Re: Scientific Word to LyX Conversion

[Pavel Sanda]

 This is also addressed to lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org in order to request 
 posting this tidbit onto a password-protected Wiki page.  I suggest:
  http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows
 since Scientific Word/Workplace users are Windows-only.

i think this should go to the separate page. maybe we can put link on windows
page after (you can add to http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Compatibility too.)

pavel

Re: Scientific Word to LyX Conversion

[Frank J. Iannarilli]

Hello Pavel,

Okay. I've made the new page, http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Compatibility, with 
link from the Compatibility page.  Please go ahead and make another link to 
it from the Windows page.


Thank you!
Frank

--On Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:54 PM +0100 Pavel Sanda 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



This is also addressed to lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org in order to request
posting this tidbit onto a password-protected Wiki page.  I suggest:
 http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows
since Scientific Word/Workplace users are Windows-only.


i think this should go to the separate page. maybe we can put link on
windows page after (you can add to http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Compatibility
too.)

pavel





Frank J. Iannarilli   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821 USA
www.aerodyne.com/cosr/cosr.html

Re: Scientific Word to LyX Conversion

[christian . ridderstrom]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Frank J. Iannarilli wrote:

Okay. I've made the new page, http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Compatibility, 
with link from the Compatibility page.  Please go ahead and make another 
link to it from the Windows page.


Hi Frank,

You can also 'tag' or 'categorize' the page with e.g.

[[!Windows]]

(note the '!')  You can also tag it with some other useful word.

This allows users to click on the generated link and see a list of all 
pages that have been tagged with 'Windows'. The page Windows/Windows 
already has this category, and so has several other pages.


There are more tricks that can be used, but I'll leave of here :-)

/Christian

PS. Thanks for writing it, and I suggest you announce the wiki page in the 
users' list. Just a quick noting to tell people the page exist.




--
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr

Re: Scientific Word to LyX Conversion

[Pavel Sanda]

> This is also addressed to lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org in order to request 
> posting this tidbit onto a password-protected Wiki page.  I suggest:
>  
> since Scientific Word/Workplace users are Windows-only.

i think this should go to the separate page. maybe we can put link on windows
page after (you can add to http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Compatibility too.)

pavel

Re: Scientific Word to LyX Conversion

[Frank J. Iannarilli]

Hello Pavel,

Okay. I've made the new page, , with 
link from the Compatibility page.  Please go ahead and make another link to 
it from the Windows page.


Thank you!
Frank

--On Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:54 PM +0100 Pavel Sanda 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



This is also addressed to lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org in order to request
posting this tidbit onto a password-protected Wiki page.  I suggest:
 
since Scientific Word/Workplace users are Windows-only.


i think this should go to the separate page. maybe we can put link on
windows page after (you can add to http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Compatibility
too.)

pavel





Frank J. Iannarilli   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821 USA
www.aerodyne.com/cosr/cosr.html

Re: Scientific Word to LyX Conversion

[christian . ridderstrom]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Frank J. Iannarilli wrote:

Okay. I've made the new page, , 
with link from the Compatibility page.  Please go ahead and make another 
link to it from the Windows page.


Hi Frank,

You can also 'tag' or 'categorize' the page with e.g.

[[!Windows]]

(note the '!')  You can also tag it with some other useful word.

This allows users to click on the generated link and see a list of all 
pages that have been tagged with 'Windows'. The page Windows/Windows 
already has this category, and so has several other pages.


There are more tricks that can be used, but I'll leave of here :-)

/Christian

PS. Thanks for writing it, and I suggest you announce the wiki page in the 
users' list. Just a quick noting to tell people the page exist.




--
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr

Scientific Word to LyX Conversion

[Frank J. Iannarilli]

Hi,


This is also addressed to lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org in order to request 
posting this tidbit onto a password-protected Wiki page.  I suggest:

 http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows
since Scientific Word/Workplace users are Windows-only.

Thanks!

-

Importing Scientific Word/Scientific Workplace (hereinafter SWP) .tex files 
into LyX is relatively straightforward. The particular procedure that works 
as of 10 December 2007 is provided below.


Before proceeding, one should consider the issue of included graphics 
files. One of the allures of SWP, working under MS Windows, has been the 
ready cutting-pasting of Windows metafiles (.wmf, .emf) via the clipboard, 
out from some application, as figures into one's document. This, plus 
punching out the final PDF, could be done without the aggravation of first 
putting figures into EPS (encapsulated postscript) format, as is the 
standard handling practice for most other LaTeX setups. With the advent of 
LyX 1.5 and the contributed metafile2eps utility, one can continue this 
lazy practice, as the combo will auto-render .wmf that are included in the 
document, and auto-convert to EPS when time for PDF output.


However, metafile2eps is also great as a standalone utility for converting 
.wmf into EPS. If one collaborates with others possessing vanilla LaTeX 
setups and/or on linux, one will need to exchange figures in EPS format. So 
undertaking such conversions up-front is likely advisable.



STEPS to Convert SW/SWP .tex to LyX .lyx


If not done already, install the *free* MetafileToEPSConverter, per:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/MetafileToEPSConverter


I.  In SWP, FileSaveAs Portable LaTeX.
  This will employ, for instance, the LaTeX-standard \includegraphics 
directive, and comment-out SWP-specific macros and pragmas.  These 
comment-outs will later show up as harmless ERT (evil red text - embedded 
TeX commands, but here, merely % comments) in the LyX document.  Those can 
be left alone (harmless), or deleted as desired.



