Re: question about ERT inset in LyX1.6
Adding the attached module produces a classic decoration and disables
the buttons on the extras toolbar, but the font is still the default
(typewriter appeared in previous versions) and the text is not TeX
code. Is this problem specific to mac or am I missing some extra
command in the module to specify using TeX?
Thanks,
-Brian
On Dec 15, 2008, at 11:53 AM, rgheck wrote:
Brian Kidd wrote:
Hello,
Previous versions of LyX had tabs for TeX code so that one could
open or close the inset by a single mouse click. The latest
version allows for opening of the inset by a single click, but to
close the inset one must now right click and select close inset.
Is there a way to get a tab back so I can open or close the TeX
inset with a single click? I'm running LyX 1.6 on a mac intel.
Use the attached module.
rh
#\DeclareLyXModule{ERT}
#DescriptionBegin
#Make ERT Classic
#DescriptionEnd
Format 11
InsetLayout ERT
Decoration classic
End
question about ERT inset in LyX1.6
Hello, Previous versions of LyX had tabs for TeX code so that one could open or close the inset by a single mouse click. The latest version allows for opening of the inset by a single click, but to close the inset one must now right click and select close inset. Is there a way to get a tab back so I can open or close the TeX inset with a single click? I'm running LyX 1.6 on a mac intel. Thanks, -Brian
preserving tool bar preferences in LyX 1.6
hello, what file do i need to modify or save so that the displayed tool bars keep their size and location when i open lyx? i only want the standard and extra tool bars to be displayed by default, in small size, and with the extra tool bar displayed vertically along the left side of the screen. i have created this setup, but it doesn't seem to save because everything is lost when i close lyx and open the program again. thanks, -brian
Re: editing problems with 1.6 and mac 10.4 intel - fixed
thanks for the suggestions. removing the .bind file worked and i was able to create new bindings that match my previous shortcuts. thanks, -brian On Dec 3, 2008, at 4:27 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: Brian Kidd wrote: i am a long-time LyX user and big fan of the software. i recently upgraded to 1.6 and noticed a few strange editing problems. Most likely, you have own customized bind- and/or ui-files from old versions in your user-directory, which are copied over to the new version, but do not properly work there anymore (and the Mac installer also told you that). A radical cure to fix all problems is to delete ALL Lyx-folders (such as LyX, LyX-1.5, LyX-1.6, ...) in /Users/yourusername/Library/ Application Support (or better: move them to some other directory) and run the LyX-Installer from the dmg again. You will have to redo all your prior configurations, but therefore things will work. LyX 1.6 was a major release, so quite some things changed. cmd-return does not break the paragraph (nothing happens and LyX displays unknown function in the lower left) and holding down shift to highlight characters or words does not work. in fact, if i have something highlighted, holding shift and moving the cursor to add or remove a character from the highlight causes the entire highlighted section to become unhighlighted. All works fine here. Above procedure should fix it. one other odd thing is i get a small ">" character on the right side of the cursor. this character appears when i'm moving the cursor with the right or left arrow keys or sometimes when i'm typing. it seems like a graphical glitch and is somewhat annoying. is this expected? Yes, it is a new feature, "Autocompletion". You can turn it off in the Preferences. i'm running LyX on a mac 10.4 intel. previous versions of LyX worked great and didn't have these odd editing problems. the .bind document hasn't changed with the upgrade. And that is exactly the problem. The installer is not able to do migrate the old bind file to the new format. Trash the old one, and define your key-bindings again, this time in the GUI (in Preferences). There are some small limitations currently in the Shortcuts-GUI, if you should run into them, search the LyX archive for solutions. Hope this helps, Konrad
editing problems with 1.6 and mac 10.4 intel
hello, i am a long-time LyX user and big fan of the software. i recently upgraded to 1.6 and noticed a few strange editing problems. cmd- return does not break the paragraph (nothing happens and LyX displays unknown function in the lower left) and holding down shift to highlight characters or words does not work. in fact, if i have something highlighted, holding shift and moving the cursor to add or remove a character from the highlight causes the entire highlighted section to become unhighlighted. one other odd thing is i get a small ">" character on the right side of the cursor. this character appears when i'm moving the cursor with the right or left arrow keys or sometimes when i'm typing. it seems like a graphical glitch and is somewhat annoying. is this expected? i'm running LyX on a mac 10.4 intel. previous versions of LyX worked great and didn't have these odd editing problems. the .bind document hasn't changed with the upgrade. are these issues expected there something else i can look at or is this a bug? thanks, -brian
double spacing
i was noticing recently that the double spacing of a lyx-produced document seems a little small. for example, i am able to get 324 words on a page (8.5 x 11) in a double spaced document that is twelve point font with 1.25" margins all around. this is much more than the typical 250 words per page as a rule of thumb and as a comparison, the same number of words take up 1.3 pages in a double-spaced document in word with the equivalent font size and margin spacing. has anyone else seen this behavior and is there a way to set lyx so it will produce more typical double spacing? thanks, -brian
Re: LyX on Mac OS X - installed prerequisites but still can't get output?
