Re: french use of : ; etc

2007-11-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Liviu Andronic a écrit : On 11/3/07, Wolfgang Engelmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could one of the French people of this list tell me whether it is practice in French to leave space before ?, !, :, ; such as: Use in the Preamble: %\usepackage[cyr]{aeguill} \usepackage[francais]{babel}

Re: Non-standard table of contents

2007-11-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
A possibility is to use the short title to give the label used in the TOC and give an empty title to the section if you really don't want any section header. Siegfried.

Re: toggle math mode

2007-11-08 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can use the possibility to view the LaTeX code and copy back from the code window into the lyx window if you want to edit the latex code. I tried it on Windows XP, and it works ( ctrl-c - ctrl-V to copy-paste the LaTeX code and ctrl-M to convert it into math. Siegfried

Strange message

2007-11-14 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hello, After a crash ( electrical problem ... not LyX ! ). LyX correctly asked if I wanted to load the saved version and I accepted. But when I asked to save the file, I had the message : The document was modified by an external application... do yo really want to overwrite this document ? (

Re: Hyphenationpriblem with '-'

2007-11-20 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can find the complete explanation in the manual Embedded Objects section 5.6.1 Preventing Hyphenation Siegfried

Re: Program Listing Parameters

2007-11-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
The documentation of this package is very well done : see at http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~berland/latex/docs/listings.pdf Siegfried

Re: Program Listing Parameters

2007-11-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You need the color LaTeX package. Siegfried.

Re: embedding or linking a sound file in a Powerdot PDF

2007-11-29 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I've seen in the Beamer documentation that there is a package called multimedia.sty. This package can be used to embed movies and sounds in pdf documents. There is a good presentation in the beamer manual, and they say it can be used without beamer. Siegfried.

Re: make sure there's enough text in a page

2007-12-04 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I've seen that in the FAQ ( in LyX help, section 6.1.6 ) : add to the preamble : \windowpenalty=1 \clubpenalty=1 and optionnally \raggedbottom Siegfried.

Re: Change PDF viewer and define short-keys?

2007-12-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
To specify the viewer, I think you can go to Tools Settings Output File formats where you have a Viewer field ... ( sorry, I translate from my french interface !) The shortcuts do exist : Ctrl-D to view DVI (compile) Shift-Ctrl-D to update DVI You can see then in some menus. There are also

Re: Bug? LyX crashes when opening Embed. Objects manual

2007-12-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Confirmed here : it crashes ... Windows XP pro with LyX 1.5.2 (french version) Siegfried.

Re: help with LyX-Code (or verbatim in ERT) and wrapping

2007-12-17 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can use the listings LaTeX package : it has automatic breaking of long lines, and it is fully integrated in LyX. Siegfried.

Re: \includeonly NOT WORKING in LyX 1.5.2

2007-12-20 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
César Vasques wrote: I am using LyX version 1.5.2 and I haven't been able to make the command \includeonly{file1.lyx,file2.lyx,...} placed in the preamble work. I use it to make LyX only to include some of the chapter files of a master document with entries \include{*.lyx}. Can anybody

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-08 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
To change the horizontal position of a float, I position the cursor inside the float and I use the menu EditParagraph Settings and I choose the position. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: Custom function names

2008-02-02 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
In the new manual Math.lyx, there is a solution (section 15 Functions ) : As an example, if you want to define the sgn function, you put this lines in the LaTeX preamble : \DeclareMathOperator{\sgn}{sgn} Then you can use \sgn in your formulas. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: fine-tuning equation alignment

2008-02-13 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
For long equations, you can use specific environments for multiline formula. You can find a lot of informations on the new Math.lyx manual : http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_5_X/lib/doc/Math.lyx or in PDF

Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter

2008-02-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Another solution is to make de PDF accessible, see this document : http://www.adobe.com/fr/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf I don't know if Powerpoints are by themself more accessible than PDF. I think that the above document can give arguments to show that a given document

Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter

2008-02-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I agree completly with Alan : most of the PowerPoints aren't compliant ( PowerPoint don't enforce the tagging of the images ...). I understand that a converter can be a solution to convince somebody, but it is a false one because I doubt the converted PDF will be more compliant than the

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and it seems OK. The PDF file obviously used a vector version of the picture ( I tried 6400% magnification). Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). Siegfried.

