Installing of LyX-win 1.4.1 on windows xp

[Wang Xiangqi]

I can successfully install LyX-win 1.4.1 on my office computer under Windows
xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook, it freezed
when running the configuration during installing. When +checking for
/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx..., there are no any reponses. Note
that the Tex environment is fine. I have used LyX 1.3.7 for a long time and
it works nice.

Can anyone give me some hints to pass through it?

More thanks.

--
Wang Xiangqi
Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore

xmgrace and lyx 1.4

[iprmaster]

Hello LyXers
I have started to use the new LyX version and I am very impressed about the 
new interface. Unfortunately, some old (1.3.5) lyx files does not work 
properly. In particular some xmgrace floats (extension .agr.gz) are not 
recognized:

...ts_FRC_zeroD_HydrogenAir_base\lyxdot agr}
  \par\end{centering}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

for the inserted file

Plots/FRC/zeroD/HydrogenAir/base.agr.gz

I have tried to play with the configuration (File Formats and Converters) 
but I could not get any working setting. I had no problem with the previous 
versions (up to 1.3.6). Any idea?
Thanks
Max

Re: xmgrace and lyx 1.4

[Georg Baum]

iprmaster wrote:

 Hello LyXers
 I have started to use the new LyX version and I am very impressed about
 the new interface. Unfortunately, some old (1.3.5) lyx files does not work
 properly. In particular some xmgrace floats (extension .agr.gz) are not
 recognized:

This is probably this bug: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2231

Until this is fixed, unzip the file, and it should work.


Georg

Re: Lyx computer algebra system

[Helge Hafting]

A S Hodel wrote:

I've started using LyX 1.4.0 on mac os X during the last week and I  
am slowly coming to like it a lot!  While working in the MathEd mode,  
I noticed that the Edit menu has the option:

   Edit-Math-Use Computer Algebra System - [several choices here]
where the choices include Octave, Maple, Mathematica, and Macsyma.
I was unable to find the phrase computer algebra system in the  
documentation.  As an avid Octave user, I am curious to know how this  
feature of LyX can be used.


In linux, it was as simple as installing both lyx and a suitable algebra
system, and then use it like this:

ctrl+M (to enter math mode)
1+1  (simple formula)
edit-math-computer algebra-maxima (maxima is what I have)
Formula automatically turns into:
1+1=2

Maxima was also able to do stuff like \int x^4 dx, and turn it into
\int x^4 dx = \frac{x^5}{5},
as well as \int\int x+ydxdy=\frac{xy^2}{2}+\frac{x^2y}{2}
I even got a long exact answer for the sum from 1 to 75 of 1/x^2
I tried the same with octave, and it failed to evaluate the expressions.

Octave managed to turn 1+2+3+4 into 1+2+3+4=10 though.

The use of computer algebra is limited. Expressions are simplified,
integrals are solved, (and you get the sum too if you provide the limits.)
Nice and powerful, but maxima often chokes on parantheses.
Octave handles those better, but chokes on anything with an x in it.
Make sure you don't write the equal sign, let the algebra system do that.

I guess there are some problems with the communication with these
math systems.

Helge Hafting

Re: Figure drawing GUI?

[Helge Hafting]

Stacia Hartleben wrote:


There is a GUI for figures in LyX?? I was thinking more like something
that Word or OO has where you have a little figure drawing toolbar and
you can insert shapes into the document. I don't think LyX has that. I
like that program because you can use a GUI to make things and you
don't have to rely on numbers and code to draw a figure.
 


Use xfig - it has a GUI - no numbers or code unless you want it.
And it works from within lyx.
Insert-file-external material
or just insert-external depending on your lyx version.

You get a dialog box.  Set the type to xfig instead of the
default chessdiagram.  Then, enter a suitable filename
and press edit. 


Now you get a xfig window - a GUI for figures.


Now,you won't get a toolbar inside lyx this way - xfig really
is an app of its own.  But you manage your figures from within
lyx, I hope that is good enough.  In the future, we might be
able to stuff the xfig file into something like file.lyx.tar so
it may be transferred as a single file too.

But I don't think you'll ever see a figure editing toolbar inside
lyx, for the developers generally follow the unix philosophy
of do _one_ thing and do it well.  Lyx does documents well.
Other apps to figures well, and lyx currently provides a nice
interface to a few of those.  Interfaces to other graphichs apps
are easy to add, as long as there is a way to convert the
other app's files into something lyx/latex can understand.

This approach is actually better than an integrated editor:
1. We support the same operations as an integrated editor,
   i.e. you see a preview of your figure in lyx at all times, and
   you have a gui for changing it too.
2. It is easy to add support for anybody's favourite figure tool, so
   we are not in any way limited here.
3. A crash/bug in some graphics editor will _not_ bring lyx down
   with it!  An important argument for running separate apps in
   processes of their own.  (Lyx uses this approach in many other
   cases as well - a crash in image conversion, preview generation
   or output generation will not crash lyx either.)
4. This apporach support more than just graphichs. Anything that
   generates output that might be useful in a document works with
   this approach.  Want to include spreadsheets?  Add a template
   for your favourite one, assuming it can be made to generate
   postscript without user intervention.

Helge Hafting

Re: [announce] testversion 1.9 of LyXWinInstaller with LyX 1.4.1svn

[Uwe Stöhr]

Wang Xiangqi wrote:

I can install LyXWinInstaller 1.9  successfully on my office computer
under
Windows xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook (also Win XP), it
freezed when running the configuration during installing at +checking
for
/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx..., then just stopped there and
no any
responses.

After this step, configure starts checking for LaTeX-packages. That
means it invokes MiKTeX to download missing packages and therefore needs
an internet connection.
Does it work for you without an internet connection? Wait two minutes
after it stops, it should proceed when MiKTeX wasn't able to connect to
the internet.
Does it work when your Laptop is connected to the internet?

I must admit that I never tested to install LyX without beeing connected
to the net.

regards Uwe

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

 Rich == Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Rich   I'm modifying a beamer class presentation created with version
Rich 1.3.6 or .7, but now I'm running 1.4.0. There is apparently a
Rich problem with the path to included graphics files. Instead of
Rich having the old Error boxes, the new version seems to just move
Rich somewhere in the vicinity of the ERT include box. Is this how we
Rich now know the location of the error?

The situation should be better in 1.4.1.

JMarc

Re: \bind not working on 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

 belahcene == belahcene abdelkader [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

belahcene Hi every body, I ve just check the 1.4.0 version, there are
belahcene a lot diff than 1.3.4 and bugs too. I wnat to switch with
belahcene F12 to another language, say arabic, so I uncomment the
belahcene arabic part in lyxrc.example and I copied it to lyxrc (I
belahcene used to do it without problem since 1.1.6 versiion), it is
belahcene working on 1.3.4 but not 1.4.0, the \bind is not
belahcene recognized. First I have to fix this pb before continue and
belahcene check other things best regards bela thank for help

It is not possible anymore to put \bind commands in lyxrc file. You
should use a personal bind file to do that, like

--mybindings.bind--
\bind_file cua

\bind Delete delete-backward


The lyxrc.example file is obsolete, and should probably be removed.

