LyX not completely importing new class/layout

2020-08-08 Thread Steve Burnham
I have attempted to create my own CV Latex class based on another template I downloaded and incorporate it into LyX. I've done this before with my School's dissertation class long ago. I have done the following (Linux): 1. I downloaded the CV .cls file and I placed it in my LaTeX directory 2

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

2017-06-06 Thread Steve Burnham
On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 7:40 PM Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 05:18:53PM -0600, Joel Kulesza wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Scott Kostyshak > wrote: > > > > > > P.S. For Mac Users, the file is likely in ~/Library/Application > > > > Support/LyX-2.*/. > > > > > > Goo

Re: indented list of tables

2017-03-27 Thread Steve Burnham
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 7:09 PM Jacob Bishop wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: > > In my list of tables it appears to be every so slightly indented which my > thesis editor is not happy with. In the link for a MWE you can see that the > numbers 1.1 li

indented list of tables

2017-03-17 Thread Steve Burnham
In my list of tables it appears to be every so slightly indented which my thesis editor is not happy with. In the link for a MWE you can see that the numbers 1.1 light up with the actual name of the chapter in the table of contents rather then with the number itself. I found this: http://lyx.475766

Re: List of Figures

2017-03-14 Thread Steve Burnham
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:10 AM CarLaTeX wrote: 2017-03-13 8:27 GMT+01:00 Guenter Milde : On 2017-03-12, Steve Burnham wrote: > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:35 PM CarLaTeX wrote: >> Il 12 Mar 2017 4:05 AM, "Steve Burnham" ha scritto: >> I'm having a hard time f

Re: List of Figures

2017-03-12 Thread Steve Burnham
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:35 PM CarLaTeX wrote: > Il 12 Mar 2017 4:05 AM, "Steve Burnham" ha scritto: > > I'm having a hard time figuring an error out LyX gives on compilation. I'm > trying to include a list of figures in my document. One document base

List of Figures

2017-03-11 Thread Steve Burnham
I'm having a hard time figuring an error out LyX gives on compilation. I'm trying to include a list of figures in my document. One document based on the same template (custom university thesis template) but this document throws the following error: Contents. ! Undefined control sequence. l.117 \

Re: Footnote question

2017-02-18 Thread Steve Burnham
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 4:12 PM Steve Burnham wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 3:48 PM Steve Burnham wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:38 PM Steve Burnham wrote: > > Dear Forum, > > I am putting together my dissertation and having a problem with footnote > forma

Re: Footnote question

2017-02-17 Thread Steve Burnham
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 3:48 PM Steve Burnham wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:38 PM Steve Burnham wrote: > > Dear Forum, > > I am putting together my dissertation and having a problem with footnote > formatting. I have enclosed a minimal example with the necessary style an

Re: leftside superscript

2016-07-18 Thread Steve Burnham
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 7:33 AM Kiuhnm wrote: > On 18/07/2016 13:25, Kiuhnm wrote: > > Hello, > > > > what's the best way to write leftside superscripts in Lyx (latest > > version) with /correct spacing/? > > \prescript from mathtools seems to work well. It'd be great if leftside > prescripts wer

Re: LyX problem - I need your help

2016-04-26 Thread Steve Burnham
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:50 PM Isam Alobaidi wrote: > Dear Sir, > This is Isam Alobaidi, PhD student in computer science department in > Missouri University of Scienec and technology. > I faced a problem with the LyX, I wonder if you can help me with it. I am > writing my thesis by LyX but the

Re: Splitting long eqution

2015-12-07 Thread Steve Burnham
On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 9:58 AM Jacob Bishop wrote: > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: > >> >> In regard to the ams multiline, when I use it in the two column format my >> equations then get rather messed up. The first half of the equation is lef

Re: Splitting long eqution

2015-12-05 Thread Steve Burnham
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 4:08 AM Anders Ekberg wrote: > On 04 Dec 2015, at 02:30, Jacob Bishop wrote: > > > > > -Steve Burnham > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Anders Ekberg wrote: > >> see the extended minimal example attached. >> > > This exampl

Re: Splitting long eqution

2015-12-02 Thread Steve Burnham
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:47 AM Anders Ekberg wrote: > On 01 Dec 2015, at 00:16, Steve Burnham wrote: > > I have a long numbered formula that I am trying to split into two lines. I > am using 2.1.4 on OSX 10.11. Following the instructions in the wiki ( > http://wiki.l

Splitting long eqution

2015-12-01 Thread Steve Burnham
I have a long numbered formula that I am trying to split into two lines. I am using 2.1.4 on OSX 10.11. Following the instructions in the wiki ( http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/FormulaOnMultipleLines) I should be able to hit control+enter to begin a multiline equation, move the cursor to where I want

Re: thispagestyle empty not working

2015-11-10 Thread Steve Burnham
-Steve Burnham On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:55 PM Jacob Bishop wrote: > I am having a problem. I put \thispagestyle{empty} into my LyX preamble, > expecting it to suppress the page number on the first page (as per the > wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Numbering#noPageNumberOnFirstPage)

