Re: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Paul Johnson pauljoh...@gmail.com wrote:
 Without further adieu!  Working example output:

 http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.pdf

 Lyx file:

 http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.lyx


 If anybody has ideas about these things, let me know. I may post that
 example into the LyX Wiki, if I can reach the conclusion about whether
 1 and 2 can be solved and if 3 is a problem unique to this document
 (probably because I've damaged some default setting somewhere).

This would make a good wiki page in my opinion, even if you're unable
to resolve the issues.

Scott

Re: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Paul Johnson pauljoh...@gmail.com wrote:
 Without further adieu!  Working example output:

 http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.pdf

 Lyx file:

 http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.lyx


 If anybody has ideas about these things, let me know. I may post that
 example into the LyX Wiki, if I can reach the conclusion about whether
 1 and 2 can be solved and if 3 is a problem unique to this document
 (probably because I've damaged some default setting somewhere).

This would make a good wiki page in my opinion, even if you're unable
to resolve the issues.

Scott

Re: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Paul Johnson  wrote:
> Without further adieu!  Working example output:
>
> http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.pdf
>
> Lyx file:
>
> http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.lyx


> If anybody has ideas about these things, let me know. I may post that
> example into the LyX Wiki, if I can reach the conclusion about whether
> 1 and 2 can be "solved" and if 3 is a problem unique to this document
> (probably because I've damaged some default setting somewhere).

This would make a good wiki page in my opinion, even if you're unable
to resolve the issues.

Scott

Re: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too

[curtis osterhoudt]

SNPP, I'm sure, is Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Love all of this, and 
the documentation you've done. It's nice to know what's possible, even if there 
are unsolved problems. 


From: Paul Johnson pauljoh...@gmail.com
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 1:14 PM
Subject: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too
 
Without further adieu!  Working example output:

http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.pdf

Lyx file:

http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.lyx

Even if you don't want the Simpsons as your bullets in lists, you
might still look this over because it shows how you can put in ANY
valid LaTeX symbol a the bullet for a particular item or for an entire
list. And each list in a presentation can have different bullet
symbols.

I did not find any easy LyX documentation on this. If there is some,
and you wrote it, I'm sorry to overlook you. .

1. Easy, direct way, no LyX module or new package required:

In case you did not know this yet, in LyX, after you create a list
item, and the bullet symbol is showing, you can enter ERT mode and
just put the name of a symbol in brackets, like [\Bart]. That replaces
the default bullet with your symbol.  Also things like [$\gamma$] work
if you don't have the Simpson's characters. You can intersperse those
customized bullet symbols with regular bullets. If you go shopping in
the MASSIVE LaTeX symbol collection (see slide 1 in the pdf), you will
probably see symbols you would love in your lists.

2. Use enumitem, gain ability to change bullet for entire list easily:
ERT [label=\Bart]

If you turn on the LyX module to Customize Itemized Lists (enumitem),
then you gain some new powers, such as the ability to declare a label
in the first item of any list and that is used automatically for all
remaining list items.

I could use your help.

Here are problems I did not solve. They are listed in the pdf, but in
case you miss them

1. I can't find a way to re-size the metafont symbols, some (Marge)
are way too big

2. The bullets are aligned with the bottom of the text line, but it
would be more usual to have them aligned with the center of the
multi-line item. Ideas?

3. In Lyx-2.0.3, at least in this example file, as soon as I turn on
the module to Customize lists, then all default bullet symbols are
lost.  If I don't specify a label for each list, I get no bullets.
That is a new feature/bug for me, I've not seen it before.

If anybody has ideas about these things, let me know. I may post that
example into the LyX Wiki, if I can reach the conclusion about whether
1 and 2 can be solved and if 3 is a problem unique to this document
(probably because I've damaged some default setting somewhere).

pj

-- 
Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science      Assoc. Director
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504      Center for Research Methods
University of Kansas                 University of Kansas
http://pj.freefaculty.org              http://quant.ku.edu

Re: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too

[curtis osterhoudt]

SNPP, I'm sure, is Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Love all of this, and 
the documentation you've done. It's nice to know what's possible, even if there 
are unsolved problems. 


From: Paul Johnson pauljoh...@gmail.com
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 1:14 PM
Subject: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too
 
Without further adieu!  Working example output:

http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.pdf

Lyx file:

http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.lyx

Even if you don't want the Simpsons as your bullets in lists, you
might still look this over because it shows how you can put in ANY
valid LaTeX symbol a the bullet for a particular item or for an entire
list. And each list in a presentation can have different bullet
symbols.

I did not find any easy LyX documentation on this. If there is some,
and you wrote it, I'm sorry to overlook you. .

