is there a way to get Enumerate to continue numbering between separate Enumerations?

[Joel Schwartz]

Let's say I create a list in Enumerate mode. Then I write some text in
Standard mode. Now I want to Enumerate a few more items. I select Enumerate
again, and it starts this new list at #1. However, I want the numbering to
continue where the previous Enumerate left off. For example, if my previous
list ended with item #2, I want the next enumeration to start with #3. Below
is an example of what Lyx actually does, followed by what I want Lyx to do.
Is there a way to make Lyx do what I want it to do? I checked the User Guide
and the Additional Lyx Features, but didn't see a way to do it.
 
Thanks for your help.
Joel
 
WHAT Lyx DOES
 
Here's some text in standard mode.
1. Item one
2. Item two
Here's some more text in standard mode.
1. Item three
2. Item four
 
 
WHAT I WANT Lyx TO DO
 
Here's some text in standard mode.
1. Item one
2. Item two
Here's some more text in standard mode.
3. Item three
4. Item four
 
 

is there a way to get Enumerate to continue numbering between separate Enumerations?

[Joel Schwartz]

Let's say I create a list in Enumerate mode. Then I write some text in
Standard mode. Now I want to Enumerate a few more items. I select Enumerate
again, and it starts this new list at #1. However, I want the numbering to
continue where the previous Enumerate left off. For example, if my previous
list ended with item #2, I want the next enumeration to start with #3. Below
is an example of what Lyx actually does, followed by what I want Lyx to do.
Is there a way to make Lyx do what I want it to do? I checked the User Guide
and the Additional Lyx Features, but didn't see a way to do it.
 
Thanks for your help.
Joel
 
WHAT Lyx DOES
 
Here's some text in standard mode.
1. Item one
2. Item two
Here's some more text in standard mode.
1. Item three
2. Item four
 
 
WHAT I WANT Lyx TO DO
 
Here's some text in standard mode.
1. Item one
2. Item two
Here's some more text in standard mode.
3. Item three
4. Item four
 
 

is there a way to get Enumerate to continue numbering between separate Enumerations?

[Joel Schwartz]

Let's say I create a list in Enumerate mode. Then I write some text in
Standard mode. Now I want to Enumerate a few more items. I select Enumerate
again, and it starts this new list at #1. However, I want the numbering to
continue where the previous Enumerate left off. For example, if my previous
list ended with item #2, I want the next enumeration to start with #3. Below
is an example of what Lyx actually does, followed by what I want Lyx to do.
Is there a way to make Lyx do what I want it to do? I checked the User Guide
and the Additional Lyx Features, but didn't see a way to do it.
 
Thanks for your help.
Joel
 
WHAT Lyx DOES
 
Here's some text in standard mode.
1. Item one
2. Item two
Here's some more text in standard mode.
1. Item three
2. Item four
 
 
WHAT I WANT Lyx TO DO
 
Here's some text in standard mode.
1. Item one
2. Item two
Here's some more text in standard mode.
3. Item three
4. Item four
 
 

RE: Is there a way to retain hyperlinks in pasted text?

[Joel Schwartz]

I'm not sure what a sponsored feature project is, but tell me more. Maybe
we can get one going.
 
Joel


  _  

From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Jose Quesada
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 4:05 AM
To: j...@joelschwartz.com
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a way to retain hyperlinks in pasted text?


I'd love to know if this is possible; I'd even pay for it.
If you want to organize a 'sponsored feature' project, let me know.


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:34 PM, j...@joelschwartz.com wrote:


I sent this query a couple of days ago, but no one responded, so I thought
I'd give it another try.
 
Let's say I copy a block of text on a web page and paste it into a lyx
document. Some of the words in this block of text include hyperlinks to
other URLs (web pages, pdf files, etc.). But when I paste the text block
into lyx, the hyperlinks are gone and just the text gets pasted. 
 
Is there a way to paste the text into lyx so that the hyperlinks are
retained in the lyx document?  Or, alternatively, do I need to recreate the
hyperlinks manually (which would be a pain)? 
 
The users' guide doesn't mention a way to retain the hyperlinks, so I
thought I'd check here to see if anyone has a way to accomplish this that's
better than re-linking each one manually.
 
Thanks,
Joel
 




-- 
Best,
-Jose 

Jose Quesada, PhD.
Research scientist,
Max Planck Institute,
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, 
Berlin
http://www.josequesada.name/
http://twitter.com/Quesada

RE: Is there a way to retain hyperlinks in pasted text?

[Joel Schwartz]

I'm not sure what a sponsored feature project is, but tell me more. Maybe
we can get one going.
 
Joel


  _  

From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Jose Quesada
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 4:05 AM
To: j...@joelschwartz.com
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a way to retain hyperlinks in pasted text?


I'd love to know if this is possible; I'd even pay for it.
If you want to organize a 'sponsored feature' project, let me know.


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:34 PM, j...@joelschwartz.com wrote:


I sent this query a couple of days ago, but no one responded, so I thought
I'd give it another try.
 
Let's say I copy a block of text on a web page and paste it into a lyx
document. Some of the words in this block of text include hyperlinks to
other URLs (web pages, pdf files, etc.). But when I paste the text block
into lyx, the hyperlinks are gone and just the text gets pasted. 
 
