Re: OTish: Illustrator alternative to collect linked PDFs into single figure
Greg, Yes, it links pdf, eps, and other vector formats instead of embedding. I don't remember if it can link svg. It retains vector elements and fonts if you use the option "Embed eps & pdf files (experimental)" while exporting finally to pdf. Best regards, Mukhtar On 14/02/2013 12:18, Gregory Jefferis wrote: On 14 Feb 2013, at 09:58, Mukhtar Ullah wrote: Scribus is what you need. http://scribus.net/canvas/Scribus Thanks a lot for the suggestion, I'll look into that more carefully. But do you know if it can 1) include linked pdfs (ie so that content will update when the external file updates) 2) do so retaining vector elements in the linked PDF (rather than immediately rasterising). Many thanks, Greg. -- Dr. Ing. Mukhtar Ullah, Dept. of Systems Biology & Bioinformatics, Institute of Computer Science University of Rostock 18051 Rostock, Germany http://www.sbi.uni-rostock.de/team/single/dr-mukhtar-ullah/
Re: OTish: Illustrator alternative to collect linked PDFs into single figure
Gregory Jefferis gmail.com> writes: > > Hello, > > We currently used Adobe Illustrator to construct quite complex figures for Biological Science > manuscripts. We save in PDF compatible format and then directly place these in my lyx document. Apart from > being expensive, the main problem is that Illustrator always saves the absolute path to any linked file > causing trouble when colleagues edit these files on different machines. > > Our figures mostly consist of linked PDFs, some type e.g. for labels and a small amount of drawing for > annotation. I would like to switch to a FOSS alternative that allows PDFs to be linked (not embedded). The > detailed layout of the elements is important. The closest I have found so far is Inkscape, but this always > embeds PDF on import. Likewise it does not yet seem to be able to support linked SVG files. > > Would anyone have any suggestions? Many thanks, > > Greg. > > http://inkscape.org/ > > -- > Gregory Jefferis Lab: jefferislab gmail.com > Division of Neurobiology > MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, > Hills Road, > Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK. > > http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/g-jefferis > http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?gsxej2 > http://flybrain.stanford.edu > > Scribus is what you need. http://scribus.net/canvas/Scribus Mukhtar
Re: biblatex showing neither bibliography nor cites in PDF
Wow, adding "backend=biber" solved the problem. I had in the previous
case when I had added the option "natbib=true" but forgot to add it here
after your suggestion.
Thanks Jürgen for being so helpful.
Best,
Mukhtar
On 07/10/2011 13:47, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
I posted a separate entry with a small test case as you asked. I cannot
attach files to this web interface.
You need to pass the option "backend=biber" to \usepackage{biblatex}. And of
course, you need to set biber as bibliography processor in either preferences
or document settings.
If I do this on your text file, the output is as expected.
See attached corrected test case.
Jürgen
--
Dr. Ing. Mukhtar Ullah,
Dept. of Systems Biology& Bioinformatics,
Institute of Computer Science
University of Rostock
18051 Rostock, Germany
http://www.sbi.uni-rostock.de/team/single/dr-mukhtar-ullah/
Re: biblatex showing neither bibliography nor cites in PDF
Jürgen Spitzmüller lyx.org> writes:
>
> Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, adding \typeout{File: \jobname.bcf} did not help in my
> > case. Since it has helped others, I am now checking if the option
> > "natbib=true" could be the reason.
>
> Mukhtar, could you set up a small test case (including a bib file)?
>
> Jürgen
>
>
I posted a separate entry with a small test case as you asked. I cannot attach
files to this web interface.
Mukhtar
Re: biblatex showing neither bibliography nor cites in PDF
Jürgen Spitzmüller lyx.org> writes:
>
> Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
>
> > Thanks Jürgen for your reply. I have got biber 0.9.5 and it works if I run
> > it from the commandline. It is LyX that is unable to run it.
>
> Does the workaround Thomas mentioned help in your case? I.e., adding
> \typeout{File: \jobname.bcf}
> to the preamble?
>
> Jürgen
>
>
Unfortunately, adding \typeout{File: \jobname.bcf} did not help in my case.
Since it has helped others, I am now checking if the option "natbib=true" could
be the reason.
Mukhtar
Re: biblatex showing neither bibliography nor cites in PDF
Jürgen Spitzmüller lyx.org> writes: > > Mukhtar Ullah wrote: > > Do you think it has anything to do with the version of perl? I have perl > > 5.12 64 bit on on Windows 7 64bit. > > It probably has something to do with the version of biber. The most recent > is 0.9.5. The workaround Thomas mentions points to a "bug" in biber that has > been resolved in version 0.9.1 (actually, it's not really a bug, but the > omission of an information LyX relies on), see for details: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex- > biber/forums/forum/824416/topic/4506878 > > Jürgen > > Thanks Jürgen for your reply. I have got biber 0.9.5 and it works if I run it from the commandline. It is LyX that is unable to run it. Mukhtar
Re: biblatex showing neither bibliography nor cites in PDF
> Can we have more information? Biber runs fine here via LyX. > > Jürgen > Do you think it has anything to do with the version of perl? I have perl 5.12 64 bit on on Windows 7 64bit. Mukhtar
Re: LyX with pgfplotstable
Paul Johnson gmail.com> writes: > > It seems to me you are working very hard there. If you are willing to > write out a path, Paul, That is the problem--writing everytime an absolute path is not convenient and kills portability of your document to another system. Mukhtar
Re: LyX with pgfplotstable
> ERT[\pgfplotstableread{]
> MACRO[/home/florian/Documents/lyx/]
> ERT[benchmarks/benchmarks.dat} \datatable]
>
> where ERT[...] is TeX code inserted with CTRL+L
> and MACRO[...] the aforementioned info-insert macro.
