Hiding changes

[Ian S. Worthington]

We have some technical documentation which used to be maintained by a single
person who's now left us.

I'd like to make each developer responsible for making their own updates, with
technical and stylistic approval resting with two other people.

As the documentation is monolithic we can prevent simultaneous update loss by
simple Windows file locking, and identify changes by enforcing change
tracking.

What I'm concerned about though is how I can temporarily hide an update which
has been made but is not going to be released at this time without having to
actually cut it out, publish, and then restore.

Any ideas?

Ian

Hiding changes

[Ian S. Worthington]

We have some technical documentation which used to be maintained by a single
person who's now left us.

I'd like to make each developer responsible for making their own updates, with
technical and stylistic approval resting with two other people.

As the documentation is monolithic we can prevent simultaneous update loss by
simple Windows file locking, and identify changes by enforcing change
tracking.

What I'm concerned about though is how I can temporarily hide an update which
has been made but is not going to be released at this time without having to
actually cut it out, publish, and then restore.

Any ideas?

Ian

Hiding changes

[Ian S. Worthington]

We have some technical documentation which used to be maintained by a single
person who's now left us.

I'd like to make each developer responsible for making their own updates, with
technical and stylistic approval resting with two other people.

As the documentation is monolithic we can prevent simultaneous update loss by
simple Windows file locking, and identify changes by enforcing change
tracking.

What I'm concerned about though is how I can temporarily hide an update which
has been made but is not going to be released at this time without having to
actually cut it out, publish, and then restore.

Any ideas?

Ian

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Too much like hard work.

Try http://tinyurl.com/y9dhkj5

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 09:32 AM COT, 11/12/2009
From: Olivier Ripoll durocortorum73-gm...@yahoo.fr
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

 Olivier Ripoll wrote:
  Guenter Milde wrote:
  On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote:
  Guenter Milde wrote:
  [...]
  Unfortunatly, the link
  http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html 
 
 
  shows only:  Not Found The document you were looking for was not found.
  Günter
 
  try this one:
  http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html 
 
 Damned, it's been trashed also (by gmane?)
 let's split the address in several parts
 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel
 then add the at character (@) then the following:
 lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html
 
 and you'll avoid the error 404.
 
 Best regards,
 
 Olivier, crossing fingers
 
 

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Too much like hard work.

Try http://tinyurl.com/y9dhkj5

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 09:32 AM COT, 11/12/2009
From: Olivier Ripoll durocortorum73-gm...@yahoo.fr
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

 Olivier Ripoll wrote:
  Guenter Milde wrote:
  On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote:
  Guenter Milde wrote:
  [...]
  Unfortunatly, the link
  http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html 
 
 
  shows only:  Not Found The document you were looking for was not found.
  Günter
 
  try this one:
  http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html 
 
 Damned, it's been trashed also (by gmane?)
 let's split the address in several parts
 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel
 then add the at character (@) then the following:
 lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html
 
 and you'll avoid the error 404.
 
 Best regards,
 
 Olivier, crossing fingers
 
 

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Too much like hard work.

Try http://tinyurl.com/y9dhkj5

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 09:32 AM COT, 11/12/2009
From: Olivier Ripoll 
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

> Olivier Ripoll wrote:
> > Guenter Milde wrote:
> >> On 2009-11-11, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> >>> Guenter Milde wrote:
> > [...]
> >> Unfortunatly, the link
> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html 
> >>>
> >>
> >> shows only:  Not Found The document you were looking for was not found.
> >> Günter
> >>
> > try this one:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html 
> 
> Damned, it's been trashed also (by gmane?)
> let's split the address in several parts
> http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel
> then add the "at" character (@) then the following:
> lists.lyx.org/msg142386.html
> 
> and you'll avoid the error 404.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Olivier, crossing fingers
> 
> 

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date?

I like the idea of replacing the bitmap fonts (even though they seem quite
good to me) with T1 vector fonts, but am not sure where to specify latin
modern.  On my lyx, 1.6.2, there is no Layout→Document menu item.

Could someone set me right please?

Thanks,

ian

-- Original Message --
Received: 10:41 AM COT, 11/10/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de
To: ask2 joakim.askl...@gmail.comCc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

 ask2 schrieb:
 
  I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is
if
  the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunately that never is
the
  case.
 
 See http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5
 
  Main purpose is to read on the computer so both images and text should be
  suitable for that.
  I gues it means that I need ttf or otf fonts in the pdf?
 
 Yes, you need vector fonts. The above link describes how to do that.
 
 Btw. the LyX documentation files (except of the Intro manual) you find in
the Help menu also use 
 vector fonts, when they look OK for you, your documents will look OK too.
 
  I think I asked this 5-6 years ago but it seems nothing has changed :(
  
  S back to Microsoft Word again :(
 
 Wow, you're giving up before you've got a reply to you email.
 
 regards Uwe
 

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Perfect!  Thanks Vincent.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 02:28 PM COT, 11/11/2009
From: Vincent van Ravesteijn v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.net,  lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

 Ian S. Worthington schreef:
  Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date?
 
  I like the idea of replacing the bitmap fonts (even though they seem
quite
  good to me) with T1 vector fonts, but am not sure where to specify latin
  modern.  On my lyx, 1.6.2, there is no Layout→Document menu item.
 
  Could someone set me right please?
 

 Document-Settings-Fonts-Roman-Latind Modern.
 
 Vincent
 

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date?

I like the idea of replacing the bitmap fonts (even though they seem quite
good to me) with T1 vector fonts, but am not sure where to specify latin
modern.  On my lyx, 1.6.2, there is no Layout→Document menu item.

Could someone set me right please?

Thanks,

ian

-- Original Message --
Received: 10:41 AM COT, 11/10/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de
To: ask2 joakim.askl...@gmail.comCc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

 ask2 schrieb:
 
  I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is
if
  the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunately that never is
the
  case.
 
