Re: question about fonts

[Antonio Magni]

THANKS THANKS!!! This totally solved my problem too! It was the email 
entitled "Charachter coding in LyX menus and pop-up windows.".

Now I'm a happy man.

Love to you all!

Dekel Tsur wrote:
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 01:07:07PM +0200, Miki Dovrat wrote:

Hi,

I am using lyx 1.3.4 with the QT frontend on linux (Mandrake).

Can anyone what fonts lyx uses for its menus and pop-up windows (search,
math panel, figures, etc.) and where these settings are located?
My problem is displaying of Hebrew (or more precisely inability to
display...) in these places, I am getting giberish. The "navigate" is
especially annoying...
The global font definitions of the KDE, as well as the screen fonts and
pop-up fonts defined in the lyx preference file do not seem to affect the
lyx choice of fonts (the screen fonts affect the document display, of
course).


As lyx doesn't use Unicode internally, you need to specify the locale:
Before running lyx, set the LANG environment variable to 'he_IL'. This can
be done in .bashrc/.tcshrc. Alternatively, alias lyx to 'env LANG=he_IL lyx'.


--

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Re: help with layout

[Ernesto Jardim]

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 17:48, Angus Leeming wrote:
> Ernesto Jardim wrote:
> > I'm making a layout for my reports (IPIMAR reports) but I'm having
> > trouble with a style (ComputerCode). I can see the doc classe in the
> > lyx gui but the style I've hadded does not show.
> > 
> > Looking to other layouts and the lyx documentation I don't see why
> > this is happening so I'd like some help please.
> 
> Edit->Reconfigure ?

Nah !

I've done it ;)

EJ

Re: Newbie questions...

[Paul A. Rubin]

German Riano, Ph. D. wrote:
These may be FAQ, but I did not find an answer in the FAQs I checked.

I am trying to get Ruurd Reitsma´s lyx windows implementation to work on a
win2000 machine with MikTex. When running lyx I get:
LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

There is a  textclass.lst file located at lyx\share\lyx\ which looks fine
to my untrained eye.
Any idea what is wrong?
Note: I also tried to compile lyx under cygwin, but ./configure failed to
find a forms library, and I cannot guess which cygwin package contins it.
Any idea?

There are a variety of ways the configuration script can fail under 
Windows.  You might want to look at 
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~rds2/WinLyxsetupnotes.htm for some installation 
notes.

-- Paul

Re: Newbie questions...

[Uwe Stöhr]

I am trying to get Ruurd Reitsma´s lyx windows implementation to work on a
win2000 machine with MikTex. When running lyx I get:
LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

There is a  textclass.lst file located at lyx\share\lyx\ which looks fine
to my untrained eye.
Any idea what is wrong?
Try this:
"Edit the configure.bat manually.
The problem is when LyX and user's %HOME%/.lyx do not live on the
same drive - Edit->Reconfigure fails from within LyX then.
A minor change from %~p0 to %~dp0 everywhere in the batch file fixes that."
After that reconfigure LyX again (menu Edit->Reconfigure).

Re: Table formating questions

[Andre Poenitz]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 04:41:24PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> 
> > Highlight the cells you want to join, and in the table dialog (table
> > settings tab) click the checkbox for multicolumn.  The default format
> > for the merged cell should be centered.
> 
> Paul,
> 
>   That's what I tried. I can highlight only one cell, not two cells. I
> thought that I should be able to do both, but ... I cannot.

I think this only works with the mouse, maybe even only when clicking on
the area of a cell that's not covered by text.

Andre'

Re: Newbie questions...

[Angus Leeming]

German Riano, Ph. D. wrote:
> I am trying to get Ruurd Reitsma´s lyx windows implementation to
> work on a win2000 machine with MikTex. When running lyx I get:
> 
> LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

>From the command line:

lyx -dbg all > lyx.log

should provide you with a mass of information. Some of it might even
be useful.

> There is a  textclass.lst file located at lyx\share\lyx\ which looks
> fine to my untrained eye.
> Any idea what is wrong?
> 
> Note: I also tried to compile lyx under cygwin, but ./configure
> failed to find a forms library, and I cannot guess which cygwin
> package contins it. Any idea?

Try './configure --with-frontend=qt' instead. The default is to use
the xforms gui library, but the qt alternative is far prettier.

-- 
Angus

Newbie questions...

[German Riano, Ph. D.]

