Re: MWE compiles; full file doesn't

2023-05-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 23 May 2023, Herbert Voss wrote: I have no problems with your examples and TeXLive 2023. The reason why I cannot give more help. Herbert, That's interesting. I should be able to upgrade TeXLive on this Slackware64-14.2 system. Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list

Re: MWE compiles; full file doesn't

2023-05-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 23 May 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: I wonder why the differences? Looking at the document settings, they're the same for the full document and the MWE, but when exported to pdflatex their *.tex file preambles differ. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http

Re: MWE compiles; full file doesn't

2023-05-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 23 May 2023, Herbert Voss wrote: It looks like a problem with your header or title definition. Does it contain a tabular? However, export your LyX document to latex and then show the preamble. Herbert, I created the MWE by deleting everything after the chapter and first section. The

Re: MWE compiles; full file doesn't

2023-05-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 23 May 2023, Herbert Voss wrote: It looks like a problem with your header or title definition. Does it contain a tabular? However, export your LyX document to latex and then show the preamble. Herbert, I changed the title and subtitle so the style formatted them, rather than me

Re: MWE compiles; full file doesn't

2023-05-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 23 May 2023, Herbert Voss wrote: It looks like a problem with your header or title definition. Does it contain a tabular? However, export your LyX document to latex and then show the preamble. Herbert, No tabular in the title or preamble. Here's the preamble and header: %% LyX

Re: MWE compiles; full file doesn't

2023-05-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 22 May 2023, Steve Litt wrote: Either your MWE failed to isolate the root cause, or there are two (probably clashing or interacting) root causes and you only got one of them. Just start with a copy of the whole document and subtract little by little until something you subtract causes

MWE compiles; full file doesn't

2023-05-22 Thread Rich Shepard
This is a new one for me: the full document won't compile (but it did one time) while the MWE compiles each time. The error is in the heading; the MWE has my company logo (.pdf not attached), a title, a subtitle and a date. The date (or the last line of the subtitle) is highlighted when the build

Re: R: Using tables

2023-05-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 18 May 2023, Cesare Padovani wrote: I've already tried the first suggestion, in the page layout of the document, because the width of the table is about equal to the width of an A4 sheet (I could also try in the table settings). So I would be left with the second one. Cesare, As a

Re: R: Using tables

2023-05-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 18 May 2023, Cesare Padovani wrote: It seems that the problem is due to the table width established in the settings. I did various tests. As a first test, I set the width of each cell and then that of the table, equal to the sum of the widths of the cells in a row. In these conditions

Re: versioning

2023-03-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 31 Mar 2023, William R. Buckley wrote: More to the point, I never thought that the original post had anything to do with recompilation of the LyX product. Bill, It's long been understood that email communications more easily are misinterpreted than oral communications. We know what

Re: versioning

2023-03-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 31 Mar 2023, William R. Buckley wrote: So, with VCS, it is possible to version control successive iterations of a document as you make successive changes thereto? William, That's why they exist. You can always revert to an previous version. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list

Re: LyX and Git for version control

2023-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 25 Mar 2023, Madame Michu wrote: I’m facing an issue with git and LyX for version control. I followed the guidelines in section 7.2.6 in the "Additional Features" LyX manual, but once the git repo is created for the document, and I try to `register` my document with LyX GUI I get the

Re: Lyx 2.3.7 on Linux Mint

2023-02-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 23 Feb 2023, Paul A. Rubin wrote: There's always the option to compile from source. Alternatively, if you go to https://repology.org/project/lyx/versions you can see the versions of LyX for various Ubuntu distros, along with the email addresses of the maintainers. They show 2.3.6 as the

Re: Tables: Setting width for entire column

2023-02-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023, Udicoudco wrote: Since the alignment of the text inside the second row is centered, contrary to the rest of the tabular, these cells are typeset inside \multicell, and in this case their width can be independent from the width of their column. Udi, The column headers are

Re: Tables: Setting width for entire column

2023-02-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I'm with Udi on this. Maybe you should post a MWE? Paul, Udi: I placed the cursor in a cell below the first row (for each column) and changed the widths from inches to % text area (43%, 53%). Not using the top row cell made a difference. The table

Re: Tables: Setting width for entire column

2023-02-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023, Udicoudco wrote: Right click on the table and select "settings..." to open the tabular settings dialog. Put the cursor in a cell inside the column you want to change, and in the settings dialog in Table settings->Column settings change the width to the desired one. Udi,

