Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

[Trevor Jenkins]

Nothing to do with LyX but I did enjoy this PowerPoint related item reported
on the Guardian newspaper this weekend. Maybe someone there is a fan of
Edward Tufte in that party; Tufte's essay on PowerPoint should be read by
everyone who thinks that presentation software is a good thing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/28/powerpoint-party-switzerland-ban


On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Mukhtar Ullah 
mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de wrote:

 Remember that you can't use with it graphic packages like graphicsx, pgf
 and so forth.

 Cheers.


 On 29/08/2011 09:32, Julio Rojas wrote:

 Looks nice!
 --**---
 Julio Rojas
 jcredbe...@gmail.com



 On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah
 mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-**rostock.demukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de
  wrote:

 If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have
 this
 problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like
 text,
 instead of objects.

 Jim


  This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm.
 http://sites.google.com/site/**tex4ppt/http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/

 Mukhtar





 --
 Dr. Ing. Mukhtar Ullah
 Dept. of Systems Biology  Bioinformatics
 Institute of Computer Science
 University of Rostock
 18051 Rostock, Germany
 www.sbi.uni-rostock.de




-- 
Regards, Trevor.

 Re: deemed!

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

[Jim Oldfield]

 From: Mukhtar Ullah mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de
 Sent: Mon, 29 August, 2011 8:27:29
 Subject: Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint
 
  If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have  
this problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just 
  like 
 
text, instead of objects.
  
  Jim
  
  
 This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm.
 http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/
 
 Mukhtar
 


Looks interesting. However, it still has the same problem that the original 
poster was complaining about: the equations are graphics which float above 
text, 
so if you move text around (e.g. add a new bullet point at the start), you 
still 
need to manually fiddle with the position of the equations to put them in their 
new positions.

Jim

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[Richard Heck]

On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:
 Hi everyone!

 I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
 660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
 a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
 made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
 everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
 So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?

I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
something to do with your Qt installation?

Richard

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[David L. Johnson]

On 08/30/2011 02:19 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:

Hi everyone!

I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?


I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
something to do with your Qt installation?


It might also have to do with the global setup that assigns that 660 
permission.  Remember that the export to ___ process starts with a TeX 
file in the /tmp/* directory, which might have different default 
permissions than the user space, pdflatex may preserve those permissions.


--

David L. Johnson

Let's not escape into mathematics.  Let's stay with reality.
-- Michael Crichton

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[Richard Heck]

On 08/30/2011 02:21 PM, David L. Johnson wrote:
 On 08/30/2011 02:19 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
 On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:
 Hi everyone!

 I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
 660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
 a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
 made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
 everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
 So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?

 I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
 just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
 as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
 copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
 to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
 Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
 calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
 there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
 something to do with your Qt installation?

 It might also have to do with the global setup that assigns that 660
 permission.  Remember that the export to ___ process starts with a TeX
 file in the /tmp/* directory, which might have different default
 permissions than the user space, pdflatex may preserve those permissions.

The copy is done from within LyX, but it may well be that QFile::copy()
attempts to preserve permissions.

Richard

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

Hi Rob (or anyone else who knows the answer),

Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question 
how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??

Thanks

SteveT

On Monday, December 14, 2009 10:11:33 AM Rob Oakes wrote:
 Hi Steve,
 
 I think that you have one of two options.  The first, of course is
 to install the fonts onto your system in the normal way and then
 use XeTeX to compile the document.  If you choose this route, you
 can assign the font through the use of the \setfont macros:
 \setmainfont{font name}, \setsansfont{font name},
 \setmonofont{font name}
 
 If using LyX 1.6.5, you will need to set up XeLaTeX to work with
 LyX. There is information on how to do this on the wiki.  If using
 LyX SVN, it already has support built-in.  Just go to Document
 Settings - Output and enable Use XeTeX.
 
