Viewing two documents simultaneously

Hi, I often do translation work and I would like to see documents side by side or one abofe the other. Other than opening two instances of Lyx, is there another way to do this? L -- Prenez la parole en public en étant Speak to an audience while being moins nerveux et plus convaincant!

Re: Viewing two documents simultaneously

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:34:15 +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > In LyX >= 1.5.0 try "File->New Window". > Ah! Hadn't noticed that, thanks! L -- Prenez la parole en public en étant Speak to an audience while being moins nerveux et plus convaincant! less nervous and more conv

How do you change background color and put a frame

Hi, I want to create a paragraph (or two) that have a different background color. I also want them to be framed. How do I do that? L -- Prenez la parole en public en étant Speak to an audience while being moins nerveux et plus convaincant! less nervous and more convincing! Éveil

Does true TTF work in LyX on Linux

Him, I am using Ubuntu Feisty. I want to create PDF documents with LyX that use well-defined (not fuzzy) fonts. I understand the whole pixmap thing and for printing, they're great. But in all the PDF files I produce, they look fuzzy. I tried the lmodern and the ae thing, but they are still fuzzy

Re: Does true TTF work in LyX on Linux

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:16:12 +0100, Declan O'Byrne wrote: > Silly question: Are you using Evince? If so, try acroread. I have > found that Evince sometimes gives strange fuzzyness. For what it's > worth, I don't find the same problem with Evince on Gutsy. > > Apologies if this is irrelevant. >

Re: Does true TTF work in LyX on Linux

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:50:20 -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > To elaborate a bit on Neal's point, in LyX 1.5.x you can go to Document > -> Settings... -> Fonts and set the Roman, Sans Serif and Typewriter > fonts to their Latin Modern choices. That will automatically insert the > needed \usepackag

Mutltiple personal dictionaries with aspell

Hi, I write half my material in French and the other half in English. I need a personal dictionary for each language. As it stands now, whenever I change languages for my documents, I need to go to the preferences and change my personal dictionary from one language to another, otherwise I get an e

Seeing HEVEA errors

Hi, Sometimes when I export to HTML, I get an error window that pops up saying there was an error with the hevea execution, but I see no details. Is there any way to see the details? L -- Prenez la parole en public en étant Speak to an audience while being moins nerveux et plus convain

Re: Seeing HEVEA errors

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:02:18 -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > If you run LyX from a terminal, you should see whatever hevea outputs > there. Or: Export to LaTeX, and then run hevea manually. > I currently to the Export/Run thing but I was hoping I could skip that step. I don't run from a terminal.

Continuous section numbers

Hi, I want to create a document where I have multiple chapters, but I want \section numbers to continue. I.e. something that looks like this: Chapter 1 1 A Section 2 A Section 3 A Section Chapter 2 4 A Section 5 A Section 6 A Section 7 A Section Chapter 4 8 A Section 9 A Section Is this possib

Conditional printing and formatting

Hi, I want to create a document that contains different printing options for certain paragraphs. For example, let's say I have a series of questions and answers, I want to produce three types of output: 1. A question followed by the answer. 2. Only show the questions. 3. Only show the questions

Re: Continuous section numbers

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:04:02 -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > Laurent Duperval wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to create a document where I have multiple chapters, but I want >> \section numbers to continue. I.e. something that looks like this: >> Is this possible? >&

Re: Conditional printing and formatting

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:34:00 -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Branches handles most if not all of this. See section 6.4 of the User > Guide. You can put questions in the main document, answers in a branch, > and include or exclude the branch. I'm not sure about point 3. > Thanks, I'll take a lo

Taking text off a branch

Hi, I set some text to be on a branch, but now I want to remove it from that branch. Other than the Cut&Paste dance, is there another way? If not, is it possible to have a "Insert > Branch > None" feature, or is it possible to have as an option when you right-click on the branch? Thanks, L -