Tables: Setting width for entire column

2023-02-10 Thread Rich Shepard
I've looked at the table settings, the User Guide, and the Wiki without learning how to set the width of an entire column. One table has many rows (it's a multipage table), and I'm able to change the width of only the cell in which the cursor is located. What am I missing? TIA, Rich --

Resize document page, adjust table width

2023-02-09 Thread Rich Shepard
I changed the page size of a report from US Letter to 9" tall by 6" wide. Tables that fit across the text area are now too wide. What is the best way to re-fit the table to the narrower text area? Rotate? Make text smaller? Something else? TIA, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list

Re: URL question [RESOLVED]

2023-02-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 8 Feb 2023, Herbert Voss wrote: _Never_ use it in the pramble! It gives a lousy typesetting. Herbert, I read that in my StackExchange thread. For URLs you also can use \usepackage{xurl} in the preamble, then the URL can be broken at every charcter. Thanks very much for the

Re: URL question [RESOLVED]

2023-02-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 8 Feb 2023, sovhist wrote: Just add to preamble \sloppy Valdemaras, Thanks for the pointer. The solution I found (on a StackExchange thread) is to enclose that one paragraph in between \begin{sloppypar} ... \end{sloppypar}. Result attached. Regards, Rich mwe.pdf Description:

URL question

2023-02-08 Thread Rich Shepard
I thought that after inserting a URL (either from the Insert menu or as ERT) compiling with pdflatex would automatically break the string to fit the text area. This one doesn't fit the line. A MWE is attached. Rich#LyX 2.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 544

Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty? [RESOLVED]

2023-01-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 27 Jan 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: Is it LyX or LaTeX which is looking for this? el, It was a LaTeX error, and one that I thought that I had fixed long ago. But, I apparently did not fix the template. The problem was in the preamble. I had: \usepackage{scrpage2} and that was

Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

2023-01-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Try "sudo mktexlsr" in a terminal and see if it helps. Paul, Unfortunately, it did not. This is very strange as I've used the class for letters before now with no issues. Thanks again, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

2023-01-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: What would be the option/action of tlmgr? Looking at the man page I'm not sure what command to use. I also ran 'su -c texhash' and that didn't let the letter compile. Installed here are: texlive-2021.210418-x86_64-1slint texlive-extra-2020.200608

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, Pavel Sanda wrote: (and if you download 2.3.6 tarball the build script still work on your system, right?) I just rebuilt lyx-2.3.6.1 with the default lyx.SlackBuild script. It completed with no errors. During compilation I saw it enter ../src/frontends/qt4/ without

Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

2023-01-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: What would be the option/action of tlmgr? Looking at the man page I'm not sure what command to use. I also ran 'su -c texhash' and that didn't let the letter compile. Installed here are: texlive-2021.210418-x86_64-1slint texlive-extra-2020.200608

Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

2023-01-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: What would be the option/actoin of tlmgr? Looking at the man page I'm not sure what command to use. I also ran 'su -c texhash' and that didn't let the letter compile. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman

Re: Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

2023-01-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 21 Jan 2023, Paul A. Rubin wrote: If you run "kpsewhich scrpage2.sty" in a terminal, is it found? If not, you may need to update the TeX file database. Paul, No, it's not found. What would be the option/actoin of tlmgr? Looking at the man page I'm not sure what command to use.

Why does lyx not find an installed .sty?

2023-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
I'm using the KOMA-letter2 class. The .sty file is in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/koma-script/scrpage2.sty. When I try to print the developing letter I get an error; the entire output log is attached. I've looked at it without seeing where LyX fell of the track. The log reports that letter class

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, Pavel Sanda wrote: (and if you download 2.3.6 tarball the build script still work on your system, right?) Yes. That's what I did last October. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, Pavel Sanda wrote: Ok. Do you know what Qt version was used on your system for previous 2.3.6? Pavel, qt-4.8.7-x86_64-4 (installed Jan 17 2021) qt5-5.12.8-x86_64-1_SBo (installed Oct 2 2021) and lyx-2.3.6.1-x86_64-1_SBo (installed Oct 31 2022) So, it's most likely

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, Pavel Sanda wrote: Are you always starting with clean compilation tree? Pavel, Yes, and I don't use any Apple products. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 9 Jan 2023, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: For some reason, your system is getting confused about what binaries to use here for the compilation. This error happens when you attempt to include a MOC file generated with one Qt version but you are compiling against a different Qt version.

