Re: Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:59:43 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Hello, Try to bind Enter to something like command-alternatives accept-completion ; break-paragraph JMarc Nope, that's what I tried originally. What happens is that Enter/Return doesn't accept the suggestion if it's inline. I noticed that if I use a popup though, it works. But the popup slows things down considerably so I would prefer using the inline method, but it looks like it's not possible. Oh well, more real typing, I guess... Thanks, L
A few questions about creating a book
Hi, I have a few questions abut creating a book so here goes: - Whenever I create a new document to be included (I am currently splitting what I've already written into smaller parts), i have to reconfigure the document settings. Which means, if I'm not mistaken, that if I change things after the fact, I will have to modify each child document. Am I correct? - Along those same lines: how can I create new documents that use the same settings as my main document, without changing the LyX defaults? - When I change my font, the output looks like gibberish. Why is that? - I want to create chapter headings that contain no text and only a centered number. How do I do that? If I don't put any text, the line Chapter paragraph disappears from the LyX document. - In many books, there are vertical spaces between paragraphs when a new scene begins. If this happens at the top or the bottom of a page, the space is replaced by a line. Is this possible with LyX? I think that's it. Thanks, L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:10:48 +, L Duperval wrote: Hi, I have a few questions abut creating a book so here goes: Another one: when exporting the book to text, the child chapters are not included in the output. How can I fix that? Thanks, L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:51:19 -0500, Richard Heck wrote:
You shouldn't need to do this, so long as you open the child documents
AS children of the master. I.e., you open the master first, then open
the child from within it. Alternatively, you can set a default master
in each of the children. That opens the master first, then the children
as children.
Ah. OK, I'll try to figure that one out.
- Along those same lines: how can I create new documents that use the
same settings as my main document, without changing the LyX defaults?
Create a template. A template is just a LyX document, saved to your
templates folder.
D'oh!
- When I change my font, the output looks like gibberish. Why is that?
What font are you trying to use? on what platform? etc, etc?
Linux, LyX 2.0.0. Trying to use New Century Schoolbook, for example.
Hmm, it seems to be a DVI problem. When I look at the same document using
the PDF output, it looks fine. OK, I won't worry about this one.
InsertTeX Code. Then insert nothing, or perhaps a pair of braces: {}.
OK, that was what I reverted to but I was hoping for something more
elegant.
- In many books, there are vertical spaces between paragraphs when a
new scene begins. If this happens at the top or the bottom of a page,
the space is replaced by a line. Is this possible with LyX?
What do you mean by a scene? Is this a novel?
Yes. In certain instances, I want to create a vertical spacing, that
changes to a line (or three stars or whatever is available) when it is
the last thing at the bottom of a page or at the top of a page. I was
hoping that I wouldn't have to use some custom TeX code... :)
Another one: when exporting the book to text, the child chapters are
not included in the output. How can I fix that?
I think text export exports the individual files.
Ugh! That's the answer I *didn't* want to hear...
Thanks,
L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:14:07 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: This isn't responsive to your question, but I've had great success keeping my whole 108K word document in a single file. I see an awful lot of questions on the LyX list concerning how to get child docs to work, and am always glad I don't need to worry about that stuff -- my docs just work. It works too. My reason for splitting is twofold. 1) responsiveness. I find that with larger documents (I'm almost at 50K words) response becomes sluggish. 2) I work on little bits at a time (It's a novel if that matters any) and I find that having to focus on just one chapter works best, especially when I need to move around to get my bearings back. Currently, I have a scratch document which I empty, work on a specific part, then when I'm done, I copy the result to the correct location in the larger document, then rinse and repeat. I figured that child documents would work better with this writing approach. Thanks for your insight, L
Re: Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:59:43 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Hello, Try to bind Enter to something like command-alternatives accept-completion ; break-paragraph JMarc Nope, that's what I tried originally. What happens is that Enter/Return doesn't accept the suggestion if it's inline. I noticed that if I use a popup though, it works. But the popup slows things down considerably so I would prefer using the inline method, but it looks like it's not possible. Oh well, more real typing, I guess... Thanks, L
A few questions about creating a book
Hi, I have a few questions abut creating a book so here goes: - Whenever I create a new document to be included (I am currently splitting what I've already written into smaller parts), i have to reconfigure the document settings. Which means, if I'm not mistaken, that if I change things after the fact, I will have to modify each child document. Am I correct? - Along those same lines: how can I create new documents that use the same settings as my main document, without changing the LyX defaults? - When I change my font, the output looks like gibberish. Why is that? - I want to create chapter headings that contain no text and only a centered number. How do I do that? If I don't put any text, the line Chapter paragraph disappears from the LyX document. - In many books, there are vertical spaces between paragraphs when a new scene begins. If this happens at the top or the bottom of a page, the space is replaced by a line. Is this possible with LyX? I think that's it. Thanks, L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:10:48 +, L Duperval wrote: Hi, I have a few questions abut creating a book so here goes: Another one: when exporting the book to text, the child chapters are not included in the output. How can I fix that? Thanks, L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:51:19 -0500, Richard Heck wrote:
You shouldn't need to do this, so long as you open the child documents
AS children of the master. I.e., you open the master first, then open
the child from within it. Alternatively, you can set a default master
in each of the children. That opens the master first, then the children
as children.
