Re: Figure key
Manolo Martínez schrieb: Do you guys have opinions regarding which is the best place to add explanations to a figure? A longish list of things such as "the pointed line means blah, and the blue square stands for blah"... The "figure" box in the float is too small for that -and everything you put in there appears in the figure index. I could do it in the main text, but I'd rather make sure that it is just beside the float. That depends on your topic. For example in physics everything is written to the caption of the figure. The result are figures with huge captions. For engineers it is quite the opposite: the caption only contains a short description of the image, all explanations and details are given in the main text of the document. regards Uwe
RE: Figure key
>Do you guys have opinions regarding which is the best place >to add explanations to a figure? A longish list of things >such as "the pointed line means blah, and the blue square >stands for blah"... > >The "figure" box in the float is too small for that How can it be too small ? I can put a work by Shakespeare in it. >-and everything you put in there appears in the figure index. Then you should try "Insert->Short Title" in the caption of the float. Only the text within this "opt" inset will be put in the figure index. In this way, you can have a brief description in the figure index (list). >I could do it in the main text, but I'd rather make sure that >it is just beside the float. So, I would put everything you need to understand the figure in the caption. Any explanation, reasoning, conclusions, remarks, details etc. in the main text. >Thanks >Manolo Vincent
Figure key
Hi, Do you guys have opinions regarding which is the best place to add explanations to a figure? A longish list of things such as "the pointed line means blah, and the blue square stands for blah"... The "figure" box in the float is too small for that -and everything you put in there appears in the figure index. I could do it in the main text, but I'd rather make sure that it is just beside the float. Thanks Manolo
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
Paul A. Rubin wrote: David Wolfson wrote: As soon as I read this I realised that it was probably a path problem. Not knowing any better, I had installed the font to '/usr/local/share/texmf/' rather than '/usr/share/texmf/'. I removed that installation, rehashed, and carried out the instructions I mentioned earlier in the thread: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/tugindia/2001-August/56.html Another 'texhash' and and all is well; dvis and pdfs display find, from the comand line and lyx. Paul - I hope this solves the problem for you too... Thanks for solving the problem and educating in the ways of the texmf path, Dave Nope, it's still broken on my system. I'd done all the installation things (actually, MiKTeX did it all for me, except updating the .map file), everything was in the right place, and Metafont was finding the ifgeo10.mf file ok but choking on something in it (or in something it subsequently loaded). I tried downloading the ifsym package direct from CTAN, in case the MiKTeX version had a defective file in it, but no joy. On the other hand, I don't really need the ifsym fonts, so no harm done. But I remain confused (my natural state). Paul Follow-up (mainly for the archives): the problem at my end was a MiKTeX-specific issue. Somewhere along the line, I did an update that loaded a newer version of the MiKTeX base. Turns out I needed to execute MiKTeX Options -> General -> Format files -> Update Now, after which font generation worked.
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
David Wolfson wrote: As soon as I read this I realised that it was probably a path problem. Not knowing any better, I had installed the font to '/usr/local/share/texmf/' rather than '/usr/share/texmf/'. I removed that installation, rehashed, and carried out the instructions I mentioned earlier in the thread: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/tugindia/2001-August/56.html Another 'texhash' and and all is well; dvis and pdfs display find, from the comand line and lyx. Paul - I hope this solves the problem for you too... Thanks for solving the problem and educating in the ways of the texmf path, Dave Nope, it's still broken on my system. I'd done all the installation things (actually, MiKTeX did it all for me, except updating the .map file), everything was in the right place, and Metafont was finding the ifgeo10.mf file ok but choking on something in it (or in something it subsequently loaded). I tried downloading the ifsym package direct from CTAN, in case the MiKTeX version had a defective file in it, but no joy. On the other hand, I don't really need the ifsym fonts, so no harm done. But I remain confused (my natural state). Paul
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
Stephen, On Wednesday 02 November 2005 04:07, Stephen Harris wrote: > I downloaded the entire zip package and installed it in /usr/ifsym > since I wasn't sure what the proper path was. I copied texmf.dvi, > the test file, to the same directory. Then ran "xdvi texmf.dvi" and > in displayed properly. Before getting the ifsym package I got the > same error message you did. So it should work once the paths are > ok. So it is a relief to know the package isn't broken. As soon as I read this I realised that it was probably a path problem. Not knowing any better, I had installed the font to '/usr/local/share/texmf/' rather than '/usr/share/texmf/'. I removed that installation, rehashed, and carried out the instructions I mentioned earlier in the thread: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/tugindia/2001-August/56.html Another 'texhash' and and all is well; dvis and pdfs display find, from the comand line and lyx. Paul - I hope this solves the problem for you too... Thanks for solving the problem and educating in the ways of the texmf path, Dave