Is there a way to paste the text into lyx so that the hyperlinks are
retained in the lyx document?  Or, alternatively, do I need to recreate the
hyperlinks manually (which would be a pain)? 
 
The users' guide doesn't mention a way to retain the hyperlinks, so I
thought I'd check here to see if anyone has a way to accomplish this that's
better than re-linking each one manually.
 
Thanks,
Joel
 




-- 
Best,
-Jose 

Jose Quesada, PhD.
Research scientist,
Max Planck Institute,
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, 
Berlin
http://www.josequesada.name/
http://twitter.com/Quesada

RE: Is there a way to retain hyperlinks in pasted text?

[Joel Schwartz]

I'm not sure what a "sponsored feature" project is, but tell me more. Maybe
we can get one going.
 
Joel


  _  

From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Jose Quesada
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 4:05 AM
To: j...@joelschwartz.com
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a way to retain hyperlinks in pasted text?


I'd love to know if this is possible; I'd even pay for it.
If you want to organize a 'sponsored feature' project, let me know.


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:34 PM,  wrote:


I sent this query a couple of days ago, but no one responded, so I thought
I'd give it another try.
 
Let's say I copy a block of text on a web page and paste it into a lyx
document. Some of the words in this block of text include hyperlinks to
other URLs (web pages, pdf files, etc.). But when I paste the text block
into lyx, the hyperlinks are gone and just the text gets pasted. 
 
Is there a way to paste the text into lyx so that the hyperlinks are
retained in the lyx document?  Or, alternatively, do I need to recreate the
hyperlinks manually (which would be a pain)? 
 
The users' guide doesn't mention a way to retain the hyperlinks, so I
thought I'd check here to see if anyone has a way to accomplish this that's
better than re-linking each one manually.
 
Thanks,
Joel
 




-- 
Best,
-Jose 

Jose Quesada, PhD.
Research scientist,
Max Planck Institute,
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, 
Berlin
http://www.josequesada.name/
http://twitter.com/Quesada

Is there a way keep hyperlinks in pasted text?

[Joel Schwartz]

Let's say I copy a block of text on a web page. Some of the words in this
block of text include hyperlinks to other URLs (web pages, pdf files, etc.).
When I copy and paste this text block into lyx, the hyperlinks are gone and
just the text gets pasted. Is there a way to paste the text into lyx so that
the hyperlinks are also included, or do I need to recreate the hyperlinks
manually? The users' guide doesn't mention a way to keep the hyperlinks, so
I'm guessing the answer is no, but I thought I'd check here just to make
sure.
 
Thanks,
Joel
 

Is there a way keep hyperlinks in pasted text?

[Joel Schwartz]

Let's say I copy a block of text on a web page. Some of the words in this
block of text include hyperlinks to other URLs (web pages, pdf files, etc.).
When I copy and paste this text block into lyx, the hyperlinks are gone and
just the text gets pasted. Is there a way to paste the text into lyx so that
the hyperlinks are also included, or do I need to recreate the hyperlinks
manually? The users' guide doesn't mention a way to keep the hyperlinks, so
I'm guessing the answer is no, but I thought I'd check here just to make
sure.
 
Thanks,
Joel
 

Is there a way keep hyperlinks in pasted text?

[Joel Schwartz]

Let's say I copy a block of text on a web page. Some of the words in this
block of text include hyperlinks to other URLs (web pages, pdf files, etc.).
When I copy and paste this text block into lyx, the hyperlinks are gone and
just the text gets pasted. Is there a way to paste the text into lyx so that
the hyperlinks are also included, or do I need to recreate the hyperlinks
manually? The users' guide doesn't mention a way to keep the hyperlinks, so
I'm guessing the answer is no, but I thought I'd check here just to make
sure.
 
Thanks,
Joel
 

RE: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a paragraph?

[Joel Schwartz]

As Steve said, the Description environment seems to be the right starting
point to do what I want to do. Two follow-up questions:

1) Where do I find the source code for the description environment so that I
can modify it (sorry, I know, I'm a complete newbie at this)? 

2) Furthermore, once I have the source code, let's assume I can modify it to
get what I want. Even then, where do I put this new code in order to make
the new bold-first-line paragraph environment available in all of my lyx
document classes? (And is there a risk that I might screw up my entire lyx
installation if I do it wrong!)

Now a comment on Ingar's suggestion: It works, but there are two issues:
First, in the PDF output (using pdflatek) there's too much space between the
first, bold sentence and the second non-bold sentence (looks like about 3 or
maybe even 4 times the usual amount of space between sentences in pdflatex
paragraph output). Second, although it's a clever kludge and certainly much
easier than manually highlighting the first sentence and bold-ing it, it
would be even easier and most efficient if this could all be done with one
style command rather than two.

Once again, thanks for any follow-up advice you might have.

Best Wishes,
Joel



From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Joel Schwartz
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 10:30 AM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?
Hello Lyx Users, 
 
I'd like to find a way to type paragraphs so that the first sentence of the
paragraph is automatically in bold font and everything after the end of the
first sentence is in standard style. I've typed the paragraphs in this
email in this style so you can see what I'm trying to do. I searched through
the user's guide and the keyboard shortcuts under Tools--Preferences and
didn't see any command or style that looked like it would do this. So for
now I've been selecting the first sentence of each paragraph and typing
Ctrl-B. Not only is this tedious, it is exactly the opposite of the lyx
philosophy! What I'm hoping for is a way to type a keyboard command in the
same way as for other styles (for example, Alt-P 3 to get a subsection
heading) and have the paragraph then be automatically formatted
appropriately.
 
