date:20120221


On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

 Create a text file mytweaks.tex and put them there. Save the file in your 
 local TEXMF tree. Then you can simply put \input{mytweaks} to the preamble.

After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page 
document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where 
there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.

I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before 
installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the 
formatting is unchanged.

I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

Thanks,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
eew...@bellsouth.net

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children. 

- Chief Seattle.

Re: Bibliography heading stranded

2012-02-21 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller

Eric Weir wrote:
 After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page
 document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where
 there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.
 
 I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before
 installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the
 formatting is unchanged.
 
 I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?

Jürgen

Re: Bibliography heading stranded


On Feb 21, 2012, at 5:37 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

 Eric Weir wrote:
  After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page
  document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where
  there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.
  
  I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before
  installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the
  formatting is unchanged.
  
  I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex
  
 The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?

Much better. Only one out-of-margin. The problem is a URL. Fortunately, it's 
the last item in the bibliography.

Several questions: [1] Should I experiment with fonts? I'm using non-tex fonts. 
Palatino. Am I possibly missing something in the way of tex fonts? Are there 
tex fonts I could add? [2] Should I fiddle with margins? [3]Why did it work in 
the preamble but not with the file in texmf?

Thanks very much, Jürgen,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
eew...@bellsouth.net

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children. 

- Chief Seattle.

Re: LyZ, the Zotero plugin for LyX


On Feb 20, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano Campaña wrote:

  have installed and tried this extension and it is very useful. In the next 
 link I explain how to use it (in spanish).
 
 http://bioinformatiquillo.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/lyz-lyx-zotero-por-fin-juntos-para-gestionar-tu-bibliografia/


Thanks, Fancisco. It's gonna take me a while to get around to checking this 
out. I'm just getting started with lyx/latex, and have enough on my plate with 
that right now. However, I have been collecting bibliographic data in Zotero, 
assuming that when I got around to it there would be a way to use it in 
managing citations and bibliography. 

One thing that gives me pause--though it won't keep me from checking out 
LyZ--is [1] that I understand this requires use of bibtex. [2] I've had in mind 
to explore the biblatex-biber alternative to bibtex. [I guess that's two 
things. ;-)]

Anyway, I will be checking out LyZ, and when I get around to it I might need 
your help.

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
 Clairemont Avenue J3 ~ Decatur, GA 30030
404-636-6142 ~ eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Bibliography heading stranded

2012-02-21 Thread Richard Heck


On 02/21/2012 07:48 AM, Eric Weir wrote:


On Feb 21, 2012, at 5:37 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:


Eric Weir wrote:
 After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 
35 page
 document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, 
some where

 there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.

 I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances 
before
 installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I 
suspect the

 formatting is unchanged.

 I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?


Much better. Only one out-of-margin. The problem is a URL. 
Fortunately, it's the last item in the bibliography.



Did you load the url package? That provides for splitting of URLs.

Richard

Re: Bibliography heading stranded


On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

 Did you load the url package? That provides for splitting of URLs

Stefano just suggested it. I tried it. Wasn't able to handle this one.

Don't know if it was necessary, but I reconfigured after putting the command in 
the preamble. Also assume texhash is not necessary in that case.

Thanks,
--
Eric Weir

With an ounce of willingness, everything can change.

- Kim

Gource

Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development? Check
this one for the last 20 years of Python:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzIfeature=related

Regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

Re: Gource

2012-02-21 Thread Steve Litt

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:39:12 +0100
Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote:

 Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development?
 Check this one for the last 20 years of Python:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzIfeature=related
 
 Regards.
 -
 Julio Rojas
 jcredbe...@gmail.com

So tht's how Python was created! Far out! Hey man, pass that bad boy
over here! Pfft. Hey man, cough cough, this is good stuff, cough
giggle! Now where did I put those potato chips?

If we ever have a LyX history, I hope Dekl Tsur is featured. He
singlehandedly kept me from bailing in 2001, a couple months after I
started using LyX. At the time I needed character styles, but LyX had
none. Dekl showed me some LaTeX that allowed me to create a linkage
between color and kludge character styles I created. It was weird but
enabled me to write Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
Technologist. Here's a description of Dekl's workaround:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm#SimulatingCharacterStylesWithColorPseudostyles

About 4 years later LyX 1.4.0 got character styles and they were
wonderful, but Dekl's workaround was what enabled me to use LyX from
2001 til 2006.

