the #2 issue, about toolbars. and added a confirm comment for Kondrad's previous report at (related to my problem #3 about reloading closed documents): http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5458 -Ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: My guess is that you have a mac.bind file in your user's directory somewhere. The mac.bind file distributed with 1.6 (in LyX.app/Contents/Resources/bind) is correct. Note, by the way, that LyX Preferences Editing Shortcuts allows you to modify keybindings without resorting to editing .bind files. Bennett Yes, let me second that. I had modified my mac.bind file. When I used LyX 1.6 initially I had problems precisely with selecting text using SHIFT with the Left and Right cursor. I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file (inside the LyX package bundle; right click on LyX application in the finder and select Show Package content) which I copied into the bind subdirectory inside my LyX's Library directory. It was advertised in the new release though, that old bind files may not work properly with the upgrade. This may happen to a lot of people, so i thought it was worth repeating my experience. -Ivan
three problems
Congratulations and applause to the developers! I love the new LyX 1.6. I thought 1.5.6 was already awesome and I am still playing with the many many improvements of 1.6. I'm using the mac version with OS X 10.5.5. Three small problems I've had: 1. Exiting from Full Screen; when I get out of full screen the collapse button (not sure what it is called; I mean the little wide one that hides some menus and toolbars) that lives on the upper right of frames/windows in mac OS X disappears. I can't then recover it in any way... maximizing, minimizing, resizing doesn't revive it. This seems like a bug. 2. Another problem is related to the toolbars. If I customize which ones show and their position my choices do not seem to consistently stick across sessions. I'm not sure what I have to do to get some preferred set and position of toolbars saved as a default for new files. It seems like LyX makes some attempts to remember these things, but after a while (after opening and closing sessions or opening different files) it forgets, or reverts to positions used in other files. I can't figure out any consistent pattern yet. Specifically, if I start with no file open. Then remove the View/ Update toolbar. Set the toolbar sizes to small. Then close that frame. Then when I open a new frame it looks just like that. But if I load some previous file it may go back to the old look. Hence, I concluded it is doing things file specifically. But no: if you close the frame and go back to another file that you had tweaked the toolbars differently it will now forget. Or if you start a new file you may get Sorry if I am not describing this very well, but part of it is that it really seems to behave erratically from my point of view, or with an odd rule. Note: I do have the Allow saving/restoring of window layouts and geometry checked in my preferences. I am also using LyX with the tab option enabled. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. 3. I have load open files from last session enabled in my preferences. However, the contrast in the behavior of the following two operations is surely not intended: -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -close this file using CMD-W or selecting close from File menu -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you will NOT have foo.lyx loaded, as expected alternatively... -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -this time: close this file clicking on the upper left button of the frame (the one with the x mark) -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you WILL have foo.lyx loaded Both operations really should give the same result, since in the second case, before you shutdown LyX you can verify that no file is open, e.g. go to View and it reports No Documents Open! so this isn't a matter of an open buffer without a window (as I am used to having in Emacs). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: three problems
On Nov 12, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can confirm this. Please enter it into bugzilla: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/ . Thanks for reporting these. Bennett Thanks. Done. Perhaps someone can confirm it there and add any comments. I filed bugs at... http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5502 for the #1 issue, about Full Screen. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5503 for the #2 issue, about toolbars. and added a confirm comment for Kondrad's previous report at (related to my problem #3 about reloading closed documents): http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5458 -Ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: My guess is that you have a mac.bind file in your user's directory somewhere. The mac.bind file distributed with 1.6 (in LyX.app/Contents/Resources/bind) is correct. Note, by the way, that LyX Preferences Editing Shortcuts allows you to modify keybindings without resorting to editing .bind files. Bennett Yes, let me second that. I had modified my mac.bind file. When I used LyX 1.6 initially I had problems precisely with selecting text using SHIFT with the Left and Right cursor. I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file (inside the LyX package bundle; right click on LyX application in the finder and select Show Package content) which I copied into the bind subdirectory inside my LyX's Library directory. It was advertised in the new release though, that old bind files may not work properly with the upgrade. This may happen to a lot of people, so i thought it was worth repeating my experience. -Ivan
