On 08/31/2016 03:48 PM, Joon Ro wrote:
Hi,
I have been using LyX 2.2.1 for a while, and I found the following two
issues:
1. Saving a document frequently gives me an error saying that it
failed to move the temporary copy to the original one. I end up
getting multiple temporary files
On 08/30/2016 10:46 AM, Ron Stone wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone successfully used bashful with LyX. I load the package:
\usepackage{bashful}
and then add a simple test as ERT:
\bash[stdout]
ls -F ~/Documents
\END
But I get the following error:
\END
^^M
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop m
Scott Kostyshak lyx.org> writes:
I assume when you say "on a tab" you mean on the tab header.
>
> 1a. What do you *expect* to happen if you middle-click on a tab?
The universe to implode (the Big Un-Bang?).
> 1b. What do you think *should* happen?
Nothing. If I middle-clicked on a tab, it was
Stephen GEORGE optusnet.com.au> writes:
>
> So if I may ask
> 1) \paperwidth & \paperheight define the page as the printer sees it?
> 2) and landscape and portrait defines to latex how to print the
> text on that page?
Essentially, yes. If I specify a paper height of 11" and a paper
Buenas Noticias telefonica.net> writes:
>
> Hi all:
>
> How can I install in lyx-2.2.0 the EB Garamond typography, that it does
> not come installed by default?. I test some tips to include in the
> preamble of document, but do not work.
>
> Some idea
>
Do you have the EB Garamond install
Charlie ipstarmail.com.au> writes:
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:29:55 + (UTC) "Paul A.Rubin rubin msu.edu"
> informed me of this:
>
> > Can you post a minimal example of this (both .lyx and .pdf
> files)?
>
> Quickly did this as I had time, but previously only did in full pag
Charlie ipstarmail.com.au> writes:
>
> Trying to write a document in landscape mode, but when I convert it to
> a .pdf file with Okular.
>
> It presents with portrait and runs off the right of the page. Even if I
> specify the custom height and width of the pages.
>
Can you post a minimal ex
Derek Lamb boulder.swri.edu> writes:
> Instead, I quickly found the Mac page on the Lyx wiki
> (https://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac) and followed the instructions there for "On
> screen quality of included PDF files", namely defining a new converter to use
> the Mac's builtin "sips" function (of whi
You might try the following. Prepare a tiny test document with one of the
offending images, and nothing else, to minimize the amount of output through
which you will wade.
Open a terminal and run the command "lyx -dbg graphics", which should open
LyX while spewing a bunch of stuff to the terminal
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> Synaptic of my Debian Jessie proposes lyx2.1.2-2 as the newest version,
> that was the reason I installed first lyx2.2.0rc1 and later lyx2.2.0.
> dpkg-query -s lyx: Paket »lyx« not installed and no information
> available. I think I will leave lyx
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> To remove the
> lyx-latestdev (=Lyx-2.2.0rc1), should I use
> sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove lyx ?
I'd be careful with that; it might remove the wrong version (or nothing). If
you have Synaptic installed, I'd recommend opening that, searching for
Wolfgang,
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> Thanks a lot, Paul. This is ok now for my Kubuntu.
> I found it also in my Debian, but at different places and showing that
> my lyx installation(s) are a mess:
> toolbar-toggle_math.svgz is found at
>
> usr/local/share/lyx-latestdev/im
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> Found it on my Ubuntu, not yet on debian (which doesn't matter, can copy
> it).
> However, there are quite a lot of icons, most of them as .svgz.
> I am looking for math-tools on/off (in german: mathe-werkzeugleiste
> an/aus) which looks like the
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
>
> >> I would like to use some of the Icons of the LyX menu. Where do I find
them?
> >>
> > What OS?
