from:"Diab Jerius"

Making layouts more flexible

2003-11-20 Thread Diab Jerius

One of my frustrations using LyX (and there are very few!) is finding an
elegant way to easily mix layouts.  I may simply be ignorant of how to
do it correctly.

Here's an example.  As a long time (La)TeX user I've developed my own
set of handy environments that I use in addition to the standard ones.
I simply \input{macros}, and I'm off.  I'd like that same functionality
in LyX, but with the ability to use those environments without resorting
to ERT.

The way I've been doing this so far, and it's really a kludge, is to
create a local layout (in ~/.lyx/layouts) called stdlists.inc. I
create a symbolic link to the real stdlists.inc ones and call it
dist-stdlists.inc.  My stdlists.inc contains my environments, and
Includes dist-stdlists.inc. That way my environments are available in
all layouts (assuming I use layouts which include stdlists.inc), and the
symbolic link ensures that I'm never out of sync with the real
stdlists.inc.

This makes my life easier, but makes it almost impossible to work
collaboratively on a document, as all of my the collaborators would have
to perform this behind the scenes configuration.  This is just not
practical.  

I could  create a layout specifically for each document that I need to
share, but that's nuts! I couldn't recommend this approach to my
colleagues who are just starting out with LyX either.  It really really
steepens the learning curve.

I think that a practical solution would be to allow the user to
interactively select multiple layouts. LyX would essentially build a
wrapper layout file which would include them.  That way one could create
a library of sub-layouts which could be used interchangeably with
very little effort.


Thanks,
Diab

Making layouts more flexible

2003-11-20 Thread Diab Jerius

One of my frustrations using LyX (and there are very few!) is finding an
elegant way to easily mix layouts.  I may simply be ignorant of how to
do it correctly.

Here's an example.  As a long time (La)TeX user I've developed my own
set of handy environments that I use in addition to the standard ones.
I simply \input{macros}, and I'm off.  I'd like that same functionality
in LyX, but with the ability to use those environments without resorting
to ERT.

The way I've been doing this so far, and it's really a kludge, is to
create a local layout (in ~/.lyx/layouts) called stdlists.inc. I
create a symbolic link to the real stdlists.inc ones and call it
dist-stdlists.inc.  My stdlists.inc contains my environments, and
Includes dist-stdlists.inc. That way my environments are available in
all layouts (assuming I use layouts which include stdlists.inc), and the
symbolic link ensures that I'm never out of sync with the real
stdlists.inc.

This makes my life easier, but makes it almost impossible to work
collaboratively on a document, as all of my the collaborators would have
to perform this behind the scenes configuration.  This is just not
practical.  

I could  create a layout specifically for each document that I need to
share, but that's nuts! I couldn't recommend this approach to my
colleagues who are just starting out with LyX either.  It really really
steepens the learning curve.

I think that a practical solution would be to allow the user to
interactively select multiple layouts. LyX would essentially build a
wrapper layout file which would include them.  That way one could create
a library of sub-layouts which could be used interchangeably with
very little effort.


Thanks,
Diab

Making layouts more flexible

2003-11-20 Thread Diab Jerius

One of my frustrations using LyX (and there are very few!) is finding an
elegant way to easily mix layouts.  I may simply be ignorant of how to
do it correctly.

Here's an example.  As a long time (La)TeX user I've developed my own
set of handy environments that I use in addition to the standard ones.
I simply \input{macros}, and I'm off.  I'd like that same functionality
in LyX, but with the ability to use those environments without resorting
to ERT.

The way I've been doing this so far, and it's really a kludge, is to
create a local layout (in ~/.lyx/layouts) called "stdlists.inc". I
create a symbolic link to the real stdlists.inc ones and call it
"dist-stdlists.inc".  My stdlists.inc contains my environments, and
Includes dist-stdlists.inc. That way my environments are available in
all layouts (assuming I use layouts which include stdlists.inc), and the
symbolic link ensures that I'm never out of sync with the real
stdlists.inc.

This makes my life easier, but makes it almost impossible to work
collaboratively on a document, as all of my the collaborators would have
to perform this "behind the scenes" configuration.  This is just not
practical.  

I could  create a layout specifically for each document that I need to
share, but that's nuts! I couldn't recommend this approach to my
colleagues who are just starting out with LyX either.  It really really
steepens the learning curve.

