Re: Including a hyperlink removes coloring from my URLs

2017-03-31 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:25:18 -0400 "Paul A. Rubin" wrote: > On 03/30/2017 03:45 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Including one hyperlink in my document removes the color for all my > > URLs. What I really want is my hyperlinks colored the same

Re: Including a hyperlink removes coloring from my URLs

2017-03-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:25:18 -0400 "Paul A. Rubin" wrote: > On 03/30/2017 03:45 PM, Steve Litt wrote: [snip Steve's symptom description] > I made a small test document (attached) using the standard book > class. When I added the hyperlink to the document, I got an

Including a hyperlink removes coloring from my URLs

2017-03-30 Thread Steve Litt
EVANT FACTS: Linux, 64 bit Void distro LyX version 2.2.2 Document class based on document class "book". \usepackage{soul} \usepackage[bookmarks, plainpages=false,pdfpagelabels,colorlinks=true,bookmarksnumbered=true]{hyperref} \usepackage{color} Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt March 201

Mouse pointer

2017-03-28 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, On my copy of LyX, (2.2.2), the mouse pointer is a text pointer and is so thin and so small that I have to click or drag it to know where it is. Can't you make it bigger or add an option or something? The mouse pointer is much bigger on most other apps. SteveT Steve Litt March

Re: is Lyx support multiple cpus?

2017-03-18 Thread Steve Litt
n order to proofread: If there's another reason, please let us know. And finally, congratulations on writing a >300 page document. Very few people have actually done that. SteveT Steve Litt March 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb

Re: Failed to generate PDF?

2017-03-05 Thread Steve Litt
ex fonts" checkmark, and bang, my books compiled under LyX. Trying different main fonts on your smallest symptom-displaying example might be a quick way to rule this in or out. SteveT Steve Litt February 2017 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive

Re: unfair business practices: Hamrick Software USA

2017-01-25 Thread Steve Litt
hat the OP's experience isn't universal. > They offer a free version for download which is identical but prints > watermarks, so one wonders if one should not have tested this before, > never mind a charge back. Was a "sold as is, no refunds" policy *prominently*

Re: Fragility

2016-11-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 20:45:11 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2016-11-18, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:36:08 + > > F M Salter wrote: > > >> I would like to raise a question for everyone about what I am > >> describing as fragi

Re: Fragility

2016-11-18 Thread Steve Litt
_vo.otl * http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200310/200310.htm HTH, SteveT Steve Litt November 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz

Re: my physics book Gpl lyx

2016-10-11 Thread Steve Litt
ame/files/Books/physics.pdf/download > > source code > https://sourceforge.net/projects/ohodquizgame/files/Books/physics2.2.1.zip/download > > best regards Very nice! I like the breakouts and the graphical sidenotes. Congratulations on a job well done. SteveT Steve Litt September

Re: Update

2016-10-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 23:15:54 -0400 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 04:26:26PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > I am not sure to understand why lyx uses the default viewer of > > gnome ! > > I don't understand. What would be the ideal behavior fo

Re: Remote X11 is slow for typing

2016-09-09 Thread Steve Litt
rough the wire is changes to files. Also, I don't have to run ssh as the dangerous -X or -Y. If I'm on OpenBSD or some other system that doesn't have the fuse-foo to do sshfs, I can just rsync the files to my local hard disk, and rsync them back. SteveT Steve Litt September 2016 fea

Re: LyX GUI unresponsive over ssh

2016-08-25 Thread Steve Litt
7;re describing sounds consistent with the results I've gotten running X programs over ssh, especially over the Internet. Perhaps you could install LyX and the sshfs client on your laptop, mount the directory with the LyX file via sshfs, and then have all your X on the laptop side. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt August 2016 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting Brand new, second edition http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr

Re: problem with creating layout file for some class

2016-08-13 Thread Steve Litt
> > Format 35 See, this has boggled my mind since the 20th century. How did you just knowingly pick format 35 out of thin air? There are quadrillions of formats: How did you know to use 35? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt August 2016 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshoot

My first device-sized PDF book

2016-08-05 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, A couple days ago I published my first-ever mobile device sized PDF (3"x5"). So far it seems to have worked out very well. To all of you who helped me with my LyX problems doing this, thank you! SteveT Steve Litt August 2016 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical

Re: Strange xxx-lyxformat-474.lyx files

2016-08-02 Thread Steve Litt
is more like "You asked for it, you got it." Did I mention that I make mistakes. SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Re: [DNG] [Dng] What do you guys think about "Suggest" and "Recommends" dependency?

