Hello Rich,
Like you I ran into problems with cards and labels in LO.
Not yet found an easy method in Lyx so am using a free source app
'glabels'. Bit of a short learning curve but it provides for the standard
commercially available sizes.
Had previously used a package Delphi bu
Hello Scott,
Am running Lyx on Mx-Linux Version MX16.
Most of my Lyx tasks are proofreading/editing of documents
written by others, so leave Lyx on Default.
Regards,
Gordon.
No, forget that suggestion, it only changes the cursor
Sorry,
Gordon.
On 29/03/17 14:08, gordon cooper wrote:
Steve,
Try :Tools>Preferences>Editing>Cursor Width
increase the pixels.
Gordon.
On 29/03/17 11:37, Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
On my copy of LyX, (2.2.2), the mous
Steve,
Try :Tools>Preferences>Editing>Cursor Width
increase the pixels.
Gordon.
On 29/03/17 11:37, Steve Litt wrote:
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
tex-live full certainly does have everything, including many 'other
language'
packages that you may not need. If disk space is a problem then it may be
better to work through the associated repository and delete the unwanted.
Gordon.
On 15/02/17 03:24, Maria Gouskova wrote:
$ sudo apt insta
Will,
You might be able to achieve this in Tools>Preferences>Colors,
changing them to black.
Did something similar by regarding the changes as being from another
author. May take a bit of trial and error.
Gordon.
Tauranga NZ.
On 01/02/17 07:42, Will Parsons wrote:
I'd like to prod
he Change bar errors.
Will continue
working on the problem as time permits and report progress.
Gordon.
On 25/01/17 08:28, gordon cooper wrote:
Dear Gunter,
You have given me a guide as to the possible
error.
Providing a minimum example is difficult as there is no error r
Had not thought about a New Window, I have been saving
the file with slightly different name, so that lyx does not
recognise it for a second tab. Guess that one needs plenty
of disk room for this - I do have that on the elderly desktop.
Gordon.
On 25/01/17 11:59, Richard Heck wrote:
On 01/24
You are not alone Wolfgang, I have been getting them too.
Gordon.
, gordon cooper wrote:
Have added the Change bar module (Document>Settings>) to couple of
documents so that any Changes will be more obvious in the pdf copies
of Difference files sent to our translators.
The result is erratic. A few times lyx has produced a pdf with the desired
bars, but usua
Have added the Change bar module (Document>Settings>) to couple of
documents so that any Changes will be more obvious in the pdf copies
of Difference files sent to our translators.
The result is erratic. A few times lyx has produced a pdf with the desired
bars, but usually it appears to go into a
We have been successfully using the Lyx 'Compare' tool to identify/locate
changes in documents that are frequently updated, also using a
Colour choice available in Preferences to make these changes easier to see.
A difficulty arises because some of the translation team, are working
with html cop
Happy New Year to All.
This has been solved (after some detective work) but am reporting
it, just in case it happens to others.
Had a recent mysterious error when trying an Lyx to pdf conversion.
The program reported a Latex error but gave no error report.
The same Lyx file converted to html im
The question was about baed, not bead.
G.
On 07/01/17 20:08, Michael Berger wrote:
On 01/06/2017 09:08 PM, Joel Kulesza wrote:
Colleagues,
Does anyone know what "baed" means? With all lower case, I cannot
find any reasonable definition.
However, the spell checker (dialog and interactiv
Joel,
'baed' did appear in the Urban Dictionary a few years ago. It was explained
as the mis-pronunication of the word 'bad'. Surprised that it seems be
in a
spell-checker.
Gordon.
On 13/12/16 14:29, Kornel Benko wrote:
Am Dienstag, 13. Dezember 2016 um 01:12:49, schrieb Shangbo Wang
Dear Sir
I would like to ask you about lyx problem: It occurs a package graphics error
when I create the PDF file from lyx.
