Re: Posters in LyX (baposter)

[Pavel Sanda]

Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
 Dear All,

 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around some, 
 and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all first before 
 giving up on using it to make one.


i'm just fighting the same problem. friend pointed me to baposter class. it
took half day to configure lyx so it recognize this class and setup bit ugly
preamble and opening erts, but once it is setup it is sweet sweet sweet!

if one has interest to do nifty graphical things i would rather use eg corel,
but if you dont have much time and need reasonble good output this is a really
nice package.

next poster could be done very quickly from now on...

the new boxes are defined by trivial erts which states column,row and relative
position (above, below) to already defined boxes and possible spanning, eg.
\headerbox{Box title}{name=box2,column=1,below=box1,span=2}{ 

everything after this ert is just normal lyxing, so basically copypaste
from your paper...

the site is here:
http://www.brian-amberg.de/uni/poster/

i even though we can add this layout plus some example poster to manuals in
lyx. then i would need some help from experienced TeXers though, since my
layout/preamble/erts work but are one big mess :)

one drawback is is that you need to switch to texlive from tetex if you are
still on it. i have tried to make this switch on one of my boxes and now 
studying
the damages on the docs i'm currently working. except that ToC got insane for
longer section names i havent find much other problems so far. (btw any
hints from others for what should i check or how to turn back ToC entries to
be again multiline for a longer titles?)

another issue is small glitch with updating output pdf/postcript. i suspect
lyx wrongly parses latex log output and doesn't run latex enough times,
which results in losing poster background. i havent time to track this down
yet, but there is easy workaround if you want complete rebuild of course :)

pavel

Re: Posters in LyX (baposter)

[Pavel Sanda]

Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
 Dear All,

 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around some, 
 and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all first before 
 giving up on using it to make one.


i'm just fighting the same problem. friend pointed me to baposter class. it
took half day to configure lyx so it recognize this class and setup bit ugly
preamble and opening erts, but once it is setup it is sweet sweet sweet!

if one has interest to do nifty graphical things i would rather use eg corel,
but if you dont have much time and need reasonble good output this is a really
nice package.

next poster could be done very quickly from now on...

the new boxes are defined by trivial erts which states column,row and relative
position (above, below) to already defined boxes and possible spanning, eg.
\headerbox{Box title}{name=box2,column=1,below=box1,span=2}{ 

everything after this ert is just normal lyxing, so basically copypaste
from your paper...

the site is here:
http://www.brian-amberg.de/uni/poster/

i even though we can add this layout plus some example poster to manuals in
lyx. then i would need some help from experienced TeXers though, since my
layout/preamble/erts work but are one big mess :)

one drawback is is that you need to switch to texlive from tetex if you are
still on it. i have tried to make this switch on one of my boxes and now 
studying
the damages on the docs i'm currently working. except that ToC got insane for
longer section names i havent find much other problems so far. (btw any
hints from others for what should i check or how to turn back ToC entries to
be again multiline for a longer titles?)

another issue is small glitch with updating output pdf/postcript. i suspect
lyx wrongly parses latex log output and doesn't run latex enough times,
which results in losing poster background. i havent time to track this down
yet, but there is easy workaround if you want complete rebuild of course :)

pavel

Re: Posters in LyX (baposter)

[Pavel Sanda]

Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around some, 
> and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all first before 
> giving up on using it to make one.


i'm just fighting the same problem. friend pointed me to baposter class. it
took half day to configure lyx so it recognize this class and setup bit ugly
preamble and opening erts, but once it is setup it is sweet sweet sweet!

if one has interest to do nifty graphical things i would rather use eg corel,
but if you dont have much time and need reasonble good output this is a really
nice package.

next poster could be done very quickly from now on...

the new boxes are defined by trivial erts which states column,row and relative
position (above, below) to already defined boxes and possible spanning, eg.
\headerbox{Box title}{name=box2,column=1,below=box1,span=2}{ 

everything after this ert is just normal lyxing, so basically copy
from your paper...

the site is here:
http://www.brian-amberg.de/uni/poster/

i even though we can add this layout plus some example poster to manuals in
lyx. then i would need some help from experienced TeXers though, since my
layout/preamble/erts work but are one big mess :)

one drawback is is that you need to switch to texlive from tetex if you are
still on it. i have tried to make this switch on one of my boxes and now 
studying
the damages on the docs i'm currently working. except that ToC got insane for
longer section names i havent find much other problems so far. (btw any
hints from others for what should i check or how to turn back ToC entries to
be again multiline for a longer titles?)

another issue is small glitch with updating output pdf/postcript. i suspect
lyx wrongly parses latex log output and doesn't run latex enough times,
which results in losing poster background. i havent time to track this down
yet, but there is easy workaround if you want complete rebuild of course :)

pavel

Re: Posters in LyX

[Liviu Andronic]

On 6/19/09, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote:
  What worked best for me is Scribus.

A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on LyX vs. Scribus [1].
Liviu

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html

Re: Posters in LyX

[Steve Litt]

On Monday 22 June 2009 02:43:51 am Liviu Andronic wrote:
 On 6/19/09, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote:
   What worked best for me is Scribus.

 A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on LyX vs. Scribus [1].
 Liviu

 [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html

After reading that, it sounds like Scribus is the ideal tool for posters. It 
sounds great for 8.5x11 flyers, and for folding brochures. And yes, most 
short newsletters are extremely fine tuned, so it sounds great for those too.

You know what else it sounds great for -- laying out the cover of an eBook. 
I've been using Inkscape for that, but I might try Scribus just for fun.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I have to disagree in this debate. I have found lyx a *superb* tool for making 
scientific posters! It gives a uniform look, as well as dealing with the proper 
formatting of legends and cross-references. Plus, it properly formats my bibtex 
references and places everything evenly distributed on an A0 layout. If 
information overflows, it means I have to reorganise my poster, not 
finger-paint layouts to shoe-horn items into the poster (that probably 
shouldn't be there anyway for the requirements of a poster).

It also means that I can re-use text and graphics from talks and papers that 
I've written in lyx.

I use sciposter.cls, sectionbox.sty, multicol.sty and wallpaper.sty to generate 
posters with multiple columns, sectioned boxes and a background. I generate my 
plots with R and graphics with inkscape.

On the other hand, I end up spending much more time fiddling about 
finger-painting with tools like scribus.

Mateo.

On Monday 22 June 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
 On Monday 22 June 2009 02:43:51 am Liviu Andronic wrote:
  On 6/19/09, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote:
What worked best for me is Scribus.
 
  A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on LyX vs. Scribus [1].
  Liviu
 
  [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html
 
 After reading that, it sounds like Scribus is the ideal tool for posters. It 
 sounds great for 8.5x11 flyers, and for folding brochures. And yes, most 
 short newsletters are extremely fine tuned, so it sounds great for those too.
 
 You know what else it sounds great for -- laying out the cover of an eBook. 
 I've been using Inkscape for that, but I might try Scribus just for fun.
 
 Thanks
 
 SteveT
 
 Steve Litt
 Recession Relief Package
 http://www.recession-relief.US
 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
 
 

Re: Posters in LyX

[Liviu Andronic]

On 6/19/09, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote:
  What worked best for me is Scribus.

A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on LyX vs. Scribus [1].
Liviu

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html

Re: Posters in LyX

[Steve Litt]

On Monday 22 June 2009 02:43:51 am Liviu Andronic wrote:
 On 6/19/09, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote:
   What worked best for me is Scribus.

 A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on LyX vs. Scribus [1].
 Liviu

 [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html

After reading that, it sounds like Scribus is the ideal tool for posters. It 
sounds great for 8.5x11 flyers, and for folding brochures. And yes, most 
short newsletters are extremely fine tuned, so it sounds great for those too.

You know what else it sounds great for -- laying out the cover of an eBook. 
I've been using Inkscape for that, but I might try Scribus just for fun.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I have to disagree in this debate. I have found lyx a *superb* tool for making 
scientific posters! It gives a uniform look, as well as dealing with the proper 
formatting of legends and cross-references. Plus, it properly formats my bibtex 
references and places everything evenly distributed on an A0 layout. If 
information overflows, it means I have to reorganise my poster, not 
finger-paint layouts to shoe-horn items into the poster (that probably 
shouldn't be there anyway for the requirements of a poster).

It also means that I can re-use text and graphics from talks and papers that 
I've written in lyx.

I use sciposter.cls, sectionbox.sty, multicol.sty and wallpaper.sty to generate 
posters with multiple columns, sectioned boxes and a background. I generate my 
plots with R and graphics with inkscape.

On the other hand, I end up spending much more time fiddling about 
finger-painting with tools like scribus.

Mateo.

On Monday 22 June 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
 On Monday 22 June 2009 02:43:51 am Liviu Andronic wrote:
  On 6/19/09, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote:
What worked best for me is Scribus.
 
  A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on LyX vs. Scribus [1].
  Liviu
 
  [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html
 
 After reading that, it sounds like Scribus is the ideal tool for posters. It 
 sounds great for 8.5x11 flyers, and for folding brochures. And yes, most 
 short newsletters are extremely fine tuned, so it sounds great for those too.
 
 You know what else it sounds great for -- laying out the cover of an eBook. 
 I've been using Inkscape for that, but I might try Scribus just for fun.
 