JMarc

[Fwd: Re: WinLyx 1.4.1 svn: Very slow navigation response]

[Ekkehart Schlicht]

Abdel,

thank you for suggesting to subdivide the manuscript. (It grows longer 
and longer ...) I wanted to try myself but was hesitating. The main 
disadvantage of the long manuscript is that pdflatex takes a while. 
Will this be shortened by subdividing the manuscript?

If you pdflatex from the main document no.


Can I restrict output to just the chapter I am working at?

Yes.

And what about cross references to other chapters. I understand that 
this can be done, but will the time pdflatex takes be kept down?

There's no difference AFAIK. You just have to open the main document
first and load the child document from there (clicking on the button
input)



I ask this because you seem to be quite experienced with all this. If 
you simply give me a green light I shall try. I simply want to avoid 
spending too much time in an attempt that ultimately yields no 
benefits for me.

Go ahead :-)


By the way, scrolling with the sidebar is much smoother in 137, as 
compared to 141 (without natbib) even if this is no performance test. 
I like it better. Why has it been changed?

I think the painting routines had been rewritten so it would take
sometime before it is as optimized as 1.3.7


I would appreciate if you could advise me either  go ahead with 
dividing the manuscript or keep the manuscript together, given my 
objective of working smoothly on the manuscript and compilking it 
occasionally with pdflatex. The slight delays that bother you are not 
that important in my case. At the moment I use Lyx 137 anyway, until 
the navigation issue is solved (which is important for me).


Thanks again for your consideration.

You're welcome,
Abdel.

proc document class

[Alexandru Cabuz]

Hello, list!

Question concerning proc document class:

Why is the proc document class not supported in lyx?

Can I still use lyx to write proc documents, by some workaround?

Thank you.
-- 
Alexandru Cabuz
Doctoral Student
Université Montpellier II
France
Tel: +33 (0)4.67.14.47.34

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Arranging the references in alphabetic order

[Behnam Mostajeran Goortani]

Hi There,
How can I put the references in alphabetic order (Authors names) in Lyx (under
windows)?

than you very much,
Behnam

Behnam Mostageran Goortani
Département de génie chimique
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke (Qc)  J1K 2R1
tel: (819)829-2581

Re: Arrows linking different tables

[Paul Smith]

On 4/2/06, Robert Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 pstricks package allows this.

 First load pstricks pkg and experiment a little to
 get used to what you can do.

 In the final doc.  What I do is follow these steps.

 1.  overlay a psgrid i.e. put an ert \psgrid somewhere
 at the bottom of the page
 2.  produce the pdf and look at the output to see the
 coordinates.
 3.  based on the coordinates in step 2, add the ert
 pstricks command to produce the lines in the
 appropriate locations.
 4.  remove the grid command

Thanks, Robert. It seems a nice way of doing that.

Paul

Re: Spellchecker of non-English idioms fails to start

[Paul Smith]

On 4/2/06, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Yes, the spellchecker fails to start for a non-English language.
 Running LyX 1.4 on FC5 and getting on the command line

 $ Dialog spellchecker failed to translate the data string passed to show()

 Any ideas?

It may be connected the following bug: the character º is replaced by
z with a strange accent;  however, if I export the file to LaTeX, I
can see the character º correctly, but getting z again after compiling
the LaTeX file. Any ideas?

Paul

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


The situation should be better in 1.4.1.


JMarc,

  Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not noticed. It's
certainly not a fatal flaw; too often the messages in the error boxes were
rather cryptic, anyway.

Rich

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Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

 Rich == Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Rich   Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not
Rich noticed. It's certainly not a fatal flaw; too often the messages
Rich in the error boxes were rather cryptic, anyway.

My message itself was rather cryptic :) The error boxes are gone for
good and replaced by the error list. What is changed is that it should
now point to the right place in the document (due to a bug that seems
at first sight completely unrelated).

JMarc

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


My message itself was rather cryptic :) The error boxes are gone for good
and replaced by the error list. What is changed is that it should now point
to the right place in the document (due to a bug that seems at first sight
completely unrelated).


JMarc,

  OK. That's a good idea. When you write, it should now point to the right
place, should there be a visual indicator? When I realized what had changed,
I was able to discern the error location by carefully reading the message in
the pop-up box. But, I wasn't sure to which figure float it referred. I did
work that out, but it was my unfamiliarity that delayed my understanding.

  Guess I just have to make more errors to become familiar with the new
system.

Thank you,

Rich

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citation style

[jesse mejia]

the 'citation style' option in the dialog that comes up when adding a 
citation is greyed out. is there a way to change the style? in some 
cases I'd like to remove the brackets, and in come cases I'd like to 
give a full citation of the reference as it appears in my bibliography 
in the body of the paper. thanks,


-jesse

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Bo Peng]

  The situation should be better in 1.4.1.

Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not noticed.

Yes. 1.4.1 has many improvements. It should be out in a few  weeks, if
not in few days. If you are impatient, and are using a linux system,
you can compile the latest 1.4.xcvs by yourself. (Even going with
1.5.xcvs is not such a bad idea, if you are brave enough to test new
features. :-)

Cheers,
Bo

problems after upgrading

[jesse mejia]

I just upgraded from 1.3.something to 1.4.0 yesterday. It seemed 
fine/better with what I was working on, but today I opened up an older 
project and the output cuts off about half of the footnotes at the 
bottom of each page! It was set to A4 paper size previously, and I 
double checked that that is still the case...although I'm not sure that 
would cause this.
Can anyone help? I'm pretty concerned because it's something I'll need 
to turn in for binding in about a week! (I guess I shouldn't have 
chosen this as a time to upgrade!)

Thanks!

-Jesse

Numbers of section and subsection

[Jordi Espasa Clofent]

Hello,

I use latex2html to convert *.tex files into *.html files; I'm content about 
it in general. But there is a point of dissatisfaction: the Section and 
Subsection format type don't appear with their number. Evidently, I've 
checked that the Section and Subsections are numbered in original *.lyx 
document.

¿What can I do?

Thanks



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Description: PGP signature

Re: Numbers of section and subsection

[Stephen Harris]

Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:

Hello,

I use latex2html to convert *.tex files into *.html files; I'm content about 
it in general. But there is a point of dissatisfaction: the Section and 
Subsection format type don't appear with their number. Evidently, I've 
checked that the Section and Subsections are numbered in original *.lyx 
document.


¿What can I do?

Thanks



Since support for latex2html was discontinued a few years ago
you could try htlatex which is still being actively developed.

Re: Arranging the references in alphabetic order

[Oisin C. Feeley]

On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 10:55:37PM -0400, Behnam Mostajeran Goortani wrote:

 How can I put the references in alphabetic order (Authors names) in Lyx (under
 windows)?


It's hard to answer this because you haven't specified what version of LyX 
you're using, whether you're using an external .bib file, etc.  Taking a wild 
guess I'd suggest that you click on the grey BibTeX Generated Bibliography 
button and choose one of the available styles such as plain. 

