Re: Problem using nicefrac in lyx

2010-09-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 13.09.2010 06:13, schrieb Hemani Kaushal: Thanks Uwe for replying me back. Actually, i didn't mention that i am using Lyx 1.6 on windows system. When i use nicefrac, it gives me the following error: *LaTeX Error: File `units.sty' not found.* Do the following: - log in with admin permission

Re: Problem using nicefrac in lyx

2010-09-12 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 12.09.2010 23:11, schrieb Himani: When i use nicefrac in lyx, i receive this error message. I have downloaded units, amsmath and amscls 2 package. Can anyone help me locate babel package i need to download so that i can use nicefrac in my document Error : LaTeX Error: File `units.sty' not f

Re: pdfpages in lyx not producing files

2010-09-11 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 11.09.2010 02:21, schrieb obregonma...@gmail.com: Thanks for your quick reply. I tried fully specifying the file name in the dpfpages dialogue box, but I get the same error message. I exported the lyx document to latex(pdflatex) and I looked at the \includepdf{} command. I see: \includepdf

Re: Tables and more tables

2010-09-11 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 11.09.2010 06:47, schrieb John Coppens: I'm not clear if the beta is stable enough to replace 1.6.7? There is not yet a beta version of LyX 2.0. 2) Table in table: I had to put a small table inside another table. The table borders are touching, which isn't too aesthetic... Insert some

Re: pdfpages in lyx not producing files

2010-09-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 10.09.2010 16:20, schrieb obregonma...@gmail.com: I used to be able to include PDF pages into my lyx with with Insert|File|ExternalMaterial|pdfpages. However, something has changed and when I generate pdflatex output, it cannot find the file, even though I can see the preview out the PDF d

Re: looking for layout for MNRAS journal

2010-09-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 30.08.2010 14:56, schrieb Piotr A. Dybczyński: I am in urgent need of obtaining LyX layout file for the journal paper for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). Its LaTeX class is available at: http://www.wiley.com/bw/static/mnras_latex.asp Do you still need it or is i

Re: Tables and more tables

2010-09-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 09.09.2010 18:45, schrieb John Coppens: 1) Scrolling: When a table gets a bit large (mostly wide), scrolling becomes unmanageable. No scrollbar is available to move the screen around, This is a known problem. The situation will be much better in the next major LyX version 2.0. 2) Table

Re: agutex layout?

2010-09-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 09.09.2010 11:26, schrieb Evan Mason: But thats the idea of the draft mode - getting a quick preview of the document without images. Hi Uwe, I'm still not sure about no figures in draft mode. At http://www.agu.org/pubs/authors/manuscript_tools/journals/latex/ it says when making the initial

Re: Nomenclature: Option clash, & localisation issue

2010-09-08 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 08.09.2010 17:56, schrieb Peter Baumgartner: If you pass the option via \PassOptionsToPackage{german}{nomencl} there is no reaction at all. Then try to use this command: \AtBeginDocument{\PassOptionsToPackage{german}{nomencl}} If this also doesn't work, can you send my a _small_ LyX exam

Re: Nomenclature: Option clash, & localisation issue

2010-09-08 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 08.09.2010 05:23, schrieb Peter Baumgartner: \PassOptionsToPackage{german}{nomencl} I have tried this but there is no reaction. It results still to "Nomenclature" instead of the German "Symbolverzeichnis". Ah, you only want to translate the string to German. Then you don't need the optio

Re: Nomenclature: Option clash, & localisation issue

2010-09-05 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 05.09.2010 15:12, schrieb Peter Baumgartner: I don't know how to pass the option "german" to the package "nomencl" without destroying my option setting in scrbook. Add this to your document preamble: \PassOptionsToPackage{german}{nomencl} regards Uwe

Re: preview issue in 64bit windows

2010-09-05 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 05.09.2010 22:37, schrieb E.R.: I have some problems with previewing JPG and PS/EPS in LyX in both WinXP/Win7 64bit environments. I had installed both ImageMagick and GhostScript in 64bit versions before installing LyX (by alternative installer). It is much more safe not to install them sep

Re: unary minus

2010-09-03 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 03.09.2010 15:13, schrieb Neal Becker: Inserting the following in math mode [A|-B] the minus appears as an binary operator rather than a unary operator on B, so the minus is too big and the space to B is too large. see this older mail from me: http://osdir.com/ml/editors.lyx.general/2004-10

Re: agutex layout?

