using import package within LyX?

2011-02-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
I need to use the LaTeX import package to manage hierarchical directory structures with graphics files distributed throughout the structure. Furthermore, this is in a mixed LyX/LaTeX environment, where LyX gathers the LaTeX files to create various master documents. While the import package seems

Re: using import package within LyX?

2011-03-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: Richard Heck wrote: 1. create a file master.lyx and edit the LaTeX preamble to include \usepackage{import} 2. Insert ERT \subimport{subdir}{trythis.tex} 3. create trythis.tex in subdir 4. Compile. This

Re: Poll for the default icon theme in LyX 2.0

2011-03-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
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A few suggestions for fixes in LyX 2.0

2011-04-13 Thread James C. Sutherland
I have very much enjoyed using LyX 2.0! Thanks to the development team for your efforts! A few minor things that I have found recently regarding forward/reverse PDF search on Mac with Skim: In section 5.6 of Additional.lyx on the Skim directions for reverse search, there is a problem with the

passing options to bibtopic

2011-06-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
When using the sectioned bibliography option, LyX automatically adds: \usepackage[dot]{bibtopic} to the preamble. Is there a way to add additional options to the bibtopic package, e.g. \usepackage[dot,sectcntreset]{bibtopic} James

Re: passing options to bibtopic

2011-06-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: ** On 06/22/2011 05:40 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: When using the sectioned bibliography option, LyX automatically adds: \usepackage[dot]{bibtopic} to the preamble. Is there a way to add additional options

Re: Float/figures width

2009-10-26 Thread James C. Sutherland
I suggest that you look at the user manual that comes with LyX: Help - User's Guide Help - Embedded Objects All of your questions should be answered there. On Oct 26, 2009, at 10:04 AM, ColMatrix wrote: Hi there, Just started dabbling with LaTex and Lyx. I understand how to

Re: Developing

2009-10-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 28, 2009, at 6:35 AM, Samaneh Soleymoney wrote: Hi I need some information about the software architecture of Lyx. I am going to develop a new open source word processor. But I need some basic information about how to start it. Like software structure. I really appreciate you to give

Re: LyX 1.6.4.1 and Snow Leopard

2009-10-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 29, 2009, at 5:38 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: Jan David Hauck jdha...@... writes: Referring to the recent discussion on LyX having problems on Snow Leopard, I can state, that the problem solved itself somehow. In fact LyX crashed really one time (I think when I accidentally wanted to

Re: Help needed

2009-11-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 2, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Ville Iiskola wrote: Hi Houston we have a problem. I writed a formula in the middle of the line with lyx and i tried to put the number of the formula in the end of the line but i could not do that. How is that possible??? Ville You will probably find it

Re: Problems including a document

2009-11-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 3, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Manolo Martí nez wrote: That's not the problem, apparently. I have moved everything to the master document's preamble and the strange behaviour recurs. Chapter 5 compiles. Master document w/o Ch. 5 compiles, but Master document with Ch. 5 does not. Thanks for

Re: Problems including a document

2009-11-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Manolo Martí nez wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. Surprisingly, LaTeX does compile; with a bunch of errors in the .log, to be sure, but none of them fatal. How can I find out what the compiler was doing when it stumbled upon the things that LyX finds

Re: layout files document frontmatter

2009-11-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:40 AM, 2450h...@gmail.com 2450h...@gmail.com wrote: I am defining a layout where I need to have a few LaTeX definitions made. In LaTeX, these would be: \ICSEnum{12345} This is not displayed - it is required for the class (.cls) file I am using. In the LyX

Re: layout files document frontmatter

2009-11-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 4, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:40 AM, 2450h...@gmail.com 2450h...@gmail.com wrote: I am defining a layout where I need to have a few LaTeX definitions made. In LaTeX, these would be: \ICSEnum{12345} This is not displayed