Re: Problems installing LyX - better method

2008-03-18 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I reported this bug (4633) 1.6svn seems to be incapable to read 1.5.x files (on my Win XP Pro system). Siegfried.

Re: Literal monofont underscores?

2008-03-20 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I don't know if it can help, but I tried your file on my LyX 1.5.4 on Windows XP and checked DVI, PDF and PS output and it is nearly OK. Only a very little difference in the lengths in the PDF output. But nothing like your DVI ... I didn't change anything in the file. Hope it can help.

Re: Need help re '(.sty' file problem

2008-03-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You don't have to alter the preamble of this document. If you can't visualize a PDF output of this manual, it's because you don't have the LaTeX hyperref package in your LaTeX installation. I don't know what's your configuration, but you must have a way to add a package. If you use windows and

Re: [announce] preview test release of LyX 1.6 alpha1 for Windows

2008-04-01 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I have the problem you describe with the 1.6svn : I can't open files saved with an other version of LyX, even the doc files. Since I have Inkscape, I copied the three files you mentioned ... to no avail. Up to now, if I want to open files from the 1.6 but not from my version, I must change the

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

2008-04-08 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Inkscape works very well on Windows ( at least on my XP system ...) I also use a java implementation of xfig : jfig see http://tams-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/jfig/ Siegfried.

Re: Float Placement in Windows version of LYX

2008-04-09 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I suppose it is Document Settings and choose Float placement ( I translate from french ... sorry ). Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: hi

2008-04-10 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can find the answer in the math manual section 18.1.4 You must use the vphantom space in order to make the second part of your equation believe it has also an integral in it ... Hope it helps Siegfried.

Listings with 1.6.0alpha1

2008-04-24 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I have a little problem with listings on my LyX 1.6 ( on Windows XP ) If I inser a listing ( Insert Listing ), type a short piece of code in the box, then I click with the right button to have the listing dialog and I change some properties ( langage = Fortran 95, font = small, typewriter ),

Re: how to cross-reference a figure

2008-05-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
When you use a label to cross reference a float, in fact it is only used to identify the float you want to use. The reference will by default be printed as the number associated with the float ( figure number, table number ... ). Remember that those numbers are generated by LaTeX and not known

Re: smaller text in table

2008-05-14 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I use the text style dialog and it works : I select the text in the table and I change the font size... (Works on 1.5.5 on Windows XP ) Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?

2008-05-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I can add that many bibliography sites give bibtex descriptions of the documents. You can copy these bibtex information in a text file with a .bib extension. Siegfried.

Re: EndNote X1 BibTeX output and LyX

2008-06-04 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
JabRef is highly customizable as far as the key generation is concerned. The examples given by Jeremy ( Nahm1996 or Nahm1996a ... ) are in fact JabRef's default. You can describe your pattern with markers like [auth:lower] if you want the name of the first author all in lowercase. There are

Re: Whats wrong with tabluar?

2008-07-24 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
It isn't a bug, it's the way it works, I suppose it is a way to emphasize the header line. You can modify easily your table : select the first line and remove the bottom border ( there is a button in the table tool bar ). Hope it helps. Siegfried

Re: Excel graphs into Lyx

2008-07-28 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I tried this and it works with an excellent quality (vector format). It seems that it doesn't work with excel 2007. Copy the graph as an image ( press shift and go in the edit menu then choose something like save an image ). You'll have a little dialog where you choose the appearance like in

Re: Edit - paste external selection - as lines does not exists

2008-08-07 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
What do you mean by nice result. On my Windows XP, I get exactly what I expected : my piece of code typeset in a type-writer font ( I use Plain text to keep all the line breaks of my code ) . If you want something like syntax highlighting, try Inser listings. This package enables you tho have

Re: Trouble importing latex file in Lyx

2008-08-21 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hi, I often import big LaTeX tables in LyX ( I generate them with Fortran codes ), without any problem. I import the LaTeX file in a LyX file ( File import Latex ) and then I copy the table in my document. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: Change the background colour of a piece of text?

