Re: LyX and MacOS upgrade to M3?

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Just get the box, install your user from backup, then reinstall MacTex
and LyX 2.3.7(.2) and you are done.

LyX is a Universal Build and works out of the box.

I got me a Mini with an M2 and maximum RAM. No drama whatsoever, other
than that it Kernel Panics 5-6 times per day and so I am awaiting the
next software upgrade (ie 14.4.2 or 14.5) and if that doesn't cure
it'll go back to the vendor.

el


On 2024-04-24 22:56, eprb--- via lyx-users wrote:
> I am happily using LyX Version 2.3.6.2 (7 January 2021) with MacOS
> High Sierra, version 10.13.6.
>
> I need to upgrade my Mac, and I want to ensure continuity with LyX.
>
> Please: What is the best LyX and new MacOS combination for me?
>
> PS: I am looking at an iMac with MacOS M3.
>
> Thanks; LyX101


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Re: Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX

[Eberhard W Lisse]

I would use LibreOffice and the latest Writer2LaTeX in the "UltraClean"
configuration. Then text2lyx the file and see what happens.

el


On 2024-04-17 22:57, Brian Kneller via lyx-users wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a
> PhD (75K words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the
> figures are in Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in
> Format. Also there are many references. I hold all my references and
> comments on them in Bookends. I regret not looking at lyx/latex and
> using them much earlier so I am looking for an easy way to migrate
> this info into Lyx and I am also looking for a Thesis  template. I
> have dowloaded and installed Lyx on my Macbook Pro (Mavericks) and
> been thro the intro etc. I am trying to minimise the effort in
> migration to Lyx so any comments and advice is most welcome.
> 
> Thanks in anticipation
> 
> Regds
> 
> Brian Kneller 
> 


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Re: Scheduled maintenance of LyX servers (Mar 21, 2024) [done]

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Thanks, tested it just now and doesn't make much difference.

el

On 2024-03-24 00:25, Pavel Sanda wrote:
[...]
> Yes, also looking at your domain, you might get way better speed
> from our .za mirror.
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Re: Upgraded TeXLive; pdflatex throws an error

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Thank you so much for telling me what it SHOULD do.

It didn't in the Mac case (two different laptops).

el

On 2024-03-16 20:40, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
[...]
> A fresh installation of TeXLive2024 yesterday should have installed all
> necessary files.
> 
>> But Lyx has an option of looking at the logfiles.
>>
>> And you did not mention what OS you use, on the Mac the latest version
>> is automatically symlinked.
> 
> Slackware linux, since 2003 (and Red Hat for the six prior years.)

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MacTeX/BasicTeX (off of TexLive 2024) on Mac Sonoma 14.4 Silicon

[Eberhard W Lisse]

I upgraded through Homebrew using the basictex cask and had not
problems.

For some or other reason I have never really figured out how to pass the
$SELFAUTOPARENT variable to the environment, but a perl script
modifying

TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texlive/texmf-local

to

TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local


works as well.

Compiles my handbook as torture test with 2.4 RC3 no drama :-)-O

I am in transit overseas so will try on Intel and Monterey next week.

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Re: Upgraded TeXLive; pdflatex throws an error

[Eberhard W Lisse]

I needed to (re-)install footmisc with the tlmgr.

But Lyx has an option of looking at the logfiles.

And you did not mention what OS you use, on the Mac the latest version
is automatically symlinked.

el

On 2024-03-15 22:54, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I upgraded TeXLive from 2023 to 2024 and tried compiling the MWE for
> the math issues still unresolve. A message box displayed: The
> external program pdflatex finished with an error. It is recommended
> you fix the cause of the external program's error (check the logs).
> 
> 1. Where do I find the appropriate log file? It's not in /tmp/ or
> /var/log/.
> 
> 2. If LyX is looking for TeXLive2023 where do I tell it to look for 
> TeXLive224?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Rich
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Re: 14.4 font

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Mark,

this is a Beamer issue, not a LyX one

And why do you want to do that in the first place? Just continue on the
next slide by starting a new environment.

If it is a numbered list, there is a special enumitem Module for beamer
if I am not mistaken.


el

On 2024-03-04 14:58, markhsalmon wrote:
> Hi el
>
> Thanks a lot for that but can you show me how the code allows
> transferring lists across page breaks? I can’t do this in Beamer
> slides for some reason - I did raise this about a year ago we it’s no
> resolution. But it clearly achieved here could you please show me how
> we can continue lust numbering over slide/ pages please!! It screws
> up my lecture notes continuously! Many thanks , Mark
>
> The more you know, the more you realise how little you know

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Re: 14.4 font

[Eberhard W Lisse]

KOMA Script is very powerful, here is the manual


http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/doc/scrguide-en.pdf

but even for casual users it works, in my view, better than the standard
article.

el

On 2024-03-04 14:16, John White wrote:> Thanks everybody.
>
>
> I don't see much difference but I think I slightly prefer the Koma
> Script font, so I plan to use that.
>
>
> John
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Re: 14.4 font

[Eberhard W Lisse]

In LyX,

Document -> Settings -> Document Class -> Document Class

select

KOMA-Script Article

then in same screen, ie

Document -> Settings -> Document Class -> Custom

put

15 pt

klick

Ok

and then generate (view) the PDF as ususal.

greetings, el

On 2024-03-04 05:24, Herbert Voss wrote:
[...]
> However, for KOMAScript you can simply use
>
> fontsize=14pt
>
> as class option.
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Re: 14.4 font

[Eberhard W Lisse]

I was in transit (to Puerto Rico) and would have suggested to use the
Koma Script Article.

el

On 2024-03-02 23:39, John White wrote:
> Thanks much Scott!  Works perfectly.
> 
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Saturday, March 2, 2024 6:18:23 PM PST Scott Kostyshak wrote:
[...]
>> Go to Document > Settings > Document Class and change it to
"Article>> (Standard Class with Extra Font Sizes)". Then when you click
on the
>> "Fonts" tab, you will see additional entries under "Base size".
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Re: Problematik: fehlender Eintrag \begin{document} stört output der Datei als Pdf

[Eberhard W Lisse]

DIN Brief and KOMA-Script Letter are exclusive.

Use one or the other, Lyx offers KOMA-Script Letter (V.2) which I have
been using for many years.

You will also reach more people by posting in the ENglish languag into
an English language forum.

greetings, el

On 18/02/2024 15:07, kauf_dich--- via lyx-users wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> ich nutze LyX seit über 10 Jahren und schreibe damit meine 
> bürokratischen Briefe. Es ist sehr hilfreich für nicht Mathematiker/ 
> Physiker/ Atomtechniker/ Programmierende/ Besserwisser ein Programm 
> wie LyX zu nutzen. Ich nutze das veraltete DINBrief und versuche es 
> neuerdings mit KOMA letter. Es gab und gibt immer wieder 
> Ausgabefehler - eines Fehlers namens "! LaTeX Error: Missing 
> \begin{document}.". Dadurch kann ich meine Briefe nicht/ nicht mehr 
> als pdf outputten.
> 
> Ich habe schon sehr sehr sehr viele Forenbeiträge gelesen. Keiner 
> behandelt explicit das Thema LyX und den fehlenden "! LaTeX Error: 
> Missing \begin{document}." Part in DIN Brief und Komaletter. Es gibt 
> auch praktisch keine Anleitungen (englische, deutsche, französische 
> Foren durchsucht), wie diese Problematik in/ mit LyX lösbar ist.
> 
> So "traue" ich mich in die Mailinglist zu schreiben, da alles andere 
> keinen Sinn mehr ergibt.
> 
> Schön wäre es eine konkrete Anwort, oder Nachfragen zu erhalten ohne 
> das elitäre Gequatsche das Ihr alle kennt, wenn ein Noob eine Frage 
> im Forum stellt und alle erstmal die Frage ignorieren und ihre 
> ungefragten Weltsichten propagieren müssen. genutztes System:
>
> Linux Mint 20.3
> LyX 2.3.6.1
>
> Toll wäre, wenn LyX einen da an die Hand nehmen würde und eine
> einfache Ersetzung/ Einfügung der nötigen Programmierung anbieten
> würde.
>
> Vielen Dank für jegliche Hilfe
> Ole

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Re: [lyx-announce] LyX 2.4.0 RC2

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

The Mac version works on Intel and Silicon (my (torture test) handbook)

greetings, el

On 2024-02-08 00:20, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> Here:
> 
> http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.4/
> 
> Please report bugs to lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org, or email me directly.
> 
> Riki
> 
> 

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Re: Compiling causes LyX to crash [UPDATE]

[Eberhard W Lisse]

This is not an MWE.

el

On 17/01/2024 23:12, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2024, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
[...]
> mwe.lyx (anonymized file) attached. So it the error message box. Clicking on
> the OK button kills LyX and removes all open tabs.
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Re: R: LyX 2.4.0, Release Candidate 1

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Ask what harware they need and donate that to one of the developers.

el

On 17/01/2024 00:11, Cesare Padovani wrote:
> It is a pity. It's the first time I've heard that it's not possible
> to make donations. The problem should be solved.
> 
> Cesare Padovani
> 
> -Messaggio originale- Da: lyx-users
>  Per conto di Pavel Sanda Inviato:
> martedì 16 gennaio 2024 20:55 A: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Oggetto: Re:
> LyX 2.4.0, Release Candidate 1
> 
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 07:23:18PM +, markhsalmon wrote:
>> I didn???t even know I could make a donation- thank you Cesare! I
>> would like to make a donation as well please tell me how! Mark
> 
> We currently do not have a way how to donate to LyX (the reason is
> rather legal than technical).
> 
> Pavel -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org 
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2.4.0 RC1 and Docbook5/EPUB

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Hi,


I have on the Mac exported my large "handbook", KomaScript Report with
25 child documents, a large common include.tex and a Makefile of 550
lines from the GUI and it did not throw an error.

