Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Hi all,
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of my
books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which the
storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir and
compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book (Memoir))
appeared..
But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class dropdown. I
went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout (not as a
symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
Input stdclass.inc
Preamble
EndPreamble
Style MyTest
CopyStyle Chapter
End
Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
Has something changed in layout handling in 1.62 (as opposed to my previous
version, 1.56)? What can I do to get this to work? I've tried the stuff in
http://www.troubleshooters.cxm/linux/lyx/surefire_layout.htm, which worked in
1.56, but no joy.
In the long run, I think LyX instantiation must produce a log file so
troubleshooting failure of layout-produced classes will not be such a black
box. Since as far back as 2001, this has been a problem. The raindance
necessary to cure it has changed with changing versions, but it has been and
continues to be a problem when using layouts to make your own classes.
But for now, any ideas what I can do to narrow down this problem?
Thanks
SteveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of my
books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which the
storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir and
compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book (Memoir))
appeared..
But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class dropdown. I
went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout (not as a
symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
Input stdclass.inc
Preamble
EndPreamble
Style MyTest
CopyStyle Chapter
End
Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
Steve,
I have the same setup (except the drop date for my copy of LyX is March
14, not March 16). I put your stripped layout file in ~/.lyx/layouts,
reconfigured and restarted LyX, and it showed up on my class list.
You did reconfigure/restart LyX, right? And is the ordinary book class
on your dropdown list? (LyX won't acknowledge storybook if book.cls is
not available to it.)
/Paul
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On Thursday 23 July 2009 10:33:22 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of
my books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which
the storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir
and compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book
(Memoir)) appeared..
But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class
dropdown. I went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout
(not as a symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
Input stdclass.inc
Preamble
EndPreamble
Style MyTest
CopyStyle Chapter
End
Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
Steve,
I have the same setup (except the drop date for my copy of LyX is March
14, not March 16). I put your stripped layout file in ~/.lyx/layouts,
reconfigured and restarted LyX, and it showed up on my class list.
You did reconfigure/restart LyX, right?
Oh dear lord! I did this, as is my habit:
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py
So just for fun, I did lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx, and now
storybook showed up. Thanks for the reminder.
This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure,
debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do
exactly
the same thing as lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx?
Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log
all info about discovered document classes. Every entry would have a
timestamp. It might look something like this:
CHECKING SYSTEM WIDE DIRECTORIES FOR LAYOUTS
dir /usr/share/lyx/layouts/
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/seminar.layout: Loaded doc class
seminar
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/siamltex.layout: Loaded doc class
{article (SIAM)
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/sigplanconf.layout: FAILED to load doc
class article
(ACM SIGPLAN), reason
/path/to/other/systemwide/layouts
...
CHECKING CURRENT DIRECTORY
dir /d/at/books/stories
/d/at/books/stories/storybook.layout: Loaded doc class
storybook
CHECKING PERSONAL LYX LAYOUT DIRECTORY
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/.layout: Loaded doc class
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/ttotst.layout: Loaded doc class
ttotst
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout: FAILED to load
doc class
storybook, class already loaded
That same log could be written by /usr/share/lyx/configure.py because I'm
pretty sure that investigates all directories also.
With the log file in place, layout/class troubleshooting wouldn't be a black
box -- we'd have a diagnostic tool that could save the classmaker and/or
author hours.
Thanks
STeveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Steve Litt wrote:
Oh dear lord! I did this, as is my habit:
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py
So just for fun, I did lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx, and now
storybook showed up. Thanks for the reminder.
Hah! And here I thought I was the only one on the list with memory
lapses! :-)
This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure,
debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do exactly
the same thing as lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx?
I don't have an answer to this, but since I just debugged some modules
this morning, I may have something to point out. Reconfiguring LyX is
only necessary when you add a layout or module. Once the layout/module
file is there, you can edit it, and LyX only needs a restart (not a
reconfigure) to pick up the changes.
Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log
all info about discovered document classes. Every entry would have a
timestamp. It might look something like this:
CHECKING SYSTEM WIDE DIRECTORIES FOR LAYOUTS
dir /usr/share/lyx/layouts/
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/seminar.layout: Loaded doc class
seminar
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/siamltex.layout: Loaded doc class {article
(SIAM)
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/sigplanconf.layout: FAILED to load doc class article
(ACM SIGPLAN), reason
/path/to/other/systemwide/layouts
...
CHECKING CURRENT DIRECTORY
dir /d/at/books/stories
/d/at/books/stories/storybook.layout: Loaded doc class
storybook
CHECKING PERSONAL LYX LAYOUT DIRECTORY
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/.layout: Loaded doc class
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/ttotst.layout: Loaded doc class
ttotst
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout: FAILED to load doc class
storybook, class already loaded
That same log could be written by /usr/share/lyx/configure.py because I'm
pretty sure that investigates all directories also.
With the log file in place, layout/class troubleshooting wouldn't be a black
box -- we'd have a diagnostic tool that could save the classmaker and/or
author hours.
Not a bad idea IMHO.
/Paul
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On 07/23/2009 02:17 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Steve Litt wrote: This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure, debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can /usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do exactly the same thing as lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx? It does, but it needs to be run from your user directory---or, better, from whichever directory you want it to dump its output into. This is because you might have more than one such directory. I don't have an answer to this, but since I just debugged some modules this morning, I may have something to point out. Reconfiguring LyX is only necessary when you add a layout or module. Once the layout/module file is there, you can edit it, and LyX only needs a restart (not a reconfigure) to pick up the changes. What's more, in 1.6, you don't even need a restart. (Yes, Steve, it was you who gave me the idea for this.) WARNING: The following is intended ONLY for people willing to live with problems. DO NOT attempt to do what I am about to describe while actually working on documents. Do so ONLY when writing and debugging layouts. Use test documents for this purpose. Entering layout-reload in the minibuffer will reload layout information. WARNING: If your layout contains syntax errors, etc, this can lead to serious problems. LyX may abort loading your class and revert to the default. That is why you should NOT do this while editing real documents. DO NOT attempt to modify the default layout this way (that'd be article.layout). Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log all info about discovered document classes. The file is called configure.log, and it's dumped into your user directory ($HOME/.lyx, normally). It is written whenever you reconfigure. Richard
Hyphenation \ Margins
Guys, I'm with a problem. I can't Hyphenation the word HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT, but when I put it into LYX it beaks the DOCUMENT MARGIN: See?? What would be the feasible solution??? THANKS Marcelo
Re: Hyphenation \ Margins
Marcelo Reis wrote:
Guys, I'm with a problem.