I think that a practical solution would be to allow the user to
interactively select multiple layouts. LyX would essentially build a
wrapper layout file which would include them.  That way one could create
a library of "sub"-layouts which could be used interchangeably with
very little effort.


Thanks,
Diab

How to turn off babel?

2003-08-23 Thread Diab Jerius

I'm using the SPIE class file (v 2.8) of 16 July 2003.  It's redefining
the reference citation macros in such a way that they collide with
babel, causing failed runs. The error messages vary, depending upon
the age of the TeX distribution. On Debian testing/unstable, I get:

! Missing \endcsname inserted.
to be read again 
   \mathsurround 
l.13 ...s presented in \cite{2000SPIE.4012...17J}.


This is not a LyX bug.  In the short run however, (i.e. paper was due
two months ago, must have it in by next Tuesday) I need to turn babel
off in the LyX output.

Is there any way of doing this?  There's no language=none option that
I could find.

I'm using 1.3.2, xforms.

Thanks!

Diab
-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: How to turn off babel?

2003-08-23 Thread Diab Jerius

On 23 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
 On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
 
 Is there any way of doing this?  There's no language=none option that
 I could find.
 
 Hopefully there's a way to do this from LyX, but...
 
 if you get desperate, you can try this as a last resort:
   * export as LaTeX
   * manually remove the babel-code from the .tex-file
   * compile manually

Oh, I am that desperate; that's actually how I tracked this down, as
other LaTeX only papers were working.  The problem is that since LaTeX
dies with an error, I can't preview the paper.

I've just discovered that I can temporarily insert natbib; that seems to
override things enough so it'll work. I don't get the approved look to
the in-text references, but as you point out, manual intevention before
the final output will do the trick.

Thanks,
Diab
-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

How to turn off babel?

2003-08-23 Thread Diab Jerius

I'm using the SPIE class file (v 2.8) of 16 July 2003.  It's redefining
the reference citation macros in such a way that they collide with
babel, causing failed runs. The error messages vary, depending upon
the age of the TeX distribution. On Debian testing/unstable, I get:

! Missing \endcsname inserted.
to be read again 
   \mathsurround 
l.13 ...s presented in \cite{2000SPIE.4012...17J}.


This is not a LyX bug.  In the short run however, (i.e. paper was due
two months ago, must have it in by next Tuesday) I need to turn babel
off in the LyX output.

Is there any way of doing this?  There's no language=none option that
I could find.

I'm using 1.3.2, xforms.

Thanks!

Diab
-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: How to turn off babel?

2003-08-23 Thread Diab Jerius

On 23 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
 On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
 
 Is there any way of doing this?  There's no language=none option that
 I could find.
 
 Hopefully there's a way to do this from LyX, but...
 
 if you get desperate, you can try this as a last resort:
   * export as LaTeX
   * manually remove the babel-code from the .tex-file
   * compile manually

Oh, I am that desperate; that's actually how I tracked this down, as
other LaTeX only papers were working.  The problem is that since LaTeX
dies with an error, I can't preview the paper.

I've just discovered that I can temporarily insert natbib; that seems to
override things enough so it'll work. I don't get the approved look to
the in-text references, but as you point out, manual intevention before
the final output will do the trick.

Thanks,
Diab
-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

How to turn off babel?

2003-08-23 Thread Diab Jerius

I'm using the SPIE class file (v 2.8) of 16 July 2003.  It's redefining
the reference citation macros in such a way that they collide with
babel, causing failed runs. The error messages vary, depending upon
the age of the TeX distribution. On Debian testing/unstable, I get:

! Missing \endcsname inserted.
 
   \mathsurround 
l.13 ...s presented in \cite{2000SPIE.4012...17J}.


This is not a LyX bug.  In the short run however, (i.e. paper was due
two months ago, must have it in by next Tuesday) I need to turn babel
off in the LyX output.

Is there any way of doing this?  There's no language=none option that
I could find.

I'm using 1.3.2, xforms.

Thanks!

Diab
-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: How to turn off babel?

2003-08-23 Thread Diab Jerius

On 23 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
> 
>> Is there any way of doing this?  There's no language=none option that
>> I could find.
> 
> Hopefully there's a way to do this from LyX, but...
> 
> if you get desperate, you can try this as a last resort:
>   * export as LaTeX
>   * manually remove the babel-code from the .tex-file
>   * compile manually

Oh, I am that desperate; that's actually how I tracked this down, as
other LaTeX only papers were working.  The problem is that since LaTeX
dies with an error, I can't preview the paper.

