Re: Professional and Scientific Writing Book
Rob Oakes rob.oa...@... writes: I'm currently working on a book which shows how professional and scientific writing can be done using purely open source tools. [snip] But are there other things that you would like to see? Since nobody has mentioned it ... scientific works mostly include a lot of figures - I am finished now with my thesis but I struggled immensely with the amount of large figures I had which messed up most of the layout - I practivally needed to fix every position of the figures (lots of ERTs). The requirement that the figures should be as close as possible to the first reference did not help as you can imagine. At times I was so frustrated I glanced at Word which makes this indeed easier. In fact I think I will use Word for future work - the amount of time is just not worth the superior look of Latex (however only text/math and a small number of figures is a totally different story). Moreover, scientific journal publishers mostly only except Word files ... So, how about a section giving tips on how to (strategically technically) proceed with large figures (typically exceeding the page borders but still A4) with the requirement that they should appear close the first reference ... Cheers -Ralf
Change page layout of ToC
Hi group, is there a simple way of changing the page layout of the ToC? Specifically I'd like to have a slightly larger page. If not, where is the script that generates the ToC? Couldn't find it ... Cheers -Ralf
Re: Change page layout of ToC
Ralf rsc...@... writes:
Hi group,
is there a simple way of changing the page layout of the ToC? Specifically I'd
like to have a slightly larger page.
This works:
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\enlargethispage{2ex}}
I put it in the section which need to have a larger page in the ToC
Cheers
-Ralf
Shortcut for 'update pdf'
Hi group, this should be easy, couldn't find it however in Tools-Preferences-Editing-Shortcuts: what is the keyboard shortcut for updating the pdf? (And for creating a pdf?) I saw the shortcuts for 'dvi' and 'ps' though ... Cheers -Ralf
Re: Figures on the page
Adrian Diaz aedmci...@... writes:
I want to put a figure (.jpg, eps, etc) at the top and on the left (or on
the rigth) corner on a page,
and below of the figure i want to write a title. Do you knonw how to do this
in Lyx ?
Do you know how to set the offset between the figure and the title?
Hi Adrián,
I'd do it with wrapfigure:
In the menu, go to [Insert]-[Float]-[Figure Wrap Float]
and then you do the usual like in any figure float - you can place the caption
above or below the figure...
The settings of Wrap (right click opens the menu) lets you place the figure on
the left or the right. Note that wrapfigure places the figure where you put it
and it doesn't float (unless specified)
Offset:
What do you mean with 'Title'? If you mean Caption, then I cannot help you, but
if you are thinking about Figure and the main text then you can do it with an
ugly hack:
\vspace{-0.5cm} for example lets the vertical offset shrink for half a
centimeter. But I'm sure there are much more elegant ways to do it...I just
don't know them...You would include the ugly hack with: [Insert]-[Tex
Code]-\vspace{-0.5cm}
p.s. the help files in Lyx has something to say about this all as well, so check
it out
Hope this helps
Cheers
-Ralf
About Lyx Error Messages
Dear Gurus, sometimes even in Lyx you do something wrong and you get an error message. Most of the time they are not very usefull - they simply indicate that something went wrong with a short excerpt of what caused the trouble - the excerpt however is not enough (for me at least) to find out what exactly went wrong and how to fix it. You always have to go bug-hunting... Maybe that is by choice of design to let the user chase it, but if TeXnicCenter can do it, I dare to say, Lyx can (should?) do it. TeXnicCenter let's you browse through the errors and puts you to the right place, which is very very helpfull. Is something like this planned in a future release or maybe it is already there and I just missed it? How do you people solve things like this? Cheers -Ralf
Export to Latex
Hi there, me again - somehow related to my previous post but this can be a separate question: when I export to plain Latex (when Bug-hunting) the exportation takes ages...okay I got a lot of high resolution PNGs in there - so I put all pictures in Draft mode...alas, this did not help and it seems Lyx still converts everything to EPS (?). Is there a way to export only the text,not the pictures...? Cheers -Ralf
Re: aux-file of lyx-run
Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@... writes: [snip] The reason is, that I have difficulties to localize the citation error, because even after taking out the offending citation lyx is still complaining about it. I have to close lyx and reopen it until I get the response after removing. I guessed, that the aux file is reused after a new run of lyx (without closing it down), and wanted to remove it therefore from the tmp-directory(ies). I am however, uncertain about it, since the last file which contains the citation error produces no tmp-directory. Hi Wolfgang, I don't have an answer for you but I would like to respond and say that I have the same difficulties with finding and solving errors in Lyx (see my other posts today) - even worse is the situation with BibTex and Lyx - there is none indication whatsoever where and how to fix it... I chased a citation error for more than an hour - closing Lyx and reopenening it did the trick; well that is not what I call a deterministic behaviour Anyway, what I do in these situations is that I export to Latex and work with TeXnicCenter where you have more options for error tracking. Still, Lyx is cool. Cheers -Ralf
Re: About Lyx Error Messages
Jürgen Spitzmüller juer...@... writes: How about a button that takes you to the Error message in the LaTeX log? Also, I am missing a search feature in the LaTeX log window. Ahh, big discovery for me - you can indeed browse through the errors. My apologies, I just did not recognize it, because the offending code was in the BibTex part: I copied the BibTex entry from a website and there was a (nonprintable?) character that caused the trouble. But, I concur, an option to jump to the error in the Log file would be swell! Thanks for the replies -Ralf
bibunits, bibtopic, chapterbib ?
Dear all, I searched the Wiki and this Newsgroup and I found some answers to the question of how to implement one of the packages bibunits, bibtopic or chapterbib. My questions: 1) since the information I found seems a bit old, is there any news of how to use these packages, in order to have a Reference-section in each Chapter? 2) what experiences you got with the packages and which do you recommend in terms of simple usage, no fuzz, quick to use ? (I don't need fancy so much, so simple but reliable will do...) I use 1.6.2 (will upgrade soon) on WinXP. Cheers! -Ralf
Re: Citation style is wrong!
Maximilian Melcher m...@... writes: [snip] In my document settings im using natbib with author-year selected. How can i change the styles of the references? Is that set in the style of the bibtex where i set dinat ? I tried to activate biblatex from here : http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex but that didnt work at all. Hi Maximilian, I tried the 'dinat' style and it works with Natbib for 1.6.2 - however I use plain old BibTex not BibLatex - are you sure you need BibLatex for your purpose? If you don't, well then stick to BibTex, that way you will get the citation style you want. If you need BibLatex on the other hand, then forget this post, I don't know anything about it ... As for the BibTex thing: [Insert]-[List/TOC]-[BibTex Bibliography] - Add your database - Choose your style Hope this helps -Ralf
Re: Shortcuts
Thomas Løcke thomas.granv...@... writes: I do though have one request for the coming versions of LyX: When you mouseover the various GUI buttons, how about adding the shortcut to the popup text, eg. CTRL + E for the Emphasis button? Indeed - that is a luxury I would like as well! Cheers -Ralf
Child-doc does not update crossrefs
Good news everyone! I'm at the last chapter of my thesis... Okay, the bad news is that when I am writing a child-document (via include, opened from within the master) the cross-refs to other chapters do not work ( it displays '?' for the crossrefs) Compiling the entire document works. Is this expected behaviour or am I missing something? Cheers -Ralf p.s. it's version 1.6.3 on WinXP
Re: bibunits, bibtopic, chapterbib ?