>
Interesting solution. I would also encourage you to try the solution using
TEXINPUT path introduced in LyX 2.0.1. That you have to do only once in your
preferences.
Mukhtar
Re: LyX and Inkscape
> So, besides setting the TEXINPUTS, how do you include the image in your > document? Using \input or an external template? > I am using the \input command in ERT. You may try \input via child document as Martin suggested. Mukhtar
Re: LyX and Inkscape
> It is, but using Uwe's unofficial installer [1]. > Liviu > > [1] https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=18767 > I am also on windows and using Uwe's unofficial installer. I don't see any difference in the two installers except that the unofficial installer changes your MiKTeX package repository path during installation which I change back because I have a local repository. Mukhtar
Re: LyX and Inkscape
Julio, You find this option after you choose "save as pdf" and confirm your choice. Later you will see a list of options one which is "PDF+LaTeX". Regards, Mukhtar
Re: LyX and Inkscape
> Is there any way to tell LyX that the pdf-file exists and needs to be > copied to the temp-folder, so latex can find it? Martin, I had a similar problem and have to thank the latest version LyX 2.0.1 for solving the issue. This problem occurs when your figure (both .pdf_tex and .pdf) in a directory (most commonly a subdirectory). To cut it short, let us assume that the two files are in a subdirectory ./figures (I would recommend to always use one such name for the directory for the reason to follow). Go to Tools->Preferences->Paths->TEXTINPUTS prefix: by default the current document directory is included (the dot .). Add the subdirectory path by appending ;./figures (the semicolon ; is to separate the two paths). I believe this should solve such issues in he future except in the case that your subdirectoery has a different name (e.g. ./img) in which case also append ;./img. Regards, Mukhtar
Re: Lecture is better than beamer
> You can probably start with a layout file we already have and modify it. > Ask questions here if you get stuck. > > Richard > > Thanks Richard. I will start my crude version and then seek help from the experts here in the mailing list. Mukhtar
Re: Lecture is better than beamer
> Beamer's pretty good. In what ways is Lecturer better? What are its > pros and cons? What are its design priorities? What types of > presentations would best be served by Lecturer? > > SteveT > > Steve Litt Steve, Beamer is very powerful for advanced users. For a basic user, you have to be happy with the existing styles and themes it provides. If you read "LecturerDemo-" files in the documentation of Lecturer, you will agree that it is very straightforward to place things (graphics, texts) anywhere on the slide (along the line of pdfpages). I would say it suits more to teachers for delivering lectures. Mukhtar
Lecture is better than beamer
Dear LyX developers, I would like to drive your attention to this wonderful class "Lecturer" which is very simple to use and yet very powerful compared to beamer. It would be great if you consider supporting this in future versions of LyX by providing the necessary layout files. East or west, LyX is the best, Mukhtar
Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint
Remember that you can't use with it graphic packages like graphicsx, pgf and so forth. Cheers. On 29/08/2011 09:32, Julio Rojas wrote: Looks nice! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah wrote: If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like text, instead of objects. Jim This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm. http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/ Mukhtar -- Dr. Ing. Mukhtar Ullah Dept. of Systems Biology& Bioinformatics Institute of Computer Science University of Rostock 18051 Rostock, Germany www.sbi.uni-rostock.de
Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint
> If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this > problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like text, > instead of objects. > > Jim > > This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm. http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/ Mukhtar
Re: lyx command-line
Thanks rh. My OS is Windows 7 64bit professional. On 13/06/2011 16:52, Richard Heck wrote: On 06/13/2011 07:01 AM, Mukhtar Ullah wrote: Dear Lyx developers, I have noticed two problems with LyX when run from the command prompt in windows: 1) Typing LyX -help or LyX --help displays nothing. I can still use the options such as -e and so forth. But if I forget the switches, I have lost the help. 2) Lyx does not return/display any error whatsoever. Even the does command ERRORLEVEL returns nothing. I really need help here, because I want to to export lyx math to a vector graphics on the command prompt. I a script file you need at least the error status true/false. We need at least to know what OS you are on. rh
lyx command-line
Dear Lyx developers, I have noticed two problems with LyX when run from the command prompt in windows: 1) Typing LyX -help or LyX --help displays nothing. I can still use the options such as -e and so forth. But if I forget the switches, I have lost the help. 2) Lyx does not return/display any error whatsoever. Even the does command ERRORLEVEL returns nothing. I really need help here, because I want to to export lyx math to a vector graphics on the command prompt. I a script file you need at least the error status true/false. Best regards, Mukhtar
An old issue with LyX
Dear LyX developers, Today I would like to bring your attention to a very old issue with LyX (Forgive me if it has already been reported). It happens to me, in every version of LyX, that any changes I make to the preferences make the automatic math toolbar and panel disappear. After that, it does not work even if I undo the changes in preferences. Even uninstalling and reinstalling does not work unless I remove LyX from registry. Why is the automatic math toolbar and panel so sensitive to prefences. Hopefully, this issue is fixed in the next versions. Best, Mukhtar
Re: Problem with standard installer for version 1.6.8-1 (Windoze)
Julien Rioux physics.utoronto.ca> writes: > > On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote: > > Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable > > LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file > > 'chkconfig.Itx'." > > > > > > The problem appears to be the 'chkconfig.Itx' file. I don't see it > > anywhere within the Lyx installation directory tree. > > hmm, shouldn't it be looking for chkconfig.ltx (l as in latex), right? > I faced the exact same problem with the standard LyX 1.6.8-1 installer on windows 7 64-bit. The other installer from Uwe works fine. Mukhtar
Re: Getting XeTeX/LyX 2.0 to work with my docs...
