Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

2010-04-15 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:35:46 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2010-04-14, Typhoon wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:56:10 +0200 > > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > >> On 04/14/2010 06:42 PM, Jose Quesada wrote: > > >> > Great post Abdel. > >> &g

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

2010-04-14 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:56:10 +0200 Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > On 04/14/2010 06:42 PM, Jose Quesada wrote: > > Great post Abdel. > > > > The idea of sharing repos as a portable document format is great. > > The only issue I have with git is that it depends on a mixture of > > C, shell and perl scr

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

2010-04-13 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:02:23 -0400 rgheck wrote: > On 04/13/2010 10:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > rgheck wrote: > > > >> It'd be nice to hear precisely what people would want that version > >> control does not provide. I have a hard time myself seeing why it > >> is any more than an "i

Re: Error for xetex generated pdf on lulu.com: Your document could not be created: The Times-Bold font is not embedded.

2010-04-09 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:46:07 -0400 Michael Joyner ᏩᏯ wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: > > > >> Actually the only fonts I am using are 'Digohweli', 'Aborginal > >> Serif', and 'Aboriginal Sans' so I was definitely surprised by > >> Lulu asking me for the Times font > >> > > > > I *guess

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 07:24:33 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2010-04-08, Typhoon wrote: > > > Well, if you are going to abandon LyX for the job, you might also > > want to take a look at S5: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ > > > Depends on how fancy your pres

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:49:11 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > On Wednesday 07 April 2010 13:28:04 Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: > > > Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path > > > to get to it? > > > > Steve, > > > >Here it's: /usr/share/texm

Re: Compiling LyX on Ubuntu/Debian (was Badly needly for lyx 1.6.4 under ubuntu 8.04)

2010-03-30 Thread Typhoon
I have tidied up the instructions (including a nice suggestion from Wolfgang) and posted the tutorial on the Wiki under the Tips/Compiling section: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Compiling#sTips.Compiling_9 It would be nice if someone could include a yum/whatever equivalent for the Debian apt-get bu

Compiling LyX on Ubuntu/Debian (was Badly needly for lyx 1.6.4 under ubuntu 8.04)

2010-03-29 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:17:25 +0200 Wei-Dong Lian wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I would like to know if there is a solution to install lyx 1.64 or > even higher version under ubuntu 8.04. > ECN > Weidong Hello Weidong, Here is a short Howto that I wrote for compiling LyX and using GNU Stow to keep

PDF Fonts

2010-03-28 Thread Typhoon
Hi LyXers, I'm preparing a manuscript for printing. The LyX Wiki recommends Latin Modern as the best choice of fonts for a PDF document. Is this still the font of choice for PDF documents? The MS is plain text with no diagrams or math symbols. Preparation will be with pdflatex unless there is som

Re: Import and export to many formats...

2010-03-03 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:58:57 -0500 "Ethan Metsger" wrote: > On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:21:24 -0500, Νίκος Αλεξανδρής > wrote: > > > Seriously, I really would like to see it, just one example please > > under Ubuntu/ Debian somebody? > > It worked for me out of the box with LyX 1.6.4 / Ubuntu 9.1

Re: Lyx 2.0

2010-02-25 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:09:59 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: > On Wednesday 24 February 2010 10:08:15 curtis osterhoudt wrote: > >I've been downloading and compiling the svn sources for 2.0 > > about once a week for, oh, several months now. It's the only > > Curtis -- Is LyX 2.0 still like old on

Re: memoir-titlepages.lyx

2010-02-14 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:09:25 +1100 Typhoon wrote: > On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:14:27 +0800 > "Louis A. Turk" wrote: > > > Hi fellow lyx users, > > > > I have the body of a book formatted beautifully with lyx using the > > Memoir Class, but I'm havi

Re: memoir-titlepages.lyx

2010-02-14 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:09:25 +1100 Typhoon wrote: > On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:14:27 +0800 > "Louis A. Turk" wrote: > > > Hi fellow lyx users, > > > > I have the body of a book formatted beautifully with lyx using the > > Memoir Class, but I'm havi

