On 25 October 2011 17:22, Rob Oakes wrote:
> Are there any good beginner video tutorials that cover LyX? I followed most
> of the discussion, but wasn't sure if a consensus emerged. Nor was it really
> clear if this was a resource that we should invest time in creating.
>
> I know that there ar
On 25 October 2011 17:22, Rob Oakes wrote:
>
> Sorry that I've been incommunicado for the past few months. I've been
> extraordinarily busy getting married, trying to wrap up a never-ending book
> >project, and digging myself out of enormous holes at work.
Off topic I suspect, but
* congratul
> You access the float settings by clicking within your float first, then
> navigate to the menu Edit > Float Settings. There you would remove the
> checkmark for "Use default placement" and select "Here definitively".
>
Or right click menu when float is selected.
--
Stephen
On 22 April 2011 08:25, Hady Ariwibowo Teguh wrote:
> But, I have a problem about how to place the position of the
> picture. I wanna put a picture between sections but when I debug I
> find my picture is on the next page. What’s wrong with my code??
>
The default LaTeX/LyX behaviour for picture
>> I have a problem with Koma-Script title page. I would like to see `Abstract`
>> title in my output file with `Article-Koma Script `document type. When I
>> choose `abstract` environment , I can not see `abstract` title in the output
>> file.
>> How can i add `abstract` title to my document.
>> I
On 4 April 2011 09:02, Sam wrote:
> It happens to all my files I created previously on my mac. It is OK for with
> the files I created on the PC.
>
> There is no any strange thing happening or showing any error. It just
> freezes when I try to compile it.
>
So the files open.
Can you edit them wit
On 3 April 2011 18:35, Sam wrote:
> I was using lyx on my mac. I recently downloaded lyx 1.6.9-2 for my pc. I
> transferred my files from mac and it was working alright.
>
> But, today, I couldn't compile my work to pdf.
>
> Here are the error messages:
>
> considering
>
> " 0n" as
On 1 April 2011 18:23, Y.Wu wrote:
> Hi,
> I have got the following error, when I remove some blue color characters.
> Could you plz tell me how to fix this?
>
> \renewcommand{\textcolor}
>
> [2]{%
>
> Try typing to proceed.
>
> If that doesn't work, type X to quit.
>
not sure I understand what
On 30 March 2011 15:53, BOB Merhebi wrote:
> Hello fellow Lyxers,
>
> I've been using the "article" (default) class to write my documents; am
> still learning LyX. Today was the first time i print out a LyX written
> document & it looks great but for the text size. It is readable but
> would like
On 23 March 2011 08:12, Graham Smith wrote:
> One possible approach is to write an introduction to Lyx specifically aimed
> at Word users.
>
> This has been done for R at
> http://chartsgraphs.wordpress.com/learnr-toolkit/ where the tutorials assume
> familiarity with Excel and demonstrate how thi
On 23 March 2011 06:20, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 March 2011 23:27:45 David L. Johnson wrote:
>> On 03/22/2011 10:58 PM, John McCabe-Dansted wrote:
>
>> > 3) Not WYSIWYG. Normal users clearly expect WYSIWYG. WYSIWYG and
>> > WYSIWYM don't need to be mutually exclusive.
>>
>> They are to a
On 23 March 2011 23:01, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
However,
> many in the Microsoft Word world just don't care. And, frankly, I don't want
> them to switch unless they're willing to take the time to learn a different
> paradigm and understand what is underneath what they do.
with many of these user
>> i am trying to display a table that takes like two
>> pages in lyx so it can't do it, Can you
>> how i can add this package like longtables and to
>> make it work in lyx?
