Re: How many use Linux:

[Richard Talley]

I use LyX on OS X.
However, I was able to get it added to 350 university lab PCs (Windows) that
already had LaTeX on them due to a departmental request.

Now any time I get asked, "How did you make that pdf?" or "You don't use
Word? What do you use?", I can say, "Let me show you something
interesting."

Besides, it really doesn't matter what fraction of LyX users are using this
or that platform. What matters is what fraction of the techies, those people
that others turn to for advice. More and more these people use Linux or OS
X. Only the hard-core gamers continue to cling to Windows. (And those people
who have to use a Windows-only program for professional reasons. They're not
clinging to Windows but stuck with it.)

My mantra these days is "Do you value your time and security? Then leave
Windows behind. Let me tell you about the alternatives..."

-- Rich


On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Ehud Kaplan  wrote:

> I use it on Kubuntu 9.04 and on Windows XP.  I also got several (~5) people
> working with me to use it on Windows and a Mac.
> EK
>
>
> Luca De Marini wrote:
>
>> I use it on Linux mainly and on MacOSX some times.
>>
>> 2009/9/11 curtis osterhoudt 
>>
>>
>>
>>> I also use it predominantly on Linux, but occasionally use it on Windows,
>>> too. Have used LyX since, about, oh, 2000, for letters, articles, notes,
>>> and
>>> a dissertation.
>>>
>>>  /
>>> Down with categorical imperative!
>>> flutz...@yahoo.com
>>> /
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>> From: Ralph Boland 
>>> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
>>> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:17:25 PM
>>> Subject: 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: aspell, cocoaspell with lyx - a fake?

[Richard Talley]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Joachim Osnabryg o...@jpberlin.de wrote:


 = Has anyone installed Aspell or CocoAspell under Mac-OSX and has got them
 working with LyX in a reasonable manner?
 Would you please describe how you installed and configured it?

 joachim



I'm glad you asked this question. I needed to add a Spanish language
dictionary to cocoAspell and with a little googling and command line work, I
got it working.

The cocoAspell project appears moribund, the documentation is incomplete,
and the site is beginning to suffer from link rot. I think the next time I
need to install and configure LyX, I'll just install aspell using Fink and
eschew using cocoAspell to make it available as an OS X service.

First, install cocoAspell and make sure it's working properly with LyX as an
English language spellchecker. That's pretty straight forward.

cocoAspell installs a number of things. It installs aspell itself in
/usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib. It installs a preference pane in system
preferences. It installs a large number of English dictionaries. It installs
a service in ~/Library/Services. That's all OK. If you want the aspell
service available in all user accounts, you'll need to move that last item,
as root, to /Library/Services (you'll probably have to create that
directory). If you just need the service available in the account from which
you installed it, just leave things as cocoAspell installed it.

You'll need to choose one of the available English dictionaries in the
preference pane. Then in LyX preferences you choose aspell as the
spellchecker and add this line to the Alternative Language field:

/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias


That's just following the instructions in the Wiki. Test that you can now
spellcheck an English language document in LyX.


Next, you'll need to download and install a German language dictionary. The
link at the cocoAspell site is dead. Use this one:


ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html


Unzip the file and follow the README  instructions to install the dictionary
into aspell (it's the usual command line sequence of ./configure, make, make
install, make clean).


Now copy or move the dictionary directory (in my case it
is aspell6-es-1.9a-1) to /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell. Chown the
directory to match the English language directory ownership (it should be
the name of your admin account as owner and 501 as group).


Here's the tricky step. Be sure System Preferences is not running. Get into
the command line and become root. Run System Preferences as root! Don't use
the open command, instead give the full path to the executable:


/Applications/System\ Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System\ Preferences


Do one thing and one thing only while running System Preferences as root.
Click on the Spelling preference pane that cocoAspell installed so it finds,
compiles and configures your new dictionary. Quit System Preferences. Reopen
it from the GUI. You should now be able to choose your new dictionary.


To use your new dictionary, change the Alternative Language field in LyX
preferences appropriately. In my case, it's:


/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-es-1.9a-1/spanish.alias


Voilà! I now have Spanish language spellchecking in LyX.

-- Rich TalleyMacTeXLive 2008 - LyX 1.6.3
MacBook Pro (Intel) OS X 10.5.8 Leopard

-- 
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to
handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan
Perlis

Re: aspell, cocoaspell with lyx - a fake?

[Richard Talley]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Joachim Osnabryg o...@jpberlin.de wrote:


 But nevertheless I regard this complicated procedure as unreasonable and
 unacceptable for a normal LyX user.


Yes. Like so many things with computers.

Sorry you couldn't get it working. Perhaps things will be better with LyX
2.0.

-- Rich
-- 
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to
handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan
Perlis

Re: aspell, cocoaspell with lyx - a fake?

[Richard Talley]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Joachim Osnabryg o...@jpberlin.de wrote:


 = Has anyone installed Aspell or CocoAspell under Mac-OSX and has got them
 working with LyX in a reasonable manner?
 Would you please describe how you installed and configured it?

 joachim



I'm glad you asked this question. I needed to add a Spanish language
dictionary to cocoAspell and with a little googling and command line work, I
got it working.

The cocoAspell project appears moribund, the documentation is incomplete,
and the site is beginning to suffer from link rot. I think the next time I
need to install and configure LyX, I'll just install aspell using Fink and
eschew using cocoAspell to make it available as an OS X service.

First, install cocoAspell and make sure it's working properly with LyX as an
English language spellchecker. That's pretty straight forward.

cocoAspell installs a number of things. It installs aspell itself in
/usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib. It installs a preference pane in system
preferences. It installs a large number of English dictionaries. It installs
a service in ~/Library/Services. That's all OK. If you want the aspell
service available in all user accounts, you'll need to move that last item,
as root, to /Library/Services (you'll probably have to create that
directory). If you just need the service available in the account from which
you installed it, just leave things as cocoAspell installed it.

You'll need to choose one of the available English dictionaries in the
preference pane. Then in LyX preferences you choose aspell as the
spellchecker and add this line to the Alternative Language field:

/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias


That's just following the instructions in the Wiki. Test that you can now
spellcheck an English language document in LyX.


Next, you'll need to download and install a German language dictionary. The
link at the cocoAspell site is dead. Use this one:


ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html


Unzip the file and follow the README  instructions to install the dictionary
into aspell (it's the usual command line sequence of ./configure, make, make
install, make clean).


Now copy or move the dictionary directory (in my case it
is aspell6-es-1.9a-1) to /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell. Chown the
directory to match the English language directory ownership (it should be
the name of your admin account as owner and 501 as group).


Here's the tricky step. Be sure System Preferences is not running. Get into
the command line and become root. Run System Preferences as root! Don't use
the open command, instead give the full path to the executable:


/Applications/System\ Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System\ Preferences


Do one thing and one thing only while running System Preferences as root.
Click on the Spelling preference pane that cocoAspell installed so it finds,
compiles and configures your new dictionary. Quit System Preferences. Reopen
it from the GUI. You should now be able to choose your new dictionary.


To use your new dictionary, change the Alternative Language field in LyX
preferences appropriately. In my case, it's:


/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-es-1.9a-1/spanish.alias


Voilà! I now have Spanish language spellchecking in LyX.

-- Rich TalleyMacTeXLive 2008 - LyX 1.6.3
MacBook Pro (Intel) OS X 10.5.8 Leopard

-- 
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to
handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan
Perlis

Re: aspell, cocoaspell with lyx - a fake?

[Richard Talley]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Joachim Osnabryg o...@jpberlin.de wrote:


 But nevertheless I regard this complicated procedure as unreasonable and
 unacceptable for a normal LyX user.


Yes. Like so many things with computers.

Sorry you couldn't get it working. Perhaps things will be better with LyX
2.0.