Jürgen Spitzmüller juer...@... writes: [snip] I have used both bibtopic and bibunits and found both easy to use. They differ conceptually, so your choice depends on what you need and on your personal workflow. Since I switched to biblatex now, I would probably use its capabilities to produce such bibliographies. If you are at the beginning of a project, considering biblatex is advised. It is not (yet) natively supported by LyX, but it can be used with some effort (cf. the wiki). Thanks Jürgen - I had a look at bibunits and it seems not so bad, maybe I'll try that one first...biblatex maybe for the next project, not now anyway. Cheers -Ralf
Re: Child-doc does not update crossrefs
Richard Heck rgh...@... writes: [snip] It sounds as if LyX doesn't know it's a child document. Have you set the Default Master Document in the child? right, that did the trick! Cheers -Ralf
Re: Problem with LyxLauncher
Robert Betz robert.b...@... writes: [snip] However, I seem to have one problem. If I open my files using the standard double click technique the figures will not open. I get the error: Error converting to loadable format. my situation is different, however, that error message looks familiar - I use PNG format and the error message occurs when changing the figure in an external editor while Lyx is still open. It does not bother me so much, since the pdf-output works just fine. And when re-opening Lyx the figures are there again. Cheers -Ralf
\enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Hi All,
how often do we need the \enlargethispage{\baselineskip} ?
Well, I use it quite a lot since I have a lot of large figures and sometimes I
just need an extra line to keep it all together.
Instead of typing the ERT each time, it would be fancy to have a button (and/or
shortcut) that includes it ... how do you folks think?
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Steve Litt sl...@... writes:
[snip]
I use \enlargethispage on my eBook book cover, but I really don't understand
it. What you said about keeping something all together sounded interesting,
because I know as figures start approaching 1/4 page in each length, ugly
spacing issues happen. Could you please explain the details of
\enlargethispage to all of us?
well, I am far from being a pro, but \enlargethispage simply does that: enlarge
the current page - from a latex documentation:
\enlargethispage{size}:
Enlarge the \textheight for the current page by the specified amount; e.g.
\enlargethispage{\baselineskip} will allow one additional line
\enlargethispage*{size}:
The starred form tries to squeeze the material together on the page as much as
possible. This is normally used together with an explicit \pagebreak
if you have a lot of large figures in a chapter (which i do) it can be difficult
to have them in the place where you would like them and also have a good looking
text - enlargethispage gives you an additional amount of freedom in that case,
so that the paragraph does not continue on the next page with only a few words
Cheers
-Ralf
\bind C-k font-noun
Okay, tried to edit the cua.bind file and failed. This I found #\bind C-k font-noun I got rid of the '#' and restarted Lyx, hoping that a C-k would toggle a noun, but alas, it didn't ... What magic is needed here to let a C-k toggle the noun ? Cheers -Ralf p.s. Lyx1.6.3 on WinXP and c:\Program Files\LyX 1.6.3\Resources\bind\cua.bind
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Guenter Milde mi...@... writes:
[snip]
On 2009-06-10, Ralf wrote:
how often do we need the \enlargethispage{\baselineskip} ?
I don't think this is widely used/needed by the general public.
+ yes, seems like it
How about creating this keybinding yourself?
+ Alright, probably worthwhile to get familiar with Macros sooner or later - but
probably later for me, no time ...
It should be something like
command-sequence; ert-insert; insert \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
[snip]
Make sure to document your solution, either in a follow up or (more
durable) in the LyX wiki at wiki.lyx.org.
ok
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: \bind C-k font-noun
Ralf ralf.sc...@... writes: [snip] #\bind C-k font-noun I got rid of the '#' and restarted Lyx, hoping that a C-k would toggle a noun, but alas, it didn't ... What magic is needed here to let a C-k toggle the noun ? a simple spell worked: instead of 'k' I used 'j': \bind C-j font-noun did the trick - I assume the \bind C-k clashes with something else, well ... Cheers -Ralf
Shortened Citations in Lyx-Editor
Small stuff: when having citations to more than one source, the citations inside the Lyx interface get shortened, for example (Natbib) (e.g. Hanneson, 1992; West and Macnae, 199... instead of the full citation: (e.g. Hanneson, 1992; West and Macnae, 1991, p.31) I would like to see the entire citation without always compiling (or clicking on it). Is this behaviour editable somewhere? Cheers -Ralf
Re: \bind C-k font-noun
Rich Shepard rshep...@... writes: [snip] Look in the preferences-short cuts menu to see all the bindings. I've found in the latest version that editing the bindings in the short cuts widget works better than directly editing the bind file. cheers mate! will do next time -ralf
Re: Shortened Citations in Lyx-Editor
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW v.f.vanraveste...@... writes: [snip] when having citations to more than one source, the citations inside the Lyx interface get shortened, for example (Natbib) You even get a tooltip by just holding your mouse over a citation (at least in 1.6.3). well yes, the tooltip shows the entire reference, not the citation as you would in the compiled document, isn't it? Cheers -Ralf
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Guenter Milde mi...@... writes:
[snip]
command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Right on Guenter - problem solved !
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: Off Topic: Database for citations?
Ralf Schaa ralf.sc...@... writes: Cool - Thanks both of you! Cheers
whitespaces visible
Hi all, is there an option to make whitespaces visible in the Lyx GUI? You know, similar as to 'show hidden text' in Word? Reason for this: often I overlook that there is a whitespace missing before and after citations and references. Cheers -Ralf
\limits bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
Hi, is it true that the \lim\limits problem is still there in 1.2.0? And even worse, now I can't even change the position of limits neither with the toolbar nor with M-m-l (it worked under 1.1.6). I use SuSE 8.0 and downloaded the corresponding RPM file. I renamed my .lyx directory, so I started version 1.2.0 from scratch. What is the problem? (I guess it must be a problem with my installation). By the way, can't we have a switch that tells lyx to place the limits above and below the symbol in inline formulas (like intlimits in amsmath for displayed formulas)? Ralf
Re: \limits bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 12:22:16PM +0200, Ralf wrote:
is it true that the \lim\limits problem is still there in 1.2.0?
What '\lim\limits problem'?