>>
> Help > User Guide > 4.5.2 Longtables
>
http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/07/13/custom-lyx-modules
or this thread
> is it possible to change the font size of marginal notes
I use the following code in my preamble so I can use a smaller font,
sans serif to distinguish it further from the main body of text and
ragged right because I think a very narrow column can look odd
justified. In this case it was blue too
On 30 December 2010 10:23, Maaneli D wrote:
>
> 2. I would like to be able to create the 'red box' link on my footnotes so
> that I can click on them in the main text, and they can send me directly to
> the corresponding footnote text at the bottom of a page.
>
Does document\settings\pdf prope
On 30 December 2010 10:23, Maaneli D wrote:
>
> 1. I would like to be able to modify my footnotes so that instead of being
> labeled by numbers, they can be labeled by the star or diamond or clover
> symbols, or any other symbol I prefer.
>
this is a LaTeX issue rather than LyX. One option is
On 22 December 2010 02:15, Tim Wescott wrote:
> If you would direct your attention to the bottom of page 6 of this document,
> you will see that the bottom of the equation is mashed down into the
> separation line of the footer:
>
> http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/exercises/chapter_2_ex.pdf
>
On 17 December 2010 15:25, ehud.kap...@gmail.com wrote:
> I also tried the todonotesalternate. Here I found that the test area of the
> note is solid blue, preventing me from seeing what I am typing. I am still
> missing something.
> EK
note was supposed to be yellow writing on a blue backgroun
> "View DVI" now opens texshop and it displays as a pdf (dvi seems to be
> converted to pdf by TexShop, is this expected ?).
This seems to be consistent with the comments from various mailing lists.
> I also wonder why I would want to output dvi
> and not pdf. "View PDF" and "Update PDF" with pre
>>
>
> I tried both with the viewer set to auto and to "open -a texshop" with
> the same results. However, TexShop opens, so I suspect its not lyx fault.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Markus Falb
>
>
There are some discussions in mailing lists about using TeXshop as a DVI viewer
e.g. http://w
On 5 December 2010 10:47, Daniel K. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Lyx 1.6.7 on Windows Vista. I need texshade for viewing multiple
> DNA-alignments in Latex (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Ca ...
> shade.html).
> In Miktex 2.8 it works very well, but in Lyx occurs an error message: "Package
>
On 4 December 2010 20:53, Markus Falb wrote:
>
> I installed lyx from macports and tried a "This is my first LYX
> document!". pdf opens fine in preview.app . But 'View DVI' pops up an
> window yelling "No information for viewing DVI".
>
> What is missing to make the 'View DVI' Button work ?
>
>
> 2. I found a 'dodgy' reference in my list at "Wa..." (alphabetical order).
> After that was removed, everything worked fine:).
I have ended up doing this - usually more than once until all problem
characters are removed.
>
> @ Uwe: I thank you very much for your relevant comment; and you are
using http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Labels_and_Cross-referencing
as a reference.
"When a label is declared within a float environment, the \ref{...}
will return the respective fig/table number, but it must occur after
the caption. When declared outside, it will give the section number.
To be
On 15 November 2010 06:04, Jack Tanner wrote:
> Something is really screwy with the references in this simple document under
> LyX 1.6.7.
>
> The key sentence should get rendered in PDF (via pdflatex) as
>
> here be a formatted reference to figure 1, which lives in section 2: Figure
> 1 on page 1
2010/10/26 Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano Campaña :
> Hi!
>
> I need to rotate a large table, but I haven't success.
>
> With floats and small tables I don't have any problem, but with a
> large table I can't
>
see if longtable module gives any help.
it can be found from the following page in the wiki
ht
On 14 October 2010 23:32, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Am 14.10.2010 23:00, schrieb Bruce Pourciau:
>
>> How do I make my marginal notes ragged right and small text size, without
>> applying this format to
>> each individual marginal note?
>
> Both is explained in sec. 4.3 "Margin Notes" of the EmbeddedObje
On 15 October 2010 15:46, Rob Oakes wrote:
> My personal experience from the bench suggests something similar.
