Columns and lines in tables-menu failed

2006-05-26 Thread Frank.Bsdurek
Hallo, If I open a table with the right mice click. Ther is no feature to include columns and lines to the table. The only option to insert lines and columns are to open menu/edit/clumns and lines/append line or column. I use the germen version from lyx 1.4.1. Installation 2.01. Sincerly Mit

Re: Weird LyX 1.4.1 behavior in Debian (compared to 1.3.8)

2006-05-26 Thread Georg Baum
Jerome Tuncer wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller sent a patch to fix this issue but how do I apply it? I cannot wait for 1.4.2 as I have a report to hand in and it would feel really more comfortable writing with the fix. You should probably check out the source from svn. See

Re: Crash Report

2006-05-26 Thread Georg Baum
Rich Shepard wrote: Situation: LyX-1.4.1 on Slackware-10.2/teTeX-3.0-i486-2_10.2. Document type was Koma-report and I changed it to article. As soon as I clicked on the Apply button the application instantly shut down. Re-invoked it and opened the emergency save. Just thought you

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Paul A. Rubin wrote: I don't think the problem is related to pdflatex or EndFrame; I think you've tripped over a bug in change tracking.  Attached is a version in which I deleted all \change verbs (and only those).  It seems to open correctly. The crucial question is how you managed to create

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Kresten Bertelsen wrote: hi, Yes I did copy a figure from a document with change tracking activated into a document witch did not have change tracking activated. hope it helps. Yes. Then you really stumbled over the aforementioned bug. To rediscove your document, change the line

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Yes. Then you really stumbled over the aforementioned bug. To Juergen rediscove your document, change the line \tracking_changes Juergen false to \tracking_changes true in your document, using an Juergen editor. Then you can merge

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Helge Hafting
David Neeley wrote: Personally, I did not respond to the idea that the menus should be Word-like--what I was focused on was the idea of having a bit more ability to create layout adjustments from controls in the menu system. That, I continue to believe, is a worthwhile goal. I'll give you a

Re: Weird LyX 1.4.1 behavior in Debian (compared to 1.3.8)

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Thanks, I'll check svn out. I think it was 1.3.6 I had, my mistake, I can't remember well. Jé Georg Baum a écrit : Jerome Tuncer wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller sent a patch to fix this issue but how do I apply it? I cannot wait for 1.4.2 as I have a report to hand in and it would feel really

error converting to loadable

2006-05-26 Thread Christian Huebner
Hi there, after replacing my HD and doing a fresh install of Lyx 1.4.1. mac (including tetex with imagemagick etc) I don't see pdfs and eps' any more. Instead the usual error converting to loadable message. Invoking convert from terminal works... Help welcome Christian

Re: error converting to loadable

2006-05-26 Thread Bennett Helm
On May 26, 2006, at 6:54 AM, Christian Huebner wrote: Hi there, after replacing my HD and doing a fresh install of Lyx 1.4.1. mac (including tetex with imagemagick etc) I don't see pdfs and eps' any more. Instead the usual error converting to loadable message. Invoking convert from

Re: Crash Report

2006-05-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Georg Baum wrote: If the cursor was inside a table during the class change then this is a known bug that is already fixed in 1.4.2svn. Georg, It may well have been that situation. I set up a 2 row/1 column table in the title environment so I could put the company logo

Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Hi everyone, I'm using the class report (koma script) for a paper. I manage to get good results with it but a few questions remain: - I found a way to include 2 abstracts by inserting a dummy LaTeX comment (%) in Standard style between the two, is there a smarter way to do that? The reason

Re: Update TeX?

2006-05-26 Thread Bruce Pourciau
Thanks, Rich and Bennett. Bruce On Thu, 25 May 2006, Bruce Pourciau wrote: If I now download LyX 1.3.7 or 1.4.1, should they work? Bruce, Yes. I just upgraded tetex to 3.0.0 and everything works just fine. Another question: My tex installation is tex.ii2. Are there good reasons

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jerome Tuncer wrote: - I found a way to include 2 abstracts by inserting a dummy LaTeX comment (%) in Standard style between the two, is there a smarter way to do that? The reason I want 2 abstracts is because I have to write one in French and one in English. Your solution looks o.k. to me.

