Re: pleading paper

2013-12-08 Thread Steve Litt
enefit of leaving behind all sorts of temp files that you can use to troubleshoot the issue. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: pleading paper

2013-12-08 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 11:13:48 -0800 John White <j...@whitelawchartered.com> wrote: > Thanks Steve, > > A bit above my pay-grade, I fear. My secretary uses libreoffice, for > which she has a pleading paper template (perhaps she made it). She > has no problem getting .odt

Re: Fancy cover page?

2013-12-04 Thread Steve Litt
. Thanks a lot! Ignacio PS: They are pushing me to use MS Word, which is a problem because I use linux... Why not simply not declare it's a cover page, and let it have a header and footer like every other page that doesn't begin a chapter? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http

Re: Fancy cover page?

2013-12-04 Thread Steve Litt
. Thanks a lot! Ignacio PS: They are pushing me to use MS Word, which is a problem because I use linux... Why not simply not declare it's a cover page, and let it have a header and footer like every other page that doesn't begin a chapter? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http

Re: Fancy cover page?

2013-12-04 Thread Steve Litt
logo as a svg and png. > > Thanks a lot! > > Ignacio > > PS: They are pushing me to use MS Word, which is a problem because I > use linux... Why not simply not declare it's a cover page, and let it have a header and footer like every other page that doesn't beg

Re: Paragraph Spacing

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Litt
. If you want to have both indentation and interparagraph spacing (everyone I talk to says that's horrible and the mark of an amateur), you can do it with LaTeX, but I leave that as your own exercise and advise you not to do it. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com

Re: Paragraph Spacing

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Litt
. If you want to have both indentation and interparagraph spacing (everyone I talk to says that's horrible and the mark of an amateur), you can do it with LaTeX, but I leave that as your own exercise and advise you not to do it. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com

Re: Paragraph Spacing

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Litt
u can use custom instead of Bigskip to set the exact value. If you want to have both indentation and interparagraph spacing (everyone I talk to says that's horrible and the mark of an amateur), you can do it with LaTeX, but I leave that as your own exercise and advise you not to do it.

Re: Multi-documents

2013-11-29 Thread Steve Litt
for myself, I've found it easier to edit the whole book as one file. Of course, YMMV. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Multi-documents

2013-11-29 Thread Steve Litt
for myself, I've found it easier to edit the whole book as one file. Of course, YMMV. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Multi-documents

2013-11-29 Thread Steve Litt
ild it. But LyX is amazingly efficient with big documents, and, speaking for myself, I've found it easier to edit the whole book as one file. Of course, YMMV. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

2013-10-29 Thread Steve Litt
files. In making your layout file, you become a LyX journeyman, with its attendant credibility. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

2013-10-29 Thread Steve Litt
-derived output (HTML, ePub, etc), use styles in the frontmatter and backmatter also. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

2013-10-29 Thread Steve Litt
files. In making your layout file, you become a LyX journeyman, with its attendant credibility. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

2013-10-29 Thread Steve Litt
-derived output (HTML, ePub, etc), use styles in the frontmatter and backmatter also. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

2013-10-29 Thread Steve Litt
;Oh, LyX is trivially easy, anyone can use it!". Those people have no credibility with me, because they've obviously always used LyX defaults and have never made layout files. In making your layout file, you become a LyX journeyman, with its attendant credibility. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

2013-10-29 Thread Steve Litt
r styles in LyX lingo). If you suspect your doc will ever be converted to anything other than LaTeX-derived output (HTML, ePub, etc), use styles in the frontmatter and backmatter also. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
a douchebag! Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
at a frustratingly slow pace these days. LOL, how can you expect fast advances when the LyX pretty much became perfect in 2004? I mean, really, name me one serious thing it's missing. At this point we're down to more efficient hotkeys and a more complete outline mode. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
. It doesn't matter if you read it or not, because it applies whether you read it or not. It's also in upper case in the GPL2, so he was pretty much quoting it (inexactly). Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
a douchebag! Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
at a frustratingly slow pace these days. LOL, how can you expect fast advances when the LyX pretty much became perfect in 2004? I mean, really, name me one serious thing it's missing. At this point we're down to more efficient hotkeys and a more complete outline mode. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
. It doesn't matter if you read it or not, because it applies whether you read it or not. It's also in upper case in the GPL2, so he was pretty much quoting it (inexactly). Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
onal. #1 garners a "thank you." #2 garners "what a douchebag!" Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
ues to advance, > although at a frustratingly slow pace these days. LOL, how can you expect fast advances when the LyX pretty much became perfect in 2004? I mean, really, name me one serious thing it's missing. At this point we're down to more efficient hotkeys and a more complete outline mode