2008-09-04 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hello, You can try colored boxes (section 5.7 of the Embedded Objects manual ). Siegfried.

Re: Defining a color for the rectangular box around a minipage

2008-09-09 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can use \fcolorbox{border color}{ inside color}{ content } in ERT with the package color See the Embedded Objects manual section 5.7.1 Siegfried.

Re: How to save into the document dir instead that into /tmp/ ?

2008-09-19 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can change the temp directory to point to your working directory ( Tools - preferences - Directories ). Is it what you want ? Siegfried.

Re: Adding directory listings to a document

2008-11-04 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hello, I'm on Windows, so what I say must be adapted to linux. On Windows the command is tree and I used it and suceeded to import my tree in LyX using either LyX Code or listings. The pdf looks OK, so everything seems to work. Here's what I did : With LyX Code I switch to LyX Code

Re: How to insert colored program listing in LYX

2008-11-04 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hello, You can use the listings package ( Insert Listings ). If you right-clic on the listing insert box, you can choose the language you use and the syntax will be highlighted. In the listings manual there are many options, so I suppose you can change the colors if you really want. Hope it

Re: How to insert colored program listing in LYX

2008-11-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Code produced a good rendering of the directory tree on the PDF output. Siegfried. -- Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL Matre de confrence l'INSA de Rouen Fax. 33 (0)2 32 95 37 94 Tl. 02 32 95 37 46 (CORIA) 02 32 95 97 76 ( INSA ) CNRS UMR 6614 - CORIA Universit de Rouen Site Universitaire

Re: How to insert colored program listing in LYX

2008-11-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hello, Yes, if you choose a fixed length font like Courrier, the layout of the listing is left as in your text editor, with the possibility of syntax highlighting, line numbering and a lot of other possibilities. For me it works very well : I teach Fortran and I use a lot of program extracts

Re: LyX cannot generate DVI - suspected bitex related problem

2007-10-31 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I've seen exactly the same type of problems when a change of langage messed with a short title in a section heading. In your case the problem seems to occur just before the ] of the option part of this item. Siegfried

Re: generating {|} in math mode

2009-10-27 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
how do I generate a group definition such as { x | x 0 } with variable height braces? I can create the outside braces using left\{ and right\} (or matching braces from the braces menu) but the central one doesn't fit it, and if I add a | with a matching empty left or right element the sizes

Re: LyX Server on XP?

2009-12-09 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
I work on Windows XP pro with the last version 1.6.5 from the alt installer. Here what I did : ToolsPreferencesDirectories Lyxserver : \\.\pipe\lyxserver In JabRef : OptionsPreferences There's a button to configure the lyx server I put \\.\pipe\lyxpipe.in The \\.\pipe\lyxpipe is a notation in

Re: A Question regarding fonts

2010-01-11 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
In this case, I use the listings package (Insert Listings). There are two possibilities : inline or separated. The main advantage for me is the syntax highlighting and a lot of other possibilities (frames, captions ...). There's a very good documentation. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: permanent, global [basicstyle={\scriptsize}] ?

2010-03-15 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
You can go to Document Parameters Text Layout and there, you can put global listings parameters. The dialog helps you by giving some of the the possibilities. ( my GUI is in french so these commands are approximate ...) Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: set language for all document elements

2008-11-22 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
I use EditTextStylecustomize to change the language of a piece of text. ( The menus can be different, mine are in french ! ). Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: instant preview problem, wrong number displayed

2008-12-08 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
For me it's OK : Windows XP pro with LyX 1.6.0 Siegfried.

Re: Bibdesk and mutated vowels (Umlaut)

2008-12-18 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
Hello Jess, try \guilsinglright and \guilsinglleft Hope it helps, Siegfried.

