Re: Templates storage
On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, Daniel wrote: But you could also do it the other way around: move all the templates you need to your user directory and then change the default template path (in Preferences > Paths). Daniel, That will work. In the next mayor version (2.4), LyX will show both user and system templates in one dialog, so you can just put your own ones in the user directory and leave the system ones where they are. Excellent idea. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Templates storage
On 27/06/2022 17:46, Rich Shepard wrote: Here, the default LyX template directory is /usr/share/lyx/templates. I have some templates in ~/.lyx/templates/. If I move the latter to the former will I lose them in an upgrade? TIA, Rich I am not sure about losing them when upgrading. But you could also do it the other way around: move all the templates you need to your user directory and then change the default template path (in Preferences > Paths). In the next mayor version (2.4), LyX will show both user and system templates in one dialog, so you can just put your own ones in the user directory and leave the system ones where they are. Daniel -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Templates storage
Here, the default LyX template directory is /usr/share/lyx/templates. I have some templates in ~/.lyx/templates/. If I move the latter to the former will I lose them in an upgrade? TIA, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Suggestions for custom layouts/templates creation
On Fri, 20 May 2022, Steve Litt wrote: First, if the forms will be OCR'ed, you'd better have the right font and spacing. Otherwise, it's pretty easy... Steve, Not applicable. But, about 15 years ago I used PSTricks to create a scannable form. Took time but worked. These 'forms' are not like a voting ballot. One is a checklist of compliance with the state's environmental policy act, another describes the project's compliance with the local critical areas protection needs. And so on. Question and answer type forms. Then there's the biological evaluation/assessment which requires addressing specific issues. Because I no longer have a typewriter, use windoze, or want to write manually I recreate the 'forms' in LyX. Thanks, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Suggestions for custom layouts/templates creation
On Fri, 20 May 2022, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: I have recreated a number of forms required by the local Medical Industrial Complex :-)-O using tables, judicious spacing and other trickery to achieve reasonable similarity which has been accepted in each case. EL, Sometimes the specific appearance matters, most of the time it's the content that matters. As long as all information is provided in the same sequence the agency would accept it. Thanks for your insights, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Suggestions for custom layouts/templates creation
Rich Shepard said on Thu, 19 May 2022 13:39:14 -0700 (PDT) >I've read the layout page in the Wiki and learned that I can create my >own layouts. What I'd like from those of you who want to help are >suggestions how to approach the project(s). > >All environmental regulators have forms that need to be filled by >permit (or other approval) applicants then submitted to the agency. I >don't do Windows and want to learn how to make LyX templates for those >that clients pay me to prepare for them. > >I use the KOMA-Script classes and assume the KOMA-Script Article class >would be the most appropriate. But, not before creating any LyX >templates I would appreciate suggestions how to go about making this >first one. First, if the forms will be OCR'ed, you'd better have the right font and spacing. Otherwise, it's pretty easy... Your layout file defines environments and commands. Commands are the basis of character styles, and can be used for other things too. So invent a stylename (environment or command) for each appearance you see on whatever form you're imitating, and then do a little trial and error with the styles until yours looks exactly like the sample. I haven't discussed the nuts and bolts of custom layout grammar. If you need that, give me back a shout. SteveT Steve Litt March 2022 featured book: Making Mental Models: Advanced Edition http://www.troubleshooters.com/mmm -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Suggestions for custom layouts/templates creation
I have recreated a number of forms required by the local Medical
Industrial Complex :-)-O using tables, judicious spacing and other
trickery to achieve reasonable similarity which has been accepted in
each case.
I usually use Komascript but have a few legacy forms that I created in
Memoir and they are not broken.
It's a lot of manual labor, even only once:-)-O and you can template
(variables like $$SURNAME$$) with Perl (or for the younglings Python
:-)-O) if you want.
The really complicated and colorful forms I do in LaTeX with the PDF as
the background and then use something like \usepackage{lpic} so I can
place the variables right where I need them, usually incorporating
them into Perl scripts.
Using Pashua for simple forms and Platypus to create (simple) Apps on
the Mac makes this quite powerful.
Usually these forms change over time but in particular the lab I use has
overlooked the outdatedness of my forms (probably because they are happy
not to have to try to read my handwriting :-)-O)
el
On 2022-05-19 23:19 , Rich Shepard wrote:
I use the KOMA-Script classes and assume the KOMA-Script Article
class would be the most appropriate. But, not before creating any
LyX templates I would appreciate suggestions how to go about making
this first one.
Thinking I'm on the right track, I'm copying text from the PDF form
with questions emphasized (to visually separate them from the filled
in answers). I'm using sections* and subsctions* to follow the
agency's formatting.
Will save in ~/.lyx/templates when finished.
Recommendations still welcome!
Rich
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Re: Suggestions for custom layouts/templates creation
I use the KOMA-Script classes and assume the KOMA-Script Article class would be the most appropriate. But, not before creating any LyX templates I would appreciate suggestions how to go about making this first one. Thinking I'm on the right track, I'm copying text from the PDF form with questions emphasized (to visually separate them from the filled in answers). I'm using sections* and subsctions* to follow the agency's formatting. Will save in ~/.lyx/templates when finished. Recommendations still welcome! Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Suggestions for custom layouts/templates creation
I've read the layout page in the Wiki and learned that I can create my own layouts. What I'd like from those of you who want to help are suggestions how to approach the project(s). All environmental regulators have forms that need to be filled by permit (or other approval) applicants then submitted to the agency. I don't do Windows and want to learn how to make LyX templates for those that clients pay me to prepare for them. I use the KOMA-Script classes and assume the KOMA-Script Article class would be the most appropriate. But, not before creating any LyX templates I would appreciate suggestions how to go about making this first one. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
How to use IFAC templates with LyX?
