Re: paragraph indents -- document class book (Polish version by M. W.), MWBK
The most tweakable (is this correct word in English?) style is Koma-Script, so you may probably prefer it instead of fighting with mwcls classes. Koma-Script is well documented, which not exactly means is easy for beginners. Marcin Woliński who is the author of mwcls used old documents about Polish typography, when he was creating these classes (mwcls set). And in real, output looks very similarly to that what I remember from old books from times of the primary school. M. 2008/10/21 Jonathan Kroner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Manveru, Thank you for getting back to me. I don't think I'll get very far in Polish but I still like that book class. It works great for me for a few reasons: it seems to be more laid out like a book than some of the more popular classes. In particular I like that the cover page is not numbered, the headers fit and it looks (to me) more professional. I'm not doing a lot of tweaks, mostly because after way way too many hours I still can't figure out how to use most advanced LyX features. regards, Jonathan On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Manveru [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/10/18 Jonathan Kroner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: re: paragraph indents -- document class book (Polish version by M. W.), MWBK 1. Is there a way to remove the indent from the initial paragraph under chapter, section, subsection titles in the document class book (Polish version by M. W.)? 2. Is there a link to document class options for MWBK, Polish version by M. W. other than those listed in Extended LyX Features, section 4.19 about the MWBK class? I don't remember all options for mwbk, but this is very specific for classic Polish book standards (let's say very old standards). In these standards all paragraphs has indentation. And I am not sure whether this could be removed. Additionally, LyX layout file was buggy for this style in 1.5.3 - it does not contains some include, what causes outline function to not work (I dont't remember whether it was corrected or not as I am using my own layout file). This style has more strange behaviours, so I suggest not using it, if you really do not know what are you doing. It is good practice to read the manual for this style, but it is in Polish only: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mwcls/mwclsdoc.pdf -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl -- Jonathan Kroner http://jonathankroner.com/ http://floridafalseclaim.com/ 305.310.6046 -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. As a solving method, I reinstall Lyx with English language, the crash never happened again. Thanks you!
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel.
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel. Thanks Abdelrazak for your help. My platform is windows XP EN.For testing, I reinstall Lyx 1.6RC3.In the SETUP step, I select Chinese(simplified) as the Lyx's interface. But this time I can't reproduce the crash again. I guess this problem happens when I just overwrite the previous version from Lyx 1.5 to Lyx 1.6RC3. Anyway, it works in Chinese interface Now! Thanks again.
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
On 21/10/2008 13:22, asm23 wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel. Thanks Abdelrazak for your help. My platform is windows XP EN.For testing, I reinstall Lyx 1.6RC3.In the SETUP step, I select Chinese(simplified) as the Lyx's interface. But this time I can't reproduce the crash again. I guess this problem happens when I just overwrite the previous version from Lyx 1.5 to Lyx 1.6RC3. Anyway, it works in Chinese interface Now! Good! Don't hesitate to contribute further translation of the interface ;-) FYI, you can change the display language at runtime without reinstalling nor restarting. Abdel.
Re: Bringing the footer higher...
M-L wrote:
I will attempt that, though I may have tried it before? I know I have tried
just about everything I could think of, and found nothing that worked. I
tried that firstfootvpos though I didn't know whether it required a \ in
front of it or not and tried it with that and without and various brackets
and a whole lot of other combinations.
If I knew more about LaTeX and LyX, would have a crack at re-writing the
manual but in a different format. That's not a criticisms, it's simply and
observation as to why I, who is in the minority, can't grasp all the
concepts. Probably because I left school at the age of 14, and have only used
computers for the last decade. For someone like me it really requires an
example of the preamble and then an explanation of each line, and why those
commands work in letter and not in article, etc., or whatever.
Latex can be tricky. LyX tries to help that, by offering easier dialog
boxes for common stuff. You should be able to set the margin sizes
without any latex commands at all. Some latex will be necessary to make
a multiline footer though.
I started reading the scrguien.pdf from the start, but it was hard going, and
data overload. Going to the sections was better, but like many of these
manuals written by experts, they presume the reader has a greater
understanding than may be the case, which chases me back to previous chapters
and then I start getting lost again.
Well known problem! This can be fixed by reading books that explains
latex from scratch. Kopka and Daly Guide to Latex is a good one.
Get it from the library to see if it helps, buy it later if you find
it useful. It explains what all those other manual writers expect you to
know. It certainly helped me.
During my frustrations I wrote in my journal:
[quote]
Trying to understand something this large with a brain this small is an
arrogance of a kind in itself.
[end quote]
Not a small brain, just lack of training. Latex package manuals
gets easier if you learn the basics first.
I then tried the letter [KOMA v2] template and started adapting it to my
needs. I still didn't understand much of what it did, and found things in the
preamble were duplicated by the commands that were point and click in LyX,
and other preamble entries were not permitted.
[Disclaimer - aware that LyX does not take all LaTeX commands and may never do
so as stated in the introduction of LyX]
There was also a funny thing, when I opened a new document in LyX Letter
[KOMA-script v2] and tried to insert some of the preamble from the template,
one at a time, they didn't work, or didn't work properly. I couldn't
understand that at all. I kept adding things from the template and I'm not
certain that I didn't copy the whole preamble into the new LyX document
before they worked? But I am not sure any more if this was the case. I have a
funny feeling they still didn't work, so the template used something
different again?
Letters are a bit special. The letter document class sort of have a
all or nothing approach, which isn't very user-friendly. If you
want to use letter, start with the Lyx template and work from there.
It just fails if some of the required fields aren't present.
Other document classes are easier to use, without such hidden requirements.
I have attached a lyx document with a multiline footer,
custom margins, and no more latex than necessary.
Here is how to do it:
1. Create a document, of type koma-script article.
2. Menu Document-settings
3. Click Page Layout in the document settings dialog box
4. Set the Page style to fancy using the dropdown menu / combobox.
5. Click Page margins in the dialog box
6. Uncheck default margins
7. Specify other margins, I used 5cm top and bottom margins.
8. Click LaTeX Preamble in the dialog box.
9. Enter this text in the preamble:
\lfoot{Test line1\\line2\\line3\\line4}
Put in as many lines as you like. \lfoot means left footer, this
command works because you set the pagestyle to fancy.
You may also use \rfoot{right footer} \cfoot{center footer}
as well as \lhead, \rhead and \chead for the headers.
10.Click OK in the dialog, to get rid of it.
11.Enter normal text in the document, then print or view it.
12.Fine-tune the bottom margin if you need to. A bigger margin has
more room for the footer, a smaller margin will push a big
footer down and possibly across the paper edge.
This footer is the same on all pages. It is possible to get
variable stuff too, such as the page number. Ask again
if you need more tips.
Helge Hafting
footer.lyx
Description: application/lyx
Re: spellchecking problem…
I had to put the correct directionary path into ~/.aspell.conf dict-dir /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/ Now it works for me (at least UK English, maybe German as well). Stefan Am 12.10.2008 um 10:45 schrieb macnews: Hello, I have a problem using spellchecking in Lyx (1.6.0rc3 and also in 1.5.4) with OSX. I have installed th recent version of cocoAspell (2.0.4). I also installed a german dictionary into the proper folder (Library - Application Support - cocoAspell). After that I activated the languages in the sytem-preferences. Lyx seems to recognize the dictionaries, as I could choose them in the language-menu. Every time (regardless of the language I choose) I run the spellchecker I get the following message: »Das Rechtschreibprogramm konnte nicht gestartet werden Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/english can not be opened for reading.« I tried to change setting both in the documents-window and in the general preferences – without success. What could be the problem here? Does anybody have a working spellchecking configuration for a german dictionary? Best* Jess
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Good! Don't hesitate to contribute further translation of the interface ;-) Ok, I will do my contribution to this project in my free time. I do think Video tutorial is a fast way to teach a beginner to use Lyx. FYI, you can change the display language at runtime without reinstalling nor restarting. WoW, it's so simple to change the interface. Thanks, it will save me a lot of time. Thanks! Abdel.
Re: Theorem cross reference title missing
Jozef Aardappel wrote:
hmm, indeed, your example works as I would expect it to work. This also works for
sections etc with me. Although I thought it did not, apperently i forgot to choose
formatted reference there.
I however use my own layout which uses 'rule'. This is basically something
like lemma etc in the ams-math layout. Did I made a mistake in my layout? How
can I fix this?
You need to define a prettyref format to go with this. Something like:
\newrefformat{rul}{rule \ref{#1}}
See the prettyref docs for more info.
rh
Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem.
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem. This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 Abdel.
How to change pdf viewer?
Salve, How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the view pdf (pdf-latex) button? I could not find out. It depends what is set automatically during installation. Actually I would like to disburden Adobe Acrobat Reader from this task because too slow and change to Skim (or PDFView). joachim -- MacTeX - TeXLive 2007 - TeXShop 2.14-svn (2.14) und auch ggf. LyX/Mac 1.5.6 auf MacBook Pro mit OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries schrieb: How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the view pdf (pdf-latex) button? menu Tools-Settings-file formats There specify the viewer you like for the format PDF (pdflatex). regards Uwe
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem. This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 Abdel. Thanks, I hope it will be fixed soon.
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote [on Mac]: How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the view pdf (pdf-latex) button? By default, LyX uses the default viewer that is set in the operating system for PDFs. So you can change Mac OS X default PDF application setting, or you can change in LyX - Preferences - File Formats - PDF (...) - Viewer. HTH, Konrad P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new question. Start a new thread for new questions.