Ah. OK, I'll try to figure that one out.
- Along those same lines: how can I create new documents that use the
same settings as my main document, without changing the LyX defaults?
Create a template. A template is just a LyX document, saved to your
templates folder.
D'oh!
- When I change my font, the output looks like gibberish. Why is that?
What font are you trying to use? on what platform? etc, etc?
Linux, LyX 2.0.0. Trying to use New Century Schoolbook, for example.
Hmm, it seems to be a DVI problem. When I look at the same document using
the PDF output, it looks fine. OK, I won't worry about this one.
InsertTeX Code. Then insert nothing, or perhaps a pair of braces: {}.
OK, that was what I reverted to but I was hoping for something more
elegant.
- In many books, there are vertical spaces between paragraphs when a
new scene begins. If this happens at the top or the bottom of a page,
the space is replaced by a line. Is this possible with LyX?
What do you mean by a scene? Is this a novel?
Yes. In certain instances, I want to create a vertical spacing, that
changes to a line (or three stars or whatever is available) when it is
the last thing at the bottom of a page or at the top of a page. I was
hoping that I wouldn't have to use some custom TeX code... :)
Another one: when exporting the book to text, the child chapters are
not included in the output. How can I fix that?
I think text export exports the individual files.
Ugh! That's the answer I *didn't* want to hear...
Thanks,
L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:14:07 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: This isn't responsive to your question, but I've had great success keeping my whole 108K word document in a single file. I see an awful lot of questions on the LyX list concerning how to get child docs to work, and am always glad I don't need to worry about that stuff -- my docs just work. It works too. My reason for splitting is twofold. 1) responsiveness. I find that with larger documents (I'm almost at 50K words) response becomes sluggish. 2) I work on little bits at a time (It's a novel if that matters any) and I find that having to focus on just one chapter works best, especially when I need to move around to get my bearings back. Currently, I have a scratch document which I empty, work on a specific part, then when I'm done, I copy the result to the correct location in the larger document, then rinse and repeat. I figured that child documents would work better with this writing approach. Thanks for your insight, L
Re: Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:59:43 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Hello, > > Try to bind Enter to something like > command-alternatives accept-completion ; break-paragraph > > JMarc Nope, that's what I tried originally. What happens is that Enter/Return doesn't accept the suggestion if it's inline. I noticed that if I use a popup though, it works. But the popup slows things down considerably so I would prefer using the inline method, but it looks like it's not possible. Oh well, more real typing, I guess... Thanks, L
A few questions about creating a book
Hi, I have a few questions abut creating a book so here goes: - Whenever I create a new document to be included (I am currently splitting what I've already written into smaller parts), i have to reconfigure the document settings. Which means, if I'm not mistaken, that if I change things after the fact, I will have to modify each child document. Am I correct? - Along those same lines: how can I create new documents that use the same settings as my main document, without changing the LyX defaults? - When I change my font, the output looks like gibberish. Why is that? - I want to create chapter headings that contain no text and only a centered number. How do I do that? If I don't put any text, the line Chapter paragraph disappears from the LyX document. - In many books, there are vertical spaces between paragraphs when a new scene begins. If this happens at the top or the bottom of a page, the space is replaced by a line. Is this possible with LyX? I think that's it. Thanks, L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:10:48 +, L Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few questions abut creating a book so here goes: > Another one: when exporting the book to text, the child chapters are not included in the output. How can I fix that? Thanks, L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:51:19 -0500, Richard Heck wrote:
> You shouldn't need to do this, so long as you open the child documents
> AS children of the master. I.e., you open the master first, then open
> the child from within it. Alternatively, you can set a "default master"
> in each of the children. That opens the master first, then the children
> as children.
>
Ah. OK, I'll try to figure that one out.
>> - Along those same lines: how can I create new documents that use the
>> same settings as my main document, without changing the LyX defaults?
>>
> Create a template. A template is just a LyX document, saved to your
> templates folder.