I'm a relatively simple user of LyX, and plan to submit a paper to an IFAC conference (International Federation of Automatic Control). I haven't used plain LaTeX for ages... How can I use LyX with the IFAC templates (found at the bottom of Submission | Mathmod 2022<https://www.mathmod.at/index.php/participate/submission/>, under Full Contribution...? [cid:image001.png@01D7C72A.D7575E20] Is it *possible* to use this template with LyX? -BL -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Adding local templates directory to dialog
On 06/24/2018 01:38 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: Am 23.06.2018 um 20:44 schrieb Paul A. Rubin : I should know the answer to this but apparently have forgotten. Is there any way to modify the "New from Template" dialog so that local templates (in ~/.lyx/templates on Linux) are one click away? Alternatively, is there a way to add to the list of directory shortcuts on the left side of the dialog (currently "Computer" and my home directory)? My alternate solution is to change the template directory to the local templates in your home directory and place a symbolic link to the system template dir inside it. That way you can reach both places quickly. On a Mac this is done automatically on first configuration. Unfortunately there is no (known) API to modify the list of directory shortcuts on the left side of the dialog automatically. Stephan Thanks, Stephan. That's a good work-around. It would be nice if the paths settings in preferences accepted multiple directories using the same syntax that the operating system paths use (colon separators in Linux) and at least populated the "Look in" select box with them, if not the shortcuts on the right-hand side. Paul
Re: Adding local templates directory to dialog
Am 23.06.2018 um 20:44 schrieb Paul A. Rubin : > > I should know the answer to this but apparently have forgotten. Is there any > way to modify the "New from Template" dialog so that local templates (in > ~/.lyx/templates on Linux) are one click away? Alternatively, is there a way > to add to the list of directory shortcuts on the left side of the dialog > (currently "Computer" and my home directory)? My alternate solution is to change the template directory to the local templates in your home directory and place a symbolic link to the system template dir inside it. That way you can reach both places quickly. On a Mac this is done automatically on first configuration. Unfortunately there is no (known) API to modify the list of directory shortcuts on the left side of the dialog automatically. Stephan
Re: Adding local templates directory to dialog
On 06/23/2018 07:34 PM, Charlie wrote: On Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:44:27 -0400 "Paul A. Rubin" wrote: I should know the answer to this but apparently have forgotten. Is there any way to modify the "New from Template" dialog so that local templates (in ~/.lyx/templates on Linux) are one click away? Alternatively, is there a way to add to the list of directory shortcuts on the left side of the dialog (currently "Computer" and my home directory)? I just use Ctrl + Shift + N and it opens my custom templates directory, I click on the one I want and it opens. I have no idea if this is the correct way to do it, but hope it helps or gives you an idea how it should be done better or more to your needs and wants. Be well, Charlie Thanks for the response. On my system, Ctrl + Shift + N is bound to buffer-new-template, which is the default binding (at least with the cua bind file). That does the same thing as File > New from Template: it opens /usr/share/lyx/templates. There's no LFUN specific to the local templates directory, so my guess is that you have the local templates directory set in the template path field under Preferences. Do you have a convenient way to use the templates installed with LyX (in /usr/share/lyx/templates)? Cheers, Paul
Re: Adding local templates directory to dialog
On Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:44:27 -0400 "Paul A. Rubin" wrote: > I should know the answer to this but apparently have forgotten. Is > there any way to modify the "New from Template" dialog so that local > templates (in ~/.lyx/templates on Linux) are one click away? > Alternatively, is there a way to add to the list of directory > shortcuts on the left side of the dialog (currently "Computer" and my > home directory)? I just use Ctrl + Shift + N and it opens my custom templates directory, I click on the one I want and it opens. I have no idea if this is the correct way to do it, but hope it helps or gives you an idea how it should be done better or more to your needs and wants. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** Life is an adventure in forgiveness. --- Norman Cousins *** Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. -
Adding local templates directory to dialog
I should know the answer to this but apparently have forgotten. Is there any way to modify the "New from Template" dialog so that local templates (in ~/.lyx/templates on Linux) are one click away? Alternatively, is there a way to add to the list of directory shortcuts on the left side of the dialog (currently "Computer" and my home directory)? TIA, Paul
Re: Weird directory, different order of templates...
On Tue, 22 May 2018 09:45:45 +0200 Daniel CLEMENT wrote: > Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 16:23 +1000, Charlie a écrit : > > On Tue, 22 May 2018 07:40:00 +0200 > > Daniel CLEMENT wrote: > > > > > Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 11:43 +1000, Charlie a écrit : > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > > > In my templates directory when opened with a file > > > > manager, my directories have always been and still are on top, > > > > and below them the various individual files in that directory. > > > > That has always been in LyX as well. > > > > > > > > Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the > > > > bottom of the directory I open, and the individual files are at > > > > the top, so I have to scroll down to get to the directories. > > > > > > > > I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut > > > > to have this happen, but I have trolled through these and am > > > > unable to find the one that does this. If that is actually the > > > > cause. > > > > > > > > Would appreciate any advice. > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > Charlie > > > > > > > I see you are using Linux. Under my distro, LyX does not use the > > > standard dialogs. There are 2 views. > > > > > > Could it be that you had enable the "detailed" view, and by chance > > > clicked on a column title, like, "sort by type"? > > > > > > Thanks Daniel, > > > > Can't find "sort by type". > > I realize I was not very precise. I'm attaching a screenshot of my LyX > dialog; not sure it will work so let me describe as well. > > The last 2 icons (before "Documents" and "Examples" are "list view" > and "detailed view" (I do my best to translate from French). > > I suggest that you select the latter. Then you end up with an > explorer-like windows, where the columns have titles "name", "size", > "type" and so on. These are clickable. A small arrow (up or down) next > to one column shows how the files and folders are sorted. > > Try clicking on the "name" or "type", once or twice. If I do that, I > get precisely what you describe, but then a 2nd click restores the > "directory first" sort order. > > HTH - Daniel Thank you Daniel. Clicking on either list view or detail view once or twice just brings it or from one to another. Right clicking on the directory doesn't allow me to do anything. Clicking on list vies does show **two** columns in the window. However, the individual, single files are the first, at the top, instead of under the directories. Which have always been on the top. The detail view delivers a single column, the individual files are still shown at the top instead of below the directories. Ce la vie. I think I will just have to live with it. Thank you for your suggestions. Stay well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. Erich Fromm *** Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. -
Re: Weird directory, different order of templates...
Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 16:23 +1000, Charlie a écrit : > On Tue, 22 May 2018 07:40:00 +0200 > Daniel CLEMENT wrote: > > > Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 11:43 +1000, Charlie a écrit : > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > In my templates directory when opened with a file manager, > > > my directories have always been and still are on top, and below > > > them the various individual files in that directory. That > > > has always been in LyX as well. > > > > > > Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the > > > bottom of the directory I open, and the individual files are at the > > > top, so I have to scroll down to get to the directories. > > > > > > I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut to > > > have this happen, but I have trolled through these and am unable to > > > find the one that does this. If that is actually the cause. > > > > > > Would appreciate any advice. > > > > > > TIA > > > Charlie > > > > > I see you are using Linux. Under my distro, LyX does not use the > > standard dialogs. There are 2 views. > > > > Could it be that you had enable the "detailed" view, and by chance > > clicked on a column title, like, "sort by type"? > > > Thanks Daniel, > > Can't find "sort by type". I realize I was not very precise. I'm attaching a screenshot of my LyX dialog; not sure it will work so let me describe as well. The last 2 icons (before "Documents" and "Examples" are "list view" and "detailed view" (I do my best to translate from French). I suggest that you select the latter. Then you end up with an explorer-like windows, where the columns have titles "name", "size", "type" and so on. These are clickable. A small arrow (up or down) next to one column shows how the files and folders are sorted. Try clicking on the "name" or "type", once or twice. If I do that, I get precisely what you describe, but then a 2nd click restores the "directory first" sort order. HTH - Daniel > > Using LyX Version 2.2.2 Qt Version (run-time): 5.7.1 Qt Version > (compile-time): 5.7.1 > > on > > Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 (2018-05-07) > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Using fvwm. > > The file manager does not have this problem with the directories > > There is another thing not working with LyX as well and has been so for > many months. That being the scroll bar is not seen till F7 is pressed > for spell checking, then the scroll bar appears and remains. > > Will probably just have to live with these things. > > Thank you for your reply, > Charlie > -- Daniel CLEMENT
Re: Weird directory, different order of templates...
On Tue, 22 May 2018 07:40:00 +0200 Daniel CLEMENT wrote: > Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 11:43 +1000, Charlie a écrit : > > Hello Everyone, > > > > In my templates directory when opened with a file manager, > > my directories have always been and still are on top, and below > > them the various individual files in that directory. That > > has always been in LyX as well. > > > > Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the > > bottom of the directory I open, and the individual files are at the > > top, so I have to scroll down to get to the directories. > > > > I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut to > > have this happen, but I have trolled through these and am unable to > > find the one that does this. If that is actually the cause. > > > > Would appreciate any advice. > > > > TIA > > Charlie > > > I see you are using Linux. Under my distro, LyX does not use the > standard dialogs. There are 2 views. > > Could it be that you had enable the "detailed" view, and by chance > clicked on a column title, like, "sort by type"? Thanks Daniel, Can't find "sort by type". Using LyX Version 2.2.2 Qt Version (run-time): 5.7.1 Qt Version (compile-time): 5.7.1 on Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.88-1+deb9u1 (2018-05-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux Using fvwm. The file manager does not have this problem with the directories There is another thing not working with LyX as well and has been so for many months. That being the scroll bar is not seen till F7 is pressed for spell checking, then the scroll bar appears and remains. Will probably just have to live with these things. Thank you for your reply, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust *** Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. -
Re: Weird directory, different order of templates...
