Re: 403 forbidden access to lyx.org

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:

 For me it was back up for a bit and now I'm back to getting a timeout.


I have been unable to get on the site since yesterday afternoon.

--
Eric Weir

You will be needed in the movement when you realize
that you are not needed in the movement.

Chris Crass

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that
 these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools 
 Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are
 supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages (the 'suggested' list).
 Another way is to check the 'configure.py' script coming with LyX.

Thanks, Liviu. I'm on a Mac. I found 'configure.py' in 
/applications/lyx.app/resources. It is a very complicated script. I can discern 
references to specific tools in all the code. 

How is this script used? Will it help me find the tools you mentioned, eLyXer 
for HTML export (to be
imported into Word) and the LibO-powered export to ODT. [Is the latter a 
separate tool or a second possibility with eLyXer?]

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

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, 
men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. 

- Chief Seattle

Re: 403 forbidden access to lyx.org

[Richard Heck]

On 08/01/2012 08:19 AM, Eric Weir wrote:


On Jul 31, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


For me it was back up for a bit and now I'm back to getting a timeout.


I have been unable to get on the site since yesterday afternoon.


Obviously, we have some problem. I'll see if I can sort out what it is.

Richard

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

 On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that
 these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools 
 Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are
 supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages (the 'suggested' list).
 Another way is to check the 'configure.py' script coming with LyX.

 Thanks, Liviu. I'm on a Mac. I found 'configure.py' in 
 /applications/lyx.app/resources. It is a very complicated script. I can 
 discern references to specific tools in all the code.

The script gives useful information to the trained eye.


 How is this script used?

It is run whenever Tools  Reconfigure is triggered. Otherwise, it can
give you an indication on what external tools LyX supports by default;
you would subsequently need to install them manually.


 Will it help me find the tools you mentioned, eLyXer for HTML export (to be
 imported into Word) and the LibO-powered export to ODT. [Is the latter a 
 separate tool or a second possibility with eLyXer?]

You need to install eLyXer and then reconfigure LyX. Then Export to
HTML will likely use eLyXer. If you install writer2latex and
reconfigure, then you should be able to import ODT documents in LyX.
(Always, to the extent that these tools can process your documents.)
For yet another approach try to import Word-like files try word2lyx
[1], which supports importing .docx documents into LyX.

Unfortunately there is no single, perfect solution. When working with
LyX best is if you can submit your file as LaTeX, (X)HTML or PDF. If
you need to maintain compatibility with MS Word, however, then you
should experiment with all the quirky tools that attempt to deal with
Word - LaTeX conversions and find the method that works best for
you.

Good luck
Liviu

[1] http://www.oak-tree.us/2012/03/07/word2lyx01-2/

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

 If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some 
 similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML 
 format, and then loading that in LibreOffice.

I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, 
i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice 
handle it differently? 

--
Eric Weir
Program and Resource Development ~ Evaluation ~ Writing
Education ~ The Environment ~ Community Development
 Clairemont Avenue J3 ~ Decatur, GA 30030
404-636-6142 ~ eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, 
 i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice 
 handle it differently?

I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.

Liviu

beamer question

[paul sutton]

Hi

Now we have the raspberry PI out,  I can perhaps use a raspberry Pi as
part of a display system for a TV,  sort of scroll through slides etc.

if i create a presentation in beamer does this allow for auto changing
of slides as in if I set the pi to auto boot to x, auto login and start
a presentation,  I want it to run the presentation and when it gets to
the end,  start over from the beginning without having to press a
keyboard to go to next slide.

Just wondered if this is possible or another package should be used.

Paul

-- 



--
http://drupal.zleap.net
skype : psutton111
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
 old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.

Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost 
mindlessly. I guess I don't know how to install converters. I've tried to 
install the LaTeX to RTF converter from /preferences/file handling. I select 
the converter, apply it, reconfigure, restart LyX. When I restart LaTeX to RTF 
doesn't show up in /File/Export, and when I go back to /preferences/file 
handling another converter is selected. 

My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see 
if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. 

How do I install a converter?

--
Eric Weir
eew...@bellsouth.net

Human coexistence and social life constitute the good common to us all 
from which and thanks to which all cultural and social goods derive. 

