Fwd: Why does lyx add: '\noindent' when generating my .tex file
-- Forwarded message - From: Jürgen Spitzmüller Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 at 00:15 Subject: Re: Why does lyx add: '\noindent' when generating my .tex file To: > Am Freitag, den 15.11.2019, 17:09 -0700 schrieb Ralph Boland: > > Alas, I do not know why Lyx added the '\noindent' code. I did not > > tell it to do so and so > > now I (foolishly?) assume I have found a Lyx bug! > I don't know how it cae there, but the solution is: go to the two > respective lines ((a) if c = d then \,\,return B), open the paragraph > settings dialog, and check "Indent Paragraph". > HTH > Jürgen Thanks Jurgen, your help has added to my insight into the problem. Unfortunately it hasn't solved the problem. The lines (paragraphs) in question, in fact I think every line in the document of my Lyx file, have the "Indent Paragraph" box checked. So I repeat: is this a Lyx bug? Is there anything I can do so that the "\noindent" code is not added by Lyx to the .tex file? Thanks for any help received. Ralph Boland -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Why does lyx add: '\noindent' when generating my .tex file
I am using Debian 10 and Lyx 2.3.2.
In my thesis (2002) I used the algolyx package and it worked fine in 2002.
But I have been updating my thesis to fix a few things (a bad idea i
know) and in the updated
version most of my algorithms printed properly but a few failed for
reasons I do not
understand. I seems like a Lyx or Latex error due to using upgraded
Lyx/Latex software
since I haven't changed the lyx code or latex code (not necessarily
true of course but not the issue here anyway).
Rather than track this issue down I decided to use the enumitem
package and rewrite the
algorithms that Lyx/Latex could no longer handle.
Unfortunately, this also failed because of what appeared to be a bug
in the enumitem package.
So I emailed the enumitem package maintainer with a sample piece of
latex code generated by Lyx demonstrating the bug. (Lesson learned:
Do not use Lyx to generate latex code demonstrating a bug in Latex.)
Anyway the maintainer determined that there was a '\noindent' in the
latex code that
shouldn't be there and removing it solved the problem. So the problem is not a
enumitem package bug!
Alas, I do not know why Lyx added the '\noindent' code. I did not
tell it to do so and so
now I (foolishly?) assume I have found a Lyx bug!
Can anyone tell me if this is a Lyx bug and if not then how do I get
Lyx to not add the
'offending \noindent' code?
I have attached the problematic Lyx file and the pdflatex tex file
generated from it containing
the 'noindent' code.
While I'm here i'd like to point out that when I run Lyx on this file
(and most other Lyx files)
I get the message:
'step: Counter does not exist: enum' many times.
If anyone can shed light on why I get this message that would me most helpful.
Thanks for any help received.
Ralph Boland rpbol...@gmail.com
enumItemBug.lyx
Description: application/lyx
%% LyX 2.3.2 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\documentclass[12pt,oneside,english]{amsart}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.3in,bmargin=0.5in,lmargin=1in,rmargin=1in}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{stmaryrd}
\makeatletter
%% Textclass specific LaTeX commands.
\numberwithin{equation}{section}
\numberwithin{figure}{section}
\usepackage{changepage}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\newlist{algnum}{enumerate}{6}
\setlist[algnum]{leftmargin=*}
\setlist[algnum,1]{label=\arabic*:}
\setlist[algnum,2]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-20pt}
\setlist[algnum,3]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-30pt}
\setlist[algnum,4]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-30pt}
\setlist[algnum,5]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-30pt}
\setlist[algnum,6]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-30pt}
\newlist{algnum2}{enumerate}{6}
\setlist[algnum2]{leftmargin=*}
\setlist[algnum2,1]{label=\arabic*:}
\setlist[algnum2,2]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-20pt}
\setlist[algnum2,3]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-70pt}
\setlist[algnum2,4]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-30pt}
\setlist[algnum2,5]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-30pt}
\setlist[algnum2,6]{label=\arabic*:,itemindent=-30pt}
%% User specified LaTeX commands.
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\makeatother
\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
\title{Enumitem Package itemindent Bug}
\maketitle
First the algnum list:
\begin{algnum}{}
\item If a then b
\item \textbf{\emph{do~}}
\begin{algnum}{}
\item \noindent \textbf{if} \emph{c = d }\textbf{then} $\,\,$return B.
\item does this line also add a \textbackslash noindent?
\begin{algnum}{}
\item \textbf{\emph{done}}
\begin{algnum}{}
\item junk
\begin{algnum}{}
\item deeper junk
\begin{algnum}{}
\item crazy deep
\end{algnum}
\end{algnum}
\end{algnum}
\end{algnum}
\end{algnum}
\item junk
\end{algnum}
End of algnum list.
~
Second the algnum2 list:
\begin{algnum2}{}
\item If a then b
\item \textbf{\emph{do}}
\begin{algnum2}{}
\item \noindent \textbf{if} \emph{c = d }\textbf{then} $\,\,$return B
\begin{algnum2}{}
\item \textbf{\emph{done}}
\begin{algnum2}{}
\item junk
\begin{algnum2}{}
\item deeper junk
\begin{algnum2}{}
\item crazy deep
\end{algnum2}
\end{algnum2}
\end{algnum2}
\end{algnum2}
\end{algnum2}
\item junk
\end{algnum2}
End of algnum2 list
\begin{description}
\item [{~}]~
\item [{~}]~
\item [{~}]~
\item [{Bug~1}] indentation level 3 ignores the setting on how much to
indent. Note that the algnum list and algnum2 list are the same except
for differing in the amount of level 3 indentation. Yet the pdf shows
the same amount of indentation. In my document where I discovered
this bug I need level 3 indentation (and also 1 and 2) to work.
\end{description}
\end{document}
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Re: mapping function key to second index entry function
"index-insert not". worked. I set the function key to F10. Now when I type F10 key I get an entry for the Notation-Index. Thanks Ralph On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 21:08, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > > On 9/10/19 2:29 PM, Ralph Boland wrote: > > Wish List Note: while I want my F12 key mapping to apply to all my Lyx > > documents (which is what happens), I wanted F10 to be specific to > > this document. > > It would be nice if I could create my own .bind file and in my document > > settings > > (or somewhere) be able to select for my own .bind file to be used. > > If this functionality exists somewhere in Lyx I couldn't find it. > > Paul's comments on this are all correct. I'll just add that there's no > possibility of per-document bind files. > > Riki > > -- -- After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well. - Albert Einstein, 1923
mapping function key to second index entry function
I am using Lyx 2.3.2 on Debian 10. Apologies if my difficulties do not occur on Lyx 2.3.3. In my Lyx document I have two Indexes. For each I want a short-cut key for adding entries to each Index. For the standard Index I successfully mapped F12 to insert-index. However, Haven't been able to map F10 to my "Notation" index. The LFuns file entry for index-insert is: index-insert Action Inserts Index entry. Notion It automatically takes the word on the cursor position. Syntax index-insert [] Params: name of the index, if multiple indices are defined. With an empty argument, the default index is selected. Origin leeming, 3 Aug 2000 Reading the documentation I could not figure out what [] meant. I tried: index-insert Notation index-insert Notation:Notation "this is the attempt I expected to work" index-insert All three were accepted but when I type F10 I get: Idx (unknown type!) What have I done wrong? Wish List Note: while I want my F12 key mapping to apply to all my Lyx documents (which is what happens), I wanted F10 to be specific to this document. It would be nice if I could create my own .bind file and in my document settings (or somewhere) be able to select for my own .bind file to be used. If this functionality exists somewhere in Lyx I couldn't find it. Thanks for you interest in my post. Ralph Boland
\usepackage{makeidx} run twice for amsbook. Generates Error.