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Thanks a lot for your quick answer Juergen! What I did is: - Put abstraction in Document-Class-Class options (I don't appear to have Extra options in my pref dialogue...) - Put \usepackage[english]{babel} in LaTeX preamble - Put \selectlanguage{english} and \selectlanguage{french} before

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jerome Tuncer wrote: - Put abstraction in Document-Class-Class options (I don't appear to have Extra options in my pref dialogue...) The place is correct, but it's spelled abstracton. - Put \usepackage[english]{babel} in LaTeX preamble - Put \selectlanguage{english} and

Re: Windows installation problems.

2006-05-26 Thread Paul A. Rubin
John Brown wrote: I installed Lyx 1.4.1 on a WinXp machine, when it got to the configuration part I got a message telling me that sh had dumped. I found a file in the C:\Program Files\LyX141\Resources folder called sh.exe.stackdump and it contains the following.

Re: Chinese characters in standard Lyx

2006-05-26 Thread Michael Wojcik
Graham Brown wrote: Occasionally, I need to be able to insert half a line or so of simplified Chinese into the document. I searched the archives and found a very helpful email that suggested that it was possible to use Lyx with CJK latex. I installed CJK latex (I already had the fonts)

windows (1.4.1): how can I see changes in dvi?

2006-05-26 Thread Sebastian Obermeier
Hi! The LyX wiki says (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX14#toc3) When enabled, any edits made to a document are tracked. Deleted text is marked in red and struck through, whilst added text is marked in blue; in addition a changebar is added to the margin. With the dvipost software installed,

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Stephen Harris
Helge Hafting wrote: David Neeley wrote: Personally, I did not respond to the idea that the menus should be Word-like--what I was focused on was the idea of having a bit more ability to create layout adjustments from controls in the menu system. That, I continue to believe, is a worthwhile

MacTeX

2006-05-26 Thread Bruce Pourciau
The MacTeX page of CTAN lists three downloads dated 2006 3-14: MacTeX-20060314.dmg MacTeX-20060314.dmg.md5 MacTeX.dmg Anyone know which I should download? Bruce

Basic layout questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Hello list, Here I am, back with my layout beginner questions. Is there a way I can have my appendixes to actually show that they are appendixes besides being numbererd by letters instead of actual numbers? Such as by displaying Appendixes before they start, that is at the end in my document

can't find lyxrc.defaults

2006-05-26 Thread Andrew Harrington
Help request: I just installed Lyx apparently successfully using the LyxWinInstaller on Win XP. However, running lyx -dbg any I get several comments, and a popup termination window about lyxrc.defaults: Could not find Qt translations for locale en_US LoaderQueue: priority set to 10

Re: Are fonts of LyX code also added into the pdf file?

2006-05-26 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All When using \usepackage{lmodern} pdflatex also adds the typewriter (LyX code) fonts into the pdf file? Thanks in advance, Paul It looks that way. I just generated a small test document, opened it in Adobe Reader, and checked the fonts (File-Document

Re: Basic layout questions

2006-05-26 Thread Richard Heck
Packages like titlesec and tocloft should handle this. Jerome Tuncer wrote: Hello list, Here I am, back with my layout beginner questions. Is there a way I can have my appendixes to actually show that they are appendixes besides being numbererd by letters instead of actual numbers? Such

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 25 May 2006 07:43 pm, Stephen Harris wrote: [clip] Designing such a menu seems quite ambitious, even for a subset of possibilities. I would have thought it impossible if Steve Litt, who wrote the layout tutorial, hadn't said he thought it was a good idea. It just seems so dynamic!

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 25 May 2006 08:30 pm, David Neeley wrote: [clip] That said, I have held on several professional mail lists for tech writers that the LyX approach seems far better suited for documentation than other solutions. Entirely too much time is spent by tech writers fiddling with layout,

[OT] Data Translation Needed

2006-05-26 Thread Rich Shepard
Many of you are in an academic environment, and you may know someone who has a copy of the Procite scientific reference database that runs on Winduhs. I have a Procite database sent to me in its native format, and I need to find someone who will read it in and export it in RIS format (*.ris) so