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 9 Jan 2023, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Try with the configure option --enable-qt4 Jürgen, Changing the configure variable from qt5 to qt4 makes no difference. The same error(s) stop the build: GEN moc_SystemcallPrivate.cpp make all-am make[5]: Entering directory

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: I'd try to do the steps manually, without a script, and see if that helps. Riki, Same result: GEN moc_SystemcallPrivate.cpp make all-am make[5]: Entering directory '/opt/slackbuilds/Office/lyx/lyx-2.3.7/src/support' CXX

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: Can you just change the tarball name to lyx-2.3.7.tar.xz? Riki, Did this before writing. Made no difference. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: LyX 2.3.7 Released

2023-01-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.7. This is the seventh maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version. You can download LyX 2.3.7 from https://www.lyx.org/Download/. Richard, et al.:

Re: Testing

2022-12-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 13 Dec 2022, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Sorry, my answer was not very constructive. I was joking on the fact that we have not been able to release a new version for ages. But fortunately, things are moving and a 2.3.7 release should happen soon. JMarc, Other than my occasional need

Re: Testing

2022-12-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Users are on strike. They demand a release! JMarc, I release all! Because I'd like help getting the index complied with the rest of the book and learning how to add a half-title page and other front matter. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users

Re: Testing

2022-12-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022, Christopher Menzel wrote: Or maybe has a pile of papers to grade. :-) Okay. At least someone else is posting. Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Testing

2022-12-12 Thread Rich Shepard
I've not seen any posts on this list other than the two I sent last Friday. Is there an issue with the list or has everyone gone away for the holidays? Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Book front matter with KOMA-Script book class

2022-12-09 Thread Rich Shepard
A few questions about environments and element order in the front matter of a KOMA-Script book. Should the ERT \frontmatter be the first line in the LyX document, above the other front matter pages? The first octo page in the book is a half-title with the book's title and the author's name.

Adding index to ToC and complied PDF

2022-12-09 Thread Rich Shepard
texindy built the index when run from the command line. In the KOMA-Script book class document in Settings I set the Index Generator processor to texindy and the option to idxtotoc. In Settings -> Document Class I set Class Options -> Custom to idxtotoc as shown in the Wiki. The index does not

Re: Raster image format

2022-12-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 7 Dec 2022, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: I would not waste too much time on that, but for speed purposes I would select the draft button, until such time you want to see the images proper. el, Thanks. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Raster image format

2022-12-07 Thread Rich Shepard
My documents tend to contain many PDF vector images which appear to be converted by LyX to a preferred (rasterized?) format. What is that format so I can convert the .pdfs to it? TIA, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 3 Dec 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: /usr/local/bin   makes more sense to me Herbert, Slackware puts executables in /usr/bin. Are you really sure, that there is no other copy in your system? which -a texindy One copy only. But the texindy.pl installed had 544 perms. When I changed

Re: Generating index when compiling document [RESOLVED]

2022-12-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: Okay. Found the problem, but the solution doesn't work. Well, part of the problem. I had texindy.pl in the wrong directory and it had perms 544. Moving it to /usr/share/texmf-dist-scripts/xindy/ and changing the perms to 755 got it working. I now have

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: $ texindy biota-to-set-wq-standards.idx texindy: not a symlink as required for TeX Live at /usr/bin/texindy line 414. Okay. Found the problem, but the solution doesn't work. I copied texindy.pl into /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/ where its perms

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: They're perl scripts and don't need the package manager; I'll just have root copy them (without the .pl extension) to /usr/bin/. I copied xindy.pl and texindy.pl to /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/xindy/. And, the two files, minux the .pl extension

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: it is part of the xindy package. Attached both scripts. You should also be able to reinstall xindy with your package manager. Hrbert, Thank you. They're perl scripts and don't need the package manager; I'll just have root copy them (without the .pl

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: what does which texindy $ which texindy /usr/bin/texindy and which xindy $ which xindy /usr/bin/xindy xindy -C utf8 -I latex file.idx $ xindy -C utf8 -I latex biota-to-set-wq-standards.idx *** - PROGN: variable LANG/GENERAL/UTF8-LANG.XDY has no