 Thanks
 
 SteveT
 
 Steve Litt
 Recession Relief Package
 http://www.recession-relief.US
 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
 
 

Re: Posters in LyX

[Liviu Andronic]

On 6/19/09, Les Denham  wrote:
>  What worked best for me is Scribus.
>
A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on "LyX vs. Scribus" [1].
Liviu

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html

Re: Posters in LyX

[Steve Litt]

On Monday 22 June 2009 02:43:51 am Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On 6/19/09, Les Denham  wrote:
> >  What worked best for me is Scribus.
>
> A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on "LyX vs. Scribus" [1].
> Liviu
>
> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html

After reading that, it sounds like Scribus is the ideal tool for posters. It 
sounds great for 8.5x11 flyers, and for folding brochures. And yes, most 
short newsletters are extremely fine tuned, so it sounds great for those too.

You know what else it sounds great for -- laying out the cover of an eBook. 
I've been using Inkscape for that, but I might try Scribus just for fun.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I have to disagree in this debate. I have found lyx a *superb* tool for making 
scientific posters! It gives a uniform look, as well as dealing with the proper 
formatting of legends and cross-references. Plus, it properly formats my bibtex 
references and places everything evenly distributed on an A0 layout. If 
information overflows, it means I have to reorganise my poster, not 
finger-paint layouts to shoe-horn items into the poster (that probably 
shouldn't be there anyway for the requirements of a poster).

It also means that I can re-use text and graphics from talks and papers that 
I've written in lyx.

I use sciposter.cls, sectionbox.sty, multicol.sty and wallpaper.sty to generate 
posters with multiple columns, sectioned boxes and a background. I generate my 
plots with R and graphics with inkscape.

On the other hand, I end up spending much more time fiddling about 
finger-painting with tools like scribus.

Mateo.

On Monday 22 June 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Monday 22 June 2009 02:43:51 am Liviu Andronic wrote:
> > On 6/19/09, Les Denham  wrote:
> > >  What worked best for me is Scribus.
> >
> > A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on "LyX vs. Scribus" [1].
> > Liviu
> >
> > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html
> 
> After reading that, it sounds like Scribus is the ideal tool for posters. It 
> sounds great for 8.5x11 flyers, and for folding brochures. And yes, most 
> short newsletters are extremely fine tuned, so it sounds great for those too.
> 
> You know what else it sounds great for -- laying out the cover of an eBook. 
> I've been using Inkscape for that, but I might try Scribus just for fun.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
> Recession Relief Package
> http://www.recession-relief.US
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
> 
> 

Re: Posters in LyX

[Micha Feigin]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:58:38 -0500
Daniel Joshua Stark ds4...@rice.edu wrote:

 Dear All,
 
 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around  
 some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all  
 first before giving up on using it to make one.
 
 Thanks!
 

It can be done, not necessarily the best and or easiest way though.
For the poster I use a0poster from here
http://andreas.welcomes-you.com/projects/a0poster/
which I think may be newer than this
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~marchini/a0poster.html

Looks like there is some kind of layout file here
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg63740.html
don't know how good it is or if it still alive.

I find it best to combine multicols and for boxes either minipage and for a
fancier look pdfpages with beamer

For more complicated stuff I use scribus

Re: Posters in LyX

[Micha Feigin]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:58:38 -0500
Daniel Joshua Stark ds4...@rice.edu wrote:

 Dear All,
 
 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around  
 some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all  
 first before giving up on using it to make one.
 
 Thanks!
 

It can be done, not necessarily the best and or easiest way though.
For the poster I use a0poster from here
http://andreas.welcomes-you.com/projects/a0poster/
which I think may be newer than this
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~marchini/a0poster.html

Looks like there is some kind of layout file here
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg63740.html
don't know how good it is or if it still alive.

I find it best to combine multicols and for boxes either minipage and for a
fancier look pdfpages with beamer

For more complicated stuff I use scribus

Re: Posters in LyX

[Micha Feigin]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:58:38 -0500
Daniel Joshua Stark  wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around  
> some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all  
> first before giving up on using it to make one.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

It can be done, not necessarily the best and or easiest way though.
For the poster I use a0poster from here
http://andreas.welcomes-you.com/projects/a0poster/
which I think may be newer than this
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~marchini/a0poster.html

Looks like there is some kind of layout file here
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg63740.html
don't know how good it is or if it still alive.

I find it best to combine multicols and for boxes either minipage and for a
fancier look pdfpages with beamer

For more complicated stuff I use scribus

Re: Posters in LyX

[Guenter Milde]

On 2009-06-19, Steve Litt wrote:
 On Thursday 18 June 2009 08:58:38 pm Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
 Dear All,

 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. 

It can. 

 Personally, posters are the last thing I'd use LyX for. I'd use Inkscape or 
 Gimp. The prime benefit of LyX and LaTeX is consistency throughout the 
 document -- just what you don't need in a poster.

This might be due to a different sort of poster. I wouldn't recommend LyX
for an advertisement poster, but have successfully used it for a poster
presentation at a scientific conference -- there you have far more formal
restrictions and a choice of document classes that produce decent results.

Beeing able to re-use parts of the article in the conference proceedings
is a real plus.

I used a homegrown a0poster-kh.layout together with a custom package
a0poster-kh.sty based on the a0poster.cls extension a0poster-kh.tex by
Karsten Held
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo3/Comp/hp750c/computing_hp750c_A0.de.shtml

Nowadays (with 1.6.x) I'd write the layout using insets instead of styles
for the boxes.


Günter

Re: Posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Thursday 18 June 2009, Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
 Dear All,

 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around
 some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all
 first before giving up on using it to make one.

Daniel,

I assume you're talking about a poster paper.  The answer is Yes, LyX can 
be used for posters: I've done it.

I don't recommend it.  I've also tried OpenOffice, and I certainly don't 
recommend that, either.

What worked best for me is Scribus.

I've also found that it is best to work with a smaller format than the final 
poster.  My last poster paper required panels 60 inches by 35 inches; I 
prepared them as 20 inches by 11.67 inches, and scaled them to 300% when 
sending them to the plotter.  If you work on them full size, you tend to 
stuff in too much detail.
-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: Posters in LyX

[Guenter Milde]

On 2009-06-19, Steve Litt wrote:
 On Thursday 18 June 2009 08:58:38 pm Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
 Dear All,

 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. 

It can. 

 Personally, posters are the last thing I'd use LyX for. I'd use Inkscape or 
 Gimp. The prime benefit of LyX and LaTeX is consistency throughout the 
 document -- just what you don't need in a poster.

This might be due to a different sort of poster. I wouldn't recommend LyX
for an advertisement poster, but have successfully used it for a poster
presentation at a scientific conference -- there you have far more formal
restrictions and a choice of document classes that produce decent results.

Beeing able to re-use parts of the article in the conference proceedings
is a real plus.

I used a homegrown a0poster-kh.layout together with a custom package
a0poster-kh.sty based on the a0poster.cls extension a0poster-kh.tex by
Karsten Held
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo3/Comp/hp750c/computing_hp750c_A0.de.shtml

Nowadays (with 1.6.x) I'd write the layout using insets instead of styles
for the boxes.


Günter

Re: Posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Thursday 18 June 2009, Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
 Dear All,

 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around
 some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all
 first before giving up on using it to make one.

Daniel,

I assume you're talking about a poster paper.  The answer is Yes, LyX can 
be used for posters: I've done it.

I don't recommend it.  I've also tried OpenOffice, and I certainly don't 
recommend that, either.

What worked best for me is Scribus.

I've also found that it is best to work with a smaller format than the final 
poster.  My last poster paper required panels 60 inches by 35 inches; I 
prepared them as 20 inches by 11.67 inches, and scaled them to 300% when 
sending them to the plotter.  If you work on them full size, you tend to 
stuff in too much detail.
-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: Posters in LyX

[Guenter Milde]

On 2009-06-19, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Thursday 18 June 2009 08:58:38 pm Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
>> Dear All,

>> I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. 

It can. 

> Personally, posters are the last thing I'd use LyX for. I'd use Inkscape or 
> Gimp. The prime benefit of LyX and LaTeX is consistency throughout the 
> document -- just what you don't need in a poster.

This might be due to a different sort of poster. I wouldn't recommend LyX
for an advertisement poster, but have successfully used it for a poster
presentation at a scientific conference -- there you have far more formal
restrictions and a choice of document classes that produce decent results.

Beeing able to re-use parts of the article in the conference proceedings
is a real plus.

I used a homegrown a0poster-kh.layout together with a custom package
a0poster-kh.sty based on the a0poster.cls extension a0poster-kh.tex by
Karsten Held
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo3/Comp/hp750c/computing_hp750c_A0.de.shtml

Nowadays (with 1.6.x) I'd write the layout using insets instead of styles
for the boxes.


Günter

Re: Posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Thursday 18 June 2009, Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around
> some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all
> first before giving up on using it to make one.
>
Daniel,

I assume you're talking about a "poster paper".  The answer is "Yes, LyX can 
be used for posters: I've done it."

I don't recommend it.  I've also tried OpenOffice, and I certainly don't 
recommend that, either.

What worked best for me is Scribus.

