Optional arguments for a custom InsetLayout?

[Florian Rubach]

I was trying to write a really small module for the sidenotes package. I 
pretty much copied what jürgen Spitzmüller wrote for the pdfcomment 
package (http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Modules/pdfcomment.module)


Now what I realized is, that I can't insert optional arguments (the LyX 
way, via insertshort title), even though I specified their availability 
in the module. The pdfcomment module also seems to enable optional 
arguments, but I can't add any when I try it.


Does anyone know what I am doing wrong or if this is a bug? The code for 
the module is below.


Thanks for your help!

#\DeclareLyXModule{Sidenotes}
#DescriptionBegin
#Inserts sidenotes in the output.
#DescriptionEnd
# Author: Florian Rubach

Format 11

InsetLayout sidenote
LyXType   custom
LabelString   Sidenote
LatexType command
LatexName sidenote
Decorationclassic
LabelFont
  Color   cyan
  SizeSmall
EndFont
MultiPar  false
OptionalArgs  2
Preamble
\RequirePackage{sidenotes}
EndPreamble
End

Optional arguments for a custom InsetLayout?

[Florian Rubach]

I was trying to write a really small module for the sidenotes package. I 
pretty much copied what jürgen Spitzmüller wrote for the pdfcomment 
package (http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Modules/pdfcomment.module)


Now what I realized is, that I can't insert optional arguments (the LyX 
way, via insertshort title), even though I specified their availability 
in the module. The pdfcomment module also seems to enable optional 
arguments, but I can't add any when I try it.


Does anyone know what I am doing wrong or if this is a bug? The code for 
the module is below.


Thanks for your help!

#\DeclareLyXModule{Sidenotes}
#DescriptionBegin
#Inserts sidenotes in the output.
#DescriptionEnd
# Author: Florian Rubach

Format 11

InsetLayout sidenote
LyXType   custom
LabelString   Sidenote
LatexType command
LatexName sidenote
Decorationclassic
LabelFont
  Color   cyan
  SizeSmall
EndFont
MultiPar  false
OptionalArgs  2
Preamble
\RequirePackage{sidenotes}
EndPreamble
End

Optional arguments for a custom InsetLayout?

[Florian Rubach]

I was trying to write a really small module for the sidenotes package. I 
pretty much copied what jürgen Spitzmüller wrote for the pdfcomment 
package (http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Modules/pdfcomment.module)


Now what I realized is, that I can't insert optional arguments (the LyX 
way, via insert>short title), even though I specified their availability 
in the module. The pdfcomment module also seems to enable optional 
arguments, but I can't add any when I try it.


Does anyone know what I am doing wrong or if this is a bug? The code for 
the module is below.


Thanks for your help!

#\DeclareLyXModule{Sidenotes}
#DescriptionBegin
#Inserts sidenotes in the output.
#DescriptionEnd
# Author: Florian Rubach

Format 11

InsetLayout sidenote
LyXType   custom
LabelString   "Sidenote"
LatexType command
LatexName sidenote
Decorationclassic
LabelFont
  Color   cyan
  SizeSmall
EndFont
MultiPar  false
OptionalArgs  2
Preamble
\RequirePackage{sidenotes}
EndPreamble
End

Re: Check speller in LyX 2.0 alpha3

[Florian Rubach]

Am 27.05.2010 22:13, schrieb Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano Campaña:
 I have installed LyX 2.0 alpha3 in Ubuntu, but I check speller is
 deactivated since I have installed it.
 
 I have installed aspell, ispell and hunspell in spanish, but it doesn't work.
 
 Some ideas?
 
 Thanks.
 

I see the same problem with a self-compiled 2.0-dev, also on Ubuntu
(64bit). I would also very much appreciate any hints if this is fixable.

Regards,

Florian

Re: Check speller in LyX 2.0 alpha3

[Florian Rubach]

Am 27.05.2010 22:13, schrieb Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano Campaña:
 I have installed LyX 2.0 alpha3 in Ubuntu, but I check speller is
 deactivated since I have installed it.
 
 I have installed aspell, ispell and hunspell in spanish, but it doesn't work.
 
 Some ideas?
 
 Thanks.
 

I see the same problem with a self-compiled 2.0-dev, also on Ubuntu
(64bit). I would also very much appreciate any hints if this is fixable.

Regards,

Florian

Re: Check speller in LyX 2.0 alpha3

[Florian Rubach]

Am 27.05.2010 22:13, schrieb Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano Campaña:
> I have installed LyX 2.0 alpha3 in Ubuntu, but I check speller is
> deactivated since I have installed it.
> 
> I have installed aspell, ispell and hunspell in spanish, but it doesn't work.
> 
> Some ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

I see the same problem with a self-compiled 2.0-dev, also on Ubuntu
(64bit). I would also very much appreciate any hints if this is fixable.

Regards,

Florian

Re: Fwd: Word import

[Florian Rubach]

On 13.05.2010 13:48, stephen's mailinglist account wrote:

Stephen, They're in endnote. I've tried several reccommended programs
for transcoding into Bibtex etc but its all been such a mission I just
decided to write in Word and move to Lyx later.
thanks
   


It should be everything but a big deal to import an endnote database 
into jabref. jabref saves in .bib format, very well usable by lyx/bibtex.

Re: Fwd: Word import

[Florian Rubach]

On 13.05.2010 13:48, stephen's mailinglist account wrote:

Stephen, They're in endnote. I've tried several reccommended programs
for transcoding into Bibtex etc but its all been such a mission I just
decided to write in Word and move to Lyx later.
thanks
   


It should be everything but a big deal to import an endnote database 
into jabref. jabref saves in .bib format, very well usable by lyx/bibtex.

Re: Fwd: Word import

[Florian Rubach]

On 13.05.2010 13:48, stephen's mailinglist account wrote:

Stephen, They're in endnote. I've tried several reccommended programs
for transcoding into Bibtex etc but its all been such a mission I just
decided to write in Word and move to Lyx later.
thanks
   


It should be everything but a big deal to import an endnote database 
into jabref. jabref saves in .bib format, very well usable by lyx/bibtex.

Re: Another Lyx Error Detected

[Florian Rubach]

Am 09.02.2010 01:56, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

 Another problem I am having is with too many floating figures. I have a
 large document with anywhere from 3-100 figures within each chapter.
 I keep getting the error regarding too many floats.

This is not a LyX bug but a restriction of LaTeX. LaTeX's floating 
algorithm works perfectly for a few floats but will fail for too many 
floats. The limit of currently unprocessed floats is therefore set to 18.


Couldn't this be handled by the package placeins, with the command 
\FloatBarrier? Placing that command every now and then?

Just my first thought...

Re: Another Lyx Error Detected

[Florian Rubach]

Am 09.02.2010 01:56, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

 Another problem I am having is with too many floating figures. I have a
 large document with anywhere from 3-100 figures within each chapter.
 I keep getting the error regarding too many floats.

This is not a LyX bug but a restriction of LaTeX. LaTeX's floating 
algorithm works perfectly for a few floats but will fail for too many 
floats. The limit of currently unprocessed floats is therefore set to 18.


Couldn't this be handled by the package placeins, with the command 
\FloatBarrier? Placing that command every now and then?

Just my first thought...

Re: Another Lyx Error Detected

[Florian Rubach]

Am 09.02.2010 01:56, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

> Another problem I am having is with too many floating figures. I have a
> large document with anywhere from 3-100 figures within each chapter.
> I keep getting the error regarding too many floats.

This is not a LyX bug but a restriction of LaTeX. LaTeX's floating 
algorithm works perfectly for a few floats but will fail for too many 
floats. The limit of currently unprocessed floats is therefore set to 18.


Couldn't this be handled by the package placeins, with the command 
\FloatBarrier? Placing that command every now and then?

Just my first thought...

OT: Re: Lyx 1.6.5 Installer

[Florian Rubach]

Am 12.12.2009 09:00, schrieb Manveru:

2009/12/12 Diego Queirozqueiroz.di...@gmail.com:
   

Hello.

Thanks for your reply.

I don't know if it is a good reason, but the alternative installer shows up
an annoying console window when it opens. I really dislikes it, haha.

In general, I think the standalone installer is more clean. This is why I
prefer it. :-)

 

With all respect to your contribution Uwe, this is my preference too :-)
   


I vote for the alt-installer ;)

OT: Re: Lyx 1.6.5 Installer

[Florian Rubach]

Am 12.12.2009 09:00, schrieb Manveru:

2009/12/12 Diego Queirozqueiroz.di...@gmail.com:
   

Hello.

Thanks for your reply.

I don't know if it is a good reason, but the alternative installer shows up
an annoying console window when it opens. I really dislikes it, haha.

In general, I think the standalone installer is more clean. This is why I
prefer it. :-)

 

With all respect to your contribution Uwe, this is my preference too :-)
   


I vote for the alt-installer ;)

OT: Re: Lyx 1.6.5 Installer

[Florian Rubach]

Am 12.12.2009 09:00, schrieb Manveru:

2009/12/12 Diego Queiroz:
   

Hello.

Thanks for your reply.

I don't know if it is a good reason, but the alternative installer shows up
an annoying console window when it opens. I really dislikes it, haha.