Does anyone know if there is a way to create a style that bold's only the
first sentence of a paragraph? Is there such a style already and I've just
missed it? I'm a relatively new lyx user (and I know virtually nothing about
LaTex) and would be grateful for any advice you can provide. 
 
Best Wishes,
Joel

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Ingar Pareliussen
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:16 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: SV: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

 Hi

Use paragraph style on the first sentence in each paragraph, and standard on
the rest of the paragraph. In lyx you need to put an enter after the first
sentence,  but in the input the enter will disappear. As far as I know there
is no automatic method, but it should be possible...

Ingar 

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Steve Litt
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:17 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

I'd start by looking at the source code for the Description environment. 
That environment bolds only the first *word*. So instead of bolding until a
space, you could bold to a period, although heaven help you if you have to
use an abbreviation in the sentence.

Anyway, given the existence of Description, what you're describing has to be
possible.

StevET

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

RE: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a paragraph?

[Joel Schwartz]

I was afraid you'd say something like that. I'll just add LaTex to the list
of languages I need to learn--right behind R, Python, Javascript, XML, ...
I'll come up for air in a few years and get back to you :)

But in all seriousness, thanks Julien for taking the time to write LaTex
code that gives the appropriate formatting. I think the next step would be
to add code that would end the bold font after not only a full stop ., but
also after an exclamation point !, colon :, semi-colon ; or question
mark ?. 

I haven't gotten beyond the tutorial and user's manual yet, so I don't know
when I'll have the expertise to take this any further. Indeed, I decided to
try lyx to make my life easier so that I could spend *less* work time trying
to format my MS-Word documents and more time doing analysis, reading, and
writing. 

Nevertheless, I have little doubt that trying to figure out how to write
LaTex code will be a lot more fun (or at least a lot less exasperating) than
trying to point-and-click my way to a properly formatted MS-Word document.
If I figure something out I will post it here. But I'm also crossing my
fingers that some enterprising soul with LaTex and lyx expertise will beat
me to it (hint, hint).

Joel



 

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Julien Rioux
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 2:55 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

On 07/01/2011 1:30 PM, Joel Schwartz wrote:
 Hello Lyx Users,

 I'd like to find a way to type paragraphs so that the first sentence 
 of the paragraph is automatically in bold font and everything after 
 the end of the first sentence is in standard style. I've typed the 
 paragraphs in this email in this style so you can see what I'm trying 
 to do. I searched through the user's guide and the keyboard shortcuts 
 under Tools--Preferences and didn't see any command or style that 
 looked like it would do this. So for now I've been selecting the first 
 sentence of each paragraph and typing Ctrl-B. Not only is this 
 tedious, it is exactly the opposite of the lyx philosophy! What I'm 
 hoping for is a way to type a keyboard command in the same way as for 
 other styles (for example, Alt-P 3 to get a subsection
 heading) and have the paragraph then be automatically formatted 
 appropriately.

 Does anyone know if there is a way to create a style that bold's only 
 the first sentence of a paragraph? Is there such a style already and 
 I've just missed it? I'm a relatively new lyx user (and I know 
 virtually nothing about
 LaTex) and would be grateful for any advice you can provide.

 Best Wishes,
 Joel


Learn how to do it in latex first. Then everything is possible with lyx.

In latex this sorts of work:

\d...@catchfullstop#1.#2\@gobble.{\textbf{#1.}#2}
\def\myboldparagraph#...@catchfullstop#1\@gobbl...@gobble.}

It defines a command \myboldparagraph{...} which catches the first full stop
(.) and puts that sentence in bold (the \textbf{#1.} part). What follows
(#2) is in normal font.

The next step is to learn about lyx layout and/or module files: How to
introduce the above latex code into your document preamble, how to create a
lyx paragraph style, and how to associate this paragraph style with the
\myboldparagraph command. This you find in LyX's customization manual.

Good luck!

--
Julien

RE: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a paragraph?

[Joel Schwartz]

As Steve said, the Description environment seems to be the right starting
point to do what I want to do. Two follow-up questions:

1) Where do I find the source code for the description environment so that I
can modify it (sorry, I know, I'm a complete newbie at this)? 

2) Furthermore, once I have the source code, let's assume I can modify it to
get what I want. Even then, where do I put this new code in order to make
the new bold-first-line paragraph environment available in all of my lyx
document classes? (And is there a risk that I might screw up my entire lyx
installation if I do it wrong!)

Now a comment on Ingar's suggestion: It works, but there are two issues:
First, in the PDF output (using pdflatek) there's too much space between the
first, bold sentence and the second non-bold sentence (looks like about 3 or
maybe even 4 times the usual amount of space between sentences in pdflatex
paragraph output). Second, although it's a clever kludge and certainly much
easier than manually highlighting the first sentence and bold-ing it, it
would be even easier and most efficient if this could all be done with one
style command rather than two.

Once again, thanks for any follow-up advice you might have.