>
D'oh!
>> - When I change my font, the output looks like gibberish. Why is that?
>>
> What font are you trying to use? on what platform? etc, etc?
>
Linux, LyX 2.0.0. Trying to use New Century Schoolbook, for example.
Hmm, it seems to be a DVI problem. When I look at the same document using
the PDF output, it looks fine. OK, I won't worry about this one.
> Insert>TeX Code. Then insert nothing, or perhaps a pair of braces: {}.
>
OK, that was what I reverted to but I was hoping for something more
elegant.
>> - In many books, there are vertical spaces between paragraphs when a
>> new scene begins. If this happens at the top or the bottom of a page,
>> the space is replaced by a line. Is this possible with LyX?
>>
> What do you mean by a "scene"? Is this a novel?
Yes. In certain instances, I want to create a vertical spacing, that
changes to a line (or three stars or whatever is available) when it is
the last thing at the bottom of a page or at the top of a page. I was
hoping that I wouldn't have to use some custom TeX code... :)
>> Another one: when exporting the book to text, the child chapters are
>> not included in the output. How can I fix that?
>>
> I think text export exports the individual files.
>
Ugh! That's the answer I *didn't* want to hear...
Thanks,
L
Re: A few questions about creating a book
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:14:07 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > This isn't responsive to your question, but I've had great success > keeping my whole 108K word document in a single file. I see an awful lot > of questions on the LyX list concerning how to get child docs to work, > and am always glad I don't need to worry about that stuff -- my docs > just work. > It works too. My reason for splitting is twofold. 1) responsiveness. I find that with larger documents (I'm almost at 50K words) response becomes sluggish. 2) I work on little bits at a time (It's a novel if that matters any) and I find that having to focus on just one chapter works best, especially when I need to move around to get my bearings back. Currently, I have a scratch document which I empty, work on a specific part, then when I'm done, I copy the result to the correct location in the larger document, then rinse and repeat. I figured that child documents would work better with this writing approach. Thanks for your insight, L
Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
Hi, I'd like to use the Enter key to complete completions when that option is set. The default value is Tab but I find myself consistently going back to using the Enter key. I tried modifying it, but I got an error saying that Enter was already being used. So I tried removing the binding, adding accept-completion to it but what I end up doing is disabling the Tab but the Enter key still does the break-paragraph binding. Is it possible to do what I am trying to do? If so, how? Thanks, L
Re: Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
Oh, I forgot: LyX 2.0.0 on Linux. L On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:03:19 +, L Duperval wrote: Hi, I'd like to use the Enter key to complete completions when that option is set. The default value is Tab but I find myself consistently going back to using the Enter key. I tried modifying it, but I got an error saying that Enter was already being used. So I tried removing the binding, adding accept-completion to it but what I end up doing is disabling the Tab but the Enter key still does the break-paragraph binding. Is it possible to do what I am trying to do? If so, how? Thanks, L
Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
Hi, I'd like to use the Enter key to complete completions when that option is set. The default value is Tab but I find myself consistently going back to using the Enter key. I tried modifying it, but I got an error saying that Enter was already being used. So I tried removing the binding, adding accept-completion to it but what I end up doing is disabling the Tab but the Enter key still does the break-paragraph binding. Is it possible to do what I am trying to do? If so, how? Thanks, L
Re: Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
Oh, I forgot: LyX 2.0.0 on Linux. L On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:03:19 +, L Duperval wrote: Hi, I'd like to use the Enter key to complete completions when that option is set. The default value is Tab but I find myself consistently going back to using the Enter key. I tried modifying it, but I got an error saying that Enter was already being used. So I tried removing the binding, adding accept-completion to it but what I end up doing is disabling the Tab but the Enter key still does the break-paragraph binding. Is it possible to do what I am trying to do? If so, how? Thanks, L
Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
Hi, I'd like to use the key to complete completions when that option is set. The default value is but I find myself consistently going back to using the key. I tried modifying it, but I got an error saying that was already being used. So I tried removing the binding, adding accept-completion to it but what I end up doing is disabling the but the key still does the break-paragraph binding. Is it possible to do what I am trying to do? If so, how? Thanks, L
Re: Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab
Oh, I forgot: LyX 2.0.0 on Linux. L On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:03:19 +, L Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to use the key to complete completions when that option > is set. The default value is but I find myself consistently going > back to using the key. I tried modifying it, but I got an error > saying that was already being used. So I tried removing the > binding, adding accept-completion to it but what I end up doing is > disabling the but the key still does the break-paragraph > binding. > > Is it possible to do what I am trying to do? If so, how? > > Thanks, > > L
Text on right, images on left
Hi, I want to create a booklet which has text on the right-hand page, while the left-hand page contains a graph, an image, a table or something similar. I suppose I can do this manually by inserting page breaks all over but is there a package that controls such flow automatically? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Text on right, images on left