Re: Insert \left. (xxxx) \right|

2009-11-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:42 AM, Neal Becker wrote: I'm entering this expression: \left.\frac{R_{s}}{2f_{s}}(1+\alpha)\right|_{f_{s=4R_{s}}} which is a common way of saying (expression) evalated substituting (value). Is there any direct way to enter this without resorting to ERT? 1. You

Re: CLS file not found anymore after updating LyX and MacTeX

2009-11-16 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Dan Stark wrote: Dear All, I updated to MacTeX 2009 and LyX 1.6.4.2 and now LyX cannot locate a CLS file that I was using. I have it located in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex currently. Is there any way to get LyX to see the CLS file again? Perhaps a

Re: Float (figure) placed in the end of the document

2009-12-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Dec 1, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi All, I did something, but I don't know what. Now, all my figure-floats are placed at the end of the document. Last thing I did was to added start appendix here, and floats were pushed to the end. I thought this was the problem, so

Re: More equation breaking

2009-12-02 Thread James C . Sutherland
On Dec 2, 2009, at 5:56 AM, Manolo Martí nez wrote: is there anyway to break an equation in two lines in a place that is inside brackets? I mean something like this: a·(b + c + d + e) Look at sectoin 18.1.3 in the math manual included with LyX.

Re: Problem with table format

2009-12-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:32 PM, bur...@caltech.edu bur...@caltech.edu wrote: I have Lyx version 1.6.4.1 on a mac running os x version 10.5.8 and am a new user of the Lyx application. I am having problems with the format of a simple table when I generate a pdf file. Specifically, I get part of

rotated multirow cells with line wrapping

2009-12-24 Thread James C. Sutherland
I would like to create a table that has a multirow cell in it. However, I need to wrap the text and orient it vertically (rotated 90 degrees). I have attached a LyX file and its associated PDF output for an example of what I am trying to do. I cannot get the text to wrap properly. Any tips?

Re: Editing equations as latex rather than graphically.

2010-02-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 1, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Tim Hutt wrote: On 1 February 2010 19:22, rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com wrote: Try ViewSource if you want to *see* the LaTeX. Ah yes, I did that in an equation and it is almost exactly what I want - just need to be able to edit the text. Without looking at the

Re: Good layout for note taking for class?

2010-02-11 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Chris Rackauckas wrote: What's a good layout for this? I've looked through many but they were all a bit odd. I don't know if there is any great layout for this, but one thing that will help a lot is if you create math macros (see the LyX user manual). This can

Re: inserting line numbers in lyx document

2010-02-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Willis Gwenzi wrote: I am using Lyx 1.6.3 for my thesis. For ease of editing I would like to insert line numbers throughout the document. Any suggestions on how to do it? The enumerate function cannot do it because it inserts the number only at the sart of the

No Mouse scrolling in LyX 2.0 - Mac?

2010-06-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
I just discovered that mouse scrolling does not work in 2.0 alpha 4 on Mac. Can anyone else confirm? James

Re: LyX 2.0 GUI Issue on Mac

2010-06-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: I just started looking at the 2.0 alpha 4 version of LyX. This issue may already be well-known, but there are several parts of the GUI that appear improperly on my Mac. Thus far, I have seen

LyX 2.0 alpha 4 - Right-Click on Mac broken

2010-07-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
I have found another bug in 2.0 alpha for Mac. Right-clicking a text selection does not work properly. No context menu comes up when right-clicking. Can anyone else confirm? If so I can file a bug report. By the way, I really like the new spell checking capabilities in LyX 2.0. I never

Re: LyX 2.0 alpha 4 - Right-Click on Mac broken

2010-07-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
Hmm - it is working again. Must be some gremlins on my machine. James On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM, James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu wrote: I have found another bug in 2.0 alpha for Mac. Right-clicking a text selection does not work properly. No context menu comes up when

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:24 AM, BH bewih...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:12 AM, James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu wrote: Another regression on Mac: some of the dialogue boxes (e.g. the spell check dialogue box) is not rendered properly. See the attached image