If you're creating your own source list (instead of using BiBTeX) then you 
should insert \thebibliographystyle{plain} somewhere in the document using ERT. 
(But I'd guess you're not doing this).

HTH,

Oisin Feeley

List of Figures

[tceglare]

hello,

i have inserted a list of figures in my document (book-komascript). the
problem is that the whole(!) description of the figures appears in the
list. i want to appear just a short title of each figure.

can anyone help me, please?

cu,

  tc

lyx and noweb

[David Berg]

I'm having trouble getting a noweb file created with lyx.  I've tried
to follow the instructions at
http://www.lyx.org/~jug/lyx/lyxdoc/Extended/node38.html but run into a
problem when trying to select the noweb document classes.  All three
are preceded by Unavailable.  I'm running lyx 1.3.7 on an Ubuntu
Dapper install.  Noweb 2.10 is installed through the nowebm ubuntu
package.

All I know about lyx is what I've learned by going through the
included tutorial.  Could someone tell me what is wrong with the
install that I need to fix, or at least where to start?

Thanks.

--Dave

Re: Installing of LyX-win 1.4.1 on windows xp

[Paul A. Rubin]

Wang Xiangqi wrote:

I can successfully install LyX-win 1.4.1 on my office computer under Windows
xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook, it freezed
when running the configuration during installing. When +checking for
/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx..., there are no any reponses. Note
that the Tex environment is fine. I have used LyX 1.3.7 for a long time and
it works nice.

Can anyone give me some hints to pass through it?

More thanks.

--
Wang Xiangqi
Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore



1.  Which installer did you use, Angus's (installs just LyX, points to 
other software if needed) or Uwe's (installs anything you don't already 
have)?  Uwe's runs somewhere between 22 and 56 MB, depending on version 
(I think); Angus's is in the single-digit MB range.


2.  How long did you wait to see if the freeze thawed?  On my machines, 
the installer script pauses at one or two points while substantial 
background computing is taking place.  I don't recall if the tex2lyx 
check was one of those places.  During the freeze, was your hard drive 
light blinking (frantically)?


All else failing, you might try uninstalling (removing all traces of 
LyX, including any configuration files) and doing a clean 
reinstallation.  Of course, it would be a good idea to back up 
configuration files in case you need them again.


Incidentally, if you want to install 1.4.1 parallel to 1.3.7, rather 
than replacing it (a prudent idea; 1.4.1 has not been officially 
released yet, at least for Windows), then you should do the following:


(a) install to a different directory;

(b) do *not* let the installer launch 1.4.1 (but do let it create an 
icon on the desktop); and


(c) edit the icon (right click, select Properties, then the Shortcut 
tab) and change the Target field to use a different user directory than 
what 1.3.7 uses.  A typical target field (after editing) might look like


C:\Program Files\LyX 1.4.1 pre1\bin\lyx.bat -userdir C:\Documents and 
Settings\your id here\Application Data\lyx 1.4.1


with suitable modifications to the paths.  Assuming you have not already 
created a 1.4.1 home directory, you'll be prompted whether to create it 
(yes) the first time you launch 1.4.1.


I think there have been changes in the preference file between 1.3.7 and 
1.4.1.  If you try to run them both using the same home directory, 1.4.1 
will make changes to the preference file that will give 1.3.7 indigestion.


/Paul

bookstab package and lyx

[Marcelo Acuña]

Hello,
 I want to use bookstab package for nices tables,
doc of this package came with example, this example
work in kile but in lyx I only get errors and errors
like:

 You haven´t defined [EMAIL PROTECTED] yet

 and many others.

 I try with example in or out ERT, in or out of float,
etc., but I can´t get bookstab work.
 What I make bad?
 
 Thanks
 Marcelo


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Re: bookstab package and lyx

[Paul A. Rubin]

Marcelo Acuña wrote:

Hello,
 I want to use bookstab package for nices tables,
doc of this package came with example, this example
work in kile but in lyx I only get errors and errors
like:

 You haven´t defined [EMAIL PROTECTED] yet

 and many others.

 I try with example in or out ERT, in or out of float,
etc., but I can´t get bookstab work.
 What I make bad?
 
 Thanks

 Marcelo


Probably a silly question, but did you put \usepackage{booktabs} in the 
preamble?


I'm attaching a small LyX document that contains the example table from 
page 5 of the booktabs manual (in ERT).  Does it compile correctly on 
your system?  If not, what version of LyX are you using, on what 
operating system, and what is the first error message you get?  Also, 
are you using English or a different language?


By the way, I can display this correctly with both LyX 1.3.7 and 
1.4.1svn.  I built the file on Windows; hopefully the end-of-line 
characters won't cause problems if you are using Linux or MacOS.


/Paul


booktabs.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Installing of LyX-win 1.4.1 on windows xp

[Wang Xiangqi]

I can successfully install LyX-win 1.4.1 on my office computer under Windows
xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook, it freezed
when running the configuration during installing. When +checking for
/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx..., there are no any reponses. Note
that the Tex environment is fine. I have used LyX 1.3.7 for a long time and
it works nice.

Can anyone give me some hints to pass through it?

More thanks.

--
Wang Xiangqi
Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore

xmgrace and lyx 1.4

[iprmaster]

Hello LyXers
I have started to use the new LyX version and I am very impressed about the 
new interface. Unfortunately, some old (1.3.5) lyx files does not work 
properly. In particular some xmgrace floats (extension .agr.gz) are not 
recognized:

...ts_FRC_zeroD_HydrogenAir_base\lyxdot agr}
  \par\end{centering}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

for the inserted file

Plots/FRC/zeroD/HydrogenAir/base.agr.gz

I have tried to play with the configuration (File Formats and Converters) 
but I could not get any working setting. I had no problem with the previous 
versions (up to 1.3.6). Any idea?
Thanks
Max

Re: xmgrace and lyx 1.4

[Georg Baum]

iprmaster wrote:

 Hello LyXers
 I have started to use the new LyX version and I am very impressed about
 the new interface. Unfortunately, some old (1.3.5) lyx files does not work
 properly. In particular some xmgrace floats (extension .agr.gz) are not
 recognized:

This is probably this bug: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2231

Until this is fixed, unzip the file, and it should work.


Georg

Re: Lyx computer algebra system

[Helge Hafting]

A S Hodel wrote:

I've started using LyX 1.4.0 on mac os X during the last week and I  
am slowly coming to like it a lot!  While working in the MathEd mode,  
I noticed that the Edit menu has the option:

   Edit-Math-Use Computer Algebra System - [several choices here]
where the choices include Octave, Maple, Mathematica, and Macsyma.
I was unable to find the phrase computer algebra system in the  
documentation.  As an avid Octave user, I am curious to know how this  
feature of LyX can be used.


In linux, it was as simple as installing both lyx and a suitable algebra
system, and then use it like this:

ctrl+M (to enter math mode)
1+1  (simple formula)
edit-math-computer algebra-maxima (maxima is what I have)
Formula automatically turns into:
1+1=2

Maxima was also able to do stuff like \int x^4 dx, and turn it into
\int x^4 dx = \frac{x^5}{5},
as well as \int\int x+ydxdy=\frac{xy^2}{2}+\frac{x^2y}{2}
I even got a long exact answer for the sum from 1 to 75 of 1/x^2
I tried the same with octave, and it failed to evaluate the expressions.

