Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab

2011-11-28 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I'd like to use the key to complete completions when that option is set. The default value is but I find myself consistently going back to using the key. I tried modifying it, but I got an error saying that was already being used. So I tried removing the binding, adding accept-completi

Re: Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab

2011-11-28 Thread L Duperval
Oh, I forgot: LyX 2.0.0 on Linux. L On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:03:19 +, L Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to use the key to complete completions when that option > is set. The default value is but I find myself consistently going > back to using the key. I tried mod

Re: Changing completion key to Enter instead of Tab

2011-11-29 Thread L Duperval
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:59:43 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Hello, > > Try to bind Enter to something like > command-alternatives accept-completion ; break-paragraph > > JMarc Nope, that's what I tried originally. What happens is that Enter/Return doesn't accept the suggestion if it's inl

A few questions about creating a book

2011-11-29 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I have a few questions abut creating a book so here goes: - Whenever I create a new document to be included (I am currently splitting what I've already written into smaller parts), i have to reconfigure the document settings. Which means, if I'm not mistaken, that if I change things after

Re: A few questions about creating a book

2011-11-29 Thread L Duperval
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:10:48 +, L Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few questions abut creating a book so here goes: > Another one: when exporting the book to text, the child chapters are not included in the output. How can I fix that? Thanks, L

Re: A few questions about creating a book

2011-11-29 Thread L Duperval
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:51:19 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: > You shouldn't need to do this, so long as you open the child documents > AS children of the master. I.e., you open the master first, then open > the child from within it. Alternatively, you can set a "default master" > in each of the childre

Re: A few questions about creating a book

2011-11-29 Thread L Duperval
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:14:07 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > This isn't responsive to your question, but I've had great success > keeping my whole 108K word document in a single file. I see an awful lot > of questions on the LyX list concerning how to get child docs to work, > and am always glad I don't

Using LyX for a book

2009-02-14 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North American books). However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular, the text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to correct that.

Re: Using LyX for a book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote: > On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote: >> Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it >> and you should find the answer to all of your problems. > > I'll second that. The Memoir documentation is b

Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I am looking for a good way to re-order the elements of my book. There is a lot of work to do and I am looking to avoid doing cut&paste or simply moving elements up and down in the outline. I was hoping I could drag'n'drop in the outline (which would be sufficient for now), but that is not

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:53:09 +0100, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Nikos Alexandris wrote: >> learn how to to "isolate" pages > > use pdftk on linux. If you run KDE, there are also pdftk service menus > for the konqueror. > > Jürgen Why not print-to-file and print the first pages only? L -- Ge

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:34 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > It isn't enough to use the Up/Down buttons etc in the outline dialog? > > (As for drag'n drop, maybe you should file an enhancement request for > that in bugzilla) > No. I have 100+ points that I want to reorder and single clicki

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:57 +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > Is the reason single clicking is to slow because you have to move the > "point" a long distance, and thus would have to click many times to move > it? > Yes. > Or is it because there are several points that you have to move > sep

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:17:26 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > But a book is structured by chapters, section and the like. LyX's > outliner allows you to move whole chapters ans section to different > positions. This works very well, so I don't understand your problem. Fair enough. > You > write you wan

Re: LyX with monospace words, code fragments

2009-02-15 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:20:00 -0800, Justin Crites wrote: How can I include semantic "code fragments" in my document which are > styled monospace? > > I am using 1.5.2. > > Thanks for your help! Did you try the standard Code format included in LyX? L -- Get free public speaking and communica

Re: Best way to re-order book

2009-02-16 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:17:27 +, Guenter Milde wrote: > How about placing the 100+ sections into chapters first (with some > "auxiliary chapters" that are removed in the final version) to get them > grouped? The you can move your 10+ chapters and finally merge some of > them (by removing the "au

Fancy TOC and headers question

2009-08-15 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I would like to realize the following in Lyx. I have a book in Koma- Script style. I'd like the book to look like this: Section 1: My section Chapter 1: First chapter Tip 1: a tip Tip 2: another tip Tip 3: yet another tip Chapter 2: Second chapter Tip 4: yep, tip 4 Tip 5: 5 it is Tip 6: and 6

Photo-ready output

2009-08-20 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I want to create a booklet for a print-on-demand shop (Lulu, iUniverse, Lightning Source, Book Locker). What I've seen is that they need PDF/X photo-ready output. Does anyone know how to produce that, other than using Acrobat Distiller? Thanks, L -- Get free public speaking and commun

Re: Photo-ready output

2009-08-20 Thread L Duperval
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:11:46 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: >I've no idea what the /X represents, but if you produce your .pdf at >2400 > dpi resolution it's ready for printing. > > Rich This is PDF/X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/X Seems to be more stringent than simple PDF to display

Re: Photo-ready output

2009-08-20 Thread L Duperval
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:54:04 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote: > * L Duperval wrote, On 20/08/09 16:03: >> Hi, >> >> I want to create a booklet for a print-on-demand shop (Lulu, iUniverse, >> Lightning Source, Book Locker). What I've seen is that they need PDF/X >>

Re: Photo-ready output

2009-08-20 Thread L Duperval
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:31:57 +, L Duperval wrote: > I (somewhat) understand the technical implications of PDF/X. However, > among the list of software that produces valid PDF/X output, there seems > to be nothing related to (La)TeX files. Is this simply an oversight or > is it not

Re: Fancy TOC and headers question

2009-08-20 Thread L Duperval
On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:27:12 +, L Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to realize the following in Lyx. I have a book in Koma- > Script style. I'd like the book to look like this: > > Section 1: My section > Chapter 1: First chapter > Tip 1: a tip > Tip 2:

Re: Fancy TOC and headers question

2009-08-21 Thread L Duperval
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:29:22 -0400, rgheck wrote: > Well, here are a few. It seems to me that what you're doing, more or > less, is using what would ordinarily be called "sections" but renaming > them as "tips". I'm not sure about this, because you list a section > before the first chapter. You a

Best fonts for printed material (booklet, book)?

2009-08-22 Thread L Duperval
Hi, What are the best fonts fdor readability. I'm not too fond of the CM fonts. However, if they are really the best I may stick to them. I've heard that Palatino is good too. I think I also heard Luxi mentioned (lucida?) but I'm not sure. Comments? Is there a site that discusses this and prov

Text on right, images on left

2009-08-30 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I want to create a booklet which has text on the right-hand page, while the left-hand page contains a graph, an image, a table or something similar. I suppose I can do this manually by inserting page breaks all over but is there a package that controls such flow automatically? Thanks, L

Re: Text on right, images on left

2009-08-30 Thread L Duperval
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:46:46 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > My feelings exactly. When you start worrying about where things go in a > short document, LaTeX or its derivatives is a hassle. My choice to do > what you're talking about would be Scribus (http://www.scribus.net/). It > works on Windows, OS/X