II. Metafile-to-EPS conversion (optional, but recommended)
Convert any figures that are windows metafiles (.wmf, .emf) to .eps:
  A. go to c:\Program Files\LyX15\bin,
  -- right-click metafile2eps.exe, and PinToStartMenu
  -- this makes it easy to invoke the program from the Start Menu
  B.
  - Open Powerpoint and metafile2eps windows
  - drag .wmf file icon into Powerpoint -- should auto-open the graphic
  -- in powerpoint: select-All, Copy
  - in metafile2eps window: Editpaste, then FileExportEPS (can use 
button icons)
Note that when pasting, the image actually shown in the metafile2eps GUI 
window may not be the complete figure you were expecting, but don't be 
alarmed - the complete figure is put to the EPS file intact.


  C.  In .tex file, using a text editor (e.g., WinVi32, WordPad etc) 
search/replace .wmf to .eps, etc.



III.  The following is a current bug in the behind-scenes tex2lyx converter 
program; it will someday get fixed (bug 4418). Meanwhile, here's the 
workaround:
In the .tex file, using a text editor (e.g., WinVi32, WordPad etc) 
search/replace:

  natheight with %natheight
  natwidth with %natwidth


IV. LyX:DocumentSettingsLaTeX Preamble:
You may need to change the \usepackage directives to match MikTeX (or 
whatever LaTeX installation you're employing). For example, there is no 
such package (at least in MikTeX):

 \usepackage{fancyheadings}
In this case, it's easy to delete this entry in the preamble and find 
built-in provisions for this functionality under DocumentSettingsPage 
Layout to get what you want.



V. BibTeX Bibliography:
For converted .tex files that included a BibTeX bibliography at the end, at 
the tail of the resulting LyX document, there will be a grey tag labeled 
BibTeX Generated Bibliography - clicking it pops a menu showing the .bib 
database files and a selectable bib style.









Frank J. Iannarilli   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821 USA
www.aerodyne.com/cosr/cosr.html

Scientific Word to LyX Conversion

[Frank J. Iannarilli]

Hi,


This is also addressed to lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org in order to request 
posting this tidbit onto a password-protected Wiki page.  I suggest:

 
since Scientific Word/Workplace users are Windows-only.

Thanks!

-

Importing Scientific Word/Scientific Workplace (hereinafter SWP) .tex files 
into LyX is relatively straightforward. The particular procedure that works 
as of 10 December 2007 is provided below.


Before proceeding, one should consider the issue of included graphics 
files. One of the allures of SWP, working under MS Windows, has been the 
ready cutting-pasting of Windows metafiles (.wmf, .emf) via the clipboard, 
out from some application, as figures into one's document. This, plus 
punching out the final PDF, could be done without the aggravation of first 
putting figures into EPS (encapsulated postscript) format, as is the 
standard handling practice for most other LaTeX setups. With the advent of 
LyX 1.5 and the contributed metafile2eps utility, one can continue this 
lazy practice, as the combo will auto-render .wmf that are included in the 
document, and auto-convert to EPS when time for PDF output.


However, metafile2eps is also great as a standalone utility for converting 
.wmf into EPS. If one collaborates with others possessing vanilla LaTeX 
setups and/or on linux, one will need to exchange figures in EPS format. So 
undertaking such conversions up-front is likely advisable.



STEPS to Convert SW/SWP .tex to LyX .lyx


If not done already, install the *free* MetafileToEPSConverter, per:
   


I.  In SWP, File>SaveAs Portable LaTeX.
  This will employ, for instance, the LaTeX-standard \includegraphics 
directive, and comment-out SWP-specific macros and pragmas.  These 
comment-outs will later show up as harmless ERT (evil red text - embedded 
TeX commands, but here, merely % comments) in the LyX document.  Those can 
be left alone (harmless), or deleted as desired.



II. Metafile-to-EPS conversion (optional, but recommended)
Convert any figures that are windows metafiles (.wmf, .emf) to .eps:
  A. go to c:\Program Files\LyX15\bin,
  -- right-click metafile2eps.exe, and PinToStartMenu
  -- this makes it easy to invoke the program from the Start Menu
  B.
  - Open Powerpoint and metafile2eps windows
  - drag .wmf file icon into Powerpoint -- should auto-open the graphic
  -- in powerpoint: select-All, Copy
  - in metafile2eps window: Edit>paste, then File>ExportEPS (can use 
button icons)
Note that when pasting, the image actually shown in the metafile2eps GUI 
window may not be the complete figure you were expecting, but don't be 
alarmed - the complete figure is put to the EPS file intact.


  C.  In .tex file, using a text editor (e.g., WinVi32, WordPad etc) 
search/replace ".wmf" to ".eps", etc.



III.  The following is a current bug in the behind-scenes tex2lyx converter 
program; it will someday get fixed (bug 4418). Meanwhile, here's the 
workaround:
In the .tex file, using a text editor (e.g., WinVi32, WordPad etc) 
search/replace:

  natheight with %natheight
  natwidth with %natwidth


IV. LyX:Document>Settings>LaTeX Preamble:
You may need to change the \usepackage directives to match MikTeX (or 
whatever LaTeX installation you're employing). For example, there is no 
such package (at least in MikTeX):

 \usepackage{fancyheadings}
In this case, it's easy to delete this entry in the preamble and find 
built-in provisions for this functionality under Document>Settings>Page 
Layout to get what you want.



V. BibTeX Bibliography:
For converted .tex files that included a BibTeX bibliography at the end, at 
the tail of the resulting LyX document, there will be a grey tag labeled 
"BibTeX Generated Bibliography" - clicking it pops a menu showing the .bib 
database files and a selectable bib style.









Frank J. Iannarilli   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821 USA
www.aerodyne.com/cosr/cosr.html