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: Rich, export your document to LaTeX, go into the directory of the exported code and then run pdflatex texindy file.idx then you'll see what happens. If you know the temporary directory of the LyX files, you can also run texindy in that directory with the

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: Did you insert the command »Insert -> Lists -> Index«  into your document? Herbert, Yes. Since texindy is a perl script I'll look for a newer version to replace it. Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote: Which latex distribution did you install and which operating system are you working on? Udi, Slackware-14.2/x86_64 and texlive-2021.210418-x86_64-1slint. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote: If you open your terminal, cd to the temp directory and write:texindy biota-to-set-wq-standards.idx does this produce a file called biota-to-set-wq-standards.ind? Udi, Interesting result: # texindy biota-to-set-wq-standards.idx texindy: not a symlink as

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: After running texindy there must be *.ind file which will be input by \printindex Herbert, That's what I thought, but it's not there. Where should I look for the reason? Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote: Try to delete the files in the temporary directory and export to pdf again. Udi, No change in the /tmp/* files, no index in the PDF. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote: I also suggest that after you switch from xindy to texindy (or makeindex) in the preferences menu, open the temporary directory where lyx compiles all the files (to do so, create a latex error on purpose by writing \undefined in ERT for example, press on

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote: If you want to produce an index for LaTeX documents, the command texindy (1) is probably more of interest for you. It is a wrapper for xindy that turns on many LaTeX conventions by default." Udi, I mis-remembered the Tools -> Preferences -> Output/LaTeX

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: Your memory is correct. I did that yesterday and I have the little white-filled box with 'Index' placed after the bibliography. But, when the file is compiled with pdflatex there's no index at the end. That's the part I'm missiing. And, yes, I added

Re: Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote: If I remember correctly, it can be found in Insert->List/TOC->Index List. Udi, Your memory is correct. I did that yesterday and I have the little white-filled box with 'Index' placed after the bibliography. But, when the file is compiled with pdflatex

Generating index when compiling document

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
Section 6.6.6 (Index Program) in the User Guide told me to look in the document's preferences for the index-related tools installed here. I have both xindy and makeindex installed (xindy is the default selection), and I've no idea what options I might want to use with it (following the link in

Re: Un-spanning multicolumns [RESOLVED]

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: This is weird, because it worked in my tests. If you can come up with a step-by-step recipe, I will look at it. JMarc, I'm reformatting the book for a custom page size and no longer remember exactly what I did when with that table. Regards,

Re: Table issues [RESOLVED]

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: I'm stymied and don't know 1) how to have the compiled table with 2-line headings on columns 2-4 and 2) why it compiles (pdflatex) as an MWE but not in the main document. Looking again at the table I realized that since columns 2 though 4 are constant

Re: Un-spanning multicolumns [RESOLVED]

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Do you know of programs that do store undo information, BTW? JMarc, No, I don't. There's really no reason to do so. I didn't expect LyX to have it stored and that's why I just deleted that row and created a new one. Yesterday I had tried to

Re: Un-spanning multicolumns [RESOLVED]

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Note that Undo is not supposed to do something after you close the file (there is a ticket asking for permanent undo, but this does not exist now). JMarc, I assumed that was the case; it's certainly reasonable, IMO. Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users

Re: Un-spanning multicolumns

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Is that 3 cells or 3 columns? Jean-Marc, Three cells. I was not explicit. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Table issues

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
I have a 7 column table which does not compile in the main document (errors attached) but does as a separate MWE (also attached.) I set the widths of columns 2-4 so the two-word column headings would be on two lines in the two versions so the LyX buffers display properly. But, the compiled MWE

Re: Un-spanning multicolumns [RESOLVED]

2022-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 30 Nov 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: Forgot about the undo function. I did try pressing the set-multicolumn icon to un-set it but that didn't work. I'll see if C-z still works tomorrow when I load lyx again. The undo function is disabled this morning. My solution: delete that row, add

Re: Un-spanning multicolumns

2022-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Udicoudco wrote: If I understand the problem, you can always press undo (ctrl+z) or while in the spanned column with the cursor, press on the set-multicolumn button. Udi, Forgot about the undo function. I did try pressing the set-multicolumn icon to un-set it but that

Un-spanning multicolumns

2022-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
Unintentionally, I set 3 columns as a multicolumn span when I meant to span only 2 columns. I've read the tables sections of the User Guide, Embedded Tools, and the LyX Wiki and didn't see how to unspan multiple columns. Please point me to the appropriate reference so I can separate the columns

Re: KOMA-Script book: duplicate ToC pages [RESOLVED]

2022-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 30 Nov 2022, Udicoudco wrote: DId you use \chapter* for the preface title? The starred version does not affect headers. I saw in the preamble that you sent that you use \pagenumbering{roman}, I'm guessing that means you are unaware of the \frontmatter, \mainmatter, \backmatter commands.