Re: biblatex.module and biber not available

2015-07-02 Thread Steve Burnham
I'm running the same setup as you are. I used the MacTeX distribution to get TeX installed and then I just installed LyX. That is the only software I had to install. I have only used BibTeX and that has always worked just fine for me. I don't have any experience with biblatex though. If you want to

Re: Poesse era se me form the list

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Burnham
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:38 PM Renato Pontefice wrote: > I have already done this way,but it does not work for me. Can someone help > me to do that with this email? > renato.pontef...@gmail.com > > Thanks to all > > Renato > > Il giorno mer 17 giu 2015 18:20

Re: Poesse era se me form the list

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Burnham
Instructions are found on the website: http://www.lyx.org/MailingLists -Steve Burnham On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 5:16 AM Renato Pontefice wrote: > It s a long time, That I want to be erased but it seem to be impossibile. > Please someone erase me > > > Renato Pontefice >

Re: Compatibility Mac - Linux

2015-05-06 Thread Steve Burnham
On May 6, 2015 at 12:30:32, Ygo Kanaki (x...@galama.net) wrote: The main reason why me and my colleagues switched from MS-Word to Lyx is the problems we had with all the different Office versions, and problem we had opening Word-files in OpenOffice, etcetera. That was why we use Lyx. Today

Re: Centering graphics within a table

2015-04-13 Thread Steve Burnham
e top or the middle of the cells. Here, how it appears in pdf.: I hope you can help me with this! Thanks a lot! Aline I’m not guaranteeing I can help but could you attach a minimal example LyX file so that others in the forum can play around with your file and try to figure it out? -

Re: Compiling and creating thesis template

2015-04-11 Thread Steve Burnham
On April 10, 2015 at 01:47:40, SESTINI PIERSANTE (piersante.sest...@unisi.it) wrote: Il 2015-04-10 03:49 Steve Burnham ha scritto:  > A year ago I received a lot of help from the users list in getting my  > universities thesis class setup to work with LyX. I am now trying to  > set i

Re: LyX+Scilab

2015-01-25 Thread Steve Burnham
There is a package on CTAN called pythontex that allows you to run python from within a document.  I know LyX heavily relies on Python as well and I think I have seen mention of people using python code in their documents.  I used to use Matlab for data processing but have completely switched ov

Re: about python3 and lyx

2014-11-26 Thread Steve Burnham
On Nov 26, 2014 10:42 AM, "José Matos" wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 October 2014 09:22:08 Alex Vergara Gil wrote: > > My questions are exclusive (or not) > > > > 1. Is there a plan to move everything to python3 so we can finally > > forget the old python2? > > There is consensus to go that w

Re: Issue with lyx PLEASE HELP

2014-11-08 Thread Steve Burnham
On Nov 7, 2014 11:15 PM, "V N" wrote: > > Hello, >I am running Yosemite and installed the latest lyx dmg file. When I open up lyx I am given the following prompt: > > The selected document class article(AMS) requires external files that are not available. > The document class can still be

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

2014-10-21 Thread Steve Burnham
On October 21, 2014 at 09:13:48 AM, Hal Kierstead (hal.kierst...@me.com) wrote: Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview from LyX fixes the problem. Hal On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: > Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen

Re: Yosemite + LyX

2014-10-18 Thread Steve Burnham
On October 18, 2014 at 10:37:54 AM, Hal Kierstead (hal.kierst...@me.com) wrote: > On Oct 18, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:  >  > Am 18.10.2014 um 17:28 schrieb Hal Kierstead :  >  >> I am trying to use LyX 2.1.2 with Yosemite, but review does not work for me. >> I cannot even preview the

Re: Is LyX 2.1.1 compatible with Mac OS X Yosemite?

2014-10-17 Thread Steve Burnham
On October 17, 2014 at 13:32:35 PM, Daisuke Koya (dk...@mac.com) wrote: Hello all,  Can someone please tell me whether LyX 2.1.1 is compatible with Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite)?  Thank you very much,  Daisuke I’m running 10.10 but with LyX 2.1.2.  Is there any reason you’re still on 2.1.1?  The

Re: LyX on Mac OS X Loin

2014-09-24 Thread Steve Burnham
I assume you are using MacTeX? What version? It really sounds like something is messed up with the install. Have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling everything with the latest versions? -Steve On Sep 24, 2014 8:45 AM, "Taimur" wrote: > Hi Anders, > > Yes, I did. > When I select New File

Re: error

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 at 9:08 PM  From: "Steve Burnham"   To: "Patrick Dupre" , lyx   Subject: Re: error  On June 5, 2014 at 12:50:35 PM, Patrick Dupre (pdu...@gmx.com) wrote:     Hello,   Can somebody tell me what is wrong in this file?   There 2 issues,   with