In general, I think the standalone installer is more "clean". This is why I
prefer it. :-)

 

With all respect to your contribution Uwe, this is my preference too :-)
   


I vote for the alt-installer ;)

Re: launching Lyx 1.6.5

[Florian Rubach]

  Original-Nachricht 
 Datum: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:08:08 -0500
 Von: E. Kaplan ehud.kap...@mssm.edu
 An: Lyx lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Betreff: launching Lyx 1.6.5
 
 I installed Lyx 1.6.5 on a Windows XP laptop, using the 
 altinstaller 
 (the only one I could find for Windows that had 1.6.5).  Before I 
 installed it, I uninstalled the  previous version, 1.6.4.  When I try to 
 launch Lyx, a DOS window flashes once or twice, and disappears.  Lyx 
 never appears.
 It shouldn't be THAT  tricky, should it?
The altinstaller usually hides the console window. As the first start of 
Lyx can take massive amounts of time (depending on your machine and the 
number of already installed latex packages), it may seem like nothing is 
happening for quite a while.
You can try opening your task manager and look out for processes like 
initexmf.exe, which would indicate that miktex is working on installing 
packages required for lyx.

 
 Help, please!
I hope that helps

 
 EK
Florian

 
 
 

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Re: launching Lyx 1.6.5

[Florian Rubach]

  Original-Nachricht 
 Datum: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:08:08 -0500
 Von: E. Kaplan ehud.kap...@mssm.edu
 An: Lyx lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Betreff: launching Lyx 1.6.5
 
 I installed Lyx 1.6.5 on a Windows XP laptop, using the 
 altinstaller 
 (the only one I could find for Windows that had 1.6.5).  Before I 
 installed it, I uninstalled the  previous version, 1.6.4.  When I try to 
 launch Lyx, a DOS window flashes once or twice, and disappears.  Lyx 
 never appears.
 It shouldn't be THAT  tricky, should it?
The altinstaller usually hides the console window. As the first start of 
Lyx can take massive amounts of time (depending on your machine and the 
number of already installed latex packages), it may seem like nothing is 
happening for quite a while.
You can try opening your task manager and look out for processes like 
initexmf.exe, which would indicate that miktex is working on installing 
packages required for lyx.

 
 Help, please!
I hope that helps

 
 EK
Florian

 
 
 

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Re: launching Lyx 1.6.5

[Florian Rubach]

>  Original-Nachricht 
> Datum: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:08:08 -0500
> Von: "E. Kaplan" 
> An: Lyx 
> Betreff: launching Lyx 1.6.5
> 
> I installed Lyx 1.6.5 on a Windows XP laptop, using the 
> altinstaller 
> (the only one I could find for Windows that had 1.6.5).  Before I 
> installed it, I uninstalled the  previous version, 1.6.4.  When I try to 
> launch Lyx, a DOS window flashes once or twice, and disappears.  Lyx 
> never appears.
> It shouldn't be THAT  tricky, should it?
The altinstaller usually hides the console window. As the first start of 
Lyx can take massive amounts of time (depending on your machine and the 
number of already installed latex packages), it may seem like nothing is 
happening for quite a while.
You can try opening your task manager and look out for processes like 
"initexmf.exe", which would indicate that miktex is working on installing 
packages required for lyx.

> 
> Help, please!
I hope that helps

> 
> EK
Florian

> 
> 
> 

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Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Florian Rubach]

Steve Litt schrieb:

I didn't know .png is a vector graphic.
It isn't. As Helge said, it's pretty useful if you need some pixel 
graphics with relatively large areas of similar colors like screenshots. 
It is relatively small and has lossless compression. For Photos, jpeg is 
better but has lossy compression, tends to introduce artefacts.

SteveT

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Florian Rubach]

Steve Litt schrieb:

I didn't know .png is a vector graphic.
It isn't. As Helge said, it's pretty useful if you need some pixel 
graphics with relatively large areas of similar colors like screenshots. 
It is relatively small and has lossless compression. For Photos, jpeg is 
better but has lossy compression, tends to introduce artefacts.

SteveT

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Florian Rubach]

Steve Litt schrieb:

I didn't know .png is a vector graphic.
It isn't. As Helge said, it's pretty useful if you need some pixel 
graphics with relatively large areas of similar colors like screenshots. 
It is relatively small and has lossless compression. For Photos, jpeg is 
better but has lossy compression, tends to introduce artefacts.

SteveT

Re: Beamer: using \pause[2]

[Florian Rubach]

Matthieu Stigler schrieb:

Hi

I wish some times to use \pause in Lyx specifying the numer of the
pause, ie: \pause[5]

I don't see a way to do it in Lyx 1.6.3 using nice built-in command
Pause, indeed, selecting style Pause and inserting [5] in ERT mode
get translated by

\pause{[5]}

So I do everything in ERT: \pause[5] and then it gets correct. Is
there a way to do it in with built-in command Pause? How? If not,
could I send it as feature request?

Thanks a lot!

Matthieu
Well, it is a bit hidden... You can use Insertshort title, which will 
give you an inset titled Opt, there you can insert your number and 
everything should work.

Re: Beamer: using \pause[2]

[Florian Rubach]

Matthieu Stigler schrieb:

Hi

I wish some times to use \pause in Lyx specifying the numer of the
pause, ie: \pause[5]

I don't see a way to do it in Lyx 1.6.3 using nice built-in command
Pause, indeed, selecting style Pause and inserting [5] in ERT mode
get translated by

\pause{[5]}

So I do everything in ERT: \pause[5] and then it gets correct. Is
there a way to do it in with built-in command Pause? How? If not,
could I send it as feature request?

Thanks a lot!

Matthieu
Well, it is a bit hidden... You can use Insertshort title, which will 
give you an inset titled Opt, there you can insert your number and 
everything should work.

Re: Beamer: using \pause[2]

[Florian Rubach]

Matthieu Stigler schrieb:

Hi

I wish some times to use \pause in Lyx specifying the numer of the
pause, ie: \pause[5]

I don't see a way to do it in Lyx 1.6.3 using nice built-in command
"Pause", indeed, selecting style "Pause" and inserting [5] in ERT mode
get translated by

\pause{[5]}

So I do everything in ERT: \pause[5] and then it gets correct. Is
there a way to do it in with built-in command "Pause"? How? If not,
could I send it as feature request?

Thanks a lot!

Matthieu
Well, it is a bit hidden... You can use Insert>short title, which will 
give you an inset titled "Opt", there you can insert your number and 
everything should work.

Re: Converting to doc format

[Florian Rubach]

Anthony Campbell schrieb:

I'm thinking of publishing in ebook form via Smashwords, who
unfortunately demand Word format. I'm on Linux and as far as I can see
after a fair amount of googling the only practical way of doing this is
to produce a plain text (txt) version from Lyx, import it into the
Openoffice WP, and save it as a .doc file from there.

Does anyone know a better way?

Anthony

The most accurate way I found until now (working even for complicated
documents) is exporting the document to pdf and then submitting it to
www.pdftoword.com.
I don't know if you are comfortable with giving away your document to a
site where I wasn't able to find any statement about the security of
your data, but the results look stunningly good and are even well editable.

Florian

Re: Converting to doc format

[Florian Rubach]

Anthony Campbell schrieb:

I'm thinking of publishing in ebook form via Smashwords, who
unfortunately demand Word format. I'm on Linux and as far as I can see
after a fair amount of googling the only practical way of doing this is
to produce a plain text (txt) version from Lyx, import it into the
Openoffice WP, and save it as a .doc file from there.

Does anyone know a better way?

Anthony

The most accurate way I found until now (working even for complicated
documents) is exporting the document to pdf and then submitting it to
www.pdftoword.com.
I don't know if you are comfortable with giving away your document to a
site where I wasn't able to find any statement about the security of
your data, but the results look stunningly good and are even well editable.

Florian

Re: Converting to doc format

[Florian Rubach]

Anthony Campbell schrieb:

I'm thinking of publishing in ebook form via Smashwords, who
unfortunately demand Word format. I'm on Linux and as far as I can see
after a fair amount of googling the only practical way of doing this is
to produce a plain text (txt) version from Lyx, import it into the
Openoffice WP, and save it as a .doc file from there.

Does anyone know a better way?

Anthony

The most accurate way I found until now (working even for complicated
documents) is exporting the document to pdf and then submitting it to
www.pdftoword.com.
I don't know if you are comfortable with giving away your document to a
site where I wasn't able to find any statement about the security of
your data, but the results look stunningly good and are even well editable.

Florian

Re: Forced floats to stay in their subsection in my Results section?

[Florian Rubach]

 
[snip]

 I have a lot of figures (float figures) and I really want
 them to stay within their subsection here eventhough there's not much 
 text
 compared to amount of floats.
 
 Is there any good solution to handle floats in such a results
 section/chapter?
There is a LaTeX-package called placeins 
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/placeins.html), 
which provides the command \FloatBarrier, so that floats entered between 
two of those commands do appear between them. If you need more specific 
help, please say so.

 Best regards
 
 Peter Jakobsen
Likewise,

Florian


 
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Re: Forced floats to stay in their subsection in my Results section?

[Florian Rubach]

 
[snip]

 I have a lot of figures (float figures) and I really want
 them to stay within their subsection here eventhough there's not much 
 text
 compared to amount of floats.
 
 Is there any good solution to handle floats in such a results
 section/chapter?
There is a LaTeX-package called placeins 
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/placeins.html), 
which provides the command \FloatBarrier, so that floats entered between 
two of those commands do appear between them. If you need more specific 
help, please say so.

 Best regards
 
 Peter Jakobsen
Likewise,

Florian


 
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Re: Forced floats to stay in their subsection in my "Results section"?