I can't Hyphenation the word HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT, but when I put it into
LYX it beaks the DOCUMENT MARGIN:
Margin
See??
What would be the feasible solution???
THANKS
Marcelo
One possibility (if you want to keep the string together and are willing
to chance funny spacing on the previous line) would be:
... [[\mbox{]]HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT[[}]]
where [[...]] denotes an ERT inset. An mbox cannot be split across lines.
/Paul
LyX 1.6.2 crashed
Hi all, I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked document on the menu, and lyx terminated leaving the following on the terminal from which I ran LyX: Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the bug-reporting instructions in Help-Introduction and send us a bug report, if necessary. Thanks ! Bye. Aborted sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ When I load this particular document, it actually aborts like this after about 10 seconds, even if I click nothing. Here's the LyX info: LyX Version 1.6.2 (Saturday, March 14, 2009) Library directory: /usr/share/lyx/ User directory: ~/.lyx/ sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ uname -a Linux mydesk 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ sl...@mydesk:~$ ls -ldF /usr/share/tex* drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/tex-common/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:06 /usr/share/texinfo/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texlive-base/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/texlive-bin/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf/ drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ sl...@mydesk:~$ Is there a workaround to this yet? Please tell me I don't have to compile a later LyX on my brand new Ubuntu distro :-( SteveT
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
Steve Litt wrote: I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked document on the menu, and lyx terminated... ... LyX Version 1.6.2 ... Hi Steve! I am not really helping you but I remember experiencing some crasher using LyX 1.6.2 under Ubuntu Jaunty. Since some weeks I use 1.6.3 [1] and I didn't see any crashing yet. If you have no strong reasons to stick with 1.6.2 you could try out 1.6.3. All the best, Nikos --- [1] grab a .deb package from http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=lyx
Re: Sty to Layout problem
Thanks Daniel!
I tried to create a document with a ERT like
\title(Paper Title)
\author{Luis}
but when I compile it, the document is empty. Trying to use the Lyx Title
and Author, I get this message:
\author{Luis}\maketitle
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was
never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the
correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget
about whatever was undefined.
Am I doing something wrong?
Luis
2009/7/23 Daniel Lohmann daniel.lohm...@informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Hi Luis,
This may not be exactly the answer you are looking for :-)
IMHO the front matter (the stuff that is rendered by \maketitle) is the
most difficult part to get right into a LyX layout, especially with paper
styles. Every paper style uses different concepts on how authors,
institutions, multiple authors per institution, authors with multiple
institutions, thanks-titlenotes, and so on have to be specified. So even
with the well-designed paper layout files that ship with LyX (LNCS, IEEE,
...) I usually end up using ERT in the front matter to get what I need.
So if you are not going to write dozens of articles using that style, I
would just not bother in getting everything right into the layout and use
ERT in the paper to specify the front matter.
Daniel
On 23.07.2009, ad 01:43, Luis Amorim wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to write an article at Lyx, but I had some problems when I
tried
to use a .layout I created from the .sty file provided by the
conference. I've followed the Customization Instructions (5.2.3) but it
doesn't work at Lyx, especially when I try to add a Title (it says is a
\maketitle problem). Searching the mailing list I found someone who had
almost the same problem, and added
Style TitleERT
InTitle 1
End
in the .layout to solve it. I tried to do that, but I still can't compile
my
files.
I attached the .sty and .layout files, and a .tex which is an example of
use.
Thanks!
Luis Amorim
sbc-template.lyxsbc-template.stysbc-template.tex
Re: Sty to Layout problem
On 07/23/2009 08:25 PM, Luis F. Amorim França wrote:
Thanks Daniel!
I tried to create a document with a ERT like
\title(Paper Title)
\author{Luis}
but when I compile it, the document is empty. Trying to use the Lyx Title
and Author, I get this message:
\author{Luis}\maketitle
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was
never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the
correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget
about whatever was undefined.
Am I doing something wrong?
LyX thinks this is normal content, not something for before \maketitle.
You need to put this in some kind of TitleERT environment, as mentioned
before.
rh
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
On 07/23/2009 07:42 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked document on the menu, and lyx terminated leaving the following on the terminal from which I ran LyX: Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the bug-reporting instructions in Help-Introduction and send us a bug report, if necessary. Thanks ! Bye. Aborted sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ When I load this particular document, it actually aborts like this after about 10 seconds, even if I click nothing. You've probably moved the mouse, which causes a lot to happen. Please send me the file. It'll take me a bit to get it: I'm flying tomorrow. But I'll have inet access when I get to where I'm going, viz: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=dsource=s_dsaddr=daddr=%2B37%C2%B0+2%27+43.97%22,+-79%C2%B0+42%27+2.38%22+%2837.045547,+-79.700662%29hl=engeocode=mra=misll=37.059561,-79.737396sspn=0.513976,0.832901g=37.057533,-79.703178ie=UTF8ll=37.046306,-79.700661spn=0.032129,0.052056z=15 More or less. You're actually more likely to find me out in the lake! The real bummer is that there are these great cliffs across the way which we used to dive off, but now someone bought the land and they're closed Richard Here's the LyX info: LyX Version 1.6.2 (Saturday, March 14, 2009) Library directory: /usr/share/lyx/ User directory: ~/.lyx/ sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ uname -a Linux mydesk 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ sl...@mydesk:~$ ls -ldF /usr/share/tex* drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/tex-common/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:06 /usr/share/texinfo/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texlive-base/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/texlive-bin/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf/ drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ sl...@mydesk:~$ Is there a workaround to this yet? Please tell me I don't have to compile a later LyX on my brand new Ubuntu distro :-( SteveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On 07/23/2009 07:11 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Which of the following should be my current directory when I run /usr/share/lyx/configure.py? ___/home/slitt/.lyx That one: Your LyX user directory. My point was that configure.py does not attempt to figure out which directory that is: You might have lots of user directories, for different purposes. I have several: The one I actually use when I'm trying to do real work, and the ones I use when debugging branch, trunk, etc, etc. What's more important is that, as Paul and I have in effect said, the reason it used to be important to you to be able to reconfigure from a script no longer holds, for the most part. Only when you CREATE a new layout or module do you need to reconfigure. The only thing reconfiguring does is allow LyX to recognize new modules and layouts. Changes you make to layouts have NEVER required a reconfigure: You need only restart, since LyX will re-read the layout file when it restarts. Changes to modules have NEVER required a restart: Just opening DocumentSettings and choosing OK (you may have to do something to enable that button) will force LyX to re-read the module file. And, as I said, in fact you don't even need to restart when you're editing *.layout files. Just run layout-reload from the mini-buffer---subject to the warnings given earlier. So, to be clear; YOU NEVER NEED TO RECONFIGURE WHEN EDITING LAYOUTS. This was my special gift to you in the 1.6.x series. rh
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On Thursday 23 July 2009 15:05:08 rgheck wrote: On 07/23/2009 02:17 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Steve Litt wrote: This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure, debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can /usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do exactly the same thing as lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx? It does, but it needs to be run from your user directory---or, better, from whichever directory you want it to dump its output into. This is because you might have more than one such directory. Hi Richard, I read the preceding sentence three times and still don't understand it. Because the preceding sentence is of vital importance to me, I'm going to ask specific questions for clarification... My lyx doc is /d/at/books/stories/stories.lyx My layout file is /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout As far as I know, the output of my LyX document is dumped in the directory containing stories.lyx (/d/at/books/stories). The first step of my script uses lyx --export pdf or lyx --export latex. Later parts of the script place the finished pdf in /d/at/books/pdf, but I don't think that's of interest. Which of the following should be my current directory when I run /usr/share/lyx/configure.py? ___ /d/at/books/stories ___/d/at/books/pdf ___/home/slitt ___/home/slitt/.lyx ___/home/slitt/.lyx/layouts ___Other _ Thanks SteveT
need help using a meta font.