The reconfigure option that Abdel is referring to is under the LyX menu in the Mac version of LyX for release 1.5x -brian On Dec 26, 2007, at 12:46 AM, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Faith Anne Scott wrote: I don't have that menu. Under Tools, all I have is Spellchecker, Count Words, and TeX Information. If that is the case then we have a bigger problem with your installation and I'm afraid I cannot help you much. I'll let the MacOS experts comment on this. Please try to keep the list in copy when your answer a message. Abdel.
Re: Superscripted Citations
hi aaron,
the natbib package has an option for supscripting.
\usepackage[super]{natbib}
-brian
On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:43 AM, Deskins, Nathaniel A wrote:
A Lyx newbie here. I've been playing with the Bibtex
citation/bibliography features and they look nice. I've installed my
bibtex style file (bst) for the article of interest. When I process
the
manuscript, the output gives citations in brackets [1], [2], etc. Is
there a way to have these citations as superscripts?
Thank you,
Aaron
Re: Help with font size
Hi Adrian,
You can use the bibfont command if you are using natbib package. Just
add this ERT command before your bibliography tag.
\newcommand{\bibfont}{\fontsize{9}{12}\selectfont}
The first number is the size and the second is the baseline skip. I'm
assuming you are using 12pt font for the rest of the document. Note
that you can also play with the spacing between citations in your
bibliography section with the bibsep command.
\renewcommand{\bibsep}{0pt}
Cheers,
-Brian
On Nov 27, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Adrian Peter wrote:
Hello,
I am writing a conference paper in Lyx and would like my
bibliography to be
in 9pt font. Is there any way to specify this in the Lyx
document? Is
there some ERT command I place before and after the 'BibTeX Generated
Bibliography' tag? Thank you in advance for the help.
Adrian
Re: How to avoid Macro pop-up?