2010-09-03 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 03.09.2010 15:19, schrieb Uwe Stöhr: As a workaround you can put the character within a \textrm command as in the attached example. Now this is attached. regards Uwe agutex.lyx Description: application/lyx

Re: agutex layout?

2010-09-03 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 03.09.2010 14:06, schrieb Evan Mason: The TeX system on Linux should be TeXLive and TeXLive comes with a graphical interface to install LaTeX-packages. So after putting the cls- and sty-files to tex/latex/agutex you should be able to use the TeXLive package installer GUI to refresh the filena

Re: agutex layout?

2010-09-02 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 02.09.2010 15:10, schrieb Evan Mason: The layout file is attached together with a LyX example file. Please test it our and report back. If it works for you, we can provide it together with the next LyX version. Thanks for that. I was successful using your example (agutex.lyx) but less so

Re: Lyxcode too deeply nested

2010-09-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 26.08.2010 15:25, schrieb chrima.hercou: Thank you for this great software. I'm in trouble when I try to produce a code with the lyxcode style. I use 7 levels of indentation and I got this when I try to produce a pdf : This is a LaTeX limitation. The maximal nesting level is limited to 6

Re: agutex layout?

2010-08-31 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 31.08.2010 17:33, schrieb Evan Mason: It does replace the older ones in that it seems to be the only one they are offering now. It's supposed to work for all the different AGU journals. http://www.agu.org/pubs/helpdesk/ Hi, did a new layout file eventually get written for agutex? I wrote

Re: LaTeX -> LyX and \newcommand

2010-08-31 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 31.08.2010 20:35, schrieb Torquil Macdonald Sørensen: Let me try to explain better what I meant. I don't want those grey boxes of tex code for each instance where a user-defined command is executed in the latex document. I want my LyX file to look as if I had written everything in LyX witho

Re: LaTeX -> LyX and \newcommand

2010-08-31 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 31.08.2010 18:35, schrieb Torquil Macdonald Sørensen: My goal was to import a LaTeX file into LyX, but LyX was not able to understand all the \newcommands in the document, and therefore I wanted to preprocess the LaTeX file first. What do you mean with LyX doesn't understand? LyX should imp

Re: Accents

2010-08-31 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 30.08.2010 03:01, schrieb Hal Kierstead: Here are five small files. 1. Example.tex---from collaborator. 2. Example.lyx---my LyX import 3. ExampleCopy.lyx---my copy before exporting 4. ExampleCopy.tex---Export to collaborator. My tex editor has changed the accents, but I do not care bec

Re: Undefined control sequence: \dddot ??

2010-08-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
For information: The next LyX version LyX 1.6.8 will also fully support \ot and all \dddot bugs are fixed. regards Uwe

Re: Error: lyx binary not found

2010-08-29 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 29.08.2010 04:50, schrieb James Mahon: I'm on a Windows 7 platform and I'm using LyX 1.6.7. I'm attempting to run the command line below: *lyx -e pdf base.lyx * But, I receive the error: *Error: LyX binary not found Unable to determine the path to th

Re: Accents

2010-08-29 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 30.08.2010 01:48, schrieb Hal Kierstead: Thanks for the reply. I do not understand: What you see is that your text editor uses the wrong encoding to display the text. Text-files like TeX output are on Windows by default coded in the encoding CP-1252. I do not think this explains the pr

Re: Undefined control sequence: \dddot ??