Re: How could I add a greek letter?

2009-01-29 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
Title: MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL with LyX 1.6.1 and unicode I obtain this : it's character U+0113 ( e macron ) I used the character table on Windows ...but on LyX you can use Inser Special characters Symbols and the extended Latin A Hope it helps Siegfried. -- Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN

Re: Retaining old file structure when editing in new version?

2009-03-05 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
Try File Export Lyx 1.4.x Hope it helps Siegfried

Re: lyx2lyx script failed... lyx 1.6.1 lyx 1.5.6

2009-03-09 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
Since I often have this problem, I've found a workaround ( not a nice one, but it works when the formats aren't too different). I simply change the number of the LyX format. Open your file with a text editor and see the second line e. g. \lyxformat 276 Change this number to match the number used

Re: BIBINPUTS under Windows??

2009-03-12 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
, Siegfried. -- MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL Matre de confrence l'INSA de Rouen Fax. 33 (0)2 32 95 37 94 Tl. 02 32 95 37 46 (CORIA) 02 32 95 97 76 ( INSA ) CNRS UMR 6614 - CORIA Universit de Rouen Site Universitaire du Madrillet - BP 12 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray cedex Tl

Re: some beamer questions

2009-03-16 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
There is an excellent manual in the latex distribution file beameruserguide.pdf LyX usage is described in this manual. Siegfried

Re: Problem with text overlapping header

2009-04-01 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
Title: MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL In the Document settings, I changed the margins Top 6 cm Headings 4 cm I obtained this : Hope it helps, Siegfried. -- Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL Matre de confrence l'INSA de Rouen Fax. 33 (0)2 32 95 37 94 Tl. 02 32 95 37 46 (CORIA) 02 32 95 97 76

Re: automatically create table based on external (ascii) data

2009-04-06 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
Did you try the csv format (coma separated values ) ? Siegfried.

Re: Alternate installer not working

2009-06-11 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
Hi Uwe, I think the problem is that there isn't any updater for the normal installer there isn't any Lyx-1.6.3-1-Installer-Update.exe And, yes I think Lyx must have been installed with the alt installer to use the alt installer update. Siegfried.

Re: LyX and LaTeX?????, LyX y LaTeX?????

2009-07-28 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
Have you tried File - Import- LaTeX (plain) or something like that (my LyX is in french !). Siegfried.

Re: LyX and LaTeX?????, LyX y LaTeX?????

2009-07-30 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
My problem is that the file does not load completely Did you try to look at the LaTeX code ( Visualize - Show LaTeX Code ) to see where LyX stops the import ? Alternatively, try to export back to see where the import stops. Siegfried.

Re: Lyx 1.6.4 Spellchecker on Windows XP

2009-08-27 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
I use the spellchecker on LyX 1.6.4 on Windows XP pro without any problem (in french !). Perhaps it is a problem of the langage of the document which isn't well defined (Document-Preferences). You must also have the dictionary for this langage. Siegfried.

Re: Compilation error in French with varioref and hyperref

2009-09-01 Thread Siegfried Meunier-Guttin-Cluzel
I have no problem compiling to PDF the UserGuide on LyX 1.6.4 System Windows XP pro, Alt Installer, MiKTeX 2.7 installed with LyX. ( this is the version of the UserGuide distributed with LyX, french version ). Siegfried.

Re: french use of : ; etc

2007-11-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Liviu Andronic a écrit : On 11/3/07, Wolfgang Engelmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could one of the French people of this list tell me whether it is practice in French to leave space before ?, !, :, ; such as: Use in the Preamble: %\usepackage[cyr]{aeguill} \usepackage[francais]{babel}

Re: Non-standard table of contents

2007-11-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
A possibility is to use the short title to give the label used in the TOC and give an empty title to the section if you really don't want any section header. Siegfried.