Octave managed to turn 1+2+3+4 into 1+2+3+4=10 though.

The use of computer algebra is limited. Expressions are simplified,
integrals are solved, (and you get the sum too if you provide the limits.)
Nice and powerful, but maxima often chokes on parantheses.
Octave handles those better, but chokes on anything with an x in it.
Make sure you don't write the equal sign, let the algebra system do that.

I guess there are some problems with the communication with these
math systems.

Helge Hafting

Re: Figure drawing GUI?

[Helge Hafting]

Stacia Hartleben wrote:


There is a GUI for figures in LyX?? I was thinking more like something
that Word or OO has where you have a little figure drawing toolbar and
you can insert shapes into the document. I don't think LyX has that. I
like that program because you can use a GUI to make things and you
don't have to rely on numbers and code to draw a figure.
 


Use xfig - it has a GUI - no numbers or code unless you want it.
And it works from within lyx.
Insert-file-external material
or just insert-external depending on your lyx version.

You get a dialog box.  Set the type to xfig instead of the
default chessdiagram.  Then, enter a suitable filename
and press edit. 


Now you get a xfig window - a GUI for figures.


Now,you won't get a toolbar inside lyx this way - xfig really
is an app of its own.  But you manage your figures from within
lyx, I hope that is good enough.  In the future, we might be
able to stuff the xfig file into something like file.lyx.tar so
it may be transferred as a single file too.

But I don't think you'll ever see a figure editing toolbar inside
lyx, for the developers generally follow the unix philosophy
of do _one_ thing and do it well.  Lyx does documents well.
Other apps to figures well, and lyx currently provides a nice
interface to a few of those.  Interfaces to other graphichs apps
are easy to add, as long as there is a way to convert the
other app's files into something lyx/latex can understand.

This approach is actually better than an integrated editor:
1. We support the same operations as an integrated editor,
   i.e. you see a preview of your figure in lyx at all times, and
   you have a gui for changing it too.
2. It is easy to add support for anybody's favourite figure tool, so
   we are not in any way limited here.
3. A crash/bug in some graphics editor will _not_ bring lyx down
   with it!  An important argument for running separate apps in
   processes of their own.  (Lyx uses this approach in many other
   cases as well - a crash in image conversion, preview generation
   or output generation will not crash lyx either.)
4. This apporach support more than just graphichs. Anything that
   generates output that might be useful in a document works with
   this approach.  Want to include spreadsheets?  Add a template
   for your favourite one, assuming it can be made to generate
   postscript without user intervention.

Helge Hafting

Re: [announce] testversion 1.9 of LyXWinInstaller with LyX 1.4.1svn

[Uwe Stöhr]

Wang Xiangqi wrote:

I can install LyXWinInstaller 1.9  successfully on my office computer
under
Windows xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook (also Win XP), it
freezed when running the configuration during installing at +checking
for
/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx..., then just stopped there and
no any
responses.

After this step, configure starts checking for LaTeX-packages. That
means it invokes MiKTeX to download missing packages and therefore needs
an internet connection.
Does it work for you without an internet connection? Wait two minutes
after it stops, it should proceed when MiKTeX wasn't able to connect to
the internet.
Does it work when your Laptop is connected to the internet?

I must admit that I never tested to install LyX without beeing connected
to the net.

regards Uwe

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

 Rich == Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Rich   I'm modifying a beamer class presentation created with version
Rich 1.3.6 or .7, but now I'm running 1.4.0. There is apparently a
Rich problem with the path to included graphics files. Instead of
Rich having the old Error boxes, the new version seems to just move
Rich somewhere in the vicinity of the ERT include box. Is this how we
Rich now know the location of the error?

The situation should be better in 1.4.1.

JMarc

Re: \bind not working on 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

 belahcene == belahcene abdelkader [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

belahcene Hi every body, I ve just check the 1.4.0 version, there are
belahcene a lot diff than 1.3.4 and bugs too. I wnat to switch with
belahcene F12 to another language, say arabic, so I uncomment the
belahcene arabic part in lyxrc.example and I copied it to lyxrc (I
belahcene used to do it without problem since 1.1.6 versiion), it is
belahcene working on 1.3.4 but not 1.4.0, the \bind is not
belahcene recognized. First I have to fix this pb before continue and
belahcene check other things best regards bela thank for help

It is not possible anymore to put \bind commands in lyxrc file. You
should use a personal bind file to do that, like

--mybindings.bind--
\bind_file cua

\bind Delete delete-backward


The lyxrc.example file is obsolete, and should probably be removed.

JMarc

[Fwd: Re: WinLyx 1.4.1 svn: Very slow navigation response]

[Ekkehart Schlicht]

Abdel,

thank you for suggesting to subdivide the manuscript. (It grows longer 
and longer ...) I wanted to try myself but was hesitating. The main 
disadvantage of the long manuscript is that pdflatex takes a while. 
Will this be shortened by subdividing the manuscript?

If you pdflatex from the main document no.


Can I restrict output to just the chapter I am working at?

Yes.

And what about cross references to other chapters. I understand that 
this can be done, but will the time pdflatex takes be kept down?

There's no difference AFAIK. You just have to open the main document
first and load the child document from there (clicking on the button
input)



I ask this because you seem to be quite experienced with all this. If 
you simply give me a green light I shall try. I simply want to avoid 
spending too much time in an attempt that ultimately yields no 
benefits for me.

Go ahead :-)


By the way, scrolling with the sidebar is much smoother in 137, as 
compared to 141 (without natbib) even if this is no performance test. 
I like it better. Why has it been changed?

I think the painting routines had been rewritten so it would take
sometime before it is as optimized as 1.3.7


I would appreciate if you could advise me either  go ahead with 
dividing the manuscript or keep the manuscript together, given my 
objective of working smoothly on the manuscript and compilking it 
occasionally with pdflatex. The slight delays that bother you are not 
that important in my case. At the moment I use Lyx 137 anyway, until 
the navigation issue is solved (which is important for me).


Thanks again for your consideration.

You're welcome,
Abdel.

proc document class

[Alexandru Cabuz]

Hello, list!

Question concerning proc document class:

Why is the proc document class not supported in lyx?

Can I still use lyx to write proc documents, by some workaround?

Thank you.
-- 
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Doctoral Student
Université Montpellier II
France
Tel: +33 (0)4.67.14.47.34

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Arranging the references in alphabetic order

[Behnam Mostajeran Goortani]

Hi There,
How can I put the references in alphabetic order (Authors names) in Lyx (under
windows)?

than you very much,
Behnam

Behnam Mostageran Goortani
Département de génie chimique
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke (Qc)  J1K 2R1
tel: (819)829-2581

Re: Arrows linking different tables

[Paul Smith]

On 4/2/06, Robert Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 pstricks package allows this.