2010-08-29 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 29.08.2010 23:16, schrieb Daniel Gross: Here's what I'm facing: I compose an inline eqn, hit Ctrl+L to manually insert LaTeX code, You don't need to use CTRL+L in math mode to enter commands, the backslash key "\" automatically switches to command-insertion mode. type \dddot k, and the

Re: Accents

2010-08-29 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 30.08.2010 00:19, schrieb Hal Kierstead: I have a problem with LyX 1.6.7. I work with collaborators who do not use LyX. Suppose I import this to LyX: \begin{document} P\'osa, R\"odl, Erd\H os. \end{document} The first 2 accents can directly be given in TeX files (your collaborators shoul

Re: PDF

2010-08-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 27.08.2010 08:49, schrieb Manfred Unterweger: Im writing my master thesis with lyx and whenever i added a pic, lyx converted the format (mostly bmp) and i had no problem to create a pdf. I cant do that anymore and i always get an error (see attachment). This seems to be independent of the

Re: \left( - bracket always separated from \left-command

2010-08-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.08.2010 23:21, schrieb Jannick Asmus: Sorry, I was not very clear: I meant which keys do I have to type to have "|". Even for this posting I had to copy it from above. This is somehow strange to look for the sign to copy&paste every time. I don't understand. | is available on evey keyb

Re: \left( - bracket always separated from \left-command

2010-08-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.08.2010 22:18, schrieb Jannick Asmus: Btw: What is the short for | - which is not meant to be \mid. Since I need brackets and the absolute signs big enough to "embrace" huge formulas. As I wrote in the Math manual: "Alt+M |" Or do you mean something different? regards Uwe

Re: \left( - bracket always separated from \left-command

2010-08-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.08.2010 10:50, schrieb Jannick Asmus: how is the latex code "\left(" typed in best in math code? Every time I type \left( the bracket is not associated to the \left command such that I need to use back space every time. It works here correctly when I enter "\left(" without pressing any s

wrong equation spacing with hyperref - Was: PDF compile strange behavior

2010-08-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.08.2010 18:26, schrieb Uwe Stöhr: >> I am using Lyx 1.6.5 in WinXp. I found a strange behavior when Lyx >> converts documents into pdf files. I am using document style book >> (koma) with AMS math package. I have compiled one with PDF hyperref >> support enabled

Re: LyX 1.6.7

2010-08-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> I am facing serious issues with LyX 1.6.7 (both installers) on > Windows x64. > Nothing happens when you hit (or use the keyboard short-cut for) the > following: > File -> Open I cannot reproduce this. I'm developing the alternative Windows installer on a 64bit Windows XP. I assume that your

Re: PDF compile strange behavior

2010-08-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 14.08.2010 17:55, schrieb Byung-Joo Lee: I am using Lyx 1.6.5 in WinXp. I found a strange behavior when Lyx converts documents into pdf files. I am using document style book (koma) with AMS math package. I have compiled one with PDF hyperref support enabled using Document->Settings->PDF Prope

Re: tracking down a font problem (perhaps?)

2010-08-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.08.2010 16:36, schrieb stefano franchi: I need a slightly more sophisticated formatting of endnotes than what you describe in the manual. The edited book I am working on has all endnotes at the back, grouped by chapter. Every block of endnotes begins with a heading like "Notes for chapter

Re: tracking down a font problem (perhaps?)

2010-08-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 18.08.2010 17:11, schrieb stefano franchi: Ok, the file is enclosed, thanks Uwe. The problem, I discovered, is somewhere with the additional latex code that produces endnotes in memoir (without using external packages). In my case the code resides in the memoir configuration package I wrote,

Re: tracking down a font problem (perhaps?)

2010-08-18 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 18.08.2010 01:40, schrieb stefano franchi: can anyone help me o track down the error given by the following footnote (transcribed in Latex-version from source window): \footnote{The \emph{epagoghé eis to adunaton}, celebrated by the Eleatic school which gives a pdf output of: 1. The epago

Re: PDF compile strange behavior

2010-08-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 13.08.2010 23:21, schrieb bjleend: I am using Lyx 1.6.5 in WinXp. I found a strange behavior when Lyx converts documents into pdf files. I am using document style book (koma) with AMS math package. I have compiled one with PDF hyperref support enabled using Document->Settings->PDF Properties