The error message is:
Package graphics error: No driver s
Okay, maybe I did not make my situation clear enough: I have *never*
saved the document anywhere before. So there is no specific folder for it.
Daniel
Ok, now I understand, but can not offer more advice. I always create a
save path for a new document
before writing anything.
Sorry,
Gordon
. Therefore I use a separate folder for
each version of the
project, and find that Lyx will save a copy of the present workfile into
that folder, if I
forget to do a save myself.
Gordon.
On 05/12/16 21:00, racoon wrote:
On 05.12.2016 01:40, gordon cooper wrote:
On 05/12/16 12:19, racoon
I find Lyx copies in the folder that I am using for the related Lyx file.
Gordon.
On 05/12/16 12:19, racoon wrote:
Hi,
Does someone know where LyX puts backups of unsaved documents?
Best,
Daniel
We are working in Koma script. Logo on first page is inserted as an image,
at the cursor position on the page. No additional coding needed.
Insert>Graphics> , with image file in the same folder as the Lyx file.
We have about 100 images in one document, a manual, so have a graphics
sub-folder f
This problem has been fixed. A work-around from my colleague was
simple. The function with a double dash that could not be converted
to html is now displayed as an image copied from the screen.
Thanks to those who offered advice.
Gordon.
On 15/11/16 08:41, gordon cooper wrote:
On 14/11/16 22:28, Guenter Milde wrote:
On 2016-11-13, gordon cooper wrote:
[-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: 8bit --]
/
Several months ago when we were using lyx 2.1.*, the expression
/LyX Document
"-*rw-r‑‑r‑‑ *newbie users 277 Jan 7 14:42 .aso
On 14/11/16 22:28, Guenter Milde wrote:
On 2016-11-13, gordon cooper wrote:
[-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: 8bit --]
/
Several months ago when we were using lyx 2.1.*, the expression
/LyX Document
"-*rw-r‑‑r‑‑ *newbie users 277 Jan 7 14:42 .asoundrc" exported
correctly to an htm
On 14/11/16 07:46, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 07:43:10AM +1300, gordon cooper wrote:
We are using the converters available from File>Export within Lyx. Something
changed there perhaps?
Many of those converters use external tools. For example when you export
to
ged. We have checked the
Lyx dependencies to see if anything in LateX or LiveteX was missing,
but nothing apparent.
Where are we missing something?
Gordon Cooper
MX-Linux Documentation Team.
Tauranga, N.Z.
/
/
ordon.
On 09/11/16 14:39, gordon cooper wrote:
On 08/11/16 14:44, Tyler Grummett wrote:
Dear Lynx users,
Im currently having the problem where all the .png files in my
document are converted to .eps (and stored in the cache folder) every
time I copy them or try to convert them to the latex o
On 08/11/16 14:44, Tyler Grummett wrote:
Dear Lynx users,
Im currently having the problem where all the .png files in my document are
converted to .eps (and stored in the cache folder) every time I copy them or
try to convert them to the latex or tex format. The main issue of this is that
it
Hi Michael,
The Menu Bar can be turned off in the Settings sub-menu, but as you have
found, the Settings menu then disappears
and apparently there is no way to get it back again. However as you have
found by accident, a secondary (right) click in
the empty page gives you the option of restorin
Richard and Paul,
Thank you for this discussion and the
detailed reporting.
Have been thinking about wrapping, without actually doing anything.
Now I know what to do.
Regards,
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
On 30/08/16 23:48, CarLaTeX wrote:
Is it easy to use with LyX?
Been using Koma Script for several years with no problems and like
el, we do not use the standard Article/Report/Book.
Gordon.
1a & 1b also 2a & 2b. I wold not expect anything to happen.
