Re: Avoid inserting \beginL

[Ron Yutkin]

>
> You can specify in the Language package "always babel" and pass the option
> in the document class options.
>
>
How do I specify options in the document class options?
My usepackage line is as follows:

\usepackage[bidi=basic, layout=tabular, provide=*]{babel}

Which I assume I should comment out, I then have:

\babelprovide[main, import]{hebrew}

\babelprovide{rl}

Which I assume I shouldn't comment out.


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Avoid inserting \beginL

[Ron Yutkin]

Hi,

I'm using LyX for university and I'm trying to write a document in Hebrew
but I had to switch to using babel and LuaLaTeX due to some annoying
packages like so:
1. Document Settings > Language > Language package > none
2. Latex preamble:

\usepackage[bidi=basic, layout=tabular, provide=*]{babel}

\babelprovide[main, import]{hebrew}

\babelprovide{rl}

3. File > Export > PDF (LuaTeX)


Once I try to export, I "undefined control sequence" on the following
commands: \beginL, \endL, \beginR, \endR, \R, \L

It seems like LyX adds these around numbers and words in english.


To mitigate this issue I tried to change the document language to English
under Document settings > language and also ctrl+a > right click > language
> english which then compiles successfully and looks correct thanks to
babel.

But when I do that, the text in LyX is backwards and I can't work like
that, so I have to switch the language to english every time I want to
export then switch back to hebrew when I want to edit my document.

Another problem is that when I switch to english LyX swaps the parenthesis
so they are swapped in the final PDF.

It's not a very fun way to use LyX.


Is there a way to tell LyX to not insert those commands? Or somehow
disassociate the document display language from the compile language? (And
set the compile to english and display to hebrew).


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LyX with bashful package

[Ron Stone]

Hi,

Has anyone successfully used bashful with LyX. I load the package:

\usepackage{bashful}

and then add a simple test as ERT:

\bash[stdout] <> <> <>ls -F ~/Documents <> <> <>\END <>

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But I get the following error:

 \END
^^M
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)

Any suggestions are appreciated.

R.
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Re: Issue with Spreadtab module

[Ron]

Thank you for this Andrew. Your simple patch seems to have it working again.
I'll definitely kick the tires on any new release you come up with.

Ron

Issue with Spreadtab module

[Ron Stone]

Hi,

One of the documented features of the spreadtab module is the ability to save 
calculated values (see section 1.6 of the SpreadtabWithLyx.pdf)

The method described is not working either in LyX 2.1 or 2.2. The instructions 
say to insert > Short Title before the table, but it does not exist in these 
versions, and the source file of the instructions (SpreadtabWithLyx.lyx) throws 
an error on section 1.6 when building:

\sLRetrieve{\Balance}
.\label{If-we-wish} It is tempting to put this
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

Does anyone know if there is currently a way to save cell results for reuse 
outside the table? This is important for the situation I’m working with.

Thanks,

Ron

Re: Problem with Inkscape integration: path to SVG file converted to long filename

[Ron Stone]

Thanks for the feedback.

I got this working by making two changes:

1. The path declaration described in

In the Preferences under Paths you should append 
:/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin at the end if you have 
Inkscape installed at the default location. (Make sure a colon separates it 
from the other entries.) 

seemed to be ignored. I had to add it to my bash $PATH
 
2. Perhaps because of 1, path variables were missing from the converters. For 
example, SVG -> PDF had --file=$$i instead of —file=$$p/$$i, and similarly for 
—export-pdf, it was missing the $$p/