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
, William Bray b...@math.umaine.edu wrote: I installed Lyx 1.6.7 on my mac running OSX 10.6.4 and encounter no problems with mouse scrolling. I have not experimented with Lyx 2.0 as yet. bill On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:09 AM, James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu wrote: It appears

Re: Pure Promotion - LyX Talk at University of Utah

2010-08-18 Thread James C. Sutherland
Rob, You didn't mention a DATE for the event... By the way, if you are mentioning Mendeley, I know that they have promotional event support (e.g. handouts, free pizza, etc). It may be worth contacting them if you are interested in pursuing that. James On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Rob

Re: opening two tabs with outline on and closing one, crashes lyx.

2010-09-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
FWIW, I cannot duplicate this on Mac running LyX 1.6.7. Also, step 6 creates newfile1 for me, not newfile2 James On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Todd Denniston todd.dennis...@tsb.cranrdte.navy.mil wrote: OS: Centos 5.5 up to date (equivalent to RHEL 5.5) LyX: lyx 1.6.7 (lyx-1.6.7-1.el5 from

extract all equations in a document?

2010-12-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
Fellow LyX enthusiasts, Does anyone know if there is a way to extract all of the equations from a document into a single file? Along the same lines, is there a way to do this for tables and figures as well? James

bug with brackets in subfloat?

2011-02-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
I may have discovered a bug, but it may be in LaTeX itself. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a figure float 2. create a sub-float within it. 3. In the subfloat caption, enter (in math mode): $[A]$, where $ indicates math mode. 4. Compile the file. This results in a LaTeX error that

Re: Question on section - properties in the menu bar

2009-01-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
In 1.6.x you can right-click to do this. It is still not as quick as a button, but is quicker than digging through menus... On Jan 1, 2009, at 5:27 AM, Dieter Jurzitza dieter.jurzi...@t- online.de wrote: Dear Steve, dear listmembers, your answer tells me that I haven't been precise

Re: Lyx, version clash

2009-01-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
Is there some way I could open a Lyx 1.6.X file with Lyx 1.5.X? You need to use 1.5.7, which can read 1.6.x files.

Re: How to create a list where each item can have its own paragraphs?

2009-01-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
Just use an enumerated list. To create a new paragraph, use Ctrl-Return. On Jan 3, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Shital Shah syte...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd like to create a list that looks like following: 1. My first item This is the description for first item. This is some more description for

Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

2009-01-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
I have been using macros in 1.6.1, and recently tried to use a macro with an optional argument. I have attached a trivial LyX file that shows this macro and an example of its use. This compiles through LyX just fine. The problem is that if I export the file to LaTeX and then try to

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

2009-01-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 6, 2009, at 8:58 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: I have been using macros in 1.6.1, and recently tried to use a macro with an optional argument. I have attached a trivial LyX file that shows this macro and an example of its use. This compiles through LyX just fine. The problem

Re: Macros with optional arguments - LyX 1.6.1

2009-01-07 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Stefan Schimanski wrote: Updating your MacTex to the latest version will solve the problem. Updating MacTex did the job. Thank you! James

Re: Float Tables in Lyx 1.6.1 for Mac?

2009-01-16 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Laura wrote: I am trying to use the Float table available in Lyx, but when I insert a table, I do not get a dialog box that allows me to pick no of rows and columns. I plan to use a lot of tables in my dissertation, and although I know how to code them in the Tex

Re: Display problem in lyx 1.4.3

2009-01-21 Thread James C. Sutherland
I recently installed lyx 1.4.3 on my Eee PC 901 and encountered the following problem: In equation mode, when I enter a LaTex command, the symbol that appears is wrong, but when I compile, it's okay again. For example: If I type \infty the symbol that appears is an x, but when I compile

Re: paragraph mode in table?

2009-01-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 22, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Neal Becker wrote: I have a table where the first row has text describing the entries below each column (nothing unusual about that). One of the text entries is too long, and should be multi-line. If I was using latex, I would use paragraph mode. How do I

Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?

