t
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg52771.html
Can someone please send me those attachments (as the mail-archive
corrupted them)?
Or better yet can someone post them somewhere?
My wife is starting a recipe book and remembered this thread.
Jeremy C. Reed
On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Steve Litt wrote:
> The frontmatter is numbered with Arabic numbers, not Roman numerals. How do I
> get the frontmatter to have Roman numerals?
\pagenumbering{roman}
% ...
\chapter{First real chapter}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Uwe St?hr wrote:
> Jeremy C. Reed schrieb:
>
> > Any ideas on how to get a horizontal rule before every section unless
> > at top or bottom of page?
>
> Add this to your preamble:
>
> \let\mySection\section\renewcommand{\section}{\hrule
offending
> \hrule statement. This worked here in the example I tried, but of course
> it might not *always* work. They don't call it 'Evil Red Text' for
> nothing, I think.
Okay. I was looking for an automatic solution as I have well over a 100
sections (and over 200 pages) and the content changes daily -- so I can't
manually redo this every day :)
Jeremy C. Reed
highlighted.
>
> I've exmined the LyX source code of my file, but I haven't found a
> clear way of solving this problem. Any suggestions?
Use Ctrl-Space instead of real space between the words.
Jeremy C. Reed
trl-return, \hrule, thing is documented anywhere. It's what you might call
> 'original research'; sorry.
>
> Afterword: I did try and post the PDF to the group, but I guess it was too
> big. This was a really stupid thing to do on my part, sorry about this too.
Jeremy C. Reed
ical.
What is the Ctrl-Return supposed to do with the context of the \hrule?
And where is this documented?
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Any ideas on how to get a horizontal rule before every section unless at
top or bottom of page?
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, John Hughes wrote:
> Is there an easy way of removing the word "Chapter" from chapter titles
> in the report and book classes?
Try in your preamble or ERT:
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{}
Jeremy C. Reed
I am working on a system that generates latex and PDFs from data provided
from the public.
I don't want to allow public to accidently or maliciously embed some code
that breaks latex or breaks the system.
Can anyone point me to some URLs or docs or provide examples of what could
be dangerous?
Anyone know of any wiki that can export to LaTeX or LyX format?
Anyone use a wiki to generate LaTeX?
I asked about this in May but didn't get any reply.
I am looking for a step-by-step guide for using docbook-xml with LyX.
My configure.py has:
\Format docbook-xml xml "Docbook (XML)" "" "" "%%"
and
\converter docbookdocbook-xml "cp $$i $$o" "xml"
I am running lyx 1.4.3 on NetBSD.
different auto-indexer to try?
Thanks,
Jeremy C. Reed
> > What is the correct way to get rid of entire columns?
> You didn't specify a LyX version, but I'm guessing 1.4.2 or 1.4.3. Right
> click in some empty space on the main menu. This should bring up the
> toolbar selection dialog. Put a check next to "Table". Then click
> anywhere in a colum
to get rid of entire columns?
Thanks,
Jeremy C. Reed
> if you alter only one line on title page, why it should change ?
> maybe diffing postscipt versions would be better.
>From looking, the major changes were the images being rebuilt. And so had
different names.
> however i still think the most comfortableis to regenerate
> it and check the numbe
I added one line to my inside title page of a 190 page book but the
resulting PDF -- according to diff has over 3000 changes.
I think the changes have to do with reconverting images and dates of
images (although originals are same).
Is there an easy way I can manually edit (maybe with vi) the P
If I highlight a URL in my document and then click Insert -> Url
the popup window has blank input boxes. Maybe it should automatically
place the text or URL.
Also, I can't copy and paste into the Url input boxes.
I am using LyX 1.4.2. Is this expected behaviour?
> With acrobat reader, use "File->Document properties->Fonts"
> Then click on "all fonts".
> There you see which fonts are embedded, and which are not.
Also the pdffonts tools included with poppler-utils (or poppler) or xpdf
lists the fonts used in a PDF with name, type, embedded, subset,
ToUnic
e) but LyX
complained that now converter was setup for it.
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echo '9,J8HD,[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL
PROTECTED]@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\
sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP'
ed the png image. It is blurry and seemed to scale somewhat
too big.
Any suggestions or pointers on creating good graphics to be used by LyX
that will print well for a book?
Thanks,
Jeremy C. Reed
echo '9,J8HD,[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL
PROTECTED]@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GD
om a command-line shell so you can see the output. For
example, I have error like:
/usr/bin/lpr: lp: unknown printer
Because my spool command is wrong.
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echo ':6DB6=88>?;@69876tA=AC8BB5tA6487><' | tr '4-F' 'wu rofIn.lkigemca'
techniques do you all use for creating a useful index?
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echo ':6DB6=88>?;@69876tA=AC8BB5tA6487><' | tr '4-F' 'wu rofIn.lkigemca'
I also tried grepping through my installed /usr/pkg/share/lyx/doc/ files,
but didn't find information.