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 22:14 +0800, asm23 wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem. This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 Abdel. Thanks, I hope it will be fixed soon. Me too :-)
Installing a new class on Lyx
To whom it may concern: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Daniel Stark Graduate Student Rice University, MS-61 Physics and Astronomy Dell Butcher Hall 100 1900 Rice Blvd., Ent. 20 Houston TX 77005 USA Ph: +1-713-348-3126 Fx: +1-713-348-2603 In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you. - Frank Wilczek I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity. - Isidor Isaac Rabi
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: menu Tools-Settings-file formats Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: you can change in LyX - Preferences - File Formats - PDF (...) - Viewer. Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim Konrad wrote further P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new question. Start a new thread for new questions. Sorry, I was not aware of it, now I remember again that it is not enough to to erase content and change subject, but not to answer on a received mail from the list. -- MacTeX - TeXLive 2007 - TeXShop 2.14-svn (2.14) und auch ggf. LyX/Mac 1.5.6 auf MacBook Pro mit OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
Lyx + Biblatex + Headers formating problems
Hi All
I have just started to use Lyx for writing my first year PhD report and I am
having some problems which I hope you can help me to solve.
I followed all the procedures to install biblatex and use it with Lyx. It is
working great now and I have managed to edit the biblatex style to suit my
requirements.
However I am having basically two problems:
1. When using the \printbibliography command in ERT I have also to add the
following commands before it so that the bibliography is showed in a new
page and accounted for the TOC.
\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\numberline{}{Bibliography}}
This works fine but when the bibliography has more than one page the header
(which is done using fancy header and works fine to all other pages) is
shown in Uppercase although as I said the fancy header package is configure
to show the headers in lowercase (both chapters and sections) and works
fine with all other pages. So instead of showing 'Bibliography' it displays
'BIBLIOGRAPHY'.
The fancy header commands, in case are needed are:
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\chaptername\ \thechapter.\ #1}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection.\ #1}{}}
\lhead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\rightmark}}
\chead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\rhead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\thepage}}
\lfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\cfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\rfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\today}}
%%
2. The second problems has to do with the output bibliography format from
biblatex.I am using Author-year style but each item in the bibliography
seems to be displayed unaligned in reference to each other. I do not whether
it is clear but it seems that each item (reference) has its own indentation
for the first line e.g.
Author One Surname, (year) etc etc etc
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Author Two Surname, (year) etc etc etc .
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Author Three Surname, (year) etc etc etc .
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Hope you see what I mean. I do not know what is happening here but each time
I change the fonts the errors in the indentation seems to change between the
items. For instance if Author one was in the right position now it is wrong
but Author two is OK and so on.
Well, hopefully someone will be able to help me.
Thanks in advance.
Jose A
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim Not true. I'm on Mac OS X and have been using open -a skim all along without problems and through several versions of LyX. It is not necessary to call the app's contents. Cheers, -- Christian
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote: Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: menu Tools-Settings-file formats Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: you can change in LyX - Preferences - File Formats - PDF (...) - Viewer. Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim What should also do the trick is open -a Skim, that lets OS X do the work of finding the app. What I actually use is the attached script that explicitly tells Skim to reload. I've disabled auto-reload in Skim, since this sometimes does not work in combination with LyX's multiple compilation of the file. So I have the attached script in ~/bin, set the script as executable (chmod u+x ...), in LyX ~/bin/SkimReload.sh, and then always use View PDF (not: Update PDF) in LyX HTH, Konrad SkimReload.sh Description: Bourne shell script
Re: Installing a new class on Lyx
Daniel Joshua Stark schrieb: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. LaTeX-class files are independent of the OS, the same as for the layout files. So you first need to install achemso, the same way you install LaTeX-classes normally. The easiest way to do this is to use the package manager in case you use TeXLive 2008 as TeX-engine. LyX unfortunately does not yet have layout file for achemso, so you have to create new one. The best way is to take an existing layout file (for example the file iopart.layout) and adopt it for your class. The Customization manual explains the possible entries of layout file. When you give me some days, I can also create a layout file as achemso would be of interest for other LyX users too. regards Uwe
Re: Installing a new class on Lyx
Daniel Joshua Stark schrieb: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. LaTeX-class files are independent of the OS, the same as for the layout files. So you first need to install achemso, the same way you install LaTeX-classes normally. The easiest way to do this is to use the package manager in case you use TeXLive 2008 as TeX-engine. LyX unfortunately does not yet have layout file for achemso, so you have to create new one. The best way is to take an existing layout file (for example the file iopart.layout) and adopt it for your class. The Customization manual explains the possible entries of layout file. When you give me some days, I can also create a layout file as achemso would be of interest for other LyX users too. regards Uwe
Re: Bringing the footer higher...
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Helge Hafting engaged keyboard and shared this with us
all:
--} Letters are a bit special. The letter document class sort of have a
--} all or nothing approach, which isn't very user-friendly. If you
--} want to use letter, start with the Lyx template and work from there.
--} It just fails if some of the required fields aren't present.
--} Other document classes are easier to use, without such hidden
requirements. --}
--} I have attached a lyx document with a multiline footer,
--} custom margins, and no more latex than necessary.
--} Here is how to do it:
--}
--} 1. Create a document, of type koma-script article.
--} 2. Menu Document-settings
--} 3. Click Page Layout in the document settings dialog box
--} 4. Set the Page style to fancy using the dropdown menu / combobox.
--} 5. Click Page margins in the dialog box
--} 6. Uncheck default margins
--} 7. Specify other margins, I used 5cm top and bottom margins.
--} 8. Click LaTeX Preamble in the dialog box.
--} 9. Enter this text in the preamble:
--} \lfoot{Test line1\\line2\\line3\\line4}
--}
--} Put in as many lines as you like. \lfoot means left footer, this
--} command works because you set the pagestyle to fancy.
--} You may also use \rfoot{right footer} \cfoot{center footer}
--} as well as \lhead, \rhead and \chead for the headers.
--}
--} 10.Click OK in the dialog, to get rid of it.
--} 11.Enter normal text in the document, then print or view it.
--} 12.Fine-tune the bottom margin if you need to. A bigger margin has
--} more room for the footer, a smaller margin will push a big
--} footer down and possibly across the paper edge.
--}
--}
--} This footer is the same on all pages. It is possible to get
--} variable stuff too, such as the page number. Ask again
--} if you need more tips.
--}
Thanks Helge,
In article (KOMA-Script) I got things working and as you suggested by raising
the bottom margin and it worked a treat there, but I am still working with
the letter KOMA class and seeing what I can discover. I have never worked
with footers much, though I have brought the bottom margin up often, to make
a document look a little more to my liking.
In the article (KOMA-Script) things work great, and I have several/many
templates in that class for various purposes including letters, but I thought
I would just attempt to do something a bit different, so tried the letters
(KOMA-Script v.2).
In article (KOMA-Script) I have headers with text and with and without
graphics and footers with and without graphics and text, but if I insert a
graphic in the footer it sits higher than the footer text. Not a worry, but
something I am, when time permits, trying to eradicate.
I can create any documents in OpenOffice of course, but I have really switched
to LyX for everything, and use OpenOffice so seldom now, that I have to look
up some things in Help - why can't I remember this. The change hasn't been
made because OO isn't great software, because it is, but rather because LyX
suits my masochistic streak and my way of working. LyX certainly looks
cleaner or just appeals to me, preferring to use it though no definitive
explanation can be found.
I have the LaTeX manual.pdf and have read parts of it and while I read I work
on a document to see what can be done when time and power supply permits. I
will, as you suggest have to read more specifically, and try to understand
the principles and basics.
As an aside to do with the footer:
Setting my bottom margin: Document--Settings=Page Margins--Bottom to 6
Here is my footer preamble [you'll need to insert your own graphic file, in my
case it's a .jpg file of a tawny frogmouth] on my footer experimental
document:
\usepackage{graphics}\rfoot{\resizebox{60pt}{!}
{\includegraphics{/home/charlie/Wildlife/tawny-egwsg.jpg}}}
\lfoot{\bf \large \scshape this was\\fine as well}
\cfoot{\bf \large \scshape did this\\and it was fine}
The tawny frogmouth graphic sits a bit high as you can see in the attached
pic. Not a problem, just something I haven't as yet worked out how to fix. I
don't like bothering the list.
Thanks for your good advice, it is much appreciated.
Be well,
Charlie
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install thesis class, Mac
Hi:
I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to work.
I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
auecon.clo) in this location:
users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
The layout file reads:
#% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
After doing this, I open terminal typed texhash and then quit terminal
I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, The
system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed.
I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
install this class).
Can someone help? I would very greatly appreciate it! I am very new
to both LyX and my Mac.
Thanks,
Mike
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Mike Martell wrote:
Hi:
I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to work.
I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
auecon.clo) in this location:
users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
OK, this is a very silly question, but did you replace username with
your username?
rh
i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
The layout file reads:
#% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
Typos. I don't think they matter, though.
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
You might need a format tag here, viz:
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
I'd try Input article.layout instead, and get the whole thing.
After doing this, I open terminal typed texhash
Try kpsewhich authesis.cls. If you don't get a sensible response, then
TeX hasn't found it.
and then quit terminal
I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, The
system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed.
I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
install this class).
That's because of the reconfigure failure.
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python
/path/to/configure.py. If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages then.
rh
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Thanks for your response.
I updated my layout file to read:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input article.layout
and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
terminal told me that it was not writeable, so I tried sudo texhash
and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
error message in LyX.
I don't under stand your last recommendation:
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python
/path/to/configure.py. If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
then.
do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
/users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts .
and then I type python/path/to/configure.py in terminal? when I
tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
thanks so much for your insight.
mike
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:45 PM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike Martell wrote:
Hi:
I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to
work.
I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
auecon.clo) in this location:
users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
OK, this is a very silly question, but did you replace username with your
username?
rh
i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
The layout file reads:
#% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
Typos. I don't think they matter, though.
