can lyx native windows lyx use tetex from cygwin?

2005-05-14 Thread Paul Johnson
Hello, everybody. I'm paying my once-per-year visit to ms windows to see what's up. Today I'm wondering if I really have to install MikTeX when I already have a working latex.. I have a full cygwin install and latex works in there. I can process latex files from Texmacs, for example. Texmacs

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Hannan Sadar wrote: I would like to create a formula sheet. The problem is that latex is not what you see is what you get and the LyX interface isn't that good for thus kind of things, so i will need to write it in LaTeX. What i would like to ask is, if someone had created some kind of formula

Re: ec fonts

2005-05-14 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: I'm very happy with lyx, but I've been advised to install ec fonts to get even better results. Two questions : - is installing ec fonts worth the bother ? Are you sure, you haven't already installed them? They are usually

Re: can lyx native windows lyx use tetex from cygwin?

2005-05-14 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul Johnson wrote: I'm wondering if I really have to install MikTeX when I already have a working latex. I have a full cygwin install and latex works in there. I tried out once to use latex under cygwin, but the compilation of the documents takes a lot of time. Using MikTeX was much faster.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Hannan Sadar
Hi, Thanks for your formula sheets, unfortently i was unable to load both of the files from William and Herbert. how could i import them correctly? Thanks Hannan

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Hannan Sadar wrote: Thanks for your formula sheets, unfortently i was unable to load both of the files from William and Herbert. how could i import them correctly? import to what?? run the files with latex and everything should be okay. HErbert

Re: Syllabus class (LaTeX/LyX)?

2005-05-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 11:03:29AM -0700, Stefano Franchi wrote: Is anyone here using LaTeX/LyX to produce syllaby for classes? If so, do you use a standard class, your own producced class, or just a template? I looked on Ctan, but could not find anything, and as I am about to start

Re: Syllabus class (LaTeX/LyX)?

2005-05-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 07:07:17AM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... http://www2.bc.cc.ca.us/kvaughan/chem11/syllabus/SpringClassSyllabus.lyx Ooops. Should have been http://www2.bc.cc.ca.us/kvaughan/chem11/SpringClassSyllabus.lyx Sorry. Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the

\{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Yong Luo
Dear Sirs, How to type the special letter like \{o}? Thanks, Yong __ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail

Re: \{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Yong Luo scripsit: How to type the special letter like \{o}? As ERT, i.e., press Ctrl-L\{o}Ctrl-I Matj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 He inherited some

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Stefano Franchi wrote: I wonder if anyone can help me find out what the following error, which may be caused by BibTex+Jurabib may mean. When I try to compile the Lyx file (View--Pdf) I get a series of errors, the first of which is: File ended while scanning use of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@bel.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Matthew Low
On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: run the files with latex and everything should be okay. I couldn't latex math.tex, because of the following error message: ! LaTeX Error: File `fancyheadings.sty' not found. Later error messages complain of undefined control sequences,

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Matthew Low wrote: On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: run the files with latex and everything should be okay. I couldn't latex math.tex, because of the following error message: ! LaTeX Error: File `fancyheadings.sty' not found. Later error messages complain of undefined control

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Matthew Low
On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://perce.de/temp/math.tex can be run with latex2e, the original source file is for latex2.09 Works now. Thanks Herbert.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Hannan Sadar
Hi, I am more interesting in writing my formula sheet like the one in http://www.tug.org/texshowcase, but it seems the file, cheat.tar.gz after extraction, contain a lot of linked files. I think that the t1.tex , t2.tex, etc files are the main but i cant convert them to a lyx file by import them.

