Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

 Once you have the file in LyX, just try: ViewPDF(XeTeX), e.g. That said, I'm 
 definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could produce a 
 really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export it as 
 usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.


Thanks again, Richard. I thought the XeTeX/LuaTeX suggestion would involve an 
additional compiling step. I see that it does not. Both compile, but instead of 
giving error messages they substitute weird characters for the problemmatic 
characters, e.g., an em-dash becomes âĂT. Sometimes it does the same for 
en-dashes, sometimes not. Sometimes with the apostrophe, sometimes not. Also 
with accented characters.

The file I'm working on is not that complicated: 12 pages with bibliography and 
footnotes; title, author, and section headings formatted KOMA-Script default. 

Assuming that the problem is Unicode characters, I'm also gonna check with the 
Scrivener forum to see if there's a way to stop that.  

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[stefano franchi]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

 On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

 Once you have the file in LyX, just try: ViewPDF(XeTeX), e.g. That said,
 I'm definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could produce a
 really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export it as
 usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.


 Thanks again, Richard. I thought the XeTeX/LuaTeX suggestion would involve
 an additional compiling step. I see that it does not. Both compile, but
 instead of giving error messages they substitute weird characters for the
 problemmatic characters, e.g., an em-dash becomes âĂT. Sometimes it does
 the same for en-dashes, sometimes not. Sometimes with the apostrophe,
 sometimes not. Also with accented characters.


Eric,

you may have to check the encoding of your lyx file. If you use XeTeX
compilation (or LuaTeX, for that mater) the file should be in Unicode.
It looks like it isn't. Be sure:

1. that Scrivener-generated LateX code is in Unicode encoding (it may
be an option---LaTex was unable to read unicode until recently.
2. That Lyx properly treats the file as Unicode-encoded. IT should do
so automatically, but just to be on the safe side,go to
DocumentSettingsLanguage  under Encoding select the radio button
Other and from the drop-down list next to it choose *Unicode (XeTeX)
(UTF8)

Hope it helps,

Stefano

 The file I'm working on is not that complicated: 12 pages with bibliography
 and footnotes; title, author, and section headings formatted KOMA-Script
 default.

 Assuming that the problem is Unicode characters, I'm also gonna check with
 the Scrivener forum to see if there's a way to stop that.

 Sincerely,
 --
 Eric Weir
 Decatur, GA  USA
 eew...@bellsouth.net







-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies            Ph:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University                          Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 13, 2012, at 9:16 AM, stefano franchi wrote:

 you may have to check the encoding of your lyx file. If you use XeTeX
 compilation (or LuaTeX, for that mater) the file should be in Unicode.
 It looks like it isn't. Be sure:
 
 1. that Scrivener-generated LateX code is in Unicode encoding (it may
 be an option---LaTex was unable to read unicode until recently.

Thanks, Stefano. I'm still waiting on a response from the Scrivener listserv.

 2. That Lyx properly treats the file as Unicode-encoded. IT should do
 so automatically, but just to be on the safe side,go to
 DocumentSettingsLanguage  under Encoding select the radio button
 Other and from the drop-down list next to it choose *Unicode (XeTeX)
 (UTF8)

I made this change and tried compiling with XeTeX and LuaTeX. Still getting the 
weird substitutions. Tried quitting LyX and compiling again with the same 
result.

Is it possible that I will need to reimport the tex output from Scrivener?

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred. 

- Amos Oz

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

 Once you have the file in LyX, just try: ViewPDF(XeTeX), e.g. That said, I'm 
 definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could produce a 
 really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export it as 
 usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.


Thanks again, Richard. I thought the XeTeX/LuaTeX suggestion would involve an 
additional compiling step. I see that it does not. Both compile, but instead of 
giving error messages they substitute weird characters for the problemmatic 
characters, e.g., an em-dash becomes âĂT. Sometimes it does the same for 
en-dashes, sometimes not. Sometimes with the apostrophe, sometimes not. Also 
with accented characters.

The file I'm working on is not that complicated: 12 pages with bibliography and 
footnotes; title, author, and section headings formatted KOMA-Script default. 

Assuming that the problem is Unicode characters, I'm also gonna check with the 
Scrivener forum to see if there's a way to stop that.  

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[stefano franchi]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

 On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

 Once you have the file in LyX, just try: ViewPDF(XeTeX), e.g. That said,
 I'm definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could produce a
 really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export it as
 usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.