These may be FAQ, but I did not find an answer in the FAQs I checked.

I am trying to get Ruurd Reitsma´s lyx windows implementation to work on a
win2000 machine with MikTex. When running lyx I get:

LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!


There is a  textclass.lst file located at lyx\share\lyx\ which looks fine
to my untrained eye.
Any idea what is wrong?

Note: I also tried to compile lyx under cygwin, but ./configure failed to
find a forms library, and I cannot guess which cygwin package contins it.
Any idea?

Re: help with layout

[Angus Leeming]

Ernesto Jardim wrote:
> I'm making a layout for my reports (IPIMAR reports) but I'm having
> trouble with a style (ComputerCode). I can see the doc classe in the
> lyx gui but the style I've hadded does not show.
> 
> Looking to other layouts and the lyx documentation I don't see why
> this is happening so I'd like some help please.

Edit->Reconfigure ?

-- 
Angus

Re: latex-preview problem

[Angus Leeming]

Nicolas Ferré wrote:

> Again ... I just tried to manipulate the
> lyxpreview2bitmap.sh script and found a strange (to me) character on
> the line:
> 
> ${GS} -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER \
> -sDEVICE=${GSDEVICE} -sOutputFile=${BASE}%d.${GSSUFFIX} \
> -dGraphicsAlphaBit=${ALPHA} -dTextAlphaBits=${ALPHA} \
> -r${RESOLUTION} ${PSFILE} ||
> 
> What does exactly mean this %d ???

It means that if you pass lyxpreview2bitmap.sh a latex file
0lyxpreview.tex containing 5 latex snippets, then ghostscript will
output files
0lyxpreview1.ppm
0lyxpreview2.ppm
0lyxpreview3.ppm
0lyxpreview4.ppm
0lyxpreview5.ppm

> Anyway, after having cancelled this strange thing, the script
> generates well the ppm file. However, still no output. I checked my
> preferences and for ppm I have selected display from imagemagick.
> Another thing, having written a simple $a+b$ math inset, if I click
> in the lyx window I get now a crash. Re-writting the %d, it does not
> crash, I checked 20 times.
> 
> Any idea now ?

Could you post me your 0lyxpreview.tex file? (It may help to comment
out the lines invoking 'rm'.)

-- 
Angus

help with layout

[Ernesto Jardim]

Hi,

I'm making a layout for my reports (IPIMAR reports) but I'm having
trouble with a style (ComputerCode). I can see the doc classe in the lyx
gui but the style I've hadded does not show.

Looking to other layouts and the lyx documentation I don't see why this
is happening so I'd like some help please.

Thanks

EJ

#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[article]{IPIMAR Report}
# Article textclass definition file. Taken from initial LyX source code

# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc

# There are no chapters in an article.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*

MaxCounter  Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3

# Computer code style
Style ComputerCode
  MarginStatic
  LatexType Paragraph
  LatexName dummy
  NextNoIdent   1
  ParSkip   0.4
  TopSep0.5
  BottomSep 0.5
  ParSep0
  LeftMarginMMM
  RightMargin   MMM
  Align Left
  LabelType No_Label
  FreeSpacing   1
  Spacing   other 0.8
  Font 
Family  Typewriter
SizeSmall
Color   red
  EndFont
End

Re: latex-preview problem

[Nicolas Ferré]

Again ... I just tried to manipulate the
lyxpreview2bitmap.sh script and found a strange (to me) character on the 
line:

${GS} -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER \
-sDEVICE=${GSDEVICE} -sOutputFile=${BASE}%d.${GSSUFFIX} \
-dGraphicsAlphaBit=${ALPHA} -dTextAlphaBits=${ALPHA} \
-r${RESOLUTION} ${PSFILE} ||
What does exactly mean this %d ???
Anyway, after having cancelled this strange thing, the script generates 
well the ppm file. However, still no output. I checked my preferences 
and for ppm I have selected display from imagemagick.
Another thing, having written a simple $a+b$ math inset, if I click in 
the lyx window I get now a crash. Re-writting the %d, it does not crash, 
I checked 20 times.

Any idea now ?

Nicolas Ferré a écrit :
Hi,

I know, the latex-preview topic is really a FAQ but I can't find the 
proper solution ...