I get an error when I try to create a Lyx document with an index using amsbook document class. Searching the problem on the internet I found out that for amsbook and other ams document classes the \usepackage(makeidx) line is unnecessary and generates an error if added to your tex document. I tested this by generating the .tex file from my .lyx file (using Latex (pdflatex)) and then commenting out the line in the .tex file: \usepackage(makeidx) With this line commented out the problem goes away. The problem is of course that Lyx adds this line to the .tex file if I create an index. So I cannot prevent this from occurring. I am using Lyx 2.3.2 and Debian 10 OS. Is this fixed in Lyx 2.3.3? Ralph Boland
Re: Offer... for technical writing
> Dear all: I am a journalist and writer, and a heavy user of Lyx. > Please let me know if you need any help (volunteering, without fee) to > help write or edit Lyx help files for users. I am not a techie, but > understand the software ... with guidance I could do it. My English > skills are near-native speaker level. FN -- I don't know what your first language is but if there is not already a version of the Lyx documentation in your language then translating the documentation into that language would be a great help both to Lyx and to those who speak your language. You could also work on translating the English phrases of Lyx itself into your language. Perhaps some Lyx developer would help you with this remotely. If that is not enough work for you, your help with the English Lyx documentation is of course welcome. Ralph Boland -- Had a wife and kids in Florida, Jack (Nicklaus) Went out for a "ride" but I couldn't get back As a ten timer being hunted down OR When the wife found out who I was knowing (biblically speaking) I hit a hydrant and I just kept going (till I hit a tree). ...
Re: How many use Linux:
> I've always assumed that fraction was about 4/5 but never examined that > assumption. Does anyone know the percentages of LyX users on: > > Linux > Windows > Mac > BSD > Other > > Just to start the ball rolling, I've always used LyX on Linux (since 2001) and > am currently using it on Ubuntu 9.0.4. I've used Lyx on Linux since 1999. Wrote a thesis, a few papers, and numerous resumes and cover letters. Ralph Boland -- When a woman becomes sexually aroused the necessary blood flows from her heart. When a man becomes sexually aroused, the necessary blood is removed from his brain.
problem recognizing floats
I am using Linux (Ubuntu 9.02) and the version of Lyx that comes with it, namely
Lyx 1.6.2.
Except for resumes and letters I haven't used Lyx much since about 2003.
I am now trying to revive a couple of papers I wrote in Lyx in 2002.
I have not modified the Lyx files from 2002.
But I am having problems with floats. I assume the problem is something
trivial that I have missed relating to a change to Lyx (or Linux or Latex)
since 2002.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Ralph Boland
Appended is the first few lines of the Tex file generated by Lyx.
The problem is with the lines:
\floatstyle{}
\newfloat{}{}{}
\floatname{}{}
\floatstyle{}
\newfloat{}{}{}
\floatname{}{}
Each of these lines generates an error when I do a ctrl-T in Lyx
to view the document in pdf or run latex on the .tex file
the command line. (I generated the .tex file by doing a export
to pdflatex.)
For example the first line generates the error in Lyx:
\floatstyle
{}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
Similarly the second line generates the error in Lyx:
\newfloat
{}{}{}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
I tried adding the line:
\usepackage{floatflt}
in the Lyx preamble but it didn't help.
I tried directly inserting it into the .tex file above the offending lines
but that didn't help either.
The output from the " latex file.tex" command is as follows:
latex srch55.tex
This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
%&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
(./srch55.tex
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, arabic, farsi, croatian, ukrainian, russian, bulgarian, czech, slov
ak, danish, dutch, finnish, basque, french, german, ngerman, ibycus, greek, mon
ogreek, ancientgreek, hungarian, italian, latin, mongolian, norsk, icelandic, i
nterlingua, turkish, coptic, romanian, welsh, serbian, slovenian, estonian, esp
eranto, uppersorbian, indonesian, polish, portuguese, spanish, catalan, galicia
n, swedish, ukenglish, loaded.
(/home/rocky/texmf/tex/generic/thesisChapter.cls
Document Class: thesisChapter 2000/05/15 Ralph Boland thesis class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amscls/amsbook.cls
Document Class: amsbook 2004/08/06 v2.20
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty)))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/latin1.def))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/xelatex/xetexconfig/geometry.cfg))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/verbatim.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)
(/etc/texmf/tex/latex/config/graphics.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def)))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/setspace/setspace.sty
Package: `setspace' 6.7 <2000/12/01>
)
! Undefined control sequence.
l.19 \floatstyle
{}
?
Here is the start of the file.tex file generated by Lyx:
=
%% LyX 1.6.2 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\documentclass[12pt,twoside,english]{thesisChapter}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[letterpaper]{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=1in,bmargin=1in,lmargin=1.5in,rmargin=1in}
\pagestyle{headings}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespacing
%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
%% A simple dot to overcome graphicx limitations
\newcommand{\lyxdot}{.}
\floatstyle{}
\newfloat{}{}{}
\floatname{}{}
\floatstyle{}
\newfloat{}{}{}
\floatname{}{}
%% Textclass specific LaTe
Re: discussion in lyx, or lyx for wikis
> > I'm teaching a math class where the students use lyx to write down their > ideas and proofs, and it would be nice to > have a way to use lyx to post to > a discussion or write in a wiki. > > This will be hard, because every Wiki has its own syntax. But for MediaWiki, the engine that is used by the Wikipedia > and other Wikis, you can highlight formula part in LyX and copy/paste them to the Wiki. This is possible, because > MediaWiki uses LaTeX for typesetting formulas. > For more special applications, I would have a look of you find some solution where you can use LaTeX. Then you > can simply copy/paste things from LyX's LateX output. > regards Uwe I would like to see a wiki that uses Lyx as its editor. Editing in Lyx is afterall, pretty simple for the most part. Of course such a wiki would be limited to those who have Lyx unless the wiki also supports simple text editing of simple text submissions. I have not thought through what changes to Lyx would be needed to support this. Perhaps we could have a wiki for Lyx that works this way!? I'd be willing to make a wiki for my open source project that works this way, once it is ready for release, but alas, at the current rate of progress, that will be years from now. Ralph Boland
problems converting from eps to pdf
I am running lyx 1.5.3 on ubuntu 08 10 (hardy). I just added a eps file to a lyx document. Now I cannot generate a pdf file. I am told by lyx that I need to add a converter for this in the preferences dialog. I found out that if I install livetex-extra-utils I will get a command: epstopdf I did this and the command was installed. I then added converters epstopdf $$i (EPS -->PDF (dvipdfm) epstopdf $$i (EPS -> PDF (pdflatex) epstopdf $$i (EPS -> PDF (ps2pdf) (I didn't know which of these I needed). This didn't work however because the command "convert"was not found. I could not find any references to this command on ubuntu. Can anyone tell me how to install the "convert" command on ubuntu? If I am doing anything else wrong fell free to point that out as well. Sincerely, Ralph Boland
description in curriculum vitae
Is there a way to add the description paragraph style to the curriculum vitae document class? Alternatively is there an alternative to this class that I can use that would contain the description paragraph style. I am using lyx 1.4.2 on a ubuntu system. Will upgrading my version of lyx help? Thanks Ralph Boland
change tracking feature extension request.
