Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 02:12 +0200, Panos Katergiathis wrote:
 Hello all

Γειά σου Πάνο.

 I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
 to have many... well, photos :).
 I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
 about two features (that is, if they are available or not):
 
 a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
 cocoAspell ?
Which operating system do you work with? Under (Ubuntu-)Linux I have
aspell installed and it works just fine. You just have to set language
Greek (of course) in the respective field under Document settings.

Cheers, Nikos

SV: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Ingar Pareliussen]

Hi

I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
to have many... well, photos :).
I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
about two features (that is, if they are available or not):

I published a book with more than 400 pictures this fall, and lyx worked 
like a treat for me. If you haven't used lyx before you should add some
time to learn using it.   

a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
cocoAspell ?

I'm not on a mac, but lyx supports aspell (along ispell and hspell). 
I guess I would download lyx and test it.

b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
automatically scaled to fit on the with of the page?

Yes. With the new graphics groups you can easy asign size such as 
% of paperwith. 

c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an 
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?

I would suggest no, eventhough it is possible with a LaTeX macro.
However, I would probably take more time learning LaTeX than copy and 
past the name to the caption every time. 

HTH

Ingar

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Nick Bell]

Panos Katergiathis wrote:
b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
automatically scaled to fit on the with of the page?


LyX does this nicely - you can set image width to 100 % of column width.
-
Nick Bell
m...@nickbell.org

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[cmiramon]

Panos Katergiathis wrote:

 Hello all
 
 I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound
 to have many... well, photos :).
 I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering
 about two features (that is, if they are available or not):

If you have a lot of pictures and little text and you want to position your
pictures on a fixed grid, then LyX is maybe not the right tool and you
should consider a DTP program like scribus.

Positioning floats on a page can sometimes be very frustrating in LaTeX
.
Charles

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 02:12 +0200, Panos Katergiathis wrote:
 Hello all

Γειά σου Πάνο.

 I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
 to have many... well, photos :).
 I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
 about two features (that is, if they are available or not):
 
 a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
 cocoAspell ?
Which operating system do you work with? Under (Ubuntu-)Linux I have
aspell installed and it works just fine. You just have to set language
Greek (of course) in the respective field under Document settings.

Cheers, Nikos

SV: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Ingar Pareliussen]

Hi

I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
to have many... well, photos :).
I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
about two features (that is, if they are available or not):

I published a book with more than 400 pictures this fall, and lyx worked 
like a treat for me. If you haven't used lyx before you should add some
time to learn using it.   

a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
cocoAspell ?

I'm not on a mac, but lyx supports aspell (along ispell and hspell). 
I guess I would download lyx and test it.

b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
automatically scaled to fit on the with of the page?

Yes. With the new graphics groups you can easy asign size such as 
% of paperwith. 

c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an 
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?

I would suggest no, eventhough it is possible with a LaTeX macro.
However, I would probably take more time learning LaTeX than copy and 
past the name to the caption every time. 

HTH

Ingar

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Nick Bell]

Panos Katergiathis wrote:
b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
automatically scaled to fit on the with of the page?


LyX does this nicely - you can set image width to 100 % of column width.
-
Nick Bell
m...@nickbell.org

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[cmiramon]

Panos Katergiathis wrote:

 Hello all
 
 I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound
 to have many... well, photos :).
 I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering
 about two features (that is, if they are available or not):

If you have a lot of pictures and little text and you want to position your
pictures on a fixed grid, then LyX is maybe not the right tool and you
should consider a DTP program like scribus.

Positioning floats on a page can sometimes be very frustrating in LaTeX
.
Charles

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 02:12 +0200, Panos Katergiathis wrote:
> Hello all

Γειά σου Πάνο.

> I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
> to have many... well, photos :).
> I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
> about two features (that is, if they are available or not):
> 
> a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
> cocoAspell ?
Which operating system do you work with? Under (Ubuntu-)Linux I have
"aspell" installed and it works just fine. You just have to set language
"Greek" (of course) in the respective field under Document settings.

Cheers, Nikos

SV: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Ingar Pareliussen]

Hi

>I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
>to have many... well, photos :).
>I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
>about two features (that is, if they are available or not):

I published a book with more than 400 pictures this fall, and lyx worked 
like a treat for me. If you haven't used lyx before you should add some
time to learn using it.   