I found the kind of font I would like to use in d7seg [1], but I can't seem to get the capbas set of files installed in a way that I can get lyx (or for all I know even TeX) to use it. I got the zip from ctan[2] I made ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/ unziped capbas to make ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/capbas/ [2.5] ran texhash, which gave little output [3] run (lyx) Tools - Reconfigure shutdown lyx lyx testfont.lyx try (lyx) View - DVI and get LaTeX Error: File `d7seg.sty' not found OK, I agree the file does not exist... how do I get it? I hope at worst it is some metafont incantation that must be done, because I obviously know nothing of how to create a style let alone one for a font. and don't even see one with find /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/ -name *.sty to copy and mess up. or is it as simple as, fonts can ONLY be in /usr/share/texmf/fonts/ and not in ~/texmf/fonts/ [1] http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/dseg/ Yes it's ugly, for normal reading, but that is what the operator will see on the 7 segment display that is in front of him/her. :) [2] http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/capbas/ [2.5] also cp ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/capbas/* ~/texmf/fonts/ and ran texhash [3] texhash texhash: Updating /home/myhomedir/texmf/ls-R... texhash: /usr/share/texmf: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /usr/share/texmf-config: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /usr/share/texmf-var: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no write permission. Skipping... texhash: Done. Note, I'll also take hints on how to actually use the font on just some selected text in an otherwise palatino document, after we can get LyX/LaTeX to recognize the new font. Thanks. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter testfont.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
On Thursday 23 July 2009 19:49:31 Nikos Alexandris wrote: Steve Litt wrote: I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked document on the menu, and lyx terminated... ... LyX Version 1.6.2 ... Hi Steve! I am not really helping you but I remember experiencing some crasher using LyX 1.6.2 under Ubuntu Jaunty. Since some weeks I use 1.6.3 [1] and I didn't see any crashing yet. If you have no strong reasons to stick with 1.6.2 you could try out 1.6.3. All the best, Nikos Hi Nikos, I'm new to Ubuntu. Is there a way I could, using Ubuntu's package manager, upgrade to 1.6.3 or better? I just want to avoid having to compile -- so far every single thing but djbdns, VimOutliner and UMENU were installed via the package manager, and I'd like to keep it that pure if possible. Thanks SteveT
Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Hi all,
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of my
books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which the
storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir and
compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book (Memoir))
appeared..
But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class dropdown. I
went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout (not as a
symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
Input stdclass.inc
Preamble
EndPreamble
Style MyTest
CopyStyle Chapter
End
Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
Has something changed in layout handling in 1.62 (as opposed to my previous
version, 1.56)? What can I do to get this to work? I've tried the stuff in
http://www.troubleshooters.cxm/linux/lyx/surefire_layout.htm, which worked in
1.56, but no joy.
In the long run, I think LyX instantiation must produce a log file so
troubleshooting failure of layout-produced classes will not be such a black
box. Since as far back as 2001, this has been a problem. The raindance
necessary to cure it has changed with changing versions, but it has been and
continues to be a problem when using layouts to make your own classes.
But for now, any ideas what I can do to narrow down this problem?
Thanks
SteveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of my
books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which the
storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir and
compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book (Memoir))
appeared..
But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class dropdown. I
went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout (not as a
symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
Input stdclass.inc
Preamble
EndPreamble
Style MyTest
CopyStyle Chapter
End
Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
Steve,
I have the same setup (except the drop date for my copy of LyX is March
14, not March 16). I put your stripped layout file in ~/.lyx/layouts,
reconfigured and restarted LyX, and it showed up on my class list.
You did reconfigure/restart LyX, right? And is the ordinary book class
on your dropdown list? (LyX won't acknowledge storybook if book.cls is
not available to it.)
/Paul
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On Thursday 23 July 2009 10:33:22 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of
my books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which
the storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir
and compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book
(Memoir)) appeared..
But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class
dropdown. I went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout
(not as a symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
Input stdclass.inc
Preamble
EndPreamble
Style MyTest
CopyStyle Chapter
End
Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
Steve,
I have the same setup (except the drop date for my copy of LyX is March
14, not March 16). I put your stripped layout file in ~/.lyx/layouts,
reconfigured and restarted LyX, and it showed up on my class list.
You did reconfigure/restart LyX, right?
Oh dear lord! I did this, as is my habit:
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py
So just for fun, I did lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx, and now
storybook showed up. Thanks for the reminder.
This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure,
debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do
exactly
the same thing as lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx?
Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log
all info about discovered document classes. Every entry would have a
timestamp. It might look something like this:
CHECKING SYSTEM WIDE DIRECTORIES FOR LAYOUTS
dir /usr/share/lyx/layouts/
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/seminar.layout: Loaded doc class
seminar
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/siamltex.layout: Loaded doc class
{article (SIAM)
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/sigplanconf.layout: FAILED to load doc
class article
(ACM SIGPLAN), reason
/path/to/other/systemwide/layouts
...