 Additional information about XeLaTex and font support is available
 at:
 
 http://existentialtype.net/2008/07/12/fonts-in-latex-part-one-xelat
 ex/
 
 The alternative is to see if someone has created a font definition
 file. You can also create your own.  Additional information about
 the process is available from the excellent blog, Existential
 Type:
 
 http://existentialtype.net/2008/07/12/fonts-in-latex-part-two-pdfte
 x-and-opentype/
 
 I personally prefer to go the XeLaTeX route.  Since moving over to
 LyX SVN, I use it to compile more or less everything.  While there
 are some packages it doesn't support (like microtype), I find that
 it does a good job with just about everything.  I've even been
 able to use some of the more exotic modules (like Sweave) and
 classes (like Tufte) without problems.  For an example output,
 see:
 
 http://www.oak-tree.us/stuff/LyX/Sweave-Opportunity.pdf
 
 (Aside: In the example above, using xetex allowed me to use the
 same typefaces that Tufte uses -- Bembo and Gil Sans -- without
 creating a font definition file for them -- which ranks right
 alongside major oral surgery on my priority list.)
 
 Cheers,
 
 Rob Oakes

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
 Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
 how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??

Should be. Select Fonts  Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming that the
fonts are registered with the system) Liberation should be accessible
in the font-selection combo. Now you will be compiling your documents
with XeTeX.
Liviu

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:02:38 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
 On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt 
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
  Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the
  question how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??
 
 Should be. Select Fonts  Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming that
 the fonts are registered with the system) Liberation should be
 accessible in the font-selection combo. Now you will be compiling
 your documents with XeTeX.
 Liviu


Thanks Liviu,

For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document 
Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
 For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document
 Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.

Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it, reconfigure
LyX, and after LyX restart try again the Fonts dialogue.
Liviu

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:31:54 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
 On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt 
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
  For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document
  Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
 
 Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it,
 reconfigure LyX, and after LyX restart try again the Fonts
 dialogue.
 Liviu

UDMan Liviu!

I'd already installed xetex, but hadn't thought to reconfigure LyX. 
After reconfiguring LyX, it worked. I saw all the liberation fonts. 
Thank you!

Now when everyone says you must use XeTeX, does that mean that in my 
scripts that make books, I substitute the xetex command for the latex 
command? Should I expect any side effects or problems?

How do I compile to PDF so that the fonts are embedded in the PDF?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

eLyXer 1.2.3 released

[Alex Fernandez]

Hi all,

Version 1.2.3 of eLyXer, the LyX to HTML converter, has just been
released. It contains a number of bug fixes and improvements. The main
improvements are:
* --mathjax remote now runs MathJax off the MathJax CDN:
  http://www.mathjax.org/download/mathjax-cdn-terms-of-service/
* Added most commands in Günter Milde's excellent list:
  http://milde.users.sourceforge.net/LUCR/Math/
* Several bug fixes.

Be sure to read the change log:
 http://elyxer.nongnu.org/changelog.html
for full details.

Download from nongnu.org mirrors:
 https://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=elyxer

If the new version has not reached the mirrors yet:
 http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/elyxer/

Thanks,

Alex Fernández.

Lyx 2 windows install. babel missing from LyX-Installer-Bundle ??

[Paul Johnson]

Hi

I use Linux, but I tell my students who use windows to give LyX a try.
We had pretty good success with LyX-1.6.x, but the students say they
can't get 2.0 to work. I ignored them at first.  I decided to prove
that it works by filming a Screencast.  I created a Windows 7 32 bit
virtual machine and have tried to install lyx 2.0.0-3 in there. I've
tried both the LyX bundle and just Lyx with the net installer for
Miktex. Neither one works for me.