Le mardi 22 mai 2018 à 11:43 +1000, Charlie a écrit : > Hello Everyone, > > In my templates directory when opened with a file manager, my > directories have always been and still are on top, and below > them the various individual files in that directory. That has > always been in LyX as well. > > Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the bottom > of the directory I open, and the individual files are at the top, so I > have to scroll down to get to the directories. > > I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut to have > this happen, but I have trolled through these and am unable to find the > one that does this. If that is actually the cause. > > Would appreciate any advice. > > TIA > Charlie > I see you are using Linux. Under my distro, LyX does not use the standard dialogs. There are 2 views. Could it be that you had enable the "detailed" view, and by chance clicked on a column title, like, "sort by type"? -- Daniel CLEMENT
Weird directory, different order of templates...
Hello Everyone, In my templates directory when opened with a file manager, my directories have always been and still are on top, and below them the various individual files in that directory. That has always been in LyX as well. Suddenly, the opposite is true in LyX, my directories are at the bottom of the directory I open, and the individual files are at the top, so I have to scroll down to get to the directories. I imagine I have probably used a some obscure keyboard shortcut to have this happen, but I have trolled through these and am unable to find the one that does this. If that is actually the cause. Would appreciate any advice. TIA Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is "look under foot." Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. ..John Burroughs *** Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. -
Book templates in lyx
Hello, I'm perplexed and concerned. I've typeset several of my books in lyx using the memoir book package. But now, on a new computer and fresh install of lyx I can't find a single book package in settings and somewhere in the somewhat confusing help pages find a note that memoir is broken and one should use caution using it. What gives? What's changed? Best wishes, LRP Writersglen Publications * My books: THE GOSPEL OF ASHES http://thegospelofashes.com Strength is not enough. Do they have the courage and the cunning? Can they survive long enough to save the lives of millions? FREEIN' PANCHO http://freeinpancho.com A community of misfits help a troubled boy find his way AYA TAKEO http://ayatakeo.com Star-crossed love, war and power in an alternative universe Available through Amazon or by request from your favorite bookstore **
Re: Book templates in lyx
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018, ll...@writersglen.com wrote: But now, on a new computer and fresh install of lyx I can't find a single book package in settings and somewhere in the somewhat confusing help pages find a note that memoir is broken and one should use caution using it. What gives? What's changed? LRP, What is your OS and version of LyX? Do you have memoir.sty installed? On my Slackware-14.2 systems, all running LyX-2.2.3 there are multiple book classes, including memoir, listed under Settings -> Document class. Rich
Re: Templates on Mac OS X
On Jul 16, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Stephen Buonopane wrote: > On the Mac installation, they get buried inside of the app package. > > Find LyX.app in your applications folder > Right click on it and select "show package contents" > Then go to Contents -> Resources -> templates > > On my installation of LyX, > File -> New from Template goes to /Library/ApplicationSupport/LyX/templates > so that may be a more convenient place for the templates to be placed. > Sorry for the late response here. This issue has been discussed before. Storing user files in the application bundle like this, and expecting the user to discover them by control-clicking or right-clicking on the app icon, IS WRONG. Apple DOES NOT EXPECT users to even know that this is possible. It is a "power user" concept. These things should be stored in /Library/Application Support/LyX/templates or /Library/Application Support/LyX-2.1/templates (as appropriate) and the path in the application should point there. A possible fallback is to store them in the app bundle, but make them accessible from menus within the app so that reverting to control-clicking on the app bundle is not necessary. I thought this had been fixed. Jerry > > > > > On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Julio Rojas wrote: > >> Thanks, but that is not the problem. The files for the templates are not >> copied to the hard drive at installation time, thus they are nowhere to be >> found when one tries to create a new document. >> >> - >> Julio Rojas >> jcredbe...@gmail.com >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:49 PM, wrote: >> "Reconfiguration" is under "Tools" menu. >> >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Is anybody aware that templates are not installed when installing Lyx on OS >>> X? Is there something I am missing? I remember that on previous versions >>> one should run some configuration tool after installation, but this tool is >>> nowhere to be found in Lyx 2.1.1. >>> >>> Regards, >>> - >>> Julio Rojas >>> jcredbe...@gmail.com >> >> >
Re: Templates on Mac OS X
thank you - changing the path in the "Preferences -> Paths -> Document templates:" box to /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/templates solved the problem for me. On 16/07/2014 18:25, Stephen Buonopane wrote: On the Mac installation, they get buried inside of the app package. Find LyX.app in your applications folder Right click on it and select "show package contents" Then go to Contents -> Resources -> templates On my installation of LyX, File -> New from Template goes to /Library/ApplicationSupport/LyX/templates so that may be a more convenient place for the templates to be placed. On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Julio Rojas wrote: Thanks, but that is not the problem. The files for the templates are not copied to the hard drive at installation time, thus they are nowhere to be found when one tries to create a new document. - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com <mailto:jcredbe...@gmail.com> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:49 PM, <mailto:co...@vt.edu>> wrote: "Reconfiguration" is under "Tools" menu. Dear all, Is anybody aware that templates are not installed when installing Lyx on OS X? Is there something I am missing? I remember that on previous versions one should run some configuration tool after installation, but this tool is nowhere to be found in Lyx 2.1.1. Regards, - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com <mailto:jcredbe...@gmail.com>
Re: Templates on Mac OS X
On the Mac installation, they get buried inside of the app package. Find LyX.app in your applications folder Right click on it and select "show package contents" Then go to Contents -> Resources -> templates On my installation of LyX, File -> New from Template goes to /Library/ApplicationSupport/LyX/templates so that may be a more convenient place for the templates to be placed. On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Julio Rojas wrote: > Thanks, but that is not the problem. The files for the templates are not > copied to the hard drive at installation time, thus they are nowhere to be > found when one tries to create a new document. > > - > Julio Rojas > jcredbe...@gmail.com > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:49 PM, wrote: > "Reconfiguration" is under "Tools" menu. > > >> Dear all, >> >> Is anybody aware that templates are not installed when installing Lyx on OS >> X? Is there something I am missing? I remember that on previous versions one >> should run some configuration tool after installation, but this tool is >> nowhere to be found in Lyx 2.1.1. >> >> Regards, >> - >> Julio Rojas >> jcredbe...@gmail.com > >
Re: Templates on Mac OS X
Thanks, but that is not the problem. The files for the templates are not copied to the hard drive at installation time, thus they are nowhere to be found when one tries to create a new document. - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:49 PM, wrote: > "Reconfiguration" is under "Tools" menu. > > > Dear all, > > Is anybody aware that templates are not installed when installing Lyx on > OS X? Is there something I am missing? I remember that on previous versions > one should run some configuration tool after installation, but this tool is > nowhere to be found in Lyx 2.1.1. > > Regards, > - > Julio Rojas > jcredbe...@gmail.com > > >
Templates on Mac OS X
Dear all, Is anybody aware that templates are not installed when installing Lyx on OS X? Is there something I am missing? I remember that on previous versions one should run some configuration tool after installation, but this tool is nowhere to be found in Lyx 2.1.1. Regards, - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com
cannot edit new-thesis.lyx made from ..lyx/templates/thesis
Dear**list and friends of Lyx,* *I am using Lyx 2.0.6-6.1.7 in openSUSE 13.1 / KDE I have made a file *newfile-thesis.lyx* using that respective template provided in /usr/share/lyx/templates/thesis. The output in PDf shows a complete perfect structure: /1 Title of first chapter/ /1.1 Overview/ /1.2 Next Section/ etc. However, while I can edit certain parts of that new file, e.g. its front page and can add text in other places of the file, I fail to edit these somehow protected chapter names and section names to names of my needs. Please, help! Thanks and regards Michael Berger * *** Michael Berger, Dipl. Ing. Im Borngrund 7a D-35606 Solms id...@online.de Fon: 0049 6442 706509 Fax: 0049 32121247536
cannot edit new-thesis.lyx made from ..lyx/templates/thesis