 See http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5
 
  Main purpose is to read on the computer so both images and text should be
  suitable for that.
  I gues it means that I need ttf or otf fonts in the pdf?
 
 Yes, you need vector fonts. The above link describes how to do that.
 
 Btw. the LyX documentation files (except of the Intro manual) you find in
the Help menu also use 
 vector fonts, when they look OK for you, your documents will look OK too.
 
  I think I asked this 5-6 years ago but it seems nothing has changed :(
  
  S back to Microsoft Word again :(
 
 Wow, you're giving up before you've got a reply to you email.
 
 regards Uwe
 

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Perfect!  Thanks Vincent.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 02:28 PM COT, 11/11/2009
From: Vincent van Ravesteijn v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.net,  lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

 Ian S. Worthington schreef:
  Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date?
 
  I like the idea of replacing the bitmap fonts (even though they seem
quite
  good to me) with T1 vector fonts, but am not sure where to specify latin
  modern.  On my lyx, 1.6.2, there is no Layout→Document menu item.
 
  Could someone set me right please?
 

 Document-Settings-Fonts-Roman-Latind Modern.
 
 Vincent
 

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date?

I like the idea of replacing the bitmap fonts (even though they seem quite
good to me) with T1 vector fonts, but am not sure where to specify "latin
modern".  On my lyx, 1.6.2, there is no Layout→Document menu item.

Could someone set me right please?

Thanks,

ian

-- Original Message --
Received: 10:41 AM COT, 11/10/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr 
To: ask2 Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

> ask2 schrieb:
> 
> > I try out LYX maybe once a year. What I am looking for when I try it is
if
> > the pdf files I can get is of high quality. Unfortunately that never is
the
> > case.
> 
> See http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5
> 
> > Main purpose is to read on the computer so both images and text should be
> > suitable for that.
> > I gues it means that I need ttf or otf fonts in the pdf?
> 
> Yes, you need vector fonts. The above link describes how to do that.
> 
> Btw. the LyX documentation files (except of the Intro manual) you find in
the Help menu also use 
> vector fonts, when they look OK for you, your documents will look OK too.
> 
> > I think I asked this 5-6 years ago but it seems nothing has changed :(
> > 
> > S back to Microsoft Word again :(
> 
> Wow, you're giving up before you've got a reply to you email.
> 
> regards Uwe
> 

Re: lyx and pdf fonts

[Ian S. Worthington]

Perfect!  Thanks Vincent.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 02:28 PM COT, 11/11/2009
From: Vincent van Ravesteijn <v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl>
To: "Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthing...@usa.net>,  lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx and pdf fonts

> Ian S. Worthington schreef:
> > Could http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 be out of date?
> >
> > I like the idea of replacing the bitmap fonts (even though they seem
quite
> > good to me) with T1 vector fonts, but am not sure where to specify "latin
> > modern".  On my lyx, 1.6.2, there is no Layout→Document menu item.
> >
> > Could someone set me right please?
> >
> >   
> Document->Settings->Fonts->Roman->Latind Modern.
> 
> Vincent
> 

[not-Lyx] Re: How many use Linux:

[Ian S. Worthington]

Sigh. Lots of OT posts here about subject tagging and OSs.

Maybe anyone with anything to say about Lyx could tag their subject with [Lyx]
so I can just ignore the rest of this?

:)

i

[not-Lyx] Re: How many use Linux:

[Ian S. Worthington]

Sigh. Lots of OT posts here about subject tagging and OSs.

Maybe anyone with anything to say about Lyx could tag their subject with [Lyx]
so I can just ignore the rest of this?

:)

i

[not-Lyx] Re: How many use Linux:

[Ian S. Worthington]

Sigh. Lots of OT posts here about subject tagging and OSs.

Maybe anyone with anything to say about Lyx could tag their subject with [Lyx]
so I can just ignore the rest of this?

:)

i

Re: index entry see also ?

[Ian S. Worthington]

FWIW I hate index entries that redirect me.  There may be an occasional
justified use (redirect me to a concept with many sub-entries) but most
redirect me to another entry to give me a page or two.  Surely this is
archaic?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 10:10 AM COT, 08/21/2009
From: Jeremy C. Reed r...@reedmedia.net
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: index entry see also ?

 LaTeX has see for an index entry, but docbook has see and see also.
 
 Any suggestions on how to get LyX or LaTeX to support a see also style 
 index entry?
 
 I believe that \seename can be redefined, but I may want both.
 
 Something like:
 \index{BSD|seealso{Berkeley Unix}}
 

Re: index entry see also ?

[Ian S. Worthington]

FWIW I hate index entries that redirect me.  There may be an occasional
justified use (redirect me to a concept with many sub-entries) but most
redirect me to another entry to give me a page or two.  Surely this is
archaic?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 10:10 AM COT, 08/21/2009
From: Jeremy C. Reed r...@reedmedia.net
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: index entry see also ?

 LaTeX has see for an index entry, but docbook has see and see also.
 
 Any suggestions on how to get LyX or LaTeX to support a see also style 
 index entry?
 
 I believe that \seename can be redefined, but I may want both.
 
 Something like:
 \index{BSD|seealso{Berkeley Unix}}
 

Re: index entry "see also" ?

[Ian S. Worthington]

FWIW I hate index entries that redirect me.  There may be an occasional
justified use (redirect me to a concept with many sub-entries) but most
redirect me to another entry to give me a page or two.  Surely this is
archaic?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 10:10 AM COT, 08/21/2009
From: "Jeremy C. Reed" 
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: index entry "see also" ?

> LaTeX has "see" for an index entry, but docbook has "see" and "see also".
> 
> Any suggestions on how to get LyX or LaTeX to support a "see also" style 
> index entry?
> 
> I believe that \seename can be redefined, but I may want both.
> 
> Something like:
> \index{BSD|seealso{Berkeley Unix}}
> 

How to get a PDF TOC with links?