2016-08-01 Thread Steve Litt
(within its limits). TeX is **HUGE**, and you don't want it unless you need it. And any author using asciidoc with the idea of outputting to PDF knows he needs either TeX (LaTeX probably) or some ugly XSLT transform, and can install the necessary stuff. SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Re: Where to put the index entry?

2016-07-31 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 03:54:59 -0400 Richard Heck wrote: > On 07/31/2016 02:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I think I asked the question wrong before. Here's all I want to > > know: You have an entire subsection, about carrier pigeons, and you > >

Where to put the index entry?

2016-07-30 Thread Steve Litt
If the answer is C, could you please elaborate? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Bad index paging

2016-07-30 Thread Steve Litt
ubsection line, am I supposed to put the index entry (tag) at the beginning of that line, or the end of it, or in the middle? What's the LyX approved "best practice?" Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Re: Cursor width

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Litt
ee, and I had to do things like dragging to find it. So I set: Tools>preferences>Editing>Control>Cursor width from its initial 1px to 4px, and it became unmistakeable, while still appearing to fit "between" characters. Thanks Frank (and Kornel) SteveT Steve Litt July 2016

How to get a more visible mouse cursor?

2016-07-28 Thread Steve Litt
prominent? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Re: Lyx-Pdf problem

2016-07-25 Thread Steve Litt
ople post it to imgur.com. I was always taught that, when asking questions, I should make it trivially convenient for others to understand and answer. Oh well, it could be worse. About 5 years ago a guy posted a ~ 1MB "minimum working example" to the list, wrapped up i an RAR fil

Re: Lyx-Pdf problem

2016-07-25 Thread Steve Litt
To make more work for those who want to help him. On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:31:06 +0100 Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > Why are you sending this in a Microsoft format? > > el > > > > On 2016-07-25 07:46, Abhinav Narayanan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been using Lyx for some years now. Recently, I

Small books: was KOMAscript book workaround?

2016-07-22 Thread Steve Litt
and and came to the same conclusion. I'll be interested to hear how your small book progresses. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Re: KOMAscript book workaround?

2016-07-19 Thread Steve Litt
ss and added what I needed. That way I wasn't choosing a whole new document class to get two or three needed features. Everyone's mileage varies: I just thought I'd present this viewpoint. SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Re: epub output in version 2.2?

2016-07-09 Thread Steve Litt
and over again until they wrote their own, which substantially duplicated eLyXer's features and its problems. I looked at Alex' code with the idea of writing a more semantic export. His code was good, but it was 10K lines and I didn't have the time. SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featu

Re: epub output in version 2.2?

2016-07-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 12:36:36 +0100 Guillaume Munch wrote: > Le 07/07/2016 19:25, Steve Litt a écrit : > > On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 16:57:23 -0400 > > Richard Heck wrote: > > > >> On 07/06/2016 04:45 PM, Robert Alvarez wrote: > >>> Epub output question

Re: epub output in version 2.2?

2016-07-07 Thread Steve Litt
types of paragraphs. Converting LyX native format to a valid and well formed XML would make export to ***ALL*** formats, those known and those yet to be discovered, easy. And the converters would exist completely outside of LyX and therefore would be small and modular. SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

How to line break URLs?

2016-07-04 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, Anyone here know how to line-break URLs in a LyX produced PDF? Ideally after a slash? Hopefully, my URLs will be links that can be followed with a click. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http

How to prevent a paragraph spanning pages?

2016-07-04 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I have a specific paragraph style (environment) that has TeX "Large" print and is used only on single sentences. I'd like to incorporate something in this environment's LaTeX code to prevent it breaking in the middle. Anyone know how to do that? Thanks, SteveT S

Re: Has font usage changed between 2.03 and 2.14

2016-07-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 20:40:02 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm moving from Debian Wheezy with LyX 2.03 to Void Linux with LyX > 2.14. None of my books compile on the Void machine. They all gripe > about T1 fonts when the exported latex is compiled with the latex >

License on TeX-Gyre-Schola embedded in document??

2016-07-02 Thread Steve Litt
erived" from TeX-Gyre-Schola, or whether it simply includes a copy of TeX-Gyre-Schola. Also, it doesn't include ALL of TeX-Gyre-Schola, so I don't know whether *that's* violating the license. Anyone know whom I could ask regarding these things? Thanks, SteveT Steve Lit

Free as in speech fonts?