> Whenever I spend too much time trying to figure out what was written
> (say, on the blackboard) I have much less time to focus on what was
> meant.
yes another vote for that one
> I
On 10 July 2010 10:23, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> Am Friday 09 July 2010 21:33:49 schrieb Artimess:
>> Hi all,
>> What is the best way of building a glossary section in Lyx, the page must
>> be two columns of course.
check out the wiki entry
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ProducingGlossary
--
Stephe
2010/6/18 Marcelo Acuña :
>> Dear all: Is it possible to give a
>> command that would ensure that no page numbers appeare on
>> the starting page of every chapter (of a book)? Thanks! FN
>
> If you use koma-script, this style have specific commands for that.
> Marcelo
>
\usepackage{scrpage2}
\page
On 17 June 2010 18:45, Frederick Noronha wrote:
> Dear all: Is it possible to give a command that would ensure that no page
> numbers appeare on the starting page of every chapter (of a book)? Thanks!
> FN
> --
> -
> Journalism, editi
On 17 June 2010 19:12, Rob Oakes wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> This message means that the LaTeX document class needed by the layout is
> not available. You can install these using the MikTeX package manager.
> Simply search for the required package name and then click on install.
> Once you have install
>> On 06/02/2010 10:59 AM, Rob Oakes wrote:
>>> Dear LyX-Users,
>
>>> I am in the process of creating a custom of modules for personal use
>>> p and another for the creation of epigraphs). For the epigraph
>>> module to work correctly, it is important that I be able to use multiple
>>> input arg
On 2 June 2010 17:07, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 June 2010 08:33:42 EK wrote:
>
> Your point about Powerpoint is legit -- if both your source and destination
> machines are Windows, have the same fonts, and both have Powerpoint,
> Powerpoint's the easiest way to do it. Sort of. With Powe
>> On 16 May 2010 07:12, outspoken wrote:
>>>
>>> I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows (MikTek).
>>> Using Koma-Script Report
>>> I want my Chapter Names to be on a fresh page altogether. [Centered
>>> vertically and horizontally]
>
>>> i.e.
>>>
>>> |---new page-|
>>> |
On 27 May 2010 23:30, Tim Wescott wrote:
> Under the 'Article' document type, the title page will list the print date
> of a document.
>
> But I vastly prefer to insert my own date, or to list the save date of the
> file -- it just makes more sense for tracking changes.
>
> Is there a way to get L
On 18 May 2010 14:48, stephen's mailinglist account
wrote:
> On 16 May 2010 07:12, outspoken wrote:
>>
>> I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows (MikTek).
>> Using Koma-Script Report
>> I want my Chapter Names to be on a fresh page altogether. [Centered
>>
On 16 May 2010 07:12, outspoken wrote:
>
> I am using LyX 1.6.5 on Windows (MikTek).
> Using Koma-Script Report
> I want my Chapter Names to be on a fresh page altogether. [Centered
> vertically and horizontally]
> Am a LyX / TeX Newbie!
> i.e.
>
> |---new page-|
> |
On 14 May 2010 19:11, Rob Oakes wrote:
> Dear LyX-Users,
>
> Everytime this particular topic comes up, I find myself exploring
> different options for automatically importing MS Word into LyX. This
> latest time round, I managed to come up with an automated system that
> meets most of my needs.
>
>
> If you're already 250 pages into it then yes, you want to look for
> conversions. At worst you could install OpenOffice, convert the Word
> document, then convert to Lyx (I think you may have to convert to LaTeX,
> then from there to LyX). Between the fundamental differences between Word
> an
Stephen, They're in endnote. I've tried several reccommended programs
for transcoding into Bibtex etc but its all been such a mission I just
decided to write in Word and move to Lyx later.
thanks
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:43 PM, stephen's mailinglist account
wrote:
>
>
On 13 May 2010 11:48, *Meredith * wrote:
> Having realised that the importing of my 500+ references into Lyx would be
> quite a mission, I decided to write the very large document I am working on
> in Word 2007, and then when I get to the rough draft stage to import and
> format in Lyx. I was just
I am doing some part time study and for my assignments I have been
writing them up using LyX.
some of the parts of questions that I answer end up in the format
1) i) a)
b)
ii)
2)
3) i)
or similar. For my first assignment I was using enumerate with some
holding text and the numbers did
On 8 May 2010 14:08, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 8 May 2010, Sandra Choles wrote:
>
>> I already download the template and install it, but I dont know how to use
>> it.How should I start??