After installing the preview package(and running texhash), I tried to 
use it without success. Actually, I get:
 shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access 
parent directories: No such file or directory
chdir: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent 
directories: No such file or directory
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.4.5)
(./6lyxpreview.tex
LaTeX2e <2001/06/01>
Babel  and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, 
ngerman, b
asque, italian, portuges, russian, spanish, nohyphenation, loaded.

This is dvips(k) 5.92b Copyright 2002 Radical Eye Software 
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2004.04.15:1609' -> 6lyxpreview.ps
. 

[1]
Previews generated!

I cannot find what directory lyx cannot get ! My temporary directory is 
fully reachable and exploring it, I found some [0-9]lyxpreview.metrics 
files but nothing else.
Obviously I tried to reconfigure lyx, in preferences I defined the 
preview->ppm and a preview->png converters. I also looked at the 
lyxpreview2bitmap.sh script and found some possible arguments that I 
tried ... but nothing really happens !

Any hint ?



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 Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique et de Modélisation Moléculaire
 UMR 6517 - CNRS Université de Provence
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Re: question about fonts

[Dekel Tsur]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 01:07:07PM +0200, Miki Dovrat wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using lyx 1.3.4 with the QT frontend on linux (Mandrake).
> 
> Can anyone what fonts lyx uses for its menus and pop-up windows (search,
> math panel, figures, etc.) and where these settings are located?
> 
> My problem is displaying of Hebrew (or more precisely inability to
> display...) in these places, I am getting giberish. The "navigate" is
> especially annoying...
> 
> The global font definitions of the KDE, as well as the screen fonts and
> pop-up fonts defined in the lyx preference file do not seem to affect the
> lyx choice of fonts (the screen fonts affect the document display, of
> course).

As lyx doesn't use Unicode internally, you need to specify the locale:
Before running lyx, set the LANG environment variable to 'he_IL'. This can
be done in .bashrc/.tcshrc. Alternatively, alias lyx to 'env LANG=he_IL lyx'.

latex-preview problem

[Nicolas Ferré]

Hi,

I know, the latex-preview topic is really a FAQ but I can't find the 
proper solution ...

After installing the preview package(and running texhash), I tried to 
use it without success. Actually, I get:
 shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access 
parent directories: No such file or directory
chdir: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent 
directories: No such file or directory
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.4.5)
(./6lyxpreview.tex
LaTeX2e <2001/06/01>
Babel  and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, 
ngerman, b
asque, italian, portuges, russian, spanish, nohyphenation, loaded.

This is dvips(k) 5.92b Copyright 2002 Radical Eye Software 
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2004.04.15:1609' -> 6lyxpreview.ps
. 
[1]
Previews generated!

I cannot find what directory lyx cannot get ! My temporary directory is 
fully reachable and exploring it, I found some [0-9]lyxpreview.metrics 
files but nothing else.
Obviously I tried to reconfigure lyx, in preferences I defined the 
preview->ppm and a preview->png converters. I also looked at the 
lyxpreview2bitmap.sh script and found some possible arguments that I 
tried ... but nothing really happens !

Any hint ?

--
 Dr. Nicolas Ferré
 Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique et de Modélisation Moléculaire
 UMR 6517 - CNRS Université de Provence
 Case 521 - Faculté de Saint-Jérôme
 Av. Esc. Normandie Niemen
 13397 MARSEILLE Cedex 20 (FRANCE)
 Tel : (+33)4.91.28.27.33  Fax : (+33)4.91.28.87.58

Re: Looking for a layout for reports that include computer language code.

[Robert Orr]

 
> I'm writing a report that describes several changes
> in a database. I
> want to include some SQL code that I've used but I
> couldn't find a
> layout with a computer code style.
> 
> Is there something allready done for this ?
 

You can use the listings package to include computer
code in your reports.





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Re: Looking for a layout for reports that include computer language code.

[Les Denham]

On Thursday 15 April 2004 12:00, Ernesto Jardim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a report that describes several changes in a database. I
> want to include some SQL code that I've used but I couldn't find a
> layout with a computer code style.
>
> Is there something allready done for this ?
>
> Thanks
>
> EJ

Ernesto,

I've found that small fragments of code can be effectively presented using 
Standard and Layout->Character->Family->Typewriter.

Les

-- 
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Gentoo Linux 1.4
KDE 3.2.1
Lyx 1.3.2
Athlon XP 3200+
1 GB Dual Channel PC2700 RAM
Maxtor 120 GB (System partitions EXT3, Data ReiserFS)
Sony CRX300E CD-RW/DVD-ROM
Gainward GeForce4 64MB MX440
EPox 8RDA3+ Motherboard

Re: Looking for a layout for reports that include computer language code.