CHECKING CURRENT DIRECTORY
dir /d/at/books/stories
/d/at/books/stories/storybook.layout: Loaded doc class
storybook
CHECKING PERSONAL LYX LAYOUT DIRECTORY
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/.layout: Loaded doc class
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/ttotst.layout: Loaded doc class
ttotst
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout: FAILED to load
doc class
storybook, class already loaded
That same log could be written by /usr/share/lyx/configure.py because I'm
pretty sure that investigates all directories also.
With the log file in place, layout/class troubleshooting wouldn't be a black
box -- we'd have a diagnostic tool that could save the classmaker and/or
author hours.
Thanks
STeveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Steve Litt wrote:
Oh dear lord! I did this, as is my habit:
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py
So just for fun, I did lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx, and now
storybook showed up. Thanks for the reminder.
Hah! And here I thought I was the only one on the list with memory
lapses! :-)
This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure,
debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do exactly
the same thing as lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx?
I don't have an answer to this, but since I just debugged some modules
this morning, I may have something to point out. Reconfiguring LyX is
only necessary when you add a layout or module. Once the layout/module
file is there, you can edit it, and LyX only needs a restart (not a
reconfigure) to pick up the changes.
Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log
all info about discovered document classes. Every entry would have a
timestamp. It might look something like this:
CHECKING SYSTEM WIDE DIRECTORIES FOR LAYOUTS
dir /usr/share/lyx/layouts/
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/seminar.layout: Loaded doc class
seminar
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/siamltex.layout: Loaded doc class {article
(SIAM)
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/sigplanconf.layout: FAILED to load doc class article
(ACM SIGPLAN), reason
/path/to/other/systemwide/layouts
...
CHECKING CURRENT DIRECTORY
dir /d/at/books/stories
/d/at/books/stories/storybook.layout: Loaded doc class
storybook
CHECKING PERSONAL LYX LAYOUT DIRECTORY
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/.layout: Loaded doc class
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/ttotst.layout: Loaded doc class
ttotst
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout: FAILED to load doc class
storybook, class already loaded
That same log could be written by /usr/share/lyx/configure.py because I'm
pretty sure that investigates all directories also.
With the log file in place, layout/class troubleshooting wouldn't be a black
box -- we'd have a diagnostic tool that could save the classmaker and/or
author hours.
Not a bad idea IMHO.
/Paul
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On 07/23/2009 02:17 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Steve Litt wrote: This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure, debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can /usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do exactly the same thing as lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx? It does, but it needs to be run from your user directory---or, better, from whichever directory you want it to dump its output into. This is because you might have more than one such directory. I don't have an answer to this, but since I just debugged some modules this morning, I may have something to point out. Reconfiguring LyX is only necessary when you add a layout or module. Once the layout/module file is there, you can edit it, and LyX only needs a restart (not a reconfigure) to pick up the changes. What's more, in 1.6, you don't even need a restart. (Yes, Steve, it was you who gave me the idea for this.) WARNING: The following is intended ONLY for people willing to live with problems. DO NOT attempt to do what I am about to describe while actually working on documents. Do so ONLY when writing and debugging layouts. Use test documents for this purpose. Entering layout-reload in the minibuffer will reload layout information. WARNING: If your layout contains syntax errors, etc, this can lead to serious problems. LyX may abort loading your class and revert to the default. That is why you should NOT do this while editing real documents. DO NOT attempt to modify the default layout this way (that'd be article.layout). Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log all info about discovered document classes. The file is called configure.log, and it's dumped into your user directory ($HOME/.lyx, normally). It is written whenever you reconfigure. Richard
Hyphenation \ Margins
Guys, I'm with a problem. I can't Hyphenation the word HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT, but when I put it into LYX it beaks the DOCUMENT MARGIN: See?? What would be the feasible solution??? THANKS Marcelo
Re: Hyphenation \ Margins
Marcelo Reis wrote:
Guys, I'm with a problem.
I can't Hyphenation the word HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT, but when I put it into
LYX it beaks the DOCUMENT MARGIN:
Margin
See??
What would be the feasible solution???
THANKS
Marcelo
One possibility (if you want to keep the string together and are willing
to chance funny spacing on the previous line) would be:
... [[\mbox{]]HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT[[}]]
where [[...]] denotes an ERT inset. An mbox cannot be split across lines.
/Paul
LyX 1.6.2 crashed
Hi all, I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked document on the menu, and lyx terminated leaving the following on the terminal from which I ran LyX: Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the bug-reporting instructions in Help-Introduction and send us a bug report, if necessary. Thanks ! Bye. Aborted sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ When I load this particular document, it actually aborts like this after about 10 seconds, even if I click nothing. Here's the LyX info: LyX Version 1.6.2 (Saturday, March 14, 2009) Library directory: /usr/share/lyx/ User directory: ~/.lyx/ sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ uname -a Linux mydesk 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ sl...@mydesk:~$ ls -ldF /usr/share/tex* drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/tex-common/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:06 /usr/share/texinfo/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texlive-base/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/texlive-bin/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf/ drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ sl...@mydesk:~$ Is there a workaround to this yet? Please tell me I don't have to compile a later LyX on my brand new Ubuntu distro :-( SteveT
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
Steve Litt wrote: I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked document on the menu, and lyx terminated... ... LyX Version 1.6.2 ... Hi Steve! I am not really helping you but I remember experiencing some crasher using LyX 1.6.2 under Ubuntu Jaunty. Since some weeks I use 1.6.3 [1] and I didn't see any crashing yet. If you have no strong reasons to stick with 1.6.2 you could try out 1.6.3. All the best, Nikos --- [1] grab a .deb package from http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=lyx
Re: Sty to Layout problem
Thanks Daniel!
I tried to create a document with a ERT like
\title(Paper Title)
\author{Luis}
but when I compile it, the document is empty. Trying to use the Lyx Title
and Author, I get this message:
\author{Luis}\maketitle
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was
never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the
correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget
about whatever was undefined.
Am I doing something wrong?
Luis
2009/7/23 Daniel Lohmann daniel.lohm...@informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Hi Luis,
This may not be exactly the answer you are looking for :-)
IMHO the front matter (the stuff that is rendered by \maketitle) is the
most difficult part to get right into a LyX layout, especially with paper
styles. Every paper style uses different concepts on how authors,
institutions, multiple authors per institution, authors with multiple
institutions, thanks-titlenotes, and so on have to be specified. So even
with the well-designed paper layout files that ship with LyX (LNCS, IEEE,
...) I usually end up using ERT in the front matter to get what I need.