Re: memoir-titlepages.lyx

2010-02-14 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:14:27 +0800 "Louis A. Turk" wrote: > Hi fellow lyx users, > > I have the body of a book formatted beautifully with lyx using the > Memoir Class, but I'm having many problems formatting the front > matter. The first page is blank (is this normal?), the even numbered > folio

Conversion to odt - Summary

2010-02-02 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:39:41 -0500 William Seager wrote: > On Tuesday 02 February 2010 at 21:09, 0 wrote: > > Switching to Gentoo is not a solution for me. Thank you for warning > > me against it. As you can see from previous replies to my original > > request, this is a problem of MikTeX "ext

Re: LyX is a comfortable formula editor. a VERY comfortable one. Math inserts just on the fly of thoughts... But I have to uninstall LyX sorry unfortunately I have no other choice

2010-02-02 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 20:51:18 -0500 William Seager wrote: > On Tuesday 02 February 2010 at 20:19, Waluyo Adi Siswanto wrote: > > I am using Ubuntu(Ubuntu 8.10 and LyX 1.6.5) and I can export to > > OpenDocument easily (from File>Export>OpenDocument) and it creates > > *,odt. > > > > I apolog

Re: LyX is a comfortable formula editor. a VERY comfortable one. Math inserts just on the fly of thoughts... But I have to uninstall LyX sorry unfortunately I have no other choice

2010-02-02 Thread Typhoon
tex4ht is availablel for Windows. I have no idea how well it works or what it takes to install it. One set of instructions are here: http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/mn-mswin.html As Vincent said, installation of some of these programs is not the responsibility of LyX developers. A

Re: LyX is a comfortable formula editor. a VERY comfortable one. Math inserts just on the fly of thoughts... But I have to uninstall LyX sorry unfortunately I have no other choice

2010-02-02 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 20:51:18 -0500 William Seager wrote: > On Tuesday 02 February 2010 at 20:19, Waluyo Adi Siswanto wrote: > > I am using Ubuntu(Ubuntu 8.10 and LyX 1.6.5) and I can export to > > OpenDocument easily (from File>Export>OpenDocument) and it creates > > *,odt. > > > > I apolog

Re: Multiple files for book

2010-01-05 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:04:20 +1100 Stephen George wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm a new comer to Lyx, and reading some of the tute and skim reading > topics of interest the rest. > > I'm still left with a question. (hope I didn't miss it) > > If creating a book with a couple hundred pages, do I put i

Re: LyZ: LyX plugin for Zotero

2009-12-28 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:49:12 -0500 rgheck wrote: > On 12/28/2009 11:45 AM, John Kane wrote: > > > > I don't work with bibliographies but as I understand it they are > > reference lists plus. A reference list only contains the > > references cited in the text. Bibliographies, I believe, do this

Re: syncing lyx documents

2009-12-17 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:09:28 -0500 "Paul A. Rubin" wrote: > xPol wrote: > > I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs > > from a web server. > > I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such > > facility. > > > > Thank you > > ---P > > It may depend on yo

Re: Fun With LyX Document Converters

2009-11-05 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:09:33 -0700 Rob Oakes wrote: > Dear LyX Users, > > I've spent most of today struggling with the question of, "What is the > best way to convert a LyX/LaTeX document into a Word document?" > > > (As a side question, LaTeX (plain) -> OpenDocument is completely > broken o

Re: How many use Linux:

2009-09-11 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:10:06 -0400 Neal Becker wrote: > Nikos Alexandris wrote: > > > Another (ubuntu-)linux user here :-) > > Fedora here And I have just compiled the svn version on Debian Lenny following Richard's instructions in earlier emails. Worked a treat - Thanks! Alan > > -- Al

Re: How NOT to require chapters to start on odd pages?

2009-06-08 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:29:45 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > My latest book has a layout based on the book document class. Even > when I uncheck "two sided document" it still prints a blank even page > if the preceding chapter ended on an odd page. I know that ordinarily > the book class sh

Re: add "lyx-users" to message Subject?