Best Wishes,
Joel



From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Joel Schwartz
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 10:30 AM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?
Hello Lyx Users, 
 
I'd like to find a way to type paragraphs so that the first sentence of the
paragraph is automatically in bold font and everything after the end of the
first sentence is in standard style. I've typed the paragraphs in this
email in this style so you can see what I'm trying to do. I searched through
the user's guide and the keyboard shortcuts under Tools--Preferences and
didn't see any command or style that looked like it would do this. So for
now I've been selecting the first sentence of each paragraph and typing
Ctrl-B. Not only is this tedious, it is exactly the opposite of the lyx
philosophy! What I'm hoping for is a way to type a keyboard command in the
same way as for other styles (for example, Alt-P 3 to get a subsection
heading) and have the paragraph then be automatically formatted
appropriately.
 
Does anyone know if there is a way to create a style that bold's only the
first sentence of a paragraph? Is there such a style already and I've just
missed it? I'm a relatively new lyx user (and I know virtually nothing about
LaTex) and would be grateful for any advice you can provide. 
 
Best Wishes,
Joel

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Ingar Pareliussen
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:16 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: SV: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

 Hi

Use paragraph style on the first sentence in each paragraph, and standard on
the rest of the paragraph. In lyx you need to put an enter after the first
sentence,  but in the input the enter will disappear. As far as I know there
is no automatic method, but it should be possible...

Ingar 

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Steve Litt
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:17 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

I'd start by looking at the source code for the Description environment. 
That environment bolds only the first *word*. So instead of bolding until a
space, you could bold to a period, although heaven help you if you have to
use an abbreviation in the sentence.

Anyway, given the existence of Description, what you're describing has to be
possible.

StevET

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

RE: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a paragraph?

[Joel Schwartz]

I was afraid you'd say something like that. I'll just add LaTex to the list
of languages I need to learn--right behind R, Python, Javascript, XML, ...
I'll come up for air in a few years and get back to you :)

But in all seriousness, thanks Julien for taking the time to write LaTex
code that gives the appropriate formatting. I think the next step would be
to add code that would end the bold font after not only a full stop ., but
also after an exclamation point !, colon :, semi-colon ; or question
mark ?. 

I haven't gotten beyond the tutorial and user's manual yet, so I don't know
when I'll have the expertise to take this any further. Indeed, I decided to
try lyx to make my life easier so that I could spend *less* work time trying
to format my MS-Word documents and more time doing analysis, reading, and
writing. 

Nevertheless, I have little doubt that trying to figure out how to write
LaTex code will be a lot more fun (or at least a lot less exasperating) than
trying to point-and-click my way to a properly formatted MS-Word document.
If I figure something out I will post it here. But I'm also crossing my
fingers that some enterprising soul with LaTex and lyx expertise will beat
me to it (hint, hint).

Joel



 

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Julien Rioux
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 2:55 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

On 07/01/2011 1:30 PM, Joel Schwartz wrote:
 Hello Lyx Users,

 I'd like to find a way to type paragraphs so that the first sentence 
 of the paragraph is automatically in bold font and everything after 
 the end of the first sentence is in standard style. I've typed the 
 paragraphs in this email in this style so you can see what I'm trying 
 to do. I searched through the user's guide and the keyboard shortcuts 
 under Tools--Preferences and didn't see any command or style that 
 looked like it would do this. So for now I've been selecting the first 
 sentence of each paragraph and typing Ctrl-B. Not only is this 
 tedious, it is exactly the opposite of the lyx philosophy! What I'm 
 hoping for is a way to type a keyboard command in the same way as for 
 other styles (for example, Alt-P 3 to get a subsection
 heading) and have the paragraph then be automatically formatted 
 appropriately.

 Does anyone know if there is a way to create a style that bold's only 
 the first sentence of a paragraph? Is there such a style already and 
 I've just missed it? I'm a relatively new lyx user (and I know 
 virtually nothing about
 LaTex) and would be grateful for any advice you can provide.

 Best Wishes,
 Joel


Learn how to do it in latex first. Then everything is possible with lyx.

In latex this sorts of work:

\d...@catchfullstop#1.#2\@gobble.{\textbf{#1.}#2}
\def\myboldparagraph#...@catchfullstop#1\@gobbl...@gobble.}

It defines a command \myboldparagraph{...} which catches the first full stop
(.) and puts that sentence in bold (the \textbf{#1.} part). What follows
(#2) is in normal font.

The next step is to learn about lyx layout and/or module files: How to
introduce the above latex code into your document preamble, how to create a
lyx paragraph style, and how to associate this paragraph style with the
\myboldparagraph command. This you find in LyX's customization manual.

Good luck!

--
Julien

RE: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a paragraph?

[Joel Schwartz]

As Steve said, the Description environment seems to be the right starting
point to do what I want to do. Two follow-up questions:

1) Where do I find the source code for the description environment so that I
can modify it (sorry, I know, I'm a complete newbie at this)? 

2) Furthermore, once I have the source code, let's assume I can modify it to
get what I want. Even then, where do I "put" this new code in order to make
the new "bold-first-line" paragraph environment available in all of my lyx
document classes? (And is there a risk that I might screw up my entire lyx
installation if I do it wrong!)

Now a comment on Ingar's suggestion: It works, but there are two issues:
First, in the PDF output (using pdflatek) there's too much space between the
first, bold sentence and the second non-bold sentence (looks like about 3 or
maybe even 4 times the "usual" amount of space between sentences in pdflatex
paragraph output). Second, although it's a clever kludge and certainly much
easier than manually highlighting the first sentence and bold-ing it, it
would be even easier and most efficient if this could all be done with one
style command rather than two.