Dear**list and friends of Lyx,* *I am using Lyx 2.0.6-6.1.7 in openSUSE 13.1 / KDE I have made a file *newfile-thesis.lyx* using that respective template provided in /usr/share/lyx/templates/thesis. The output in PDf shows a complete perfect structure: /1 Title of first chapter/ /1.1 Overview/ /1.2 Next Section/ etc. However, while I can edit certain parts of that new file, e.g. its front page and can add text in other places of the file, I fail to edit these somehow protected chapter names and section names to names of my needs. Please, help! Thanks and regards Michael Berger * *** Michael Berger, Dipl. Ing. Im Borngrund 7a D-35606 Solms id...@online.de Fon: 0049 6442 706509 Fax: 0049 32121247536
Re: Templates from LyX-207-Bundle-3 Windows Installer
Am 27.03.2014 15:49, schrieb José Alejandro Lugo García: Thanks for your very explicit and clear explanation :) About LaTeX engine for Windows (2GB), of course is very large. Hello José, 2 GB is only necessary if you install ALL things that LaTeX offers. LyX needs only about 70 MB. Therefore install LyX once while you are connected to the Internet and you will get automatically all LaTeX-packages used by LyX. Note that you can alternatively also install LyX while not being connected to the Internet. Then go afterwards to the University or an Internet Café, connect to the Internet start LyX and then use the menu Tools-> Reconfigure. Then LyX also tries to download and install all necessary LaTeX-packages from the Internet. (That can take a while as I wrote.) -What version of LyX the team think to put on Ubuntu 14.04 repositories? That is not our decision. The Ubuntu people decides what LyX version they take. You can nevertheless download a LyX Ubuntu-package from LyX itself: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnUbuntu#toc3 -In Ubuntu repositories there are full LaTeX engine? Not that I know. They also only offer by default a subset of all available LaTeX-packages. (However I am on Windows only and cannot say it more precisely.) regards Uwe
Re: Templates from LyX-207-Bundle-3 Windows Installer
- Original Message - From: "José Alejandro Lugo García" -In Ubuntu repositories there are full LaTeX engine? If so, I will think about migrate completely and use LyX on that enviroment. Actually I 'm not doing that because the problem I have with accent in LyX version 2.0.2 from my Ubuntu 12.04 already installed on my machine. But, if at Ubuntu 14.04 will be put a latest version that solve most of my current problems then yes, I would love to use LyX on Ubuntu OS. Bests, José. The accents problem is not a lyx issue, but wrong keyboard configuration, so even if you upgrade to the newest OS you will remain with that problem, so I recommend you to check your keyboard layouth been in spanish, any version (traditional sort, Latin American sort or Spain sort). That problem will vanish then. Even if you have an english keyboard you will have access to accents there. Best Alex
Re: Templates from LyX-207-Bundle-3 Windows Installer
Hello Uwe, Thanks for your very explicit and clear explanation :) About LaTeX engine for Windows (2GB), of course is very large. In that case, at work, fortunately I have access to full Ubuntu repositories because there is a mirror that are keep update constantly from internet. I know probably this questions are tricky but: -What version of LyX the team think to put on Ubuntu 14.04 repositories? -In Ubuntu repositories there are full LaTeX engine? If so, I will think about migrate completely and use LyX on that enviroment. Actually I 'm not doing that because the problem I have with accent in LyX version 2.0.2 from my Ubuntu 12.04 already installed on my machine. But, if at Ubuntu 14.04 will be put a latest version that solve most of my current problems then yes, I would love to use LyX on Ubuntu OS. Bests, José. - Mensaje original - De: "Uwe Stöhr" Para: "José Alejandro Lugo García" , lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Enviados: Miércoles, 26 de Marzo 2014 20:27:47 Asunto: Re: Templates from LyX-207-Bundle-3 Windows Installer Am 22.03.2014 02:16, schrieb José Alejandro Lugo García: > I don’t have the possibility of a full internet connection, so with some > help, I reached the LyX-207-Bundle-3 installer for Windows. Install perfect. Hello José, This installer version unfortunately came with a major bug that destroyed all shortcuts. As a Spanish user you are most probably affected. Please excuse for that mistake. You have now 2 choices: - either uninstall LyX 2.0.7 and reinstall it using this installer: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7-Installer-4.exe - or uninstall LyX 2.0. and install instead the brand new LyX 2.1 release candidate: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.1/lyx-2.1.0rc1/LyX-210RC1-Installer-1.exe (When LyX 2.1.0 is released in about 2 weeks you can easily upgrade without the need to reinstall LyX. Just install LyX 2.1.0 over the existing LyX 2.1RC1.) > All great until I try to open some templates from File/New from Template (see > “ 0 showing_templates.png”). Sadly many templates from this collection shows > “errors” with missing dependencies that needs to be downloaded from internet > (see “1 Show_error.png”). The reason is that LyX uses a lot of packages and the LaTeX engine for Windows does not offer to install all packages at once (that would be more than 2 GB). I therefore recommend that you go to an Internet café, download there the LyX installer, keep your Internet connection open and install LyX right in the Internet Café. The installation might take a while (up to 15 minutes, depending on your PC and the Internet speed) so just drink a coffee in the café ;-). Finally you have a full functional LyX and can go offline. Problems as you had should then not occur. Note that the installation of all the LaTeX packages is only necessary once. So as log as you keep the LateX engine "MiKTeX" on your PC everything should be fine after the first installation. Therefore assure that you keep MiKTeX when you uninstall LyX 2.0.7 (there is an option in LyX's uninstaller). regards Uwe -- Prof. MSc. José Alejandro Lugo García Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Gestión de Proyectos. http://www.ecured.cu/index.php/Gespro Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas. La Habana. Cuba. I Conferencia Científica Internacional UCIENCIA 2014 en la UCI del 24 al 26 de abril de 2014, La Habana, Cuba. Ver http://uciencia.uci.cu
Re: Templates from LyX-207-Bundle-3 Windows Installer
Am 22.03.2014 02:16, schrieb José Alejandro Lugo García: I don’t have the possibility of a full internet connection, so with some help, I reached the LyX-207-Bundle-3 installer for Windows. Install perfect. Hello José, This installer version unfortunately came with a major bug that destroyed all shortcuts. As a Spanish user you are most probably affected. Please excuse for that mistake. You have now 2 choices: - either uninstall LyX 2.0.7 and reinstall it using this installer: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7-Installer-4.exe - or uninstall LyX 2.0. and install instead the brand new LyX 2.1 release candidate: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.1/lyx-2.1.0rc1/LyX-210RC1-Installer-1.exe (When LyX 2.1.0 is released in about 2 weeks you can easily upgrade without the need to reinstall LyX. Just install LyX 2.1.0 over the existing LyX 2.1RC1.) All great until I try to open some templates from File/New from Template (see “ 0 showing_templates.png”). Sadly many templates from this collection shows “errors” with missing dependencies that needs to be downloaded from internet (see “1 Show_error.png”). The reason is that LyX uses a lot of packages and the LaTeX engine for Windows does not offer to install all packages at once (that would be more than 2 GB). I therefore recommend that you go to an Internet café, download there the LyX installer, keep your Internet connection open and install LyX right in the Internet Café. The installation might take a while (up to 15 minutes, depending on your PC and the Internet speed) so just drink a coffee in the café ;-). Finally you have a full functional LyX and can go offline. Problems as you had should then not occur. Note that the installation of all the LaTeX packages is only necessary once. So as log as you keep the LateX engine "MiKTeX" on your PC everything should be fine after the first installation. Therefore assure that you keep MiKTeX when you uninstall LyX 2.0.7 (there is an option in LyX's uninstaller). regards Uwe
Re: Templates from LyX-207-Bundle-3 Windows Installer
Dear José As you I don´t have full internet conection, but LyX works very well if you manage to install miktex correctly in your system, mainly miktex 2.9 which is the last version I have works as a charm. Greetings and good luck Alex - Original Message - From: "José Alejandro Lugo García" To: Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 8:16 PM Subject: Templates from LyX-207-Bundle-3 Windows Installer Hi: I don’t have the possibility of a full internet connection, so with some help, I reached the LyX-207-Bundle-3 installer for Windows. Install perfect. All great until I try to open some templates from File/New from Template (see “ 0 showing_templates.png”). Sadly many templates from this collection shows “errors” with missing dependencies that needs to be downloaded from internet (see “1 Show_error.png”). This problem don’t happen with Lyx on Ubuntu 12.04, where it seems that all dependencies are downloading automatically from the OS repositories during the installation process. ¿What is the possibility to fix this for people like me who has not full connection to the internet from Windows? Regards, José. I Conferencia Científica Internacional UCIENCIA 2014 en la UCI del 24 al 26 de abril de 2014, La Habana, Cuba. Ver http://uciencia.uci.cu __ Informacin de ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versin de la base de firmas de virus 9568 (20140320) __ ESET NOD32 Antivirus ha comprobado este mensaje. http://www.eset.com