2016-07-02 Thread Steve Litt
ially readable. What other fonts are completely free to give away embedded inside a document you sell? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt June 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb

How to run LyX on Void Linux

2016-07-01 Thread Steve Litt
yX on Void Linux, I think there's a lot more hope than initially appears. SteveT Steve Litt June 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb

LyX with Liberation fonts doesn't respect the ASCII quote symbol

2016-06-28 Thread Steve Litt
d via either Ctrl+R within LyX, or by lyx --export pdf4, the two instances of ascii quotes become two closing smart quotes. If one wants to use the Liberation fonts (they're very safe from a legal standpoint), how does one get the PDF conversion to leave ascii quotes as ascii quotes? Thanks, Ste

Re: How to keep page header text from crashing into page numbers?

2016-06-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:25:20 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:39:43 +0200 > Liviu Andronic wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 3:07 AM, Steve Litt > > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm using LyX 2.1.4, fancyhdr, I&#x

Re: How to keep page header text from crashing into page numbers?

2016-06-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:39:43 +0200 Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 3:07 AM, Steve Litt > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm using LyX 2.1.4, fancyhdr, I've customized even and odd page > > headers to report current chapter and current sec

How to keep page header text from crashing into page numbers?

2016-06-27 Thread Steve Litt
.55 Bottom: .3 Inner: .2 Outer: .2 Head sep: .2 Head height: .3 Foot skip: .1 SteveT Steve Litt June 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb

Re: Script to repeatedly compile a document

2016-06-27 Thread Steve Litt
.lyx #lyx --export pdf5 $mainname.lyx if [ -f $mainname.pdf ]; then inform_success $mainname.pdf else inform_failure $mainname.pdf fi === You'll note the export to PDF4, which, you're right, is MUCH faster than the alt

Re: Script to repeatedly compile a document

2016-06-27 Thread Steve Litt
ou'll see the label "pdf4" under "Short Name". Confirmed! This is probably the greatest demonstration that this feature is underdocumented. Nobody could guess or blunder into that in any reasonable time: They'd need to know it from documentation, and I could find none

Re: Script to repeatedly compile a document

2016-06-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 23:15:00 -0400 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 10:57:22PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > The following is a script to repeatedly compile a LyX document > > that's

Script to repeatedly compile a document

2016-06-26 Thread Steve Litt
tant update. Or if you really want automatic updates, write a little script to loop inotifywait and rerun mupdf every time the PDF changes. SteveT Steve Litt June 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb

Re: LyX questions on LaTeX-community.org

2016-06-09 Thread Steve Litt
to you instead of having to go out and get it. I can understand adding a Forum, but can't fathom the logic behind in any way demoting an existing and well used mailing list. I'm copying the Devuan mailing list because some of these same issues have come up there. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt June 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb

Re: Package fontenc Error: Encoding file `eu2enc.def' not found

2016-06-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 18:12:09 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2016-06-06, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Am Montag, 6. Juni 2016 um 12:29:05, schrieb Steve Litt > > > >> Hi all, > > >> The short symptom description is "Lyx 2.081 can't bu

Package fontenc Error: Encoding file `eu2enc.def' not found

2016-06-06 Thread Steve Litt
messing with it. Could somebody please tell me what you did to overcome this issue in 2.081 (or similar)? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt June 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother? http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb

Re: IEEE: The paper PDF file cannot be accepted

2016-04-01 Thread Steve Litt
ca/3433873 . Notice the ps2pdf12 command. That's the secret of embedding fonts. You need control of the step that converts from Postscript to PDF. Here's another article that pretty much says the same thing: http://www.boekenenproefschriften.nl/proefschriften/sites/default/files/EmbedLaTeXfon

Re: LyX is really slow over ssh -X

2016-03-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:45:05 + (UTC) Nishan Jain wrote: > Steve Litt troubleshooters.com> writes: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I had to use a GUI ssh connection to edit my LyX document. It was > > slow. Like 300 baud modem slow. I type about 45 wp

Re: article.cls installed but not found by lyx

2015-10-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:56:29 +0200 Michael Berger wrote: > On 10/21/2015 05:16 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 04:45:07PM +0200, Michael Berger wrote: > >> On 10/21/2015 04:03 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 09:3

Re: article.cls installed but not found by lyx

2015-10-21 Thread Steve Litt
Hi Michael, Just for fun, try running texhash. I've always had to on Mandrake/Mandriva, Ubuntu and Debian. Takes only 1 minute, can't hurt. SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/ (Legal Disclaimer) Fo

Re: article.cls installed but not found by lyx

2015-10-14 Thread Steve Litt
Don't you need to run texhash too? On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:01:51 +0200 Michael Berger wrote: > Have you run > Tools > Reconfigure in Lyx and then restarted LyX? > Michael > > > On 10/14/2015 11:45 AM, Marta Arespa Castelló wrote: > > Dear colleague, > > I am using Miktex 2.9 5721 and Lyx 2.1.4

Re: LyX Docker container?