 Thanks again, Richard. I thought the XeTeX/LuaTeX suggestion would involve
 an additional compiling step. I see that it does not. Both compile, but
 instead of giving error messages they substitute weird characters for the
 problemmatic characters, e.g., an em-dash becomes âĂT. Sometimes it does
 the same for en-dashes, sometimes not. Sometimes with the apostrophe,
 sometimes not. Also with accented characters.


Eric,

you may have to check the encoding of your lyx file. If you use XeTeX
compilation (or LuaTeX, for that mater) the file should be in Unicode.
It looks like it isn't. Be sure:

1. that Scrivener-generated LateX code is in Unicode encoding (it may
be an option---LaTex was unable to read unicode until recently.
2. That Lyx properly treats the file as Unicode-encoded. IT should do
so automatically, but just to be on the safe side,go to
DocumentSettingsLanguage  under Encoding select the radio button
Other and from the drop-down list next to it choose *Unicode (XeTeX)
(UTF8)

Hope it helps,

Stefano

 The file I'm working on is not that complicated: 12 pages with bibliography
 and footnotes; title, author, and section headings formatted KOMA-Script
 default.

 Assuming that the problem is Unicode characters, I'm also gonna check with
 the Scrivener forum to see if there's a way to stop that.

 Sincerely,
 --
 Eric Weir
 Decatur, GA  USA
 eew...@bellsouth.net







-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies            Ph:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University                          Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 13, 2012, at 9:16 AM, stefano franchi wrote:

 you may have to check the encoding of your lyx file. If you use XeTeX
 compilation (or LuaTeX, for that mater) the file should be in Unicode.
 It looks like it isn't. Be sure:
 
 1. that Scrivener-generated LateX code is in Unicode encoding (it may
 be an option---LaTex was unable to read unicode until recently.

Thanks, Stefano. I'm still waiting on a response from the Scrivener listserv.

 2. That Lyx properly treats the file as Unicode-encoded. IT should do
 so automatically, but just to be on the safe side,go to
 DocumentSettingsLanguage  under Encoding select the radio button
 Other and from the drop-down list next to it choose *Unicode (XeTeX)
 (UTF8)

I made this change and tried compiling with XeTeX and LuaTeX. Still getting the 
weird substitutions. Tried quitting LyX and compiling again with the same 
result.

Is it possible that I will need to reimport the tex output from Scrivener?

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred. 

- Amos Oz

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

> Once you have the file in LyX, just try: View>PDF(XeTeX), e.g. That said, I'm 
> definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could produce a 
> really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export it as 
> usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.


Thanks again, Richard. I thought the XeTeX/LuaTeX suggestion would involve an 
additional compiling step. I see that it does not. Both compile, but instead of 
giving error messages they substitute weird characters for the problemmatic 
characters, e.g., an em-dash becomes âĂT. Sometimes it does the same for 
en-dashes, sometimes not. Sometimes with the apostrophe, sometimes not. Also 
with accented characters.

The file I'm working on is not that complicated: 12 pages with bibliography and 
footnotes; title, author, and section headings formatted KOMA-Script default. 

Assuming that the problem is Unicode characters, I'm also gonna check with the 
Scrivener forum to see if there's a way to stop that.  

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[stefano franchi]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Eric Weir  wrote:
>
> On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
>
> Once you have the file in LyX, just try: View>PDF(XeTeX), e.g. That said,
> I'm definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could produce a
> really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export it as
> usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.
>
>
> Thanks again, Richard. I thought the XeTeX/LuaTeX suggestion would involve
> an additional compiling step. I see that it does not. Both compile, but
> instead of giving error messages they substitute weird characters for the
> problemmatic characters, e.g., an em-dash becomes âĂT. Sometimes it does
> the same for en-dashes, sometimes not. Sometimes with the apostrophe,
> sometimes not. Also with accented characters.
>

Eric,

you may have to check the encoding of your lyx file. If you use XeTeX
compilation (or LuaTeX, for that mater) the file should be in Unicode.
It looks like it isn't. Be sure:

1. that Scrivener-generated LateX code is in Unicode encoding (it may
be an option---LaTex was unable to read unicode until recently.
2. That Lyx properly treats the file as Unicode-encoded. IT should do
so automatically, but just to be on the safe side,go to
Document>>Settings>>Language  under "Encoding" select the radio button
"Other" and from the drop-down list next to it choose *Unicode (XeTeX)
(UTF8)"