Thanks

SteveT

Re: Gource

Check this one for the creation of Git 1.0. It has avatars for the coders,
including Linus himself! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTMC3g2Xy8c

Amazing to see how much a couple of guys work and how many come and go for
a couple of modules. I really love Gource movies.Pieces of condensed (and
animated) history.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:39:12 +0100
Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote:

Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development?
Check this one for the last 20 years of Python:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzIfeature=related

Regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

So tht's how Python was created! Far out! Hey man, pass that bad boy
over here! Pfft. Hey man, cough cough, this is good stuff, cough
giggle! Now where did I put those potato chips?

If we ever have a LyX history, I hope Dekl Tsur is featured. He
singlehandedly kept me from bailing in 2001, a couple months after I
started using LyX. At the time I needed character styles, but LyX had
none. Dekl showed me some LaTeX that allowed me to create a linkage
between color and kludge character styles I created. It was weird but
enabled me to write Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
Technologist. Here's a description of Dekl's workaround:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm#SimulatingCharacterStylesWithColorPseudostyles

About 4 years later LyX 1.4.0 got character styles and they were
wonderful, but Dekl's workaround was what enabled me to use LyX from
2001 til 2006.

Thanks

SteveT

Images Directories

Hello there,

I guess the question I'm going to ask is somewhat naive, but I think it
is important to ask.

Given that you've been working on some document that includes images and
that you're done working with it and wish to archive it somewhere else
(i.e; another directory).

the Problem: Obviously images will no longer show in the LyX document
since the directories have changed!

the naive Question: How can I counter that to ensure that I do not
need to reset all image directories every time I change the file's location?

Thanks in advance

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
-Merhebi, Bob

Thunderbird Signature

Re: Images Directories

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:05 AM, BOB Merhebi bobmerh...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello there,

 I guess the question I'm going to ask is somewhat naive, but I think it
 is important to ask.

 Given that you've been working on some document that includes images and
 that you're done working with it and wish to archive it somewhere else
 (i.e; another directory).

 the Problem: Obviously images will no longer show in the LyX document
 since the directories have changed!

 the naive Question: How can I counter that to ensure that I do not
 need to reset all image directories every time I change the file's
 location?

 Thanks in advance

 --
 Sincerely Yours,
 -Merhebi, Bob

 Thunderbird Signature


Bob,

As your question demonstrates, there are problems if you look at a .lyx
file as a standalone entity. It needs to be thought of as only part of a
document, the other part being the figures and any other linked content.

Because of this, I never move a file alone. Every document has a directory
that goes with it. When I create a document, it goes into its own folder.
In the document folder, I create a figures subfolder. All of my figures
are referenced with relative paths. Then, whenever I move a document, it
moves with the folder it was created in, and all the subfolders (including
the one with the figures in it) go with it. Done this way, the document
folder can be moved anywhere within the filesystem, and the document will
still compile without a problem.

Another bonus of using this method is that I can switch seamlessly between
systems. I synchronize my files with Dropbox, and switch between both
Windows and Linux computers seamlessly. The files compile on both systems
without any changes, even though the absolute paths are very different.

I have suffered from numerous problems before finally settling on this as a
solution. Hopefully this helps.

Jacob

Re: Images Directories

Hello Jacob,

 Bob,

 As your question demonstrates, there are problems if you look at a
 .lyx file as a standalone entity. It needs to be thought of as only
 part of a document, the other part being the figures and any other
 linked content.

 Because of this, I never move a file alone. Every document has a
 directory that goes with it. When I create a document, it goes into
 its own folder. In the document folder, I create a figures
 subfolder. All of my figures are referenced with relative paths. Then,
 whenever I move a document, it moves with the folder it was created
 in, and all the subfolders (including the one with the figures in it)
 go with it. Done this way, the document folder can be moved anywhere
 within the filesystem, and the document will still compile without a
 problem.

Indeed, that's what I do too. I have a folder -call it A- inside of
which there are 3 folders (one for figures -B-, one for my report -C- 
another for my beamer -presentation -D-). I use the figure folder for
both the report  the beamer. But if I rename A, the images links are
broken.!

 Another bonus of using this method is that I can switch seamlessly
 between systems. I synchronize my files with Dropbox, and switch
 between both Windows and Linux computers seamlessly. The files compile
 on both systems without any changes, even though the absolute paths
 are very different.

That's an interesting solution. Will keep it in mind, but the only thing
I need is to be able to move my folder to archive with the image links
still in contact!

 I have suffered from numerous problems before finally settling on this
 as a solution. Hopefully this helps.