> >
> Debian
On Ubuntu and Mint, they're in /usr/share/lyx/images, so they might be there
on Debian as well. If not, try running "dpkg-query -L lyx-
Have you tried running top in a terminal while this is happening, to see if
anything is hogging the CPU? I've had occasional episodes of sluggishness on
Linux Mint (not with LyX, though) that appeared to be the result of the
Cinnamon desktop environment having a conniption about something. Maybe to
racoon gmx.de> writes:
>
> Thanks. That seems to work. I have included it in a module.
>
I took the module for a test drive, and it seems to work fine. If you're
willing to contribute it, you might start by posting it on the Modules page
of the wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Modules) and pe
John Perry usm.edu> writes:
> The one thing I don’t like is that I had to make the menu shortcut in the
menu. Is there a way to specify this in
> the layout file?
You can put it in a bind file. Steps to implement:
1. If necessary, check Tools > Preferences > Editing > Shortcuts > Bind
file t
Rich Shepard appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
>Again, the environment is LyX-2.2.0 on Slackware-14.1
>
>The current presentation has several slides with two minipages: the left
> one with text and the right one with a figure (see attached). I spend a lot
> of time trying to get both centered
Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes:
> I can confirm that I had a similar problem when trying to edit a file
> made some time ago. In the end I gave up and remade it from scratch.
>
> Anthony
>
Did you by any chance file a bug report on it? If not, and you remember the
details, I think the
Rich,
>
>I've done this. With the Standard environment the increased depth icon (to
> center the figure) only adds a Frame environment to the left of the figure.
>
>I have found some work-arounds so I'm able to add frames and continue with
> the presentation (a 45-minute one a week from t
Rich Shepard appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2016, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > I'm continuing to prepare the slides for a presentation and have just
> > inserted a figure on one slide. Now I want to create a new slide, but Alt-p
> > shift-Enter does not work and the Edit menu does no
racoon gmx.de> writes:
> Unfortunately, the absolutelynotpagebreak environment does not work
> either. Sometimes it just leaves have a page blank before the
> environment even though it is only three lines that are kept together...
> Maybe someone has another idea?
Not sure this will be any
Rich Shepard appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
>That's correct. By setting the column width of the cell I want to span two
> lines to a length that accommodates the text on each line then I have a
> narrow cell with two lines of column heading text.
>
> > Let's say I have two columns and join the
Rich Shepard appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
>The pattern I used to use back in the early Pleistocene was to place
> single column headings on the bottom row when other columns had multiple
> rows. Doing this in LyX using the embedded \linebreak is not working.
>
>Has table typesetting chang
F M Salter blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>
> I had a table, with no apparent problems, but with vertical
> separators. Publication requires a formal table!
> I have not found any way to set up a heading layout other than what
> is essentially the default.
> Setting up
F M Salter blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
> Hi
> I am attaching a small table which produces erroneous output.
>
> 1. mathematical symbol m in headings
> 2. non-alignment of decimal points
>
> Any suggestions?
>
The second problem is easily fixed: enter the numbers in the table
Kiuhnm gmail.com> writes:
>
> I came up with a (not so clean) solution:
>
Try replacing everything between \begin_body and \end_body with the
following and see if it looks right:
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Formula
\begin{alignat*}{3}
H(Z) & \leq\mathbb{E}_{Z}\lceil I(Z)\rceil & &
Kiuhnm gmail.com> writes:
> I'm using Lyx 2.1.4. I'd like to write a bunch of inequalities with an
> \iff on the right side. The inequalities should be centered, like this:
> <=>
> <=>
> <...>
Does the appended LyX file do what you want? I used the alignat environment,
and increased the numbe
On 05/30/2016 05:02 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
> Not sure if it's related, but when I tried to update from Liv's (stable) PPA
> on a Mint Rebecca machine (based on Ubuntu 14.04), the update failed with a
> message that it was attempting to overwrite an icon file. Why that would be
> a problem I
Mario D gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Perhaps you can repost your example, between pre and /pre tags?
> Paul
>
> Paul, sorry you couldn't see the proper formatting. I repost the formula
with the tags inside the formula, so it should be clear A \frac{1}{2} B + C
\left(1+1\right) D = 2.
