Re[2]: LyX and Scientific Word/Workplace

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Helge Hafting apparently wrote: >> "A serious program error has occurred. ...{various dump >> and support information}" >> and SWP crashes. Although it is a good and interesting commercial product, it has been a long time since I have had much experience with SWP. My recol

Re: LyX + Graphics

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Ed Sykes apparently wrote: > Just wondering about graphics + LyX... > I do most of my graphics in MS Viso. > I assume the best format is .eps ? > I'm having a problem with a graphic that has some symbols (e..g, infinity > symbol). > They get dropped when I import the .ep

Re[2]: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Rich Shepard apparently wrote: > I strongly recommend PSTricks. Don't forget about tikz, which is more than enough for most users but it more portable. (E.g., it can be used with pdftex.) Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: [OT] templating latex (was: Re: Creating a Document Programmatically)

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Rich Shepard apparently wrote: > The sample code I posted needs to be placed precisely on > the page so the pairs are aligned with a row of bubbles on > the OMR form. It seems to me that this calls for a page description language, like PostScript of PDF. However maybe you c

Re[2]: Creating a Document Programmatically

1. You need to use raw strings or double your backslashes. 2. Probably you should use LaTeX tables. Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re: Spacing after definition/theorem/remark-environments

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: > I am writing my thesis with a line spread of 1.3. After the > mathematical environments, LaTeX usually puts some spacing. When I > change the general line spread from 1 to 1.3, the spacing after the > mathemaical environments like definition/

Re[2]: OT: back up and revision control

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: > I asked my tutor if she could provide an svn server for > me. A day later someone of the support staff sent me an > email with the connection data for "my" svn server. Maybe > you can ask the persons in charge at your university as > well.

Re: GraphTeX

This looks very interesting and powerful. Some questions. 1. Is it not on CTAN? (If so, why?) By the way there is a name clash with a package on CTAN. You might worry about that given your book title. 2. Does it use PGF or is PS required? (Hoping for the former ...) 3. Does it have a

OT: back up and revision control

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Dominik Böhm apparently wrote: > I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to > the server twice a day. I find this a great way to work on research papers, especially if they are collaborative. Who is providing the SVN service? (I know of a couple free ones, b

Re[2]: LyX discussion boards?

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard apparently wrote: > pine, mutt, and elm I guess pine would be Alpine now. And you left out my favorite: Mahogany. It wins for interface (and for those who care, is Python scriptable). Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re: Non-standard table of contents

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007, Eirik Wixøe Svela apparently wrote: > I am currently working on an important assignment (the International > Baccalaureate "Extended Essay" for those of you familiar with exotic > school systems), the deadline for which is tomorrow. Using LyX has been > of great advantage to

Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've > ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. Googling around, yours seems to be an uncommon experience. However if you are importing Word documents, you may have styles troubles

Re: Like to ask a question (outliner)

http://www.vimoutliner.org/

Re[2]: Algorithm TOC creates strange mistake

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Thomas Schmidt apparently wrote: >> \newfloat{Xalgorithm}{tbp}{loa} >> \floatname{Xalgorithm}{Algorithmus} >> \newcommand{\theHalgorithm}{\theHXalgorithm} >> \renewenvironment{algorithm}[1][tbp] >> {\begin{Xalgorithm}[#1]}{\end{Xalgorithm}} >> \numberwithin{Xalgorithm}{cha

Re[2]: Algorithm TOC creates strange mistake

First problem is that I do not see: \usepackage{float} First problem is that I do not see: \listof{Xalgorithm} Follow the example at the bottom of http://www.andy-roberts.net/misc/latex/latextutorial6.html and then look at the float.sty documentation www.tug.org/TeXnik/floats/newFloat.pdf hth,

Re: Prefix powers bind to wrong symbol

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Mark Kortink apparently wrote: > I use a mathematical convention where when I want to show > the set of all > maps from X to Y I superscript X in front of Y (see > below), as opposed to the more usual Y followed by > superscript X. The problem is the X "binds" to the wrong

Re: PDF viewers for Windows

SumatraPDF is great because it is so fast. You must press 'r' to reload the document. Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: OT (Bibtex to Wiki)

MoinMoin supports using reStructuredText as wiki markup. Bibstuff can generate reST references from ordinary BibTeX databases. Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: RFC: Better name for the wiki page 'LyX for X'

LyX Tricks

Re: LyX vs. Scribus

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > Can someone tell me the differences between LyX and > Scribus? LyX does not do page layout (thank goodness). Scribus does not do math. Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[6]: Removing first page number on bibtex generated bibliography

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Lyx Physicst apparently wrote: > can you give a little more info on the comp.text.tex? It is a newsgroup. Just point your news reader (e.g., Thunderbird) at comp.text.tex, and post your question. But try my suggestion first: put the pagestyle command *after* your \chapter l