> On May 13, 2016, at 12:26 AM, Richard Heck  wrote:
> 
> On 05/12/2016 08:28 PM, Ron Stone wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I’ve followed the instructions at  
>> <https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages>https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages
>>  <https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages>  but I’m encountering the 
>> following error on Mac OS El Capitan:
>> 
>> The command
>> Inkscape --file="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg" --export-area-drawing 
>> --without-gui --export-pdf="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.pdf"
>> has not yet completed.
>> 
>> The SVG file I am trying to incorporate is drawing.svg, on the desktop (same 
>> location as the .lyx file that is using it). I don’t understand the 
>> conversion of the full file path to: 1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg in 
>> the above error message. Where is that filename coming from?
> 
> Conversions are performed in LyX's temporary directory, in order to avoid 
> polluting your own directories. I do not know exactly where that directory is 
> on OSX. On Linux, it is at /tmp/lyx_temdir.XX, where the X's are random 
> characters. Inside that directory are various subdirectories for different 
> documents. LyX's copies the file to be converted into the relevant directory 
> but renames it so as to avoid possible naming conflicts.
> 
> Hard to know why the command isn't completing. I'd suggest you try running 
> this sort of command from a terminal. If you can actually run it in LyX's 
> temporary directory, on the copied svg file.
> 
> Richard
> 

Problem with Inkscape integration: path to SVG file converted to long filename

[Ron Stone]

Hi,

I’ve followed the instructions at 
https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages 
  but I’m encountering the 
following error on Mac OS El Capitan:

The command
Inkscape --file="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg" --export-area-drawing 
--without-gui --export-pdf="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.pdf"
has not yet completed.

The SVG file I am trying to incorporate is drawing.svg, on the desktop (same 
location as the .lyx file that is using it). I don’t understand the conversion 
of the full file path to: 1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg in the above 
error message. Where is that filename coming from?

Thanks.

Re: Friends, Fellows, Comrades!

[Ron McMillan]

Thank you for your replies. I believe it is a trifle early for me to be 
customizing, though I did go to section 5.3 to have a look.
And it is not much work to label the comment by putting a description in 
front of it. The LyX comments beat the heck out of both writer and word 
by a country mile.

Regards,
Ron

On 08/04/2011 5:29 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

On 04/08/2011 05:52 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Ron McMillan  wrote:

Hi, first let me say that I have started using LyX for studying Spanish
because it is easier to use and less distracting than word or 
writer. Of
course there are always thing one wants done better but if one isn't 
doing

them oneself and as the program is free...
Still, I have one question which is hoping for a simple answer: Is 
there a

way to label the notes and comments in a LyX document?

What I mean is when you go to 'Insert>  Note>  Comment' for example, 
you get

a comment icon on the page. It is called 'Comment' but I would like to
change that to say 'May Ideas' 'Important Page Numbers' or whatever.


You can do this, but it can be daunting at first. You would need to
understand Help>  Customization>  5.3, especially the 'LabelString'
and related options. Then you would clone the inset config from the
default config files and make a custom module (or simply hack the
default config files altogether).

I think this is the right way to go. But better than changing the 
label for a comment would be to create a new sort of inset for "May 
Ideas" or whatever; then you can have as many of them as you wish. You 
can pretty much start, say, the endnotes.module file and just modify 
it as you see fit.


Richard

Friends, Fellows, Comrades!

[Ron McMillan]

Hi, first let me say that I have started using LyX for studying Spanish 
because it is easier to use and less distracting than word or writer. Of 
course there are always thing one wants done better but if one isn't 
doing them oneself and as the program is free...
Still, I have one question which is hoping for a simple answer: Is there 
a way to label the notes and comments in a LyX document?


What I mean is when you go to 'Insert > Note > Comment' for example, you 
get a comment icon on the page. It is called 'Comment' but I would like 
to change that to say 'May Ideas' 'Important Page Numbers' or whatever.


Is there a way to do that?

Sincerely,

Ron McMillan

Difficulty Startiing Lyx

[Ron Lomax]

Can you help?  I have downloaded the  HYPERLINK
"ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.3/LyX-1.5.3-1-Installer.exe"LyX-1.5.3-1-I
nstaller.exe and run it successfully, including the various downloads it
triggers (apart from an error message when I try to load the Italian
spellcheck dictionary).  Now, when I try to use it, I receive an error
window: 

 

The entire list of layout files in the menu appear as Unusable.

 

What have I done wrong and how can I get going with Lyx?

 

Hope to hear from you soon

 

Dr Ron Lomax


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Table font size - affects everything except the word "Table"?