 Jacob

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
-Merhebi, Bob

Thunderbird Signature

Re: Gource

2012-02-21 Thread Julien Rioux


On 21/02/2012 9:39 AM, Julio Rojas wrote:

Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development? Check
this one for the last 20 years of Python:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzIfeature=related

Regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com



http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg172702.html

--
Julien

Re: Images Directories

Bob,

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 2:22 PM, BOB Merhebi bobmerh...@gmail.com wrote:
snip

 Indeed, that's what I do too. I have a folder -call it A- inside of
 which there are 3 folders (one for figures -B-, one for my report -C- 
 another for my beamer -presentation -D-). I use the figure folder for
 both the report  the beamer. But if I rename A, the images links are
 broken.!


Interesting. I just did a simple test on LyX 2.0 with the exact example you
provided, and I do not experience that problem. Renaming or moving A causes
absolutely no issue for me.

The only thing I can think of is that you might be using absolute rather
than relative paths. I wouldn't initially think this is the problem,
because I know that LyX uses relative paths by default. However, it's the
only logical explanation I can come up with for the behavior you're
describing (Which I am not able to reproduce). You should not have to
explicitly provide relative paths, but why don't you try that and see if it
resolves the problem?

If you understand relative paths vs. complete paths, you can skip this
explanation and try that. Otherwise, I will try to explain using the folder
setup you gave. Your report is in -C-, which is in -A-. Your figures are in
-B-, which is also in -A-. When you insert an image and it puts in the
complete path, then it's something like
C:\Users\YourName\A\B\someFigure.png and that is a problem. If you rename
A to Alpha, you have the problem that when LyX looks for your image in
C:\Users\YourName\A\B\someFigure.png it will find nothing because
C:\Users\YourName\A\B\someFigure.png does not exist (because A does not
exist). It should be looking in C:\Users\YourName\Alpha\B\someFigure.png
That's the problem.

The solution is to use relative paths.  You can explicitly use a relative
path by specifying it in the textbox that comes up under input-graphics.
If an absolute path is listed there, that is likely the problem. So, if
you're in C, you can change the path in the figure reference to
..\B\someFigure.png (which is a relative path) rather than
C:\Users\YourName\A\B\someFigure.png (which is a complete path). This
means that LyX simply checks up one directory, then tries to move down, not
caring what drive we're on, or what the master folder is named, since it
never reaches that point in the tree.

If you're using relative paths and still have the problem, then I'm
stumped. Hope this helps.

Jacob

Re: Recommended third-party tools

2012-02-21 Thread Pavel Sanda

Yihui Xie wrote:
 Yes, knitr is beyond beta state now. I appreciate if someone can add a
 description item below Sweave:

Added. P

Re: Recommended third-party tools

2012-02-21 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann

Am Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, 00:45:52 schrieb Russell D Brunelle:
 I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting
 up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an
 emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating
 graphics and performing computations.  Whenever possible I wanted to
 select tools which are in common use, so that the skills being gained
 might have lasting value.
 
 Here's the draft I have so far, which builds on something I mentioned on
 this list a while ago: http://russellb.livejournal.com/1335718.html
 
 I believe a simplified guide such as this could be very helpful for
 students about to enter college to study one of the sciences, and I'm
 hoping members of this list might be able to offer suggestions for
 additional third-party tools, or enhancements to LyX, which may have
 been left out.  I don't consider myself a LyX expert, but I do believe
 there is a need for something like this, and I gave this my best shot
 in the hopes of getting the ball rolling.
 
 Russell

Thanks for that. A few questions:

Your point 3 re compose key refers to lyx or the PC setting? 
Is latex2rtf and rcs contained in texlife? 

I would add jabref as an alternative to Pybliographer

As a scientist I need often to extract diagrams from publications for my 
books. I scan them and use engauge to digitize the data. To plot them I 
like pyxplot on the command line which is easy to learn and use. The 
handbook is well written. However, it would be very handy to have a 
frontend program in the way lyx is for latex, i.e. some way to handle the 
plot items graphically. I do realize it is a major job...

Wolfgang

Re: Bibliography heading stranded


On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

 Create a text file mytweaks.tex and put them there. Save the file in your 
 local TEXMF tree. Then you can simply put \input{mytweaks} to the preamble.

After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page 
document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where 
there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.

I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before 
installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the 
formatting is unchanged.

I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

Thanks,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
eew...@bellsouth.net

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children. 

- Chief Seattle.

