Re: [Important] New behavior for spam handling on this list
On Thu, 7 Apr 2022, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: In my opinion, this list is so welcoming that there's little remaining low hanging fruit remaining to make the list even more welcoming, so I still think enabling non-subscribers to post is unnecessary and has downsides. +1 Most mail lists require a subscription to post messages. This is certainly reasonable. Even when an occasional LyX user has a question or problem and wants help from mail list subscribers, it's not askting too much to have them subscribe. They could always unsubscribe if they don't want to continue receiving messages. One apparently recent list change I'd like to see reversed is having the Reply-To address point to the sender and the From address to the mail list. Since it's the general practice to respond to threads by sending to the list the default of Reply-To should be the mail list. At least, that's the way it's always been in pine and alpine. My $0.25 worth (taking inflation into consideration), Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Mail list headers have changed
When I reply to a mail list message, including the lyx mail list, I select 'reply to all' in alpine. This has always sent the message to the mail list. Today, all responses to my Modern CV issue have reply to set to the individual while from is set to the sender's name at lyx-users@lists.lyx.org. Not only does this appear backwards to me, but it forces me to delete the to address and manually type in the list's name. Can this change be undone? Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Issue with ModernCV class
On Fri, 25 Mar 2022, Jürgen Spitzmüller via lyx-users wrote: Language default for English in LyX 2.3 is latin9 (ISO-8859-15). This is independent of your OS defaults. IIRC ModernCV internally forces utf8, which causes an inputenc clash. Jürgen, Okay; I've no quibble with this. However, I've not before had any issues with using 'Language defaults'. But, I did make the change. Thank you, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Best reference manger
On Thu, 24 Mar 2022, Lou via lyx-users wrote: Is jabref the best way to find and cite bibliography references in Lyx? Is there a better, easier way? Lou, 'Best way and better way' vary with each individual user. I've tried a couple of different ones over the decades, and found that while JabRef's UI has changed over time I'm used to it and it does the job very well. Take the time to understand it and it will do what you want and need. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Issue with ModernCV class
On Fri, 25 Mar 2022, Jürgen Spitzmüller via lyx-users wrote: Try to set the encoding to "Unicode (utf8)" in Document > Language. Jürgen, The encoding is set to language default, and the system is set to UTF-8 for English. And it was the page headings not being set to 'Default' that caused the problems. Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Issue with ModernCV class [FIXED]
On Thu, 24 Mar 2022, Paul A. Rubin via lyx-users wrote: Compiling your MWE, I did not run into the error message you mentioned. I did get an "Undefined control sequence" error for the line "\pagestyle{headings}", which I believe is caused by the fact that the Modern CV class, unlike say the standard article class, does not define a heading style. In Documents > Settings > Page Layout, I changed the "Page style:" selection from "headings" to "Default", after which the MWE compiled. (Whether it looks right is left to the reader as an exercise.) Paul, Thank you. For some reason the 'Page style' originally was Fancy and I changed it to Headings. Just now changed it to Default. Saved the document and compiled. An error appeared saying section headings were inappropriate, but there are no section headings specified. Recompiled and it completed without errors. Shrug. How it changed since the last time I edited it several years ago I've no idea. But now it's fixed. Carpe weekend, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Issue with ModernCV class
In my resume using the Modern CV class the preamble has no fancyhdr package specified, yet there's still an error; the displayed message box shows, 'option class for package inputenc'. And it seems to find the fancyhdr package although it's not called for in the preamble. A MWE is attached. TIA, Rich #LyX 2.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 544 \begin_document \begin_header \save_transient_properties true \origin unavailable \textclass moderncv \begin_preamble % adjust the page margins \usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry} \moderncvtheme[black]{classic} % possible themes are "classic" and "casual" % optional argument are 'blue' (default), 'orange', 'red', 'green', 'grey' and 'roman' (for roman fonts, instead of sans serif fonts) % required \firstname{Richard B.