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
You might need a format tag here, viz:
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
I'd try Input article.layout instead, and get the whole thing.
After doing this, I open terminal typed texhash
Try kpsewhich authesis.cls. If you don't get a sensible response, then TeX
hasn't found it.
and then quit terminal
I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, The
system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed.
I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
install this class).
That's because of the reconfigure failure.
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python /path/to/configure.py.
If you can't figure out where that file is, someone else will know. Anyway,
you'll get more helpful error messages then.
rh
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Mike Martell wrote:
Thanks for your response.
I updated my layout file to read:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input article.layout
and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
terminal told me that it was not writeable,
That's normal, since texhash wants to update lots of files, some of
which you wouldn't be able to write.
so I tried sudo texhash
and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
error message in LyX.
I don't under stand your last recommendation:
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python
/path/to/configure.py. If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
then.
When you hit ToolsConfigure, what it actually does is run the
configure.py python script and write a bunch of files to your user
directory. One of these, for example, is textclass.lst, which contains a
list of all the layout files configure.py finds and some information
about them. You can run this configure.py script from outside LyX, and
that's what we want to do. But we have to run it from your user
directory, that is, from where configure.py is, since the file will
write the next textclass.lst to the directory from which you run it.
That said, you CAN run it from anywhere, and since we're just debugging
you can run it from /tmp/, and then it won't actually change any of your
files. What we want is error messages right now.
do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
/users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts.
For now:
# cd /tmp/
but for real:
# cd username/library/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/
That ought to be where textclass.lst lives.
and then I type python/path/to/configure.py in terminal? when I
tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
Type:
# python /path/to/configure.py
where the /path/to/ part is replaced by the actual path to
configure.py. I don't know what that is on your machine, because I'm not
on Mac. (On my machine, it would be: /usr/local/share/lyx/configure.py,
but this probably isn't right for you.) But maybe you can try:
# locate configure.py
I don't know if locate is available on Mac, though.
I'm cc'ing Bennett, as he knows about Mac stuff.
rh
Table of contents dialog problem
My environment is Windows XP En. Lyx 1.6RC3. When I click the Table of contents in a lyx file. A Outline dialog will display in the left side. But nothing will show below. I should select another item in the list, and then select the table of contents again, the TOC will displayed and updated. the attachment image is a screen shot of this problem. inline: table_error.jpg
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Thanks again. I took your advice. I located configure.py I opened
terminal, typed:
# cd /tmp/
then,
#python/library/applications/lyx.app/content/resources/configure.py
Then, I opened LyX, and tried to reconfigure. I got the same error
message that the configure did not work. Is it of interest that if I
go to, Tools-Tex Information, I see authesis under the list of
classes?
I really appreciate your help so far! thanks, mike
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:19 PM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike Martell wrote:
Thanks for your response.
I updated my layout file to read:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input article.layout
and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
terminal told me that it was not writeable,
That's normal, since texhash wants to update lots of files, some of which
you wouldn't be able to write.
so I tried sudo texhash
and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
error message in LyX.
I don't under stand your last recommendation:
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python
/path/to/configure.py. If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
then.
When you hit ToolsConfigure, what it actually does is run the configure.py
python script and write a bunch of files to your user directory. One of
these, for example, is textclass.lst, which contains a list of all the
layout files configure.py finds and some information about them. You can run
this configure.py script from outside LyX, and that's what we want to do.
But we have to run it from your user directory, that is, from where
configure.py is, since the file will write the next textclass.lst to the
directory from which you run it.
That said, you CAN run it from anywhere, and since we're just debugging you
can run it from /tmp/, and then it won't actually change any of your files.
What we want is error messages right now.
do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
/users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts.
For now:
# cd /tmp/
but for real:
# cd username/library/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/
That ought to be where textclass.lst lives.
and then I type python/path/to/configure.py in terminal? when I
tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
Type:
# python /path/to/configure.py
where the /path/to/ part is replaced by the actual path to configure.py. I
don't know what that is on your machine, because I'm not on Mac. (On my
machine, it would be: /usr/local/share/lyx/configure.py, but this probably
isn't right for you.) But maybe you can try:
# locate configure.py
I don't know if locate is available on Mac, though.
I'm cc'ing Bennett, as he knows about Mac stuff.
rh
Mac Cursor and Math Mode problem
Hi, all! Two problems. I'm using LyX on the Mac (OS X.3/4.?) for the first time, and after I choose 'Section' and then type, the text on the line I'm typing jumps to the right, but the cursor stays where it is. It drives me a little nuts. This behavior continues if I choose another mode, like 'Standard' or 'Theorem', if I have a 'Section' somewhere above where I'm trying to type. If I only type above all of the 'Section' areas, then the cursor acts normally. Also, the program does not keep the areas typed in math mode in a different color. If I scroll to a new page, the formulas start out blue, but then switch to black after a second. I would prefer that they stayed blue. How is it supposed to work? What should I do? Thanks, Tony
Re: paragraph indents -- document class book (Polish version by M. W.), MWBK
The most tweakable (is this correct word in English?) style is Koma-Script, so you may probably prefer it instead of fighting with mwcls classes. Koma-Script is well documented, which not exactly means is easy for beginners. Marcin Woliński who is the author of mwcls used old documents about Polish typography, when he was creating these classes (mwcls set). And in real, output looks very similarly to that what I remember from old books from times of the primary school. M. 2008/10/21 Jonathan Kroner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Manveru, Thank you for getting back to me. I don't think I'll get very far in Polish but I still like that book class. It works great for me for a few reasons: it seems to be more laid out like a book than some of the more popular classes. In particular I like that the cover page is not numbered, the headers fit and it looks (to me) more professional. I'm not doing a lot of tweaks, mostly because after way way too many hours I still can't figure out how to use most advanced LyX features. regards, Jonathan On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Manveru [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/10/18 Jonathan Kroner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: re: paragraph indents -- document class book (Polish version by M. W.), MWBK 1. Is there a way to remove the indent from the initial paragraph under chapter, section, subsection titles in the document class book (Polish version by M. W.)? 2. Is there a link to document class options for MWBK, Polish version by M. W. other than those listed in Extended LyX Features, section 4.19 about the MWBK class? I don't remember all options for mwbk, but this is very specific for classic Polish book standards (let's say very old standards). In these standards all paragraphs has indentation. And I am not sure whether this could be removed. Additionally, LyX layout file was buggy for this style in 1.5.3 - it does not contains some include, what causes outline function to not work (I dont't remember whether it was corrected or not as I am using my own layout file). This style has more strange behaviours, so I suggest not using it, if you really do not know what are you doing. It is good practice to read the manual for this style, but it is in Polish only: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mwcls/mwclsdoc.pdf -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl -- Jonathan Kroner http://jonathankroner.com/ http://floridafalseclaim.com/ 305.310.6046 -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. As a solving method, I reinstall Lyx with English language, the crash never happened again. Thanks you!
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel.
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel. Thanks Abdelrazak for your help. My platform is windows XP EN.For testing, I reinstall Lyx 1.6RC3.In the SETUP step, I select Chinese(simplified) as the Lyx's interface. But this time I can't reproduce the crash again. I guess this problem happens when I just overwrite the previous version from Lyx 1.5 to Lyx 1.6RC3. Anyway, it works in Chinese interface Now! Thanks again.
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
On 21/10/2008 13:22, asm23 wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel. Thanks Abdelrazak for your help. My platform is windows XP EN.For testing, I reinstall Lyx 1.6RC3.In the SETUP step, I select Chinese(simplified) as the Lyx's interface. But this time I can't reproduce the crash again. I guess this problem happens when I just overwrite the previous version from Lyx 1.5 to Lyx 1.6RC3. Anyway, it works in Chinese interface Now! Good! Don't hesitate to contribute further translation of the interface ;-) FYI, you can change the display language at runtime without reinstalling nor restarting. Abdel.
Re: Bringing the footer higher...
M-L wrote:
I will attempt that, though I may have tried it before? I know I have tried
just about everything I could think of, and found nothing that worked. I
tried that firstfootvpos though I didn't know whether it required a \ in
front of it or not and tried it with that and without and various brackets
and a whole lot of other combinations.
If I knew more about LaTeX and LyX, would have a crack at re-writing the
manual but in a different format. That's not a criticisms, it's simply and
observation as to why I, who is in the minority, can't grasp all the
concepts. Probably because I left school at the age of 14, and have only used
computers for the last decade. For someone like me it really requires an
example of the preamble and then an explanation of each line, and why those
commands work in letter and not in article, etc., or whatever.
Latex can be tricky. LyX tries to help that, by offering easier dialog
boxes for common stuff. You should be able to set the margin sizes
without any latex commands at all. Some latex will be necessary to make
a multiline footer though.
I started reading the scrguien.pdf from the start, but it was hard going, and
data overload. Going to the sections was better, but like many of these
manuals written by experts, they presume the reader has a greater
understanding than may be the case, which chases me back to previous chapters
and then I start getting lost again.
Well known problem! This can be fixed by reading books that explains
latex from scratch. Kopka and Daly Guide to Latex is a good one.
Get it from the library to see if it helps, buy it later if you find
it useful. It explains what all those other manual writers expect you to
know. It certainly helped me.
During my frustrations I wrote in my journal:
[quote]
Trying to understand something this large with a brain this small is an
arrogance of a kind in itself.
[end quote]
Not a small brain, just lack of training. Latex package manuals
gets easier if you learn the basics first.
I then tried the letter [KOMA v2] template and started adapting it to my
needs. I still didn't understand much of what it did, and found things in the
preamble were duplicated by the commands that were point and click in LyX,
and other preamble entries were not permitted.