2009-05-27 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 27 May 2009 15:22:39 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 27 May 2009, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > > > Would it be possible to include (automatically) something like > > [lyx-users] in the Subject of messages sent from this mailing list? > > > > It's often difficult to tell from the s

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

2009-05-01 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 1 May 2009 16:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 1 May 2009, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > > >> When you select a document class it provides all the typographic > >> styles you need ... unless there's something specific and > >> non-standard. The layout of an article is different

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

2009-04-28 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:19:34 +0200 Thomas Løcke wrote: > Hey, > > I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly > long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software > systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was > written using Ope

Re: LyX vs. wordprocessors

2009-04-06 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:09:19 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > On Monday 06 April 2009 03:01:37 am Typhoon wrote: > > Even emacs outline mode will provide the section structure - used in > > conjunction with Muse mode, you get a lot of the other stuff as > > well. > > VimOutl

Re: LyX vs. wordprocessors

2009-04-06 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 08:15:10 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-04-06, Typhoon wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 06:38:35 + (UTC) > > Guenter Milde wrote: > > >> On 2009-04-05, Rich Shepard wrote: > > >> >I'm surprised that no one s

Re: LyX vs. wordprocessors

2009-04-06 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 06:38:35 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-04-05, Rich Shepard wrote: > > >I'm surprised that no one seems to use the most reasonable > > solution for collaborative text: have everyone use plain text and > > only futz with formatting when you agree on a final vers

Re: LyX to HTML?

2009-03-25 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:51:04 + (UTC) Anders Host-Madsen wrote: > > > tex4ht works on all platforms. It is normally accessed when you > > view your document as HTML from LyX. > > If this is not the case tex4ht is not installed. > > (it is often part of the LaTeX distribution). > > Yes, th

Re: LyX to HTML?

2009-03-25 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:16:32 + (UTC) Anders Host-Madsen wrote: > Is there any good way to convert LyX (or LaTeX perhaps > more to the point) to HTML? I do know LyX can export > to HTML, but the result is not pretty; it looks so > last century. Also, many packages seems to be > stripped away

Re: Help for paper about LaTeX/LyX and the meaning of life

2009-03-24 Thread Typhoon
This has been an interesting discussion. I agree with Stefano that it seems to have divided the "publishers" from the "authors" - and I am aware that this is not an entirely fair description of the two approaches. I was Professor of Law at the University of Sydney before my retirement. Not exact

Re: Section headers and Preface

2009-03-13 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:51:58 +0530 "Dr. Shamik Shah" wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am writing an educational booklet using the book class. I use Lyx > 1.6.1 on windows. I am facing the following problems: > > 1. Section headings appear on alternate pages. On the verso > pages, "List of tables

Re: Navigate > Other Lists

2009-03-07 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:50:34 +0100 Helge Hafting wrote: > Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] wrote: > > I am a long-time (2-3 years) Lyx users, but just only recently ran > > Other features on one's dream-list: > > > > * A kind of automated indexing: which lists all the occurances of > > one

Re: Exporting to DOC or RTF

2009-02-25 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:09:57 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-02-25, Typhoon wrote: > > >> > And you're sure it's in your path? Basically, the short version > >> > here is: Make sure it works from the command line; if not, it > >> &

Re: Exporting to DOC or RTF

2009-02-24 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:06:09 +0100 Nikos Alexandris wrote: > On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 21:48 -0500, rgheck wrote: > > Nikos Alexandris wrote: > > > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 09:10 +0800, Waluyo Adi Siswanto wrote: > > > > > >>> Yes, I have installed the tex4ht package long ago. And never > > >>> had l

Re: Exporting to DOC or RTF

2009-02-23 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:59:23 -0500 Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 06:52:32PM +0100, Nikos Alexandris wrote: > > > > Thank you for your time Andrew. Unfortunately it does not work for > > me. Cheers, Nikos > > Hrm. I wonder what's different about the environments, then. Maybe

