Re: Lyx 2.0
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:20 AM, Sivakumar wrote: > When I load letter.lyx There was a pop up with the following message: > > Lyx: Document class not available > The selected document class letter requires external files that are not > available. The document class can still be used, but the document cannot be > compiled until the following prerequisites are installed: letter.cls > Do you have MiKTeX installed (or any other LaTeX distribution)? Have you tried performing Tools > Reconfigure in LyX? Liviu > Later when I try view(pdflatex) > > File name error message pop up. > > > How do I install letter.cls? > > Thank you very much for you help. > Sivakumar > > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
Re: Lyx 2.0
On 7/17/2011 7:14 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: (please reply to the list, too) On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Sivakumar wrote: Hi Liviu, I am running Lyx 2.0 on Windows. I did as you suggested, saving the file in C:\ Temp , when I try to view it in pdf, an error saying file doesnot exist comes out. I had print screen the error message for your kind attention. The screenshot is not very informative. Could you do the following: - File> New from template> letter.lyx (double check the spelling of 'letter') - View (pdflatex) - If it still gives errors, please post Document> LaTeX log. Liviu When I was using Lyx1.6, I did not face this problem. My hard drive had crashed a few days back and I was only able to find Lyx 2.0 online. You help is very appreciated. Thank you Sivakumar On 7/17/2011 5:08 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Sivakumarwrote: Hi, I am new to Lyx 2.0. I was trying to view "Intro.lyx" which I access through the help header in pdf format . An error "the directory path to the document cannot contain spaces" pops out. What should I do ? I assume you're on Windows. If so, then File>Save as and then put it in a folder that contains no spaces, such as C:\tmp. Then it might work. Liviu Thank you Sivakumar Hi guys, When I load letter.lyx There was a pop up with the following message: Lyx: Document class not available The selected document class letter requires external files that are not available. The document class can still be used, but the document cannot be compiled until the following prerequisites are installed: letter.cls Later when I try view(pdflatex) File name error message pop up. How do I install letter.cls? Thank you very much for you help. Sivakumar
Re: tetex -> texlive
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011, David L. Johnson wrote: I did that transition some time ago, since AFAIK tetex is no longer supported, and texlive is. I do not recall any problems with the transition. David, Yes, Thomas dropped support for tetex last year. Since it worked for me I saw no need to change. However, my needs have changed so I transitioned to TeXLive. Glad to see there are no issues with which I need to be concerned. Much appreciated, Rich
a5paper for tufte book class
Hi,
Tufte book class docs say a5paper is not supported and one has to use the
geometry package. But geometry is already loaded by lyx. How do I pass
options to it later? I did \geometry{a5paper} but that made the
formatting extremly bad (I had already written 20 pages in Tufte default
mode).
If I give "a5paper" in Documents->Settings->Document Class->Option,
does it trickle down to the geometry package?
The Documents->Settings->Page Layout->Paper Format is also greyed out
with A4.
Thanks in advance.
Shantanu
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Re: tetex -> texlive
On 07/17/2011 01:02 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: I've just replaced the tetex I've used for years with texlive-20100722. LyX fires right up. What I want to know is if there are potential gotcha's due to the transition. I expect not, but I'd like to be sure before I hit one during a critical event (such as a deadline to produce a document). I did that transition some time ago, since AFAIK tetex is no longer supported, and texlive is. I do not recall any problems with the transition. -- David L. Johnson Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front of enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of them would reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare. The internet has proven this not to be the case.
tetex -> texlive
I've just replaced the tetex I've used for years with texlive-20100722. LyX fires right up. What I want to know is if there are potential gotcha's due to the transition. I expect not, but I'd like to be sure before I hit one during a critical event (such as a deadline to produce a document). Rich
Re: Guidance in starting to use LyX/LaTex
Hello On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > OK, I have a simple document, of a kind I create frequently. I've selected a > document class -- koma-script article -- as a basis on which to begin > building a template, have made some changes to the document, and have saved a > copy of it in the templates folder. > > I am not certain that is sufficient to make it a template. It doesn't look > like a template, certainly not like the ones that come with LyX. It has > content. I've barely started working toward the formatting I'd eventually > like to become standard for documents produced with this "template". > > Nor am I certain I know to use it as a template. Till now I've been importing > documents compiled to LaTeX from Scrivener. May be mistaken, but I don't > believe I can import such a document into a template. How do I get it into my > "template"? > Perhaps we were a bit cryptic about the value of templates. A template is a means, not an end. As soon as you finish tailoring the sketch of a document (using the class that you've chosen) to your likes, then you're good to go: start writing and filling it up with actual content. When you finish writing the document and you're ready to submit it, if you are happy with the looks of the final output and anticipate to create such documents later, _then_ you may consider carving out of it a template, put it into the LyX templates folder (or any other folder, for the matter), and re-use whenever the needs arise. Again, templates are optional. If you manage to create a sketch (of a document) that you like, then go on and write up the entire document. Later on decide if you need it as a template. Cheers Liviu > I've worked my way through the tutorial. I've read through the user guide and > skimmed it reasonably carefully again before beginning to compose this > message. Help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > -- > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
Re: Lyx 2.0
(please reply to the list, too) On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Sivakumar wrote: > Hi Liviu, > > I am running Lyx 2.0 on Windows. I did as you suggested, saving the file in > C:\ Temp , when I try to view it in pdf, an error saying file doesnot exist > comes out. > I had print screen the error message for your kind attention. > The screenshot is not very informative. Could you do the following: - File > New from template > letter.lyx (double check the spelling of 'letter') - View (pdflatex) - If it still gives errors, please post Document > LaTeX log. Liviu > When I was using Lyx1.6, I did not face this problem. My hard drive had > crashed a few days back and I was only able to find Lyx 2.0 online. > You help is very appreciated. > > Thank you > Sivakumar > > On 7/17/2011 5:08 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Sivakumar wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I am new to Lyx 2.0. I was trying to view "Intro.lyx" which I access >>> through the help header in pdf format . >>> An error "the directory path to the document cannot contain spaces" pops >>> out. >>> >>> What should I do ? >>> >> I assume you're on Windows. If so, then File> Save as and then put it >> in a folder that contains no spaces, such as C:\tmp. Then it might >> work. >> Liviu >> >> >> >>> Thank you >>> Sivakumar >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
Re: Lyx 2.0
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Sivakumar wrote: > Hi, > I am new to Lyx 2.0. I was trying to view "Intro.lyx" which I access > through the help header in pdf format . > An error "the directory path to the document cannot contain spaces" pops > out. > > What should I do ? > I assume you're on Windows. If so, then File > Save as and then put it in a folder that contains no spaces, such as C:\tmp. Then it might work. Liviu > Thank you > Sivakumar > > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
