Re: Install from source, ouch

2024-09-20 Thread Paul Rubin
On 9/19/24 15:53, Maria Gouskova wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to install 2.4.1 on Linux Mint 21.3. I have previously successfully compiled it from source on 22, and now I cannot work on the files produced on my other computer using the 21.3 computer because of lyx2lyx failures. So I figured

Re: Background color

2024-09-15 Thread Paul Rubin
On 9/14/24 21:37, Zhongjin Lu via lyx-users wrote: Dear LyX team, I've installed the newest version. How can I switch back to the original background color? Thanks, Dr. Lu *** Zhongjin (Gene) Lu, PhD Associate Professor of Finance B312 Amos Hall Terry

Re: Compose keys don't work in LyX anymore

2024-08-26 Thread Paul Rubin
On 8/25/24 22:12, John Coppens wrote: Hi guys... I'm hoping your collective knowledge helps me out. I'm not a frequent LyX user (2.3.6.1) but when I had to edit a document with accented characters (á, é, ... and ñ's) this doesn't seem to work anymore. As you can see, in the mail program it _do

Re: Cannot compile Customization document

2024-06-18 Thread Paul Rubin
On 6/18/24 11:23, Michael Dean Pugh wrote: Hello! I just opened Help -> Customization and attempted to compile and it says I am missing suffix.sty.  Is this a bug or am I missing something in my installation?  I did not uninstall 2.3.7 before installing 2.4, so I worry that there may be som

Re: LyX 2.4 & MikTeX problem

2024-06-01 Thread Paul Rubin
On 6/1/24 15:13, Bernt Lie via lyx-users wrote: I just installed LyX 2.4.0 on my computer, and it worked. Then I thought I should update MikTeX... Last time was in April 2024; there were a number of updates. At the end of the update, I was told that the MikTeX console needed to close down

Re: upright text in Alternative Proof String

2024-05-27 Thread Paul Rubin
On 5/27/24 13:32, Alexander Dunlap wrote: Hi all, I would like to generate output like \begin{proof}[Proof of Theorem~\textup{3}] ... \end{proof} However, LyX does not seem to let me set the text style of "upright" within the "Alternative Proof String" -- when I set it there it just immedi

Re: LyX-3.2.7.1 not finding biber

2024-03-29 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/29/24 10:21, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 29 Mar 2024, Rich Shepard wrote: Found a couple and changed them. Will check this morning if that solves the problem. Invoked lyx-2.3.7.1 and opened a document with bibliography. When the document loaded a message box appeared telling me that l

Re: Upgraded TeXLive; pdflatex throws an error

2024-03-16 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/16/24 15:38, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, Paul Rubin wrote: In order to try to compile the doc, LyX has to write a .tex file someplace, and that someplace has to be the "tempbuf" directory. As long as you don't close LyX (and barring a rift in the space-time c

Re: Upgraded TeXLive; pdflatex throws an error

2024-03-16 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/16/24 13:33, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, Paul Rubin wrote: I trust you are leaving LyX open while you look for the temp directory. If you go to Tools > Preferences... > Paths, what do you have filled in for "Temporary directory:"? Paul, /tmp, and that&#x

Re: Upgraded TeXLive; pdflatex throws an error

2024-03-16 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/16/24 11:39, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, Rich Shepard wrote: The first place I looked was /tmp/lyx_* but both subdirectories were empty. Just invoked Lyx-2.3.6.1 and tried compiling mwe.lyx using pdflatex. Same message box displayed; image attached. There is no lyx direc

Re: Upgraded TeXLive; pdflatex throws an error

2024-03-15 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/15/24 17:54, Rich Shepard wrote: I upgraded TeXLive from 2023 to 2024 and tried compiling the MWE for the math issues still unresolve. A message box displayed: The external program pdflatex finished with an error. It is recommended you fix the cause of the external program's error (chec

