Re: System Font issues: XeTeX and LuaTeX

[The Wilsons]

Thanks for the note.  The situation is workable, but  fix before too
long would be welcome.

Daron

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 01:27, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote:
 On 12/15/2010 05:25 PM, Daron Wilson wrote:

 Greetings all,

 I am using LyX 2 beta 2, and I have been trying out the use of system
 fonts with XeTeX and LuaTeX.  Whenever I chose the fonts I want, I click
 apply, and then ok.  If I exit the document and then reopen, the sans serif
 font and the typewriter font are reset to default, and the font scale is set
 to 10%.  Both engines are happy with this, and all sans serif portions of
 the document are nicely typeset at 10% scale.   As long as the documents
 remain open, the fonts and font scale I choose will stay selected, and the
 output is as expected.  There seem to be no issues when I deselect
 XeTeX/LuaTeX in the font area of document settings--pdflatex has no scaling
 issues. I have experienced this problem both with documents that worked fine
 under older versions, and with documents newly created.

 This has been fixed, but unfortunately only after beta 2 was released. Let's
 hope for a quick beta 3 or RC1 which will contain the fix.

Re: System Font issues: XeTeX and LuaTeX

[The Wilsons]

Thanks for the note.  The situation is workable, but  fix before too
long would be welcome.

Daron

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 01:27, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote:
 On 12/15/2010 05:25 PM, Daron Wilson wrote:

 Greetings all,

 I am using LyX 2 beta 2, and I have been trying out the use of system
 fonts with XeTeX and LuaTeX.  Whenever I chose the fonts I want, I click
 apply, and then ok.  If I exit the document and then reopen, the sans serif
 font and the typewriter font are reset to default, and the font scale is set
 to 10%.  Both engines are happy with this, and all sans serif portions of
 the document are nicely typeset at 10% scale.   As long as the documents
 remain open, the fonts and font scale I choose will stay selected, and the
 output is as expected.  There seem to be no issues when I deselect
 XeTeX/LuaTeX in the font area of document settings--pdflatex has no scaling
 issues. I have experienced this problem both with documents that worked fine
 under older versions, and with documents newly created.

 This has been fixed, but unfortunately only after beta 2 was released. Let's
 hope for a quick beta 3 or RC1 which will contain the fix.

Re: System Font issues: XeTeX and LuaTeX

[The Wilsons]

Thanks for the note.  The situation is workable, but  fix before too
long would be welcome.

Daron

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 01:27, Nikos Chantziaras  wrote:
> On 12/15/2010 05:25 PM, Daron Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I am using LyX 2 beta 2, and I have been trying out the use of system
>> fonts with XeTeX and LuaTeX.  Whenever I chose the fonts I want, I click
>> apply, and then ok.  If I exit the document and then reopen, the sans serif
>> font and the typewriter font are reset to default, and the font scale is set
>> to 10%.  Both engines are happy with this, and all sans serif portions of
>> the document are nicely typeset at 10% scale.   As long as the documents
>> remain open, the fonts and font scale I choose will stay selected, and the
>> output is as expected.  There seem to be no issues when I deselect
>> XeTeX/LuaTeX in the font area of document settings--pdflatex has no scaling
>> issues. I have experienced this problem both with documents that worked fine
>> under older versions, and with documents newly created.
>
> This has been fixed, but unfortunately only after beta 2 was released. Let's
> hope for a quick beta 3 or RC1 which will contain the fix.
>
>

Custom Inset Issues

[wilsons]

Hi,

I'm new to the lists, and relatively new to lyx and latex.  I'm trying  
to set up a module that allows me to have a new Character style inset  
for entering Hebrew and polytonic Greek in Lyx, and processing  
everything with XeTex.


My situation is:
* I have successfully set up Lyx (1.6.1) on my Mac, and I am able to  
typeset documents with XeTex.


*I'm able to typeset the languages I need using ERT to specify fonts  
that have all the characters I need, but for various reasons I'm  
interested in avoiding ERT for the languages if possible.