 First load pstricks pkg and experiment a little to
 get used to what you can do.

 In the final doc.  What I do is follow these steps.

 1.  overlay a psgrid i.e. put an ert \psgrid somewhere
 at the bottom of the page
 2.  produce the pdf and look at the output to see the
 coordinates.
 3.  based on the coordinates in step 2, add the ert
 pstricks command to produce the lines in the
 appropriate locations.
 4.  remove the grid command

Thanks, Robert. It seems a nice way of doing that.

Paul

Re: Spellchecker of non-English idioms fails to start

[Paul Smith]

On 4/2/06, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Yes, the spellchecker fails to start for a non-English language.
 Running LyX 1.4 on FC5 and getting on the command line

 $ Dialog spellchecker failed to translate the data string passed to show()

 Any ideas?

It may be connected the following bug: the character º is replaced by
z with a strange accent;  however, if I export the file to LaTeX, I
can see the character º correctly, but getting z again after compiling
the LaTeX file. Any ideas?

Paul

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


The situation should be better in 1.4.1.


JMarc,

  Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not noticed. It's
certainly not a fatal flaw; too often the messages in the error boxes were
rather cryptic, anyway.

Rich

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Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

 Rich == Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Rich   Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not
Rich noticed. It's certainly not a fatal flaw; too often the messages
Rich in the error boxes were rather cryptic, anyway.

My message itself was rather cryptic :) The error boxes are gone for
good and replaced by the error list. What is changed is that it should
now point to the right place in the document (due to a bug that seems
at first sight completely unrelated).

JMarc

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


My message itself was rather cryptic :) The error boxes are gone for good
and replaced by the error list. What is changed is that it should now point
to the right place in the document (due to a bug that seems at first sight
completely unrelated).


JMarc,

  OK. That's a good idea. When you write, it should now point to the right
place, should there be a visual indicator? When I realized what had changed,
I was able to discern the error location by carefully reading the message in
the pop-up box. But, I wasn't sure to which figure float it referred. I did
work that out, but it was my unfamiliarity that delayed my understanding.

  Guess I just have to make more errors to become familiar with the new
system.

Thank you,

Rich

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citation style

[jesse mejia]

the 'citation style' option in the dialog that comes up when adding a 
citation is greyed out. is there a way to change the style? in some 
cases I'd like to remove the brackets, and in come cases I'd like to 
give a full citation of the reference as it appears in my bibliography 
in the body of the paper. thanks,


-jesse

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Bo Peng]

  The situation should be better in 1.4.1.

Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not noticed.

Yes. 1.4.1 has many improvements. It should be out in a few  weeks, if
not in few days. If you are impatient, and are using a linux system,
you can compile the latest 1.4.xcvs by yourself. (Even going with
1.5.xcvs is not such a bad idea, if you are brave enough to test new
features. :-)

Cheers,
Bo

problems after upgrading

[jesse mejia]

I just upgraded from 1.3.something to 1.4.0 yesterday. It seemed 
fine/better with what I was working on, but today I opened up an older 
project and the output cuts off about half of the footnotes at the 
bottom of each page! It was set to A4 paper size previously, and I 
double checked that that is still the case...although I'm not sure that 
would cause this.
Can anyone help? I'm pretty concerned because it's something I'll need 
to turn in for binding in about a week! (I guess I shouldn't have 
chosen this as a time to upgrade!)

Thanks!

-Jesse

Numbers of section and subsection

[Jordi Espasa Clofent]

Hello,

I use latex2html to convert *.tex files into *.html files; I'm content about 
it in general. But there is a point of dissatisfaction: the Section and 
Subsection format type don't appear with their number. Evidently, I've 
checked that the Section and Subsections are numbered in original *.lyx 
document.

¿What can I do?

Thanks



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Re: Numbers of section and subsection

[Stephen Harris]

Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:

Hello,

I use latex2html to convert *.tex files into *.html files; I'm content about 
it in general. But there is a point of dissatisfaction: the Section and 
Subsection format type don't appear with their number. Evidently, I've 
checked that the Section and Subsections are numbered in original *.lyx 
document.


¿What can I do?

Thanks



Since support for latex2html was discontinued a few years ago
you could try htlatex which is still being actively developed.

Re: Arranging the references in alphabetic order

[Oisin C. Feeley]

On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 10:55:37PM -0400, Behnam Mostajeran Goortani wrote:

 How can I put the references in alphabetic order (Authors names) in Lyx (under
 windows)?


It's hard to answer this because you haven't specified what version of LyX 
you're using, whether you're using an external .bib file, etc.  Taking a wild 
guess I'd suggest that you click on the grey BibTeX Generated Bibliography 
button and choose one of the available styles such as plain. 

If you're creating your own source list (instead of using BiBTeX) then you 
should insert \thebibliographystyle{plain} somewhere in the document using ERT. 
(But I'd guess you're not doing this).

HTH,

Oisin Feeley

List of Figures

[tceglare]

hello,

i have inserted a list of figures in my document (book-komascript). the
problem is that the whole(!) description of the figures appears in the
list. i want to appear just a short title of each figure.

can anyone help me, please?

cu,

  tc

lyx and noweb

[David Berg]

I'm having trouble getting a noweb file created with lyx.  I've tried
to follow the instructions at
http://www.lyx.org/~jug/lyx/lyxdoc/Extended/node38.html but run into a
problem when trying to select the noweb document classes.  All three
are preceded by Unavailable.  I'm running lyx 1.3.7 on an Ubuntu
Dapper install.  Noweb 2.10 is installed through the nowebm ubuntu
package.

All I know about lyx is what I've learned by going through the
included tutorial.  Could someone tell me what is wrong with the
install that I need to fix, or at least where to start?

Thanks.

--Dave

Re: Installing of LyX-win 1.4.1 on windows xp

[Paul A. Rubin]

Wang Xiangqi wrote:

I can successfully install LyX-win 1.4.1 on my office computer under Windows
xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook, it freezed
when running the configuration during installing. When +checking for
/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx..., there are no any reponses. Note
that the Tex environment is fine. I have used LyX 1.3.7 for a long time and
it works nice.

Can anyone give me some hints to pass through it?

More thanks.

--
Wang Xiangqi
Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore



1.  Which installer did you use, Angus's (installs just LyX, points to 
other software if needed) or Uwe's (installs anything you don't already 
have)?  Uwe's runs somewhere between 22 and 56 MB, depending on version 
(I think); Angus's is in the single-digit MB range.


2.  How long did you wait to see if the freeze thawed?  On my machines, 
the installer script pauses at one or two points while substantial 
background computing is taking place.  I don't recall if the tex2lyx 
check was one of those places.  During the freeze, was your hard drive 
light blinking (frantically)?


All else failing, you might try uninstalling (removing all traces of 
LyX, including any configuration files) and doing a clean 
reinstallation.  Of course, it would be a good idea to back up 
configuration files in case you need them again.


