Re: How would LyX perform?

2021-12-30 Thread Virgil Arrington Jr. via lyx-users
e from DOS to Windows, I liked what it said. Today, I find that, when I'm using LibreOffice, I fiddle much more with formatting while I type than I do when using LyX. It takes a lot of discipline to write with a WYSIWYG editor without getting distracted from substance. Virgil -- lyx-users mailin

Re: How would LyX perform?

2021-12-27 Thread Virgil Arrington Jr. via lyx-users
at blindly until they compiled their documents. In short, I have serious questions about the validity of this test. Virgil-- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

RE: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-17 Thread Virgil Arrington via lyx-users
From: Herbert Voss via lyx-users<mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2021 6:06 AM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org<mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Subject: Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX Am 16.12.21 um 22:12 schrieb Virgil Arrington via lyx-users: > > Starting with th

Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-16 Thread Virgil Arrington via lyx-users
On 12/16/2021 3:17 PM, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote: Do _not_ load any font and choose an empty preanble, then Computer Modern is used for pdflatex and Latin Modern for lualatex/xelatex. And then you will see _no_ difference in the created pdf. I did as you said, and you are right; with

Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-16 Thread Virgil Arrington via lyx-users
surprised to see how well LuaTeX's results compared with PDFLaTeX's document. While LuaTex still gave me more hyphenated line endings, it gave me fewer noticeable overfull lines at the right margin. Okay, now back to my "real" work. Virgil -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-user

Re: Glitch (bug?) in 2.3.6.1 [FIXED]

2021-12-15 Thread Virgil Arrington Jr. via lyx-users
) until my wife asked him what he was always laughing about. Virgil -- 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]

2021-12-15 Thread Virgil Arrington Jr. via lyx-users
frustrated when I can't easily find a keyboard shortcut for a LyX function, so I can understand why someone might resort to ERT just to avoid interrupting the flow of the work. Virgil -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: beamer metropolis fonts

2021-12-01 Thread Virgil Arrington Jr.
it with Calibri, a Windows system font. My needs are very simple and I don't need a specific math font. I find that Calibri is pleasant when projected on a screen and it has a nice Italic for a sans-serif font. Because it is a Windows font, I compile my presentations with XeLaTeX. Virgil -- lyx-users

RE: END-OF-FRAME, once again..

2021-10-27 Thread Virgil Arrington
k properly. Interesting. It does make one wonder why this has to be the case, since LyX is seemingly able to \begin and \end any other environment without an explicit \end marker. Virgil -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users LyX-

RE: END-OF-FRAME, once again..

2021-10-27 Thread Virgil Arrington
entifying a new slide is required. I don’t envy software developers. It must be a bear to try to meet all of the different needs we end users have. Virgil LyX-Test.lyx Description: LyX-Test.lyx -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

RE: END-OF-FRAME, once again..

2021-10-25 Thread Virgil Arrington
he way it works in Markdown. Just put a heading hashtag # before your text and that line becomes the title of the new slide. Easy as pie. Virgil -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

RE: END-OF-FRAME, once again..

2021-10-25 Thread Virgil Arrington
after composing the last bullet point of a slide (“frame” in Beamer-speak), I hit to obtain an empty environment. I then hit as many times as necessary to remove any nesting. I then hit and, voila, an end-of-frame marker appears. Virgil -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

RE: END-OF-FRAME, once again..

2021-10-14 Thread Virgil Arrington
I always just put the cursor on a blank, unnested line at the end of a frame and hit . Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Dr Eberhard Lisse Date: 10/14/21 5:45 AM (GMT-05:00) To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: END-OF-FRAME

Re: LibreOffice to LyX

2021-10-07 Thread Virgil Arrington
lled "lock styles" that would prevent direct formatting. I thought it was a great idea. Virgil -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: LibreOffice to LyX

2021-10-07 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 10/7/2021 2:50 PM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: Virgil, how could that work in ANY program ("dorward" compatibility)? But it's Open Source, just pull the latest version once out of beta. No doubt that is an easy solution with FOSS. But I recall a time when I once upgraded LyX o

Re: LibreOffice to LyX

2021-10-07 Thread Virgil Arrington
slide Impress presentation that works perfectly. But, I created and edited that file on LibreOffice; I wouldn't dream of trying to import an MS PowerPoint file into Impress without having problems, just as I would never dream of importing an Impress file into PowerPoint without problems. Virgil

Re: LibreOffice to LyX

2021-10-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
gain. My pleasure. Virgil p.s., I love the international scope of this list. I'm in Georgia in the good ol' USofA, Dr. E.L. appears to be in Africa, and I take it you're in Australia. Absolutely wonderful. -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/li