2009-01-26 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 26, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Ehud Kaplan wrote: Thanks, Jurgen. Your comments were helpful. As for the inserted comments (item #4), sometimes one needs to insert comments for one's colleagues while editing a text. I tried to insert a Lyx note or a comment, and although they showed up in

Re: How could I add a greek letter?

2009-01-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:36 AM, jezZiFeR wrote: I would like to add the greek ē, which is an e with a straight dash on the top. In math mode, \bar{e}

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-01-31 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 31, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All, I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am using the cases environment, but, as you can see from the attached example, the space between the first system of equations and the equivalence symbol is too large and

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-01-31 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 31, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:50 PM, James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu wrote: I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am using the cases environment, but, as you can see from the attached example, the space

Re: tables go out of the page

2009-02-13 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 13, 2009, at 12:58 AM, Sindhu Sundar wrote: Hi! Am doing by final year project, we are required to submit erd diagrams and stuff. In lyx when I create tables, some of the go out of the page...please see http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/394046/Narration.pdf how do i make the tables come

Re: discussion in lyx, or lyx for wikis

2009-02-14 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 14, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Ralph Boland wrote: I'm teaching a math class where the students use lyx to write down their ideas and proofs, and it would be nice to have a way to use lyx to post to a discussion or write in a wiki. This will be hard, because every Wiki has its own

Re: Howto downgrade LyX 1.6.1 documents to LyX 1.5.5 documents?

2009-02-18 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 18, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: I've switched from Debian unstable to the new stable release, but now now I have a few dozen LyX 1.6.1 documents that LyX 1.5.5 says it cannot convert. How can I convert the 1.6.1 documents to the older 1.5.5 format? In LyX

Re: How to write degree symbol ° ?

2009-02-19 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 19, 2009, at 2:07 AM, Hubert Christiaen wrote: I have big probems for entering a degree symbol as in 'cos 30°'. If entered as such from the keyboard in TeX, it's not accepted. If entered in Lyx, it's represented as '\lyxmathsym{\textdegree}', but when it comes to producing

Re: highlight spelling errors

2009-02-19 Thread James C. Sutherland
i would prefer it if speling errors could be highlighted/underlined like in other edititors. is this possible? Not currently possible. It has been discussed here as a possible future feature.

Re: line breaking in (visual issue..) please help

2009-02-20 Thread James C. Sutherland
But, when I write something...the line gets long from left to right side of the monitor. Which is uncomfortable for me(I think for all). How can I fix/adjust lyx so that, when editing, still the line looks beautiful like this : single line ... this is a text this is a text this is a text

Re: About Tables in LyX?

2009-02-23 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 23, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Hesham Kamel wrote: Hi, Please, I want to know if there is a way to merge two cells in a column under each others? In LyX, you can only merge two cells in a row but not in a column. I am using xls2latex but it does not work for merged cells. Thank you, H The

Re: Jumping back from Pdf file to LyX (Latex) source?

2009-02-26 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 24, 2009, at 8:46 PM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote: As far as I know, It is not possible to reverse search from a pdf file. You need to use the dvi, which supports marks known as dvi specials. I don't maintain my patches anymore. Best regards, João. There was a recent

compressing citations with cite doesn't work?

2009-03-10 Thread James C. Sutherland
I typically include: \usepackage{cite} in my preamble to compress citations so that [1 2 3 4] becomes [1-4]. However, it seems to not work. I saw a thread http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg12977.html that suggests removing Babel. I did so (I think) and

pdfsync and tables clash

2009-03-10 Thread James C. Sutherland
If you use the pdfsync class and then create a table with a specified column width then the table column width becomes very wide. Removing the pdfsync package seems to fix the problem. Can anyone duplicate this? Is it a LyX bug or a LaTeX problem???