-- Rich
-- 
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to
handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan
Perlis

Re: aspell, cocoaspell with lyx - a fake?

[Richard Talley]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Joachim Osnabryg  wrote:

>
> => Has anyone installed Aspell or CocoAspell under Mac-OSX and has got them
> working with LyX in a reasonable manner?
> Would you please describe how you installed and configured it?
>
> joachim
>


I'm glad you asked this question. I needed to add a Spanish language
dictionary to cocoAspell and with a little googling and command line work, I
got it working.

The cocoAspell project appears moribund, the documentation is incomplete,
and the site is beginning to suffer from link rot. I think the next time I
need to install and configure LyX, I'll just install aspell using Fink and
eschew using cocoAspell to make it available as an OS X service.

First, install cocoAspell and make sure it's working properly with LyX as an
English language spellchecker. That's pretty straight forward.

cocoAspell installs a number of things. It installs aspell itself in
/usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib. It installs a preference pane in system
preferences. It installs a large number of English dictionaries. It installs
a service in ~/Library/Services. That's all OK. If you want the aspell
service available in all user accounts, you'll need to move that last item,
as root, to /Library/Services (you'll probably have to create that
directory). If you just need the service available in the account from which
you installed it, just leave things as cocoAspell installed it.

You'll need to choose one of the available English dictionaries in the
preference pane. Then in LyX preferences you choose aspell as the
spellchecker and add this line to the Alternative Language field:

/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias


That's just following the instructions in the Wiki. Test that you can now
spellcheck an English language document in LyX.


Next, you'll need to download and install a German language dictionary. The
link at the cocoAspell site is dead. Use this one:


ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html


Unzip the file and follow the README  instructions to install the dictionary
into aspell (it's the usual command line sequence of ./configure, make, make
install, make clean).


Now copy or move the dictionary directory (in my case it
is aspell6-es-1.9a-1) to /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell. Chown the
directory to match the English language directory ownership (it should be
the name of your admin account as owner and 501 as group).


Here's the tricky step. Be sure System Preferences is not running. Get into
the command line and become root. Run System Preferences as root! Don't use
the open command, instead give the full path to the executable:


/Applications/System\ Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System\ Preferences


Do one thing and one thing only while running System Preferences as root.
Click on the Spelling preference pane that cocoAspell installed so it finds,
compiles and configures your new dictionary. Quit System Preferences. Reopen
it from the GUI. You should now be able to choose your new dictionary.


To use your new dictionary, change the Alternative Language field in LyX
preferences appropriately. In my case, it's:


/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-es-1.9a-1/spanish.alias


Voilà! I now have Spanish language spellchecking in LyX.

-- Rich TalleyMacTeXLive 2008 - LyX 1.6.3
MacBook Pro (Intel) OS X 10.5.8 Leopard

-- 
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to
handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan
Perlis

Re: aspell, cocoaspell with lyx - a fake?

[Richard Talley]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Joachim Osnabryg  wrote:

>
> But nevertheless I regard this complicated procedure as unreasonable and
> unacceptable for a normal LyX user.


Yes. Like so many things with computers.

Sorry you couldn't get it working. Perhaps things will be better with LyX
2.0.

-- Rich
-- 
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to
handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan
Perlis

Re: lyx 1.6.2 + Ubuntu 9.04 = slow typing

[Richard Talley]

I'd be very interested in knowing what your Xorg CPU utilization is
like now. I'm having a similar problem on an old server running
Xubuntu 9.04, where Xorg is hogging the CPU. Thanks.  -- Rich

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Alex Mm...@mail.ru wrote:
 Hi!

 I would like to share my experience with solving very frustrating problem with
 typing in lyx 1.6.x under Ubuntu 9.04. Maybe this will help someone else or
 even lead to a fix in a next lyx version.

 Recently I've upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04. After that, I could not continue my 
 work
 in lyx 1.6.2. When typing, I experienced a very large delay (like seconds)
 before all symbols would appear on screen.

 I read through all posts in lyx mailing list with similar symptoms (just 2 or
 3). The only solution there that worked was to buy a new video card.

 What I've done next:

 1) Installed lyx 1.6.0 - the same typing delay. Installed lyx 1.5.7 - no 
 typing
 delays. Returned back to lyx 1.6.2.

 2) Looked at the CPU utilization. When typing, Xorg ate up to 50% CPU.
 Then I resized lyx window to be smaller. CPU utilization fall down, and typing
 delay decreased. I resized lyx to be 25% of the screen - typing delay almost
 disappeared.

 3) I looked which video card I have (lspci |grep Display) - Intel Corporation
 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
 I googled for problems with Intel graphics under Ubuntu 9, and found this link
 useful:
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582highlight=ubuntu+slow+update
 +jaunty

 4) I tried different solutions from the link above and mostly got my X broken
 or no effect. Finally this one worked for me:

 - open xorg.conf (sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf)
 - go to section Device, mine was
 Section Device
        Identifier      Configured Video Device
 EndSection
 - add Option MigrationHeuristic greedy so the section looks now like this
 Section Device
        Identifier      Configured Video Device
        Option          MigrationHeuristic            greedy
 EndSection
 - restart X or reboot.

 Now I have almost no typing delays in lyx 1.6.2 (at least, typing speed is the
 same as in lyx 1.5.7 on my PC).

Re: lyx 1.6.2 + Ubuntu 9.04 = slow typing

[Richard Talley]

I'd be very interested in knowing what your Xorg CPU utilization is
like now. I'm having a similar problem on an old server running
Xubuntu 9.04, where Xorg is hogging the CPU. Thanks.  -- Rich

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Alex Mm...@mail.ru wrote:
 Hi!

 I would like to share my experience with solving very frustrating problem with
 typing in lyx 1.6.x under Ubuntu 9.04. Maybe this will help someone else or
 even lead to a fix in a next lyx version.

 Recently I've upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04. After that, I could not continue my 
 work
 in lyx 1.6.2. When typing, I experienced a very large delay (like seconds)
 before all symbols would appear on screen.

 I read through all posts in lyx mailing list with similar symptoms (just 2 or
 3). The only solution there that worked was to buy a new video card.

 What I've done next:

 1) Installed lyx 1.6.0 - the same typing delay. Installed lyx 1.5.7 - no 
 typing
 delays. Returned back to lyx 1.6.2.

 2) Looked at the CPU utilization. When typing, Xorg ate up to 50% CPU.
 Then I resized lyx window to be smaller. CPU utilization fall down, and typing
 delay decreased. I resized lyx to be 25% of the screen - typing delay almost
 disappeared.

 3) I looked which video card I have (lspci |grep Display) - Intel Corporation
 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
 I googled for problems with Intel graphics under Ubuntu 9, and found this link
 useful:
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582highlight=ubuntu+slow+update
 +jaunty

 4) I tried different solutions from the link above and mostly got my X broken
 or no effect. Finally this one worked for me:

 - open xorg.conf (sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf)
 - go to section Device, mine was
 Section Device
        Identifier      Configured Video Device
 EndSection
 - add Option MigrationHeuristic greedy so the section looks now like this
 Section Device
        Identifier      Configured Video Device
        Option          MigrationHeuristic            greedy
 EndSection
 - restart X or reboot.

 Now I have almost no typing delays in lyx 1.6.2 (at least, typing speed is the
 same as in lyx 1.5.7 on my PC).

