Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 4, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: I haven't used OO for some time, but as I recall the first line of an XHTML file confuses it. Open the XHTML file with Vim or a read editor like Emacs (sorry, couln't resist) and delete the first line. I think you will have better luck with

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 4, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: I haven't used OO for some time, but as I recall the first line of an XHTML file confuses it. Open the XHTML file with Vim or a read editor like Emacs (sorry, couln't resist) and delete the first line. I think you will have better luck with

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 4, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: > I haven't used OO for some time, but as I recall the first line of an > XHTML file confuses it. Open the XHTML file with Vim or a read editor > like Emacs (sorry, couln't resist) and delete the first line. > > I think you will have better luck

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: make checkmake install Thanks Eberhard. I did 'make make install.' Did I miss anything my not including 'check'? [I'm on a mac.] -- Eric Weir

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Stephan Witt wrote: You may consider to use macports. Thanks, Stephan. I was discouraged by a guy that helped on the mac support forums not to use things like macports or homebrew. I don't remember the reason, but I've played it safe since. In any case, I went

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

As indicated in an earlier post, I've installed latex2rtf. When I do 'latex2rtf filename' I get '(Not set):1 Cannot open filename.' What else do I need to do? Thanks, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:37 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: While I'm at it, what is the view rich text format in the view other formats button for? Does it become available when latex2rtf is installed? I think so. For a more

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 4, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've installed latex2rtf. On my system, that is. It's not showing up under 'view other formats' or 'file export' or 'file export other formats. Tools Reconfigure?

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net writes: On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote: If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML format, and then loading that in LibreOffice. I

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: make checkmake install Thanks Eberhard. I did 'make make install.' Did I miss anything my not including 'check'? [I'm on a mac.] -- Eric Weir

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Stephan Witt wrote: You may consider to use macports. Thanks, Stephan. I was discouraged by a guy that helped on the mac support forums not to use things like macports or homebrew. I don't remember the reason, but I've played it safe since. In any case, I went

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

As indicated in an earlier post, I've installed latex2rtf. When I do 'latex2rtf filename' I get '(Not set):1 Cannot open filename.' What else do I need to do? Thanks, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:37 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: While I'm at it, what is the view rich text format in the view other formats button for? Does it become available when latex2rtf is installed? I think so. For a more

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 4, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've installed latex2rtf. On my system, that is. It's not showing up under 'view other formats' or 'file export' or 'file export other formats. Tools Reconfigure?

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net writes: On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote: If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML format, and then loading that in LibreOffice. I

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > make check& install Thanks Eberhard. I did 'make && make install.' Did I miss anything my not including 'check'? [I'm on a mac.] -- Eric Weir

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Stephan Witt wrote: > You may consider to use macports. Thanks, Stephan. I was discouraged by a guy that helped on the mac support forums not to use things like macports or homebrew. I don't remember the reason, but I've played it safe since. In any case, I went

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

As indicated in an earlier post, I've installed latex2rtf. When I do 'latex2rtf filename' I get '(Not set):1 Cannot open filename.' What else do I need to do? Thanks, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:37 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >>> While I'm at it, what is the "view rich text format" in the "view other >>> formats" button for? Does it become available when latex2rtf is installed? >>> >> I think

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 4, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > >> I've installed latex2rtf. On my system, that is. It's not showing up under >> 'view other formats' or 'file > export' or 'file > export > other formats. > > Tools >

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Eric Weir writes: > On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote: > >> If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some >> similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML >> format, and then loading that in

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Eric Weir wrote: I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the draft in Scrivener, do

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool. When you

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:51 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: Reconfigure. Reconfigure. Reconfigure. el On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 4:04 AM, Jerry wrote: I started a new thread that might be of interest to this one (and how many before?): The thread is Anyone convert LyX to ODT or docx using pandoc? Good. Pandoc intrigues me, too.

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 17:39, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? I took a look at the project's SF page and it seems to me that they're not providing binaries for Mac. If this is so, you may

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? I took a look at the project's SF page and it seems to me

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? I took

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've downloaded the source, and have located a discussion with pretty clear instructions of how to compile it. I'll be giving it a shot, but probably not till the weekend. In the mean time, you might have some luck by

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've downloaded the source, and have located a discussion with pretty clear instructions of how to compile it. I'll be giving it a shot, but probably not till the

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Am 02.08.2012 um 19:59 schrieb Eric Weir: On Aug 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks, Liviu. I downloaded LibO yesterday. I tried opening the xhtml file and got nothing. That's Richard's field of expertise. While I'm at it, what is the view rich text format in the view other formats button for?

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

make checkmake install el On 2012-08-02 10:41 , Eric Weir wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:51 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: Reconfigure. Reconfigure. Reconfigure. el

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Eric Weir wrote: I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the draft in Scrivener, do

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool. When you

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:51 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: Reconfigure. Reconfigure. Reconfigure. el On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 4:04 AM, Jerry wrote: I started a new thread that might be of interest to this one (and how many before?): The thread is Anyone convert LyX to ODT or docx using pandoc? Good. Pandoc intrigues me, too.

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 17:39, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? I took a look at the project's SF page and it seems to me that they're not providing binaries for Mac. If this is so, you may

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? I took a look at the project's SF page and it seems to me

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? I took

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've downloaded the source, and have located a discussion with pretty clear instructions of how to compile it. I'll be giving it a shot, but probably not till the weekend. In the mean time, you might have some luck by

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've downloaded the source, and have located a discussion with pretty clear instructions of how to compile it. I'll be giving it a shot, but probably not till the

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Am 02.08.2012 um 19:59 schrieb Eric Weir: On Aug 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thanks, Liviu. I downloaded LibO yesterday. I tried opening the xhtml file and got nothing. That's Richard's field of expertise. While I'm at it, what is the view rich text format in the view other formats button for?