Re: Metapost problems

2005-05-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Matej Cepl wrote: Paul A. Rubin scripsit: Now comes the first problem. I run mpost (the MiKTeX Metapost executable) against pic.mp, and it gives me pic.1, pic.mpx and pic.log. To my untrained eye, pic.1 looks like a valid Postscript file, but if I try to open it with Ghostview, I get the error

Re: \{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Yong Luo
Thanks, I know the result can be displayed in .lyx file (what you see is what you want), but I don't know how to do it. Yong --- Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yong Luo scripsit: How to type the special letter like \{o}? As ERT, i.e., press Ctrl-L\{o}Ctrl-I Mat#38740; --

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Stefano Franchi
On May 14, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Herbert Voss wrote: Stefano Franchi wrote: I wonder if anyone can help me find out what the following error, which may be caused by BibTex+Jurabib may mean. When I try to compile the Lyx file (View--Pdf) I get a series of errors, the first of which is: File ended

Re: Metapost problems

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Paul A. Rubin scripsit: Adding prologues := 1; solved the problem. One of the never-ending questions of my life (aside What is the goal of my life? and similar trivialities) is why this is actually not a default in MetaPost. Well, it isn't. Matj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Stefano Franchi scripsit: I found the source of the problems but not how to solve it. The trouble is with the two BibTex references below, which both contain an italicized word in the title plus a Greek letter. That combination seems to choke BibTeX/LaTeX and, consequently, LyX: I will show

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Stefano Franchi
On May 14, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Matej Cepl wrote: Stefano Franchi scripsit: I found the source of the problems but not how to solve it. The trouble is with the two BibTex references below, which both contain an italicized word in the title plus a Greek letter. That combination seems to choke

can lyx native windows lyx use tetex from cygwin?

2005-05-14 Thread Paul Johnson
Hello, everybody. I'm paying my once-per-year visit to ms windows to see what's up. Today I'm wondering if I really have to install MikTeX when I already have a working latex.. I have a full cygwin install and latex works in there. I can process latex files from Texmacs, for example. Texmacs

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Hannan Sadar wrote: I would like to create a formula sheet. The problem is that latex is not what you see is what you get and the LyX interface isn't that good for thus kind of things, so i will need to write it in LaTeX. What i would like to ask is, if someone had created some kind of formula

Re: ec fonts

2005-05-14 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: I'm very happy with lyx, but I've been advised to install ec fonts to get even better results. Two questions : - is installing ec fonts worth the bother ? Are you sure, you haven't already installed them? They are usually

Re: can lyx native windows lyx use tetex from cygwin?

2005-05-14 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul Johnson wrote: I'm wondering if I really have to install MikTeX when I already have a working latex. I have a full cygwin install and latex works in there. I tried out once to use latex under cygwin, but the compilation of the documents takes a lot of time. Using MikTeX was much faster.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Hannan Sadar
Hi, Thanks for your formula sheets, unfortently i was unable to load both of the files from William and Herbert. how could i import them correctly? Thanks Hannan

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Hannan Sadar wrote: Thanks for your formula sheets, unfortently i was unable to load both of the files from William and Herbert. how could i import them correctly? import to what?? run the files with latex and everything should be okay. HErbert

Re: Syllabus class (LaTeX/LyX)?

2005-05-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 11:03:29AM -0700, Stefano Franchi wrote: Is anyone here using LaTeX/LyX to produce syllaby for classes? If so, do you use a standard class, your own producced class, or just a template? I looked on Ctan, but could not find anything, and as I am about to start

Re: Syllabus class (LaTeX/LyX)?

2005-05-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 07:07:17AM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... http://www2.bc.cc.ca.us/kvaughan/chem11/syllabus/SpringClassSyllabus.lyx Ooops. Should have been http://www2.bc.cc.ca.us/kvaughan/chem11/SpringClassSyllabus.lyx Sorry. Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the

\{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Yong Luo
Dear Sirs, How to type the special letter like \{o}? Thanks, Yong __ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail

Re: \{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Yong Luo scripsit: How to type the special letter like \{o}? As ERT, i.e., press Ctrl-L\{o}Ctrl-I Matj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 He inherited some

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Stefano Franchi wrote: I wonder if anyone can help me find out what the following error, which may be caused by BibTex+Jurabib may mean. When I try to compile the Lyx file (View--Pdf) I get a series of errors, the first of which is: File ended while scanning use of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@bel.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Matthew Low
On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: run the files with latex and everything should be okay. I couldn't latex math.tex, because of the following error message: ! LaTeX Error: File `fancyheadings.sty' not found. Later error messages complain of undefined control sequences,