Re: Spacing between equations

2010-08-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 13.08.2010 20:19, schrieb Byung-Joo Lee: I am wondering how I can adjust space between equation. I am using Lyx 1.6.5, and document class is book (koma) with AMS Math package. My current PDF document looks like this. Obviously, there seems to be an extra line space between (2.5) and (2.6). I

Re: short cuts: fonts in math mode

2010-08-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 13.08.2010 17:24, schrieb Jannick Asmus: With German menus you get \mathbb with Alt+z k . the shortcuts are defined in the file "menus.bind". So have a look at your windows in the folder ~:\Programme\LyX 1.6.7\Resources\bind\de and open menus.bind with a text editor. Sorry for being a bit

Re: short cuts: fonts in math mode

2010-08-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 13.08.2010 09:50, schrieb Jannick Asmus: Alt+c and c gives for example \mathbb. This changes to mathtt (typewriter - as given in the LyX menu for short cuts and the short cut docu (German version)) in my version (1.6.7 Greman/WinVista) - of course with the modication in your important PS.

Re: What are your favorite packages?

2010-08-12 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> To the wiki! And then people can/should add descriptions of what all these packages do, > and how they should be used. This will be double work. We already have such a list for all packages LyX supports, including a short description in the Help menu in the file LaTeXConfig.lyx. Besides thi

Re: Remove Chapter number from Equation numbering

2010-08-12 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 12.08.2010 15:33, schrieb Richard Heck: I want to remove chapter number from equation numbering when using "Report" Document class. I mean instead of having my equations numbered as "(2.6)" I want them simply to be numbered as "(6) or instead having the chapter number beside the equation numb

Re: short cuts: fonts in math mode

2010-08-12 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 12.08.2010 21:11, schrieb Jannick Asmus: I am extensively using the math mode in LyX and 1000 times I have already typed "\mathbb" or "\mathcal" for changing the font. Is there a short cut for that? If not yet how can it be configured? There are already some shortcuts. Highlight some parts

Re: Komme mit Lyx nicht klar!

2010-08-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 06.08.2010 15:06, schrieb Andreas Delor: > Falls Sie nicht die richtige Adresse für meine Anfrage sind, bitte an > die richtige Stelle weiterleiten! Die LyX-Listen sind alle auf englisch. Falls du kein Englisch kannst, bitte schreibe mir eine private Mail mit deinen Problemen. Die richtige L

Re: Komme mit Lyx nicht klar!

2010-08-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 06.08.2010 15:06, schrieb Andreas Delor: Falls Sie nicht die richtige Adresse für meine Anfrage sind, bitte an die richtige Stelle weiterleiten! Die LyX-Listen sind alle auf englisch. Falls du kein Englisch kannst, bitte schreibe mir eine private Mail mit deinen Problemen. Die richtige Lis

Re: page numbers

2010-07-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 25.07.2010 12:11, schrieb Chrissi Fleischmann: The only problem I untill now couldn't solve is that I have to put the page numbers at the top of the page instead of the very bottom where they are now. You need to set the headings style "fancy" in the document settings under "Page Layout". T

Re: \begin{theorem}[Local Lemma]

2010-07-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 25.07.2010 14:43, schrieb Hal Kierstead: After I import a tex file with a line like \begin{theorem}[Local Lemma], LyX produces a tex file with the line changed to \begin{theorem}{[}Local Lemma{]}. Is this a known bug. There are similar known bugs but they don't cover the one your found.

Re: how can I disable automatic graphics EPS conversion (it is making output PDFs fail!)

2010-07-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 25.07.2010 07:20, schrieb Nicholas Tung: Is there a way I can disable the automatic conversion of images (added via Insert> Graphics) to the EPS format? xelatex does not work with the EPS images for whatever reason, and works fine with the source jpg or png images. This should not hap

Re: SuperscriptLc character style: Close but no cigar

2010-07-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 22.07.2010 23:00, schrieb Richard Heck: I'd suggest you use \textsuperscript instead, which is a standard LaTeX command, defined in latex.ltx. There's no textsubscript, though. When you are using a KOMA-script document class, there is also a \textsubscript command. regards Uwe

Re: Update to 1.6.7 Lost DVI and PS output.