Julio Rojas gmail.com> writes:
>
> I am on 14.04 and a problem appear in the automatic updater, asking me to
apt-get install -f on a console, which apparently run fine. Any idea on what
happened?
Not sure if it's related, but when I tried to update from Liv's (stable) PPA
on a Mint Rebecca mach
Mario,
Mario D gmail.com> writes:
> Paul,
>
> surely I do not demand to lyx to recognize addends in a formula like "y =
x + 2z". Maybe I can explain better myself with an example, so please let me
write a formula with a few markers for the cursor position.
>
> Consider \frac{1}{2} + \left
Mario D gmail.com> writes:
> What I can't get used to is what happens when I am inside a (big) formula.
Namely, if I use ctrl+arrow I go to to the end (or beginning, depending the
arrow) of the formula, which is the same that I get using the Home/End keys.
On the contrary, with ctrl+arrow I woul
Joel,
If you decide proselint is useful, it would be worth mentioning in the user
list. Maybe someone could hack a converter script to facilitate running it
against a LyX document.
Paul
--
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Bob Alvarez hotmail.com> writes:
> Is there any software tool that finds common mistakes in writing beyond
spelling errors? I mean things like repeated words, homonym substitutions
such as their/there, lose/loose, which/that confusion, etc?
I have not tried it myself, but perhaps proselint (http
Sanford,
Please keep the conversation on the list, in case others have the same question.
I have the Beamer resume enumerate module installed with LyX 2.1.4. IIRC,
the module did not ship with this version of LyX, so I had to download it
from the Wiki modules page (http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Mod
Is the purpose here to number enumerated items consecutively across a frame
boundary? If so, and if you have a recent version of LyX, you just need to
go to Document > Settings > Modules and add the module "Beamer Resumable
Enumerate". Then use the usual enumerate environment on the first slide and
Jürgen Lange unitybox.de> writes:
>
> Chktex is now part of Miktex for Windows. The name of the package is
> "miktex-chktex-base". I've installed this package in Miktex. I want to use
> chktex in Lyx, but I don't find an instruction for it on Lyx webpage. Can
> anyone give my an instructio
Anders Host-Madsen yahoo.com> writes:
> I have tried this method. I figured out how to write scripts and put the
formats
> into LyX, and how to debug LyX. But LyX just will not run my script. I
> get the message
>
> 14:15:31.593: The process failed to start. Either the
> invoked program is mi
Anders Host-Madsen yahoo.com> writes:
>
> This sounds a little challenging. By script, you mean a unix shell script?
> One challenge
> is that you don't quite know how many time to run pdflatex. I guess usually
> pdflatex, bibtext, pdflatex, pdflatex would work.
>
>
Yes, this is what I meant,
Anders Host-Madsen yahoo.com> writes:
> It seems I can only run one of the exports. Too bad. My idea
> was that if you always save pdf and latex, you can
> view the pdf on platforms that do not have LyX, and
> edit the LaTeX. My main usage scenario would be
> an iPad, but it could also apply if y
Anders Host-Madsen yahoo.com> writes:
>
> Is there a way to make LyX automatically save the LaTeX version of a document
> every time the LyX document is saved?
>
You can write a custom macro that chains the buffer-write and buffer-export
LFUNs and bind it to some key combination. Then you need
Roger Martz lanl.gov> writes:
>
> In the Lyx User's Guide (July 17, 2006) on page 31 at the bottom it is
> stated (and I'm paraphrasing) that the width of the label in Description
> lists can be changed via the Edit . Paragraph Settings dialog and the
> Label width text box. After selecting
color{lightgray}, I think
you get what you want. (Cf. http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Tables#toc6)
Paul
On 12/20/2015 04:03 PM, Pedro Neves wrote:
On 20-12-2015 20:29, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Most likely you are inserting the ERT in the designated
row in a place that offends LaTeX's sensibilities. If you
I am unable to reproduce the problem here (LyX 2.1.4 on Linux Mint 17.2);
the document compiles correctly (with a gray table row) the first time, with
no error messages. Most likely you are inserting the ERT in the designated
row in a place that offends LaTeX's sensibilities. If you can post a mini
Franci Žižek gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi
>
> Can someone give me a hint how I could create a different equation numbering
> variant?