Kenward Vaughan earthlink.net> writes:
>
> On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:31 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> ...
> > Removing the XeTeX parts from the document makes it all go away. :(
> >
> > Does anyone have thoughts about this problem? One other area I perhaps
> > should include is the preamble. Is one of the packages incompatible
> > with XeTeX?
> >
> > \usepackage{accents}
> > \usepackage{mdwlist}
> > \usepackage{layout}
> > \usepackage{multicol}
> ...
>
> It looks like removal of the accents package freed up XeTeX, I'm not
> certain why I have it in their in the 1st place, actually. Processing
> completes now, and I get a pdf file.
>
> But now something else was noticed... all my beautiful eps figures have
> been rasterized! Augh! They are hideous in output. :(((
>
> Is this normal???
>
> Kenward
Kenward,
XeTeX requires, like PdfTeX, figures in these formats: pdf,jpeg,png. Since you
are using LyX, this conversion from eps to pdf is done for you. I suppose the
conversion is not done well enough. I would suggest you convert them yourself to
keep the vector essence.
Mukhtar
Re: captionbeside lyx Koma book
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
>
> Am Wednesday 15 September 2010 17:21:51 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah:
>
> Now I got it working. I had in my preample among others
> \setcapindent{0mm}
> which is apparently conflicting with the captionbeside package. After
> commenting it out it works!
> %%\setcapindent{0mm}
>
> Thanks a lot for your help
>
Good that it works now. I had the same situation once and I solved it by placing
\setcapindent{0mm} after the captionbeside definitions. So you don't need to
comment that. Just move it after the two \newcommand statements.
Best,
Mukhtar
Re: captionbeside lyx Koma book
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes: > > Am Wednesday 15 September 2010 15:57:06 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah: > > Wolfgan, > > The screenshot shows what I mean: > > Thanks, but I have difficulties with my arrangement (first figure, than > legend: This is my standard arrangement throughout the book). Lyx errors, > even after taking out the centering... > Does the [o] determine, where the figure/legend is placed? > Could you tell me in the example screenshot I had send you where I should > place the CapBesBeg and the [o]? > > Thanks for your patience and help! > > Wolfgang > > Wolfgang, When using captionbeside environment, you have to provide your legend before your figure. That does not mean that the legend will appear before the figure. The placement of the two depends on the optional argument, which in my screenshot is [o]. Following are the possible options: l – left r – right i – inner margin in two-sided layout o – outer margin in two-sided layout There are a few problems with your screenshot: 1) You issue \CapBesBeg and \includegraphics commands before (outside) the float figure environment. They have to be inside, as in my screenshot. 2) The legend and one of the options [l],[r],[i],[o] have to precede the \includegraphics command, which is not the case in your screenshot. I hope that helps. Mukhtar
Re: captionbeside lyx Koma book
> Let me know if you have any problems with that. > > Mukhtar > > I forgot to mention that only \CapBesBeg, [o] and \CapBesEnd need to be in ERT. The rest you include as usual in LyX. Mukhtar
Re: captionbeside lyx Koma book
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
>
> I have a vertically long figure and a long caption text. I would like to use
> captionbeside to fit figure and text on a page. I use Koma book and twocolumn
> page style. For the figure I would of course use 'span columns' in the
> settings for the float figure.
>
> Has anybody done it successfully under LyX? Specifically, where in the
> document do I place the ERT \FigBesBeg and \FigBesEnd?
>
> The following placements give errors:
> Abbildung
> \ref{fig:RNApolymeraseTranskription} zeigt ... Transkription.
> \inputencoding{latin1}{}\inputencoding{latin9}%
> \begin{figure*}
> \begin{centering}
> \includegraphics[clip,width=0.4\textwidth]{BilderEG/6-16}
> \par\end{centering}
> \begin{captionbeside}[Beginn der Transkription eines Gens durch Polymerase II]
> {\label{fig:RNApolymeraseTranskription}...}
> \end{captionbeside}}
> \end{figure*}
>
> If Koma book and twocolumn page style do not go well together with
> captionbeside, what are the alternatives?