Once again, thanks for any follow-up advice you might have.

Best Wishes,
Joel



From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Joel Schwartz
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 10:30 AM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?
Hello Lyx Users, 
 
I'd like to find a way to type paragraphs so that the first sentence of the
paragraph is automatically in bold font and everything after the end of the
first sentence is in "standard" style. I've typed the paragraphs in this
email in this style so you can see what I'm trying to do. I searched through
the user's guide and the keyboard shortcuts under Tools-->Preferences and
didn't see any command or style that looked like it would do this. So for
now I've been selecting the first sentence of each paragraph and typing
Ctrl-B. Not only is this tedious, it is exactly the opposite of the lyx
philosophy! What I'm hoping for is a way to type a keyboard command in the
same way as for other styles (for example, "Alt-P 3" to get a subsection
heading) and have the paragraph then be automatically formatted
appropriately.
 
Does anyone know if there is a way to create a style that bold's only the
first sentence of a paragraph? Is there such a style already and I've just
missed it? I'm a relatively new lyx user (and I know virtually nothing about
LaTex) and would be grateful for any advice you can provide. 
 
Best Wishes,
Joel

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Ingar Pareliussen
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:16 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: SV: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

 Hi

Use paragraph style on the first sentence in each paragraph, and standard on
the rest of the paragraph. In lyx you need to put an enter after the first
sentence,  but in the input the enter will disappear. As far as I know there
is no automatic method, but it should be possible...

Ingar 

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Steve Litt
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:17 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

I'd start by looking at the source code for the "Description" environment. 
That environment bolds only the first *word*. So instead of bolding until a
space, you could bold to a period, although heaven help you if you have to
use an abbreviation in the sentence.

Anyway, given the existence of Description, what you're describing has to be
possible.

StevET

Steve Litt
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http://www.recession-relief.US
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RE: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a paragraph?

[Joel Schwartz]

I was afraid you'd say something like that. I'll just add LaTex to the list
of languages I need to learn--right behind R, Python, Javascript, XML, ...
I'll come up for air in a few years and get back to you :)

But in all seriousness, thanks Julien for taking the time to write LaTex
code that gives the appropriate formatting. I think the next step would be
to add code that would end the bold font after not only a full stop ".", but
also after an exclamation point "!", colon ":", semi-colon ";" or question
mark "?". 

I haven't gotten beyond the tutorial and user's manual yet, so I don't know
when I'll have the expertise to take this any further. Indeed, I decided to
try lyx to make my life easier so that I could spend *less* work time trying
to format my MS-Word documents and more time doing analysis, reading, and
writing. 

Nevertheless, I have little doubt that trying to figure out how to write
LaTex code will be a lot more fun (or at least a lot less exasperating) than
trying to point-and-click my way to a properly formatted MS-Word document.
If I figure something out I will post it here. But I'm also crossing my
fingers that some enterprising soul with LaTex and lyx expertise will beat
me to it (hint, hint).

Joel



 

-Original Message-
From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-us...@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of
Julien Rioux
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 2:55 PM
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Is there a lyx style that bolds only the first sentence of a
paragraph?

On 07/01/2011 1:30 PM, Joel Schwartz wrote:
> Hello Lyx Users,
>
> I'd like to find a way to type paragraphs so that the first sentence 
> of the paragraph is automatically in bold font and everything after 
> the end of the first sentence is in "standard" style. I've typed the 
> paragraphs in this email in this style so you can see what I'm trying 
> to do. I searched through the user's guide and the keyboard shortcuts 
> under Tools-->Preferences and didn't see any command or style that 
> looked like it would do this. So for now I've been selecting the first 
> sentence of each paragraph and typing Ctrl-B. Not only is this 
> tedious, it is exactly the opposite of the lyx philosophy! What I'm 
> hoping for is a way to type a keyboard command in the same way as for 
> other styles (for example, "Alt-P 3" to get a subsection
> heading) and have the paragraph then be automatically formatted 
> appropriately.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to create a style that bold's only 
> the first sentence of a paragraph? Is there such a style already and 
> I've just missed it? I'm a relatively new lyx user (and I know 
> virtually nothing about
> LaTex) and would be grateful for any advice you can provide.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Joel
>

Learn how to do it in latex first. Then everything is possible with lyx.

In latex this sorts of work:

\d...@catchfullstop#1.#2\@gobble.{\textbf{#1.}#2}
\def\myboldparagraph#...@catchfullstop#1\@gobbl...@gobble.}

It defines a command \myboldparagraph{...} which catches the first full stop
(.) and puts that sentence in bold (the \textbf{#1.} part). What follows
(#2) is in normal font.

The next step is to learn about lyx layout and/or module files: How to
introduce the above latex code into your document preamble, how to create a
lyx paragraph style, and how to associate this paragraph style with the
\myboldparagraph command. This you find in LyX's customization manual.

Good luck!

--
Julien

RE: lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export

[Joel Schwartz]

Changing the file extension from html to doc didn't work, but it got me 
thinking...if I delete the first couple of xml tags in the file, maybe Word 
will try to open it as a regular document. It worked! (I then smacked my 
forehead and said doh! I should have thought of that before.) The document 
now looks like an html document opened in Word. The only weirdness is that the 
top-level headings have this series of characters at the beginning of the line 
3 , but that's pretty easy to remove. 
 