>
> Currently all my equations are numbered like: (2.3.2)
>
> For some select equations I would like this to change to: (2.3.3)Δ
> The counting is continuous, som
> in a two-column document I want to have a vertical space in one of the
> two columns and not across the page.
> How might that be achieved?
Doesn't inserting a vertical space (Insert > Formatting > Vertical Space
...) work?
Can you post a minimal (two PDF pages), self-contained LyX file where this
happens? If you need images to reproduce the problem, please include those
as well.
Paul
Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes:
>
> ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document
> classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to
> something wrong with the Freebsd implementation of lyx. It's not a
> disaster because I have other machines on w
Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes:
>
> I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd.
>
> I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find
> beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xcolor.sty, xxcolor.sty.
>
> In fact, all these are on the system. I've tried reconfiguring l
Patrick Dupre gmx.com> writes:
>
> That way it works. Why do I need to use a minipage envirnoment while
> \begin{center}
> \includegraphics[]...
> \end{center}
>
> woks fine?
>
Beats me. Something about the way the overprint environment is defined, I
suppose. Perhaps Jürgen will answer that.
Patrick Dupre gmx.com> writes:
>
> Sorry, but in my case, in overprint environment, when I highlight the
> picture for example, I cannot switch to center. This is not an option
> of paragraph setting like it should. I can only unstick/stick the indent
> paragraph. That is all!
> Why?
I cannot
Patrick Dupre gmx.com> writes:
> > >
> > > I cannot have a centered picture in overprint (beamer) environment!
> > > Is there a tips?
> > >
> > Centered horizontally or centered vertically?
> >
> Horizontally
Works for me if I surround it with a parbox. I'm attaching a small example
(using on
>
> I cannot have a centered picture in overprint (beamer) environment!
> Is there a tips?
>
Centered horizontally or centered vertically?
Anders Host-Madsen yahoo.com> writes:
>
> How can you put an align or align* environment inside a table?
> There seems to be some pure latex solutions, i.e., using
> tabularx instead of tabular or aligned instead of align
> (I haven't tried), but they appear to be incompatible with lyx.
You ca
Aline Gautrein googlemail.com> writes:
Try the following:
1. Right click in the header of each column containing graphics, click
More... > Settings..., and set the width to something appropriate. (Do not
set the width of the first column.)
2. In each column with images (but, again, not the firs
John Kane gmail.com> writes:
> Unfortunately this means installing a lot of software on a relatively new
Windows 7 OS rather than sticking with my normal Ubuntu 14.04 (sob) and I am
trying to get things to look as normal as possible in Windows.
>
Have you considered installing a live version of
Scott Kostyshak lyx.org> writes:
> OK. Do you have any thoughts (don't worry if not) on the idea of
> "start a new frame regardless of the context"? Currently I do the
> following:
>
> command-alternatives environment-split outer; environment-split; layout Frame
>
FWIW, I did the following (wh
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> I am familiar with LyX and the placement and use of floats such as figures.
> My question concerns the placement of the label (for cross referencing
> the text to the figure) in the ERT representing the tikz figure and its
> further description. P
Ian gmail.com> writes:
> So, I guess I need to reinstall my LyX.
> Does anyone else have any suggestion before I do so?
First, does this happen only with this document, with other documents that
contain TiKZ/PGF code (but not necessarily plots), or with all docs?
Second, after you get the mes
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> By the way, I am very interested in using tikz, since the
> code is included in the LyX files. Could you suggest an easy
> tutorial for it?