Re: Taking text off a branch

Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Yes, a pretty obscure feature called "dissolve-inset". Just put your cursor at the beginning of the branch and hit the Backspace key. Abdel. Thanks for this. It really should be added in the User Guide, since it's only a couple of lines: If you want to remove som

HTML output without styles

Hi, I sometimes need to export to HTML without style sheets. Basically, I only want the proper tags, no classes, no stylesheets, plain Jane output. Is this possible? Right now, I export to HTML then I have to manually delete all style information. It makes the process longer and more painful than

Search & Replace quotes

Hi, I accidentally started a document in English when it was supposed to be in French. Now, I need to change all quotes (") to be guillements (>>). How can I do that, other than manually? L -- Prenez la parole en public en étant Speak to an audience while being moins nerveux et plus con

Landscape document: what am I missing?

Hi, I am trying to print a landscape document. Hoewever, when I view a PDF or DVI document, it shows up in portrait. If it matters any, I am using a longtable in my document. L -- Prenez la parole en public en étant Speak to an audience while being moins nerveux et plus convaincant!

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

Nobody knows? :-( L On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:29:42 +, Laurent Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to print a landscape document. Hoewever, when I view a PDF or > DVI document, it shows up in portrait. > > If it matters any, I am using a longtable in my document. > &

Re: Landscape document: what am I missing?

. Thanks! L On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:02:46 -0500, Bennett Helm wrote: > On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Laurent Duperval wrote: > >> Nobody knows? :-( >> >> L > > It works for me. Perhaps you can provide more details on your setup > (and even a minimal example file

Koma letter: make first page longer

Hi, I noticed that the first page of a Koma letter2 is shorter than the rest of the pages. How can I make it be the same length? The reason I want this is because I have two lines of text on the second page of a two-page letter. I want it all on the first page, and it looks like it should fit corr

Re: Unable to launch Lyx 1.5.3 on Vista

Laurent Duperval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > For some reason, launching Lyx 1.5.3 on Vista fails, completely and utterly. I > get a message window saying the program requested the Runtime to terminate it > for an unknown reason. Ok, never mind. Seems to

Unable to launch Lyx 1.5.3 on Vista

Hi, For some reason, launching Lyx 1.5.3 on Vista fails, completely and utterly. I get a message window saying the program requested the Runtime to terminate it for an unknown reason. It was working fine last week. Heck, it was working fine yesterday. The only difference between yesterday and tod

Best font for printed output

Hi, >From all the myriads of fonts available for LyX and LaTeX, which ones are the best for printed output? I've been using the default, but I find it a bit thin (or light) so I was wondering if there was a better recommendation. While I'm at it, what are some of the good roman/sans/type combinat

Multi-paragraph description

Hello, Is it possible to create a multi-paragraph description in LyX, the same way you can do so in LaTex? Something like this: \begin{description} \item[Para] This is a shorter item label, and some text that talks about it. The text is wrapped into a paragraph, with successive lines indented.

Questions about importing from LaTeX

Hi, I'm using the CVS version of LyX. Is this the right place to ask questions or should they all go to lyx-devel? L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Coulez-vous sur mes pas avec la circonspection du serpent marchant su

Tips after importing

better way? Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Coulez-vous sur mes pas avec la circonspection du serpent marchant sur des oeufs! -Achille Talon

Conditional text

h the document is written. For example, you may have two different preambles for the same document and put one preamble if you're sending it to your cousin, and another if you're sending it to your professor, or whatever. You get the drift. Can this be don in LyX? Thanks, L -- Laurent D

Adding new rows leaves gaps in table

under the block of four. How do I fix that? I'm using the CVS version of LyX. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chez nous, au moins, on se repère sur le soleil... Mais ici, ils ne l'ont pas encore inventé! -Dog Bull

About character styles

r documents? I have more esoterical questions too, but I'll wait 'til I get more experience before asking. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Je refuse de discuter plus avant avec un NABOT MENTAL! -Lefuneste