As a lyx user I am forever thankful (and forever expecting more) for the work of lyx developers. I read on the internet that lyx 1.4 supports change tracking. I will be glad to use this feature once lyx 1.4 is released but I already want more. I am developing a parser generator tool and when I release it the documentation will be in Lyx. I would like for users who find errors in the documentation to be able to send me files pointing out these errors. Change tracking will allow a way of doing this. Users can simply send me a copy of the documentation containing the proposed changes that they added using the change tracking facility. But a number of problems immediately come to mind. 1) I don't want users to send me a complete file (say the size of the lyx user's guide) just to point out a few minor mistakes. They could instead send me a diff file of the two verions of the documentations and I could then reconstruct their verion of the documentation from from my copy of the original lyx document and the diff file. This all sounds quite complicated. Instead, lyx could have a command "createLyxDiff" which creates this diff file (say doc.lyx.diff) or (preferably) some other file containing the necessary information. The user then sends me the file doc.lyx.diff. I then run lyx on my copy of the docuumentation and from lyx run the command "installDiffFile: doc.lyx.diff" which morphs my copy of the documention to the users version containing his/her comments. I then run the change tracking facility features to update the documentation. I think that this would be nice feature but it has problems of its own. 2)If the above feature is implemented then there is a problem. If two users send me change files to update my documentation then once I update the documentation based on one of the files, the other file will not match correctly with the updated version of the document since it was created based on the older original version of the documentation. Thus the "installDiffFile:" command needs to be able to load multiple (possibly a large number) of doc.lyx.diff.num files at one time and the change tracking facility of lyx needs to support processing them all at one time. With this feature when the document is released it would have embedded in it a date stamp. Once that date is reached copies of the document would not allow change tracking to be used (with some kind of override facility of course). Also, once that date is reached I would run lyx on the document and all the doc.lyx.diff.num files I have received and update the documentation accordingly. I would then release the new version of the documentation with a new embedded date stamp. Note that this implies documentation releases, much more often then say the sofware releases. I believe this mechanism will result in much more rapid development of user documentation. It should result in documentation that is very clean in terms of typos (but of course doesn't guaranttee quality documention). Since the documentation for Lyx is in Lyx, the first benifitiary of this feature could be Lyx itself. Comments welcome. Ralph Boland
lyx and fig2eps
I frequently use figures with mathematics and use xfig for this using the combined ps/latex format in xfig. This works well, but I would like the capability of using macros within xfig. I recently discoverd fig2eps (a script on top of fig2dev) which allows me to use macros in an xfig file. This program has the added advantage of outputting an .eps file which can then (as far as I know) be used like any other .eps file loaded into a lyx file. In order to use a macro it must be defined in a file called macros.tex. On my system this file behaves oddly but I won't go into that here. While I like the fig2eps script I would prefer that I not need a macros.tex file but that instead Lyx somehow made all latex macros defined in a given .lyx file available as if they were defined in the macros.tex file. The simple way to do this would be some kind of script that a lyx user can use that extracts all the macros in the lyx file and placed them in the macros.tex file. This is a crude and problematic solution for sure but it's a start. Preferable would be some method that was invisible or nearly invisible to the user. By the way, is there any kind of mailing list or user group for xfig? I have not found one. Ralph Boland
trouble finding xforms/ build lyx on slackware 9.0
I have abandoned trying to get Lyx to run with qt on Slackware 9.0 (after much fustration) and am now trying to get Lyx to run under Slackware 9.0 with xForms instead. However I cannot find a copy of xforms 1.0 source anywhere. The following three locations http://world.std.com/~xforms/ ftp://ncmir.ucsd.edu/pub/xforms/OpenSource/xforms-1.0-release.tgz ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/xforms/OpenSource/xforms-1.0-release.tgz (the ftp.lyx.org/pub directory does not seem so have an xforms subdirectory) listed in the Lyx source INSTALL file are all dead ends as are all the links I could find using google. Most of the links to xforms that I found end up saying to go to: http://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=xforms which leads to an URL not found message. Please do not hesitate to point that I am being really dumb here, but please point me to an Xforms 1.0 source that I can download. If anyone has gotten lyx to run on slackware 9.0 feel free to put salt on my wounds by pointing out your success; and while your at it tell me how you did it. Thanks. Ralph Boland
problems buillding lyx on slackware 9.0
I am attempting to install lyx on a IBM thinkpad running
slackware 9.0 linux. (This is the computer given to my to use by Acadia
university.
I don't think I am allowed to install say redhat (I was able to install
lyx on
my home computer which runs redhat. Also a few things on slactware 9.0 were
removed to make space to be able to also boot windows :-( ).
I was able to configure sucessfully using the --with-frontend=qt
setting. (as root)
(I am building lyx from ~rboland/Lyx/lyx-1.3.3.)
I as able to do a make (compile) sucessfully. (as root)
I then ran src/lyx as rboland sucessfully except that in math mode
mathematical
symbols are not displayed properly. They do print properly though.
In redhat I had to install a fonts file which was a .rpm file to get
this to work.
How do I get this file and install it using slackware 9.0?
Note that when I ran the command:
ldd `which lyx` | grep fontconfig
I get the message:
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x40b05000)
Upon exiting lyx I get the message:
"Mutex destroy failure: Device or resource busy."
I am at a loss as to what this message means.
I then attempted a make install.
Mostly it seems to work but at the end I get
...
test -f xfonts/fonts.dir || exit 0 ; \
/bin/sh ../config/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/lyx/xfonts ; \
files=`sed -e 's/^[0-9]*$//' -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) .*$/\1/' xfonts/fonts.dir` ; \
for i in ${files} ; do \
ln -f -s `kpsewhich $i` /usr/local/share/lyx/xfonts/$i ; \
done ; \
/usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 xfonts/fonts.dir
/usr/local/share/lyx/xfonts/fonts.dir ; \
/usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 xfonts/fonts.scale
/usr/local/share/lyx/xfonts/fonts.scale
test -f xfonts/PSres.upr && /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 xfonts/PSres.upr
/usr/local/share/lyx/xfonts/PSres.upr
make[3]: *** [install-xfonts] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/rboland/Lyx/lyx-1.3.3/lib'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/rboland/Lyx/lyx-1.3.3/lib'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rboland/Lyx/lyx-1.3.3/lib'
Obviously, part of the problem here relates to my need to install some
font, presumedly
the same font I installed on redhat. I am assuming (with some lack of
confidence)
that installing this font will remove all these problems.
I then attempted to run lyx (as rboland).
I get the following messages:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Lyx/lyx-1.3.3$ LyX Warning! Couldn't determine s
ystem directory. Try the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the e
nvironment variable LYX_DIR_13x to the LyX system directory containing
the file `chkconfig.ltx'.
Using built-in default /usr/local/share/lyx but expect problems.
LyX: reconfiguring user directory
configure: error: cannot find chkconfig.ltx script
LyX: Done!
Unable to find icon `'
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Unable to open character set file
Error: Textclass 'article' is missing a defaultstyle.
Error reading `'
(Check `article')
Check your installation and try Options/Reconfigure...
Operator[] called with empty n
We failed to find the layout '' in the layout list. You MUST
investiga te!
lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught
Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the bug-reporting
inst ructions in Help->Introduction and send us
a bug report, if necessary. Thanks !
Bye.
I then ran locate chkconfig.ltx from / . (after rebuilding the locate
database).
It was found only in ~rboland/Lyx/lyx-1.3.3/lib/chkconfig.ltx.
This suggests to me that chkconfig.ltx was supposed to be installed
somewhere
but wasn't.
I next ran:
lyx -sysdir=/home/rboland/Lyx/lyx-1.3.3/lib
This ran sucessfully except for the problems I had before.
That is:
1) mathematical symbols such as \alpha, \gamma fail to display and
instead alpha and gamma are
displayed on the screen. The proper symbols are displayed when printing.
2) on exit I get the message:
"Mutex destroy failure: Device or resource busy."
I would appreciate any help in getting this install to work
as I will be using Lyx to create all my course materials
and papers this semester.
I am particularly interested in having the installation of Lyx
on the laptop be as simple as possible so that the students
in the courses that I am teaching are able to install lyx on their
laptops (which are mostly running the exact same software).
If I could build an automatically installing package
that I could give them to run that would be great
but I am not sure what is involved with doing this.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Ralph Boland
Re: lyx compatibility
Yvonne Becherini wrote: > Hallo, > I have written a very large book with lyx and wanted now to upgrade to > the new version of the program. > Can you ensure me that my document will not have any problem with the new > version of lyx? > Many times, when I did the upgrade, I got a lot of errors which I didn't > have w1ith the old version, and (strange thing) I got some pieces of text > and pieces of math equations disappeared. > > Thanks, > Yvonne Why don't you generate the latex files corresponding to your lyx document for both versions of lyx and then do a diff on the latex files. Even though the lyx files may be different the latex files should not be. You should then be able to track down any difficulties and fix them in the new document. Note I only think this will work; I haven't actually tried it. Also, there could be some minor changes in the preamble including a comment on the version of lyx being used. Hope this helps. Ralph Boland
Re: scaling EPS how?
Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >the LyX pages and I need to somehow scale > >them into the pages properly. (I have heard > > Can't you just double-click an image in LyX and tell > LyX how to scale it? There are many options for scaling. > > -- > | Tuukka Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [PGP public key > | Homepage: http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~tuukkat/ available] > | Try also finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Studying information engineering at the University of Oulu > +--- You can scale an eps figure in Lyx as described above. Unfortunately you cannot scale relative to the size of the original figure but must scale relative to page size. Thus you must use your judgement if relative dimensions are to be maintained. Ralph Boland
flexible color change
I am using foiltex to create some slides. I want to create two versions of my slides. I want to create a fake color, say pink, that is not a foiltex color. In one version of my slides the pink text is white. (the slide version) In the other version the pink text is another color (say green). (the paper version). This would allow me to print out a paper version of my slides containing information that I can see but is not on the slides without having to maintain two documents. I want to define a macro or something like that so that by modifying the macro I can set whether or not the "pink" text is green or white. Note: I have tried using prosper but have had numberous problems. Is there documenation on proper installation of prosper; what software and versions of software are needed etc? Thanks Ralph Boland
Bold Cell Entries in Tables/Very Simple Document Styles?
> ...
Opps. OK.
>
> choose standard as paragraph layout for the table! if you
> want the table printed in bold characters write in ert:
>
> \textbf{ .. your table here ... }
>
> Herbert
>
> --
> http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/
Actually I only want certain entries in the table to be bold.
However, if I try setting the characters in a table cell to bold using:
layout->character
or
ert: \textbf{entry}
I do not get the affects I expect.
Is there a way to make a single cell entry of a table bold?
Thanks.
Ralph Boland
Note that I need this for creating a single page document
which has no standard format. Thus I really want lyx/latex
to do a lot less formatting than usual and allow me to place
things pretty much where I want. (Easy to do in MS Word)
Is there a latex or lyx document style that allows me to do this
and yet provides features such as math mode and tables?
Thanks again
Ralph Boland
using if/then/else with sections of text (was Re: bilingual documents ?)
Herbert Voss wrote: > Olivier Tubach wrote: > > > > is it possible to have in a lyx document : > > > > some english text > > the french translation > > > > other chapter > > > > some english text > > the french translation > > > > and export only the english version (or the french version) ? > > have a look at > > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/IfThen/ifthen.html#ifthen > > it's a similiar situation > > Herbert > > -- > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/ It is great that latex has support for this capability. However I consider this capability sufficiently useful that it would be good if lyx were to support it in a nice GUI kind of way. In my case I have to deal with proceeding and electronic versions of papers or paper vs chapters of my thesis etc. Rather than have multiple copies of these documents and then have to update them all when I make a change I would like to store them all into one lyx document. Herbert's solution allows me to do this but requires that I use a lot of ERT (evil red text) and abandon much of the advantage of using lyx over latex. Of interest, I also have to send versions of my papers to my supervisor or to co-authors. It would be very useful to be able to insert comments in the middle of a paragraph. e.g. (break sentence in two) (give reference) I guess margin comments are supposed to provide this facility. However I would like: 1) The comment marker to be more visible. Like the bright yellow and large box of the Note marker. 2) The ability to have the comment appear in the text rather than have to open up the marker (like math equations). This ability needs to controllable on an individual comment basis and on a global basis. 3) The ability to "go to prev/next comment". Thus if someone has marked up my paper with comments I would like to be able to go through them one at a time. I would want to be able to program a key to do this. 4) I personally wouldn't want them printed as happens with margin comments. Personal tastes may vary here. I suppose this could be controllable too. 5) Note that a Note comment cannot be used here because it doesn't allow math equations etc. to be placed in them. When I teach (my first) university course this fall I may get my students to do their assignments in lyx. Then I or my teaching assistants could place our comments directly into the assignment and send the marked versions back. It would also be a great tool if conferences/journals would accept lyx files and have referees return commented lyx files to the authors. Don't hold your breath on this one though. Sorry that I can't volunteer to actually implement any of these features. Thanks Ralph Boland
Bold math problems / slide headaches
Dekel Tsur wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 10:36:12AM +0200, Herbert Voss wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 22 May 2001, Ulrich [iso-8859-1] Günther wrote:
> >
> > > How do I get mathbf in lyx?
> >
> > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/mathmode.html#boldmath
>
> LyX has build-in support for \mathbf:
> Just press M-c b (or Ctrl+b) and type your text.
> Press M-c b (or Ctrl+b) again to return to normal mode.
>
> If you need bold greek letlets, use the bm package
> (\usepackage{bm} in the preamble, and \bm{...} in the formula).
I am creating a presentation using lyx/foiltex and to make my text
clearer I like to put the text in bold. However, putting the math
in bold as proposed above leads to a number of problems.
1) Ctrl-bXCtrl-b is not the same as \bm{X}
In general I want the latter since it looks like a bold math X while
the former looks like a bold X but the latter is more diffficlt to type.
2) I cannot select a math equation and type Ctrl-b to make it bold.
This works or course for most things such as delete or color red.
---
Tex and thus lyx are designed to handle the formatting for you which
for the most part is great.
However for slides you need a lot of control over formatting.
In particular you need to know if some text will require an extra
line or an extra slide. If an extra slide is needed I may
rewrite my text or shrink a figure to make it fit.
This is probably a situation that lyx simply cannot handle well
since it is based on tex which is not designed for slide presentations
Nevertheless a few things might help.
If I could automatically (by say a flag) open my lyx window at the
size indicated by my page size parameters I would have a better
idea what fits on a page. Admittedly this would be unreliable but
it would nevertheless help.
Some kind of control so that each slide could have its own page
size parameters. For pages with less data it would be convienient
to shrink the page size. Alternatively there would need to be some
kind of center page command that worked like center paragraph.
These sound more like latex/foiltex issues than lyx issues and I don't
expect solutions anytime soon. But I thought I'd let you
know of some of the problems.
Thanks
Ralph Boland
subscripted text in math equations.
In my thesis I sometimes write things such as y
ajour.cls / ajour.layout files
I am looking into submitting an article to the "Journal of Algorithms which prefers that its submissions use the class file "ajour.cls" which can be downloaded from "Academic Press" and which is used by dozens of journals. Is there a "ajour.layout" file to use with this class? If not then I will probably create one. If I do I would like to release it to the lyx community. Since I have only created one .layout file before (cccg.layout for the Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry 2000) I expect that my ajour.layout file would probably not be as clean as it should be. Could anyone volunteer to clean up my file before I release it? If there are reasons why I should not try to create such a file I would like to hear them. I don't want to spend time on this unless it is a good idea. Hope you can help me and if not I hope I can help you. Ralph Boland
Bug. How to report a bug
I thought there was a mechanism for reporting bugs but I couldn't find it at www.lyx.org. Perhaps a description of how to report a bug should be easier to find (or perhaps I am just to dumb to find it). Anyway, here is my bug. In lyx 1.1.5 I used a mapped a key so that when I typed it the next chacter was a greek math symbol. For example I could type "if 'greek-alpha' then as "if 'special-key'a then". This doesn't work as well anymore now that I am using 1.1.6-fix1. If I try the same expression now then after I type "'special-key'a" the cursor is placed before (not after where I think it should be) the 'greek-alpha' symbol. Thus before I can continue typing I must advance the cursor from before the 'alpha-symbol' to after the 'alpha-symbol'. I do this kind of typing often. Thanks, especially if this bug has already been reported. Ralph Boland
problems with algoithm floats.
I used to have algorithm floats working but not anymore. I recently upgraded to lyx-1.1.5fix1 from lyx 1.0.4 but since lyx 1.0.4 no longer works with algorithm floats either I assume the problem is not related to the upgrade. One possible difficulty is that I may have changed some of the latex files in my ~src/texinputs file and alas I cannot backup to the original state. In particular the file floatflt.sty may have changed though I don't see why that would matter. I have tried many combinations of having floatflt.sty and algorithm.sty in and out of ~/src/texinputs and included and not included in the latex preamble. As I understand things these changes wouldn't make a difference and my experiments seem to indicate that they don't. But what does matter? What have I changed to break algorithm floats. Included is a directory of files showing a simple example. It was run using lyx-1.1.5fix1. The same thing happens if I use 1.0.4 even though lyx-1.0.4 used to work. Any help greatly appreciated. Ralph Boland probFiles.tgz
pdf output
I need to generate some pdf files from the lyx documents I created using foilTex. (lots of eps files) I noticed several pdf-ish things settable in the lyxrc file so I thought I could get lyx to generate pdf output, both to the screen and to files. These settings include: \pdf_mode true \custom_export_format pdf \pdflatex_command "pdflatex" \view_pdf_command "acroread" However, setting these values in my lyxrc file didn't seem to have any affect. (I quit and reentered lyx.) I perused the lyx documentation and then checked the lyx commands listed in the bindings files looking for commands related to this but found little. So I perused the archives and found more than enough information to confuse me. Yet none of the posting I checked in the archives referenced these settings. They do imply that I cannot convert lyx documents to pdf files directly from lyx except perhaps through a custom export command. WHAT EXACTLY DO THESE SETTINGS DO AND HOW DO I MAKE THEM TAKE EFFECT? The archives have several useful comments on how to convert my foilTex lyx documents to pdf files which I will now try. Any final advice welcome. I am using lyx-1.1.5fix1 Thanks Ralph Boland
Re: foilTex and figure floats
Herbert Voss wrote:
>
> Ralph Boland wrote:
> >
> > I am using foilTex to create a slide presentation.