So if you are not going to write dozens of articles using that style, I
would just not bother in getting everything right into the layout and use
ERT in the paper to specify the front matter.
Daniel
On 23.07.2009, ad 01:43, Luis Amorim wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to write an article at Lyx, but I had some problems when I
tried
to use a .layout I created from the .sty file provided by the
conference. I've followed the Customization Instructions (5.2.3) but it
doesn't work at Lyx, especially when I try to add a Title (it says is a
\maketitle problem). Searching the mailing list I found someone who had
almost the same problem, and added
Style TitleERT
InTitle 1
End
in the .layout to solve it. I tried to do that, but I still can't compile
my
files.
I attached the .sty and .layout files, and a .tex which is an example of
use.
Thanks!
Luis Amorim
sbc-template.lyxsbc-template.stysbc-template.tex
Re: Sty to Layout problem
On 07/23/2009 08:25 PM, Luis F. Amorim França wrote:
Thanks Daniel!
I tried to create a document with a ERT like
\title(Paper Title)
\author{Luis}
but when I compile it, the document is empty. Trying to use the Lyx Title
and Author, I get this message:
\author{Luis}\maketitle
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was
never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the
correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget
about whatever was undefined.
Am I doing something wrong?
LyX thinks this is normal content, not something for before \maketitle.
You need to put this in some kind of TitleERT environment, as mentioned
before.
rh
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
On 07/23/2009 07:42 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked document on the menu, and lyx terminated leaving the following on the terminal from which I ran LyX: Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the bug-reporting instructions in Help-Introduction and send us a bug report, if necessary. Thanks ! Bye. Aborted sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ When I load this particular document, it actually aborts like this after about 10 seconds, even if I click nothing. You've probably moved the mouse, which causes a lot to happen. Please send me the file. It'll take me a bit to get it: I'm flying tomorrow. But I'll have inet access when I get to where I'm going, viz: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=dsource=s_dsaddr=daddr=%2B37%C2%B0+2%27+43.97%22,+-79%C2%B0+42%27+2.38%22+%2837.045547,+-79.700662%29hl=engeocode=mra=misll=37.059561,-79.737396sspn=0.513976,0.832901g=37.057533,-79.703178ie=UTF8ll=37.046306,-79.700661spn=0.032129,0.052056z=15 More or less. You're actually more likely to find me out in the lake! The real bummer is that there are these great cliffs across the way which we used to dive off, but now someone bought the land and they're closed Richard Here's the LyX info: LyX Version 1.6.2 (Saturday, March 14, 2009) Library directory: /usr/share/lyx/ User directory: ~/.lyx/ sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ uname -a Linux mydesk 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ sl...@mydesk:~$ ls -ldF /usr/share/tex* drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/tex-common/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:06 /usr/share/texinfo/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texlive-base/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/texlive-bin/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf/ drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ sl...@mydesk:~$ Is there a workaround to this yet? Please tell me I don't have to compile a later LyX on my brand new Ubuntu distro :-( SteveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On 07/23/2009 07:11 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Which of the following should be my current directory when I run /usr/share/lyx/configure.py? ___/home/slitt/.lyx That one: Your LyX user directory. My point was that configure.py does not attempt to figure out which directory that is: You might have lots of user directories, for different purposes. I have several: The one I actually use when I'm trying to do real work, and the ones I use when debugging branch, trunk, etc, etc. What's more important is that, as Paul and I have in effect said, the reason it used to be important to you to be able to reconfigure from a script no longer holds, for the most part. Only when you CREATE a new layout or module do you need to reconfigure. The only thing reconfiguring does is allow LyX to recognize new modules and layouts. Changes you make to layouts have NEVER required a reconfigure: You need only restart, since LyX will re-read the layout file when it restarts. Changes to modules have NEVER required a restart: Just opening DocumentSettings and choosing OK (you may have to do something to enable that button) will force LyX to re-read the module file. And, as I said, in fact you don't even need to restart when you're editing *.layout files. Just run layout-reload from the mini-buffer---subject to the warnings given earlier. So, to be clear; YOU NEVER NEED TO RECONFIGURE WHEN EDITING LAYOUTS. This was my special gift to you in the 1.6.x series. rh
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On Thursday 23 July 2009 15:05:08 rgheck wrote: On 07/23/2009 02:17 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Steve Litt wrote: This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure, debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can /usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do exactly the same thing as lyx-tools-reconfigure, quit, restart lyx? It does, but it needs to be run from your user directory---or, better, from whichever directory you want it to dump its output into. This is because you might have more than one such directory. Hi Richard, I read the preceding sentence three times and still don't understand it. Because the preceding sentence is of vital importance to me, I'm going to ask specific questions for clarification... My lyx doc is /d/at/books/stories/stories.lyx My layout file is /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout As far as I know, the output of my LyX document is dumped in the directory containing stories.lyx (/d/at/books/stories). The first step of my script uses lyx --export pdf or lyx --export latex. Later parts of the script place the finished pdf in /d/at/books/pdf, but I don't think that's of interest. Which of the following should be my current directory when I run /usr/share/lyx/configure.py? ___ /d/at/books/stories ___/d/at/books/pdf ___/home/slitt ___/home/slitt/.lyx ___/home/slitt/.lyx/layouts ___Other _ Thanks SteveT
need help using a meta font.
I found the kind of font I would like to use in d7seg [1], but I can't seem to get the capbas set of files installed in a way that I can get lyx (or for all I know even TeX) to use it. I got the zip from ctan[2] I made ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/ unziped capbas to make ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/capbas/ [2.5] ran texhash, which gave little output [3] run (lyx) Tools - Reconfigure shutdown lyx lyx testfont.lyx try (lyx) View - DVI and get LaTeX Error: File `d7seg.sty' not found OK, I agree the file does not exist... how do I get it? I hope at worst it is some metafont incantation that must be done, because I obviously know nothing of how to create a style let alone one for a font. and don't even see one with find /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/ -name *.sty to copy and mess up. or is it as simple as, fonts can ONLY be in /usr/share/texmf/fonts/ and not in ~/texmf/fonts/ [1] http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/dseg/ Yes it's ugly, for normal reading, but that is what the operator will see on the 7 segment display that is in front of him/her. :) [2] http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/capbas/ [2.5] also cp ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/capbas/* ~/texmf/fonts/ and ran texhash [3] texhash texhash: Updating /home/myhomedir/texmf/ls-R... texhash: /usr/share/texmf: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /usr/share/texmf-config: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /usr/share/texmf-var: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no write permission. Skipping... texhash: Done. Note, I'll also take hints on how to actually use the font on just some selected text in an otherwise palatino document, after we can get LyX/LaTeX to recognize the new font. Thanks. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter testfont.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
On Thursday 23 July 2009 19:49:31 Nikos Alexandris wrote: Steve Litt wrote: I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked document on the menu, and lyx terminated... ... LyX Version 1.6.2 ... Hi Steve! I am not really helping you but I remember experiencing some crasher using LyX 1.6.2 under Ubuntu Jaunty. Since some weeks I use 1.6.3 [1] and I didn't see any crashing yet. If you have no strong reasons to stick with 1.6.2 you could try out 1.6.3. All the best, Nikos Hi Nikos, I'm new to Ubuntu. Is there a way I could, using Ubuntu's package manager, upgrade to 1.6.3 or better? I just want to avoid having to compile -- so far every single thing but djbdns, VimOutliner and UMENU were installed via the package manager, and I'd like to keep it that pure if possible. Thanks SteveT
Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Hi all,
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of my
books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which the
storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir and
compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book (Memoir))
appeared..