} % required \familyname{Shepard, PhD} % optional, remove the line if not wanted \title{R{\'e}sum{\'e}} % optional % \address{street and number}{postcode city} % '\\' adds a line break \address{2404 SW 22nd St}{Troutdale, OR 97060\protect\\[0.1em] \protect\\[0.2em]} % optional \phone{503-667-4517} % optional \mobile{503-730-1423} % optional \fax{503-667-8863} % optional \email{rshep...@appl-ecosys.com} % optional \extrainfo{www.appl-ecosys.com} % optional % \photo[height]{name} % 'height' is the height the picture is resized to % 'name' is the name of the picture file % photo[64pt]{CV-image} % optional % quote{"You only live twice." (an optional quote)} \end_preamble \use_default_options false \maintain_unincluded_children false \language english \language_package default \inputencoding auto \fontencoding global \font_roman "default" "default" \font_sans "default" "default" \font_typewriter "default" "default" \font_math "auto" "auto" \font_default_family default \use_non_tex_fonts false \font_sc false \font_osf false \font_sf_scale 100 100 \font_tt_scale 100 100 \use_microtype false \use_dash_ligatures false \graphics default \default_output_format default \output_sync 0 \bibtex_command default \index_command default \paperfontsize 10 \spacing single \use_hyperref false \papersize letterpaper \use_geometry false \use_package amsmath 1 \use_package amssymb 1 \use_package cancel 1 \use_package esint 1 \use_package mathdots 1 \use_package mathtools 1 \use_package mhchem 1 \use_package stackrel 1 \use_package stmaryrd 1 \use_package undertilde 1 \cite_engine natbib \cite_engine_type authoryear \biblio_style plain \use_bibtopic false \use_indices false \paperorientation portrait \suppress_date false \justification true \use_refstyle 0 \use_minted 0 \index Index \shortcut idx \color #008000 \end_index \secnumdepth 0 \tocdepth -1 \paragraph_separation skip \defskip medskip \is_math_indent 0 \math_numbering_side default \quotes_style english \dynamic_quotes 0 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 2 \paperpagestyle headings \tracking_changes false \output_changes false \html_math_output 0 \html_css_as_file 0 \html_be_strict false \end_header \begin_body \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash maketitle \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Section Summary \end_layout \begin_layout ListItem here's a item. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \end_layout \end_body \end_document -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: dictionary
On Fri, 28 Jan 2022, Patrick Dupre wrote: Unfortunately, the answer is negative. Patrick, Then you apparently have no personal word list/dictionary. On my system I have: $ find . -name pwl*.dict ./.lyx/pwl_american.dict ./.lyx/pwl_english.dict When you check spelling in a document have you ever added a new word that's not in the default dictionary? I believe that creates and uses a pwl; others will tell you if I'm wrong. Good luck, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: dictionary
On Fri, 28 Jan 2022, Patrick Dupre via lyx-users wrote: It is where I expected ~/.lyx I run linux But I do not see: Patrick, From your home directory (~/) use the command find . -name pwl*.dict and it should show you the location of all dictionaries. HTH, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: pdflatex: cannot find scrpage2.sty
On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, Jürgen Spitzmüller via lyx-users wrote: (Whereas the original German version, l2tabu, is of 2016 and also correctly advises to replace scrpage2 by scrlayer-scrpage. Jürgen, I've downloaded both versions. Thanks very much, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: pdflatex: cannot find scrpage2.sty
On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, Jürgen Spitzmüller via lyx-users wrote: Try \usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage} instead. This package has superseded scrpage2. It should work as a drop-in replacement. Jürgen, Yes, that helps. And it shows how long it's been since I used that template. Is there a list of superseded packages and their replacement somewhere? Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
pdflatex: cannot find scrpage2.sty
Using the KOMA-Script letter template I've used before I cannot compile a letter using pdflatex. The LaTeX error is: File `scrpage2.sty' not found. The file is present in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/koma-script/scrpage2.sty and the file's settings include it: \usepackage{scrpage2,url}. How do I direct LyX to the file's location? TIA, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021, Virgil Arrington Jr. via lyx-users wrote: And, then there was my even-older brother-in-law, who always ended his emails with LOL (as in Lots of Love) until my wife asked him what he was always laughing about. Virgil, If he were a reporter/journalist he would have ended his emails with --30--. :-) Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021, Virgil Arrington Jr. via lyx-users wrote: I do the same, but I think that Rich makes a valid point about using the keyboard vs. the mouse. Virgil, I don't know about others, but I'm a touch-typist (thanks to the Army decades ago) and I use a laptop-size keyboard with my desktops. That's one reason I prefer to type. And, while many moons ago I objected to the devs that I found nothing evil in typing LaTeX code in the document body so perhaps some other name than Evil Red Text would be appropriate, I learned to just ignore what ERT abbreiated and use it for my convenience. And, yes, back in the 1980's I, too, used DOS and WordPerfect regularly. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Bibliography not in ToC [RESOLVED]
