Re: insert listing so it can be copy/pasted from pdf

2019-05-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
Here is an interesting discussion on the topic of this thread embed-non-pdf-files-e-g-bibtex-into-pdf-with-hyperlink-in-the-pdf The post lists 9 criteria for a useful embedded file

Re: insert listing so it can be copy/pasted from pdf

2019-05-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
It looks like this did not get on the mailing list so I am re-sending >Unless you will go through a publisher that will prevent it, I would still >encourage you to look at the approach I suggested. It is demonstrated here:

Re: insert listing so it can be copy/pasted from pdf

2019-05-08 Thread Bob Alvarez
> So I expect this to be a problem of your PDF Viewer or clipboard or OS. I agree. As I mentioned in a previous post on this thread, putting the code in the pdf is not reliable enough to be used. So I have decided not to attempt to do it. I will put the code in a supplementary information file

Re: insert listing so it can be copy/pasted from pdf

2019-05-06 Thread Bob Alvarez
>Which fonts does your PDF use? Here is what Pdf-Xchange viewer reported: CMSY9 (Embedded Subset) Type: Type 1 Encoding: Built-in Object Number: 5 LMRomanlO-Regular (Embedded Subset) Type: Type 1 (CID) Encoding: Identity-H Object Number: 6 LMRoman9- Regular (Embedded Subset) Type: Type 1 (CID)

Re: insert listing so it can be copy/pasted from pdf

2019-05-06 Thread Bob Alvarez
Guenter and Joel I appreciate your help but I am coming to the conclusion that the pdf file format is not well enough defined to be able to reliably embed software listings that the reader can copy/paste into a file and then be able to compile the results. I will have to continue as I have

Re: insert listing so it can be copy/pasted from pdf

2019-05-05 Thread Bob Alvarez
>>Does using "non-TeX" fonts in Document>Settings>Fonts help?(This allows all >>Unicode characters in listings and uses Unicode-encoded fonts in the output.) There was no change. The '-' character on the clipboard is still encoded as 3f hex. Bob p.s. I copied the text at the bottom of my

Re: insert listing so it can be copy/pasted from pdf

2019-05-05 Thread Bob Alvarez
Whoops--I inadvertently sent this before I finished. Here is the complete question ... I want to insert text code listings into Lyx so readers can copy and paste from the pdf document into their plain text editor software. To replicate my problem use the example lyx file belo. Export as pdf

Re: LyX native format stuck in the middle

2017-08-05 Thread Bob Alvarez
this common task. This is just one example of the Lyx add-ons that Steve envisions. Bob Alvarez

foot note symbol in author listing

2017-02-13 Thread Bob Alvarez
I want to include my institution and email address in a footnote to my name on the first page of the article. I did this by inserting a footnote from the menu on Lyx. According to the User's Manual: The footnote will appear in the output as a superscript number at the text position where the

Finding common mistakes

2016-05-16 Thread Bob Alvarez
Is there any software tool that finds common mistakes in writing beyond spelling errors? I mean things like repeated words, homonym substitutions such as their/there, lose/loose, which/that confusion, etc? I also paste my text into Microsoft Word and use their grammar checker. It spots some

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux. Please keep us updated on this if you figure

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
I did look on the 'recent files' list. None are on the flash drive.

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
I did look on the 'recent files' list. None are on the flash drive.

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux. Please keep us updated on this if you figure

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux. Please keep us updated on this if you figure

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
I did look on the 'recent files' list. None are on the flash drive.

:yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I try to open Lyx and then after it stops, I see the Lyx window. Is Lyx scanning my

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com wrote: I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I try to open

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it. Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Can you please go to Help About LyX and copy/paste the information? I am particularly interested in the Library directory and User directory. LyX Version 2.1.3 (Friday, February 06, 2015) Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\

:yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I try to open Lyx and then after it stops, I see the Lyx window. Is Lyx scanning my

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com wrote: I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I try to open

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it. Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Can you please go to Help About LyX and copy/paste the information? I am particularly interested in the Library directory and User directory. LyX Version 2.1.3 (Friday, February 06, 2015) Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\

:yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I try to open Lyx and then after it stops, I see the Lyx window. Is Lyx scanning my

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez <reward...@gmail.com> wrote: I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I tr

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it. Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

2015-07-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Can you please go to Help > About LyX and copy/paste the information? I am particularly interested in the "Library directory" and "User directory". LyX Version 2.1.3 (Friday, February 06, 2015) Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX

Re: Error message with bad citation/reference

2015-05-02 Thread Bob Alvarez
Bob Alvarez aprendtech at gmail.com writes: Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in the document? Here is the way to do it: 1. In Lyx (my version is 2.1.3 on Windows 7), select View

Re: Error message with bad citation/reference

2015-05-02 Thread Bob Alvarez
Bob Alvarez aprendtech at gmail.com writes: Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in the document? Here is the way to do it: 1. In Lyx (my version is 2.1.3 on Windows 7), select View

Re: Error message with bad citation/reference

2015-05-02 Thread Bob Alvarez
Bob Alvarez gmail.com> writes: > > Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot > find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in > the document? > Here is the way to do it: 1. In Lyx (my version is 2.1.3 on Windows 7), se

Error message with bad citation/reference

2015-04-28 Thread Bob Alvarez
Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in the document? So far, it just silently puts a question mark or some other indication in the pdf but this is an important error that I need to correct.

Error message with bad citation/reference

2015-04-28 Thread Bob Alvarez
Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in the document? So far, it just silently puts a question mark or some other indication in the pdf but this is an important error that I need to correct.

Error message with bad citation/reference

2015-04-28 Thread Bob Alvarez
Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in the document? So far, it just silently puts a question mark or some other indication in the pdf but this is an important error that I need to correct.

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-30 Thread Bob Alvarez
to upload them. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Bob Alvarez cobol...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/17/13 1:01 PM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: Dear Bob, In general, providing the exported latex file (File/Export/Latex menu item), the bbl file that contains your bibliography (if you use bibtex

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-30 Thread Bob Alvarez
to upload them. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Bob Alvarez cobol...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/17/13 1:01 PM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: Dear Bob, In general, providing the exported latex file (File/Export/Latex menu item), the bbl file that contains your bibliography (if you use bibtex

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-30 Thread Bob Alvarez
df so I did not have to upload them. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Bob Alvarez <cobol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/17/13 1:01 PM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > > Dear Bob, > In general, providing the exported latex file (File/Export/Latex menu > item), the bbl file that cont

exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Bob Alvarez
I recently had a paper accepted by an American Institute of Physics journal. The paper was reviewed from pdf documents created by Lyx but now the AIP emails: Please upload your article file as a Word or Tex file. AIP production cannot use a PDF as the article source file. I assume they want to

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 9/17/13 1:01 PM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: Dear Bob, In general, providing the exported latex file (File/Export/Latex menu item), the bbl file that contains your bibliography (if you use bibtex), and the figures in a format accepted by the journal is sufficient. Thanks for your reply. Some

exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Bob Alvarez
I recently had a paper accepted by an American Institute of Physics journal. The paper was reviewed from pdf documents created by Lyx but now the AIP emails: Please upload your article file as a Word or Tex file. AIP production cannot use a PDF as the article source file. I assume they want to

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 9/17/13 1:01 PM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: Dear Bob, In general, providing the exported latex file (File/Export/Latex menu item), the bbl file that contains your bibliography (if you use bibtex), and the figures in a format accepted by the journal is sufficient. Thanks for your reply. Some

exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Bob Alvarez
I recently had a paper accepted by an American Institute of Physics journal. The paper was reviewed from pdf documents created by Lyx but now the AIP emails: "Please upload your article file as a Word or Tex file. AIP production cannot use a PDF as the article source file." I assume they want