[Disclaimer - aware that LyX does not take all LaTeX commands and may never do
so as stated in the introduction of LyX]
There was also a funny thing, when I opened a new document in LyX Letter
[KOMA-script v2] and tried to insert some of the preamble from the template,
one at a time, they didn't work, or didn't work properly. I couldn't
understand that at all. I kept adding things from the template and I'm not
certain that I didn't copy the whole preamble into the new LyX document
before they worked? But I am not sure any more if this was the case. I have a
funny feeling they still didn't work, so the template used something
different again?
Letters are a bit special. The letter document class sort of have a
all or nothing approach, which isn't very user-friendly. If you
want to use letter, start with the Lyx template and work from there.
It just fails if some of the required fields aren't present.
Other document classes are easier to use, without such hidden requirements.
I have attached a lyx document with a multiline footer,
custom margins, and no more latex than necessary.
Here is how to do it:
1. Create a document, of type koma-script article.
2. Menu Document-settings
3. Click Page Layout in the document settings dialog box
4. Set the Page style to fancy using the dropdown menu / combobox.
5. Click Page margins in the dialog box
6. Uncheck default margins
7. Specify other margins, I used 5cm top and bottom margins.
8. Click LaTeX Preamble in the dialog box.
9. Enter this text in the preamble:
\lfoot{Test line1\\line2\\line3\\line4}
Put in as many lines as you like. \lfoot means left footer, this
command works because you set the pagestyle to fancy.
You may also use \rfoot{right footer} \cfoot{center footer}
as well as \lhead, \rhead and \chead for the headers.
10.Click OK in the dialog, to get rid of it.
11.Enter normal text in the document, then print or view it.
12.Fine-tune the bottom margin if you need to. A bigger margin has
more room for the footer, a smaller margin will push a big
footer down and possibly across the paper edge.
This footer is the same on all pages. It is possible to get
variable stuff too, such as the page number. Ask again
if you need more tips.
Helge Hafting
footer.lyx
Description: application/lyx
Re: spellchecking problem…
I had to put the correct directionary path into ~/.aspell.conf dict-dir /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/ Now it works for me (at least UK English, maybe German as well). Stefan Am 12.10.2008 um 10:45 schrieb macnews: Hello, I have a problem using spellchecking in Lyx (1.6.0rc3 and also in 1.5.4) with OSX. I have installed th recent version of cocoAspell (2.0.4). I also installed a german dictionary into the proper folder (Library - Application Support - cocoAspell). After that I activated the languages in the sytem-preferences. Lyx seems to recognize the dictionaries, as I could choose them in the language-menu. Every time (regardless of the language I choose) I run the spellchecker I get the following message: »Das Rechtschreibprogramm konnte nicht gestartet werden Error: The file /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/english can not be opened for reading.« I tried to change setting both in the documents-window and in the general preferences – without success. What could be the problem here? Does anybody have a working spellchecking configuration for a german dictionary? Best* Jess
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Good! Don't hesitate to contribute further translation of the interface ;-) Ok, I will do my contribution to this project in my free time. I do think Video tutorial is a fast way to teach a beginner to use Lyx. FYI, you can change the display language at runtime without reinstalling nor restarting. WoW, it's so simple to change the interface. Thanks, it will save me a lot of time. Thanks! Abdel.
Re: Theorem cross reference title missing
Jozef Aardappel wrote:
hmm, indeed, your example works as I would expect it to work. This also works for
sections etc with me. Although I thought it did not, apperently i forgot to choose
formatted reference there.
I however use my own layout which uses 'rule'. This is basically something
like lemma etc in the ams-math layout. Did I made a mistake in my layout? How
can I fix this?
You need to define a prettyref format to go with this. Something like:
\newrefformat{rul}{rule \ref{#1}}
See the prettyref docs for more info.
rh
Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem.
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem. This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 Abdel.
How to change pdf viewer?
Salve, How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the view pdf (pdf-latex) button? I could not find out. It depends what is set automatically during installation. Actually I would like to disburden Adobe Acrobat Reader from this task because too slow and change to Skim (or PDFView). joachim -- MacTeX - TeXLive 2007 - TeXShop 2.14-svn (2.14) und auch ggf. LyX/Mac 1.5.6 auf MacBook Pro mit OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries schrieb: How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the view pdf (pdf-latex) button? menu Tools-Settings-file formats There specify the viewer you like for the format PDF (pdflatex). regards Uwe
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem. This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 Abdel. Thanks, I hope it will be fixed soon.
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote [on Mac]: How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the view pdf (pdf-latex) button? By default, LyX uses the default viewer that is set in the operating system for PDFs. So you can change Mac OS X default PDF application setting, or you can change in LyX - Preferences - File Formats - PDF (...) - Viewer. HTH, Konrad P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new question. Start a new thread for new questions.
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 22:14 +0800, asm23 wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem. This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 Abdel. Thanks, I hope it will be fixed soon. Me too :-)
Installing a new class on Lyx
To whom it may concern: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Daniel Stark Graduate Student Rice University, MS-61 Physics and Astronomy Dell Butcher Hall 100 1900 Rice Blvd., Ent. 20 Houston TX 77005 USA Ph: +1-713-348-3126 Fx: +1-713-348-2603 In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you. - Frank Wilczek I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity. - Isidor Isaac Rabi
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: menu Tools-Settings-file formats Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: you can change in LyX - Preferences - File Formats - PDF (...) - Viewer. Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim Konrad wrote further P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new question. Start a new thread for new questions. Sorry, I was not aware of it, now I remember again that it is not enough to to erase content and change subject, but not to answer on a received mail from the list. -- MacTeX - TeXLive 2007 - TeXShop 2.14-svn (2.14) und auch ggf. LyX/Mac 1.5.6 auf MacBook Pro mit OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
Lyx + Biblatex + Headers formating problems
Hi All
I have just started to use Lyx for writing my first year PhD report and I am
having some problems which I hope you can help me to solve.
I followed all the procedures to install biblatex and use it with Lyx. It is
working great now and I have managed to edit the biblatex style to suit my
requirements.
However I am having basically two problems:
1. When using the \printbibliography command in ERT I have also to add the
following commands before it so that the bibliography is showed in a new
page and accounted for the TOC.
\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\numberline{}{Bibliography}}
This works fine but when the bibliography has more than one page the header
(which is done using fancy header and works fine to all other pages) is
shown in Uppercase although as I said the fancy header package is configure
to show the headers in lowercase (both chapters and sections) and works
fine with all other pages. So instead of showing 'Bibliography' it displays
'BIBLIOGRAPHY'.
The fancy header commands, in case are needed are:
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\chaptername\ \thechapter.\ #1}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection.\ #1}{}}
\lhead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\rightmark}}
\chead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\rhead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\thepage}}
\lfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\cfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\rfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\today}}
%%
2. The second problems has to do with the output bibliography format from
biblatex.I am using Author-year style but each item in the bibliography
seems to be displayed unaligned in reference to each other. I do not whether
it is clear but it seems that each item (reference) has its own indentation
for the first line e.g.
Author One Surname, (year) etc etc etc
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Author Two Surname, (year) etc etc etc .
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Author Three Surname, (year) etc etc etc .
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Hope you see what I mean. I do not know what is happening here but each time
I change the fonts the errors in the indentation seems to change between the
items. For instance if Author one was in the right position now it is wrong
but Author two is OK and so on.
Well, hopefully someone will be able to help me.
Thanks in advance.
Jose A
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim Not true. I'm on Mac OS X and have been using open -a skim all along without problems and through several versions of LyX. It is not necessary to call the app's contents. Cheers, -- Christian
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote: Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: menu Tools-Settings-file formats Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: you can change in LyX - Preferences - File Formats - PDF (...) - Viewer. Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim What should also do the trick is open -a Skim, that lets OS X do the work of finding the app. What I actually use is the attached script that explicitly tells Skim to reload. I've disabled auto-reload in Skim, since this sometimes does not work in combination with LyX's multiple compilation of the file. So I have the attached script in ~/bin, set the script as executable (chmod u+x ...), in LyX ~/bin/SkimReload.sh, and then always use View PDF (not: Update PDF) in LyX HTH, Konrad SkimReload.sh Description: Bourne shell script
Re: Installing a new class on Lyx
Daniel Joshua Stark schrieb: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. LaTeX-class files are independent of the OS, the same as for the layout files. So you first need to install achemso, the same way you install LaTeX-classes normally. The easiest way to do this is to use the package manager in case you use TeXLive 2008 as TeX-engine. LyX unfortunately does not yet have layout file for achemso, so you have to create new one. The best way is to take an existing layout file (for example the file iopart.layout) and adopt it for your class. The Customization manual explains the possible entries of layout file. When you give me some days, I can also create a layout file as achemso would be of interest for other LyX users too. regards Uwe
Re: Installing a new class on Lyx
Daniel Joshua Stark schrieb: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. LaTeX-class files are independent of the OS, the same as for the layout files. So you first need to install achemso, the same way you install LaTeX-classes normally. The easiest way to do this is to use the package manager in case you use TeXLive 2008 as TeX-engine. LyX unfortunately does not yet have layout file for achemso, so you have to create new one. The best way is to take an existing layout file (for example the file iopart.layout) and adopt it for your class. The Customization manual explains the possible entries of layout file. When you give me some days, I can also create a layout file as achemso would be of interest for other LyX users too. regards Uwe
Re: Bringing the footer higher...
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Helge Hafting engaged keyboard and shared this with us
all:
--} Letters are a bit special. The letter document class sort of have a
--} all or nothing approach, which isn't very user-friendly. If you
--} want to use letter, start with the Lyx template and work from there.
--} It just fails if some of the required fields aren't present.