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:07 PM Subject: Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font - Original Message - From: "David Wolfson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:59 AM Subject: Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font On Monday 31 October 2005 21:33, Paul A. Rubin wrote: David Wolfson wrote: >>Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a >>triangle, I have an 'a' in the DVI, LaTeX writes out a DVI file which contains a command to load the ifgeo10 font. When your DVI viewer (xdvi) tries to load the document, it discovers that the ifgeo10 font does not (yet) exist in your font directories, so it tries to run mktexpk to generate the specific font files. This is the conclusion I was coming to last night. You might want to ask on comp.text.tex whether anyone there can figure out why metafont is failing. Good idea - I've just done this here: > I'll let you know if I have a breakthrough, Dave I did a search on Google and found this pattern. texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/ifsym/ifclk.gen texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/ifsym/ifclk10.mf texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/ifsym/ifclkb10.mf texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/ifsym/ifgeo.gen texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/ifsym/ifgeo10.mf texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/ifsym/ifgeo10.tfm texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/ifsym/ifgeob10.tfm texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/ifsym/ifgeobn10.tfm etc. So on my linux distro texmf was under /usr/share/texmf so I copied ifsym.zip to the respective /public directories and unzipped ifsym.zip. This will create the ifsym directory if it doesn't exist and put all the contents of ifsym.zip into it. Then from the ./.../ifsym directory I ran texconfig which opens a menu window and I chose REHASH and now it seems to work to display the correct geom symbols, "xdvi *.dvi" from any directory I tested. Only saw one .tfm font so far, that matched with ifgeo10.tfm Regards, Stephen
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
- Original Message - From: "David Wolfson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:59 AM Subject: Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font On Monday 31 October 2005 21:33, Paul A. Rubin wrote: David Wolfson wrote: >>Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a >>triangle, I have an 'a' in the DVI, LaTeX writes out a DVI file which contains a command to load the ifgeo10 font. When your DVI viewer (xdvi) tries to load the document, it discovers that the ifgeo10 font does not (yet) exist in your font directories, so it tries to run mktexpk to generate the specific font files. This is the conclusion I was coming to last night. You might want to ask on comp.text.tex whether anyone there can figure out why metafont is failing. Good idea - I've just done this here: > I'll let you know if I have a breakthrough, Dave I downloaded the entire zip package and installed it in /usr/ifsym since I wasn't sure what the proper path was. I copied texmf.dvi, the test file, to the same directory. Then ran "xdvi texmf.dvi" and in displayed properly. Before getting the ifsym package I got the same error message you did. So it should work once the paths are ok. So it is a relief to know the package isn't broken. www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/*ifsym*/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ifsym]# ls /usr/ifsym ifclk10.mf ifgeobn10.mf ifsym10.mfifsym.ps texmf.dvi uifwea.fd ifclkb10.mf ifgeobw10.mf ifsymb10.mf ifsym.styuifblk.fd ifclk.genifgeo.gen ifsymbi10.mf ifwea10.mf uifclk.fd ifgeo10.mf ifgeon10.mf ifsym.gen ifweab10.mf uifgeo.fd ifgeob10.mf ifgeow10.mf ifsymi10.mf ifwea.genuifsym.fd [EMAIL PROTECTED] ifsym]# xdvi texmf.dvi kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ifgeo10 mktexpk: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+0/600; nonstopmode; input ifgeo10 This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) (/usr/ifsym/ifgeo10.mf (/usr/ifsym/ifgeo.gen [32] [48] [64] [80] [96] [112] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [33] [49] [65] [81] [97] [113] [34] [50] [66] [82] [98] [114] [35] [51] [67] [83] [99] [115] [36] [52] [68] [84] [100] [116] [37] [53] [69] [85] [101] [117] [38] [54] [70] [86] [102] [118] [47] [63] [79] [95] [111] [127] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [13] [14] [15] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] ) ) Font metrics written on ifgeo10.tfm. Output written on ifgeo10.600gf (67 characters, 15848 bytes). Transcript written on ifgeo10.log. mktexpk: /usr/ifsym/ifgeo10.600pk: successfully generated. Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion SH: Still the geometric figures were displayed ok. Regards
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
- Original Message -
From: "David Wolfson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
On Monday 31 October 2005 21:33, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
David Wolfson wrote:
>>Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a
>>triangle, I have an 'a' in the DVI,
LaTeX writes out a DVI file which contains a command to load the ifgeo10
font. When your DVI viewer (xdvi) tries to load the document, it
discovers that the ifgeo10 font does not (yet) exist in your font
directories, so it tries to run mktexpk to generate the specific font
files.