Re: toggle math mode

2007-11-08 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can use the possibility to view the LaTeX code and copy back from the code window into the lyx window if you want to edit the latex code. I tried it on Windows XP, and it works ( ctrl-c - ctrl-V to copy-paste the LaTeX code and ctrl-M to convert it into math. Siegfried

Strange message

2007-11-14 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hello, After a crash ( electrical problem ... not LyX ! ). LyX correctly asked if I wanted to load the saved version and I accepted. But when I asked to save the file, I had the message : The document was modified by an external application... do yo really want to overwrite this document ? (

Re: Hyphenationpriblem with '-'

2007-11-20 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can find the complete explanation in the manual Embedded Objects section 5.6.1 Preventing Hyphenation Siegfried

Re: Program Listing Parameters

2007-11-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
The documentation of this package is very well done : see at http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~berland/latex/docs/listings.pdf Siegfried

Re: Program Listing Parameters

2007-11-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You need the color LaTeX package. Siegfried.

Re: embedding or linking a sound file in a Powerdot PDF

2007-11-29 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I've seen in the Beamer documentation that there is a package called multimedia.sty. This package can be used to embed movies and sounds in pdf documents. There is a good presentation in the beamer manual, and they say it can be used without beamer. Siegfried.

Re: make sure there's enough text in a page

2007-12-04 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I've seen that in the FAQ ( in LyX help, section 6.1.6 ) : add to the preamble : \windowpenalty=1 \clubpenalty=1 and optionnally \raggedbottom Siegfried.

Re: Change PDF viewer and define short-keys?

2007-12-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
To specify the viewer, I think you can go to Tools Settings Output File formats where you have a Viewer field ... ( sorry, I translate from my french interface !) The shortcuts do exist : Ctrl-D to view DVI (compile) Shift-Ctrl-D to update DVI You can see then in some menus. There are also

Re: Bug? LyX crashes when opening Embed. Objects manual

2007-12-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Confirmed here : it crashes ... Windows XP pro with LyX 1.5.2 (french version) Siegfried.

Re: help with LyX-Code (or verbatim in ERT) and wrapping

2007-12-17 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can use the listings LaTeX package : it has automatic breaking of long lines, and it is fully integrated in LyX. Siegfried.

Re: \includeonly NOT WORKING in LyX 1.5.2

2007-12-20 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
César Vasques wrote: I am using LyX version 1.5.2 and I haven't been able to make the command \includeonly{file1.lyx,file2.lyx,...} placed in the preamble work. I use it to make LyX only to include some of the chapter files of a master document with entries \include{*.lyx}. Can anybody

Re: left justify floats?

2008-01-08 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
To change the horizontal position of a float, I position the cursor inside the float and I use the menu EditParagraph Settings and I choose the position. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: Custom function names

2008-02-02 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
In the new manual Math.lyx, there is a solution (section 15 Functions ) : As an example, if you want to define the sgn function, you put this lines in the LaTeX preamble : \DeclareMathOperator{\sgn}{sgn} Then you can use \sgn in your formulas. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: fine-tuning equation alignment

2008-02-13 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
For long equations, you can use specific environments for multiline formula. You can find a lot of informations on the new Math.lyx manual : http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_5_X/lib/doc/Math.lyx or in PDF

Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter

2008-02-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Another solution is to make de PDF accessible, see this document : http://www.adobe.com/fr/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf I don't know if Powerpoints are by themself more accessible than PDF. I think that the above document can give arguments to show that a given document

Re: PDF to PowerPoint converter

2008-02-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I agree completly with Alan : most of the PowerPoints aren't compliant ( PowerPoint don't enforce the tagging of the images ...). I understand that a converter can be a solution to convince somebody, but it is a false one because I doubt the converted PDF will be more compliant than the

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and it seems OK. The PDF file obviously used a vector version of the picture ( I tried 6400% magnification). Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). Siegfried.

Re: Problems installing LyX - better method

2008-03-18 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I reported this bug (4633) 1.6svn seems to be incapable to read 1.5.x files (on my Win XP Pro system). Siegfried.