--} Other document classes are easier to use, without such hidden
requirements. --}
--} I have attached a lyx document with a multiline footer,
--} custom margins, and no more latex than necessary.
--} Here is how to do it:
--}
--} 1. Create a document, of type koma-script article.
--} 2. Menu Document-settings
--} 3. Click Page Layout in the document settings dialog box
--} 4. Set the Page style to fancy using the dropdown menu / combobox.
--} 5. Click Page margins in the dialog box
--} 6. Uncheck default margins
--} 7. Specify other margins, I used 5cm top and bottom margins.
--} 8. Click LaTeX Preamble in the dialog box.
--} 9. Enter this text in the preamble:
--} \lfoot{Test line1\\line2\\line3\\line4}
--}
--} Put in as many lines as you like. \lfoot means left footer, this
--} command works because you set the pagestyle to fancy.
--} You may also use \rfoot{right footer} \cfoot{center footer}
--} as well as \lhead, \rhead and \chead for the headers.
--}
--} 10.Click OK in the dialog, to get rid of it.
--} 11.Enter normal text in the document, then print or view it.
--} 12.Fine-tune the bottom margin if you need to. A bigger margin has
--} more room for the footer, a smaller margin will push a big
--} footer down and possibly across the paper edge.
--}
--}
--} This footer is the same on all pages. It is possible to get
--} variable stuff too, such as the page number. Ask again
--} if you need more tips.
--}
Thanks Helge,
In article (KOMA-Script) I got things working and as you suggested by raising
the bottom margin and it worked a treat there, but I am still working with
the letter KOMA class and seeing what I can discover. I have never worked
with footers much, though I have brought the bottom margin up often, to make
a document look a little more to my liking.
In the article (KOMA-Script) things work great, and I have several/many
templates in that class for various purposes including letters, but I thought
I would just attempt to do something a bit different, so tried the letters
(KOMA-Script v.2).
In article (KOMA-Script) I have headers with text and with and without
graphics and footers with and without graphics and text, but if I insert a
graphic in the footer it sits higher than the footer text. Not a worry, but
something I am, when time permits, trying to eradicate.
I can create any documents in OpenOffice of course, but I have really switched
to LyX for everything, and use OpenOffice so seldom now, that I have to look
up some things in Help - why can't I remember this. The change hasn't been
made because OO isn't great software, because it is, but rather because LyX
suits my masochistic streak and my way of working. LyX certainly looks
cleaner or just appeals to me, preferring to use it though no definitive
explanation can be found.
I have the LaTeX manual.pdf and have read parts of it and while I read I work
on a document to see what can be done when time and power supply permits. I
will, as you suggest have to read more specifically, and try to understand
the principles and basics.
As an aside to do with the footer:
Setting my bottom margin: Document--Settings=Page Margins--Bottom to 6
Here is my footer preamble [you'll need to insert your own graphic file, in my
case it's a .jpg file of a tawny frogmouth] on my footer experimental
document:
\usepackage{graphics}\rfoot{\resizebox{60pt}{!}
{\includegraphics{/home/charlie/Wildlife/tawny-egwsg.jpg}}}
\lfoot{\bf \large \scshape this was\\fine as well}
\cfoot{\bf \large \scshape did this\\and it was fine}
The tawny frogmouth graphic sits a bit high as you can see in the attached
pic. Not a problem, just something I haven't as yet worked out how to fix. I
don't like bothering the list.
Thanks for your good advice, it is much appreciated.
Be well,
Charlie
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attachment: footer.jpg
install thesis class, Mac
Hi:
I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to work.
I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
auecon.clo) in this location:
users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
The layout file reads:
#% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
After doing this, I open terminal typed texhash and then quit terminal
I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, The
system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed.
I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
install this class).
Can someone help? I would very greatly appreciate it! I am very new
to both LyX and my Mac.
Thanks,
Mike
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Mike Martell wrote:
Hi:
I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to work.
I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
auecon.clo) in this location:
users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
OK, this is a very silly question, but did you replace username with
your username?
rh
i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
The layout file reads:
#% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
Typos. I don't think they matter, though.
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
You might need a format tag here, viz:
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
I'd try Input article.layout instead, and get the whole thing.
After doing this, I open terminal typed texhash
Try kpsewhich authesis.cls. If you don't get a sensible response, then
TeX hasn't found it.
and then quit terminal
I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, The
system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed.
I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
install this class).
That's because of the reconfigure failure.
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python
/path/to/configure.py. If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages then.
rh
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Thanks for your response.
I updated my layout file to read:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input article.layout
and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
terminal told me that it was not writeable, so I tried sudo texhash
and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
error message in LyX.
I don't under stand your last recommendation:
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python
/path/to/configure.py. If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
then.
do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
/users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts .
and then I type python/path/to/configure.py in terminal? when I
tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
thanks so much for your insight.
mike
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:45 PM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike Martell wrote:
Hi:
I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to
work.
I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
auecon.clo) in this location:
users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
OK, this is a very silly question, but did you replace username with your
username?
rh
i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
The layout file reads:
#% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
Typos. I don't think they matter, though.
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
You might need a format tag here, viz:
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
I'd try Input article.layout instead, and get the whole thing.
After doing this, I open terminal typed texhash
Try kpsewhich authesis.cls. If you don't get a sensible response, then TeX
hasn't found it.
and then quit terminal
I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, The
system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed.
I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
install this class).
That's because of the reconfigure failure.
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python /path/to/configure.py.
If you can't figure out where that file is, someone else will know. Anyway,
you'll get more helpful error messages then.
rh
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Mike Martell wrote:
Thanks for your response.
I updated my layout file to read:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input article.layout
and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
terminal told me that it was not writeable,
That's normal, since texhash wants to update lots of files, some of
which you wouldn't be able to write.
so I tried sudo texhash
and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
error message in LyX.
I don't under stand your last recommendation:
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python
/path/to/configure.py. If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
then.
When you hit ToolsConfigure, what it actually does is run the
configure.py python script and write a bunch of files to your user
directory. One of these, for example, is textclass.lst, which contains a
list of all the layout files configure.py finds and some information
about them. You can run this configure.py script from outside LyX, and
that's what we want to do. But we have to run it from your user
directory, that is, from where configure.py is, since the file will
write the next textclass.lst to the directory from which you run it.
That said, you CAN run it from anywhere, and since we're just debugging
you can run it from /tmp/, and then it won't actually change any of your
files. What we want is error messages right now.
do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
/users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts.
For now:
# cd /tmp/
but for real:
# cd username/library/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/
That ought to be where textclass.lst lives.
and then I type python/path/to/configure.py in terminal? when I
tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
Type:
# python /path/to/configure.py
where the /path/to/ part is replaced by the actual path to
configure.py. I don't know what that is on your machine, because I'm not
on Mac. (On my machine, it would be: /usr/local/share/lyx/configure.py,
but this probably isn't right for you.) But maybe you can try:
# locate configure.py
I don't know if locate is available on Mac, though.
I'm cc'ing Bennett, as he knows about Mac stuff.
rh
Table of contents dialog problem
My environment is Windows XP En. Lyx 1.6RC3. When I click the Table of contents in a lyx file. A Outline dialog will display in the left side. But nothing will show below. I should select another item in the list, and then select the table of contents again, the TOC will displayed and updated. the attachment image is a screen shot of this problem. inline: table_error.jpg
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Thanks again. I took your advice. I located configure.py I opened
terminal, typed:
# cd /tmp/
then,
#python/library/applications/lyx.app/content/resources/configure.py
Then, I opened LyX, and tried to reconfigure. I got the same error
message that the configure did not work. Is it of interest that if I
go to, Tools-Tex Information, I see authesis under the list of
classes?
I really appreciate your help so far! thanks, mike
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:19 PM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike Martell wrote:
Thanks for your response.
I updated my layout file to read:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input article.layout
and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
terminal told me that it was not writeable,
That's normal, since texhash wants to update lots of files, some of which
you wouldn't be able to write.
so I tried sudo texhash
and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
error message in LyX.
I don't under stand your last recommendation:
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run python
/path/to/configure.py. If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
then.
When you hit ToolsConfigure, what it actually does is run the configure.py
python script and write a bunch of files to your user directory. One of
these, for example, is textclass.lst, which contains a list of all the
layout files configure.py finds and some information about them. You can run
this configure.py script from outside LyX, and that's what we want to do.
But we have to run it from your user directory, that is, from where
configure.py is, since the file will write the next textclass.lst to the
directory from which you run it.
That said, you CAN run it from anywhere, and since we're just debugging you
can run it from /tmp/, and then it won't actually change any of your files.
What we want is error messages right now.
do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
/users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts.
For now:
# cd /tmp/
but for real:
# cd username/library/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/
That ought to be where textclass.lst lives.
and then I type python/path/to/configure.py in terminal? when I
tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
Type:
# python /path/to/configure.py
where the /path/to/ part is replaced by the actual path to configure.py. I
don't know what that is on your machine, because I'm not on Mac. (On my
machine, it would be: /usr/local/share/lyx/configure.py, but this probably
isn't right for you.) But maybe you can try:
# locate configure.py
I don't know if locate is available on Mac, though.