>a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
>cocoAspell ?

I'm not on a mac, but lyx supports aspell (along ispell and hspell). 
I guess I would download lyx and test it.

>b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
>automatically scaled to fit on the with of the "page"?

Yes. With the new graphics groups you can easy asign size such as 
% of paperwith. 

c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an 
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?

I would suggest no, eventhough it is possible with a LaTeX macro.
However, I would probably take more time learning LaTeX than copy and 
past the name to the caption every time. 

HTH

Ingar

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Nick Bell]

Panos Katergiathis wrote:
b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
automatically scaled to fit on the with of the "page"?


LyX does this nicely - you can set image width to 100 % of column width.
-
Nick Bell
m...@nickbell.org

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[cmiramon]

Panos Katergiathis wrote:

> Hello all
> 
> I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound
> to have many... well, photos :).
> I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering
> about two features (that is, if they are available or not):

If you have a lot of pictures and little text and you want to position your
pictures on a fixed grid, then LyX is maybe not the right tool and you
should consider a DTP program like scribus.

Positioning floats on a page can sometimes be very frustrating in LaTeX
.
Charles

Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Panos Katergiathis]

Hello all

I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
to have many... well, photos :).
I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
about two features (that is, if they are available or not):


a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
cocoAspell ?
b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
automatically scaled to fit on the with of the page?
c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an 
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?


Please assist

Panos

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Panos Katergiathis wrote:


a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like
cocoAspell ?


Panos,

  I'll let one of the developers answer this.

b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it automatically 
scaled to fit on the with of the page?


  You can set a default, but I've found that I need to tweak the size of
most imported images in my documents. Doesn't take long at all.


c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?


  The filename of the image is associated with the float, but unless there's
a way to script the caption one usually writes it manually.

  Get going with LyX and you'll quickly find that it is both easier for
writing/editing than a word processor and the output is vastly superior. I
submitted a camera-ready PDF to my publisher, along with all the LaTeX/TeX files
and images.

Good luck with your book,

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Panos Katergiathis]

Hello all

I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
to have many... well, photos :).
I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
about two features (that is, if they are available or not):


a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
cocoAspell ?
b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
automatically scaled to fit on the with of the page?
c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an 
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?


Please assist

Panos

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Panos Katergiathis wrote:


a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like
cocoAspell ?


Panos,

  I'll let one of the developers answer this.

b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it automatically 
scaled to fit on the with of the page?


  You can set a default, but I've found that I need to tweak the size of
most imported images in my documents. Doesn't take long at all.


c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?


  The filename of the image is associated with the float, but unless there's
a way to script the caption one usually writes it manually.

  Get going with LyX and you'll quickly find that it is both easier for
writing/editing than a word processor and the output is vastly superior. I
submitted a camera-ready PDF to my publisher, along with all the LaTeX/TeX files
and images.

Good luck with your book,

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Panos Katergiathis]

Hello all

I am about to author and prepare a book on photography, which is bound 
to have many... well, photos :).
I will hopefully be using Lyx on an Intel-based Mac and i am wondering 
about two features (that is, if they are available or not):


a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like 
cocoAspell ?
b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it 
automatically scaled to fit on the with of the "page"?
c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an 
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?


Please assist

Panos

Re: Is Lyx suitable for me?

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Panos Katergiathis wrote:


a) Will i be able to have spell checking in Greek with something like
cocoAspell ?


Panos,

  I'll let one of the developers answer this.

b) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image, have it automatically 
scaled to fit on the with of the "page"?


  You can set a default, but I've found that I need to tweak the size of
most imported images in my documents. Doesn't take long at all.


c) Is it possible that, whenever i insert an image have Lyx create an
auto-caption containing the filename of the inserted image?


  The filename of the image is associated with the float, but unless there's
a way to script the caption one usually writes it manually.

  Get going with LyX and you'll quickly find that it is both easier for
writing/editing than a word processor and the output is vastly superior. I
submitted a camera-ready PDF to my publisher, along with all the LaTeX/TeX files
and images.

Good luck with your book,

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
 Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863