I have then exported it via pandoc to epub and the Kindle Previewer 3
reads the EPUB without throwing an error.

The document is basically formatted to display well on screen and
therefor the kindle filed does not look that well, but for someone
writing a book proper, ie formatting it accordingly this should work.

Impressive!

el

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Re: Collaboration ( was: Re: lyx 2.3.7 running on a Mac Ventura 13.6.1)

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Have a look at typst.

el

On 2024-01-11 13:26, Tobias Hilbricht wrote:
[...]
> I agree with you that the collaboration features are a big point in
> favour of Overleaf. The strong desire by many LaTeX-users (and LyX-
> users?) for those collaboration features are expressed by Emiliano
> Heyns, the developer of BetterBibTeX for Zotero, in an interview:
>
> "What I’d love to see is an online (because who wants to have to
> install stuff these days), real-time, multi-author editor, that
> would have a neutered view for my WYSIWYG brethren, a markup view for
> me (LaTeX or something else, as long as I get the stuff I care
> about), a vim mode preferably but at least something that syncs to
> offline files (don’t trust the cloud as the only place for your
> precious articles). LyX would be halfway there if the file format
> wasn’t so strange, and co-authoring (or even version management,
> really) is a non-starter."
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Re: lyx 2.3.7 running on a Mac Ventura 13.6.1

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Yes,that is correct, but I found it unsuitable for production use.


On 10/01/2024 23:44, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote:
> For those who need to introduce students to LaTex, Overleaf is very
> useful, especially because there is no overhead, but it in no way
> replaces LyX.
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Re: lyx 2.3.7 running on a Mac Ventura 13.6.1

[Eberhard W Lisse]

I have looked at overleaf when I saw a presentation at the last TUG
Meeting in Bonn (where I presented about LyX/LaTeX/typst) and am
totally unimpressed.

el

On 10/01/2024 16:12, markhsalmon wrote:
[...]
> Ps. Cambridge has just bought all faculty and in fact students
> licences for Overleaf professional which is the alternative now … I
> want to continue with Lyx but the lack of proper Mac support is
> making this decision difficult.
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Re: lyx 2.3.7 running on a Mac Ventura 13.6.1

[Eberhard W Lisse]

I am using 2.3.7 on (14.2.1 Intel and Silicon) and 12.7.2 (Intel) using
Homebrew's basictex (with a little script to save the
(additionally) installed packages before and re-installing them after
upgrade) and do all my presentations in beamer.

I do not use inkscape but rsvg-convert from (Homebrew's) librsvg, which
I feel is quicker. It is found by the (Re-)Configure process if
installed.

I have no issues whatsoever with the current setup.

el

On 10/01/2024 20:03, mark salmon wrote:
[...]
> everything appears to now be working perfectly thanks again Anders. I
> have the same set up now as you described you have and all is working
> ok in Beamer as well- phew! I have no problems with slowness- I think
> this might have to do with Mac OS 14+ requiring more from the
> machine- if it is underpowered for OS 14 then everything demanding -
> not just Lyx slows down. touch wood! thanks again Anders! A presto,
> Mark
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Re: Strange Pacer Question

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

John,

Have a look at https://writer2latex.sourceforge.net/index.html

I have used Writer2LaTeX a few years ago and found it very
helpful when using what was then called the "Ultraclean"
Option, which I don't see on this much more current version
on cursory look.

Install both writer2latex.oxt and writer2latex-config.oxt.
Then play with the Configuration in Tools -> Options (which
on my Mac only appear of an ODT is open).

You would need to save as ODT first, then export to LaTeX,
from which you would be able to use tex2lyx (the -m option
canbehelpful), and then you could pull into LyX.

If the Word format you are getting is always the same (per
lawyer) which is likely, because they would use some sort of
"template" much of this could be automated :-)-O

The PDF5 might look like

File -> Export -> Export [PDF (LuaTeX)]

which I have tied to Command-R on my Mac(s).

greetings, el

On 29/12/2023 00:59, John White wrote:
> Hi el,
> 
> 
> If I get a Word doc, it opens in libreoffice, which allows
> for export to pdf.  If I recall, I generally either
> highlight the words involved while in libreoffice and paste
> directly to lyx or instead export to pdf, highlight the
> relevant portions of the pdf and paste to lyx.
> 
> 
> It took me forever to get the ps2pdf right (so it would
> become pleading paper, with a vertical line followed by line
> numbers to the left of the page.  When I use anything else I
> have to load pleading paper and use that.
> 
> 
> I plan to try your PDF5 trick this weekend.
> 
> 
> John
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Re: Strange Pacer Question

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Ever looked at Pandoc?

el

On 28/12/2023 21:57, Rich Shepard wrote:
[...]
> When I have a .doc/.docx file sent that I want to
> incorporate into a LyX document I'll do either of two
> things:
> 
> 1.  Highlight the desired text in the Word document then use
> Edit -> Paste Special -> Join Lines to put it in the LyX
> doc.
> 
> 2.  [...]  If it's a .doc/.docx file I load it in
> LibreOffice Writer then save as a text file before inserting
> it.
> 
> Since your LyX document is set to include line numbers I
> think these actions would work for you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Strange Pacer Question

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

John,

did you ever try to export using PDF5 (LuaLaTeX)?

Recent PSTricks should load
https://github.com/zauguin/luapstricks when using LuaLaTeX. If
that works for the "normal" way try and upload into Pacer and
see what happens. If Pacer accepts that see what happens when
you import a Word document and generate the PDF with LuaLaTeX.

How do you "import" Word documents?

el

On 28/12/2023 21:28, John White wrote:
[...]
> Normally, I just do regular lyx stuff and once the file is
> ready, export with pst2pdf (to insure that line numbers
> exist at the left side of each page) and upload to Pacer.
[...]
> To file in Pacer, the document must be "flattened."  This poses no
> problem with files created in lyx.  However, whenever I import a Word
> file and convert it to lyx, Pacer balks and refuses to accept the
> document unless I "flatten" it.
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Re: Two input parameter of lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

In this particular case LyX can use colors without ERT.

el


On 28/12/2023 16:03, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 28/12/2023 à 03:48, Jiahao Yan a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a fan of lyx but I meet a question when I use it. Sometimes we
>> want input two parameter with one command, like
>> \textcolor{color}{text}, but lyx will compile the command and the
>> first curly braket, considering the first parameter as none. I wonder
>> if there is a solution. I would appreciate it if any help!
>>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Could you send a short example file demonstrating your problem?
> 
> JMarc
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Re: I am facing this problem...

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I asked him for a MWE on his previous question already.

el

On 04/12/2023 18:59, Stefano Simonucci wrote:
> I too, didn't understand what the problem is: perhaps the fact that
> "hello" is written after the figure in the output?
> 
> On 04/12/23 16:01, John Kane wrote:
>> I think we probably need a minimum werking example (MWE) here.  It in
>> very difficult to diagnose a problem from a screenshot.


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Re: GnuPlot

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Can you please post it here, so I can try it on 2.3.7.2 on
the Mac, where there is no examples button.

el


On 30/11/2023 20:47, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
[...[
> Note that we have an example .lyx file that we ship with
> LyX. Go to File > Open Example in 2.4.x. I'm not sure how to
> open it in 2.3.x. Maybe File > Open and then click on the
> examples button.

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Re: Problem in inserting figure...

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Please google MWE (Minimal Working Example).

And, fix your web site.

el

And fix the website On 2023-11-21 19:53, Dr. Manab Kumar Das wrote:
> Screenshot from 2023-11-21 23-20-58.png
> I am getting problems such as UNDEFINED in Figure.
[...]> http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ernet.in/~manab/

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Python (was Shortcuts under MacOs Sonoma)

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

This has been discussed here a number of times in the not so
distant past.

I think you need to install the X-Code command line tools to
get /usr/bin/python3 again but I use Homebrew's python and
that survives OS Upgrades.

greetings, el



On 07/11/2023 15:12, Daniel CLEMENT via lyx-users wrote:
> Thanks for your reply Isaac.
> 
> The user directory is: ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3/ 
> 
> That sounded correct. 
> 
> So I investigated a bit more on the Python side.  It was
> definitely a Python issue.
> 
> I still can hardly believe it, but it seems that the upgrade
> had completely stripped my system of any Python.  I
> (re)installed it from the official site, and all the LyX
> shortcuts got working again.  And the reconfigure function,
> too.
> 
> So, problem solved for now. BR, Daniel
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Re: KOMA-Script Report Class: cannot select biblatex

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

So it was not really a MWE.

el


On 2023-10-25 04:52, Paul Rubin wrote:
> On 10/24/23 14:57, Rich Shepard wrote:
[...]
>> I've created a new KOMA-Script report class MWE (attached.)  It
>> has only a title and the question, "Why can't I change the
>> bibliograpy style format in Document -> Settings ->
>> Bibliography?"
[...]
> The Natbibapa module may be the culprit.  If I remove it, I can
> change the bibliography style.
> 
> Paul

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Re: Adding horizonal lines for user entry

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I usually create tables but this works even better.

el

On 15/09/2023 20:15, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Am 15.09.23 um 20:02 schrieb Rich Shepard:
>> I need to add lines for a signature, printed neme, and other data in
>> a report document.  I'm using the description environment for the
>> data names to be entered.
[...]
> Rich,
> insert a box (minipage) of a width like 50% of the textwidth, which
> can be set in the box menue.  And then use \hrulefill
> 
> Herbert
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Re: Garamond police does not support italics

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That is a LaTeX issue.

el

On 30/08/2023 15:42, emile wrote:
> I want to use the Garamond police with LyX 2.3.7.
> Normal and bold text work apparently fine, but when Italic text is used,
> there is no output Pdf document.
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Re: TOC on the Title Slide

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That is a beamer question not a lyx one, and you might have more joy in
a beamer group/list.