three problems
Congratulations and applause to the developers! I love the new LyX 1.6. I thought 1.5.6 was already awesome and I am still playing with the many many improvements of 1.6. I'm using the mac version with OS X 10.5.5. Three small problems I've had: 1. Exiting from Full Screen; when I get out of full screen the "collapse" button (not sure what it is called; I mean the little wide one that hides some menus and toolbars) that lives on the upper right of frames/windows in mac OS X disappears. I can't then recover it in any way... maximizing, minimizing, resizing doesn't revive it. This seems like a bug. 2. Another problem is related to the toolbars. If I customize which ones show and their position my choices do not seem to consistently stick across sessions. I'm not sure what I have to do to get some preferred set and position of toolbars saved as a default for new files. It seems like LyX makes some attempts to remember these things, but after a while (after opening and closing sessions or opening different files) it forgets, or reverts to positions used in other files. I can't figure out any consistent pattern yet. Specifically, if I start with no file open. Then remove the View/ Update toolbar. Set the toolbar sizes to small. Then close that frame. Then when I open a new frame it looks just like that. But if I load some previous file it may go back to the old look. Hence, I concluded it is doing things file specifically. But no: if you close the frame and go back to another file that you had tweaked the toolbars differently it will now forget. Or if you start a new file you may get Sorry if I am not describing this very well, but part of it is that it really seems to behave erratically from my point of view, or with an odd rule. Note: I do have the "Allow saving/restoring of window layouts and geometry" checked in my preferences. I am also using LyX with the tab option enabled. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. 3. I have "load open files from last session" enabled in my preferences. However, the contrast in the behavior of the following two operations is surely not intended: -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -close this file using CMD-W or selecting close from File menu -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you will NOT have foo.lyx loaded, as expected alternatively... -start a new session with no files open -open file foo.lyx -this time: close this file clicking on the upper left button of the frame (the one with the "x" mark) -close LyX using CMD-Q -open LyX again: you WILL have foo.lyx loaded Both operations really should give the same result, since in the second case, before you shutdown LyX you can verify that no file is open, e.g. go to View and it reports "No Documents Open!" so this isn't a matter of an open buffer without a window (as I am used to having in Emacs). Thanks! -Ivan
Re: three problems
On Nov 12, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: I can confirm this. Please enter it into bugzilla: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/ . Thanks for reporting these. Bennett Thanks. Done. Perhaps someone can confirm it there and add any comments. I filed bugs at... http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5502 for the #1 issue, about Full Screen. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5503 for the #2 issue, about toolbars. and added a confirm comment for Kondrad's previous report at (related to my problem #3 about reloading closed documents): http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5458 -Ivan
Re: mac.bind/LyX-1.6
On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: My guess is that you have a mac.bind file in your user's directory somewhere. The mac.bind file distributed with 1.6 (in LyX.app/Contents/Resources/bind) is correct. Note, by the way, that LyX > Preferences > Editing > Shortcuts allows you to modify keybindings without resorting to editing .bind files. Bennett Yes, let me second that. I had modified my mac.bind file. When I used LyX 1.6 initially I had problems precisely with selecting text using SHIFT with the Left and Right cursor. I then extracted the changes I had made to my mac.bind file and inserted them back into the new bind file (inside the LyX package bundle; right click on LyX application in the finder and select "Show Package content") which I copied into the bind subdirectory inside my LyX's Library directory. It was advertised in the new release though, that old bind files may not work properly with the upgrade. This may happen to a lot of people, so i thought it was worth repeating my experience. -Ivan
graphic files