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote: no, switching to biblatex (without natbib) and deleting the option below was what I changed. Look into the status bar, what the biber runs reports. Herbert, That's what I had done, too. Yet, I ran 'Reconfigure' and when I tried to compile the document lyx pointed me to three errors in my .bib file. Somehow, the authoryear citation at the beginning of three entries disappeared. I replaced them, recompiled, and the problem is fixed: bibliography is present and shown in the ToC. Why it did not take when I changed the bibliography style I've no idea. But the reconfigure forced lyx to show me there were errors in the .bib file. Thanks for the help. Stay well, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Bibliography not in ToC
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote: not in my doc Herbert, Regardless, in your version of the .lyx file cite-engine is biblatex while in mine it's biblatex-natbib, but I changed the bibliography style from the latter to the former and saved the change. Do I need to reconfigure LyX to get the change to take effect? Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Bibliography not in ToC
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote: then the biber run is missing. Try the following: you have a citation (the last one) which is not in the bib file. Delete it and run the document again. Does the TOC-entry appears? Herbert: I'm not following. There are four citations in the text, each in its own chapter, and four entries in mwe.bib. The last citation is Shepard2016 and that's in the .bib file. What is the control window The control window is under the text area. You have to enable it with the menu view->... Is that what I've known as the status bar? Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: I think we need a better name than "MWE"
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Here on the LyX list we use the word MWE to mean the simplest example that still exhibits the symptom. But MWE stands for Minimum *Working* Example, and by definition, the file that exhibits the symptom does not "work". Steve, However, the example is the minimal document that works at producing the error; ergo, MWE. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote: Maybe because he didn't know about Insert -> Symbols -> Superscripts. I didn't know it either, but now I do, and will use it. Thanks for the information! I frequently use Insert -> Formatting -> Superscripts (or Subscripts, but just type ctrl-l and insert \textdegree because a) I don't need to move my hands from the keyboard and use the trackball, and b) I've used it many times over the past decades. When there are multiple ways of doing things all work while each of us prefers one way. Same with OSes, text editors, etc. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Bibliography not in ToC
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote: You have a wrong option in the document->settings->bibliography: Delete the mergedate=compact. However, using the natbib mode is something from the last millenium ... you should simply use the authoryear style of biblatex. Herbert, Thanks. I don't know where the mergedate=compact came from. I changed the style from biblatex(natbib mode) to biblatex. It still does not output the bibliography nor place that entry in the ToC. If you open the controll window in LyX then you see the errors of the biber run, too! What is the control window? Btw: - your format was defined as pdf (pdftex), but it should be pdf (luatex) In Settings -> Formats I have the output format set to PDF (pdflatex). I've no idea what luatex does) - do not use the line \usepackage{luainputenc}, it is superflous There is no such line in the preamble: \date{} \usepackage{mathpazo} \usepackage{gensymb} \usepackage{graphicx,relsize} \usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage} \pagestyle{scrheadings} \usepackage{xurl} \refoot{Applied Ecosystem Services, LLC} \lofoot{Applied Ecosystem Services, LLC} \automark*{section} - do not use \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}, it is only for pdflatex and _not_ xelatex/lualatex Ditto above. I have never used xeletax nor luatex. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Bibliography not in ToC