Re: Literal monofont underscores?

2008-03-20 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I don't know if it can help, but I tried your file on my LyX 1.5.4 on Windows XP and checked DVI, PDF and PS output and it is nearly OK. Only a very little difference in the lengths in the PDF output. But nothing like your DVI ... I didn't change anything in the file. Hope it can help.

Re: Need help re '(.sty' file problem

2008-03-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You don't have to alter the preamble of this document. If you can't visualize a PDF output of this manual, it's because you don't have the LaTeX hyperref package in your LaTeX installation. I don't know what's your configuration, but you must have a way to add a package. If you use windows and

Re: [announce] preview test release of LyX 1.6 alpha1 for Windows

2008-04-01 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I have the problem you describe with the 1.6svn : I can't open files saved with an other version of LyX, even the doc files. Since I have Inkscape, I copied the three files you mentioned ... to no avail. Up to now, if I want to open files from the 1.6 but not from my version, I must change the

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

2008-04-08 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Inkscape works very well on Windows ( at least on my XP system ...) I also use a java implementation of xfig : jfig see http://tams-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/jfig/ Siegfried.

Re: Float Placement in Windows version of LYX

2008-04-09 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I suppose it is Document Settings and choose Float placement ( I translate from french ... sorry ). Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: hi

2008-04-10 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can find the answer in the math manual section 18.1.4 You must use the vphantom space in order to make the second part of your equation believe it has also an integral in it ... Hope it helps Siegfried.

Listings with 1.6.0alpha1

2008-04-24 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I have a little problem with listings on my LyX 1.6 ( on Windows XP ) If I inser a listing ( Insert Listing ), type a short piece of code in the box, then I click with the right button to have the listing dialog and I change some properties ( langage = Fortran 95, font = small, typewriter ),

Re: how to cross-reference a figure

2008-05-05 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
When you use a label to cross reference a float, in fact it is only used to identify the float you want to use. The reference will by default be printed as the number associated with the float ( figure number, table number ... ). Remember that those numbers are generated by LaTeX and not known

Re: smaller text in table

2008-05-14 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I use the text style dialog and it works : I select the text in the table and I change the font size... (Works on 1.5.5 on Windows XP ) Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: how do I actually get a .bib file?

2008-05-27 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I can add that many bibliography sites give bibtex descriptions of the documents. You can copy these bibtex information in a text file with a .bib extension. Siegfried.

Re: EndNote X1 BibTeX output and LyX

2008-06-04 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
JabRef is highly customizable as far as the key generation is concerned. The examples given by Jeremy ( Nahm1996 or Nahm1996a ... ) are in fact JabRef's default. You can describe your pattern with markers like [auth:lower] if you want the name of the first author all in lowercase. There are

Re: Whats wrong with tabluar?

2008-07-24 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
It isn't a bug, it's the way it works, I suppose it is a way to emphasize the header line. You can modify easily your table : select the first line and remove the bottom border ( there is a button in the table tool bar ). Hope it helps. Siegfried

Re: Excel graphs into Lyx

2008-07-28 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I tried this and it works with an excellent quality (vector format). It seems that it doesn't work with excel 2007. Copy the graph as an image ( press shift and go in the edit menu then choose something like save an image ). You'll have a little dialog where you choose the appearance like in

Re: Edit - paste external selection - as lines does not exists

2008-08-07 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
What do you mean by nice result. On my Windows XP, I get exactly what I expected : my piece of code typeset in a type-writer font ( I use Plain text to keep all the line breaks of my code ) . If you want something like syntax highlighting, try Inser listings. This package enables you tho have

Re: Trouble importing latex file in Lyx

2008-08-21 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hi, I often import big LaTeX tables in LyX ( I generate them with Fortran codes ), without any problem. I import the LaTeX file in a LyX file ( File import Latex ) and then I copy the table in my document. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: Change the background colour of a piece of text?

2008-09-04 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hello, You can try colored boxes (section 5.7 of the Embedded Objects manual ). Siegfried.

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