> > Some of my figures contain latex code so I want to
>
> > My problem is that I don't want the word
> > "Figure" to show up and sometimes
> > not the caption either.
>
> i never used foiltex, so i'm not sure if i understand
> all well:
> do you mean the same caption like the one in
> book or article class?
>
> if yes, you can define \renewcommand\figurename{}
This works in that "Figure" disappears. However I also
wanted to get rid of the numbering. Sorry I should have
said that the first time. Note that sometimes I do this
within a figure float (when I use PS/LaTex combined format)
>
> > 1) I would like to color my page numbers (a light color)
> > so I can
> > make them less obvious but I don't know how.
>
> use package color and define your own color:
> \definecolor{myColor}{rgb}{0.9,0.9,0.9}% rgb color model
> \textcolor{myColor}{...the text ...}
I think this would work if I could set \pagestyle{myheadings}
but the foiltex document class doesn't seem to allow it.
>
> > Also, Is there a way to tuck
> > the page numbers into a corner?
>
> with fancyhdr
>
> \fancyfoot[RE,LO]{\thepage}
>
> RE: right-even pages
> LO: left-odd pages
>
> and in lyx layout->document->pageformat->fancy
>
> Herbert
>
The foilTex document class lets me set pageformat to fancy
in the layout document menu. Alas it still prints the
page in the center of the footer after I try the command
you suggest. In fact it then prints the page number two
or three times.
For now I think I will just have to live
with the page number printed
in the center of the footer in black.
Perhaps there's a way to change the size of the page number?
thanks for you help.
When I have time I'll figure out a way to do this and let
you know hows it can be done.
foilTex and figure floats
I am using foilTex to create a slide presentation. Some of my figures contain latex code so I want to use the combined PS/LaTex method of creating the figure. (for this I do not use foilTex but create a different document for these figures. My problem is that I don't want the word "Figure" to show up and sometimes not the caption either. One possibility would be to make it white but I don't know how to do this for the word "Figure" and in any case it would take up space that I might want for my figure. Any suggestions? Other problems with foilTex. 1) I would like to color my page numbers (a light color) so I can make them less obvious but I don't know how. Also, Is there a way to tuck the page numbers into a corner? I tried using fancyheaders but I guess I didn't do it right because I couldn't get page numbers to go to the corner. 2) I get crashes galore when I use foilTex, often with orphan windows. Part of the problem is a lack of resources on the machine I am using but lyx handles the difficulties ungracefully. Note that in article or book classes I can create 30 page documents but in foilTex 6 pages appears to be about it so I have to split my file. I assume this is because there are so many figures.
lyx buggy when resouces scarce
I searched the lyx home page but couldn't find any information on how to report errors so I am reporting my bugs here. advice on where/how to report errors appreciated. I am running lyx on solaris and unfortunately I have limited resources available. Thus crashes are fairly common because I run out of memory. This often happens when I run lyx and xfig concurrently. This now happens more often since I upgraded from 1.0.4 to 1.1.5. This occurs especially often when I work with foilTex documents. Actually I switched to working on foilTex documents at the same time I switched to lyx-1.1.5 so possibly the problem is mainly with foilTex documents. If this were not bad enough. Lyx now crashes in ugly ways. Often it will crash and leave the lyx window open. I then cannot remove the window. Often when this happens I cannot restart lyx without crashing immediately. I then have to logout and then login again. I may have to go back to using lyx version 1.0.4. Note that lyx 1.0.4 often dropped cores and occasionally kicked me off the system. But lyx 1.1.5 is becoming difficult to use at all. Note that I run lyx on one sun machine remotely from another. This is because the machine I am on has limited resources. The remote machine has plenty of resources so it suprizes me that I have so much difficulty. Thanks Ralph Boland p.s. I can send you core dumps (lots) if you want.
latex,math set_color
I am running lyx-1.1.5 on solaris. I get the following error messages: LyX: Unknown X11 color DarkRed for latex Using black instead, sorry!. LyX: Unknown X11 color DarkBlue for math Using black instead, sorry!. I tried'set_color "latex" "red"' and'set_color "math" "blue"' and got the following error messages: LyX: Unknown tah `\set_color' [around line 39 of file ~/.lyx/lyxrc] LyX: Unknown tag `\set_color' [around line 40 of file ~/.lyx/lyxrc] I also tried setting footnote red and got the same error. Any suggestioons as to how I can fix this. Thanks Ralph Boland
Re: math-delimiters
Martijn Brouwer wrote:
>
> Is there an easy way to insert math-delimiters with the keyboard?
>
> __
> Martijn Brouwer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try putting the following in your lyxrc file.
# These do pairs of: () {} [] <> ||
\bind "M-9" "math-delim ( )"
\bind "M-bracketright" "math-delim [ ]"
\bind "M-bracketleft" "math-delim { }"
\bind "C-period""math-insert dots"
\bind "C-comma" "math-delim langle rangle"
\bind "M-slash" "math-delim | |"
I give you the following word of warning. These are very
convienient to use. However math-delim tends to use
sizes of delimiters that are too large when used in text mode.
Thus you should use these keyboard shortcuts wisely.
I wish latex or lyx had a "small-math-delim" capability but
none exists as far as I know.
Ralph Boland
printing two sided.
I am using lyx 1.0.4
I am having trouble printing an article
(with ams things loaded into it) two sided.
I found the some advice from a couple of old postings (below):
However these suggestions don't seem to work for me.
1) exporting, making the modification, and then importing
makes too many undesireable affects on my document.
2) doing a \usepackage[twoside]{graphics} in the
preamble gives me a latex
error message:
"Latex Error: Option clash for package graphics"
3) The following advice was unclear to me:
"forcing by editing in text mode seems to work too"
\documentclass[twoeside]{book}
I tried editing anything in my lyxfile that I could find
that might set this value correctly but nothing I tried
worked.
Is there a way for me to set two sided printing correctly.
---
>> \documentclass{article}
>>
>> but if I select 'two side' I get
>>
>> \documentclass[oneside]{article}
>>
>> Has anyone else seen this behavior?
>
>yes it's the same with the book class... so i export in latex replace
>the oneside with twoside and commpile it
I also had the same problem with book class.
To solve it, use graphics package with option 'twoside' in your
preamble and everything should be OK.
Sincerely,
Sasa
Janiska wrote:
>
forcing by editing in text mode seems to work too
\documentclass[twoeside]{book}
when you open your document under lyx this configuration is kept
>
> To solve it, use graphics package with option 'twoside' in your
> preamble and everything should be OK.
> Sincerely,
> Sasa
>
1) wide figures/amsart 2) adding commands to lyxrc
I am submitting a paper to the C.C.C.G. conference. I am satisfying the conferences document format requirements but using amsart document layout with some modifications. I need to use the amsart document layout because I need some of the amsfonts and things like theorems. Unfortunately I must submit my document with two columbs but amsart layout refuses to allow me use wide figures which I need for my paper. This is a difficulty with the latex class amsart and not with lyx. First question: 1) What is the simplest way to use wide figures in combination with amsart.layout? Should I instead try to build a new document class with all the features I need from the amsart document class. The conference requests that I use the command "dvips -m -D 1200 -o file.ps file.dvi " to build my postscript file. Of course I can do this by first exporting my lyx file to a latex file. This works but it clumsy. There must be command that I can add to the lyxrc file that will have this be done automatically. Second question: What command do I add to the lyxrc file to do this? I am using lyx 1.0.4 and have read the documentation. Should I pick up a a version of the documentation for a newer version of lyx or is the lyx 1.0.4 documentation the best for using lyx 1.0.4? I assume the next stable version of lyx will be 1.2. When it is released I hope to convince our sysadmin guy to install a new version of lyx. Any idea when lyx 1.2 might be released? Thanks Ralph Boland
math delimiters too big
I have added the following text to my lyxrc file.