I've just discovered that I can temporarily insert natbib; that seems to
override things enough so it'll work. I don't get the approved look to
the in-text references, but as you point out, manual intevention before
the final output will do the trick.

Thanks,
Diab
-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

I'm using lyx-1.3.2, xforms.

I'm generating a page of thumbnail images and need to specify the
graphics height as a percentage of the text height.  The width should
scale with the height, as it is not the constraining dimension.

What I'd like to get is the equivalent of

\includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}

I can't figure out how to do this.

In order to make the Height input box active, I select anything but
Scale% for the Width.  I then select text% for Height, but it translates
that to textwidth, not textheight, in the output LaTeX.

Is there some way to do this?

Thanks,
Diab

-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

On 22 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
 On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
 
 I'm using lyx-1.3.2, xforms.
 
 I'm generating a page of thumbnail images and need to specify the
 graphics height as a percentage of the text height.  The width should
 scale with the height, as it is not the constraining dimension.
 
 What I'd like to get is the equivalent of
 
  \includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}
 
 I can't figure out how to do this.
 
 In order to make the Height input box active, I select anything but
 Scale% for the Width.  I then select text% for Height, but it translates
 that to textwidth, not textheight, in the output LaTeX.
 
 
 IIRC, just set the horizontal value to 0cm or something. Lyx uses the 
 largest value, if you have clicked keep proportions.
 
 /Christian
 

Hmm. no go.  LyX still translates that to a textwidth

\includegraphics[%
  bb=36bp 236bp 577bp 529bp,
  clip,
  height=0.2\textwidth,
  keepaspectratio]{graphics/02+hrma_00.00:01.00.ps}

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

On 22 Aug, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
 Diab Jerius wrote:
 What I'd like to get is the equivalent of

 \includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}

 I can't figure out how to do this.
 


 Select
 width: 0 %theight
 height: 20 %theight
 

Are you using lyx-qt?  %theight isn't one of the choices I get in
the xforms version.

Diab

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

Thanks for the confirmation; the bug report is filed.

On 22 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
 On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
 
 
  Select
  width: 0 %theight
  height: 20 %theight
  
 
 Are you using lyx-qt?  %theight isn't one of the choices I get in
 the xforms version.
 
 You're right.. there is no %theight in lyx 1.3.2-xforms... You should file 
 a bug about this in bugzilla.
 

Diab

setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

I'm using lyx-1.3.2, xforms.

I'm generating a page of thumbnail images and need to specify the
graphics height as a percentage of the text height.  The width should
scale with the height, as it is not the constraining dimension.

What I'd like to get is the equivalent of

\includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}

I can't figure out how to do this.

In order to make the Height input box active, I select anything but
Scale% for the Width.  I then select text% for Height, but it translates
that to textwidth, not textheight, in the output LaTeX.

Is there some way to do this?

Thanks,
Diab

-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

On 22 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
 On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
 
 I'm using lyx-1.3.2, xforms.
 
 I'm generating a page of thumbnail images and need to specify the
 graphics height as a percentage of the text height.  The width should
 scale with the height, as it is not the constraining dimension.
 
 What I'd like to get is the equivalent of
 
  \includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}
 
 I can't figure out how to do this.
 
 In order to make the Height input box active, I select anything but
 Scale% for the Width.  I then select text% for Height, but it translates
 that to textwidth, not textheight, in the output LaTeX.
 
 
 IIRC, just set the horizontal value to 0cm or something. Lyx uses the 
 largest value, if you have clicked keep proportions.
 
 /Christian
 

Hmm. no go.  LyX still translates that to a textwidth

\includegraphics[%
  bb=36bp 236bp 577bp 529bp,
  clip,
  height=0.2\textwidth,
  keepaspectratio]{graphics/02+hrma_00.00:01.00.ps}

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

On 22 Aug, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
 Diab Jerius wrote:
 What I'd like to get is the equivalent of

 \includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}

 I can't figure out how to do this.
 


 Select
 width: 0 %theight
 height: 20 %theight
 

Are you using lyx-qt?  %theight isn't one of the choices I get in
the xforms version.

Diab

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

Thanks for the confirmation; the bug report is filed.

On 22 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
 On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
 
 
  Select
  width: 0 %theight
  height: 20 %theight
  
 
 Are you using lyx-qt?  %theight isn't one of the choices I get in
 the xforms version.
 