Re: exporting tex for newbies

2013-09-17 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 9/17/13 1:01 PM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: Dear Bob, In general, providing the exported latex file (File/Export/Latex menu item), the bbl file that contains your bibliography (if you use bibtex), and the figures in a format accepted by the journal is sufficient. Thanks for your reply. Some

Re: Thank you for View-Update

2013-09-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 9/10/13 1:09 AM, Roel Schipper - CITG wrote: Normally I use Adobe Acrobat, but if I am working on a Lyx file that I want to update frequently during editing, I do the following: - Go to you desktop, right-click a random PDF file - From the context-menu, select Open with... - One level

Re: Thank you for View-Update

2013-09-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 9/10/13 1:09 AM, Roel Schipper - CITG wrote: Normally I use Adobe Acrobat, but if I am working on a Lyx file that I want to update frequently during editing, I do the following: - Go to you desktop, right-click a random PDF file - From the context-menu, select Open with... - One level

Re: Thank you for View->Update

2013-09-10 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 9/10/13 1:09 AM, Roel Schipper - CITG wrote: Normally I use Adobe Acrobat, but if I am working on a Lyx file that I want to update frequently during editing, I do the following: - Go to you desktop, right-click a random PDF file - From the context-menu, select "Open with..." - One level

Re: Thank you for View-Update

2013-09-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
Thank you very much for View-Update (Ctrl+Shift+R). It's been in LyX for many, many versions, but now it works, and it's a great help in keeping the PDF I'm proofreading in sync with the file I'm modifying. On my Windows 7 system the pdf viewer does not allow updates to the file. Lyx gives

Re: Thank you for View-Update

2013-09-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
Thank you very much for View-Update (Ctrl+Shift+R). It's been in LyX for many, many versions, but now it works, and it's a great help in keeping the PDF I'm proofreading in sync with the file I'm modifying. On my Windows 7 system the pdf viewer does not allow updates to the file. Lyx gives

Re: Thank you for View->Update

2013-09-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
Thank you very much for View->Update (Ctrl+Shift+R). It's been in LyX for many, many versions, but now it works, and it's a great help in keeping the PDF I'm proofreading in sync with the file I'm modifying. On my Windows 7 system the pdf viewer does not allow updates to the file. Lyx

Error converting to loadable format + updating Lyx

2013-09-02 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am getting the dreaded ImageMagick Studio library and utility programs has stopped working followed by Error converting to loadable format with my LyX Version 2.0.5.1 on a Windows 7 64 bit system. FWIW, this has happened to me in past Lyx versions and seems to start when I edit a copy of a

Error converting to loadable format + updating Lyx

2013-09-02 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am getting the dreaded ImageMagick Studio library and utility programs has stopped working followed by Error converting to loadable format with my LyX Version 2.0.5.1 on a Windows 7 64 bit system. FWIW, this has happened to me in past Lyx versions and seems to start when I edit a copy of a

"Error converting to loadable format" + updating Lyx

2013-09-02 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am getting the dreaded "ImageMagick Studio library and utility programs has stopped working" followed by "Error converting to loadable format" with my LyX Version 2.0.5.1 on a Windows 7 64 bit system. FWIW, this has happened to me in past Lyx versions and seems to start when I edit a copy

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-11 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages that look like pdf documents. What I would

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-11 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 6/11/13 11:20 AM, Richard Heck wrote: What sort of thing would you like to be able to do? I am interested in adding a collapsible text block when I export to an HTML page. As an example, I want to have a proof following the statement of a mathematical theorem. I would like to put a + sign

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-11 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages that look like pdf documents. What I would

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-11 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 6/11/13 11:20 AM, Richard Heck wrote: What sort of thing would you like to be able to do? I am interested in adding a collapsible text block when I export to an HTML page. As an example, I want to have a proof following the statement of a mathematical theorem. I would like to put a + sign

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-11 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 6/10/13 2:23 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/09/2013 05:22 PM, Bob Alvarez wrote: Let me state my interest in this topic to see if it overlaps with yours. I agree that HTML exporters like Alex Fernandez' eLyXer do a great job of producing web pages that look like pdf documents. What I would