I've also found that it is best to work with a smaller format than the final 
poster.  My last poster paper required panels 60 inches by 35 inches; I 
prepared them as 20 inches by 11.67 inches, and scaled them to 300% when 
sending them to the plotter.  If you work on them full size, you tend to 
stuff in too much detail.
-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Posters in LyX

[Daniel Joshua Stark]

Dear All,

I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around  
some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all  
first before giving up on using it to make one.


Thanks!

Daniel Stark
Graduate Student
Rice University, MS-61
Physics and Astronomy
Dell Butcher Hall 100
1900 Rice Blvd., Ent. 20
Houston TX 77005
USA

Ph: +1-713-348-3126
Fx:  +1-713-348-2603

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself -  
nature does it for you. - Frank Wilczek
I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never  
grow up and they keep their curiosity. - Isidor Isaac Rabi

Re: Posters in LyX

[Phil]

 
 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  r 

Yes.   I have used it for posters. 

Try to search the mail list for sciposter or a0poster... you should find some 
info to help.  






   

Re: Posters in LyX

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 18 June 2009 08:58:38 pm Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
 Dear All,

 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around
 some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all
 first before giving up on using it to make one.

Personally, posters are the last thing I'd use LyX for. I'd use Inkscape or 
Gimp. The prime benefit of LyX and LaTeX is consistency throughout the 
document -- just what you don't need in a poster. I personally think that 
even if you succeed in making a poster with LyX, you'll be fighting LyX all 
the way.

I like LyX. For the jobs it's intended to do. I like drills too, but I 
wouldn't use a drill to cut a PVC pipe -- I'd use a PVC pipe cutter. To me, 
making a poster in LyX is like cutting a PVC pipe with a drill.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Posters in LyX

[Daniel Joshua Stark]

Dear All,

I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around  
some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all  
first before giving up on using it to make one.


Thanks!

Daniel Stark
Graduate Student
Rice University, MS-61
Physics and Astronomy
Dell Butcher Hall 100
1900 Rice Blvd., Ent. 20
Houston TX 77005
USA

Ph: +1-713-348-3126
Fx:  +1-713-348-2603

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself -  
nature does it for you. - Frank Wilczek
I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never  
grow up and they keep their curiosity. - Isidor Isaac Rabi

Re: Posters in LyX

[Phil]

 
 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  r 

Yes.   I have used it for posters. 

Try to search the mail list for sciposter or a0poster... you should find some 
info to help.  






   

Re: Posters in LyX

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 18 June 2009 08:58:38 pm Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
 Dear All,

 I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around
 some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all
 first before giving up on using it to make one.

Personally, posters are the last thing I'd use LyX for. I'd use Inkscape or 
Gimp. The prime benefit of LyX and LaTeX is consistency throughout the 
document -- just what you don't need in a poster. I personally think that 
even if you succeed in making a poster with LyX, you'll be fighting LyX all 
the way.

I like LyX. For the jobs it's intended to do. I like drills too, but I 
wouldn't use a drill to cut a PVC pipe -- I'd use a PVC pipe cutter. To me, 
making a poster in LyX is like cutting a PVC pipe with a drill.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Posters in LyX

[Daniel Joshua Stark]

Dear All,

I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around  
some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all  
first before giving up on using it to make one.


Thanks!

Daniel Stark
Graduate Student
Rice University, MS-61
Physics and Astronomy
Dell Butcher Hall 100
1900 Rice Blvd., Ent. 20
Houston TX 77005
USA

Ph: +1-713-348-3126
Fx:  +1-713-348-2603

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself -  
nature does it for you. - Frank Wilczek
I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never  
grow up and they keep their curiosity. - Isidor Isaac Rabi

Re: Posters in LyX

[Phil]

 
> I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  r 

Yes.   I have used it for posters. 

Try to search the mail list for sciposter or a0poster... you should find some 
info to help.  






   

Re: Posters in LyX

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 18 June 2009 08:58:38 pm Daniel Joshua Stark wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  I've looked around
> some, and I don't believe it can.  However, I wanted to ask you all
> first before giving up on using it to make one.

Personally, posters are the last thing I'd use LyX for. I'd use Inkscape or 
Gimp. The prime benefit of LyX and LaTeX is consistency throughout the 
document -- just what you don't need in a poster. I personally think that 
even if you succeed in making a poster with LyX, you'll be fighting LyX all 
the way.

I like LyX. For the jobs it's intended to do. I like drills too, but I 
wouldn't use a drill to cut a PVC pipe -- I'd use a PVC pipe cutter. To me, 
making a poster in LyX is like cutting a PVC pipe with a drill.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

sciposter latex for A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I struggled with the a0poster latex packages and the .layout files that people 
so kindly posted here, but I found them very hard to work with.

I looked for other options and found the sciposter package, together with 
sectionbox,  multicol and wallpaper latex packages. I found these much easier 
to work with, to get a decent A0 landscape poster with 5 columns and nice 
boxes of white text and graphics on top of a colourful background. I used the 
a0poster layout to start with, and added various preambles, and I managed to 
get my references typed in a box in APA format too.

Could I recommend that a proper layout be added to lyx for this? My knowledge 
of .layout files is very limited.

Mateo.


On Friday 16 November 2007 12:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
 a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
 create a poster.

 Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should
 I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background
 decorations or watermarks?

 Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a
 tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

 Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could
 share?

 Thanks.

 Mateo.

sciposter latex for A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I struggled with the a0poster latex packages and the .layout files that people 
so kindly posted here, but I found them very hard to work with.

I looked for other options and found the sciposter package, together with 
sectionbox,  multicol and wallpaper latex packages. I found these much easier 
to work with, to get a decent A0 landscape poster with 5 columns and nice 
boxes of white text and graphics on top of a colourful background. I used the 
a0poster layout to start with, and added various preambles, and I managed to 
get my references typed in a box in APA format too.

Could I recommend that a proper layout be added to lyx for this? My knowledge 
of .layout files is very limited.

Mateo.


On Friday 16 November 2007 12:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
 a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
 create a poster.

 Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should
 I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background
 decorations or watermarks?

 Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a
 tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

 Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could
 share?

 Thanks.

 Mateo.

sciposter latex for A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I struggled with the a0poster latex packages and the .layout files that people 
so kindly posted here, but I found them very hard to work with.

I looked for other options and found the sciposter package, together with 
sectionbox,  multicol and wallpaper latex packages. I found these much easier 
to work with, to get a decent A0 landscape poster with 5 columns and nice 
boxes of white text and graphics on top of a colourful background. I used the 
a0poster layout to start with, and added various preambles, and I managed to 
get my references typed in a box in APA format too.

Could I recommend that a proper layout be added to lyx for this? My knowledge 
of .layout files is very limited.

Mateo.


On Friday 16 November 2007 12:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
> a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
> create a poster.
>
> Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should
> I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background
> decorations or watermarks?
>
> Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a
> tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
>
> Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could
> share?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mateo.

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[G. Milde]

On 19.11.07, Robert Orr wrote:
 Thank you... 

 It might not be obvious to everyone.

 I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
 to fix a couple of end of lines, then it worked
 perfectly.


LabelString     Header 
  
  End 
...

Seems like these long lines got wrapped by your mail program.

I learned, why my example does not work any more:

To use the new environments, you need to put the files
``a0poster-kh.tex`` und ``rgbtxt.tex`` from
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo3/Comp/hp750c/computing_hp750c_A0.de.shtml
in a place where latex will find them and include the line:: 

  \input{a0poster-kh} 
  
in the Document (as ERT).


Guenter

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Robert Orr]

 


  

Be a better sports nut!  Let your teams follow you 
with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.  
http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
# Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
#
# Author : Guenter Milde
#
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc

# There are no chapters in a poster.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
# Nor are there parts
NoStyle Part
NoStyle Part*

MaxCounter  Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3

# Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
Style Header
  LatexType Environment
  KeepEmpty 1
  NextNoIndent  1
  LabelType Top_Environment
  LabelFont 
# FamilySans
Color   latex
Sizesmall
  EndFont
  LatexName header
  LabelString     Header  

End

# Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
Style PosterBox
  CopyStyle Header
  LatexName pbox
  LabelString   _  Box  
_
End


# Environment Separator
Style Separator
  CopyStyle Header
  Marginfirst_dynamic
  LabelType static
  LatexType Paragraph
  LabelString   _  end  
_
End

# !!!Attention: Must be closed with EndEnvironment!!!
# Begin an environment
Style BeginEnvironment
  LatexType Command
  LatexName begin
  NextNoIndent  1
  PassThru  1
  MarginFirst_Dynamic
  LabelType Static
  LabelString   begin: 
  Font 
# FamilySans
Sizesmall
Color   latex
  EndFont
End

# !!! Attention: Use only for environments started with BeginEnvironment!!!
# End an environment
Style EndEnvironment
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end
  LabelString   end: 
End

Style NewColumn
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}
  LabelString   new column
End

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[G. Milde]

On 19.11.07, Robert Orr wrote:
 Thank you... 

 It might not be obvious to everyone.

 I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
 to fix a couple of end of lines, then it worked
 perfectly.


LabelString     Header 
  
  End 
...

Seems like these long lines got wrapped by your mail program.