2015-10-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:08:53 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 13/10/2015 19:47, Steve Litt a écrit : > >> A bit too minimal, then. Complain to them :) > > > I'm not going to complain to Void. > > As the smiley tried to convey, "complain" here was

Re: LyX Docker container?

2015-10-13 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:02:17 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 12/10/15 18:19, Steve Litt a écrit : > >> What's so special about void linux? > > > > Minimal, solid, modular, adaptable, DIY friendly. Matter of fact, > > the only software that didn't r

Re: LyX Docker container?

2015-10-12 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:11:37 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 11/10/2015 01:31, Steve Litt a écrit : > > Hi all, > > > > I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that LyX on Void Linux would > > involve weeks of exploration and experimentation. > > What&#

LyX Docker container?

2015-10-10 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that LyX on Void Linux would involve weeks of exploration and experimentation. Is there such a thing as a LyX docker container so that I could run LyX on a Void box? Otherwise I'll need to run a whole Qemu VM just to do my books. SteveT

Has font usage changed between 2.03 and 2.14

2015-10-09 Thread Steve Litt
ze to 12 points. I haven't been able to switch to Luafonts because that screws up in other ways. I suppose I could start installing old LyX versions to see if it's a LyX version thing, but that's very time consuming so I'm asking the list first. Google seems mute on the subject

Re: Lyx and Windows 10

2015-08-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 18:05:07 + (UTC) Kevin Jones wrote: > I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to > Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10? > What would be the benefit of LyX 2.1.3 being "certified" on Windows 10? SteveT St

Re: A new script for processing LyX files - removes duplicate labels

2015-07-28 Thread Steve Litt
ng.py (added > addCondition() method). > # See last SVN for pyparsing or the bundled pyparsing.py file. > Very, very nice! I love seeing DIY LyX enhancement. SteveT Steve Litt July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21

Re: automatically updating latex code used in a LyX document

2015-07-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:10:35 +0200 Georg Baum wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 06:24:52 + (UTC) > > Ian wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> I want to automatically update latex code embedded in a LyX > >> docu

Re: automatically updating latex code used in a LyX document

2015-07-08 Thread Steve Litt
, and a Yaml file with replacments for the templates and a list of student names. I change the Yaml file, rerun my script, and bang, I have diplomas for each student in my latest class. If you make token based preprocessors, the world is your oyster. SteveT Steve Litt July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21

LaTeX Error: \begin{Large} on input line 23 ended by \end{document}.

2015-07-06 Thread Steve Litt
. When did this change? So what are all of you doing about this kind of error? I can't be the only one. SteveT Steve Litt July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 bug_examp.lyx Description: application/lyx bug_examp.layout Description: Binary data

Reducing Overfull \hbox

2015-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
of the things you can do to improve the situation. SteveT Steve Litt June 2015 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence http://www.troubleshooters.com/key

Re: Urgent help needed; writing my thesis and no document class available

2015-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
d real help :( Best regards,H.S. Hifza, Were you able to get your thesis printed and handed in? SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Urgent help needed; writing my thesis and no document class available

2015-03-22 Thread Steve Litt
03/2015 17:36, Robert Susmilch ha scritto: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 03/22/2015 10:30 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > >> On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:18:22 -0400 Richard Heck > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On 03/22/2

Re: Urgent help needed; writing my thesis and no document class available

2015-03-22 Thread Steve Litt
ackages. Everyone: How time consuming would it be for him to throw on Ubuntu 14.04 and get LyX running there? Or, if he's already running Ubuntu 14.04, perhaps Debian Wheezy? Hifza, I'm so sorry about this. It really sucks, and I hope a solution can be found in time. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: LyX/LaTeX compiling error

2015-03-16 Thread Steve Litt
n offer. > Sincerely,Maaneli Derakhshani. > Just glancing at the first message, it sounds to me like the necessary fonts aren't yet installed on your new Mac. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Can I specify the css file in output?