hi Sebastian, i just figured this one out as well after prematurely posting the same question about a week ago. the solution is to go into math mode and then change the toolbar settings. enter math mode as if your going to start a new formula and then select View -> Toolbars. if the cursor is within the math mode, then you'll see that Math Panels and/ or Math might be set to auto. uncheck this and the math-macros will no longer pop up automatically. cheers, -brian On Nov 2, 2007, at 11:25 AM, sebastian guttenberg wrote: Hi lyx-team (Or others)! Thanks for the great work! I was about to post a couple of bug-reports and suggestions about the 1.4-version, and discovered yesterday that my system is out of date and that 1.5 has fixed a lot of problems and added very nice features! Nevertheless, I guess I will contribute frequently now feedbacks and perhaps bug-reports to these formus. So hope you will appreciate ;-) But for now, I have only one silly question: I was absolutely happy to see that math-macros do not any longer pop up automatically when one navigates through them (something that annoyed me very much in the past). But by chance I have changed this feature (don't know how), and the macros are popping up again :-( Please, can anybody tell me, how to switch this off??? Thanks a lot, Sebastian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
instant preview font size
hello, how can i adjust the font size of instant preview? the size is much larger than the surrounding, non-math, text and does not change if i adjust the zoom of the screen fonts. thanks, -brian
Re: LyX 1.5.2.'s fuzzy screen in Mac + math mode pop up
thanks for the response Bennett. I'm using 1.5.1 currently and it works just fine. -brian On Oct 28, 2007, at 8:49 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: On Oct 28, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Brian Kidd wrote: Hello, I decided to upgrade to LyX 1.5.2 from 1.4.4 and have encountered the problem of having fuzzy screen fonts as described by a few other people on the list. The reason that I wanted to bring back this topic on the thread is because there seemed to be a consensus that the problem was only happening on Mac PPC. However, I'm running OSX 10.4.10 intel. Attached are images of what I see on my screen for the two versions of LyX. I'm definitely puzzled as to why 1.5.2. is not crisp and clear as in 1.4.4. It's definitely harder to read and I won't continue to use 1.5.2. if I can't resolve this fuzziness. Unfortunately, I didn't find a solution within this thread so I was wondering if any updates or new progress has been made with the fuzzy screen fonts? Yes, we realize it's a problem on Intel as well. (It's a matter of whether anti-aliasing gets used or not. The issue arose in trying to use a font cache to speed things up -- something I believe is needed on PPC Macs -- which had the side effect of disabling anti- aliasing.) I'm not sure what current thinking on a solution is. (Abdel? ... Anyone?) Hopefully matters will improve with 1.5.3. In the meantime, you might try 1.5.1: I believe that version is unaffected (but I'm not sure). Bennett
Re: LyX 1.5.2.'s fuzzy screen in Mac + math mode pop up
Sorry, I spoke to soon on the math mode pop up part. I found the toolbar listed as being in (auto). -brian On Oct 28, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Brian Kidd wrote: Hello, I decided to upgrade to LyX 1.5.2 from 1.4.4 and have encountered the problem of having fuzzy screen fonts as described by a few other people on the list. The reason that I wanted to bring back this topic on the thread is because there seemed to be a consensus that the problem was only happening on Mac PPC. However, I'm running OSX 10.4.10 intel. Attached are images of what I see on my screen for the two versions of LyX. I'm definitely puzzled as to why 1.5.2. is not crisp and clear as in 1.4.4. It's definitely harder to read and I won't continue to use 1.5.2. if I can't resolve this fuzziness. Unfortunately, I didn't find a solution within this thread so I was wondering if any updates or new progress has been made with the fuzzy screen fonts? Also, when I enter the math mode (either by a keyboard shortcut or clicking on the math button), the math toolbar pops up on the bottom of the screen. Is there a way to disable this feature so the tool bar does not pop up? Thanks for your help. -Brian
Re: LyX 1.5.2.'s fuzzy screen in Mac + math mode pop up
Hello, I decided to upgrade to LyX 1.5.2 from 1.4.4 and have encountered the problem of having fuzzy screen fonts as described by a few other people on the list. The reason that I wanted to bring back this topic on the thread is because there seemed to be a consensus that the problem was only happening on Mac PPC. However, I'm running OSX 10.4.10 intel. Attached are images of what I see on my screen for the two versions of LyX. I'm definitely puzzled as to why 1.5.2. is not crisp and clear as in 1.4.4. It's definitely harder to read and I won't continue to use 1.5.2. if I can't resolve this fuzziness. Unfortunately, I didn't find a solution within this thread so I was wondering if any updates or new progress has been made with the fuzzy screen fonts? Also, when I enter the math mode (either by a keyboard shortcut or clicking on the math button), the math toolbar pops up on the bottom of the screen. Is there a way to disable this feature so the tool bar does not pop up? Thanks for your help. -Brian editor_fonts_1.5.2.png Description: application/applefile <> editor_fonts_1.4.4.png Description: application/applefile <>
question about section problem with bibliography
Hello all, I have come across a strange situation where the output for my references is appearing below the section heading (see attached picture). I'm using the article class and normally references appear in the proper \section* format. However, something is bad in this case and the references appears below the section. Does anyone have any suggestions to look at or ways to fix this? I've used the BibTeX generated bibliography a number of times and never had this issue come up. Thanks, -Brian Picture 1.png Description: application/applefile <>
Re: table settings and setting border does all or nothing
another option that i've used for adding custom white space is to
create a new command in the preamble using \rule. this is an
extension of the suggestion by Enrico and you can fine tune the extra
space as needed.