From the Bundle, lYX-2.0.0-3-Installer-Bundle.exe,  the LyX install
works fine.  That seems backwards to me, LyX should install itself
only after MikTeX works, nevertheless, it does trigger a MikTeX
install after LyX.  At the outset, I chose to set my papersize at
letter and to allow on-the-fly package installation. , it copies some
files and then dies. A pop up window appears:

MikTeX Setup Wizard: The operation could not be completed for the
follwing reason: Windows API error 2: The  system cannot find the file
specified.
Details: C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.9\tpm\packages\babel.tpm

And then this pops up after:

MikTeX Setup Wizard: A problem caused the program to stop working
correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution
is available.

It is rather annoying that one cannot try to run the
Lyx-Installer-Bundle again in order to pick up where it died without
doing a complete re-install of LyX itself.

WHen I try the nonbundle installer, the one that triggers a net
install of MikTeX, I see the error popup

Downloading MikTeX failed. Would you like to try again? (HTTP/1.1 404
Not Found)


I've gone to the MikTeX site and grabbed a copy of their installer. I
notice that when I run that, it forces me to choose a Mirror.  It is
not clear to me why the LyX installer does not cause me to do the
same.


-- 
Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
University of Kansas

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

[Trevor Jenkins]

Nothing to do with LyX but I did enjoy this PowerPoint related item reported
on the Guardian newspaper this weekend. Maybe someone there is a fan of
Edward Tufte in that party; Tufte's essay on PowerPoint should be read by
everyone who thinks that presentation software is a good thing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/28/powerpoint-party-switzerland-ban


On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Mukhtar Ullah 
mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de wrote:

 Remember that you can't use with it graphic packages like graphicsx, pgf
 and so forth.

 Cheers.


 On 29/08/2011 09:32, Julio Rojas wrote:

 Looks nice!
 --**---
 Julio Rojas
 jcredbe...@gmail.com



 On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah
 mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-**rostock.demukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de
  wrote:

 If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have
 this
 problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like
 text,
 instead of objects.

 Jim


  This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm.
 http://sites.google.com/site/**tex4ppt/http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/

 Mukhtar





 --
 Dr. Ing. Mukhtar Ullah
 Dept. of Systems Biology  Bioinformatics
 Institute of Computer Science
 University of Rostock
 18051 Rostock, Germany
 www.sbi.uni-rostock.de




-- 
Regards, Trevor.

 Re: deemed!

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

[Jim Oldfield]

 From: Mukhtar Ullah mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de
 Sent: Mon, 29 August, 2011 8:27:29
 Subject: Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint
 
  If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have  
this problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just 
  like 
 
text, instead of objects.
  
  Jim
  
  
 This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm.
 http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/
 
 Mukhtar
 


Looks interesting. However, it still has the same problem that the original 
poster was complaining about: the equations are graphics which float above 
text, 
so if you move text around (e.g. add a new bullet point at the start), you 
still 
need to manually fiddle with the position of the equations to put them in their 
new positions.

Jim

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[Richard Heck]

On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:
 Hi everyone!

 I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
 660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
 a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
 made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
 everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
 So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?

I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
something to do with your Qt installation?

Richard

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[David L. Johnson]

On 08/30/2011 02:19 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:

Hi everyone!

I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?


I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
something to do with your Qt installation?


It might also have to do with the global setup that assigns that 660 
permission.  Remember that the export to ___ process starts with a TeX 
file in the /tmp/* directory, which might have different default 
permissions than the user space, pdflatex may preserve those permissions.


--

David L. Johnson

Let's not escape into mathematics.  Let's stay with reality.
-- Michael Crichton

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[Richard Heck]

On 08/30/2011 02:21 PM, David L. Johnson wrote:
 On 08/30/2011 02:19 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
 On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:
 Hi everyone!

 I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
 660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
 a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
 made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
 everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
 So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?

 I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
 just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
 as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
 copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
 to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
 Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
 calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
 there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
 something to do with your Qt installation?

 It might also have to do with the global setup that assigns that 660
 permission.  Remember that the export to ___ process starts with a TeX
 file in the /tmp/* directory, which might have different default
 permissions than the user space, pdflatex may preserve those permissions.