The \limits command is not saved. When you write something like
\lim\limits _{x\rightarrow\infinity}
in inline formulas the subscript will be under the \lim. When you save the
file an reopen it, the \limits is gone, so that the subscript will be
displayed like usual subscripts (e.g. like in $x_{i}$). This applies only to
inline formulas.
What is the problem? (I guess it must be a problem with my installation).
By the way, can't we have a switch that tells lyx to place the limits
above and below the symbol in inline formulas (like intlimits in
amsmath for displayed formulas)?
This does not sound impossible, but 'up-down-stuff' is still nasty...
What exactly does '\intlimis' do?
When you use \intlimits as an option for amsmath, integral limits in displayed
formulas are put below and above the integral sign as a default, so you don't
have to use \limits at all. I regard this as a matter of style. If one uses
\limits in inline formulas once, it would be strange not to use it always.
That's why I suggest having the option to do so as a default would be very
nice.
Ralf
Re: Professional and Scientific Writing Book
Rob Oakes rob.oa...@... writes: I'm currently working on a book which shows how professional and scientific writing can be done using purely open source tools. [snip] But are there other things that you would like to see? Since nobody has mentioned it ... scientific works mostly include a lot of figures - I am finished now with my thesis but I struggled immensely with the amount of large figures I had which messed up most of the layout - I practivally needed to fix every position of the figures (lots of ERTs). The requirement that the figures should be as close as possible to the first reference did not help as you can imagine. At times I was so frustrated I glanced at Word which makes this indeed easier. In fact I think I will use Word for future work - the amount of time is just not worth the superior look of Latex (however only text/math and a small number of figures is a totally different story). Moreover, scientific journal publishers mostly only except Word files ... So, how about a section giving tips on how to (strategically technically) proceed with large figures (typically exceeding the page borders but still A4) with the requirement that they should appear close the first reference ... Cheers -Ralf
Change page layout of ToC
Hi group, is there a simple way of changing the page layout of the ToC? Specifically I'd like to have a slightly larger page. If not, where is the script that generates the ToC? Couldn't find it ... Cheers -Ralf
Re: Change page layout of ToC
Ralf rsc...@... writes:
Hi group,
is there a simple way of changing the page layout of the ToC? Specifically I'd
like to have a slightly larger page.
This works:
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\enlargethispage{2ex}}
I put it in the section which need to have a larger page in the ToC
Cheers
-Ralf
Shortcut for 'update pdf'
Hi group, this should be easy, couldn't find it however in Tools-Preferences-Editing-Shortcuts: what is the keyboard shortcut for updating the pdf? (And for creating a pdf?) I saw the shortcuts for 'dvi' and 'ps' though ... Cheers -Ralf
Re: Figures on the page
Adrian Diaz aedmci...@... writes:
I want to put a figure (.jpg, eps, etc) at the top and on the left (or on
the rigth) corner on a page,
and below of the figure i want to write a title. Do you knonw how to do this
in Lyx ?
Do you know how to set the offset between the figure and the title?
Hi Adrián,
I'd do it with wrapfigure:
In the menu, go to [Insert]-[Float]-[Figure Wrap Float]
and then you do the usual like in any figure float - you can place the caption
above or below the figure...
The settings of Wrap (right click opens the menu) lets you place the figure on
the left or the right. Note that wrapfigure places the figure where you put it
and it doesn't float (unless specified)
Offset:
What do you mean with 'Title'? If you mean Caption, then I cannot help you, but
if you are thinking about Figure and the main text then you can do it with an
ugly hack:
\vspace{-0.5cm} for example lets the vertical offset shrink for half a
centimeter. But I'm sure there are much more elegant ways to do it...I just
don't know them...You would include the ugly hack with: [Insert]-[Tex
Code]-\vspace{-0.5cm}
p.s. the help files in Lyx has something to say about this all as well, so check
it out
Hope this helps
Cheers
-Ralf
About Lyx Error Messages
Dear Gurus, sometimes even in Lyx you do something wrong and you get an error message. Most of the time they are not very usefull - they simply indicate that something went wrong with a short excerpt of what caused the trouble - the excerpt however is not enough (for me at least) to find out what exactly went wrong and how to fix it. You always have to go bug-hunting... Maybe that is by choice of design to let the user chase it, but if TeXnicCenter can do it, I dare to say, Lyx can (should?) do it. TeXnicCenter let's you browse through the errors and puts you to the right place, which is very very helpfull. Is something like this planned in a future release or maybe it is already there and I just missed it? How do you people solve things like this? Cheers -Ralf
Export to Latex
Hi there, me again - somehow related to my previous post but this can be a separate question: when I export to plain Latex (when Bug-hunting) the exportation takes ages...okay I got a lot of high resolution PNGs in there - so I put all pictures in Draft mode...alas, this did not help and it seems Lyx still converts everything to EPS (?). Is there a way to export only the text,not the pictures...? Cheers -Ralf
Re: aux-file of lyx-run
Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@... writes: [snip] The reason is, that I have difficulties to localize the citation error, because even after taking out the offending citation lyx is still complaining about it. I have to close lyx and reopen it until I get the response after removing. I guessed, that the aux file is reused after a new run of lyx (without closing it down), and wanted to remove it therefore from the tmp-directory(ies). I am however, uncertain about it, since the last file which contains the citation error produces no tmp-directory. Hi Wolfgang, I don't have an answer for you but I would like to respond and say that I have the same difficulties with finding and solving errors in Lyx (see my other posts today) - even worse is the situation with BibTex and Lyx - there is none indication whatsoever where and how to fix it... I chased a citation error for more than an hour - closing Lyx and reopenening it did the trick; well that is not what I call a deterministic behaviour Anyway, what I do in these situations is that I export to Latex and work with TeXnicCenter where you have more options for error tracking. Still, Lyx is cool. Cheers -Ralf
Re: About Lyx Error Messages
Jürgen Spitzmüller juer...@... writes: How about a button that takes you to the Error message in the LaTeX log? Also, I am missing a search feature in the LaTeX log window. Ahh, big discovery for me - you can indeed browse through the errors. My apologies, I just did not recognize it, because the offending code was in the BibTex part: I copied the BibTex entry from a website and there was a (nonprintable?) character that caused the trouble. But, I concur, an option to jump to the error in the Log file would be swell! Thanks for the replies -Ralf
bibunits, bibtopic, chapterbib ?
Dear all, I searched the Wiki and this Newsgroup and I found some answers to the question of how to implement one of the packages bibunits, bibtopic or chapterbib. My questions: 1) since the information I found seems a bit old, is there any news of how to use these packages, in order to have a Reference-section in each Chapter? 2) what experiences you got with the packages and which do you recommend in terms of simple usage, no fuzz, quick to use ? (I don't need fancy so much, so simple but reliable will do...) I use 1.6.2 (will upgrade soon) on WinXP. Cheers! -Ralf
Re: Citation style is wrong!