[Florian Rubach]

> 
[snip]

> I have a lot of figures (float figures) and I really want
> them to stay within their subsection here eventhough there's not much 
> text
> compared to amount of floats.
> 
> Is there any good solution to handle floats in such a results
> section/chapter?
There is a LaTeX-package called placeins 
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/placeins.html), 
which provides the command \FloatBarrier, so that floats entered between 
two of those commands do appear between them. If you need more specific 
help, please say so.

> Best regards
> 
> Peter Jakobsen
Likewise,

Florian


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Re: LyX .doc

[Florian Rubach]

Stefano Franchi schrieb:

On Saturday 19 September 2009 09:42:41 am rgheck wrote:
  

Can I

a) save
b) export
c) edit

a document in MS Word (.doc) format in LyX?

[snip]

Conversely, if you want to save the document in a format in which it can
be edited by those who have not seen the light (aka, Word users), then
you can export to RTF.

Richard
I have to go the Word -- LyX way and viceversa often 
  

[snip]
For the opposite route (most philosophy publishers and journals will only 
accept .doc, unfortunately) I now save to rtf from lyx and open the rtf into 
openoffice. This works reasonably well for text-only documents (no eq., no 
pictures), although the output looks ugly.  I do not really care about that, 
though, because publishers/and journals will typically import your .doc file 
into a real typesetting program. With eq., graphics, etc. all bets are off.
  
I made some good experience with a website called pdftoword.com. If you 
don't care about sending something to a website where you don't exactly 
know who exactly can read what you submitted, you can send in a .pdf and 
shortly after that (usually 2h) you will be emailed a .doc which is 
surprisingly correct and editable.
I tried whole PhD-Theses (Chemistry, so lots of pictures and formula) to 
be sure, and until now, i didn't see anything converted heavily wrong. 
That doesn't guarantee it works in all cases, but I think it is worth a try.


Conclusion: in my experience,  .doc -- .lyx conversion is possible but it is 
(now) a one-way street. It allows you to convert final drafts of either format 
into the other, but it precludes any serious collaboration on shared texts. 
For the book I mentioned above, my co-editor and I used .doc to write the 
introduction, then I converted the next to final draft into .lyx format and 
from that point on all his editing, additions, etcetera were done by him 
sending me the corrections and me inserting them into the Lyx file.

Hope it helps,

S.
  
For the way back (doc - lyx), i haven't tried the pages .doc's yet, so 
I can't say anything about reusability of the results. I can imagine 
it's not that easy with documents containing formulae, pictures and 
other fancy stuff.



Florian

Re: LyX .doc

[Florian Rubach]

Stefano Franchi schrieb:

On Saturday 19 September 2009 09:42:41 am rgheck wrote:
  

Can I

a) save
b) export
c) edit

a document in MS Word (.doc) format in LyX?

[snip]

Conversely, if you want to save the document in a format in which it can
be edited by those who have not seen the light (aka, Word users), then
you can export to RTF.

Richard
I have to go the Word -- LyX way and viceversa often 
  

[snip]
For the opposite route (most philosophy publishers and journals will only 
accept .doc, unfortunately) I now save to rtf from lyx and open the rtf into 
openoffice. This works reasonably well for text-only documents (no eq., no 
pictures), although the output looks ugly.  I do not really care about that, 
though, because publishers/and journals will typically import your .doc file 
into a real typesetting program. With eq., graphics, etc. all bets are off.
  
I made some good experience with a website called pdftoword.com. If you 
don't care about sending something to a website where you don't exactly 
know who exactly can read what you submitted, you can send in a .pdf and 
shortly after that (usually 2h) you will be emailed a .doc which is 
surprisingly correct and editable.
I tried whole PhD-Theses (Chemistry, so lots of pictures and formula) to 
be sure, and until now, i didn't see anything converted heavily wrong. 
That doesn't guarantee it works in all cases, but I think it is worth a try.


Conclusion: in my experience,  .doc -- .lyx conversion is possible but it is 
(now) a one-way street. It allows you to convert final drafts of either format 
into the other, but it precludes any serious collaboration on shared texts. 
For the book I mentioned above, my co-editor and I used .doc to write the 
introduction, then I converted the next to final draft into .lyx format and 
from that point on all his editing, additions, etcetera were done by him 
sending me the corrections and me inserting them into the Lyx file.

Hope it helps,

S.
  
For the way back (doc - lyx), i haven't tried the pages .doc's yet, so 
I can't say anything about reusability of the results. I can imagine 
it's not that easy with documents containing formulae, pictures and 
other fancy stuff.



Florian

Re: LyX & ".doc"

[Florian Rubach]

Stefano Franchi schrieb:

On Saturday 19 September 2009 09:42:41 am rgheck wrote:
  

Can I

a) save
b) export
c) edit

a document in MS Word (.doc) format in LyX?

[snip]

Conversely, if you want to save the document in a format in which it can
be edited by those who have not seen the light (aka, Word users), then
you can export to RTF.

Richard
I have to go the Word --> LyX way and viceversa often 
  

[snip]
For the opposite route (most philosophy publishers and journals will only 
accept .doc, unfortunately) I now save to rtf from lyx and open the rtf into 
openoffice. This works reasonably well for text-only documents (no eq., no 
pictures), although the output looks ugly.  I do not really care about that, 
though, because publishers/and journals will typically import your .doc file 
into a real typesetting program. With eq., graphics, etc. all bets are off.
  
I made some good experience with a website called pdftoword.com. If you 
don't care about sending something to a website where you don't exactly 
know who exactly can read what you submitted, you can send in a .pdf and 
shortly after that (usually <2h) you will be emailed a .doc which is 
surprisingly correct and editable.
I tried whole PhD-Theses (Chemistry, so lots of pictures and formula) to 
be sure, and until now, i didn't see anything converted heavily wrong. 
That doesn't guarantee it works in all cases, but I think it is worth a try.


Conclusion: in my experience,  .doc <--> .lyx conversion is possible but it is 
(now) a one-way street. It allows you to convert final drafts of either format 
into the other, but it precludes any serious collaboration on shared texts. 
For the book I mentioned above, my co-editor and I used .doc to write the 
introduction, then I converted the next to final draft into .lyx format and 
from that point on all his editing, additions, etcetera were done by him 
sending me the corrections and me inserting them into the Lyx file.

Hope it helps,

S.
  
For the way back (doc -> lyx), i haven't tried the pages .doc's yet, so 
I can't say anything about reusability of the results. I can imagine 
it's not that easy with documents containing formulae, pictures and 
other "fancy" stuff.



Florian

Re: Flip x and y axis when importing tables?

[Florian Rubach]

Piero schrieb:

Hello, this is a bit off-topic, maybe, but someone may help me.
 Anyway, I need to import data tables from MS Access queries to plain LyX 
tables.
 This data should be imported with the special copy  paste tool, but I need to 
flip between the x and y axis, i.e. lines should become rows, and rows should 
become lines (roughly as if seen in a mirror standing on the page form top-left 
to bottom-right of it). E.G.

[snip]

Which is the smartest way to do it? Thanks H.
I'm not sure how compatible Access and Excel are (as I don't know Access 
at all), but in Excel, you have the possibility to transpose a table. 
For pasting transposed in Excel, you could just right-click and select 
paste contents... (or similar, my Excel speaks german ;) and in the 
following dialogue check the Transpose-checkbox. Then all your content 
would be transposed and you could repaste it in Access and go your usual 
way to import Access Tables into LyX.

Hope that helps at least a little,

Florian

Re: Flip x and y axis when importing tables?

[Florian Rubach]

Piero schrieb:

Hello, this is a bit off-topic, maybe, but someone may help me.
 Anyway, I need to import data tables from MS Access queries to plain LyX 
tables.
 This data should be imported with the special copy  paste tool, but I need to 
flip between the x and y axis, i.e. lines should become rows, and rows should 
become lines (roughly as if seen in a mirror standing on the page form top-left 
to bottom-right of it). E.G.

[snip]

Which is the smartest way to do it? Thanks H.
I'm not sure how compatible Access and Excel are (as I don't know Access 
at all), but in Excel, you have the possibility to transpose a table. 
For pasting transposed in Excel, you could just right-click and select 
paste contents... (or similar, my Excel speaks german ;) and in the 
following dialogue check the Transpose-checkbox. Then all your content 
would be transposed and you could repaste it in Access and go your usual 
way to import Access Tables into LyX.

Hope that helps at least a little,

Florian

Re: Flip x and y axis when importing tables?

[Florian Rubach]

Piero schrieb:

Hello, this is a bit off-topic, maybe, but someone may help me.
 Anyway, I need to import data tables from MS Access queries to plain LyX 
tables.
 This data should be imported with the special copy & paste tool, but I need to 
flip between the x and y axis, i.e. lines should become rows, and rows should 
become lines (roughly as if seen in a mirror standing on the page form top-left 
to bottom-right of it). E.G.

[snip]

Which is the smartest way to do it? Thanks H.
I'm not sure how compatible Access and Excel are (as I don't know Access 
at all), but in Excel, you have the possibility to transpose a table. 
For pasting transposed in Excel, you could just right-click and select 
"paste contents..." (or similar, my Excel speaks german ;) and in the 
following dialogue check the "Transpose"-checkbox. Then all your content 
would be transposed and you could repaste it in Access and go your usual 
way to import Access Tables into LyX.

Hope that helps at least a little,

Florian

Re: How to get a preview for custom graphics format?

[Florian Rubach]

Daniel Lohmann schrieb:

Hi,


...