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Litt
That's backwards. Its part of the solution. It doesn't matter if you > read it or not, because it applies whether you read it or not. It's also in upper case in the GPL2, so he was pretty much quoting it (inexactly). Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Trou

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-25 Thread Steve Litt
on a Mac, I feel lost. Anyway, the bottom line is that people insisting on treating their computers as appliances that just work often end up the unhappiest of all, whether they're using Free Software or proprietary. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-25 Thread Steve Litt
on a Mac, I feel lost. Anyway, the bottom line is that people insisting on treating their computers as appliances that just work often end up the unhappiest of all, whether they're using Free Software or proprietary. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-25 Thread Steve Litt
I do hear this all the time. It probably helps that they hold an iron grip on both the hardware, operating system, and to some degree software. But I will tell you, personally, every time I get on a Mac, I feel lost. Anyway, the bottom line is that people insisting on treating their computers as appliances that "just work" often end up the unhappiest of all, whether they're using Free Software or proprietary. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-24 Thread Steve Litt
threads like this: http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/23/news/mn-37472 SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Getting Support: was: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-24 Thread Steve Litt
symptom description and minimal example and do everything right, and you know *someone* on the list has info, but you're met with deafening silence. It's time for the patented, can't miss, Steve Litt Answer-Getting Method (SLAGM). What you do is make some sort of kludge to fix your symptom

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-24 Thread Steve Litt
threads like this: http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/23/news/mn-37472 SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Getting Support: was: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-24 Thread Steve Litt
symptom description and minimal example and do everything right, and you know *someone* on the list has info, but you're met with deafening silence. It's time for the patented, can't miss, Steve Litt Answer-Getting Method (SLAGM). What you do is make some sort of kludge to fix your symptom

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-24 Thread Steve Litt
continuously. I leave you with one more article I often think of when reading threads like this: http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/23/news/mn-37472 SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Getting Support: was: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-24 Thread Steve Litt
. Sometimes you post a concise symptom description and minimal example and do everything right, and you know *someone* on the list has info, but you're met with deafening silence. It's time for the patented, can't miss, Steve Litt Answer-Getting Method (SLAGM). What you do is make some sort of kludg

Re: 304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

2013-10-17 Thread Steve Litt
prevent other frustrating problems down the road. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: 304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

2013-10-17 Thread Steve Litt
prevent other frustrating problems down the road. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: 304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

2013-10-17 Thread Steve Litt
h disk space will certainly prevent other frustrating problems down the road. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: different watermarks for branches

2013-10-14 Thread Steve Litt
it or make it into a PDF. There are other methods involving LaTeX ifthen, but it's necessary that there's some way to deduce which branch. HTH SteveT Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: different watermarks for branches

2013-10-14 Thread Steve Litt
it or make it into a PDF. There are other methods involving LaTeX ifthen, but it's necessary that there's some way to deduce which branch. HTH SteveT Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: different watermarks for branches

2013-10-14 Thread Steve Litt
elongs, and then run the proper sed command against the file to print it or make it into a PDF. There are other methods involving LaTeX ifthen, but it's necessary that there's some way to deduce which branch. HTH SteveT Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: For Lyx Users: index

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Litt
like I am, do what I do: Put all your sees and seealsos in a separate text file: Never in the LyX file, as ERT or anything else. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: For Lyx Users: index

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:46:53 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: Am Samstag 05 Oktober 2013, 09:03:54 schrieb Steve Litt: If you want to be happy like I am, do what I do: Put all your sees and seealsos in a separate text file: Never in the LyX file, as ERT or anything else

Re: For Lyx Users: index

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Litt
like I am, do what I do: Put all your sees and seealsos in a separate text file: Never in the LyX file, as ERT or anything else. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: For Lyx Users: index

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:46:53 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: Am Samstag 05 Oktober 2013, 09:03:54 schrieb Steve Litt: If you want to be happy like I am, do what I do: Put all your sees and seealsos in a separate text file: Never in the LyX file, as ERT or anything else

Re: For Lyx Users: index

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Litt
== If you want to be happy like I am, do what I do: Put all your sees and seealsos in a separate text file: Never in the LyX file, as ERT or anything else. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: For Lyx Users: index

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:46:53 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote: > Am Samstag 05 Oktober 2013, 09:03:54 schrieb Steve Litt: > > If you want to be happy like I am, do what I do: Put all your sees > > and seealsos in a separate text file: Never in the LyX file, a

Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
, does anyone know a free and open equivalent of Century Schoolbook, and how to install it for LaTeX and LyX? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:51:39 -0400 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: Hi all, Where can I find instructions telling me how to use Liberation Mono, Liberation Sans, and Liberation Serif in LaTeX and LyX? These are completely free software equivalents of Courier New, Ariel, and Times

Re: Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:06:21 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: Am Sonntag 29 September 2013, 12:51:39 schrieb Steve Litt: Where can I find instructions telling me how to use Liberation Mono, Liberation Sans, and Liberation Serif in LaTeX and LyX? These are completely free

Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
, does anyone know a free and open equivalent of Century Schoolbook, and how to install it for LaTeX and LyX? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:51:39 -0400 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: Hi all, Where can I find instructions telling me how to use Liberation Mono, Liberation Sans, and Liberation Serif in LaTeX and LyX? These are completely free software equivalents of Courier New, Ariel, and Times

Re: Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:06:21 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: Am Sonntag 29 September 2013, 12:51:39 schrieb Steve Litt: Where can I find instructions telling me how to use Liberation Mono, Liberation Sans, and Liberation Serif in LaTeX and LyX? These are completely free

Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
, does anyone know a free and open equivalent of Century Schoolbook, and how to install it for LaTeX and LyX? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:51:39 -0400 Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Where can I find instructions telling me how to use Liberation Mono, > Liberation Sans, and Liberation Serif in LaTeX and LyX? These are > completely free software equivalents

Re: Instructions on including fonts?

2013-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:06:21 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote: > Am Sonntag 29 September 2013, 12:51:39 schrieb Steve Litt: > > Where can I find instructions telling me how to use Liberation Mono, > > Liberation Sans, and Liberation Serif in LaTeX and LyX? The

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Steve Litt
as simple as: lyx --export latex I know there's also a way to do it from LyX's menu system, but I don't have it open right now. I think it's File-Export. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Steve Litt
as simple as: lyx --export latex I know there's also a way to do it from LyX's menu system, but I don't have it open right now. I think it's File-Export. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Steve Litt
LaTeX is acceptable, then I think it's as simple as: lyx --export latex I know there's also a way to do it from LyX's menu system, but I don't have it open right now. I think it's File->Export. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Page numbers use fonts of surrounding environments

2013-09-12 Thread Steve Litt
underestimate the power of the Minimal Example That Reproduces The Problem. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Page numbers use fonts of surrounding environments

2013-09-12 Thread Steve Litt
underestimate the power of the Minimal Example That Reproduces The Problem. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Page numbers use fonts of surrounding environments

2013-09-12 Thread Steve Litt
an quickly narrow it down. And remember, when dealing with LyX, never underestimate the power of the "Minimal Example That Reproduces The Problem". HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Thank you for View-Update

2013-09-05 Thread Steve Litt
Hi Developers, Thank you very much for View-Update (Ctrl+Shift+R). It's been in LyX for many, many versions, but now it works, and it's a great help in keeping the PDF I'm proofreading in sync with the file I'm modifying. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http

Thank you for View-Update

2013-09-05 Thread Steve Litt
Hi Developers, Thank you very much for View-Update (Ctrl+Shift+R). It's been in LyX for many, many versions, but now it works, and it's a great help in keeping the PDF I'm proofreading in sync with the file I'm modifying. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http

Thank you for View->Update

2013-09-05 Thread Steve Litt
Hi Developers, Thank you very much for View->Update (Ctrl+Shift+R). It's been in LyX for many, many versions, but now it works, and it's a great help in keeping the PDF I'm proofreading in sync with the file I'm modifying. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* h

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Steve Litt
tells me it's better to wear one hat at a time: Either you're a writer or a LaTeX (wannabe) expert, and when you wear one of these hats you should be able to devote several consecutive hours to it, because they don't mix well. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Steve Litt
tells me it's better to wear one hat at a time: Either you're a writer or a LaTeX (wannabe) expert, and when you wear one of these hats you should be able to devote several consecutive hours to it, because they don't mix well. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Steve Litt
g but LaTeX, tweak your environments to be how you want them to be. My experience tells me it's better to wear one hat at a time: Either you're a writer or a LaTeX (wannabe) expert, and when you wear one of these hats you should be able to devote several consecutive hours to it, because they don'

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Steve Litt
styles. When you DO need LaTeX, I've written some easy to read stuff here: * http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm * http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/lyx_latex_tex.htm * http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Steve Litt
styles. When you DO need LaTeX, I've written some easy to read stuff here: * http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm * http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/lyx_latex_tex.htm * http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Steve Litt
leshooters.com/linux/lyx/lyx_latex_tex.htm * http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Steve Litt
). Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:51:24 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: On 8/29/13 4:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Steve Litt
). Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:51:24 -0600 Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: On 8/29/13 4:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Steve Litt
rk itself. To bring this back to on-topicness, the print resulting from LyX looks good at any resolution, always assuming you pick a good font for printing (I like Century Schoolbook). Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:51:24 -0600 Ken Springer <snowsh...@q.com> wrote: > On 8/29/13 4:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400 > > Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: > > > >> On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