Re: lyx 1.6.2 + Ubuntu 9.04 = slow typing

[Richard Talley]

I'd be very interested in knowing what your Xorg CPU utilization is
like now. I'm having a similar problem on an old server running
Xubuntu 9.04, where Xorg is hogging the CPU. Thanks.  -- Rich

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Alex M wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I would like to share my experience with solving very frustrating problem with
> typing in lyx 1.6.x under Ubuntu 9.04. Maybe this will help someone else or
> even lead to a fix in a next lyx version.
>
> Recently I've upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04. After that, I could not continue my 
> work
> in lyx 1.6.2. When typing, I experienced a very large delay (like seconds)
> before all symbols would appear on screen.
>
> I read through all posts in lyx mailing list with similar symptoms (just 2 or
> 3). The only solution there that worked was to buy a new video card.
>
> What I've done next:
>
> 1) Installed lyx 1.6.0 - the same typing delay. Installed lyx 1.5.7 - no 
> typing
> delays. Returned back to lyx 1.6.2.
>
> 2) Looked at the CPU utilization. When typing, Xorg ate up to 50% CPU.
> Then I resized lyx window to be smaller. CPU utilization fall down, and typing
> delay decreased. I resized lyx to be 25% of the screen - typing delay almost
> disappeared.
>
> 3) I looked which video card I have (lspci |grep Display) - Intel Corporation
> 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> I googled for problems with Intel graphics under Ubuntu 9, and found this link
> useful:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582=ubuntu+slow+update
> +jaunty
>
> 4) I tried different solutions from the link above and mostly got my X broken
> or no effect. Finally this one worked for me:
>
> - open xorg.conf (sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf)
> - go to section "Device", mine was
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
> - add Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy" so the section looks now like this
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
>        Option          "MigrationHeuristic"            "greedy"
> EndSection
> - restart X or reboot.
>
> Now I have almost no typing delays in lyx 1.6.2 (at least, typing speed is the
> same as in lyx 1.5.7 on my PC).
>
>

Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx

[Richard Talley]

Other than being sans serif typefaces, Helvetica (along with Arial)
have little in common with Verdana.

Consulting both Wikipedia and Bringhurst's 'The Elements of
Typographic Style', Helvetica is in the humanist family of typefaces
and was designed in the 1950's, before digital typography. Verdana is
in the realist family of typefaces and was designed and hinted
specifically to be clear at small sizes on a computer screen.

I see that Wikipedia and Bringhurst disagree on the classification of
Helvetica (Wikipedia putting it among the early sans serif or
Grotesque and Bringhurst putting in the humanist family. I think
Bringhurst is probably the more reliable source.)

It can be hard to find typefaces that look excellent on paper and on
screen (and on both Windows and OS X). Sometimes I'll reset a document
in a different typeface when I print it out. The technical documents
I'm producing right now I'm putting in Bera (based on Vera Bitstream,
realist family) as a reasonable compromise.

-- Rich

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Jürgen
Spitzmüllerjuer...@spitzmueller.org wrote:
 John Culleton wrote:
 Verdana is Microsoft's name for Helvetica.

 I doubt that. Verdana is a genuine development by the font designer Matthew
 Carter. You probably refer to Arial, which is similar (but not identical) to
 Helvetica.

 Jürgen

Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx

[Richard Talley]

Other than being sans serif typefaces, Helvetica (along with Arial)
have little in common with Verdana.

Consulting both Wikipedia and Bringhurst's 'The Elements of
Typographic Style', Helvetica is in the humanist family of typefaces
and was designed in the 1950's, before digital typography. Verdana is
in the realist family of typefaces and was designed and hinted
specifically to be clear at small sizes on a computer screen.

I see that Wikipedia and Bringhurst disagree on the classification of
Helvetica (Wikipedia putting it among the early sans serif or
Grotesque and Bringhurst putting in the humanist family. I think
Bringhurst is probably the more reliable source.)

It can be hard to find typefaces that look excellent on paper and on
screen (and on both Windows and OS X). Sometimes I'll reset a document
in a different typeface when I print it out. The technical documents
I'm producing right now I'm putting in Bera (based on Vera Bitstream,
realist family) as a reasonable compromise.

-- Rich

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Jürgen
Spitzmüllerjuer...@spitzmueller.org wrote:
 John Culleton wrote:
 Verdana is Microsoft's name for Helvetica.

 I doubt that. Verdana is a genuine development by the font designer Matthew
 Carter. You probably refer to Arial, which is similar (but not identical) to
 Helvetica.

 Jürgen

Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx

[Richard Talley]

Other than being sans serif typefaces, Helvetica (along with Arial)
have little in common with Verdana.

Consulting both Wikipedia and Bringhurst's 'The Elements of
Typographic Style', Helvetica is in the humanist family of typefaces
and was designed in the 1950's, before digital typography. Verdana is
in the realist family of typefaces and was designed and hinted
specifically to be clear at small sizes on a computer screen.

I see that Wikipedia and Bringhurst disagree on the classification of
Helvetica (Wikipedia putting it among the early sans serif or
Grotesque and Bringhurst putting in the humanist family. I think
Bringhurst is probably the more reliable source.)

It can be hard to find typefaces that look excellent on paper and on
screen (and on both Windows and OS X). Sometimes I'll reset a document
in a different typeface when I print it out. The technical documents
I'm producing right now I'm putting in Bera (based on Vera Bitstream,
realist family) as a reasonable compromise.

-- Rich

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Jürgen
Spitzmüller wrote:
> John Culleton wrote:
>> Verdana is Microsoft's name for Helvetica.
>
> I doubt that. Verdana is a genuine development by the font designer Matthew
> Carter. You probably refer to Arial, which is similar (but not identical) to
> Helvetica.
>
> Jürgen
>

Re: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

[Richard Talley]

I had this problem recently and it was discussed on this list.

I have a Chapter* with a title of 'Preface' in a document that I don't
want numbered (it doesn't make sense to number a preface as chapter
1), but I do want it in the TOC. The solution was to insert this TeX
code immediately after the title of the Chapter*.

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}

In your case, substitute your title of the Chapter* for 'Preface' in
the command.

You can change the word 'chapter' to 'section' or 'subsection'
depending on how you wish the non-numbered chapter to appear in the
TOC.

-- Rich

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Luca De Marini
luca.darkmas...@gmail.com wrote:
 2009/5/13 Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.net

 I'm new here myself but, iiuc, the difference between a chapter and a
 chapter*
 is that the former appears in the toc whilst the later doesn't.

 So, if you want a chapter* to appear in the toc, can't you just change it
 to a
 chapter?


 The most important difference I found was that a *chapter was not numbered,
 not that it doesn't appar in TOC.
 So, say that my problem can be considered as:
 how do I have a chapter not to be numbered and still appear in the TOC?
 Understand my problem now? If I convert my *Chapter to a Chapter, it will be
 numbered (Chapter 1). I don't want it to be numbered.

 Cheers,

 Luca





 i

 -- Original Message --
 Received: 06:45 PM COT, 05/12/2009
 From: Luca De Marini luca.darkmas...@gmail.com
 To: LyX Users List lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Subject: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

  Hallo everyone, sorry for my mails but we are in a hurry and the lyx wiki
 is
  not helping me, google neither :(
  When I create a TOC in Lyx, it lists all the chapters, sections, etc. in
 my
  book. I can configure it from the document properties, no problem..
  then, another feature in lyx is adding Chapters, Sections, etc. with a
 *
  simbol next to them. Those entries are not numbered or listed in the TOC.
  Now, I need to put in the TOC one of these special entries, a special
  *Chapter. I was sure there had to be an option to add a custom entry to
  TOC... or a way to solve this in general. Any help please?
 
  Another problem is a little bit complicated to explain: I inserted the
 TOC
  and after that, the first chapter is the famous *Chapter I was talking
 about
  above. My second problem is that in the page where this *Chapter is, on
 the
  top of the page I still see the name Table of Contents.. this probably
  happens, because Lyx is confused, since there's no ordinary Chapter after
  the TOC.. in fact, on the next page there's Chapter 1, and on the top
 left
  of the page I can see the small name: Chapther 1 (the name of the
 chapter
  is of course on the top right corner as usual). So, the problem is that I
  have still Table of Contents on the top left corner of the page with
 the
  *Chapter.
 