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:46:46 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: My feelings exactly. When you start worrying about where things go in a short document, LaTeX or its derivatives is a hassle. My choice to do what you're talking about would be Scribus (http://www.scribus.net/). It works on Windows, OS/X, and Linux and I would assume BSD. Hmmm, that's what I thought. I started looking at Scribus. We'll see. Either that or I'll just stick to OpenOffice Writer for this one. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Text on right, images on left
Hi, I want to create a booklet which has text on the right-hand page, while the left-hand page contains a graph, an image, a table or something similar. I suppose I can do this manually by inserting page breaks all over but is there a package that controls such flow automatically? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Text on right, images on left
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:46:46 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: My feelings exactly. When you start worrying about where things go in a short document, LaTeX or its derivatives is a hassle. My choice to do what you're talking about would be Scribus (http://www.scribus.net/). It works on Windows, OS/X, and Linux and I would assume BSD. Hmmm, that's what I thought. I started looking at Scribus. We'll see. Either that or I'll just stick to OpenOffice Writer for this one. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Text on right, images on left
Hi, I want to create a booklet which has text on the right-hand page, while the left-hand page contains a graph, an image, a table or something similar. I suppose I can do this manually by inserting page breaks all over but is there a package that controls such flow automatically? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Text on right, images on left
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:46:46 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > My feelings exactly. When you start worrying about where things go in a > short document, LaTeX or its derivatives is a hassle. My choice to do > what you're talking about would be Scribus (http://www.scribus.net/). It > works on Windows, OS/X, and Linux and I would assume BSD. > Hmmm, that's what I thought. I started looking at Scribus. We'll see. Either that or I'll just stick to OpenOffice Writer for this one. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?
Hi, What are the best fonts fdor readability. I'm not too fond of the CM fonts. However, if they are really the best I may stick to them. I've heard that Palatino is good too. I think I also heard Luxi mentioned (lucida?) but I'm not sure. Comments? Is there a site that discusses this and provides tips for choosing? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?
Hi, What are the best fonts fdor readability. I'm not too fond of the CM fonts. However, if they are really the best I may stick to them. I've heard that Palatino is good too. I think I also heard Luxi mentioned (lucida?) but I'm not sure. Comments? Is there a site that discusses this and provides tips for choosing? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?
Hi, What are the best fonts fdor readability. I'm not too fond of the CM fonts. However, if they are really the best I may stick to them. I've heard that Palatino is good too. I think I also heard Luxi mentioned (lucida?) but I'm not sure. Comments? Is there a site that discusses this and provides tips for choosing? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Fancy TOC and headers question
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:29:22 -0400, rgheck wrote: Well, here are a few. It seems to me that what you're doing, more or less, is using what would ordinarily be called sections but renaming them as tips. I'm not sure about this, because you list a section before the first chapter. You are correct. I mixed up my terminology: it really should say Part -- section is OpenOffice.org terminology for the same thing. But if that is what you are doing, then you will first need to redefine how sections appear in the TOC. I would do this using the titlesec package, but the koma-script packages probably have their own way of doing this. I don't know. OK, I took a look. Titlesec seems interesting. I'll see if Koma-Script allows those types of changes also. As far as the TOC goes, titlesec has a companion package, titletoc, which may be what you need. Then again, it may be that, once you're redefined what sections are called (tips, in your case), all will be well. OK, thanks. Finally, customization of headers generally means the use of the fancyhdr package, for which LyX provides limited support. The examples in the fancyhdr docs make it pretty easy to get what you want, though. I guess so, if I can get the numbering to say Tip # and if I can get tip numbers to keep on incrementing from one chapter to the next. Thanks for the ideas, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Fancy TOC and headers question
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:29:22 -0400, rgheck wrote: Well, here are a few. It seems to me that what you're doing, more or less, is using what would ordinarily be called sections but renaming them as tips. I'm not sure about this, because you list a section before the first chapter. You are correct. I mixed up my terminology: it really should say Part -- section is OpenOffice.org terminology for the same thing. But if that is what you are doing, then you will first need to redefine how sections appear in the TOC. I would do this using the titlesec package, but the koma-script packages probably have their own way of doing this. I don't know. OK, I took a look. Titlesec seems interesting. I'll see if Koma-Script allows those types of changes also. As far as the TOC goes, titlesec has a companion package, titletoc, which may be what you need. Then again, it may be that, once you're redefined what sections are called (tips, in your case), all will be well. OK, thanks. Finally, customization of headers generally means the use of the fancyhdr package, for which LyX provides limited support. The examples in the fancyhdr docs make it pretty easy to get what you want, though. I guess so, if I can get the numbering to say Tip # and if I can get tip numbers to keep on incrementing from one chapter to the next. Thanks for the ideas, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Fancy TOC and headers question