But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class dropdown. I
went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout (not as a
symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
Input stdclass.inc
Preamble
EndPreamble
Style MyTest
CopyStyle Chapter
End
Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
Has something changed in layout handling in 1.62 (as opposed to my previous
version, 1.56)? What can I do to get this to work? I've tried the stuff in
http://www.troubleshooters.cxm/linux/lyx/surefire_layout.htm, which worked in
1.56, but no joy.
In the long run, I think LyX instantiation must produce a log file so
troubleshooting failure of layout-produced classes will not be such a black
box. Since as far back as 2001, this has been a problem. The raindance
necessary to cure it has changed with changing versions, but it has been and
continues to be a problem when using layouts to make your own classes.
But for now, any ideas what I can do to narrow down this problem?
Thanks
SteveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of my
books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which the
storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir and
compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book (Memoir))
appeared..
But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class dropdown. I
went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout (not as a
symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
Input stdclass.inc
Preamble
EndPreamble
Style MyTest
CopyStyle Chapter
End
Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
Steve,
I have the same setup (except the drop date for my copy of LyX is March
14, not March 16). I put your stripped layout file in ~/.lyx/layouts,
reconfigured and restarted LyX, and it showed up on my class list.
You did reconfigure/restart LyX, right? And is the ordinary book class
on your dropdown list? (LyX won't acknowledge storybook if book.cls is
not available to it.)
/Paul
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On Thursday 23 July 2009 10:33:22 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I upgraded to Ubuntu 9, lyx 1.6.2 March 16 2009 that came with it. Now of
> > my books stopped compiling. For one thing, the Memoir class, from which
> > the storybook class was built, was butchered -- I had to download Memoir
> > and compile it and texhash and then at least memoir (now called book
> > (Memoir)) appeared..
> >
> > But now, my storybook class doesn't show up in the LyX Doc Class
> > dropdown. I went so far as to put it into ~/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout
> > (not as a symlink, but as an actual file), and simplified it to this:
> >
> > #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
> > # \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{storybook}
> >
> > Input stdclass.inc
> >
> > Preamble
> >
> > EndPreamble
> >
> > Style MyTest
> > CopyStyle Chapter
> > End
> >
> >
> > Still, storybook didn't show up in Document Class dropdown.
>
> Steve,
>
> I have the same setup (except the drop date for my copy of LyX is March
> 14, not March 16). I put your stripped layout file in ~/.lyx/layouts,
> reconfigured and restarted LyX, and it showed up on my class list.
>
> You did reconfigure/restart LyX, right?
Oh dear lord! I did this, as is my habit:
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py
So just for fun, I did lyx->tools->reconfigure, quit, restart lyx, and now
storybook showed up. Thanks for the reminder.
This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure,
debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do
exactly
the same thing as lyx->tools->reconfigure, quit, restart lyx?
Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log
all info about discovered document classes. Every entry would have a
timestamp. It might look something like this:
CHECKING SYSTEM WIDE DIRECTORIES FOR LAYOUTS
dir /usr/share/lyx/layouts/
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/seminar.layout: Loaded doc class
"seminar"
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/siamltex.layout: Loaded doc class
"{article (SIAM)"
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/sigplanconf.layout: FAILED to load doc
class "article
(ACM SIGPLAN)", reason
/path/to/other/systemwide/layouts
...
CHECKING CURRENT DIRECTORY
dir /d/at/books/stories
/d/at/books/stories/storybook.layout: Loaded doc class
"storybook"
CHECKING PERSONAL LYX LAYOUT DIRECTORY
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/.layout: Loaded doc class
""
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/ttotst.layout: Loaded doc class
"ttotst"
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout: FAILED to load
doc class
"storybook", class already loaded
That same log could be written by /usr/share/lyx/configure.py because I'm
pretty sure that investigates all directories also.
With the log file in place, layout/class troubleshooting wouldn't be a black
box -- we'd have a diagnostic tool that could save the classmaker and/or
author hours.
Thanks
STeveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
Steve Litt wrote:
Oh dear lord! I did this, as is my habit:
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py
So just for fun, I did lyx->tools->reconfigure, quit, restart lyx, and now
storybook showed up. Thanks for the reminder.
Hah! And here I thought I was the only one on the list with memory
lapses! :-)
This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure,
debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do exactly
the same thing as lyx->tools->reconfigure, quit, restart lyx?
I don't have an answer to this, but since I just debugged some modules
this morning, I may have something to point out. Reconfiguring LyX is
only necessary when you add a layout or module. Once the layout/module
file is there, you can edit it, and LyX only needs a restart (not a
reconfigure) to pick up the changes.
Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log
all info about discovered document classes. Every entry would have a
timestamp. It might look something like this:
CHECKING SYSTEM WIDE DIRECTORIES FOR LAYOUTS
dir /usr/share/lyx/layouts/
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/seminar.layout: Loaded doc class
"seminar"
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/siamltex.layout: Loaded doc class "{article
(SIAM)"
/usr/share/lyx/layouts/sigplanconf.layout: FAILED to load doc class "article
(ACM SIGPLAN)", reason
/path/to/other/systemwide/layouts
...