Re: Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included
At least with the LyX 2.0.5 distribution for Macintosh, the disk image provided contains the LyX application and an alias to the Applications folder. Nothing else. It does /not/ include an installer program. Lacking an installer program, I wonder how the resource files (templates and such), that are stored /inside/ the LyX application bundle are supposed to come to be at ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.0. I didn't know they were inside the app, so I ended up downloading the source and digging around in /that/ folder in order to find these things. Ugh. If there is no installer available to move these resources, perhaps the application should just look for them where they /are/, rather than in my user's Application Support folder. "LyX.app" is the LyX application. If you do not have the Finder Preference "Show all file extensions" set, the file name for the app will be only "LyX" - without the dot and "app." With Mac OS X, complex applications often exist as "bundles" (which I suppose you could think of a special kind of folder). To view the contents of such a bundle, Context-click (right-click) on the bundle and choose "Show Package Contents." The application will open onto a view just like you see when you open a folder. There, open the "Contents" folder, then the "Resources" folder and /copy/ what you want in order to fill up the empty folders in ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.0. You don't need to work from the distribution disk image - the application you dragged to your hard disk is the same thing as the one in the disk image. Although if you /do/ work from the disk image, you will avoid accidentally moving the items out of the application bundle, rather than copying them. -- View this message in context: http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Mac-OSX-LyX-Install-No-templates-included-tp478050p7580198.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re : Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included
Hi Mark, Lyx.app is what you use when you launch Lyx from your Applications menu. It lives where you have installed Lyx (normally /Applications ). When you go to this folder using finder, you will just see Lyx, but it is in fact a folder called Lyx.app. You can normally right-click on it and choose to explore its contents. Then you will see that it contains several folders, and one of them is Templates. Normally Lyx creates a lyx folder in your personal Library folder, in the Application support subfolder. This folder contains your personal configurations for Lyx. I am translating this from French, and telling by memory since I cannot access to my Mac at this moment, so please do not hesitate to look around the locations that I indicate, you should easily find these folders. Hope this helps. Murat -- Murat Yildizoglu http://yildizoglu.info Le dimanche 28 octobre 2012 à 10:25, Mark Salmon a écrit : > Thank you for you response but I have no folder called LyX.app and no folder > called LyX in Application Support. What do you mean by bundle is this a > folder… compressed … I don't have it on the computer after the install > Thanks a lot for your help Murat > Mark > > From: Murat Yildizoglu mailto:myi...@gmail.com)> > Date: Sunday, 28 October 2012 08:58 > To: Mark Salmon mailto:markhsal...@gmail.com)> > Cc: mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org)> > Subject: Re : Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included > > Hi, > In OSX templates are only installed in the Lyx.app bundle. With finder, you > can explore inside this bundle and copy from there the templates folder into > your personal lyx folder in ~/Library/Application support/lyx . Then you can > indicate to Lyx this folder as the Templates folder to use in the > preferences. > > Murat > > -- > Murat Yildizoglu > http://yildizoglu.info > > > Le dimanche 28 octobre 2012 à 08:59, Luna a écrit : > > > Sorry but I have exactly the same problem on two different macs running > > mountain lion- no templates etc. - nothing installed-nothing- just empty > > folders. What is the problem here and how can I solve it.apologies but I > > have no idea what the previous mail is doing or how to do it. Surly this is > > an error in the installation package which needs to be resolved asap? > > > > Is there not a simple way of resolving this or can the creators of this > > wonderful package resolve it? > > Many thanks > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Mac-OSX-LyX-Install-No-templates-included-tp478050p7580177.html > > Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > > >
Re: Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included
Let me also say I have followed the installation instructions to the letter. There is no folder on my computer(s) called LyX.app and no folder inside the Application Support folder called LyX. -- View this message in context: http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Mac-OSX-LyX-Install-No-templates-included-tp478050p7580178.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re : Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included
Hi, In OSX templates are only installed in the Lyx.app bundle. With finder, you can explore inside this bundle and copy from there the templates folder into your personal lyx folder in ~/Library/Application support/lyx . Then you can indicate to Lyx this folder as the Templates folder to use in the preferences. Murat -- Murat Yildizoglu http://yildizoglu.info Le dimanche 28 octobre 2012 à 08:59, Luna a écrit : > Sorry but I have exactly the same problem on two different macs running > mountain lion- no templates etc. - nothing installed-nothing- just empty > folders. What is the problem here and how can I solve it.apologies but I > have no idea what the previous mail is doing or how to do it. Surly this is > an error in the installation package which needs to be resolved asap? > > Is there not a simple way of resolving this or can the creators of this > wonderful package resolve it? > Many thanks > Mark > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Mac-OSX-LyX-Install-No-templates-included-tp478050p7580177.html > Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
Re: Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included
Sorry but I have exactly the same problem on two different macs running mountain lion- no templates etc. - nothing installed-nothing- just empty folders. What is the problem here and how can I solve it.apologies but I have no idea what the previous mail is doing or how to do it. Surly this is an error in the installation package which needs to be resolved asap? Is there not a simple way of resolving this or can the creators of this wonderful package resolve it? Many thanks Mark -- View this message in context: http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Mac-OSX-LyX-Install-No-templates-included-tp478050p7580177.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included
NoraH: I too had the "No templates included" issue. I read through the logs of the installation, and found this command. I logged in as myself - the user that copied the files into the /Applications directory. *cd /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/ python -tt configure.py --with-version-suffix=-2.0* I reran the command and all of the code installed properly in the Application directory without errors. (There were errors in the cleanup parts of the script in the initial install.) Then I manually copied the files from the LyX.app directories to the user ~/Library/Application\ Support directories. Where cp -a is copy with archive, that option keeps dates and permissions the same for the files and sub directories that the command copies, and does the copy recursively. Let me know if this helps. I looked for an installer script in the Resource in the Application but found none. I could not find a proper installer in the configure.py code either. *cp -a templates/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.0/templates/. cp -a layouts/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.0/layouts/. cp -a kbd/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.0/kbd/. cp -a images/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.0/images/. cp -a examples/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.0/examples/. cp -a doc/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.0/doc/. cp -a bind/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.0/bind/. * Regards, sanug -- View this message in context: http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Mac-OSX-LyX-Install-No-templates-included-tp478050p7580137.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included
Am 24.04.2012 um 22:31 schrieb NoraH: > I seem to have the same Problem with the missing templates. > > Lately I installed LyX-2.0.3+qt4-carbon.dmg, downloadable from the Lyx > webpage. > I followed all the instructions on the installations walkthrough and the > programme is running, as I dragged it to the Applications folder. BUT there > is no Lyx installer on my .dmg and my version of Lyx lacks the template > folders in the Libary. > > How do I get this installer? Is it ment to run from itself on this updated > version? Sorry, this is an open issue. You have to copy them manually. Please, open a finder window. Choose "Applications" or "Programme" at the left and select the LyX.app Open the package contents with Ctrl-Click and "Show package" or "Paketinhalt zeigen". You'll find the templates (and examples) below Contents/Resources. Copy the templates folder to "Library/Application Support/LyX-2.0" in your home folder or if you want to add your own templates later to "Library/Application Support/LyX-2.0/templates/default". Stephan > -- > View this message in context: > http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Mac-OSX-LyX-Install-No-templates-included-tp478050p7497349.html > Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Mac OSX LyX Install: No templates included