On 19/08/2023 17:17, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> With Beamer, is it possible to have the TOC on the Title Slide,
> below the Title, Authors and Affiliations?
> 
> Thanks


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Re: Laggy cursor

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That might only work from the command line but may not when double clicking.

Something like this might help:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51677/how-to-set-path-for-finder-launched-applications



On 10/08/2023 07:02, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 10.08.2023 um 01:56 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>>
>> Sorry for the confusion but thanks for the help. I have Python 3.8.5 as 
>> output from python -V
>>
>> Also:
>>
>> (base) tgarrett@tims-mbp ~ % which python3
>> /Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/bin/python3
>> (base) tgarrett@tims-mbp ~ % python3
>> Python 3.8.5 (default, Sep  4 2020, 02:22:02)
>> [Clang 10.0.0 ] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
>> (base) tgarrett@tims-mbp ~ % echo $PATH
>> /Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/bin:/Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin
> 
> Every program started by the launch service will not have this PATH setting. 
> That’s the case when you start LyX from the Dock or Finder. You have to add 
> /Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/bin to the PATH prefix in LyX. (Perhaps 
> /Users/tgarrett/opt/anaconda3/condabin is required too.)
> 
> Did you install the python package from python.org? Last time I’ve tested it 
> this addition wasn’t needed.
> 
> Stephan
> 
>> On 9 Aug 2023, at 17:09, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>
>>> Am 10.08.2023 um 00:15 schrieb Tim Garrett :

 Sorry, it’s what I sent earlier:
>>>
>>> Sorry, but no, it isn’t.
>>>
>>> That’s the output of the command w/o -V … but anyway. Where is your python3 
>>> installed? Perhaps LyX cannot find it.
>>>
>>> Stephan
>>>
 Python 3.8.5 (default, Sep  4 2020, 02:22:02)
 [Clang 10.0.0 ] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin

 On 9 Aug 2023, at 15:49, Stephan Witt wrote:

> Am 09.08.2023 um 23:47 schrieb Stephan Witt :
>>
>> Am 09.08.2023 um 21:41 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>>>
>>> 13:40:10.630: Reloading configuration...LyX: reconfiguring user 
>>> directory
>>> support/Systemcall.cpp (261): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
>>> "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/configure.py" 
>>> --with-version-suffix=-2.3 
>>> --binary-dir="/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/"' did not start!
>>> support/Systemcall.cpp (262): error The process failed to start. Either 
>>> the invoked program is missing, or you may have insufficient 
>>> permissions to invoke the program.
>>> LyX: Done!
>>> 13:40:14.373: (reconfigure)Warning: Cite Engine not available
>>
>> Please, what happens on invoke of
>> $ python -V
>>
>> ???
>
> … and
>
> $ which python3
>
>>
>>>
>>> On 9 Aug 2023, at 13:13, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>>
 Am 09.08.2023 um 20:20 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>
> Thanks for the response!
> I have this so perhaps something else?:
> 

 Yes, maybe something else.

 Please, enable file and info messages in messages pane. Rerun 
 reconfigure and present the output here.

 Stephan

>
> On 9 Aug 2023, at 12:01, Stephan Witt wrote:
>
> Am 09.08.2023 um 18:50 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>
> This may have worked!
>
> But in a reconfigure request problem. 
>
> Sorry, should know what to do next but it’s been a while. Multiple 
> reconfigures doesn’t fix the problem.
>
> Perhaps you’re on macOS w/o python utility. What’s your OS version?
>
> LyX 2.3.6.2 expects a working python installation which was gone 
> since macOS 12.3.1. Newer versions of LyX will give a proper hint.
>
> You may install python3 from here: 
> https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/
>
> Stephan
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
>
> On 9 Aug 2023, at 10:09, Stephan Witt wrote:
>
> Am 09.08.2023 um 18:02 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck 
> :
>
> On 8/9/23 11:23, Tim Garrett wrote:
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> I’m wondering if there’s something like a factory reset I can do on 
> the settings that is worth trying. Perhaps over the years I’ve 
> adjusted the look and feel to something that is causing problems.
>
> Move your user directory somewhere else, so a new one is generated.
>
> On mac that would be:
> - terminate LyX if actually running
> - use in Finder „Go to Folder“ with the term „Library“ starting at 
> your home directory
> - open Application Support
> - rename the folder LyX-2.3 to e.g. LyX-2.3-2023-08-09
>
> Stephan
>
> Or else launch LyX from the command line with something like:
>
> lyx -userdir /tmp/newuserdir/
>
> But I'd be 

Re: Laggy cursor

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

In the first instance install LyX 2.3.7 (2023-01-01)

el

On 08/08/2023 00:27, Tim Garrett wrote:
> I’ve been having a problem with cursor and typing speed.  I find the
> speed of the cursor is inversely proportional to the length of the
> paragraph I write.  Fine for one sentence.  Anything more is pretty
> bad and of course gets tiresome.  I’d appreciate any ideas as I’ve
> been a user since KLyX 0.3 in 2001 so pretty much my entire career is
> now on a super-laggy platform.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Tim
> 
> LyX 2.3.6.2 (2021-01-07)
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Re: editor for preamble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That works great, thank you,

el
On 14/07/2023 14:52, Daniel wrote:
> On 2023-07-14 14:44, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>> If I want to edit the Preamble through the Edit button, it fires
>> in my case aquamacs up.  I can not find where this is defined and
>> want to replace it with 'subl' or preferably 'subl -w' preferably.
>>
>>
>> Where do I do that?
>>
>> el
> 
> I would try to set the "Editor" for "Format" "LaTeX (plain)" under
> 
> "Preferences" > "File Handling" > "File Formats"
> 
> You can set a "Custom" editor or choose "System Default" and then change
> the default for ".tex"-files on your OS system wide.
> 
> Daniel
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Re: Frage zu: BibTeX-erzeugtes Literaturverzeichnis MIT Nummerierung ins Inhaltsverzeichnis aufnehmen

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Questions in English might attract more answers.

el
On 15/07/2023 12:25, isabell.gals...@studium.fernuni-hagen.de wrote:
> Hallo liebes Lyx-Team,
> 
>  
> 
> mein Ziel ist es, ein mit BibTeX-erzeugtes Literaturverzeichnis MIT
> Kapitel-Nummerierung ins Inhaltsverzeichnis aufzunehmen.
> 
>  
> 
> Bisher ist es mir gelungen, dass im Inhaltsverzeichnis zwischen dem
> letzten Kapitel 5 und dem Anhang(das ist  Kapitel 6) ein
> Literaturverzeichnis einzufügen.
> 
> Ich habe im Internet dazu zwei Lösungen gefunden. Entweder folgenden
> TeX-Code einfügen:
> 
> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{meinText}
> 
> oder in den Einstellungen unter Dokumentenklasse (ich nutze
> KOMA-Script-Bericht) unter Benutzerdefiniert: bibtotoc reinschreiben.
> 
> Jetzt fehlt noch die Kapitelnummerierung, Kapitel 6 soll das
> Literaturverzeichnis werden und dann automatisch Kapitel 7 der Anhang.
> 
> Wie ich das hinbekomme habe ich leider keine Infos im Internet gefunden.
> 
>  
> 
> Hier
> https://www.lyx.org/WebDe.MailingLists#toc11
> 
> 
> steht die Info, dass man sich bei Fragen melden könnte. Ich würde mich
> sehr über Tipps freuen.
> 
>  
> 
> Herzliche Grüße
> 
> Isabell Galster
> 
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editor for preamble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

If I want to edit the Preamble through the Edit button, it fires
in my case aquamacs up.  I can not find where this is defined and
want to replace it with 'subl' or preferably 'subl -w' preferably.


Where do I do that?

el

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texlogsieve

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Hi,

how do I pipe the lualatex call into another program, such as texlogsieve?

Pointer to the Manual will do :-)-O

https://ctan.org/pkg/texlogsieve


greetings, el

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Re: How do I increase TL2023 TeX capacity?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

And what Steve and I are saying, doing this successive reduction one
will find the location of the error.  Then one can either remove the
offending code or figure out what to do to make it work.


In the case of a KOMA bug, the author is extremely responsive and
helpful.

el

On 29/06/2023 14:41, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023, Steve Litt wrote:
[...]
> In my case it's a bug in the KOMA-Script book class.  Herbert filed a
> bug report and sent me a temporary replacement class.  Sunday, when
> /etc/cron.weekly runs, there might be an official fix.  If not, then
> next week.
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Re: How do I increase TL2023 TeX capacity?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Selective quote.

Eventually you locate the line that triggers the error.

el


On 28/06/2023 23:59, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> 
>> Reduce the document by half and look at the half which triggers the
>> error.
> 
> Would make no difference.
> 
> TL2023 needed an update. Updating TL2023 is now included in
> /etc/cron.weekly.
> 
> Rich


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Re: How do I increase TL2023 TeX capacity?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Reduce the document by half and look at the half which triggers the
error.

Rinse and Repeat until you locate the error in your (generated) LaTeX
which triggers this (misleading) error message and fix it.

el

On 28/06/2023 01:07, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2023, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
>> This is another new one for me: TeX capacity exceeded when I tried
>> compiling my book.  The full error log is attached.
> 
> I forgot to add that I looked at several StackExchange threads but
> they did not seem relevant to my situation.
> 
> Rich

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Re: Installing a new font in TexLive2023

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

use tlmgr

el

On 13/06/2023 19:24, Eckhard Höffner wrote:
> There is a doc.
> 
> https://ctan.space-pro.be/tex-archive/fonts/urw/classico/README
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 13.06.23 um 18:14 schrieb Rich Shepard:
>> I'm starting to learn the memoir class for my book and want to add the
>> URW
>> Classico san-serif type family in TeXLive2023. The URW Palatino family
>> is in
>> /usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/urw35vf/palatino/.
>>
>> Du I unzip urw-classico.zip in that .../vf/directory? And what is the TeX
>> command to make it visible to TeXLive2023 and LyX?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Rich
> 
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Re: Import docx to lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

That requires the use of Word. And costs money.

el


On 02/06/2023 17:57, Jack Lyon wrote:
> LyXConverter does a great job:
>
> https://www.editorium.com/lyxconverter.htm
>
> Full disclosure: I wrote it. :)
>
> Best wishes,
> Jack Lyon

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Re: Import docx to lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Use the Ultra-Clean option :-)-O

el
On 02/06/2023 14:51, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> 
>> Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in?
> 
> el,
> 
> Thank you. I didn't know about that plug-in, which will be useful for me,
> too.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Rich


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Re: Import docx to lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in?