I learned, why my example does not work any more:

To use the new environments, you need to put the files
``a0poster-kh.tex`` und ``rgbtxt.tex`` from
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo3/Comp/hp750c/computing_hp750c_A0.de.shtml
in a place where latex will find them and include the line:: 

  \input{a0poster-kh} 
  
in the Document (as ERT).


Guenter

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Robert Orr]

 


  

Be a better sports nut!  Let your teams follow you 
with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.  
http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
# Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
#
# Author : Guenter Milde
#
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc

# There are no chapters in a poster.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
# Nor are there parts
NoStyle Part
NoStyle Part*

MaxCounter  Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3

# Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
Style Header
  LatexType Environment
  KeepEmpty 1
  NextNoIndent  1
  LabelType Top_Environment
  LabelFont 
# FamilySans
Color   latex
Sizesmall
  EndFont
  LatexName header
  LabelString     Header  

End

# Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
Style PosterBox
  CopyStyle Header
  LatexName pbox
  LabelString   _  Box  
_
End


# Environment Separator
Style Separator
  CopyStyle Header
  Marginfirst_dynamic
  LabelType static
  LatexType Paragraph
  LabelString   _  end  
_
End

# !!!Attention: Must be closed with EndEnvironment!!!
# Begin an environment
Style BeginEnvironment
  LatexType Command
  LatexName begin
  NextNoIndent  1
  PassThru  1
  MarginFirst_Dynamic
  LabelType Static
  LabelString   begin: 
  Font 
# FamilySans
Sizesmall
Color   latex
  EndFont
End

# !!! Attention: Use only for environments started with BeginEnvironment!!!
# End an environment
Style EndEnvironment
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end
  LabelString   end: 
End

Style NewColumn
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}
  LabelString   new column
End

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[G. Milde]

On 19.11.07, Robert Orr wrote:
> Thank you... 

> It might not be obvious to everyone.

> I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
> to fix a couple of "end of lines", then it worked
> perfectly.


> >   LabelString   "  Header 
> > "
> > End 
...

Seems like these long lines got wrapped by your mail program.

I learned, why my example does not work any more:

To use the new environments, you need to put the files
``a0poster-kh.tex`` und ``rgbtxt.tex`` from
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo3/Comp/hp750c/computing_hp750c_A0.de.shtml
in a place where latex will find them and include the line:: 

  \input{a0poster-kh} 
  
in the Document (as ERT).


Guenter

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Robert Orr]

 


  

Be a better sports nut!  Let your teams follow you 
with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.  
http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
# Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
#
# Author : Guenter Milde
#
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc

# There are no chapters in a poster.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
# Nor are there parts
NoStyle Part
NoStyle Part*

MaxCounter  Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3

# Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
Style Header
  LatexType Environment
  KeepEmpty 1
  NextNoIndent  1
  LabelType Top_Environment
  LabelFont 
# FamilySans
Color   latex
Sizesmall
  EndFont
  LatexName header
  LabelString   "  Header  
"
End

# Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
Style PosterBox
  CopyStyle Header
  LatexName pbox
  LabelString   "_  Box  
_"
End


# Environment Separator
Style Separator
  CopyStyle Header
  Marginfirst_dynamic
  LabelType static
  LatexType Paragraph
  LabelString   "_  end  
_"
End

# !!!Attention: Must be closed with EndEnvironment!!!
# Begin an environment
Style BeginEnvironment
  LatexType Command
  LatexName begin
  NextNoIndent  1
  PassThru  1
  MarginFirst_Dynamic
  LabelType Static
  LabelString   "begin: "
  Font 
# FamilySans
Sizesmall
Color   latex
  EndFont
End

# !!! Attention: Use only for environments started with BeginEnvironment!!!
# End an environment
Style EndEnvironment
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end
  LabelString   "end: "
End

Style NewColumn
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName "end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}"
  LabelString   "new column"
End

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[G. Milde]

On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've found several references through Google search on how to create an 
 a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to 
 create a poster.

 Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I 
 use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background decorations 
 or watermarks?

 Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a 
 tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

 Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could 
 share?

I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive, documented in 
a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether with a home-made LyX style
(a0poster.layout, see attachment).

I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without LyX) on the net and
adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not longer work, however since
I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages are no longer there or
changed a bit.)


Guenter
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
# Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
#
# Author : Guenter Milde
#
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc

# There are no chapters in a poster.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
# Nor are there parts
NoStyle Part
NoStyle Part*

MaxCounter  Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3

# Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
Style Header
  LatexType Environment
  KeepEmpty 1
  NextNoIndent  1
  LabelType Top_Environment
  LabelFont 
# FamilySans
Color   latex
Sizesmall
  EndFont
  LatexName header
  LabelString     Header  

End

# Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
Style PosterBox
  CopyStyle Header
  LatexName pbox
  LabelString   _  Box  
_
End


# Environment Separator
Style Separator
  CopyStyle Header
  Marginfirst_dynamic
  LabelType static
  LatexType Paragraph
  LabelString   _  end  
_
End

# !!!Attention: Must be closed with EndEnvironment!!!
# Begin an environment
Style BeginEnvironment
  LatexType Command
  LatexName begin
  NextNoIndent  1
  PassThru  1
  MarginFirst_Dynamic
  LabelType Static
  LabelString   begin: 
  Font 
# FamilySans
Sizesmall
Color   latex
  EndFont
End

# !!! Attention: Use only for environments started with BeginEnvironment!!!
# End an environment
Style EndEnvironment
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end
  LabelString   end: 
End

Style NewColumn
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}
  LabelString   new column
End

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Monday 19 November 2007 08:21, G. Milde wrote:
 On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
  a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
  create a poster.
 
  Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or,
  should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about
  background decorations or watermarks?
 
  Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use
  a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
 
  Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they
  could share?

 I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive, documented in
 a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether with a home-made LyX
 style (a0poster.layout, see attachment).

Thanks, this is what I am looking for. I'll try it out.


 I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without LyX) on the net and
 adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not longer work, however
 since I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages are no longer
 there or changed a bit.)


 Guenter

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Robert Orr]

Thank you... 

It might not be obvious to everyone.

I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
to fix a couple of end of lines, then it worked
perfectly.


   LabelString   Header 
 
 End 
   LabelString _  Box 
 _ 
  
   LabelString   _  end 
 _ 
 
 # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
 with BeginEnvironment!!!
 


--- G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I've found several references through Google
 search on how to create an 
  a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on
 what LyX tools to use to 
  create a poster.
 
  Should I use minipages and fixed floats for
 graphics and tables, or, should I 
  use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What
 about background decorations 
  or watermarks?
 
  Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA
 article layout and use a 
  tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
 
  Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced
 with LyX that they could 
  share?
 
 I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive,
 documented in 
 a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether
 with a home-made LyX style
 (a0poster.layout, see attachment).
 
 I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without
 LyX) on the net and
 adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not
 longer work, however since
 I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages
 are no longer there or
 changed a bit.)
 
 
 Guenter
  #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends
 on this
 #  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
 # Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
 #
 # Author : Guenter Milde
 #
 # Input general definitions
 Input stdclass.inc
 
 # There are no chapters in a poster.
 NoStyle Chapter
 NoStyle Chapter*
 # Nor are there parts
 NoStyle Part
 NoStyle Part*
 
 MaxCounterCounter_Section
 SecNumDepth   3
 TocDepth  3
 
 # Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
 Style Header
   LatexType   Environment
   KeepEmpty 1
   NextNoIndent1
   LabelType   Top_Environment
   LabelFont 
 # Family  Sans
 Color   latex
 Size  small
   EndFont
   LatexName   header
   LabelString   Header 
 
 End
 
 # Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
 Style PosterBox
   CopyStyle Header
   LatexName   pbox
   LabelString _  Box 
 _
 End
 
 
 # Environment Separator
 Style Separator
   CopyStyle Header
   Margin  first_dynamic
   LabelType   static
   LatexType   Paragraph
   LabelString   _  end 
 _
 End
 
 # !!!Attention: Must be closed with
 EndEnvironment!!!
 # Begin an environment
 Style BeginEnvironment
   LatexType   Command
   LatexName   begin
   NextNoIndent1
   PassThru1
   Margin  First_Dynamic
   LabelType   Static
   LabelString begin: 
   Font 
 # Family  Sans
 Size  small
 Color   latex
   EndFont
 End
 
 # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
 with BeginEnvironment!!!
 # End an environment
 Style EndEnvironment
   CopyStyle   BeginEnvironment
   LatexName   end
   LabelString end: 
 End
 
 Style NewColumn
   CopyStyle   BeginEnvironment
   LatexName   end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}
   LabelString new column
 End
 



  

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Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Monday 19 November 2007 23:22, Robert Orr wrote:
 Thank you...

 It might not be obvious to everyone.

I missed something. I have been trying to use the a0poster.layout and cannot 
get anything to work. What do you fix? Could you attach your working 
a0poster.layout?


 I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
 to fix a couple of end of lines, then it worked
 perfectly.

LabelString     Header
  
  End
LabelString   _  Box
  _
 
LabelString   _  end
  _
 
  # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
  with BeginEnvironment!!!

 --- G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   I've found several references through Google
 
  search on how to create an
 
   a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on
 
  what LyX tools to use to
 
   create a poster.
  
   Should I use minipages and fixed floats for
 
  graphics and tables, or, should I
 
   use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What
 
  about background decorations
 
   or watermarks?
  
   Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA
 
  article layout and use a
 
   tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
  
   Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced
 
  with LyX that they could
 
   share?
 
  I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive,
  documented in
  a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether
  with a home-made LyX style
  (a0poster.layout, see attachment).
 
  I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without
  LyX) on the net and
  adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not
  longer work, however since
  I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages
  are no longer there or
  changed a bit.)
 
 
  Guenter
 
   #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends
 
  on this
  #  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
  # Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
  #
  # Author : Guenter Milde
  #
  # Input general definitions
  Input stdclass.inc
 
  # There are no chapters in a poster.
  NoStyle Chapter
  NoStyle Chapter*
  # Nor are there parts
  NoStyle Part
  NoStyle Part*
 
  MaxCounter  Counter_Section
  SecNumDepth 3
  TocDepth3
 
  # Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
  Style Header
LatexType Environment
KeepEmpty 1
NextNoIndent  1
LabelType Top_Environment
LabelFont
  # FamilySans
  Color   latex
  Sizesmall
EndFont
LatexName header
LabelString     Header
  
  End
 
  # Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
  Style PosterBox
CopyStyle Header
LatexName pbox
LabelString   _  Box
  _
  End
 
 
  # Environment Separator
  Style Separator
CopyStyle Header
Marginfirst_dynamic
LabelType static
LatexType Paragraph
LabelString   _  end
  _
  End
 
  # !!!Attention: Must be closed with
  EndEnvironment!!!
  # Begin an environment
  Style BeginEnvironment
LatexType Command
LatexName begin
NextNoIndent  1
PassThru  1
MarginFirst_Dynamic
LabelType Static
LabelString   begin: 
Font
  # FamilySans
  Sizesmall
  Color   latex
EndFont
  End
 
  # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
  with BeginEnvironment!!!
  # End an environment
  Style EndEnvironment
CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
LatexName end
LabelString   end: 
  End
 
  Style NewColumn
CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
LatexName end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}
LabelString   new column
  End

  
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Re: A0 posters in LyX

[G. Milde]

On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've found several references through Google search on how to create an 
 a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to 
 create a poster.

 Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I 
 use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background decorations 
 or watermarks?

 Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a 
 tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

 Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could 
 share?

I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive, documented in 
a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether with a home-made LyX style
(a0poster.layout, see attachment).

I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without LyX) on the net and
adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not longer work, however since
I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages are no longer there or
changed a bit.)


Guenter
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
# Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
#
# Author : Guenter Milde
#
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc

# There are no chapters in a poster.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
# Nor are there parts
NoStyle Part
NoStyle Part*

MaxCounter  Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3

# Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
Style Header
  LatexType Environment
  KeepEmpty 1
  NextNoIndent  1
  LabelType Top_Environment
  LabelFont 
# FamilySans
Color   latex
Sizesmall
  EndFont
  LatexName header
  LabelString     Header  

End

# Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
Style PosterBox
  CopyStyle Header
  LatexName pbox
  LabelString   _  Box  
_
End


# Environment Separator
Style Separator
  CopyStyle Header
  Marginfirst_dynamic
  LabelType static
  LatexType Paragraph
  LabelString   _  end  
_
End

# !!!Attention: Must be closed with EndEnvironment!!!
# Begin an environment
Style BeginEnvironment
  LatexType Command
  LatexName begin
  NextNoIndent  1
  PassThru  1
  MarginFirst_Dynamic
  LabelType Static
  LabelString   begin: 
  Font 
# FamilySans
Sizesmall
Color   latex
  EndFont
End

# !!! Attention: Use only for environments started with BeginEnvironment!!!
# End an environment
Style EndEnvironment
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end
  LabelString   end: 
End

Style NewColumn
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}
  LabelString   new column
End

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Monday 19 November 2007 08:21, G. Milde wrote:
 On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
  a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
  create a poster.
 
  Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or,
  should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about
  background decorations or watermarks?
 
  Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use
  a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
 
  Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they
  could share?

 I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive, documented in
 a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether with a home-made LyX
 style (a0poster.layout, see attachment).

Thanks, this is what I am looking for. I'll try it out.


 I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without LyX) on the net and
 adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not longer work, however
 since I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages are no longer
 there or changed a bit.)


 Guenter

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Robert Orr]

Thank you... 

It might not be obvious to everyone.

I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
to fix a couple of end of lines, then it worked
perfectly.


   LabelString   Header 
 
 End 
   LabelString _  Box 
 _ 
  
   LabelString   _  end 
 _ 
 
 # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
 with BeginEnvironment!!!
 


--- G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I've found several references through Google
 search on how to create an 
  a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on
 what LyX tools to use to 
  create a poster.
 
  Should I use minipages and fixed floats for
 graphics and tables, or, should I 
  use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What
 about background decorations 
  or watermarks?
 
  Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA
 article layout and use a 
  tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
 
  Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced
 with LyX that they could 
  share?
 
 I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive,
 documented in 
 a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether
 with a home-made LyX style
 (a0poster.layout, see attachment).
 
 I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without
 LyX) on the net and
 adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not
 longer work, however since
 I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages
 are no longer there or
 changed a bit.)
 
 
 Guenter
  #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends
 on this
 #  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
 # Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
 #
 # Author : Guenter Milde
 #
 # Input general definitions
 Input stdclass.inc
 
 # There are no chapters in a poster.
 NoStyle Chapter
 NoStyle Chapter*
 # Nor are there parts
 NoStyle Part
 NoStyle Part*
 
 MaxCounterCounter_Section
 SecNumDepth   3
 TocDepth  3
 
 # Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
 Style Header
   LatexType   Environment
   KeepEmpty 1
   NextNoIndent1
   LabelType   Top_Environment
   LabelFont 
 # Family  Sans
 Color   latex
 Size  small
   EndFont
   LatexName   header
   LabelString   Header 
 
 End
 
 # Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
 Style PosterBox
   CopyStyle Header
   LatexName   pbox
   LabelString _  Box 
 _
 End
 
 
 # Environment Separator
 Style Separator
   CopyStyle Header
   Margin  first_dynamic
   LabelType   static
   LatexType   Paragraph
   LabelString   _  end 
 _
 End
 
 # !!!Attention: Must be closed with
 EndEnvironment!!!
 # Begin an environment
 Style BeginEnvironment
   LatexType   Command
   LatexName   begin
   NextNoIndent1
   PassThru1
   Margin  First_Dynamic
   LabelType   Static
   LabelString begin: 
   Font 
 # Family  Sans
 Size  small
 Color   latex
   EndFont
 End
 
 # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
 with BeginEnvironment!!!
 # End an environment
 Style EndEnvironment
   CopyStyle   BeginEnvironment
   LatexName   end
   LabelString end: 
 End
 
 Style NewColumn
   CopyStyle   BeginEnvironment
   LatexName   end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}
   LabelString new column
 End
 



  

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Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Monday 19 November 2007 23:22, Robert Orr wrote:
 Thank you...

 It might not be obvious to everyone.

I missed something. I have been trying to use the a0poster.layout and cannot 
get anything to work. What do you fix? Could you attach your working 
a0poster.layout?


 I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
 to fix a couple of end of lines, then it worked
 perfectly.

LabelString     Header
  
  End
LabelString   _  Box
  _
 
LabelString   _  end
  _
 
  # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
  with BeginEnvironment!!!

 --- G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   I've found several references through Google
 
  search on how to create an
 
   a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on
 
  what LyX tools to use to
 
   create a poster.
  
   Should I use minipages and fixed floats for
 
  graphics and tables, or, should I
 
   use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What
 
  about background decorations
 
   or watermarks?
  
   Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA
 
  article layout and use a
 
   tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
  
   Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced
 
  with LyX that they could
 
   share?
 
  I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive,
  documented in
  a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether
  with a home-made LyX style
  (a0poster.layout, see attachment).
 
  I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without
  LyX) on the net and
  adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not
  longer work, however since
  I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages
  are no longer there or
  changed a bit.)
 
 
  Guenter
 
   #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends
 
  on this
  #  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
  # Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
  #
  # Author : Guenter Milde
  #
  # Input general definitions
  Input stdclass.inc
 
  # There are no chapters in a poster.
  NoStyle Chapter
  NoStyle Chapter*
  # Nor are there parts
  NoStyle Part
  NoStyle Part*
 
  MaxCounter  Counter_Section
  SecNumDepth 3
  TocDepth3
 
  # Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
  Style Header
LatexType Environment
KeepEmpty 1
NextNoIndent  1
LabelType Top_Environment
LabelFont
  # FamilySans
  Color   latex
  Sizesmall
EndFont
LatexName header
LabelString     Header
  
  End
 
  # Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
  Style PosterBox
CopyStyle Header
LatexName pbox
LabelString   _  Box
  _
  End
 
 
  # Environment Separator
  Style Separator
CopyStyle Header
Marginfirst_dynamic
LabelType static
LatexType Paragraph
LabelString   _  end
  _
  End
 
  # !!!Attention: Must be closed with
  EndEnvironment!!!
  # Begin an environment
  Style BeginEnvironment
LatexType Command
LatexName begin
NextNoIndent  1
PassThru  1
MarginFirst_Dynamic
LabelType Static
LabelString   begin: 
Font
  # FamilySans
  Sizesmall
  Color   latex
EndFont
  End
 
  # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
  with BeginEnvironment!!!
  # End an environment
  Style EndEnvironment
CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
LatexName end
LabelString   end: 
  End
 
  Style NewColumn
CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
LatexName end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}
LabelString   new column
  End

  
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Re: A0 posters in LyX

[G. Milde]

On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've found several references through Google search on how to create an 
> a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to 
> create a poster.

> Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I 
> use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background decorations 
> or watermarks?

> Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a 
> tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

> Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could 
> share?

I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive, documented in 
a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether with a home-made LyX style
(a0poster.layout, see attachment).

I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without LyX) on the net and
adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not longer work, however since
I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages are no longer there or
changed a bit.)


Guenter
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
# Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
#
# Author : Guenter Milde
#
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc

# There are no chapters in a poster.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
# Nor are there parts
NoStyle Part
NoStyle Part*

MaxCounter  Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3

# Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
Style Header
  LatexType Environment
  KeepEmpty 1
  NextNoIndent  1
  LabelType Top_Environment
  LabelFont 
# FamilySans
Color   latex
Sizesmall
  EndFont
  LatexName header
  LabelString   "  Header  
"
End

# Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
Style PosterBox
  CopyStyle Header
  LatexName pbox
  LabelString   "_  Box  
_"
End


# Environment Separator
Style Separator
  CopyStyle Header
  Marginfirst_dynamic
  LabelType static
  LatexType Paragraph
  LabelString   "_  end  
_"
End

# !!!Attention: Must be closed with EndEnvironment!!!
# Begin an environment
Style BeginEnvironment
  LatexType Command
  LatexName begin
  NextNoIndent  1
  PassThru  1
  MarginFirst_Dynamic
  LabelType Static
  LabelString   "begin: "
  Font 
# FamilySans
Sizesmall
Color   latex
  EndFont
End

# !!! Attention: Use only for environments started with BeginEnvironment!!!
# End an environment
Style EndEnvironment
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName end
  LabelString   "end: "
End

Style NewColumn
  CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
  LatexName "end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}"
  LabelString   "new column"
End

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Monday 19 November 2007 08:21, G. Milde wrote:
> On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
> > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
> > create a poster.
> >
> > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or,
> > should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about
> > background decorations or watermarks?
> >
> > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use
> > a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
> >
> > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they
> > could share?
>
> I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive, documented in
> a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether with a home-made LyX
> style (a0poster.layout, see attachment).

Thanks, this is what I am looking for. I'll try it out.

>
> I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without LyX) on the net and
> adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not longer work, however
> since I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages are no longer
> there or changed a bit.)
>
>
> Guenter

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Robert Orr]

Thank you... 

It might not be obvious to everyone.

I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
to fix a couple of "end of lines", then it worked
perfectly.


>   LabelString "  Header 
> "
> End 
>   LabelString "_  Box 
> _" 
>  
>   LabelString   "_  end 
> _" 
> 
> # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
> with BeginEnvironment!!!
 


--- "G. Milde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've found several references through Google
> search on how to create an 
> > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on
> what LyX tools to use to 
> > create a poster.
> 
> > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for
> graphics and tables, or, should I 
> > use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What
> about background decorations 
> > or watermarks?
> 
> > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA
> article layout and use a 
> > tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
> 
> > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced
> with LyX that they could 
> > share?
> 
> I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive,
> documented in 
> a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether
> with a home-made LyX style
> (a0poster.layout, see attachment).
> 
> I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without
> LyX) on the net and
> adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not
> longer work, however since
> I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages
> are no longer there or
> changed a bit.)
> 
> 
> Guenter
> > #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends
> on this
> #  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
> # Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
> #
> # Author : Guenter Milde
> #
> # Input general definitions
> Input stdclass.inc
> 
> # There are no chapters in a poster.
> NoStyle Chapter
> NoStyle Chapter*
> # Nor are there parts
> NoStyle Part
> NoStyle Part*
> 
> MaxCounterCounter_Section
> SecNumDepth   3
> TocDepth  3
> 
> # Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
> Style Header
>   LatexType   Environment
>   KeepEmpty 1
>   NextNoIndent1
>   LabelType   Top_Environment
>   LabelFont 
> # Family  Sans
> Color   latex
> Size  small
>   EndFont
>   LatexName   header
>   LabelString "  Header 
> "
> End
> 
> # Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
> Style PosterBox
>   CopyStyle Header
>   LatexName   pbox
>   LabelString "_  Box 
> _"
> End
> 
> 
> # Environment Separator
> Style Separator
>   CopyStyle Header
>   Margin  first_dynamic
>   LabelType   static
>   LatexType   Paragraph
>   LabelString   "_  end 
> _"
> End
> 
> # !!!Attention: Must be closed with
> EndEnvironment!!!
> # Begin an environment
> Style BeginEnvironment
>   LatexType   Command
>   LatexName   begin
>   NextNoIndent1
>   PassThru1
>   Margin  First_Dynamic
>   LabelType   Static
>   LabelString "begin: "
>   Font 
> # Family  Sans
> Size  small
> Color   latex
>   EndFont
> End
> 
> # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
> with BeginEnvironment!!!
> # End an environment
> Style EndEnvironment
>   CopyStyle   BeginEnvironment
>   LatexName   end
>   LabelString "end: "
> End
> 
> Style NewColumn
>   CopyStyle   BeginEnvironment
>   LatexName   "end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}"
>   LabelString "new column"
> End
> 



  

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Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Monday 19 November 2007 23:22, Robert Orr wrote:
> Thank you...
>
> It might not be obvious to everyone.

I missed something. I have been trying to use the a0poster.layout and cannot 
get anything to work. What do you fix? Could you attach your working 
a0poster.layout?

>
> I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
> to fix a couple of "end of lines", then it worked
> perfectly.
>
> >   LabelString   "  Header
> > "
> > End
> >   LabelString   "_  Box
> > _"
> >
> >   LabelString   "_  end
> > _"
> >
> > # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
> > with BeginEnvironment!!!
>
> --- "G. Milde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I've found several references through Google
> >
> > search on how to create an
> >
> > > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on
> >
> > what LyX tools to use to
> >
> > > create a poster.
> > >
> > > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for
> >
> > graphics and tables, or, should I
> >
> > > use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What
> >
> > about background decorations
> >
> > > or watermarks?
> > >
> > > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA
> >
> > article layout and use a
> >
> > > tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
> > >
> > > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced
> >
> > with LyX that they could
> >
> > > share?
> >
> > I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive,
> > documented in
> > a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether
> > with a home-made LyX style
> > (a0poster.layout, see attachment).
> >
> > I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without
> > LyX) on the net and
> > adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not
> > longer work, however since
> > I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages
> > are no longer there or
> > changed a bit.)
> >
> >
> > Guenter
> >
> > > #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends
> >
> > on this
> > #  \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
> > # Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
> > #
> > # Author : Guenter Milde
> > #
> > # Input general definitions
> > Input stdclass.inc
> >
> > # There are no chapters in a poster.
> > NoStyle Chapter
> > NoStyle Chapter*
> > # Nor are there parts
> > NoStyle Part
> > NoStyle Part*
> >
> > MaxCounter  Counter_Section
> > SecNumDepth 3
> > TocDepth3
> >
> > # Header  (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
> > Style Header
> >   LatexType Environment
> >   KeepEmpty 1
> >   NextNoIndent  1
> >   LabelType Top_Environment
> >   LabelFont
> > # FamilySans
> > Color   latex
> > Sizesmall
> >   EndFont
> >   LatexName header
> >   LabelString   "  Header
> > "
> > End
> >
> > # Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
> > Style PosterBox
> >   CopyStyle Header
> >   LatexName pbox
> >   LabelString   "_  Box
> > _"
> > End
> >
> >
> > # Environment Separator
> > Style Separator
> >   CopyStyle Header
> >   Marginfirst_dynamic
> >   LabelType static
> >   LatexType Paragraph
> >   LabelString   "_  end
> > _"
> > End
> >
> > # !!!Attention: Must be closed with
> > EndEnvironment!!!
> > # Begin an environment
> > Style BeginEnvironment
> >   LatexType Command
> >   LatexName begin
> >   NextNoIndent  1
> >   PassThru  1
> >   MarginFirst_Dynamic
> >   LabelType Static
> >   LabelString   "begin: "
> >   Font
> > # FamilySans
> > Sizesmall
> > Color   latex
> >   EndFont
> > End
> >
> > # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
> > with BeginEnvironment!!!
> > # End an environment
> > Style EndEnvironment
> >   CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
> >   LatexName end
> >   LabelString   "end: "
> > End
> >
> > Style NewColumn
> >   CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
> >   LatexName "end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}"
> >   LabelString   "new column"
> > End
>
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A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I've found several references through Google search on how to create an 
a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to 
create a poster.

Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I 
use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background decorations 
or watermarks?

Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a 
tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could 
share?

Thanks.

Mateo.

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the
 beamer/LyX  combination gives you-- together with my references properly
 formatted with bibtex.

 Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I
 see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a
 screen layout.

I haven't used beamer, but I do use powerdot -- a similar class -- on a 
regular basis, and I can see the problem with fonts.  