[Ron Cresswell]

Hi folks,
 
I have a table that was a wee bit too wide, so I set the fonr size to
"smaller". Now everything is fine *except* that the word "Table" in the
table title is 1.5 times bigger than the table heading itself! Is there
any way to change this? My table is inside a float by the way.
 

Cheers

Ron

 

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James Hardie Research

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LyX bug or install bug ?

[Ron Pietzel]

Dear LyX-Users:

With reference to LyX version 1.2.0 of Thu, May 23, 2003,
installed on a Compaq Alpha workstation.

The very first time that I do a VIEW DVI for an open LyX document I get an alert
message for each and every included .eps file. The message states
that LyX cannot copy the .eps file into the "tempdir."
I have included an XV screen-capture gif image as an attachment.

Everything still seems to work, but I need to individually acknowledge every
single alert message, and I find that tedious.

Is it maybe a problem with the file permissions on the install?

I am not the sysadmin, and I don't know which tempdir LyX is refering to,
so I don't even know where to look.

Thanking you for your time.

cheers, Ron


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Re: FWD: Lyx Figure Rendering

[Ron Bardell]

Thanks! for the tip, Kathryn,

It WORKS!! LyX can render included graphics, again.

So some advice for LyX users who upgrade to SUSE 7.3:
  If LyX will not render your included graphics, upgrade to
  ghostscript-7.03 as suggested by Stephen Gregory, below.
  
  I could not rebuild the RedHat source rpm on my SUSE box, but
  I did compile the source (ghostscript-7.03.tar.gz) from
  (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get703.htm). You will need to
  edit the gs7.03/src/unix-gcc.mak file to tell it the directories
  you've placed the ungzipped and untarred sources for jpeg, libpng, and
  zlib, (use tar xzvf jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz, for example). Then create a
  symbolic link in the gs7.03 directory 
  (for example: ln -s src/unix-gcc.mak Makefile)
  Then "make" and "make install" should set up ghostscript in /usr/local.
  Tell LyX to use this version of ghostscript in your ~/.lyx/lyxrc file
  (\ps_command "/usr/local/bin/gs") and it should happily render your 
  included eps files.

-Ron.

On 24 Nov, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> I haven't tried this yet myself, but I'm forwarding as suggested.
> 
> - Forwarded message from Stephen Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -
> 
> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 18:34:06 -0800 (PST)
> From: Stephen Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Lyx Figure Rendering
> 
> I hope you don't mind me contacting you off the mailing list, but I
> can't seem to get a message to the list. If you are still having your
> figure rendering problem, I might have something useful to say.
> 
> I had the same problem when I upgraded from Red Hat 7.0 to 7.2 on both my
> desktop and laptop. I fought it for days, trying many versions of lyx,
> ghostscript, gv and ghostview.
> 
> I was using rpms, because I wanted to keep some sort of control over
> all that swapping of software.
> 
> I found out, for instance, that I had your exact problem with all
> versions of lyx beyond lyx-1.1.6fix1 (I didn't go back to earlier
> versions than that, because I know there was no problem with that
> version when running RH7.0. The first breakthrough came when I used
> ghostscript-7.03-1.i386.rpm (no earlier versions of ghostscript
> worked) and found that the figures would render, but I was getting an
> error message from the fontfinder and there were no fonts to be seen
> on the images. Of course, this was a problem in all uses of
> ghostscript, so I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why it
> could not use the fonts despite their being exactly where gs -h said
> they needed to be. I then got into a lot of playing around with
> ghostscript. In the end, for reasons that I will never probably
> understand, I found that installing ghostscript-fonts-6.0-2.noarch.rpm
> did the trick. Note that NO OTHER combinations of ghostscript and
> ghostscript-fonts ever worked.
> 
> I am totally exhausted, but, just in case you are still struggling - two
> months later - I thought I should email you. By the way, if you know how
> to forward this - particularly to John Levon, who replied to you, it might
> be helpful.
> 
> Steve Gregory
> 
> 
> **
> 
> Stephen Gregory
> Physics Department
> University of Oregon
> Eugene OR 97403-1274
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> phone:  541 346-4764
> fax:541 346-3422
> 
> 
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