CHECKING CURRENT DIRECTORY
dir /d/at/books/stories
/d/at/books/stories/storybook.layout: Loaded doc class
"storybook"
CHECKING PERSONAL LYX LAYOUT DIRECTORY
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/.layout: Loaded doc class
""
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/ttotst.layout: Loaded doc class
"ttotst"
dir /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout: FAILED to load doc class
"storybook", class already loaded
That same log could be written by /usr/share/lyx/configure.py because I'm
pretty sure that investigates all directories also.
With the log file in place, layout/class troubleshooting wouldn't be a black
box -- we'd have a diagnostic tool that could save the classmaker and/or
author hours.
Not a bad idea IMHO.
/Paul
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On 07/23/2009 02:17 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Steve Litt wrote: This brings up another problem. Without an automated way to reconfigure, debugging will take literallly two or three times longer. Can /usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be modified to do exactly the same thing as lyx->tools->reconfigure, quit, restart lyx? It does, but it needs to be run from your user directory---or, better, from whichever directory you want it to dump its output into. This is because you might have more than one such directory. I don't have an answer to this, but since I just debugged some modules this morning, I may have something to point out. Reconfiguring LyX is only necessary when you add a layout or module. Once the layout/module file is there, you can edit it, and LyX only needs a restart (not a reconfigure) to pick up the changes. What's more, in 1.6, you don't even need a restart. (Yes, Steve, it was you who gave me the idea for this.) WARNING: The following is intended ONLY for people willing to live with problems. DO NOT attempt to do what I am about to describe while actually working on documents. Do so ONLY when writing and debugging layouts. Use test documents for this purpose. Entering "layout-reload" in the minibuffer will reload layout information. WARNING: If your layout contains syntax errors, etc, this can lead to serious problems. LyX may abort loading your class and revert to the default. That is why you should NOT do this while editing real documents. DO NOT attempt to modify the default layout this way (that'd be article.layout). Also, I think it would be a great idea for LyX, on loading, to write to a log all info about discovered document classes. The file is called configure.log, and it's dumped into your user directory ($HOME/.lyx, normally). It is written whenever you reconfigure. Richard
Hyphenation \ Margins
Guys, I'm with a problem. I can't Hyphenation the word HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT, but when I put it into LYX it beaks the DOCUMENT MARGIN: See?? What would be the feasible solution??? THANKS Marcelo
Re: Hyphenation \ Margins
Marcelo Reis wrote:
Guys, I'm with a problem.
I can't Hyphenation the word HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT, but when I put it into
LYX it beaks the DOCUMENT MARGIN:
Margin
See??
What would be the feasible solution???
THANKS
Marcelo
One possibility (if you want to keep the string together and are willing
to chance funny spacing on the previous line) would be:
... [[\mbox{]]HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT[[}]]
where [[...]] denotes an ERT inset. An mbox cannot be split across lines.
/Paul
LyX 1.6.2 crashed
Hi all, I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked "document" on the menu, and lyx terminated leaving the following on the terminal from which I ran LyX: Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the bug-reporting instructions in Help->Introduction and send us a bug report, if necessary. Thanks ! Bye. Aborted sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ When I load this particular document, it actually aborts like this after about 10 seconds, even if I click nothing. Here's the LyX info: LyX Version 1.6.2 (Saturday, March 14, 2009) Library directory: /usr/share/lyx/ User directory: ~/.lyx/ sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ uname -a Linux mydesk 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ sl...@mydesk:~$ ls -ldF /usr/share/tex* drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/tex-common/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:06 /usr/share/texinfo/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texlive-base/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/texlive-bin/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf/ drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ sl...@mydesk:~$ Is there a workaround to this yet? Please tell me I don't have to compile a later LyX on my brand new Ubuntu distro :-( SteveT
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
Steve Litt wrote: > I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked "document" on the menu, and lyx > terminated... ... > LyX Version 1.6.2 ... Hi Steve! I am not really helping you but I remember experiencing some crasher using LyX 1.6.2 under Ubuntu Jaunty. Since some weeks I use 1.6.3 [1] and I didn't see any crashing yet. If you have no strong reasons to stick with 1.6.2 you could try out 1.6.3. All the best, Nikos --- [1] grab a .deb package from http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=lyx
Re: Sty to Layout problem
Thanks Daniel!
I tried to create a document with a ERT like
\title(Paper Title)
\author{Luis}
but when I compile it, the document is empty. Trying to use the Lyx Title
and Author, I get this message:
\author{Luis}\maketitle
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was
never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the
correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget
about whatever was undefined.
Am I doing something wrong?
Luis
2009/7/23 Daniel Lohmann
> Hi Luis,
>
> This may not be exactly the answer you are looking for :-)
>
> IMHO the front matter (the stuff that is rendered by \maketitle) is the
> most difficult part to get right into a LyX layout, especially with paper
> styles. Every paper style uses different concepts on how authors,
> institutions, multiple authors per institution, authors with multiple
> institutions, "thanks"-titlenotes, and so on have to be specified. So even
> with the well-designed paper layout files that ship with LyX (LNCS, IEEE,
> ...) I usually end up using ERT in the front matter to get what I need.
>
> So if you are not going to write dozens of articles using that style, I
> would just not bother in getting everything right into the layout and use
> ERT in the paper to specify the front matter.
>
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 23.07.2009, ad 01:43, Luis Amorim wrote:
>
> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to write an article at Lyx, but I had some problems when I
>> tried
>> to use a .layout I created from the .sty file provided by the
>> conference. I've followed the Customization Instructions (5.2.3) but it
>>
>> doesn't work at Lyx, especially when I try to add a Title (it says is a
>> \maketitle problem). Searching the mailing list I found someone who had
>> almost the same problem, and added
>>
>> Style TitleERT
>> InTitle 1
>>
>> End
>>
>> in the .layout to solve it. I tried to do that, but I still can't compile
>> my
>> files.
>>
>> I attached the .sty and .layout files, and a .tex which is an example of
>> use.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Luis Amorim
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Re: Sty to Layout problem
On 07/23/2009 08:25 PM, Luis F. Amorim França wrote:
Thanks Daniel!
I tried to create a document with a ERT like
\title(Paper Title)
\author{Luis}
but when I compile it, the document is empty. Trying to use the Lyx Title
and Author, I get this message:
\author{Luis}\maketitle
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was
never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the
correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget
about whatever was undefined.
Am I doing something wrong?
LyX thinks this is normal content, not something for before \maketitle.