\newcommand\T{\rule{0pt}{2.6ex}}
\newcommand\B{\rule[-1.2ex]{0pt}{0pt}}
add these commands to the preamble and then insert ERT into a row
that you want extra white space above \T or below \B the letters.
note that you'll need to add a space after the \T or \B otherwise
latex will think that you have a undefined command.
cheers,
-brian
On Oct 16, 2007, at 7:18 PM, Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Jeremy C. Reed writes:
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Is it standard for not being able to align text in a cell
vertically? My
capitalized letters are touching the top of the cell border --
but their is
a big whitespace gap below each character.
Is this in the GUI or when you generate a DVI or PDF? (The GUI
gives
only an approximate representation of what the final document
will look
like.) If you're talking about the end product, do any of the
letters
have descenders? What looks like a big gap below might not look
so big
with a descender taking root in it.
In the generated output. Not all the rows have a descender (a
"g"). Every
row has the characters jammed up to the top. All the rows appear
to be the
same height. And even the bottom of the "g" doesn't touch the
bottom of
the row (the border), but the tops of letters like "TTL" and "Fl"
touch
the top of row (top border). Looks bad. I can provide PDF.
LaTeX sizes the height of a row in table based on the height and depth
of the font used, irrespectively of the fact that you have letters
with
ascenders or descenders. So the space above a "T" is the same as
the space
below a "p" such that in case of "TTL" the space below is indeed
larger.
However, you can control height and depth through a parameter. Indeed,
LaTeX multiplies height and depth of a row in a table by
\arraystretch.
Now, given that the height is generally bigger than the depth, for a
sufficiently high value of \arraystretch you will get a larger space
above than below.
I think that if you put in the preamble the following line:
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
you will get what you want. In case you want a finer control, you
could
try using the following in the preamble:
\newbox\mystrutbox
\setbox\mystrutbox\hbox{%
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@}
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
\fi}
Keep in mind that LaTeX uses .7 instead of .85 above, and that if you
follow this second path, you will lose the ability to control the
height
of a table row through the \arraystretch parameter.
