Re: Making first paragraphs not indented in exported HTML

2022-04-11 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
If you think other people have the time you don't maybe you also not waste their time by posting this. el On 2022-04-11 09:22 , Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Daniel via lyx-users said on Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:13:43 +0200 On 2022-04-11 03:44, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Hi all, In the

Re: lyx not a readable Lyx document

2022-04-08 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
le to read the 2.4 format. el On 2022-04-08 08:18 , Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users wrote: Am 08.04.22 um 07:21 schrieb Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users: An older version of lyx2lyx can't know about newer formats? el On 2022-04-07 09:55 , Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users wrote: [...] I remember

Re: lyx not a readable Lyx document

2022-04-07 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
An older version of lyx2lyx can't know about newer formats? el On 2022-04-07 09:55 , Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users wrote: [...] I remember, that one does not need a lyx2lyx in the same version, here 2.4.x Has this changed? Wolfgang -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: [Important] New behavior for spam handling on this list

2022-04-07 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
To me it is as much or little of an inconvenience as reading the manual ;-0-O el On 07/04/2022 10:12, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes via lyx-users said on Wed, 6 Apr 2022 16:01:16 +0200 Dear all, Until now, the handling of the list was like: messages from subscribers

Re: Setting up LyX on a new computer

2022-03-17 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
After installation (I do that from from Homebrew) I would do ln -fs $HOME/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3/preferences \ $HOME/lyxrc and run unison with a force from the old to the new, but installing unison is currently not advisable for casual users as the stable

Re: Continuation of lists across beamer frames

2022-03-16 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
enumerate-resume? el On 15/03/2022 16:22, markhsalmon via lyx-users wrote: Hi,  I have tried everything I know without success and asked tis question on other fora without a result- simple question how do I continue an existing say numbered list onto a new Beamer frame/slide please? Thanks

Re: EPUB converter

2022-03-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Perl is your friend :-)-O or Python, Lua or whatever language you prefer. el On 2022-03-09 06:41 , Tom Goldring via lyx-users wrote: Is there a substitute for \thinspace that will not generate an error in elxyer? -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: EPUB converter

2022-03-07 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Ken there is a mailing list/news group for elyxer (last traffic 2017) elyxer-us...@nongnu.org gmane.editors.lyx.elyxer el On 2022-03-07 04:35 , Ken Kopelson via lyx-users wrote: [...] Speaking of which, I did run into a problem with the LyXHTML export from LyX. The other

Re: EPUB converter

2022-03-06 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Steve, Since it such a schlepp, why don't you participate in the development or support the developers? Never mind that LyX seems to predate the Kindle, this is a LaTeX issue rather than a LyX one (which, after all, just a front end). As written numerous times I am very keen on on the new

Re: EPUB converter

2022-03-03 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Ken, where is the missing link :-)-O? This is great news. I am actually waiting for 2.4 and DocBook to convert my 859 page "handbook" to EPUB so my staff and I can carry it around on our Kindles (App on iPad actually). But, I would be very keen to see how your package works. My little

Re: LyX for Mac

2022-02-21 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
I stand corrected, my cursor does blink :-)-O but I seem to be so used to it that I didn't even notice :-)-O. I copy and paste all my mail messages into an AlphaX window (I keep a file on the Desktop to double click) because that one can format format even indented text properly and then copy

Re: LyX for Mac

2022-02-21 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
My cursor does not blink and my background is an ugly beige (default) :-)-O The background is most certainly configurable. What are hotkeys? el On 2022-02-18 21:46 , Tom Goldring via lyx-users wrote: I have version 2.3.6.2 on my MacBook Pro. I consider it a poor substitute for the Windows

Re: Single space TOC

2022-01-26 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Have a look at the tocloft package. el On 26/01/2022 08:35, Joseph Hesse via lyx-users wrote: I am writing a book with separate chapters in a master document. My TOC prints double spaced and I want to make it single spaced. I have the package setspace and I have \usepackage{setspace} in the

Re: Remove textquotedblplain from preamble

2022-01-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
This is not an MWE. It requires several files not provided and has a ton of entries in the Preamble. el On 2022-01-16 21:34 , tush via lyx-users wrote: I want to remove it because I don't have any idea what it add or alters in the shape of my output file. I want to have control over what

Re: Program Listings

2022-01-13 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Joe, When you open the Insert -> File -> Child Document -> Program Listing there should be a window looking something like the enclosed, where you can either type the path to the file (complete or relative as in this example) or click the Browse button, find the file and double click it after