Re: Nice LYX report template

2009-03-24 Thread James C. Sutherland
James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu The basic article class (default in LyX) will probably do everything you need. On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Benjamin K wrote: Hi I am working with LYX for the first time and am looking for a very nice looking LYX report template for my assignments

Re: Nice LYX report template

2009-03-24 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Benjamin K wrote: Any tutorials on the article layout? Have a look at the Tutorial document in the Help menu. Most document classes have some things in common such as section, subsection, etc. The primary difference is often how these are formatted when

new paragraph after enum or list environment

2009-03-27 Thread James C. Sutherland
Does anyone know how to tell LyX to make a new paragraph after a list? For example, if I have new paragraphs indented, then one immediately following an enum or list will not be indented. How to I change that?

Re: new paragraph after enum or list environment

2009-03-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:43 PM, rgheck wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: Does anyone know how to tell LyX to make a new paragraph after a list? For example, if I have new paragraphs indented, then one immediately following an enum or list will not be indented. How to I change that? Have

Re: 3 columns

2009-04-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
looking at lyx it gives me an option for 2 column, i would guess that a 3 column would be an option somewhere, either that or i need to put it in a pre amble somewhere. Take a look at the description of using multicol in the help manual: Help - Specific Manuals - Multicol

Re: bug in hyperlink and footnote?

2009-04-20 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:04 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: One important not: you example used an address in this form: http://www.bla.blub/#1 This is not conform to the URL specification. There must be at least a character after the / and before the #. Or do you have an example of a valid URL where

Re: Can I please have an example of conditional ERT in LyX

2009-04-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
This is the typical example for using branches. (Document-Settings-Branches and Insert-Branch). I use branches for this purpose as well (creating exams). They work very well, and are scalable to any number of branches that you can turn on and off to create different compiled

blue underline of pasted text

2009-04-28 Thread James C . Sutherland
When I paste text from one document to another, I get blue underlines. I do not have change tracking turned on. Does anyone know how to disable this underlining? The underlining does not show up in compiled output - only in the LyX editor...

Re: blue underline of pasted text

2009-04-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 28, 2009, at 8:29 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: When I paste text from one document to another, I get blue underlines. I do not have change tracking turned on. Does anyone know how to disable this underlining? The underlining does not show up in compiled output - only

hyperref conflicts with cite package?

2009-04-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
If I turn on hyperref support, then the cite package breaks. Specifically, citations that would normally appear as [5-9] now appear as [5,6,7,8,9]. If I turn off hyperref then it works again. Is this a package conflict, or a bug in LyX? LyX 1.6.2, Mac OSX 10.5.6

Re: 2 or more Figures/examples with convenient numbering

2009-04-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 28, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Piero Faustini wrote: Hello, I would like to put 2 or more figures of an example in a way that they are somewhat put together for comparing them, and I want them to be numbered, instead, let's say of 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 in a more convenient and logical way,

Re: Boxed multiline formula

2009-04-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 30, 2009, at 4:06 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: Hi! I'm facing this problem: I would like to write long equations (two or even three lines are needed) in which (possibly) each line is center aligned in the page and so that it is possible to box them all together. I have never figured out

Re: Boxed multiline formula

2009-04-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 30, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@... writes: I have never figured out how to do this for an eqnarray environment - only in a regular equation. One possibility would be to use a minipage and frame it. This doesn't look to great, however

Re: Question about eqnarray environment (multiple = or symbols)

2009-05-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 4, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Jim Rockford wrote: Hello : this is probably more of a latex issue than Lyx, but I would like to do this quickly in Lyx, so... What I want is a neatly formatted set of relations like a S b c T d and so forth. I just need the analog of the usual 3 column

module question - modifying list environment

2009-05-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
LyX Module Gurus: I am trying to create a modified List environment where is counter is not reset each time the environment begins. I have created a module (attached) that does part of this for me - it creates a new TaskList environment in LyX. However, I cannot seem to get the counter to

Re: module question - modifying list environment

2009-05-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 5, 2009, at 6:06 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: LyX Module Gurus: I am trying to create a modified List environment where is counter is not reset each time the environment begins. I have created a module (attached) that does part of this for me - it creates a new TaskList