Columns and lines in tables-menu failed

2006-05-26 Thread Frank.Bsdurek
Hallo, If I open a table with the right mice click. Ther is no feature to include columns and lines to the table. The only option to insert lines and columns are to open menu/edit/clumns and lines/append line or column. I use the germen version from lyx 1.4.1. Installation 2.01. Sincerly Mit

Re: Weird LyX 1.4.1 behavior in Debian (compared to 1.3.8)

2006-05-26 Thread Georg Baum
Jerome Tuncer wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller sent a patch to fix this issue but how do I apply it? I cannot wait for 1.4.2 as I have a report to hand in and it would feel really more comfortable writing with the fix. You should probably check out the source from svn. See

Re: Crash Report

2006-05-26 Thread Georg Baum
Rich Shepard wrote: Situation: LyX-1.4.1 on Slackware-10.2/teTeX-3.0-i486-2_10.2. Document type was Koma-report and I changed it to article. As soon as I clicked on the Apply button the application instantly shut down. Re-invoked it and opened the emergency save. Just thought you

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Paul A. Rubin wrote: I don't think the problem is related to pdflatex or EndFrame; I think you've tripped over a bug in change tracking.  Attached is a version in which I deleted all \change verbs (and only those).  It seems to open correctly. The crucial question is how you managed to create

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Kresten Bertelsen wrote: hi, Yes I did copy a figure from a document with change tracking activated into a document witch did not have change tracking activated. hope it helps. Yes. Then you really stumbled over the aforementioned bug. To rediscove your document, change the line

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Yes. Then you really stumbled over the aforementioned bug. To Juergen rediscove your document, change the line \tracking_changes Juergen false to \tracking_changes true in your document, using an Juergen editor. Then you can merge

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Helge Hafting
David Neeley wrote: Personally, I did not respond to the idea that the menus should be Word-like--what I was focused on was the idea of having a bit more ability to create layout adjustments from controls in the menu system. That, I continue to believe, is a worthwhile goal. I'll give you a

Re: Weird LyX 1.4.1 behavior in Debian (compared to 1.3.8)

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Thanks, I'll check svn out. I think it was 1.3.6 I had, my mistake, I can't remember well. Jé Georg Baum a écrit : Jerome Tuncer wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller sent a patch to fix this issue but how do I apply it? I cannot wait for 1.4.2 as I have a report to hand in and it would feel really

error converting to loadable

2006-05-26 Thread Christian Huebner
Hi there, after replacing my HD and doing a fresh install of Lyx 1.4.1. mac (including tetex with imagemagick etc) I don't see pdfs and eps' any more. Instead the usual error converting to loadable message. Invoking convert from terminal works... Help welcome Christian

Re: error converting to loadable

2006-05-26 Thread Bennett Helm
On May 26, 2006, at 6:54 AM, Christian Huebner wrote: Hi there, after replacing my HD and doing a fresh install of Lyx 1.4.1. mac (including tetex with imagemagick etc) I don't see pdfs and eps' any more. Instead the usual error converting to loadable message. Invoking convert from

Re: Crash Report

2006-05-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Georg Baum wrote: If the cursor was inside a table during the class change then this is a known bug that is already fixed in 1.4.2svn. Georg, It may well have been that situation. I set up a 2 row/1 column table in the title environment so I could put the company logo

Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Hi everyone, I'm using the class report (koma script) for a paper. I manage to get good results with it but a few questions remain: - I found a way to include 2 abstracts by inserting a dummy LaTeX comment (%) in Standard style between the two, is there a smarter way to do that? The reason

Re: Update TeX?

2006-05-26 Thread Bruce Pourciau
Thanks, Rich and Bennett. Bruce On Thu, 25 May 2006, Bruce Pourciau wrote: If I now download LyX 1.3.7 or 1.4.1, should they work? Bruce, Yes. I just upgraded tetex to 3.0.0 and everything works just fine. Another question: My tex installation is tex.ii2. Are there good reasons

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jerome Tuncer wrote: - I found a way to include 2 abstracts by inserting a dummy LaTeX comment (%) in Standard style between the two, is there a smarter way to do that? The reason I want 2 abstracts is because I have to write one in French and one in English. Your solution looks o.k. to me.