Incidentally, if you want to install 1.4.1 parallel to 1.3.7, rather 
than replacing it (a prudent idea; 1.4.1 has not been officially 
released yet, at least for Windows), then you should do the following:


(a) install to a different directory;

(b) do *not* let the installer launch 1.4.1 (but do let it create an 
icon on the desktop); and


(c) edit the icon (right click, select Properties, then the Shortcut 
tab) and change the Target field to use a different user directory than 
what 1.3.7 uses.  A typical target field (after editing) might look like


C:\Program Files\LyX 1.4.1 pre1\bin\lyx.bat -userdir C:\Documents and 
Settings\your id here\Application Data\lyx 1.4.1


with suitable modifications to the paths.  Assuming you have not already 
created a 1.4.1 home directory, you'll be prompted whether to create it 
(yes) the first time you launch 1.4.1.


I think there have been changes in the preference file between 1.3.7 and 
1.4.1.  If you try to run them both using the same home directory, 1.4.1 
will make changes to the preference file that will give 1.3.7 indigestion.


/Paul

bookstab package and lyx

[Marcelo Acuña]

Hello,
 I want to use bookstab package for nices tables,
doc of this package came with example, this example
work in kile but in lyx I only get errors and errors
like:

 You haven´t defined [EMAIL PROTECTED] yet

 and many others.

 I try with example in or out ERT, in or out of float,
etc., but I can´t get bookstab work.
 What I make bad?
 
 Thanks
 Marcelo


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Re: bookstab package and lyx

[Paul A. Rubin]

Marcelo Acuña wrote:

Hello,
 I want to use bookstab package for nices tables,
doc of this package came with example, this example
work in kile but in lyx I only get errors and errors
like:

 You haven´t defined [EMAIL PROTECTED] yet

 and many others.

 I try with example in or out ERT, in or out of float,
etc., but I can´t get bookstab work.
 What I make bad?
 
 Thanks

 Marcelo


Probably a silly question, but did you put \usepackage{booktabs} in the 
preamble?


I'm attaching a small LyX document that contains the example table from 
page 5 of the booktabs manual (in ERT).  Does it compile correctly on 
your system?  If not, what version of LyX are you using, on what 
operating system, and what is the first error message you get?  Also, 
are you using English or a different language?


By the way, I can display this correctly with both LyX 1.3.7 and 
1.4.1svn.  I built the file on Windows; hopefully the end-of-line 
characters won't cause problems if you are using Linux or MacOS.


/Paul


booktabs.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Installing of LyX-win 1.4.1 on windows xp

[Wang Xiangqi]

I can successfully install LyX-win 1.4.1 on my office computer under Windows
xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook, it freezed
when running the configuration during installing. When "+checking for
"/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx"...", there are no any reponses. Note
that the Tex environment is fine. I have used LyX 1.3.7 for a long time and
it works nice.

Can anyone give me some hints to pass through it?

More thanks.

--
Wang Xiangqi
Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore

xmgrace and lyx 1.4

[iprmaster]

Hello LyXers
I have started to use the new LyX version and I am very impressed about the 
new interface. Unfortunately, some old (1.3.5) lyx files does not work 
properly. In particular some xmgrace floats (extension .agr.gz) are not 
recognized:

...ts_FRC_zeroD_HydrogenAir_base\lyxdot agr}
  \par\end{centering}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

for the inserted file

Plots/FRC/zeroD/HydrogenAir/base.agr.gz

I have tried to play with the configuration ("File Formats" and "Converters") 
but I could not get any working setting. I had no problem with the previous 
versions (up to 1.3.6). Any idea?
Thanks
Max

Re: xmgrace and lyx 1.4

[Georg Baum]

iprmaster wrote:

> Hello LyXers
> I have started to use the new LyX version and I am very impressed about
> the new interface. Unfortunately, some old (1.3.5) lyx files does not work
> properly. In particular some xmgrace floats (extension .agr.gz) are not
> recognized:

This is probably this bug: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2231

Until this is fixed, unzip the file, and it should work.


Georg

Re: Lyx computer algebra system

[Helge Hafting]

A S Hodel wrote:

I've started using LyX 1.4.0 on mac os X during the last week and I  
am slowly coming to like it a lot!  While working in the MathEd mode,  
I noticed that the Edit menu has the option:

   Edit->Math->Use Computer Algebra System -> [several choices here]
where the choices include Octave, Maple, Mathematica, and Macsyma.
I was unable to find the phrase "computer algebra system" in the  
documentation.  As an avid Octave user, I am curious to know how this  
feature of LyX can be used.


In linux, it was as simple as installing both lyx and a suitable algebra
system, and then use it like this:

ctrl+M (to enter math mode)
1+1  (simple formula)
edit->math->computer algebra->maxima (maxima is what I have)
Formula automatically turns into:
1+1=2

Maxima was also able to do stuff like \int x^4 dx, and turn it into
\int x^4 dx = \frac{x^5}{5},
as well as \int\int x+ydxdy=\frac{xy^2}{2}+\frac{x^2y}{2}
I even got a long exact answer for the sum from 1 to 75 of 1/x^2
I tried the same with octave, and it failed to evaluate the expressions.

Octave managed to turn 1+2+3+4 into 1+2+3+4=10 though.

The use of computer algebra is limited. Expressions are simplified,
integrals are solved, (and you get the sum too if you provide the limits.)
Nice and powerful, but maxima often chokes on parantheses.
Octave handles those better, but chokes on anything with an "x" in it.
Make sure you don't write the equal sign, let the algebra system do that.

I guess there are some problems with the communication with these
math systems.

Helge Hafting

Re: Figure drawing GUI?

[Helge Hafting]

Stacia Hartleben wrote:


There is a GUI for figures in LyX?? I was thinking more like something
that Word or OO has where you have a little figure drawing toolbar and
you can insert shapes into the document. I don't think LyX has that. I
like that program because you can use a GUI to make things and you
don't have to rely on numbers and code to draw a figure.
 


Use xfig - it has a GUI - no numbers or code unless you want it.
And it works from within lyx.
Insert->file->external material
or just insert->external depending on your lyx version.

You get a dialog box.  Set the type to xfig instead of the
default "chessdiagram".  Then, enter a suitable filename
and press "edit". 


Now you get a xfig window - a GUI for figures.


Now,you won't get a toolbar inside lyx this way - xfig really
is an app of its own.  But you manage your figures from within
lyx, I hope that is good enough.  In the future, we might be
able to stuff the xfig file into something like file.lyx.tar so
it may be transferred as a single file too.

But I don't think you'll ever see a figure editing toolbar inside
lyx, for the developers generally follow the unix philosophy
of "do _one_ thing and do it well".  Lyx does documents well.
Other apps to figures well, and lyx currently provides a nice
interface to a few of those.  Interfaces to other graphichs apps
are easy to add, as long as there is a way to convert the
other app's files into something lyx/latex can understand.

This approach is actually better than an integrated editor:
1. We support the same operations as an integrated editor,
   i.e. you see a preview of your figure in lyx at all times, and
   you have a gui for changing it too.
2. It is easy to add support for anybody's favourite figure tool, so
   we are not in any way limited here.
3. A crash/bug in some graphics editor will _not_ bring lyx down
   with it!  An important argument for running separate apps in
   processes of their own.  (Lyx uses this approach in many other
   cases as well - a crash in image conversion, preview generation
   or output generation will not crash lyx either.)
4. This apporach support more than just graphichs. Anything that
   generates output that might be useful in a document works with
   this approach.  Want to include spreadsheets?  Add a template
   for your favourite one, assuming it can be made to generate
   postscript without user intervention.

