Re: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
I need an italic *s* character which has a prime symbol above
it.
I have tried variations of
\emph\skew9\acute sand \it\skew9\acute s
how about
\acute{s}
in math mode?
Re: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Stephen Buonopane
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I need an italic *s* character which has a prime symbol above
> > it.
> >
> > I have tried variations of
> >
> > \emph\skew9\acute sand \it\skew9\acute s
> >
>
> how about
> \acute{s}
> in math mode?
Or maybe Insert->Special Character->Symbols, there "Latin Extended-A",
fourth row, "ŝ"/"ś".
RE: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
Thanks for the solution!
I elect to use Stephens solution, as I am not using LyX (making
the changes directly to the LaTeX source). When I learn the
proper use of LyX, I'll try the other suggested solution.
the command I use is
$\skew9\acute{s}\thinspace$
The thinspace is to accommodate the non-italic text which
follows. Perhaps I should also try the \ / mechanism, too.
wrb
> -Original Message-
> From: Dominik Böhm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; LyX User
> Subject: Re: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Stephen Buonopane
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I need an italic *s* character which has a prime symbol above >
> > it.
> > >
> > > I have tried variations of
> > >
> > > \emph\skew9\acute sand \it\skew9\acute s
> > >
> >
> > how about
> > \acute{s}
> > in math mode?
>
> Or maybe Insert->Special Character->Symbols, there "Latin
> Extended-A", fourth row, "s"/"s".
>
Re: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:11 PM, William R. Buckley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> the command I use is
>
> $\skew9\acute{s}\thinspace$
This command works just fine in math mode in LyX for me. Displaying an
italic s with a prime symbol. See the attached file.
Cheers,
/Bob
acute-s.lyx
Description: application/lyx
RE: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > the command I use is
> >
> > $\skew9\acute{s}\thinspace$
>
> This command works just fine in math mode in LyX for me.
> Displaying an italic s with a prime symbol. See the attached file.
>
> Cheers,
> /Bob
As mentioned earlier, I am not using LyX. Instead, the .tex
file is being edited with NotePad. I'll get to learning LyX after
I get the pending paper submitted.
Thanks for all your help.
wrb
Re: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:36 AM, William R. Buckley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As mentioned earlier, I am not using LyX. Instead, the .tex > file is being edited with NotePad. I'll get to learning LyX after > I get the pending paper submitted. Then you will probably be stunned by the possibilities and ease of use of LyX (compared with notepad and LaTeX). Try it out as soon as you can, it's worth it! Dominik
RE: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
I've tried, and had some difficulties working with the interface. It is
probably just differences in the way things are done, versus Ventura
Publisher. So, acquiring new interface skills slows the process for
getting the paper out.
Right now, my big problem is scaling of a PDF graphic image. So
far, I can get it either in a horribly small form, or it takes all of its
own page, even if it is still in a horribly small form. I've been reading
the graphics package but, haven't found good examples for what I
want to do.
I am not really interested in re-drawing the graphics for the paper.
Since PDF importation works, I'd like to use it. Ventura will easily
prepare the PDFs. What I need to understand is how to properly
scale those images, and place them so that they are neighborly
with regard to surrounding text and images.
The current text of the tex file contains this snippet:
\begin{figure}
\centering
\scalebox{1}{\includegraphics*[width=1\textwidth, totalheight=300pt]
{figure1.pdf}}
\label{Figure 1. An active sub-configuration s' which is identical to its
state transition, F(s') = s', classifiable as passive or
active, depending upon applied metric. No other figure shows signa, as this
figure does.}
\end{figure}
Also, I don't understand why the text in the \label{} command does
not show up as a caption. More newbie-itis I suppose.
wrb
> -Original Message-
> From: Dominik Böhm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:44 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: LyX User
> Subject: Re: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:36 AM, William R. Buckley
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As mentioned earlier, I am not using LyX. Instead, the
> .tex file is
> > being edited with NotePad. I'll get to learning LyX after
> I get the
> > pending paper submitted.
>
> Then you will probably be stunned by the possibilities and
> ease of use of LyX (compared with notepad and LaTeX). Try it
> out as soon as you can, it's worth it!
>
> Dominik
>
>
Re: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:09 AM, William R. Buckley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've tried, and had some difficulties working with the interface. It is
> probably just differences in the way things are done, versus Ventura
> Publisher. So, acquiring new interface skills slows the process for
> getting the paper out.
>
> Right now, my big problem is scaling of a PDF graphic image. So
> far, I can get it either in a horribly small form, or it takes all of its
> own page, even if it is still in a horribly small form. I've been reading
> the graphics package but, haven't found good examples for what I
> want to do.
