Re: Command to put string in both the LyX authoring environment and the finished PDF?
Richard Kimberly Heck said on Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:16:56 -0400 >> >> I changed the [0] number of arguments in the LaTeX command to [1] in >> order to consume the argument. Once I did that, whatever I put in the >> character style does not show up in the PDF. > >There's a long-standing request for non-math macros, which is exactly >what's needed here. Someday when I have time to work on LyX again, I >might take that on. Nice! SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Command to put string in both the LyX authoring environment and the finished PDF?
On 6/22/21 10:05 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> Steve Litt said on Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:39:52 -0400
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a local layout, based on Book-extsizes, for my new book. I have
>> no idea what the book's title will be yet, and I sure nuff don't want
>> to have to search all instances of that title and replace them every
>> time I get a better idea for the title.
>>
>> S, what I want to do is put something in my local layout to
>> articulate the title, both in the LyX authoring environment and in the
>> compiled PDF, showing the title in a specific appearance. I tried to do
>> it as a character style, as follows:
>>
>>
>> \definecolor{titlebodytextcolor}{HTML}{cc}
>>
>> % ### Character style for book title within body text
>> \newcommand{\chartitlebodytextL}[0]{{\color{titlebodytextcolor}My
>> Current Title As Of Today}}%
>>
>> CharStyle CharTitleInBody
>> Font
>> Series Bold
>> Color Red
>> EndFont
>> LabelFont
>> Series Bold
>> SizeLarger
>> Color Red
>> EndLabelFont
>> LatexNamechartitlebodytextL
>> LatexTypeCommand
>> LabelString "My Current Title As Of Today"
>> End
>>
>>
>> If I apply the character style CharTitleInBody to an empty string in
>> LyX, the exact right thing happens in the PDF, but in the LyX
>> authoring environment the title appears under the character style inset
>> and also under the following text, which is very disturbing if you're
>> trying to copy-edit your book in the LyX environment.
>>
>> Does anybody know what I can do to make the text appear inline, instead
>> of underneath, within the LyX authoring environment?
> My workaround is as follows:
>
> I changed the [0] number of arguments in the LaTeX command to [1] in
> order to consume the argument. Once I did that, whatever I put in the
> character style does not show up in the PDF.
There's a long-standing request for non-math macros, which is exactly
what's needed here. Someday when I have time to work on LyX again, I
might take that on.
Riki
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Re: Command to put string in both the LyX authoring environment and the finished PDF?
Steve Litt said on Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:39:52 -0400
>Hi all,
>
>I have a local layout, based on Book-extsizes, for my new book. I have
>no idea what the book's title will be yet, and I sure nuff don't want
>to have to search all instances of that title and replace them every
>time I get a better idea for the title.
>
>S, what I want to do is put something in my local layout to
>articulate the title, both in the LyX authoring environment and in the
>compiled PDF, showing the title in a specific appearance. I tried to do
>it as a character style, as follows:
>
>
>\definecolor{titlebodytextcolor}{HTML}{cc}
>
>% ### Character style for book title within body text
>\newcommand{\chartitlebodytextL}[0]{{\color{titlebodytextcolor}My
>Current Title As Of Today}}%
>
>CharStyle CharTitleInBody
>Font
> Series Bold
> Color Red
>EndFont
>LabelFont
> Series Bold
> SizeLarger
> Color Red
>EndLabelFont
>LatexName chartitlebodytextL
>LatexType Command
>LabelString "My Current Title As Of Today"
>End
>
>
>If I apply the character style CharTitleInBody to an empty string in
>LyX, the exact right thing happens in the PDF, but in the LyX
>authoring environment the title appears under the character style inset
>and also under the following text, which is very disturbing if you're
>trying to copy-edit your book in the LyX environment.
>
>Does anybody know what I can do to make the text appear inline, instead
>of underneath, within the LyX authoring environment?
My workaround is as follows:
I changed the [0] number of arguments in the LaTeX command to [1] in
order to consume the argument. Once I did that, whatever I put in the
character style does not show up in the PDF.
Next, I changed the LyX label font size from Larger to Small, so it
wouldn't take up as much line length. Finally, I put a bunch of z
characters in the inset, so the inset and the label would be
approximately the same length. What this accomplished is that the title
actually looks reasonable in a line in the LyX authoring environment,
and the correct title shows up in the PDF.