Thanks to both Michael and Wolfgang for their help. 
 
Just out of curiousity, is anybody working on an easier way to move between lyx 
and MS-Word? As much as I like and am impressed with lyx, there's no way I 
could use it for a document that would be co-written with others, or that would 
be edited by others. Easier movement between lyx and Word might greatly expand 
the potential lyx user base. I realize I must not be the first person to bring 
this up, but I thought I'd mention it now, given that I just tried to work 
through this very problem.
 
Thanks again,
Joel


  _  

From: Michael Joyner [mailto:mjoy...@vbservices.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:23 PM
To: Joel Schwartz
Cc: engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export




On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Joel Schwartz j...@joelschwartz.com wrote:


... The html file looked pretty good in a Firefox browser window. However, when 
I opened it in MS-Word, Word decided it was an xml file and the file was filled 
with all sorts of tags at the begining and end of each line of text. I can't 
figure out what to do with it to turn it into a normal Word document (I don't 
know how to process xml).


Try renaming it with '.doc' as the extension to try and trick word into 
properly importing it... or try openoffice followed up by save as word doc.

---


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*   Cherokee Language Help BBS/Chat: 
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*   Cherokee Lessons PDF made with: http://www.lyx.org/

RE: lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export

[Joel Schwartz]

Changing the file extension from html to doc didn't work, but it got me 
thinking...if I delete the first couple of xml tags in the file, maybe Word 
will try to open it as a regular document. It worked! (I then smacked my 
forehead and said doh! I should have thought of that before.) The document 
now looks like an html document opened in Word. The only weirdness is that the 
top-level headings have this series of characters at the beginning of the line 
3 , but that's pretty easy to remove. 
 
Thanks to both Michael and Wolfgang for their help. 
 
Just out of curiousity, is anybody working on an easier way to move between lyx 
and MS-Word? As much as I like and am impressed with lyx, there's no way I 
could use it for a document that would be co-written with others, or that would 
be edited by others. Easier movement between lyx and Word might greatly expand 
the potential lyx user base. I realize I must not be the first person to bring 
this up, but I thought I'd mention it now, given that I just tried to work 
through this very problem.
 
Thanks again,
Joel


  _  

From: Michael Joyner [mailto:mjoy...@vbservices.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:23 PM
To: Joel Schwartz
Cc: engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export




On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Joel Schwartz j...@joelschwartz.com wrote:


... The html file looked pretty good in a Firefox browser window. However, when 
I opened it in MS-Word, Word decided it was an xml file and the file was filled 
with all sorts of tags at the begining and end of each line of text. I can't 
figure out what to do with it to turn it into a normal Word document (I don't 
know how to process xml).


Try renaming it with '.doc' as the extension to try and trick word into 
properly importing it... or try openoffice followed up by save as word doc.

---


*   Learn to speak Cherokee: http://www.cherokeelessons.com/ 

*   Cherokee Language Help BBS/Chat: 
http://www.cherokeelessons.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=6 

*   Cherokee Lessons PDF made with: http://www.lyx.org/

RE: lyx freezes during "HTML (MS WORD)" export

[Joel Schwartz]

Changing the file extension from "html" to "doc" didn't work, but it got me 
thinking...if I delete the first couple of xml tags in the file, maybe Word 
will try to open it as a regular document. It worked! (I then smacked my 
forehead and said "doh! I should have thought of that before.") The document 
now looks like an html document opened in Word. The only weirdness is that the 
top-level headings have this series of characters at the beginning of the line 
3 , but that's pretty easy to remove. 
 
Thanks to both Michael and Wolfgang for their help. 
 
Just out of curiousity, is anybody working on an easier way to move between lyx 
and MS-Word? As much as I like and am impressed with lyx, there's no way I 
could use it for a document that would be co-written with others, or that would 
be edited by others. Easier movement between lyx and Word might greatly expand 
the potential lyx user base. I realize I must not be the first person to bring 
this up, but I thought I'd mention it now, given that I just tried to work 
through this very problem.
 
Thanks again,
Joel


  _  

From: Michael Joyner [mailto:mjoy...@vbservices.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:23 PM
To: Joel Schwartz
Cc: engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: lyx freezes during "HTML (MS WORD)" export




On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Joel Schwartz <j...@joelschwartz.com> wrote:


... The html file looked pretty good in a Firefox browser window. However, when 
I opened it in MS-Word, Word decided it was an xml file and the file was filled 
with all sorts of tags at the begining and end of each line of text. I can't 
figure out what to do with it to turn it into a normal Word document (I don't 
know how to process xml).


Try renaming it with '.doc' as the extension to try and trick word into 
properly importing it... or try openoffice followed up by save as word doc.

---


*   Learn to speak Cherokee: http://www.cherokeelessons.com/ 

*   Cherokee Language Help BBS/Chat: 
http://www.cherokeelessons.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=6 

*   Cherokee Lessons PDF made with: http://www.lyx.org/

lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export

[Joel Schwartz]

Dear lyx Users,
 
I'm a new lyx user running lyx 1.6.8 and MikTex 2.8 on Windows XP-SP3. I
tried exporting a lyx document in HTML (MS WORD) format and lyx froze
(meaning the cursor turned to an hourglass and stayed that way for more than
an hour before I finally killed the program). 
 