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Matthew Low wrote: On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: run the files with latex and everything should be okay. I couldn't latex math.tex, because of the following error message: ! LaTeX Error: File `fancyheadings.sty' not found. Later error messages complain of undefined control

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Matthew Low
On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://perce.de/temp/math.tex can be run with latex2e, the original source file is for latex2.09 Works now. Thanks Herbert.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Hannan Sadar
Hi, I am more interesting in writing my formula sheet like the one in http://www.tug.org/texshowcase, but it seems the file, cheat.tar.gz after extraction, contain a lot of linked files. I think that the t1.tex , t2.tex, etc files are the main but i cant convert them to a lyx file by import them.

Re: Metapost problems

2005-05-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Matej Cepl wrote: Paul A. Rubin scripsit: Now comes the first problem. I run mpost (the MiKTeX Metapost executable) against pic.mp, and it gives me pic.1, pic.mpx and pic.log. To my untrained eye, pic.1 looks like a valid Postscript file, but if I try to open it with Ghostview, I get the error

Re: \{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Yong Luo
Thanks, I know the result can be displayed in .lyx file (what you see is what you want), but I don't know how to do it. Yong --- Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yong Luo scripsit: How to type the special letter like \{o}? As ERT, i.e., press Ctrl-L\{o}Ctrl-I Mat#38740; --

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Stefano Franchi
On May 14, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Herbert Voss wrote: Stefano Franchi wrote: I wonder if anyone can help me find out what the following error, which may be caused by BibTex+Jurabib may mean. When I try to compile the Lyx file (View--Pdf) I get a series of errors, the first of which is: File ended

Re: Metapost problems

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Paul A. Rubin scripsit: Adding prologues := 1; solved the problem. One of the never-ending questions of my life (aside What is the goal of my life? and similar trivialities) is why this is actually not a default in MetaPost. Well, it isn't. Matj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Stefano Franchi scripsit: I found the source of the problems but not how to solve it. The trouble is with the two BibTex references below, which both contain an italicized word in the title plus a Greek letter. That combination seems to choke BibTeX/LaTeX and, consequently, LyX: I will show

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Stefano Franchi
On May 14, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Matej Cepl wrote: Stefano Franchi scripsit: I found the source of the problems but not how to solve it. The trouble is with the two BibTex references below, which both contain an italicized word in the title plus a Greek letter. That combination seems to choke

can lyx native windows lyx use tetex from cygwin?

2005-05-14 Thread Paul Johnson
Hello, everybody. I'm paying my once-per-year visit to ms windows to see what's up. Today I'm wondering if I really have to install MikTeX when I already have a working latex.. I have a full cygwin install and latex works in there. I can process latex files from Texmacs, for example. Texmacs

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Hannan Sadar wrote: I would like to create a formula sheet. The problem is that latex is not what you see is what you get and the LyX interface isn't that good for thus kind of things, so i will need to write it in LaTeX. What i would like to ask is, if someone had created some kind of formula

Re: ec fonts

2005-05-14 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: > > I'm very happy with lyx, but I've been advised to install ec fonts to get > > even better results. Two questions : > > - is installing ec fonts worth the bother ? > > Are you sure, you haven't already installed them? They are

Re: can lyx native windows lyx use tetex from cygwin?

2005-05-14 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul Johnson wrote: I'm wondering if I really have to install MikTeX when I already have a working latex. I have a full cygwin install and latex works in there. I tried out once to use latex under cygwin, but the compilation of the documents takes a lot of time. Using MikTeX was much faster.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Hannan Sadar
Hi, Thanks for your formula sheets, unfortently i was unable to load both of the files from William and Herbert. how could i import them correctly? Thanks Hannan

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Hannan Sadar wrote: Thanks for your formula sheets, unfortently i was unable to load both of the files from William and Herbert. how could i import them correctly? import to what?? run the files with latex and everything should be okay. HErbert

Re: Syllabus class (LaTeX/LyX)?