Re: module question - modifying list environment

2009-05-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 5, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 05 May 2009 11:07:13 pm James C. Sutherland wrote: On May 5, 2009, at 6:06 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: LyX Module Gurus: I am trying to create a modified List environment where is counter is not reset each time the environment

Re: module question - modifying list environment

2009-05-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 6, 2009, at 12:40 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-05-06, James C. Sutherland wrote: I am trying to create a modified List environment where is counter is not reset each time the environment begins. I have created a module (attached) that does part of this for me - it creates a new

hyperref bug with parent/child documents?

2009-05-08 Thread James C. Sutherland
I think I found a LyX bug. LyX 1.6.2, Mac OSX 10.5.6 1. Create a parent document and turn off hyperref support (Document- Settings-PDF Properties, deselct hyperref) 2. Create a child document with hyperref support enabled. 3. Include the child in the parent. At this point, the LaTeX source

Re: Reference Formatting

2009-05-11 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 11, 2009, at 7:56 AM, Hesham Kamel wrote: Hi, Please, I am using the book more font size class with the unsrt style. I need to have the references show up as: 1-5 instead 1,2,3,4,5. Put: \usepackage{cite} in the preamble.

Re: hyperref bug with parent/child documents?

2009-05-11 Thread James C. Sutherland
Bug #5941 http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/5941 On May 11, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: I think I found a LyX bug. LyX 1.6.2, Mac OSX 10.5.6 1. Create a parent document and turn off hyperref support (Document- Settings-PDF

Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
Is there a way of disabling Language Support in LyX? Every time that I paste text between documents I get blue underlining of the text and have to reset the language to get rid of it. In the language settings dialogue box there are a lot of cryptic options, but none to just turn it all

Re: Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 12, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: James C. Sutherland schreef: Is there a way of disabling Language Support in LyX? Every time that I paste text between documents I get blue underlining of the text and have to reset the language to get rid of it. In the language

Re: Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 12, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: James C. Sutherland schrieb: Is there a way of disabling Language Support in LyX? Every time that I paste text between documents I get blue underlining of the text and have to reset the language to get rid of it. Then the document language

Re: align equations

2009-05-13 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 13, 2009, at 12:08 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-05-12, Paul A. Rubin wrote: ... 4. In the fourth column of each row, type \textrm followed by a space, which will switch you to roman font, then type the explanation. You can also use \textup (upright) in place of \textrm, in

Re: I inserted a figure float on chapter two, but after generated the output it goes to chapter 1

2009-05-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 28, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Marcelo Reis wrote: Marcelo Reis wrote: Guys, Maybe I'm to stupid, but is there any trick to insert a figure in Lyx?!?! In editing mode I inserted it on chapter two of my document and it is perfect. After I create the PDF ou DVI file the image automatically

Re: Augmented like matrix

2009-06-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Semih Özmen wrote: Hi, I need to express the equation which is presented in attachment. I could not do the horizontal or vertical lines in to matrix..Any suggestions? Condensation.JPG In math mode: 1. create square brackets 2. Insert a matrix (3x3) 3.

Re: Augmented like matrix

2009-06-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
Hi, I need to express the equation which is presented in attachment. I could not do the horizontal or vertical lines in to matrix..Any suggestions? Condensation.JPG In math mode: 1. create square brackets 2. Insert a matrix (3x3) 3. Right-click a cell in the matrix and choose Add Line

Re: fast label formating

2009-06-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Semih Özmen wrote: Hi, I almost finished my thesis and now I recognized that all eqaution cross-references are shown as 1.23 I want them all be written as Eq. 1.23 or any other prefix. Are there any fast way to do this? thanks in advance.. Semih This is