Re: Using LyX for a book

2009-02-14 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:58:02 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: > On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the > > book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North > > American books). > > > > Ho

Re: discussion in lyx, or lyx for wikis

2009-02-13 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:52:07 +0100 Nikos Alexandris wrote: > On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 00:42 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > Nikos Alexandris schrieb: > > > > > Apologies for my ignorance and sort of off-topic question: is > > > there any way to use LyX's documents (after some export) with the > > > Plo

Re: untitled chapters in LyX

2009-02-10 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:03:26 -0500 rgheck wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 February 2009 09:58:42 am Piotr Sulecki wrote: > > > >> rh, > >> > >> 2009/2/10 rgheck : > >> > I'm trying to write a novel in LyX, and I run into some problems > with sectioning. > > >>>

Re: Asterisk footnote

2009-02-10 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:29:59 +0100 "Yago" wrote: > See the footmisc package. If you are using Linux, you can get the documentation for the package by using the texdoc command: texdoc footmisc This will open a viewer with the documentation for the package. I suppose there is something similar fo

Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?

2009-02-07 Thread typhoon
> On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Pavel Sanda wrote: > >> Christian Ridderström wrote: perhaps a live CD with a whatever-Lyx would be helpful to demonstrate its merrit to those who care >>> >>> Actually, a complete installation of LyX, LaTeX and various software on >>> a >>> CD could be a good i

Re: multiple indexes and section numbers

2009-02-03 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:33:35 -0800 John White wrote: > Folks, I use lyx 1.6.1 on a linux (vector linux slackware) OS > platform. > > 1. I would sure like to be able to make multiple indexes in the > article class. I see an article in wikipedia about doing such in > memoir class but don't want t

Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users?

2009-01-30 Thread Typhoon
I have had good experience using reStructuredText as a cooperative format. It is a fairly powerful "plain text" markup. It has the advantage of a formal specification and good converters to oo, LaTeX and xhtml. Because of the formal specs, it has become more powerful than most wiki languages as ne

Re: Export to Open document

2009-01-29 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:43:57 -0500 Hesham Kamel wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to export a lyx document into an open document, I press > export, but then no files are created. > Can someone help? > The reason is I am trying to get the file into an MS Word file so my > supervisor can open it. We need

Re: table of contents in every chapter per chapter

2008-12-29 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:42:24 -0600 (CST) "Jeremy C. Reed" wrote: > My book needs a separate table of contents within every chapter > containing the toc entries only for that chapter. > > For now I am using labels and pageref. But it not as formatted > nicely. And since I already have the main ta

Re: OT. Editor for texinfo.

2008-12-21 Thread Typhoon
On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:52:44 + mario m wrote: > Hi, > > i am thiking to use texinfo for a project. > Is there a nice editor, something I may use for texinfo as I use lyx > for tex? > (May I use lyx itself? how?) > thanks > greetings > mario Texinfo and Emacs go together like well, lik

Re: Searching

2008-11-15 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:17:28 +0100 Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Bell schrieb: > > > Is there a way to search for text content, irrespective of markup? > > e.g. if I have H\textsubscript{2}O or H$_{\text{2}}$O in the text, > > searching for 'H2O' results in 'not found'. > > Not yet

LyX & Lenny

2008-11-11 Thread Typhoon
FYI I have just compiled the new 1.6 on a Debian Lenny system and it went flawlessly. # apt-get build-dep lyx Then the usual ./configure, make, make install. It looks great! Thanks to all concerned. Alan

Re: Word processor bashing

2008-11-05 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 08:11:49 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >We've read of these problems when collaborating on writing with > others. Has anyone considered writing drafts in plain text and saving > all formatting until everyone agrees on the content? Heretical, I > kno

Re: Lyx pdf & Booksurge Self publishing

2008-10-18 Thread Typhoon
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:44:01 +0100 Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18 Oct 2008, Jonathan Kroner wrote: > > Does Booksurge accept a Lyx generated pdf, or must it be further > > processed through acrobat? > > > > 1. If you have self published through Booksurge, please answer > >