Re: Bibliography heading stranded

2012-02-21 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller

Eric Weir wrote:
 After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page
 document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where
 there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.
 
 I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before
 installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the
 formatting is unchanged.
 
 I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?

Jürgen

Re: Bibliography heading stranded


On Feb 21, 2012, at 5:37 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

 Eric Weir wrote:
  After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page
  document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where
  there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.
  
  I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before
  installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the
  formatting is unchanged.
  
  I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex
  
 The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?

Much better. Only one out-of-margin. The problem is a URL. Fortunately, it's 
the last item in the bibliography.

Several questions: [1] Should I experiment with fonts? I'm using non-tex fonts. 
Palatino. Am I possibly missing something in the way of tex fonts? Are there 
tex fonts I could add? [2] Should I fiddle with margins? [3]Why did it work in 
the preamble but not with the file in texmf?

Thanks very much, Jürgen,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
eew...@bellsouth.net

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children. 

- Chief Seattle.

Re: LyZ, the Zotero plugin for LyX


On Feb 20, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano Campaña wrote:

  have installed and tried this extension and it is very useful. In the next 
 link I explain how to use it (in spanish).
 
 http://bioinformatiquillo.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/lyz-lyx-zotero-por-fin-juntos-para-gestionar-tu-bibliografia/


Thanks, Fancisco. It's gonna take me a while to get around to checking this 
out. I'm just getting started with lyx/latex, and have enough on my plate with 
that right now. However, I have been collecting bibliographic data in Zotero, 
assuming that when I got around to it there would be a way to use it in 
managing citations and bibliography. 

One thing that gives me pause--though it won't keep me from checking out 
LyZ--is [1] that I understand this requires use of bibtex. [2] I've had in mind 
to explore the biblatex-biber alternative to bibtex. [I guess that's two 
things. ;-)]

Anyway, I will be checking out LyZ, and when I get around to it I might need 
your help.

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
 Clairemont Avenue J3 ~ Decatur, GA 30030
404-636-6142 ~ eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Bibliography heading stranded

2012-02-21 Thread Richard Heck


On 02/21/2012 07:48 AM, Eric Weir wrote:


On Feb 21, 2012, at 5:37 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:


Eric Weir wrote:
 After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 
35 page
 document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, 
some where

 there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.

 I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances 
before
 installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I 
suspect the

 formatting is unchanged.

 I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?


Much better. Only one out-of-margin. The problem is a URL. 
Fortunately, it's the last item in the bibliography.



Did you load the url package? That provides for splitting of URLs.

Richard

Re: Bibliography heading stranded


On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

 Did you load the url package? That provides for splitting of URLs

Stefano just suggested it. I tried it. Wasn't able to handle this one.

Don't know if it was necessary, but I reconfigured after putting the command in 
the preamble. Also assume texhash is not necessary in that case.

Thanks,
--
Eric Weir

With an ounce of willingness, everything can change.

- Kim

Gource

Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development? Check
this one for the last 20 years of Python:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzIfeature=related

Regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

Re: Gource

2012-02-21 Thread Steve Litt

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:39:12 +0100
Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote:

 Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development?
 Check this one for the last 20 years of Python:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzIfeature=related
 
 Regards.
 -
 Julio Rojas
 jcredbe...@gmail.com

So tht's how Python was created! Far out! Hey man, pass that bad boy
over here! Pfft. Hey man, cough cough, this is good stuff, cough
giggle! Now where did I put those potato chips?

If we ever have a LyX history, I hope Dekl Tsur is featured. He
singlehandedly kept me from bailing in 2001, a couple months after I
started using LyX. At the time I needed character styles, but LyX had
none. Dekl showed me some LaTeX that allowed me to create a linkage
between color and kludge character styles I created. It was weird but
enabled me to write Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
Technologist. Here's a description of Dekl's workaround:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm#SimulatingCharacterStylesWithColorPseudostyles

About 4 years later LyX 1.4.0 got character styles and they were
wonderful, but Dekl's workaround was what enabled me to use LyX from
2001 til 2006.

Thanks

SteveT

Re: Gource

Check this one for the creation of Git 1.0. It has avatars for the coders,
including Linus himself! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTMC3g2Xy8c

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:39:12 +0100
Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote:

Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development?
Check this one for the last 20 years of Python:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzIfeature=related

Regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

So tht's how Python was created! Far out! Hey man, pass that bad boy
over here! Pfft. Hey man, cough cough, this is good stuff, cough
giggle! Now where did I put those potato chips?