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:29:22 -0400, rgheck wrote: > Well, here are a few. It seems to me that what you're doing, more or > less, is using what would ordinarily be called "sections" but renaming > them as "tips". I'm not sure about this, because you list a section > before the first chapter. You are correct. I mixed up my terminology: it really should say "Part" -- section is OpenOffice.org terminology for the same thing. > But if that is what you are doing, then you > will first need to redefine how sections appear in the TOC. I would do > this using the titlesec package, but the koma-script packages probably > have their own way of doing this. I don't know. > OK, I took a look. Titlesec seems interesting. I'll see if Koma-Script allows those types of changes also. > As far as the TOC goes, titlesec has a companion package, titletoc, > which may be what you need. Then again, it may be that, once you're > redefined what sections are called (tips, in your case), all will be > well. > OK, thanks. > Finally, customization of headers generally means the use of the > fancyhdr package, for which LyX provides limited support. The examples > in the fancyhdr docs make it pretty easy to get what you want, though. > I guess so, if I can get the numbering to say "Tip #" and if I can get tip numbers to keep on incrementing from one chapter to the next. Thanks for the ideas, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Photo-ready output
Hi, I want to create a booklet for a print-on-demand shop (Lulu, iUniverse, Lightning Source, Book Locker). What I've seen is that they need PDF/X photo-ready output. Does anyone know how to produce that, other than using Acrobat Distiller? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:11:46 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: I've no idea what the /X represents, but if you produce your .pdf at 2400 dpi resolution it's ready for printing. Rich This is PDF/X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/X Seems to be more stringent than simple PDF to display on a screen. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:54:04 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote: * L Duperval wrote, On 20/08/09 16:03: Hi, I want to create a booklet for a print-on-demand shop (Lulu, iUniverse, Lightning Source, Book Locker). What I've seen is that they need PDF/X photo-ready output. Does anyone know how to produce that, other than using Acrobat Distiller? Google likes me: http://www.blackstoneresearch.com/pdf_tiffit.pdf http://www.mastergardeneronline.com/pdf.php I (somewhat) understand the technical implications of PDF/X. However, among the list of software that produces valid PDF/X output, there seems to be nothing related to (La)TeX files. Is this simply an oversight or is it not possible to do directly? Am I stuck having to use a different software tool for the conversion? L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:31:57 +, L Duperval wrote: I (somewhat) understand the technical implications of PDF/X. However, among the list of software that produces valid PDF/X output, there seems to be nothing related to (La)TeX files. Is this simply an oversight or is it not possible to do directly? Am I stuck having to use a different software tool for the conversion? L I just noticed a pdfx package on CTAN. I'll take a look at that. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Fancy TOC and headers question
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:27:12 +, L Duperval wrote: Hi, I would like to realize the following in Lyx. I have a book in Koma- Script style. I'd like the book to look like this: Section 1: My section Chapter 1: First chapter Tip 1: a tip Tip 2: another tip Tip 3: yet another tip Chapter 2: Second chapter Tip 4: yep, tip 4 Tip 5: 5 it is Tip 6: and 6 I would like the TOC to look like the above. I would like the headers to have the number of the chapter and the tip number, but without the description. So something like this: 1 First chapterTip 1 1 First chapterTip 4 etc. How would I go about doing this? Thanks, L No suggestions? :( L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Photo-ready output
Hi, I want to create a booklet for a print-on-demand shop (Lulu, iUniverse, Lightning Source, Book Locker). What I've seen is that they need PDF/X photo-ready output. Does anyone know how to produce that, other than using Acrobat Distiller? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:11:46 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: I've no idea what the /X represents, but if you produce your .pdf at 2400 dpi resolution it's ready for printing. Rich This is PDF/X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/X Seems to be more stringent than simple PDF to display on a screen. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:54:04 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote: * L Duperval wrote, On 20/08/09 16:03: Hi, I want to create a booklet for a print-on-demand shop (Lulu, iUniverse, Lightning Source, Book Locker). What I've seen is that they need PDF/X photo-ready output. Does anyone know how to produce that, other than using Acrobat Distiller? Google likes me: http://www.blackstoneresearch.com/pdf_tiffit.pdf http://www.mastergardeneronline.com/pdf.php I (somewhat) understand the technical implications of PDF/X. However, among the list of software that produces valid PDF/X output, there seems to be nothing related to (La)TeX files. Is this simply an oversight or is it not possible to do directly? Am I stuck having to use a different software tool for the conversion? L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:31:57 +, L Duperval wrote: I (somewhat) understand the technical implications of PDF/X. However, among the list of software that produces valid PDF/X output, there seems to be nothing related to (La)TeX files. Is this simply an oversight or is it not possible to do directly? Am I stuck having to use a different software tool for the conversion? L I just noticed a pdfx package on CTAN. I'll take a look at that. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Fancy TOC and headers question