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echo '9,J8HD,[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL
PROTECTED]@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\
sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP'
"date" but didn't find it.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
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echo ':6DB6=88>?;@69876tA=AC8BB5tA6487><' | tr '4-F' 'wu rofIn.lkigemca'
the middle of my document.
Thank you all for your work and support for LyX. It has been a great tool
for me.
Jeremy C. Reed
echo '9,J8HD,[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL
PROTECTED]@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\
sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP'
drop-down list of paragraph environments
anymore. I used it to comment out text that I want to hide in my books
(and why I thought it should not be exported in plain text output -- but
maybe I misunderstood this).
Jeremy C. Reed
p.s. If you are a pkgsrc or NetBSD or DragonFly user, I will b
re-adding the following:
+ */
+#if defined(__NetBSD__) && defined(QT_THREAD_SUPPORT)
+ unlock();
+#endif
+}
#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
bool LQApplication::macEventFilter(EventRef event)
Arun: what operating system are you using?
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her better way to draw a line ;-)
\hrulefill in ERT.
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> I want to continue using justification. I want latex to know that the line
> is too long and simply wrap the word that it didn't hyphenate and then
> attempt to right justify the line that lost the word.
I tried over ten differ
ustify the line that lost the word.
Will \tolerance or \emergencystretch work with that?
And what is the difference between
\emergencystretch=2em
and
\setlength{\emergencystretch}{2em}
?
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e I am
updating content and later may change paper size.
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saw a posting on how to automatically fix this recently, but can't find
now.
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\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\parsep}{0pt}
\normalfont\ttfamily}%
\item[]}
{\end{list}}
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ra } and undefined control sequence.
Or maybe I can redeibe the lyxcode environment, but I don't know how to
redefine an existing environment. Or I can create my own class, but I was
hoping I don't have to do that.
I found the lyxcode defined in lyxmacros.inc.
Any ideas on how to
page).
I want to get rid of that 0.38 indent (so lines up with Standard). Any
ideas?
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On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> My problem is that a header from a previous page is shown on a following page
> that is at the end of a chapter and is also blank. So my blank left even page
> has a header (showing the previous section name) and my right odd page is a
&g
the hole punches like selected. I ordered
(online) around 1 a.m. and was able to pick up around ten or so copies of
my book at around 7:30 a.m.
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nt or bold used with \indexentry.
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s solved for now with:
\usepackage{tocloft}
\addtolength{\cftsecnumwidth}{1em}
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you please point me to the documentation? Or Share an example?
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be fine or having the book name as the header with a rule
at top with a page number at bottom would be good too.
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hat converter is used for this. (I don't see in my
preferences.)
I am using lyx 1.3.6.
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ATH=/usr/local/lib in your environment
before running lyx, like:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib lyx
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On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Index}
at the beginning of the index.
I added a "\newpage{}" immediately before (without it said the Index was on
previous page, 57) and used that "\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Index}".
Replyi
irections).
I am using the "Subject" layout but it puts my subtitle before my title.
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rs to docs?
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ld not mix title layouts with normal
ones.
What do you use for a subtitle for a book?
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package also
installs these files to its own hierarchy. And Gentoo uses a symlink to
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/lyx for same. (See
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91108)
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ttp://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/CV which has some links to downloads and
examples and usage ideas.
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{chapter}{Index}".
Thanks for the info. Problem solved!
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e to the faq
or doc about this if it exists.)
Thanks,
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since I played with this, but I recall that I lost
some formatting (especially since HTML is primitive).
Anyone want to write a real device for groff for "latex" (or even
lyx) output?
Jeremy C. Reed
Low cost press releases
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
I have an incomplete lyx document where the sections aren't being displayed.
And page numbers are displayed in middle of pages.
I chopped out everything but one chapter so you can review:
http://pilchuck.reedmedia.net/jeremy/tmp-iuc567v96y3/
e DVI file (it should probably be around ten
pages):
http://pilchuck.reedmedia.net/jeremy/tmp-iuc567v96y3/J.dvi
(15664 bytes)
Any ideas would be appreciated.
This is version 1.3.5.
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this is already available or if you have any suggestions, please let me
know.
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depth to -2 (and also to 0) and my
table of contents was correct, but then the numbering was gone within the
chapters too.
Both are found under Layout -> Document -> Numbering.
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e not numbered?
I tried searching for these but didn't find anything.
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t;
> still no File->Export->PDF and
> no File->Export->Postscript either ... ?
Did you do the Edit->Reconfigure (and then restart LyX)?
> > yourself by firing up lyx from a console window and hitting the
> > Edit->Reconfigure button. The output t
t beamer installed)
I found LyX examples in the lyx/examples/, solutions/conference-talks,
solutions/generic-talks and solutions/short-talks directories in the
latex-beamer-3.01 tarball.
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I am replying to two emails below:
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Jose' Matos wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 April 2005 17:15, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > I installed xcolor 2.00 and pgf-0.65 and latex-beamer-3.01 from
> > latex-beamer.sf.net.
>
> I have done this recently and I have us
menu? (Reading the 200+ page
beamer guide helps, but is slow.)
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I want to split up in cells with CTRL-Return, but
I can't insert that special character. Any ideas?