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm#SimulatingCharacterStylesWithColorPseudostyles

About 4 years later LyX 1.4.0 got character styles and they were
wonderful, but Dekl's workaround was what enabled me to use LyX from
2001 til 2006.

Thanks

SteveT

Images Directories

Hello there,

I guess the question I'm going to ask is somewhat naive, but I think it
is important to ask.

Given that you've been working on some document that includes images and
that you're done working with it and wish to archive it somewhere else
(i.e; another directory).

the Problem: Obviously images will no longer show in the LyX document
since the directories have changed!

the naive Question: How can I counter that to ensure that I do not
need to reset all image directories every time I change the file's location?

Thanks in advance

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
-Merhebi, Bob

Thunderbird Signature

Re: Images Directories

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:05 AM, BOB Merhebi bobmerh...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello there,

 I guess the question I'm going to ask is somewhat naive, but I think it
 is important to ask.

 Given that you've been working on some document that includes images and
 that you're done working with it and wish to archive it somewhere else
 (i.e; another directory).

 the Problem: Obviously images will no longer show in the LyX document
 since the directories have changed!

 the naive Question: How can I counter that to ensure that I do not
 need to reset all image directories every time I change the file's
 location?

 Thanks in advance

 --
 Sincerely Yours,
 -Merhebi, Bob

 Thunderbird Signature


Bob,

As your question demonstrates, there are problems if you look at a .lyx
file as a standalone entity. It needs to be thought of as only part of a
document, the other part being the figures and any other linked content.

Because of this, I never move a file alone. Every document has a directory
that goes with it. When I create a document, it goes into its own folder.
In the document folder, I create a figures subfolder. All of my figures
are referenced with relative paths. Then, whenever I move a document, it
moves with the folder it was created in, and all the subfolders (including
the one with the figures in it) go with it. Done this way, the document
folder can be moved anywhere within the filesystem, and the document will
still compile without a problem.

Another bonus of using this method is that I can switch seamlessly between
systems. I synchronize my files with Dropbox, and switch between both
Windows and Linux computers seamlessly. The files compile on both systems
without any changes, even though the absolute paths are very different.

I have suffered from numerous problems before finally settling on this as a
solution. Hopefully this helps.

Jacob

Re: Images Directories

Hello Jacob,

 Bob,

 As your question demonstrates, there are problems if you look at a
 .lyx file as a standalone entity. It needs to be thought of as only
 part of a document, the other part being the figures and any other
 linked content.

 Because of this, I never move a file alone. Every document has a
 directory that goes with it. When I create a document, it goes into
 its own folder. In the document folder, I create a figures
 subfolder. All of my figures are referenced with relative paths. Then,
 whenever I move a document, it moves with the folder it was created
 in, and all the subfolders (including the one with the figures in it)
 go with it. Done this way, the document folder can be moved anywhere
 within the filesystem, and the document will still compile without a
 problem.

Indeed, that's what I do too. I have a folder -call it A- inside of
which there are 3 folders (one for figures -B-, one for my report -C- 
another for my beamer -presentation -D-). I use the figure folder for
both the report  the beamer. But if I rename A, the images links are
broken.!

 Another bonus of using this method is that I can switch seamlessly
 between systems. I synchronize my files with Dropbox, and switch
 between both Windows and Linux computers seamlessly. The files compile
 on both systems without any changes, even though the absolute paths
 are very different.

That's an interesting solution. Will keep it in mind, but the only thing
I need is to be able to move my folder to archive with the image links
still in contact!

 I have suffered from numerous problems before finally settling on this
 as a solution. Hopefully this helps.

 Jacob

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
-Merhebi, Bob

Thunderbird Signature

Re: Gource

2012-02-21 Thread Julien Rioux


On 21/02/2012 9:39 AM, Julio Rojas wrote:

Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development? Check
this one for the last 20 years of Python:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzIfeature=related

Regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com



http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg172702.html

--
Julien

Re: Images Directories

Bob,

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 2:22 PM, BOB Merhebi bobmerh...@gmail.com wrote:
snip

 Indeed, that's what I do too. I have a folder -call it A- inside of
 which there are 3 folders (one for figures -B-, one for my report -C- 
 another for my beamer -presentation -D-). I use the figure folder for
 both the report  the beamer. But if I rename A, the images links are
 broken.!


Interesting. I just did a simple test on LyX 2.0 with the exact example you
provided, and I do not experience that problem. Renaming or moving A causes
absolutely no issue for me.