Re[4]: Removing first page number on bibtex generated bibliography

> On 7/17/07, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I missed this thread; sorry. >> I assume someone suggested: >> \thispagestyle{empty} ? >> http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/teTeX/latex/latex2e-html/ltx-140.html >> On Tue, 17

Re[2]: Removing first page number on bibtex generated bibliography

I missed this thread; sorry. I assume someone suggested: \thispagestyle{empty} ? http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/teTeX/latex/latex2e-html/ltx-140.html Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: problem with pdflatex to display an eps figure (MAC ppc os 1.4.10, LyX 1.50rc1 or 2)

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Mael Hilléreau apparently wrote: > This problem may come from the bounding box of your EPS > figure. Maybe it is interpreted differently when using > pdflatex because the EPS is converted by LyX before > (epstopdf in fact), which AFAIK is not the case with > dvipdfm (here t

Re[2]: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Richard Heck apparently wrote: > BibLaTeX, soon to be the new standard Can you provide the background for this claim? (I am not challenging it.) Thank you, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: > Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will > prevent the file from being over-written. Yes, which is horrible. Exceptions: GSView/GhostScript and SumatraPDF. The latter is very fast. Currently it will not automatically reload yo

Re[2]: Explanations with equations?

> On Tuesday 05 June 2007 09:45, Alan G Isaac wrote: >> See section 8.2.7 of The LaTeX Companion 2nd edition, >> an indispensible aid to mathbook writing projects >> (and otherwise excellent). On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > I don't have that

Re[2]: Explanations with equations?

See section 8.2.7 of The LaTeX Companion 2nd edition, an indispensible aid to mathbook writing projects (and otherwise excellent). Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re: Plug for "TeX For the Impatient"

On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > In preparation for writing my math book (and creating the appropriate > paragraph and character styles), I'm reading the math chapter of "TeX for the > Impatient". Once again I marvel at how much easier it is to understand TeX > than LaTeX, and

Re[2]: Meaning of Insert->Math choices?

> Alan: >> The usual advice is not to use eqnarray. On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, Gunnar Lindholm apparently wrote: > Why not? Google is your friend: http://www.google.com/search?q=eqnarray+avoid The Madsen article goes into great detail very accessibly. Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re: Meaning of Insert->Math choices?

On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > Inline Formula > Display Formula > Eqnarray Environment > AMS align Environment > AMS alignat Environment > AMS flalign Environment > AMS gather Environment > AMS multiline Environment > Array Environment > Cases Environment > Aligned En

Re[2]: lyx pictures

> Daniel stated: >> Unfortunately there are no good converters WMF <--> EPS. On Tue, 29 May 2007, Bo Peng apparently wrote: > This is exactly the problem. My students have claimed good success with wmf2eps (on Windows). http://www.wmf2eps.de.vu/ fwiw, Alan

Re[2]: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: > One free alternative is SumatraPDF: > http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ > which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! What is the license? Why Windows only? Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: Why Lyx->Word?

>>> Personally, I'd recommend everyone on this list read >>> "TeX for the Impatient",available here: >>> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/impatient/book.pdf > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:24:31PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: >> A 391 page long book for 'the impatient'? :-) On Tue, 15 May 2007, An

Re: Why Lyx->Word?

On Mon, 14 May 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > I rack my brains, I can't think of a reason to start > a project in LyX, and THEN convert it to MS Word. Interface, interoperability, and reliability. I cannot write in Word. Too slow. Large equations are a nightmare. Not every publisher w

Re[2]: How to Spot a Word Processed Book

As other comments have highlighted, even though WYSIWYG word processors are generally cumbersome for writing, they can be subsequently useful for editing and for interoperability. Some people need to get from LyX to Word. The core question seems to be whether to - write LyX directly to RTF, or

Re[2]: enumerating lines of code

On Fri, 11 May 2007, Daniel Lohmann apparently wrote: > I recommend to use the listings package to typeset your > code instead of "Lyx Code". This basically means that you > have to insert the code in an ERT box. However, the > benefits are numerous: You not only get beautiful listings > (with

Re[2]: Math font size

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Brian Kidd apparently wrote: > one silly thing to do is to increase the zoom size, which will > increase the font size for the entire document including math fonts. > go to the preferences, screen fonts and then adjust the zoom size. This is not at all silly. It is importa

Re[6]: Problem with pdflatex and including a pdf file

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Pieter Bos apparently wrote: > Version 1.4.4 (Sat Feb 17 11:37:59 2007) Then either - Georg and JMarc did not fix the 1.4 installer, or - they fixed it after this date (unlikely?) http://www.archivesat.com/lyx_develers_help/thread2637474-1.htm Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[4]: Problem with pdflatex and including a pdf file

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Pieter Bos apparently wrote: > Found http://www.archivesat.com/lyx_develers_help/thread2637474-1.htm after > even more googling. Deleted the lyxrc.dist file and now it works. Good. What is your LyX version? Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: Problem with pdflatex and including a pdf file