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:27:12 +, L Duperval wrote: Hi, I would like to realize the following in Lyx. I have a book in Koma- Script style. I'd like the book to look like this: Section 1: My section Chapter 1: First chapter Tip 1: a tip Tip 2: another tip Tip 3: yet another tip Chapter 2: Second chapter Tip 4: yep, tip 4 Tip 5: 5 it is Tip 6: and 6 I would like the TOC to look like the above. I would like the headers to have the number of the chapter and the tip number, but without the description. So something like this: 1 First chapterTip 1 1 First chapterTip 4 etc. How would I go about doing this? Thanks, L No suggestions? :( L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Photo-ready output
Hi, I want to create a booklet for a print-on-demand shop (Lulu, iUniverse, Lightning Source, Book Locker). What I've seen is that they need PDF/X photo-ready output. Does anyone know how to produce that, other than using Acrobat Distiller? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:11:46 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: >I've no idea what the /X represents, but if you produce your .pdf at >2400 > dpi resolution it's ready for printing. > > Rich This is PDF/X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/X Seems to be more stringent than simple PDF to display on a screen. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:54:04 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote: > * L Duperval wrote, On 20/08/09 16:03: >> Hi, >> >> I want to create a booklet for a print-on-demand shop (Lulu, iUniverse, >> Lightning Source, Book Locker). What I've seen is that they need PDF/X >> photo-ready output. Does anyone know how to produce that, other than >> using Acrobat Distiller? > > Google likes me: > http://www.blackstoneresearch.com/pdf_tiffit.pdf > http://www.mastergardeneronline.com/pdf.php > I (somewhat) understand the technical implications of PDF/X. However, among the list of software that produces valid PDF/X output, there seems to be nothing related to (La)TeX files. Is this simply an oversight or is it not possible to do directly? Am I stuck having to use a different software tool for the conversion? L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Photo-ready output
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:31:57 +, L Duperval wrote: > I (somewhat) understand the technical implications of PDF/X. However, > among the list of software that produces valid PDF/X output, there seems > to be nothing related to (La)TeX files. Is this simply an oversight or > is it not possible to do directly? Am I stuck having to use a different > software tool for the conversion? > > L I just noticed a pdfx package on CTAN. I'll take a look at that. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Fancy TOC and headers question
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:27:12 +, L Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to realize the following in Lyx. I have a book in Koma- > Script style. I'd like the book to look like this: > > Section 1: My section > Chapter 1: First chapter > Tip 1: a tip > Tip 2: another tip > Tip 3: yet another tip > Chapter 2: Second chapter > Tip 4: yep, tip 4 > Tip 5: 5 it is > Tip 6: and 6 > > I would like the TOC to look like the above. I would like the headers to > have the number of the chapter and the tip number, but without the > description. So something like this: > > 1 First chapterTip 1 > > > 1 First chapterTip 4 > > etc. > > How would I go about doing this? > > Thanks, > > L No suggestions? :( L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Fancy TOC and headers question
Hi, I would like to realize the following in Lyx. I have a book in Koma- Script style. I'd like the book to look like this: Section 1: My section Chapter 1: First chapter Tip 1: a tip Tip 2: another tip Tip 3: yet another tip Chapter 2: Second chapter Tip 4: yep, tip 4 Tip 5: 5 it is Tip 6: and 6 I would like the TOC to look like the above. I would like the headers to have the number of the chapter and the tip number, but without the description. So something like this: 1 First chapterTip 1 1 First chapterTip 4 etc. How would I go about doing this? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Fancy TOC and headers question
Hi, I would like to realize the following in Lyx. I have a book in Koma- Script style. I'd like the book to look like this: Section 1: My section Chapter 1: First chapter Tip 1: a tip Tip 2: another tip Tip 3: yet another tip Chapter 2: Second chapter Tip 4: yep, tip 4 Tip 5: 5 it is Tip 6: and 6 I would like the TOC to look like the above. I would like the headers to have the number of the chapter and the tip number, but without the description. So something like this: 1 First chapterTip 1 1 First chapterTip 4 etc. How would I go about doing this? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Fancy TOC and headers question
Hi, I would like to realize the following in Lyx. I have a book in Koma- Script style. I'd like the book to look like this: Section 1: My section Chapter 1: First chapter Tip 1: a tip Tip 2: another tip Tip 3: yet another tip Chapter 2: Second chapter Tip 4: yep, tip 4 Tip 5: 5 it is Tip 6: and 6 I would like the TOC to look like the above. I would like the headers to have the number of the chapter and the tip number, but without the description. So something like this: 1 First chapterTip 1 1 First chapterTip 4 etc. How would I go about doing this? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:17:27 +, Guenter Milde wrote: How about placing the 100+ sections into chapters first (with some auxiliary chapters that are removed in the final version) to get them grouped? The you can move your 10+ chapters and finally merge some of them (by removing the auxiliary chapter heading). Günter That's what I ended up doing. It's taking a while but, eh! I should have thought of it before starting. :) L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:17:27 +, Guenter Milde wrote: How about placing the 100+ sections into chapters first (with some auxiliary chapters that are removed in the final version) to get them grouped? The you can move your 10+ chapters and finally merge some of them (by removing the auxiliary chapter heading). Günter That's what I ended up doing. It's taking a while but, eh! I should have thought of it before starting. :) L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:17:27 +, Guenter Milde wrote: > How about placing the 100+ sections into chapters first (with some > "auxiliary chapters" that are removed in the final version) to get them > grouped? The you can move your 10+ chapters and finally merge some of > them (by removing the "auxiliary" chapter heading). > > Günter That's what I ended up doing. It's taking a while but, eh! I should have thought of it before starting. :) L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Using LyX for a book