The only thing I can think of is that you might be using absolute rather
than relative paths. I wouldn't initially think this is the problem,
because I know that LyX uses relative paths by default. However, it's the
only logical explanation I can come up with for the behavior you're
describing (Which I am not able to reproduce). You should not have to
explicitly provide relative paths, but why don't you try that and see if it
resolves the problem?

If you understand relative paths vs. complete paths, you can skip this
explanation and try that. Otherwise, I will try to explain using the folder
setup you gave. Your report is in -C-, which is in -A-. Your figures are in
-B-, which is also in -A-. When you insert an image and it puts in the
complete path, then it's something like
C:\Users\YourName\A\B\someFigure.png and that is a problem. If you rename
A to Alpha, you have the problem that when LyX looks for your image in
C:\Users\YourName\A\B\someFigure.png it will find nothing because
C:\Users\YourName\A\B\someFigure.png does not exist (because A does not
exist). It should be looking in C:\Users\YourName\Alpha\B\someFigure.png
That's the problem.

The solution is to use relative paths.  You can explicitly use a relative
path by specifying it in the textbox that comes up under input-graphics.
If an absolute path is listed there, that is likely the problem. So, if
you're in C, you can change the path in the figure reference to
..\B\someFigure.png (which is a relative path) rather than
C:\Users\YourName\A\B\someFigure.png (which is a complete path). This
means that LyX simply checks up one directory, then tries to move down, not
caring what drive we're on, or what the master folder is named, since it
never reaches that point in the tree.

If you're using relative paths and still have the problem, then I'm
stumped. Hope this helps.

Jacob

Re: Recommended third-party tools

2012-02-21 Thread Pavel Sanda

Yihui Xie wrote:
> Yes, knitr is beyond beta state now. I appreciate if someone can add a
> description item below Sweave:

Added. P

Re: Recommended third-party tools

2012-02-21 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann

Am Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, 00:45:52 schrieb Russell D Brunelle:
> I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for setting
> up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an
> emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating
> graphics and performing computations.  Whenever possible I wanted to
> select tools which are in common use, so that the skills being gained
> might have lasting value.
> 
> Here's the draft I have so far, which builds on something I mentioned on
> this list a while ago: http://russellb.livejournal.com/1335718.html
> 
> I believe a simplified guide such as this could be very helpful for
> students about to enter college to study one of the sciences, and I'm
> hoping members of this list might be able to offer suggestions for
> additional third-party tools, or enhancements to LyX, which may have
> been left out.  I don't consider myself a LyX expert, but I do believe
> there is a need for something like this, and I gave this my best shot
> in the hopes of getting the ball rolling.
> 
> Russell

Thanks for that. A few questions:

Your point 3 re compose key refers to lyx or the PC setting? 
Is latex2rtf and rcs contained in texlife? 

I would add jabref as an alternative to Pybliographer

As a scientist I need often to extract diagrams from publications for my 
books. I scan them and use engauge to digitize the data. To plot them I 
like pyxplot on the command line which is easy to learn and use. The 
handbook is well written. However, it would be very handy to have a 
frontend program in the way lyx is for latex, i.e. some way to handle the 
plot items graphically. I do realize it is a major job...

Wolfgang

Re: Bibliography heading stranded

On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

> Create a text file "mytweaks.tex" and put them there. Save the file in your 
> local TEXMF tree. Then you can simply put \input{mytweaks} to the preamble.

After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page 
document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where 
there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.

I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before 
installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the 
formatting is unchanged.

I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

Thanks,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
eew...@bellsouth.net

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children." 

- Chief Seattle.

Re: Bibliography heading stranded

2012-02-21 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller

Eric Weir wrote:
> After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page
> document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where
> there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.
> 
> I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before
> installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the
> formatting is unchanged.
> 
> I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?

Jürgen

Re: Bibliography heading stranded

On Feb 21, 2012, at 5:37 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

> Eric Weir wrote:
> > After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 35 page
> > document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, some where
> > there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.
> > 
> > I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances before
> > installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I suspect the
> > formatting is unchanged.
> > 
> > I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex
>  
> The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?

Much better. Only one out-of-margin. The problem is a URL. Fortunately, it's 
the last item in the bibliography.

Several questions: [1] Should I experiment with fonts? I'm using non-tex fonts. 
Palatino. Am I possibly missing something in the way of tex fonts? Are there 
tex fonts I could add? [2] Should I fiddle with margins? [3]Why did it work in 
the preamble but not with the file in texmf?