[Ian S. Worthington]

Is there some magic incantation I need to give to get a toc in my pdf which
links to the relevant content?  Mine doesn't seem to link anywhere.

i

How to get a PDF TOC with links?

[Ian S. Worthington]

Is there some magic incantation I need to give to get a toc in my pdf which
links to the relevant content?  Mine doesn't seem to link anywhere.

i

How to get a PDF TOC with links?

[Ian S. Worthington]

Is there some magic incantation I need to give to get a toc in my pdf which
links to the relevant content?  Mine doesn't seem to link anywhere.

i

Re: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

[Ian S. Worthington]

I'm new here myself but, iiuc, the difference between a chapter and a chapter*
is that the former appears in the toc whilst the later doesn't.

So, if you want a chapter* to appear in the toc, can't you just change it to a
chapter?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 06:45 PM COT, 05/12/2009
From: Luca De Marini luca.darkmas...@gmail.com
To: LyX Users List lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

 Hallo everyone, sorry for my mails but we are in a hurry and the lyx wiki
is
 not helping me, google neither :(
 When I create a TOC in Lyx, it lists all the chapters, sections, etc. in my
 book. I can configure it from the document properties, no problem..
 then, another feature in lyx is adding Chapters, Sections, etc. with a *
 simbol next to them. Those entries are not numbered or listed in the TOC.
 Now, I need to put in the TOC one of these special entries, a special
 *Chapter. I was sure there had to be an option to add a custom entry to
 TOC... or a way to solve this in general. Any help please?
 
 Another problem is a little bit complicated to explain: I inserted the TOC
 and after that, the first chapter is the famous *Chapter I was talking
about
 above. My second problem is that in the page where this *Chapter is, on the
 top of the page I still see the name Table of Contents.. this probably
 happens, because Lyx is confused, since there's no ordinary Chapter after
 the TOC.. in fact, on the next page there's Chapter 1, and on the top left
 of the page I can see the small name: Chapther 1 (the name of the chapter
 is of course on the top right corner as usual). So, the problem is that I
 have still Table of Contents on the top left corner of the page with the
 *Chapter.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Luca
 

Re: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

[Ian S. Worthington]

I'm new here myself but, iiuc, the difference between a chapter and a chapter*
is that the former appears in the toc whilst the later doesn't.

So, if you want a chapter* to appear in the toc, can't you just change it to a
chapter?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 06:45 PM COT, 05/12/2009
From: Luca De Marini luca.darkmas...@gmail.com
To: LyX Users List lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

 Hallo everyone, sorry for my mails but we are in a hurry and the lyx wiki
is
 not helping me, google neither :(
 When I create a TOC in Lyx, it lists all the chapters, sections, etc. in my
 book. I can configure it from the document properties, no problem..
 then, another feature in lyx is adding Chapters, Sections, etc. with a *
 simbol next to them. Those entries are not numbered or listed in the TOC.
 Now, I need to put in the TOC one of these special entries, a special
 *Chapter. I was sure there had to be an option to add a custom entry to
 TOC... or a way to solve this in general. Any help please?
 
 Another problem is a little bit complicated to explain: I inserted the TOC
 and after that, the first chapter is the famous *Chapter I was talking
about
 above. My second problem is that in the page where this *Chapter is, on the
 top of the page I still see the name Table of Contents.. this probably
 happens, because Lyx is confused, since there's no ordinary Chapter after
 the TOC.. in fact, on the next page there's Chapter 1, and on the top left
 of the page I can see the small name: Chapther 1 (the name of the chapter
 is of course on the top right corner as usual). So, the problem is that I
 have still Table of Contents on the top left corner of the page with the
 *Chapter.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Luca
 

Re: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

[Ian S. Worthington]

I'm new here myself but, iiuc, the difference between a chapter and a chapter*
is that the former appears in the toc whilst the later doesn't.

So, if you want a chapter* to appear in the toc, can't you just change it to a
chapter?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 06:45 PM COT, 05/12/2009
From: Luca De Marini 
To: LyX Users List 
Subject: Adding a non-numbered chapter to Table of Contents

> Hallo everyone, sorry for my mails but we are in a hurry and the lyx wiki
is
> not helping me, google neither :(
> When I create a TOC in Lyx, it lists all the chapters, sections, etc. in my
> book. I can configure it from the document properties, no problem..
> then, another feature in lyx is adding Chapters, Sections, etc. with a "*"
> simbol next to them. Those entries are not numbered or listed in the TOC.
> Now, I need to put in the TOC one of these special entries, a special
> *Chapter. I was sure there had to be an option to add a custom entry to
> TOC... or a way to solve this in general. Any help please?
> 
> Another problem is a little bit complicated to explain: I inserted the TOC
> and after that, the first chapter is the famous *Chapter I was talking
about
> above. My second problem is that in the page where this *Chapter is, on the
> top of the page I still see the name "Table of Contents".. this probably
> happens, because Lyx is confused, since there's no ordinary Chapter after
> the TOC.. in fact, on the next page there's Chapter 1, and on the top left
> of the page I can see the small name: "Chapther 1" (the name of the chapter
> is of course on the top right corner as usual). So, the problem is that I
> have still "Table of Contents" on the top left corner of the page with the
> *Chapter.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Luca
> 

Re: User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

Many thanks Paul.

Any easy way get the effect of \noun (large and small caps)?  View source just
shows it as \noun but the formatter doesn't seem to like it.

Also I'm having to go into a normal text editor to edit the preamble in the
.lyx file.  Is this the usual way or can I edit that directly from Lyx itself
somehow?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 07:32 PM COT, 05/08/2009
From: Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: User defined string symbols

 Ian S. Worthington wrote:
  If I'm writing a manual for a product tentatively named Boggis v1, but
know
  that that will change later to something else, is it possible to define
some
  symbol I can use to represent that in my document so I only have to change
it
  in one place when it changes?
  
