Re: Spellchecker identifying correct words as incorrect

2010-12-11 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 11.12.2010 um 06:52 schrieb Pete Crite: >> Am 09.12.2010 um 05:57 schrieb Pete Crite: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm running the latest LyX on Mac OS X. I've had the spellchecker work fine >>> in the past, using aspell. I've just tried to spellcheck a new file, and >>> strange things are happening. Qui

Re: Can't get XeTeX to work

2010-12-11 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Eran Kaplinsky wrote: > I still can't make XeTex work in 2.0 beta 2 with a fully updated MiKTeX > 2.9. I don't know how recent MikTeX 2.9 ist, but from a quick glance at our log, it looks like at least the l3* packages (LaTeX3 = package "expl3") are not up to date. > ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2

Re: Can't get XeTeX to work

2010-12-11 Thread ehud.kap...@gmail.com
Just a comment to those still using Miktex as their Latex after-Lyx engine: After many years of using Miktex, I have recently switched to TexLive (which I use on both Linux-Ubuntu and Windows-XP), mostly because of its superior updating facilities. Now I update/upgrade Latex with a single click t

Re: Labels with barcodes

2010-12-11 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
On 10/12/2010 18:47, sunfire wrote: Hi Abdel, as for the barcodes, maybe you'll find some hint's here: http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/barcodes/willadt/ here are the corresponding files as well: ftp://anonym...@ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/barcodes/willadt I don't know if it will still

Re: My Lyx citation output is inconsistent

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Heck
On 12/11/2010 12:35 AM, Earl Alpert wrote: Dear folks, I am using Lyx 1.6.4 with Jabref. My problem is that I want my citations in the footnotes to look like 'Author Year, page number'. About half the time they do look like this; the other half I get 'Author, Full Title, Year, Page Number'.

PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Alan McIntyre
Hi, I'm a relative newbie to Lyx and am using it for writing my thesis. The problem I'm having is that the pdf output I generate, which looks OK (bit 'jumpy' looking though), appears to be bitmap images rather than proper searchable text. For example I need to submit my document to my university v

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 12/11/2010 06:41 PM, Alan McIntyre wrote: Hi, I'm a relative newbie to Lyx and am using it for writing my thesis. The problem I'm having is that the pdf output I generate, which looks OK (bit 'jumpy' looking though), appears to be bitmap images rather than proper searchable text. For example

Re: XY-pic won't render

2010-12-11 Thread Paul A . Rubin
I notice nobody has responded to this. Is it still a problem? If so: 1. What OS are you using? 2. If you run 'kpsewhich xyd.enc' from a DOS prompt/terminal, do you get the path to xyd.enc? 3. If you open a new doc in LyX and follow the steps under section 2 (Preparation) in Peter's manual, wh

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread mario
Hi try to give a look at Laport's book http://www.amazon.com/LaTeX-Document-Preparation-System-2nd/dp/0201529831 It helps. My best wishes for your thesis mario On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 04:41 PM, Alan McIntyre wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a relative newbie to Lyx and am using it f

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Alan McIntyre
Thanks Nikos for reply - I've tried pdflatex output option with same result. See output file at... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14591540/newfile1.pdf On 11 December 2010 16:41, Alan McIntyre wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a relative newbie to Lyx and am using it for writing my thesis. The > problem I'm having

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Alan McIntyre
Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: > > > Always use the "pdflatex" export option. This will use scalable fonts. > > Thanks Nikos for reply - I've tried pdflatex output option with same result. See output file at... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14591540/newfile1.pdf

Re: How to use short dashes in program listings?

2010-12-11 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: > > When inserting a program listing, all "-" characters in the source code > are converted to long dashes. This results in the C operator "--" > looking more like a single long line rather than two dashes. (There is > some space between each dash, but it

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread mario
Alan I can search your file. How do you look at it? Or am I misunderstanding your issue? mario On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 05:21 PM, Alan McIntyre wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: > > > > > > > Always use the "pdflatex" export option. This will use scalable fon

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 12/11/2010 07:21 PM, Alan McIntyre wrote: Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: Always use the "pdflatex" export option. This will use scalable fonts. Thanks Nikos for reply - I've tried pdflatex output option with same result. See output file at... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14591540/ne

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14591540/newfile1.pdf > > I see.  Those are indeed bitmap fonts and not recommended for PDFs (or > anything else, actually.)  I guess your TeX installation is missing the > scalable version of the Computer Modern

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Alan McIntyre
Hmmm... that's strange. I've been using Nitro PDF Professional and that won't allow searching or cut'n'paste. But in response to your comment, I've just installed Acrobat X and that does! However, someone else on this thread has confirmed that the fonts in the document sre indeed bitmaps? I'm mo

Re: Can't get XeTeX to work

2010-12-11 Thread Eran Kaplinsky
You are right. It's a MikteX issue. > Jürgen > >

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Alan McIntyre
Hi Nikos, Looks like my installation does indeed include those fonts... 1.2 Latin Modern MM Found: yes MM CTAN: fonts/lm/ MM Notes: The Latin Modern fonts are PostScript versions of LaTeX' standard font (Computer Modern). They aim to become the default LaTeX font eventually. We recommend to use t

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 12/11/2010 08:42 PM, Alan McIntyre wrote: Hmmm... that's strange. I've been using Nitro PDF Professional and that won't allow searching or cut'n'paste. But in response to your comment, I've just installed Acrobat X and that does! However, someone else on this thread has confirmed that the fo

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Alan McIntyre
Guys, Thanks for your help, I've followed your instructions and changed the default fonts to Computer Modern and using the Export -> PDF(ps2pdf) I can get searchable/selectable/paste'able' text output! :-) Interestingly, using Export -> PDF(pdflatex) doesn't produce the same result. I guess the

doc class g-brief2: serial letters?

2010-12-11 Thread Jannick Asmus
Hi, how can I use the serial letter feature, but with the output like with the doc class g-brief2? The serial letter examples shipped with LyX 2.0 beta1 have doc class letter (KOMA-script v.2). If I have to switch to another doc class, then I would like to keep the output format of my profes

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Alan McIntyre wrote: > Guys, > > Thanks for your help, I've followed your instructions and changed the default > fonts to Computer Modern and using the Export -> PDF(ps2pdf) I can get > searchable/selectable/paste'able' text output! :-) > > Interestingly, using Exp

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Venable
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14591540/newfile1.pdf >> >> I see.  Those are indeed bitmap fonts and not recommended for PDFs (or >> anything else, actually.)  I guess your TeX installa

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Venable wrote: > This (bitmap as default) has always been puzzling to me. Even though > it's a small thing to correct, I've seen it be a barrier to adoption > by the less-technically-inclined. It seems like making a scalable font > the default would go a long way

Re: PDF output question

2010-12-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 11 December 2010 16:42:45 Venable wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14591540/newfile1.pdf > >> > >> I see. Those are indeed bitmap fonts and not recommended for