*Here is the preamble I'm using in the document settings, which has  
been working so far:


\usepackage{fontspec}%
\setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Garamond}%
\setsansfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Gill Sans}%
\setmonofont[Mapping=tex-text]{Courier New}%
\usepackage{xunicode}
\usepackage{xltxtra}

*Here is the module I've hacked together thus far.

#\DeclareLyXModule{XeTeX-Hebrew and Greek}
#DescriptionBegin
#This module is an attempt to make basic Hebrew and Greek text styles  
available for use with lyx and xetex.  It requires lyx to be set up to  
use xetex, either in the document preamble or as described on the lyx  
wiki at  http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX.
#The module only uses Lucida Grande to typeset the Hebrew and Greek.   
At this point, the actual module file will have to be changed any time  
a change in font is necessary.

#DescriptionEnd

#Author: Me

Format 11

InsetLayout CharStyle:Greek
LyxType   charstyle
LabelString   greek
LatexType command
LatexName grk
Preamble
 \newfontfamily{\G}{Lucida Grande}
 \newcommand{\grk}[1]{\G #1}
EndPreamble
End

InsetLayout CharStyle:Hebrew
LyxType   charstyle
LabelString   hebrew
LatexType command
LatexName heb
Preamble
\newfontfamily{\H}{Lucida Grande}
\newcommand{\heb}[1]{\H #1}
EndPreamble
End

The LaTeX in the preamble sections above works perfectly for ERT if I  
copy it directly into the Document Settings  LaTeX Preamble.


I can get the module to show up in Lyx, and the insets seem to be  
working as planned in Lyx.  However, as soon as I try to typeset the  
document using the insets for the language, I get the following error:


Undefined control sequence
 \newfontfamily
{\G}{Lucida Grande}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

LaTeX Error:  Missing \begin{document}.
 \newfontfamily{\G}{L
ucida Grande}
You're in trouble here. Try typing return to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X return to quit.

As I mentioned above, the exact same LaTeX code does exactly what I  
want when placed directly in the preamble and used with ERT.


I know that I'm overlooking something simple, but I can't seem to make  
any more progress here.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.


I've hacked out a couple of other modules that work fine, but this one  
is beating me about the head and shoulders.  My situation is not  
really desperate, since I can always fall back on the ERT, but it's  
more about winning now than anything.


Thanks for your time,

Custom Inset Issues

[wilsons]

Hi,

I'm new to the lists, and relatively new to lyx and latex.  I'm trying  
to set up a module that allows me to have a new Character style inset  
for entering Hebrew and polytonic Greek in Lyx, and processing  
everything with XeTex.


My situation is:
* I have successfully set up Lyx (1.6.1) on my Mac, and I am able to  
typeset documents with XeTex.


*I'm able to typeset the languages I need using ERT to specify fonts  
that have all the characters I need, but for various reasons I'm  
interested in avoiding ERT for the languages if possible.


*Here is the preamble I'm using in the document settings, which has  
been working so far:


\usepackage{fontspec}%
\setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Garamond}%
\setsansfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Gill Sans}%
\setmonofont[Mapping=tex-text]{Courier New}%
\usepackage{xunicode}
\usepackage{xltxtra}

*Here is the module I've hacked together thus far.

#\DeclareLyXModule{XeTeX-Hebrew and Greek}
#DescriptionBegin
#This module is an attempt to make basic Hebrew and Greek text styles  
available for use with lyx and xetex.  It requires lyx to be set up to  
use xetex, either in the document preamble or as described on the lyx  
wiki at  http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX.
#The module only uses Lucida Grande to typeset the Hebrew and Greek.   
At this point, the actual module file will have to be changed any time  
a change in font is necessary.

#DescriptionEnd

#Author: Me

Format 11

InsetLayout CharStyle:Greek
LyxType   charstyle
LabelString   greek
LatexType command
LatexName grk
Preamble
 \newfontfamily{\G}{Lucida Grande}
 \newcommand{\grk}[1]{\G #1}
EndPreamble
End

InsetLayout CharStyle:Hebrew
LyxType   charstyle
LabelString   hebrew
LatexType command
LatexName heb
Preamble
\newfontfamily{\H}{Lucida Grande}
\newcommand{\heb}[1]{\H #1}
EndPreamble
End

The LaTeX in the preamble sections above works perfectly for ERT if I  
copy it directly into the Document Settings  LaTeX Preamble.