  For further marks,
 
 How much?  Enough to get me an A+/4.0?  ;-)
 
   can I define that symbol to have a particular test
  styling?
  
 
 This is not too hard if you're willing to put up with a bit of LaTeX. 
 In the document preamble, define a macro via 
 \newcommand{\YourMacroName}{...} where ... is what you want printed for 
 the product name, including any styling commands.  If you're not sure 
 what the LaTeX style commands would be, style the name once in the body 
 of the document, using LyX's text style menu, then do View  View Source 
 to see the LaTeX code.  Once you've created the macro in the preamble, 
 in the document body enter \YourMacroName{} in ERT anyplace you want the 
 product name.  If the product name changes, just edit the macro 
 definition in the preamble accordingly.
 
 If you're going to be using the macro frequently, you might want to 
 modify your bind file (User Guide section C.2.2, Tools  Preferences  
 Editing  Shortcuts) to bind the following to some unused key 
 combination: command-sequence ert-insert;self-insert 
 \YourMacroName{};char-forward; .
 
 I've attached a small example.
 
 /Paul
 

 - 
   Attachment: boggisv1.lyx
   MIME Type: application/lyx
 -

Re: User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Paul, works a treat.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 02:53 PM COT, 05/09/2009
From: Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: User defined string symbols

 Ian S. Worthington wrote:
  
  Any easy way get the effect of \noun (large and small caps)?  View source
just
  shows it as \noun but the formatter doesn't seem to like it.
 
 \textsc{...} puts its argument in small caps.
  
  Also I'm having to go into a normal text editor to edit the preamble in
the
  .lyx file.  Is this the usual way or can I edit that directly from Lyx
itself
  somehow?
 
 You can edit it in LyX at Document  Settings  LaTeX Preamble, then 
 just click OK.
 
 /Paul
 
 

Re: User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

Many thanks Paul.

Any easy way get the effect of \noun (large and small caps)?  View source just
shows it as \noun but the formatter doesn't seem to like it.

Also I'm having to go into a normal text editor to edit the preamble in the
.lyx file.  Is this the usual way or can I edit that directly from Lyx itself
somehow?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 07:32 PM COT, 05/08/2009
From: Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: User defined string symbols

 Ian S. Worthington wrote:
  If I'm writing a manual for a product tentatively named Boggis v1, but
know
  that that will change later to something else, is it possible to define
some
  symbol I can use to represent that in my document so I only have to change
it
  in one place when it changes?
  
  For further marks,
 
 How much?  Enough to get me an A+/4.0?  ;-)
 
   can I define that symbol to have a particular test
  styling?
  
 
 This is not too hard if you're willing to put up with a bit of LaTeX. 
 In the document preamble, define a macro via 
 \newcommand{\YourMacroName}{...} where ... is what you want printed for 
 the product name, including any styling commands.  If you're not sure 
 what the LaTeX style commands would be, style the name once in the body 
 of the document, using LyX's text style menu, then do View  View Source 
 to see the LaTeX code.  Once you've created the macro in the preamble, 
 in the document body enter \YourMacroName{} in ERT anyplace you want the 
 product name.  If the product name changes, just edit the macro 
 definition in the preamble accordingly.
 
 If you're going to be using the macro frequently, you might want to 
 modify your bind file (User Guide section C.2.2, Tools  Preferences  
 Editing  Shortcuts) to bind the following to some unused key 
 combination: command-sequence ert-insert;self-insert 
 \YourMacroName{};char-forward; .
 
 I've attached a small example.
 
 /Paul
 

 - 
   Attachment: boggisv1.lyx
   MIME Type: application/lyx
 -

Re: User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Paul, works a treat.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 02:53 PM COT, 05/09/2009
From: Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: User defined string symbols

 Ian S. Worthington wrote:
  
  Any easy way get the effect of \noun (large and small caps)?  View source
just
  shows it as \noun but the formatter doesn't seem to like it.
 
 \textsc{...} puts its argument in small caps.
  
  Also I'm having to go into a normal text editor to edit the preamble in
the
  .lyx file.  Is this the usual way or can I edit that directly from Lyx
itself
  somehow?
 
 You can edit it in LyX at Document  Settings  LaTeX Preamble, then 
 just click OK.
 
 /Paul
 
 

Re: User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

Many thanks Paul.

Any easy way get the effect of \noun (large and small caps)?  View source just
shows it as \noun but the formatter doesn't seem to like it.

Also I'm having to go into a normal text editor to edit the preamble in the
.lyx file.  Is this the usual way or can I edit that directly from Lyx itself
somehow?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 07:32 PM COT, 05/08/2009
From: "Paul A. Rubin" <ru...@msu.edu>
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: User defined string symbols

> Ian S. Worthington wrote:
> > If I'm writing a manual for a product tentatively named Boggis v1, but
know
> > that that will change later to something else, is it possible to define
some
> > symbol I can use to represent that in my document so I only have to change
it
> > in one place when it changes?
> > 
> > For further marks,
> 
> How much?  Enough to get me an A+/4.0?  ;-)
> 
>   can I define that symbol to have a particular test
> > styling?
> > 
> 
> This is not too hard if you're willing to put up with a bit of LaTeX. 
> In the document preamble, define a macro via 
> \newcommand{\YourMacroName}{...} where ... is what you want printed for 
> the product name, including any styling commands.  If you're not sure 
> what the LaTeX style commands would be, style the name once in the body 
> of the document, using LyX's text style menu, then do View > View Source 
> to see the LaTeX code.  Once you've created the macro in the preamble, 
> in the document body enter \YourMacroName{} in ERT anyplace you want the 
> product name.  If the product name changes, just edit the macro 
> definition in the preamble accordingly.
> 
> If you're going to be using the macro frequently, you might want to 
> modify your bind file (User Guide section C.2.2, Tools > Preferences > 
> Editing > Shortcuts) to bind the following to some unused key 
> combination: command-sequence ert-insert;self-insert 
> \YourMacroName{};char-forward; .
> 
> I've attached a small example.
> 
> /Paul
> 