2010-07-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 22.07.2010 14:26, schrieb John Kane: No luck. I seem to be getting the same behaviour. Then reinstall LyX. Its the quickest solution and works in most cases: 0. uninstall LyX 1.6.7 _completely_ 1. uninstall also older versions of LyX (if installed) 2. if you are using MiKTeX 2.7 or older

Re: LyX was working fine, now it stopped making pdfs.

2010-07-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.07.2010 18:19, schrieb Sarah McMurray: I did alot of messing around with java & cygwin between LyX working & not working (trying to get IMOD tomography software running), but don't know if that would have any effect on LyX. I also moved some folders around. However, I have the same problem

Re: [announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.6.7

2010-07-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.07.2010 11:27, schrieb Olivier Ripoll: Just a quick question though: The 4.25 installer is dated July 11th, while 1.6.7 was announced on July 15th. Is it the same, or am I using a wrong version ? It is the same version. LyX 1.6.7 was build on July 11th. Doe to some problems with build s

Re: ANNOUNCE: LyX version 2.0.0 (alpha 5)

2010-07-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.07.2010 23:59, schrieb Pavel Sanda: Binaries should follow soon. Hi Pavel, I put my binary here: https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=17753 Can you please put it on ftp.lyx.org? thanks and regards Uwe

Re: File window does not open

2010-07-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.07.2010 14:58, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: Why the alternative installer ? Because its LyX 1.6.7 was compiled using MSVC 2008 and SCons and thereofore doesn't show the problems of the other installer that was compiled with MSVC 2010 and CMake. The CMake problem is now fixed, but I

Re: File window does not open

2010-07-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 18.07.2010 14:51, schrieb F S: there is one big problem with Lyx that I can't work around. Any time you click on something, which should open a file window (e.g., open a file, new file from template, save as, open a skin file, ...) LYX goes to background (change of color, like it should) but

Re: FTP LYX

2010-07-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.07.2010 12:37, schrieb Jonathan Nuñez Aguin: The FTP from the website doesnt work... Works for me currently: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.7/ regards Uwe

[announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.6.7

2010-07-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hello LyXers, the alternative Windows installer for LyX 1.6.7 is now available. This installer comes again with an update installer to update existing LyX 1.6.6.1 installation to LyX 1.6.7. NOTE: To be able to use this update installer, LyX 1.6.6.1 must have been installed with the alternativ

Re: Justifying figures to outer margin

2010-05-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 31.05.2010 03:06, schrieb george legge: It is the outer edge of this (marginparsep + marginparwidth) region which I attempted to justify my figures to. My requirement was that the outer edge of a figure line up with the outer edge of the marginpara, I expect that you need low-level TeX prim

Re: Problems with Elsearticle template

2010-05-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 29.05.2010 20:21, schrieb Bruno Cocciaro: I cannot add hyperlink in a file opened from elsarticle template. It seems that the elsarticle class doesn't allow to use hyperref. But this is not problematic because Elsevier will in every case reformat your journal submission. They will decide t

Re: Justifying figures to outer margin

2010-05-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 30.05.2010 23:22, schrieb george legge: Thank you Uwe, but that merely enlarges the image and extends it into the margin. It does not MOVE the image. An overhang moves the image across into the margin which is what I need. This is against usual typesetting rules and therefore not supported

Re: Justifying figures to outer margin

2010-05-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 30.05.2010 05:45, schrieb george legge: Thank you Uwe. "Overhang" is exactly what I need. However, I do not want wrapping, and "overhang" seems to be offered only by Wrap Float. I don't think a plain Figure Float recognizes "overhang". Is there an easy way to insert an "overhang" command into

Re: latex_con_lyx

2010-05-28 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 28.05.2010 23:12, schrieb Artimess: Does anyone have access to the source of latex_con_lyx.pdf? I like to learn how the author created code segments of the following form: Can you please be more specific. What do you want to know? Where have you fond the file latex_con_lyx.pdf? regards