RE: LibreOffice to LyX

2021-10-05 Thread Virgil Arrington
requiring me to manually reformat the other slides. The difference -- for me at least -- is that, with LO, I can usually track down errors and solve problems from within the program itself without having to resort to extensive other documentation or online StackExchange threads. Virgil -- l

RE: LibreOffice to LyX

2021-10-04 Thread Virgil Arrington
document processing system, I have learned it doesn’t exist. I will continue to use whatever tool best meets the need at hand. Sometimes it’s LyX, sometimes it’s LibreOffice and sometimes it’s RMarkdown. Virgil -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Aw: Re: Ligatures in the text

2020-10-23 Thread Virgil Arrington
e "Linux" in its name fool you; it works on Windows as well.) http://www.numbertext.org/linux/ Virgil On 10/23/20 2:33 AM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: Andreas, this is a (LaTeX) font issue. The previewer used has nothing to do with it. And not even unknown :-)-O http://google.com/

Re: lyx 2.3 minted-related problems on TeX Live

2018-07-22 Thread Virgil L
. For example,  \setminted{language=Python} is INVALID, according to the minted's maintainer, who wrote: "There are no language or showstringspaces options. Those are for the listings package, which is different than minted". On Sunday, July 22, 2018 2:14 AM, Virgil L wrote: Hi, Al

lyx 2.3 minted-related problems on TeX Live

2018-07-22 Thread Virgil L
is to avoid document-wide settings (so that \setminted not be used). Thanks. Virgil TestLyX23min.lyx Description: application/lyx

IEEEtran and Theorem Numbering by Type

2012-07-19 Thread Virgil
chooses numbered by type and IEEEtran together). Many thanks. Virgil

IEEEtran and Theorem Numbering by Type

2012-07-19 Thread Virgil
chooses numbered by type and IEEEtran together). Many thanks. Virgil

IEEEtran and Theorem Numbering by Type

2012-07-19 Thread Virgil
could simply generate some sort of "warning" when a user chooses "numbered by type" and IEEEtran together). Many thanks. Virgil

Re: Figure numbering problem

2011-11-22 Thread Virgil Arrington
seem to use the same application data folders for temporary files (“AppData\Local\Temp”) Both seem to be running fine and both can find the pdf file in the temporary folder. I don’t know what may be wrong with your setup, but it doesn’t seem to be any LyX bug. Virgil From: MR Sent

Re: Figure numbering problem

2011-11-22 Thread Virgil Arrington
seem to use the same application data folders for temporary files (“AppData\Local\Temp”) Both seem to be running fine and both can find the pdf file in the temporary folder. I don’t know what may be wrong with your setup, but it doesn’t seem to be any LyX bug. Virgil From: MR Sent

Re: Figure numbering problem

2011-11-22 Thread Virgil Arrington
seem to use the same application data folders for temporary files (“AppData\Local\Temp”) Both seem to be running fine and both can find the pdf file in the temporary folder. I don’t know what may be wrong with your setup, but it doesn’t seem to be any LyX bug. Virgil From: MR Sent

Re: Adjusting LyX to do things by default

2011-11-17 Thread Virgil Arrington
by the layouts the experts have already designed. Life is so much easier now. Just a suggestion. Virgil -Original Message- From: Kenedy Torcatt Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:01 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Adjusting LyX to do things by default Hello guys. First of all I

Re: Adjusting LyX to do things by default

2011-11-17 Thread Virgil Arrington
by the layouts the experts have already designed. Life is so much easier now. Just a suggestion. Virgil -Original Message- From: Kenedy Torcatt Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:01 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Adjusting LyX to do things by default Hello guys. First of all I

Re: Adjusting LyX to do things by default

2011-11-17 Thread Virgil Arrington
be blessed by the layouts the experts have already designed. Life is so much easier now. Just a suggestion. Virgil -Original Message- From: Kenedy Torcatt Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:01 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Adjusting LyX to do things by default Hello guys. Firs

Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
Quote paragraphs to make it the same as the spacing between Standard paragraphs and Quote paragraphs. Any ideas? Virgil

Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
\leftmargin% \setlength{\parsep}{1em}}% \item\relax} {\endlist} Thanks again. Virgil (I really should get a good LaTeX manual) From: Richard Heck Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:52 AM To: Virgil Arrington Cc: lyx-users-group Subject: Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
Thanks for the caution. I rarely use footnotes, and can’t imagine putting a quote in one, so I think I’m okay. Virgil From: Richard Heck Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:41 PM To: Virgil Arrington Cc: lyx-users-group Subject: Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment On 10/19/2011 01

Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
Quote paragraphs to make it the same as the spacing between Standard paragraphs and Quote paragraphs. Any ideas? Virgil

Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
\leftmargin% \setlength{\parsep}{1em}}% \item\relax} {\endlist} Thanks again. Virgil (I really should get a good LaTeX manual) From: Richard Heck Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:52 AM To: Virgil Arrington Cc: lyx-users-group Subject: Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
Thanks for the caution. I rarely use footnotes, and can’t imagine putting a quote in one, so I think I’m okay. Virgil From: Richard Heck Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:41 PM To: Virgil Arrington Cc: lyx-users-group Subject: Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment On 10/19/2011 01

Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
Quote paragraphs to make it the same as the spacing between Standard paragraphs and Quote paragraphs. Any ideas? Virgil

Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
\leftmargin% \setlength{\parsep}{1em}}% \item\relax} {\endlist} Thanks again. Virgil (I really should get a good LaTeX manual) From: Richard Heck Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:52 AM To: Virgil Arrington Cc: lyx-users-group Subject: Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment

2011-10-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
Thanks for the caution. I rarely use footnotes, and can’t imagine putting a quote in one, so I think I’m okay. Virgil From: Richard Heck Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:41 PM To: Virgil Arrington Cc: lyx-users-group Subject: Re: Paragraph spacing in Quote environment On 10/19/2011 01

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011-10-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
Here's the LyX file. I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it there as well. Virgil Hi, Virgil, I enjoyed your booklet about LyX. Would you also share the lyx file with the community? That would be the best way of learning for a beginner. Lyx-Booklet.lyx

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011-10-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
with any specific audience in mind. I did it to learn the program. I'm happy to share it with anyone who might find it helpful. Virgil -Original Message- From: Steve Litt Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:51 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Engineering student

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011-10-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
Here's the LyX file. I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it there as well. Virgil Hi, Virgil, I enjoyed your booklet about LyX. Would you also share the lyx file with the community? That would be the best way of learning for a beginner. Lyx-Booklet.lyx

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011-10-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
with any specific audience in mind. I did it to learn the program. I'm happy to share it with anyone who might find it helpful. Virgil -Original Message- From: Steve Litt Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:51 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Engineering student

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011-10-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
Here's the LyX file. I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it there as well. Virgil Hi, Virgil, I enjoyed your booklet about LyX. Would you also share the lyx file with the community? That would be the best way of learning for a beginner. Lyx-Booklet.lyx

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011-10-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
with any specific audience in mind. I did it to learn the program. I'm happy to share it with anyone who might find it helpful. Virgil -Original Message- From: Steve Litt Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:51 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Engineering student

encrypting files

2011-09-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
Does anyone know if there is any way to encrypt .lyx files and protect them with a password? thanks

encrypting files

2011-09-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
Does anyone know if there is any way to encrypt .lyx files and protect them with a password? thanks

encrypting files

2011-09-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
Does anyone know if there is any way to encrypt .lyx files and protect them with a password? thanks

latex fonts

2011-08-24 Thread Virgil Arrington
Miktex 2.9. When installing Miktex, I chose the option to install the complete distribution and it seems to have more fonts than are recognized by LyX. Thanks, Virgil Arrington

latex fonts

2011-08-24 Thread Virgil Arrington
Miktex 2.9. When installing Miktex, I chose the option to install the complete distribution and it seems to have more fonts than are recognized by LyX. Thanks, Virgil Arrington

latex fonts

2011-08-24 Thread Virgil Arrington
Miktex 2.9. When installing Miktex, I chose the option to install the complete distribution and it seems to have more fonts than are recognized by LyX. Thanks, Virgil Arrington

Re: Screen Paragraph Spacing and Fonts

2011-03-03 Thread Virgil Arrington
I use Palatino Linotype on the screen. It has a slightly wider default line spacing and is very pleasing on both screen and paper. Virgil -Original Message- From: Greg Kise Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:36 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Screen Paragraph Spacing and Fonts

Re: Screen Paragraph Spacing and Fonts

2011-03-03 Thread Virgil Arrington
I use Palatino Linotype on the screen. It has a slightly wider default line spacing and is very pleasing on both screen and paper. Virgil -Original Message- From: Greg Kise Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:36 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Screen Paragraph Spacing and Fonts

Re: Screen Paragraph Spacing and Fonts

2011-03-03 Thread Virgil Arrington
I use Palatino Linotype on the screen. It has a slightly wider default line spacing and is very pleasing on both screen and paper. Virgil -Original Message- From: Greg Kise Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:36 PM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Screen Paragraph Spacing and Fonts

on-screen justification

2010-05-15 Thread Virgil Arrington
I'm relatively new to LaTeX and LyX, so I have a question for the more experienced of you. One feature I find annoying is that, with LyX, if your text is justified for PDF output, the onscreen editing is also justified. I would prefer to write in a ragged right format while still preserving

on-screen justification

2010-05-15 Thread Virgil Arrington
I'm relatively new to LaTeX and LyX, so I have a question for the more experienced of you. One feature I find annoying is that, with LyX, if your text is justified for PDF output, the onscreen editing is also justified. I would prefer to write in a ragged right format while still preserving

on-screen justification

2010-05-15 Thread Virgil Arrington
I'm relatively new to LaTeX and LyX, so I have a question for the more experienced of you. One feature I find annoying is that, with LyX, if your text is justified for PDF output, the onscreen editing is also justified. I would prefer to write in a ragged right format while still preserving

Missing *.sty and/or *.cls files?