Re: Inline math: one ERT compiles, the other doesn't

2024-03-15 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/15/24 16:14, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 15 Mar 2024, Rich Shepard wrote: Apparently so. Careful re-entering the ERT allowed the doc to compile. I was wrong. I cannot get an simple equation to compile via the menus or ERT. I copied the real doc.lyx to mwe.lyx and deleted everything a

Re: Inline math: one ERT compiles, the other doesn't (fwd)

2024-03-15 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/15/24 10:59, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 15 Mar 2024, Rich Shepard wrote: What's the difference causing this discrepancy? How do I write the second line so it builds without complaint? Looking at the mwe.lyx file in emacs I see that control character on line 137. It's not at line 118

Re: Table in table

2024-03-09 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/9/24 08:24, Paolo M wrote: I cannot change table properties (borders and additional space) if the table, contained in another table, contains a math expression (a+b, in this case). Here included my example lyx doc paolo m. Seems like a bug to me. In any case, here are a couple of possib

Re: Representing mu in bibliography source file

2024-03-06 Thread Paul Rubin
On 3/6/24 10:50, Rich Shepard wrote: I use JabRef for my bibliography database; it's in ASCII text file format. Some abstracts report concentrations in micrograms and have been entered as 'ug.' How can I enter the mu symbol so it displays properly in LyX documents? Looking in /usr/share/X11/

Re: Problematik: fehlender Eintrag \begin{document} stört output der Datei als Pdf

2024-02-18 Thread Paul Rubin
On 2/18/24 08:07, kauf_dich--- via lyx-users wrote: Hallo, ich nutze LyX seit über 10 Jahren und schreibe damit meine bürokratischen Briefe. Es ist sehr hilfreich für nicht Mathematiker/ Physiker/ Atomtechniker/ Programmierende/ Besserwisser ein Programm wie LyX zu nutzen. Ich nutze das ver

Re: Which manual has appendix details?

2024-01-19 Thread Paul Rubin
On 1/19/24 10:51, Rich Shepard wrote: I need to re-learn how to add multiple appendices. Using Document -> Add appendix here after the Bibliography I don't remember how to access the documents to insert in each appendix, and have them automatically labeled A, B, C. Looking in Tutorial, User

Re: File -> Import -> Plain text (join lines) opens new file

2024-01-16 Thread Paul Rubin
On 1/16/24 17:03, Rich Shepard wrote: I've not before had this problem: importing a .txt file into a .lyx document. I'm trying to import a file import.txt ($ file input.txt input.txt: UTF-8 Unicode text) into an open LyX document. Instead it opens a new file called input.lyx. What might I

Re: Error while exporting format: \converter

2024-01-06 Thread Paul Rubin
On 1/6/24 10:14, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote: All - I got this message, "Error while exporting format: \converter”, when trying to view a master document. It has happened in the past, but I forget how to correct it. Can someone help? I am using Lyx 2.3.7 on with MacOS: 11.7.10. Than

Re: String including \rightarrow works unless with other text

2024-01-02 Thread Paul Rubin
On 1/2/24 12:15, Rich Shepard wrote: I'm puzzled. In a document I display a series using \rightarrow to separate the components. When I compile the document it displays as in the attached mwe2.lyx file. When the string is by itself (mwe.lyx) it displays properly. I suspect it's a matter of

Re: Adding accented character in JabRef

2024-01-02 Thread Paul Rubin
On 1/2/24 09:16, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2024, Herbert Voss wrote: \~a   or \~{a} However, you should be able to insert directly ã Herbert, It didn't like the first two. I need to learn how to enter it directly in using /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose. Thanks, Rich R

Re: Trying to get a straight single quote

2023-12-31 Thread Paul Rubin
On 12/31/23 13:08, Blake McBride wrote: Greetings, I am using LyX 2.3.7 on a Linux box.  I have some text in which I'd like to use the straight, type-writer-like single quote instead of a curved one.  I tried adding the TeX code \texttt{'} but that didn't work.  I then went into Document / S