I'm cc'ing Bennett, as he knows about Mac stuff.
rh
Mac Cursor and Math Mode problem
Hi, all! Two problems. I'm using LyX on the Mac (OS X.3/4.?) for the first time, and after I choose 'Section' and then type, the text on the line I'm typing jumps to the right, but the cursor stays where it is. It drives me a little nuts. This behavior continues if I choose another mode, like 'Standard' or 'Theorem', if I have a 'Section' somewhere above where I'm trying to type. If I only type above all of the 'Section' areas, then the cursor acts normally. Also, the program does not keep the areas typed in math mode in a different color. If I scroll to a new page, the formulas start out blue, but then switch to black after a second. I would prefer that they stayed blue. How is it supposed to work? What should I do? Thanks, Tony
Re: paragraph indents -- document class book (Polish version by M. W.), MWBK
The most tweakable (is this correct word in English?) style is Koma-Script, so you may probably prefer it instead of fighting with mwcls classes. Koma-Script is well documented, which not exactly means is easy for beginners. Marcin Woliński who is the author of mwcls used old documents about Polish typography, when he was creating these classes (mwcls set). And in real, output looks very similarly to that what I remember from old books from times of the primary school. M. 2008/10/21 Jonathan Kroner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Manveru, > > Thank you for getting back to me. I don't think I'll get very far in Polish > but I still like that book class. It works great for me for a few reasons: > it seems to be more laid out like a book than some of the more popular > classes. In particular I like that the cover page is not numbered, the > headers fit and it looks (to me) more professional. > > I'm not doing a lot of tweaks, mostly because after way way too many hours I > still can't figure out how to use most advanced LyX features. > > regards, > > Jonathan > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Manveru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 2008/10/18 Jonathan Kroner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > re: paragraph indents -- document class book (Polish version by M. W.), >> > MWBK >> > >> > 1. Is there a way to remove the indent from the initial paragraph >> > under >> > chapter, section, subsection titles in the document class book (Polish >> > version by M. W.)? >> > >> > 2. Is there a link to document class "options" for MWBK, "Polish >> > version >> > by M. W." other than those listed in "Extended LyX Features", section >> > 4.19 >> > about the MWBK class? >> >> I don't remember all options for mwbk, but this is very specific for >> classic Polish book standards (let's say very old standards). In these >> standards all paragraphs has indentation. And I am not sure whether >> this could be removed. >> >> Additionally, LyX layout file was buggy for this style in 1.5.3 - it >> does not contains some include, what causes outline function to not >> work (I dont't remember whether it was corrected or not as I am using >> my own layout file). >> >> This style has more "strange" behaviours, so I suggest not using it, >> if you really do not know what are you doing. It is good practice to >> read the manual for this style, but it is in Polish only: >> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mwcls/mwclsdoc.pdf >> -- >> Manveru >> jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> gg: 1624001 >> http://www.manveru.pl > > > > -- > Jonathan Kroner > http://jonathankroner.com/ > http://floridafalseclaim.com/ > 305.310.6046 > > -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. As a solving method, I reinstall Lyx with English language, the crash never happened again. Thanks you!
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel.
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel. Thanks Abdelrazak for your help. My platform is windows XP EN.For testing, I reinstall Lyx 1.6RC3.In the SETUP step, I select Chinese(simplified) as the Lyx's interface. But this time I can't reproduce the crash again. I guess this problem happens when I just overwrite the previous version from Lyx 1.5 to Lyx 1.6RC3. Anyway, it works in Chinese interface Now! Thanks again.
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
On 21/10/2008 13:22, asm23 wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 09:18, asm23 wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6RC3. I install the Lyx with Chinese language UI. When I right click on the ToolBar, and try to select another size of icons. Lyx will crash. It seems that not all the menu's were fully translated from English to Chinese. I cannot reproduce the crash with current svn version so I guess the bug will be fixed in the next RC. Please create a bugzilla entry in any case so that we can track this bug (bugzilla.lyx.org). Make sure to answer those questions in the entry: Question 1: did you use the diplay language preference dialog or did you set the LANGUAGE environment variable? Question 2: which platform? Thanks, Abdel. Thanks Abdelrazak for your help. My platform is windows XP EN.For testing, I reinstall Lyx 1.6RC3.In the SETUP step, I select Chinese(simplified) as the Lyx's interface. But this time I can't reproduce the crash again. I guess this problem happens when I just overwrite the previous version from Lyx 1.5 to Lyx 1.6RC3. Anyway, it works in Chinese interface Now! Good! Don't hesitate to contribute further translation of the interface ;-) FYI, you can change the display language at runtime without reinstalling nor restarting. Abdel.
Re: Bringing the footer higher...
M-L wrote:
I will attempt that, though I may have tried it before? I know I have tried
just about everything I could think of, and found nothing that worked. I
tried that firstfootvpos though I didn't know whether it required a "\" in
front of it or not and tried it with that and without and various brackets
and a whole lot of other combinations.
If I knew more about LaTeX and LyX, would have a crack at re-writing the
manual but in a different format. That's not a criticisms, it's simply and
observation as to why I, who is in the minority, can't grasp all the
concepts. Probably because I left school at the age of 14, and have only used
computers for the last decade. For someone like me it really requires an
example of the preamble and then an explanation of each line, and why those
commands work in letter and not in article, etc., or whatever.
Latex can be tricky. LyX tries to help that, by offering easier dialog
boxes for common stuff. You should be able to set the margin sizes
without any latex commands at all. Some latex will be necessary to make
a multiline footer though.
I started reading the scrguien.pdf from the start, but it was hard going, and
data overload. Going to the sections was better, but like many of these
manuals written by experts, they presume the reader has a greater
understanding than may be the case, which chases me back to previous chapters
and then I start getting lost again.
Well known problem! This can be fixed by reading books that explains
latex from scratch. Kopka and Daly "Guide to Latex" is a good one.
Get it from the library to see if it helps, buy it later if you find
it useful. It explains what all those other manual writers expect you to
know. It certainly helped me.
During my frustrations I wrote in my journal:
[quote]
Trying to understand something this large with a brain this small is an
arrogance of a kind in itself.
[end quote]
Not a small brain, just lack of training. Latex package manuals
gets easier if you learn the basics first.
I then tried the letter [KOMA v2] template and started adapting it to my
needs. I still didn't understand much of what it did, and found things in the
preamble were duplicated by the commands that were point and click in LyX,
and other preamble entries were not permitted.
[Disclaimer - aware that LyX does not take all LaTeX commands and may never do
so as stated in the introduction of LyX]
There was also a funny thing, when I opened a new document in LyX Letter
[KOMA-script v2] and tried to insert some of the preamble from the template,
one at a time, they didn't work, or didn't work properly. I couldn't
understand that at all. I kept adding things from the template and I'm not
certain that I didn't copy the whole preamble into the new LyX document
before they worked? But I am not sure any more if this was the case. I have a
funny feeling they still didn't work, so the template used something
different again?
Letters are a bit special. The letter document class sort of have a
"all or nothing" approach, which isn't very user-friendly. If you
want to use letter, start with the Lyx template and work from there.
It just fails if some of the required fields aren't present.
Other document classes are easier to use, without such hidden requirements.
I have attached a lyx document with a multiline footer,
custom margins, and no more latex than necessary.
Here is how to do it:
1. Create a document, of type koma-script article.
2. Menu Document->settings
3. Click "Page Layout" in the document settings dialog box
4. Set the Page style to "fancy" using the dropdown menu / combobox.
5. Click "Page margins" in the dialog box
6. Uncheck "default margins"
7. Specify other margins, I used 5cm top and bottom margins.
8. Click "LaTeX Preamble" in the dialog box.
9. Enter this text in the preamble:
\lfoot{Test line1\\line2\\line3\\line4}
Put in as many lines as you like. "\lfoot" means "left footer", this
command works because you set the pagestyle to "fancy".
You may also use \rfoot{right footer} \cfoot{center footer}
as well as \lhead, \rhead and \chead for the headers.
10.Click "OK" in the dialog, to get rid of it.
11.Enter normal text in the document, then print or view it.
12.Fine-tune the bottom margin if you need to. A bigger margin has
more room for the footer, a smaller margin will push a big
footer down and possibly across the paper edge.
This footer is the same on all pages. It is possible to get
variable stuff too, such as the page number. Ask again
if you need more tips.
Helge Hafting
footer.lyx
Description: application/lyx
Re: spellchecking problem…
I had to put the correct directionary path into ~/.aspell.conf dict-dir /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/ Now it works for me (at least UK English, maybe German as well). Stefan Am 12.10.2008 um 10:45 schrieb macnews: Hello, I have a problem using spellchecking in Lyx (1.6.0rc3 and also in 1.5.4) with OSX. I have installed th recent version of cocoAspell (2.0.4). I also installed a german dictionary into the proper folder (Library -> Application Support -> cocoAspell). After that I activated the languages in the sytem-preferences. Lyx seems to recognize the dictionaries, as I could choose them in the language-menu. Every time (regardless of the language I choose) I run the spellchecker I get the following message: »Das Rechtschreibprogramm konnte nicht gestartet werden Error: The file "/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/english" can not be opened for reading.« I tried to change setting both in the documents-window and in the general preferences – without success. What could be the problem here? Does anybody have a working spellchecking configuration for a german dictionary? Best* Jess
Re: LYX will crash when changing the Toolbar icon's size
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Good! Don't hesitate to contribute further translation of the interface ;-) Ok, I will do my contribution to this project in my free time. I do think "Video tutorial" is a fast way to teach a beginner to use Lyx. FYI, you can change the display language at runtime without reinstalling nor restarting. WoW, it's so simple to change the interface. Thanks, it will save me a lot of time. Thanks! Abdel.
Re: Theorem cross reference title missing
Jozef Aardappel wrote:
hmm, indeed, your example works as I would expect it to work. This also works for
sections etc with me. Although I thought it did not, apperently i forgot to choose
"formatted reference" there.
I however use my own layout which uses 'rule'. This is basically something
like lemma etc in the ams-math layout. Did I made a mistake in my layout? How
can I fix this?
You need to define a prettyref format to go with this. Something like:
\newrefformat{rul}{rule \ref{#1}}
See the prettyref docs for more info.
rh
Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem.