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote: Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it and you should find the answer to all of your problems. I'll second that. The Memoir documentation is beyond just documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and typography. Les Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I want. Everything is working now, as I expected. Now, to sit down and actually write... L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Best way to re-order book
Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cutpaste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for now), but that is not implemented yet. My first thought was to export from LyX to Freemind, but I haven't found a good way to do that (in particular, I haven't found a way for Freemind to import from OpenOffice, LyX or anything else while still keeping the structure correct). Does anyone have any other suggestion for me? I'm on Linux. Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for that in bugzilla) No. I have 100+ points that I want to reorder and single clicking one by one is too long. I prefer the DnD approach because it is much faster. I'll file an enhancement request. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:57 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: Is the reason single clicking is to slow because you have to move the point a long distance, and thus would have to click many times to move it? Yes. Or is it because there are several points that you have to move separately? Yes. When I look at the points I want to move, I some times would like to move multiple points simultaneously. Moving them up 30, 40, 50 lines one click at a time is annoying. Doing it one at a time only is another annoyance. That's why I wanted to move what I have to Freemind, because it allows me to do these types of manipulations much more easily. Then, I can export from Freemind to HTML and import in LyX again. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: But a book is structured by chapters, section and the like. LyX's outliner allows you to move whole chapters ans section to different positions. This works very well, so I don't understand your problem. Fair enough. You write you want to move things up 50 lines. I doubt that you have 50 sections within one chapter. The best would be when you post a LyX example file to be able to help you. When I originally started the book, I was planning on having 100+ chapters, each expanding on one idea. Some chapters would be multiple pages, other may have been half a page only. But then, after I had all the headings created, I looked at it and I realized that it would be better to group them into 4 big parts, and about six chapters in each part, ans some subsections in each chapter. Now, I'm trying to take the 100+ original headings (ideas) and group them more logically. So yes, using the outline, I have to move some things around 30, 40, 50+ lines. I should have started this as a mindmap... :) L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: LyX with monospace words, code fragments
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:20:00 -0800, Justin Crites wrote: How can I include semantic code fragments in my document which are styled monospace? I am using 1.5.2. Thanks for your help! Did you try the standard Code format included in LyX? L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Using LyX for a book
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote: Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it and you should find the answer to all of your problems. I'll second that. The Memoir documentation is beyond just documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and typography. Les Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I want. Everything is working now, as I expected. Now, to sit down and actually write... L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Best way to re-order book
Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cutpaste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for now), but that is not implemented yet. My first thought was to export from LyX to Freemind, but I haven't found a good way to do that (in particular, I haven't found a way for Freemind to import from OpenOffice, LyX or anything else while still keeping the structure correct). Does anyone have any other suggestion for me? I'm on Linux. Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for that in bugzilla) No. I have 100+ points that I want to reorder and single clicking one by one is too long. I prefer the DnD approach because it is much faster. I'll file an enhancement request. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:57 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: Is the reason single clicking is to slow because you have to move the point a long distance, and thus would have to click many times to move it? Yes. Or is it because there are several points that you have to move separately? Yes. When I look at the points I want to move, I some times would like to move multiple points simultaneously. Moving them up 30, 40, 50 lines one click at a time is annoying. Doing it one at a time only is another annoyance. That's why I wanted to move what I have to Freemind, because it allows me to do these types of manipulations much more easily. Then, I can export from Freemind to HTML and import in LyX again. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: But a book is structured by chapters, section and the like. LyX's outliner allows you to move whole chapters ans section to different positions. This works very well, so I don't understand your problem. Fair enough. You write you want to move things up 50 lines. I doubt that you have 50 sections within one chapter. The best would be when you post a LyX example file to be able to help you. When I originally started the book, I was planning on having 100+ chapters, each expanding on one idea. Some chapters would be multiple pages, other may have been half a page only. But then, after I had all the headings created, I looked at it and I realized that it would be better to group them into 4 big parts, and about six chapters in each part, ans some subsections in each chapter. Now, I'm trying to take the 100+ original headings (ideas) and group them more logically. So yes, using the outline, I have to move some things around 30, 40, 50+ lines. I should have started this as a mindmap... :) L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: LyX with monospace words, code fragments