Hope it helps,

Stefano

> The file I'm working on is not that complicated: 12 pages with bibliography
> and footnotes; title, author, and section headings formatted KOMA-Script
> default.
>
> Assuming that the problem is Unicode characters, I'm also gonna check with
> the Scrivener forum to see if there's a way to stop that.
>
> Sincerely,
> --
> Eric Weir
> Decatur, GA  USA
> eew...@bellsouth.net
>
>
>
>



-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies            Ph:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas A University                          Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 13, 2012, at 9:16 AM, stefano franchi wrote:

> you may have to check the encoding of your lyx file. If you use XeTeX
> compilation (or LuaTeX, for that mater) the file should be in Unicode.
> It looks like it isn't. Be sure:
> 
> 1. that Scrivener-generated LateX code is in Unicode encoding (it may
> be an option---LaTex was unable to read unicode until recently.

Thanks, Stefano. I'm still waiting on a response from the Scrivener listserv.

> 2. That Lyx properly treats the file as Unicode-encoded. IT should do
> so automatically, but just to be on the safe side,go to
> Document>>Settings>>Language  under "Encoding" select the radio button
> "Other" and from the drop-down list next to it choose *Unicode (XeTeX)
> (UTF8)"

I made this change and tried compiling with XeTeX and LuaTeX. Still getting the 
weird substitutions. Tried quitting LyX and compiling again with the same 
result.

Is it possible that I will need to reimport the tex output from Scrivener?

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

"Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." 

- Amos Oz

Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

When I attempt to publish [format and print to pdf] a document compiled from 
Scrivener and imported into LyX I get a long list of errors, all of which have 
to do with Lyx--or the document class I'm using, KOMA-Script article--not 
liking some of the punctuation carried over from Scrivener. 

The major offender is--I'm going to describe, because I don't know the name--a 
long dash which Scrivener converts to when I enter two regular dashes in 
succession. Single dashes and some single and double quotation marks also give 
errors. [The error with the long dash--again, forgive my not knowing the name 
of the thing--may be due to the fact that I believe it is normally preceded and 
followed by a space; I recently switched to use of long dashes that without the 
preceding and following spaces.]

This is the message I get regarding the long dash:

We believe this impasse—
between a rigorous method that is difficult

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.

My first thought was to go back to Scrivener and change the offending 
characters--adding spaces before and after double dashes--but that might be 
unnecessarily laborious, and will not work for the offending single dashes and 
single and double quotes. Here is an error message related to single quotes:

Cartwright, N. (1989a). Nature’
s Capacities and Their Measurement.

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.

And double quotes:

relatively specific practices
``instituting universal preschool''

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.


Suggestions for resolving the problem would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

Hatred destroys. Love heals.

- Eknath Easwaran

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Richard Heck]

On 02/12/2012 07:15 AM, Eric Weir wrote:


When I attempt to publish [format and print to pdf] a document 
compiled from Scrivener and imported into LyX I get a long list of 
errors, all of which have to do with Lyx--or the document class I'm 
using, KOMA-Script article--not liking some of the punctuation carried 
over from Scrivener.


The major offender is--I'm going to describe, because I don't know the 
name--a long dash which Scrivener converts to when I enter two regular 
dashes in succession. Single dashes and some single and double 
quotation marks also give errors. [The error with the long 
dash--again, forgive my not knowing the name of the thing--may be due 
to the fact that I believe it is normally preceded and followed by a 
space; I recently switched to use of long dashes that without the 
preceding and following spaces.]


The long dash is called an em-dash. There's also a slightly shorter 
one called an en-dash. In LyX, these would be entered as --- and 
--, respectively. The spaces won't matter, and (at least in US 
typesetting) one doesn't normally use them.



This is the message I get regarding the long dash:

We believe this impasse—
between a rigorous method that is difficult

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.


The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote 
you mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which use 
Unicode.


Richard

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Paul A . Rubin]

In addition to Richard's suggestion, another option would be to open your LyX
document in a text editor and globally replace the Unicode character for the
long dash with two ordinary dashes.

Paul

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

 The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote you 
 mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which use Unicode.

Thanks, Richard. My only way to get from Scrivener to LaTeX/LyX is to compile 
in Scrivener. The out from Scrivener is a tex file. Would I then compile that 
with XeTeX or LuaTex? If so, could you give me quick pointers how to get 
started with that? Or a reference to instructions? 