I inserted a bunch of figures into a lyx document, using graphic files (png) that were temporarily located on my desktop (after performing many snapshots). I did this for like 10 files. I inserted these figures using Insertgraphicbrowse ... etc. Now, I would like to delete those graphic pictures from my desktop, to clean things up. But I would really want my document to keep the figures. Is there any way that LyX can automatically import or move the figures used in my document to the same directory I the .lyx file is placed so that it keeps them when I then delete them from my desktop? I really hope I don't have to do this manually, i.e. moving each file and renaming the graphics location inserts in my .lyx document... That would be a major pain! I'd appreciate any help/suggestion. BTW: I use 1.5.6 on a Mac OS Leopard. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I did this for like 10 files. ... I really hope I don't have to do this manually, ... That would be a major pain! Are you kidding? For 10 files, doing it manually would have been faster than writing the email to the list! /Konrad :D Well, you see, my hope is if there was a feature that I didn't know of then I could continue to do this many times. Taking snapshots and inserting them is a common need. Saving them (in the future) in a particular directory (where my lyx file lives) instead of letting them go to the desktop is a possibility, but I would argue that sometimes you want to snapshot more than what you will later wish to insert. So it could be convenient. I guess I had in mind a feature that Scientific Workplace has: you can save a file in a wrapped format that then saves all the figures and next time you open this file format it creates a .tex file with all the figure files in the directory you open the file in and with new relative file addresses for your graphics. I was hoping there might be something similar in lyx, since that would do it. In other words, if I have to send a lyx document to someone, my only recourse is to figure out what all the accessory figure files are and send them along too? -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi, This discussion has been very interesting for me to follow, because I too have the same questions. Konrads' second comment, was very practical and useful. A trick to to remember. My system has been the following: Anytime I write a new Lyx file, I open up a new lyx folder with the same name. Any graphics I use, I save in the specific lyx folder where the lyx file is stored. In MS-word, the graphics is part of the file, and all you need is to open the word file. In LyX, I think of the its folder as a file, and move the folder around. I'm sure this is obvious stuff for most of us, but maybe others haven't thought of it Regards, Erez Exactly, this is kind of a pain. It would be nice to have some kind of way of consolidating things without having to do it ourselves. After all, when the file is open lyx could know all the needed auxiliary (graphics and other) files. -ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Robert Orr wrote: I would just move them myself to the directory where you have your .lyx source file. Then, open the .lyx file in a text editor, and then use find and replace to adjust the filename to the new location. I totally agree that that works, but it would be nice to have some kind of automated wrap feature. Or else moving the document around, or emailing is tricky, unless you keep one directory per document as Erez suggested... As I said: with scientific workplace there is the SAVE AS wrap option which consolidates all files into one. You can then email or move this file and recreate the unbundled version without knowing which files are needed. Lyx is much better for me than sciword, but this feature would be useful to have in lyx too. I was curious if there is something close to that feature. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Basically, yeah. This was a feature bandied about perhaps two years ago more exactly this feature was some time part of lyx 1.6 and called 'embedding feature' or 'bundled format', unfortunately the discussions about its design and implementation was so heated that we nearly lost two of core developers and the whole feature was cancelled/removed/ postponed for the time being. pavel OK, thanks. Yes, better not risk the mother ship for this, it is way too valuable... I love my LyX even if I have to edit around the .lyx file with text editors! -Ivan
graphic files
I inserted a bunch of figures into a lyx document, using graphic files (png) that were temporarily located on my desktop (after performing many snapshots). I did this for like 10 files. I inserted these figures using Insertgraphicbrowse ... etc. Now, I would like to delete those graphic pictures from my desktop, to clean things up. But I would really want my document to keep the figures. Is there any way that LyX can automatically import or move the figures used in my document to the same directory I the .lyx file is placed so that it keeps them when I then delete them from my desktop? I really hope I don't have to do this manually, i.e. moving each file and renaming the graphics location inserts in my .lyx document... That would be a major pain! I'd appreciate any help/suggestion. BTW: I use 1.5.6 on a Mac OS Leopard. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I did this for like 10 files. ... I really hope I don't have to do this manually, ... That would be a major pain! Are you kidding? For 10 files, doing it manually would have been faster than writing the email to the list! /Konrad :D Well, you see, my hope is if there was a feature that I didn't know of then I could continue to do this many times. Taking snapshots and inserting them is a common need. Saving them (in the future) in a particular directory (where my lyx file lives) instead of letting them go to the desktop is a possibility, but I would argue that sometimes you want to snapshot more than what you will later wish to insert. So it could be convenient. I guess I had in mind a feature that Scientific Workplace has: you can save a file in a wrapped format that then saves all the figures and next time you open this file format it creates a .tex file with all the figure files in the directory you open the file in and with new relative file addresses for your graphics. I was hoping there might be something similar in lyx, since that would do it. In other words, if I have to send a lyx document to someone, my only recourse is to figure out what all the accessory figure files are and send them along too? -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi, This discussion has been very interesting for me to follow, because I too have the same questions. Konrads' second comment, was very practical and useful. A trick to to remember. My system has been the following: Anytime I write a new Lyx file, I open up a new lyx folder with the same name. Any graphics I use, I save in the specific lyx folder where the lyx file is stored. In MS-word, the graphics is part of the file, and all you need is to open the word file. In LyX, I think of the its folder as a file, and move the folder around. I'm sure this is obvious stuff for most of us, but maybe others haven't thought of it Regards, Erez Exactly, this is kind of a pain. It would be nice to have some kind of way of consolidating things without having to do it ourselves. After all, when the file is open lyx could know all the needed auxiliary (graphics and other) files. -ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Robert Orr wrote: I would just move them myself to the directory where you have your .lyx source file. Then, open the .lyx file in a text editor, and then use find and replace to adjust the filename to the new location. I totally agree that that works, but it would be nice to have some kind of automated wrap feature. Or else moving the document around, or emailing is tricky, unless you keep one directory per document as Erez suggested... As I said: with scientific workplace there is the SAVE AS wrap option which consolidates all files into one. You can then email or move this file and recreate the unbundled version without knowing which files are needed. Lyx is much better for me than sciword, but this feature would be useful to have in lyx too. I was curious if there is something close to that feature. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Basically, yeah. This was a feature bandied about perhaps two years ago more exactly this feature was some time part of lyx 1.6 and called 'embedding feature' or 'bundled format', unfortunately the discussions about its design and implementation was so heated that we nearly lost two of core developers and the whole feature was cancelled/removed/ postponed for the time being. pavel OK, thanks. Yes, better not risk the mother ship for this, it is way too valuable... I love my LyX even if I have to edit around the .lyx file with text editors! -Ivan
graphic files
I inserted a bunch of figures into a lyx document, using graphic files (png) that were temporarily located on my desktop (after performing many snapshots). I did this for like 10 files. I inserted these figures using Insert>graphic>browse ... etc. Now, I would like to delete those graphic pictures from my desktop, to clean things up. But I would really want my document to keep the figures. Is there any way that LyX can automatically "import" or "move" the figures used in my document to the same directory I the .lyx file is placed so that it keeps them when I then delete them from my desktop? I really hope I don't have to do this manually, i.e. moving each file and renaming the graphics location inserts in my .lyx document... That would be a major pain! I'd appreciate any help/suggestion. BTW: I use 1.5.6 on a Mac OS Leopard. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I did this for like 10 files. ... I really hope I don't have to do this manually, ... That would be a major pain! Are you kidding? For 10 files, doing it manually would have been faster than writing the email to the list! /Konrad :D Well, you see, my hope is if there was a feature that I didn't know of then I could continue to do this many times. Taking snapshots and inserting them is a common need. Saving them (in the future) in a particular directory (where my lyx file lives) instead of letting them go to the desktop is a possibility, but I would argue that sometimes you want to snapshot more than what you will later wish to insert. So it could be convenient. I guess I had in mind a feature that Scientific Workplace has: you can save a file in a wrapped format that then saves all the figures and next time you open this file format it creates a .tex file with all the figure files in the directory you open the file in and with new relative file addresses for your