Re: Setting default document class

2023-10-27 Thread Paul Rubin
On 10/26/23 13:13, Rich Shepard wrote: Speaking of which, if you go to ~/.lyx/templates, you should see a file named defaults.lyx. That's your default starting document. All else failing, try creating an empty doc with the Report class, saving it to /tmp with the name defaults.lyx, and then

Re: Setting default document class

2023-10-26 Thread Paul Rubin
On 10/26/23 11:54, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Paul Rubin wrote: Create a new document, select the document class you want as default, and make any other customizations that you want applied to new documents (fonts, paper size, whatever). Then go to Document > Setti

Re: Setting default document class

2023-10-26 Thread Paul Rubin
On 10/26/23 11:00, Rich Shepard wrote: Looking in ~/.lyx/lyxrc and ../preferences I do not see where I can set a default document class when I create a new doc. Have I missed seeing where I can do this? TIA, Rich Create a new document, select the document class you want as default, and mak

Re: KOMA-Script Report Class: cannot select biblatex

2023-10-24 Thread Paul Rubin
On 10/24/23 14:57, Rich Shepard wrote: I had a similar issue last June but there no longer are old, deprecated, font style commands in my jabrefbib.bib file. I searched my lyx mail file (from 2005) without seeing this particular situation. I've created a new KOMA-Script report class MWE (atta

Re: Header does not appear

2023-10-11 Thread Paul Rubin
It works for me (after I substitute an image from my computer, since your image was not included). Did you check the LaTeX log for a possible error message? Paul On 10/11/23 05:44, Harold Mouras via lyx-users wrote: Hello, I set up a Lyx document to be able to control the header and footpage.

Re: In outline, filter only by branch *name*

2023-08-03 Thread Paul Rubin
On 8/3/23 08:50, Scott Kostyshak wrote: I have an unhealthy obsession with branches. I can put you in touch with an arborist who can help you trim them. When I use the outline pane and select "Branches" and under filter put the branch name, it also searches the *contents* of the branch inse

Re: Turning-off a command from a layout file?

2013-09-07 Thread Paul Rubin
I'm out of ideas that would avoid editing the module. Personally, I would copy the module and .inc files to my local layout directory, give them different names, and edit out the Problem style. That way, both the original and hacked modules would appear in the module list, and I could use the ordin

Re: Turning-off a command from a layout file?

2013-09-06 Thread Paul Rubin
Does it help to put NoStyle Problem in your layout immediately after the point where you load the AMS Theorems module? Paul

Re: Strange behaviour of initials module aka drop-caps

2013-09-01 Thread Paul Rubin
Your "works" file works for me, although I'm missing one of the modules you loaded (short-inset-names), which apparently is not critical. Your "doesn't work" file had two problems when I tried to fix. The first was that it had no title (I added one). The second was that the environment where you w

Re: a problem with formatting acronyms in svmono class

2013-08-22 Thread Paul Rubin
Just checked, and Description does not justify the left edges of the description texts the way I thought it did. Sorry for the noise. There's a solution to a related question at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/46458/how-to-align-description-item-labels-on-the-right that might be adapted to t

Re: [Formating?]

2013-08-19 Thread Paul Rubin
Ignacio Martinez gmail.com> writes: > > When I start a new paragraph after some "LyX-Code" text, that new paragraph is not indented. > Pleas help!!! Insert a separator between the LyX code and the new paragraph. Paul

Re: Lyx from daily PPA install fails

2013-08-15 Thread Paul Rubin
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes: > > > Am Wednesday, 14. August 2013, 22:53:21 schrieb Paul Rubin: > > Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes: > > > apt get install lyx2.0 > > > > If you need to install LyX 2.1 to open the docume

Re: Embedded Formula

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Rubin
Jens-D. Doll studium.uni-hamburg.de> writes: > when formatting my text I use embedded formula, but am not able to use > subscript/superscript within such a formula. Take for instance xi, make it > a formula and afterwards try to make the i a subscript. The same problem > occurs when making