 You're right.. there is no %theight in lyx 1.3.2-xforms... You should file 
 a bug about this in bugzilla.
 

Diab

setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

I'm using lyx-1.3.2, xforms.

I'm generating a page of "thumbnail" images and need to specify the
graphics height as a percentage of the text height.  The width should
scale with the height, as it is not the constraining dimension.

What I'd like to get is the equivalent of

\includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}

I can't figure out how to do this.

In order to make the Height input box active, I select anything but
Scale% for the Width.  I then select text% for Height, but it translates
that to textwidth, not textheight, in the output LaTeX.

Is there some way to do this?

Thanks,
Diab

-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

On 22 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
> 
>> I'm using lyx-1.3.2, xforms.
>> 
>> I'm generating a page of "thumbnail" images and need to specify the
>> graphics height as a percentage of the text height.  The width should
>> scale with the height, as it is not the constraining dimension.
>> 
>> What I'd like to get is the equivalent of
>> 
>>  \includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}
>> 
>> I can't figure out how to do this.
>> 
>> In order to make the Height input box active, I select anything but
>> Scale% for the Width.  I then select text% for Height, but it translates
>> that to textwidth, not textheight, in the output LaTeX.
>> 
> 
> IIRC, just set the horizontal value to 0cm or something. Lyx uses the 
> largest value, if you have clicked keep proportions.
> 
> /Christian
> 

Hmm. no go.  LyX still translates that to a textwidth

\includegraphics[%
  bb=36bp 236bp 577bp 529bp,
  clip,
  height=0.2\textwidth,
  keepaspectratio]{graphics/02+hrma_00.00:01.00.ps}&

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

On 22 Aug, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Diab Jerius wrote:
>> What I'd like to get is the equivalent of
>>
>> \includegraphics[height=0.2\textheight]{foo.ps}
>>
>> I can't figure out how to do this.
> 


> Select
> width: 0 %theight
> height: 20 %theight
> 

Are you using lyx-qt?  %theight isn't one of the choices I get in
the xforms version.

Diab

Re: setting graphics height to % of text height?

2003-08-22 Thread Diab Jerius

Thanks for the confirmation; the bug report is filed.

On 22 Aug, Christian Ridderström wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Diab Jerius wrote:
> 
>> 
>> > Select
>> > width: 0 %theight
>> > height: 20 %theight
>> > 
>> 
>> Are you using lyx-qt?  %theight isn't one of the choices I get in
>> the xforms version.
>> 
> You're right.. there is no %theight in lyx 1.3.2-xforms... You should file 
> a bug about this in bugzilla.
> 

Diab

Re: Compiling xforms-1.0

2002-12-17 Thread Diab Jerius

On my Solaris box w/ Sun cc, I did this after xmkmf -a

perl -i.bak -pe 's/PICFLAGS\s*=.*/PICFLAGS = -KPIC/' `find . -name Makefile`

(some sub Makefiles hardwired -fPIC for cc, which doesn't work, and this
 catches that as well)

you'll need to do a 
make clean
make


On 17 Dec, Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote:
 
 Hello,
 
 It's a bit off topic, but I get this:
 
 ld: fatal: too many symbols require `small' PIC references:
   have 2424, maximum 2048 -- recompile some modules -K PIC.
 
 Thanks for a hint.

Re: Compiling xforms-1.0

2002-12-17 Thread Diab Jerius

On my Solaris box w/ Sun cc, I did this after xmkmf -a

perl -i.bak -pe 's/PICFLAGS\s*=.*/PICFLAGS = -KPIC/' `find . -name Makefile`

(some sub Makefiles hardwired -fPIC for cc, which doesn't work, and this
 catches that as well)

you'll need to do a 
make clean
make


On 17 Dec, Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote:
 
 Hello,
 
 It's a bit off topic, but I get this:
 
 ld: fatal: too many symbols require `small' PIC references:
   have 2424, maximum 2048 -- recompile some modules -K PIC.
 
 Thanks for a hint.