Re: KOMA-Script book: duplicate ToC pages [RESOLVED]

2022-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 30 Nov 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: The reason is that I somehow put the ToC and lists after the Preface, too. Okay. One more issue: Why does the second page of the Preface have 'List of Tables' in the header rather than 'Preface'? Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: KOMA-Script book: duplicate ToC pages [RESOLVED]

2022-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 30 Nov 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: Why, after the ToC, List of Figures, List of Tables, and Preface (which has as a header List of Tables rather than Preface) followed by a blank page, then pages with only the titles of the ToC and lists before the introduction. The reason is that I

KOMA-Script book: duplicate ToC pages

2022-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
I don't know how to make an MWE that produces the unwanted output of the entire document so I've attached the first 25 pages of the PDF and the .lyx Preamble. If you have suggestions on how I can make an MWE with these errors I'll do so and re-submit the mwe.lyx file. Why, after the ToC, List of

Re: Updating 2015 .lyx file [RESOLVED]

2022-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 30 Nov 2022, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Do you happen to have the "Biblatex" module loaded? If so, remove that. No, but the bibtex/natbib module was loaded. I removed that and now can select Biblatex as the Citation Style Format and now the file compiles. It didn't occur to me to look

Updating 2015 .lyx file

2022-11-30 Thread Rich Shepard
I have a document from May 2015 that I'm modifying. pdflatex doesn't like the APA bibliography style because the Settings -> Bibliography dialog box has the citation style format box greyed out while showing Natbib (BibTeX). I changed to BibLaTeX since I wrote the original document but cannot

Re: Outline for giving speeches

2022-11-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 13 Nov 2022, Steve Litt wrote: LyX is great for writing books and other long documents, but I'd personally recommend an outliner for making an outline. If you know Vim and want simple, you can use VimOutliner. If you want the Cadillac of the industry, you can use the Leo outliner.

Converting .pdf to .html

2022-11-09 Thread Rich Shepard
A colleage wants to convert some .pdf documents I've written with LyX to .html for inclusion on my company web site. He reports that pandoc won't convert them. I no longer have the original .lyx files, only the pdflatex compiled ones. Is there a way to convert these files to html? Rich --

Re: Slightly OT: compiling .tex file

2022-11-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Nov 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: Rich your PSTricks files are too old. You have 3.01 and the Lua-support was introduced with version 3.06 Herbert, Okay. Update your TeXLive system or run the document with Slackware still uses TeXLive 2021. xelatex Same failure. Looking at

Re: Slightly OT: compiling .tex file

2022-11-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Nov 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: $ lualatex logo.tex This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.13.2 (TeX Live 2021 on Slint)  restricted system commands enabled. (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) run in a terminal Herbert, That's what I do. fmtutil-sys --byengine=luahbtex Yes, this

Re: Slightly OT: compiling .tex file

2022-11-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 1 Nov 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: it is PSTricks, use lualatex instead. Herbert, Okay. That's different. But lualatex and I are stymied: $ lualatex logo.tex This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.13.2 (TeX Live 2021 on Slint) restricted system commands enabled. (Fatal format file error; I'm

Slightly OT: compiling .tex file

2022-11-01 Thread Rich Shepard
I thought that pdflatex would compile this file: --- \documentclass{article} \usepackage[dvipsnames,svgnames]{xcolor} \usepackage{pst-solides3d,pstricks-add,graphicx} \begin{document} \resizebox{500pt}{492pt}{%     \begin{pspicture}(-10,-4)(10,17)   

Re: KOMA-Script article: 'Abstract' in tiny font

2022-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Oct 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: Also, the entire abstract is in a tiny font size. I found a KOMA-Script wiki thread that suggested using an un-numbered section rather than the Abstract environment. While the title is not centered in the text area and the abstract body is not inset