I seem to have the same Problem with the missing templates. Lately I installed LyX-2.0.3+qt4-carbon.dmg, downloadable from the Lyx webpage. I followed all the instructions on the installations walkthrough and the programme is running, as I dragged it to the Applications folder. BUT there is no Lyx installer on my .dmg and my version of Lyx lacks the template folders in the Libary. How do I get this installer? Is it ment to run from itself on this updated version? -- View this message in context: http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/Mac-OSX-LyX-Install-No-templates-included-tp478050p7497349.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: memoir book templates
On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Artimess wrote: > Hi all, > > I do appreciate if one can tell me if there exist a Lyx template for memoir > book class and if yes, where can I find it. I don't believe so, but why would you need one? What are you trying to do? I use memoir all the times, and I always start with a new document and set the class to book(memoir) in Document>>Settings. Is there any specific memoir configuration you would have to use a template for? Cheers, Stefano -- __ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA stef...@tamu.edu http://stefano.cleinias.org
memoir book templates
Hi all, I do appreciate if one can tell me if there exist a Lyx template for memoir book class and if yes, where can I find it. Thanks AB
Re: LyX as editor -- Was: available templates and their names
On 11/18/2011 05:41 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: > On 18/11/11 04:41:57, Steve Litt wrote: >> >> Oh, one more thing. I'm now using LyX to author Kindle books -- no >> PDF >> >> involved anywhere. It goes like this: >> >> LyX->eLyXer->metadata tweaks->Kindlegen->Upload >> >> But LyX is such a great editor, and so styles adherant, that it was >> the obvious choice. I tried editing eBooks in Sigil for a little >> while, but that was a migration to Pity City. >> >> LyX is a GREAT editor. > Steve & others, > I found these comments to be very interesting. LyX is a great editor, > and it seems that it is moving gradually away from its roots as a LaTeX > "front end". > > How much effort would it be to incorporate the "metadata tweaks" > directly into the LyX document? It would mean that LyX could become a > major method of writing eBooks. > I would expect that allowing direct entry of appropriate metadata within LyX, and then using LyX's own XHTML export routine, would be fairly simple to do. Rob Oakes has also been using LyX for epubs, so there is interest in moving LyX further in that direction. It's just a matter of enough people getting involved Richard
Re: LyX as editor -- Was: available templates and their names
On 18/11/11 04:41:57, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thursday, November 17, 2011 08:22:49 AM Richard Heck wrote: > > As Helge sometimes points out, this is > > important. You can install LyX without LaTeX if you like (say, on > > a netbook with a 4GB SSD), and it will work just fine for editing. > > > > Richard > > And in my opinion LyX is one of the most productive long-document > editors the world has ever seen. Little things like rejecting double- > spaces and double-newlines make me much faster as I worry less about > mistakes. Its low-crashability and low-corruptability make for fast, > confident working conditions. Its steadfast adherance to styles-based > authoring makes it easy to build documents the right way. LyX's beige > default background is easy on the eyes and yet easily contrasty > enough > > for bad vision -- I should know, my vision's horrible. And, in spite > of all the publicity, LyX is WYSIWYG enough that a single glance > tells > > you which pieces of text are special styles. Contrast that with old > WordPerfect 5.1, where the whole doc was courier, and if you wanted > to > > see any evidence of styles you'd need to do the WordPerfect > equivalent > > of LyX's View->PDF. > > Oh, one more thing. I'm now using LyX to author Kindle books -- no > PDF > > involved anywhere. It goes like this: > > LyX->eLyXer->metadata tweaks->Kindlegen->Upload > > But LyX is such a great editor, and so styles adherant, that it was > the obvious choice. I tried editing eBooks in Sigil for a little > while, but that was a migration to Pity City. > > LyX is a GREAT editor. Steve & others, I found these comments to be very interesting. LyX is a great editor, and it seems that it is moving gradually away from its roots as a LaTeX "front end". How much effort would it be to incorporate the "metadata tweaks" directly into the LyX document? It would mean that LyX could become a major method of writing eBooks. Cheers, Alan > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence > http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt > > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org
Re: available templates and their names
On 2011-11-17, Richard Heck wrote: > On 11/17/2011 03:22 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: >> On 2011-11-16, Richard Heck wrote: >>> On 11/16/2011 02:59 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: >>>> However, does it make sense to include so many templates that are >>>> missing some external files? Majority of templates that i had tried >>>> to open said "The selected document class requires external files >>>> that are not available". >> IMV, it would help a lot if LyX could filter the templates that do not >> work with the current installation. We do this for document classes, >> so the vast part of the required logic is already available. > First, I don't think this is possible, at least not without major > surgery. The templates are simply opened from a file dialog. I know. This would mean either (re)configuring sorts the templates into an "available" and a "something-missing" directory, or a custom dialog with filter option replaces the current file-selector. > But the more important point is that the templates DO "work with the > current installation". You can't compile them, but you can use them in > LyX, experiment with them, etc. (The full dialog does actually explain > this.) In my test, there was no way to distinguish between working and non-working templates but a warning pop-up *after* I selected a template. A rather discouraging experience for a new user and not helpful if I want to find a template that works among a majority of non-working ones. > That is why "Unavailable" document classes are still, um, > available. As Helge sometimes points out, this is important. You can > install LyX without LaTeX if you like (say, on a netbook with a 4GB > SSD), and it will work just fine for editing. I don't want to make the "restricted-working" templates unavailable, but I would like a listing of the templates that work (and a button or a sub-directory with the other ones). Günter
LyX as editor -- Was: available templates and their names
On Thursday, November 17, 2011 08:22:49 AM Richard Heck wrote: > As Helge sometimes points out, this is > important. You can install LyX without LaTeX if you like (say, on > a netbook with a 4GB SSD), and it will work just fine for editing. > > Richard And in my opinion LyX is one of the most productive long-document editors the world has ever seen. Little things like rejecting double- spaces and double-newlines make me much faster as I worry less about mistakes. Its low-crashability and low-corruptability make for fast, confident working conditions. Its steadfast adherance to styles-based authoring makes it easy to build documents the right way. LyX's beige default background is easy on the eyes and yet easily contrasty enough for bad vision -- I should know, my vision's horrible. And, in spite of all the publicity, LyX is WYSIWYG enough that a single glance tells you which pieces of text are special styles. Contrast that with old WordPerfect 5.1, where the whole doc was courier, and if you wanted to see any evidence of styles you'd need to do the WordPerfect equivalent of LyX's View->PDF. Oh, one more thing. I'm now using LyX to author Kindle books -- no PDF involved anywhere. It goes like this: LyX->eLyXer->metadata tweaks->Kindlegen->Upload But LyX is such a great editor, and so styles adherant, that it was the obvious choice. I tried editing eBooks in Sigil for a little while, but that was a migration to Pity City. LyX is a GREAT editor. SteveT Steve Litt Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Re: available templates and their names
On 2011-11-17, Rainer M Krug wrote: > While we are at templates: It would be really nice, if in the list of > available templates when choosing new - from template, both template > diretories (user and system) would be displayed, as it irritated me for > quite some time that the user templates do not show up. AS I guess this > could be difficult ( one file selection dialog from two sources), an button > in the dialog to switch to the user templates (and back to system > tamplates) would make things clearer. While this could/should be implemented as part of a custom template-selecting dialogue, I use the following workaround: - set the template path to the user templates (~/.lyx/templates) - add a link to the system templates in this dir. Günter
Re: available templates and their names