Maximilian Melcher m...@... writes: [snip] In my document settings im using natbib with author-year selected. How can i change the styles of the references? Is that set in the style of the bibtex where i set dinat ? I tried to activate biblatex from here : http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex but that didnt work at all. Hi Maximilian, I tried the 'dinat' style and it works with Natbib for 1.6.2 - however I use plain old BibTex not BibLatex - are you sure you need BibLatex for your purpose? If you don't, well then stick to BibTex, that way you will get the citation style you want. If you need BibLatex on the other hand, then forget this post, I don't know anything about it ... As for the BibTex thing: [Insert]-[List/TOC]-[BibTex Bibliography] - Add your database - Choose your style Hope this helps -Ralf
Re: Shortcuts
Thomas Løcke thomas.granv...@... writes: I do though have one request for the coming versions of LyX: When you mouseover the various GUI buttons, how about adding the shortcut to the popup text, eg. CTRL + E for the Emphasis button? Indeed - that is a luxury I would like as well! Cheers -Ralf
Child-doc does not update crossrefs
Good news everyone! I'm at the last chapter of my thesis... Okay, the bad news is that when I am writing a child-document (via include, opened from within the master) the cross-refs to other chapters do not work ( it displays '?' for the crossrefs) Compiling the entire document works. Is this expected behaviour or am I missing something? Cheers -Ralf p.s. it's version 1.6.3 on WinXP
Re: bibunits, bibtopic, chapterbib ?
Jürgen Spitzmüller juer...@... writes: [snip] I have used both bibtopic and bibunits and found both easy to use. They differ conceptually, so your choice depends on what you need and on your personal workflow. Since I switched to biblatex now, I would probably use its capabilities to produce such bibliographies. If you are at the beginning of a project, considering biblatex is advised. It is not (yet) natively supported by LyX, but it can be used with some effort (cf. the wiki). Thanks Jürgen - I had a look at bibunits and it seems not so bad, maybe I'll try that one first...biblatex maybe for the next project, not now anyway. Cheers -Ralf
Re: Child-doc does not update crossrefs
Richard Heck rgh...@... writes: [snip] It sounds as if LyX doesn't know it's a child document. Have you set the Default Master Document in the child? right, that did the trick! Cheers -Ralf
Re: Problem with LyxLauncher
Robert Betz robert.b...@... writes: [snip] However, I seem to have one problem. If I open my files using the standard double click technique the figures will not open. I get the error: Error converting to loadable format. my situation is different, however, that error message looks familiar - I use PNG format and the error message occurs when changing the figure in an external editor while Lyx is still open. It does not bother me so much, since the pdf-output works just fine. And when re-opening Lyx the figures are there again. Cheers -Ralf
\enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Hi All,
how often do we need the \enlargethispage{\baselineskip} ?
Well, I use it quite a lot since I have a lot of large figures and sometimes I
just need an extra line to keep it all together.
Instead of typing the ERT each time, it would be fancy to have a button (and/or
shortcut) that includes it ... how do you folks think?
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Steve Litt sl...@... writes:
[snip]
I use \enlargethispage on my eBook book cover, but I really don't understand
it. What you said about keeping something all together sounded interesting,
because I know as figures start approaching 1/4 page in each length, ugly
spacing issues happen. Could you please explain the details of
\enlargethispage to all of us?
well, I am far from being a pro, but \enlargethispage simply does that: enlarge
the current page - from a latex documentation:
\enlargethispage{size}:
Enlarge the \textheight for the current page by the specified amount; e.g.
\enlargethispage{\baselineskip} will allow one additional line
\enlargethispage*{size}:
The starred form tries to squeeze the material together on the page as much as
possible. This is normally used together with an explicit \pagebreak
if you have a lot of large figures in a chapter (which i do) it can be difficult
to have them in the place where you would like them and also have a good looking
text - enlargethispage gives you an additional amount of freedom in that case,
so that the paragraph does not continue on the next page with only a few words
Cheers
-Ralf
\bind C-k font-noun
Okay, tried to edit the cua.bind file and failed. This I found #\bind C-k font-noun I got rid of the '#' and restarted Lyx, hoping that a C-k would toggle a noun, but alas, it didn't ... What magic is needed here to let a C-k toggle the noun ? Cheers -Ralf p.s. Lyx1.6.3 on WinXP and c:\Program Files\LyX 1.6.3\Resources\bind\cua.bind
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Guenter Milde mi...@... writes:
[snip]
On 2009-06-10, Ralf wrote:
how often do we need the \enlargethispage{\baselineskip} ?
I don't think this is widely used/needed by the general public.
+ yes, seems like it
How about creating this keybinding yourself?
+ Alright, probably worthwhile to get familiar with Macros sooner or later - but
probably later for me, no time ...
It should be something like
command-sequence; ert-insert; insert \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
[snip]
Make sure to document your solution, either in a follow up or (more
durable) in the LyX wiki at wiki.lyx.org.
ok
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: \bind C-k font-noun
Ralf ralf.sc...@... writes: [snip] #\bind C-k font-noun I got rid of the '#' and restarted Lyx, hoping that a C-k would toggle a noun, but alas, it didn't ... What magic is needed here to let a C-k toggle the noun ? a simple spell worked: instead of 'k' I used 'j': \bind C-j font-noun did the trick - I assume the \bind C-k clashes with something else, well ... Cheers -Ralf
Shortened Citations in Lyx-Editor
Small stuff: when having citations to more than one source, the citations inside the Lyx interface get shortened, for example (Natbib) (e.g. Hanneson, 1992; West and Macnae, 199... instead of the full citation: (e.g. Hanneson, 1992; West and Macnae, 1991, p.31) I would like to see the entire citation without always compiling (or clicking on it). Is this behaviour editable somewhere? Cheers -Ralf
Re: \bind C-k font-noun
Rich Shepard rshep...@... writes: [snip] Look in the preferences-short cuts menu to see all the bindings. I've found in the latest version that editing the bindings in the short cuts widget works better than directly editing the bind file. cheers mate! will do next time -ralf
Re: Shortened Citations in Lyx-Editor
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW v.f.vanraveste...@... writes: [snip] when having citations to more than one source, the citations inside the Lyx interface get shortened, for example (Natbib) You even get a tooltip by just holding your mouse over a citation (at least in 1.6.3). well yes, the tooltip shows the entire reference, not the citation as you would in the compiled document, isn't it? Cheers -Ralf
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Guenter Milde mi...@... writes:
[snip]
command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Right on Guenter - problem solved !
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: Off Topic: Database for citations?