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem. This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 Abdel.
How to change pdf viewer?
Salve, How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the "view pdf (pdf-latex) button? I could not find out. It depends what is set automatically during installation. Actually I would like to disburden Adobe Acrobat Reader from this task because too slow and change to Skim (or PDFView). joachim -- MacTeX - TeXLive 2007 - TeXShop 2.14-svn (2.14) und auch ggf. LyX/Mac 1.5.6 auf MacBook Pro mit OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries schrieb: How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the "view pdf (pdf-latex) button? menu Tools->Settings->file formats There specify the viewer you like for the format PDF (pdflatex). regards Uwe
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. This is the toolbar before I close: http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to the right corner. http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all have this problem. This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 Abdel. Thanks, I hope it will be fixed soon.
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote [on Mac]: How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the "view pdf (pdf-latex) button? By default, LyX uses the default viewer that is set in the operating system for PDFs. So you can change Mac OS X default PDF application setting, or you can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) -> Viewer. HTH, Konrad P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new question. Start a new thread for new questions.
Re: Toolbar will always slide to the right side on start up
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 22:14 +0800, asm23 wrote: > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > On 21/10/2008 15:30, asm23 wrote: > >> How can I demonstrate this problem. I just snap the screen. > >> > >> I'm using window xp en. Lyx 1.6RC3. > >> > >> This is the toolbar before I close: > >> http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/good1.jpg > >> And ,this is the toolbar when I restart Lyx: the toolbars will slide to > >> the right corner. > >> http://zyh23.diinoweb.com/files/openPic/error.jpg > >> > >> I test it in Big icons, normal icons and small icons mode, and they all > >> have this problem. > > > > This is a known Qt bug. I was hoping that it get fixed with Qt4.4.3 but no. > > > > http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4967 > > > > Abdel. > > > > > Thanks, I hope it will be fixed soon. > Me too :-)
Installing a new class on Lyx
To whom it may concern: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Daniel Stark Graduate Student Rice University, MS-61 Physics and Astronomy Dell Butcher Hall 100 1900 Rice Blvd., Ent. 20 Houston TX 77005 USA Ph: +1-713-348-3126 Fx: +1-713-348-2603 In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you. - Frank Wilczek I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity. - Isidor Isaac Rabi
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: menu Tools->Settings->file formats Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: you can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) - > Viewer. Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim Konrad wrote further P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new question. Start a new thread for new questions. Sorry, I was not aware of it, now I remember again that it is not enough to to erase content and change subject, but not to "answer" on a received mail from the list. -- MacTeX - TeXLive 2007 - TeXShop 2.14-svn (2.14) und auch ggf. LyX/Mac 1.5.6 auf MacBook Pro mit OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
Lyx + Biblatex + Headers formating problems
Hi All
I have just started to use Lyx for writing my first year PhD report and I am
having some problems which I hope you can help me to solve.
I followed all the procedures to install biblatex and use it with Lyx. It is
working great now and I have managed to edit the biblatex style to suit my
requirements.
However I am having basically two problems:
1. When using the \printbibliography command in ERT I have also to add the
following commands before it so that the bibliography is showed in a new
page and accounted for the TOC.
\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\numberline{}{Bibliography}}
This works fine but when the bibliography has more than one page the header
(which is done using fancy header and works fine to all other pages) is
shown in Uppercase although as I said the fancy header package is configure
to show the headers in lowercase (both chapters and sections) and works
fine with all other pages. So instead of showing 'Bibliography' it displays
'BIBLIOGRAPHY'.
The fancy header commands, in case are needed are:
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\chaptername\ \thechapter.\ #1}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection.\ #1}{}}
\lhead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\rightmark}}
\chead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\rhead[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\thepage}}
\lfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\cfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{}}
\rfoot[\fancyplain{}{}]%
{\fancyplain{}{\bfseries\today}}
%%
2. The second problems has to do with the output bibliography format from
biblatex.I am using Author-year style but each item in the bibliography
seems to be displayed unaligned in reference to each other. I do not whether
it is clear but it seems that each item (reference) has its own indentation
for the first line e.g.
Author One Surname, (year) etc etc etc
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Author Two Surname, (year) etc etc etc .
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Author Three Surname, (year) etc etc etc .
Second line and all other are fine..
Third
line
Final
line.
Hope you see what I mean. I do not know what is happening here but each time
I change the fonts the errors in the indentation seems to change between the
items. For instance if Author one was in the right position now it is wrong
but Author two is OK and so on.
Well, hopefully someone will be able to help me.
Thanks in advance.
Jose A
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim Not true. I'm on Mac OS X and have been using "open -a skim" all along without problems and through several versions of LyX. It is not necessary to call the app's contents. Cheers, -- Christian
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote: Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: menu Tools->Settings->file formats Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: you can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) -> Viewer. Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim What should also do the trick is "open -a Skim", that lets OS X do the work of finding the app. What I actually use is the attached script that explicitly tells Skim to reload. I've disabled auto-reload in Skim, since this sometimes does not work in combination with LyX's multiple compilation of the file. So I have the attached script in ~/bin, set the script as executable (chmod u+x ...), in LyX "~/bin/SkimReload.sh", and then always use View PDF (not: Update PDF) in LyX HTH, Konrad SkimReload.sh Description: Bourne shell script
Re: Installing a new class on Lyx
Daniel Joshua Stark schrieb: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. LaTeX-class files are independent of the OS, the same as for the layout files. So you first need to install achemso, the same way you install LaTeX-classes normally. The easiest way to do this is to use the package manager in case you use TeXLive 2008 as TeX-engine. LyX unfortunately does not yet have layout file for achemso, so you have to create new one. The best way is to take an existing layout file (for example the file "iopart.layout") and adopt it for your class. The Customization manual explains the possible entries of layout file. When you give me some days, I can also create a layout file as achemso would be of interest for other LyX users too. regards Uwe
Re: Installing a new class on Lyx
Daniel Joshua Stark schrieb: I would like to install the class and BibTex files for the American Chemical Society Journal Submissions (achemso style package) on Lyx. I also tried making a very basic layout file. I've tried following the numerous tutorials, but they don't seem to work, even after doing texhash and reconfigure. The only thing I can think of is that the tutorials are written for Unix or Windows and following them does not work right for Lyx 1.5.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.5, which I am running. LaTeX-class files are independent of the OS, the same as for the layout files. So you first need to install achemso, the same way you install LaTeX-classes normally. The easiest way to do this is to use the package manager in case you use TeXLive 2008 as TeX-engine. LyX unfortunately does not yet have layout file for achemso, so you have to create new one. The best way is to take an existing layout file (for example the file "iopart.layout") and adopt it for your class. The Customization manual explains the possible entries of layout file. When you give me some days, I can also create a layout file as achemso would be of interest for other LyX users too. regards Uwe
Re: Bringing the footer higher...
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Helge Hafting engaged keyboard and shared this with us
all:
>--} Letters are a bit special. The letter document class sort of have a
>--} "all or nothing" approach, which isn't very user-friendly. If you
>--} want to use letter, start with the Lyx template and work from there.
>--} It just fails if some of the required fields aren't present.
>--} Other document classes are easier to use, without such hidden
> requirements. --}
>--} I have attached a lyx document with a multiline footer,
>--} custom margins, and no more latex than necessary.
>--} Here is how to do it:
>--}
>--} 1. Create a document, of type koma-script article.
>--} 2. Menu Document->settings
>--} 3. Click "Page Layout" in the document settings dialog box
>--} 4. Set the Page style to "fancy" using the dropdown menu / combobox.
>--} 5. Click "Page margins" in the dialog box
>--} 6. Uncheck "default margins"
>--} 7. Specify other margins, I used 5cm top and bottom margins.
>--} 8. Click "LaTeX Preamble" in the dialog box.
>--} 9. Enter this text in the preamble:
>--} \lfoot{Test line1\\line2\\line3\\line4}
>--}
>--} Put in as many lines as you like. "\lfoot" means "left footer", this
>--} command works because you set the pagestyle to "fancy".
>--} You may also use \rfoot{right footer} \cfoot{center footer}
>--} as well as \lhead, \rhead and \chead for the headers.
>--}
>--} 10.Click "OK" in the dialog, to get rid of it.
>--} 11.Enter normal text in the document, then print or view it.
>--} 12.Fine-tune the bottom margin if you need to. A bigger margin has
>--} more room for the footer, a smaller margin will push a big
>--} footer down and possibly across the paper edge.
>--}
>--}
>--} This footer is the same on all pages. It is possible to get
>--} variable stuff too, such as the page number. Ask again
>--} if you need more tips.
>--}
Thanks Helge,
In article (KOMA-Script) I got things working and as you suggested by raising
the bottom margin and it worked a treat there, but I am still working with
the letter KOMA class and seeing what I can discover. I have never worked
with footers much, though I have brought the bottom margin up often, to make
a document look a little more to my liking.
In the article (KOMA-Script) things work great, and I have several/many
templates in that class for various purposes including letters, but I thought
I would just attempt to do something a bit different, so tried the letters
(KOMA-Script v.2).
In article (KOMA-Script) I have headers with text and with and without
graphics and footers with and without graphics and text, but if I insert a
graphic in the footer it sits higher than the footer text. Not a worry, but
something I am, when time permits, trying to eradicate.
I can create any documents in OpenOffice of course, but I have really switched
to LyX for everything, and use OpenOffice so seldom now, that I have to look
up some things in Help - why can't I remember this. The change hasn't been
made because OO isn't great software, because it is, but rather because LyX
suits my masochistic streak and my way of working. LyX certainly looks
cleaner or just appeals to me, preferring to use it though no definitive
explanation can be found.