Thanks very much, Jürgen,
--
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
eew...@bellsouth.net

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children." 

- Chief Seattle.

Re: LyZ, the Zotero plugin for LyX

On Feb 20, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano Campaña wrote:

>  have installed and tried this extension and it is very useful. In the next 
> link I explain how to use it (in spanish).
> 
> http://bioinformatiquillo.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/lyz-lyx-zotero-por-fin-juntos-para-gestionar-tu-bibliografia/

Thanks, Fancisco. It's gonna take me a while to get around to checking this 
out. I'm just getting started with lyx/latex, and have enough on my plate with 
that right now. However, I have been collecting bibliographic data in Zotero, 
assuming that when I got around to it there would be a way to use it in 
managing citations and bibliography. 

One thing that gives me pause--though it won't keep me from checking out 
LyZ--is [1] that I understand this requires use of bibtex. [2] I've had in mind 
to explore the biblatex-biber alternative to bibtex. [I guess that's two 
things. ;-)]

Anyway, I will be checking out LyZ, and when I get around to it I might need 
your help.

Sincerely,
--
Eric Weir
 Clairemont Avenue J3 ~ Decatur, GA 30030
404-636-6142 ~ eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Bibliography heading stranded

2012-02-21 Thread Richard Heck

On 02/21/2012 07:48 AM, Eric Weir wrote:

On Feb 21, 2012, at 5:37 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

Eric Weir wrote:
> After doing this, and at Stefano's suggestion running texhash, in a 
35 page
> document I have 14 instances of out-of-margin characters. Again, 
some where

> there are obvious opportunities for hyphenization but most not.
>
> I'm not certain the tweaks are working. I didn't count the instances 
before
> installing them, but I definitely recognize some of them, so I 
suspect the

> formatting is unchanged.
>
> I'm on a Mac. I put the file in  ~/library/texmf/tex/latex

The same if you put the tweaks directly into the preamble?

Much better. Only one out-of-margin. The problem is a URL. 
Fortunately, it's the last item in the bibliography.

Did you load the url package? That provides for splitting of URLs.

Richard

Re: Bibliography heading stranded


On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

> Did you load the url package? That provides for splitting of URLs

Stefano just suggested it. I tried it. Wasn't able to handle this one.

Don't know if it was necessary, but I reconfigured after putting the command in 
the preamble. Also assume texhash is not necessary in that case.

Thanks,
--
Eric Weir

"With an ounce of willingness, everything can change."

- Kim

Gource

Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development? Check
this one for the last 20 years of Python:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzI=related

Regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com

Re: Gource

2012-02-21 Thread Steve Litt

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:39:12 +0100
Julio Rojas  wrote:

> Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development?
> Check this one for the last 20 years of Python:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzI=related
> 
> Regards.
> -
> Julio Rojas
> jcredbe...@gmail.com

So tht's how Python was created! Far out! Hey man, pass that bad boy
over here! Pfft. Hey man, cough cough, this is good stuff, cough
giggle! Now where did I put those potato chips?

If we ever have a LyX history, I hope Dekl Tsur is featured. He
singlehandedly kept me from bailing in 2001, a couple months after I
started using LyX. At the time I needed character styles, but LyX had
none. Dekl showed me some LaTeX that allowed me to create a linkage
between color and kludge character styles I created. It was weird but
enabled me to write "Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
Technologist". Here's a description of Dekl's workaround:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm#SimulatingCharacterStylesWithColorPseudostyles

About 4 years later LyX 1.4.0 got character styles and they were
wonderful, but Dekl's workaround was what enabled me to use LyX from
2001 til 2006.

Thanks

SteveT

Re: Gource

Check this one for the creation of Git 1.0. It has avatars for the coders,
including Linus himself! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTMC3g2Xy8c

Amazing to see how much a couple of guys work and how many come and go for
a couple of modules. I really love Gource movies.Pieces of condensed (and
animated) history.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com