  Cheers,
 
  Luca
 

Re: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

[Richard Talley]

I had this problem recently and it was discussed on this list.

I have a Chapter* with a title of 'Preface' in a document that I don't
want numbered (it doesn't make sense to number a preface as chapter
1), but I do want it in the TOC. The solution was to insert this TeX
code immediately after the title of the Chapter*.

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}

In your case, substitute your title of the Chapter* for 'Preface' in
the command.

You can change the word 'chapter' to 'section' or 'subsection'
depending on how you wish the non-numbered chapter to appear in the
TOC.

-- Rich

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Luca De Marini
luca.darkmas...@gmail.com wrote:
 2009/5/13 Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.net

 I'm new here myself but, iiuc, the difference between a chapter and a
 chapter*
 is that the former appears in the toc whilst the later doesn't.

 So, if you want a chapter* to appear in the toc, can't you just change it
 to a
 chapter?


 The most important difference I found was that a *chapter was not numbered,
 not that it doesn't appar in TOC.
 So, say that my problem can be considered as:
 how do I have a chapter not to be numbered and still appear in the TOC?
 Understand my problem now? If I convert my *Chapter to a Chapter, it will be
 numbered (Chapter 1). I don't want it to be numbered.

 Cheers,

 Luca





 i

 -- Original Message --
 Received: 06:45 PM COT, 05/12/2009
 From: Luca De Marini luca.darkmas...@gmail.com
 To: LyX Users List lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Subject: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

  Hallo everyone, sorry for my mails but we are in a hurry and the lyx wiki
 is
  not helping me, google neither :(
  When I create a TOC in Lyx, it lists all the chapters, sections, etc. in
 my
  book. I can configure it from the document properties, no problem..
  then, another feature in lyx is adding Chapters, Sections, etc. with a
 *
  simbol next to them. Those entries are not numbered or listed in the TOC.
  Now, I need to put in the TOC one of these special entries, a special
  *Chapter. I was sure there had to be an option to add a custom entry to
  TOC... or a way to solve this in general. Any help please?
 
  Another problem is a little bit complicated to explain: I inserted the
 TOC
  and after that, the first chapter is the famous *Chapter I was talking
 about
  above. My second problem is that in the page where this *Chapter is, on
 the
  top of the page I still see the name Table of Contents.. this probably
  happens, because Lyx is confused, since there's no ordinary Chapter after
  the TOC.. in fact, on the next page there's Chapter 1, and on the top
 left
  of the page I can see the small name: Chapther 1 (the name of the
 chapter
  is of course on the top right corner as usual). So, the problem is that I
  have still Table of Contents on the top left corner of the page with
 the
  *Chapter.
 
  Cheers,
 
  Luca
 

Re: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

[Richard Talley]

I had this problem recently and it was discussed on this list.

I have a Chapter* with a title of 'Preface' in a document that I don't
want numbered (it doesn't make sense to number a preface as chapter
1), but I do want it in the TOC. The solution was to insert this TeX
code immediately after the title of the Chapter*.

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}

In your case, substitute your title of the Chapter* for 'Preface' in
the command.

You can change the word 'chapter' to 'section' or 'subsection'
depending on how you wish the non-numbered chapter to appear in the
TOC.

-- Rich

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Luca De Marini
 wrote:
> 2009/5/13 Ian S. Worthington 
>
>> I'm new here myself but, iiuc, the difference between a chapter and a
>> chapter*
>> is that the former appears in the toc whilst the later doesn't.
>>
>> So, if you want a chapter* to appear in the toc, can't you just change it
>> to a
>> chapter?
>>
>
> The most important difference I found was that a *chapter was not numbered,
> not that it doesn't appar in TOC.
> So, say that my problem can be considered as:
> how do I have a chapter not to be numbered and still appear in the TOC?
> Understand my problem now? If I convert my *Chapter to a Chapter, it will be
> numbered (Chapter 1). I don't want it to be numbered.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Luca
>
>
>
>
>>
>> i
>>
>> -- Original Message --
>> Received: 06:45 PM COT, 05/12/2009
>> From: Luca De Marini 
>> To: LyX Users List 
>> Subject: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents
>>
>> > Hallo everyone, sorry for my mails but we are in a hurry and the lyx wiki
>> is
>> > not helping me, google neither :(
>> > When I create a TOC in Lyx, it lists all the chapters, sections, etc. in
>> my
>> > book. I can configure it from the document properties, no problem..
>> > then, another feature in lyx is adding Chapters, Sections, etc. with a
>> "*"
>> > simbol next to them. Those entries are not numbered or listed in the TOC.
>> > Now, I need to put in the TOC one of these special entries, a special
>> > *Chapter. I was sure there had to be an option to add a custom entry to
>> > TOC... or a way to solve this in general. Any help please?
>> >
>> > Another problem is a little bit complicated to explain: I inserted the
>> TOC
>> > and after that, the first chapter is the famous *Chapter I was talking
>> about
>> > above. My second problem is that in the page where this *Chapter is, on
>> the
>> > top of the page I still see the name "Table of Contents".. this probably
>> > happens, because Lyx is confused, since there's no ordinary Chapter after
>> > the TOC.. in fact, on the next page there's Chapter 1, and on the top
>> left
>> > of the page I can see the small name: "Chapther 1" (the name of the
>> chapter
>> > is of course on the top right corner as usual). So, the problem is that I
>> > have still "Table of Contents" on the top left corner of the page with
>> the
>> > *Chapter.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Luca
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Big Thanks! was: how to stop TeX and LaTeX from being typeset with the special logo?

[Richard Talley]

A big thanks to everybody for the quick, useful replies.

There is no doubt that one of the best things about LyX is the LyX community.

-- Rich

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Helge Hafting helge.haft...@hist.no wrote:
 Richard Talley wrote:

 LyX automagically typesets words like TeX and LaTeX using the special
 logo for those words.

 How do I turn this behavior off?

 I see you already got some answers for how this is done for the entire
 document. If you want to do this for particular instances of LyX/TeX/LaTeX,
 just Insert-Formatting-Ligature Break somewhere inside the word you want
 to protect.

 Or insert anything else that don't produce output, such as an empty TeX
 (ERT) box.

 Helge Hafting

Big Thanks! was: how to stop TeX and LaTeX from being typeset with the special logo?

[Richard Talley]

A big thanks to everybody for the quick, useful replies.

There is no doubt that one of the best things about LyX is the LyX community.

-- Rich

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Helge Hafting helge.haft...@hist.no wrote:
 Richard Talley wrote:

 LyX automagically typesets words like TeX and LaTeX using the special
 logo for those words.

 How do I turn this behavior off?

 I see you already got some answers for how this is done for the entire
 document. If you want to do this for particular instances of LyX/TeX/LaTeX,
 just Insert-Formatting-Ligature Break somewhere inside the word you want
 to protect.

 Or insert anything else that don't produce output, such as an empty TeX
 (ERT) box.

 Helge Hafting

Big Thanks! was: how to stop TeX and LaTeX from being typeset with the special logo?

[Richard Talley]

A big thanks to everybody for the quick, useful replies.

There is no doubt that one of the best things about LyX is the LyX community.

-- Rich

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Helge Hafting <helge.haft...@hist.no> wrote:
> Richard Talley wrote:
>>
>> LyX automagically typesets words like TeX and LaTeX using the special
>> logo for those words.
>>
>> How do I turn this behavior off?
>
> I see you already got some answers for how this is done for the entire
> document. If you want to do this for particular instances of LyX/TeX/LaTeX,
> just "Insert->Formatting->Ligature Break" somewhere inside the word you want
> to protect.
>
> Or insert anything else that don't produce output, such as an empty TeX
> (ERT) box.
>
> Helge Hafting
>
>

Re: cocoAspell works with Lyx in Tiger, not Leopard

[Richard Talley]

The cocoAspell installer puts cocoAspell.service into
~/Library/Services - that works fine on my machine with Tiger and a
single user.