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Thanks a lot for your quick answer Juergen! What I did is: - Put abstraction in Document-Class-Class options (I don't appear to have Extra options in my pref dialogue...) - Put \usepackage[english]{babel} in LaTeX preamble - Put \selectlanguage{english} and \selectlanguage{french} before

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jerome Tuncer wrote: - Put abstraction in Document-Class-Class options (I don't appear to have Extra options in my pref dialogue...) The place is correct, but it's spelled abstracton. - Put \usepackage[english]{babel} in LaTeX preamble - Put \selectlanguage{english} and

Re: Windows installation problems.

2006-05-26 Thread Paul A. Rubin
John Brown wrote: I installed Lyx 1.4.1 on a WinXp machine, when it got to the configuration part I got a message telling me that sh had dumped. I found a file in the C:\Program Files\LyX141\Resources folder called sh.exe.stackdump and it contains the following.

Re: Chinese characters in standard Lyx

2006-05-26 Thread Michael Wojcik
Graham Brown wrote: Occasionally, I need to be able to insert half a line or so of simplified Chinese into the document. I searched the archives and found a very helpful email that suggested that it was possible to use Lyx with CJK latex. I installed CJK latex (I already had the fonts)

windows (1.4.1): how can I see changes in dvi?

2006-05-26 Thread Sebastian Obermeier
Hi! The LyX wiki says (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX14#toc3) When enabled, any edits made to a document are tracked. Deleted text is marked in red and struck through, whilst added text is marked in blue; in addition a changebar is added to the margin. With the dvipost software installed,

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Stephen Harris
Helge Hafting wrote: David Neeley wrote: Personally, I did not respond to the idea that the menus should be Word-like--what I was focused on was the idea of having a bit more ability to create layout adjustments from controls in the menu system. That, I continue to believe, is a worthwhile

MacTeX

2006-05-26 Thread Bruce Pourciau
The MacTeX page of CTAN lists three downloads dated 2006 3-14: MacTeX-20060314.dmg MacTeX-20060314.dmg.md5 MacTeX.dmg Anyone know which I should download? Bruce

Basic layout questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Hello list, Here I am, back with my layout beginner questions. Is there a way I can have my appendixes to actually show that they are appendixes besides being numbererd by letters instead of actual numbers? Such as by displaying Appendixes before they start, that is at the end in my document

can't find lyxrc.defaults

2006-05-26 Thread Andrew Harrington
Help request: I just installed Lyx apparently successfully using the LyxWinInstaller on Win XP. However, running lyx -dbg any I get several comments, and a popup termination window about lyxrc.defaults: Could not find Qt translations for locale en_US LoaderQueue: priority set to 10

Re: Are fonts of LyX code also added into the pdf file?

2006-05-26 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All When using \usepackage{lmodern} pdflatex also adds the typewriter (LyX code) fonts into the pdf file? Thanks in advance, Paul It looks that way. I just generated a small test document, opened it in Adobe Reader, and checked the fonts (File-Document

Re: Basic layout questions

2006-05-26 Thread Richard Heck
Packages like titlesec and tocloft should handle this. Jerome Tuncer wrote: Hello list, Here I am, back with my layout beginner questions. Is there a way I can have my appendixes to actually show that they are appendixes besides being numbererd by letters instead of actual numbers? Such

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 25 May 2006 07:43 pm, Stephen Harris wrote: [clip] Designing such a menu seems quite ambitious, even for a subset of possibilities. I would have thought it impossible if Steve Litt, who wrote the layout tutorial, hadn't said he thought it was a good idea. It just seems so dynamic!

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 25 May 2006 08:30 pm, David Neeley wrote: [clip] That said, I have held on several professional mail lists for tech writers that the LyX approach seems far better suited for documentation than other solutions. Entirely too much time is spent by tech writers fiddling with layout,

[OT] Data Translation Needed

2006-05-26 Thread Rich Shepard
Many of you are in an academic environment, and you may know someone who has a copy of the Procite scientific reference database that runs on Winduhs. I have a Procite database sent to me in its native format, and I need to find someone who will read it in and export it in RIS format (*.ris) so

Columns and lines in tables-menu failed

2006-05-26 Thread Frank.Bsdurek
Hallo, If I open a table with the right mice click. Ther is no feature to include columns and lines to the table. The only option to insert lines and columns are to open menu/edit/clumns and lines/append line or column. I use the germen version from lyx 1.4.1. Installation 2.01. Sincerly Mit