Re: KOMA-Script article: 'Abstract' in tiny font

2022-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Oct 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: What might cause the string, Abstract, to be displayed slightly indented from the left margin when the environment is Abstract? Also, the entire abstract is in a tiny font size. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http

KOMA-Script article: 'Abstract' in tiny font

2022-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
What might cause the string, Abstract, to be displayed slightly indented from the left margin when the environment is Abstract? It used to be in Section-size font centered on the page. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Restoring display [RESOLVED]

2022-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Oct 2022, sovhist wrote: Click on toolbar with right click and tick „Standard“. Valdemaras, It was actually the menu bar above the toolbar. I learned something new about LyX. Thanks very much, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: Restoring display

2022-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 31 Oct 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: It must have fallen off. See attached. Paul, I don't know what I did, but re-installing the package makes no difference. Suggestions? Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Restoring display

2022-10-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022, Paul A. Rubin wrote: The select box under the "Outline" heading is intended to show only major content groupings (ToC etc.). The select box that has Standard, section environments, list/enumeration environments etc. sits at the start of the main toolbar, under the File menu

Restoring display

2022-10-30 Thread Rich Shepard
I'm running version 2.3.6.1. LyX format is 544. The content environments are not visible in the outline pane. Under the Outline heading is the dropdown box that normally has environments such as Standard, Section, and so on. Now the widget displays Table of Contents and the other items

Re: MWE: two issues need resolving

2022-10-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: Instead of the old \sc \it \rm \sf \tt \bf \md use \scshape \itshape \rmfamily \sffamily \ttfamily \bfseries \mdseries Herbert, I had made those changes. The immediate problem was the bibliographic style in Settings. I neglected to check that and

Re: MWE: two issues need resolving [RESOLVED]

2022-10-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: The problem could be in the bibliography or in the bibliography style, or in a class file you are using (since the original file is quite old). Murat, Yes, I recognized that the issue is with the bibliography, but I looked in the wrong place:

Re: MWE: two issues need resolving

2022-10-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: I cropped the image when I loaded it in the original document two years ago. See attached. There is no 'trim' here so there's nothing for the pdfcrop command. Herbert explained what I was doing incorrectly. Using pdfcrop the thin white margins around

Re: MWE: two issues need resolving

2022-10-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, Herbert Voss wrote: you have to clip the image by trim=2.25cm 12cm 2.25cm 1.5cm,clip or (what makes more sense) to crop the pdf image before using: Herbert, I cropped the image when I loaded it in the original document two years ago. See attached. There is no 'trim'

MWE: two issues need resolving

2022-10-28 Thread Rich Shepard
The figure will not resize. Originally at 75% text width I tried to make it smaller so it wouldn't be on a page by itself, but even at 25% it stays the same size when I compile the document. Also, I modified the caption and the change is not shown in the compiled .pdf. Perhaps this is related to

Re: Adjust contents page text area height [RESOLVED]

2022-09-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: In this KOMA-Script report document the table of contents has a single entry (for Appendix B) on the following page. Is there a command that will allow that single line to be at the bottom of the page with the rest of the contents? I adjusted the top

Adjust contents page text area height

2022-09-13 Thread Rich Shepard
In this KOMA-Script report document the table of contents has a single entry (for Appendix B) on the following page. Is there a command that will allow that single line to be at the bottom of the page with the rest of the contents? Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: Finding source of pdflatex build error

2022-09-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 10 Sep 2022, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Here's what I would do. Assuming that you have the original document (the one that won't compile) salted away somewhere, I would take your MWE and add Chapter 1 and anything else that's missing. If it still compiles, I'd compare it to the original using

Re: I don't see my error

2022-09-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 11 Sep 2022, Steve Litt wrote: If one prefers not to put it in ERT, Many years ago I expressed the opinion (on the mail list) that the term should be changed because there's nothing evil about inserting LaTeX in a LyX document. I was ignored. When I need to create a vector graphic I

Re: Importing multipage table from .csv

2022-09-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 9 Sep 2022, Rich Shepard wrote: This is new to me so I'm still thinking in terms of importing from the gnumatic file to a non-floating table to which I can add a caption. I'll continue playing with it. I've imported the spreadsheet using Insert -> File -> External mat

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