If you have a relatively large amount of text, and relatively few figures 
(even if they are fairly large) you might get good results with a very 
straightforward approach using article class and the multicol package to put 
perhaps three columns onto a single landscape page. With this method I'd put 
the figures and tables in floats and let LaTeX figure out where to put 
them -- but I'd also expect to waste a lot of time juggling margins, font 
sizes and spacing to fill the page without overflowing it.

-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
 a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
 create a poster.

 Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should
 I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background
 decorations or watermarks?

 Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a
 tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

 Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could
 share?

Mateo,

Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching 
the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus.  But the best 
solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster.  The more 
complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it 
becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX).

No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating the 
poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the plotting 
stage.  That way you don't put things in that are too small to be viewed 
properly on the poster when it is displayed.  My posters are plotted using 
SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster is sent 
to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it.  Many other 
printer and plotter drivers can do the same.

If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout -- but 
even with them, it's hard to get things looking right.
-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Friday 16 November 2007 14:10, Les Denham wrote:
 On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
  a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
  create a poster.
 
  Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or,
  should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about
  background decorations or watermarks?
 
  Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use
  a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
 
  Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they
  could share?

 Mateo,

 Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching
 the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus.  But the best
 solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster.  The more
 complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it
 becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX).

I have created my graphics with Inkscape. By what I see, it might make sense 
to continue using Inkscape for the full poster.

I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the 
beamer/LyX  combination gives you-- together with my references properly 
formatted with bibtex.

Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I 
see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a 
screen layout.


 No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating
 the poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the
 plotting stage.  That way you don't put things in that are too small to be
 viewed properly on the poster when it is displayed.  My posters are plotted
 using SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster
 is sent to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it.  Many
 other printer and plotter drivers can do the same.

 If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout --
 but even with them, it's hard to get things looking right.

A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I've found several references through Google search on how to create an 
a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to 
create a poster.

Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I 
use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background decorations 
or watermarks?

Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a 
tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could 
share?

Thanks.

Mateo.

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the
 beamer/LyX  combination gives you-- together with my references properly
 formatted with bibtex.

 Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I
 see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a
 screen layout.

I haven't used beamer, but I do use powerdot -- a similar class -- on a 
regular basis, and I can see the problem with fonts.  

If you have a relatively large amount of text, and relatively few figures 
(even if they are fairly large) you might get good results with a very 
straightforward approach using article class and the multicol package to put 
perhaps three columns onto a single landscape page. With this method I'd put 
the figures and tables in floats and let LaTeX figure out where to put 
them -- but I'd also expect to waste a lot of time juggling margins, font 
sizes and spacing to fill the page without overflowing it.

-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
 a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
 create a poster.

 Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should
 I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background
 decorations or watermarks?

 Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a
 tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

 Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could
 share?

Mateo,

Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching 
the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus.  But the best 
solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster.  The more 
complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it 
becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX).

No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating the 
poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the plotting 
stage.  That way you don't put things in that are too small to be viewed 
properly on the poster when it is displayed.  My posters are plotted using 
SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster is sent 
to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it.  Many other 
printer and plotter drivers can do the same.

If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout -- but 
even with them, it's hard to get things looking right.
-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Friday 16 November 2007 14:10, Les Denham wrote:
 On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
  a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
  create a poster.
 
  Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or,
  should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about
  background decorations or watermarks?
 
  Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use
  a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
 
  Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they
  could share?

 Mateo,

 Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching
 the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus.  But the best
 solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster.  The more
 complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it
 becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX).

I have created my graphics with Inkscape. By what I see, it might make sense 
to continue using Inkscape for the full poster.

I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the 
beamer/LyX  combination gives you-- together with my references properly 
formatted with bibtex.

Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I 
see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a 
screen layout.


 No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating
 the poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the
 plotting stage.  That way you don't put things in that are too small to be
 viewed properly on the poster when it is displayed.  My posters are plotted
 using SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster
 is sent to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it.  Many
 other printer and plotter drivers can do the same.

 If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout --
 but even with them, it's hard to get things looking right.

A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

I've found several references through Google search on how to create an 
a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to 
create a poster.

Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I 
use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background decorations 
or watermarks?

Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a 
tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?

Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could 
share?

Thanks.

Mateo.

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the
> beamer/LyX  combination gives you-- together with my references properly
> formatted with bibtex.
>
> Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I
> see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a
> screen layout.

I haven't used beamer, but I do use powerdot -- a similar class -- on a 
regular basis, and I can see the problem with fonts.  

If you have a relatively large amount of text, and relatively few figures 
(even if they are fairly large) you might get good results with a very 
straightforward approach using article class and the multicol package to put 
perhaps three columns onto a single landscape page. With this method I'd put 
the figures and tables in floats and let LaTeX figure out where to put 
them -- but I'd also expect to waste a lot of time juggling margins, font 
sizes and spacing to fill the page without overflowing it.

-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[Les Denham]

On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
> a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
> create a poster.
>
> Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should
> I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background
> decorations or watermarks?
>
> Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a
> tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
>
> Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could
> share?

Mateo,

Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching 
the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus.  But the best 
solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster.  The more 
complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it 
becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX).

No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating the 
poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the plotting 
stage.  That way you don't put things in that are too small to be viewed 
properly on the poster when it is displayed.  My posters are plotted using 
SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster is sent 
to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it.  Many other 
printer and plotter drivers can do the same.

If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout -- but 
even with them, it's hard to get things looking right.
-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: A0 posters in LyX

[obregonmateo]

On Friday 16 November 2007 14:10, Les Denham wrote:
> On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
> > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
> > create a poster.
> >
> > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or,
> > should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about
> > background decorations or watermarks?
> >
> > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use
> > a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
> >
> > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they
> > could share?
>
> Mateo,
>
> Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching
> the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus.  But the best
> solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster.  The more
> complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it
> becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX).

I have created my graphics with Inkscape. By what I see, it might make sense 
to continue using Inkscape for the full poster.

I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the 
beamer/LyX  combination gives you-- together with my references properly 
formatted with bibtex.

Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I 
see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a 
screen layout.

>
> No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating
> the poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the
> plotting stage.  That way you don't put things in that are too small to be
> viewed properly on the poster when it is displayed.  My posters are plotted
> using SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster
> is sent to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it.  Many
> other printer and plotter drivers can do the same.
>
> If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout --
> but even with them, it's hard to get things looking right.

Re: Posters in Lyx?

[Guenter Milde]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:18:28 +0100 José_Luis_Gómez_Dans 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


   Enough ranting. I have to do a poster, and I want to include a
 couple of papers I have written in lyx in the past, so as to avoid
 re-doing the whole thing again. I have found a latex poster package with
 a poster example on the web. This looks _very sexy_, and I thought I
 might want to use the example document, import it into lyx (it's a tex
 file), and then copy  paste my own stuff. I have tried to
 relyx it, but lyx
   ...
   Cannot find layout file aastexposter.layout in dir(s) /home/jgomez/.lyx/layouts 
/usr/X11R6/share/lyx/layouts at /usr/X11R6/share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267, 
PREAMBLE chunk 71.
   Exited due to fatal Error!
 which is logical, as there's no lyx class supporting posters (am I
 right? Please say no! :D). 

Unfortunately yes.

   Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
 package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
 stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
   http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html

I just had a look at the package -- looks great.
However, it is quite complex (using the picture environment, ...)
so I suppose incorporating  into lyx would be a _huge_
effort (if possible at all, remember, even a "plain"
twocollumn will only show up in the output but not in lyx.)

Therefore, if you are familiar with latex, I would recommend to
export your files as latex and incorporate into the example
with a "normal" text editor. 

(Although I know from my own experience that for
designing a poster a WYSIWYG (or WYSIWYM) editor would be a
great help. Thus I would be very pleased if someone of the lyx-gurus on
the list could prove me false.)

Mfg

Guenter
 
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Posters in Lyx?

[Bruce Veidt]

Guenter Milde wrote:
 
 On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:18:28 +0100 José_Luis_Gómez_Dans 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
  package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
  stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html
 
 I just had a look at the package -- looks great.
 However, it is quite complex (using the picture environment, ...)
 so I suppose incorporating  into lyx would be a _huge_
 effort (if possible at all, remember, even a "plain"
 twocollumn will only show up in the output but not in lyx.)

There is another poster package described at
  http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/~robert/posters.html.
I have used it with lyx, but it does require a bit of
ERT (the title, authors, number of columns).  There is also
ERT (\vspace) to tweak the position of parts of the
poster.  This package does not look too complicated and
it should be possible to make a lyx document layout 
based on it.  For now, I use a layout file that is
identical to article.layout except for the second
which is changed to:

#  \DeclareLaTeXClass{Poster (A0)} 



Bruce
-- 
Bruce Veidt 
National Research Council   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 248 (250)493-2277
Penticton, BC  V2A 6K3  fax: 493-7767
Canada

Re: Posters in Lyx?