> - 
>   Attachment: boggisv1.lyx
>   MIME Type: application/lyx
> -

Re: User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Paul, works a treat.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 02:53 PM COT, 05/09/2009
From: "Paul A. Rubin" <ru...@msu.edu>
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: User defined string symbols

> Ian S. Worthington wrote:
> > 
> > Any easy way get the effect of \noun (large and small caps)?  View source
just
> > shows it as \noun but the formatter doesn't seem to like it.
> 
> \textsc{...} puts its argument in small caps.
> > 
> > Also I'm having to go into a normal text editor to edit the preamble in
the
> > .lyx file.  Is this the usual way or can I edit that directly from Lyx
itself
> > somehow?
> 
> You can edit it in LyX at Document > Settings > LaTeX Preamble, then 
> just click OK.
> 
> /Paul
> 
> 

User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

If I'm writing a manual for a product tentatively named Boggis v1, but know
that that will change later to something else, is it possible to define some
symbol I can use to represent that in my document so I only have to change it
in one place when it changes?

For further marks, can I define that symbol to have a particular test
styling?


ian 
... 

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User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

If I'm writing a manual for a product tentatively named Boggis v1, but know
that that will change later to something else, is it possible to define some
symbol I can use to represent that in my document so I only have to change it
in one place when it changes?

For further marks, can I define that symbol to have a particular test
styling?


ian 
... 

Ian S. Worthington, MBCS.

me: http://isw.me.uk/ 
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User defined string symbols

[Ian S. Worthington]

If I'm writing a manual for a product tentatively named Boggis v1, but know
that that will change later to something else, is it possible to define some
symbol I can use to represent that in my document so I only have to change it
in one place when it changes?

For further marks, can I define that symbol to have a particular test
styling?


ian 
... 

Ian S. Worthington, MBCS.

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Using Logical Markup module

[Ian S. Worthington]

Hi --

I've added the Logical Markup module under DocumentSettings but I'm at a
loss how to input eg \code{xx}.

Also is there a list somewhere of the character style it contains?

Thanks,


ian 
... 

Ian S. Worthington, MBCS.

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Re: Using Logical Markup module

[Ian S. Worthington]

Many thanks, they do.

I did spend about an hour searching the documentation and website for this. 
Don't know if this is documented or not?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 09:21 AM COT, 05/07/2009
From: rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.netCc: lyx-users
lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Using Logical Markup module

 Ian S. Worthington wrote:
  Hi --
 
  I've added the Logical Markup module under DocumentSettings but I'm at
a
  loss how to input eg \code{xx}.
 
  Also is there a list somewhere of the character style it contains?
 

 EditText Style. They should all appear there.
 
 rh
 
 

Using Logical Markup module

[Ian S. Worthington]

Hi --

I've added the Logical Markup module under DocumentSettings but I'm at a
loss how to input eg \code{xx}.

Also is there a list somewhere of the character style it contains?

Thanks,


ian 
... 

Ian S. Worthington, MBCS.

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Re: Using Logical Markup module

[Ian S. Worthington]

Many thanks, they do.

I did spend about an hour searching the documentation and website for this. 
Don't know if this is documented or not?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 09:21 AM COT, 05/07/2009
From: rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.netCc: lyx-users
lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Using Logical Markup module

 Ian S. Worthington wrote:
  Hi --
 
  I've added the Logical Markup module under DocumentSettings but I'm at
a
  loss how to input eg \code{xx}.
 
  Also is there a list somewhere of the character style it contains?
 

 EditText Style. They should all appear there.
 
 rh
 
 

Using Logical Markup module

[Ian S. Worthington]

Hi --

I've added the "Logical Markup" module under Document>Settings but I'm at a
loss how to input eg \code{xx}.

Also is there a list somewhere of the character style it contains?

Thanks,


ian 
... 

Ian S. Worthington, MBCS.

me: http://isw.me.uk/ 
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Re: Using Logical Markup module

[Ian S. Worthington]

Many thanks, they do.

I did spend about an hour searching the documentation and website for this. 
Don't know if this is documented or not?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 09:21 AM COT, 05/07/2009
From: rgheck <rgh...@bobjweil.com>
To: "Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthing...@usa.net>Cc: lyx-users
<lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Subject: Re: Using Logical Markup module

> Ian S. Worthington wrote:
> > Hi --
> >
> > I've added the "Logical Markup" module under Document>Settings but I'm at
a
> > loss how to input eg \code{xx}.
> >
> > Also is there a list somewhere of the character style it contains?
> >
> >   
> Edit>Text Style. They should all appear there.
> 
> rh
> 
> 

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Uwe, Richard --

Many thanks.

I do need Docbook (I think), but the information of the wiki seems to be
rather out of date and/or confusing.

I'll start another thread for this I think and consolidate my thoughts.

Thanks again.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 08:50 AM COT, 04/13/2009
From: Richard Heck rgh...@bobjweil.com
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.netCc: Uwe Stöhr
uwesto...@web.de,  lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

 Ian S. Worthington wrote:
  Thanks Uwe.
 
  That seems to fix the problem with scrbook.layout, but if I create
NewFrom
  Template and select docbook_article.lyx, it then fails to find
docbook.layout,
  even though this again is present in the layouts directory.
 

 It's not the layout it fails to find, I wouldn't think, but rather the 
 files for compiling docbook. As Uwe said in a different message, not 
 everything you could possibly use with LyX gets installed with LyX. LyX 
 is a tool that can be used with lots of different things (and more are 
 coming).
 
 rh
 
 

Lyx and DocBook

[Ian S. Worthington]

I'm trying to find a content markup system (authoring and processing) that can
output to various formats. Something which can be both viewed and printed,
such as PDF, is probably a must, and something easily accessed online, such as
HTML is close behind.  If I could also produce CHM (or similar) Windows help
files that would be nice too.