graphics. I was hoping there might be something similar in lyx, since that would do it. In other words, if I have to send a lyx document to someone, my only recourse is to figure out what all the accessory figure files are and send them along too? -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi, This discussion has been very interesting for me to follow, because I too have the same questions. Konrads' second comment, was very practical and useful. A trick to to remember. My system has been the following: Anytime I write a new Lyx file, I open up a new lyx folder with the same name. Any graphics I use, I save in the specific lyx folder where the lyx file is stored. In MS-word, the graphics is part of the file, and all you need is to open the word file. In LyX, I think of the its folder as a file, and move the folder around. I'm sure this is obvious stuff for most of us, but maybe others haven't thought of it Regards, Erez Exactly, this is kind of a pain. It would be nice to have some kind of way of consolidating things without having to do it ourselves. After all, when the file is open lyx could know all the needed auxiliary (graphics and other) files. -ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Robert Orr wrote: I would just move them myself to the directory where you have your .lyx source file. Then, open the .lyx file in a text editor, and then use find and replace to adjust the filename to the new location. I totally agree that that works, but it would be nice to have some kind of automated wrap feature. Or else moving the document around, or emailing is tricky, unless you keep one directory per document as Erez suggested... As I said: with scientific workplace there is the SAVE AS "wrap" option which consolidates all files into one. You can then email or move this file and recreate the unbundled version without knowing which files are needed. Lyx is much better for me than sciword, but this feature would be useful to have in lyx too. I was curious if there is something close to that feature. -Ivan
Re: graphic files
On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Basically, yeah. This was a feature bandied about perhaps two years ago more exactly this feature was some time part of lyx 1.6 and called 'embedding feature' or 'bundled format', unfortunately the discussions about its design and implementation was so heated that we nearly lost two of core developers and the whole feature was cancelled/removed/ postponed for the time being. pavel OK, thanks. Yes, better not risk the mother ship for this, it is way too valuable... I love my LyX even if I have to edit around the .lyx file with text editors! -Ivan
default AMS align
I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS align environment, instead of the outdated Latex eqnarray. Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings?
Re: default AMS align
It is quite a pain to switch it. You have to mouse your way into EDITMATHChange Formula TypeAMS align I'm not sure how to improve this with a key-binding. That is, to get directly an AMSmath align when I am in a displayed formula and I want to add a new line. Anyone have a suggestion? -Ivan On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:50 AM, rgheck wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS align environment, instead of the outdated Latex eqnarray. Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings? I think that's hard-coded. But I'd guess there's probably something you could do with keybindings, at least to make it easier to change. rh
Re: default AMS align
On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:00 PM, rgheck wrote: You can do: Alt-M T A, to switch it. These shortcuts should be listed in the menu. rh Thanks, that works better than the mouse. But I'm still hoping for a way to re-wire the CMD-enter to give me an align. Or some other combination to do the same for me.
default AMS align
I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS align environment, instead of the outdated Latex eqnarray. Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings?
Re: default AMS align
It is quite a pain to switch it. You have to mouse your way into EDITMATHChange Formula TypeAMS align I'm not sure how to improve this with a key-binding. That is, to get directly an AMSmath align when I am in a displayed formula and I want to add a new line. Anyone have a suggestion? -Ivan On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:50 AM, rgheck wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS align environment, instead of the outdated Latex eqnarray. Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings? I think that's hard-coded. But I'd guess there's probably something you could do with keybindings, at least to make it easier to change. rh
Re: default AMS align
On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:00 PM, rgheck wrote: You can do: Alt-M T A, to switch it. These shortcuts should be listed in the menu. rh Thanks, that works better than the mouse. But I'm still hoping for a way to re-wire the CMD-enter to give me an align. Or some other combination to do the same for me.
default AMS align
I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS "align" environment, instead of the outdated Latex "eqnarray". Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings?