Several of you had excellent ideas, including ERT LaTeX command, a Perl
script, and some other ideas. Thanks for the great ideas. Ultimately, I
decided that my workaround best meets my workflow needs for this
project.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt
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Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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Re: Command to put string in both the LyX authoring environment and the finished PDF?
On 2021-06-21 01:44 , Paul A. Rubin wrote:
On 6/20/21 5:39 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I have a local layout, based on Book-extsizes, for my new book. I have
no idea what the book's title will be yet, and I sure nuff don't want
to have to search all instances of that title and replace them every
time I get a better idea for the title.
[...]
This is not an answer to your question, but possibly something
simpler. If you load the 'titling' package in the document preamble,
you can put anything you want in the document's title environment and
then just use \thetitle (or maybe \thetitle{}) in ERT any place you
want to repeat the title. If you get the hots for a new title later,
you just have to change it in the title environment. This doesn't
deal directly with the funky formatting of the title, but it does
eliminate the search-and-replace aspect.
Paul
This is not an answer to your question, but I use stuff like $$SURNAME$$
in a number of my LyX templates and then something like
$Surname = 'Doe';
s/\$\$SURNAME\$\$/$Surname/g';
in my Perl script to fill in the variables :-)-O
el
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Re: Command to put string in both the LyX authoring environment and the finished PDF?
On 21/06/2021 9:39 am, Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I have a local layout, based on Book-extsizes, for my new book. I have
no idea what the book's title will be yet, and I sure nuff don't want
to have to search all instances of that title and replace them every
time I get a better idea for the title.
S, what I want to do is put something in my local layout to
articulate the title, both in the LyX authoring environment and in the
compiled PDF, showing the title in a specific appearance. I tried to do
it as a character style, as follows:
\definecolor{titlebodytextcolor}{HTML}{cc}
% ### Character style for book title within body text
\newcommand{\chartitlebodytextL}[0]{{\color{titlebodytextcolor}My
Current Title As Of Today}}%
CharStyle CharTitleInBody
Font
Series Bold
Color Red
EndFont
LabelFont
Series Bold
SizeLarger
Color Red
EndLabelFont
LatexName chartitlebodytextL
LatexType Command
LabelString "My Current Title As Of Today"
End
If I apply the character style CharTitleInBody to an empty string in
LyX, the exact right thing happens in the PDF, but in the LyX
authoring environment the title appears under the character style inset
and also under the following text, which is very disturbing if you're
trying to copy-edit your book in the LyX environment.
Does anybody know what I can do to make the text appear inline, instead
of underneath, within the LyX authoring environment?
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve, does adding
Decoration minimalistic
after CharStyle CharTitleInBody help? Or
Decoration classic
if you prefer? Your current style uses the CharStyle default decoration
called conglomerate.
Andrew
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Re: Command to put string in both the LyX authoring environment and the finished PDF?
On 6/20/21 5:39 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I have a local layout, based on Book-extsizes, for my new book. I have
no idea what the book's title will be yet, and I sure nuff don't want
to have to search all instances of that title and replace them every
time I get a better idea for the title.
S, what I want to do is put something in my local layout to
articulate the title, both in the LyX authoring environment and in the
compiled PDF, showing the title in a specific appearance. I tried to do
it as a character style, as follows:
\definecolor{titlebodytextcolor}{HTML}{cc}
% ### Character style for book title within body text
\newcommand{\chartitlebodytextL}[0]{{\color{titlebodytextcolor}My
Current Title As Of Today}}%
CharStyle CharTitleInBody
Font
Series Bold
Color Red
EndFont
LabelFont
Series Bold
SizeLarger
Color Red
EndLabelFont
LatexName chartitlebodytextL
LatexType Command
LabelString "My Current Title As Of Today"
End
If I apply the character style CharTitleInBody to an empty string in
LyX, the exact right thing happens in the PDF, but in the LyX
authoring environment the title appears under the character style inset
and also under the following text, which is very disturbing if you're
trying to copy-edit your book in the LyX environment.
Does anybody know what I can do to make the text appear inline, instead
of underneath, within the LyX authoring environment?
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt
Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
Steve,
This is not an answer to your question, but possibly something simpler.
If you load the 'titling' package in the document preamble, you can put
anything you want in the document's title environment and then just use
\thetitle (or maybe \thetitle{}) in ERT any place you want to repeat the
title. If you get the hots for a new title later, you just have to
change it in the title environment. This doesn't deal directly with the
funky formatting of the title, but it does eliminate the
search-and-replace aspect.
Paul
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