So here is what I want to achieve:

I have some TikZ figures (which are actually stand-alone 
LaTeX-documents with the extension .tikz) that I want to embed (not 
the source, but the PDF/EPS via \includegraphics) into my LyX document 
in a way that (1) the LyX-Preview does work (2) PDF generation does 
work, and (3) the .tikz-file is opened in vim when I select Edit 
externally...

...


Your  help is highly appreciated!

Daniel

Hello Daniel!

I'm sorry I can't help you, I just want to tell you that I'm also 
interested in having a preview for TikZ-Graphics. So if there's any 
progress in achieving that, please share it!


Regards,
Florian

Re: How to get a preview for custom graphics format?

[Florian Rubach]

Daniel Lohmann schrieb:

Hi,


...

So here is what I want to achieve:

I have some TikZ figures (which are actually stand-alone 
LaTeX-documents with the extension .tikz) that I want to embed (not 
the source, but the PDF/EPS via \includegraphics) into my LyX document 
in a way that (1) the LyX-Preview does work (2) PDF generation does 
work, and (3) the .tikz-file is opened in vim when I select Edit 
externally...

...


Your  help is highly appreciated!

Daniel

Hello Daniel!

I'm sorry I can't help you, I just want to tell you that I'm also 
interested in having a preview for TikZ-Graphics. So if there's any 
progress in achieving that, please share it!


Regards,
Florian

Re: How to get a preview for "custom" graphics format?

[Florian Rubach]

Daniel Lohmann schrieb:

Hi,


...

So here is what I want to achieve:

I have some TikZ figures (which are actually stand-alone 
LaTeX-documents with the extension .tikz) that I want to embed (not 
the source, but the PDF/EPS via \includegraphics) into my LyX document 
in a way that (1) the LyX-Preview does work (2) PDF generation does 
work, and (3) the .tikz-file is opened in vim when I select "Edit 
externally..."

...


Your  help is highly appreciated!

Daniel

Hello Daniel!

I'm sorry I can't help you, I just want to tell you that I'm also 
interested in having a preview for TikZ-Graphics. So if there's any 
progress in achieving that, please share it!


Regards,
Florian

Re: Datum auf der Titelseite

[Florian Rubach]

geograffiti schrieb:

Hallo liebe Profis,

bin geade am Beenden meiner Diplomarbeit und kriege das verflixte, von lyx
auf die Titelseite gepackte Datum (unter dem Titel der Arbeit) nicht weg.

Kann mir da geholfen werden?

Vielen Dank schon mal!
Matze
Probier's mal mit \date{} in ERT direkt hinter deinem Titel, ohne 
Leerzeichen oder Zeilenumbruch dazwischen.


For every list-member unable to read german:
The issue is that matze is unable to remove the date stamp from his 
titlepage, my suggested solution is to add \date{} in ERT right after 
the title.


Regards, Florian

Re: Datum auf der Titelseite

[Florian Rubach]

geograffiti schrieb:

Hallo liebe Profis,

bin geade am Beenden meiner Diplomarbeit und kriege das verflixte, von lyx
auf die Titelseite gepackte Datum (unter dem Titel der Arbeit) nicht weg.

Kann mir da geholfen werden?

Vielen Dank schon mal!
Matze
Probier's mal mit \date{} in ERT direkt hinter deinem Titel, ohne 
Leerzeichen oder Zeilenumbruch dazwischen.


For every list-member unable to read german:
The issue is that matze is unable to remove the date stamp from his 
titlepage, my suggested solution is to add \date{} in ERT right after 
the title.


Regards, Florian

Re: Datum auf der Titelseite

[Florian Rubach]

geograffiti schrieb:

Hallo liebe Profis,

bin geade am Beenden meiner Diplomarbeit und kriege das verflixte, von lyx
auf die Titelseite gepackte Datum (unter dem Titel der Arbeit) nicht weg.

Kann mir da geholfen werden?

Vielen Dank schon mal!
Matze
Probier's mal mit \date{} in ERT direkt hinter deinem Titel, ohne 
Leerzeichen oder Zeilenumbruch dazwischen.


For every list-member unable to read german:
The issue is that matze is unable to remove the date stamp from his 
titlepage, my suggested solution is to add \date{} in ERT right after 
the title.


Regards, Florian

Re: How do i plot a function?

[Florian Rubach]

Phil schrieb:
i would like to plot a simple function  



I would try to use pstricks package for this.
There also is a package called pgf, which includes tikz. Those two are 
really powerful and do have very nice output (see 
http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/), but like pstricks, time needs 
to be spend reading manuals.
In short, you need to add \usepackage{tikz} and depending on what 
exactly you want to do some other statements in you document 
settings-Latex preamble. Then add the code you learned reading the 
manual in ERT at the places you want, and everything should be fine.


Regards, Florian

Re: How do i plot a function?

[Florian Rubach]

Phil schrieb:
i would like to plot a simple function  



I would try to use pstricks package for this.
There also is a package called pgf, which includes tikz. Those two are 
really powerful and do have very nice output (see 
http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/), but like pstricks, time needs 
to be spend reading manuals.
In short, you need to add \usepackage{tikz} and depending on what 
exactly you want to do some other statements in you document 
settings-Latex preamble. Then add the code you learned reading the 
manual in ERT at the places you want, and everything should be fine.


Regards, Florian

Re: How do i plot a function?

[Florian Rubach]

Phil schrieb:
i would like to plot a simple function  



I would try to use pstricks package for this.
There also is a package called pgf, which includes tikz. Those two are 
really powerful and do have very nice output (see 
http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/), but like pstricks, time needs 
to be spend reading manuals.
In short, you need to add \usepackage{tikz} and depending on what 
exactly you want to do some other statements in you document 
settings->Latex preamble. Then add the code you learned reading the 
manual in ERT at the places you want, and everything should be fine.


Regards, Florian

Re: Fehler beim Öffnen einer lyx Datei

[Florian Rubach]

Uwe Stöhr schrieb:

Konstantin Porzig schrieb:

ich schreibe derzeit meine Bachelorarbeit und habe nun das Problem, 
dass die

LyX Datei, nach dem gestrigen speichern, nicht mehr zu öffnen ist. Es
erscheint folgende Fehlermeldung:

D:/.../main_go.lyxist kein lesbares Lyx-Dokument.


(The list language is English, I'm therefore replying in English.)

Your file is no textfile but consists of binary code. It can therefore 
not be repaired. LyX files are textfiles as you can see when you open 
LyX files with a text editors. I don't know how this could have 
happened but are sure that LyX is not to blame here since LyX is not 
able to create binary output.


Maybe he did enable compression for his document? I dont't know, but 
compressed Lyx-Documents look quite binary to me...


As you are writing a bachelor thesis you will surely have a backup, so 
you should continue with this.


+1


regards Uwe


Regards,
Florian

Re: Fehler beim Öffnen einer lyx Datei

[Florian Rubach]

Uwe Stöhr schrieb:

Konstantin Porzig schrieb:

ich schreibe derzeit meine Bachelorarbeit und habe nun das Problem, 
dass die

LyX Datei, nach dem gestrigen speichern, nicht mehr zu öffnen ist. Es
erscheint folgende Fehlermeldung:

D:/.../main_go.lyxist kein lesbares Lyx-Dokument.


(The list language is English, I'm therefore replying in English.)

Your file is no textfile but consists of binary code. It can therefore 
not be repaired. LyX files are textfiles as you can see when you open 
LyX files with a text editors. I don't know how this could have 
happened but are sure that LyX is not to blame here since LyX is not 
able to create binary output.


Maybe he did enable compression for his document? I dont't know, but 
compressed Lyx-Documents look quite binary to me...


As you are writing a bachelor thesis you will surely have a backup, so 
you should continue with this.


+1


regards Uwe


Regards,
Florian

Re: Fehler beim Öffnen einer lyx Datei

[Florian Rubach]

Uwe Stöhr schrieb:

Konstantin Porzig schrieb:

ich schreibe derzeit meine Bachelorarbeit und habe nun das Problem, 
dass die

LyX Datei, nach dem gestrigen speichern, nicht mehr zu öffnen ist. Es
erscheint folgende Fehlermeldung:

"D:/.../main_go.lyx"ist kein lesbares Lyx-Dokument."


(The list language is English, I'm therefore replying in English.)

Your file is no textfile but consists of binary code. It can therefore 
not be repaired. LyX files are textfiles as you can see when you open 
LyX files with a text editors. I don't know how this could have 
happened but are sure that LyX is not to blame here since LyX is not 
able to create binary output.


Maybe he did enable compression for his document? I dont't know, but 
compressed Lyx-Documents look quite binary to me...


As you are writing a bachelor thesis you will surely have a backup, so 
you should continue with this.


+1


regards Uwe


Regards,
Florian

Re: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

[Florian Rubach]

Matthias Bußjäger schrieb:

Hello,
I have a question to Lyx 1.6.2 / 1.6.3 used on Windows XP.

If I type a text in Lyx there's a delay of approximately half a second to
one second between typing a character and the illustration in the display.
This is really annoying when writing a text speedy.
I also use Lyx on Debian. There it's in real-time and a pleasure to write!

So, can anyone tell me, what's the problem using Lyx on Windows XP ?

I found no bug report, is this problem only in my case?

Thanks


I experienced typing delay when I had the Latex-Source-windoe opened and 
both checkboxes activated (complete source and auto-update). Maybe you 
have unchecked the complete source on your debian machine.