Re: Spellchecker

2008-10-13 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:01:11 +0200 Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:52:09AM +1100, Typhoon wrote: > > > Yeah! While we're making formal objections to a project whose > > > list we first posted to today, I post the f

Re: Spellchecker

2008-10-13 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:33:42 -0400 Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 13 October 2008 04:23:06 pm TheOldFellow wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:55:24 +0200 > > Joost Verburg > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TheOldFellow wrote: > > > > How do I set the spellchecker to Englis

Re: Multiple index

2008-08-16 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:21:08 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Typhoon wrote: > > The Memoir class also does multiple indexes, but last time I tried > > it in LyX it was not very convenient. It is one feature that, if it > > worked smoothly, would

Re: Multiple index

2008-08-15 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:36:52 +0200 Jürgen Spitzmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rgheck wrote: > > Not in LyX directly---at least not in 1.5---but there are LaTeX > > packages for this kind of thing. Searching for "multiple index" on > > ctan.org got me > > http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackag

Re: Watermark across a book?

2008-07-27 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:52:59 +0530 "Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to use Lyx to create a 'watermark' across all the pages > of a book -- say, something in grey to read 'Unedited Rough Draft'? > I've seen this on another draft copy of a book (not d

Re: Converting msword to LyX is ugly!

2008-07-19 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:44:34 -0400 Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 19 July 2008 19:57, Typhoon wrote: > > > > > > > This is by far the best solution, in my opinion. > > > > > > Unfortunately for me, my only Windows machine

Re: Converting msword to LyX is ugly!

2008-07-19 Thread Typhoon
> > This is by far the best solution, in my opinion. > > Unfortunately for me, my only Windows machine is a 1997 Pentium > II/300 with 128MB of RAM, which would be painfully slow. Steve, What happens if you import the RTF file into OO and then follow the procedures suggested? Alan > > Theref

Re: Converting msword to LyX is ugly!

2008-07-18 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:08:19 -0400 Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 18 July 2008 15:43, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 03:28:55PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I tried it. > > Unfortunately, unrtf discards all styles, converting them to > fine-tu

Re: Collaboration using LyX in a MS Office workplace

2008-05-23 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 23 May 2008 17:00:23 -0700 (PDT) David Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the past, latex2rtf solved my problems regarding collaborating > with folks tied to MS Office > (http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/ExportingRichTextFormatWithLaTeX2rtf). Now > I work with documents that are a little mu

Re: Oh god!

2008-04-26 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:51:49 -0400 Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 25 April 2008 14:07, Peleg Michaeli wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 13:41 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Friday 25 April 2008 11:24, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > > > Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > On Friday 25 Ap

Re: toc numbers bleed into numbers

2008-04-18 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:24:58 -0700 "Chris Mahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my toc, the section and subsection numbers bleed into the text. Is > there some easy fix somewhere? You don't say what document class you are using. The Memoir class has special lengths that can be set to control thi

Re: Numbering paragraphs

2008-04-11 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:19:42 +0300 Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:54:52 +1000 > Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:33:56 +0300 > > Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am

Re: Numbering paragraphs

2008-04-11 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:33:56 +0300 Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to write a research proposal for my uni and the > instructions say that the paragraphs should be numbered where the > first number is the section number. > > Any way to do it in lyx/latex? > My legal publisher req

Re: WRB - Observations

2008-03-30 Thread Typhoon
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:04:58 -0700 "William R. Buckley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am reminded of the biblical warning, of not casting pearls. I think that LyX is a pearl of great beauty. Alan > > wrb

Re: question about lyx

2008-03-30 Thread Typhoon
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:18:00 -0500 Scott White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using LyX 1.5.4 on my Windows XP box. I am creating some > documentation and will probably be posting it to the intranet in > html. MS Word generated html works but is pretty lame. Someone told > me