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:20:00 -0800, Justin Crites wrote: How can I include semantic code fragments in my document which are styled monospace? I am using 1.5.2. Thanks for your help! Did you try the standard Code format included in LyX? L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Using LyX for a book
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote: > On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote: >> Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it >> and you should find the answer to all of your problems. > > I'll second that. The Memoir documentation is beyond just > documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and > typography. > > Les Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I want. Everything is working now, as I expected. Now, to sit down and actually write... L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Best way to re-order book
Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cut or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for now), but that is not implemented yet. My first thought was to export from LyX to Freemind, but I haven't found a good way to do that (in particular, I haven't found a way for Freemind to import from OpenOffice, LyX or anything else while still keeping the structure correct). Does anyone have any other suggestion for me? I'm on Linux. Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? > > (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for > that in bugzilla) > No. I have 100+ points that I want to reorder and single clicking one by one is too long. I prefer the DnD approach because it is much faster. I'll file an enhancement request. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:57 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > Is the reason single clicking is to slow because you have to move the > "point" a long distance, and thus would have to click many times to move > it? > Yes. > Or is it because there are several points that you have to move > separately? > Yes. When I look at the points I want to move, I some times would like to move multiple points simultaneously. Moving them up 30, 40, 50 lines one click at a time is annoying. Doing it one at a time only is another annoyance. That's why I wanted to move what I have to Freemind, because it allows me to do these types of manipulations much more easily. Then, I can export from Freemind to HTML and import in LyX again. L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: Best way to re-order book
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > But a book is structured by chapters, section and the like. LyX's > outliner allows you to move whole chapters ans section to different > positions. This works very well, so I don't understand your problem. Fair enough. > You > write you want to move things up 50 lines. I doubt that you have 50 > sections within one chapter. The best would be when you post a LyX > example file to be able to help you. > When I originally started the book, I was planning on having 100+ chapters, each expanding on one idea. Some chapters would be multiple pages, other may have been half a page only. But then, after I had all the headings created, I looked at it and I realized that it would be better to group them into 4 big parts, and about six chapters in each part, ans some subsections in each chapter. Now, I'm trying to take the 100+ original headings (ideas) and group them more logically. So yes, using the outline, I have to move some things around 30, 40, 50+ lines. I should have started this as a mindmap... :) L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Re: LyX with monospace words, code fragments
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:20:00 -0800, Justin Crites wrote: How can I include semantic "code fragments" in my document which are > styled monospace? > > I am using 1.5.2. > > Thanks for your help! Did you try the standard Code format included in LyX? L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Using LyX for a book
Hi, I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North American books). However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular, the text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to correct that. Does any one know how to do this properly, or has a template or a resource to point me to, that will allow me to take care of those issues? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Using LyX for a book
Hi, I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North American books). However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular, the text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to correct that. Does any one know how to do this properly, or has a template or a resource to point me to, that will allow me to take care of those issues? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
Using LyX for a book
Hi, I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North American books). However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular, the text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to correct that. Does any one know how to do this properly, or has a template or a resource to point me to, that will allow me to take care of those issues? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and communication tips by registering at http://www.duperval.com Bring out the speaker in you!
