Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Jayneil Dalal wrote: > 3. Regarding the version name, I thought "lyx live dvd" just sounded plain > and simple and since 12.04.2 is LTS, I am probably not going to change that > version. > I meant that a versioning scheme would be useful to indicate on which distr

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
Ray Rashif writes: > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif wrote: >> >>> On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug wrote: >>> >>> I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on this, >>> perhaps to get an idea as

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Stephen George wrote: > On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > > of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands > for :-)-O > > No he can't, with comments like > "open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker wit

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
It is flattering to say, hey John Doe the great novelist is using LyX, but much more important is another question. Is LyX the right tool for a publisher who wants to publish printed books and ebooks from the same source, which is what publishers want to do today. At least this is what I want to d

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be > a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for > distribution. Our target group are not authors (have a look at > Scrivener[1] to see w

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Am 12.06.2013 10:59, schrieb Liviu Andronic: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke > wrote: >> You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be >> a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for >> distribution. Our target group are

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? 2013/6/12 Liviu Andronic > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke > wrote: > > You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be > > a publishing environme

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been > able to test it), by Rob? > Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC project is to polish the outliner/corkboard co

Re: Place float:figure in this subparagraph

2013-06-12 Thread Philipp Gröne
Hello! Thank you for your answers! Paul Rubin wrote: Short of manually inserting page breaks (and adjusting them whenever the text changes), I do not think it is possible to do what you want and be certain that you get the desired result. After reading a bit further and asking friends which a

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > Ray Rashif writes: > > > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif >wrote: > >> > >>> On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug wrote: > >>> > >>> I wanted to survey th

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0200 Liviu Andronic wrote: > This is the goal of one of our GSoC projects this year: > http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/NonLinearWriting and Please tell the person doing the NonLinearWriting project that if he needs to talk with an author of Discovery Fiction, he should fee

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > stefano franchi writes: > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > >> Ray Rashif writes: > >> > >> > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
stefano franchi writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > >> Ray Rashif writes: >> >> > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi >> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif > >wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug

Re: the dreaded docx export - WAS: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
stefano franchi writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > >> stefano franchi writes: >> >> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> > >> >> Ray Rashif writes: >> >> >> >> > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >>

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Csikos Bela
"Jürgen Spitzmüller" írta: >2013/6/11 Csikos Bela >>Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a >>template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user >>guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would >>like to >>change the

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
Liviu Andronic writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: >> Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been >> able to test it), by Rob? >> > Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the > goal of the GSoC project is t

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust > a template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The > user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For > example I would like to change the sizes and positioning of the > headline and footline, c

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> > of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands > > for :-)-O > No he can't, with comments like > /"open source programs have great appeal for people who want to > tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to > do something."/ > > He would not be able

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for posting so late about this. I gave a talk on Lyx at Linuxfest > Northwest 2013: > > > http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- > alternative-latex > > I have also started a project on sourceforge cal

Lyx stuck generating PDFs

2013-06-12 Thread Julio Rojas
Dear all, I am having a very weird behaviour on Lyx 2.0.6. When I try to generate any PDF, even the simplest one, nothing happens. I can see PDFLatex running in the background, eating some processor, but nothing to be worried about. This keeps going on until a message telling me that the command pd

Powerdot and graphics

2013-06-12 Thread Joe Melton
Hello All, I am using LyX 2.0.5.1. on a Mac (10.6.8) with the powerdot layout that comes preinstalled. I am trying to get powerdot to easily include figures in a sensical way. I have had no luck fiddling on my own and the powerdot manual does not address figure placement. I was hoping someone

Re: Lyx at Linuxfest Northwest 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Rainer M Krug
Scott Kostyshak writes: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Jayneil Dalal > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for posting so late about this. I gave a talk on Lyx at Linuxfest >> Northwest 2013: >> >> >> http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/content/crash-course-lyx-gui-based- >> alternative-latex >> >> I have