With my present mouse, which has a fairly light touch, I would
prefer things to stay as they are - nothing. The scroll and middle
button are combined and as I tend to scroll often, another function
(as happens in another application w
On 04/07/16 03:17, Guillaume Munch wrote:
Le 03/07/2016 04:35, gordon cooper a écrit :
My colleague on
this project commented :
" --a hundred or more red hard return icons in the lyx file that
showed up as "\begin_inset Separator latexpar\end_inset" in
the html (took me over
On 03/07/16 17:45, Richard Heck wrote:
On 07/02/2016 10:35 PM, gordon cooper wrote:
Been using Lyx 2.2.0 without any real problems but a small issue
appeared in a Koma article that had been upgraded from 2.1.
Whenever a nesting level was changed, a hyperlink inserted
into a nested list, or
Been using Lyx 2.2.0 without any real problems but a small issue
appeared in a Koma article that had been upgraded from 2.1.
Whenever a nesting level was changed, a hyperlink inserted
into a nested list, or we went from nesting back to normal text
layout, Lyx inserted an arrow head with a red ve
Not that this will assist your problem? I'm running the MX15 OS which is
based on Debian Jessie. Use Lyx 2.2 often and have never seen this
behaviour.
Gordon
Tauranga NZ.
Michael wrote:
PS: there must hardly be any people having installed Lyx 2.2 in Mageia
because the response from the lyx user list is almost zero.
Hi Michael,
Yes, that looks like a valid comment. I had never
heard of Mageia
until you popped up on this mail list. Reading thr
"In Lyx 2.2.0, Documents tab, there is the option to view
Open Document (elyxer)
An error? Selecting this certainly does a conversion, the heading says
.odt, but the converted file does not look like open doc format, and
if the file is saved, it saves as an html, which is what I would ex
In Lyx 2.2.0, Documents tab, there is the option to view Open Document
(elyxer).
An error? Selecting this certainly does a conversion, the heading says
.odt,
but the converted file does not look like open doc format, and if the
file is saved,
it saves as an html, which is what I would exp
On 16/06/16 09:03, Nikola Ivan Leder wrote:
gordon cooper kinect.co.nz> writes:
We have had reasonable success with Lyx exports to ODF by using
html as an intermediate step, then copy pasting the html into
open document. Although we have not tested bib styles, and
have had s
We have had reasonable success with Lyx exports to ODF by using
html as an intermediate step, then copy pasting the html into
open document. Although we have not tested bib styles, and
have had some problems with table frames. Numbering and
heading styles are preserved.
Gordon.
using something like Fetchmail to
make a mail list easier. Perhaps I should look again.
Cheers,
Gordon.
On 10/06/16 08:52, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 16:50:16 +1200
gordon cooper wrote:
On 09/06/16 02:59, Richard Heck wrote:
Alternatively---here's a crazy idea---we could s
On 09/06/16 02:59, Richard Heck wrote:
Alternatively---here's a crazy idea---we could suspend the mailing list
and send people to the forum
Richard
Perhaps not really crazy at all. I work in both mail lists and
forums and I definitely prefer working in a forum.
Although, a big p
Many thanks to all those involved with 2.2.0. It has been
packaged by the team and added to the MX-Linux test repos.
My own installation on MX-15 went without any issues.
Have not found any bugs nor backwards compatibility problems,
Lyx 2.2.0 should soon be upgraded to the main MX repository.
Ag
You are right! Many thanks Michael.
Gordon.
On 27/04/16 01:33, Michael Berger wrote:
Gordon probably forgot to address the list!?
Michael Berger
Forwarded Message
Subject: Re: Question on creating layouts
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:27:25 +1200
From: gordon
On 07/04/16 02:18, David L. Johnson wrote:
I notice that, when I export repeatedly to pdf, the command will
actually run and the pdf will not update unless the buffer has been
changed. So that's probably why your pdf doesn't always run --- you
have to change the document, then it will all run
On 30/03/16 01:08, Maria Gouskova wrote:
Section 17 on page 16 of the fancyhdr manual talks about this.
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fancyhdr
Thank you Maria, package chappg should
solve my problem.
Gordon.