The copy is done from within LyX, but it may well be that QFile::copy()
attempts to preserve permissions.

Richard

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

Hi Rob (or anyone else who knows the answer),

Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question 
how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??

Thanks

SteveT

On Monday, December 14, 2009 10:11:33 AM Rob Oakes wrote:
 Hi Steve,
 
 I think that you have one of two options.  The first, of course is
 to install the fonts onto your system in the normal way and then
 use XeTeX to compile the document.  If you choose this route, you
 can assign the font through the use of the \setfont macros:
 \setmainfont{font name}, \setsansfont{font name},
 \setmonofont{font name}
 
 If using LyX 1.6.5, you will need to set up XeLaTeX to work with
 LyX. There is information on how to do this on the wiki.  If using
 LyX SVN, it already has support built-in.  Just go to Document
 Settings - Output and enable Use XeTeX.
 
 Additional information about XeLaTex and font support is available
 at:
 
 http://existentialtype.net/2008/07/12/fonts-in-latex-part-one-xelat
 ex/
 
 The alternative is to see if someone has created a font definition
 file. You can also create your own.  Additional information about
 the process is available from the excellent blog, Existential
 Type:
 
 http://existentialtype.net/2008/07/12/fonts-in-latex-part-two-pdfte
 x-and-opentype/
 
 I personally prefer to go the XeLaTeX route.  Since moving over to
 LyX SVN, I use it to compile more or less everything.  While there
 are some packages it doesn't support (like microtype), I find that
 it does a good job with just about everything.  I've even been
 able to use some of the more exotic modules (like Sweave) and
 classes (like Tufte) without problems.  For an example output,
 see:
 
 http://www.oak-tree.us/stuff/LyX/Sweave-Opportunity.pdf
 
 (Aside: In the example above, using xetex allowed me to use the
 same typefaces that Tufte uses -- Bembo and Gil Sans -- without
 creating a font definition file for them -- which ranks right
 alongside major oral surgery on my priority list.)
 
 Cheers,
 
 Rob Oakes

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
 Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
 how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??

Should be. Select Fonts  Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming that the
fonts are registered with the system) Liberation should be accessible
in the font-selection combo. Now you will be compiling your documents
with XeTeX.
Liviu

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:02:38 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
 On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt 
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
  Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the
  question how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??
 
 Should be. Select Fonts  Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming that
 the fonts are registered with the system) Liberation should be
 accessible in the font-selection combo. Now you will be compiling
 your documents with XeTeX.
 Liviu


Thanks Liviu,

For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document 
Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
 For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document
 Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.

Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it, reconfigure
LyX, and after LyX restart try again the Fonts dialogue.
Liviu

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:31:54 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
 On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt 
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
  For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document
  Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
 
 Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it,
 reconfigure LyX, and after LyX restart try again the Fonts
 dialogue.
 Liviu

UDMan Liviu!

I'd already installed xetex, but hadn't thought to reconfigure LyX. 
After reconfiguring LyX, it worked. I saw all the liberation fonts. 
Thank you!

Now when everyone says you must use XeTeX, does that mean that in my 
scripts that make books, I substitute the xetex command for the latex 
command? Should I expect any side effects or problems?

How do I compile to PDF so that the fonts are embedded in the PDF?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

eLyXer 1.2.3 released

[Alex Fernandez]

Hi all,

Version 1.2.3 of eLyXer, the LyX to HTML converter, has just been
released. It contains a number of bug fixes and improvements. The main
improvements are:
* --mathjax remote now runs MathJax off the MathJax CDN:
  http://www.mathjax.org/download/mathjax-cdn-terms-of-service/
* Added most commands in Günter Milde's excellent list:
  http://milde.users.sourceforge.net/LUCR/Math/
* Several bug fixes.

Be sure to read the change log:
 http://elyxer.nongnu.org/changelog.html
for full details.

Download from nongnu.org mirrors:
 https://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=elyxer

If the new version has not reached the mirrors yet:
 http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/elyxer/

Thanks,

Alex Fernández.