This is the conclusion I was coming to last night.
You might want to ask on comp.text.tex whether anyone there can figure
out why metafont is failing.
Good idea - I've just done this here:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/8bfbc83797cdb706/f5531355b8a93b38?hl=en#f5531355b8a93b38
If you want to follow any replies.
I'll let you know if I have a breakthrough,
Dave
- Original Message -
From: "David Wolfson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
On Monday 31 October 2005 21:33, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
David Wolfson wrote:
>>Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a
>>triangle, I have an 'a' in the DVI,
Hello David,
I was looking at this thread and it stirred my curiousity. It seems
that there is a problem when the metafont is used instead of the .tfm
I looked at my Windows Miktex installation (even though you use Linux)
C:\texmf\fonts\tfm\public\ifsym and found the following fonts:
Directory of C:\texmf\fonts\tfm\public\ifsym
11/01/2005 05:15 PM .
11/01/2005 05:15 PM ..
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 768 ifclk10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 768 ifclkb10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 632 ifgeo10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 632 ifgeob10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 640 ifgeobn10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 640 ifgeobw10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 640 ifgeon10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 640 ifgeow10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 720 ifsym10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 720 ifsymb10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 720 ifsymbi10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 720 ifsymi10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 380 ifwea10.tfm
09/01/2001 06:03 PM 380 ifweab10.tfm
So I took your example file posted on comp.text.tex
Wolfson wrote: "and if I run latex on a simple file:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[geometry]{ifsym}
\begin{document}
\Circle
\SquareShadowA
\FilledTriangleUp
\end{document}"
---
Wolfson continued:
"I get no errors and a dvi file produced. The problem is when I try to
view the output. When I open the output file with xdvi I get the
following error:
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600
--dpi 600 ifgeo10
mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ifgeo10.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
xdvi: Can't find font ifgeo10; using Type1 version of cmr10 instead."
SH: So I pasted your example input into a text editor and saved it as
texmf.tex Then I ran "latex texmf.tex" from the command line, producing the
following information:
"This is e-TeX, Version 3.141592-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4)
entering extended mode
(texmf.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel and hyphenation patterns for english, french, german,
ngerman, du
mylang, nohyphenation, loaded.
(C:\Miktex\texmf\tex\latex\base\article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(C:\Miktex\texmf\tex\latex\base\size10.clo))
(C:\Miktex\texmf\tex\latex\ifsym\ifsym.sty
(C:\Miktex\texmf\tex\latex\tools\calc.sty)) (texmf.aux)
(C:\Miktex\texmf\tex\latex\ifsym\uifgeo.fd) [1] (texmf.aux) )
Output written on texmf.dvi (1 page, 280 bytes).
Transcript written on texmf.log."
SH: So Yap is the default viewer on Windows not xdvi. The 3 geometry files
were displayed properly. I attach texmf.dvi. I will also test it on my
Fedora installation with xdvi next. I also tested this with another Windows
viewer, WinDvi, and it failed to display giving a metafont related error.
Regards,
Stephen
texmf.dvi
Description: Binary data
texmf.aux
Description: Binary data
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
On Monday 31 October 2005 21:33, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > David Wolfson wrote: > >>Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a > >>triangle, I have an 'a' in the DVI, > > LaTeX writes out a DVI file which contains a command to load the ifgeo10 > font. When your DVI viewer (xdvi) tries to load the document, it > discovers that the ifgeo10 font does not (yet) exist in your font > directories, so it tries to run mktexpk to generate the specific font > files. This is the conclusion I was coming to last night. > You might want to ask on comp.text.tex whether anyone there can figure > out why metafont is failing. Good idea - I've just done this here: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/8bfbc83797cdb706/f5531355b8a93b38?hl=en#f5531355b8a93b38 If you want to follow any replies. I'll let you know if I have a breakthrough, Dave
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
David Wolfson wrote: Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a triangle, I have an 'a' in the DVI, I get the same thing. and nothing in pdf. This is the same processing through LyX or LaTeX on the command line. This appears to be a problem with mktexpk, as if I look at the outputs from xdvi (rather than running it from gui), I get: mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ifgeo10. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. xdvi: Can't find font ifgeo10; using Type1 version of cmr10 instead. So as I understand it LaTeX now understand ifsym ok and writes the dvi, but whatever tries to read the dvi (dvips?) doesn't. Does that sound right? LaTeX writes out a DVI file which contains a command to load the ifgeo10 font. When your DVI viewer (xdvi) tries to load the document, it discovers that the ifgeo10 font does not (yet) exist in your font directories, so it tries to run mktexpk to generate the specific font files. (Fonts are more complicated than I care to get into, but basically the ifsym package includes font definition files that are supposed to tell metafont how to generate the needed fonts. I think mktexpk calls metafont on your system; on my system, it's makepk calling metafont.) There seems to be a problem with the font definitions supplied, so metafont fails. After mktexpk returns (unsuccessfully), xdvi still can't find the needed font, so it substitutes a known font (cmr10), which produces the 'a' where you expected to find the filled arrow. You might want to ask on comp.text.tex whether anyone there can figure out why metafont is failing. (I've looked at the error messages on my system and can't figure out where the problem exists.) Posting the contents of the missfont.log file might help. Paul
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
I've just donr dome more p[oking and got a couple of updates. > Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a > triangle, I have an 'a' in the DVI, and nothing in pdf. This is the same > processing through LyX or LaTeX on the command line. This appears to be a problem with mktexpk, as if I look at the outputs from xdvi (rather than running it from gui), I get: mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ifgeo10. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. xdvi: Can't find font ifgeo10; using Type1 version of cmr10 instead. So as I understand it LaTeX now understand ifsym ok and writes the dvi, but whatever tries to read the dvi (dvips?) doesn't. Does that sound right? Back off to google, Dave
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
OK, I've had some luck getting it installed, but working is another matter...