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-11 Thread Bob Alvarez
On 6/11/13 11:20 AM, Richard Heck wrote: What sort of thing would you like to be able to do? I am interested in adding a collapsible text block when I export to an HTML page. As an example, I want to have a proof following the statement of a mathematical theorem. I would like to put a + sign

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
This will NOT be YAHC (Yet Another HTML Converter). It will be a small subset of LyX's capabilities, purposed not to turn a document into HTML, but to turn LyX into a quick to use HTML authoring tool for HTML web pages. It will in no way try to replace the existing HTML Converters, and from

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
This will NOT be YAHC (Yet Another HTML Converter). It will be a small subset of LyX's capabilities, purposed not to turn a document into HTML, but to turn LyX into a quick to use HTML authoring tool for HTML web pages. It will in no way try to replace the existing HTML Converters, and from

Re: Simple HTML converter/export

2013-06-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
> > "This will NOT be YAHC (Yet Another HTML Converter). It will be a small > subset of LyX's capabilities, purposed not to turn a document into HTML, > but to turn LyX into a quick to use HTML authoring tool for HTML web pages. > It will in no way try to replace the existing HTML Converters, and

editing a matrix

2013-03-07 Thread Bob Alvarez
Section 4 of the Lyx Detailed Math manual describes how to set a Matrix characteristics when I create it. What if I change my mind? Is there any way to edit the Matrix? In particular, how do I change the horizontal alignment? For example, go from to rrcc. Bob

editing a matrix

2013-03-07 Thread Bob Alvarez
Section 4 of the Lyx Detailed Math manual describes how to set a Matrix characteristics when I create it. What if I change my mind? Is there any way to edit the Matrix? In particular, how do I change the horizontal alignment? For example, go from to rrcc. Bob

editing a matrix

2013-03-07 Thread Bob Alvarez
Section 4 of the Lyx Detailed Math manual describes how to set a Matrix characteristics when I create it. What if I change my mind? Is there any way to edit the Matrix? In particular, how do I change the horizontal alignment? For example, go from to rrcc. Bob

Re: keyboard binding for font in math mode

2012-01-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
-sequence math-insert \mathcal; char-backward Bob On 1/6/12 10:48 AM, Bob Alvarez wrote: I use multiple fonts in my equations and it is tedious to type for example \mathcal every time I want to insert a character with that font. So I wrote a keyboard binding that takes over the control-e

Re: keyboard binding for font in math mode

2012-01-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
-sequence math-insert \mathcal; char-backward Bob On 1/6/12 10:48 AM, Bob Alvarez wrote: I use multiple fonts in my equations and it is tedious to type for example \mathcal every time I want to insert a character with that font. So I wrote a keyboard binding that takes over the control-e

Re: keyboard binding for font in math mode

2012-01-09 Thread Bob Alvarez
d" \bind "C-M-e""command-sequence math-insert \mathcal; char-backward" Bob On 1/6/12 10:48 AM, Bob Alvarez wrote: I use multiple fonts in my equations and it is tedious to type for example \mathcal every time I want to insert a character with that font. So I wrote a keyboa

keyboard binding for font in math mode

2012-01-06 Thread Bob Alvarez
I use multiple fonts in my equations and it is tedious to type for example \mathcal every time I want to insert a character with that font. So I wrote a keyboard binding that takes over the control-e in cua.bind \bind C-emath-insert \mathcal This works OK but it leaves the cursor

keyboard binding for font in math mode

2012-01-06 Thread Bob Alvarez
I use multiple fonts in my equations and it is tedious to type for example \mathcal every time I want to insert a character with that font. So I wrote a keyboard binding that takes over the control-e in cua.bind \bind C-emath-insert \mathcal This works OK but it leaves the cursor

keyboard binding for font in math mode

2012-01-06 Thread Bob Alvarez
I use multiple fonts in my equations and it is tedious to type for example \mathcal every time I want to insert a character with that font. So I wrote a keyboard binding that takes over the control-e in cua.bind \bind "C-e""math-insert \mathcal" This works OK but it leaves the

