Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: In contrast, the way you describe it, it sounds wonderful: Skip the manual pdf-graphics-creation and just have lyx/imagemagick create the necessary png's on the fly. Just need one .eps (like in the old days...). That is/would be great! It is like that also in 1.3, but:

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Georg == Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Georg This problem has been discussed several times Georg before, but to solve it we would need an algorithm to determine Georg wether to convert to png or pdf from a given format, and up to Georg now nobody came up with such a beast. I guess the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread chr
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Georg Baum wrote: I meant: which wiki page should it be added to? I don't know. Put it where you think it fits, if it turns out that there is a better place people will move it. If you create a new wiki page (anybody is welcome to do that) then please remember to edit

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Sven Schreiber
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Georg == Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Georg This problem has been discussed several times Georg before, but to solve it we would need an algorithm to determine Georg wether to convert to png or pdf from a given format, and up to Georg now nobody came up with

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: Good point about the bitmap thing, I'm definitely a vector fan. After looking a little at the devel mailing archives to get an idea of the discussion: I may be wrong, but could it be that people wrongly equate pdf=vector? No, at least I can't remember people doing that.

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: And this is the problem: Since converters are user definable, we don't know wether a given eps - pdf conversion retains vector data or not. Ok, now (I think) I understand. True, but the optimal solution that should be implemented some day would be to retain vector data. But this

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: In contrast, the way you describe it, it sounds wonderful: Skip the manual pdf-graphics-creation and just have lyx/imagemagick create the necessary png's on the fly. Just need one .eps (like in the old days...). That is/would be great! It is like that also in 1.3, but:

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Georg == Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Georg This problem has been discussed several times Georg before, but to solve it we would need an algorithm to determine Georg wether to convert to png or pdf from a given format, and up to Georg now nobody came up with such a beast. I guess the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread chr
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Georg Baum wrote: I meant: which wiki page should it be added to? I don't know. Put it where you think it fits, if it turns out that there is a better place people will move it. If you create a new wiki page (anybody is welcome to do that) then please remember to edit

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Sven Schreiber
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Georg == Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Georg This problem has been discussed several times Georg before, but to solve it we would need an algorithm to determine Georg wether to convert to png or pdf from a given format, and up to Georg now nobody came up with

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: Good point about the bitmap thing, I'm definitely a vector fan. After looking a little at the devel mailing archives to get an idea of the discussion: I may be wrong, but could it be that people wrongly equate pdf=vector? No, at least I can't remember people doing that.

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: And this is the problem: Since converters are user definable, we don't know wether a given eps - pdf conversion retains vector data or not. Ok, now (I think) I understand. True, but the optimal solution that should be implemented some day would be to retain vector data. But this

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: > In contrast, the way you describe it, it sounds wonderful: Skip the > manual pdf-graphics-creation and just have lyx/imagemagick create the > necessary png's on the fly. Just need one .eps (like in the old > days...). That is/would be great! It is like that also in 1.3,

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Georg" == Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Georg> This problem has been discussed several times Georg> before, but to solve it we would need an algorithm to determine Georg> wether to convert to png or pdf from a given format, and up to Georg> now nobody came up with such a beast. I

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread chr
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Georg Baum wrote: > > I meant: which wiki page should it be added to? > > I don't know. Put it where you think it fits, if it turns out that there is > a better place people will move it. If you create a new wiki page (anybody is welcome to do that) then please remember to

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Sven Schreiber
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: "Georg" == Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Georg> This problem has been discussed several times Georg> before, but to solve it we would need an algorithm to determine Georg> wether to convert to png or pdf from a given format, and up to Georg> now nobody came up

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: > Good point about the bitmap thing, I'm definitely a vector fan. After > looking a little at the devel mailing archives to get an idea of the > discussion: I may be wrong, but could it be that people wrongly equate > pdf=vector? No, at least I can't remember people doing

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: And this is the problem: Since converters are user definable, we don't know wether a given eps -> pdf conversion retains vector data or not. Ok, now (I think) I understand. True, but the optimal solution that should be implemented some day would be to retain vector data. But this

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: Thanks, Angus, for your reply to my question. Meanwhile, I had the idea of installing LyX 1.4 cvs and getting tex2lyx. Afterwards, can I get back to LyX 1.3.5 and using tex2lyx without LyX 1.4? Does my idea make some sense? Here's what I did on Windows. Checked out the LyX