I don't know if its possible, would another option be to get Scrivener to stop 
outputing Unicode characters?  

--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
eew...@bellsouth.net

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children. 

- Chief Seattle.

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Richard Heck]

On 02/12/2012 12:04 PM, Eric Weir wrote:


On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote 
you mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which 
use Unicode.


Thanks, Richard. My only way to get from Scrivener to LaTeX/LyX is to 
compile in Scrivener. The out from Scrivener is a tex file. Would I 
then compile that with XeTeX or LuaTex? If so, could you give me quick 
pointers how to get started with that? Or a reference to instructions?


Once you have the file in LyX, just try: ViewPDF(XeTeX), e.g. That 
said, I'm definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could 
produce a really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export 
it as usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.


I don't know if its possible, would another option be to get Scrivener 
to stop outputing Unicode characters?



It might, but I don't know Scrivener.

Richard

Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

When I attempt to publish [format and print to pdf] a document compiled from 
Scrivener and imported into LyX I get a long list of errors, all of which have 
to do with Lyx--or the document class I'm using, KOMA-Script article--not 
liking some of the punctuation carried over from Scrivener. 

The major offender is--I'm going to describe, because I don't know the name--a 
long dash which Scrivener converts to when I enter two regular dashes in 
succession. Single dashes and some single and double quotation marks also give 
errors. [The error with the long dash--again, forgive my not knowing the name 
of the thing--may be due to the fact that I believe it is normally preceded and 
followed by a space; I recently switched to use of long dashes that without the 
preceding and following spaces.]

This is the message I get regarding the long dash:

We believe this impasse—
between a rigorous method that is difficult

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.

My first thought was to go back to Scrivener and change the offending 
characters--adding spaces before and after double dashes--but that might be 
unnecessarily laborious, and will not work for the offending single dashes and 
single and double quotes. Here is an error message related to single quotes:

Cartwright, N. (1989a). Nature’
s Capacities and Their Measurement.

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.

And double quotes:

relatively specific practices
``instituting universal preschool''

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.


Suggestions for resolving the problem would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

Hatred destroys. Love heals.

- Eknath Easwaran

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Richard Heck]

On 02/12/2012 07:15 AM, Eric Weir wrote:


When I attempt to publish [format and print to pdf] a document 
compiled from Scrivener and imported into LyX I get a long list of 
errors, all of which have to do with Lyx--or the document class I'm 
using, KOMA-Script article--not liking some of the punctuation carried 
over from Scrivener.


The major offender is--I'm going to describe, because I don't know the 
name--a long dash which Scrivener converts to when I enter two regular 
dashes in succession. Single dashes and some single and double 
quotation marks also give errors. [The error with the long 
dash--again, forgive my not knowing the name of the thing--may be due 
to the fact that I believe it is normally preceded and followed by a 
space; I recently switched to use of long dashes that without the 
preceding and following spaces.]


The long dash is called an em-dash. There's also a slightly shorter 
one called an en-dash. In LyX, these would be entered as --- and 
--, respectively. The spaces won't matter, and (at least in US 
typesetting) one doesn't normally use them.



This is the message I get regarding the long dash:

We believe this impasse—
between a rigorous method that is difficult

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.


The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote 
you mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which use 
Unicode.


Richard

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Paul A . Rubin]

In addition to Richard's suggestion, another option would be to open your LyX
document in a text editor and globally replace the Unicode character for the
long dash with two ordinary dashes.

Paul

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

 The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote you 
 mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which use Unicode.

Thanks, Richard. My only way to get from Scrivener to LaTeX/LyX is to compile 
in Scrivener. The out from Scrivener is a tex file. Would I then compile that 
with XeTeX or LuaTex? If so, could you give me quick pointers how to get 
started with that? Or a reference to instructions? 

I don't know if its possible, would another option be to get Scrivener to stop 
outputing Unicode characters?  

--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
eew...@bellsouth.net

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children. 

- Chief Seattle.

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Richard Heck]

On 02/12/2012 12:04 PM, Eric Weir wrote:


On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote 
you mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which 
use Unicode.


Thanks, Richard. My only way to get from Scrivener to LaTeX/LyX is to 
compile in Scrivener. The out from Scrivener is a tex file. Would I 
then compile that with XeTeX or LuaTex? If so, could you give me quick 
pointers how to get started with that? Or a reference to instructions?