Regards,
Florian

Re: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

[Florian Rubach]

Matthias Bußjäger schrieb:

Hello,
I have a question to Lyx 1.6.2 / 1.6.3 used on Windows XP.

If I type a text in Lyx there's a delay of approximately half a second to
one second between typing a character and the illustration in the display.
This is really annoying when writing a text speedy.
I also use Lyx on Debian. There it's in real-time and a pleasure to write!

So, can anyone tell me, what's the problem using Lyx on Windows XP ?

I found no bug report, is this problem only in my case?

Thanks


I experienced typing delay when I had the Latex-Source-windoe opened and 
both checkboxes activated (complete source and auto-update). Maybe you 
have unchecked the complete source on your debian machine.


Regards,
Florian

Re: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

[Florian Rubach]

Matthias Bußjäger schrieb:

Hello,
I have a question to Lyx 1.6.2 / 1.6.3 used on Windows XP.

If I type a text in Lyx there's a delay of approximately half a second to
one second between typing a character and the illustration in the display.
This is really annoying when writing a text speedy.
I also use Lyx on Debian. There it's in real-time and a pleasure to write!

So, can anyone tell me, what's the problem using Lyx on Windows XP ?

I found no bug report, is this problem only in my case?

Thanks


I experienced typing delay when I had the Latex-Source-windoe opened and 
both checkboxes activated (complete source and auto-update). Maybe you 
have unchecked the "complete source" on your debian machine.


Regards,
Florian

Re: [LyX] make LyX save .pdf where I want?

[Florian Rubach]

Murray Eisenberg schrieb:

This is manifestly not so!

I open E:\Temp\example2.lyx in LyX. Then I click the View DVI button 
to view in Yap, and the View PDF button to view in Acrobat Reader. 
Neither example2.dvi nor example2.pdf is in E:\Temp, either while I am 
viewing those files or after I close Yap or Acrobat Reader.
Well, if you pressed fileexportDVI/PDF instead of using the view 
Buttons, then example2.* would have been where you expected, next to 
your example2.lyx. The view Buttons always create temporary files. But 
I'm not sure why your temporary PDF is located in another directory as 
your temporary DVI.


Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:

Murray Eisenberg schreef:
In LyX 1.6.3 under Windows XP, I've used ToolsPreferencesPaths to 
set...


  Working directory: E:\Documents
  Temporary directory: E:\Temp

... and now after quitting and restarting LyX, at least .dvi files 
are created in subdirectories of E:\Temp\lyx (as are .html files 
when I export to that format).


However, .pdf files are created in a subdirectory of C:\Documents 
and settings.  How do I change this?


The exported files are saved in the directory of the lyx file that is 
being exported.


The working directory is the default location where LyX looks for 
documents and where you are expected to save a new document. (So, 
this has nothing to do with exporting files).


Vincent

Re: [LyX] make LyX save .pdf where I want?

[Florian Rubach]

Murray Eisenberg schrieb:

This is manifestly not so!

I open E:\Temp\example2.lyx in LyX. Then I click the View DVI button 
to view in Yap, and the View PDF button to view in Acrobat Reader. 
Neither example2.dvi nor example2.pdf is in E:\Temp, either while I am 
viewing those files or after I close Yap or Acrobat Reader.
Well, if you pressed fileexportDVI/PDF instead of using the view 
Buttons, then example2.* would have been where you expected, next to 
your example2.lyx. The view Buttons always create temporary files. But 
I'm not sure why your temporary PDF is located in another directory as 
your temporary DVI.


Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:

Murray Eisenberg schreef:
In LyX 1.6.3 under Windows XP, I've used ToolsPreferencesPaths to 
set...


  Working directory: E:\Documents
  Temporary directory: E:\Temp

... and now after quitting and restarting LyX, at least .dvi files 
are created in subdirectories of E:\Temp\lyx (as are .html files 
when I export to that format).


However, .pdf files are created in a subdirectory of C:\Documents 
and settings.  How do I change this?


The exported files are saved in the directory of the lyx file that is 
being exported.


The working directory is the default location where LyX looks for 
documents and where you are expected to save a new document. (So, 
this has nothing to do with exporting files).


Vincent

Re: [LyX] make LyX save .pdf where I want?

[Florian Rubach]

Murray Eisenberg schrieb:

This is manifestly not so!

I open E:\Temp\example2.lyx in LyX. Then I click the View DVI button 
to view in Yap, and the View PDF button to view in Acrobat Reader. 
Neither example2.dvi nor example2.pdf is in E:\Temp, either while I am 
viewing those files or after I close Yap or Acrobat Reader.
Well, if you pressed file>export>DVI/PDF instead of using the" view" 
Buttons, then example2.* would have been where you expected, next to 
your example2.lyx. The "view" Buttons always create temporary files. But 
I'm not sure why your temporary PDF is located in another directory as 
your temporary DVI.


Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:

Murray Eisenberg schreef:
In LyX 1.6.3 under Windows XP, I've used Tools>Preferences>Paths to 
set...


  Working directory: E:\Documents
  Temporary directory: E:\Temp

... and now after quitting and restarting LyX, at least .dvi files 
are created in subdirectories of E:\Temp\lyx (as are .html files 
when I export to that format).


However, .pdf files are created in a subdirectory of C:\Documents 
and settings.  How do I change this?


The exported files are saved in the directory of the lyx file that is 
being exported.


The working directory is the default location where LyX looks for 
documents and where you are expected to save a new document. (So, 
this has nothing to do with exporting files).


Vincent

Re: Alternate installer not working

[Florian Rubach]

Phil schrieb:

I tried to use the altinstaller to update my installation from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2.

When I click on it, it starts but then stops saying that I don't have 1.6.1 installed, but I do have it installed.  I checked to make sure.   

Is there something I can check in the registry to look for a key or something? 


Thx.
Phil
  
The altinstaller updater works only if your existing lyx has been 
installed with the altinstaller.

Can you confirm that?

Regards, Florian

Re: Alternate installer not working

[Florian Rubach]

Phil schrieb:

I tried to use the altinstaller to update my installation from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2.

When I click on it, it starts but then stops saying that I don't have 1.6.1 installed, but I do have it installed.  I checked to make sure.   

Is there something I can check in the registry to look for a key or something? 


Thx.
Phil
  
The altinstaller updater works only if your existing lyx has been 
installed with the altinstaller.

Can you confirm that?

Regards, Florian

Re: Alternate installer not working

[Florian Rubach]

Phil schrieb:

I tried to use the altinstaller to update my installation from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2.

When I click on it, it starts but then stops saying that I don't have 1.6.1 installed, but I do have it installed.  I checked to make sure.   

Is there something I can check in the registry to look for a key or something? 


Thx.
Phil
  
The altinstaller updater works only if your existing lyx has been 
installed with the altinstaller.

Can you confirm that?

Regards, Florian

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Florian Rubach]

Guenter Milde schrieb:

On 2009-05-22, Florian Rubach wrote:
  

Robert Neumann schrieb:


Hello,
I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
  


  

...


I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to update, because
all new lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
  


  
Seriously, what do you expect? If you're not willing to upgrade, I don't 
think there is any possibility to fix _any_ issue...



This is simply not true. Especially the mentioned problem has nothing
to do with the LyX version!

  
Also I can't really imagine any situation where anything regarding lyx 
and latex takes longer than one could bear.



This very much depends on what one could bear and on the available
hardware. Faster than Word does not mean acceptable or nice to everyone.

Günter


Well, seems like the time to apologize. It was my point of view and I 
was wrong. Next time, I try to be more constructive...


Regards,
Florian

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Florian Rubach]

Guenter Milde schrieb:

On 2009-05-22, Florian Rubach wrote:
  

Robert Neumann schrieb:


Hello,
I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
  


  

...


I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to update, because
all new lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
  


  
Seriously, what do you expect? If you're not willing to upgrade, I don't 
think there is any possibility to fix _any_ issue...



This is simply not true. Especially the mentioned problem has nothing
to do with the LyX version!

  
Also I can't really imagine any situation where anything regarding lyx 
and latex takes longer than one could bear.



This very much depends on what one could bear and on the available
hardware. Faster than Word does not mean acceptable or nice to everyone.

Günter


Well, seems like the time to apologize. It was my point of view and I 
was wrong. Next time, I try to be more constructive...


Regards,
Florian

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Florian Rubach]

Guenter Milde schrieb:

On 2009-05-22, Florian Rubach wrote:
  

Robert Neumann schrieb:


Hello,
I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
  


  

...


I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to update, because
all new lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
  


  
Seriously, what do you expect? If you're not willing to upgrade, I don't 
think there is any possibility to fix _any_ issue...



This is simply not true. Especially the mentioned problem has nothing
to do with the LyX version!

  
Also I can't really imagine any situation where anything regarding lyx 
and latex takes longer than one could bear.



This very much depends on what one could bear and on the available
hardware. Faster than Word does not mean acceptable or nice to everyone.

Günter


Well, seems like the time to apologize. It was my point of view and I 
was wrong. Next time, I try to be more constructive...


Regards,
Florian

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Florian Rubach]

Robert Neumann schrieb:

Hello,
I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
  

...

I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to update, because all new
lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
Seriously, what do you expect? If you're not willing to upgrade, I don't 
think there is any possibility to fix _any_ issue...
If your  quality-issue is pressing, you should try out lyx 1.6.2, maybe 
on another machine, and just see if the quality still remains bad.
Also I can't really imagine any situation where anything regarding lyx 
and latex takes longer than one could bear.