Re: adjusting distance before and after figures or tables

2009-06-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Semih Özmen wrote: Hi, I couldnot find any setting to adjust distance before and after the figures and tables. Can it be defined in latex class? if so, what parameter should I search for? Thanks Semih You are keeping the list busy today. Try adding

color package options

2009-06-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
It appears that \usepackage{color} is automatically placed in the preamble when a program listing with coloring options is used. However, what if I want \usepackage[usenames]{color} instead? Is there a way to do this? If I put this directly in the preamble then I get a

Re: Unavailable document classes

2009-06-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 5, 2009, at 3:08 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: Hello, I'm a somewhat infrequent user of LyX on Mac OS X. About every other update (my current version is 1.6.1), most of the document classes become unavailable. That is LyX can edit documents in them, but not produce output. How do

Re: Inserting C++ code

2009-06-08 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 7, 2009, at 5:55 AM, Sajjad wrote: Hello forum, I have installed LyX 2.6.1 and trying to insert C++ code. I am trying as follows: 1. Inserted a float algorithm . 2. Pasted the code snippet inside that But the code is not well formatted Any hint on how to keep the format ? I

Re: how to skip to next page

2009-06-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 12, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Jason Lillywhite wrote: I have not searched for this answer very well online because I'm not sure exactly how to ask it in a few words. My problem is simple: I have a cover page with title and abstract and I want to skip to the next page to start my Introduction.

Re: help with lyx

2009-06-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 15, 2009, at 6:09 AM, esrone noel wrote: Good day, Is there a way to write your name in the background using lyx or an option to write your name on every page without manually inserting your name on every page..I am trying to do this to prevent plagiarism of my

Re: new paragraph after enum or list environment

2009-06-26 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:43 PM, rgheck wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: Does anyone know how to tell LyX to make a new paragraph after a list? For example, if I have new paragraphs indented, then one immediately following an enum or list will not be indented. How to I change that? Have

copying figures - absolute vs. relative paths

2009-06-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
I have observed a somewhat annoying feature of LyX: when I cut/paste a figure (moving it around within a document, for example), the relative path of the figure changes to an absolute path. I can see the merits of this when copying between documents so that the figure doesn't get lost due

Re: How do I change the citation from [1,2,3,4] to [1-4]?

2009-07-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Randy Tobe wrote: I have a few parts in my document in Lyx where I cite multiple sources together and they are all separated by a comma instead of listing the first and last with a dash in between. My references are in JabRef and my citation style is ieeetr. Is

Re: scrolling=shutdown

2009-07-09 Thread James C. Sutherland
No problems on a Mac running LyX 1.6.3. On Jul 9, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Marcus Broberg wrote: 2009/7/9 rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com Marcus Broberg wrote: hi I have a problem. When a scroll(arrow down) trough a document lyx exits. Is this a know issue? It probably has something specific to do

Re: Mac: Refresh of pdf-view?

2009-07-09 Thread James C. Sutherland
You may want to try Skim as a pdf reader (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net ). I have used it for quite a while and am very pleased. It will allow auto reloading as well. To hook it in, go to LyX-Preferences-File Formats and then in the drop-down box choose PDF and then in the Viewer box

Re: AW: Mac: Refresh of pdf-view?

2009-07-09 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jul 9, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Jannick Asmus wrote: James C. Sutherland james.sutherl...@utah.edu schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:37a1d2d4-5503-40e4-9aac-8067212df...@utah.edu... You may want to try Skim as a pdf reader (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net ). I have used it for quite a while and am

Re: e.g. and other dots that do not end sentences

2009-08-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 5, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Niko Schwarz wrote: How do you type things like e.g. in lyx? If you do not take special care, it is translated to latex merely as e.g. and therefore creates a giant space after the abbreviation. How to avoid that? Insert - Formatting - Inter-Word Space or you can

Re: Problem with table

2009-08-14 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 14, 2009, at 4:37 AM, Matthias Bußjäger wrote: Hello, I have a problem to build a table with different rows in the columns. For Example: I have 4 rows and 2 columns. How is it possible to merge the 4 rows in the first column? Or something else to get the text in the first column

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