Actually, looking at the psnfss documentation, helvet.sty only changes the
sans serif font to helvetica. To make the default font sans serif, you'll
also need to add
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
to your preamble.
I would agree that this might not be obvious from the dialog box.
Rod
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Rod Pinna wrote:
>
> I just checked my installation; doing
>
> locate helvet.sty showed the file in
>
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss
>
> As far as I remember, this should have come from the standard debian tetex
> installation. Checking the file helvet.sty, it appears that it changes the
> form of your sans serif font from Computer Modern to Helvetica. So as well
> as choosing that font, you'll also need to change the character family to
> sans serif.
>
> As for setspace, I just checked, and it ran without problems. So you might
> need to
>
> 1/ check if the files are in the locations above. Doing
> "locate helvet.sty" and "locate setpace.sty"
> should show you where they are.
>
> 2/ if you do have them, then you might need to run texhash, as root. This
> updates the latex "database" that tells it what is available. Also, try
> (in Lyx) EDIT->RECONFIGURE, then restart. If you've added packages since
> compiling/installing lyx, you'll need to do that.
>
> It sounds like you somehow have a broken tetex install. helvet.sty should
> be part of the standard tetex package, and it is (As far as I know) a
> standard part of the tetex base deb.
>
> BTW, are you using stable or unstable debian?
>
> Rod
>
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, cmasters wrote:
>
> > Greetings Rod,
> >
> > On 11-12-01, Rod Pinna wrote:
> > >
> > > Mr Masters,
> > >
> > > I currently use LyX on a debian potato system, without too many problems.
> > > Have you installed all the debian tetex packages? This includes
> > > tetex-extra, and tetex-nonfree, as well as tetex-base. If that doesn't
> > > help, telling people which packages are coming up as missing might give us
> > > a clue.
> > >
> > > Kindest regards,
> > > Rod
> > >
> > ... snip of original email ...
> >
> > Thank you for responding. I'm beginning to feel somewhat like a blind person
> > describing 'magenta' to another blind person.
> >
> > To summarize by difficulties and steps taken so far:
> >
> > 1. Attempting to change from ~defaults~ for font or line spacing after
> > opening a new document, I am returned with errors for missing 'helvet.sty'
> > and 'setspace.sty' files (respectively). I have also read (several times for
> > comprehension) the User's Manual.
> >
> > 2. On the "suggestion" of another poster, I checked my default-potato-debian
> > install of Latex/teTeX and decided to install the "latest" version. I did so
> > through ftp from the Canadian ctan mirror site. The install went well, the
> > ~full~ teTeX--including all fonts, goodies, and extras--is installed. To
> > enable version comparison, I installed this new teTeX in a different
> > directory; imagine my surprise to discover that ~I had always had the most
> > current version~ (now I have two).
> >
> > The relevent versions of Latex and Lyx are:
> >
> > Latex/teTeX: Web2c 7.3.1 - 3.14159 - Kpathea ver 3.3.1 (1999)
> > Lyx: 1.14fix3 (07 Apr 2000)
> >
> > After a 1 1/2 hour ftp install (the site ran on a 56K modem *grrr*, although
> > I have DSL), I still have the same problem.
> >
> > I suspect that the "options" of font and line spacing (in addition to many
> > as yet undiscovered ones) are UNSET in the default configuration! Although
> > entries exist for helvetica, uptopia, etc. and one-half and double spacing,
> > the nackend command for those options reference '.sty' files that are not in
> > my (or your) installation.
> >
> > If this is the case, ~why~ is that not documented in the User Manual. It
> > shouldn't be an "Advanced Usage" problem. It's standard practice to desire
> > control over these variables ~without~ having to learn Latex (see previous
> > post about quote).
> >
> > In any case, have ~you~ managed to play with these options and set them so
> > that when you want something other than default, you get it? If so, I'd
> > appreciate some pointers.
> >
> > I have mixed feelings about seeing that I am ~not~ the only poster to be
> > concerned about this. Rodney K. has just posted a similar enqriry about the
> > helvetica font.
> >
> > Sorry about the long post. I chose Lyx for document processing, because I
> > have just started a new business with the express purpose of Document
> > Processing. When my customers want helvetica, or different line spacing, I
> > hope to be able to get it to them without having to resort to one of the
> > many word processors of ~lesser~ ability out there.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > C. Masters
> >
>
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