And, LyX (or rather LateX) doesn't use (multiple) blank lines.

el


On 01/06/2023 20:58, Matthias Schmidt wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I want to convert a Word docx-document into a Lyx document. 
> 
> I have tried several online converters that convert docx to tex. When I
> import these tex files into Lyx, the result is reasonably okay, but all
> these online converters cannot recognise blank lines.
> 
> Is there a way to transfer a docx document with all formatting, spaces
> an blanc lines to Lyx?


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Re: question about TOC

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Even better,

el

On 16/05/2023 07:11, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
> M.B. Schiekel schrieb:
[...]
> tocloft is incompatible to komascript. There is the tocstyle package for
> KomaScript ...
[...]

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Re: Using tables

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

What youare doing wrong?

You are not posting a Minimal Working Example.

el

On 17/05/2023 23:44, Cesare Padovani wrote:
> HI,
> 
> I need a table of 10 columns and 8 rows. When I generate the PDF file,
> the last columns are not displayed correctly: the horizontal lines of
> the rows are missing. What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thank you
> 
>  
> 
> Cesare
> 
> 


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Re: question about TOC

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

This is a LaTeX question.

I would not re-invent the wheel but read up on the tocloft
package which you would use in the LyX preamble.

https://ctan.org/pkg/tocloft?lang=en

el

On 13/05/2023 11:49, M.B. Schiekel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with LyX 2.3.7 and PDFLatex (pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22) I do a
> normal Table Of Contents (TOC).
> When the section numbers have 2 digits then in the TOC there is no space
> between the section number and the following section header, i.e.
>   1 Chapter-1
>   1.1 Section-1.1
>   ...
>   1.10Section-1.10
> 
> What I'm missing?
> Thank you -
> bernhard
> 

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Re: SOLVED > Re: how to tell LyX that there is a 2023 texlive

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On the Mac I use Homebrew's basictex with a small script to save the
installed packages so it can pull the additional ones after the upgrade
via tlmgr.  LyX works out of the box because Homebrew and tlmgr run
texhash and the binary directories are symlinked by Homebrew.

I can then usually just remove the older version.

el

On 02/05/2023 18:09, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 02.05.23 um 17:42 schrieb José Matos:
>> On Tue, 2023-05-02 at 16:43 +0200, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
>>> How can I tell LyX that there is a 2023 texlive which I installed
>>> just now.
>>>
>>> It is in
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2023
>>> and I have the PATHs set in ~/.profile.
>>>
>>> However, LyX uses still
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2022
>>>
>>> Wolfgang
>>
>> What happens if you try:
>> Tools -> Reconfigure
>>
>> then restart LyX.
>>
>> Does that works?
> 
> Thanks, José, for the reminder. I forgot the reconfigure,
> and thanks, Steve, for the texhash. Now its working.
> 
> Wolfgang

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Re: My book isn't compiling, having something to do with refstyle

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Sounds like you updated your TeX installation, so it is not a LyX issue
and more help can be obtained on TeX related lists. But it's about to
be fixed anyway.

I use MacTeX (TeXLive) (2023) and update almost daily with tlmgr.  When
regressions are introduced I usually try to downgrade the corresponding
package with tlmgr which I have configured to keep at least two previous
versions of packages when updating.

el

On 03/05/2023 00:02, Steve Litt wrote:
> Udicoudco said on Wed, 3 May 2023 00:32:30 +0300
[...]
>> The amsmath package robustified \eqref and it broke how refstyle
>> handled amsmath.
[...]
>> FWIW, Jürgen Spitzmüller notified the author of refstly,
>> and he replied that he will fix it.
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Re: Screen font question-inline

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Oh

then you can also look at (in my case)


\screen_zoom 180

and increase the number

el


On 20/04/2023 21:02, John White wrote:
[...]
> Its already set to the Dejavu fonts.  I vote to leave this alone as alt
> + or alt - while editing a lyx doc is all I need. If I had known about
> the alt adjustments, I would not have posted in the first place.
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Re: Screen font question-inline

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Oh

then you can also look at (in my case)


\screen_zoom 180

and increase the number

el


On 20/04/2023 21:02, John White wrote:
[...]
> Its already set to the Dejavu fonts.  I vote to leave this alone as alt
> + or alt - while editing a lyx doc is all I need. If I had known about
> the alt adjustments, I would not have posted in the first place.
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Re: Screen font question-inline

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

ok, than we'll move to the deep stuff :-)-O

I don't have Debian, but on my Mac there is a ~/.lyx directory where
there is a file called lyxrc which has, in my case,

\screen_font_roman "Noto Serif"
\screen_font_sans "Noto Sans"
\screen_font_typewriter "Noto Sans Mono"

so you want end LyX, then locate the file and change that to read
something like

\screen_font_roman "DejaVu Serif"
\screen_font_sans "DejaVu Sans"
\screen_font_typewriter "Hack"

and then start LyX again and see what that does.

el

On 20/04/2023 20:27, John White wrote:
> Thank for the suggestion. I can move window left and right, but not up
> or down. The little move icon shows, but I can't reach the bottom edge.
> 
> 
> On Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:55:34 AM PDT Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> 
>> Drag on a lateral edge of the window to move it, then make it narrower
> 
>> and do same on the top (or bottom) edge.
> 
>>
> 
>> el
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Screen font question-inline

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Drag on a lateral edge of the window to move it, then make it narrower
and do same on the top (or bottom) edge.

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Re: csv2lyx.py throwing an error

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Thank you.

el

On 24/03/2023 12:39, José Matos wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-03-23 at 21:44 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
>> Yes I reported same a week or so back.  Change "ru" to "r"
> 
> Thanks to Neal's report this is already fixed for 2.4.
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Re: csv2lyx.py throwing an error

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Ah, so it takes longer for the error to show up? :-)-O


el

On 24/03/2023 00:27, John White wrote:
> Go linux 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:38:24 PM PDT Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
[...]
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/csv2lyx.py",
>> line 171, in 
>> input_file = "".join(open(infile,'rU').readlines())
>> ^
>> ValueError: invalid mode: 'rU'

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Re: csv2lyx.py throwing an error

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Thanks,

el

On 24/03/2023 02:44, Neal Becker wrote:
> Yes I reported same a week or so back.  Change "ru" to "r"
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csv2lyx.py throwing an error

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Hi,

I have tried to File -> Import -> Table (CSV) a small CSV file
into a LyX document and receive an error, which I can reproduce
from the command line for Python 3.9 3.10 and 3.11.2 (my default)
like so:

python -tt /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/csv2lyx.py
i.csv i.lyx

always yielding this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/csv2lyx.py",
line 171, in 
input_file = "".join(open(infile,'rU').readlines())
 ^
ValueError: invalid mode: 'rU'

This is on my spanking new M2 Airbook MacOs 13.2.1 and the MacTeX
2023 as well as on my Intel iMac.

Does anyone have an idea what to do about this?

greetings, el

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Re: Insert an empty line in beamer

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Insert a vertical space?

el

On 18/03/2023 15:46, Ehud Behar wrote:
> I want to print the following in my beamer document:
> "
> First line
> Second line
> "
> 
> The beamer lyx doc class allows the user to insert empty line in the
> Standard layout. But even if insert more than 2 empty lines between
> "First line" and "Second line" in lyx, still there is no any empty line
> (or more correctly a \par command between them) in the generated latex
> file.
> 
> Any idea how to insert a (real) empty line in the editor?
> 
> What I do now is I insert an empty line with an ERT box.
> 
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Re: Broken document

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On my Ventura M2 with 2.3.7 and TexLive 2022 it does reporduce.

el

On 15/03/2023 09:42, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 15.03.2023 um 14:34 schrieb Daniel :
>>
>> On 15/03/2023 14:28, Eckhard Höffner wrote:
>>> That's another possible LyX specific cause:
>>> \makeatletter
>>> %% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
>>> \AtBeginDocument{\providecommand\figref[1]{\ref{fig:#1}}}
>>> \RS@ifundefined{subsecref}
>>>   {\newref{subsec}{name = \RSsectxt}}
>>>   {}
>>> \RS@ifundefined{thmref}
>>>   {\def\RSthmtxt{theorem~}\newref{thm}{name = \RSthmtxt}}
>>>   {}
>>> \RS@ifundefined{lemref}
>>>   {\def\RSlemtxt{lemma~}\newref{lem}{name = \RSlemtxt}}
>>>   {}
>>> \makeatother
>>
>> But then the error should be reproducible, right? Axel could not. Could you?
> 
> Just for the record: I cannot reproduce the error either.
> 
> I’m using TeX Live 2020 here.
> 
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Re: Diacriticals in the Name pert of a Hyperlink

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Somehow this exchange did not make it here, Herbert figured it out

On 13/03/2023 14:05, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Am 13.03.23 um 19:44 schrieb Dr Eberhard W Lisse:
>> Please find enclosed the output of LuaLaTeX of the LyX file.
> 
> enable document->preferences->fonts->don't use TeX fonts
> 
> Herbert

I actually managed to get the agenda up before the individual
concerned started to present.  Very impressive, thank you.

el

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Diacriticals in the Name pert of a Hyperlink

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Hi,

I am using beamer to make an agenda of a workshop and one of the
presenters has this 'š' diacritical.  I want the name to appear on
the PDF and the email address to be fired up when clicked
(mailto:).  That works but the diacritical does not survive into
the PDF.