>
> I am not really interested in re-drawing the graphics for the paper.
> Since PDF importation works, I'd like to use it. Ventura will easily
> prepare the PDFs. What I need to understand is how to properly
> scale those images, and place them so that they are neighborly
> with regard to surrounding text and images.
>
> The current text of the tex file contains this snippet:
>
> \begin{figure}
> \centering
> \scalebox{1}{\includegraphics*[width=1\textwidth, totalheight=300pt]
> {figure1.pdf}}
> \label{Figure 1. An active sub-configuration s' which is identical to its
> state transition, F(s') = s', classifiable as passive or
> active, depending upon applied metric. No other figure shows signa, as
> this figure does.}
> \end{figure}
>
> Also, I don't understand why the text in the \label{} command does
> not show up as a caption. More newbie-itis I suppose.
The label only provides for an (internal) reference anchor that you
can use in an \ref{} command. The caption maybe (and usually is)
totally different from the label.
For figures I usually use labels like "fig:section-short-figure-name".
Inside a text you can reference it via
"\ref{fig:section-short-figure-name}". If you change the caption
afterwards, you don't need to change the label.
As LyX generates the LaTeX code for me, I am not sure how the exact
LaTeX syntax for scaling is. I usually use .svg-files that are
converted by LyX to cropped pdf files. LyX includes those pdf files
(with some meta information about the scaling) into the generated
LaTeX code while LaTeX makes sure everything is scaled right.
Please find two files attached:
1. figure.tex -- That's the LaTeX file LyX generates on the fly. Maybe
you can see how including figures and scaling works...
2. include-figure.pdf -- That's the included pdf file (that was
converted from an svg file)
If you want to compile the file to see, how the result looks like,
execute "pdflatex figure.tex" twice.
Dominik
figure.tex
Description: TeX document
included-figure.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
RE: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
Thanks much. I'll get to this, and let you know how it works out.
Being in California, I'll have to end this mornings computing, and
seek the benefits of slumber.
wrb
> -Original Message-
> From: Dominik Böhm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:30 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: LyX User
> Subject: Re: WRB - Problems with LaTeX
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:09 AM, William R. Buckley
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've tried, and had some difficulties working with the
> interface. It
> > is probably just differences in the way things are done, versus
> > Ventura Publisher. So, acquiring new interface skills slows the
> > process for getting the paper out.
> >
> > Right now, my big problem is scaling of a PDF graphic image. So
> > far, I can get it either in a horribly small form, or it
> takes all of
> > its own page, even if it is still in a horribly small form. I've
> > been reading the graphics package but, haven't found good examples
> > for what I want to do.
> >
> > I am not really interested in re-drawing the graphics for
> the paper.
> > Since PDF importation works, I'd like to use it. Ventura
> will easily
> > prepare the PDFs. What I need to understand is how to
> properly scale
> > those images, and place them so that they are neighborly
> with regard
> > to surrounding text and images.
> >
> > The current text of the tex file contains this snippet:
> >
> > \begin{figure}
> > \centering
> > \scalebox{1}{\includegraphics*[width=1\textwidth,
> totalheight=300pt]
> > {figure1.pdf}} \label{Figure 1. An active
> sub-configuration s' which
> > is identical to its state transition, F(s') = s', classifiable as
> > passive or active, depending upon applied metric. No
> other figure
> > shows signa, as this figure does.} \end{figure}
> >
> > Also, I don't understand why the text in the \label{}
> command does
> > not show up as a caption. More newbie-itis I suppose.
>
> The label only provides for an (internal) reference anchor
> that you can use in an \ref{} command. The caption maybe (and
> usually is) totally different from the label.
>
> For figures I usually use labels like "fig:section-short-figure-name".
> Inside a text you can reference it via
> "\ref{fig:section-short-figure-name}". If you change the
> caption afterwards, you don't need to change the label.
>
> As LyX generates the LaTeX code for me, I am not sure how the
> exact LaTeX syntax for scaling is. I usually use .svg-files
> that are converted by LyX to cropped pdf files. LyX includes
> those pdf files (with some meta information about the
> scaling) into the generated LaTeX code while LaTeX makes sure
> everything is scaled right.
>
> Please find two files attached:
> 1. figure.tex -- That's the LaTeX file LyX generates on the
> fly. Maybe you can see how including figures and scaling works...
> 2. include-figure.pdf -- That's the included pdf file (that
> was converted from an svg file)
>
> If you want to compile the file to see, how the result looks
> like, execute "pdflatex figure.tex" twice.
>
> Dominik
>