1. Easy, direct way, no LyX module or new package required:

In case you did not know this yet, in LyX, after you create a list
item, and the bullet symbol is showing, you can enter ERT mode and
just put the name of a symbol in brackets, like [\Bart]. That replaces
the default bullet with your symbol.  Also things like [$\gamma$] work
if you don't have the Simpson's characters. You can intersperse those
customized bullet symbols with regular bullets. If you go shopping in
the MASSIVE LaTeX symbol collection (see slide 1 in the pdf), you will
probably see symbols you would love in your lists.

2. Use enumitem, gain ability to change bullet for entire list easily:
ERT [label=\Bart]

If you turn on the LyX module to Customize Itemized Lists (enumitem),
then you gain some new powers, such as the ability to declare a label
in the first item of any list and that is used automatically for all
remaining list items.

I could use your help.

Here are problems I did not solve. They are listed in the pdf, but in
case you miss them

1. I can't find a way to re-size the metafont symbols, some (Marge)
are way too big

2. The bullets are aligned with the bottom of the text line, but it
would be more usual to have them aligned with the center of the
multi-line item. Ideas?

3. In Lyx-2.0.3, at least in this example file, as soon as I turn on
the module to Customize lists, then all default bullet symbols are
lost.  If I don't specify a label for each list, I get no bullets.
That is a new feature/bug for me, I've not seen it before.

If anybody has ideas about these things, let me know. I may post that
example into the LyX Wiki, if I can reach the conclusion about whether
1 and 2 can be solved and if 3 is a problem unique to this document
(probably because I've damaged some default setting somewhere).

pj

-- 
Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science      Assoc. Director
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504      Center for Research Methods
University of Kansas                 University of Kansas
http://pj.freefaculty.org              http://quant.ku.edu

Re: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too

[curtis osterhoudt]

"SNPP", I'm sure, is "Springfield Nuclear Power Plant". Love all of this, and 
the documentation you've done. It's nice to know what's possible, even if there 
are unsolved problems. 


From: Paul Johnson <pauljoh...@gmail.com>
>To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org 
>Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 1:14 PM
>Subject: customizing bullets in lists: I got Simpsons now, you could too
> 
>Without further adieu!  Working example output:
>
>http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.pdf
>
>Lyx file:
>
>http://pj.freefaculty.org/scraps/simpsons/simpsons-2.lyx
>
>Even if you don't want the Simpsons as your bullets in lists, you
>might still look this over because it shows how you can put in ANY
>valid LaTeX symbol a the bullet for a particular item or for an entire
>list. And each list in a presentation can have different bullet
>symbols.
>
>I did not find any easy LyX documentation on this. If there is some,
>and you wrote it, I'm sorry to overlook you. .
>
>1. Easy, direct way, no LyX module or new package required:
>
>In case you did not know this yet, in LyX, after you create a list
>item, and the bullet symbol is showing, you can enter ERT mode and
>just put the name of a symbol in brackets, like [\Bart]. That replaces
>the default bullet with your symbol.  Also things like [$\gamma$] work
>if you don't have the Simpson's characters. You can intersperse those
>customized bullet symbols with regular bullets. If you go shopping in
>the MASSIVE LaTeX symbol collection (see slide 1 in the pdf), you will
>probably see symbols you would love in your lists.
>
>2. Use enumitem, gain ability to change bullet for entire list easily:
>ERT [label=\Bart]
>
>If you turn on the LyX module to Customize Itemized Lists (enumitem),
>then you gain some new powers, such as the ability to declare a label
>in the first item of any list and that is used automatically for all
>remaining list items.
>
>I could use your help.
>
>Here are problems I did not solve. They are listed in the pdf, but in
>case you miss them
>
>1. I can't find a way to re-size the metafont symbols, some (Marge)
>are way too big
>
>2. The bullets are aligned with the bottom of the text line, but it
>would be more usual to have them aligned with the center of the
>multi-line item. Ideas?
>
>3. In Lyx-2.0.3, at least in this example file, as soon as I turn on
>the module to Customize lists, then all default bullet symbols are
>lost.  If I don't specify a label for each list, I get no bullets.
>That is a new feature/bug for me, I've not seen it before.
>
>If anybody has ideas about these things, let me know. I may post that
>example into the LyX Wiki, if I can reach the conclusion about whether
>1 and 2 can be "solved" and if 3 is a problem unique to this document
>(probably because I've damaged some default setting somewhere).
>
>pj
>
>-- 
>Paul E. Johnson
>Professor, Political Science      Assoc. Director
>1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504      Center for Research Methods
>University of Kansas                 University of Kansas
>http://pj.freefaculty.org              http://quant.ku.edu
>
>
>