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham
On June 5, 2014 at 18:22:45 PM, Jacob Bishop (bishop.ja...@gmail.com) wrote: On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Steve Burnham  wrote: I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed after the question

Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham
in limit of 9 arguments.   Searching around it seems like there are some fixes to overcome this limitation but nothing straightforward and all involve lots of programming in LaTeX, which I am not comfortable with.  Is there any easy fix to remove the offending period? --  Steve Burnham

Re: erratic spacing between tables and figures

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham
27;t but try to. Bigger pictures are always better.  ~Ben On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 2:08 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: 2014-06-04 23:54 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: I have one last (hopefully) formatting issue to resolve with my thesis before I can turn it back into the reviewers.  I am attempting to p

Re: Thesis formatting

2014-06-04 Thread Steve Burnham
On June 4, 2014 at 15:32:27 PM, Benedict Holland (benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com) wrote: Would you be willing to do this in ERT? I find that the first page, cover page, etc. are notoriously difficult to get correctly specified in Lyx. The ERT would be someting like http://tex.stackexchange.com/que

erratic spacing between tables and figures

2014-06-04 Thread Steve Burnham
e with a minimal example that includes the needed class file as well. https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B4Kdj1kZwg6GdXRmSXFiOWVIcWc&export=download   --  Steve Burnham

Re: Thesis formatting

2014-06-04 Thread Steve Burnham
On June 3, 2014 at 17:26:57 PM, PhilipPirrip (p...@net.hr) wrote: Use Insert > Formatting > Vertical space instead of just adding empty lines. Then, VFill is a stretchable vertical space that could help you keep the things on one page. This would work if the cover page was actually wri

Re: Thesis formatting

2014-06-03 Thread Steve Burnham
On June 3, 2014 at 11:25:06 AM, Steve Burnham (dan...@gmail.com) wrote: I am working through some formatting revisions from my thesis office and have a couple of initial questions: 1.  My degree on the cover page was originally written on one line but it is supposed to use three lines and

Re: Unbolding and resizing text

2014-05-17 Thread Steve Burnham
On May 17, 2014 at 12:05:30 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-17 18:56 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: One other question:  I have a section in my appendix that needs to be single spaced instead of double.  If I highlight the text and go to paragraph settings I see the line

Re: Unbolding and resizing text

2014-05-17 Thread Steve Burnham
On May 17, 2014 at 02:08:07 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-16 23:49 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: i’m nearly done with my thesis except for a couple of minor formatting issues.   All of my chapter headings and section headings are bolded and larger text than the rest of the

Unbolding and resizing text

2014-05-16 Thread Steve Burnham
i’m nearly done with my thesis except for a couple of minor formatting issues.   All of my chapter headings and section headings are bolded and larger text than the rest of the document.  I need these to be the same font size and unbolded.   If I highlight the text and right click and go to text s

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Burnham
On May 15, 2014 at 12:28:41 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: It sounds like at this point I am probably just SOL.  A minor annoyance though compared to what I was going through with MSWord and as I am getting better at using LyX, things go

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Burnham
On May 15, 2014 at 11:56:05 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-15 18:24 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: I checked my backups directory and just my luck, there is no directory listed for backups. Ouch. I didn’t even know that was an option.  I’m still learning LyX, but it only

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Burnham
On May 15, 2014 at 12:08:40 PM, Scott Kostyshak (skost...@lyx.org) wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:  > We really need the fix this, but we are sort of stuck :-(  Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's  going on, maybe with a few

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Burnham
On May 15, 2014 at 03:40:54 AM, aparsloe (apars...@clear.net.nz) wrote: On 15/05/2014 6:37 p.m., Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:  In case the files are really corrupted, that is, if the .lyx and/or the  .lyx.emergency file do not end with  \end_body  \end_document  you can check if you have a workin

Re: Updated a .cls file

2014-05-07 Thread Steve Burnham
Forum,  My university provides a .cls file that was last updated around 1998. I found a more up to date .cls file (2011) from another department. When I replace the old .cls file with the new one my document will no longer compile. It has something to do with the ERT at the beginning of the doc

Cannot use some greek letters

2014-05-05 Thread Steve Burnham
Forum, I am currently writing my thesis in LyX and am writing a number of equations, many of which use greek letters.  All has been working fine until today when I needed to use the greek letter “phi”.  When trying to use that letter I get “could not find LaTeX command for character “phi” (code

Re: launch incomplete

2014-04-25 Thread Steve Burnham
I had the same issue on OSX 10.9.2 Core2 Duo but once I restarted the computer it starts right up. -Steve On April 25, 2014 at 11:34:17 AM, Anders Ekberg (a...@mac.com) wrote: Can partly confirm on MacBook Air 10.9.2. Judging from Console there seems to be some font problems with messages on

Re: Thesis template and layout files

2014-04-15 Thread Steve Burnham
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Jacob Bishop wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: > >> Thanks for getting back to me, much more information and more helpful >> than I expected. >> > > Hi Steve, > > If you don't mind, I'd