> > >>This would suggest that ifsym is not properly installed. Did you (a)
> > >>install it and (b) update your TeX file database? If so, try
> > >> 'kpsewhich ifsym.sty' from a shell to see if the system knows where to
> > >> find it.
I now get:
/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/ifsym/ifsym.sty
> > Have a gander at
> > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/74e0c7f
> >14
> > 63c2800/63afac8d94f2a096%2363afac8d94f2a096?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=0&num=3
>
> Thanks - I'll be bookmarking that group...
I had a search through the group and found this:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/3a3cf8a882c381f0/f95bb70317f65139?q=install+font&rnum=3#f95bb70317f65139
I followed the instructions on the URL in the above post to:
http://www.tug.org/pipermail/tugindia/2001-August/56.html
which were similar to the instructions in the .ps file you described. I ran
texhash on a simple Tex file, and got an error:
kpathsea: Running mktexmf ifgeo10
! I can't find file `ifgeo10'.
<*> ...=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ifgeo10
so I ran:
mktexmf ifsysm
This appeared to generate a metafont file, which one placed in the texmf tree
(and after another texhash) appeared to sort all the LaTex errors. I then
included the package in a Lyx file preamble( \usepackage[geometry]{ifsym}),
and \FilledTriangleUp in ERT and again this ran fine.
Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a triangle,
I have an 'a' in the DVI, and nothing in pdf. This is the same processing
through LyX or LaTeX on the command line.
Is this a similar problem to the one you described before?
>Metafont choked trying to generate the
>necessary fonts. It seems to think there is a syntax error in either
>ifgeo10.mf or (more likely) ifgeo.gen, which the former includes.
Thanks for all the help. I've learnt a lot about installing a package now, but
it would be nice if we could get it to work. Are there any more guru tips to
get this going please?
Dave
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
Paul, > >>This would suggest that ifsym is not properly installed. Did you (a) > >>install it and (b) update your TeX file database? If so, try 'kpsewhich > >>ifsym.sty' from a shell to see if the system knows where to find it. > > > > Is there a > > 'howto' out there I should look at? > > Have a gander at > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/74e0c7f14 >63c2800/63afac8d94f2a096%2363afac8d94f2a096?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=0&num=3 Thanks - I'll be bookmarking that group... > The ifsym package should include a Postscript file named ifsym.ps, which > is the manual (in German). ah. I've found the file OK, now to wait for the German speaking girlfriend to get home ;-) > Section 2 explains where to store the > pieces, after which you have to rebuild the TeX file database (see the > URL above). I'll let you know how I get on, Thanks, Dave
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
David Wolfson wrote: This would suggest that ifsym is not properly installed. Did you (a) install it and (b) update your TeX file database? If so, try 'kpsewhich ifsym.sty' from a shell to see if the system knows where to find it. a) not that I'm aware of! I think this is what I really need some guidance on. Do I need to install it on the system, as part of Tex/LaTex/Lyx? Yes, as part of your LaTeX distribution. Is there a 'howto' out there I should look at? Have a gander at http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/74e0c7f1463c2800/63afac8d94f2a096%2363afac8d94f2a096?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=0&num=3 b) again, a newbie Tex breakdown? # kpsewhich ifsym.sty gives no output :-| That's consistent with the package not being properly installed. The ifsym package should include a Postscript file named ifsym.ps, which is the manual (in German). Section 2 explains where to store the pieces, after which you have to rebuild the TeX file database (see the URL above). Paul
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
Paul,
Thanks for the reply - sorry not to get back to you sooner, I took the
weeekend off!
Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> David Wolfson wrote:
> > I tried adding \usepackage{ifsym} in the preamamble,
>
> I think you need \usepackage[geometry]{ifsym} to get \FilledTriangleUp.
> > surprised to hear that I get another error:
> > LaTeX Error: File `ifsym.sty' not found.
>
> This would suggest that ifsym is not properly installed. Did you (a)
> install it and (b) update your TeX file database? If so, try 'kpsewhich
> ifsym.sty' from a shell to see if the system knows where to find it.
a) not that I'm aware of! I think this is what I really need some guidance on.
Do I need to install it on the system, as part of Tex/LaTex/Lyx? Is there a
'howto' out there I should look at?
b) again, a newbie Tex breakdown?
# kpsewhich ifsym.sty
gives no output :-|
> FWIW, I had no trouble installing ifsym (MiKTeX), and no problem
> compiling a LyX document containing \FilledTriangleUp (meaning it
> generated the DVI file), but Metafont choked trying to generate the
> necessary fonts. It seems to think there is a syntax error in either
> ifgeo10.mf or (more likely) ifgeo.gen, which the former includes.
er - ok. I'll have to google some of the terms here, but I get the impression
you saying it worked - nearly.
Cheers,
Dave
PS off to check the local library for The LaTeX Companion, I guess I have some
reading to get up to speed
Re: Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
David Wolfson wrote:
Hi,
Through the wonders of wine, I've managed to get some figures from an old
excel sheet added into a lyx file as floats, but need to add symbol
definitions in the caption. I've found most of the symbols listed as part of
the ifsym font in the 'comprehensive list of LATEX fonts' from CTAN, but
can't get them to work. For example, I need a filled triangle but adding
\FilledTriangleUp as ERT gives an error:
Undefined control sequence.
\FilledTriangleUp
I tried adding \usepackage{ifsym} in the preamamble,
I think you need \usepackage[geometry]{ifsym} to get \FilledTriangleUp.
> and I guess you'll not be
surprised to hear that I get another error:
LaTeX Error: File `ifsym.sty' not found.
This would suggest that ifsym is not properly installed. Did you (a)
install it and (b) update your TeX file database? If so, try 'kpsewhich
ifsym.sty' from a shell to see if the system knows where to find it.
\usepackage
{babel}^^M
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)
So I'm guessing that I need to install another font. I've found ifsym at CTAN:
ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/fonts/ifsym/
but have no idea what to do with it!
I've been looking round the archives/google/CTAN, and have found the rather
intimidating (103 pages) of 'the font installation guide':
ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/fontinstallationguide.pdf
and some information in the TEX FAQ:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instfont
which goes right over my head! Do I need to go through all this with Lyx, or
can someone point me in the right direction please?
I'm using Lyx1.3.5 installed from rpm on mandrake10.1...
Thanks very much,
Dave
FWIW, I had no trouble installing ifsym (MiKTeX), and no problem
compiling a LyX document containing \FilledTriangleUp (meaning it
generated the DVI file), but Metafont choked trying to generate the
necessary fonts. It seems to think there is a syntax error in either
ifgeo10.mf or (more likely) ifgeo.gen, which the former includes.
Paul
Symbols for a figure key - adding a new font
Hi,
Through the wonders of wine, I've managed to get some figures from an old
excel sheet added into a lyx file as floats, but need to add symbol
definitions in the caption. I've found most of the symbols listed as part of
the ifsym font in the 'comprehensive list of LATEX fonts' from CTAN, but
can't get them to work. For example, I need a filled triangle but adding
\FilledTriangleUp as ERT gives an error:
Undefined control sequence.
\FilledTriangleUp
I tried adding \usepackage{ifsym} in the preamamble, and I guess you'll not be
surprised to hear that I get another error:
LaTeX Error: File `ifsym.sty' not found.
\usepackage
{babel}^^M
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)
So I'm guessing that I need to install another font. I've found ifsym at CTAN:
ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/fonts/ifsym/
but have no idea what to do with it!
I've been looking round the archives/google/CTAN, and have found the rather
intimidating (103 pages) of 'the font installation guide':
ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/fontinstallationguide.pdf
and some information in the TEX FAQ:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instfont
which goes right over my head! Do I need to go through all this with Lyx, or
can someone point me in the right direction please?
I'm using Lyx1.3.5 installed from rpm on mandrake10.1...
Thanks very much,
Dave