Lyx 2 windows install. babel missing from LyX-Installer-Bundle ??

[Paul Johnson]

Hi

I use Linux, but I tell my students who use windows to give LyX a try.
We had pretty good success with LyX-1.6.x, but the students say they
can't get 2.0 to work. I ignored them at first.  I decided to prove
that it works by filming a Screencast.  I created a Windows 7 32 bit
virtual machine and have tried to install lyx 2.0.0-3 in there. I've
tried both the LyX bundle and just Lyx with the net installer for
Miktex. Neither one works for me.

From the Bundle, lYX-2.0.0-3-Installer-Bundle.exe,  the LyX install
works fine.  That seems backwards to me, LyX should install itself
only after MikTeX works, nevertheless, it does trigger a MikTeX
install after LyX.  At the outset, I chose to set my papersize at
letter and to allow on-the-fly package installation. , it copies some
files and then dies. A pop up window appears:

MikTeX Setup Wizard: The operation could not be completed for the
follwing reason: Windows API error 2: The  system cannot find the file
specified.
Details: C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.9\tpm\packages\babel.tpm

And then this pops up after:

MikTeX Setup Wizard: A problem caused the program to stop working
correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution
is available.

It is rather annoying that one cannot try to run the
Lyx-Installer-Bundle again in order to pick up where it died without
doing a complete re-install of LyX itself.

WHen I try the nonbundle installer, the one that triggers a net
install of MikTeX, I see the error popup

Downloading MikTeX failed. Would you like to try again? (HTTP/1.1 404
Not Found)


I've gone to the MikTeX site and grabbed a copy of their installer. I
notice that when I run that, it forces me to choose a Mirror.  It is
not clear to me why the LyX installer does not cause me to do the
same.


-- 
Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
University of Kansas

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

[Trevor Jenkins]

Nothing to do with LyX but I did enjoy this PowerPoint related item reported
on the Guardian newspaper this weekend. Maybe someone there is a fan of
Edward Tufte in that party; Tufte's essay on PowerPoint should be read by
everyone who thinks that presentation software is a good thing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/28/powerpoint-party-switzerland-ban


On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Mukhtar Ullah <
mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de> wrote:

> Remember that you can't use with it graphic packages like graphicsx, pgf
> and so forth.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> On 29/08/2011 09:32, Julio Rojas wrote:
>
>> Looks nice!
>> --**---
>> Julio Rojas
>> jcredbe...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah
>> >
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have
 this
 problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like
 text,
 instead of objects.

 Jim


  This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm.
>>> http://sites.google.com/site/**tex4ppt/
>>>
>>> Mukhtar
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
> --
> Dr. Ing. Mukhtar Ullah
> Dept. of Systems Biology&  Bioinformatics
> Institute of Computer Science
> University of Rostock
> 18051 Rostock, Germany
> www.sbi.uni-rostock.de
>
>


-- 
Regards, Trevor.

<>< Re: deemed!

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

[Jim Oldfield]

> From: Mukhtar Ullah 
> Sent: Mon, 29 August, 2011 8:27:29
> Subject: Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint
> 
> > If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have  
> >   this problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just 
> > like 
> 
> >   text, instead of objects.
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> > 
> This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm.
> http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/
> 
> Mukhtar
> 


Looks interesting. However, it still has the same problem that the original 
poster was complaining about: the equations are graphics which float above 
text, 
so if you move text around (e.g. add a new bullet point at the start), you 
still 
need to manually fiddle with the position of the equations to put them in their 
new positions.

Jim

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[Richard Heck]

On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
> 660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
> a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
> made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
> everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
> So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?
>
I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
something to do with your Qt installation?

Richard

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[David L. Johnson]

On 08/30/2011 02:19 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:

Hi everyone!

I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?


I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
something to do with your Qt installation?