- Zygmunt Bauman

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

 On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
 old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.

 Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost 
 mindlessly. I guess I don't know how to install converters. I've tried to 
 install the LaTeX to RTF converter from /preferences/file handling. I select 
 the converter, apply it, reconfigure, restart LyX. When I restart LaTeX to 
 RTF doesn't show up in /File/Export, and when I go back to /preferences/file 
 handling another converter is selected.

 My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to 
 see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it.

 How do I install a converter?

To install a converter you need to install the external program (e.g.,
as you would install LyX or LibO). For elyxer [1] follow its
installation instructions, for latex2rtf [2]. Then reconfigure LyX.
(If you made modifications to your prefs---converters and file
handling---, you may want to start over with a fresh prefs file, just
to make sure that you didn't break anything.)

Liviu

[1] http://elyxer.nongnu.org/
[2] http://latex2rtf.sourceforge.net/

Re: beamer question

[Les Denham]

On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:15:29 +0100
paul sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote:

 Hi
 
 Now we have the raspberry PI out,  I can perhaps use a raspberry Pi as
 part of a display system for a TV,  sort of scroll through slides etc.
 
 if i create a presentation in beamer does this allow for auto changing
 of slides as in if I set the pi to auto boot to x, auto login and
 start a presentation,  I want it to run the presentation and when it
 gets to the end,  start over from the beginning without having to
 press a keyboard to go to next slide.
 
 Just wondered if this is possible or another package should be used.
 
 Paul
 
Paul,

Look at \transduration in the the Beamer User Guide
(http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf)

I haven't used it myself, but it seems as if it should do what you're
asking.

Or you could use Impressive
(http://impressive.sourceforge.net/index.php)
which can be used to automate any PDF presentation.

You might need to write a simple loop in some scripting language (I'd
use Perl, but Python, bash, etc. would work) to repeat the show.

Les

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Ray Rashif]

On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to 
 see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it.

For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool. When you have no images,
you're in luck. latex2rtf does the job - I've been using it for
several weeks already.


--
GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Reconfigure.
Reconfigure.
Reconfigure.

el

On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote:
 
 On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
 
 Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with
 LyX/LaTeX.
 
 Why is the RTF option under View other formats greyed out?
 
 --
 Eric Weir
 Decatur, GA
 eew...@bellsouth.net
 
 What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, 
 men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. 
 
 - Chief Seattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: 403 forbidden access to lyx.org

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:

 For me it was back up for a bit and now I'm back to getting a timeout.


I have been unable to get on the site since yesterday afternoon.

--
Eric Weir

You will be needed in the movement when you realize
that you are not needed in the movement.

Chris Crass

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that
 these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools 
 Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are
 supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages (the 'suggested' list).
 Another way is to check the 'configure.py' script coming with LyX.

Thanks, Liviu. I'm on a Mac. I found 'configure.py' in 
/applications/lyx.app/resources. It is a very complicated script. I can discern 
references to specific tools in all the code. 

How is this script used? Will it help me find the tools you mentioned, eLyXer 
for HTML export (to be
imported into Word) and the LibO-powered export to ODT. [Is the latter a 
separate tool or a second possibility with eLyXer?]

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

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, 
men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. 

- Chief Seattle

Re: 403 forbidden access to lyx.org

[Richard Heck]

On 08/01/2012 08:19 AM, Eric Weir wrote:


On Jul 31, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


For me it was back up for a bit and now I'm back to getting a timeout.


I have been unable to get on the site since yesterday afternoon.


Obviously, we have some problem. I'll see if I can sort out what it is.

Richard

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

 On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that
 these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools 
 Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are
 supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages (the 'suggested' list).
 Another way is to check the 'configure.py' script coming with LyX.

 Thanks, Liviu. I'm on a Mac. I found 'configure.py' in 
 /applications/lyx.app/resources. It is a very complicated script. I can 
 discern references to specific tools in all the code.

The script gives useful information to the trained eye.


 How is this script used?

It is run whenever Tools  Reconfigure is triggered. Otherwise, it can
give you an indication on what external tools LyX supports by default;
you would subsequently need to install them manually.