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.02.05, Angus Leeming wrote: Here's what I did on Windows. Maybe I missed the start of this thread, but at least the last 7+ messages did not reveal where I can find tex2lyx for *Linux*. Is it possible to use tex2lyx and lyx2lyx with LyX 1.3.4 on Linux? Are these scripts standalone

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Angus Leeming
G. Milde wrote: On 3.02.05, Angus Leeming wrote: Here's what I did on Windows. Maybe I missed the start of this thread, but at least the last 7+ messages did not reveal where I can find tex2lyx for *Linux*. You can't *find* it. Read my reply to the original question. http

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: - I use pdflatex but don't specify the .pdf-extension so that I can switch to normal latex (using .eps) seamlessly; tex2lyx applies a definite choice, thereby destroying this nice portability. Why? Because LyX 1.4 _always_ needs the extension: There is always one master

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: Georg Baum wrote: Because LyX 1.4 _always_ needs the extension: There is always one master version of the graphic that is referenced in the .lyx file. The others are created by the converter mechanism from the master file if needed. LyX will not output the extension in

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: No. The master graphics is used as master for everything. Consider the following situation: The LyX file includes a figure a.xyz. Converters exist from xyz - eps and xyz - png. The .tex file contains always \includegraphics{a} (actually almost always, if you want to know the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: Thanks, Angus, for your reply to my question. Meanwhile, I had the idea of installing LyX 1.4 cvs and getting tex2lyx. Afterwards, can I get back to LyX 1.3.5 and using tex2lyx without LyX 1.4? Does my idea make some sense? Here's what I did on Windows. Checked out the LyX

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.02.05, Angus Leeming wrote: Here's what I did on Windows. Maybe I missed the start of this thread, but at least the last 7+ messages did not reveal where I can find tex2lyx for *Linux*. Is it possible to use tex2lyx and lyx2lyx with LyX 1.3.4 on Linux? Are these scripts standalone

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Angus Leeming
G. Milde wrote: On 3.02.05, Angus Leeming wrote: Here's what I did on Windows. Maybe I missed the start of this thread, but at least the last 7+ messages did not reveal where I can find tex2lyx for *Linux*. You can't *find* it. Read my reply to the original question. http

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: - I use pdflatex but don't specify the .pdf-extension so that I can switch to normal latex (using .eps) seamlessly; tex2lyx applies a definite choice, thereby destroying this nice portability. Why? Because LyX 1.4 _always_ needs the extension: There is always one master

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: Georg Baum wrote: Because LyX 1.4 _always_ needs the extension: There is always one master version of the graphic that is referenced in the .lyx file. The others are created by the converter mechanism from the master file if needed. LyX will not output the extension in

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: No. The master graphics is used as master for everything. Consider the following situation: The LyX file includes a figure a.xyz. Converters exist from xyz - eps and xyz - png. The .tex file contains always \includegraphics{a} (actually almost always, if you want to know the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: > Thanks, Angus, for your reply to my question. Meanwhile, I had the > idea of installing LyX 1.4 cvs and getting tex2lyx. Afterwards, can I > get back to LyX 1.3.5 and using tex2lyx without LyX 1.4? Does my idea > make some sense? Here's what I did on Windows. Checked out the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.02.05, Angus Leeming wrote: > > Here's what I did on Windows. Maybe I missed the start of this thread, but at least the last 7+ messages did not reveal where I can find tex2lyx for *Linux*. Is it possible to use tex2lyx and lyx2lyx with LyX 1.3.4 on Linux? Are these scripts stan

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Angus Leeming
G. Milde wrote: > On 3.02.05, Angus Leeming wrote: >> >> Here's what I did on Windows. > > Maybe I missed the start of this thread, but at least the last 7+ > messages did not reveal where I can find tex2lyx for *Linux*. You can't *find* it. Read my reply to the ori

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: - I use pdflatex but don't specify the .pdf-extension so that I can switch to normal latex (using .eps) seamlessly; tex2lyx applies a definite choice, thereby destroying this nice portability. Why? Because LyX 1.4 _always_ needs the extension: There is always one "master"

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Georg Baum
Sven Schreiber wrote: > Georg Baum wrote: >> Because LyX 1.4 _always_ needs the extension: There is always one >> "master" version of the graphic that is referenced in the .lyx file. The >> others are created by the converter mechanism from the master file if >> needed. LyX will not output the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-03 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: No. The master graphics is used as master for everything. Consider the following situation: The LyX file includes a figure "a.xyz". Converters exist from xyz -> eps and xyz -> png. The .tex file contains always \includegraphics{a} (actually almost always, if you want to know the

tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I remember Angus has recently produced a version of tex2lyx for MS Windows. Is there a Linux version of it to run autonomously, that is, without having LyX 1.4 cvs installed? Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
I would be interested too.. I would also be interested in a tex2lyx standalone (ie. would run without one having lyx in his system) if this is possible. I just downloaded Angus's tex2lyx but Im not sure if it works for window users who installed lyx using cygwin (I didnt tried other lyx versions