>
>
Wolfgang,
For me the following method works:
Add to your preamble
\newcommand{\CapBesBeg}{%
\setcapindent*{0em}
\let\MyCaption\caption
\renewcommand{\caption}{\begin{captionbeside}}}
\newcommand{\CapBesEnd}{%
\end{captionbeside}
\setcapindent{0em}
\let\caption\MyCaption}
and then include your figure as follows
\begin{figure}
\CapBesBeg\caption[Short Caption]{\label{fig:label}Long Caption}
[o]\includegraphics{figures/filename}\CapBesEnd
\end{figure}
Let me know if you have any problems with that.
Mukhtar
LyX 1.6.7 (solved)
I have finally figured out what was stopping LyX 1.6.7 not to respond to File->Save, File->SaveAs, File->Open,... on Windows 7 (x64). It turned out that I had disabled the "Tablet PC Input" service. Re-enabling that service fixed the issue. What I can't digest is why LyX 1.6.6 does not requires that service? Thank you all for your suggestions. Best, Mukhtar
Re: LyX 1.6.7
Uwe Stöhr web.de> writes: > > > I am facing serious issues with LyX 1.6.7 (both installers) on > > Windows x64. > > Nothing happens when you hit (or use the keyboard short-cut for) the > > following: > > File -> Open > > I cannot reproduce this. I'm developing the alternative Windows > installer on a 64bit Windows XP. > > I assume that your installation is broken and therefore propose that you: > > 1. uninstall LyX _completely_ > 2. also uninstall all older LyX versions > 3. check in the registry that there are no entries from LyX > 4. log off from Windows then log on again as admin > 5. reinstall LyX 1.6.7 using the small version of my alternative Windows > installer: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller > > Does it then work? > > regards Uwe > > Pavel, Thanks for pointing towards the ticket. Uwe, There seems to be a problem with my windows installation. I installed it at my home PC (also windows 7 x64) and it works fine. Best, Mukhtar
Re: LyX 1.6.7
Kornel Benko berlin.de> writes: > > Am Donnerstag 19 August 2010 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah: > > Dear LyX users and developers, > > I am facing serious issues with LyX 1.6.7 (both installers) on Windows x64. > > Nothing happens when you hit (or use the keyboard short-cut for) the > > following: > > > > File -> Open > > File -> Save > > File -> Save As > > File -> Import > > File -> New From Template > > > > I experience this same issue with LyX 2.0.0Alpha. The previous version > > 1.6.6 works fine. > > > > Can anyone confirm this behavior? Would be great if someone could help me > > out. > > > > Mukhtar > > Mukhtar, could you provide some more info? > Is it your short-cut, which is not working (in this case you may have own incompatible bindings)? > Or are also the menu-entries not working? > You may help us to also with the output of > lyx -dbg any > > Try to send only relevant part, that is output created before the shortcut is not interesting. > > Kornel > Kornel, Thanks for your response. I don't have any personal key bindings. It is a fresh installation. Neither the menu-entries (GUI) nor the short-cuts work. Interestingly other functions like File->New, File->Export, File->Close ... work just fine. I will try to re-install that and send the "lyx -dbg". Now I have LyX 1.6.6.1 installed. Best, Mukhtar
LyX 1.6.7
Dear LyX users and developers, I am facing serious issues with LyX 1.6.7 (both installers) on Windows x64. Nothing happens when you hit (or use the keyboard short-cut for) the following: File -> Open File -> Save File -> Save As File -> Import File -> New From Template I experience this same issue with LyX 2.0.0Alpha. The previous version 1.6.6 works fine. Can anyone confirm this behavior? Would be great if someone could help me out. Mukhtar
Re: LyX 1.6.7 not saving document
> > Tennessee, > Thank you for your response. I forgot to mention that I also tried the > AltInstaller and had the same problem. The preview and export functions > work but > saving in the native lyx format is not working. > > Dear LyX Folks, The news is not good for me. By switching back to LyX 1.6.7, I was optimistic that I wait for future versions. Today I tried LyX 2.0Alpha5-4-4 and it is the exact same problem. I hope I don't have to spend the rest of my life with LyX 1.6.6.1 and not being able to use later versions. Any help is highly appreciated. Mukhtar
Re: LyX 1.6.7 not saving document
Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux gmail.com> writes: > > > On 17 August 2010 20:37, Mukhtar Ullah informatik.uni-rostock.de> wrote: > Dear all, > I have a strange problem with LyX 1.6.7 on windows 7 x64. I cannot save any lyx document. Neither Save nor Save-as buttons work. Can anyone confirm this behavior or is there something wrong with my installation. I switched back to LyX 1.6.6 and everything is working fine. > > Thank you for your support. > > > I work daily with LyX 1.6.7 on Windows 7 x64. I have the AltInstaller version. It works without the saving problem. Can't say anything about the "regular" installer version.Best regards,Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux, ing. jr (OIQ)Electrical engineering masters student, ETS (http://www.etsmtl.ca)Project AREXIMAS (http://areximas.etsmtl.ca) > > Mukhtar > > > > Tennessee, Thank you for your response. I forgot to mention that I also tried the AltInstaller and had the same problem. The preview and export functions work but saving in the native lyx format is not working.