 Will it help me find the tools you mentioned, eLyXer for HTML export (to be
 imported into Word) and the LibO-powered export to ODT. [Is the latter a 
 separate tool or a second possibility with eLyXer?]

You need to install eLyXer and then reconfigure LyX. Then Export to
HTML will likely use eLyXer. If you install writer2latex and
reconfigure, then you should be able to import ODT documents in LyX.
(Always, to the extent that these tools can process your documents.)
For yet another approach try to import Word-like files try word2lyx
[1], which supports importing .docx documents into LyX.

Unfortunately there is no single, perfect solution. When working with
LyX best is if you can submit your file as LaTeX, (X)HTML or PDF. If
you need to maintain compatibility with MS Word, however, then you
should experiment with all the quirky tools that attempt to deal with
Word - LaTeX conversions and find the method that works best for
you.

Good luck
Liviu

[1] http://www.oak-tree.us/2012/03/07/word2lyx01-2/

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

 If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some 
 similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML 
 format, and then loading that in LibreOffice.

I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, 
i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice 
handle it differently? 

--
Eric Weir
Program and Resource Development ~ Evaluation ~ Writing
Education ~ The Environment ~ Community Development
 Clairemont Avenue J3 ~ Decatur, GA 30030
404-636-6142 ~ eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, 
 i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice 
 handle it differently?

I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.

Liviu

beamer question

[paul sutton]

Hi

Now we have the raspberry PI out,  I can perhaps use a raspberry Pi as
part of a display system for a TV,  sort of scroll through slides etc.

if i create a presentation in beamer does this allow for auto changing
of slides as in if I set the pi to auto boot to x, auto login and start
a presentation,  I want it to run the presentation and when it gets to
the end,  start over from the beginning without having to press a
keyboard to go to next slide.

Just wondered if this is possible or another package should be used.

Paul

-- 



--
http://drupal.zleap.net
skype : psutton111
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
 old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.

Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost 
mindlessly. I guess I don't know how to install converters. I've tried to 
install the LaTeX to RTF converter from /preferences/file handling. I select 
the converter, apply it, reconfigure, restart LyX. When I restart LaTeX to RTF 
doesn't show up in /File/Export, and when I go back to /preferences/file 
handling another converter is selected. 

My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see 
if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. 

How do I install a converter?

--
Eric Weir
eew...@bellsouth.net

Human coexistence and social life constitute the good common to us all 
from which and thanks to which all cultural and social goods derive. 

- Zygmunt Bauman

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

 On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

 I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
 old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.

 Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost 
 mindlessly. I guess I don't know how to install converters. I've tried to 
 install the LaTeX to RTF converter from /preferences/file handling. I select 
 the converter, apply it, reconfigure, restart LyX. When I restart LaTeX to 
 RTF doesn't show up in /File/Export, and when I go back to /preferences/file 
 handling another converter is selected.

 My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to 
 see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it.

 How do I install a converter?

To install a converter you need to install the external program (e.g.,
as you would install LyX or LibO). For elyxer [1] follow its
installation instructions, for latex2rtf [2]. Then reconfigure LyX.
(If you made modifications to your prefs---converters and file
handling---, you may want to start over with a fresh prefs file, just
to make sure that you didn't break anything.)

Liviu

[1] http://elyxer.nongnu.org/
[2] http://latex2rtf.sourceforge.net/

Re: beamer question

[Les Denham]

On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:15:29 +0100
paul sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote:

 Hi
 
 Now we have the raspberry PI out,  I can perhaps use a raspberry Pi as
 part of a display system for a TV,  sort of scroll through slides etc.
 
 if i create a presentation in beamer does this allow for auto changing
 of slides as in if I set the pi to auto boot to x, auto login and
 start a presentation,  I want it to run the presentation and when it
 gets to the end,  start over from the beginning without having to
 press a keyboard to go to next slide.
 
 Just wondered if this is possible or another package should be used.
 
 Paul
 
Paul,

Look at \transduration in the the Beamer User Guide
(http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf)

I haven't used it myself, but it seems as if it should do what you're
asking.