Re: Lyx from daily PPA install fails

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Rubin
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes: > apt get install lyx2.0 If you need to install LyX 2.1 to open the document, this line should be > apt get install lyx2.1 > at the last step I get an error > error by fetching from http://ppa.launchpad.net/lyx-devel/daily/ubuntu/dists/debian/main/

Re: Font problem in MikTeX 2.9

2013-08-05 Thread Paul Rubin
Two things come to mind. First, open a DOS window and run the command kpsewhich ecsi.mf It should tell you where the ecsi font source code is installed (probably in the jknappen package). If you get a blank line as the response, you need to install a package containing the font. If the font is i

Re: Help With Acknowledgements Please

2013-08-01 Thread Paul Rubin
Have you looked at File > New from Template > thesis > Acknowledgments.lyx? I would try copying its contents into your thesis. (Note: the template may ask you to let it create a dummy thesis document. You can delete that document once you've determined whether pasting into your actual thesis works.

Re: cant get bibtex file into pdf

2013-08-01 Thread Paul Rubin
I put your bibliography and style in a dummy document here and had no problems -- all the references showed up in the bibliography as expected. The problem may lay in the document. Paul

Re: Using Theorems (Numbered by Type) with Named Theorems

2013-08-01 Thread Paul Rubin
I'm not sure what happened with my previous reply; it seems to be disconnected from this thread. At any rate, I tried another hack: rather than including all the starred theorems (possible undesired pollution of the environment drop-down list), I just hacked theorems-named.module to replace the "Co

Re: Using Theorems (Numbered by Type) with Named Theorems

2013-07-31 Thread Paul Rubin
Richard Heck lyx.org> writes: > Try this: Copy the theorems-named.module file to your local LyX > directory. On Linux, the original file would be at > /usr/share/lyx/layouts/, and you would copy it to ~/.lyx/layouts/. On > other systems, you can find the relevant directories by looking at Help

Re: How to vertically centre multirow content

2013-07-11 Thread Paul Rubin
It centers vertically for me by default. This is using LyX 2.0.6 on Linux, but I would be surprised if your having a Mac is the culprit. Can you post a minimal example? Paul

Re: Install not working on Win7pro 64bit

2013-07-08 Thread Paul Rubin
You might delete your user directory (Help > About LyX will give you the path) and everything under it, then start LyX (which should cause the directory to be rebuilt). Paul

Re: Permanently set spellchecker to Canadian English

2013-06-28 Thread Paul Rubin
Open a new file, use Document > Settings > Language to set your preferred peculiar dialect of English and click Save as Document Defaults. The UI setting is just that -- it governs the user interface. File > New uses whatever your recorded document defaults are. Paul

Re: Fehler beim Aktualisieren eines pdfs

2013-06-27 Thread Paul Rubin
If you are viewing the PDF in Acrobat Reader XI, you may be falling prey to a problem discussed here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/77622. Paul

Re: Installation und Verwendung des TikZ-Paket in LyX

2013-06-23 Thread Paul Rubin
Two editors that I have tried and liked: TikZiT (http://tikzit.sourceforge.net/) -- mainly useful for node diagrams TikzEdt (http://www.tikzedt.org/) -- just starting with this, but it looks promising Paul

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

2013-06-11 Thread Paul Rubin
Short of manually inserting page breaks (and adjusting them whenever the text changes), I do not think it is possible to do what you want and be certain that you get the desired result. You can try using \FloatBarrier from the placeins package (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Floats,_Figures_and

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

2013-06-07 Thread Paul Rubin
Are you inserting them with Insert > Float > Figure? If so, right click the "handle" labeled "Float: Figure", choose Settings..., and deselect "Use default placement" and try "Here definitely" instead. Paul

Re: Lyx v 2.0.6 unable to view files

2013-06-07 Thread Paul Rubin
Rasmus K kth.se> writes: Does File > Export > PDF (pdflatex) generate a correct PDF file? If so, the problem is with LyX calling a viewer; if not, the problem is with LyX calling pdflatex. Paul