This has probably been asked and answered before. Have spent
half the afternoon looking in Help and User Archives without success.
Apologies for asking again.
We are working on technical manuals, authored in Lyx and published
in html and pdf. Authoring language is English, with translations hap
Compressed file uploaded, three lyx files and a readme.
Gordon.
http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=08562232551680285966
<http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=08562232551680285966>
On 11/21/2015 08:41 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Gordon Cooper
On 11/21/2015 09:01 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
Le 20/11/15 20:57, Gordon Cooper a écrit :
Am using Compare right now and have not had a repeat of the
reported problem.
Found a small error, here are the related extracts. Note that the
numbered lines were correctly classed as
Am using Compare right now and have not had a repeat of the
reported problem.
Found a small error, here are the related extracts. Note that the
numbered lines were correctly classed as Enumerate in both texts.
1. /Original lines/:
"3.6.3 Troubleshooting
* No sound, though speak
Hello Liviu,
My use of Compare is fairly frequent. Document is the User
Manual for an operating system which may be changed/updated
several times a year, then released in html and pdf.
Manual is written in Lyx. My task is producing the pdf and because
of aspect ratio differences between images
Certainly, will do. Files are a software manual and readily
available.
Gordon.
On 11/15/2015 06:57 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
If you come up with an example where Compare fails, and if the files
are not confidential, we'd appreciate to have a copy (at least in
private if this is better
Dear Bert,
I have had this problem, without finding the cause.
I use
Compare quite often on a 100 page document (which has multiple
maintainers and regular updates), and usually, the Differences
file is generated in a few minutes.
Twice, Compare has behaved as you describe a
Thanks for the replies. The file is the help section of
a CAD programme with 400 pages and many graphics.
I can print it directly to pdf but it needs editing, which
would be easier in Lyx, hence the question.
Richard, will look at importing into LO.
Gordon.
I need to edit an elderly .chm help file and produce it in pdf. The
easiest edit looks to be with Lyx.
Has anyone done this conversion? I have looked in the archive,
with a negative result.
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
The Lyx Team,
Have upgraded from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4 on MX14 Linux. Had an initial problem
with a graphic being misplaced but this error disappeared after a reboot.
All is now behaving.
Many thanks for the work put into 2.1.4
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
Thanks for that Steve, although I've been working with Koma
Script with the only extra step needed to prevent overlong
lines in PDF was to allow hyperlinks to break over a line end.
Gordon.
Thanks for the advice to use apt, I should thought of that earlier.
In fact I did use the GUI version : Package Search which is in the
repos.
Gordon
For Debian based systems ulem.sty is in the package
texlive-generic-recommended.
Gordon
N,Z,
Thanks for the suggestion Michael. MX-Linux is Debian based
so the RPM search did not work. However, I have learned a lot
more about the ulem package, and am now looking for a
method of finding it in the repository packages.
Gordon
N.Z.
Gordo, you may try an RPM Search: http://rpm.pbone.ne
HI Michael,
I am running Mx-Linux 14.4. There is no sign of ulem
in any of the repositories.
Thanks,
Gordon.
Hi Gordon,
no idea about your platform etc.
If you use openSUSE see the screenshot.
Michael
Greetings to all,
The ulem.sty filename appears several times in the lyx-users archive
with most requests reporting that the file was absent. It happened to
me today when a conversion to pdf stalled because ulem was missing.
All the dependency files were present and the problem difficult to
On 06/05/15 09:57, Will Furnass wrote:
That works perfectly if the error is in the master document but not if
the error is in a child document (of which I have quite a few).
I have been having similar problems with errors, mainly relating to
producing printable pdf versions
of a Software Use
Hi Timo,
This is possible in some Scripts. Suggest you look at
Section 3.10 of
Embedded Objects in Lyx Help.
Gordon.
On 19/04/15 09:41, Langer, Tino wrote:
Hello,
I have to put the caption of a table (using a floating object) at the
top of the table. Is this possible using ly
A comment.