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

make checkmake install el On 2012-08-02 10:41 , Eric Weir wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:51 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: Reconfigure. Reconfigure. Reconfigure. el

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > > I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document > that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references > in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the draft in > Scrivener,

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: > On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir wrote: >> My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to >> see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. > > For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool.

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:51 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > Reconfigure. > Reconfigure. > Reconfigure. > > el > > On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote: >> >> On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 4:04 AM, Jerry wrote: > I started a new thread that might be of interest to this one (and how many > before?): > > The thread is "Anyone convert LyX to ODT or docx using pandoc?" Good. Pandoc intrigues me, too.

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 17:39, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: > >> On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir wrote: >>> My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to >>> see if the LaTeX to RTF

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > > Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to > install latex2rtf? > I took a look at the project's SF page and it seems to me that they're not providing binaries for Mac. If this is so, you

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to >> install latex2rtf? >> > I took a look at the project's SF page and it

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: > On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to >>> install

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > I've downloaded the source, and have located a discussion with pretty clear > instructions of how to compile it. I'll be giving it a shot, but probably not > till the weekend. > In the mean time, you might have some luck

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >> I've downloaded the source, and have located a discussion with pretty clear >> instructions of how to compile it. I'll be giving it a shot, but probably >> not till

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Am 02.08.2012 um 19:59 schrieb Eric Weir: > > On Aug 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: > >> On 2 August 2012 21:25, Liviu Andronic wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Eric Weir wrote: Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > Thanks, Liviu. I downloaded LibO yesterday. I tried opening the xhtml file > and got nothing. > That's Richard's field of expertise. > While I'm at it, what is the "view rich text format" in the "view other > formats"

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

make check& install el On 2012-08-02 10:41 , Eric Weir wrote:> > Thanks for the reminder, Eberhard. But first I have to figure out how to install latex2rtf? > > On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:51 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > >> Reconfigure. >> Reconfigure. >> Reconfigure. >> >> el

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages (the

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools Reconfigure). A good place to check which

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote: If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML format, and then loading that in LibreOffice. I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice handle it differently? I have no experience with either in this

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot. Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost mindlessly. I guess I don't know

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot. Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool. When you have no images, you're in luck. latex2rtf does the

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Reconfigure. Reconfigure. Reconfigure. el On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with LyX/LaTeX. Why is the RTF option under View other formats greyed out?

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages (the

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools Reconfigure). A good place to check which

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote: If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML format, and then loading that in LibreOffice. I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice handle it differently? I have no experience with either in this

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot. Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost mindlessly. I guess I don't know

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot. Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool. When you have no images, you're in luck. latex2rtf does the

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Reconfigure. Reconfigure. Reconfigure. el On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with LyX/LaTeX. Why is the RTF option under View other formats greyed out?

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that > these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools > > Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are > supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >> LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that >> these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools > >> Reconfigure). A good place to

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote: > If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some > similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML > format, and then loading that in LibreOffice. I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, > i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice > handle it differently? > I have no experience with either in this

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already > old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot. Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost mindlessly. I guess I don't know

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >> I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already >> old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot. > > Thanks, Liviu. I'm in

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir wrote: > My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to > see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool. When you have no images, you're in luck. latex2rtf does

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Reconfigure. Reconfigure. Reconfigure. el On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >> Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with >> LyX/LaTeX. > > Why is the RTF option under "View other formats" greyed out? > >

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 07/31/2012 07:10 AM, Eric Weir wrote: I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the draft in Scrivener, do this work,

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the draft

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Using XHTMP export has the benefit that you can then use XSLT. I've used this successfully to export LyX format to an unrelated XML schema. Nico --

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote: If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML format, and then loading that in LibreOffice. I wouldn't have considered HTML, but if you can

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with LyX/LaTeX. This has been discussed extensively in the past on the list, and I think there is also something on the wiki. Darn, I thought I remembered otherwise. In addition to

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with LyX/LaTeX. Why is the RTF option under View other formats greyed out? -- Eric Weir

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: In addition to Richard's suggestions, you could try eLyXer for HTML export (to be imported into Word) and the LibO-powered export to ODT (although I'm not seeing it in my menus right now). Are you suggesting that they're

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 07/31/2012 07:10 AM, Eric Weir wrote: I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the draft in Scrivener, do this work,

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the draft

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

Using XHTMP export has the benefit that you can then use XSLT. I've used this successfully to export LyX format to an unrelated XML schema. Nico --

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote: If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML format, and then loading that in LibreOffice. I wouldn't have considered HTML, but if you can

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with LyX/LaTeX. This has been discussed extensively in the past on the list, and I think there is also something on the wiki. Darn, I thought I remembered otherwise. In addition to

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with LyX/LaTeX. Why is the RTF option under View other formats greyed out? -- Eric Weir

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: In addition to Richard's suggestions, you could try eLyXer for HTML export (to be imported into Word) and the LibO-powered export to ODT (although I'm not seeing it in my menus right now). Are you suggesting that they're

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On 07/31/2012 07:10 AM, Eric Weir wrote: I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the draft in Scrivener, do this work,

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > I've been away from LyX for a while, writing in Vim. I now have a document > that I need to cut down to 3,500 words from just under 5,000, put references > in, and get into APA format in Word. Normally, I would dump the

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