For a multi-user machine under Leopard, that service needs to be
moved, by root, to /Library/Services

This solved my cocoAspell problems with Lyx and Skim on Leopard.

-- Rich

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Anders Host-Madsen
ahostmad...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Richard Talley rich.tal...@... writes:

 Any suggestions? Anybody on the list successfully using cocoAspell
 with LyX on Leopard?

 It works fine for me under Leopard. I don't believe I did anything
 specialto install it, just follow the instructions. Maybe try to
 uninstall and reinstall?

how to stop TeX and LaTeX from being typeset with the special logo?

[Richard Talley]

LyX automagically typesets words like TeX and LaTeX using the special
logo for those words.

How do I turn this behavior off? There are a couple of places, such as
an instruction to navigate to /Applications/TeX, where I want the
words to appear more like they actually do in the computer interface.
(I do *not* want to type /Applications/Tex as that does not match what
is on the screen.)

-- Rich

Re: Spell check on Mac?

[Richard Talley]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Sophie (itsme213) itsme...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Is there a way to get spell checking on Mac? Any pointers to more info
 appreciated.


Yes. Install cocoAspell.

http://cocoaspell.leuski.net/

On Leopard, I've had to move the service folder cocoAspell.service
from ~/Library/Services to /Library/Services, but others have
cocoAspell working without doing that. (The move needs to be done at
the command line as root.)

The default installation is only English language dictionaries. If you
need other dictionaries you'll have to download and install them.

You'll need to configure LyX to find the cocoAspell dictionaries:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling#toc2

-- Rich

Re: cocoAspell works with Lyx in Tiger, not Leopard

[Richard Talley]

The cocoAspell installer puts cocoAspell.service into
~/Library/Services - that works fine on my machine with Tiger and a
single user.

For a multi-user machine under Leopard, that service needs to be
moved, by root, to /Library/Services

This solved my cocoAspell problems with Lyx and Skim on Leopard.

-- Rich

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Anders Host-Madsen
ahostmad...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Richard Talley rich.tal...@... writes:

 Any suggestions? Anybody on the list successfully using cocoAspell
 with LyX on Leopard?

 It works fine for me under Leopard. I don't believe I did anything
 specialto install it, just follow the instructions. Maybe try to
 uninstall and reinstall?

how to stop TeX and LaTeX from being typeset with the special logo?

[Richard Talley]

LyX automagically typesets words like TeX and LaTeX using the special
logo for those words.

How do I turn this behavior off? There are a couple of places, such as
an instruction to navigate to /Applications/TeX, where I want the
words to appear more like they actually do in the computer interface.
(I do *not* want to type /Applications/Tex as that does not match what
is on the screen.)

-- Rich

Re: Spell check on Mac?

[Richard Talley]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Sophie (itsme213) itsme...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Is there a way to get spell checking on Mac? Any pointers to more info
 appreciated.


Yes. Install cocoAspell.

http://cocoaspell.leuski.net/

On Leopard, I've had to move the service folder cocoAspell.service
from ~/Library/Services to /Library/Services, but others have
cocoAspell working without doing that. (The move needs to be done at
the command line as root.)

The default installation is only English language dictionaries. If you
need other dictionaries you'll have to download and install them.

You'll need to configure LyX to find the cocoAspell dictionaries:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling#toc2

-- Rich

Re: cocoAspell works with Lyx in Tiger, not Leopard

[Richard Talley]

The cocoAspell installer puts cocoAspell.service into
~/Library/Services - that works fine on my machine with Tiger and a
single user.

For a multi-user machine under Leopard, that service needs to be
moved, by root, to /Library/Services

This solved my cocoAspell problems with Lyx and Skim on Leopard.

-- Rich

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Anders Host-Madsen
<ahostmad...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Richard Talley <rich.tal...@...> writes:
>
>> Any suggestions? Anybody on the list successfully using cocoAspell
>> with LyX on Leopard?
>
> It works fine for me under Leopard. I don't believe I did anything
> specialto install it, just follow the instructions. Maybe try to
> uninstall and reinstall?
>
>

how to stop TeX and LaTeX from being typeset with the special logo?

[Richard Talley]

LyX automagically typesets words like TeX and LaTeX using the special
logo for those words.

How do I turn this behavior off? There are a couple of places, such as
an instruction to navigate to /Applications/TeX, where I want the
words to appear more like they actually do in the computer interface.
(I do *not* want to type /Applications/Tex as that does not match what
is on the screen.)

-- Rich

Re: Spell check on Mac?

[Richard Talley]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Sophie (itsme213)  wrote:
> Is there a way to get spell checking on Mac? Any pointers to more info
> appreciated.


Yes. Install cocoAspell.

http://cocoaspell.leuski.net/

On Leopard, I've had to move the service folder cocoAspell.service
from ~/Library/Services to /Library/Services, but others have
cocoAspell working without doing that. (The move needs to be done at
the command line as root.)

The default installation is only English language dictionaries. If you
need other dictionaries you'll have to download and install them.

You'll need to configure LyX to find the cocoAspell dictionaries:

http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/MacSpelling#toc2

-- Rich

cocoAspell works with Lyx in Tiger, not Leopard

[Richard Talley]

Hello LyX-Users,

I installed MacTeX 2008, cocoAspell 2.0.4.i86,  Skim 1.2.1, and LyX
1.6.2 on an Intel Mac running Leopard (10.5.6).

I have almost exactly the same setup on my personal machine except
it's MacTeX 2007, Tiger (10.4.11) and, obviously, cocoAspell
2.0.4.ppc.

Works like a charm on my machine. On the Intel Mac, cocoAspell appears
to be installed correctly, it's available as a spelling service to
TextEdit, exactly the same path is in the Alternative language field
of Preferences: Language Settings: Spellchecker.

(the path is /Library/Application
Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias, as the Wiki
suggests.)

When I go to spellcheck on the Intel installation, LyX
does.absolutely nothing (other than showing (dialog-show
spellchecker: F7) in the status bar.) No error, no spell check dialog,
nothing.

I want to deploy this setup to a classroom of a couple of dozen Macs
in order to teach a short Why the power of LyX and TeX will save you
time and effort type class, but this one simple thing has turned into
a showstopper.

Any suggestions? Anybody on the list successfully using cocoAspell
with LyX on Leopard?

Here's another anomaly I just noticed. Although TextEdit is quite
happy to use the Aspell spelling service, when I try to set Skim to
use it, Skim complains with a Couldn't contact Spell Checker. That
gives me a hint that there is something not quite right with the
cocoAspell spelling service, but heck if I know what it is.

-- Rich

Re: JurabibMLA

[Richard Talley]

An alternative solution might be mla-paper.

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mla-paper/

-- Rich


On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Stefano Franchi
fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu wrote:
 On Saturday 18 April 2009 16:25:29 cmira...@kde-france.org wrote:
 Tim Smeilus wrote:
  hi all,
 
  I need to write an assignment for college and I need it in MLA format. I
  just can't figure out how to make lyx use that format. All research over
  the net didn't help my out yet.
  I would be glad about all helpful response.
 
  thnx Tim Smeilus

 Biblatex-mla is, I believe, better :

 http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-mla.html



 Indeed. Itis virtually impossible to get the MLA style in jurabib, especially
 because earlier efforts in this direction were later abandoned. You can get
 close, but can't really replicate true MLA style.

 biblatex, even though still partially unsupported by LyX, is the way to go.
 Be sure to read the wiki pages at: wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex for the
 current limited support

 Cheers,

 S.