Thanks Robert

Regards,
Florian

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Florian Rubach]

Robert Neumann schrieb:

Hello,
I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
  

...

I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to update, because all new
lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
Seriously, what do you expect? If you're not willing to upgrade, I don't 
think there is any possibility to fix _any_ issue...
If your  quality-issue is pressing, you should try out lyx 1.6.2, maybe 
on another machine, and just see if the quality still remains bad.
Also I can't really imagine any situation where anything regarding lyx 
and latex takes longer than one could bear.

Thanks Robert

Regards,
Florian

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Florian Rubach]

Robert Neumann schrieb:

Hello,
I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
  

...

I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to update, because all new
lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
Seriously, what do you expect? If you're not willing to upgrade, I don't 
think there is any possibility to fix _any_ issue...
If your  quality-issue is pressing, you should try out lyx 1.6.2, maybe 
on another machine, and just see if the quality still remains bad.
Also I can't really imagine any situation where anything regarding lyx 
and latex takes longer than one could bear.

Thanks Robert

Regards,
Florian

Re: portable installation

[Florian Rubach]

Sophie (itsme213) schrieb:

If anyone has got this combination working (USBTeX with Lyx16),
  


I just tried it myself and failed. It seems to be an issue with USBTex, 
because even the suggested way to create and compile a simple tex-file 
fails. If I were you, I would try to find out the email-adress of Sam 
Lewis, who wrote the USBTex-part of the wiki-entry.


Good luck,

Florian

Re: portable installation

[Florian Rubach]

Sophie (itsme213) schrieb:

If anyone has got this combination working (USBTeX with Lyx16),
  


I just tried it myself and failed. It seems to be an issue with USBTex, 
because even the suggested way to create and compile a simple tex-file 
fails. If I were you, I would try to find out the email-adress of Sam 
Lewis, who wrote the USBTex-part of the wiki-entry.


Good luck,

Florian

Re: portable installation

[Florian Rubach]

Sophie (itsme213) schrieb:

If anyone has got this combination working (USBTeX with Lyx16),
  


I just tried it myself and failed. It seems to be an issue with USBTex, 
because even the suggested way to create and compile a simple tex-file 
fails. If I were you, I would try to find out the email-adress of Sam 
Lewis, who wrote the USBTex-part of the wiki-entry.


Good luck,

Florian

Re: Center section title in Koma-Script

[Florian Rubach]

Witold (grizz) Firlej schrieb:

Is there some magic ERT to center section Titles in Koma Script?

Menu Edit - paragraph settings doesn't work
  


The Koma-manual (scrguien.pdf) tells me that you can add some commands 
to the section style. In your case, it would be 
\addtokomafont{section}{\centering}. If you put that in your document 
settingsLatex preamble, all of you section headings will be centered.

Note that the numbering will be dragged into the middle as well.

Regards, Florian

Re: Center section title in Koma-Script

[Florian Rubach]

Witold (grizz) Firlej schrieb:

Is there some magic ERT to center section Titles in Koma Script?

Menu Edit - paragraph settings doesn't work
  


The Koma-manual (scrguien.pdf) tells me that you can add some commands 
to the section style. In your case, it would be 
\addtokomafont{section}{\centering}. If you put that in your document 
settingsLatex preamble, all of you section headings will be centered.

Note that the numbering will be dragged into the middle as well.

Regards, Florian

Re: Center section title in Koma-Script

[Florian Rubach]

Witold (grizz) Firlej schrieb:

Is there some magic ERT to center section Titles in Koma Script?

Menu Edit -> paragraph settings doesn't work
  


The Koma-manual (scrguien.pdf) tells me that you can add some commands 
to the section style. In your case, it would be 
\addtokomafont{section}{\centering}. If you put that in your document 
settings>Latex preamble, all of you section headings will be centered.

Note that the numbering will be dragged into the middle as well.

Regards, Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Florian Rubach florian.rub...@gmx.de wrote:
  

class in the documentpreferences dialog.
There you can set the class-option titlepage (just add it to the empty
line) and everything will be fine, you can even omit the newpage.



Cool, thanks. One glitch though: the layout of the title page changes:
the text becomes vertically aligned on the centre [1]. Is this
expected? (It also impacts more heavily the tilte page of `article
(paper)'.)
[1] http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=24587917621978538539

Liviu
  


If you want more control over the design of your titlepage, I suggest to 
use \begin{titlepage} and \end{titlepage} (both in ERT). Between those 
two, you can fill in the content of your titlepage (as standard text, 
formatted by hand) in a way that it suits your needs. Of course this 
needs a bit fingerpainting but offers control over the layout. Keep in 
mind that you have to keep the titlepage-class-option, or you will get 
your pagenumber back.


Regards,
Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:
To me this is not a viable approach for `article (paper)'. 


Using google, I found another possibility which should now be exactly 
what you want.
Don't give article the option titlepage, put \begin{titlepage} in 
front of your title and right after all your titlepage-specific things 
in a new paragraph \thispagestyle{empty} \end{titlepage}.
Now everything should look like in your first example but without the 
pagenumber. This works, because Lyx inserts the \maketitle command right 
after your titlepage-things but now before the end of the titlepage. So 
now the pagenumber on the titlepage is suppressed by \thispagestyle{empty}.


Regards,
Florian

Re: Inserting the List of Figures and List of Tables INTO the TOC

[Florian Rubach]

Luca De Marini schrieb:

Hallo everyone, very quick question: how do I have the List of Figures and
List of Tables appear INTO the TOC? I just need an entry in the TOC like:

Chapter x: page2
Chapter y: page10
List of Figures: page 50
List of Tables: page 54

Something like that because my teacher wants me to put the TOC on the
beginning of the document and the lists on the bottom of it, and he wants
the lists to appear in the TOC too of course. I was sure tehre was an
automatic way to do it but at the end I noticed that it was possible only to
put the bibliography page in the TOC, not the page where the lists are..
Please help me, I know this must be a simple solution but I'm not finding it
in the documentation :)
Bye

Luca D.M.
  


Add \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\listfigurename} in ERT right in 
front of your list of figures and 
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\listtablename} right in front of your 
list of tables.
If you want the lists to appear like subsections in the TOC you need to 
replace both section by subsection.


Regards, Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Florian Rubach florian.rub...@gmx.de wrote:
  

class in the documentpreferences dialog.
There you can set the class-option titlepage (just add it to the empty
line) and everything will be fine, you can even omit the newpage.



Cool, thanks. One glitch though: the layout of the title page changes:
the text becomes vertically aligned on the centre [1]. Is this
expected? (It also impacts more heavily the tilte page of `article
(paper)'.)
[1] http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=24587917621978538539

Liviu
  


If you want more control over the design of your titlepage, I suggest to 
use \begin{titlepage} and \end{titlepage} (both in ERT). Between those 
two, you can fill in the content of your titlepage (as standard text, 
formatted by hand) in a way that it suits your needs. Of course this 
needs a bit fingerpainting but offers control over the layout. Keep in 
mind that you have to keep the titlepage-class-option, or you will get 
your pagenumber back.


Regards,
Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:
To me this is not a viable approach for `article (paper)'. 


Using google, I found another possibility which should now be exactly 
what you want.
Don't give article the option titlepage, put \begin{titlepage} in 
front of your title and right after all your titlepage-specific things 
in a new paragraph \thispagestyle{empty} \end{titlepage}.
Now everything should look like in your first example but without the 
pagenumber. This works, because Lyx inserts the \maketitle command right 
after your titlepage-things but now before the end of the titlepage. So 
now the pagenumber on the titlepage is suppressed by \thispagestyle{empty}.


Regards,
Florian

Re: Inserting the List of Figures and List of Tables INTO the TOC

[Florian Rubach]

Luca De Marini schrieb:

Hallo everyone, very quick question: how do I have the List of Figures and
List of Tables appear INTO the TOC? I just need an entry in the TOC like:

Chapter x: page2
Chapter y: page10
List of Figures: page 50
List of Tables: page 54

Something like that because my teacher wants me to put the TOC on the
beginning of the document and the lists on the bottom of it, and he wants
the lists to appear in the TOC too of course. I was sure tehre was an
automatic way to do it but at the end I noticed that it was possible only to
put the bibliography page in the TOC, not the page where the lists are..
Please help me, I know this must be a simple solution but I'm not finding it
in the documentation :)
Bye

Luca D.M.
  


Add \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\listfigurename} in ERT right in 
front of your list of figures and 
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\listtablename} right in front of your 
list of tables.
If you want the lists to appear like subsections in the TOC you need to 
replace both section by subsection.


Regards, Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Florian Rubach <florian.rub...@gmx.de> wrote:
  

class in the document>preferences dialog.
There you can set the class-option "titlepage" (just add it to the empty
line) and everything will be fine, you can even omit the newpage.



Cool, thanks. One glitch though: the layout of the title page changes:
the text becomes vertically aligned on the centre [1]. Is this
expected? (It also impacts more heavily the tilte page of `article
(paper)'.)
[1] http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=24587917621978538539

Liviu
  


If you want more control over the design of your titlepage, I suggest to 
use \begin{titlepage} and \end{titlepage} (both in ERT). Between those 
two, you can fill in the content of your titlepage (as standard text, 
formatted by hand) in a way that it suits your needs. Of course this 
needs a bit fingerpainting but offers control over the layout. Keep in 
mind that you have to keep the "titlepage"-class-option, or you will get 
your pagenumber back.


Regards,
Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:
To me this is not a viable approach for `article (paper)'. 