On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Steve Litt wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:39:12 +0100
> Julio Rojas  wrote:
>
> > Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development?
> > Check this one for the last 20 years of Python:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzI=related
> >
> > Regards.
> > -
> > Julio Rojas
> > jcredbe...@gmail.com
>
> So tht's how Python was created! Far out! Hey man, pass that bad boy
> over here! Pfft. Hey man, cough cough, this is good stuff, cough
> giggle! Now where did I put those potato chips?
>
> If we ever have a LyX history, I hope Dekl Tsur is featured. He
> singlehandedly kept me from bailing in 2001, a couple months after I
> started using LyX. At the time I needed character styles, but LyX had
> none. Dekl showed me some LaTeX that allowed me to create a linkage
> between color and kludge character styles I created. It was weird but
> enabled me to write "Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
> Technologist". Here's a description of Dekl's workaround:
>
>
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm#SimulatingCharacterStylesWithColorPseudostyles
>
> About 4 years later LyX 1.4.0 got character styles and they were
> wonderful, but Dekl's workaround was what enabled me to use LyX from
> 2001 til 2006.
>
> Thanks
>
> SteveT
>
>

Images & Directories

Hello there,

I guess the question I'm going to ask is somewhat naive, but I think it
is important to ask.

Given that you've been working on some document that includes images and
that you're done working with it and wish to archive it somewhere else
(i.e; another directory).

the Problem: Obviously images will no longer show in the LyX document
since the directories have changed!

the "naive" Question: How can I counter that to ensure that I do not
need to reset all image directories every time I change the file's location?

Thanks in advance

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
-Merhebi, Bob

Thunderbird Signature

Re: Images & Directories

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:05 AM, BOB Merhebi  wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> I guess the question I'm going to ask is somewhat naive, but I think it
> is important to ask.
>
> Given that you've been working on some document that includes images and
> that you're done working with it and wish to archive it somewhere else
> (i.e; another directory).
>
> the Problem: Obviously images will no longer show in the LyX document
> since the directories have changed!
>
> the "naive" Question: How can I counter that to ensure that I do not
> need to reset all image directories every time I change the file's
> location?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --
> Sincerely Yours,
> -Merhebi, Bob
>
> Thunderbird Signature
>

Bob,

As your question demonstrates, there are problems if you look at a .lyx
file as a standalone entity. It needs to be thought of as only part of a
document, the other part being the figures and any other linked content.

Because of this, I never move a file alone. Every document has a directory
that goes with it. When I create a document, it goes into its own folder.
In the document folder, I create a "figures" subfolder. All of my figures
are referenced with relative paths. Then, whenever I move a document, it
moves with the folder it was created in, and all the subfolders (including
the one with the figures in it) go with it. Done this way, the document
folder can be moved anywhere within the filesystem, and the document will
still compile without a problem.

Another bonus of using this method is that I can switch seamlessly between
systems. I synchronize my files with Dropbox, and switch between both
Windows and Linux computers seamlessly. The files compile on both systems
without any changes, even though the absolute paths are very different.

I have suffered from numerous problems before finally settling on this as a
solution. Hopefully this helps.

Jacob

Re: Images & Directories

Hello Jacob,

> Bob,
>
> As your question demonstrates, there are problems if you look at a
> .lyx file as a standalone entity. It needs to be thought of as only
> part of a document, the other part being the figures and any other
> linked content.
>
> Because of this, I never move a file alone. Every document has a
> directory that goes with it. When I create a document, it goes into
> its own folder. In the document folder, I create a "figures"
> subfolder. All of my figures are referenced with relative paths. Then,
> whenever I move a document, it moves with the folder it was created
> in, and all the subfolders (including the one with the figures in it)
> go with it. Done this way, the document folder can be moved anywhere
> within the filesystem, and the document will still compile without a
> problem.
>
Indeed, that's what I do too. I have a folder -call it A- inside of
which there are 3 folders (one for figures -B-, one for my report -C- &
another for my beamer -presentation -D-). I use the figure folder for
both the report & the beamer. But if I rename A, the images links are
broken.!

> Another bonus of using this method is that I can switch seamlessly
> between systems. I synchronize my files with Dropbox, and switch
> between both Windows and Linux computers seamlessly. The files compile
> on both systems without any changes, even though the absolute paths
> are very different.
>
That's an interesting solution. Will keep it in mind, but the only thing
I need is to be able to move my folder to archive with the image links
still in contact!

> I have suffered from numerous problems before finally settling on this
> as a solution. Hopefully this helps.
>
> Jacob

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
-Merhebi, Bob

Thunderbird Signature

Re: Gource

2012-02-21 Thread Julien Rioux


On 21/02/2012 9:39 AM, Julio Rojas wrote:

Would it be possible to have a Gource movie of Lyx's development? Check
this one for the last 20 years of Python:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1BqK8zzI=related

Regards.
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com



http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg172702.html

--
Julien

Re: Images & Directories