>
> With the tutorial.
>
> Rich
>
work through the tutorial as suggested - even if it is not directly
what
On 8 May 2010 11:41, Sandra Choles wrote:
>
> Hello Everybody,
> Im a totally new user and I really need help!! I hope I can find it here.
> I am using Lyx basically because I need to create a LNCS document.
Lecture notes in Computer Science? From Springer
> Im a new doctoral student and I need
On 7 May 2010 22:07, John B wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I would like to save new spellcheck words in a personal dictionary. I
> use a fresh install of Ubuntu 64 bit and Lyx 1.6.5. I have added a path
> and filename (/home/mydic) in the tools|preferences|spellchecker|
> personal dictionary box of Lyx. If
On 7 May 2010 14:52, Rainer M Krug wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am using the module TODO notes and would like to us a smaller font for the
> text in the todo notes. I found that \todoformat
>
> \renewcommand*\todoformat{\sffamily\raggedright\small}
>
> but it tells me that it does not know the command \todo
On 14 March 2010 16:36, Jorge Mario Garcia wrote:
> Helo LyxUsers
>
>
> i was working in ubuntu with Lyx 1.6. And, this is a example of my book
> of Linear Algebra. this have one graphic in Pstricks.
> i hope help you
>
>
>>> >
>> can you get the example to run in LaTeX ? (I couldn't)
>> Ca
On 13 March 2010 15:39, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> I try to include a pstricks figure in a lyx document.
> I use ERT
> and from the example
> %%Herbert Voss: PSTricks -- Grafik fuer TeX und LaTeX, 5. Auflage (1. Auflage
> 2004)
> %%
> %% Example 25-6-1 on page 485.
>
>
> Does somebody know wha
On 26 February 2010 14:09, wrote:
> I also miss having a good outlining mode in LyX. At the moment I use Freemind
> mindmaps that I then pull into LyX via > > LaTeX.
I played around today with various options tried vym (view your mind)
which has some latex export - does not seem to export a com
2010/3/10 Νίκος Αλεξανδρής :
> Just FYI,
>
> if you don't know already the tool 'catdoc' (quotting from its official
> web-page [1]):
>
> "is program which reads one or more Microsoft word files and outputs
> text, contained insinde them to standard output."
> ...
>
> "Optionaly, catdoc is able t
>>
>> Do you have a LyX layout (nuthesis.layout?) file for it installed on this
>> machine? Without a layout file, LyX cannot use it as a document class. See
>> chapter 5 of the Customization help file for details.
>>
>> /Paul
>>
>>
>
> Paul,
>
> Thank you so much. Sure enough, I'd forgotten to i
On 9 March 2010 21:33, Jamie wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some trouble, and hopefully someone can help. I have this custom
> thesis class, "nuthesis" which I've been using to write a paper with. I had
> it
> installed and working in Ubuntu. However my computer recently died and I
> moved
>
On 9 March 2010 21:09, Sajjad wrote:
> Hello forum,
>
>
> I am using the report class and the title page contains the date which i do
> not want to include.
>
>
> Any suggestion to remove that?
>
>
> Regards
> Sajjad
>
put \date{} into preamble
--
Stephen
On 6 March 2010 00:03, Srinivas Nedunuri wrote:
> Quick apology: I asked this question before, and was pointed at a lyx page
> that was supposed to contain some modules that I could use. However the link
> ((http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Modules) appears broken. I looked on the main wiki
> page but i co
On 4 March 2010 13:31, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Frederick Noronha schrieb:
>
>> How do I get strike-through text in Lyx 2.6.X please?