It might also have to do with the global setup that assigns that 660 
permission.  Remember that the export to ___ process starts with a TeX 
file in the /tmp/* directory, which might have different default 
permissions than the user space, pdflatex may preserve those permissions.


--

David L. Johnson

Let's not escape into mathematics.  Let's stay with reality.
-- Michael Crichton

Re: linux permissions of exported pdf file: how to set it to 660 by default?

[Richard Heck]

On 08/30/2011 02:21 PM, David L. Johnson wrote:
> On 08/30/2011 02:19 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
>> On 08/29/2011 09:14 AM, Sophie Vandenbussche wrote:
>>> Hi everyone!
>>>
>>> I use LyX in a professional linux environment, in shared folders where
>>> 660 rights are automatically given to any created file. When I export
>>> a pdf file (using pdflatex), the created file has 600 permission. I
>>> made a trace of what happens during the saving, and at the end of
>>> everything it makes a chmod 600 on the file.
>>> So, does anyone know how to change that? Or deactivate it?
>>>
>> I've had a look at this, and I don't think it's a LyX-specific thing. I
>> just exported a file, and it's created with 664 permissions. And, so far
>> as I can see, LyX does not do anything to change the permissions. The
>> copying happens at the end of the Buffer::doExport routine, via the call
>> to copyFile(), which is implemented in Exporter.cpp, which calls
>> Mover::copy(), which eventually calls FileName::copyTo, which finally
>> calls QFile::copy(), the static version, to effect the copy. Nowhere
>> there do I see any attempt to change the permissions. So perhaps this is
>> something to do with your Qt installation?
>
> It might also have to do with the global setup that assigns that 660
> permission.  Remember that the export to ___ process starts with a TeX
> file in the /tmp/* directory, which might have different default
> permissions than the user space, pdflatex may preserve those permissions.
>
The copy is done from within LyX, but it may well be that QFile::copy()
attempts to preserve permissions.

Richard

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

Hi Rob (or anyone else who knows the answer),

Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question 
"how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX?"?

Thanks

SteveT

On Monday, December 14, 2009 10:11:33 AM Rob Oakes wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> I think that you have one of two options.  The first, of course is
> to install the fonts onto your system in the normal way and then
> use XeTeX to compile the document.  If you choose this route, you
> can assign the font through the use of the \setfont macros:
> \setmainfont{font name}, \setsansfont{font name},
> \setmonofont{font name}
> 
> If using LyX 1.6.5, you will need to set up XeLaTeX to work with
> LyX. There is information on how to do this on the wiki.  If using
> LyX SVN, it already has support built-in.  Just go to Document
> Settings -> Output and enable "Use XeTeX".
> 
> Additional information about XeLaTex and font support is available
> at:
> 
> http://existentialtype.net/2008/07/12/fonts-in-latex-part-one-xelat
> ex/
> 
> The alternative is to see if someone has created a font definition
> file. You can also create your own.  Additional information about
> the process is available from the excellent blog, Existential
> Type:
> 
> http://existentialtype.net/2008/07/12/fonts-in-latex-part-two-pdfte
> x-and-opentype/
> 
> I personally prefer to go the XeLaTeX route.  Since moving over to
> LyX SVN, I use it to compile more or less everything.  While there
> are some packages it doesn't support (like microtype), I find that
> it does a good job with just about everything.  I've even been
> able to use some of the more exotic modules (like Sweave) and
> classes (like Tufte) without problems.  For an example output,
> see:
> 
> http://www.oak-tree.us/stuff/LyX/Sweave-Opportunity.pdf
> 
> (Aside: In the example above, using xetex allowed me to use the
> same typefaces that Tufte uses -- Bembo and Gil Sans -- without
> creating a font definition file for them -- which ranks right
> alongside major oral surgery on my priority list.)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rob Oakes

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt  wrote:
> Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
> "how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX?"?
>
Should be. Select Fonts > Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming that the
fonts are registered with the system) Liberation should be accessible
in the font-selection combo. Now you will be compiling your documents
with XeTeX.
Liviu