2010-02-03 Thread Virgil Stokes
First, I am trying to get started with LyX (vers. 1.6.4) on a Ubuntu (vers. 9.10) platform. I am also very new with Ubuntu trying to migrate from Windows. Second, your work on this package is impressive. It downloaded and installed very easily. Third, I started by looking at some of your

Missing *.sty and/or *.cls files?

2010-02-03 Thread Virgil Stokes
First, I am trying to get started with LyX (vers. 1.6.4) on a Ubuntu (vers. 9.10) platform. I am also very new with Ubuntu trying to migrate from Windows. Second, your work on this package is impressive. It downloaded and installed very easily. Third, I started by looking at some of your

Missing *.sty and/or *.cls files?

2010-02-03 Thread Virgil Stokes
First, I am trying to get started with LyX (vers. 1.6.4) on a Ubuntu (vers. 9.10) platform. I am also very new with Ubuntu trying to migrate from Windows. Second, your work on this package is impressive. It downloaded and installed very easily. Third, I started by looking at some of your

IEEEtran theorem numbering by section

2008-05-20 Thread Virgil
Hello: The IEEETran class has a corresponding LyX layout which seems to work well. Many theorem-like environments are provided in the drop-down environment list on the top left corner. But how can one choose per-section numbering (Theorem 3.5 for the firth theorem in the third section, for

IEEEtran theorem numbering by section (2)

2008-05-20 Thread Virgil
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Virgil schrieb: But how can one choose per-section numbering Enable in the document settings dialog explicitely amsmath, then use this command in the preamble: \numberwithin{counter}{section} where counter is the counter of your theorem. Hi: It appears to work well. Thank

IEEEtran theorem numbering by section

2008-05-20 Thread Virgil
Hello: The IEEETran class has a corresponding LyX layout which seems to work well. Many theorem-like environments are provided in the drop-down environment list on the top left corner. But how can one choose per-section numbering (Theorem 3.5 for the firth theorem in the third section, for

IEEEtran theorem numbering by section (2)

2008-05-20 Thread Virgil
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Virgil schrieb: But how can one choose per-section numbering Enable in the document settings dialog explicitely amsmath, then use this command in the preamble: \numberwithin{counter}{section} where counter is the counter of your theorem. Hi: It appears to work well. Thank

IEEEtran theorem numbering by section

2008-05-20 Thread Virgil
Hello: The IEEETran class has a corresponding LyX layout which seems to work well. Many theorem-like environments are provided in the drop-down "environment" list on the top left corner. But how can one choose per-section numbering (Theorem 3.5 for the firth theorem in the third section, for

IEEEtran theorem numbering by section (2)

2008-05-20 Thread Virgil
"Uwe Stöhr" wrote: >Virgil schrieb: >>But how can one choose per-section numbering > Enable in the document settings dialog explicitely amsmath, > then use this command in the preamble: > \numberwithin{counter}{section} >where counter is the counter of your theore

Re: Lyx automatically loads package (graphicx) with INcorrect option

2003-03-07 Thread Virgil
--- Dekel Tsur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:48:14PM -0800, Virgil wrote: But if one declares the document to be of class pdftex, it seems that Lyx should invoke usepackage[pdftex]{gaphicx} (option pdftex). Lyx invokes plain graphicx without the option

Re: Lyx automatically loads package (graphicx) with INcorrect option

2003-03-07 Thread Virgil
--- Dekel Tsur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:48:14PM -0800, Virgil wrote: But if one declares the document to be of class pdftex, it seems that Lyx should invoke usepackage[pdftex]{gaphicx} (option pdftex). Lyx invokes plain graphicx without the option

Re: Lyx automatically loads package (graphicx) with INcorrect option

2003-03-07 Thread Virgil
--- Dekel Tsur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:48:14PM -0800, Virgil wrote: > > > > But if one declares the document to be of class "pdftex", it seems > that > > Lyx should invoke "usepackage[pdftex]{gaphicx}" (option

Lyx automatically loads package (graphicx) with INcorrect option

2003-03-06 Thread Virgil
, or NOT to load it at all? Virgil __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/

Lyx automatically loads package (graphicx) with INcorrect option

2003-03-06 Thread Virgil
, or NOT to load it at all? Virgil __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/

Lyx automatically loads package (graphicx) with INcorrect option

2003-03-06 Thread Virgil
convenient. Is there a way of telling Lyx to load graphicx with the correct option, or NOT to load it at all? Virgil __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/