Any idea?

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Re: speaker notes & Beamer

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On the Mac: Slidepilot


el

On 23/02/2023 14:07, Saša Janiška wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I need to put together one presentation and wonder how to deal with the 
> speaker 
> notes in Beamer?
> 
> Are they visible in Linux PDF viewers like Atril/Evince or Acrobat if I'd 
> just 
> copy presentation on USB stick to present under Windows OS?
> 
> One option for presenting might be to use (https://pdfpc.github.io/), but in 
> that case it seems that preferrable way is to use notes embedded in *.pdfpc 
> files, possibly formatted with Markdown markup.
> 
> Any hint?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Saša
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Re: Translate LyX document to another language

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

It's next to impossible, like trying to dictate into LyX.

Never mind that automatic translations, while more or less reasonable to
good, are never perfect.  There is just no substitute for professional
translation.

el

On 21/02/2023 22:49, Paul Smith wrote:
> Thanks, Dr Eberhard W Lisse. The idea is to get a LyX file as the
> result, but I understand it is something very difficult to achieve.
> 
> Paul
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Re: Translate LyX document to another language

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

And the result must be a LyX file? I doubt that this is possible.

You can always export to text and have that translated.

el



On 21/02/2023 11:01, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Is there some way of automatically translating a LyX document, say,
> from Spanish to English?
> 
> I have come across GoogleTranslate4LyX:
> 
> https://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/GoogleTranslate4LyX
> 
> However, since an intermediate step involves conversion to HTML files,
> I am a bit skeptical about the quality of the result.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul


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Re: Reconfigure from script

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

if LyX is running you can save all open buffers to disk and then quit by
way of something like (multiple levels of double quotes are required
(on the Mac due to the space in ~/Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.3))

pushd "$(dirname "$(find ~/Library -name .lyxpipe.in -type p)")"
echo "LYXCMD:test:buffer-write-all" > .lyxpipe.in
echo "LYXCMD:test:lyx-quit" > .lyxpipe.in

and then (on the Mac)

/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/configure.py
osascript -e 'tell application id "org.lyx.lyx" to activate'

or (on Linux, but since I use the Mac it's not tested)

configure.py
lyx &

and on all

popd


greetings, el

On 19/02/2023 20:35, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 2/18/23 18:11, Mark Livingstone wrote:
>> Hi People,
>>
>> I am using LyX 2.3.7 on Mac OS Ventura.
>>
>> Is it possible to run reconfigure from script in the terminal, if so
>> how?
> 
> Just execute the file configure.py.  It will write the relevant files
> to the current working directory, so make sure you are where you want
> to be when you call it.
> 
> Riki
> 
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Re: Beta2 on Mac OS X 13.2

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

sudo spctl --master-disable

el
On 06/02/2023 12:57, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 06.02.23 um 11:15 schrieb Anders Ekberg via lyx-users:
>> Trying to install Beta2 on Mac OSX 13.2 on my iMac, but after going
>> through the usual hassle with allowing open in System settings, the
>> program does not load. It displays “LyX24b2.app” can’t be opened
>> because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. And when
>> clicking Open it just closes.
>> I get the same for both qt5 and qt6 versions. Have tried to spot error
>> in console, but can’t see anything.
>> On my MacBook Pro it works fine (as does the alpha3). Python 3
>> installed through Anaconda on both. Only difference I can see is that
>> the Python detected is python3 -tt on Pro, but python -tt on iMac.
> 
> 
> - downloading
> http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.4/LyX-2.4.0-beta2+qt6-x86_64-arm64-cocoa.dmg
> 
> - installing it and running. As usual mac doesn't allow it
> 
> - System Prefences->Security   scrolling to the end and allowing
>   to open LyX anyway
> 
> - macOs again ask if it should really be open
> 
> - after password everything is fine (Ventura 13.2 on iMac):
> 
> Version 2.4.0-beta2 (11. Dezember 2022)
> 
> Qt-Version (Laufzeit): 6.4.1 (Plattform: cocoa)
> 
> Qt-Version (bei Erstellung): 6.4.1
> 
> OS-Version (bei Erstellung): macOS 13.2
> 
> Python-Aufruf: python3 -tt
> 
> 
> 
> Herbert
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Re: Ventura graphics Mac

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I always have an iTerm2 window open with a number of tabs (and
different directories) and open almost every LyX file from the command
line. That makes copying and pasting the path for graphics quite easy
and as I said I haven't been using the file browser much.

el

On 23/01/2023 23:43, Stephen Buonopane wrote:
[...]
> In general if one “copies” or “drags" a file from Finder into a text
> based application (eg Terminal) you get the path and file name.  Even
> works using the little icon in title bar of most apps (eg Preview).
> This has worked for on the order of 10 years.
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Re: Ventura graphics Mac

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Please don't argue unnecessary points, on the ARM Intel can not be
virtualized only emulated as you rightly say.

Finding an ARM Linux is an issue for itself, as is installing it,
finding a recent version of LaTeX for it and keep this all current.

Makes even less sense for this small issue, for which there is s simple
workaround and which I am confident will be fixed soon.

I have been using Virtual Box on an Intel iMac (for many years) as my
practice software runs on (Intel) Windows only.  They have an early beta
for ARM, but for if and when I have to replace the iMac (with an ARM
iMini or Studio) I rather have gotten me a small form factor Intel box,
which I will install RSN and then run headless with RustDesk or VNC even
while I still have the Intel box so I get experience.

But, make no mistake, nothing else will be installed on that thingy, I
will not use Microsoft products if there is any way around it and would
not dream of even trying LyX on Windows.

el


On 23/01/2023 16:01, Christopher Menzel wrote:
[...]
> Virtualization is not emulation. An emulator (like WINE) makes use of a
> software bridge to simulate a different hardware environment, with a
> high cost in performance; software running on an emulator interacts with
> the bridge, not directly with the hardware. Software running in a
> Parallels VM runs directly on the native hardware at native, or near
> native, speeds. On a Mac running Apple Silicon, you create an native Arm
> VM with Parallels and you install an Arm version of Linux in the VM.
> There is no emulation.
> 
>> and install Linux, of which most distributions do not have the latest
>> and greatest LyX and or TeX(live)
> 
> So you find one that does (e.g., Kali and, soon, Fedora), easy-peasy.
> It’s also super easy to compile the latest and greatest source
> yourself under Linux (not that that’s everyone’s cup o’ tea).
> 
>> to fix a bug that is almost certainly going to be fixed soon and can
>> be reasonably easily circumvented until then?
> 
> Well, I admit that I didn’t say so explicitly, but I wasn’t really
> suggesting that one purchase and install Parallels /just/ to fix the
> bug (which /hopefully/ is going to be fixed soon — though if it isn’t,
> it won’t be Stephan’s fault, it will be due to some deeper problem
> with MacOS).  I was assuming that one might have Parallels installed
> already or have independent reasons for purchasing it.  For such
> folks, the VM solution (even if temporary) seems to me to be a
> reasonable one.
> 
>> Makes no sense to me, whatsoever.
> 
> Hope it makes at least a bit of sense to you now. ;-)
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Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Is it LyX or LaTeX which is looking for this?

el

On 22/01/2023 02:12, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I'm using the KOMA-letter2 class.  The .sty file is in
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/koma-script/scrpage2.sty.
> 
> When I try to print the developing letter I get an error; the entire
> output log is attached.  I've looked at it without seeing where LyX
> fell of the track.  The log reports that letter class option 'DIN' is
> loaded on input line 6, but I don't see that anywhere in the Settings.
> 
> Helps appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rich
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Re: Lyx & Tectonic

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I think the point was that tectonic can be embedded.  Which would be
really cool for LyX.

I kind of like if it could pull all packages required (only) if and when
needed, but that means you could only use it with an Internet
connection running. That's not always guaranteed.

But I have of course no clue how that would work with existing
Lua(La)TeX documents using LUA, and how this would keep the packages
from TexLive updated.

greetings, el

On 21/01/2023 20:41, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 1/19/23 07:04, Saša Janiška wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> the other day I was reading about Tectonic
>> (https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/en-US/) and wonder if LyX
>> could take advantage of it?
> 
> Probably.  I would think the way to experiment with this would be to
> set up a new export format and assign tectonic as the converter for
> it.  If someone can get it to work, then we could consider shipping
> LyX with the appropriate configuration.
> 
> Riki
> 
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Re: Ventura graphics Mac

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On 2.3.7 and Intel 13.1, I can also not use the File Browser to insert
graphics.  But then I haven't inserted graphics for a while.  On the
2.3.7 on an intel 12.6.2 I don't see that behavior.

The alternative proposed here makes not sense whatsoever to me,
especially on an M1.  The (speed) limiting factor is LaTeX (in
particular LuLaTeX).

Universal binary in any case means that on the M1 the M1 binary runs and
on the Intel the Intel binary.  However, even running the Intel binary
on the M1 under Rosetta makes no real difference, other than that it
loads slower.  But since LyX is set up to open at login I would not even
care.

el

On 21/01/2023 23:02, Christopher Menzel wrote:
[...]

> This definitely appears to be a Ventura thing.  I can’t insert
> graphics on my 2021 MacBook Pro using either 2.3.6.2 or 2.3.7 but both
> versions work just fine on my old iMac under Big Sur.  
> 
> You can mitigate the pain of the kludgy workaround a little bit by
> locating your desired graphic in the Finder, right clicking and
> selecting “Get Info”.  This will bring up an info window that contains
> the full Unix path to the containing directory that you can copy and
> paste into the “file:” field in the LyX pop-up for inserting graphics.
> You’ll still have to type in the file name, but the process is still
> easier than typing in the whole path, especially if you use cloud
> storage, which buries your files pretty deeply under your home
> directory.
> 
> Alternatively, run LyX under Linux in a Parallels VM — it’s quite a bit
> faster than the MacOS universal binary and doesn’t suffer from this bug.
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Re: LyX 1.0

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Does not look like a LyX file to me.