Re: Backgound in formula

2013-06-06 Thread Paul Rubin
Load the xcolor package in the document preamble (\usepackage{xcolor}). Inside a math inset, start by typing \colorbox and then press the space bar. Now type \{, which should create a pair of braces surrounding an inset, and type the background color name (e.g., cyan) inside. The color name will lo

Re: Document class missing after installation

2013-06-06 Thread Paul Rubin
Is the MiKTeX bin directory on your system path? Can you run "latex --version" at a DOS prompt (without supplying a path to MiKTeX) and get a response with a plausible version date? If yes, take a look at the log generated by the installer (should be in your user directory, I think) and see if it

Re: Need LyX 1.6.10 Configuration file for Windows 32 bit

2011-10-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Assuming you use MiKTeX, your DVI viewer should be yap. Try exporting a test document to DVI and preview it with yap to verify that yap works. Also, if yap is not on the system command path, try adding it to the path and then reconfigure LyX. Paul

Re: Beamer and greyed-out items

2011-10-18 Thread Paul Rubin
Julio Rojas gmail.com> writes: > > Dear all. In a beamer presentation I would like to have greyed-out > items after a pause environment. Right now they do not appear until it > is their turn to appear. For me it is easier to know in advance what > are the items I'm going to talk about in each sl

Re: LyX slowness

2011-10-13 Thread Paul Rubin
For what it's worth, I have LyX installed on three machines (Dell desktop, Dell laptop, Acer desktop). All run Linux Mint with the Gnome desktop. The Dells are both Intel 32; the Acer is AMD 64. Both desktops have nVidia displays with nVidia proprietary drivers. I'm not sure about the laptop, b

Re: A Lyx-beamer question

2011-10-10 Thread Paul Rubin
Murat Yildizoglu gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to catch back my initial trick (putting it only once > for all slides)? Why what I put in the preamble is not used during the > compilation (means that, I imagine, something else in the template > reverses it)? > > Murat > Does it work if y

Re: [OT] Fonts in TeXLive/DVI/Evince

2011-10-10 Thread Paul Rubin
Guenter Milde users.berlios.de> writes: > You might try installing/using a dedicated DVI viewer for the quick preview. Thanks Guenter. I'll definitely try a new viewer. Paul

Re: [OT] Fonts in TeXLive/DVI/Evince

2011-10-09 Thread Paul Rubin
Guenter Milde users.berlios.de> writes: > > On 2011-10-06, Paul A Rubin wrote: > > Hi all, > > > Not sure where the culprit is, but if I use \neq in a math formula in > > LyX with TeXLive 2010 and Evince as the document viewer, it shows up as > > an equal sign. Viewing in PDF is fine, > > C

Re: Lyx Windows <-> Linux Compatibility

2011-09-28 Thread Paul Rubin
In addition to missing packages (which has already been mentioned), it is sometimes the case that different versions of the same package are installed under Linux and Windows. Updating the older package to the newer version (on whichever machine has the older version) usually cures problems of that

Re: Underbar and math display style

2011-09-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Paul Smith gmail.com> writes: > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Paul Smith gmail.com> wrote: > > Write a short paragraph, select it and add an underbar to it. > > Afterwards, introduce a formula in display style -- you will not be > > able of compiling your document. (Please, see the attach

Re: Updating to new Texlive release

2011-09-15 Thread Paul Rubin
In LyX, could Tools > Preferences > Paths > PATH prefix be pointing to the old version? Paul

Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]

2011-09-15 Thread Paul Rubin
Matthias Hunstig uni-paderborn.de> writes: > If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end > up with a "clean" system? On Windows XP, look in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data and delete any folders with 'Lyx' or 'Miktex' in