Re: default AMS align
It is quite a pain to switch it. You have to mouse your way into EDIT>MATH>Change Formula Type>AMS align I'm not sure how to improve this with a key-binding. That is, to get directly an AMSmath align when I am in a displayed formula and I want to add a new line. Anyone have a suggestion? -Ivan On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:50 AM, rgheck wrote: Ivan Werning wrote: I use LyX 1.5.6 on OS X 10.5.4. When I create a displayed equation and want to have another aligned one beneath, my understanding is that I should hit CMD-Enter. I would like to get an AMS "align" environment, instead of the outdated Latex "eqnarray". Is there a way to do this? Is my only option to do some customization with the keybindings? I think that's hard-coded. But I'd guess there's probably something you could do with keybindings, at least to make it easier to change. rh
Re: default AMS align
On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:00 PM, rgheck wrote: You can do: Alt-M T A, to switch it. These shortcuts should be listed in the menu. rh Thanks, that works better than the mouse. But I'm still hoping for a way to re-wire the CMD-enter to give me an align. Or some other combination to do the same for me.
enumerate depth problem?
I'm using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4.
I can't seem to get the following simple enumerated list using LyX:
(see below for Latex that would do it)
-
Check out this list:
1. Check out this sublist:
a. bla A
b. bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
2. Now here is another item
--
Using the LyX editor, I can't get it to do it. That is:
-if after typing bla B I hit enter I get a new line at the same
level as b. and starting with c. so I am still in the nested set
of items
-If intead I press CMD+ Enter then I get it at the level of b. but
wihtout the c..
-Finally, if I hit Enter but then hit Decrease Depth then I
automatically get the 2., I just cannot get back to that depth
without creating a new item it seems...
I know how to do this in LaTex. Can it be done in LyX? Am I missing
something? In Latex, the following would do it:
Check out this list:
\begin{itemize}
\item Check out this sublist:
\begin{itemize}
\item bla A
\item bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
\item Now here is another item
\end{itemize}
enumerate depth problem?
I'm using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4.
I can't seem to get the following simple enumerated list using LyX:
(see below for Latex that would do it)
-
Check out this list:
1. Check out this sublist:
a. bla A
b. bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
2. Now here is another item
--
Using the LyX editor, I can't get it to do it. That is:
-if after typing bla B I hit enter I get a new line at the same
level as b. and starting with c. so I am still in the nested set
of items
-If intead I press CMD+ Enter then I get it at the level of b. but
wihtout the c..
-Finally, if I hit Enter but then hit Decrease Depth then I
automatically get the 2., I just cannot get back to that depth
without creating a new item it seems...
I know how to do this in LaTex. Can it be done in LyX? Am I missing
something? In Latex, the following would do it:
Check out this list:
\begin{itemize}
\item Check out this sublist:
\begin{itemize}
\item bla A
\item bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
\item Now here is another item
\end{itemize}
enumerate depth problem?
I'm using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4.
I can't seem to get the following simple enumerated list using LyX:
(see below for Latex that would do it)
-
Check out this list:
1. Check out this sublist:
a. bla A
b. bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
2. Now here is another item
--
Using the LyX editor, I can't get it to do it. That is:
-if after typing "bla B" I hit enter I get a new line at the same
level as "b." and starting with "c." so I am still in the nested set
of items
-If intead I press CMD+ Enter then I get it at the level of "b." but
wihtout the "c.".
-Finally, if I hit Enter but then hit "Decrease Depth" then I
automatically get the "2.", I just cannot get back to that depth
without creating a new item it seems...