/Applications/LyX.app//Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx -n  t.lyx -o
new.lyx

shows :


Warning: Version does not match file format, discarding it. (Version
None, format 215)
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing '\use_amsmath'.
Warning: Truncated document.
Warning: Malformed lyx document: Missing '\use_numerical_citations'.
Warning: Malformed lyx document: Missing '\use_jurabib'.
Warning: Malformed lyx document: Missing '\use_natbib'.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing `\fontscheme'.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing `\cite_engine'.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing \use_indices.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Could not find amsmath os esint 
setting.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_mhchem.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_mathdots.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Missing \suppress_date.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package amsmath.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: Can't find \use_package.
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_roman!
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_sans!
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_typewriter!
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_sf_scale!
Warning: Malformed LyX document: No \font_tt_scale!
Warning: Malformed LyX document! Can't find \quotes_language!


I would perhaps try and reconstruct the LaTeX manually and then
see if you can import that into lyx.

el

On 10/01/2023 12:23, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> Yes, I can share it.
> Not sure about the exact result !
> 
> Thank
> 
> ---
> #This file was created by  Wed Aug 22 20:08:36 2001
> #LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1999 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
> \lyxformat 2.15
> \textclass article
> \papersize a4paper
> \options american,portrait,dvips
> \begin_preamble
> %\usepackage{a4_fr}
> \usepackage{times}
> %\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> %\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
> %\usepackage[body={20cm,28.5cm}]{geometry}
> %\usepackage[body={20cm,26.5cm}]{geometry}
> %\usepackage{geometry}
> %\geometry{verbose,a4paper}
> %\geometry{verbose}
> \pagestyle{empty}
> \usepackage{babel}
> %\usepackage{doublespace}
> \usepackage{color}
> %\usepackage{crayola}
> %\usepackage{pifont}
> %\usepackage{graphicx}
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> %\usepackage{pstcol,pst-char,pst-plot,pst-grad}
> \usepackage{pst-coil,pst-text}
> %\usepackage[curve,arrow,frame]{xy}
> %\usepackage{mfpic}
> %\usepackage{semcolor}
> %\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
> \usepackage{palatino,mathpple}
> %\usepackage{lucida,lucmaths}
> %\usepackage{fancyheadings}
> %\usepackage{fancybox}
> %\usepackage{mathptmx}
> %\setlength\parskip{\medskipamount}
> %\setlength\parskip{0pt}
> %\setlength\parindent{0pt}
> %\setlength\textwidth{19.5cm}
> %\setlength\textheight{26cm}
> %\setlength{\topmargin}{0cm}%{-2cm}
> 
> \end_preamble
> 
> \layout Standard
> 
> 
> \begin_float fig 
> 
> \latex latex 
> 
> \backslash begin{pspicture}(0,0)(18,9)
> \backslash psline[linewidth=0.25mm]{-}(5.0,2.0)(5.0,7.0)
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash psline[linewidth=0.25mm]{-}(6.0,2.0)(6.0,7.0)
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash psset{arrowlength=2,arrowsize=4pt,arrowscale=2 1}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash 
> pszigzag[coilwidth=3mm,linearc=1.5pt,coilarmA=1pt,coilarmB=10pt]{->}(3.5,3.0)(5.0,5.0)
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash psset{linestyle=none}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(4.5,1.0)(5.5,1.0)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash left| a
> \backslash right
> \backslash rangle
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(5.5,1.0)(6.5,1.0)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash left
> \backslash langle a
> \backslash right|
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(4.5,8.0)(5.5,8.0)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash left| b
> \backslash right
> \backslash rangle
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(5.5,8.0)(6.5,8.0)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash left
> \backslash langle a
> \backslash right|
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
> 
> \backslash pstextpath[c]{
> \backslash psline(0.5,4.5)(4.5,4.5)}{
> \backslash huge 
> \backslash (
> \backslash widetilde{V}_{ab}
> \backslash left(
> \backslash omega,
> \backslash ,
> \backslash overrightarrow{r}
> \backslash right)
> \backslash )}
> \newline 
>   
> \backslash end{pspicture}
> \latex default 
> 
> \layout Caption
> 
> 
> \latex latex 
> 
> \backslash protect
> \latex default 
> 
> \latex latex 
> 
> \backslash centering{}
> \latex default 
> Two-level 

Re: How to make LyX work with Mac OS 13.1:solved

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Hal,

I use the python3 installed by the Homebrew package manager which will
remind me during my (almost) daily upgrade if the XCode Command Line
Tools are not installed to do the xcode-select, so I am used to that
(without having to pay attention to Python).

greetings, el


On 14/12/2022 18:08, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Dec 14, 2022, at 8:55 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse  wrote:
>>
>> Hal,
>>
>> the command is
>>
>>   sudo xcode-select --install
>>
>> you will then be asked for your password.
>>
>> It is a system wide installation of the command line tools (of XCode)
>> and hence must be done as administrator (technically root).
>>
>> The complete XCode will of course also install python3 but is a few GB
>> too much.
>>
>> el
>>
> El -
> 
> Thanks. I thought you had posted something like this, but could not find it.
> 
> Hal

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Re: closing a named buffer?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

buffer-close-all

will do what I want for this particular issue.

el

On 14/12/2022 18:18, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 12/14/22 10:52, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can easily close the current buffer with a command like (on the mac)
>>
>>     LYXPIPE=$(find ~/Library/Application\ Support ~/.lyx \
>>    -name .lyxpipe.in 2>/dev/null | head -1)   
>>     echo "LYXCMD:P2:buffer-close" > "$LYXPIPE"
>>
>> Is it possible to close a named buffer even another was "active" using
>> the LYXPIPE mechanism?
>>
>> Let's say the file names I am editing are a.lyx and b.lyx, and a.lyx is
>> in front, how would I close b.lyx while keeping a.lyx in front/active?
>>
>> I am willing to RTFM :-)-O
>>
>> el
>>
> I don't know if this would fit your intended use, but you could use a
> command sequence like "buffer-switch
> /path/to/b.lyx;buffer-close;buffer-switch /path/to/a.lyx", assuming that
> you knew the file names/paths when the sequence was triggered. I'm not
> sure if the switch back to a.lyx is necessary. It may depend on whether
> there are more than two buffers open when you execute the command sequence.
> 
> Paul
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Re: About upgrading to MacOS 13

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I must confess, Stefan made

/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx: Mach-O universal
binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable
x86_64] [arm64]

for me :-)-O which works like nobody's business :-)-O

el

On 08/12/2022 09:48, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 07.12.22 um 21:36 schrieb Christopher Menzel:
>>
>> I have used LyX 2.3.6.2 under Ventura and did find that it crashed
>> regularly. Since the version on LyX.org is still only compiled for
>> Intel, perhaps Rosetta is the problem.
> 
> no problem here with
> 
> LyX Version 2.3.6.2
> 
> and Ventura 13.1
> 
> Herbert
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> And just to note, in case it is helpful: if you are familiar with
>> Linux and have, or don’t mind purchasing, a Parallels 18 subscription,
>> LyX 2.3.6.2 (together with the Okular PDF viewer) is wonderfully
>> snappy and stable running in a Linux VM under Ventura.
>>
>> -chris
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2022, at 2:08 PM, Daniel CLEMENT via lyx-users
>>  wrote:
>>> ...
>>> I conclude that there is a risk, however little, that something _can_
>>> go wrong.
>>>
>>> Since I cannot afford to break anything for the next months, I think
>>> I’ll play it safe and delay the upgrade.
>>>
>>> I need to learn MacOS better first. (Marcus: I didn’t even know that
>>> the downgrade relied on Time Machine…)
>>>
>>> In the meantime, there’s a couple of very minor annoyances that I
>>> cannot solve alone; I’ll ask about them in another thread.
>>>
>>> BR - Daniel
>>
>>
> 

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Re: issue with opening lyx

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

After an unsuccessful launch open Systems Preferences -> Privacy &
Security  and you might find a butto to allow it anyway.

You can also issue

sudo spctl --master-disable

it will ask you for your password and you must be an admin for this.

If you try again it should go through.

el






On 04/12/2022 05:23, Patryk Kozlowski wrote:
> i want to use lyx fairly frequently, but everytime i restart my computer
> i am not able to load the application on my mac big sur 11.3.1. when i
> try to open lyx, i get the dialog: 
> 
> *“LyX.app” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious
> software.*
> 
> This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more
> information.
> 
> 
> This item is on the disk image “LyX-2.3.6.2+qt5-12-x86_64-cocoa
> (2).dmg”. Chrome downloaded this disk image today at 5:23 PM from
> *www.lyx.org *.
> 
> 
> 
> Is there any way to get rid of this message?
> 
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Re: Generating index when compiling document

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Running an 8 yrar old Linux. Hmm.

el

On 02/12/2022 01:01, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote:
> 
>> Which latex distribution did you install and which operating system are
>> you working on?
> 
> Udi,
> 
> Slackware-14.2/x86_64 and texlive-2021.210418-x86_64-1slint.
> 
> Rich

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Re: Generating index when compiling document

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

WHat I am seeing is that texindy is not (properly) installed. I would
figure out to which slackware package texindy belongs (probably texlive)
and reinstall that.

el

On 02/12/2022 16:33, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
>> Rich, export your document to LaTeX, go into the directory of
>> the exported code and then run
>> pdflatex 
>> texindy file.idx
>> then you'll see what happens. If you know the temporary directory
>> of the LyX files, you can also run texindy in that directory with the
>> current filename.
> 
> Herbert,
> 
> Yesterday I ran texindy on the *.idx file in /tmp; today produced the same
> result.
> 
> Exported document to latex (pdflatex).
> $ pdflatex biota-to-set-wq-standards.tex
> $ texindy biota-to-set-wq-standards.idx
> texindy: not a symlink as required for TeX Live at /usr/bin/texindy line
> 414.
> 
> I posted the relevant portion of that script yesterday. Can provide it
> again
> if needed.
> 
> I'll see if the Slackware-15.0 texlive has the texindy perl script and will
> use that to replace 2021-04-18 version in /usr/bin/.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich


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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

The developer has a M1 Mini if I am not mistaken so upgrade on Ventura
should work :-))-O.