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:02:38 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt 
 wrote:
> > Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the
> > question "how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX?"?
> 
> Should be. Select Fonts > Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming that
> the fonts are registered with the system) Liberation should be
> accessible in the font-selection combo. Now you will be compiling
> your documents with XeTeX.
> Liviu


Thanks Liviu,

For some reason, the "Use Non Tex Fonts" checkbox on my Document 
Settings->fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt  wrote:
> For some reason, the "Use Non Tex Fonts" checkbox on my Document
> Settings->fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
>
Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it, reconfigure
LyX, and after LyX restart try again the Fonts dialogue.
Liviu

Re: How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:31:54 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt 
 wrote:
> > For some reason, the "Use Non Tex Fonts" checkbox on my Document
> > Settings->fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
> 
> Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it,
> reconfigure LyX, and after LyX restart try again the Fonts
> dialogue.
> Liviu

UDMan Liviu!

I'd already installed xetex, but hadn't thought to reconfigure LyX. 
After reconfiguring LyX, it worked. I saw all the liberation fonts. 
Thank you!

Now when everyone says "you must use XeTeX", does that mean that in my 
scripts that make books, I substitute the xetex command for the latex 
command? Should I expect any side effects or problems?

How do I compile to PDF so that the fonts are embedded in the PDF?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

eLyXer 1.2.3 released

[Alex Fernandez]

Hi all,

Version 1.2.3 of eLyXer, the LyX to HTML converter, has just been
released. It contains a number of bug fixes and improvements. The main
improvements are:
* --mathjax remote now runs MathJax off the MathJax CDN:
  http://www.mathjax.org/download/mathjax-cdn-terms-of-service/
* Added most commands in Günter Milde's excellent list:
  http://milde.users.sourceforge.net/LUCR/Math/
* Several bug fixes.

Be sure to read the change log:
 http://elyxer.nongnu.org/changelog.html
for full details.

Download from nongnu.org mirrors:
 https://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=elyxer

If the new version has not reached the mirrors yet:
 http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/elyxer/

Thanks,

Alex Fernández.

Lyx 2 windows install. babel missing from LyX-Installer-Bundle ??

[Paul Johnson]

Hi

I use Linux, but I tell my students who use windows to give LyX a try.
We had pretty good success with LyX-1.6.x, but the students say they
can't get 2.0 to work. I ignored them at first.  I decided to prove
that it works by filming a Screencast.  I created a Windows 7 32 bit
virtual machine and have tried to install lyx 2.0.0-3 in there. I've
tried both the LyX bundle and just Lyx with the net installer for
Miktex. Neither one works for me.

>From the Bundle, "lYX-2.0.0-3-Installer-Bundle.exe",  the LyX install
works fine.  That seems backwards to me, LyX should install itself
only after MikTeX works, nevertheless, it does trigger a MikTeX
install after LyX.  At the outset, I chose to set my papersize at
letter and to allow on-the-fly package installation. , it copies some
files and then dies. A pop up window appears:

"MikTeX Setup Wizard: The operation could not be completed for the
follwing reason: Windows API error 2: The  system cannot find the file
specified.
Details: C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.9\tpm\packages\babel.tpm"

And then this pops up after:

MikTeX Setup Wizard: A problem caused the program to stop working
correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution
is available.

It is rather annoying that one cannot try to run the
Lyx-Installer-Bundle again in order to pick up where it died without
doing a complete re-install of LyX itself.

WHen I try the nonbundle installer, the one that triggers a net
install of MikTeX, I see the error popup

"Downloading MikTeX failed. Would you like to try again? (HTTP/1.1 404
Not Found)


I've gone to the MikTeX site and grabbed a copy of their installer. I
notice that when I run that, it forces me to choose a Mirror.  It is
not clear to me why the LyX installer does not cause me to do the
same.


-- 
Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
University of Kansas