I couldn't find a bug report about anything like this so I'm writing to see
if anyone knows if this is a current bug in the program or is more likely a
problem with my particular system or lyx configuration.
 
More generally, I'm interested in what the best options are for exporting a
lyx document to an MS Word-usable format. Although I really like lyx both
practically and philosophically, I'm concerned about being able to
collaborate with others who don't (and likely don't want) to learn or use
lyx. 

Thanks for any help and suggestions you can provide.
 
Best Wishes,
Joel
 
 

RE: lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export

[Joel Schwartz]

Thanks for the suggestion Wolfgang. I installed elyxer and attempted to use
it, but I had a few problems. After installing elyxer from the command line,
I typed the following to try and convert a lyx document to html: 

 elyxer.py CSUS.lyx csus.html

This gave the error message pasted just below (hopefully, you can see the
screenshot below):



Then, based on the instructions in the readme file, I tried the following:

 python -m elyxer csus.lyx csus.html

This worked in the sense that it created the html file (Question: Why did
the first command give an error, while the second one worked?). The html
file looked pretty good in a Firefox browser window. However, when I opened
it in MS-Word, Word decided it was an xml file and the file was filled with
all sorts of tags at the begining and end of each line of text. I can't
figure out what to do with it to turn it into a normal Word document (I
don't know how to process xml). 

Along with the document, Word opened an xml data views window in the
right-hand column of what would normally be the area where the document text
appears. The text at the top of this window reads This XML document has
multiple data views. Before making changes to the document, choose the data
view (XSLT) to apply. I don't know where to go with that, so I'm stuck at
the moment. 

Is it really this hard to get an MS Word-compatible document from a lyx
document? Is there an easier way that I've missed? 

Once again, thanks for any suggestions from the lyx (and elyxer) gurus on
this list.

Joel

 -Original Message-
 From: Wolfgang Engelmann [mailto:engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 10:09 AM
 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Cc: Joel Schwartz
 Subject: Re: lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export

 Am Wednesday 22 December 2010 18:29:04 schrieb Joel Schwartz:
  Dear lyx Users,
 
  I'm a new lyx user running lyx 1.6.8 and MikTex 2.8 on
 Windows XP-SP3.
  I tried exporting a lyx document in HTML (MS WORD) format and lyx
  froze (meaning the cursor turned to an hourglass and stayed
 that way
  for more than an hour before I finally killed the program).
 
  I couldn't find a bug report about anything like this so
 I'm writing
  to see if anyone knows if this is a current bug in the
 program or is
  more likely a problem with my particular system or lyx
 configuration.
 
  More generally, I'm interested in what the best options are for
  exporting a lyx document to an MS Word-usable format. Although I
  really like lyx both practically and philosophically, I'm concerned
  about being able to collaborate with others who don't (and likely
  don't want) to learn or use lyx.
 
  Thanks for any help and suggestions you can provide.
 
  Best Wishes,
  Joel

 Have you tried to export it with elyxer to html and import
 this in Word?
 Wolfgang

 --
 -
 Wolfgang Engelmann
 Schlossgartenstrasse 22
 D-72070 Tübingen
 Tel 07071 68325

 

Outlook.jpg

lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export

[Joel Schwartz]

Dear lyx Users,
 
I'm a new lyx user running lyx 1.6.8 and MikTex 2.8 on Windows XP-SP3. I
tried exporting a lyx document in HTML (MS WORD) format and lyx froze
(meaning the cursor turned to an hourglass and stayed that way for more than
an hour before I finally killed the program). 
 
I couldn't find a bug report about anything like this so I'm writing to see
if anyone knows if this is a current bug in the program or is more likely a
problem with my particular system or lyx configuration.
 
More generally, I'm interested in what the best options are for exporting a
lyx document to an MS Word-usable format. Although I really like lyx both
practically and philosophically, I'm concerned about being able to
collaborate with others who don't (and likely don't want) to learn or use
lyx. 

Thanks for any help and suggestions you can provide.
 
Best Wishes,
Joel
 
 

RE: lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export

[Joel Schwartz]

Thanks for the suggestion Wolfgang. I installed elyxer and attempted to use
it, but I had a few problems. After installing elyxer from the command line,
I typed the following to try and convert a lyx document to html: 

 elyxer.py CSUS.lyx csus.html

This gave the error message pasted just below (hopefully, you can see the
screenshot below):



Then, based on the instructions in the readme file, I tried the following:

 python -m elyxer csus.lyx csus.html

This worked in the sense that it created the html file (Question: Why did
the first command give an error, while the second one worked?). The html
file looked pretty good in a Firefox browser window. However, when I opened
it in MS-Word, Word decided it was an xml file and the file was filled with
all sorts of tags at the begining and end of each line of text. I can't
figure out what to do with it to turn it into a normal Word document (I
don't know how to process xml). 

Along with the document, Word opened an xml data views window in the
right-hand column of what would normally be the area where the document text
appears. The text at the top of this window reads This XML document has
multiple data views. Before making changes to the document, choose the data
view (XSLT) to apply. I don't know where to go with that, so I'm stuck at
the moment. 