I have no issues on Ventura nor on Monterey (on the two desktops which
don't want to upgrade to Ventura)

What is the '"create new" environment'? You mean File -> New?
Works for me.


el

On 16/11/2022 17:22, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 11:10:14AM -0800, Michela Giorcelli via
> lyx-users wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently upgraded my Mac to Ventura and in Lyx the create new
>> environment option has disappeared and I’m not able to create a
>> new frame, not even using the key board option.  Could anyone
>> help with this?
> 
> Hi Michela,
> 
> Unfortunately, we've seen a lot of strange issues reported by
> LyX users upgrading to Ventura.  Further, we have only one LyX
> developer whose main operating system is macOS and I'm not even
> sure if they are on Ventura so I don't know if there will be a
> fix anytime soon since it's hard to figure out what the problem
> is and how to fix it.  I'm really sorry for the inconvenience!
> 
> Scott
> 
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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Stephan,

this is surely the python issue that was mentioned previously here :-)-O

el

On 17/11/2022 07:40, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 16.11.2022 um 21:54 schrieb Scott Kostyshak :
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:43:50AM +1100, Gordon Watson wrote:
>>>
[...]
>>> I am currently locked out of hundreds of essays with a lyx2lyx
>>> problem.
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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Requires even more reading (which he doesn't want to do) and does
not give you recent LyX/LaTeX.

As you know, I am doing this on Mac for many many years and no
insurmountable problems (all that occurred, were fixed quickly)

el

On 17/11/2022 01:17, John White wrote:
> I don't think a new PC is needed.  Why not pick up a used PC and
> put a linux OS on it?  That's what I have done for years.  Lyx
> works fine.
> 
> 
> John
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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Because the LaTeX you need to run LyX is much more finicky on
Windoze. At least on the Mac it'll sort itself out over time.

el

On 16/11/2022 22:26, lyx101 via lyx-users wrote:
[...]
> But Scott, as I think further.  Why don’t I — to put it simply —
> just buy a PC? And more happily step up to 15 hours per day
> (occasionally) beginning tomorrow?
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Re: Cannot Create New Frame

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Refusing to learn?


No sympathy here.

el

On 16/11/2022 21:54, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:43:50AM +1100, Gordon Watson wrote:
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> On the subject of LyX and Mac!  LyX — LyX Version 2.3.6.2 (7
>> January 2021) — is more important to me than my Monterey v12.6
>> Mac.  (Ventura is on hold.)  I am currently locked out of
>> hundreds of essays with a lyx2lyx problem.  SO: Is it time for
>> me to buy a PC?
>>
>> NB: I am a heavy user of LyX, often 14 hours per day.  BUT: it
>> is a black box to me, and that’s how I want it to stay: for I
>> do not expect to fiddle with the engine when I buy a car!  And,
>> yes, to escape my current dilemma, I’d be happy to BUY LyX or
>> hire a consultant.
>>
>> In particular: I have no familiarity with the jargon — python,
>> Koma, Linux/Unix — and I hope to remain that way
>>
>> If a PC is the BEST solution, then recommendations for a
>> suitable PC — or ones to avoid — will be happily received!
>>
>> Thanks; Gordon
> 
> Hi Gordon,
> 
> Ouch!  That sounds really frustrating!  I do not think you
> should buy a new computer just because of this.  We are working
> on releasing 2.4.0, and I wonder if this will somehow work for
> you since it has a lot of improvements compared to the version
> you're using.
> 
> Wow, 14 hours a day!  I wonder if there is an entry in the
> Guiness Book of World Records for LyX usage?
> 
> It is our goal that you should not have to know anything about
> Python, Unix, Qt, C++, etc., to use LyX. Unfortunately, in
> practice it's hard to achieve that since LyX has a lot of things
> it needs to work well and sometimes the parts don't line up.
> 
> Best,
> Scott
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Re: Why is Theorems (ams-extended) not available?

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To me it looks like it is already installed...

el


On 04/11/2022 22:02, Neal Becker wrote:
> Why is Theorems (ams-extended) not available (Add is grayed out)?  See
> screenshot below.  This is lyx-2.3.6.1 on Fedora 36.
> 
> Thanks,
> Neal
> 
> 


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Re: Re MacOS Ventura trouble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Did you Tool -> Reconfigure LyX afterwards?

el

On 04/11/2022 04:36, Zhiyu Fu wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> Just to provide another data point, I also encountered this problem on
> my two M1 mac machines, both were upgraded to Ventura recently.  On
> one machine files cannot be loaded; On the other one all keyboard
> shortcuts stop working.  It's probably because the bind file is not
> loaded properly.  Not sure whether it's related.
> 
> I tried the trick below and it didn't solve the problem.
> 
> `sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python`
> 
> -Zhiyu
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Default location for files

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Even better would be using R and knitR.

el


On 01/11/2022 07:15, Marcus Kriele via lyx-users wrote:
[...]
> I think, a better approach would be to produce a pdf for your plot
> outside LyX and then to read the pdf into LyX as a figure.
> Advantages: the figure input dialog does accept relative paths, you
> can use an editor which is better suited to do LaTeX work (syntax
> highlighting etc), if you have a large document with many files the
> LyX compilation is much faster because it does not have to process
> TikZ (which is slow) every time.
> 
> Marcus
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Re: MWE: two issues need resolving

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

No, the lesson is write a proper MWE.

Often that tells me where the issue is and I don't even have to ask here.

el

On 29/10/2022 14:57, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2022, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
>> Instead of the old \sc \it \rm \sf \tt \bf \md use \scshape \itshape
>> \rmfamily \sffamily \ttfamily \bfseries \mdseries
> 
> Herbert,
> 
> I had made those changes. The immediate problem was the bibliographic style
> in Settings. I neglected to check that and change from Natbib (Bibtex) to
> Biblatex (Natbib). That was the cause. All fixed now. And a valuable lesson
> for me: check all settings on older docs being upgraded.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Rich


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Re: Re MacOS Ventura trouble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Go back to 2.3.6.2


On 09/01/2021 20:42, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> A change in LyX 2.3.6.1 broke the use of SyncTeX with OSX (bug
> #12063).  This was due to inconsistencies in our underlying Qt
> libraries.  Thus, a new version fixing that problem has been
> released.
[...]

And try to symlink python3 to a directory in your PATH

ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python

or if that squeals

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python

If you run

find /Applications/LyX.app -type f -exec grep python {} ';'

you'll see that a number of files want python (and not python3).

As an aside:

I use homebrew's python3.10.8 which symlinks to
/usr/local/bin/python3 and if I am not mistaken to
/usr/local/bin/python (but I may have done this manually) so
python is always found and always equates to the (latest)
python (3.10.*) installed by homebrew.

Added complication for homebrew is of course that on the
M1 /usr/local is replaced by /opt/homebrew in the above,
but as that's in my PATH it doesn't matter.

As my two Desktop machines do not support Ventura I'll have to
software update them after the (long) weekend (at the coast
:-)-O) to 12.6.2 and see what that does.  12.6.1 has
/usr/bin/pythin3 as well but that's 3.9.6

There is a reason for this (homebrew) madness.  Namely I need
to run some Python modules (installed with PIP) and I need the
same version on all of my machines, obviously :-)-O

greetings, el

On 28/10/2022 19:26, mkriele--- via lyx-users wrote:
> This should be okay.  After downgraded to 12.6.1, I installed
> python and tried the command „which python“ etc.  This only
> yielded python3 but not python or python2.  However, I could
> install LyX without any problems.  Obviously, I did not try this
> on Ventura.
> 
> Marcus
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Re: Re MacOS Ventura trouble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

On my M1 Macbook I see /usr/bin/python3 but not /usr/bin/python.

el



On 27/10/2022 22:40, Marcus Kriele via lyx-users wrote:
> I had the last 12.x which came out before Ventura.  So it was
> very likely 12..6 and at least 12.5 But I did not install Python
> 3 on Ventura.  This was probably my mistake
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Re: MacOS Ventura trouble

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I don't see this on my Intel Macbook 13. I'll look on the M1 Macbook Air
over the weekend.

el

On 24/10/2022 22:31, mkriele--- via lyx-users wrote:
> Dear Lyx Mac users,
> 
> I have just installed Ventura.  Now LyX cannot read my modules any
> more.  They are correctly listed in the modules list in the settings
> dialog, but I get the error message "Error reading module addons”
> (where “addons.module” is my module file in my personal layout
> folder).  The additional environments are not showing up either.
> 
> When I try to reconfigure I get the error message that it failed.
> When I delete my LyX-2.3 folder altogether, then LyX creates a new
> folder but gives more error messages.  It cannot be reconfigured
> either and processing documents does not work at all (It doesn’t even
> find the article class).
> 
> If I use my old LyX-2.3 folder then I can process simple documents and
> the built-in modules work, but it cannot read my personal ones.
> 
> I first thought that my preferences simply cannot be read any more,
> but other personal customisations such as colors or key bindings do
> work.
> 
> Needless to say, there were no problems before the update from the
> previous version of the OS.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?  I have no idea what went
> wrong.
> 
> Given my experience, I would advise not to upgrade to Ventua right now
> 
> Thanks and regards, Marcus

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Re: Drawing an arc

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

So, because I can include images, questions about Photoshop should be
asked here?