Installing on Mac--MacTex vs. BasicTex

2011-05-26 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am installing Lyx 1.6.9 on a Macbook Air OSX 10.6 . Looking through the instructions I was dismayed to see that I may have to install the 1.6 GB MacTex package. This machine only has a 64 GB drive so this is quite a lot of overhead not to mention that the download will take many hours on my

Installing on Mac--MacTex vs. BasicTex

2011-05-26 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am installing Lyx 1.6.9 on a Macbook Air OSX 10.6 . Looking through the instructions I was dismayed to see that I may have to install the 1.6 GB MacTex package. This machine only has a 64 GB drive so this is quite a lot of overhead not to mention that the download will take many hours on my

Installing on Mac--MacTex vs. BasicTex

2011-05-26 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am installing Lyx 1.6.9 on a Macbook Air OSX 10.6 . Looking through the instructions I was dismayed to see that I may have to install the 1.6 GB MacTex package. This machine only has a 64 GB drive so this is quite a lot of overhead not to mention that the download will take many hours on my

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2008-02-18 Thread Bob Alvarez
If you do not find a suitable style file, you can easily create your own. Type latex makbst in a console window, and answer the questions. Jürgen I tried this on my Windows XP installation and got the following message. I also searched for files named makbst on my system and with google on the

Re: Problems with Lyx in connection to JabRef

2008-02-18 Thread Bob Alvarez
Whoops, wrong Subject for email If you do not find a suitable style file, you can easily create your own. Type latex makbst in a console window, and answer the questions. Jürgen I tried this on my Windows XP installation and got the following message. I also searched for files named

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2008-02-18 Thread Bob Alvarez
If you do not find a suitable style file, you can easily create your own. Type latex makbst in a console window, and answer the questions. Jürgen I tried this on my Windows XP installation and got the following message. I also searched for files named makbst on my system and with google on the

Re: Problems with Lyx in connection to JabRef

2008-02-18 Thread Bob Alvarez
Whoops, wrong Subject for email If you do not find a suitable style file, you can easily create your own. Type latex makbst in a console window, and answer the questions. Jürgen I tried this on my Windows XP installation and got the following message. I also searched for files named

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2008-02-18 Thread Bob Alvarez
"If you do not find a suitable style file, you can easily create your own. Type "latex makbst" in a console window, and answer the questions. Jürgen" I tried this on my Windows XP installation and got the following message. I also searched for files named makbst on my system and with google on

Re: Problems with Lyx in connection to JabRef

2008-02-18 Thread Bob Alvarez
Whoops, wrong Subject for email "If you do not find a suitable style file, you can easily create your own. > > Type "latex makbst" in a console window, and answer the questions. > > Jürgen" > > I tried this on my Windows XP installation and got the following message. > > I also searched for

I'm writing a book in VimOutliner

2007-12-30 Thread Bob Alvarez
This is quite interesting to me as I am also interested in writing a book with Lyx. I think I have seen some of your discussions in using VIM, and I guess now VIM outliner, with Lyx. Could you provide links to documents on your website and possibly posts on the Lyx user's mailing list where you

I'm writing a book in VimOutliner

2007-12-30 Thread Bob Alvarez
This is quite interesting to me as I am also interested in writing a book with Lyx. I think I have seen some of your discussions in using VIM, and I guess now VIM outliner, with Lyx. Could you provide links to documents on your website and possibly posts on the Lyx user's mailing list where you

I'm writing a book in VimOutliner

2007-12-30 Thread Bob Alvarez
This is quite interesting to me as I am also interested in writing a book with Lyx. I think I have seen some of your discussions in using VIM, and I guess now VIM outliner, with Lyx. Could you provide links to documents on your website and possibly posts on the Lyx user's mailing list where you