Helge Hafting

Re: [announce] testversion 1.9 of LyXWinInstaller with LyX 1.4.1svn

[Uwe Stöhr]

Wang Xiangqi wrote:

I can install LyXWinInstaller 1.9  successfully on my office computer
under
Windows xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook (also Win XP), it
freezed when running the configuration during installing at "+checking
for
"/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx"...", then just stopped there and
no any
responses.

After this step, configure starts checking for LaTeX-packages. That
means it invokes MiKTeX to download missing packages and therefore needs
an internet connection.
Does it work for you without an internet connection? Wait two minutes
after it stops, it should proceed when MiKTeX wasn't able to connect to
the internet.
Does it work when your Laptop is connected to the internet?

I must admit that I never tested to install LyX without beeing connected
to the net.

regards Uwe

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Rich>   I'm modifying a beamer class presentation created with version
Rich> 1.3.6 or .7, but now I'm running 1.4.0. There is apparently a
Rich> problem with the path to included graphics files. Instead of
Rich> having the old "Error" boxes, the new version seems to just move
Rich> somewhere in the vicinity of the ERT include box. Is this how we
Rich> now know the location of the error?

The situation should be better in 1.4.1.

JMarc

Re: \bind not working on 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

> "belahcene" == belahcene abdelkader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

belahcene> Hi every body, I ve just check the 1.4.0 version, there are
belahcene> a lot diff than 1.3.4 and bugs too. I wnat to switch with
belahcene> F12 to another language, say arabic, so I uncomment the
belahcene> arabic part in lyxrc.example and I copied it to lyxrc (I
belahcene> used to do it without problem since 1.1.6 versiion), it is
belahcene> working on 1.3.4 but not 1.4.0, the \bind is not
belahcene> recognized. First I have to fix this pb before continue and
belahcene> check other things best regards bela thank for help

It is not possible anymore to put \bind commands in lyxrc file. You
should use a personal bind file to do that, like

--mybindings.bind--
\bind_file cua

\bind "Delete" "delete-backward"


The lyxrc.example file is obsolete, and should probably be removed.

JMarc

[Fwd: Re: WinLyx 1.4.1 svn: Very slow navigation response]

[Ekkehart Schlicht]

Abdel,

thank you for suggesting to subdivide the manuscript. (It grows longer 
and longer ...) I wanted to try myself but was hesitating. The main 
disadvantage of the long manuscript is that pdflatex takes a while. 
Will this be shortened by subdividing the manuscript?

If you pdflatex from the main document no.


Can I restrict output to just the chapter I am working at?

Yes.

And what about cross references to other chapters. I understand that 
this can be done, but will the time pdflatex takes be kept down?

There's no difference AFAIK. You just have to open the main document
first and load the child document from there (clicking on the button
"input")



I ask this because you seem to be quite experienced with all this. If 
you simply give me a "green light" I shall try. I simply want to avoid 
spending too much time in an attempt that ultimately yields no 
benefits for me.

Go ahead :-)


By the way, scrolling with the sidebar is much smoother in 137, as 
compared to 141 (without natbib) even if this is no performance test. 
I like it better. Why has it been changed?

I think the painting routines had been rewritten so it would take
sometime before it is as optimized as 1.3.7


I would appreciate if you could advise me either  "go ahead with 
dividing the manuscript" or "keep the manuscript together", given my 
objective of working smoothly on the manuscript and compilking it 
occasionally with pdflatex. The slight delays that bother you are not 
that important in my case. At the moment I use Lyx 137 anyway, until 
the navigation issue is solved (which is important for me).


Thanks again for your consideration.

You're welcome,
Abdel.

proc document class

[Alexandru Cabuz]

Hello, list!

Question concerning proc document class:

Why is the proc document class not supported in lyx?

Can I still use lyx to write proc documents, by some workaround?

Thank you.
-- 
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Doctoral Student
Université Montpellier II
France
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Arranging the references in alphabetic order

[Behnam Mostajeran Goortani]

Hi There,
How can I put the references in alphabetic order (Authors names) in Lyx (under
windows)?

than you very much,
Behnam

Behnam Mostageran Goortani
Département de génie chimique
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke (Qc)  J1K 2R1
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Re: Arrows linking different tables

[Paul Smith]

On 4/2/06, Robert Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> pstricks package allows this.
>
> First load pstricks pkg and experiment a little to
> get used to what you can do.
>
> In the final doc.  What I do is follow these steps.
>
> 1.  overlay a psgrid i.e. put an ert \psgrid somewhere
> at the bottom of the page
> 2.  produce the pdf and look at the output to see the
> coordinates.
> 3.  based on the coordinates in step 2, add the ert
> pstricks command to produce the lines in the
> appropriate locations.
> 4.  remove the grid command

Thanks, Robert. It seems a nice way of doing that.

Paul

Re: Spellchecker of non-English idioms fails to start

[Paul Smith]

On 4/2/06, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, the spellchecker fails to start for a non-English language.
> Running LyX 1.4 on FC5 and getting on the command line
>
> $ Dialog "spellchecker" failed to translate the data string passed to show()
>
> Any ideas?

It may be connected the following bug: the character º is replaced by
z with a strange accent;  however, if I export the file to LaTeX, I
can see the character º correctly, but getting z again after compiling
the LaTeX file. Any ideas?

Paul

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


The situation should be better in 1.4.1.


JMarc,

  Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not noticed. It's
certainly not a fatal flaw; too often the messages in the error boxes were
rather cryptic, anyway.

Rich

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Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Rich>   Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not
Rich> noticed. It's certainly not a fatal flaw; too often the messages
Rich> in the error boxes were rather cryptic, anyway.

My message itself was rather cryptic :) The error boxes are gone for
good and replaced by the error list. What is changed is that it should
now point to the right place in the document (due to a bug that seems
at first sight completely unrelated).

JMarc

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:


My message itself was rather cryptic :) The error boxes are gone for good
and replaced by the error list. What is changed is that it should now point
to the right place in the document (due to a bug that seems at first sight
completely unrelated).


JMarc,

  OK. That's a good idea. When you write, "it should now point to the right
place," should there be a visual indicator? When I realized what had changed,
I was able to discern the error location by carefully reading the message in
the pop-up box. But, I wasn't sure to which figure float it referred. I did
work that out, but it was my unfamiliarity that delayed my understanding.

  Guess I just have to make more errors to become familiar with the new
system.

Thank you,

Rich

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citation style

[jesse mejia]

the 'citation style' option in the dialog that comes up when adding a 
citation is greyed out. is there a way to change the style? in some 
cases I'd like to remove the brackets, and in come cases I'd like to 
give a full citation of the reference as it appears in my bibliography 
in the body of the paper. thanks,


-jesse

Re: Identifying Error Locations: 1.4.0

[Bo Peng]

> > The situation should be better in 1.4.1.