There are 18 Million Tikz hits on Google.

el


On 2022-10-07 07:32 , Steve Litt wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 19:14 +0200, Daniel wrote:
>> On 2022-10-06 14:29, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
>>> Computers can be used to type.
>>>
>>> el
>>>
>>> On 06/10/2022 08:41, Daniel wrote:
>>>> On 04/10/2022 23:03, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>>>>> What does this have to do with LyX?
>>>>>
>>>>> el
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> LyX can be used to output LaTeX documents. TikZ can be used in LaTeX via
>>>> a package. Or did you mean something more specific?
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> I meant to imply a *close* relation. Anyway, I think as long as there is 
>> an obvious relation why you want to do something in LyX, like LaTeX 
>> stuff, it seems to me that those questions are "okay" on the list. And 
>> some people seem to happily answer them as well. I guess
>>
>> "This list is for questions on how to get LyX working and how to use LyX"
>>
>> is (intentionally) a bit vague. (Unlike, say, that bottom posting is 
>> preferable.)
> 
> Yeah, I was going to mention the top posting thing too. And if a person wants 
> to use
> Tikz in LaTeX to include geometric figures in their LyX documents and 
> therefore asks
> questions on the LyX list, only a wannabe list cop would object.
> 
> You know, I just might study Tikz. It sounds interesting.
> 
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Re: Drawing an arc

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

What does this have to do with LyX?

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Re: Batch convert LyX files that require `needauth` action

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Copy one of them, change it in LyX, and run diff on them. That will give
you an idea about the perl/sed command you can use to fix that.

el


On 2022-10-01 14:39 , Steven Paulson wrote:
> Dear LyX users,
> 
> I have LyX files (that require `knitr` converter) synced over GitHub
> across multiple computers. It is tedious sometimes when I pull the files
> to a new machine and convert all of them to PDF, because I have to open
> every single one of them in LyX and grant their permission to always run
> before I can batch convert them with a makefile. I know it is possible
> to get around this hassle by unchecking the `Use needauth option` box
> for the converter in the preference, but I feel it is not the optimal
> solution for me because I do want a warning of security for LyX
> documents I am not familiar with. I am wondering if there is a command
> line option (I am thinking of something along the lines of
> `--assume-yes`) that I can pass to `lyx` to grant permission for the
> converter to run LyX documents I am familiar with. That way I do not
> need to uncheck the `needauth` option globally. If you have any idea how
> to do this or if you have other solutions, please let me know.
> 
> Thank you,
> Yuwen
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Re: old lyx document in lyx 2.3.6 doesn't compile

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I stand corrected, and apologize unreservedly for being
(thoughtfully :-)-O) rude.

I opened directly from Thunderbird when it shows Editing Disabled,
but when I saved the file and double clicked, it did not.

Perhaps good to know.

Though my advice stands.

el

On 2022-09-15 17:12 , Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 9/15/22 09:59, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>> Asking for help on a document with Disabled Editing is
>> (thoughtlessly) rude.
>>
>> el
>>
> I opened the file and disable editing was /not/ checked.  I'm
> not sure why it was for you, but castigating someone for
> something they did not do is (thoughtlessly) rude.
> 
> Paul
> 
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Re: old lyx document in lyx 2.3.6 doesn't compile

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Remove the

\usepackage[magyar,english]{babel}

from the Preamble and switch in

Document -> Settings... Language

to

Hungarian,

then it will compile.


Asking for help on a document with Disabled Editing is
(thoughtlessly) rude.

el


On 2022-09-14 19:16 , Csikos Bela wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I have an old document I made in lyx 2.0. Lyx 2.3.6.1 opens is but
> interprets the code incorrectly and gives compilation error:
> 
> In lyx 2.0 the latex code is:
> 
> \selectlanguage{magyar}%
> \begin{enumerate}[nosep]
> \inputencoding{latin2}%
> \item Első item.\inputencoding{latin9}\foreignlanguage{english}{}\\
> \foreignlanguage{english}{First item. }\selectlanguage{english}%
> \end{enumerate}
> 
> Opening the file in lyx 2.3.6.1 latex code is:
> 
> \selectlanguage{magyar}%
> \begin{enumerate}[\foreignlanguage{english}{nosep}]
> \inputencoding{latin2}%
> \item Első item.\inputencoding{latin9}\foreignlanguage{english}{}\\
> \foreignlanguage{english}{First item. }\selectlanguage{english}%
> \end{enumerate}
> 
> How can I convert or open my lyx 2.0 document in lyx 2.3 so that it
> would work correctly?
> 
> I attach the the lyx 2.0 file (MWE).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> bcsikos
> 
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Re: check the logs

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Wolfgang,

this is not what what I suggested, try this:


lyx24x -f -e luatex A-SP-Jul26.lyx
lualatex A-SP-Jul26.tex

el

On 2022-07-27 18:25 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:



Am 27.07.22 um 18:14 schrieb Dr Eberhard W Lisse:

You ran luatex when you needed to run lualatex.

This is indeed confusing that LyX uses luatex when it exports to
lualatex. It uses pdflatex (and not pdftex).

el

On 2022-07-27 17:38 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
[...]
 > lyx24x -f -e luatex A-SP-Jul26.lyx
 > wolfgang@Fuji:~/Dokumente/PUBLIKATIONEN-EIGENE/A-SP-2022$ luatex 
A-SP-Jul26.tex

 > This is LuaTeX, Version 1.15.0 (TeX Live 2022)
[...]


running  as suggested:
lyx24x -f -e lualatex A-SP-Jul26.lyx
Error: Couldn't export file

No information for exporting the format lualatex.

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Re: check the logs

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

You ran luatex when you needed to run lualatex.

This is indeed confusing that LyX uses luatex when it exports to
lualatex. It uses pdflatex (and not pdftex).

el

On 2022-07-27 17:38 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
[...]
> lyx24x -f -e luatex A-SP-Jul26.lyx
> wolfgang@Fuji:~/Dokumente/PUBLIKATIONEN-EIGENE/A-SP-2022$ luatex 
A-SP-Jul26.tex

> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.15.0 (TeX Live 2022)
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Re: check the logs

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I usually do something like

lyx -f -e luatex lyxfile.lyx
lualatex lyxfile.tex
lexlogsieve lyxfile.log

el

On 2022-07-27 16:16 , Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
>
>
> Am 27.07.22 um 16:12 schrieb Kornel Benko:
>> Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:09:54 +0200
>> schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann :
>>> Am 27.07.22 um 16:04 schrieb Kornel Benko:
 Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:48:16 +0200
 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann :
> I worked today on a document and tried to export is as pdf
> (Lua-TeX).  I got this message:
>
> The external program lualatex finished with an error.  It is
> recommended you fix the cause of the external program's error
> (check the logs).
>
> So I went back to the version of yesterday, in which the export
> worked.
>
> However, I get the same error.
>
> Very strange!
>
> Where do I find the log file?
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Re: Syncing skim with LyX

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Ehud,

First of all why compile to tex and then to pdf, instead of doing this
directly?


There are however (at least) two ways of doing this:

First look in the

Document

pulldown for

View [PDF (LuaTeX)]

can be also

[PDF (pdflatex)]

which is tied (in my case) to CMD-R


Then in

Perferences -> File Handling -> File Formats -> Format:

look for

[PDF (LuaTeX)]

and set

Viewer: [Custom] [open -a Skim.app $$i]

click

Apply

and perhaps do same for

[PDF (pdflatex)]


You can also select an PDF in the finder and then enter

CMD-I

which will open a window with lots of information and you usually would
find

Open With: ...

showing

Preview.

You can change that in the Pulldown to Skim for this (single) file or
for all files, so that double clicking on a PDF will open it with skim,
and the default method of opening PDFs in Skim would also change to
skim.

I do the latter, as I use skim for almost every PDF.

greetings,  el



On 2022-07-17 00:22 , Ehud Behar via lyx-users wrote:
> I am using macOS and until now, after compiling the lyx file (to tex and
> then) to a pdf file, the output was opened by the default pdf viewer
> (macOS Preview, on my computer).
>
> I want to use the pdf viewer "Skim" to open the compiled pdf, with
> mainly the advantage that there are no page jumps after making changes
> to the document.
>
> What are the steps needed to change this in LyX in order to implement
> skim as the pdf viewer?
>
> The closest thing I came across until now is appendix C in the User
> manual, section File Handling, and section 3 in the customization
> manual, "The Preferences dialog".
>
> It was a first reading and I haven't grasped everything, but at the
> moment I am not sure if my answer is covered there at all.
>
> Therefore my question is if those are the places to look at all, and if
> someone can maybe redirect me to a short guide for that?
>

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Re: Support for xfig graphics (Solved)

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Well, I see two things :-)-O

You didn't include it as graphic but as external file, so it does not
preview in the lyX file.  Cosmetic, but I wonder why one would do that.

And indeed the stock fig2pdftex.py lacks a shebang on my Mac which I
would not consider a feature so I have raised it as

https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/12560

on the tracker.

greetings, el

On 2022-06-21 20:08 , Rudi Gaelzer wrote:
> On terça-feira, 21 de junho de 2022 14:26:39 -03 Rudi Gaelzer wrote:
>> Indeed there is:
>>
>> 14:20:04.072: Previewing ...
>> 14:20:04.076: (buffer-view)
>> 14:20:04.085: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/scripts/fig_copy.py"
>> "/home/rudi/temp/ ufrgs/Coulomb_Law.fig" "/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.DFELBfPgzbQo/
>> lyx_tmpbuf25/40_home_rudi_temp_ufrgs_Coulomb_Law.fig"
>> 14:20:04.104: Fatal Python error: init_sys_streams: can't initialize sys
>> standard streams
>>
>> There's a fatal error with python.  Is that it?  I had to force the
>> standard distribution for python in .bashrc with:
>>
>> alias python='/usr/bin/python3'
>>
>> otherwise the standard would fall to the Intel distribution.
>
> It seems that the problem was indeed a mix-up with different python
> distributions.  Got rid of the Intel python distribution and now the
> internal conversion of Xfig files is working again.

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