Re: Compiling xforms-1.0

2002-12-17 Thread Diab Jerius

On my Solaris box w/ Sun cc, I did this after xmkmf -a

perl -i.bak -pe 's/PICFLAGS\s*=.*/PICFLAGS = -KPIC/' `find . -name Makefile`

(some sub Makefiles hardwired -fPIC for cc, which doesn't work, and this
 catches that as well)

you'll need to do a 
make clean
make


On 17 Dec, Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> It's a bit off topic, but I get this:
> 
> ld: fatal: too many symbols require `small' PIC references:
>   have 2424, maximum 2048 -- recompile some modules -K PIC.
> 
> Thanks for a hint.
>

embedding LaTeX commands in layouts

2002-12-12 Thread Diab Jerius

Hi,

I'm trying to create a layout for a memo style which requires the
following Format:

%--

\begin{document}

\From{From}
\To{To}
\Subject{Subject}
\ShortSubj{Subject for page headers}
\RE{In Regards to}
\Cc{Carbon Copy list}
\File{File name}
\Version{Version}

\memo{}

memo text goes here

\end{document}

%--

The problem is that \memo{} MUST appear after the field
specifications, but before the memo text.  That's the macro which
outputs the memo header.

I've created layouts for all of the fields, but am unable to come up
with a good way of getting the empty \memo{} to appear.  I'd rather
not have to use ERT, as I'm creating the layout for unsophisticated users.

My first attempt for a layout is

Style Memo
  LatexType Command
  LatexName memo
  KeepEmpty 1
End

Unfortunately, if the user doesn't notice the layout is Memo and
not Standard, the resultant text gets passed to \memo{}, which must
not happen. (It takes an argument, but in this case it must be
passed an empty one).

Additionally, is there a way of ensuring that the \memo{} always is
present, other than putting a label in the layout which says do not
delete?

Thanks,
Diab

embedding LaTeX commands in layouts

2002-12-12 Thread Diab Jerius

Hi,

I'm trying to create a layout for a memo style which requires the
following Format:

%--

\begin{document}

\From{From}
\To{To}
\Subject{Subject}
\ShortSubj{Subject for page headers}
\RE{In Regards to}
\Cc{Carbon Copy list}
\File{File name}
\Version{Version}

\memo{}

memo text goes here

\end{document}

%--

The problem is that \memo{} MUST appear after the field
specifications, but before the memo text.  That's the macro which
outputs the memo header.

I've created layouts for all of the fields, but am unable to come up
with a good way of getting the empty \memo{} to appear.  I'd rather
not have to use ERT, as I'm creating the layout for unsophisticated users.

My first attempt for a layout is

Style Memo
  LatexType Command
  LatexName memo
  KeepEmpty 1
End

Unfortunately, if the user doesn't notice the layout is Memo and
not Standard, the resultant text gets passed to \memo{}, which must
not happen. (It takes an argument, but in this case it must be
passed an empty one).

Additionally, is there a way of ensuring that the \memo{} always is
present, other than putting a label in the layout which says do not
delete?

Thanks,
Diab

embedding LaTeX commands in layouts

2002-12-12 Thread Diab Jerius

Hi,

I'm trying to create a layout for a memo style which requires the
following Format:

%--

\begin{document}

\From{}
\To{}
\Subject{}
\ShortSubj{}
\RE{}
\Cc{}
\File{}
\Version{}

\memo{}



\end{document}

%--

The problem is that \memo{} MUST appear after the field
specifications, but before the memo text.  That's the macro which
outputs the memo header.

I've created layouts for all of the fields, but am unable to come up
with a good way of getting the empty \memo{} to appear.  I'd rather
not have to use ERT, as I'm creating the layout for unsophisticated users.

My first attempt for a layout is

Style Memo
  LatexType Command
  LatexName memo
  KeepEmpty 1
End

Unfortunately, if the user doesn't notice the layout is Memo and
not Standard, the resultant text gets passed to \memo{}, which must
not happen. (It takes an argument, but in this case it must be
passed an empty one).

Additionally, is there a way of ensuring that the \memo{} always is
present, other than putting a label in the layout which says "do not
delete"?

Thanks,
Diab

Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-06 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
 On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:36:17PM -0500, Diab Jerius wrote:
 I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
 a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
 wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
 that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.
 
 I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
 succesfully viewed on Windows.
 
 
 Do you mean  that you used the package pslatex ( \usepackage{pslatex})?
 I thought this package was deprecated? (Which I guess doesn't matter for
 now, if it works!) I am just curios so I can try this myself.
 

In the  Layout-Document popup, under the Document tab, 
choose Fonts: pslatex.

(in 1.1.6fix2)

Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-06 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, John Coppens wrote:
 On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:36:17 -0500 (EST)
 Diab Jerius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
  I have just done a search on the web and found that no one else has had
  this problem, or at least that I could find. 
 