Re: a problem with formatting acronyms in svmono class

2013-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
want, and it aligns the explanations beneath each other. Your job would be: 1) Turn off its feature where the first item is in italics (probably to designate it as a header 2) Wrap the explanation in curly braces. Do that and you're done. SteveT Steve Litt* http

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:20:06 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: 22/08/2013 21:09, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com: Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember KLyX. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for winning that battle! The problem was not only around KDE (although

Re: a problem with formatting acronyms in svmono class

2013-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
want, and it aligns the explanations beneath each other. Your job would be: 1) Turn off its feature where the first item is in italics (probably to designate it as a header 2) Wrap the explanation in curly braces. Do that and you're done. SteveT Steve Litt* http

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:20:06 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: 22/08/2013 21:09, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com: Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember KLyX. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for winning that battle! The problem was not only around KDE (although

Re: a problem with formatting acronyms in svmono class

2013-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
make a LyX environment that does what you want. Study the "Labeling" environment that comes with LyX 2.x. It's almost what you want, and it aligns the explanations beneath each other. Your job would be: 1) Turn off its feature where the first item is in italics (probably to designa

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:20:06 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org> wrote: > 22/08/2013 21:09, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com: > > Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember KLyX. Thank you, thank > > you, THANK YOU for winning that battle! > > The prob

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
easier to configure, from my point of view, than Gtk built apps. In the history of LyX, did anyone campaign for it to be a KDE app, and if so, how was that (in my opinion mistake) prevented? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training

Re: a problem with formatting acronyms in svmono class

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt
to your desired alignment than anything else. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:54:36 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: Le 22/08/13 20:42, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com a écrit : In the history of LyX, did anyone campaign for it to be a KDE app, and if so, how was that (in my opinion mistake) prevented? This is KLyX

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
easier to configure, from my point of view, than Gtk built apps. In the history of LyX, did anyone campaign for it to be a KDE app, and if so, how was that (in my opinion mistake) prevented? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training

Re: a problem with formatting acronyms in svmono class

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt
to your desired alignment than anything else. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:54:36 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: Le 22/08/13 20:42, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com a écrit : In the history of LyX, did anyone campaign for it to be a KDE app, and if so, how was that (in my opinion mistake) prevented? This is KLyX

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
banned all use of all KDE libraries, for stability's sake. Qt's not bad, as a matter of fact Qt built apps seem easier to configure, from my point of view, than Gtk built apps. In the history of LyX, did anyone campaign for it to be a KDE app, and if so, how was that (in my opinion mistake) preve

Re: a problem with formatting acronyms in svmono class

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt
doesn't bring you much closer to your desired alignment than anything else. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:54:36 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org> wrote: > Le 22/08/13 20:42, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com a écrit : > > In the history of LyX, did anyone campaign for it to be a KDE app, > > and if so, how was that (in my opini

Re: Help on LaTeX if statement

2013-08-19 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:40:48 + (UTC) Guenter Milde mi...@users.sf.net wrote: On 2013-08-10, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I need your help. Could you please point me to the best web resources I'd need in order to understand LaTeX's if statement? The raw if statement is provided

Re: Help on LaTeX if statement

2013-08-19 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:40:48 + (UTC) Guenter Milde mi...@users.sf.net wrote: On 2013-08-10, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I need your help. Could you please point me to the best web resources I'd need in order to understand LaTeX's if statement? The raw if statement is provided

Re: Help on LaTeX if statement

2013-08-19 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:40:48 + (UTC) Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net> wrote: > On 2013-08-10, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I need your help. Could you please point me to the best web > > resources I'd need in order to understand LaTeX's "if"

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-17 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
styles than in MSWord or LibreOffice. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-17 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
styles than in MSWord or LibreOffice. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-17 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
create/change paragraph styles and character styles than in MSWord or LibreOffice. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Test20130815_1249

2013-08-15 Thread Steve Litt
Let's see if Bluehost has extricated themselves from the blacklists LyX-Users uses...

Re: How to do conditional compilation from LyX?

2013-08-15 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:17:08 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 08/14/2013 10:16 PM, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote: Hi all, My Layout file, derived from the Book doc class, has the following code: \ifx\stevelitt\undefined

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