LyX 1.6.7 not saving document
Dear all, I have a strange problem with LyX 1.6.7 on windows 7 x64. I cannot save any lyx document. Neither Save nor Save-as buttons work. Can anyone confirm this behavior or is there something wrong with my installation. I switched back to LyX 1.6.6 and everything is working fine. Thank you for your support. Mukhtar
Re: Displaymath at the bottom (LyX1.6RC5)
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I can reproduce this bug. Could you please put it in bugzilla.lyx.org ? > > Thanks, > Abdel. > Abdel, Thanks for confirimg the bug. I have put the bug as Bug 5433 in bugzilla. I hope the developers get my point. Mukhtar
Re: Displaymath at the bottom (LyX1.6RC5)
Mukhtar Ullah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your reply suggests that I have been unable to explain properly. > When you start a new document, type "Hi there", and start display math, > LyX can accomodate the new stuff you write on the screen. > Try to type some more text until you are at the bottom of your screen > so that you need to scroll in order to see down. Now do Ctrl-Shift-M for > display math, and > Mukhtar > > I forgot to mention that I am using the latest build (LyX 1.6 RC5) and am writing in english, not arabic as suggested by Abdel. Mukhtar
Re: Displaymath at the bottom (LyX1.6RC5)
rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I understand what you mean, but I don't see this problem. If I create a > new document, type "Hi there", Ctrl-Shift-M for display math, enter x, > then hit space, I am behind the inset, and if I now type "Hi again", > it's on the next line. > > rh > > Your reply suggests that I have been unable to explain properly. When you start a new document, type "Hi there", and start display math, LyX can accomodate the new stuff you write on the screen. Try to type some more text until you are at the bottom of your screen so that you need to scroll in order to see down. Now do Ctrl-Shift-M for display math, and Mukhtar
Displaymath at the bottom (LyX1.6RC5)
Dear LyX users and developers, It occurs to me that when I am entering display math at a point where the LyX window has nothing to show below (at the bottom of your screen), leaving the display-math takes me back to part before the display-math (instead of moving forward). This problem does not occur if you have written the text to follow. It is only when you have blank to follow. Could you confirm this behaviour please? Let me know if I have been unable to express the problem (I am not a native english speaker). Mukhtar
Re: LyX 1.6rc2 crashes when navigating in the outline panel (MAC OS X)
<=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22George_G._Szeg=F6=22?=> writes: > > Hi there, > > I'd just like to report that LyX version 1.6rc2 repeatedly crashes when > trying to open child documents from a master document by clicking in > the toggle outline panel (see details from the Apple's crash reporter in > the attached file). > > Besides this minor problem I am loving the features of this new version. > Congratulations for all of those involved. > > Thanks a lot, > George > > The same happens here when I try to open and close child documents from the view tool. Mukhtar
Bug in LyX 1.6-RC1
I don't know if it is a known bug, but LyX 1.6-RC1 crashes whenever I try to copy a piece of text that contains ERT from one LyX document to another. Can anyone confirm this? Mukhtar
Re: Bounding box problem (not caused by LyX but ghostscript)
Dear Tom, I checked your figures in LyX and could verify your problem. It seems that imagemagick is culprit. I converted your eps files to pdf and included that in LyX. That was shown perfectly clipped. So you could consider switchin gto pdflatex, converting all your eps files by a script using epstopdf command from MiKTeX. That, ofcourse, will only be possible if you are not using pstricks. Mukhtar
Re: Matlab eps files display problem
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hauser Helmut schrieb: > > > The problem is that it is not displayed properly on the lyx screen. It > > looks somehow distorted and only in black and white. Interestingly in > > the final ps or pdf file it looks correctly. > > You might try if it works when you use the latest version of Ghostscript and Imagemagick installed. > (adopt the LyX pth settings when you have done the upgrade) > But I think it's a bug in Mathlab. > > regards Uwe > > This is what works for me: Set both 'position' and 'papersize' properties to your intended size and set 'paperpositionmode' to auto. (Do not try the usual way of setting the 'paperposition' property manually). Then your final eps figure is already of the correct size (no need of worrying about bounding box). Mukhtar
Problem solved
Mukhtar Ullah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dear LyX users, > Today I updated MiKTeX 2.7 packages on windows and reconfigured LyX after > that. > Now LyX shows all classes as unavailable. I have no idea what is going on. I > would not expect this behavior because it was only a package update (not an > upgrade). > > Anyone else having the same problem? > > Mukhtar > > Now everything is working again fine. The problem was that I updated from my local package repository which in turn had picked up packages from a corrupted mirror. Today, I updated again and everything is back in place. Jorge, Thank you for your efforts. Mukhtar
all classes unavailable
Dear LyX users, Today I updated MiKTeX 2.7 packages on windows and reconfigured LyX after that. Now LyX shows all classes as unavailable. I have no idea what is going on. I would not expect this behavior because it was only a package update (not an upgrade). Anyone else having the same problem? Mukhtar
pdf image shown incorrectly inside LyX
I have a a strange problem. I have a pdf image (created by IPE) which shows perfect in any pdf reader. However LyX shows the whole page in the LyX editor. In the final pdf document it is fine. I have no idea what's going on here? Mukhtar
Re: example dialogue missing
Jürgen Spitzmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Mukhtar Ullah wrote: > > I installed LyX 1.5.0-1. Everything works fine; One surprising thing is > > that I do not see the examples option in the Open-file dialogue anymore. > > Has that feature been removed? Or is there any problem with my > > installation? > > Are you running windows? If so, yes, the buttons are missing, since the > windows port now uses the native file dialog instead of LyX's howb brewn, > because the latter had several problems. > > Jürgen > > Jürgen, Thank you for clarifying it. I am convinced that any changes made to the interface are to make it a better environment. Mukhtar