Running LyX-2.3.6.1 on Slackware64-14.2. The bibliography settings at the end of the paper indicate the bibliography should be added to the end of the Table of Contents. It's not. Do I need to explicitly add that command to the preamble? I don't recall having this issue before and find no reference to it in my saved threads of the mail list. A MWE is attached: .lyx, .pdf, and .bib. I look forward to learning what I've done incorrectly (or neglected to do at all.) TIA, Rich mwe.tgz Description: GNU Zip compressed data -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Paul A. Rubin via lyx-users wrote: "For want of a nail the shoe was lost. ..." Here, substitute space for nail. You need to put a space between the ERT and the letter C. The error message is because LaTeX thinks you are invoking the nonexistent command \textdegreeC. Paul, Well, shame on me for not seeing that! I've used a space elsewhere in the document and missed the lack of a space in the figure caption. Thanks for successfully applying the fresh eyes solution. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Paul A. Rubin via lyx-users wrote: So methinks an MWE is needed. Paul, et al.: Attached is a screenshot of the error message box and caption highlighting. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 (fwd)
Not sent to list by mistake. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 13:21:31 -0800 (PST) From: Rich Shepard To: parubi...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Paul A. Rubin via lyx-users wrote: So methinks an MWE is needed. Paul, et al.: See attached. It produces the error message box here. Rich#LyX 2.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 544 \begin_document \begin_header \save_transient_properties true \origin unavailable \textclass scrreprt \begin_preamble \date{} %\usepackage{newpxtext} %\usepackage{newpxmath} \usepackage{mathpazo} \usepackage{graphicx,relsize} \usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage} \pagestyle{scrheadings} \lehead{Biological Evaluation} \rohead{Biological Evaluation} \refoot{Applied Ecosystem Services, LLC} \lofoot{Applied Ecosystem Services, LLC} \automark*{section} %DeclareNolabel{ % \nolabel{\regexp{[\p{S}\p{Z}\p{C}]+}} %} \end_preamble \options headsepline=on, footsepline=on \use_default_options true \maintain_unincluded_children false \language english \language_package default \inputencoding utf8 \fontencoding global \font_roman "default" "default" \font_sans "default" "default" \font_typewriter "default" "default" \font_math "auto" "auto" \font_default_family default \use_non_tex_fonts false \font_sc false \font_osf false \font_sf_scale 100 100 \font_tt_scale 100 100 \use_microtype false \use_dash_ligatures true \graphics default \default_output_format pdf2 \output_sync 0 \bibtex_command biber mergedate=compact \index_command default \paperfontsize default \spacing single \use_hyperref false \papersize letterpaper \use_geometry true \use_package amsmath 1 \use_package amssymb 1 \use_package cancel 1 \use_package esint 0 \use_package mathdots 0 \use_package mathtools 1 \use_package mhchem 1 \use_package stackrel 1 \use_package stmaryrd 1 \use_package undertilde 1 \cite_engine biblatex-natbib \cite_engine_type authoryear \biblatex_bibstyle authoryear \biblatex_citestyle authoryear \use_bibtopic false \use_indices false \paperorientation portrait \suppress_date false \justification true \use_refstyle 0 \use_minted 0 \index Index \shortcut idx \color #008000 \end_index \leftmargin 2cm \topmargin 4cm \bottommargin 2cm \headsep 1.5cm \secnumdepth 2 \tocdepth 2 \paragraph_separation skip \defskip medskip \is_math_indent 0 \math_numbering_side default \quotes_style english \dynamic_quotes 0 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 2 \paperpagestyle plain \tracking_changes false \output_changes false \html_math_output 0 \html_css_as_file 0 \html_be_strict false \end_header \begin_body \begin_layout Standard MWE \begin_inset Float figure wide false sideways false status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \align center \begin_inset Graphics filename /home/rshepard/documents/monographs/regulatory-science/npdes-wqbel/images/temperature-all.png width 75text% clip \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout \begin_inset Caption Standard \begin_layout Plain Layout \begin_inset CommandInset label LatexCommand label name "fig: temp-boxplot" \end_inset Water temperature (in \begin_inset ERT status open \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash textdegree \end_layout \end_inset C) at each of the four monitoring locations. Water temperature greatly affects aquatic biots as well as the rate of chemical reactions. \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \end_body \end_document -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote: \mu is onyl available in math: start inline mathmode and insert \mu There is also a \textmu for text mode. Herbert, I did change that to inline math. Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Rich Shepard via lyx-users wrote: Closing that error box and repeating the command, ctrl-x/ctrl-h, presents the message that the pdf files's been created in the status bar. Er, confusing. I should have written, that the comand presents in the status bar the message that the file's been created. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1