Once you have the file in LyX, just try: ViewPDF(XeTeX), e.g. That 
said, I'm definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could 
produce a really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export 
it as usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.


I don't know if its possible, would another option be to get Scrivener 
to stop outputing Unicode characters?



It might, but I don't know Scrivener.

Richard

Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

When I attempt to publish [format and print to pdf] a document compiled from 
Scrivener and imported into LyX I get a long list of errors, all of which have 
to do with Lyx--or the document class I'm using, KOMA-Script article--not 
liking some of the punctuation carried over from Scrivener. 

The major offender is--I'm going to describe, because I don't know the name--a 
long dash which Scrivener converts to when I enter two regular dashes in 
succession. Single dashes and some single and double quotation marks also give 
errors. [The error with the long dash--again, forgive my not knowing the name 
of the thing--may be due to the fact that I believe it is normally preceded and 
followed by a space; I recently switched to use of long dashes that without the 
preceding and following spaces.]

This is the message I get regarding the long dash:

We believe this impasse—
between a rigorous method that is difficult

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.

My first thought was to go back to Scrivener and change the offending 
characters--adding spaces before and after double dashes--but that might be 
unnecessarily laborious, and will not work for the offending single dashes and 
single and double quotes. Here is an error message related to single quotes:

Cartwright, N. (1989a). Nature’
s Capacities and Their Measurement.

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.

And double quotes:

relatively specific practices
``instituting universal preschool''

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.


Suggestions for resolving the problem would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@bellsouth.net

"Hatred destroys. Love heals."

- Eknath Easwaran

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Richard Heck]

On 02/12/2012 07:15 AM, Eric Weir wrote:


When I attempt to publish [format and print to pdf] a document 
compiled from Scrivener and imported into LyX I get a long list of 
errors, all of which have to do with Lyx--or the document class I'm 
using, KOMA-Script article--not liking some of the punctuation carried 
over from Scrivener.


The major offender is--I'm going to describe, because I don't know the 
name--a long dash which Scrivener converts to when I enter two regular 
dashes in succession. Single dashes and some single and double 
quotation marks also give errors. [The error with the long 
dash--again, forgive my not knowing the name of the thing--may be due 
to the fact that I believe it is normally preceded and followed by a 
space; I recently switched to use of long dashes that without the 
preceding and following spaces.]


The long dash is called an "em-dash". There's also a slightly shorter 
one called an "en-dash". In LyX, these would be entered as "---" and 
"--", respectively. The spaces won't matter, and (at least in US 
typesetting) one doesn't normally use them.



This is the message I get regarding the long dash:

We believe this impasse—
between a rigorous method that is difficult

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText
or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.


The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote 
you mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which use 
Unicode.


Richard

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Paul A . Rubin]

In addition to Richard's suggestion, another option would be to open your LyX
document in a text editor and globally replace the Unicode character for the
long dash with two ordinary dashes.

Paul

Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Eric Weir]

On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

> The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote you 
> mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which use Unicode.

Thanks, Richard. My only way to get from Scrivener to LaTeX/LyX is to compile 
in Scrivener. The out from Scrivener is a tex file. Would I then compile that 
with XeTeX or LuaTex? If so, could you give me quick pointers how to get 
started with that? Or a reference to instructions? 

I don't know if its possible, would another option be to get Scrivener to stop 
outputing Unicode characters?  

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Re: Errors on publishing [to pdf]

[Richard Heck]

On 02/12/2012 12:04 PM, Eric Weir wrote:


On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

The problem may be that these are Unicode characters (so is the quote 
you mentioned). You might try compiling with XeTeX or LuaTeX, which 
use Unicode.


Thanks, Richard. My only way to get from Scrivener to LaTeX/LyX is to 
compile in Scrivener. The out from Scrivener is a tex file. Would I 
then compile that with XeTeX or LuaTex? If so, could you give me quick 
pointers how to get started with that? Or a reference to instructions?


Once you have the file in LyX, just try: View>PDF(XeTeX), e.g. That 
said, I'm definitely not an expert on this encoding stuff. If you could 
produce a really simple example file---create it in Scrivener and export 
it as usual---that exhibits the problem, that will definitely help.


I don't know if its possible, would another option be to get Scrivener 
to stop outputing Unicode characters?



It might, but I don't know Scrivener.

Richard