HTH
--
Enrico
Re: fractions in display style
the \dfrac command will give you a fraction in display style without having to explicitly type \displaystyle. if you want fewer keystrokes, then an alternative to setting the default fraction to be in display style would be to create a custom bind for dfrac. hope that helps, -brian On Sep 19, 2007, at 12:19 PM, pol wrote: Fractions in equations in display mode are not in display style. The explicit command \displaystyle before the fraction has to be entered, to render the display style. Can you confirm that? How to set the fraction display style s default, when the math expression is in display mode? thank you -- POl
reverse citation numbering
hello, this is more of a bibtex and natbib question, but i thought that some people on the list may have come across this problem when creating a CV. i'm using the article class to create a CV and i'd like to use bibTeX with the natbib style for my publication list. a typical CV will list publications in chronological order, but the numbering is in reverse so that a reviewer can quickly count how many publications one has. 5. kidd et al., 2007 4. kidd et al., 2006 3. kidd et al., 2005 2. etc the standard citation output, however, appears in the order of a citation sty, which for natbib is the order that they appear in a document. 1. kidd et al., 2007 2. kidd et al., 2006 3. etc is there a simple way to reverse the citation order within the natbib style or bibTeX framework so that it follows a reverse chronological order that is typical for a CV? i still want to take advantage of using citations so that the formating is correct and the insertion of new publications is trivial? thanks, -brian
default font for a table
is there a way to modify the default font for a table? it would be nice to change the font settings in two different ways. (1) a latex command in the preamble so that the font size and style would be consistent for the entire document, regardless of what appears on the screen in lyx (2) a way to change the table font size and style that doesn't require clicking the "apply last" or "Text Style" buttons. in particular, if i create a table (say 5 x 5), then the empty cells have the default document font for standard text. i can highlight all the cells in the table and change the font with options in the Text Style window. however, this only works if a cell already contains text. also, if i delete all the text in a cell, then the custom font that reverts back to the standard. i could wait until i've completed the table before making a final change to the font, but it would be great to be able to set this once, especially since i often add columns or rows to the table and then have to go back to fix the font size and style so it matches the rest of the table. i'm really interested in a solution to number 2. in an attempt to come up with a work around, i've tried creating a custom bind for the "apply last" command, which seems to be font-free- apply. however, i've been unsuccessful in getting this to work. any suggestions for this? thanks, -brian
Re: reverse searching xdvi to lyx1.4.4 on mac
On Apr 16, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: On Apr 16, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Brian Kidd wrote: On Apr 16, 2007, at 5:40 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: On Apr 16, 2007, at 12:51 AM, Brian Kidd wrote: i just set up the interface with X11 to view dvi files with xdvi. the viewer is great because it's much quicker than preview and is easy to update. the reverse search sounds interesting, but i'm not sure how it's supposed to work in lyx? i edited my latex -> converter so it includes the source-specials tag (latex --src-special $$i), but when i ctrl-click from within xdvik, nothing happens. i thought that reverse searching meant i could click on the dvi file and the cursor within lyx would go to the clicked location. am i misunderstanding something? i got the impression from the wiki that i can do reverse searching between lyx and xdvi. is this possible and what is the exact syntax to configure? finally, if it's possible to do reverse searching, can one do forward searching with lyx too? i'm running lyx 1.4.4 on mac. You need to set up xdvi as well. See the wiki, here: <http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac#toc7> Bennett i have xdvi set up according to the wiki and everything exports from lyx just fine. however, nothing happens when i CONTROL-click on any word of the document. there are no changes in the cursor location in lyx. CONTROL-click seems to be the right method on a mac because before i set up the latex to dvi converter with the option latex --src $$i, i would get an error message in xdvi saying No source specials in this DVI file - couldn't do reverse search. As an aside, the wiki has OPTION-click for reverse searching, which doesn't seem to be right in my case. what should happen if everything is working properly and is there anything else to diagnose the reverse search problem? Reverse searching works through lyxpipe. When you start LyX.app, it checks to see if two files -- .lyxpipe.in and .lyxpipe.out -- exist; if they do, then LyX cannot interface with them properly. If they don't then LyX creates them and can use them to make reverse