 Installation of biblatex and biblatex-mla depends on your platform and
 LaTeX distribution.

 Cheers,
 Charles


 __
 Stefano Franchi
 Department of Philosophy  Ph:  (979) 862-2211
 Texas AM University  Fax: (979) 845-0458
 305B Bolton Hall  fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu
 College Station, TX 77843-4237

cocoAspell works with Lyx in Tiger, not Leopard

[Richard Talley]

Hello LyX-Users,

I installed MacTeX 2008, cocoAspell 2.0.4.i86,  Skim 1.2.1, and LyX
1.6.2 on an Intel Mac running Leopard (10.5.6).

I have almost exactly the same setup on my personal machine except
it's MacTeX 2007, Tiger (10.4.11) and, obviously, cocoAspell
2.0.4.ppc.

Works like a charm on my machine. On the Intel Mac, cocoAspell appears
to be installed correctly, it's available as a spelling service to
TextEdit, exactly the same path is in the Alternative language field
of Preferences: Language Settings: Spellchecker.

(the path is /Library/Application
Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias, as the Wiki
suggests.)

When I go to spellcheck on the Intel installation, LyX
does.absolutely nothing (other than showing (dialog-show
spellchecker: F7) in the status bar.) No error, no spell check dialog,
nothing.

I want to deploy this setup to a classroom of a couple of dozen Macs
in order to teach a short Why the power of LyX and TeX will save you
time and effort type class, but this one simple thing has turned into
a showstopper.

Any suggestions? Anybody on the list successfully using cocoAspell
with LyX on Leopard?

Here's another anomaly I just noticed. Although TextEdit is quite
happy to use the Aspell spelling service, when I try to set Skim to
use it, Skim complains with a Couldn't contact Spell Checker. That
gives me a hint that there is something not quite right with the
cocoAspell spelling service, but heck if I know what it is.

-- Rich

Re: JurabibMLA

[Richard Talley]

An alternative solution might be mla-paper.

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mla-paper/

-- Rich


On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Stefano Franchi
fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu wrote:
 On Saturday 18 April 2009 16:25:29 cmira...@kde-france.org wrote:
 Tim Smeilus wrote:
  hi all,
 
  I need to write an assignment for college and I need it in MLA format. I
  just can't figure out how to make lyx use that format. All research over
  the net didn't help my out yet.
  I would be glad about all helpful response.
 
  thnx Tim Smeilus

 Biblatex-mla is, I believe, better :

 http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-mla.html



 Indeed. Itis virtually impossible to get the MLA style in jurabib, especially
 because earlier efforts in this direction were later abandoned. You can get
 close, but can't really replicate true MLA style.

 biblatex, even though still partially unsupported by LyX, is the way to go.
 Be sure to read the wiki pages at: wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex for the
 current limited support

 Cheers,

 S.



 Installation of biblatex and biblatex-mla depends on your platform and
 LaTeX distribution.

 Cheers,
 Charles


 __
 Stefano Franchi
 Department of Philosophy  Ph:  (979) 862-2211
 Texas AM University  Fax: (979) 845-0458
 305B Bolton Hall  fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu
 College Station, TX 77843-4237

cocoAspell works with Lyx in Tiger, not Leopard

[Richard Talley]

Hello LyX-Users,

I installed MacTeX 2008, cocoAspell 2.0.4.i86,  Skim 1.2.1, and LyX
1.6.2 on an Intel Mac running Leopard (10.5.6).

I have almost exactly the same setup on my personal machine except
it's MacTeX 2007, Tiger (10.4.11) and, obviously, cocoAspell
2.0.4.ppc.

Works like a charm on my machine. On the Intel Mac, cocoAspell appears
to be installed correctly, it's available as a spelling service to
TextEdit, exactly the same path is in the Alternative language field
of Preferences: Language Settings: Spellchecker.

(the path is /Library/Application
Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias, as the Wiki
suggests.)

When I go to spellcheck on the Intel installation, LyX
does.absolutely nothing (other than showing (dialog-show
spellchecker: F7) in the status bar.) No error, no spell check dialog,
nothing.

I want to deploy this setup to a classroom of a couple of dozen Macs
in order to teach a short "Why the power of LyX and TeX will save you
time and effort" type class, but this one simple thing has turned into
a showstopper.

Any suggestions? Anybody on the list successfully using cocoAspell
with LyX on Leopard?

Here's another anomaly I just noticed. Although TextEdit is quite
happy to use the Aspell spelling service, when I try to set Skim to
use it, Skim complains with a "Couldn't contact Spell Checker." That
gives me a hint that there is something not quite right with the
cocoAspell spelling service, but heck if I know what it is.

-- Rich

Re: JurabibMLA

[Richard Talley]

An alternative solution might be mla-paper.

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mla-paper/

-- Rich


On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Stefano Franchi
 wrote:
> On Saturday 18 April 2009 16:25:29 cmira...@kde-france.org wrote:
>> Tim Smeilus wrote:
>> > hi all,
>> >
>> > I need to write an assignment for college and I need it in MLA format. I
>> > just can't figure out how to make lyx use that format. All research over
>> > the net didn't help my out yet.
>> > I would be glad about all helpful response.
>> >
>> > thnx Tim Smeilus
>>
>> Biblatex-mla is, I believe, better :
>>
>> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-mla.html
>>
>>
>
> Indeed. Itis virtually impossible to get the MLA style in jurabib, especially
> because earlier efforts in this direction were later abandoned. You can get
> close, but can't really replicate true MLA style.
>
> biblatex, even though still partially unsupported by LyX, is the way to go.
> Be sure to read the wiki pages at: wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex for the
> current limited support
>
> Cheers,
>
> S.
>
>
>
>> Installation of biblatex and biblatex-mla depends on your platform and
>> LaTeX distribution.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Charles
>
>
> __
> Stefano Franchi
> Department of Philosophy  Ph:  (979) 862-2211
> Texas A University  Fax: (979) 845-0458
> 305B Bolton Hall  fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu
> College Station, TX 77843-4237
>
>

Re: Lyx and DocBook

[Richard Talley]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Ian S. Worthington
ianworthing...@usa.net wrote:

 It also lists Lyx which seems a mature and usable tool for Latex,
 and produces highly attractive PDF documents.  I read though that getting
 attractive HTML out of it is difficult.


I''m getting good results out of the new tool ELyXer.

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/ELyXer

There have been a couple of threads about ELyXer on this mailing list.
It's new and has some limitations. For instance, no TOC generation
yet.

However, the tool's author, Alex Fernandez, really likes getting
challenging documents and making ELyXer work with them.

-- Rich

Re: Lyx and DocBook

[Richard Talley]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Ian S. Worthington
ianworthing...@usa.net wrote:

 It also lists Lyx which seems a mature and usable tool for Latex,
 and produces highly attractive PDF documents.  I read though that getting
 attractive HTML out of it is difficult.


I''m getting good results out of the new tool ELyXer.

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/ELyXer

There have been a couple of threads about ELyXer on this mailing list.
It's new and has some limitations. For instance, no TOC generation
yet.

However, the tool's author, Alex Fernandez, really likes getting
challenging documents and making ELyXer work with them.

-- Rich

Re: Lyx and DocBook

[Richard Talley]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Ian S. Worthington
 wrote:
>
> It also lists Lyx which seems a mature and usable tool for Latex,
> and produces highly attractive PDF documents.  I read though that getting
> attractive HTML out of it is difficult.
>

I''m getting good results out of the new tool ELyXer.

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/ELyXer

There have been a couple of threads about ELyXer on this mailing list.
It's new and has some limitations. For instance, no TOC generation
yet.

However, the tool's author, Alex Fernandez, really likes getting
challenging documents and making ELyXer work with them.