Arrow keys work

2007-07-16 Thread Bob Alvarez
Bob Alvarez wrote: What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a float figure? I am using version 1.4.4 and I get as far as alt I a and then I am stuck. This gets me to insert float but there doesn't seem to be a way to select figure from the popup menu. Right, the shortcuts are missing but you can

Arrow keys work

2007-07-16 Thread Bob Alvarez
Bob Alvarez wrote: What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a float figure? I am using version 1.4.4 and I get as far as alt I a and then I am stuck. This gets me to insert float but there doesn't seem to be a way to select figure from the popup menu. Right, the shortcuts are missing but you can

Arrow keys work

2007-07-16 Thread Bob Alvarez
Bob Alvarez wrote: What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a float figure? I am using version 1.4.4 and I get as far as alt I a and then I am stuck. This gets me to insert float but there doesn't seem to be a way to select figure from the popup menu. Right, the shortcuts are missing but you can

Insert Float figure keyboard shortcut

2007-07-15 Thread Bob Alvarez
What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a float figure? I am using version 1.4.4 and I get as far as alt I a and then I am stuck. This gets me to insert float but there doesn't seem to be a way to select figure from the popup menu. Any help appreciated. Bob

Insert Float figure keyboard shortcut

2007-07-15 Thread Bob Alvarez
What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a float figure? I am using version 1.4.4 and I get as far as alt I a and then I am stuck. This gets me to insert float but there doesn't seem to be a way to select figure from the popup menu. Any help appreciated. Bob

Insert Float figure keyboard shortcut

2007-07-15 Thread Bob Alvarez
What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a float figure? I am using version 1.4.4 and I get as far as alt I a and then I am stuck. This gets me to insert float but there doesn't seem to be a way to select figure from the popup menu. Any help appreciated. Bob

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-22 Thread Bob Alvarez
If, as I suspect, Bob wants the space just to keep \noindent from running into the text, a somewhat simpler solution is command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \noindent{}; char-forward; --- Yes, that is the purpose of the space. This works but I do not understand the code. Do

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-22 Thread Bob Alvarez
If, as I suspect, Bob wants the space just to keep \noindent from running into the text, a somewhat simpler solution is command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \noindent{}; char-forward; --- Yes, that is the purpose of the space. This works but I do not understand the code. Do

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-22 Thread Bob Alvarez
If, as I suspect, Bob wants the space just to keep \noindent from running into the text, a somewhat simpler solution is "command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \noindent{}; char-forward;" --- Yes, that is the purpose of the space. This works but I do not understand the code.

help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-20 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am trying to add a command to not indent a paragraph in Lyx 1.4.4. I do this now by inserting ERT \noindent at the start of the paragraph This works fine but it is tedious since I use this after (almost) every equation in my paper. So, I am trying to do this with a keyboard shortcut. I

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-20 Thread Bob Alvarez
Or perhaps better yet: command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \noindent a; delete-backward; next-inset-toggle Then you get the space inside ERT, and the inset is collapsed for you. That works. Thank you. Bob

help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-20 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am trying to add a command to not indent a paragraph in Lyx 1.4.4. I do this now by inserting ERT \noindent at the start of the paragraph This works fine but it is tedious since I use this after (almost) every equation in my paper. So, I am trying to do this with a keyboard shortcut. I

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-20 Thread Bob Alvarez
Or perhaps better yet: command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \noindent a; delete-backward; next-inset-toggle Then you get the space inside ERT, and the inset is collapsed for you. That works. Thank you. Bob

help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-20 Thread Bob Alvarez
I am trying to add a command to not indent a paragraph in Lyx 1.4.4. I do this now by inserting ERT \noindent at the start of the paragraph This works fine but it is tedious since I use this after (almost) every equation in my paper. So, I am trying to do this with a keyboard shortcut. I

Re: help on keyboard shortcut

2007-06-20 Thread Bob Alvarez
Or perhaps better yet: "command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \noindent a; delete-backward; next-inset-toggle" Then you get the space inside ERT, and the inset is collapsed for you. That works. Thank you. Bob