Is it really this hard to get an MS Word-compatible document from a lyx
document? Is there an easier way that I've missed? 

Once again, thanks for any suggestions from the lyx (and elyxer) gurus on
this list.

Joel

 -Original Message-
 From: Wolfgang Engelmann [mailto:engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 10:09 AM
 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Cc: Joel Schwartz
 Subject: Re: lyx freezes during HTML (MS WORD) export

 Am Wednesday 22 December 2010 18:29:04 schrieb Joel Schwartz:
  Dear lyx Users,
 
  I'm a new lyx user running lyx 1.6.8 and MikTex 2.8 on
 Windows XP-SP3.
  I tried exporting a lyx document in HTML (MS WORD) format and lyx
  froze (meaning the cursor turned to an hourglass and stayed
 that way
  for more than an hour before I finally killed the program).
 
  I couldn't find a bug report about anything like this so
 I'm writing
  to see if anyone knows if this is a current bug in the
 program or is
  more likely a problem with my particular system or lyx
 configuration.
 
  More generally, I'm interested in what the best options are for
  exporting a lyx document to an MS Word-usable format. Although I
  really like lyx both practically and philosophically, I'm concerned
  about being able to collaborate with others who don't (and likely
  don't want) to learn or use lyx.
 
  Thanks for any help and suggestions you can provide.
 
  Best Wishes,
  Joel

 Have you tried to export it with elyxer to html and import
 this in Word?
 Wolfgang

 --
 -
 Wolfgang Engelmann
 Schlossgartenstrasse 22
 D-72070 Tübingen
 Tel 07071 68325

 

Outlook.jpg

lyx freezes during "HTML (MS WORD)" export

[Joel Schwartz]

Dear lyx Users,
 
I'm a new lyx user running lyx 1.6.8 and MikTex 2.8 on Windows XP-SP3. I
tried exporting a lyx document in "HTML (MS WORD)" format and lyx froze
(meaning the cursor turned to an hourglass and stayed that way for more than
an hour before I finally killed the program). 
 
I couldn't find a bug report about anything like this so I'm writing to see
if anyone knows if this is a current bug in the program or is more likely a
problem with my particular system or lyx configuration.
 
More generally, I'm interested in what the best options are for exporting a
lyx document to an MS Word-usable format. Although I really like lyx both
practically and philosophically, I'm concerned about being able to
collaborate with others who don't (and likely don't want) to learn or use
lyx. 

Thanks for any help and suggestions you can provide.
 
Best Wishes,
Joel
 
 

RE: lyx freezes during "HTML (MS WORD)" export

[Joel Schwartz]

Thanks for the suggestion Wolfgang. I installed elyxer and attempted to use
it, but I had a few problems. After installing elyxer from the command line,
I typed the following to try and convert a lyx document to html: 

> elyxer.py CSUS.lyx csus.html

This gave the error message pasted just below (hopefully, you can see the
screenshot below):



Then, based on the instructions in the readme file, I tried the following:

> python -m elyxer csus.lyx csus.html

This worked in the sense that it created the html file (Question: Why did
the first command give an error, while the second one worked?). The html
file looked pretty good in a Firefox browser window. However, when I opened
it in MS-Word, Word decided it was an xml file and the file was filled with
all sorts of tags at the begining and end of each line of text. I can't
figure out what to do with it to turn it into a normal Word document (I
don't know how to process xml). 

Along with the document, Word opened an "xml data views" window in the
right-hand column of what would normally be the area where the document text
appears. The text at the top of this window reads "This XML document has
multiple data views. Before making changes to the document, choose the data
view (XSLT) to apply." I don't know where to go with that, so I'm stuck at
the moment. 

Is it really this hard to get an MS Word-compatible document from a lyx
document? Is there an easier way that I've missed? 

Once again, thanks for any suggestions from the lyx (and elyxer) gurus on
this list.

Joel

> -Original Message-
> From: Wolfgang Engelmann [mailto:engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 10:09 AM
> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
> Cc: Joel Schwartz
> Subject: Re: lyx freezes during "HTML (MS WORD)" export
>
> Am Wednesday 22 December 2010 18:29:04 schrieb Joel Schwartz:
> > Dear lyx Users,
> >
> > I'm a new lyx user running lyx 1.6.8 and MikTex 2.8 on
> Windows XP-SP3.
> > I tried exporting a lyx document in "HTML (MS WORD)" format and lyx
> > froze (meaning the cursor turned to an hourglass and stayed
> that way
> > for more than an hour before I finally killed the program).
> >
> > I couldn't find a bug report about anything like this so
> I'm writing
> > to see if anyone knows if this is a current bug in the
> program or is
> > more likely a problem with my particular system or lyx
> configuration.
> >
> > More generally, I'm interested in what the best options are for
> > exporting a lyx document to an MS Word-usable format. Although I
> > really like lyx both practically and philosophically, I'm concerned
> > about being able to collaborate with others who don't (and likely
> > don't want) to learn or use lyx.
> >
> > Thanks for any help and suggestions you can provide.
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> > Joel
>
> Have you tried to export it with elyxer to html and import
> this in Word?
> Wolfgang
>
> --
> -
> Wolfgang Engelmann
> Schlossgartenstrasse 22
> D-72070 Tübingen
> Tel 07071 68325
>
> 

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