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:01:42 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It's neat how the platypus ... > >Aha! That's what it is. I never knew that. It could have been a > thunderchicken for all I knew. I **never** noticed that

Re: final feedback

2008-03-20 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:00:29 -0400 "William B. King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After struggling with LyX for two days, I can't even get it to print > out its own documentation, which was prepared in LyX! How much more > retarded could it possibly get? Good idea. Let me know when you get > i

Re: Converting to OpenOffice

2008-02-15 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:23:11 -0800 (PST) David Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jorge Sampaio-2 wrote: > > > > I need to convert some of my class notes to (sorry) msword so that a > > colleague can change, update, etc. All notes are in LyX. > > > > Can you go straight from Lyx through

Re: double spacing - oops

2008-02-13 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:48:07 +1100 Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:51:37 -0800 > Brian Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i was noticing recently that the double spacing of a lyx-produced > > document seems a little small.

Re: double spacing

2008-02-13 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:51:37 -0800 Brian Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i was noticing recently that the double spacing of a lyx-produced > document seems a little small. for example, i am able to get 324 > words on a page (8.5 x 11) in a double spaced document that is > twelve point font w

Re: Template for "standard manuscript format"

2008-02-07 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:50:50 -0500 Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In response to Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > However, as Rich said, LaTeX is so versatile that you can force it > > to make ugly manuscripts. > > I don't know how this

Re: Template for "standard manuscript format"

2008-02-07 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:28:25 -0500 Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In response to Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > Anyone know of a template for "standard manuscript format" ... as > > > described here, for example: > > > http://www.s

Re: Double sided wrong siders anew family of lyx users

2008-02-05 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:22:03 -0500 rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > llewellyn wrote: > > dear Uwe, > > So something like this: > \usepackage{calc} % let's us do minus > \newlength{\bindingwidth} > \setlength\bindingwidth{2cm} % for example > \settrimmedsize{\stockheight}{\stockwidth - \bindi

Re: [OT] Best KDE-centric Distribution?

2008-01-14 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:55:29 -0500 rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > M-L wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, rgheck shared this with us all: > > > >> --} > >> --} I've been using Fedora ever since I started using Linux, but > >> the --} second-rate status of KDE under Fedora is starting to get >

Re: Lulu page margins confusion

2008-01-05 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:17:40 + killermike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 05 January 2008 10:54:19 Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 05 Jan 2008, killermike wrote: > > > On Saturday 05 January 2008 10:36:09 Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > On 04 Jan 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > >

Compiling 1.5.3

2008-01-04 Thread Typhoon
Just for information: I just compiled 1.5.3 on Debian Etch. I have the build-essential package installed and the libqt4-dev. It went flawlessly. 1.5.3 looks great - you guys are terrific! Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 F

Re: I'm writing a book in VimOutliner

2007-12-30 Thread Typhoon
Since there seems to be some interest in this, I would like to offer my alternative experience. I am a great believer in outlines for anything longer than a letter to Mum. I also use them the way that Steve talks about - outline - write - outline, etc. My first experience was with Thinktank back

Re: fun poll: your linux distro

2007-12-28 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:18:39 -0700 "Bob Lounsbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was just curious what everyone is using. If you'd like to respond > that's fine, if not, just ignore the message. Also, could you include > if you're running the latest LyX 1.5.3. Thanks in advance for anyon

Re: confused about margins with 2 sided docs

2007-12-07 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:30:33 -0500 Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 07 December 2007 12:13, William Seager wrote: > > Hi all. I have a book ms. using the basic book style. > > I notice with approval that the margins are offset > > depending on whether the page is even or odd. > > >

Re: Can't turn off numbering in TOC

2007-11-20 Thread Typhoon
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:35:26 + Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20 Nov 2007, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 08:33, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I'm using the Book class. I want to turn off the page numbering > > > for TOC. The Contents list extends over two

Re: Page Numbering

2007-10-31 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:26:15 -0400 Chris Lue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing a dissertation using lyx 1.44. I am using the > "book" document class. I have a problem formatting the page numbers > the correct way. The first page of the first chapter of the body > should be