I have the LaTeX manual.pdf and have read parts of it and while I read I work
on a document to see what can be done when time and power supply permits. I
will, as you suggest have to read more specifically, and try to understand
the principles and basics.
As an aside to do with the footer:
Setting my bottom margin: Settings=Page Margins-->Bottom to 6
Here is my footer preamble [you'll need to insert your own graphic file, in my
case it's a .jpg file of a tawny frogmouth] on my footer experimental
document:
\usepackage{graphics}\rfoot{\resizebox{60pt}{!}
{\includegraphics{/home/charlie/Wildlife/tawny-egwsg.jpg}}}
\lfoot{\bf \large \scshape this was\\fine as well}
\cfoot{\bf \large \scshape did this\\and it was fine}
The tawny frogmouth graphic sits a bit high as you can see in the attached
pic. Not a problem, just something I haven't as yet worked out how to fix. I
don't like bothering the list.
Thanks for your good advice, it is much appreciated.
Be well,
Charlie
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install thesis class, Mac
Hi:
I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to work.
I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
auecon.clo) in this location:
users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
The layout file reads:
#% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
After doing this, I open terminal typed "texhash" and then quit terminal
I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, "The
system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed."
I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
install this class).
Can someone help? I would very greatly appreciate it! I am very new
to both LyX and my Mac.
Thanks,
Mike
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Mike Martell wrote:
Hi:
I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to work.
I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
auecon.clo) in this location:
users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
OK, this is a very silly question, but did you replace "username" with
your username?
rh
i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
The layout file reads:
#% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
Typos. I don't think they matter, though.
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
You might need a format tag here, viz:
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
I'd try Input article.layout instead, and get the whole thing.
After doing this, I open terminal typed "texhash"
Try "kpsewhich authesis.cls". If you don't get a sensible response, then
TeX hasn't found it.
and then quit terminal
I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, "The
system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed."
I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
install this class).
That's because of the reconfigure failure.
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run "python
/path/to/configure.py". If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages then.
rh
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Thanks for your response.
I updated my layout file to read:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input article.layout
and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
terminal told me that it was not writeable, so I tried sudo texhash
and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
error message in LyX.
I don't under stand your last recommendation:
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run "python
/path/to/configure.py". If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
then.
do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
/users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts .
and then I type "python/path/to/configure.py" in terminal? when I
tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
thanks so much for your insight.
mike
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:45 PM, rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Martell wrote:
>>
>> Hi:
>> I've been having a lot of trouble installing a new class for LyX with
>> my mac. I am hoping to use LyX to write my doctoral dissertation. I
>> am trying to install the thesis class for my university, authesis.cls.
>>
>> I have followed the directions, I believe, but am not getting the class to
>> work.
>>
>> I have placed these files (authesis.cls, aucas.clo, aut10.clo,
>> auecon.clo) in this location:
>>
>> users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/
>>
>>
>
> OK, this is a very silly question, but did you replace "username" with your
> username?
>
> rh
>>
>> i have placed a layout file (authesis.layout) at this location:
>>
>> username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts
>>
>> The layout file reads:
>> #% Do not delete hte line below; configure depens on this
>>
>>
>
> Typos. I don't think they matter, though.
>
>> # \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
>>
>>
>
> You might need a format tag here, viz:
>
> Format 4
>
>> # Input general definitions
>> Input stdclass.inc
>>
>>
>
> I'd try Input article.layout instead, and get the whole thing.
>
>> After doing this, I open terminal typed "texhash"
>>
>
> Try "kpsewhich authesis.cls". If you don't get a sensible response, then TeX
> hasn't found it.
>
>> and then quit terminal
>> I went to LyX, reconfigure and i get an error message that says, "The
>> system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is used but LyX
>> may not be able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed."
>> I close LyX, start it again, and then if I go to Document, Settings, I
>> do not see the authesis in the document class menu(and the number of
>> classes I have listed is now much smaller than before i tried to
>> install this class).
>>
>>
>
> That's because of the reconfigure failure.
>
> What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
> /users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
> terminal, go to that directory, and then run "python /path/to/configure.py".
> If you can't figure out where that file is, someone else will know. Anyway,
> you'll get more helpful error messages then.
>
> rh
>
>
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Mike Martell wrote:
Thanks for your response.
I updated my layout file to read:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
Format 4
# Input general definitions
Input article.layout
and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
terminal told me that it was not writeable,
That's normal, since texhash wants to update lots of files, some of
which you wouldn't be able to write.
so I tried sudo texhash
and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
error message in LyX.
I don't under stand your last recommendation:
What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
/users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
terminal, go to that directory, and then run "python
/path/to/configure.py". If you can't figure out where that file is,
someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
then.
When you hit Tools>Configure, what it actually does is run the
configure.py python script and write a bunch of files to your user
directory. One of these, for example, is textclass.lst, which contains a
list of all the layout files configure.py finds and some information
about them. You can run this configure.py script from outside LyX, and
that's what we want to do. But we have to run it from your user
directory, that is, from where configure.py is, since the file will
write the next textclass.lst to the directory from which you run it.
That said, you CAN run it from anywhere, and since we're just debugging
you can run it from /tmp/, and then it won't actually change any of your
files. What we want is error messages right now.
do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
/users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts.
For now:
# cd /tmp/
but for real:
# cd "username/library/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/
That ought to be where textclass.lst lives.
and then I type "python/path/to/configure.py" in terminal? when I
tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
Type:
# python /path/to/configure.py
where the "/path/to/" part is replaced by the actual path to
configure.py. I don't know what that is on your machine, because I'm not
on Mac. (On my machine, it would be: /usr/local/share/lyx/configure.py,
but this probably isn't right for you.) But maybe you can try:
# locate configure.py
I don't know if locate is available on Mac, though.
I'm cc'ing Bennett, as he knows about Mac stuff.
rh
Table of contents dialog problem
My environment is Windows XP En. Lyx 1.6RC3. When I click the "Table of contents" in a lyx file. A "Outline" dialog will display in the left side. But nothing will show below. I should select another item in the list, and then select the "table of contents" again, the TOC will displayed and updated. the attachment image is a screen shot of this problem. <>
Re: install thesis class, Mac
Thanks again. I took your advice. I located configure.py I opened
terminal, typed:
# cd /tmp/
then,
#python/library/applications/lyx.app/content/resources/configure.py
Then, I opened LyX, and tried to reconfigure. I got the same error
message that the configure did not work. Is it of interest that if I
go to, Tools->Tex Information, I see authesis under the list of
classes?
I really appreciate your help so far! thanks, mike
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:19 PM, rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Martell wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your response.
>> I updated my layout file to read:
>>
>> #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
>> # \DeclareLaTeXClass[authesis]{article (authesis)}
>> Format 4
>> # Input general definitions
>> Input article.layout
>>
>> and I tried kpsewhich authesis.cls in the terminal. the response was
>> the location of the file. I noticed that when I tried texhash,
>> terminal told me that it was not writeable,
>>
>
> That's normal, since texhash wants to update lots of files, some of which
> you wouldn't be able to write.
>
>> so I tried sudo texhash
>> and it gave me the same response as kpsewhich. I still get the same
>> error message in LyX.
>>
>> I don't under stand your last recommendation:
>> What I'd suggest is to try to run the reconfigure directly from
>> /users/username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/. I.e., open a
>> terminal, go to that directory, and then run "python
>> /path/to/configure.py". If you can't figure out where that file is,
>> someone else will know. Anyway, you'll get more helpful error messages
>> then.
>>
>>
>
> When you hit Tools>Configure, what it actually does is run the configure.py
> python script and write a bunch of files to your user directory. One of
> these, for example, is textclass.lst, which contains a list of all the
> layout files configure.py finds and some information about them. You can run
> this configure.py script from outside LyX, and that's what we want to do.
> But we have to run it from your user directory, that is, from where
> configure.py is, since the file will write the next textclass.lst to the
> directory from which you run it.
>
> That said, you CAN run it from anywhere, and since we're just debugging you
> can run it from /tmp/, and then it won't actually change any of your files.
> What we want is error messages right now.
>
>> do i open terminal, type in the location of the class file? i.e.
>> /users/username/library/texmf/tex/latex/authesis/ or the location of
>> the layouts: username/libarary/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/layouts.
>>
>>
>
> For now:
> # cd /tmp/
> but for real:
> # cd "username/library/Application Support/Lyx-1.5/
> That ought to be where textclass.lst lives.
>>
>> and then I type "python/path/to/configure.py" in terminal? when I
>> tried this, it said -bash ... doesn't exist
>>
>>
>
> Type:
> # python /path/to/configure.py
> where the "/path/to/" part is replaced by the actual path to configure.py. I
> don't know what that is on your machine, because I'm not on Mac. (On my
> machine, it would be: /usr/local/share/lyx/configure.py, but this probably
> isn't right for you.) But maybe you can try:
> # locate configure.py
> I don't know if locate is available on Mac, though.
>
> I'm cc'ing Bennett, as he knows about Mac stuff.
>
> rh
>
>
Mac Cursor and Math Mode problem
Hi, all! Two problems. I'm using LyX on the Mac (OS X.3/4.?) for the first time, and after I choose 'Section' and then type, the text on the line I'm typing jumps to the right, but the cursor stays where it is. It drives me a little nuts. This behavior continues if I choose another mode, like 'Standard' or 'Theorem', if I have a 'Section' somewhere above where I'm trying to type. If I only type above all of the 'Section' areas, then the cursor acts normally. Also, the program does not keep the areas typed in math mode in a different color. If I scroll to a new page, the formulas start out blue, but then switch to black after a second. I would prefer that they stayed blue. How is it supposed to work? What should I do? Thanks, Tony