Re: Xy-pic command doesn't seem to work

2011-09-14 Thread Paul Rubin
Alberto Alcalá Alvarez yahoo.com> writes: > > \xymatrix { > B \ar {-->} [r] & R} > does something like       B>^[r]     R You need an ampersand (@) immediately before the braces: \xymatrix {B \ar@{-->}[r] & R} See section 3.4.1 of the XY-pic manual (in the Help menu). Paul

Re: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)

2011-09-14 Thread Paul Rubin
It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. Paul

Re: Unable to install MikTex with Lyx 2.0

2011-09-13 Thread Paul Rubin
Christian Wilhelmsen gmail.com> writes: > > 16:42:41.743: (buffer-view: Ctrl+R) > 16:42:41.798: pdflatex "file.tex" > 16:42:41.868: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (MiKTeX 2.9) > 16:42:42.829: (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) > D:\LyXSVN\LyX2.0.x\src\support\Systemcall.cpp(259):

Re: Two identical installations of LyX cannot read the same file. What is wrong?

2011-09-12 Thread Paul Rubin
Steve Litt troubleshooters.com> writes: > > I had an almost identical problem a few months ago, on Ubuntu 11.04. > In my case, the solution that fixed the problem was to uninstall LyX > through Synaptic, download the latest stable LyX from LyX.org, and > then install it the old fashioned way

Re: visor LyX does not work

2011-09-10 Thread Paul Rubin
Eugenio Raliuga gmail.com> writes: After View > PDF (and with LyX still running), use a terminal to check whether the temporary directory is there and, if so, whether the PDF output file is there. What are the results? Paul

Re: PDF won't generate

2011-09-10 Thread Paul Rubin
Gabriel Hurley gmail.com> writes: > > Windows 7. I am using 2.0.0 because 2.0.1 has not been released for > Windows except through cygwin. And yes, it happens with every lyx > file. 1. Can you find the LyX temporary directory? If so, after View > PDF (pdflatex) and with LyX still open, does Wi

Re: Automatic math toolbar related

2011-09-06 Thread Paul Rubin
Joon Ro gmail.com> writes: > > I edit a document with a lot of math > and I wish I can just have the toolbar on all the time. > With the cursor _not_ in a math inset, go to the View > Toolbars menu and click on "Math Panels (auto)", "Math (auto)" and any other toolbars you want to lock in th

Re: Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts

2011-09-05 Thread Paul Rubin
This is a problem with either the DVI viewer or your LaTeX implementation; it is external to LyX. Judging by the error message, it appears that (a) you are on some flavor of Windows (happens to even the best of us at times) and (b) you are using TrueTeX rather than the more common (on Windows) MiK

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

2011-09-04 Thread Paul Rubin
On 09/04/2011 05:09 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: The appropriate deities having been propitiated, I was able to uninstall MiKTeX and then install the latest version (the basic installation). I then successfully used pdflatex from the command prompt. Now, how do I connect LyX to the new MiKTeX inst

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

2011-09-03 Thread Paul Rubin
On 09/03/2011 06:46 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Paul Rubin <mailto:ru...@msu.edu>> wrote: No need to uninstally LyX, but yes, I would uninstall MiKTeX. OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, "The operation cou

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

2011-09-03 Thread Paul Rubin
On 09/03/2011 06:10 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: No, I still get the error message saying formats.ini doesn't exist. I did a quick search and found a couple of posts (auf Deutsch, so it's a gamble whether I understood them correctly) by someone who experienced the same problem. If my very rusty G

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

2011-09-03 Thread Paul Rubin
On 09/03/2011 05:18 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: There's only one version of the Settings application. When I tried what you described, I got the error message below. MiKTeX Problem Report Message: No formats.ini exists. Data: Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\FormatInfo.cpp Line: 216 MiKTeX: 2.8 O

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

2011-09-03 Thread Paul Rubin
On 09/03/2011 05:00 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I successfully added the MiKTeX bin directory to the system path and exported a file. Running pdflatex gave this message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 initexmf.exe: No formats.ini exists. I can't find the default format file! Okay, thi