Re: Justifying figures to outer margin

2010-05-28 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 29.05.2010 01:04, schrieb george legge: But it does not appear to tackle the major problem, which is: How to get figures (of all widths) to justify to a boundary several cm outside the text edge. Use a wrapped float. Its option "Overhang" is exactly what you need. Attached is a LyX example

Re: Spurious '}'

2010-05-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 27.05.2010 23:46, schrieb Tim Cook: LyX version - 1.6.5 I have a document at: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mlhim-specs-dev/mlhim-specs/main/annotate/head:/specs/1.0.x/mlhim/mlhim-ref-man-1.0.0-enUS.lyx That generates an error when exporting to PDF (pdflatex& ps2pdf): First line of error:

Re: a box around text on multiple pages

2010-05-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 26.05.2010 23:16, schrieb [Ricardo Rodriguez] eBioTIC.: Shaded boxes are in general able to split across pages. The other boxes are not, except of those types where the "Allow page breaks" is enabled. Sorry if I seam, or I am!, a bit pigheaded but, please, why are there boxes where "Allow p

Re: a box around text on multiple pages

2010-05-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 26.05.2010 15:26, schrieb [Ricardo Rodriguez] eBioTIC.: Simply use a shaded box (or use a framed outer box, no inner box, the option "Allow page breaks" if you don't need a background color). Attached is an example LyX file. The point with this option is that I am not able to understand whe

Re: Lyx-Code not available in IEEEtran in Lyx 2.0 alpha 3

2010-05-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 25.05.2010 12:58, schrieb Raja Zubair: Lyx-Code was available in Lyx 1.6.6 when using the IEEEtran document class. I fixed this now. You can fix this too by adding this line to the file IEEEtran.layout: Input lyxmacros.inc regards Uwe

Re: problem inserting equation in table

2010-05-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 26.05.2010 01:01, schrieb Esteban Cervetto: I ve problems inserting an equation in table. The error is: *Missing $ Inserted* My lyx code is: \begin{tabular}{|c} \hline \[ > ... Table can only contain inline equations. In your case I would reference the equations by the column/row number

Re: Alternative installer update ignores language setting

2010-05-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 25.05.2010 23:12, schrieb Ivo: I encountered a weird issue after updating Lyx 1.6.5 (installed using the alternative installer) to 1.6.6 using the alternative installer update. The update finished without problems, but when starting Lyx it suddenly had a mixed Dutch/English user interface.

Re: Issue with command windows

2010-05-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 25.05.2010 17:11, schrieb Alexander Stathopoulos: Latest version (1.6.6). And it acts the same way whether I double click the executable or use a shortcut. This is then correct. To get rid of the console windows, you need to start LyX via the Start menu (this links to the program lyxLaunch

Re: Issue with command windows

2010-05-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 25.05.2010 14:24, schrieb Alexander Stathopoulos: I have a simple annoyance which I'd like to know if anyone has a solution to: with each instance of lyx, I get an empty command window! (This is on windows 7.) What is your LyX version? How do you start LyX (e.g. by a special command) regar

Re: Lyx-Code not available in IEEEtran in Lyx 2.0 alpha 3

2010-05-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 25.05.2010 12:58, schrieb Raja Zubair: Lyx-Code was available in Lyx 1.6.6 when using the IEEEtran document class. It also seems from the IEEEtran How to that the user is free to use any Latex commands (although authors are of course free to use whatever LATEX commands they are most comforta

Re: Lyx-Code not available in IEEEtran in Lyx 2.0 alpha 3

2010-05-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 24.05.2010 17:47, schrieb Raja Zubair: I don't find Lyx-Code in IEEEtran document class in Lyx 2.0 alpha 3. Any idea to get it back ? I need to know if IEEE accept LyX code when submitting a paper. I would wonder if yes. regards Uwe

Re: Enumeration of theorems

2010-05-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 23.05.2010 20:01, schrieb iustifico: Is there a way to not use the counter of theorems? > I mean is it possible to enumerate every defintion, proposition and so on manually? Yes, you can manually write something in the counter you like. Do this in front of every theorem, for example by ad