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Pieter Bos apparently wrote: > Running distiller on the eps files produces great looking pdf files. > However, running pdflatex including those pdf files produces horrible > looking rasterized low-resolution images. > Anyone else with a solution? Sounds like an odd proble

Re: Handy word list program for indexing

Did Steve's question about order ever get answered? I think he wanted something like this? fmt -1 file_name | sort | uniq -c | sort -dk2 | sort -srnk1 Cheers, Alan Isaac PS Here's another Python implementation, which adds a couple features: minimum frequency and minimum size requirements. (Also

Re[2]: Another pdf question

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007, Charles de Miramon apparently wrote: > then maybe drop DVI) You mean as in: drop the only bullet-proof way to produce PostScript output? Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re: Handy word list program for indexing

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > In preparation to create my index for my book, I created a Ruby program to > list every word in a file (in this case the .lyx file). ... > My program, which is written in Ruby, is licensed GNU GPL > version 2, and is included as the remainder

Re[2]: Insering source code into LyX document

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, John Coppens apparently wrote: > http://tug.org/TeXnik/mainFAQ.cgi?file=index > has the Listings package? Yes. With very good documentation. Alan PS It is easy to overlook a newer functionality: inclusion of tagged code segments. Very useful!

Re: Insering source code into LyX document

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Eugeny N Dzhurinsky apparently wrote: > Could somebody please advice, how is it possible to insert > source code into a Lyx document with saving indentation > and may be coloring of keywords / variables etc in > resulting PDF/PostScript? > Also it would be great if source

Re[2]: 2nd bugfix to: [announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.4.4

> Alan Isaac schrieb: >> I take it that this is NOT a fix to the math display >> problem when zooming, right? Or is it? On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Uwe Stöhr apparently wrote: > This is LyX bug that is still not fixed, not a bug in the installer. OK, I get it. Thanks, Alan

Re[2]: makebst urgent!

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Wolfgang Engelmann apparently wrote: > I wonder how many people struggle with makebst. Would be > nice to have a program on top of it Somewhat related to your wish: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/people/egs/crosstex/faq.php Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re: makebst urgent!

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Wolfgang Engelmann apparently wrote: > Could somebody give me a hint, since the editor is waiting > for the formatted references urgently If your editor accepts LaTeX, the publisher may well provide a .bst file. Worth checking. Also, comp.text.tex may be a good place for

Re: LyX/Mac 1.4.4 Released

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Bennett Helm apparently wrote: > LyX/Mac-1.4.4 has now been released for both PPC and Intel Macs. It > can be downloaded at the links below. > >

Re[2]: Perl script for renumbering equations

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Michael Wojcik apparently wrote: > Assuming Gerard's script is entirely original work, why > bother with a license? I'd just put it in the public > domain. A license is only necessary if the author wants > to restrict rights, and for a relatively small, simple > program

Re[2]: Perl script for renumbering equations

http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/unix/bsd/archives/open-source-licensing-bsd-and-gpl-13990 fwiw, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: Font problems of pdf-files generated on Mac

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Anders Ekberg apparently wrote: > The question is how do I embed fonts using LyX/TeX? I'm not sure what the LyX way is, but I suppose you can glean clues from this: http://eps.berkeley.edu/www/graduate/thesis/Efile_PDF.html hth, Alan Isaac

Re: Font problems of pdf-files generated on Mac

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Anders Ekberg apparently wrote: > The pdf-files I create works for about 90% of the > colleagues I send them to. But on some computers (or > rather installations) the fonts get messed up. It sounds like you are not embedding your fonts, so they cannot read it if they do not

Re[2]: OpenOffice vs. LyX

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Stefano Franchi apparently wrote: > I had tags for "Adviser's comment" My Comments" "Still to > Do", etc.. Then you can switch on and off the conditional > text both from view and from print. The former features, > for me, is essential: I do not like a cluttered screen > w

Re[6]: Bullets menu on LyX/Mac

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Bob Lounsbury apparently wrote: > Yes, same problem here. Math fonts are not resized with > the Zoom function under 1.3.7 or 1.4.3. OK the, I see only one course of action: HELP! Can any developers comment?? Thank you, Alan Isaac

Re[4]: Bullets menu on LyX/Mac

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Bob Lounsbury apparently wrote: > What do mean by 'properly zoom the screen math fonts'? I'm away from my computer but I think it was Preferences->Look and Feel->Screen Fonts->Zoom I'm trying to use Lyx in the classroom, so I need the Zoom to be at least 200%. When I c

Re[2]: Bullets menu on LyX/Mac

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Bob Lounsbury apparently wrote: > LyX 1.4.3 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 Can you properly zoom the screen math fonts with this setup? If so, did you have to do anything special to achieve that? Thank you, Alan Isaac