On 11/17/2011 03:22 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2011-11-16, Richard Heck wrote: >> On 11/16/2011 02:59 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: >>> However, does it make sense to include so many templates that are missing >>> some external files? Majority of templates that i had tried to open said >>> "The selected document class requires external files that are not >>> available". >> The external files required are LaTeX document classes, packages, etc. >> There are bazillions of these, for various different purposes. It's not >> expected that you would have them all installed, though you can easily >> enough install the ones you need. > IMV, it would help a lot if LyX could filter the templates that do not > work with the current installation. We do this for document classes, so > the vast part of the required logic is already available. > > First, I don't think this is possible, at least not without major surgery. The templates are simply opened from a file dialog. But the more important point is that the templates DO "work with the current installation". You can't compile them, but you can use them in LyX, experiment with them, etc. (The full dialog does actually explain this.) That is why "Unavailable" document classes are still, um, available. As Helge sometimes points out, this is important. You can install LyX without LaTeX if you like (say, on a netbook with a 4GB SSD), and it will work just fine for editing. Richard
Re: available templates and their names
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2011-11-16, Richard Heck wrote: > > On 11/16/2011 02:59 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: > >> 2011/11/15 Richard Heck > >>> On 11/15/2011 07:37 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: > >>>> i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from > >>>> Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the > >>>> names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?). > >>>> Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template? > >>>> Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something > >>>> more intuitive? > > >>> The templates correspond, mostly, to certain document classes. So > >>> elsarticle.lyx is a template for documents based upon the > elsarticle.cls > >>> class, which is used by some Elsevier journals. > >> ok... However, does it make sense to include so many templates that > >> are missing some external files? Majority of templates that i had > >> tried to open said "The selected document class requires external > >> files that are not available". > > > The external files required are LaTeX document classes, packages, etc. > > There are bazillions of these, for various different purposes. It's not > > expected that you would have them all installed, though you can easily > > enough install the ones you need. > > IMV, it would help a lot if LyX could filter the templates that do not > work with the current installation. We do this for document classes, so > the vast part of the required logic is already available. > I think that would be a good idea and make it less irritating for users. > > Many of the template names as well as the templates themselve do only make > sense together with special document classes for special needs. > While we are at templates: It would be really nice, if in the list of available templates when choosing new - from template, both template diretories (user and system) would be displayed, as it irritated me for quite some time that the user templates do not show up. AS I guess this could be difficult ( one file selection dialog from two sources), an button in the dialog to switch to the user templates (and back to system tamplates) would make things clearer. Cheers, Rainer > Günter > > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D):+49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug
Re: available templates and their names
On 2011-11-16, Richard Heck wrote: > On 11/16/2011 02:59 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: >> 2011/11/15 Richard Heck >>> On 11/15/2011 07:37 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: >>>> i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from >>>> Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the >>>> names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?). >>>> Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template? >>>> Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something >>>> more intuitive? >>> The templates correspond, mostly, to certain document classes. So >>> elsarticle.lyx is a template for documents based upon the elsarticle.cls >>> class, which is used by some Elsevier journals. >> ok... However, does it make sense to include so many templates that >> are missing some external files? Majority of templates that i had >> tried to open said "The selected document class requires external >> files that are not available". > The external files required are LaTeX document classes, packages, etc. > There are bazillions of these, for various different purposes. It's not > expected that you would have them all installed, though you can easily > enough install the ones you need. IMV, it would help a lot if LyX could filter the templates that do not work with the current installation. We do this for document classes, so the vast part of the required logic is already available. Many of the template names as well as the templates themselve do only make sense together with special document classes for special needs. Günter
Re: available templates and their names
On 11/16/2011 02:59 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: 2011/11/15 Richard Heck On 11/15/2011 07:37 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?). Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template? Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something more intuitive? The templates correspond, mostly, to certain document classes. So elsarticle.lyx is a template for documents based upon the elsarticle.cls class, which is used by some Elsevier journals. ok... However, does it make sense to include so many templates that are missing some external files? Majority of templates that i had tried to open said "The selected document class requires external files that are not available". The external files required are LaTeX document classes, packages, etc. There are bazillions of these, for various different purposes. It's not expected that you would have them all installed, though you can easily enough install the ones you need. The idea of having more descriptive names isn't bad, but then they'd presumably be in English, which isn't good for everyone. Whether we like it or not, we have to accept that English is the common international language. I don't have a problem with that as long as national languages' features work (like diacritics, for example). We do have non-English-speaking users, and the current naming scheme is intelligible to them, whereas a purely English one would not be. There isn't an article template, though perhaps there should be, as it would give basic guidance to newcomers. Should i send a suggestion to the developers mailing list? Better yet, create the template and send it to the mailing list. Basically, a template should exercise the basic features of the class, and make it clear what needs filling in. Should be easy to do, and a good way to get a feel for LyX, besides. Richard
Re: available templates and their names
On 15. nov. 2011 16:04, Richard Heck wrote: On 11/15/2011 07:37 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: [...] Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something more intuitive? The templates correspond, mostly, to certain document classes. So elsarticle.lyx is a template for documents based upon the elsarticle.cls class, which is used by some Elsevier journals. The idea of having more descriptive names isn't bad, but then they'd presumably be in English, which isn't good for everyone. The current naming scheme is at least principled. The naming scheme is ok, and at leqast works well for those who comes from latex. Our users come from many places. Perhaps the template folder could have a index document, that simply list all the others with a brief explanation of what they are? Of course, "Additional.lyx" seems to have this, but it has several pages detailing the use of each class. Helge Hafting
Re: available templates and their names
2011/11/15 Liviu Andronic : > 2011/11/15 Richard Heck : >> There isn't an article template, though perhaps there should be, as it >> would give basic guidance to newcomers. That said, the Tutorial is >> > The LyX Essentials [1] is one such example. It is indeed helpful - in what it's written in it, and as an actual LyX example as well. Thanks! > You will also find a > template-like file (originally prepared for a thesis, but which you > could customize) based on 'article'. Yes, i've partly succeeded with that. thanks, Janek
Re: available templates and their names
2011/11/15 Richard Heck > > On 11/15/2011 07:37 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: > > i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from > > Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the > > names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?). > > Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template? > > Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something > > more intuitive? > > > The templates correspond, mostly, to certain document classes. So > elsarticle.lyx is a template for documents based upon the elsarticle.cls > class, which is used by some Elsevier journals. ok... However, does it make sense to include so many templates that are missing some external files? Majority of templates that i had tried to open said "The selected document class requires external files that are not available". > The idea of having more > descriptive names isn't bad, but then they'd presumably be in English, > which isn't good for everyone. Whether we like it or not, we have to accept that English is the common international language. I don't have a problem with that as long as national languages' features work (like diacritics, for example). > There isn't an article template, though perhaps there should be, as it > would give basic guidance to newcomers. Should i send a suggestion to the developers mailing list? > That said, the Tutorial is > supposed to serve this kind of purpose, and most people have found, I > think, that it does so pretty well. So I'd suggest starting there. Yes, i'm reading that too. Thanks for your answer, Janek