I come from a IBM BookMaster background so I'm comfortable with content
markup, and don't really need an authoring tool to work with it.  DocBook
seems to fit most of my needs but the markup syntax is user-hostile.  The
DocBook wiki points to a number of authoring tools, most of which are just
generic XML editors.  The only DocBook-specific tool there verges on the
unusable.  It also lists Lyx which seems a mature and usable tool for Latex,
and produces highly attractive PDF documents.  I read though that getting
attractive HTML out of it is difficult.

If I understand correctly I have to choose a target language for Lyx from the
start:  I can't start off with Latex and then later decide to I want to target
DocBook, for example.

So having got Lyx installed I'm looking in more detail at DocBook.  A lot of
the information seems to be out of date.  There's a Lyx-to-X project that only
works up to v1.2.0 of Lyx, and some old discussions on various sites of
needing sgmltools, sgmltools-lite, or maybe sgmltools2, which appear to have
been abandoned some years ago.

This mailing lists contains occasional requests for help, but not too much
information.  If it wasn't for the information at
http://www.neomantic.com/tutorials/lyx-and-docbookXML I would have concluded
that DocBook support in Lyx had been effectively abandoned.

I wonder then if someone could help me with the following:
 
1. Am I right in my thinking that if I want good quality HTML and potentially
CHM output, as well as PDF, then DocBook is the way to go rather than Latex?

2. And that if I want DocBook, then I need to be using that from the start?

3. Is DocBook development in Lyx abandonded or is it just quiet for the
moment?

4. Is there any documentation on what a user of the latest version of Lyx has
to do to resolve the unavailable class messages when using DocBook, and what
they need to install in 2009 to get output from it.

Thanks,

i

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Uwe, Richard --

Many thanks.

I do need Docbook (I think), but the information of the wiki seems to be
rather out of date and/or confusing.

I'll start another thread for this I think and consolidate my thoughts.

Thanks again.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 08:50 AM COT, 04/13/2009
From: Richard Heck rgh...@bobjweil.com
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.netCc: Uwe Stöhr
uwesto...@web.de,  lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

 Ian S. Worthington wrote:
  Thanks Uwe.
 
  That seems to fix the problem with scrbook.layout, but if I create
NewFrom
  Template and select docbook_article.lyx, it then fails to find
docbook.layout,
  even though this again is present in the layouts directory.
 

 It's not the layout it fails to find, I wouldn't think, but rather the 
 files for compiling docbook. As Uwe said in a different message, not 
 everything you could possibly use with LyX gets installed with LyX. LyX 
 is a tool that can be used with lots of different things (and more are 
 coming).
 
 rh
 
 

Lyx and DocBook

[Ian S. Worthington]

I'm trying to find a content markup system (authoring and processing) that can
output to various formats. Something which can be both viewed and printed,
such as PDF, is probably a must, and something easily accessed online, such as
HTML is close behind.  If I could also produce CHM (or similar) Windows help
files that would be nice too.

I come from a IBM BookMaster background so I'm comfortable with content
markup, and don't really need an authoring tool to work with it.  DocBook
seems to fit most of my needs but the markup syntax is user-hostile.  The
DocBook wiki points to a number of authoring tools, most of which are just
generic XML editors.  The only DocBook-specific tool there verges on the
unusable.  It also lists Lyx which seems a mature and usable tool for Latex,
and produces highly attractive PDF documents.  I read though that getting
attractive HTML out of it is difficult.

If I understand correctly I have to choose a target language for Lyx from the
start:  I can't start off with Latex and then later decide to I want to target
DocBook, for example.

So having got Lyx installed I'm looking in more detail at DocBook.  A lot of
the information seems to be out of date.  There's a Lyx-to-X project that only
works up to v1.2.0 of Lyx, and some old discussions on various sites of
needing sgmltools, sgmltools-lite, or maybe sgmltools2, which appear to have
been abandoned some years ago.

This mailing lists contains occasional requests for help, but not too much
information.  If it wasn't for the information at
http://www.neomantic.com/tutorials/lyx-and-docbookXML I would have concluded
that DocBook support in Lyx had been effectively abandoned.

I wonder then if someone could help me with the following:
 
1. Am I right in my thinking that if I want good quality HTML and potentially
CHM output, as well as PDF, then DocBook is the way to go rather than Latex?

2. And that if I want DocBook, then I need to be using that from the start?

3. Is DocBook development in Lyx abandonded or is it just quiet for the
moment?

4. Is there any documentation on what a user of the latest version of Lyx has
to do to resolve the unavailable class messages when using DocBook, and what
they need to install in 2009 to get output from it.

Thanks,

i

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Uwe, Richard --

Many thanks.

I do need Docbook (I think), but the information of the wiki seems to be
rather out of date and/or confusing.

I'll start another thread for this I think and consolidate my thoughts.

Thanks again.

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 08:50 AM COT, 04/13/2009
From: Richard Heck <rgh...@bobjweil.com>
To: "Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthing...@usa.net>Cc: Uwe Stöhr
<uwesto...@web.de>,  lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

> Ian S. Worthington wrote:
> > Thanks Uwe.
> >
> > That seems to fix the problem with scrbook.layout, but if I create
New>From
> > Template and select docbook_article.lyx, it then fails to find
docbook.layout,
> > even though this again is present in the layouts directory.
> >
> >   
> It's not the layout it fails to find, I wouldn't think, but rather the 
> files for compiling docbook. As Uwe said in a different message, not 
> everything you could possibly use with LyX gets installed with LyX. LyX 
> is a tool that can be used with lots of different things (and more are 
> coming).
> 
> rh
> 
> 

Lyx and DocBook

[Ian S. Worthington]

I'm trying to find a content markup system (authoring and processing) that can
output to various formats. Something which can be both viewed and printed,
such as PDF, is probably a must, and something easily accessed online, such as
HTML is close behind.  If I could also produce CHM (or similar) Windows help
files that would be nice too.