Re: a box around text on multiple pages

2010-05-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 23.05.2010 09:45, schrieb [Ricardo Rodriguez] eBioTIC.: I've been looking for information about how to draw a frame/set a background colour for a groups of paragraphs that split into multiple pages. I've read chapter 5 of the Embedded Objects manual where I was not able to find the answer

Re: box alignment

2010-05-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 23.05.2010 00:23, schrieb [Ricardo Rodriguez] eBioTIC.: Use a parbox as inner box. You can then edit the box text like any other text. Sorry, I don't understand this. What I read in the Embedded Objects manual is: "Parboxes are very similar to minipages with the difference that they cannot

Re: Document-internal hyperlinks

2010-05-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 23.05.2010 05:56, schrieb Shawn Willden: Okay, with the help of the kind folks on comp.text.tex, I have a solution. In the generated LaTeX file containing the actual text of the statutes, which is included in the LyX document, I modified my script to insert: \begingroup \renewcommand*{

Re: Ghostscript error running LyX 2.0.0 alpha3

2010-05-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 22.05.2010 16:41, schrieb [Ricardo Rodriguez] eBioTIC.: Ghostscript 8.57: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 It should work if you upgrade to Ghostscript 8.71 (note that version 8.70 is also buggy in this respect.). regards Uwe

Re: box alignment

2010-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.05.2010 08:38, schrieb [Ricardo Rodriguez] eBioTIC.: I know I must read through the manuals! Yes, in your case the section "Colored Boxes" of the EmbeddedObjects manual. But some help will be welcome as I am still trying to understand the whole scenario. At what point changes area allo

Re: Wrapping text around an image

2010-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.05.2010 14:33, schrieb Vladimir Giszpenc: The wrapping I have been able to achieve is more like column splitting. I would like to have a warning sign or note icon and actually wrap around the image meaning it goes under the image too. To clarify, the image in question is neither a fig

Re: Diagonal Arrows in Diagramms

2010-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.05.2010 16:00, schrieb iustifico: \begin{CD} A@>>>B\\ @a...@vvv\\ E@<< > Is this possible in Lyx? Have a look at the LyX menu Help->Specific Manuals->Xy-pic regards Uwe

Re: Lower-res PDFs

2010-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.05.2010 11:45, schrieb Frederick Noronha: Many thanks Uwe for all your useful tips. Wouldn't it be better for Lyx itself to allow for low-res PDF output, printable PDF output and what not? No because LyX is not a PDF editor. LyX creates different output formats, after that its your deci

Re: Lower-res PDFs

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.05.2010 01:54, schrieb Frederick Noronha: Is there some way I could create lower-res PDFs, if I want to share them via the Net? Not With LyX but with PDF tools. You can force to compress the images inside existing PDFs, for example with Acrobat or Foxit PDF Editor. regards Uwe

Re: Editing while spell-checking

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.05.2010 01:50, schrieb Frederick Noronha: Is there some way I could edit (make small changes) to a file, at the same time as I'm spellchecking it? Due to a bug not in LyX 1.6.6. In LyX 2.0 this will be possible. regards Uwe

Re: Typographical devices, instead of numbers, for footnotes

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 23:26, schrieb Frederick Noronha: Is it possible for me to use typographical devices [like *, †, ‡, §, ‖, ¶] instead of number for footnotes, as I have end-notes as well using numbers? Se sec. 4.2.1 "Footnote Numbering" of the EmbeddedObjects manual that you find in LyX's Help m

Re: Lyx for Farsi under Mac OS

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 21.05.2010 00:12, schrieb Amir: I was wondering whether or not I can use Lyx to create Farsi/English documents under Mac OS. I saw that Lyx can be used for creating Farsi documents under Windows. How about Mac OS? It should work on all platforms. You only need to install the LaTeX-packa

Re: Document-internal hyperlinks

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 16.05.2010 20:41, schrieb Shawn Willden: What I'd really like is for something like: begin example \label{code:53-5-703}\paragraph{...}... ... As can be seen in \hyperlink{code:53-5-703}{53-5-703}, the composition of the board is... -end example---