example dialogue missing
I installed LyX 1.5.0-1. Everything works fine; One surprising thing is that I do not see the examples option in the Open-file dialogue anymore. Has that feature been removed? Or is there any problem with my installation? Mukhtar
Re: [announce] LyX 1.5rc2-27-06-2007 for Windows
> - > > The Update installer version allows you to update your existing LyX installation to the latest > version. To use this installer you must have my last development snaphot LyX 1.5rc1-31-05-2007 > installed. > > (More infos about the installer can be found here: > http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller ) > > --- disclaimer --- > The LyX 1.5 relase candidates are for testers and interested LyXers to test the new features. > If you find bugs, please have a look at > http://bugzilla.lyx.org > and report them there if they aren't already reported. > > Note! LyX 1.5 nearly ready to be published as stable version, but not yet ready for production use! > > happy testing and best regards > Uwe > > Dear Uwe, Thank you for your efforts. Your installer has always been more useful than the official one. There was a slight problem for me in the prveious versions. I keep a local package repository so that I am not dependent on the internet. I set MiKTeX to install packages from that local directory. Your installer changes that and MiKTeX go online for any package installation. Even if I change it afterwards, the moment I run LyX, it will change MiKTeX setup again. The official LyX installation does not change my MiKTeX settings. Would be great if you sort that out if possible. Regards Mukhtar
Re: RC1 is great!
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1000 Thanks (Italians would say 'MILLE Grazie') for your great work on > > this wonderful peace of software. > > Thanks taken, but be warned to save your file often because it still > crashes from time to time. > > Bo > > I have been working in LyX 15 beta 2,3 since they were released and I never experienced a crash so far. I did not feel that I was working with a beta version. I am sure this RC1 will be even better. Great work! Mukhtar
Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!
Dieter Krachtus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully > contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a > desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. > > Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at > http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows ? It somehow does everything > automatically, e.g. gets missing parts of MikTex etc. I don't like that, > since you don't always have an internet connection, especially on travels > and it is somehow stupid to download and launch the installer on every > computer you have at home and then download the necessary MikTex packages. > Even worse, when working with Lyx and you use some special Latex features, > sometimes Lyx needs to download these missing featrues - this is > user-unfriendly and annoying. > > Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a > single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex > (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. I guess it is difficult it would also > be beneficial to have an lyx-.iso distribution which you simply mount and > start working - a.k.a. PortableLYX. > > Cheers, > Dieter > To download such an .iso file will be a mess in itself. And there are always new packages and updates to MiKTeX; so an unpdate to the ISO is simply impractical. What I do is to download the whole MiKTeX package repositary once and then keep it uptodate by using the synchronisation feature of any ftp software like SmartFTP. This way I always have an uptodate version of the MiKTeX packages locally. Now you to change the package repository in MiKTeX options from "random repository" to the local folder containing MiKTeX packages. This way every install of any LyX version will use your local package repository and you do not need an internet connection. This also saves the full installation of MiKTeX; you only need the minimal installation; any required package can always be automatically installed from the local folder. Mukhtar
Re: pdf being converted yo png
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Georg, Thank you for your recommendations. While I was reading your email, I checked http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows and found the new build LyX 1.4.4-2. I installed that and checked the "vector format" wherever I found this option. Now everything works fine. I don't know what exactly was the problem with LyX144-1, but my frustration has finally ended. Mukhtar
pdf being converted yo png
Dear all, Would you believe that my pdf graphics (created with ipe) are being converted to png when I try to export to pdf(pdflatex) or to Latex(pdflatex). If I use eps, then LyX converts to pdf, but why is it not happy with pdf. Both LyX143 and LyX150 work fine for me in that case. They both recongnise the crop-box. LyX144 not only converts to png but it ignores the crop box and create a full page of png, which in the output pdf, spreads over two pages. Would be great if someone helps me out. Mukhtar
Re: eps-files are blurred with pdflatex from LyXWin144Small-2-10.exe
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Am Sonntag, 18. Februar 2007 13:20 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah: > > > Let me point out that checking the "vector format" checkbox is making no > > difference at all. Everyone in this listing is repeatedly suggesting this > same > > thing again and again. That is not helping in anyway. This LyX144 is > having a > > serious problem handling eps and pdf graphics, by blurring them and (in > my case) > > screwing their position across the page. > > I was trying to help, since it works for me, and an unchecked vector flag > can indeed result in poor graphics quality. If you rather like to complain > than debugging this problem feel free to do so, but people are as well > free to ignore these complaints. > > Georg > > Georg, I realised that my language was not very good. Thank you for your comments that helped me rethink that, after all, we should be optimistic. In fact, I am frustrated because all my pdf graphics are being converted to png (even if I tick that vector format option). If I use eps, it works fine. Mukhtar