Using google, I found another possibility which should now be exactly 
what you want.
Don't give article the option titlepage, put "\begin{titlepage}" in 
front of your title and right after all your titlepage-specific things 
in a new paragraph "\thispagestyle{empty} \end{titlepage}".
Now everything should look like in your first example but without the 
pagenumber. This works, because Lyx inserts the \maketitle command right 
after your titlepage-things but now before the end of the titlepage. So 
now the pagenumber on the titlepage is suppressed by \thispagestyle{empty}.


Regards,
Florian

Re: Inserting the List of Figures and List of Tables INTO the TOC

[Florian Rubach]

Luca De Marini schrieb:

Hallo everyone, very quick question: how do I have the List of Figures and
List of Tables appear INTO the TOC? I just need an entry in the TOC like:

Chapter x: page2
Chapter y: page10
List of Figures: page 50
List of Tables: page 54

Something like that because my teacher wants me to put the TOC on the
beginning of the document and the lists on the bottom of it, and he wants
the lists to appear in the TOC too of course. I was sure tehre was an
automatic way to do it but at the end I noticed that it was possible only to
put the bibliography page in the TOC, not the page where the lists are..
Please help me, I know this must be a simple solution but I'm not finding it
in the documentation :)
Bye

Luca D.M.
  


Add "\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\listfigurename}" in ERT right in 
front of your list of figures and 
"\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\listtablename}" right in front of your 
list of tables.
If you want the lists to appear like subsections in the TOC you need to 
replace both "section" by "subsection".


Regards, Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:

Dear all,
There is a numbering issue in 1.6.2. I've encountered it in several
classes (article, article (paper), etc.). To replicate, create a new
file, enter some info in title, author, and ERT \pagestyle{empty},
insert `new page' add some more standard text (see attached file).
This results in the numbering being displayed on the first page, but
not on subsequent.
Can anyone suggest a workaround to this?
Thank you,
Liviu
  


This is an issue with the maketitle command lyx uses to create the 
titlepage when you specify title, author, etc...
In the article class and some others the titlepage is by default not on 
a single page without numbering, but there is an option you can pass to 
the class in the documentpreferences dialog.
There you can set the class-option titlepage (just add it to the empty 
line) and everything will be fine, you can even omit the newpage.


Regards, Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:

Dear all,
There is a numbering issue in 1.6.2. I've encountered it in several
classes (article, article (paper), etc.). To replicate, create a new
file, enter some info in title, author, and ERT \pagestyle{empty},
insert `new page' add some more standard text (see attached file).
This results in the numbering being displayed on the first page, but
not on subsequent.
Can anyone suggest a workaround to this?
Thank you,
Liviu
  


This is an issue with the maketitle command lyx uses to create the 
titlepage when you specify title, author, etc...
In the article class and some others the titlepage is by default not on 
a single page without numbering, but there is an option you can pass to 
the class in the documentpreferences dialog.
There you can set the class-option titlepage (just add it to the empty 
line) and everything will be fine, you can even omit the newpage.


Regards, Florian

Re: LyX 1.6.2 numbering: cannot remove nr on first page

[Florian Rubach]

Liviu Andronic schrieb:

Dear all,
There is a numbering issue in 1.6.2. I've encountered it in several
classes (article, article (paper), etc.). To replicate, create a new
file, enter some info in title, author, and ERT \pagestyle{empty},
insert `new page' add some more standard text (see attached file).
This results in the numbering being displayed on the first page, but
not on subsequent.
Can anyone suggest a workaround to this?
Thank you,
Liviu
  


This is an issue with the maketitle command lyx uses to create the 
titlepage when you specify title, author, etc...
In the article class and some others the titlepage is by default not on 
a single page without numbering, but there is an option you can pass to 
the class in the document>preferences dialog.
There you can set the class-option "titlepage" (just add it to the empty 
line) and everything will be fine, you can even omit the newpage.


Regards, Florian

Re: Double Line in Table

[Florian Rubach]

Bruce Pourciau schrieb:

How do I make a vertical line in a table into a double line?

Bruce



Usually, only the left vertical line of a cell is set. When you set the 
right one as well, you get a double line.


Regards, Florian

Re: Want to show URLs in printed version

[Florian Rubach]

Drew Kime schrieb:

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:

  

Drew Kime schrieb:

 I've seen lots of questions about how to make clickable hyperlinks, but


I'm
trying to go the opposite direction. I'm using the Hyperlink inset in 1.6
and it is correctly creating the hyperlink in the PDF. But I need the
option
to output a PDF which has both the title text and the URL displayed so
that
it can be printed.

  

The hyperlink dialog provides you to enter a special name for the URL. If
you leave it empty, the link is then also the name, see attached.

regards Uwe



Thanks for the reply, but that's not what I'm trying to do. I *want* the
special name in the electronic version. Pseudocode example: Please visit
[my blog|http://blogname.com] for more details. In the electronic versions,
I want the current behavior, where my blog is displayed, highlighted as a
link to http://blogname.com;. But I'd like to be able to create a version
for print that would show the special name *and* the URL, since you
obviously can't click on a book.

Drew

  


If I get you right, you want two different outputs, number one for 
printing with both title and URL and number two as electronic version 
with just the clickable title and nothing more.

There is a workaround for that... It's not quite beautiful, but it works.
You have to make a distinction between your two cases printed  and 
pdf. For that, you can define your own latex-command, say 
\myprintversion, by \def\myprintversion{} in Latex-Code.
In front of every hyperlink, you can check whether \myprintversion is 
defined or not and use that to decide what output to generate. To stick 
with your example, you could write \ifdefined\myprintversion (in 
Latex-Code), then add the hyperlink in the way you want it in the 
printversion. After that in Latex-Code \else, then add the hyperlink in 
the way you want it in the electronic version. To finalize the 
if-clause, you need to add the statement \fi in Latex-Code.
Now all you have to do to switch between print-version and electronic 
version is to keep the definition of \myprintversion or delete/comment it.


If you need an example-file, I'll send you one.
Regards,

Florian

Re: Double Line in Table

[Florian Rubach]

Bruce Pourciau schrieb:

How do I make a vertical line in a table into a double line?

Bruce



Usually, only the left vertical line of a cell is set. When you set the 
right one as well, you get a double line.


Regards, Florian

Re: Want to show URLs in printed version

[Florian Rubach]

Drew Kime schrieb:

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:

  

Drew Kime schrieb:

 I've seen lots of questions about how to make clickable hyperlinks, but


I'm
trying to go the opposite direction. I'm using the Hyperlink inset in 1.6
and it is correctly creating the hyperlink in the PDF. But I need the
option
to output a PDF which has both the title text and the URL displayed so
that
it can be printed.

  

The hyperlink dialog provides you to enter a special name for the URL. If
you leave it empty, the link is then also the name, see attached.

regards Uwe



Thanks for the reply, but that's not what I'm trying to do. I *want* the
special name in the electronic version. Pseudocode example: Please visit
[my blog|http://blogname.com] for more details. In the electronic versions,
I want the current behavior, where my blog is displayed, highlighted as a
link to http://blogname.com;. But I'd like to be able to create a version
for print that would show the special name *and* the URL, since you
obviously can't click on a book.

Drew

  


If I get you right, you want two different outputs, number one for 
printing with both title and URL and number two as electronic version 
with just the clickable title and nothing more.

There is a workaround for that... It's not quite beautiful, but it works.
You have to make a distinction between your two cases printed  and 
pdf. For that, you can define your own latex-command, say 
\myprintversion, by \def\myprintversion{} in Latex-Code.
In front of every hyperlink, you can check whether \myprintversion is 
defined or not and use that to decide what output to generate. To stick 
with your example, you could write \ifdefined\myprintversion (in 
Latex-Code), then add the hyperlink in the way you want it in the 
printversion. After that in Latex-Code \else, then add the hyperlink in 
the way you want it in the electronic version. To finalize the 
if-clause, you need to add the statement \fi in Latex-Code.
Now all you have to do to switch between print-version and electronic 
version is to keep the definition of \myprintversion or delete/comment it.


If you need an example-file, I'll send you one.
Regards,

Florian

Re: Double Line in Table

[Florian Rubach]

Bruce Pourciau schrieb:

How do I make a vertical line in a table into a double line?

Bruce



Usually, only the left vertical line of a cell is set. When you set the 
right one as well, you get a double line.


Regards, Florian

Re: Want to show URLs in printed version

[Florian Rubach]

Drew Kime schrieb:

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Uwe Stöhr  wrote:

  

Drew Kime schrieb:

 I've seen lots of questions about how to make clickable hyperlinks, but


I'm
trying to go the opposite direction. I'm using the Hyperlink inset in 1.6
and it is correctly creating the hyperlink in the PDF. But I need the
option
to output a PDF which has both the title text and the URL displayed so
that
it can be printed.

  

The hyperlink dialog provides you to enter a special name for the URL. If
you leave it empty, the link is then also the name, see attached.

regards Uwe



Thanks for the reply, but that's not what I'm trying to do. I *want* the
special name in the electronic version. Pseudocode example: "Please visit
[my blog|http://blogname.com] for more details." In the electronic versions,
I want the current behavior, where "my blog" is displayed, highlighted as a
link to "http://blogname.com;. But I'd like to be able to create a version
for print that would show the special name *and* the URL, since you
obviously can't click on a book.

Drew

  


If I get you right, you want two different outputs, number one for 
printing with both title and URL and number two as electronic version 
with just the clickable title and nothing more.