Re: Weird LyX 1.4.1 behavior in Debian (compared to 1.3.8)

2006-05-26 Thread Georg Baum
Jerome Tuncer wrote: > Juergen Spitzmueller sent a patch to fix this issue but how do I apply > it? I cannot wait for 1.4.2 as I have a report to hand in and it would > feel really more comfortable writing with the fix. You should probably check out the source from svn. See

Re: Crash Report

2006-05-26 Thread Georg Baum
Rich Shepard wrote: >Situation: LyX-1.4.1 on Slackware-10.2/teTeX-3.0-i486-2_10.2. Document > type was Koma-report and I changed it to article. As soon as I clicked on > the Apply button the application instantly shut down. > >Re-invoked it and opened the emergency save. Just thought you

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > I don't think the problem is related to pdflatex or EndFrame; I think > you've tripped over a bug in change tracking.  Attached is a version in > which I deleted all \change verbs (and only those).  It seems to open > correctly. The crucial question is how you managed to

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Kresten Bertelsen wrote: > hi, > Yes I did copy a figure from a document with change tracking activated into > a document witch did not have change tracking activated. > > hope it helps. Yes. Then you really stumbled over the aforementioned bug. To rediscove your document, change the line

Re: Corrupt lyx file created under lyx win 1.4.1 as a beamer class document

2006-05-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Juergen" == Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Juergen> Yes. Then you really stumbled over the aforementioned bug. To Juergen> rediscove your document, change the line \tracking_changes Juergen> false to \tracking_changes true in your document, using an Juergen> editor. Then

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Helge Hafting
David Neeley wrote: Personally, I did not respond to the idea that the menus should be "Word-like"--what I was focused on was the idea of having a bit more ability to create layout adjustments from controls in the menu system. That, I continue to believe, is a worthwhile goal. I'll give you a

Re: Weird LyX 1.4.1 behavior in Debian (compared to 1.3.8)

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Thanks, I'll check svn out. I think it was 1.3.6 I had, my mistake, I can't remember well. Jé Georg Baum a écrit : Jerome Tuncer wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller sent a patch to fix this issue but how do I apply it? I cannot wait for 1.4.2 as I have a report to hand in and it would feel really

error converting to loadable

2006-05-26 Thread Christian Huebner
Hi there, after replacing my HD and doing a fresh install of Lyx 1.4.1. mac (including tetex with imagemagick etc) I don't see pdfs and eps' any more. Instead the usual "error converting to loadable" message. Invoking "convert" from terminal works... Help welcome Christian

Re: error converting to loadable

2006-05-26 Thread Bennett Helm
On May 26, 2006, at 6:54 AM, Christian Huebner wrote: Hi there, after replacing my HD and doing a fresh install of Lyx 1.4.1. mac (including tetex with imagemagick etc) I don't see pdfs and eps' any more. Instead the usual "error converting to loadable" message. Invoking "convert" from

Re: Crash Report

2006-05-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Georg Baum wrote: If the cursor was inside a table during the class change then this is a known bug that is already fixed in 1.4.2svn. Georg, It may well have been that situation. I set up a 2 row/1 column table in the title environment so I could put the company logo

Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Hi everyone, I'm using the class "report (koma script)" for a paper. I manage to get good results with it but a few questions remain: - I found a way to include 2 abstracts by inserting a dummy LaTeX comment (%) in Standard style between the two, is there a smarter way to do that? The

Re: Update TeX?

2006-05-26 Thread Bruce Pourciau
Thanks, Rich and Bennett. Bruce On Thu, 25 May 2006, Bruce Pourciau wrote: If I now download LyX 1.3.7 or 1.4.1, should they work? Bruce, Yes. I just upgraded tetex to 3.0.0 and everything works just fine. Another question: My tex installation is tex.ii2. Are there good reasons

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jerome Tuncer wrote: > - I found a way to include 2 abstracts by inserting a dummy LaTeX > comment (%) in Standard style between the two, is there a smarter way to > do that? The reason I want 2 abstracts is because I have to write one in > French and one in English. Your solution looks o.k. to

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Thanks a lot for your quick answer Juergen! What I did is: - Put "abstraction" in "Document"->"Class"->"Class options" (I don't appear to have "Extra options" in my pref dialogue...) - Put "\usepackage[english]{babel}" in LaTeX preamble - Put "\selectlanguage{english}" and

Re: Simple beginner questions

2006-05-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jerome Tuncer wrote: > - Put "abstraction" in "Document"->"Class"->"Class options" (I don't > appear to have "Extra options" in my pref dialogue...) The place is correct, but it's spelled "abstracton". > - Put "\usepackage[english]{babel}" in LaTeX preamble > > - Put "\selectlanguage{english}"

Re: Windows installation problems.