I've encountered unusual behavior when compiling the document using pdflatex. When I've used an ERT within a float figure's caption lyx highlights the string containing that ERT and pops up an error box which tells me only that there's an error. Closing that error box and repeating the command, ctrl-x/ctrl-h, presents the message that the pdf files's been created in the status bar. In one figure caption I had '\mu' in an ERT box, in the other caption it is '\textdegree' in the box. Since I don't subscribe to the dev's mail list I'm posting this here. It might be a bug, or the error message box and highlighting might be only a distracting glitch. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Wrapping a long URL when in a URL environment [RESOLVED]
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote: \usepackage{xurl} Herbert, Thanks for writing that package. In the current document it split the word, 'water,' after the 'a' and without a hyphen. Looks good! Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Wrapping a long URL when in a URL environment
In a URL environment the line extends past the right text area margin. Can I use the regular ERT \- within the URL string to split it, or is there an environment-specific way to so this? Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Graphic file formats
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: I understand Rich. I tend to think that when outliers are important, boxplots are maybe not the best way to represent such a data. For example, they easily get difficult to interpret because of the compression imposed by them on the boxes, given the axes’ scales. Murat, While specific outlier values can be presented elsewhere when important, the patterns of variability, including many outliers, communicate well in boxplots. It all depends on the audience and context. Stay well, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Graphic file formats
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Murat Yildizoglu via lyx-users wrote: In Rich’s specific case, I suspect that the outliers of the boxplots crowd the plot. ggplot has an option for not plotting them, then you have just simple boxes left on the plot, and they do not need much memory, a few Ko only. Murat, Addressing environmental regulatory issues outliers are very important. Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Graphic file formats
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote: Here: https://hvoss.org/document2.pdf is a pdf with your image, the first one as pdf the second one as png: -rw-r--r-- 1 voss wheel 108688 9 Dez 14:49 all-discharge-plots-1.png -rw-r--r--@ 1 voss wheel 3704503 9 Dez 14:45 all-discharge-plots.pdf the ong has only 108kB and was converted with pdftocairo -png ... Herbert, That's interesting, and I'll see if the bitmapped graphic fits the same space as the vector one. I've not known of pdftocairo. The slow loading (about 14 seconds) in the compiled document is one issue. The more serious one now is with LyX itself: it now hangs when I click the 'Select' button on the open file dialog box or the 'Browse' button on the graphic insert dialog box. LyX consumes 100% of the CPU core and all I can do is kill the process. Started a couple of days ago and had never before occurred. Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Graphic file formats
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, Neal Becker via lyx-users wrote: I've had some issues similar to this, although none of my timings are as long as you describe. I often create plots with matplotlib. I believe that if you draw, say a scatterplot with 10^6 data points, the resulting pdf will contain 10^6 instructions to draw points. This may cause slow rendering (and printing!). The most straightforward fix I know of is don't do that, write code to resample the results to a smaller set. However, that requires work on my part. Neal, The data used to create a plot should be appropriate to communicate what's important about the data. Recently I calculated monthly averages for river discharge and plotted those because the data set was very large and monthly averages were sufficient for that project. My current project focuses on a different river's discharge variability at multiple time scales (hourly, daily, monthly, seasonally, and annually) so I need all 813694 measurements over the 33 year period of record for an overall data distribution summary. I've searched a couple of times for a software solution (say, a backend for mpl that would automatically simplify plots), but so far I haven't found anything. Similarly, it would be nice to have a solution that directly simplifies a pdf. I don't think this is the same thing as compressing a pdf (although I could be wrong). I've no idea what 'simplifying' a plot would entail. But, since ghostscript reduced my plot's size by about 74% with no effect on resolution I'm satisfied with that. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users