Re: figure rendering

ed >> properly in the lyx window. Now it just says "rendering" and the box >>remains blank. A Try 'xhost +localhost' before starting lyx or use >>another ghostscript > than 6.50 (which is buggy). > Is 6.51 OK? L -- Laurent D

Re: About character styles

On 3 Nov, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > But isn't he also right that he could make a > \newcommand\mytextstyle{...} to apply latex character commands to suit > his purposes, without having to go to the character menu? > So ERT all over the place? L -- Laurent Duperv

Space between paragraphs in books

o get this effect? L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Noël sans sapin, c'est comme un théorème sans corrolaire: ça ne ressemble à rien! -Achille Talon

Re: Installation Woes

t/latex/bin to your PATH variable either in ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc or ~/.tcshrc or whatever the startup file for your shell is. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D'obscures manoeuvres ont eu lieu dans l'ombre et je ferai toute la lumière sur ces ténébreux agi

Re: Re: About character styles

27;s because LyX i geared more towards scientific writing? Thanks for the tip. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ce sabot pensant de Kid Ordinn a failli ruiner la réputation du Sud. Heureusement que je suis là! C'est une questiond de patriotisme! -Dog Bull

Re: Installation Woes

nstead of /usr and I used tcsh as a shell. The effect is that path settings set in the .login file don't have any effect in the GUI environment. Effectively, /us/local/bin doesn't appear in my path if I lauch LyX from a menu button (such as the ones in the GNOME panel). L -- Lau

Re: Installation Woes

en you ran LyX for the first time, it should have told you if/where it found the tex and latex commands. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ce sabot pensant de Kid Ordinn a failli ruiner la réputation du Sud. Heureusement que je suis là! C'est une questiond de patriotisme! -Dog Bull

A couple of LyX usage questions

is an easy way to get out of it? The opposite of Ctrl-L, actually. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aucun gel n'est de taille à refroidir l'ardeur du bouillant Achille. -Achille Talon

Re: A couple of LyX usage questions

On 19 Nov, To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > - When in TeX mode, what is an easy way to get out of it? The opposite > of Ctrl-L, actually. > Ooops, lemme qualify that: How do I get out of ERT mode? TeX, to me, is just a specific instance of ERT mode. L -- Laurent Duperval <m

Re: A couple of LyX usage questions

Ctrl-L puts you in TeX mode and only changes the color of the font. So yes, in 1.1.6, the toggling works. But in the CVS version, TeX mode puts you into ERT and Ctrl-L doesn't take you out. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Je m&#

Re: A couple of LyX usage questions

is your latex->html converter ? > I checked both latex2html and tth, and their both export tables > correctly (though tth doesn't work with a longtable). > Sigh, I should sleep more. I've got *figures* with only text in them and they come out as images in the HTML output. Th

PNG gets transalted multiple times?

d HTML? L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On ne donne pas d'ordre à un génie de mon calibre. -Léonard le génie

Re: A couple of LyX usage questions

t in floats fine. Ok, guess I'll try tth. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Noël sans sapin, c'est comme un théorème sans corrolaire: ça ne ressemble à rien! -Achille Talon

Re: PNG gets transalted multiple times?

egraphics{foo.eps}} > \begin{rawhtml}\end{rawhtml} > Ok, I'll look at that. > 2) PDF > Lyx doesn't do any image conversion when creating PDF. > Do you use an external script (tex2pdf), or do you use the CVS version > of lyx ? I'm using the CVS version of lyx.

Need quick tip (not subscribed)

r one. Someone sent some code that I can put in the preamble that allows me to do that. If that person still has that message, can you please send me a copy at this address? Thanks, L P.S. How do we get the archive to be updated correctly? -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> How d

LyX table question

y other options? Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Je sens comme un torrent créateur déferler sur la plaine aride de ma fébrilité. -Léonard le génie

Re: LyX table question

numerate} > Cool, thanks! L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ce qu'il y a d'amusant c'est que vous m'avez expliqué vous-même pourquoi ça ne marcherait pas. Vous avez dit: "Reservé aux esprits supérieurs"! -Lefuneste

Blue underlining in CVS version with non-default language

g. How do I fix this? This is using the CVS version. Thanks, L P.S. Please CC me. I'm subscribed to the list but not from this email address. -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Windows 3.1: The 8MB patch.