Re: Block Selection of Text

2007-10-13 Thread Typhoon
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:44:39 -0700 Level 1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I started using lyx today and i like the idea (at least in > principle) but I have difficulty using the actual program. The > reason why I'm writing is this is not to complain or insult you, but > in hopes that there is s

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-09-03 Thread Typhoon
On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:43:51 +0200 Yegor Yefremov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Typhoon wrote: > > "Self-publishing with LyX" is now available as a free download or > > as a USD9.95 printed book from Lulu.com: > > http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 > >

Self-publishing with LyX - thanks for the feedback

2007-08-30 Thread Typhoon
Dear everyone, Thanks very much to all who have given me comments on the book, both on-list and off. Very much appreciated, and I will make suggested amendments as time goes on. To clarify availability: Printed and download versions available from Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 Downlo

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:48:19 +0100 "Paul Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/29/07, Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > PDF looked fine with my Acroread program on Mandriva 2007 Linux. > > > > > > Looks nice with Acrobat R

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:36:17 +0100 "Paul Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/29/07, Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have recompiled it with \usepackage{lmodern} as suggested earlier. > > Could you, and others with problems, download it from >

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:29:01 +0100 "Paul Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/29/07, Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PDF looked fine with my Acroread program on Mandriva 2007 Linux. > > Looks nice with Acrobat Reader, but not that nice with Kpdf. Yes. I just installed Kpdf and it l

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:09 +0200 Walter van Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Typhoon wrote: > > > Hmmm. I guess so. If that offends, you can download from > > > > http://web.aanet.com.au/sage/lyx.pdf > > Thanks for that. > > The bad news is that

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:09 +0200 Walter van Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Typhoon wrote: > > > Hmmm. I guess so. If that offends, you can download from > > > > http://web.aanet.com.au/sage/lyx.pdf > > Thanks for that. > > The bad news is that

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:12:29 +0200 Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 07:04:03AM +1000, Typhoon wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:33:28 -0400 > > Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Helge Hafting wrote: &g

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:40:24 -0400 Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Helge Hafting wrote: > > > Typhoon wrote: > >> "Self-publishing with LyX" is now available as a free download or > >> as a USD9.95 printed book from Lulu.com: > >>

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:33:28 -0400 Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Helge Hafting wrote: > > > Typhoon wrote: > >> "Self-publishing with LyX" is now available as a free download or > >> as a USD9.95 printed book from Lulu.com: > >>

Re: Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-29 Thread Typhoon
> LyX just to get a decent readable document for > personal use. > > > --- Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Self-publishing with LyX" is now available as a > > free download or as a > > USD9.95 printed book from Lulu.com: > > http

Self-publishing with LyX

2007-08-28 Thread Typhoon
"Self-publishing with LyX" is now available as a free download or as a USD9.95 printed book from Lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 Nobody on this list is going to learn much from it. It is directed at people who want to self-publish and are probably using Word or OpenOffice. But, any

Re: Table paste bug?

2007-08-25 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:24:57 -0400 "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Typhoon wrote: > > >> I can copy/paste whole tables, but if I just try to copy a > >> sub-table, then I get the results that Maria seems to be talking > >> about. >

Re: Table paste bug?

2007-08-25 Thread Typhoon
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:31:06 +1000 Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:53:16 -0400 > "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maria Gouskova wrote: > > > I re-tested this on 1.5.1 (PPC 10.4.10, Universal binary)-- >

Re: Table paste bug?

2007-08-25 Thread Typhoon
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:53:16 -0400 "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maria Gouskova wrote: > > I re-tested this on 1.5.1 (PPC 10.4.10, Universal binary)-- > > > > The second problem (inability to copy/paste multiple cells) is still > > there. Everything is pasted into one cell instead

Re: L.25emYX

2007-08-21 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:51:11 +0200 Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Typhoon schrieb: > > > I'm compiling a pdflatex document using the hyperref package to > > give an active index. > > > > In the sidebar, I get L.25emYX whenever LyX appears in a

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