searching work. I suspect that you probably have these files remaining from running LyX at some point in the past (as when it crashes and so is unable to delete these files). If that's so, you need to delete them manually. Their location can be found in LyX > Preferences > Paths. (And since they are files whose names begin with ".", they are invisible in the Finder; you'll need to use the Terminal, something like this: rm /path/to/.lyxpipe.in rm /path/to/.lyxpipe.out (substituting the appropriate path name for "/path/to"). Bennett Thanks for the tips about pipes. It wasn't the exact issue you were referring to, but I was able to modify the lyxpipe path so it points to the correct location. Note that I am using JabRef so I had to fix the path to the lyxpipe before. Everything seems to be working now. -Brian
Re: reverse searching xdvi to lyx1.4.4 on mac
On Apr 16, 2007, at 5:40 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: On Apr 16, 2007, at 12:51 AM, Brian Kidd wrote: i just set up the interface with X11 to view dvi files with xdvi. the viewer is great because it's much quicker than preview and is easy to update. the reverse search sounds interesting, but i'm not sure how it's supposed to work in lyx? i edited my latex -> converter so it includes the source-specials tag (latex --src-special $$i), but when i ctrl-click from within xdvik, nothing happens. i thought that reverse searching meant i could click on the dvi file and the cursor within lyx would go to the clicked location. am i misunderstanding something? i got the impression from the wiki that i can do reverse searching between lyx and xdvi. is this possible and what is the exact syntax to configure? finally, if it's possible to do reverse searching, can one do forward searching with lyx too? i'm running lyx 1.4.4 on mac. You need to set up xdvi as well. See the wiki, here: <http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac#toc7> Bennett i have xdvi set up according to the wiki and everything exports from lyx just fine. however, nothing happens when i CONTROL-click on any word of the document. there are no changes in the cursor location in lyx. CONTROL-click seems to be the right method on a mac because before i set up the latex to dvi converter with the option latex -- src $$i, i would get an error message in xdvi saying No source specials in this DVI file - couldn't do reverse search. As an aside, the wiki has OPTION-click for reverse searching, which doesn't seem to be right in my case. what should happen if everything is working properly and is there anything else to diagnose the reverse search problem? thanks, -brian
Re: instant preview not working for lyx1.4.4 on mac intel
On Apr 16, 2007, at 5:38 AM, Bennett Helm wrote:
On Apr 15, 2007, at 11:11 PM, Brian Kidd wrote:
preview.sty is in my latex path. the help latex configuration
excerpt appears below. also, there is a path to preview.sty in
Tools > TeX Information and my ~/Library/Application Support/
LyX-1.4/configure.log file says:
+checking for package preview [preview]... yes
7.10 preview
MM Found: yes
MM CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/preview
MM Notes: The package preview is needed by LyX to preview LaTeX
constructs; especially for math formulas when you use the option
``Instant Preview'' in Tools->Preferences->Look and feel->Graphics.
i'm not sure what you mean by whether my preferences are set
correctly? i have instant preview on and this setting is saved so
that every time i open up a new document, i can go into LyX >
Preferences... > Look and Feel > Graphics and see Instant Preview:
On. still, there is no change in the math font when i enter a
formula so instant preview isn't working.
oddly, however, nothing related to instant preview appears in the
~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/preferences file. but i'm
not sure this matters.
any other suggestions?
Try looking at the output in Console.app just after you create a
new equation (and move the cursor out of it so that LyX tries to
generate the preview). Does that tell you anything?
Bennett
The Console.app information was helpful.
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
Referenced from: /sw/bin/dvipng
Reason: Incompatible library version: dvipng requires version
10.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 6.3.0
dvipng failed to generate images from 0lyxpreview.dvi
My current version of FreeType is 2.2.1. I installed version 2.3.4,
which is the latest stable release. Now the error message in the
console has gone away when I use instant preview and instant preview
tries to render the math fonts. However, the rendering for some
characters is wrong. For example, if I type, x = 1, then instant
preview displays x / 1. If I type, a + b, then instant preview
displays a -/ b. The console shows:
dvipng warning: at (0,-1) ignored header \special{!/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(11.81)def}.
dvipng warning: at (0,-1) ignored header \special{!userdict begin/
preview-bop-level 0 def/bop-hook{/preview-bop-level dup load dup 0 le
{/isls false def/vsize 792 def/hsize 612 def}if 1 add store}bind def/
eop-hook{/preview-bop-level dup load dup 0 gt{1 sub}if store}bind def
end}.
but I'm not sure how to interpret these warnings. Any other suggestions?