>
> You have two choices:
>
> - use the LaTeX-package "soul" and then the TeX-code command "\st{your text}
> - use the package "ulem" and then the TeX-code command "\sout
On 27 February 2010 21:47, stephen's mailinglist account
wrote:
> On 26 February 2010 01:46, Pavel Sanda wrote:
>
> So how do we get a password so we can upload modules to the wiki?
>
I now have a password and have uploaded a Soul module, Rob's longtable
module with my
On 26 February 2010 01:46, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> Rob Oakes wrote:
>> And then I placed that macro in its own module. Finally, I created a custom
>> inset that would act as a float for longtables. Here is the float
>
> consider to contribute one such example of creating custom inset and module
> t
On 27 February 2010 19:47, Sarvimäki Matti wrote:
> I'm about to submit a paper to a journal that requires using this template:
> http://www.aeaweb.org/templates/latex_templates.zip
>
> I've been trying to combine the instructions included in the zip file and
> those available at
> http://waste
Forwarding to list as I realise replies to me were off list, hence my
reply to all was not working
stephen's mailinglist account schrieb:
>
> On 11 February 2010 07:57, "MMag. Hörtnagl Paul"
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Thanks for he answer. I&
On 10 February 2010 12:56, "MMag. Hörtnagl Paul"
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm currently writing my PhD and have a big problem creating a
> chapter-specific reference list.
> I have currently 5 chapters and want to have a reference list at the end of
> every chapter.
>
> I want to use a numbering style (cu
On 1 February 2010 17:37, Thomas Hedden wrote:
> I am using Lyx 1.6.5 on Linux and want to apply, to some text, a character
> attribute that is variously referred to as "character spacing",
> "intercharacter spacing", "inter-character spacing", or merely "spacing",
> and possibly other names as we
2010/1/15 Anastasia Melekou :
> This is all a bit advanced for me. All I can do about encoding is change the
> way I export to bibtex from zotero and I choose utf8 for that, but I don't
> know were else I can change encoding in my lyx file.
>
> I created a new lyx file, a new library in zotero, e
>> I can do it with ERT is there a LyX or other more elegant way?
>>
>>
>> ERT way adds following
>> \setcounter{section}{0}
>> after subsequent section headers. I guess you could redefine \part in
>> latex preamble or put into a module even and use it as a custom inset?
>>
>>
>
> \makeatletter
>
> Might I be permitted a supplementary?
>
> Now that all the various bits are numbered, I notice that all the Sections
> number sequentially regardless of their location within Parts. So I get:
>
> Part I
> Section 1
> Section 2
> Part II
> Section 3
> Section 4
> Section 5
> Part III
>
The attached file works for me. Can you open it and create a dvi or
pdf successfully?
--
Stephen
--
Stephen
testfile.lyx
Description: application/lyx
2010/1/17 Peter Bradley :
> William Seager wrote:
>>
>> On Sunday 17 January 2010 at 08:24, Peter Bradley wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The 'Table of Contents' button appears and if I click on it, a listing
>>> appears in a window at the left. However no TOC appears in my dvi document,
>>> just the legend
Can more than one inset layout be placed in a module? Or does this
(landscape longtable) have to be a second module?
2010/1/15 stephen's mailinglist account :
> 2010/1/15 Rob Oakes :
>> Dear Daniel, Liviu and Other LyX Users,
>>
>> Daniel and Liviu, thank you very much f
2010/1/15 Rob Oakes :
> Dear Daniel, Liviu and Other LyX Users,
>
> Daniel and Liviu, thank you very much for the recommendations and for the
> link. I've been experimenting with the \afterpage package all morning, and I
> am very happy to report that it works famously. I am able to exactly the
was a long table.