>Thank you. In other words it was accidently changed and not noticed.

Yes. 1.4.1 has many improvements. It should be out in a few  weeks, if
not in few days. If you are impatient, and are using a linux system,
you can compile the latest 1.4.xcvs by yourself. (Even going with
1.5.xcvs is not such a bad idea, if you are brave enough to test new
features. :-)

Cheers,
Bo

problems after upgrading

[jesse mejia]

I just upgraded from 1.3.something to 1.4.0 yesterday. It seemed 
fine/better with what I was working on, but today I opened up an older 
project and the output cuts off about half of the footnotes at the 
bottom of each page! It was set to A4 paper size previously, and I 
double checked that that is still the case...although I'm not sure that 
would cause this.
Can anyone help? I'm pretty concerned because it's something I'll need 
to turn in for binding in about a week! (I guess I shouldn't have 
chosen this as a time to upgrade!)

Thanks!

-Jesse

Numbers of section and subsection

[Jordi Espasa Clofent]

Hello,

I use latex2html to convert *.tex files into *.html files; I'm content about 
it in general. But there is a point of dissatisfaction: the Section and 
Subsection format type don't appear with their number. Evidently, I've 
checked that the Section and Subsections are numbered in original *.lyx 
document.

¿What can I do?

Thanks



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Re: Numbers of section and subsection

[Stephen Harris]

Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:

Hello,

I use latex2html to convert *.tex files into *.html files; I'm content about 
it in general. But there is a point of dissatisfaction: the Section and 
Subsection format type don't appear with their number. Evidently, I've 
checked that the Section and Subsections are numbered in original *.lyx 
document.


¿What can I do?

Thanks



Since support for latex2html was discontinued a few years ago
you could try htlatex which is still being actively developed.

Re: Arranging the references in alphabetic order

[Oisin C. Feeley]

On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 10:55:37PM -0400, Behnam Mostajeran Goortani wrote:

> How can I put the references in alphabetic order (Authors names) in Lyx (under
> windows)?
>

It's hard to answer this because you haven't specified what version of LyX 
you're using, whether you're using an external .bib file, etc.  Taking a wild 
guess I'd suggest that you click on the grey "BibTeX Generated Bibliography" 
button and choose one of the available styles such as "plain". 

If you're creating your own source list (instead of using BiBTeX) then you 
should insert \thebibliographystyle{plain} somewhere in the document using ERT. 
(But I'd guess you're not doing this).

HTH,

Oisin Feeley

List of Figures

[tceglare]

hello,

i have inserted a list of figures in my document (book-komascript). the
problem is that the whole(!) description of the figures appears in the
list. i want to appear just a short title of each figure.

can anyone help me, please?

cu,

  tc

lyx and noweb

[David Berg]

I'm having trouble getting a noweb file created with lyx.  I've tried
to follow the instructions at
http://www.lyx.org/~jug/lyx/lyxdoc/Extended/node38.html but run into a
problem when trying to select the noweb document classes.  All three
are preceded by "Unavailable".  I'm running lyx 1.3.7 on an Ubuntu
Dapper install.  Noweb 2.10 is installed through the nowebm ubuntu
package.

All I know about lyx is what I've learned by going through the
included tutorial.  Could someone tell me what is wrong with the
install that I need to fix, or at least where to start?

Thanks.

--Dave

Re: Installing of LyX-win 1.4.1 on windows xp

[Paul A. Rubin]

Wang Xiangqi wrote:

I can successfully install LyX-win 1.4.1 on my office computer under Windows
xp. However, when I tried it on my notebook, it freezed
when running the configuration during installing. When "+checking for
"/Resources/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx"...", there are no any reponses. Note
that the Tex environment is fine. I have used LyX 1.3.7 for a long time and
it works nice.

Can anyone give me some hints to pass through it?

More thanks.

--
Wang Xiangqi
Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore



1.  Which installer did you use, Angus's (installs just LyX, points to 
other software if needed) or Uwe's (installs anything you don't already 
have)?  Uwe's runs somewhere between 22 and 56 MB, depending on version 
(I think); Angus's is in the single-digit MB range.


2.  How long did you wait to see if the freeze thawed?  On my machines, 
the installer script pauses at one or two points while substantial 
background computing is taking place.  I don't recall if the tex2lyx 
check was one of those places.  During the freeze, was your hard drive 
light blinking (frantically)?


All else failing, you might try uninstalling (removing all traces of 
LyX, including any configuration files) and doing a clean 
reinstallation.  Of course, it would be a good idea to back up 
configuration files in case you need them again.


Incidentally, if you want to install 1.4.1 parallel to 1.3.7, rather 
than replacing it (a prudent idea; 1.4.1 has not been officially 
released yet, at least for Windows), then you should do the following:


(a) install to a different directory;

(b) do *not* let the installer launch 1.4.1 (but do let it create an 
icon on the desktop); and


(c) edit the icon (right click, select Properties, then the Shortcut 
tab) and change the Target field to use a different user directory than 
what 1.3.7 uses.  A typical target field (after editing) might look like


"C:\Program Files\LyX 1.4.1 pre1\bin\lyx.bat" -userdir "C:\Documents and 
Settings\\Application Data\lyx 1.4.1"


with suitable modifications to the paths.  Assuming you have not already 
created a 1.4.1 home directory, you'll be prompted whether to create it 
(yes) the first time you launch 1.4.1.


I think there have been changes in the preference file between 1.3.7 and 
1.4.1.  If you try to run them both using the same home directory, 1.4.1 
will make changes to the preference file that will give 1.3.7 indigestion.


/Paul

bookstab package and lyx

[Marcelo Acuña]

Hello,
 I want to use bookstab package for nices tables,
doc of this package came with example, this example
work in kile but in lyx I only get errors and errors
like:

 You haven´t defined [EMAIL PROTECTED] yet

 and many others.

 I try with example in or out ERT, in or out of float,
etc., but I can´t get bookstab work.
 What I make bad?
 
 Thanks
 Marcelo


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Re: bookstab package and lyx

[Paul A. Rubin]

Marcelo Acuña wrote:

Hello,
 I want to use bookstab package for nices tables,
doc of this package came with example, this example
work in kile but in lyx I only get errors and errors
like:

 You haven´t defined [EMAIL PROTECTED] yet

 and many others.

 I try with example in or out ERT, in or out of float,
etc., but I can´t get bookstab work.
 What I make bad?
 
 Thanks

 Marcelo


Probably a silly question, but did you put \usepackage{booktabs} in the 
preamble?


I'm attaching a small LyX document that contains the example table from 
page 5 of the booktabs manual (in ERT).  Does it compile correctly on 
your system?  If not, what version of LyX are you using, on what 
operating system, and what is the first error message you get?  Also, 
are you using English or a different language?


By the way, I can display this correctly with both LyX 1.3.7 and 
1.4.1svn.  I built the file on Windows; hopefully the end-of-line 
characters won't cause problems if you are using Linux or MacOS.


/Paul


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