Wolfgang,
The "TiKZ and PGF Manual", which is bundled with the pgf packages, is
exceptionally w
Michael Berger online.de> writes:
> >> I followed the procedure described in LyX's Help > Specific Manuals >
> >> Beamer which says to set up an article first and than produce the handout.
If your intent is to produce a set of slide images in a PDF document, you do
not need the article. You can
Possibly a silly question, but just to rule it out: if you right click a
local .lyx file in either Thunar or Nautilus, does it open properly?
Occasionally I get a file association linked to a .desktop file that invokes
the application without passing it a file name. If that's the case for you,
it s
The following applies to LyX 2.1 and later -- slight differences (I think)
for earlier versions.
Start a new paragraph and set the environment to "Frame" (in the "Frames"
section of the environment list). Fill in the slide title.
Start a new paragraph and set the environment to "Only" (in the "Ov
Patrick Dupre gmx.com> writes:
> I can have: \column{.49\texwidth}
> But then, what I type goes into \column{}
> If I make a return then I leave the column and go back to depth 1
> How can I stay in the column (standard in depth 2?
Use "increase depth" after hitting Enter. The tool bar button lo
I can't say anything useful about fonts (other than that a friend of mine
will hunt you down and hurt you if you use Comic Sans).
Two versions of LyX sharing the same version of MiKTeX is no problem. Having
two versions of MiKTeX coexist is slightly tricky. Bear in mind that when
any program (incl
On 08/11/2014 02:45 AM, Jane Shevtsov wrote:
On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Paul A. Rubin <mailto:ru...@msu.edu>> wrote:
1. How are you generating the PDFs (pdflatex, dvipdfm, ...)?
I'm using pdflatex.
2. How are you configured to convert SVGs? Plea
Jane Shevtsov gmail.com> writes:
> I am running LyX 2.1.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 and am running into a problem with
SVG images. These images show up fine in LyX itself, but when I export a
PDF, the images have a black background instead of a white one, which makes
them illegible. (The same images worked
This typically indicates that the Beamer LaTeX package is either not
installed or not properly on the LaTeX search path. Have you installed it
under MiKTeX (assuming that's what you are using)?
I don't have ready access to a Windows partition with LyX 2.1 any more, so
I'm winging this a bit. I noticed your path to lyx.exe contained "cygdrive":
> $ /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/LyX\ 2.1/bin/lyx.exe -x reconfigure
By any chance does that mean you have LyX installed on a machine runn
works just fine
with them loaded both inside and outside TikZ environment as long as
I load the AMS package manually. Excellent.
Thanks to both of you.
On Friday, February 28, 2014 2:28:18 PM, Paul A. Rubin
wrote:
Besides stripping out the package loads mentioned by Jürgen, I had to
Besides stripping out the package loads mentioned by Jürgen, I had to switch
AMSMath (Document > Settings > Math Options) from automatic to manual load
(because the \dfrac command, which requires it, is in ERT). Once I did that,
the document compiled.
Paul
Rob Saunders innervision-design.co.uk> writes:
>
> I'm using the lyx "file input" control to input a child.lyx
> document within a master foo.lyx
> The child is being worked on and updated elswhere.
> The only way I can get the master, foo.pdf,
> output to find changes in the child.lyx is to re
Rich Shepard appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2014, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> > All the figures and tables are correctly numbered, and all the
> > references to subfigures in the text are correct. References to the one
> > pair of subt
Richard,
Thanks for the explanation. I thought of the bump up/bump down idea, but
laziness outweighed preference for captions on the bottom. :-)
Paul
On 02/17/2014 10:14 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
On 02/17/2014 04:39 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
I ran into a rather odd problem today, and I was
I ran into a rather odd problem today, and I was wondering if it is a known
issue with subfloats. I have a paper (AMS article class) in which I have
several figures with subfigures and several tables, one of which (Table 6)
has two subtables. I created these the usual LyX way (inserting floats
insi
I ran into a similar problem in the past and cured it by editing the Windows
command path to move Cygwin after LyX.