2010/1/15 Rich Shepard :
> On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, stephen's mailinglist account wrote:
>
>> How did you do that ?- I have used ERT
>
> I probably used ERT, too. It's been about 5 years now and I don't see
> anything in the .lyx file, but I can see
> SteveT,
>
> In my book there is one table that is wide but short. I set that one page
> in landscape orientation while all other pages are in portrait orientation.
> Worked just fine.
>
> Rich
>
How did you do that ?- I have used ERT
--
Stephen
er,the table is printed off the page to the right, except
> for the first column.
>
> On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 12:49 +0000, stephen's mailinglist account wrote:
>> It work for a table I had in a Komascript book
>>
>> in latex preamble insert \usepackage{pdflscape}
>>
2010/1/15 stephen's mailinglist account :
> It work for a table I had in a Komascript book
>
> in latex preamble insert \usepackage{pdflscape}
> then use ERT (ctrl-l) before and after table to insert
> \begin{landscape} and \end{landscape}repectively
>
>
>> 2010/1/
It work for a table I had in a Komascript book
in latex preamble insert \usepackage{pdflscape}
then use ERT (ctrl-l) before and after table to insert
\begin{landscape} and \end{landscape}repectively
2010/1/15 stephen's mailinglist account :
> in raw LaTeX there is a package pdflsca
in raw LaTeX there is a package pdflscape which allows you to set an
environment (\begin{landscape}..\end{landscape}. Content in between is
rotated, but headers and footers are left as per normal.
I have used this with a rotated supertabular which stetched over a few
pages. Don't know whether lyX c
2010/1/15 Richard Brown :
> Hello again.
>
> I'm struggling still, though I can now see some progress...
> But my problem now is that I have an unwanted empty white page after
> some, but not all, chapters. I can't see any logic as to why, either in
> my input ms or in the output dvi. What should I
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Enrico Guastaldi
wrote:
> Dear Stephen,
> Actually I cannot report a problem, because nothing happens when I click the
> button "Create PDF" after inserting Nomenclature entry and Nomenclature
> List.
> Should I do some procedure to report the problem, such as bug
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Enrico Guastaldi
wrote:
> Dear list member,
> I'm a new Lyx 1.6.4 user under Linux (Kubuntu 9.10), and I think Lyx is
> amazing!
> I'm writing a tech book and I need to some hint concerning to final Index
> and others about Nomenclature.
> When I tag some word as I
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
> On 2010-01-07, stephen's mailinglist account wrote:
>> Is it possible to create a definition list in LyX where the definition
>> term or thing being defined is for more than one word without
>> resorting to
Is it possible to create a definition list in LyX where the definition
term or thing being defined is for more than one word without
resorting to ERT?
In LaTeX this would be something like
\begin{description}
\item[OneWord] First item
\item[Two words] Second item
\end{description}
I can do thi
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Graham M Smith
wrote:
> I have a bibtex file created in Jabref
>
> The entry in the author field is {R Development Core Team} but Lyx is
> citing it as Team (2009).
>
> As I understand it, the curly brackets around the name should stop the
> contents being parsed
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Matthias Schmidt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to use Lyx from an usb-stick.
>
> MiKTeX I found as a portable version on
> http://www.miktex.org/portable/ .
> ImageMagick ist availlable as a zip-file on
> http://image_magick.veidrodis.com/image_magick/.
>
> Now Lyx:
nt to get my thesis started
> in lyx, but it's not that easy for beginners... :)
> ------
> *Von:* "stephen's mailinglist account" <
> stephen4mailingli...@googlemail.com>
> *Gesendet:* 23.11.09 07:37:35
> *An:* Christian Hemm
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Christian Hemmer
wrote:
> Hey,
> I would like my pagecounting beginning at the TOC, so that the document
> starts with the roman numbers (I, II, III, ...) but as soon as it reaches
> the TOC it should start with the latin ones (1, 2, 3, 4, ...).
> Does anyone have
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