Re: Equation Numbering change in RTL languages

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 17.05.2010 21:49, schrieb Nosrat Maghsoudi: Greetings, I am using LyX to typeset a book in Farsi. Equation numbers change when referenced. For example (2-12), becomes (21-2). Please help if you have a solution. Can you please provide a LyX example file? I tried to reproduce with the attac

Re: Spellcheck in 1.6.6 misses every second word

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 20:28, schrieb Sven Hoexter: I don't see this (and I cannot imagine what could have caused this). Could you post a test file? Sure see the attached german one. Round one: Catches "Deis", correct it to "Dies", next word detected is "eni". Now I can reproduce it too. It only occ

Re: Nested Environments

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 20:24, schrieb iustifico: Is there a way to do this: Environment 1 Some Text... Environment 2 Some Text... Some Other Text<--- This Text goes to environment 1! Let's say Our Environment is a Definition or Proposition... No, because Defini

Re: Question: Skipping Numbers in Enumeration

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 19:36, schrieb Andreas Brack: In LaTeX there is a command like \stepcounter{}, which skips a number in the Numeration. For Example 1 1.1 \stepcounter{?} 1.3 Is there a command in lyx, which reaches the same?? You can do everything that you can do with LaTeX also in LyX. So s

Re: Wrapping text around an image

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 19:39, schrieb Vladimir Giszpenc: When I used the floating figure, the image was centered which was not the style I was looking for. When I used the \begin{wrapfigure} LaTex directive all the text was placed under the image (sized to the image) instead of wrapping around. Has anyo

Re: Enumeration of Theorems and definitions in a certain hierarchy...

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 19:24, schrieb iustifico: In Lyx I am using the koma-skript. And I want this enumeration hierarchy \part I<-- ROMAN Enumeration \section 1<-- Arabic Enumeration \subsection 1<-- Arabic Enumeration Defintion I.1.1.1 This is hard to achieve and also uncommon. usually the chapter

Re: Any possible way to have clickable table of contents when exporting to PDF?

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 11:09, schrieb Francois Berenger: Here is what I did: Document -> Settings -> PDF Properties Then I checked almost everything, to be sure I would see if any of these feature has some effect. You don't need all of them the same time. the different options are described in sec. 6

Re: Package installation question

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 13:38, schrieb Artimess: 1) Where does Lyx stores the packages in Mac, Linux, and Windows if they are different? What do you mean with "package"? They are different compared to what? 2) Should I do anything special to install a package beyond moving it to the right directory a

Re: Spellcheck in 1.6.6 misses every second word

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 19:01, schrieb Hal Kierstead: Actually, I think the problem may be that it fails to check the next word after it finds a misspelled word. As said, I cannot reproduce that with LyX 1.6.6 on Windows. Here every misspelled word is correctly recognized. regards Uwe

[announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.6.6

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hello LyXers, the alternative Windows installer for LyX 1.6.6 is now available. This installer comes again with an update installer to update existing LyX 1.6.5 installation to LyX 1.6.6. NOTE: To be able to use this update installer, LyX 1.6.5 must have been installed with the alternative Wi

Re: Spellcheck in 1.6.6 misses every second word

2010-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.05.2010 18:14, schrieb Sven Hoexter: it seems to me that the spellcheck in LyX 1.6.6 misses every second word. Am I the only one seeing this? I don't see this on Windows with Aspell. regards Uwe

Re: LyX / pdflatex / paper size

2010-05-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 14.05.2010 09:50, schrieb Torquil Macdonald Sørensen: When choosing "Page Layout -> Paper format = a5" in LyX, is it to expected that the paper size is still a4? This is the case when I use the pdfpatex , but not with ps or dvi output. Including \usepackage{geometry} in the preamble fixes th

Re: LyX does not insert an \"&\" when inserting a \"Split\" environment

2010-05-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> For some reason, when I insert a "Split" environment in an equation, LyX > does not insert the "&" into the LaTeX source and as a result You can do this by yourself by adding a column (can be done via the math toolbar). See also the LyX Math manual sec. 18 as reference. Attached is an example

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