2015-03-08 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:08:04 -0400 Jerry Bond wrote: > Thanks for getting back to me. Let me just respond to this section of > your email, since I may have been unclear in my original post. > > On 03/07/2015 08:54 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > But in answer to your specific

Re: Can I specify the css file in output?

2015-03-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:58:04 -0500 Jerry Bond wrote: > Hi List -- > > Using Lyx 2.1.3 on a Linux (Debian Stable) platform. > > I have gotten my problems in the lyx > html process down to a single > item, thanks to the answer from the List to my earlier question > (2/25) and my continued snoopi

Re: LyX for iPad?

2015-01-31 Thread Steve Litt
tize, over yet another Apple app, writing one manuscript to produce semantically correct PDF *and* ePub check out Stylz: http://www.troubleshooters.com/projects/stylz/ SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: lyx over sftp

2015-01-29 Thread Steve Litt
ave GUI programs show up on your screen. Then, at the command prompt, type lyx file2edit, and you'll be lyxing via ssh. No need to involve a file manager. And last time I looked, Nautilus was a CPU gumming pig. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: epub

2015-01-18 Thread Steve Litt
). I waited years for LyX to develop a high quality HTML/ePub export, and finally gave up and began writing my own. Anyone wanting to discuss this new project with me, please go to #golug on Freenode, and talk to stevelitt. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: cover image with empty page

2014-11-10 Thread Steve Litt
personalizes each copy, and that script is much simpler if the cover's in the LyX file instead of bolted on later using Pdftk. Also, if once a year I need to update the book and once again turn it into a PDF for printing, I don't need to remember that there's an extra Pdftk step.

LyX on PC-BSD?

2014-09-23 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I installed LyX on PC-BSD and it errors out that I don't have article.cls. I have a feeling that PC-BSD has much fewer depends than most Linuxes. Is anyone running LyX on PC-BSD, and if so, what tips can you give me? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt*

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

2014-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
uld never be read on a small device anyway), but otherwise I'll be using either pure Sigil authoring or a Docbook solution for books I write from now on. Sigil has a user interface quite similar to LyX itself: No visible tags in the "book" view, and somewhat WYSI

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

2014-08-05 Thread Steve Litt
This is good news, Frederick, because you're right, flowing-text eBooks (as opposed to PDF eBooks) are gaining importance now. A few questions: * Besides changing the doctype on the exported (X)html, what other tweaking did you have to do in Sigil? * Did you try to convert this to a Kindle book

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Litt
s, which has over 70 > books to its credit and is officially committed to using LyX! Frederick, What kind of headway have you made on LyX->ePub so far? SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

[Feature Request] quality ePub export: Was [Feature Request] python binding

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
into the export. Mark my words: Within two years, beautiful graphics won't matter one bit if the document can't be read on a small device. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: LyX on High Resolution Display

2014-05-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 21 May 2014 11:02:48 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > 2014-05-21 10:58 GMT+02:00 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: > > > The main problem with vector icons is that we do not have them :) > > Actually, I guess that many icons are readily available, but > > building the ones that are LyX-related is m

Re: converting from LyX 2.0 to 2.1

2014-05-01 Thread Steve Litt
d it's an excellent piece of information to have. That being said, I always thought LyX was supposed to convert even my LyX 1.4.x files to modern format. In other words, I hope no developers ever becomes complacent with LyX only converting formats from the last couple years. Th

Re: my first book using LyX

2014-04-25 Thread Steve Litt
> Warm regards, > Shantanu Congrats, and welcome to a large and growing club of authors using LyX! SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Filters, etc ... to make ebooks?

2014-04-12 Thread Steve Litt
to make LyX' native format well-formed XML? It's already difficult to parse via text, so there's not that much to lose. If LyX were well-formed XML, one could parse out the text and styles, and *any* kind of export would become reasonable to do. There might be 20 compet

What an opportunity: was ANNOUNCE: LyX version 2.1.0 (rc1)

2014-03-30 Thread Steve Litt
d place his "product". What an opportunity! By the way, I once contemplated making a simplified competing product. It's not easy. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: ANNOUNCE: LyX version 2.1.0 (rc1)

2014-03-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:07:35 -0400 Richard Heck wrote: > On 03/29/2014 04:58 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Wolfgang Keller > > wrote: > >> Looks like someone wanted to be extra-smart, but this only prevents > >> people from being able to do what they need to do.