There is a workaround for that... It's not quite beautiful, but it works.
You have to make a distinction between your two cases "printed"  and 
"pdf". For that, you can define your own latex-command, say 
\myprintversion, by \def\myprintversion{} in Latex-Code.
In front of every hyperlink, you can check whether \myprintversion is 
defined or not and use that to decide what output to generate. To stick 
with your example, you could write \ifdefined\myprintversion (in 
Latex-Code), then add the hyperlink in the way you want it in the 
printversion. After that in Latex-Code \else, then add the hyperlink in 
the way you want it in the electronic version. To finalize the 
if-clause, you need to add the statement \fi in Latex-Code.
Now all you have to do to switch between print-version and electronic 
version is to keep the definition of \myprintversion or delete/comment it.


If you need an example-file, I'll send you one.
Regards,

Florian

Re: CO_2

[Florian Rubach]

Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb:

How would I write CO_2 in such a way that it is not emphasized

in LaTeX:
 the catalytic subunit of the key enzyme of the light dependent 
$CO_{2}$-fixation


I am sure there is a way in LyX to do that but I can't find it (checked 
Embedded Objects)


Wolfgang
  
For me as Chemist, it works fine to just type the _2 in math-mode... ( 
CO$_{2}$ )
Another possibility would be to use the roman math-font ( 
$\mathrm{CO_{2}}$ ,there is a button in the math-toolbar).


Hope to help,

Florian

Re: CO_2

[Florian Rubach]

Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb:

How would I write CO_2 in such a way that it is not emphasized

in LaTeX:
 the catalytic subunit of the key enzyme of the light dependent 
$CO_{2}$-fixation


I am sure there is a way in LyX to do that but I can't find it (checked 
Embedded Objects)


Wolfgang
  
For me as Chemist, it works fine to just type the _2 in math-mode... ( 
CO$_{2}$ )
Another possibility would be to use the roman math-font ( 
$\mathrm{CO_{2}}$ ,there is a button in the math-toolbar).


Hope to help,

Florian

Re: CO_2

[Florian Rubach]

Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb:

How would I write CO_2 in such a way that it is not emphasized

in LaTeX:
 the catalytic subunit of the key enzyme of the light dependent 
$CO_{2}$-fixation


I am sure there is a way in LyX to do that but I can't find it (checked 
Embedded Objects)


Wolfgang
  
For me as Chemist, it works fine to just type the _2 in math-mode... ( 
CO$_{2}$ )
Another possibility would be to use the roman math-font ( 
$\mathrm{CO_{2}}$ ,there is a button in the math-toolbar).


Hope to help,

Florian

Re: TOC too long, can't get middle page to be empty

[Florian Rubach]

rettie schrieb:

My TOC is just over 3 pages now and using \thispagestyle{empty} I can get rid 
of numbering on the 1st and 3rd pages (i.e. first and last), but the middle 
page's number stays. I can't get rid of it!

I've tried flooding Lyx with \thispagestyle{empty} ERT boxes, but no luck. 
Anyone have any ideas? I can't really cut down on the TOC more I'm afraid, 3 
pages is the minimum! I apologise if this has been asked to death! Thanks in 
advance,

Alex
  


The solution to your problem depends on the pagestyle you use.
You can set the pagestyle to empty before the place where you insert the 
TOC by typing \pagestyle{empty} in an ERT box and reset it to whatever 
it was by \pagestyle{your_style} right after the TOC.
If you haven't explicitly specified a pagestyle, replace your_style with 
plain, otherwise use your pagestyle. If you want the numbering to be 
started at one after your TOC, add \setcounter{page}{1} in ERT.


I hope this helps,

Florian

Re: How to insert text in a multiline equation?

[Florian Rubach]

Ming Jiang schrieb:

Hi,

I want to insert text in a multiline equation, for example,

a = 1, if some condition is met
2, if some condition is met

like \text{if some condition is met} in TeX.
How can I do this in LyX?
Thank you very much! 
  


Take a look at the math-manual (to be found under help in your menu 
bar), should be section 18...


Regards,
Florian

Re: How to insert text in a multiline equation?

[Florian Rubach]

Ming Jiang schrieb:

Hi,

I want to insert text in a multiline equation, for example,

a = 1, if some condition is met
2, if some condition is met

like \text{if some condition is met} in TeX.
How can I do this in LyX?
Thank you very much! 
  


For the text, you can simply use the \text command, lyx recognizes it. 
Another possibility is the mbox (see section 9).


Regards,
Florian

Re: TOC too long, can't get middle page to be empty

[Florian Rubach]

rettie schrieb:

My TOC is just over 3 pages now and using \thispagestyle{empty} I can get rid 
of numbering on the 1st and 3rd pages (i.e. first and last), but the middle 
page's number stays. I can't get rid of it!

I've tried flooding Lyx with \thispagestyle{empty} ERT boxes, but no luck. 
Anyone have any ideas? I can't really cut down on the TOC more I'm afraid, 3 
pages is the minimum! I apologise if this has been asked to death! Thanks in 
advance,

Alex
  


The solution to your problem depends on the pagestyle you use.
You can set the pagestyle to empty before the place where you insert the 
TOC by typing \pagestyle{empty} in an ERT box and reset it to whatever 
it was by \pagestyle{your_style} right after the TOC.
If you haven't explicitly specified a pagestyle, replace your_style with 
plain, otherwise use your pagestyle. If you want the numbering to be 
started at one after your TOC, add \setcounter{page}{1} in ERT.


I hope this helps,

Florian

Re: How to insert text in a multiline equation?

[Florian Rubach]

Ming Jiang schrieb:

Hi,

I want to insert text in a multiline equation, for example,

a = 1, if some condition is met
2, if some condition is met

like \text{if some condition is met} in TeX.
How can I do this in LyX?
Thank you very much! 
  


Take a look at the math-manual (to be found under help in your menu 
bar), should be section 18...


Regards,
Florian

Re: How to insert text in a multiline equation?

[Florian Rubach]

Ming Jiang schrieb:

Hi,

I want to insert text in a multiline equation, for example,

a = 1, if some condition is met
2, if some condition is met

like \text{if some condition is met} in TeX.
How can I do this in LyX?
Thank you very much! 
  


For the text, you can simply use the \text command, lyx recognizes it. 
Another possibility is the mbox (see section 9).


Regards,
Florian

Re: TOC too long, can't get middle page to be empty

[Florian Rubach]

rettie schrieb:

My TOC is just over 3 pages now and using \thispagestyle{empty} I can get rid 
of numbering on the 1st and 3rd pages (i.e. first and last), but the middle 
page's number stays. I can't get rid of it!

I've tried flooding Lyx with \thispagestyle{empty} ERT boxes, but no luck. 
Anyone have any ideas? I can't really cut down on the TOC more I'm afraid, 3 
pages is the minimum! I apologise if this has been asked to death! Thanks in 
advance,

Alex
  


The solution to your problem depends on the pagestyle you use.
You can set the pagestyle to empty before the place where you insert the 
TOC by typing \pagestyle{empty} in an ERT box and reset it to whatever 
it was by \pagestyle{your_style} right after the TOC.
If you haven't explicitly specified a pagestyle, replace your_style with 
plain, otherwise use your pagestyle. If you want the numbering to be 
started at one after your TOC, add \setcounter{page}{1} in ERT.


I hope this helps,

Florian

Re: How to insert text in a multiline equation?

[Florian Rubach]

Ming Jiang schrieb:

Hi,

I want to insert text in a multiline equation, for example,

a = 1, if some condition is met
2, if some condition is met

like \text{if some condition is met} in TeX.
How can I do this in LyX?
Thank you very much! 
  


Take a look at the math-manual (to be found under "help" in your menu 
bar), should be section 18...


Regards,
Florian

Re: How to insert text in a multiline equation?

[Florian Rubach]

Ming Jiang schrieb:

Hi,

I want to insert text in a multiline equation, for example,

a = 1, if some condition is met
2, if some condition is met

like \text{if some condition is met} in TeX.
How can I do this in LyX?
Thank you very much! 
  


For the text, you can simply use the \text command, lyx recognizes it. 
Another possibility is the mbox (see section 9).


Regards,
Florian

Re: Float with wrapped table inside

[Florian Rubach]

Carnë Draug schrieb:

Hi

I'm trying to get a float in LyX with a 3 figures and a table and some text.
I made a image of the layout I want and uploaded it here

http://picpaste.com/layout.png

I also made it in ASCII since some people may not wish to follow a link

1 word
+---+
|Figure |
+---+
++  1 word
||  4 words
||  +---+
||  |   Figure  |
|Table   |  +---+
||  4 words
||  +---+
||  |  Figure   |
||  +---+
||
++


However, I can't do it. I've read the user's guide and it says that LyX
doesn't support wrap floats, to read the documentation of wrapfig. I
followed the reference in the guide which was a sty file. I just don't
understand what's written in there.

I thought I could do it with LaTeX code so I got a book from the library but
I still can't. Can someone give me a hand with this?

Thanks in advance

Carnë Draug


I usually do this kind of layout by simply adding a table without 
visible lines and add the content where I want it.
So in your case, I would create a single float environment, add a 2x2 
table, merge the upper fields, insert the first figure.
Then, I would set the width of the colums to a defined value (because 
then I am allowed to fill in more than one line of content in a cell).
Afterwards, I would insert the table in the lower left cell and the 
other stuff in the lower right cell.

Do you need an example-file?

Regards, Florian