I know how to do this in LaTex. Can it be done in LyX? Am I missing
something? In Latex, the following would do it:
Check out this list:
\begin{itemize}
\item Check out this sublist:
\begin{itemize}
\item bla A
\item bla B
As this list above shows, bla bla bla.
\item Now here is another item
\end{itemize}
restore files and position
If I have 2 or more files open, say A.lyx and B.lyx ordered that way, and I close LyX while the edit window (tab) is active with file A.lyx then when I load LyX back up I get file B.lyx. It seems that LyX does not remember which was the latest active file, even though it remembers the cursor position in each (I have everything checked in preferencesUser Interface so that it remembers files, positions and window). Is this expected? If so, I don't think this is desirable. I am using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4. -Ivan
Re: restore files and position
On Aug 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, rgheck wrote: Session handling is still a work in progress. Check bugzilla and see if this has been reported. If not, add it. rh OK, thanks, good idea. Done. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5131 -Ivan
restore files and position
If I have 2 or more files open, say A.lyx and B.lyx ordered that way, and I close LyX while the edit window (tab) is active with file A.lyx then when I load LyX back up I get file B.lyx. It seems that LyX does not remember which was the latest active file, even though it remembers the cursor position in each (I have everything checked in preferencesUser Interface so that it remembers files, positions and window). Is this expected? If so, I don't think this is desirable. I am using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4. -Ivan
Re: restore files and position
On Aug 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, rgheck wrote: Session handling is still a work in progress. Check bugzilla and see if this has been reported. If not, add it. rh OK, thanks, good idea. Done. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5131 -Ivan
restore files and position
If I have 2 or more files open, say A.lyx and B.lyx ordered that way, and I close LyX while the edit window (tab) is active with file A.lyx then when I load LyX back up I get file B.lyx. It seems that LyX does not remember which was the latest active file, even though it remembers the cursor position in each (I have everything checked in preferences>User Interface so that it remembers files, positions and window). Is this expected? If so, I don't think this is desirable. I am using LyX 1.5.6 on Mac OS-X 10.5.4. -Ivan
Re: restore files and position
On Aug 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, rgheck wrote: Session handling is still a work in progress. Check bugzilla and see if this has been reported. If not, add it. rh OK, thanks, good idea. Done. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5131 -Ivan
Re: Matching fonts in figures (.EPS) with font in main text
On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:07 AM, James Sutherland wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Luke Lindsay wrote: I am using Lyx to write my thesis. I have a number of figures in EPS format which are produced by various programs (Stata, Maple, Open office draw). I would like the fonts in the figures to be consistent with the one used in the main body of the text, i.e. same font and size. What is the best way to achieve this? Ideally, I'd like to be able to change the font in used in the main document have font used in the figures updated automatically but I’m not sure if this is possible. Luke have a look at psfrag http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/psfrag.html James I have had the same problem. I resigned myself to drawing figures using psgraph from the pstricks-add package. It is a bit of a pain. You have to export the data (from Stata, Maple, etc.) into a text file. Then you have to write commands to load this information and display it. -Ivan
Re: Matching fonts in figures (.EPS) with font in main text
On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:07 AM, James Sutherland wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Luke Lindsay wrote: I am using Lyx to write my thesis. I have a number of figures in EPS format which are produced by various programs (Stata, Maple, Open office draw). I would like the fonts in the figures to be consistent with the one used in the main body of the text, i.e. same font and size. What is the best way to achieve this? Ideally, I'd like to be able to change the font in used in the main document have font used in the figures updated automatically but I’m not sure if this is possible. Luke have a look at psfrag http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/psfrag.html James I have had the same problem. I resigned myself to drawing figures using psgraph from the pstricks-add package. It is a bit of a pain. You have to export the data (from Stata, Maple, etc.) into a text file. Then you have to write commands to load this information and display it. -Ivan