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

2011-09-02 Thread Paul Rubin
Jane Shevtsov gmail.com> writes: >>  Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, "Reconfigure." >> Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. > > When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF disappeared.-- This is a game-changer. It suggests that there is a problem with

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

2011-09-02 Thread Paul Rubin
On 09/02/2011 01:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin <mailto:ru...@msu.edu>> wrote: So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory where the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

2011-09-01 Thread Paul Rubin
Jane Shevtsov gmail.com> writes: > > I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was having, although I used it successfully for quite a while) and I can't export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, "Successful export to format: pdf2". So, despite the messa

Re: Lyx 2.0: can't open new files with Wordpad/Editor

2011-08-29 Thread Paul Rubin
Guest_NP gmx.de> writes: > > You mean filename.doc.lyx? No, I'm pretty sure Eberhard meant that 'doc' would be the document (file) name and 'lyx' the extension. Do your files actually have names with those two extensions (such as myfile.doc.lyx)? If so, how are they created? Paul

Re: Beamer

2011-08-24 Thread Paul Rubin
It turns out this is a bug in the version of hyperref.sty that Jure is using (http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/15783/undefined-control-sequence-hyperlink-error). Paul

Re: Beamer

2011-08-23 Thread Paul Rubin
It looks as if you might have a problem with a hyperlink. Have you added any hyperlinks (beyond the navigational links that beamer provides automatically)? If so, you might try deleting them and see if that helps. Do you have the hyperref package installed (seems likely, but worth checking)? Al

Re: how to write an Augmented Matrix

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Here's a LyX file (including step by step instructions). Paul #LyX 2.0 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 413 \begin_document \begin_header \textclass article \use_default_options true \maintain_unincluded_children false \language english \language_package default

Re: listing package with multicol

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Rubin
Kulkarni Shantanu lists.shantanukulkarni.org> writes: > > Hi, > I have to split a program code (done using listing package)in 2 columns. > The ways I have in mind are, > - make minipage 50% of width > - make a table with 2 colums > - use multicol package > > Which of these is preferred? Or any

Re: Can't export in PDF

2011-08-11 Thread Paul Rubin
Anaïs Maréchal gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi everybody,I don't know much on Lyx, I tried to search in the previous bug > and on the web but no results.I installed Lyx 2.0.0 on my Windows 7 laptop. > I wrote a text, and when I want to visualize it, I have an error (cannot find > the rapport.pdf f

Re: Error reading theorem modules.

2011-08-08 Thread Paul Rubin
Rudi Gaelzer gmail.com> writes: > Is it possible that the texlive 2010 version in F15 is lacking the > needed packages? I > have the F14 version of texlive 2010 installed in another workstation > and that works all right. I don't think so; the only packages "by type" uses are amsmath.sty and

Re: changing counter in enumeration environment

2011-08-08 Thread Paul Rubin
Richard Heck comcast.net> writes: > > Is it possible to do this > > in lyx? The only way I found was to add > > die enumaration as plain latex (ERZ) and to use \setcounter{enumi}{2} > > > > the goal is: > > > > (3) first item > > (4) second item > > ... > > > No, there's no way to do this directl

Re: beamer handouts?

2011-08-06 Thread Paul Rubin
Ignacio Martinez virginia.edu> writes: > I'm trying to create beamer handouts with lyx (in ubuntu 11.04). > This is what I have in mind > http://www.guidodiepen.nl/2009/07/creating-latex-beamer-handouts-with-notes/ > but i don't know where to copy the .sty file and if that is the only > thing th

Re: Problem with optional arguments on macros

2011-08-01 Thread Paul Rubin
Your test file compiled correctly for me every time I tried (multiple tries within one LyX session, multiple LyX sessions, exported to .tex and compiled outside LyX). Paul

Re: Changing height of certain rows in a table

2011-08-01 Thread Paul Rubin
ChiPro gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, > > how does one change the height of a given row (over multiple columns) > in a table > (i.e. without changing the height for any other row)? > > Thanks. > > Help > Embedded Objects section 2.12.1. Paul

Re: Adding a custom class template

2011-08-01 Thread Paul Rubin
Maxim Lobovsky gmail.com> writes: > The relevant files can be found attached to this forum post: > http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=14360 That link gets me their version of a 404 error ("The requested topic does not exist."). Did your dog by any chance eat the p

Re: How to find classes and styles Install of texlive installed in $HOME?