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I remember Angus has recently produced a version of tex2lyx for MS Windows. Is there a Linux version of it to run autonomously, that is, without having LyX 1.4 cvs installed? No, because different flavours of linux have different run time libraries and a single

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Jose Capco wrote: I would be interested too.. I would also be interested in a tex2lyx standalone (ie. would run without one having lyx in his system) if this is possible. I just downloaded Angus's tex2lyx but Im not sure if it works for window users who installed lyx using cygwin (I didnt

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
No! In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just to test this and it didnt worked I installed the windows port in C:\Lyx directory.. and then extracted the file in the tex2lyx zipfile you posted today to their respective paths and then after running I got something like -- Unable to

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 13:31, you wrote: No! Ach! In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just to test this and it didnt worked Why did you think you needed this? I installed the windows port in C:\Lyx directory.. and then extracted the file in the tex2lyx zipfile you

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just to test this and it didnt worked Why did you think you needed this? you told me that the cygwin thingy isn't recognized. Just a second. tex2lyx expects to find the support files in a directory ..\Resources\lyx relative to the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose' Matos
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 15:58, Jose Capco wrote: 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last):   File C:\LyX\Resources\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx, line 19, in ?     import getopt ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this was the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Jose' Matos wrote: On Wednesday 02 February 2005 15:58, Jose Capco wrote: 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last): File C:\LyX\Resources\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx, line 19, in ? import getopt ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this was the result of a bad or incomplete python installation. Actually it's the stripped-down python version always installed by the LyxWin package. Due to PATH settings it can get called even though a

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Angus Leeming wrote: Sven Schreiber wrote: ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this was the result of a bad or incomplete python installation. Actually it's the stripped-down python version always installed by the LyxWin package. Due to PATH settings it can get called

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 16:58 schrieb Jose Capco: I didn't understand your example, I was however able to read the output lyx using the recent available version , I'm not sure if it would be looking the same had I lyx2lyxed it... it looks .. er not bad if I don't don't use packages in my

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
ok great.. so I'll just wait until the 1.4.x comes up and the python er... anyway I'll just let 1.3.x import the 1.4.x lyxs which are still readable (but probably... Im not sure though, that after relyxing things would look better). and also, if the owner of this mailing list also reads this...

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
I'd love to be the guinea pig.. the boss cant write with LaTeX and this is the only way out. I'll send feedbacks. Jose Capco PS: I'll try experimenting on importing packages and using \newcommands on the preamble.. if anyone knows that this work then please advise. --- Georg Baum [EMAIL

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: btw, another thing I very much appreciate is your tex2lyx snapshot. In fact I am using it right now to avoid my earlier relyx-problems. What I'm not sure about: Would you like users (like me) to give feedback now, or will testing start later on? Feedback is good. Apart

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Angus Leeming wrote: Sven Schreiber wrote: btw, another thing I very much appreciate is your tex2lyx snapshot. In fact I am using it right now to avoid my earlier relyx-problems. What I'm not sure about: Would you like users (like me) to give feedback now, or will testing start later on? Feedback

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 19:03 schrieb Jose Capco: and also, if the owner of this mailing list also reads this... could you please setup the listbot to send the emails so that when I hit the reply button it will send to the list rather than the individul users (I think that is possible,

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: Overall I'm quite impressed! But it still required some corrections afterwards, although I suspect some problems may be windows-specific (e.g. because of line-ending characters -- although I used an editor to try both unixish and windowsish settings without any

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Paul Smith
Thanks, Angus, for your reply to my question. Meanwhile, I had the idea of installing LyX 1.4 cvs and getting tex2lyx. Afterwards, can I get back to LyX 1.3.5 and using tex2lyx without LyX 1.4? Does my idea make some sense? Paul

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 20:37 schrieb Sven Schreiber: - complains when \includegraphics* (starred variant) is used, while it could just be treated as the unstarred version (or am I missing something?) \includegraphics* is equivalent to \includegraphics[clip]. I implemented

tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I remember Angus has recently produced a version of tex2lyx for MS Windows. Is there a Linux version of it to run autonomously, that is, without having LyX 1.4 cvs installed? Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
I would be interested too.. I would also be interested in a tex2lyx standalone (ie. would run without one having lyx in his system) if this is possible. I just downloaded Angus's tex2lyx but Im not sure if it works for window users who installed lyx using cygwin (I didnt tried other lyx versions