I can get the module to show up in Lyx, and the insets seem to be  
working as planned in Lyx.  However, as soon as I try to typeset the  
document using the insets for the language, I get the following error:


Undefined control sequence
 \newfontfamily
{\G}{Lucida Grande}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

LaTeX Error:  Missing \begin{document}.
 \newfontfamily{\G}{L
ucida Grande}
You're in trouble here. Try typing return to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X return to quit.

As I mentioned above, the exact same LaTeX code does exactly what I  
want when placed directly in the preamble and used with ERT.


I know that I'm overlooking something simple, but I can't seem to make  
any more progress here.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.


I've hacked out a couple of other modules that work fine, but this one  
is beating me about the head and shoulders.  My situation is not  
really desperate, since I can always fall back on the ERT, but it's  
more about winning now than anything.


Thanks for your time,

Custom Inset Issues

[wilsons]

Hi,

I'm new to the lists, and relatively new to lyx and latex.  I'm trying  
to set up a module that allows me to have a new Character style inset  
for entering Hebrew and polytonic Greek in Lyx, and processing  
everything with XeTex.


My situation is:
* I have successfully set up Lyx (1.6.1) on my Mac, and I am able to  
typeset documents with XeTex.


*I'm able to typeset the languages I need using ERT to specify fonts  
that have all the characters I need, but for various reasons I'm  
interested in avoiding ERT for the languages if possible.


*Here is the preamble I'm using in the document settings, which has  
been working so far:


\usepackage{fontspec}%
\setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Garamond}%
\setsansfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Gill Sans}%
\setmonofont[Mapping=tex-text]{Courier New}%
\usepackage{xunicode}
\usepackage{xltxtra}

*Here is the module I've hacked together thus far.

#\DeclareLyXModule{XeTeX-Hebrew and Greek}
#DescriptionBegin
#This module is an attempt to make basic Hebrew and Greek text styles  
available for use with lyx and xetex.  It requires lyx to be set up to  
use xetex, either in the document preamble or as described on the lyx  
wiki at  http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX.
#The module only uses Lucida Grande to typeset the Hebrew and Greek.   
At this point, the actual module file will have to be changed any time  
a change in font is necessary.

#DescriptionEnd

#Author: Me

Format 11

InsetLayout CharStyle:Greek
LyxType   charstyle
LabelString   greek
LatexType command
LatexName grk
Preamble
 \newfontfamily{\G}{Lucida Grande}
 \newcommand{\grk}[1]{\G #1}
EndPreamble
End

InsetLayout CharStyle:Hebrew
LyxType   charstyle
LabelString   hebrew
LatexType command
LatexName heb
Preamble
\newfontfamily{\H}{Lucida Grande}
\newcommand{\heb}[1]{\H #1}
EndPreamble
End

The LaTeX in the preamble sections above works perfectly for ERT if I  
copy it directly into the Document Settings > LaTeX Preamble.


I can get the module to show up in Lyx, and the insets seem to be  
working as planned in Lyx.  However, as soon as I try to typeset the  
document using the insets for the language, I get the following error:


Undefined control sequence
 \newfontfamily
{\G}{Lucida Grande}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

LaTeX Error:  Missing \begin{document}.
 \newfontfamily{\G}{L
ucida Grande}
You're in trouble here. Try typing  to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X  to quit.

As I mentioned above, the exact same LaTeX code does exactly what I  
want when placed directly in the preamble and used with ERT.


I know that I'm overlooking something simple, but I can't seem to make  
any more progress here.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.


I've hacked out a couple of other modules that work fine, but this one  
is beating me about the head and shoulders.  My situation is not  
really desperate, since I can always fall back on the ERT, but it's  
more about winning now than anything.


Thanks for your time,