Errant "11 11 TEX LATEX" in printouts
First, let me state that I've just started down the SGML, TEX/LATEX road, so I may be doing something wrong. I was using LyX 1.0.3pre4 to generate some documents using the LinuxDoc format. When I printed my documents, I saw that there was always a line at the top of the first page the said "11 11 TEX LATEX". This would push the text of the first page down on the sheet, making the last line of the first page ride the bottom. Hmmm. Thinking it might be a problem with LyX, I tried printing some of the SGML howto's that ship with RedHat. Here's how I did it: 1) Ran the SGML file through sgml2latex (sgml-tools 1.0.9) 2) Ran the resulting DVI file through dvips (v5.85 with no options) sending the output directly to lpr No matter which document I prcoessed, they all had the "11 11 TEX LATEX" header. Am I doing something wrong (steps, config, etc.) or do I need to look at the tools themselves? David Nedrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Future LyX DTD support?
Will LyX ever support user defined DTDs? Or does it do it now and I'm just missing something? I know DocBook support is on the way, but I'm more interested in being able to use some DTDs we're creating for internal use. -David Nedrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Errant "11 11 TEX LATEX" in printouts
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Jose Abilio Oliveira Matos wrote: > > I was using LyX 1.0.3pre4 to generate some documents using the LinuxDoc > > format. When I printed my documents, I saw that there was always a line at > > the top of the first page the said "11 11 TEX LATEX". This would push the > > text of the first page down on the sheet, making the last line of the > > first page ride the bottom. > > This seems a problem with the printer configuration.. Well, looking into texconfig, it turned out that A4 was the default paper type. I changed this and some of the top/bottom margin issues disappeared, but I still had the problem with the "11 11 TEX LATEX" shoving everything down. > Without further informations I would think that was nothing to do > with lyx or sgmltools. You're correct. After much testing, I've determined that the problem lies in the tetex v0.9-17 RPMs included with RedHat 6.0. When I backlevel these packages to those shipped with RedHat 5.2 (0.9-6) everything prints normally (ie. sans the "11 11 TEX LATEX"). -David Nedrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Arg! LyX 1.0.4 and RedHat 6.1
OK, I give.
I have the default installation of RedHat 6.1 and have installed LyX
1.0.4 (via RPM).
If I use any of the templates (docbook, etc.) I get errors when trying to
create the DVI or postscript versions. For example, the docbook template
always generates a "! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}." error.
If I simply create a new document without a template, it appears to work
fine. Also, since LyX no longer exports SGML, how do I use sgml-tools'
(v1.0.9) sgml2rtf to create rtf files? I know sgmltools v2 is out there,
but it appears to make things worse if anything.
Any ideas what (if anything) I'm doing wrong?
-David
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Table problem with Linuxdoc template
Why is it that tables are not rendered properly when the LinuxDoc template is used? When rendered, the cell values are simply placed one after another on a single line with no table regardless of output format. The DocBook template works, but I haven't figure out how to add a TOC to it. If I insert the TOC, I get an error in the compilation that the TOC is not valid. Here is the output using DocBook ( Note that this was done by simply choosing File -> New From Template, selecting DocBook after providing a name and then placing the TOC between the default abstract and first section) - /usr/bin/jade:0:25:7:E: document type does not allow element "PARA" here; missing one of "ABSTRACT", "PRINTHISTORY", "AUTHORBLURB", "LEGALNOTICE" start-tag /usr/bin/jade:0:26:6:E: document type does not allow element "TOC" here /usr/bin/jade:/usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/print/version.dsl:11:19:E: cannot find "../VERSION"; tried "/usr/share/sgml/stylesheets/docbook/print/../VERSION", "/tmp/lyx_tmp12804aaa/lyx_bufrtmp12804aaa/../VERSION" This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.1) I need to create documents with tables that can be output as SGML (for RCS archiving), PostScript, ASCII and HTML. So far as I can tell, I can't get HTML without the SGML intermediate, but I can't get SGML without using a template, but I can't use the templates because each has it's own issues that I can't seem to figure out, ad nauseum. I'm not a stupid person, but LyX 1.0.4 is really making me feel that way. As far as LinuxDoc goes, this all worked for me in an older version of LyX (though I can't remember which one.) -David -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCA/CS d+@ s+++:++ a C++ UL$ SU++ P++(P--) L E++ W+++ N++ w--- O++@ M+@ PS+ PE Y+ t++@ 5+++ X+@ R- tv+ DI++ D+ G++ e++>(e+++) h++ r++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Where to now? Lack of key features in LyX
Well, after lots of fiddling and questions answered by this list, it looks as though LyX just doesn't do what I had hoped it would. I was looking for a simple tool that would allow my team to create documents in a WYSIWYG environment and generate output that could be tranformed (correctly) into multiple formats (HTML, PS, ASCII required; PDF, RTF optional). For internal reasons, there must also be an SGML "master" for archiving. As far as document feature requirements, we need the usual: tables, figures, table of contents, etc. I had thought we could use LyX's docbook support for this but it turns out that LyX does not provide support for TOC. We had previously struggled with LyX' LinuxDoc support, but couldn't get figures and tables to work until it was pointed on the mailing list that linuxdoc itself apparently doesn't support this. One of my major disappointments with LyX is that there is apparently no sense of "context". Eg. if I choose the docbook template and LyX doesn't support a TOC (as it doesn't) then the TOC feature should be disabled. I shouldn't be able to insert anything that LyX doesn't do in that context. Another good example is the linuxdoc template. If linuxdoc doesn't support tables and figures, why am I allowed to insert tables and figures?!?!? I guess for now I'm back to WordPerfect Office 2000 (Win32) for SGML work. I'll keep fiddling with LyX as it progresses, but for now it doesn't appear to be particularly usefull as a documentation tool. -David
DocBook "book" vs. "article"
DOes LyX support the DocBook "book" style? I haven't been able to figure out any way to force book rather than article in LyX. Am I missing something or is this not supported? -David begin:vcard n:Nedrow;David x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:UUNET;Security Services Group adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Manager x-mozilla-cpt:;17888 fn:David Nedrow end:vcard
Hope for DocBook "book"?
Does anyone know what the current status of a DocBook book is in LyX? I know only "article" is currently supported, but I thought it had been mentioned that this was being worked on.