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I remember Angus has recently produced a version of tex2lyx for MS Windows. Is there a Linux version of it to run autonomously, that is, without having LyX 1.4 cvs installed? No, because different flavours of linux have different run time libraries and a single

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Jose Capco wrote: I would be interested too.. I would also be interested in a tex2lyx standalone (ie. would run without one having lyx in his system) if this is possible. I just downloaded Angus's tex2lyx but Im not sure if it works for window users who installed lyx using cygwin (I didnt

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
No! In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just to test this and it didnt worked I installed the windows port in C:\Lyx directory.. and then extracted the file in the tex2lyx zipfile you posted today to their respective paths and then after running I got something like -- Unable to

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 13:31, you wrote: No! Ach! In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just to test this and it didnt worked Why did you think you needed this? I installed the windows port in C:\Lyx directory.. and then extracted the file in the tex2lyx zipfile you

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just to test this and it didnt worked Why did you think you needed this? you told me that the cygwin thingy isn't recognized. Just a second. tex2lyx expects to find the support files in a directory ..\Resources\lyx relative to the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose' Matos
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 15:58, Jose Capco wrote: 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last):   File C:\LyX\Resources\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx, line 19, in ?     import getopt ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this was the

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Jose' Matos wrote: On Wednesday 02 February 2005 15:58, Jose Capco wrote: 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last): File C:\LyX\Resources\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx, line 19, in ? import getopt ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this was the result of a bad or incomplete python installation. Actually it's the stripped-down python version always installed by the LyxWin package. Due to PATH settings it can get called even though a

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Angus Leeming wrote: Sven Schreiber wrote: ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this was the result of a bad or incomplete python installation. Actually it's the stripped-down python version always installed by the LyxWin package. Due to PATH settings it can get called

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 16:58 schrieb Jose Capco: I didn't understand your example, I was however able to read the output lyx using the recent available version , I'm not sure if it would be looking the same had I lyx2lyxed it... it looks .. er not bad if I don't don't use packages in my

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
ok great.. so I'll just wait until the 1.4.x comes up and the python er... anyway I'll just let 1.3.x import the 1.4.x lyxs which are still readable (but probably... Im not sure though, that after relyxing things would look better). and also, if the owner of this mailing list also reads this...

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
I'd love to be the guinea pig.. the boss cant write with LaTeX and this is the only way out. I'll send feedbacks. Jose Capco PS: I'll try experimenting on importing packages and using \newcommands on the preamble.. if anyone knows that this work then please advise. --- Georg Baum [EMAIL

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: btw, another thing I very much appreciate is your tex2lyx snapshot. In fact I am using it right now to avoid my earlier relyx-problems. What I'm not sure about: Would you like users (like me) to give feedback now, or will testing start later on? Feedback is good. Apart

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Angus Leeming wrote: Sven Schreiber wrote: btw, another thing I very much appreciate is your tex2lyx snapshot. In fact I am using it right now to avoid my earlier relyx-problems. What I'm not sure about: Would you like users (like me) to give feedback now, or will testing start later on? Feedback

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 19:03 schrieb Jose Capco: and also, if the owner of this mailing list also reads this... could you please setup the listbot to send the emails so that when I hit the reply button it will send to the list rather than the individul users (I think that is possible,

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: Overall I'm quite impressed! But it still required some corrections afterwards, although I suspect some problems may be windows-specific (e.g. because of line-ending characters -- although I used an editor to try both unixish and windowsish settings without any

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Paul Smith
Thanks, Angus, for your reply to my question. Meanwhile, I had the idea of installing LyX 1.4 cvs and getting tex2lyx. Afterwards, can I get back to LyX 1.3.5 and using tex2lyx without LyX 1.4? Does my idea make some sense? Paul

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 20:37 schrieb Sven Schreiber: - complains when \includegraphics* (starred variant) is used, while it could just be treated as the unstarred version (or am I missing something?) \includegraphics* is equivalent to \includegraphics[clip]. I implemented

tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I remember Angus has recently produced a version of tex2lyx for MS Windows. Is there a Linux version of it to run autonomously, that is, without having LyX 1.4 cvs installed? Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
I would be interested too.. I would also be interested in a tex2lyx standalone (ie. would run without one having lyx in his system) if this is possible. I just downloaded Angus's tex2lyx but Im not sure if it works for window users who installed lyx using cygwin (I didnt tried other lyx versions