2006-05-26 Thread Paul A. Rubin
John Brown wrote: I installed Lyx 1.4.1 on a WinXp machine, when it got to the configuration part I got a message telling me that sh had dumped. I found a file in the C:\Program Files\LyX141\Resources folder called sh.exe.stackdump and it contains the following.

Re: Chinese characters in standard Lyx

2006-05-26 Thread Michael Wojcik
Graham Brown wrote: Occasionally, I need to be able to insert half a line or so of simplified Chinese into the document. I searched the archives and found a very helpful email that suggested that it was possible to use Lyx with CJK latex. I installed CJK latex (I already had the fonts)

windows (1.4.1): how can I see changes in dvi?

2006-05-26 Thread Sebastian Obermeier
Hi! The LyX wiki says (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX14#toc3) "When enabled, any edits made to a document are tracked. Deleted text is marked in red and struck through, whilst added text is marked in blue; in addition a changebar is added to the margin. With the dvipost software installed,

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Stephen Harris
Helge Hafting wrote: David Neeley wrote: Personally, I did not respond to the idea that the menus should be "Word-like"--what I was focused on was the idea of having a bit more ability to create layout adjustments from controls in the menu system. That, I continue to believe, is a worthwhile

MacTeX

2006-05-26 Thread Bruce Pourciau
The MacTeX page of CTAN lists three downloads dated 2006 3-14: MacTeX-20060314.dmg MacTeX-20060314.dmg.md5 MacTeX.dmg Anyone know which I should download? Bruce

Basic layout questions

2006-05-26 Thread Jerome Tuncer
Hello list, Here I am, back with my layout beginner questions. Is there a way I can have my appendixes to actually show that they are appendixes besides being "numbererd" by letters instead of actual numbers? Such as by displaying "Appendixes" before they start, that is at the end in my

can't find lyxrc.defaults

2006-05-26 Thread Andrew Harrington
Help request: I just installed Lyx apparently successfully using the LyxWinInstaller on Win XP. However, running lyx -dbg any I get several comments, and a popup termination window about lyxrc.defaults: Could not find Qt translations for locale en_US LoaderQueue: priority set to 10

Re: Are fonts of LyX code also added into the pdf file?

2006-05-26 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All When using \usepackage{lmodern} pdflatex also adds the typewriter (LyX code) fonts into the pdf file? Thanks in advance, Paul It looks that way. I just generated a small test document, opened it in Adobe Reader, and checked the fonts (File->Document

Re: Basic layout questions

2006-05-26 Thread Richard Heck
Packages like titlesec and tocloft should handle this. Jerome Tuncer wrote: > Hello list, > > Here I am, back with my layout beginner questions. > > Is there a way I can have my appendixes to actually show that they are > appendixes besides being "numbererd" by letters instead of actual >

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 25 May 2006 07:43 pm, Stephen Harris wrote: [clip] > Designing such a menu seems quite ambitious, even for a > subset of possibilities. I would have thought it impossible > if Steve Litt, who wrote the layout tutorial, hadn't said > he thought it was a good idea. It just seems so

Re: A debate topic: What can LyX still learn from scientific workplace?

2006-05-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 25 May 2006 08:30 pm, David Neeley wrote: [clip] > That said, I have held on several professional mail lists for tech > writers that the LyX approach seems far better suited for > documentation than other solutions. Entirely too much time is spent by > tech writers fiddling with

[OT] Data Translation Needed

2006-05-26 Thread Rich Shepard
Many of you are in an academic environment, and you may know someone who has a copy of the Procite scientific reference database that runs on Winduhs. I have a Procite database sent to me in its native format, and I need to find someone who will read it in and export it in RIS format (*.ris) so