Creating a free software explanation: was Adding new class into LyX

2014-03-28 Thread Steve Litt
he post that created this whole "lively discussion", but I can't find it now. I'll let you know if I do. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Adding new class into LyX

2014-03-28 Thread Steve Litt
Hey Mark, And you're still on this list why? Don't let the door hit you in the rear end on your way out. SteveT On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:46:03 + Mark Salmon wrote: > I totally agree!!!I have wasted so much time trying and given up. > Also where is the best repository for alternative classes

Re: Adding new class into LyX

2014-03-28 Thread Steve Litt
e. He can't help us, he can't forge a new path, so he impotently rants. I think the LyX project ought to have a page for Apple users explaining what free software is and isn't, who creates it and why they create it, and a brief explanation of the fact that Mac users can always bu

Re: Adding new class into LyX

2014-03-28 Thread Steve Litt
terially improved my business. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Question about development of non-linear writing project

2014-03-10 Thread Steve Litt
operate. Otherwise, it gets in the way. I'm the originator of VimOutliner, and if anyone has any questions about outlines, I'll be glad to share what I've learned. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: LyX for writing notes about a book

2014-03-02 Thread Steve Litt
o organize them? Wy wrong tool. I'd use an outliner. I love LyX to death, but I wouldn't take notes with LyX any more than I'd use LyX to measure the voltage across a resistor. Steve Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: how does Lyx find all the style files ?

2014-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
ram called texhash *as root*. A lot of times, my LaTeX interpreter doesn't find it until I've done that. Maybe this is part of your situation. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Struggling again on lyx-->doc/odt conversion

2014-02-13 Thread Steve Litt
Your response could reference the Wiki entry. And congratulations!!! SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Struggling again on lyx-->doc/odt conversion

2014-02-11 Thread Steve Litt
een LyX and ***semantically intelligent** HTML5 as well formatted XML, or perhaps XHTML, and then another one between the (X)HTML and doc/odt. Much more bang for the buck, easier to split among developers, and probably the end product would be better. SteveT Steve Litt* h

Re: Struggling again on lyx-->doc/odt conversion

2014-02-11 Thread Steve Litt
What formats can MSWord (or LibreOffice) import? I think LuaTeX can have modules added to it in Lua. You might want to get on the Lua mailing list at lu...@lists.lua.org and ask about this: I bet some of those guys have extended LuaTeX. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://

Re: Struggling again on lyx-->doc/odt conversion

2014-02-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:57:13 -0600 stefano franchi wrote: > My next struggle with word conversions came much sooner than I > thought. > > Suggestions are welcome on how to tackle the conversion a document > with the following characteristics: > > ~ 16,000 words > class: article > engine: LuaTe

Re: thinspace too wide

2014-02-05 Thread Steve Litt
7em } > > go change it in the preamble. > > > > Plus I want that thinspace make a hard link between parts and not > > be broken by hypenation. > > > > > This I don't understand. I think he means like   in HTML. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: We need ePub/Mobi conversion: was: Book Frontmatter

2014-02-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 07:34:24 +0100 Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Steve Litt > wrote: > > I just created a brand new LyX file in 2.0.6, which is the packaged > > LyX for Ubuntu 13.10, and there wasn't a bit of XML in it, well > > formed o

Re: We need ePub/Mobi conversion: was: Book Frontmatter

2014-02-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:20:03 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: > Liviu, > > You *do* mean *well formed* XML-based native format, right? > > Yeah, we might as well: We've already done about all the human > readability damage we can do to the format. If it were well formed, at >

Re: We need ePub/Mobi conversion: was: Book Frontmatter

2014-02-03 Thread Steve Litt
converter program to supply its own definitions of each style. This would go a long way toward changing the "mission statement" of LyX from "a front end for LaTeX" to "the fastest and easiest way to author absolutely anything". SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: We need ePub/Mobi conversion: was: Book Frontmatter

2014-02-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 07:53:49 +0100 Liviu Andronic wrote: > Dear Steve and Alex, > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt > wrote: > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100 > > Alex Fernandez wrote: > >> > Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph

Re: We need ePub/Mobi conversion: was: Book Frontmatter

2014-02-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:05:57 -0500 Richard Heck wrote: > On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > Dear Steve and Alex, > > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt > > wrote: > >> On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100 > >> Alex Fernande

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