-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window
was at the bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the
button to make it move to its own separate window. Now I'd
like the view source window to move back into the main LyX
window, but I can't find a way to do that.

 It should dock automatically when you move it close to a border of the
 LyX window.

 That doesn't work, at least not in my installation on OS X.

 Hmm It works for me (OS X 10.5, Intel). Are you sure?

Yes, absolutely. I've dragged the View Source window all over the
place. The only way to get it to dock back into the main lyx window on
my installation (OS X 10.4.11 PPC) is to double-click on the title
bar.


 What about toolbars: you should be able to grab them and move them
 around the window -- to the top, bottom, left, and right sides, or
 drag them off the window to be a floating palette. Does that work?

Yes. There is a little do-hickey with dots on the far left (or top,
when vertical) of the toobars. Using that, I can grab and move them
exactly as you have described.

 Bennett

-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.de wrote:
 On 2009-03-31, Richard Talley wrote:
 Running Lyx 1.6.2 on OS X 10.4.11 PPC.

 1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window was at the
 bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the button to make it move
 to its own separate window. Now I'd like the view source window to
 move back into the main LyX window, but I can't find a way to do that.

 Click again on the same button? (Works here with 1.6.2 on Linux.)

No. The button does not appear in my installation when the View Source
window is a free floating window.

 2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something like
 Navigate - List of Figures - Open Navigator...
 I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing and
 re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly are
 there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel appear and
 disappear?

 I use Alt-O G for DokumentGliederung, so it should be something like
 Alt-d-o for DocumentOutline in English.

No, Alt-d-o doesn't work but I'll experiment with different
combinations. Thanks.

 Günter


-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window
was at the bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the
button to make it move to its own separate window. Now I'd
like the view source window to move back into the main LyX
window, but I can't find a way to do that.

 It should dock automatically when you move it close to a border of the
 LyX window.

 That doesn't work, at least not in my installation on OS X.

 Hmm It works for me (OS X 10.5, Intel). Are you sure?

Yes, absolutely. I've dragged the View Source window all over the
place. The only way to get it to dock back into the main lyx window on
my installation (OS X 10.4.11 PPC) is to double-click on the title
bar.


 What about toolbars: you should be able to grab them and move them
 around the window -- to the top, bottom, left, and right sides, or
 drag them off the window to be a floating palette. Does that work?

Yes. There is a little do-hickey with dots on the far left (or top,
when vertical) of the toobars. Using that, I can grab and move them
exactly as you have described.

 Bennett

-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.de wrote:
 On 2009-03-31, Richard Talley wrote:
 Running Lyx 1.6.2 on OS X 10.4.11 PPC.

 1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window was at the
 bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the button to make it move
 to its own separate window. Now I'd like the view source window to
 move back into the main LyX window, but I can't find a way to do that.

 Click again on the same button? (Works here with 1.6.2 on Linux.)

No. The button does not appear in my installation when the View Source
window is a free floating window.

 2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something like
 Navigate - List of Figures - Open Navigator...
 I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing and
 re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly are
 there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel appear and
 disappear?

 I use Alt-O G for DokumentGliederung, so it should be something like
 Alt-d-o for DocumentOutline in English.

No, Alt-d-o doesn't work but I'll experiment with different
combinations. Thanks.

 Günter


-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window
was at the bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the
button to make it move to its own separate window. Now I'd
like the view source window to move back into the main LyX
window, but I can't find a way to do that.
>>>
>>> It should dock automatically when you move it close to a border of the
>>> LyX window.
>>
>> That doesn't work, at least not in my installation on OS X.
>
> Hmm It works for me (OS X 10.5, Intel). Are you sure?

Yes, absolutely. I've dragged the View Source window all over the
place. The only way to get it to dock back into the main lyx window on
my installation (OS X 10.4.11 PPC) is to double-click on the title
bar.

>
> What about toolbars: you should be able to grab them and move them
> around the window -- to the top, bottom, left, and right sides, or
> drag them off the window to be a floating palette. Does that work?

Yes. There is a little do-hickey with dots on the far left (or top,
when vertical) of the toobars. Using that, I can grab and move them
exactly as you have described.

> Bennett

-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Guenter Milde <mi...@users.berlios.de> wrote:
> On 2009-03-31, Richard Talley wrote:
>> Running Lyx 1.6.2 on OS X 10.4.11 PPC.
>
>> 1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window was at the
>> bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the button to make it move
>> to its own separate window. Now I'd like the view source window to
>> move back into the main LyX window, but I can't find a way to do that.
>
> Click again on the same button? (Works here with 1.6.2 on Linux.)

No. The button does not appear in my installation when the View Source
window is a free floating window.

>> 2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something like
>> Navigate -> List of Figures -> Open Navigator...
>> I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing and
>> re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly are
>> there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel appear and
>> disappear?
>
> I use Alt-O G for Dokument>Gliederung, so it should be something like
> Alt-d-o for Document>Outline in English.

No, Alt-d-o doesn't work but I'll experiment with different
combinations. Thanks.

> Günter
>

-- Rich

interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

Running Lyx 1.6.2 on OS X 10.4.11 PPC.

1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window was at the
bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the button to make it move
to its own separate window. Now I'd like the view source window to
move back into the main LyX window, but I can't find a way to do that.

2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something like
Navigate - List of Figures - Open Navigator...
I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing and
re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly are
there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel appear and
disappear?

Thanks.

-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

Thanks, Vincent.


1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window
was at the bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the
button to make it move to its own separate window. Now I'd
like the view source window to move back into the main LyX
window, but I can't find a way to do that.

 It should dock automatically when you move it close to a border of the
 LyX window.

That doesn't work, at least not in my installation on OS X.

 If not, you can double-click on the title bar of the view
 source window.

That works. Excellent.

2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something
like Navigate - List of Figures - Open Navigator...

 Hmm, I don't have this option :(..

You probably don't have a document open that has a list of figures.


I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing
and re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly
are there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel
appear and disappear?

 I have a little cross in the top-right of the Outline (navigator), and

Nope, no little cross. I understand that Qt on OS X  still needs some
work (as compared to Windows) so they'll be occasional anomalies like
this.

 there is an icon that looks like a book in the toolbar which you can
 press, and you can enter dialog-toggle toc in the command buffer
 (View-Toolbars-Command Buffer).

I wasn't seeing that icon because I didn't have my Lyx window open
side enough (so I could see the navigator panel).

 You can assign a shortcut to dialog-toggle toc in the Shortcuts
 section of the Preferences dialog. Press New, enter the function I
 mentioned above, and choose a shortcut.


Thanks.

-- Rich

 Vincent


-- Rich

interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

Running Lyx 1.6.2 on OS X 10.4.11 PPC.

1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window was at the
bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the button to make it move
to its own separate window. Now I'd like the view source window to
move back into the main LyX window, but I can't find a way to do that.

2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something like
Navigate - List of Figures - Open Navigator...
I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing and
re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly are
there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel appear and
disappear?

Thanks.

-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

Thanks, Vincent.


1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window
was at the bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the
button to make it move to its own separate window. Now I'd
like the view source window to move back into the main LyX
window, but I can't find a way to do that.

 It should dock automatically when you move it close to a border of the
 LyX window.

That doesn't work, at least not in my installation on OS X.

 If not, you can double-click on the title bar of the view
 source window.

That works. Excellent.

2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something
like Navigate - List of Figures - Open Navigator...

 Hmm, I don't have this option :(..

You probably don't have a document open that has a list of figures.


I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing
and re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly
are there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel
appear and disappear?

 I have a little cross in the top-right of the Outline (navigator), and

Nope, no little cross. I understand that Qt on OS X  still needs some
work (as compared to Windows) so they'll be occasional anomalies like
this.

 there is an icon that looks like a book in the toolbar which you can
 press, and you can enter dialog-toggle toc in the command buffer
 (View-Toolbars-Command Buffer).