--
# These do pairs of: () {} [] <> ||
\bind "M-9" "math-delim ( )"
\bind "M-bracketright" "math-delim [ ]"
\bind "M-bracketleft" "math-delim { }"
\bind "C-period""math-insert dots"
\bind "C-comma" "math-delim langle rangle"
\bind "M-slash" "math-delim | |"
\bind "C-slash" "math-delim Vert Vert"
\bind "C-bracketleft" "math-delim lfloor rfloor"
\bind "C-bracketright" "math-delim lceil rceil"
--
This allows me use use math delimiters very convieniently.
Unfortunately I find the delimiters to be too large.
Is there a way to force them to be slightly smaller?
Preferably I would do this in the preamble so that
the work I have done so far would not need to be modified.
Alternatively I could modify the text above so the delimiters
would be smaller in future.
As a last resort I could uses lyx macros instead of the mappings
above. This would be less convienient but preferable to the
current state of affairs.
Perhaps I should ask this question to a tex user group but I
thought I would ask here first.
Thanks
Ralph Boland
P.S. Does anybody besides me find the math delimiters to be
too large?
Re: word count
Shawn Koons wrote: > > Hello: > > Forgive this possible faq, but is there a way to do a word count in lyx > (I have checked the documentation and found nothing) - or - should I > convert to ascii and check it that way? > > Shawn > -- > Mitakuye Oyasin If you run the spell checker it will tell you how many words were checked. Alternatively export the file to a latex file. There is supposed to be a program to strip out all the latex commands. Then you can use wc. I don't know what the program to strip out latex commands is called but perhaps you can use that. If I find out the name I'll let you know. Hope this helps Ralph boland
Lyx-Code style problems.
I need to use Lyx-Code style in a layout that doesn't
have it. So I copied the Lyx-Code style into my layout.
It works except that multiple spaces are compressed into
a single space.
I experimented and determined that if I modified
article.layout and amsart.layout to be the same except that
one has the line
# \DeclareLaTeXClass{article (AMS)}
and the other has the line
# \DeclareLaTeXClass{article}
then the article.layout version has multiple spaces in style Lyx-Code
but the amsart.layout version does not.
Could someone explain this?
And explain how I can modify my document class to use
Lyx-Code with multiple spaces?
Note: I do not have sysadmin privalages so cannot modify
the standard layouts and apparently cannot create a new
one in my .lyx/layouts directory. I run config and then
check the list of classes in the popup Layout/document.../class
but the new layout is not listed. (Yes, I exit lyx and then restart
lyx.)
What I do is modify the standard layouts in my .lyx/layouts directory
to get the layout that I want. This is crude but gives
me what I need until this can be sorted out.
Hopefully I can create my own layouts when I upgrade.
I don't see why any of this relates to the problem
I have with Lyx-Code but I thought I should let you
know.
Thanks
Ralph Boland
Currently I am using lyx 1.0.4 and will upgrade when
the next stable version is released in ???.
Problems with lists of figures
Currently I have all my captions of figures above the figures and when I build a list of figures it works fine. However I prefer to have my captions below the figures. This also works for list of figures when the figures are .eps files (from xfig). But if I use combined latex/postscript format then I get several errors with each figure. Is there a way around this problem. (I assume not) Is this problem fixed or going to be fixed in a later version of lyx. I am using lyx 1.0.4. While I'm here let me make two further points. 1) I sometimes put multiple lines of data with a figure. To do this I put the first line in a caption paragraph (to be put in the list of figures) and the remaining lines in a second paragraph in a standard paragraph. When I do this I want the lines to be in block format. Unfortunately they are always centered even though the layout of the paragraph is "block". Can this be fixed? 2) I notice that sometimes that when I make a change and then build a postscript file that the change is not put into the file. This occurs when building the postscript file is generating errors. For example. Assume that I have a figure and with a long caption. I decide to break the caption into two lines by a CTRL-RETURN. The build of the postscript file generates errors. So I undo the change and build again. Alas the errors are still there! Now I add a RETURN instead of a CTRL-RETURN and the error goes away. (Actually of course it was alread gone. I see the problem in various ways when there are errors. It is of course quite confusing when you are trying to figure out what the source of the errors is. 3) I put my captions in italics. I do this manually. It there a simple way to make this automatic? 4) I can't count. Thanks in advance for your help and thanks for the great product. P.S. If you need files with these errors in them let me know. I don't think they will be necessary. Ralph Boland
Heavy hands on keyboard
I touch type (not overly well) and tend to hold my fingers on the keys which sometimes results in a typed character being repeated multiple times as a result of the autorepeat feature of the keyboard. For example I might accidentally mispell the word "form" as "fom". I would like to invoke the XAutoRepeatOff(display) function to turn off the autorepeat feature. Is there a way of doing this in lyx? I don't know how I can access the display structure that lyx uses when I envoke lyx. I am running lyx 1.0.4 from a Sun workstation. Thanks Ralph Boland
Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time
Andre Poenitz wrote:
>
> > I am not an "expert" either, but I strongly support the idea of forming
> > a newsgroup.
>
> So there are at least three of us ;-)
>
> I just had a look at news.admin.misc and found a message under
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ("How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup")
> that explains the process of creating a newsgroup quite nicely.
> But it looks like there was a bit of work involved so I guess
> someone has to do it...
>
> I'd vote for an unmoderated group 'comp.text.lyx'.
>
> Andre'
...
Personally I would much prefer that the newsgroup be moderated.
Of the newsgroups that I subscribe to comp.compilers is the only
one that is moderated. As a result I can process it daily
without reading a lot of material that I tend to think should not
have been posted in the first place. In that newsgroup the moderator
will often answer questions directly if he knows the answer
right away and avoid having them being posted.
As a result of this experience I MUCH prefer moderated usergroups.
Of course this would require a fair amount of work by the moderator.
Unfortunately I lack both the experience with Lyx and the necessary
time to be the moderator. Perhaps the position of moderator
can be rotated amoung a number of "experts".
Ralph Boland
Problems with lyx math macros.
I have two problems with math macros. 1) I would like to put all my lyx math macros into one lyx file and then include them into each chapter of my thesis. However there doesn't seem to be a way to do this. Each document inclusion method I tried doesn't work. Most fustrating is that if I use an include (input) file command to do this it appears to work until I attemp to print it. The problem appears to be all the other format information that the document (containing the macros) contains. I thought of constructing a document class with a minimal amount of formatting information but unfortunately when I create a new document class it doesn't become available to me even after reconfiguring lyx. I think that the problem is that I have to install new document classes in the user directory and they dont appear to show up. I assume that if I had system privilages that I could install such a document. IS THERE A WAY THAT I CAN DO PUT ALL MY LYX MATH MACROS INTO A SINGLE FILE? 2) I currently put my math macros in each chapter of my thesis. This works as long as I am working on a single chapter. However when I try to combine my chapters using a master file. the fact that the macros are repeated causes errors and thus preventing me from printing until I remove the duplicated macros. Is there a way to get around this? I am using Lyx 1.0.4 Thanks Ralph Boland
Problems with list of algorithms
I attempted to put a list of algorithms in my document
but I get a list of errors (seems to be two per algorithm).
Most say
"undefined control sequence.
\@dottedtocline ...sep mu\hbox{.}\mkern \@dotsep
mu$}\hfill \nobreak. \[EMAIL PROTECTED]
l.1 ...e{1}{\ignorespaces \nonbreakingspace}}{4}"
One of them is gives a slightly different message.
I have attached a document with the problem.
I suspect that I am missing some style format
or package. (I have had this problem before.
Unfortunately we don't have the lattest and greatest
version of latex and its packages.)
Can someone tell me what style that I am missing or
what else the problem is.