Re: eps-files are blurred with pdflatex from LyXWin144Small-2-10.exe
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Am Samstag, 17. Februar 2007 21:28 schrieb Marius Disler: > > Hello > > > > I have to convert a lyx-file containing eps-graphics with pdflatex. The > > resolution in the resulting pdf-file with pdflatex of the old lyX was > > the same as when I opened the eps files with gsView. Now using pdflatex > > >from LyXWin144Small-2-10.exe the graphics in the pdf-output look very > > blurred (low resolution). The eps-graphics are not blurred when shown in > > LyX. > > You probably customized some image formats. Please open the preferences and > make sure that the "vector format" checkbox is checked for the EPS format > (and while you are at it, for all other formats that can contain figures > in vector format, too). > This flag is new in 1.4.4, see section 3.5 of Customization.lyx for what it > does. > > Georg > > Let me point out that checking the "vector format" checkbox is making no difference at all. Everyone in this listing is repeatedly suggesting this same thing again and again. That is not helping in anyway. This LyX144 is having a serious problem handling eps and pdf graphics, by blurring them and (in my case) screwing their position across the page. Mukhtar
Re: eps-files are blurred with pdflatex from LyXWin144Small-2-10.exe
Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Marius Disler wrote: > > Hello > > > > I have to convert a lyx-file containing eps-graphics with pdflatex. The > > resolution in the resulting pdf-file with pdflatex of the old lyX was > > the same as when I opened the eps files with gsView. Now using pdflatex > > from LyXWin144Small-2-10.exe the graphics in the pdf-output look very > > blurred (low resolution). The eps-graphics are not blurred when shown in > > LyX. > > > > I'm thankful for any help! > > > > Regards, Marius > > > > One possibility is an incorrect delegate setting in Imagemagick. See > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/35615/focus=35665 for > something to check there. > > Someone else had a problem recently that turned out to be a matter of > the EPS files having a bitmapped "preview" image in it, which caused > problems with the conversion process. His output came from a plotting > program (can't recall which). The solution was to convince the plotting > program not to include preview images. > > /Paul > > I don't think the problem lies in the .eps because I have the same problem with pdf graphics created with ipe. LyX 1.4.3 and LyX 150alpha both give high quality pdf. But as soon as I switch to LyX 1.4.4 (both the official and Wininstaller), the pdf graphics are not only blurred, but are shown incomplete on a seperate page, without recognizing crop box. I also ticked the "vector format" option in preferences, but that made no difference. Mukhtar Mukhtar
Re: [announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.4.4
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Am Donnerstag, 15. Februar 2007 22:13 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah: > > I have a strange problem with LyX-144. I have pdf figures in my documents > annd > > when I export to pdflatex, the graphics are screwed up; they are scaleup > to > > cross the pages; and are reduced terrably in quality. This was not the > case with > > LyX143. > > I had to switch back immediately. > > You don't need to do that. You probably have modified the pdf format. > Simply tick the "Vector format" checkbox for this format in the > preferences as indicated in the announcement, and you get back the old > quality. > > Georg > > Georg, Thank you for your suggestion. But that did not help either. I ticked the option "vector format" in the format preferences. Something must be wrong with this new LyX build, because the qualtity is not the only problem. It is unable toplace the figure properly. All my pdf figures are placed such that only a fraction of it appears and the rest looks clipped off the page. This never happened before. I know that I have not changed my pdf graphics, because I reinstalled LyX143 and everything was normal again. Even the alpha version LyX150 is handling them correctly. The problem seems to be with this version. A few mintues ago, the official version of LyX144 appeared on http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows. I quickly installed it, but that made no difference. This is really frustrating, because I don't want to use the old-fashioned eps at all. Mukhtar
Re: [announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.4.4
I have a strange problem with LyX-144. I have pdf figures in my documents annd when I export to pdflatex, the graphics are screwed up; they are scaleup to cross the pages; and are reduced terrably in quality. This was not the case with LyX143. I had to switch back immediately. Mukhtar
Re: export to .eps
Paul, Thank you so much for your valuable advice. In fact this seems to be the only way to handle many equations at the same time. One of my colleagues gave me this idea which also works fine: 1) Export from LyX to dvi (say eq0.dvi) 2)in the command prompt write: dvips -E -o eq0.eps eq0.dvi you get the eps file with the correct bounding box. Mukhtar
export to .eps
Dear LyX users, If I have a include a mathematical equation (written in LyX) into a graphics software, I need an eps file with a bounding box which only contains the equation itself. This is how I am doing it now: -- 1) create a new LyX document and set the page style to empty 2) write down the equation 3) export the LyX document to postscript 4) convert the .ps file to .eps by using ps2eps command from gsview32 where I have to deselect "calculate bounding box automatically" because I need only the equation and not the white page area surrounding it The problem with this approach is that I have to do it for every equation, which is not a clever idea. It would be nice to be able to do something like this from inside LyX. One idea would be to be able to change the page size of LyX document dynamically so it only fits the content(equation); then I don't need to convert to eps because the .ps file itself is fine. Looking forward to guidance from experienced users Mukhtar
LyX143-3 works
Dear all, Finally arrived the LyX143-3 which worked on my computer (and hopefully on those who were having problems). So many thanks for those who tried to respond to our requests. Free software zinda abad Mukhtar
Re: lyx-143-2.exe for windows doesn´t work.