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > I remember Angus has recently produced a version of tex2lyx for MS > Windows. Is there a Linux version of it to run autonomously, that is, > without having LyX 1.4 cvs installed? No, because different flavours of linux have different run time libraries and a

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Jose Capco wrote: > I would be interested too.. I would also be interested > in a tex2lyx standalone (ie. would run without one > having lyx in his system) if this is possible. I just > downloaded Angus's tex2lyx but Im not sure if it works > for window users who installed lyx using cygwin (I >

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
No! In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just to test this and it didnt worked I installed the windows port in C:\Lyx directory.. and then extracted the file in the tex2lyx zipfile you posted today to their respective paths and then after running I got something like -- Unable to

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 13:31, you wrote: > No! Ach! > In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just > to test this and it didnt worked Why did you think you needed this? > I installed the windows port in C:\Lyx directory.. and > then extracted the file in the tex2lyx zipfile you >

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
> > In fact I even installed Ruurd Reitsma's port just > > > to test this and it didnt worked > > Why did you think you needed this? you told me that the cygwin thingy isn't recognized. > Just a second. tex2lyx expects to find the support > files in a > directory ..\Resources\lyx relative to

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose' Matos
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 15:58, Jose Capco wrote: > 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback > Traceback (most recent call last): >   File "C:\LyX\Resources\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx", line > 19, in ? >     import getopt > ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Jose' Matos wrote: On Wednesday 02 February 2005 15:58, Jose Capco wrote: 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\LyX\Resources\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx", line 19, in ? import getopt ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: >>>ImportError: No module named getopt >> >> Last time we saw this error this was the result of a bad or incomplete >> python installation. >> > Actually it's the stripped-down python version always installed by the > LyxWin package. Due to PATH settings it can get called

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Angus Leeming wrote: Sven Schreiber wrote: ImportError: No module named getopt Last time we saw this error this was the result of a bad or incomplete python installation. Actually it's the stripped-down python version always installed by the LyxWin package. Due to PATH settings it can get called

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 16:58 schrieb Jose Capco: > I didn't understand your example, I was however able > to read the output lyx using the recent available > version , I'm not sure if it would be looking the same > had I lyx2lyxed it... it looks .. er not bad if I > don't don't use packages

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
ok great.. so I'll just wait until the 1.4.x comes up and the python er... anyway I'll just let 1.3.x import the 1.4.x lyxs which are still readable (but probably... Im not sure though, that after relyxing things would look better). and also, if the owner of this mailing list also reads this...

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Jose Capco
I'd love to be the guinea pig.. the boss cant write with LaTeX and this is the only way out. I'll send feedbacks. Jose Capco PS: I'll try experimenting on importing packages and using \newcommands on the preamble.. if anyone knows that this work then please advise. --- Georg Baum <[EMAIL

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: > btw, another thing I very much appreciate is your tex2lyx snapshot. In > fact I am using it right now to avoid my earlier relyx-problems. What > I'm not sure about: Would you like users (like me) to give feedback now, > or will testing start later on? Feedback is good.

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Angus Leeming wrote: Sven Schreiber wrote: btw, another thing I very much appreciate is your tex2lyx snapshot. In fact I am using it right now to avoid my earlier relyx-problems. What I'm not sure about: Would you like users (like me) to give feedback now, or will testing start later on? Feedback

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 19:03 schrieb Jose Capco: > and also, if the owner of this mailing list also reads > this... could you please setup the listbot to send the > emails so that when I hit the reply button it will > send to the list rather than the individul users (I > think that is

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Angus Leeming
Sven Schreiber wrote: Overall I'm quite impressed! But it still required some corrections afterwards, although I suspect some problems may be windows-specific (e.g. because of line-ending characters -- although I used an editor to try both unixish and windowsish settings without any

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Paul Smith
Thanks, Angus, for your reply to my question. Meanwhile, I had the idea of installing LyX 1.4 cvs and getting tex2lyx. Afterwards, can I get back to LyX 1.3.5 and using tex2lyx without LyX 1.4? Does my idea make some sense? Paul

Re: tex2lyx for Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2005 20:37 schrieb Sven Schreiber: > - complains when \includegraphics* (starred variant) is used, while it > could just be treated as the unstarred version (or am I missing something?) \includegraphics* is equivalent to \includegraphics[clip]. I implemented