Running Lyx on MX-Linux 14.4, to write a user manual about
the said 14.4, we have had the reverse problem with ems.
In examples of command line instructions we needed multiple
dashes to be separate, only to find that they became ems in the
pdf copy.
The fix is simple, use Ctrl+Alt+
On 12/04/15 16:43, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
I still don't completely understand. You're saying that if you have the
master document load (so say you have both the master and child open in
tabs) then if you're on the child and you click on preview, then the
child is compiled with the master's prea
On 12/04/15 10:17, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
I have not made heavy use of child/master documents so I'm just getting
started with the basics.
If I compile only the child then is the LaTeX preamble still inherited
from the master?
Scott
Hi Scott,
Adding to Richard's reply, I'm using a Master/c
Blacklisting 'lithasa' has worked for me.
Gordon.
On 29/03/15 10:04, Gordon Cooper wrote:
I have blacklisted that sender at my ISP so should not get any more.
Gordon.
The list moderator is aware of the issue. It is hard to resolve
though because it is not SPAM that is sent t
I have blacklisted that sender at my ISP so should not get any more.
Gordon.
The list moderator is aware of the issue. It is hard to resolve though
because it is not SPAM that is sent to the list. It is SPAM sent to
you directly. So it is not a question of blocking the user from
sending emai
On 28/03/15 22:04, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
If I send a mail to the Lyx User Group, each time I am getting
immediately afterward this:
Weitergeleitete Nachricht
Datum: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 09:46:01 +0100
Von:Wolfgang Engelmann
m...@lithasa.ru
XX X
I would certainly use it. Have had a couple of instances
when I have been comparing documents with shared
authorship and accidentally edited the wrong one.
Thanks,
Gordon
On 24/03/15 05:57, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> Dear LyX users,
>
> What are your thoughts on having an option in the menu calle
Many thanks to Guenter for the comment about OT1. Followed this
path and have changed to using non-Tex fonts. This has solved the
< > and | conversion errors and seems to have fixed an inconsistency
in handling quotation marks.
Rather oddly the older Lyx 2.0.6 on Kubuntu uses OT1 but has no erro
Herewith an extract from the Lyx file :
– Click Start menu > System > Htop, which brings up a terminal showing
all running process. Locate the program you want to stop, highlight it,
and press F9 then Return.
and here is how it appears in pdf and odt.
Click Start menu ¿ System ¿ Htop, which
Hello Anders, (also Guenter and Chris)
The platform is Mx-Linux using Lyx 2.1.3. Mx
is based upon Debian. Am actually
working on a 100+ page user manual for Mx, being written in Lyx. Koma
script and published in
html and pdf.
(Refer the Lyx Users post from Jerry
Hello Chris,
No, they don't, we get an inverted exclamation
mark for < and inverted question mark for >. The font that
appears to display them correctly in pdf is Typewriter.
I tried < > from Lyx to Open Document format and had
the same result ! and ? inverted.
Gordon.
On 05/
Greetings.
The great list of Lyx symbols has a couple of omissions.
< and > the basic 'less than' and 'greater than' symbols. These
shapes do appear in the Latin list, but do not convert when a
pdf output is sought.
The Maths symbols do contain symbols for "not less than",
"less t
Hi Eduardo.
In, Document>Settings>PDF Properties, on the Hyperlinks Tab,
you could check 'Break Links over Lines' box.
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Oliver Frost
wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I'm using Windows 7 and Lyx 2.12. My problem is: Anytime I click the third
>>> mouse button in Lyx, Lyx pastes the previously selected text into the
>>> document where the cursor is at that point. This is terribly annoying.
On 18/01/15 22:47, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> For your purpose, the tcolorbox package might be more suitable. See
> http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox. Forthcoming LyX 2.1.3 will introduce
> support for this package.
May I ask when Lyx 2.1.3 will arrive?
Gordon.