Or you could use Impressive
(http://impressive.sourceforge.net/index.php)
which can be used to automate any PDF presentation.

You might need to write a simple loop in some scripting language (I'd
use Perl, but Python, bash, etc. would work) to repeat the show.

Les

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Ray Rashif]

On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to 
 see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it.

For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool. When you have no images,
you're in luck. latex2rtf does the job - I've been using it for
several weeks already.


--
GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Reconfigure.
Reconfigure.
Reconfigure.

el

On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote:
 
 On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
 
 Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with
 LyX/LaTeX.
 
 Why is the RTF option under View other formats greyed out?
 
 --
 Eric Weir
 Decatur, GA
 eew...@bellsouth.net
 
 What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, 
 men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. 
 
 - Chief Seattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: 403 forbidden access to lyx.org

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:

> For me it was back up for a bit and now I'm back to getting a timeout.


I have been unable to get on the site since yesterday afternoon.

--
Eric Weir

"You will be needed in the movement when you realize
that you are not needed in the movement."

Chris Crass

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

> LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that
> these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools >
> Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are
> supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages (the 'suggested' list).
> Another way is to check the 'configure.py' script coming with LyX.

Thanks, Liviu. I'm on a Mac. I found 'configure.py' in 
/applications/lyx.app/resources. It is a very complicated script. I can discern 
references to specific tools in all the code. 

How is this script used? Will it help me find the tools you mentioned, "eLyXer 
for HTML export (to be
imported into Word) and the LibO-powered export to ODT." [Is the latter a 
separate tool or a second possibility with eLyXer?]

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

"What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, 
men would die from a great loneliness of spirit." 

- Chief Seattle

Re: 403 forbidden access to lyx.org

[Richard Heck]

On 08/01/2012 08:19 AM, Eric Weir wrote:


On Jul 31, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


For me it was back up for a bit and now I'm back to getting a timeout.


I have been unable to get on the site since yesterday afternoon.


Obviously, we have some problem. I'll see if I can sort out what it is.

Richard

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
>
> On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
>
>> LyX comes with support for a lot of external tools, provided that
>> these are installed and that LyX is 'reconfigured' (Tools >
>> Reconfigure). A good place to check which additional packages are
>> supported is the Debian/Ubuntu .deb packages (the 'suggested' list).
>> Another way is to check the 'configure.py' script coming with LyX.
>
> Thanks, Liviu. I'm on a Mac. I found 'configure.py' in 
> /applications/lyx.app/resources. It is a very complicated script. I can 
> discern references to specific tools in all the code.
>
The script gives useful information to the trained eye.


> How is this script used?
>
It is run whenever Tools > Reconfigure is triggered. Otherwise, it can
give you an indication on what external tools LyX supports by default;
you would subsequently need to install them manually.


> Will it help me find the tools you mentioned, "eLyXer for HTML export (to be
> imported into Word) and the LibO-powered export to ODT." [Is the latter a 
> separate tool or a second possibility with eLyXer?]
>
You need to install eLyXer and then reconfigure LyX. Then Export to
HTML will likely use eLyXer. If you install writer2latex and
reconfigure, then you should be able to import ODT documents in LyX.
(Always, to the extent that these tools can process your documents.)
For yet another approach try to import Word-like files try word2lyx
[1], which supports importing .docx documents into LyX.

Unfortunately there is no single, perfect solution. When working with
LyX best is if you can submit your file as LaTeX, (X)HTML or PDF. If
you need to maintain compatibility with MS Word, however, then you
should experiment with all the quirky tools that attempt to deal with
Word <-> LaTeX conversions and find the method that works best for
you.

Good luck
Liviu

[1] http://www.oak-tree.us/2012/03/07/word2lyx01-2/

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Richard Heck wrote:

> If you want to export to RTF, then you need to install latex2rtf or some 
> similar program. But I've had better luck lately exporting to the LyXHTML 
> format, and then loading that in LibreOffice.

I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, 
i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice 
handle it differently? 