Re: Program Listings

2022-01-13 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
RTFM of the LaTeX Listings package I would use a single word for the label or separate ords with ':' ie something like first:program. If that's the culprit, we should file an improvement request (ie checking for spaces from within LyX). Generally speaking attaching a MWE is very helpful, ie the

Re: LyX on Apple Silicon (in a VM)

2021-12-27 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Chris, I have a development version which I run both on arm64 and x86_64. LyX does not "run" faster. The graphical front end on the M1 feels zippier, indeed, but while typing and enditing it does not make that much aof a differnece. The limiting factor is the (Lua)LaTeX running in the

Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-27 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
And 20 seconds is a drama? Come on. And my understanding is that you can pass parameters from the command line to make, so this can become part of an automatable workflow. el On 2021-12-20 22:49 , Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users said on Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08

Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-19 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Stve, I like the Noto fonts, but my understanding is that all TeX Gyre fonts also work under PDFLaTeX. But, LUA is really cool. You can put simple stuff into the preamble like \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode*} socket = require "socket" function

Re: Fwd: "Lyx must be updated"

2021-12-16 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Murat, 2.40 is on the verge of going from Alpha to Beta, and patience is a virtue :-)-O el On 2021-12-16 10:56 , Murat Yildizoglu via lyx-users wrote: I have tried to send this to lyx-devel but I am not a member. Begin forwarded message: [...] This is what OSX 12.1 tells me now with Lyx

Re: I think we need a better name than "MWE"

2021-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
And https://texfaq.org/FAQ-minxampl el On 15/12/2021 14:37, Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users wrote: https://ctan.org/pkg/mwe el On 14/12/2021 22:05, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Hi all, Here on the LyX list we use the word MWE to mean the simplest example that still exhibits

Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]

2021-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Rich, Steve, that was a rhetorical question of course :-)-O I do however find that whenever I find myself using ERT I always try and look for a LyX way to do it, because I don't like ERT :-)-O I just found out myself, that on the Mac I can just do Option-0 :-)-O BTW, it should be

Re: I think we need a better name than "MWE"

2021-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
https://ctan.org/pkg/mwe el On 14/12/2021 22:05, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Hi all, Here on the LyX list we use the word MWE to mean the simplest example that still exhibits the symptom. But MWE stands for Minimum *Working* Example, and by definition, the file that exhibits the symptom

Re: A big Christmas wish

2021-12-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
-users : Maybe, but it would be helpful not to have to look for it. el What is wrong with this bibfile? It is included in texlive. (Package 'texlive-bibtex-extra' in debian) On 14/12/2021 12:21, Daniel via lyx-users wrote: On 13/12/2021 19:20, Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users wrote

Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]

2021-12-14 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Or use curly braces. But why would you do this with ERT in the first place? Instead of \textdegree{} I just used the first character from Insert -> Symbols -> Superscripts and Subscripts and get ⁰C. Never mind that this not only was not an MWE. as you not only don't need the graphic,

Re: A big Christmas wish

2021-12-14 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Maybe, but it would be helpful not to have to look for it. el On 14/12/2021 12:21, Daniel via lyx-users wrote: On 13/12/2021 19:20, Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users wrote: [...] Attaching the BIB file would help... el Sorry. The attached file uses the standard biblatex example BIB file

Re: A big Christmas wish

2021-12-13 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Attaching the BIB file would help... el On 2021-12-13 09:18 , Daniel via lyx-users wrote: On 2021-12-11 10:39, Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users wrote: After having spent numerous hours/days in trying to get a Koma script book to work under luatex/biblatex my biggest Christmas wish is to get a

Re: LyX document corrupted [RESOLVED]

2021-12-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Rich, buy a Windoze box and you can do that daily :)-O el On 08/12/2021 21:05, Rich Shepard wrote: [...] Every few years something constipates the computer and it requires a reboot to clear the clog. [...] -- To email me replace 'nospam' with 'el' -- lyx-users mailing list

Re: How to find LyX' compile strategy?

2021-12-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Steve, from my ~/.latemkrc # # set default to luatex (ie '4') # $pdf_mode = 4; # greetings, el On 08/12/2021 19:16, Steve Litt wrote: Dr Eberhard Lisse said on Wed, 8 Dec 2021 17:22:34 +0200 [...] Aside from the fact that latexmk needed a

Re: Graphic file formatsx

2021-12-09 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse via lyx-users
Steve, On the Mac I do brew install --cask pdf-squeezer works well, and so I bought the license. Comes even with a command line utility so it went straight into the Makefile :-)-O I must confess, I have a 3.9 MB accounting software of which I only need the installation part which is