sk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > just to let you know, I have the same problem with 143-2 for windows. > > The same problem here with LyX 143-2 for Windows-XP. What's going on here? Mukhtar
Re: lyx-143-2.exe for windows doesn´t work.
Carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The error is the same as in the previous 143-1 version. > > Trying to execute it from a dos window, the answer is "the program cannot be > executed." > > Somebody else has the same problem? > > Carlos. > > Carlos, Can you tell the specs of your computer? I want to know if it has anything to do with processor. As I mentioned in one of my posts, it works on my PC (AMD XP2600+) but not on my laptop(Pentium III-M). Mukhtar
Re: 1.4.3 windows binaries don't work?
Mukhtar Ullah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Same problem here. I was afraid to ask thinking I must be doing somethin > wrong. > > I have a found a strange phenomena which may turn out to be the reason of LyX143 not starting in Windows. When I installed LyX143 on AMD athlon xp2600+, it started immediately, without any fuss. But on my laptop (Pentium 3M), it is not starting; it does not even create any preference folders or profile. This can only suggest that those who wrote binaries for windows assumed a certain computer architecture. I am not claiming this to be the reason; it only comes based on what I observed. Mukhtar
Re: 1.4.3 windows binaries don't work?
Same problem here. I was afraid to ask thinking I must be doing somethin wrong.
undo almost hangs LyX
Dear LyX users, I have a problem which is killing me all the time. I have turned on the MathPreview because otherwise LyX becomes very slow if there is more mathematics in my document. That solved the problem, although the document takes longer to load. But that's not the problem. When I undo (for example, after I delete an equation by mistake), all the MathPreview is gone; all the mathematics is shown in LyX format; and the document almost hangs. If I type even a single character, it takes about 3 seconds to appear on the screen. Can anyone spot what is going on here? Looking forward, Mukhtar
Re: LyX142 DVI
> Paul wrote > First, setting the width of the document to 80% of the page width shows > that the converted pdf is not properly cropped (a small drawing at the bottom > of the page). > > pdf2ps fig_chapman.pdf; ps2eps fig_chapman.ps > creates a properly cropped eps file to be used with dvi. > > If you're on Windows, pdf2ps is done by "Print to file" in acroread, ps2eps is here: > http://www.tm.uka.de/~bless/ps2eps > Paul, thank you for your guidance. I wanted to use pdflatex. Now I have to use eps always, which can be created directly by many programs. Thank you all again Mukhtar
Re: LyX142 DVI
Dear Stephen, Thank you so much for your help. What I did not know was the email address "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org". I only check the list and post thing there. Dear Paul, I have attached the two files: a LyX example and a graphic file. When I use pdflatex, everything goes fine. The problem is when I use DVI. Thanks Mukhtar fig_chapman.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document dvi_problem.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX142 DVI
Dear Paul, Thank you for your response. I can post a minimal example, but I don't know how to attach a (graphic) file to this post? Can anyone give me a hint! Mukhtar
LyX142 DVI
Hi everyone, I have installed LyX142 and have a strange problem. When I include a graphics into my document, the DVI output shows the whole page of the graphics (pdf file) while it should clip to the bounding box. This was working correctly in Lyx141. Now with LyX142, I have to run pdflatex in order to see the correct graphics, clipped to the bouning box. This is frustrating. Looking forward to hear something Mukhtar
Re: LyX1.4.1
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > > There's been some traffic about modifications to the beamer layout, so I > > don't know where the most recent version can be found. Perhaps > > someone on the list can upload them to the wiki. > > These were actually problems with the layout file conversion script of LyX, > not the beamer layout file. The official beamer.layout from the beamer > package will work fine with 1.4.1. There is still one glitch: enumerated > lists don't have a number on screen, but that will be fixed in LyX 1.4.2. > > Georg > > Dear Paul and Georg, Thank you for your valuable repsonse. I will re-install the official version and manually add the required layouts. Mukhtar
LyX1.4.1
Sorry for the following typo in my lasat message. The test installer I mentioned was LyXWin141preSmall-1-9.exe
LyX1.4.1
I have installed the newly released lyx-1.4.1_win32_setup_v1.exe on windows xp-sp2 with all the required programs already installed. It can't detect all the latex components and packages. For example, in the document classes, I can't see the classes beamer, powerdot,.. when I know that they are installed. Surprisingly the test-version lyx-1.4.1_win32_setup_v1.exe works fine and detects the full latex setup. Looking forward for a reply, Mukhtar