I wasn't seeing that icon because I didn't have my Lyx window open
side enough (so I could see the navigator panel).

 You can assign a shortcut to dialog-toggle toc in the Shortcuts
 section of the Preferences dialog. Press New, enter the function I
 mentioned above, and choose a shortcut.


Thanks.

-- Rich

 Vincent


-- Rich

interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

Running Lyx 1.6.2 on OS X 10.4.11 PPC.

1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window was at the
bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the button to make it move
to its own separate window. Now I'd like the view source window to
move back into the main LyX window, but I can't find a way to do that.

2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something like
Navigate -> List of Figures -> Open Navigator...
I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing and
re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly are
there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel appear and
disappear?

Thanks.

-- Rich

Re: interface questions: navigator and view source

[Richard Talley]

Thanks, Vincent.

>
>>1. When I first launched Lyx 1.6.2, the view source window
>>was at the bottom of the main Lyx window. I clicked on the
>>button to make it move to its own separate window. Now I'd
>>like the view source window to move back into the main LyX
>>window, but I can't find a way to do that.
>
> It should dock automatically when you move it close to a border of the
> LyX window.

That doesn't work, at least not in my installation on OS X.

> If not, you can double-click on the title bar of the view
> source window.

That works. Excellent.

>>2. The navigator panel pops out to the right by doing something
>>like Navigate -> List of Figures -> Open Navigator...
>
> Hmm, I don't have this option :(..

You probably don't have a document open that has a list of figures.

>
>>I can't find a way to make the panel go away without closing
>>and re-opening Lyx. Is there an easy way to do this, particularly
>>are there any keyboard shortcuts to make the navigator panel
>>appear and disappear?
>
> I have a little cross in the top-right of the Outline (navigator), and

Nope, no little cross. I understand that Qt on OS X  still needs some
work (as compared to Windows) so they'll be occasional anomalies like
this.

> there is an icon that looks like a book in the toolbar which you can
> press, and you can enter "dialog-toggle toc" in the command buffer
> (View->Toolbars->Command Buffer).

I wasn't seeing that icon because I didn't have my Lyx window open
side enough (so I could see the navigator panel).

> You can assign a shortcut to "dialog-toggle toc" in the Shortcuts
> section of the Preferences dialog. Press "New", enter the function I
> mentioned above, and choose a shortcut.
>
>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>-- Rich
>
> Vincent
>

-- Rich

Re: Introducing eLyXer: LyX to HTML converter

[Richard Talley]

Thank you for elyxer.

Running OS X 10.4.11 Tiger PPC with a Fink installed Python 2.5.2 in
/sw/bin/python.

I dropped a copy of elyxer into /usr/local/bin with the appropriate
owners and permissions.

I tried to process ~60 page document, book class, dozens of PNG
floating graphics, TOC, List of Figures, cross references. It's a
pretty generic technical document.

Lots of errors like this:

Parsing line 3000
Image images3/tweakui/my not found
Image images3/tweakui/internet not found
Error at 3246: \begin_deeper
Error at 3265: \end_deeper

Output html file had no graphics and no TOC.

-- Rich

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Alex Fernandez alejandro...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi, Joachim,

 OK, I dared to download and uncompress it.

 Great, another brave soul!

 And proceeded to the first step, with the response:

 joachim$ ../elyxer userguide.lyx userguide2.html
  File ../elyxer, line 21
@classmethod
^
 SyntaxError: invalid syntax

 It seems that your Python is not understanding the decorator syntax
 for classmethods, which were introduced in Python 2.4:
  http://pyref.infogami.com/classmethod
 The following command would verify that this is indeed the problem:
  $ python --version

 Might be because of Mac-OSX (as you haven’t tested it on Mac OS X)???

 You are right:
 MacBook Pro OSX 10.4.11 Tiger

 It would appear that Tiger comes with a Python 2.3 version. It is easy
 to upgrade to a more current version:
  http://www.python.org/download/mac/
 I would commit to make eLyXer work with Tiger, but only if you are
 willing to be the guinea pig -- I don't have a Python 2.3 installation
 and don't have the resources to create one. What do you think?

 Just to report it.

 Thanks!

 Alex.

Re: Introducing eLyXer: LyX to HTML converter

[Richard Talley]

Thank you for elyxer.

Running OS X 10.4.11 Tiger PPC with a Fink installed Python 2.5.2 in
/sw/bin/python.

I dropped a copy of elyxer into /usr/local/bin with the appropriate
owners and permissions.

I tried to process ~60 page document, book class, dozens of PNG
floating graphics, TOC, List of Figures, cross references. It's a
pretty generic technical document.

Lots of errors like this:

Parsing line 3000
Image images3/tweakui/my not found
Image images3/tweakui/internet not found
Error at 3246: \begin_deeper
Error at 3265: \end_deeper

Output html file had no graphics and no TOC.

-- Rich

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Alex Fernandez alejandro...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi, Joachim,

 OK, I dared to download and uncompress it.

 Great, another brave soul!

 And proceeded to the first step, with the response:

 joachim$ ../elyxer userguide.lyx userguide2.html
  File ../elyxer, line 21
@classmethod
^
 SyntaxError: invalid syntax

 It seems that your Python is not understanding the decorator syntax
 for classmethods, which were introduced in Python 2.4:
  http://pyref.infogami.com/classmethod
 The following command would verify that this is indeed the problem:
  $ python --version

 Might be because of Mac-OSX (as you haven’t tested it on Mac OS X)???

 You are right:
 MacBook Pro OSX 10.4.11 Tiger

 It would appear that Tiger comes with a Python 2.3 version. It is easy
 to upgrade to a more current version:
  http://www.python.org/download/mac/
 I would commit to make eLyXer work with Tiger, but only if you are
 willing to be the guinea pig -- I don't have a Python 2.3 installation
 and don't have the resources to create one. What do you think?

 Just to report it.

 Thanks!

 Alex.

Re: Introducing eLyXer: LyX to HTML converter

[Richard Talley]

Thank you for elyxer.

Running OS X 10.4.11 Tiger PPC with a Fink installed Python 2.5.2 in
/sw/bin/python.

I dropped a copy of elyxer into /usr/local/bin with the appropriate
owners and permissions.

I tried to process ~60 page document, book class, dozens of PNG
floating graphics, TOC, List of Figures, cross references. It's a
pretty generic technical document.

Lots of errors like this:

Parsing line 3000
Image images3/tweakui/my not found
Image images3/tweakui/internet not found
Error at 3246: \begin_deeper
Error at 3265: \end_deeper

Output html file had no graphics and no TOC.

-- Rich

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Alex Fernandez  wrote:
> Hi, Joachim,
>
>> OK, I dared to download and uncompress it.
>
> Great, another brave soul!
>
>> And proceeded to the first step, with the response:
>>
>> joachim$ ../elyxer userguide.lyx userguide2.html
>>  File "../elyxer", line 21
>>@classmethod
>>^
>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> It seems that your Python is not understanding the decorator syntax
> for classmethods, which were introduced in Python 2.4:
>  http://pyref.infogami.com/classmethod
> The following command would verify that this is indeed the problem:
>  $ python --version
>
>> Might be because of Mac-OSX (as you "haven’t tested it on Mac OS X")???
>
> You are right:
>> MacBook Pro OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
>
> It would appear that Tiger comes with a Python 2.3 version. It is easy
> to upgrade to a more current version:
>  http://www.python.org/download/mac/
> I would commit to make eLyXer work with Tiger, but only if you are
> willing to be the guinea pig -- I don't have a Python 2.3 installation
> and don't have the resources to create one. What do you think?
>
>> Just to report it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alex.
>