2011-07-28 Thread Paul Rubin
Rainer M Krug gmail.com> writes: > > If I just could understand what these commands (texhash, mktexlsr, ..) are doing, then I would no why... I'm no TeXpert, but TeX maintains a database of package locations, which it uses when searching for a particular package. The texhash and mktexlsr comman

Re: Instant preview with tikz?

2011-07-25 Thread Paul Rubin
Rainer M Krug gmail.com> writes: > I am using LyX 2.0.0, and I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, as I > do not get instant preview working for the attached lyx file which contains > a tikz graph wrapped in instant preview. > > > Is it a problem on my side? (instant preview is enab

Re: LyX causes Acrobat Reader Freeze (?)

2011-07-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Liviu Andronic gmail.com> writes: > I assume that this is on 2nd and subsequent compilations. When it is > on the first compilation, acroread doesn't freeze, right? If this is > the case, then it's a bug in acroread: it doesn't automatically reload > a PDF document when it has been resaved to di

Re: textpos in lyx

2011-07-19 Thread Paul Rubin
I tried this and the image appeared to be centered horizontally. If you are still having a problem with it, perhaps you can post a minimal example that demonstrates the problem. Paul

Re: upgrade but keep customized stationery

2011-07-09 Thread Paul Rubin
David Bickel Gmail.com> writes: > > After upgrading from version 1.6 to 2.0 (Windows Vista), I no longer > have access to the words the system recorded whenever I checked > spelling and told it to "Add" a word it flagged as misspelled. I have > no idea where those words were stored. Is there a w

Re: changing top margin for one page only

2011-07-09 Thread Paul Rubin
Are you doing something to ensure that the minipages are at the top of the physical page? The only two ways I know off-hand to do that are to manually break the page immediately before them or to put them in a float. From your message, it does not sound as though you are breaking the page. One k

Re: # in URL cause compiling to hang

2011-07-09 Thread Paul Rubin
I just created a test doc (article class) in LyX 2.0, insert a URL (in a URL inset) containing a hash character (#), and it worked just fine in PDF output. Escaping it with a backslash caused problems. That said, if you replace the hash character with %23 in the URL, you get the same result, and

Re: Install lyx 2 in windows with 1.6.10

2011-07-08 Thread Paul Rubin
Waluyo Adi Siswanto gmail.com> writes: > Is that possible to have lyx 2, while maintaining 1.6.10 in the machine. Yes. LyX 2 will install into a different directory than 1.6.10, and will use a different user directory, so I think there should be no collisions. I ran them in parallel on an XP b

Re: Noun (smallcaps) in Section title

2011-06-29 Thread Paul Rubin
Manolo Martínez austrohungaro.com> writes: > A quick question. If I use the Noun character style in a Section title, > article(paper) ignores me and renders it in lowercase. Is there a way to > override the style in this particular respect? Document classes frequently dictate the font for head

Re: Can't convert

2011-06-29 Thread Paul Rubin
On 06/29/2011 02:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Richard, Paul, LyX Users, It's been over a week since I've been able to convert to finished text in either LyX 1.6.7 or 2.0.0 (using DVI or View). I've received many suggestions, for which I am grateful, but nothing has worked. Is there a way t

Re: no classes available after installation of 1.6.10 and 2.0.0-3

2011-06-29 Thread Paul Rubin
On 06/28/2011 03:54 AM, Matthias Hunstig wrote: It only partly worked for 1.6.10. I now have a very limited and to my eyes strange selection of classes available, the rest is still markes as unavailable; see attachment. In 2.0.0., there are still not classes available in the menu at all. Are

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