-Brian
reverse searching xdvi to lyx1.4.4 on mac
i just set up the interface with X11 to view dvi files with xdvi. the viewer is great because it's much quicker than preview and is easy to update. the reverse search sounds interesting, but i'm not sure how it's supposed to work in lyx? i edited my latex -> converter so it includes the source-specials tag (latex --src-special $$i), but when i ctrl-click from within xdvik, nothing happens. i thought that reverse searching meant i could click on the dvi file and the cursor within lyx would go to the clicked location. am i misunderstanding something? i got the impression from the wiki that i can do reverse searching between lyx and xdvi. is this possible and what is the exact syntax to configure? finally, if it's possible to do reverse searching, can one do forward searching with lyx too? i'm running lyx 1.4.4 on mac. thanks, -brian
Re: instant preview not working for lyx1.4.4 on mac intel
hi bennett, preview.sty is in my latex path. the help latex configuration excerpt appears below. also, there is a path to preview.sty in Tools > TeX Information and my ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/ configure.log file says: +checking for package preview [preview]... yes 7.10 preview MM Found: yes MM CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/preview MM Notes: The package preview is needed by LyX to preview LaTeX constructs; especially for math formulas when you use the option ``Instant Preview'' in Tools->Preferences->Look and feel->Graphics. i'm not sure what you mean by whether my preferences are set correctly? i have instant preview on and this setting is saved so that every time i open up a new document, i can go into LyX > Preferences... > Look and Feel > Graphics and see Instant Preview: On. still, there is no change in the math font when i enter a formula so instant preview isn't working. oddly, however, nothing related to instant preview appears in the ~/ Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/preferences file. but i'm not sure this matters. any other suggestions? thanks, -brian On Apr 15, 2007, at 7:51 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: On Apr 15, 2007, at 10:45 PM, Brian Kidd wrote: i haven't been able to get instant preview working with lyx 1.4.4 on a mac intel machine. i followed the wiki suggestions for installing latex, and friends, through fink, but instant preview doesn't seem to work. when i turn on instant preview, the mathematical fonts stay the same as when instant preview is off. i'm rather happy with all of my other lyx and latex-related settings so i'm very reluctant to mess with an almost perfectly functioning lyx situation. however, i was wondering if anyone else has run into this issue or has any suggestions for trouble shooting what is missing? if there is a simple fix, then i would be interested in tweaking my setup my current latex and image processing programs from fink 0.8.1. tetex 3.0 ghostscript 8.54 imagemagick 6.3.2 Are you sure preview.sty is in your LaTeX path? (Does it show up in Help > LaTeX Configuration?) When you test math preview, are you sure your preferences are set correctly? Do you open the file to be tested *after* setting the preferences correctly? Bennett
instant preview not working for lyx1.4.4 on mac intel
i haven't been able to get instant preview working with lyx 1.4.4 on a mac intel machine. i followed the wiki suggestions for installing latex, and friends, through fink, but instant preview doesn't seem to work. when i turn on instant preview, the mathematical fonts stay the same as when instant preview is off. i'm rather happy with all of my other lyx and latex-related settings so i'm very reluctant to mess with an almost perfectly functioning lyx situation. however, i was wondering if anyone else has run into this issue or has any suggestions for trouble shooting what is missing? if there is a simple fix, then i would be interested in tweaking my setup my current latex and image processing programs from fink 0.8.1. tetex 3.0 ghostscript 8.54 imagemagick 6.3.2 thanks for the help. -brian
Re: Math font size
sorry about the previous reply, i misunderstood what you wanted to do.
as jens suggested, use the DeclareMathSizes command in the preamble.
you'll need four sizes:
\DeclareMathSizes{12}{10}{7}{5}
This assumes that the non-math text is 12pt.
You'll get 10pt for the math-font, 7pt for script fonts and 5pt for
script script font sizes.
One visually good thing is to use a 10:7:5 ratio for the mf, sf, ssf
so scale appropriately.
-brian
On Apr 12, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Lyx Physicist wrote:
On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 15:40 -0700, Jens Noeckel wrote:
On Apr 12, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Brian Kidd wrote:
one silly thing to do is to increase the zoom size, which will
increase the font size for the entire document including math fonts.
go to the preferences, screen fonts and then adjust the zoom size.
hope that helps.