Ralf Schaa ralf.sc...@... writes: Cool - Thanks both of you! Cheers
whitespaces visible
Hi all, is there an option to make whitespaces visible in the Lyx GUI? You know, similar as to 'show hidden text' in Word? Reason for this: often I overlook that there is a whitespace missing before and after citations and references. Cheers -Ralf
\limits bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
Hi, is it true that the \lim\limits problem is still there in 1.2.0? And even worse, now I can't even change the position of limits neither with the toolbar nor with M-m-l (it worked under 1.1.6). I use SuSE 8.0 and downloaded the corresponding RPM file. I renamed my .lyx directory, so I started version 1.2.0 from scratch. What is the problem? (I guess it must be a problem with my installation). By the way, can't we have a switch that tells lyx to place the limits above and below the symbol in inline formulas (like intlimits in amsmath for displayed formulas)? Ralf
Re: \limits bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 12:22:16PM +0200, Ralf wrote:
is it true that the \lim\limits problem is still there in 1.2.0?
What '\lim\limits problem'?
The \limits command is not saved. When you write something like
\lim\limits _{x\rightarrow\infinity}
in inline formulas the subscript will be under the \lim. When you save the
file an reopen it, the \limits is gone, so that the subscript will be
displayed like usual subscripts (e.g. like in $x_{i}$). This applies only to
inline formulas.
What is the problem? (I guess it must be a problem with my installation).
By the way, can't we have a switch that tells lyx to place the limits
above and below the symbol in inline formulas (like intlimits in
amsmath for displayed formulas)?
This does not sound impossible, but 'up-down-stuff' is still nasty...
What exactly does '\intlimis' do?
When you use \intlimits as an option for amsmath, integral limits in displayed
formulas are put below and above the integral sign as a default, so you don't
have to use \limits at all. I regard this as a matter of style. If one uses
\limits in inline formulas once, it would be strange not to use it always.
That's why I suggest having the option to do so as a default would be very
nice.
Ralf
Re: Professional and Scientific Writing Book
Rob Oakes <rob.oa...@...> writes: > I'm currently working on a book which shows how professional and > scientific writing can be done using purely open source tools. > > [snip] > > But are there other things that you would like to see? Since nobody has mentioned it ... scientific works mostly include a lot of figures - I am finished now with my thesis but I struggled immensely with the amount of large figures I had which messed up most of the layout - I practivally needed to fix every position of the figures (lots of ERTs). The requirement that the figures should be as close as possible to the first reference did not help as you can imagine. At times I was so frustrated I glanced at Word which makes this indeed easier. In fact I think I will use Word for future work - the amount of time is just not worth the superior look of Latex (however only text/math and a small number of figures is a totally different story). Moreover, scientific journal publishers mostly only except Word files ... So, how about a section giving tips on how to (strategically & technically) proceed with large figures (typically exceeding the page borders but still A4) with the requirement that they should appear close the first reference ... Cheers -Ralf
Change page layout of ToC
Hi group, is there a simple way of changing the page layout of the ToC? Specifically I'd like to have a slightly larger page. If not, where is the script that generates the ToC? Couldn't find it ... Cheers -Ralf
Re: Change page layout of ToC
Ralf <rsc...@...> writes:
>
> Hi group,
>
> is there a simple way of changing the page layout of the ToC? Specifically I'd
> like to have a slightly larger page.
This works:
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\enlargethispage{2ex}}
I put it in the section which need to have a larger page in the ToC
Cheers
-Ralf
Shortcut for 'update pdf'
Hi group, this should be easy, couldn't find it however in Tools->Preferences->Editing->Shortcuts: what is the keyboard shortcut for updating the pdf? (And for creating a pdf?) I saw the shortcuts for 'dvi' and 'ps' though ... Cheers -Ralf
Re: Figures on the page
Adrian Diaz <aedmci...@...> writes:
> I want to put a figure (.jpg, eps, etc) at the top and on the left (or on
> the rigth) corner on a page,
> and below of the figure i want to write a title. Do you knonw how to do this
> in Lyx ?
> Do you know how to set the offset between the figure and the title?
Hi Adrián,
I'd do it with wrapfigure:
In the menu, go to [Insert]->[Float]->[Figure Wrap Float]
and then you do the usual like in any figure float - you can place the caption
above or below the figure...
The settings of Wrap (right click opens the menu) lets you place the figure on
the left or the right. Note that wrapfigure places the figure where you put it
and it doesn't float (unless specified)
Offset:
What do you mean with 'Title'? If you mean Caption, then I cannot help you, but
if you are thinking about Figure and the main text then you can do it with an
ugly hack:
\vspace{-0.5cm} for example lets the vertical offset shrink for half a
centimeter. But I'm sure there are much more elegant ways to do it...I just
don't know them...You would include the ugly hack with: [Insert]->[Tex
Code]->\vspace{-0.5cm}
p.s. the help files in Lyx has something to say about this all as well, so check
it out
Hope this helps
Cheers
-Ralf
About Lyx Error Messages
Dear Gurus, sometimes even in Lyx you do something wrong and you get an error message. Most of the time they are not very usefull - they simply indicate that something went wrong with a short excerpt of what caused the trouble - the excerpt however is not enough (for me at least) to find out what exactly went wrong and how to fix it. You always have to go bug-hunting... Maybe that is by choice of design to let the user chase it, but if TeXnicCenter can do it, I dare to say, Lyx can (should?) do it. TeXnicCenter let's you browse through the errors and puts you to the right place, which is very very helpfull. Is something like this planned in a future release or maybe it is already there and I just missed it? How do you people solve things like this? Cheers -Ralf
Export to Latex
Hi there, me again - somehow related to my previous post but this can be a separate question: when I export to plain Latex (when Bug-hunting) the exportation takes ages...okay I got a lot of high resolution PNGs in there - so I put all pictures in Draft mode...alas, this did not help and it seems Lyx still converts everything to EPS (?). Is there a way to export only the text,not the pictures...? Cheers -Ralf
Re: aux-file of lyx-run
Wolfgang Engelmann <engelm...@...> writes: [snip] > The reason is, that I have difficulties to localize the citation error, > because even after taking out the offending citation lyx is still complaining > about it. I have to close lyx and reopen it until I get the response after > removing. I guessed, that the aux file is reused after a new run of lyx > (without closing it down), and wanted to remove it therefore from the > tmp-directory(ies). I am however, uncertain about it, since the last file > which contains the citation error produces no tmp-directory. Hi Wolfgang, I don't have an answer for you but I would like to respond and say that I have the same difficulties with finding and solving errors in Lyx (see my other posts today) - even worse is the situation with BibTex and Lyx - there is none indication whatsoever where and how to fix it... I chased a citation error for more than an hour - closing Lyx and reopenening it did the trick; well that is not what I call a deterministic behaviour Anyway, what I do in these situations is that I export to Latex and work with TeXnicCenter where you have more options for error tracking. Still, Lyx is cool. Cheers -Ralf
Re: About Lyx Error Messages
Jürgen Spitzmüller <juer...@...> writes: > > How about a button that takes you to the Error message in the LaTeX log? > > Also, I am missing a search feature in the LaTeX log window. Ahh, big discovery for me - you can indeed browse through the errors. My apologies, I just did not recognize it, because the offending code was in the BibTex part: I copied the BibTex entry from a website and there was a (nonprintable?) character that caused the trouble. But, I concur, an option to jump to the error in the Log file would be swell! Thanks for the replies -Ralf
bibunits, bibtopic, chapterbib ?