[Guenter Milde]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:18:28 +0100 José_Luis_Gómez_Dans 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


   Enough ranting. I have to do a poster, and I want to include a
 couple of papers I have written in lyx in the past, so as to avoid
 re-doing the whole thing again. I have found a latex poster package with
 a poster example on the web. This looks _very sexy_, and I thought I
 might want to use the example document, import it into lyx (it's a tex
 file), and then copy  paste my own stuff. I have tried to
 relyx it, but lyx
   ...
   Cannot find layout file aastexposter.layout in dir(s) /home/jgomez/.lyx/layouts 
/usr/X11R6/share/lyx/layouts at /usr/X11R6/share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267, 
PREAMBLE chunk 71.
   Exited due to fatal Error!
 which is logical, as there's no lyx class supporting posters (am I
 right? Please say no! :D). 

Unfortunately yes.

   Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
 package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
 stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
   http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html

I just had a look at the package -- looks great.
However, it is quite complex (using the picture environment, ...)
so I suppose incorporating  into lyx would be a _huge_
effort (if possible at all, remember, even a "plain"
twocollumn will only show up in the output but not in lyx.)

Therefore, if you are familiar with latex, I would recommend to
export your files as latex and incorporate into the example
with a "normal" text editor. 

(Although I know from my own experience that for
designing a poster a WYSIWYG (or WYSIWYM) editor would be a
great help. Thus I would be very pleased if someone of the lyx-gurus on
the list could prove me false.)

Mfg

Guenter
 
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Posters in Lyx?

[Bruce Veidt]

Guenter Milde wrote:
 
 On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:18:28 +0100 José_Luis_Gómez_Dans 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
  package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
  stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html
 
 I just had a look at the package -- looks great.
 However, it is quite complex (using the picture environment, ...)
 so I suppose incorporating  into lyx would be a _huge_
 effort (if possible at all, remember, even a "plain"
 twocollumn will only show up in the output but not in lyx.)

There is another poster package described at
  http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/~robert/posters.html.
I have used it with lyx, but it does require a bit of
ERT (the title, authors, number of columns).  There is also
ERT (\vspace) to tweak the position of parts of the
poster.  This package does not look too complicated and
it should be possible to make a lyx document layout 
based on it.  For now, I use a layout file that is
identical to article.layout except for the second
which is changed to:

#  \DeclareLaTeXClass{Poster (A0)} 



Bruce
-- 
Bruce Veidt 
National Research Council   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 248 (250)493-2277
Penticton, BC  V2A 6K3  fax: 493-7767
Canada

Re: Posters in Lyx?

[Guenter Milde]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:18:28 +0100 José_Luis_Gómez_Dans 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


>   Enough ranting. I have to do a poster, and I want to include a
> couple of papers I have written in lyx in the past, so as to avoid
> re-doing the whole thing again. I have found a latex poster package with
> a poster example on the web. This looks _very sexy_, and I thought I
> might want to use the example document, import it into lyx (it's a tex
> file), and then copy & paste my own stuff. I have tried to
> relyx it, but lyx
   ...
>   Cannot find layout file aastexposter.layout in dir(s) /home/jgomez/.lyx/layouts 
>/usr/X11R6/share/lyx/layouts at /usr/X11R6/share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267, 
> chunk 71.
>   Exited due to fatal Error!
> which is logical, as there's no lyx class supporting posters (am I
> right? Please say no! :D). 

Unfortunately yes.

>   Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
> package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
> stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
>   <http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html>

I just had a look at the package -- looks great.
However, it is quite complex (using the picture environment, ...)
so I suppose incorporating  into lyx would be a _huge_
effort (if possible at all, remember, even a "plain"
twocollumn will only show up in the output but not in lyx.)

Therefore, if you are familiar with latex, I would recommend to
export your files as latex and incorporate into the example
with a "normal" text editor. 

(Although I know from my own experience that for
designing a poster a WYSIWYG (or WYSIWYM) editor would be a
great help. Thus I would be very pleased if someone of the lyx-gurus on
the list could prove me false.)

Mfg

Guenter
 
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Posters in Lyx?

[Bruce Veidt]

Guenter Milde wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:18:28 +0100 José_Luis_Gómez_Dans 
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >   Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
> > package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
> > stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
> >   <http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html>
> 
> I just had a look at the package -- looks great.
> However, it is quite complex (using the picture environment, ...)
> so I suppose incorporating  into lyx would be a _huge_
> effort (if possible at all, remember, even a "plain"
> twocollumn will only show up in the output but not in lyx.)

There is another poster package described at
  <http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/~robert/posters.html>.
I have used it with lyx, but it does require a bit of
ERT (the title, authors, number of columns).  There is also
ERT (\vspace) to tweak the position of parts of the
poster.  This package does not look too complicated and
it should be possible to make a lyx document layout 
based on it.  For now, I use a layout file that is
identical to article.layout except for the second
which is changed to:

#  \DeclareLaTeXClass{Poster (A0)} 



Bruce
-- 
Bruce Veidt 
National Research Council   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Box 248 (250)493-2277
Penticton, BC  V2A 6K3  fax: 493-7767
Canada

Posters in Lyx?

[José Luis Gómez Dans]

Hi!
First of all, my apologies if this e-mail starts running amok
around the lists server as I have had some problems subscribing. I would
appreciate any replies to be CCd to me in case the subscription was not
succesful.

Enough ranting. I have to do a poster, and I want to include a
couple of papers I have written in lyx in the past, so as to avoid
re-doing the whole thing again. I have found a latex poster package with
a poster example on the web. This looks _very sexy_, and I thought I
might want to use the example document, import it into lyx (it's a tex
file), and then copy  paste my own stuff. I have tried to relyx it, but
relyx gives the following error:

reLyX, the LaTeX to LyX translator. Revision date 1999/09/27
Reading LaTeX command syntax 
(example.tex: Splitting Preamble
Creating LyX preamble
Cannot find layout file aastexposter.layout in dir(s) /home/jgomez/.lyx/layouts 
/usr/X11R6/share/lyx/layouts at /usr/X11R6/share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267, 
PREAMBLE chunk 71.
Exited due to fatal Error!

which is logical, as there's no lyx class supporting posters (am I
right? Please say no! :D). I'm at a bit of a loss here, and I don't
quite know how to continue. I might try to adjust the latex file on the
fly... In short, I haven't got a clue on what to do.

Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html

Thanks for any help, (and CC or any replies, as said
above, greatly appreciated!!)

José
-- 
José L Gómez Dans   PhD student
Radar  Communications Group
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Sheffield UK

Posters in Lyx?

[José Luis Gómez Dans]

Hi!
First of all, my apologies if this e-mail starts running amok
around the lists server as I have had some problems subscribing. I would
appreciate any replies to be CCd to me in case the subscription was not
succesful.

Enough ranting. I have to do a poster, and I want to include a
couple of papers I have written in lyx in the past, so as to avoid
re-doing the whole thing again. I have found a latex poster package with
a poster example on the web. This looks _very sexy_, and I thought I
might want to use the example document, import it into lyx (it's a tex
file), and then copy  paste my own stuff. I have tried to relyx it, but
relyx gives the following error:

reLyX, the LaTeX to LyX translator. Revision date 1999/09/27
Reading LaTeX command syntax 
(example.tex: Splitting Preamble
Creating LyX preamble
Cannot find layout file aastexposter.layout in dir(s) /home/jgomez/.lyx/layouts 
/usr/X11R6/share/lyx/layouts at /usr/X11R6/share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267, 
PREAMBLE chunk 71.
Exited due to fatal Error!

which is logical, as there's no lyx class supporting posters (am I
right? Please say no! :D). I'm at a bit of a loss here, and I don't
quite know how to continue. I might try to adjust the latex file on the
fly... In short, I haven't got a clue on what to do.

Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html

Thanks for any help, (and CC or any replies, as said
above, greatly appreciated!!)

José
-- 
José L Gómez Dans   PhD student
Radar  Communications Group
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Sheffield UK

Posters in Lyx?

[José Luis Gómez Dans]

Hi!
First of all, my apologies if this e-mail starts running amok
around the lists server as I have had some problems subscribing. I would
appreciate any replies to be CCd to me in case the subscription was not
succesful.

Enough ranting. I have to do a poster, and I want to include a
couple of papers I have written in lyx in the past, so as to avoid
re-doing the whole thing again. I have found a latex poster package with
a poster example on the web. This looks _very sexy_, and I thought I
might want to use the example document, import it into lyx (it's a tex
file), and then copy & paste my own stuff. I have tried to relyx it, but
relyx gives the following error:

reLyX, the LaTeX to LyX translator. Revision date 1999/09/27
Reading LaTeX command syntax 
(example.tex: Splitting Preamble
Creating LyX preamble
Cannot find layout file aastexposter.layout in dir(s) /home/jgomez/.lyx/layouts 
/usr/X11R6/share/lyx/layouts at /usr/X11R6/share/lyx/reLyX/ReadCommands.pm line 267, 
 chunk 71.
Exited due to fatal Error!

which is logical, as there's no lyx class supporting posters (am I
right? Please say no! :D). I'm at a bit of a loss here, and I don't
quite know how to continue. I might try to adjust the latex file on the
fly... In short, I haven't got a clue on what to do.

Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The
package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to
stick all the foiltex printouts together!), and I found it in
<http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html>

Thanks for any help, (and CC or any replies, as said
above, greatly appreciated!!)

José
-- 
José L Gómez Dans   PhD student
Radar & Communications Group
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Sheffield UK