-brian
On Apr 12, 2007, at 9:24 AM, Lyx Physicist wrote:
Hi, I have inserted a few equations using the math panel and I
want to
enlarge the font so its easier to read. I tried to just highlight
the
text and make it bigger, but that didnt work. Is there something
else I
need to add or some other menu to do this that I havent seen? Im
running lyx 1.4. Thanks,
Charles
Yes, it wasn't clear what he means, but I'm guessing he wants a
larger font in the _output_ file (PDF). How about the following
method:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=mathsize
You should modify the \DeclareMathSizes command so that its first
argument is the document's text size, and the other arguments give
the desired math size.
Regards,
Jens
Hi, sorry to not clarify.. Yes, when I input the text in Lyx it is
fine
and I can read it. But when I output the PDF, it is much much smaller
and its hard to see. I looked at the link provided, but am not
clear on
what to do. I need to use the \DeclareMathSizes {x}
in my preamble? And that will make the output math text size x?
This is
a rather long document(thesis) so zooming in and changing that would
alter figures which are set to a specific size etc so I would
rather not
go that route if possible...
Thanks!
Charles
Re: Math font size
one silly thing to do is to increase the zoom size, which will increase the font size for the entire document including math fonts. go to the preferences, screen fonts and then adjust the zoom size. hope that helps. -brian On Apr 12, 2007, at 9:24 AM, Lyx Physicist wrote: Hi, I have inserted a few equations using the math panel and I want to enlarge the font so its easier to read. I tried to just highlight the text and make it bigger, but that didnt work. Is there something else I need to add or some other menu to do this that I havent seen? Im running lyx 1.4. Thanks, Charles
Re: Bibliography formatting
Charles,
This can be changed by adding two lines to your preamble. First, add
the "super" option to the natbib package. Make sure to change your
citation style to numerical under the Bibliography setting otherwise
LyX will spit out the warning about having conflicting natbib
definitions. Second, add the renewcommand for biblabel to give the
number period format. Note that there are a number of other natbib
options (e.g. comma, sort&compress, etc.) and bib commands (e.g.
bibfont, bibsep) to play with. I think the natbib manual might have
some examples. Otherwise you should be able to search on the web for
some examples.
\usepackage[super]{natbib}
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-Brian
On Apr 11, 2007, at 6:04 PM, Lyx Physicist wrote:
Hello, I am using Lyx 1.4 for Mac and am using BibDesk as a gui
frontend
to create a bibtex file for my bibliography(the reason is I just
started
using lyx/LaTex and know nothing about Bibtex). Is there any way to
change the default citation method
ex: This is from my book[1]
to having the citation in superscript form? I would like the "1" (or
whatever number the citation corresponds to) to be a superscript and
then have the numbering of entries in the bibliography be similar
so in the bib it would look like
1. Me, Book from library, 1999
2. Blah, Blah
instead of using
[1] Me, Book from Library
Thanks,
Charles
question about classes in LyX 1.5
I've having difficulty getting custom classes to work on LyX 1.5 beta for mac intel. In particular, a custom class does not show up as an option within the document settings even though it appears in the TeX information. What's bizarre, however, is that when I click on the show path check box, the class does not show up. The custom class is in the ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.5/clsFiles.lst file so the situation is a bit puzzling. Any suggestions are appreciated. As an aside, I've had no trouble creating new classes and adding them to previous versions of LyX with texhash and a reconfigure. Thanks, -Brian
question about math commands in LyX1.5
I am trying out the beta version of 1.5 for a Mac Intel machine and it seems that the opt-m g *, where * is a lowercase character, command is disabled. this command previously created the greek letter that corresponds to the lowercase letter and automatically enters the math mode. Is there a reason this command is disabled? Will it be enabled once the full version is released? Thanks, -Brian