This is Pkgsrc package lyx-qt-1.3.5nb1 under NetBSD.
(These were not easy to search for. If I overlook a FAQ entry or docs,
please let me know.)
Thanks!
Jeremy C.
ction/chapter titles) needs to be included, but I don't find the
> reference off-hand. There are more experienced folks here who can help more
> than can I.
I think it is by using a #1 as I read in the fancyhdr.dvi documentation. I
just can't get it to work using the examples in t
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>
> > An example is from the Lyx User's Guide when printed at 6"x9":
> >
> > 14CHAPTER 2. LyX SETUP AND SUPPORTING APPLICATIONS
>
> > Is the best idea to fix t
nough on
blank pages. What do you think?
I am using LyX 1.3.4. (Now I think I should try newer or CVS version
before posting) The document class is book and the page style is
headings.
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o make a new
file.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Basically what I want is a document layout for a book that doesn't say
"Chapter" on each of my new chapters, but says "Session" instead. This is
used for courseware that I have been using for a couple years.
Thank
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Paul Smith wrote:
> > > I do have perl on my system, but locate relyx does not find relyx.
It is called "reLyX" -- notice the capital "L" and "X".
It could be installed under some share/lyx directory instead o
the latest LyX because it generates a new LyX
format.
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Paul Smith wrote:
> I am looking for tex2lyx, but I cannot find it. Could someone here
> please tell me where from can I download it?
It is available with the new lyx that is available via CVS.
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of time of
how many rows or items.
Anyone have any example of doing this?
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> > During the configure step of the instalation of lyx, the scripts
> > deleted my /dev/null. How can I reconstruct it? Somebody could
> > help-me?
How do you know it was caused by the lyx configuration?
Can you show us how it can be repeated
port the tex.)
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gin quotes.
Some use a tinted or gray box, or have a box outline.
Any suggestions on how I should do this?
Any latex code or lyx examples?
Thank you,
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gestions on how to get lyx to open any other formats other than
plain text? (I don't know noweb yet.)
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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> I found some instructions on internet saying to use "File->Import" but I
> don't see LaTeX or tex as import options. It just has "Ascii Text as
I fixed that by running "Edit->Reconfigure". This is
81.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/pkg/bin/reLyX line 78,
line 1881.
Exited due to fatal Error!
Any suggestions on how to import some tex files?
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-pruN on the
two directories to see where.
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2.)
Thank you,
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at the dvi document is letter size (and not my custom size).
I have gv-3.5.8nb3 (installed via NetBSD pkgsrc). gs is
ghostscript-esp-7.05.5.
Any ideas on how to fix this (or troubleshoot)?
Thank you,
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long time since I have
to type in file names, chop out un-nneded content, and do this many times.
Any ideas?
I am using LyX Version 1.1.6fix5 (installed via NetBSD pkgsrc). If this is
in the documentation, please point me to it.
Thank you,
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ntent could be highlighted and there was a
button to toggle \invisible on and off.
Thanks again.
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote:
> I don't have a command 'fc-cache' either. What's that?
It is from font-config. It is a tool for discovering fonts and creating an
index of FreeType fonts.
http://fontconfig.org/
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nting of that special content.
If this doesn't exist, is there a place to submit feature requests? Or
should I discuss on the -devel list?
(Or where in the code should I begin looking?)
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uctors versions.
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Mirco Dunker wrote:
> is there any way to delete the auto set date under the titel?
I click on "Layout" and then "LaTeX Preamble...". And in the pop-up window
I enter:
\date{}
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serve the formatting that uses spaces or tabs. (For
example, the "Capacity" and the "0%" should be lined up above.)
Any suggestions on how I can include tab or space formatted text in my
books and handouts?
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odd pages?
Is there a way to place crop marks so the printer can know where to cut
the papers?
The drop down has many choices like: Addchap, Addsec, minisec, Extratitle.
Where are all these explained?
I sure like the LyX footnotes, indexing, and table of contents tools.
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if the margin
fields showed the default settings for the class.)
Manually formatting a letter only takes a few moments. Hopefully, I can
learn to save a few seconds by using LyX.
Thanks,
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ted in the LyX file for my tri-fold brochure, let me
know. I'll make it available via http.)
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>
> > How can I see a grid or ruler in centimeters or inches of my viewed
> > output?
> > Any ideas on how I can view my LyX output with a ruler so I can make sure
> > my margins and columns li
and suggestions.
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Also, my manual page for gv doesn't indicate any ruler or grid.
Any ideas on how I can view my LyX output with a ruler so I can make sure
my margins and columns line up for my tri-fold brochure?
Any other tools I can use that provide a ruler or a good grid?
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priate for LyX, but can anyone point me to
any other ideas for easily creating tri-fold brochures?
Has anyone easily made a tri-fold brochure with LyX (or LaTeX)?
Thanks,
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es".
I am currently using LyX Version 1.1.6fix1 (via NetBSD package).
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? (I'll look at google ...)
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ex.)
If this information is already covered in documentation or FAQ, please
point me to it.
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