Cured thank you. Do not know how I overlooked that setting,
perhaps new spectacles are needed.
Cheers,
Gordon.
On 18/01/15 18:31, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
>
> Hi Gordon,
>
> Are you able to give a reproducible example? For example, if you can
> give a small .lyx file and give exactly the behavior (you mention
> "previously"), and the behavior you see now, perhaps with screen
> shots, that would give us a bet
On 18/01/15 22:47, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> You need to set the vertical positioning of the box to "center" (this
> sets the vertical position of the box with regard to the baseline of
> the surrounding text). You also might want to adjust the box
> "padding". See attached example. Jürgen PS: F
First, a comment. I have submitted two queries to the group recently,
and did not
receive any replies. Hopefully, it might be better this time.
Currently I am formatting a Technical Manual, written by others, in
Lyx. This will be
available on-line as both pdf and html, with the use
While using Lyx to edit a moderately long technical manual (being
written by others) and exporting it as pdf and html, Latex errors
have become difficult to find. Previously I could select an error and
it would be highlighted in the Lyx script. That highlighting has
disappeared. Is this funct
Typo in first send sorry.
Marcelo,
Remove the stop after org
and send your email to
lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org
That works properly,
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
On 05/06/2014 02:44 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote:
I can't send a mail to the address lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org.
Marcelo,
Remove the stop after org
and send your email to
lyx-es-subscribe@;ists.lyx.org
That works properly,
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
On 05/06/2014 02:44 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote:
I can't send a mail to the address lyx-es-subscr...@lists.lyx.org.
Is rejected for yahoo.
What
for the information.
Gordon Cooper
On 11/09/13 00:57, Richard Heck wrote:
Generally, it really is best to leave this until everything else
is done, and then make adjustments if necessary.
Is there a simple answer to the typesetting widow & orphan
problem in Lyx/latex? I see that there are various suggestions
offered in the manuals but they all seem to result in the need
for a bit of text adjustment (fiddling) as the final step before
printing.
Gordon
Tauranga.
This requirement should be simple, but the method
escapes me.
I wish to include several pages of photos, with captions
into a text document. They will be in two or three blocks,
separate from the text but using the same page numbering
sequence.
Have ploughed through the User Manual seeking guid
On 02/09/13 17:02, Alan L Tyree wrote:
You can become productive with LyX*very*
quickly without knowing anything about LaTeX.
Agreed! I wish that Lyx had been available back in the
1960's when we had to produce a heap of technical training
manuals - very quickly.
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
Hi Rich,
I have not had that problem with Lyx, but am at present
trying to remove it - or something very similar from Libre Office.
OS is Kubuntu 13.04 but it first cropped up in 12.04. If a word, a
phrase and sometimes a whole paragraph is copied, or cut during
editing it is likely
Another way, and I will admit to not having tested it,
could be to produce a PDF from the Lyx file, then convert
the PDF to Word, which can be read by Libre Office, tidied
up, then saved as an odt.
Gordon Cooper
On 06/24/2011 11:41 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Make sure that you have texlive installed.
THANK YOU! Re-installing texlive has restored
the PDF. Now to work on learning more.
Gordon
Adding to my previous comment about problem with
1.6.7., I get these error messages for all .lyx files.
Attempting to view dvi
'An error occurred whilst running dvipdfmx -p a4 -o filename'
and view PDFLateX error
'File does not exist
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.MT4461/lyx_tmpbuf)/f
ing in the morning up until
the insertion
of the text file.
Gordon Cooper.
What is the correct way to pronounce 'Lyx' in
a country speaking English?
Thanks,
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
My thanks for the advice given by several contributors.
I am making progress now.
Gordon.
Tauranga N.Z.
Greetings to all.
I am very new to Lyx but have had some experience with Latex.
I have to write monthly reports/meeting minutes. Have looked at the
templates for report/articles/proceedings and have found that none
of them is what I need. So I tried making a .lyx file with the layout that
98 matches
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