I come from a IBM BookMaster background so I'm comfortable with content
markup, and don't really need an authoring tool to work with it.  DocBook
seems to fit most of my needs but the markup syntax is user-hostile.  The
DocBook wiki points to a number of authoring tools, most of which are just
generic XML editors.  The only DocBook-specific tool there verges on the
unusable.  It also lists Lyx which seems a mature and usable tool for Latex,
and produces highly attractive PDF documents.  I read though that getting
attractive HTML out of it is difficult.

If I understand correctly I have to choose a target language for Lyx from the
start:  I can't start off with Latex and then later decide to I want to target
DocBook, for example.

So having got Lyx installed I'm looking in more detail at DocBook.  A lot of
the information seems to be out of date.  There's a Lyx-to-X project that only
works up to v1.2.0 of Lyx, and some old discussions on various sites of
needing sgmltools, sgmltools-lite, or maybe sgmltools2, which appear to have
been abandoned some years ago.

This mailing lists contains occasional requests for help, but not too much
information.  If it wasn't for the information at
http://www.neomantic.com/tutorials/lyx-and-docbookXML I would have concluded
that DocBook support in Lyx had been effectively abandoned.

I wonder then if someone could help me with the following:
 
1. Am I right in my thinking that if I want good quality HTML and potentially
CHM output, as well as PDF, then DocBook is the way to go rather than Latex?

2. And that if I want DocBook, then I need to be using that from the start?

3. Is DocBook development in Lyx abandonded or is it just quiet for the
moment?

4. Is there any documentation on what a user of the latest version of Lyx has
to do to resolve the "unavailable class" messages when using DocBook, and what
they need to install in 2009 to get output from it.

Thanks,

i

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Uwe.

This is with both the normal (large) and alternative installers.  The normal
small that downloads didn't work as it couldn't connect to the server(?).

I'm wondering now if that might just be the final message. The [NEXT] button
becomes active but after that Lyx outputs a message saying the MiKTeX setup
wizard was not completed. 
 
I had assumed it was a MiKTex install issue but I've now run the MikTex
install by itself, followed by the Lyx install and it all seems ok. 
 
I guess I was just expecting some more positive confirmation that the MikTex
install had completed successfully than the enabling of the [NEXT] button. And
that was compounded by Lyx complaining.

There's maybe something here that needs looking at?
 
i 

-- Original Message --
Received: 04:48 PM COT, 04/11/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.netCc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

 Ian S. Worthington schrieb:
 
  I'm having problems installing it on my Windows XP system though.  The
Lyx
  install spawns the MikTex install which runs fine, albeit slowly, up
until: 
   
  fndbmpm: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
  Data\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\config\5c9c2effd97adbeacc8bf220bf73149c.fnd  
   
  at which point it just stops.
 
 What installer have you used?
 This is nevertheless most probably a problem with a MiKTeX server. I would
try to uninstall LyX 
 completely, then also uninstall MiKTeX (the part that is already installed).
Then install MiKTeX 
 manually using the basic MiKTeX installer you find at miktex.org. Finally
reinstall LyX using the 
 complete version of the alternative installer.
 
 I hope this way it works.
 
 (The MiKTeX server is refreshed every week so at least it should work after
easter.)
 
 regards Uwe
 

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Uwe.

That seems to fix the problem with scrbook.layout, but if I create NewFrom
Template and select docbook_article.lyx, it then fails to find docbook.layout,
even though this again is present in the layouts directory.

I tried a ToolsReconfigure again, but without success.

Any thoughts?

Is it always this difficult to get Lyx up  running?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 08:30 PM COT, 04/12/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.net
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

 Ian S. Worthington schrieb:
 
  The layout file ... scrbook.layout is not usable... probably... not
  available? even though that file is in the layout directory?
  
  Any suggestions what I need to do to get this installed correctly?
 
 Open an Internet connection, the start LyX by double clicking directly on
the lyx.exe (this way you 
 should see a console window) and reconfigure it using the Tools menu. This
way all packages needed 
 by LyX will be installed. This could take many minutes, he progress is shown
in the console window.
 
 regards Uwe
 

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Uwe.

This is with both the normal (large) and alternative installers.  The normal
small that downloads didn't work as it couldn't connect to the server(?).

I'm wondering now if that might just be the final message. The [NEXT] button
becomes active but after that Lyx outputs a message saying the MiKTeX setup
wizard was not completed. 
 
I had assumed it was a MiKTex install issue but I've now run the MikTex
install by itself, followed by the Lyx install and it all seems ok. 
 
I guess I was just expecting some more positive confirmation that the MikTex
install had completed successfully than the enabling of the [NEXT] button. And
that was compounded by Lyx complaining.

There's maybe something here that needs looking at?
 
i 

-- Original Message --
Received: 04:48 PM COT, 04/11/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.netCc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

 Ian S. Worthington schrieb:
 
  I'm having problems installing it on my Windows XP system though.  The
Lyx
  install spawns the MikTex install which runs fine, albeit slowly, up
until: 
   
  fndbmpm: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
  Data\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\config\5c9c2effd97adbeacc8bf220bf73149c.fnd  
   
  at which point it just stops.
 
 What installer have you used?
 This is nevertheless most probably a problem with a MiKTeX server. I would
try to uninstall LyX 
 completely, then also uninstall MiKTeX (the part that is already installed).
Then install MiKTeX 
 manually using the basic MiKTeX installer you find at miktex.org. Finally
reinstall LyX using the 
 complete version of the alternative installer.
 
 I hope this way it works.
 
 (The MiKTeX server is refreshed every week so at least it should work after
easter.)
 
 regards Uwe
 

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Uwe.