2005-05-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 11:03:29AM -0700, Stefano Franchi wrote: > Is anyone here using LaTeX/LyX to produce syllaby for classes? If so, > do you use a standard class, your own producced class, or just a > template? I looked on Ctan, but could not find anything, and as I am > about to start

Re: Syllabus class (LaTeX/LyX)?

2005-05-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 07:07:17AM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... > http://www2.bc.cc.ca.us/kvaughan/chem11/syllabus/SpringClassSyllabus.lyx Ooops. Should have been http://www2.bc.cc.ca.us/kvaughan/chem11/SpringClassSyllabus.lyx Sorry. Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the

\"{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Yong Luo
Dear Sirs, How to type the special letter like \"{o}? Thanks, Yong __ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail

Re: \"{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Yong Luo scripsit: > How to type the special letter like \"{o}? As ERT, i.e., press \"{o} Matěj -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 He inherited some good

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Stefano Franchi wrote: I wonder if anyone can help me find out what the following error, which may be caused by BibTex+Jurabib may mean. When I try to compile the Lyx file (View-->Pdf) I get a series of errors, the first of which is: File ended while scanning use of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@bel.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Matthew Low
On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > run the files with latex and everything should be okay. > I couldn't latex math.tex, because of the following error message: ! LaTeX Error: File `fancyheadings.sty' not found. Later error messages complain of undefined control

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Matthew Low wrote: On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: run the files with latex and everything should be okay. I couldn't latex math.tex, because of the following error message: ! LaTeX Error: File `fancyheadings.sty' not found. Later error messages complain of undefined control

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Matthew Low
On 5/14/05, Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://perce.de/temp/math.tex > > can be run with latex2e, the original source file is > for latex2.09 > Works now. Thanks Herbert.

Re: Create Formula Sheet

2005-05-14 Thread Hannan Sadar
Hi, I am more interesting in writing my formula sheet like the one in http://www.tug.org/texshowcase, but it seems the file, cheat.tar.gz after extraction, contain a lot of linked files. I think that the t1.tex , t2.tex, etc files are the main but i cant convert them to a lyx file by import them.

Re: Metapost problems

2005-05-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Matej Cepl wrote: Paul A. Rubin scripsit: Now comes the first problem. I run mpost (the MiKTeX Metapost executable) against pic.mp, and it gives me pic.1, pic.mpx and pic.log. To my untrained eye, pic.1 looks like a valid Postscript file, but if I try to open it with Ghostview, I get the error

Re: \"{o}

2005-05-14 Thread Yong Luo
Thanks, I know the result can be displayed in .lyx file (what you see is what you want), but I don't know how to do it. Yong --- Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yong Luo scripsit: > > How to type the special letter like \"{o}? > > As ERT, i.e., press > > \"{o} > > Mat > > -- > Matej

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Stefano Franchi
On May 14, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Herbert Voss wrote: Stefano Franchi wrote: I wonder if anyone can help me find out what the following error, which may be caused by BibTex+Jurabib may mean. When I try to compile the Lyx file (View-->Pdf) I get a series of errors, the first of which is: File ended

Re: Metapost problems

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Paul A. Rubin scripsit: > Adding "prologues := 1;" solved the problem. One of the never-ending questions of my life (aside "What is the goal of my life?" and similar trivialities) is why this is actually not a default in MetaPost. Well, it isn't. Matěj -- Matej Cepl,

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Matej Cepl
Stefano Franchi scripsit: > I found the source of the problems but not how to solve it. The trouble > is with the two BibTex references below, which both contain an > italicized word in the title plus a Greek letter. That combination > seems to choke BibTeX/LaTeX and, consequently, LyX: I will

Re: Mysterious error?

2005-05-14 Thread Stefano Franchi
On May 14, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Matej Cepl wrote: Stefano Franchi scripsit: I found the source of the problems but not how to solve it. The trouble is with the two BibTex references below, which both contain an italicized word in the title plus a Greek letter. That combination seems to choke