Dear all, I searched the Wiki and this Newsgroup and I found some answers to the question of how to implement one of the packages bibunits, bibtopic or chapterbib. My questions: 1) since the information I found seems a bit old, is there any news of how to use these packages, in order to have a Reference-section in each Chapter? 2) what experiences you got with the packages and which do you recommend in terms of simple usage, no fuzz, quick to use ? (I don't need fancy so much, so simple but reliable will do...) I use 1.6.2 (will upgrade soon) on WinXP. Cheers! -Ralf
Re: Citation style is wrong!
Maximilian Melcher <m...@...> writes: [snip] > In my document settings im using natbib with author-year selected. How > can i change the styles of the references? Is that set in the style of > the bibtex where i set "dinat" ? I tried to activate biblatex from here > : http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex but that didnt work at all. Hi Maximilian, I tried the 'dinat' style and it works with Natbib for 1.6.2 - however I use plain old BibTex not BibLatex - are you sure you need BibLatex for your purpose? If you don't, well then stick to BibTex, that way you will get the citation style you want. If you need BibLatex on the other hand, then forget this post, I don't know anything about it ... As for the BibTex thing: [Insert]->[List/TOC]->[BibTex Bibliography] - Add your database - Choose your style Hope this helps -Ralf
Re: Shortcuts
Thomas Løcke <thomas.granv...@...> writes: > I do though have one request for the coming versions of LyX: When you > mouseover the various GUI buttons, how about adding the shortcut to > the popup text, eg. CTRL + E for the Emphasis button? Indeed - that is a luxury I would like as well! Cheers -Ralf
Child-doc does not update crossrefs
Good news everyone! I'm at the last chapter of my thesis... Okay, the bad news is that when I am writing a child-document (via include, opened from within the master) the cross-refs to other chapters do not work ( it displays '?' for the crossrefs) Compiling the entire document works. Is this expected behaviour or am I missing something? Cheers -Ralf p.s. it's version 1.6.3 on WinXP
Re: bibunits, bibtopic, chapterbib ?
Jürgen Spitzmüller <juer...@...> writes: [snip] > I have used both bibtopic and bibunits and found both easy to use. They > differ > conceptually, so your choice depends on what you need and on your personal > workflow. > > Since I switched to biblatex now, I would probably use its capabilities to > produce such bibliographies. If you are at the beginning of a project, > considering biblatex is advised. It is not (yet) natively supported by LyX, > but it can be used with some effort (cf. the wiki). Thanks Jürgen - I had a look at bibunits and it seems not so bad, maybe I'll try that one first...biblatex maybe for the next project, not now anyway. Cheers -Ralf
Re: Child-doc does not update crossrefs
Richard Heck <rgh...@...> writes: [snip] > It sounds as if LyX doesn't know it's a child document. Have you set the > "Default Master Document" in the child? right, that did the trick! Cheers -Ralf
Re: Problem with LyxLauncher
Robert Betz <robert.b...@...> writes: [snip] > However, I seem to have one problem. If I open my files using the standard double click technique the figures > will not open. I get the error: > > Error converting to loadable format. my situation is different, however, that error message looks familiar - I use PNG format and the error message occurs when changing the figure in an external editor while Lyx is still open. It does not bother me so much, since the pdf-output works just fine. And when re-opening Lyx the figures are there again. Cheers -Ralf
\enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Hi All,
how often do we need the \enlargethispage{\baselineskip} ?
Well, I use it quite a lot since I have a lot of large figures and sometimes I
just need an extra line to keep it all together.
Instead of typing the ERT each time, it would be fancy to have a button (and/or
shortcut) that includes it ... how do you folks think?
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Steve Litt <sl...@...> writes:
[snip]
> I use \enlargethispage on my eBook book cover, but I really don't understand
> it. What you said about keeping something all together sounded interesting,
> because I know as figures start approaching 1/4 page in each length, ugly
> spacing issues happen. Could you please explain the details of
> \enlargethispage to all of us?
well, I am far from being a pro, but \enlargethispage simply does that: enlarge
the current page - from a latex documentation:
\enlargethispage{size}:
"Enlarge the \textheight for the current page by the specified amount; e.g.
\enlargethispage{\baselineskip} will allow one additional line"
\enlargethispage*{size}:
"The starred form tries to squeeze the material together on the page as much as
possible. This is normally used together with an explicit \pagebreak"
if you have a lot of large figures in a chapter (which i do) it can be difficult
to have them in the place where you would like them and also have a good looking
text - enlargethispage gives you an additional amount of freedom in that case,
so that the paragraph does not continue on the next page with only a few words
Cheers
-Ralf
\bind "C-k" "font-noun"
Okay, tried to edit the cua.bind file and failed. This I found #\bind "C-k" "font-noun" I got rid of the '#' and restarted Lyx, hoping that a C-k would toggle a noun, but alas, it didn't ... What magic is needed here to let a C-k toggle the noun ? Cheers -Ralf p.s. Lyx1.6.3 on WinXP and c:\Program Files\LyX 1.6.3\Resources\bind\cua.bind
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Guenter Milde <mi...@...> writes:
[snip]
> On 2009-06-10, Ralf wrote:
> > how often do we need the \enlargethispage{\baselineskip} ?
> I don't think this is widely used/needed by the general public.
+ yes, seems like it
> How about creating this keybinding yourself?
+ Alright, probably worthwhile to get familiar with Macros sooner or later - but
probably later for me, no time ...
> It should be something like
> "command-sequence; ert-insert; insert \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}"
[snip]
> Make sure to document your solution, either in a follow up or (more
> durable) in the LyX wiki at wiki.lyx.org.
ok
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: \bind "C-k" "font-noun"
Ralf <ralf.sc...@...> writes: [snip] > #\bind "C-k" "font-noun" > > I got rid of the '#' and restarted Lyx, > hoping that a C-k would toggle a noun, but alas, it didn't ... > > What magic is needed here to let a C-k toggle the noun ? a simple spell worked: instead of 'k' I used 'j': \bind "C-j" "font-noun" did the trick - I assume the \bind "C-k" clashes with something else, well ... Cheers -Ralf
Shortened Citations in Lyx-Editor
Small stuff: when having citations to more than one source, the citations inside the Lyx interface get shortened, for example (Natbib) (e.g. Hanneson, 1992; West and Macnae, 199... instead of the full citation: (e.g. Hanneson, 1992; West and Macnae, 1991, p.31) I would like to see the entire citation without always compiling (or clicking on it). Is this behaviour editable somewhere? Cheers -Ralf
Re: \bind "C-k" "font-noun"
Rich Shepard <rshep...@...> writes: [snip] >Look in the preferences->short cuts menu to see all the bindings. I've > found in the latest version that editing the bindings in the short cuts > widget works better than directly editing the bind file. cheers mate! will do next time -ralf
Re: Shortened Citations in Lyx-Editor
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW <v.f.vanraveste...@...> writes: [snip] > >when having citations to more than one source, the citations > >inside the Lyx interface get shortened, for example (Natbib) > > > You even get a tooltip by just holding your mouse over a citation (at > least in 1.6.3). well yes, the tooltip shows the entire reference, not the citation as you would in the compiled document, isn't it? Cheers -Ralf
Re: \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Guenter Milde <mi...@...> writes:
[snip]
>command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
Right on Guenter - problem solved !