That seems to fix the problem with scrbook.layout, but if I create NewFrom
Template and select docbook_article.lyx, it then fails to find docbook.layout,
even though this again is present in the layouts directory.

I tried a ToolsReconfigure again, but without success.

Any thoughts?

Is it always this difficult to get Lyx up  running?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 08:30 PM COT, 04/12/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de
To: Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@usa.net
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

 Ian S. Worthington schrieb:
 
  The layout file ... scrbook.layout is not usable... probably... not
  available? even though that file is in the layout directory?
  
  Any suggestions what I need to do to get this installed correctly?
 
 Open an Internet connection, the start LyX by double clicking directly on
the lyx.exe (this way you 
 should see a console window) and reconfigure it using the Tools menu. This
way all packages needed 
 by LyX will be installed. This could take many minutes, he progress is shown
in the console window.
 
 regards Uwe
 

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Uwe.

This is with both the normal (large) and alternative installers.  The normal
small that downloads didn't work as it couldn't connect to the server(?).

I'm wondering now if that might just be the final message. The [NEXT] button
becomes active but after that Lyx outputs a message saying the MiKTeX setup
wizard was not completed. 
 
I had assumed it was a MiKTex install issue but I've now run the MikTex
install by itself, followed by the Lyx install and it all seems ok. 
 
I guess I was just expecting some more positive confirmation that the MikTex
install had completed successfully than the enabling of the [NEXT] button. And
that was compounded by Lyx complaining.

There's maybe something here that needs looking at?
 
i 

-- Original Message --
Received: 04:48 PM COT, 04/11/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de>
To: "Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthing...@usa.net>Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

> Ian S. Worthington schrieb:
> 
> > I'm having problems installing it on my Windows XP system though.  The
Lyx
> > install spawns the MikTex install which runs fine, albeit slowly, up
until: 
> >  
> > fndbmpm: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
> > Data\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\config\5c9c2effd97adbeacc8bf220bf73149c.fnd  
> >  
> > at which point it just stops.
> 
> What installer have you used?
> This is nevertheless most probably a problem with a MiKTeX server. I would
try to uninstall LyX 
> completely, then also uninstall MiKTeX (the part that is already installed).
Then install MiKTeX 
> manually using the basic MiKTeX installer you find at miktex.org. Finally
reinstall LyX using the 
> complete version of the alternative installer.
> 
> I hope this way it works.
> 
> (The MiKTeX server is refreshed every week so at least it should work after
easter.)
> 
> regards Uwe
> 

Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Thanks Uwe.

That seems to fix the problem with scrbook.layout, but if I create New>From
Template and select docbook_article.lyx, it then fails to find docbook.layout,
even though this again is present in the layouts directory.

I tried a Tools>Reconfigure again, but without success.

Any thoughts?

Is it always this difficult to get Lyx up & running?

i

-- Original Message --
Received: 08:30 PM COT, 04/12/2009
From: Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de>
To: "Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthing...@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

> Ian S. Worthington schrieb:
> 
> > "The layout file ... scrbook.layout is not usable... probably... not
> > available"? even though that file is in the layout directory?
> > 
> > Any suggestions what I need to do to get this installed correctly?
> 
> Open an Internet connection, the start LyX by double clicking directly on
the lyx.exe (this way you 
> should see a console window) and reconfigure it using the Tools menu. This
way all packages needed 
> by LyX will be installed. This could take many minutes, he progress is shown
in the console window.
> 
> regards Uwe
> 

Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Hi 

Being a longtime user of IBM's now withdrawn BookMaster markup language, and
having been severly disappointed with the usability of DocBook, I'm quite
excited to have now discovered Lyx.

I'm having problems installing it on my Windows XP system though.  The Lyx
install spawns the MikTex install which runs fine, albeit slowly, up until: 
 
fndbmpm: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\config\5c9c2effd97adbeacc8bf220bf73149c.fnd  
 
at which point it just stops.  
 
I've seen this has been reported a few times by other MikTex users but I can't
see any solution has ever been posted. 
 
Whilst I realise this is not a Lyx problem per se, any help, advice or
workarounds would be most welcome. 
 
Thanks. 
 
i 


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Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Hi 

Being a longtime user of IBM's now withdrawn BookMaster markup language, and
having been severly disappointed with the usability of DocBook, I'm quite
excited to have now discovered Lyx.

I'm having problems installing it on my Windows XP system though.  The Lyx
install spawns the MikTex install which runs fine, albeit slowly, up until: 
 
fndbmpm: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\config\5c9c2effd97adbeacc8bf220bf73149c.fnd  
 
at which point it just stops.  
 
I've seen this has been reported a few times by other MikTex users but I can't
see any solution has ever been posted. 
 
Whilst I realise this is not a Lyx problem per se, any help, advice or
workarounds would be most welcome. 
 
Thanks. 
 
i 


ian 
... 

Ian S. Worthington, MBCS.

me: http://isw.me.uk/ 
photos: http://gallery.isw.me.uk/ 


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Lyx install fails in MiKTex install

[Ian S. Worthington]

Hi 

Being a longtime user of IBM's now withdrawn BookMaster markup language, and
having been severly disappointed with the usability of DocBook, I'm quite
excited to have now discovered Lyx.

I'm having problems installing it on my Windows XP system though.  The Lyx
install spawns the MikTex install which runs fine, albeit slowly, up until: 
 
fndbmpm: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\config\5c9c2effd97adbeacc8bf220bf73149c.fnd  
 
at which point it just stops.  
 
I've seen this has been reported a few times by other MikTex users but I can't
see any solution has ever been posted. 
 
Whilst I realise this is not a Lyx problem per se, any help, advice or
workarounds would be most welcome. 
 
Thanks. 
 
i 


ian 
... 

Ian S. Worthington, MBCS.

me: http://isw.me.uk/ 
photos: http://gallery.isw.me.uk/ 


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