Re: Blue underlining in CVS version with non-default language

On 15 Dec, Dekel Tsur wrote: > I've fixed this bug today. Cool, thanks! L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vous vendez vos brosses comme une chiffe! -Achille Talon

Export parameters on a per document basis

only happens for one out of 10 documents. So is there a way to key this information with my document that I'm not aware of? Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?

Continuing a list entry

effect. Is that really the way to do it or is there another way to do it? L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Noël sans sapin, c'est comme un théorème sans corrolaire: ça ne ressemble à rien! -Achille Talon

Re: Continuing a list entry

r is there another way >> to do it? > > > This is exactly the intent of depth-increment. Why are you worried > with it? > I'm not worried, it's just too many keystrokes. I was hoping there was a faster way to do it. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[E

Re: Continuing a list entry

since in LaTeX, I only need to start a new paragraph to get this effect. Thanks for all answers, L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Il ne me reste plus qu'à trouver à quoi ça pourrait bien servir! -Léonard le génie

Re: LyX-code and french typo rules

cuments back around 93-94. It used to require MikTeX or something. Maybe you can get that? L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> La simplicité désarmante de mon génie m'étonne toujours. -Achille Talon

Fwd: Re: Continuing a list entry

*sigh* -- Forwarded message -- From: Laurent Duperval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Continuing a list entry Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:10:38 -0500 (EST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2 Feb, To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmm, this doesn&

Re: Re: Continuing a list entry

.bind to your ~/.lyx/bind directory, edit to your > personal taste and set it in the "settings" menu as bind-file. Then, > Alt-Shift-Return should do the desired action. (The desired > binding is the last line in gm.bind, you can also just copy this to your > bind-file.) >

Setting default values for tables

istered to this list from a different address, which currently has no Internet cornnection. Please CC a response, if possible. -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vous êtes un monument d'idiotie et de maladresse! -Léonard le génie

Locating missing labels

Hello, Is there a way for me to check for missing labels other than going through the LaTeX log? Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

HTML export: ALT tag for images uses TeX code

r box. -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

Re: Compilation problems with the latest CVS

On 8 Apr, Yannick Patois wrote: > Hi, > > Got this stranges things: > On configure : > sed: can't read ./config/Makefile.in: No such file or directory > Hey, and here I thought it was a problem on my end. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Can't compile from CVS

tory make[4]: *** [xforms/xformsGImage.lo] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/soft/lyx/src/default/i686_pc_linux_gnu/lyx-devel/src/frontends' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 where do I get a proper version of xforms? L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ST

Re: Can't compile from CVS

On 4 Jun, John Levon wrote: > On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 05:06:32PM -0400, Laurent Duperval wrote: > >> The following problems have been detected by configure. >> Please check the messages below before running 'make'. >> (see the sect

Re: Can't compile from CVS

t; > What still goes wrong after my last commit ? > I got it to compile at work this morning by deleting everything and doing a clean update. I'll try the same at home and I'm hoping it'll work. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CANN'S (or ALLEN'S) AXIOM When all else fails, read the instructions. -

Graphics problem

compile a fresh version but I'm having linking problems. :-( L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RYAN'S LAW Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert. - #LyX

Re: latex2html?

On 19 Aug, Jinsuo Nie wrote: > Win32 Lyxers, > > anyone tell me how to translate my .lyx file ot .html? thank you very much. > > Jinsuo > > > Uhm, install latex2html, reconfigure lyx and then export to HTML. L -- Laurent Duperval <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Still having problems loading shared libraries.

-- even thought I > don't get any errors during the build or install steps. > > Thanks, > Well, do a search on google for __dynamic_cast_2. I tried and there are a lot of reports on this problem. I didn't go as far as to read all the stuff I found to figure out what your ex