Cheers
-Ralf
Re: Off Topic: Database for citations?
Ralf Schaa <ralf.sc...@...> writes: Cool - Thanks both of you! Cheers
whitespaces visible
Hi all, is there an option to make whitespaces visible in the Lyx GUI? You know, similar as to 'show hidden text' in Word? Reason for this: often I overlook that there is a whitespace missing before and after citations and references. Cheers -Ralf
"\limits" bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
Hi, is it true that the \lim\limits problem is still there in 1.2.0? And even worse, now I can't even change the position of limits neither with the toolbar nor with M-m-l (it worked under 1.1.6). I use SuSE 8.0 and downloaded the corresponding RPM file. I renamed my .lyx directory, so I started version 1.2.0 from scratch. What is the problem? (I guess it must be a problem with my installation). By the way, can't we have a switch that tells lyx to place the limits above and below the symbol in inline formulas (like intlimits in amsmath for displayed formulas)? Ralf
Re: "\limits" bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 12:22:16PM +0200, Ralf wrote:
> > is it true that the \lim\limits problem is still there in 1.2.0?
>
> What '\lim\limits problem'?
>
The \limits command is not saved. When you write something like
\lim\limits _{x\rightarrow\infinity}
in inline formulas the subscript will be under the \lim. When you save the
file an reopen it, the \limits is gone, so that the subscript will be
displayed like usual subscripts (e.g. like in $x_{i}$). This applies only to
inline formulas.
> > What is the problem? (I guess it must be a problem with my installation).
> > By the way, can't we have a switch that tells lyx to place the limits
> > above and below the symbol in inline formulas (like intlimits in
> > amsmath for displayed formulas)?
>
> This does not sound impossible, but 'up-down-stuff' is still nasty...
> What exactly does '\intlimis' do?
When you use \intlimits as an option for amsmath, integral limits in displayed
formulas are put below and above the integral sign as a default, so you don't
have to use \limits at all. I regard this as a matter of style. If one uses
\limits in inline formulas once, it would be strange not to use it always.
That's why I suggest having the option to do so as a default would be very
nice.
Ralf
picturesize in PDF-file exported from Lyx
Hello, I've tried Lyx for the first time, and I have to mention, that I don't have any knowledge of LaTeX. I've created a documentation that included a lot of screenshots (PNG-files), and exported it as PDF-file. Everything worked so far, except the pictures. In Latex they are shonw in the correct size, but in the exported PDF-file the are much too big and very low quality. This does also happen when I convert them to EPS before importing them into Lyx. Setting the size in percent does have no effect at all, all I can do is set then to an exact size, for example a width of 17cm. Since I've imported about 60 pictures in this documentation this ist not a real choise because I then would have to set every single picture to a size I don't know exactly, and would have to do this by try and error. At last I should mention that I'm runing Kubuntu Linux 6.10 with Lyx-Qt 1.4.2 installed from the official Kubuntu-repository. Any suggestion what to do about this would be welcome. Regards, Ralf _ Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071=0066
Off Topic: Database for citations?
Hi all, just wondering - instead of searching zillions of library pages to find the correct citation (downloadable in BibTex, Endnote, whatever...), there sure must be a webpage just dedicated to this sort of stuff ... something like 'http://adsabs.harvard.edu/' only larger ... couldn't find it however. Any hints? Cheers -Ralf
document-class suitable for regulations and minutes/record
Greetings, I recently got the job as secretary of a small computer society and since I've worked with LyX a while now I thought it'd be nice to write the minutes and regulations with LyX as well. But, I don't know which document-class one should use when writing these kind of documents. Anyone who have some good recommendations? best regards /Ralf Nyrén
Re: Finishing with lyx in suse 6.4
Eduardo Diaz Uriarte wrote: > > I've got it. I tried with the rpm packages for suse from the web page of Peter >Suetterlin > (www.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~pit/LyX) and it has worked. I have installed it checking >dependencies and it has found > no problem so i think that the problem is in the configure script of the .tar.gz >package. (But I don't want > to talk of what I don't know). > > So collecting the problem for everyone: > > - I firstly tried installing lyx 1.1.5 from .tar.gz and it said me that couldn't >find the 'x libraries and/or > headers'. This means that you probably didn't have the X and/or xforms development packages installed. Another problem with building 1.1.5 under SuSE is, that SuSE-6.4 comes with xforms-0.88, however lyx-1.1.5 seems to require xforms-0.89. > - Then I checked that i had everything I needed. (I did so by selecting lyx 1.1.? to >install from the yast > tool. Checking then dependencies, and installing only whatever was necessary for >lyx, but not lyx). This is bogus and will not help. This only ensures that you have every package installed to *run* lyx. This doesn't necessarily match with the packages required to *build* lyx. > - So I tried again with and without several flags (--with-extra.) and it still >didn't work. cf. above. Another clear indication of not having installed the development packages. > - Next step: rpm package without checking dependencies. I get it by this way, but i >was worry about having > problems in the future (rpm couldn't find everything necesary). This is the brute force way, but should work. > - And finally, tonight, I reached with the rpm packages for suse (thanks again, >Peter). Do they contain shared versions of xforms-0.89 or link statically against xforms-0.88? I had to replace the SuSE's shared xforms-0.88 libraries with the original xforms-0.89, because lyx-1.1.5 dumps core badly (somewhere in xforms) for me (SuSE-6.4) when lyx is dynamically linked against SuSE's xforms-0.88. Ralf -- Ralf Corsepius Forschungsinstitut fuer Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung (FAW) Helmholtzstr. 16, 89081 Ulm, Germany Tel: +49/731/501-8690 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX: +49/731/501-999 http://www.faw.uni-ulm.de
Re: Finishing with lyx in suse 6.4
Angus Leeming wrote: > > Ralf> > - And finally, tonight, I reached with the rpm packages for suse (thanks >again, Peter). > Ralf> Do they contain shared versions of xforms-0.89 or link statically > Ralf> against xforms-0.88? I had to replace the SuSE's shared xforms-0.88 > Ralf> libraries with the original xforms-0.89, because lyx-1.1.5 dumps > Ralf> core badly (somewhere in xforms) for me (SuSE-6.4) when lyx is > Ralf> dynamically linked against SuSE's xforms-0.88. > > Ahhh! But if you compiled the code with xforms-0.89 header files and then try > to execute a lyx that is dynamically linked against xforms-0.88, then you will > core dump because the header files are incompatible. You seem to be right :) I just rebuilt lyx-1.1.5 once against xforms-0.89 and once against xforms-0.88.1 as it comes with SuSE-6.4. Big surprize: Both versions seem to work now. However, I don't have any explanation for the core dumps I had experienced (Lyx dumped core right at the startup). I am sure I did not have mixed libraries and headers, because the core dumps had caused me to upgrade xforms and I didn't have xforms-0.89 before :) Now, I am wondering, what might have caused the problems (I upgraded to XFree4.0 since then, it comes with a new libxpm). Ralf -- Ralf Corsepius Forschungsinstitut fuer Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung (FAW) Helmholtzstr. 16, 89081 Ulm, Germany Tel: +49/731/501-8690 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX: +49/731/501-999 http://www.faw.uni-ulm.de
LyX 1.1.5 for sgi IRIX
Anybody got a precompiled version of the latest LyX for sgi IRIX? I never made it compile myself. Always the same problems with xforms not found etc. Some precompiled binaries for the major platforms (Linux, Solaris, Aix, HPUX, IRIX, Win32) wouldn't do any harm to the LyX ftp site, I'd guess! It was common practice for the older versions but it somehow got lost after 1.0. Cheers Ralf
Re: abstract
Herbert Voss wrote:
>
> Alexander Bauer wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > the german translation from abstract is "Zusammenfassung". Does anyone know
> > how to change this to "Vorwort".
