Re: Posters in LyX (baposter)

2009-06-24 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX (baposter)

2009-06-24 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX (baposter)

2009-06-24 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-22 Thread 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

2009-06-22 Thread 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]

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-22 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-22 Thread 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

2009-06-22 Thread 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]

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-22 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-22 Thread 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

2009-06-22 Thread 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]

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-22 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-20 Thread 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!

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-20 Thread 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!

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-20 Thread 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. > >

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-19 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-19 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-19 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-19 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-19 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-19 Thread 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

Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread 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

2009-06-18 Thread 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

Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread 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

2009-06-18 Thread 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

Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread 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

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread 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

2009-06-18 Thread 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

sciposter latex for A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-21 Thread 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

sciposter latex for A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-21 Thread 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

sciposter latex for A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-21 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-20 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-20 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-20 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-20 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-20 Thread 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 > >

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-20 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread 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

A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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?

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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,

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread 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

Re: Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-29 Thread Guenter Milde
/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

Re: Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-29 Thread 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

Re: Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-29 Thread Guenter Milde
/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

Re: Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-29 Thread 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

Re: Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-29 Thread Guenter Milde
astexposter.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).

Re: Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-29 Thread 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 a

Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-28 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
/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

Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-28 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
/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

Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-28 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
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