I am using lyx 1.0.4
Thanks
Ralph Boland
#This file was created by Mon Jan 17 19:32:21 2000
#LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1999 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
\lyxformat 2.15
\textclass amsbook
\begin_preamble
\makeatletter
\usepackage{showkeys}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{floatflt}
%\usepackage{mssymb}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{stmaryrd}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\newcommand{\tun}{\Rsh}
\newcommand{\stab}{\dag}
\newcommand{\mon}{\lightning}
\newcommand{\cir}{\circlearrowright}
\newcommand{\convex}{\lozenge}
\newcommand{\cov}{\complement}
\end_preamble
\language default
\inputencoding default
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize 11
\spacing onehalf
\papersize Default
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 1
\use_amsmath 1
\paperorientation portrait
\leftmargin 1.6in
\topmargin 1in
\rightmargin 1.4in
\bottommargin 1in
\secnumdepth 5
\tocdepth 5
\paragraph_separation indent
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 2
\paperpagestyle default
\layout Chapter
A Problem with Lists of Algorithms.
\layout Standard
Date:
\latex latex
\backslash
today
\latex default
\layout Standard
\begin_inset LatexCommand \listofalgorithms{}
\end_inset
\layout Section
Introduction
\layout Standard
I can't seem to get the list of algorithms feature to work.
\layout Standard
Here is a sample algorithm.
\layout Standard
\begin_float alg
\layout Caption
\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{BuildMMSP1}
\end_inset
\protected_separator
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
Input: a simple 2-wind polygon
\begin_inset Formula \( P \)
\end_inset
along with
\begin_inset Formula \( \pi \left( P\right) \)
\end_inset
.
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
Output: A MSVP
\begin_inset Formula \( M \)
\end_inset
of
\begin_inset Formula \( P \)
\end_inset
.
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
1.
\begin_inset Formula \( M:=\emptyset \)
\end_inset
.
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
2.
Do a blocking monotone sweep of
\begin_inset Formula \( \pi \left( P\right) \)
\end_inset
: For each
\begin_inset Formula \( Q\in \pi \left( P\right) \)
\end_inset
do
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
2.1.
If
\begin_inset Formula \( \textrm{ windows}\left( Q\right) =\emptyset \)
\end_inset
then
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
2.1.1.
\begin_inset Formula \( w\left( \textrm{door}\left( Q\right) \right) :=1 \)
\end_inset
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
2.1 Else
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
3.
Return
\begin_inset Formula \( \left( M\right) \)
\end_inset
.
\end_float
\layout Standard
Many of the results in this sections are from
\begin_inset LatexCommand \cite{CircRayLog4}
\end_inset
.
We have however made modifications to these results where necessary and
added some results of our own.
\layout Subsection
Circular Arc - Chain Intersection Detection
\layout Standard
Here is another algorithm.
\layout Standard
\begin_float alg
\layout Caption
\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{IntDetect}
\end_inset
\protected_separator
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
Preprocessing:
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
input: a chain
\begin_inset Formula \( C \)
\end_inset
.
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
1.
Compute
\begin_inset Formula \( \textrm{Vor}_{\textrm{near}}\left( C\right) \)
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Formula \( \textrm{Vor}_{\textrm{farNormal}}\left( C\right) \)
\end_inset
.
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
2.
Preprocess
\begin_inset Formula \( \textrm{Vor}_{\textrm{near}}\left( C\right) \)
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Formula \( \textrm{Vor}_{\textrm{farNormal}}\left( C\right) \)
\end_inset
for efficient point location.
\end_float
\layout Standard
One last algorithms for good luck.
\layout Standard
\begin_float alg
\layout Caption
\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{AlgorithmIntDetect2}
\end_inset
\protected_separator
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
Preprocessing:
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
Input: a polygon
\begin_inset Formula \( P \)
\end_inset
.
\layout Standard
\noindent \align left
1.
Compute
\begin_inset Formula \( C_{l}\, :=\, \textrm{chn}^{-}\left( \psi _{x}(P)\right) \)
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Formula \( C_{r
Using figures in Multipart Documents
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am having proplems using figures (.eps files) in multipart documents. In my thesis, which I am writing using Lyx (version 1.04), I have created a master document and a number of Chapters. In a directory called Thesis I have a subdirectory Master (comtaining the master file) and a directory for each chapter. I have created figures for my thesis using XFig. Some are .eps files and some are .pstex_t.tex files (combined postscript/latex files). Each figure is stored in the Chapter where it is used. I include the eps files in a chapter using "include figure" and the .pstex_t.tex files using "include file setting: input". In order that the figures can be found both when I am working only on a chapter and also when I am working with the master file I give the pathname for each figure as follows (for ChapterK) "../ChapterK/figurename.pstex_t.tex" or "../ChapterK/figurename2.eps" Now the .pstex_t.tex files are found correctly both through the chapter file and through the master file. However the .eps files can be found by the chapter file but not by the master file. I discovered that the problem is that someone is too smart and shortens "../ChapterK/figurename.eps" to just "figurename.eps". (Try setting the path and then return to check what the actual path name used is later.) This is of course a correct (but unnecessary) shortcut for the Chapter file but an incorrect shortcut for the master file. As a result the master file cannot find the .eps figure files but can find the pstex_tex files. There are two crude solutions: 1) Use absolute path names for .eps files. This is ugly and a problem because I have to deal with porting my thesis to other machines. I haven't tested this yet. 2) Only use pstex_tex files. This is also ugly but it is the prefered solution and the one I will implement if no one can suggest a better solution. Most of my files are pstex_tex_t.tex files anyway so I can live with this but for some people this would be a real pain if not impossible. Can anyone suggest alternative solutions? Is this problem fixed in Lyx 1.1.4? Thanks in advance for you help. Ralph Boland
Caption problms.
I sorted out the problems with captions. I mentioned in my previous posting. I missed a reference to documentation on Captions. Sorry for the unnecessary clutter in everyones mailboxes. If any one can answer my questions in the previous posting on using XFix with the combined postscript/latex optioned it would still be much appreciated. Ralph Boland
Problems with Captions/figures.
After I create a figure (fig.eps) using xfig and then adding it to my document using "insert figure: type: Encapsulated Postscript" I tried to create a caption by setting the paragraph style containing the figure to Caption. What I get instead is "Senseless:" Not matter which way I create a Caption paragraph syle I get the same thing. If I build a postscript file I get nine errors. Most of them are control sequence problems. One says no counter defined. It sounds like I am doing something really stupid but I don't know what. Any suggestions? Also, I have kept track of posts involving creating of figures particularly figures of the combined postscript/latex kind. In the documentation is says that these documents cannot be scaled. I assume that I must get them right in XFix because they cannot be adjusted in anyway afterwards. This should like it might be a bit awkward but to serious of a problem. Am I correct or does it mean something more severe. Also, One of the people posting about using XFix/lyx pointed out that the combined postscript/latex figures should only be used when the figure goes on a separate page. Why is this the case. I am writing a thesis in Computational Geometry and I need many figures and many of them need to have latex commands in them. And I don't want to put all my figures on a single page. I need floats to work with these figures and also wrapping around figures. Am I going to be able to do all these things using the combined postscript/latex XFig figures. What options do I have? Thanks Ralph Boland
key map for math-like delimiters
In lyx I have mapped the key Meta-/ to "math delim | |"
This maps to "|?|".
I have also mapped the math delimiter pairs [?] and {?}.
I would like to map other delimiter pairs such
as
|_ ? _|, (floor)
|^ ? ^|(ceiling)
|| ? ||
Is there a way to to this.
(I am currently using Lyx 1.0.4)
Thanks,
Ralph Boland
While I am here, I posted another problem a short while ago but I
didn't get an answer.
Perhaps its simple to solve but unfortunately I am unfamiliar
with latex. Hopefully people don't think I am just too stupid to be
worth helping so I post it here for a second time.
In my thesis at one point I write something like:
"We refer to the version of Algorithm A in which we replace
routine x with routine y as Alborithm B."
Now I use labels for Algorithms A and B. Whenever I reference
Algorithms A or B I use cross-references.
Thus Algorithm A is known as Algorithm 2.2.3 when printed
and I want Algorithm B to be known as Algorithm 2.2.6 when printed.
Unfortunately Lyx doesn't handle this the way I want.
1) Lyx doesn't print the value of the label where it is declared.