> > Or if this is not possible, how can a section heading be centered?
>
> \renewcommand\abstractname{Vorwort}
>
> in latex preamble
>
You could also use a normal star-section( Section* - LaTeX:
\section*{Vorwort}) instead of an abstract (LaTeX: \abstract{}),
because the context of an abstract normally is substantially
different from the contents of a preface (German "Vorwort") and
abstracts normally are typesetted differently in LaTeX then ordinary
section.
Ralf
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Very slow generation of depend file
Hi, after updating to SuSE 7.2 (with lyx 1.1.6fix1) it has become almost impossible to properly work with lyx because the production of the dvi file takes incredibly long, e.g. lyx needs 14 seconds to produce or update a dvi file from the "dinbrief" template file (LaTex itself needs less than a second). I found out that the production or update of the *.tex.dep is responsible for that although when run with "-dgb depend" there don't seem to be any problems. There are lines like these in the log AbsolutePath file: /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latin1.def Found file: latin1.def Not a file or we are unable to find it. but that is not where the time is spent. This is really a problem for me. I am writing a paper and the generation or update of the dvi file takes more than 2 minutes.
Re: "\limits" bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
> > M-m l cycles between the three options '\limits', '\nolimits' and '', so > maybe you just have to press M-m l twice to see some effect. It seems to > work in 1.3.0cvs and I think there have been no change in this area since > 1.2.0 Nothing happens. I will now try 1.3.0cvs. I will give a progress report then. > The float options interface is not exactly nice and I don't think it is a > good idea to have more of it... > "Floats" was not a good example. "Seperation" is a better one. You can choose between "Indent" and "Skip". We could have "Inlined formulas" with "limits" and "nolimits". As with Seperation, one can still change an individual formula in the usual way. What about loosing the \limits in inlined \lim after reopening? Can you confirm that? > > PS: Posts containing a full name have a better chance to get through my > spam prevention machinery (as in "look at the sender/subject line and only > if this triggers positive feelings do not press 'd'"). I understand that > the netiquette do not require a full name outside the de.* but I thought > I should mention this nevertheless...) Okay, Ralf
Re: "\limits" bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 03:01:31PM +0200, Ralf Goertz wrote: > > The cursor must be directly behind the \lim (not behind the subscript). > Maybe this has changed from 1.1.6. Okay, now it works for integrals and sums but not for limits (in 1.1.6 you had to put the cursor in front of \lim, \sum \int). Although I can now toggle the limits for \lim on screen, there is no \limits in the LaTeX file. Ralf
Re: "\limits" bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
Am Montag, 8. Juli 2002 15:43 schrieb Andre Poenitz: > On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 03:35:11PM +0200, Ralf Goertz wrote: > > Okay, now it works for integrals and sums but not for limits (in 1.1.6 > > you had to put the cursor in front of \lim, \sum \int). Although I can > > now toggle the limits for \lim on screen, there is no \limits in the > > LaTeX file. > > The '\limit' iformation as implemented 'sticks' to the super/subscript. So > if that is deleted, the limit is lost as well. But I don't delete anything. I toggle the style of the limit using M-m l, but that does not affect the LaTeX file. I never see the limit below the lim in the dvi-file, regardless of what I see in LyX. Ralf
Re: "\limits" bug worse than before in version 1.2.0
Am Montag, 8. Juli 2002 17:14 schrieb Andre Poenitz: > On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 03:52:05PM +0200, Ralf Goertz wrote: > > > The '\limit' iformation as implemented 'sticks' to the super/subscript. > > > So if that is deleted, the limit is lost as well. > > > > But I don't delete anything. I toggle the style of the limit using M-m l, > > but that does not affect the LaTeX file. I never see the limit below the > > lim in the dvi-file, regardless of what I see in LyX. > > It still works for me. *shrug* > > You need (a) a \lim, (b) a super r subscript following this and (c) the > cursor in between. Okay, I tried the cvs-version and the bug is gone. Thanks for your help. Ralf
Re: environenment within enumerate
Am Freitag, 11. Oktober 2002 12:44 schrieb Herbert Voss:
> Ralf Goertz wrote:
> > how can I start a environment immediatly after starting a new item?
> > I want to have something like
> >
> > I am going to proof it using two seperate claims
> > 1. Claim. I claim...
> > Proof. Here it is...
> > 2. Let A be this
> >Claim. ...
> >Proof. ...
> > Furthermore...
>
> write all in the itemize/enumerate layout, then
> - put the cursor into the line which should become another
>layout
> - Layout->Increase environment Depth
> - change this line(s) to proof or anything else.
>
> Herbert
No this doesn't work for an empty first line. That's what I do in the second
item of the above example. But I can't increase the depth of the line
containig the enumi-counter. In latex I want
\begin{enumerate}
\item \begin{claim*} blah... \end{claim*}
\begin{proof} blah \end{proof}
\item blah
\end{enumerate}
I just noticed that with amsthm a new line is started anyway but with ntheorem
ist works.
Ralf