[Ernesto Jardim]

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 14:08, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Ernesto Jardim wrote:
> 
> > I'm writing a report that describes several changes in a database. I want
> > to include some SQL code that I've used but I couldn't find a layout with
> > a computer code style.
> 
> EJ,
> 
>   Most document types contain the 'LyX-code' style. On the widget where the
> 'standard' style is displayed, click the down-arrow and scroll through the
> list until you see that selection. It will change the highlighted text (or
> the line on which the cursor is located) to momospaced font.
> 
> Rich

Hi,

I know lyx-code style, that's the one I've been using but I don't like
it very much and I'd like to try others ...

Regards

EJ

Re: Looking for a layout for reports that include computer language code.

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Ernesto Jardim wrote:

> I'm writing a report that describes several changes in a database. I want
> to include some SQL code that I've used but I couldn't find a layout with
> a computer code style.

EJ,

  Most document types contain the 'LyX-code' style. On the widget where the
'standard' style is displayed, click the down-arrow and scroll through the
list until you see that selection. It will change the highlighted text (or
the line on which the cursor is located) to momospaced font.

Rich

-- 
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)

Re: Table formating questions

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Stephen Buonopane wrote:

> If you set a fixed column width, you can then use a manual linebreak (under
> insert->special characters) to get the text on two lines.

  That's good to know. Thank you.

Rich

-- 
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)

Re: Table formating questions

[Stephen Buonopane]

> However, I cannot get the column label "Standard Deviation" to be placed
> on two lines so I abbreviated it to "Std. Dev.". Also, the columns are too
> narrow so the numbers are difficult to read. Do I fix this by specifying
> each column width manually?

If you set a fixed column width, you can then use a manual linebreak (under
insert->special characters) to get the text on two lines.

Looking for a layout for reports that include computer language code.

[Ernesto Jardim]

Hi,

I'm writing a report that describes several changes in a database. I
want to include some SQL code that I've used but I couldn't find a
layout with a computer code style.

Is there something allready done for this ?

Thanks

EJ

Re: question about fonts

[Angus Leeming]

Miki Dovrat wrote:
> I am using lyx 1.3.4 with the QT frontend on linux (Mandrake).
> 
> Can anyone what fonts lyx uses for its menus and pop-up windows
> (search, math panel, figures, etc.) and where these settings are
> located?
> 
> My problem is displaying of Hebrew (or more precisely inability to
> display...) in these places, I am getting giberish. The "navigate"
> is especially annoying...

Try 'qtconfig'

-- 
Angus

question about fonts

[Miki Dovrat]

Hi,

I am using lyx 1.3.4 with the QT frontend on linux (Mandrake).

Can anyone what fonts lyx uses for its menus and pop-up windows (search,
math panel, figures, etc.) and where these settings are located?

My problem is displaying of Hebrew (or more precisely inability to
display...) in these places, I am getting giberish. The "navigate" is
especially annoying...

The global font definitions of the KDE, as well as the screen fonts and
pop-up fonts defined in the lyx preference file do not seem to affect the
lyx choice of fonts (the screen fonts affect the document display, of
course).

Thanks


Miki Dovrat

--

Re: Source specials for dvi->latex?

[Angus Leeming]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> To switch from LaTeX (Win XP, Miktex, WInedt) to dvi (yap), Shift
> Ctrl-S or Shift Ctrl-V does this. To switch back, double click in
> the preview panel in Yap switch back to the corresponding
> LaTeX-paragraph. Doing so when using Lyx, "no source specials"
> appears. Is this a temporary bug or does Lyx just sinply doesn't
> insert source specials?

This will be supported in lyx 1.4.

-- 
Angus

Source specials for dvi->latex?

[Alexander . Kluge]

Hello!

First, I apologize for a FAQ, but I didn't came out with an answer.

To switch from LaTeX (Win XP, Miktex, WInedt) to dvi (yap), Shift Ctrl-S or
Shift Ctrl-V does this. To switch back, double click in the preview panel in
Yap switch back to the corresponding LaTeX-paragraph. Doing so when using Lyx,
"no source specials" appears. Is this a temporary bug or does Lyx just sinply
doesn't insert source specials?

Thanks for your input.

Alexander