Paul
Try putting \addtocounter{framenumber}{-1} in the title of the slide (in a
TeX inset), either before or after the actual title text.
Paul
Can you post a *minimal* example where this happens? I suspect that, in
addition to deleting most text and graphics, you can probably leave the
table floats empty.
Paul
If you add \addtocounter{framenumber}{-1} in a TeX inset (formerly known as
ERT) in the body of each instructor-only slide, the student slides will be
numbered as you wish. This will not prevent the instructor slides from
displaying slide numbers; it will just prevent those numbers for advancing.
S
Thanks for the links, Jurgen.
Paul
Jürgen Spitzmüller lyx.org> writes:
> Note, though, that BibTeX (or Biblatex) can only parse the name properly
without any braces, and if it given in one of the following three
forms:"First von Last"
> "von Last, First""von Last, Jr, First"
Jürgen,
By "parse properly", do you mean that the use
I think I would have entered it into JabRef as
H. O. {de la Iglesia} and T. Cambras ...
or possibly
{H. O.} {de la Iglesia} and T. Cambras ...
(although I think the braces around the initials are unnecessary).
Paul
Are you trying to change the document class of (a copy of) the tutorial
file? If so, the messages you are getting are to be expected. Not every
document class supports every environment known to (some) other document
classes. For instance, I just opened an old slide show (Beamer document
class) and
I think you want to insert cross-references with the Format: box set to
"formatted reference". See section 6.1 of the User Guide for details.
Paul
You could put the document under version control, with provisional changes
in branch, and release only trunk.
Paul
Assuming you intend instances of Application to be numbered, you could edit
some or all of the theorem-related modules, adding a new theorem type named
"Application" (along with a separate counter for it). The various
theorem-related modules differ partly in how large a variety of theorem-like
envi
What Richard said applies to me as well.
As for LyX-specific packages, if they are shipped with LyX I think the best
approach would be to store them somewhere in the LyX directory tree and add
that folder to the TeX search list. (I think Uwe's Windows installer does
that, although I've been off Wi
In case you missed it, have a look at
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/80614. You may need to
install some language packages from TeXLive.
Paul
Click in the header row, turn off multicolumn (table toolbar button), add
the columns, then select the header cells to merge and turn multicolumn back on.
Paul
Are you sure the graphics files have not been changed in any way? If so, can
you post one here?
Paul
pdfview (as used here) is a custom application designed to use the system
default reader while avoiding file lock problems. See
http://wiki.lyx.org/Devel/WindowsInstaller-pdfview for source. If it no
longer works, maybe someone should have a look at updating it.
Paul
I suspect your PDF viewer is Acrobat Reader, which has the unfortunate
(ill-conceived, misbegotten) habit of putting a write lock on a file while
displaying it. Option 1 is to switch to a different PDF viewer. (There are
several good few ones for Windows.) Option 2 is to change your "viewer" to a
s
Try updating your formats (MiKTeX settings application).
Paul
Which margins are violated, left/right or top/bottom? You can set the width
of a box in it's settings menu.
Paul
By the way, did you put the NoStyle directive before or after the point
where you load the theorem module? I was thinking after, but it would not
hurt to try both.
Paul
Was the problematic image created using the same software that created the
images that work?
Can you convert it to a JPG using, say, ImageMagick and, if so, does that
work in the DVI output?
Are there any non-ASCII characters in the file path, or any unusual (for a
file path) punctuation?
Paul
Steve Litt troubleshooters.com> writes:
>
> I don't grasp either. Perhaps he meant the Description environment,
> but that doesn't bring you much closer to your desired alignment than
> anything else.
>
Yes, sorry, I did mean Description (the analogous environment in HTML is
definition). I'm no
Definition environment?
Paul
You preceded "usepackage" with a backslash, right?
Did you install the package with the MiKTeX package manager, or manually? If
manually, did you update the file database?
Paul
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