That is it prints: "routine x with routine y by Algorithm .".
(The correct label is used on the screen.)
2) When I cross reference Algorithm B a different number is used
than 2.2.4 such as 2.2.1. (Since I am doing something strange here I
assume that this is simply a bug in lyx. I would have expected lxy
to print the empty string.)
3) The next paragraph to be labeled (Style Problem) is given the
number 2.2.6. This number should be given to Algorithm B.
It seems to me that the best fix is to have a paragraph using
style "Algorithm" which does not show up when printed. But to which
I can apply the label I use for Algorithm B. Then all references
to Algorithm B can use the reference to the phony algorithm.
Is this possible? How do I do it? If not, how else can I achieve
the effect that I want?
Thanks
Ralph Boland
p.s. I realize this is not a Lyx problem but a problem with the
way I am attempting to use it. But I still need to do what I am
trying to do.
Re: Algorithm label without Algorithm Paragraph style
In my thesis at one point I write something like: We refer to the version of Algorithm A in which we replace routine x with routine y by Alborithm B. Now I use labels for Algorithms A and B. Whenever I reference Algorithms A or B I use cross-references. Thus Algorithm A is known as Algorithm 2.2.3 when printed and Algorithm B should be known as Algorithm 2.2.6 when printed. Unfortunately Lyx doesn't handle this the way I want. 1) Lyx fails to print the value of the label where it is declared. That is it prints: "routine x with routine y by Algorithm .". (The correct label is used on the screen.) 2) When I cross reference Algorithm B a different number is used than 2.2.4 such as 2.2.1. 3) The next paragraph to be labeled (Style Problem) is given the number 2.2.6. This number should be given to Algorithm B. It seems to me that the best fix is to have a paragraph using style "Algorithm" which does not show up when printed. Is this possible? How do I do it? If not, how else can I achieve the effect that I want? Ralph Boland p.s. I realize this is not a Lyx problem but a problem with the way I am attempting to use it. But I still need to do what I am trying to do.
Turning off label conversion
I am often printing my documents and then reading them for editing purposes. When I do this I have the fustration of finding that all my lemmas, theorems, equations, etc have their labels replaced by numbers. While of course this is exactly the way I want my final output to look it is very inconvenient when editing because I know all my lemmas etc by label and not by number so they are hard to recognize when referenced. Also, the numbers keep changing anyway so it is pointless to memorize them. It there a way to turn off the conversion of these labels to their numeric counterparts? This would be a great help. Perhaps other would like this capability as well. Thanks Ralph Boland
remapping arrow keys
I find the arrow keys difficult to type on my keyboard so I tried to map the arrow keys to keys F5,F6,F7, and F8. I can remap the "up" and "down" arrow keys to keys F6 and F7 using the functions "up" and "down" in the bind file. However there doesn't appear to be any corresponding functions for "left" and "right". Any suggestions? Also, I noticed that there is a special character for end-of sentence. Currently I just use the '.' character. I assume that there is a good reason why I should use the special character instead. What is the reason? Ralph Boland
Master files
I am writing a thesis in lyx and am trying to use the multipart document feature. I have set my master file and each chapter to be book (AMS). Now if I try to print my master file I get the entire thesis. Good. But if I try to print any indivual chapter I get an error because lyx expects there to be a title. (Lyx also fails to know the correct number for the chapter but that's not so important). It seems to me that I need to create a private version of the book (AMS) layout that doesn't have a title so that I can print individual chapters. Am I right? Is there a better way to do this? One that keeps the chapter/section/theorem etc numbers correct would be nice but not crucial. One possibility would be to insert some latex code somewhere. Alas I am not a latex user although I have a friend who knows it well and is willing to help me if this is what I should do. Thanks Ralph Boland
Numbering equations in a proof
I have to write a number of equations in a single proof. I want to number them 1, 2, 3, etc since the equation are local to the proof and do not need to be referenced outside the proof. I need to do this in several proof. Each time I need to start from 1 again. How do I do this while still maintaining the normal rules for numbering equations outside a proof for the rest of my thesis? Of course I could number them by hand but lyx doesn't let you do this easily and in any case that would be against the lyx philosophy. Ralph Boland
Consecutive facts mess up
At several points in my thesis (I am using book(AMS) layout) I have two facts (or similar theorem related styles) in a row without any other style in between. Lyx then combines these two facts into a single fact. We tried and this is not a latex problem. A friend suggested that I create a style fact2 identical to style fact so that I can switch them. This seems like a crude approach and would also clutter up by style box which is already too long. Any other suggestions? Ralph Boland
Running ispell problems.
I tried to run the spell checker. I complained that it couldn't find ispell until I gave it the correct path in my lyxrc file. It then ran but immediately crashed with the message "illegal option -- B" Since I didn't pass this flag I assume that lyx inserts it somehow. I found no references to this parameter in the ispell documentation. I assume that the problem is that I am running an old version of ispell (time stamp is Nov 1993) Is this the problem and will it be fixed if I update the version of ispell that I am using? Note that it is a pain for me to get the sysadmin people to update tools so I'd rather be sure before I bug them. Thanks Ralph Boland
Printing Users Manual
I am a new lyx user and have been trying to print the users manual. In a previous post I pointed out a failure because latex could not find file 'rotating.sty'. I have now installed this file and also file 'url.sty' and now complaints about missing files have gone away. Thanks for the help Kayvan A. Sylvan. Now instead of getting 1 error I get 208 errors. All the errors appear to be of the form: ! Undefined control sequence. l.# message The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If ... Most of these messages occur immediately preceding Emphasized text such as: using the [Error]Insert->Table Float menu item. Most others appear immediately preceding a `\` character A few appear after footnotes. There are errors in the table immediately predceing section 4.4.2. There could be a few errors not in any of the above categories. Any ideas as to why I am getting these errors? Thanks in advance for you time. Ralph Boland
Mac Word 98 to Lyx
First what I am doing.
Then a minor complaint.
Then I'll ask for advice.
1) What I am doing.
So far I have been writing my Ph.D. thesis (in computer science
actually much more like a math thesis) in Microsoft word 98.
However for various reasons I want my final product to be a tex
document so I am converting my word documents to lyx.
I am not overly concerned about preserving my document format
information in this conversion except for my equations.
I average 3-4 equations per line.
So I
i) marked all my word equations and converted them into
an entirely textual form. I used macros for much of this.
ii) Saved my word doc in text format.
iii) Read the text file into Lyx.
iv) saved the result as tex document.
v) am about to convert all my equation data to tex data by means
of sed or pearl scripts
vi) Then I will read the updated tex file and get all my equations
in my lyx document.
vii) Then I will restore all my other document format information
manually.
2) A minor complaint.
When I filed out a tex document and just filed it back in again
I did not get the exactly the same document. Lyx gave no
complaints when I used a (") character. But when I saved it to
tex and read it back in each (") char was preceded by a (\char)
string in red. This is not a serious problem for me but violates
the principle that lyx should be able to read in any tex document
that it creates and get back the original lyx docuement.
I don't need this problem fixed but others might.
3) A minor problem
I tried to print the users manual. However the construction
of the tex file from the lyx file failed because the file
'rotating.sty' was not found. Lyx was installed by the computer
administrators for the computer science department but they
did not have time to track down this problem. I am not a unix
expert so I have not attempted to track it down either. Any
suggestions as to what the problem might be?
4) Do you have any advice?
a) Is the approach I am taking the best one? I am unaware of
any other options or useful tools.
b) It would be very useful for me if there exists templates
for the kind of document I am creating. I need templates for
creating theorems, Lemmas, proofs etc. I also need templates for
algorithms.
c) It would be great to get a template for the creation of
an entire thesis espcially one designed for mathematics or computer
science. Where can I find such templates if they exist? I am
prepared to share any templates or documents that I create.
I will also put my final thesis on the net either in tex format
or lyx format (after my thesis has been copywrited of course).
That way any templates I create will be accessable
by others.
I did look at Scientific word before choosing Lyx.
Shientific word did have a number of templates for various
things like the ones I mentioned above. They also had
templates for various scientific and mathematical journals.
Could such templates be used with Lyx?
Thanks in advance for your time.
Ralph Boland
University of Ottawa. Ont. Canada