--
Eric Weir
Program and Resource Development ~ Evaluation ~ Writing
Education ~ The Environment ~ Community Development
 Clairemont Avenue J3 ~ Decatur, GA 30030
404-636-6142 ~ eew...@bellsouth.net

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
> I tried opening the XHTML in OpenOffice. It reads it as a raw text document, 
> i.e., with the HTML code displayed instead of formatted. Would LibreOffice 
> handle it differently?
>
I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.

Liviu

beamer question

[paul sutton]

Hi

Now we have the raspberry PI out,  I can perhaps use a raspberry Pi as
part of a display system for a TV,  sort of scroll through slides etc.

if i create a presentation in beamer does this allow for auto changing
of slides as in if I set the pi to auto boot to x, auto login and start
a presentation,  I want it to run the presentation and when it gets to
the end,  start over from the beginning without having to press a
keyboard to go to next slide.

Just wondered if this is possible or another package should be used.

Paul

-- 



--
http://drupal.zleap.net
skype : psutton111
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Eric Weir]

On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

> I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
> old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.

Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost 
mindlessly. I guess I don't know how to install converters. I've tried to 
install the LaTeX to RTF converter from /preferences/file handling. I select 
the converter, apply it, reconfigure, restart LyX. When I restart LaTeX to RTF 
doesn't show up in /File/Export, and when I go back to /preferences/file 
handling another converter is selected. 

My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to see 
if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it. 

How do I install a converter?

--
Eric Weir
eew...@bellsouth.net

"Human coexistence and social life constitute the good common to us all 
from which and thanks to which all cultural and social goods derive." 

- Zygmunt Bauman

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
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> On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
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>> I have no experience with either in this context, but OOo is already
>> old, and obsoleted by LibO. I guess it is worth giving LibO a shot.
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> Thanks, Liviu. I'm in scattershot mode right now. Trying things almost 
> mindlessly. I guess I don't know how to install converters. I've tried to 
> install the LaTeX to RTF converter from /preferences/file handling. I select 
> the converter, apply it, reconfigure, restart LyX. When I restart LaTeX to 
> RTF doesn't show up in /File/Export, and when I go back to /preferences/file 
> handling another converter is selected.
>
> My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to 
> see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it.
>
> How do I install a converter?
>
To install a converter you need to install the external program (e.g.,
as you would install LyX or LibO). For elyxer [1] follow its
installation instructions, for latex2rtf [2]. Then reconfigure LyX.
(If you made modifications to your prefs---converters and file
handling---, you may want to start over with a fresh prefs file, just
to make sure that you didn't break anything.)

Liviu

[1] http://elyxer.nongnu.org/
[2] http://latex2rtf.sourceforge.net/

Re: beamer question

[Les Denham]

On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:15:29 +0100
paul sutton  wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Now we have the raspberry PI out,  I can perhaps use a raspberry Pi as
> part of a display system for a TV,  sort of scroll through slides etc.
> 
> if i create a presentation in beamer does this allow for auto changing
> of slides as in if I set the pi to auto boot to x, auto login and
> start a presentation,  I want it to run the presentation and when it
> gets to the end,  start over from the beginning without having to
> press a keyboard to go to next slide.
> 
> Just wondered if this is possible or another package should be used.
> 
> Paul
> 
Paul,

Look at \transduration in the the Beamer User Guide
(http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf)

I haven't used it myself, but it seems as if it should do what you're
asking.

Or you could use Impressive
(http://impressive.sourceforge.net/index.php)
which can be used to automate any PDF presentation.

You might need to write a simple loop in some scripting language (I'd
use Perl, but Python, bash, etc. would work) to repeat the show.

Les

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Ray Rashif]

On 2 August 2012 03:23, Eric Weir  wrote:
> My document is simple. Headings and footnotes. About ten pages. I'd like to 
> see if the LaTeX to RTF convertor will handle it.

For this case latex2rtf is the perfect tool. When you have no images,
you're in luck. latex2rtf does the job - I've been using it for
several weeks already.


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Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Reconfigure.
Reconfigure.
Reconfigure.

el

On 2012-07-31 20:22 , Eric Weir wrote:
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> On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
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>> Importing/Exporting RTF/Word documents is usually a pain with
>> LyX/LaTeX.
> 
> Why is the RTF option under "View other formats" greyed out?
> 
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