 I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
 a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
 wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
 that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.
 
 Ok... 'It wasn't recognized'... Does this mean that the plug-in didn't
 get called in the browser? Or was it Reader that complained?
 In the first case, did you send the file with the correct extension?
 As Windows hides extension this can be difficult to establish.

Well, as I said, that was as techinical a description as I was given.
As I noted (see quoted message below), exporting using the pslatex fonts
did work correctly.  Nothing to do with extensions, etc.

 
 I'd suggest to ask the Windows users to _download_ the file (right
 click  save as...) then try to open it explicitly with Acrobat.
 
 John
 
 
 I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
 succesfully viewed on Windows.
 
 Diab
 

-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-06 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
 On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:36:17PM -0500, Diab Jerius wrote:
 I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
 a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
 wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
 that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.
 
 I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
 succesfully viewed on Windows.
 
 
 Do you mean  that you used the package pslatex ( \usepackage{pslatex})?
 I thought this package was deprecated? (Which I guess doesn't matter for
 now, if it works!) I am just curios so I can try this myself.
 

In the  Layout-Document popup, under the Document tab, 
choose Fonts: pslatex.

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Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-06 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, John Coppens wrote:
 On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:36:17 -0500 (EST)
 Diab Jerius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
  I have just done a search on the web and found that no one else has had
  this problem, or at least that I could find. 
 
 I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
 a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
 wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
 that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.
 
 Ok... 'It wasn't recognized'... Does this mean that the plug-in didn't
 get called in the browser? Or was it Reader that complained?
 In the first case, did you send the file with the correct extension?
 As Windows hides extension this can be difficult to establish.

Well, as I said, that was as techinical a description as I was given.
As I noted (see quoted message below), exporting using the pslatex fonts
did work correctly.  Nothing to do with extensions, etc.

 
 I'd suggest to ask the Windows users to _download_ the file (right
 click  save as...) then try to open it explicitly with Acrobat.
 
 John
 
 
 I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
 succesfully viewed on Windows.
 
 Diab
 

-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-06 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:36:17PM -0500, Diab Jerius wrote:
>> I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
>> a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
>> wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
>> that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.
>> 
>> I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
>> succesfully viewed on Windows.
>> 
> 
> Do you mean  that you used the package pslatex ( \usepackage{pslatex})?
> I thought this package was deprecated? (Which I guess doesn't matter for
> now, if it works!) I am just curios so I can try this myself.
> 

In the  Layout->Document popup, under the Document tab, 
choose Fonts: pslatex.

(in 1.1.6fix2)

Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-06 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, John Coppens wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:36:17 -0500 (EST)
> Diab Jerius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
>> > I have just done a search on the web and found that no one else has had
>> > this problem, or at least that I could find. 
>> 
>> I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
>> a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
>> wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
>> that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.
> 
> Ok... 'It wasn't recognized'... Does this mean that the plug-in didn't
> get called in the browser? Or was it Reader that complained?
> In the first case, did you send the file with the correct extension?
> As Windows hides extension this can be difficult to establish.

Well, as I said, that was as techinical a description as I was given.
As I noted (see quoted message below), exporting using the pslatex fonts
did work correctly.  Nothing to do with extensions, etc.

> 
> I'd suggest to ask the Windows users to _download_ the file (right
> click & save as...) then try to open it explicitly with Acrobat.
> 
> John
> 
>> 
>> I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
>> succesfully viewed on Windows.
>> 
>> Diab
>> 

-- 
Diab Jerius   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  60 Garden St, MS 70, Cambridge MA 02138 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   vox: 617 496 7575 fax: 617 495 7356

Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-05 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
 I have just done a search on the web and found that no one else has had
 this problem, or at least that I could find. 

I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.

I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
succesfully viewed on Windows.

Diab

Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-05 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
 I have just done a search on the web and found that no one else has had
 this problem, or at least that I could find. 

I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.

I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
succesfully viewed on Windows.

Diab

Re: pdf won't open on other platform

2002-12-05 Thread Diab Jerius

On  5 Dec, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> I have just done a search on the web and found that no one else has had
> this problem, or at least that I could find. 

I just had this experience last night, as a matter of fact.  I exported
a document to PDF, sent it off to a Windows user, who complained that it
wasn't recognized (I couldn't get a more technical description than
that). I was able to view it with acroread under Linux.

I re-exported the PDF using the pslatex fonts and the document was
succesfully viewed on Windows.

Diab

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