You need to put this in some kind of TitleERT environment, as mentioned
before.
rh
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
On 07/23/2009 07:42 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked "document" on the menu, and lyx terminated leaving the following on the terminal from which I ran LyX: Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. Warning: Malformed LyX document: show_label missing in CharStyle. lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the bug-reporting instructions in Help->Introduction and send us a bug report, if necessary. Thanks ! Bye. Aborted sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ When I load this particular document, it actually aborts like this after about 10 seconds, even if I click nothing. You've probably moved the mouse, which causes a lot to happen. Please send me the file. It'll take me a bit to get it: I'm flying tomorrow. But I'll have inet access when I get to where I'm going, viz: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d=s_d==%2B37%C2%B0+2%27+43.97%22,+-79%C2%B0+42%27+2.38%22+%2837.045547,+-79.700662%29=en==mi=37.059561,-79.737396=0.513976,0.832901=37.057533,-79.703178=UTF8=37.046306,-79.700661=0.032129,0.052056=15 More or less. You're actually more likely to find me out in the lake! The real bummer is that there are these great cliffs across the way which we used to dive off, but now someone bought the land and they're closed Richard Here's the LyX info: LyX Version 1.6.2 (Saturday, March 14, 2009) Library directory: /usr/share/lyx/ User directory: ~/.lyx/ sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ uname -a Linux mydesk 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux sl...@mydesk:/d/at/books/vimfacts$ sl...@mydesk:~$ ls -ldF /usr/share/tex* drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/tex-common/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:06 /usr/share/texinfo/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texlive-base/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:03 /usr/share/texlive-bin/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf/ drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2009-07-21 02:04 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ sl...@mydesk:~$ Is there a workaround to this yet? Please tell me I don't have to compile a later LyX on my brand new Ubuntu distro :-( SteveT
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On 07/23/2009 07:11 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Which of the following should be my current directory when I run /usr/share/lyx/configure.py? ___/home/slitt/.lyx That one: Your LyX user directory. My point was that configure.py does not attempt to figure out which directory that is: You might have lots of user directories, for different purposes. I have several: The one I actually use when I'm trying to do real work, and the ones I use when debugging branch, trunk, etc, etc. What's more important is that, as Paul and I have in effect said, the reason it used to be important to you to be able to reconfigure from a script no longer holds, for the most part. Only when you CREATE a new layout or module do you need to reconfigure. The only thing reconfiguring does is allow LyX to recognize new modules and layouts. Changes you make to layouts have NEVER required a reconfigure: You need only restart, since LyX will re-read the layout file when it restarts. Changes to modules have NEVER required a restart: Just opening Document>Settings and choosing "OK" (you may have to do something to enable that button) will force LyX to re-read the module file. And, as I said, in fact you don't even need to restart when you're editing *.layout files. Just run "layout-reload" from the mini-buffer---subject to the warnings given earlier. So, to be clear; YOU NEVER NEED TO RECONFIGURE WHEN EDITING LAYOUTS. This was my special gift to you in the 1.6.x series. rh
Re: Class defined in layout doesn't show up in Document Class dropdown
On Thursday 23 July 2009 15:05:08 rgheck wrote: > On 07/23/2009 02:17 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > Steve Litt wrote: This brings up another problem. Without an automated > > way to reconfigure, debugging will take literallly two or three times > > longer. Can /usr/share/lyx/configure.py /usr/share/lyx/configure.py be > > modified to do exactly the same thing as lyx->tools->reconfigure, > > quit, restart lyx? > > It does, but it needs to be run from your user directory---or, better, > from whichever directory you want it to dump its output into. This is > because you might have more than one such directory. Hi Richard, I read the preceding sentence three times and still don't understand it. Because the preceding sentence is of vital importance to me, I'm going to ask specific questions for clarification... My lyx doc is /d/at/books/stories/stories.lyx My layout file is /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/storybook.layout As far as I know, the output of my LyX document is dumped in the directory containing stories.lyx (/d/at/books/stories). The first step of my script uses lyx --export pdf or lyx --export latex. Later parts of the script place the finished pdf in /d/at/books/pdf, but I don't think that's of interest. Which of the following should be my current directory when I run /usr/share/lyx/configure.py? ___ /d/at/books/stories ___/d/at/books/pdf ___/home/slitt ___/home/slitt/.lyx ___/home/slitt/.lyx/layouts ___Other _ Thanks SteveT
need help using a meta font.
I found the kind of font I would like to use in d7seg [1], but I can't seem to get the capbas set of files installed in a way that I can get lyx (or for all I know even TeX) to use it. I got the zip from ctan[2] I made ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/ unziped capbas to make ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/capbas/ [2.5] ran texhash, which gave little output [3] run (lyx) Tools -> Reconfigure shutdown lyx lyx testfont.lyx try (lyx) View -> DVI and get "LaTeX Error: File `d7seg.sty' not found" OK, I agree the file does not exist... how do I get it? I hope at worst it is some metafont incantation that must be done, because I obviously know nothing of how to create a style let alone one for a font. and don't even see one with find /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/ -name "*.sty" to copy and mess up. or is it as simple as, fonts can ONLY be in /usr/share/texmf/fonts/ and not in ~/texmf/fonts/ [1] http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/dseg/ Yes it's ugly, for normal reading, but that is what the operator will see on the 7 segment display that is in front of him/her. :) [2] http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/capbas/ [2.5] also cp ~/texmf/fonts/tfm/capbas/* ~/texmf/fonts/ and ran texhash [3] texhash texhash: Updating /home/myhomedir/texmf/ls-R... texhash: /usr/share/texmf: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /usr/share/texmf-config: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /usr/share/texmf-var: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no write permission. Skipping... texhash: Done. Note, I'll also take hints on how to actually use the font on just some selected text in an otherwise palatino document, after we can get LyX/LaTeX to recognize the new font. Thanks. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter testfont.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX 1.6.2 crashed
On Thursday 23 July 2009 19:49:31 Nikos Alexandris wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > I opened one of my docs in LyX, clicked "document" on the menu, and lyx > > terminated... > > ... > > > LyX Version 1.6.2 > > ... > > Hi Steve! > > I am not really helping you but I remember experiencing some crasher > using LyX 1.6.2 under Ubuntu Jaunty. Since some weeks I use 1.6.3 [1] > and I didn't see any crashing yet. If you have no strong reasons to > stick with 1.6.2 you could try out 1.6.3. > > All the best, Nikos Hi Nikos, I'm new to Ubuntu. Is there a way I could, using Ubuntu's package manager, upgrade to 1.6.3 or better? I just want to avoid having to compile -- so far every single thing but djbdns, VimOutliner and UMENU were installed via the package manager, and I'd like to keep it that pure if possible. Thanks SteveT