Re: available templates and their names
2011/11/15 Richard Heck : > There isn't an article template, though perhaps there should be, as it > would give basic guidance to newcomers. That said, the Tutorial is > The LyX Essentials [1] is one such example. You will also find a template-like file (originally prepared for a thesis, but which you could customize) based on 'article'. Regards Liviu [1] https://sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex
Re: available templates and their names
On 11/15/2011 07:37 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: > Hi, > > i'm new to LyX (i have a bit of experience with LaTeX though) - i'd > like to help my friend to migrate her work from Word (bleh) to LaTeX > world, and i thought that LyX might be a good way. > I wanted to check if LyX suits us by compiling some LyX samples and > modifying them, so i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from > Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the > names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?). Moreover, > in most cases LyX says "The selected document class requires external > files that are not available". I've only succeeded with "letter" > (which is quite straightforward) and "thesis" (partly). > Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template? > Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something > more intuitive? > The templates correspond, mostly, to certain document classes. So elsarticle.lyx is a template for documents based upon the elsarticle.cls class, which is used by some Elsevier journals. The idea of having more descriptive names isn't bad, but then they'd presumably be in English, which isn't good for everyone. The current naming scheme is at least principled. There isn't an article template, though perhaps there should be, as it would give basic guidance to newcomers. That said, the Tutorial is supposed to serve this kind of purpose, and most people have found, I think, that it does so pretty well. So I'd suggest starting there. Richard
available templates and their names
Hi, i'm new to LyX (i have a bit of experience with LaTeX though) - i'd like to help my friend to migrate her work from Word (bleh) to LaTeX world, and i thought that LyX might be a good way. I wanted to check if LyX suits us by compiling some LyX samples and modifying them, so i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?). Moreover, in most cases LyX says "The selected document class requires external files that are not available". I've only succeeded with "letter" (which is quite straightforward) and "thesis" (partly). Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template? Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something more intuitive? thanks in advance, Janek Warchoł (from Poland)
Re: Missing templates
Am 20.09.2011 um 17:36 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen: > I did this: > > copy them from there (e. g. > /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/templates) > to ~/Library/Application Support/LyX/templates > > Of course, that is not very user friendly. In particular now that Apple has > decided to hide Library. Would it be possible to run some > kind of installation script that does this automatically? Yes, that's the plan. Thanks for the info. Stephan
Re: Missing templates
I did this: copy them from there (e. g. /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/templates) to ~/Library/Application Support/LyX/templates Of course, that is not very user friendly. In particular now that Apple has decided to hide Library. Would it be possible to run some kind of installation script that does this automatically?
Re: Missing templates
Am 20.09.2011 um 00:11 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen: > Thanks, that solved the problem! Fine. I'm just curious... what did you do? (I want to improve the out-of-the-box behavior.) Stephan
Re: Missing templates
Thanks, that solved the problem!
Re: Missing templates
Am 19.09.2011 um 22:18 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen:
> I use LyX 2.0 on Mac. But I cannot find any templates.
> One one computer I installed on top of LyX 1.6, on the other
> computer it was a fresh install of 2.0. In either, no templates.
> What can I do?
They are located inside the software package. The current state
is to either copy them from there (e. g.
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/templates)
to ~/Library/Application Support/LyX/templates
Another option is to modify the path in preferences and set it to
${LyXDir}/Resources/templates (${LyXDir} will be replaced by the correct value).
Stephan
Missing templates
I use LyX 2.0 on Mac. But I cannot find any templates. One one computer I installed on top of LyX 1.6, on the other computer it was a fresh install of 2.0. In either, no templates. What can I do?
Re: problems with letter document class and finding templates
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Hobbs,Tom wrote:
> All--
>
> I am using LyX 2.0 and cannot make pdf 'sof documents in the letter class.
> The article class works beautifully, but when I try to compile a letter, I
> get the message:
>
> Undefined control sequence.
> LaTeX Error: There's no line here to end.
>
> When I look at the log for the first error I find:
>
> (1in=72.27pt, 1cm=28.45pt)
> ---
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> \opening ...ace {2\parskip }{\raggedright \toname
> \
> It appear that a package may be missing?
>
What OS? If Windows using MiKTeX, do you have 'Install packages
on-the-fly' set to 'Yes'?
> In trying to solve this problem I tried New from Template and found that the
> only file in the templates directory is lyx.defaults. Shouldn't there be a
> letter template and others? It seems I must have missed something when I
> installed 2.0.
>
It definitely should. They should be in /usr/share/lyx/templates/ for
Linux (or the equivalent for your OS).
Liviu
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tom
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Re: reinstall LyX 2.0.0 on OS X, templates, examples, layout, key-bind missing
Am 22.06.2011 um 15:07 schrieb Trevor Jenkins: >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: >> Am 22.06.2011 um 08:11 schrieb David Nuddleman: >> >> > On Jun 20, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Zan wrote: >> > >> >> Hello All, >> >> >> >> OS X 10.5.8, Fresh MacTex 2010 >> >> >> >> I've attempted to install 2.0 over 1.6 and now have only empty folders in >> >> the Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0 for templates, examples, layout, >> >> bind. I deleted older LyX libraries prior to the reinstall, hoping for a >> >> fresh start. I've done something wrong. I've googled, peered into the >> >> mail archive, and read a couple mac wiki. Any suggestions or pointing >> >> towards relevant information would be much appreciated. Thanks, Zan >> > >> > Inquiry to the list members met with no response, which disappointed and >> > surprised me because I am seeking same information. It seems LyX is not >> > supported on Mac as I would like. >> >> Hmm... LyX is free after all. >> > I never understand it when someone uses that as an excuse for a non-answer. This refers to the phrase "LyX is not supported on Mac as I would like". And it's a matter of fact that it costs some time to answer a question. And it's no disaster to wait for an answer two days. Stephan
Re: reinstall LyX 2.0.0 on OS X, templates, examples, layout, key-bind missing
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: > Am 22.06.2011 um 08:11 schrieb David Nuddleman: > > > On Jun 20, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Zan wrote: > > > >> Hello All, > >> > >> OS X 10.5.8, Fresh MacTex 2010 > >> > >> I've attempted to install 2.0 over 1.6 and now have only empty folders > in the Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0 for templates, examples, layout, > bind. I deleted older LyX libraries prior to the reinstall, hoping for a > fresh start. I've done something wrong. I've googled, peered into the mail > archive, and read a couple mac wiki. Any suggestions or pointing towards > relevant information would be much appreciated. Thanks, Zan > > > > Inquiry to the list members met with no response, which disappointed and > surprised me because I am seeking same information. It seems LyX is not > supported on Mac as I would like. > > Hmm... LyX is free after all. > I never understand it when someone uses that as an excuse for a non-answer. > And the information is available on the net already. > Visit these links: > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg169558.html > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.documentation/6887 > A little cryptic. It isn't clear to me (a Mac OS X user) which Library/Application Support/ sub-directory the original poster refers to. There is the system-wide directory under /Library and the one under $HOME. Although I guess as there is no Lyx-2.0 folder in the system-wide /Library on my Mac where LyX is installed that the reference is to the $HOME location. The standard templates and layouts that LyX uses are stored in the application bundle for LyX rather than /Library, which I believe would be the more Mac natural location. Depending on where you are when you look for that content you may have to use an often overlooked key-modifier with your mouse click (so overlooked I can't recall what it is at this moment). There are regular posts here about the tutorial.lyx file being missing; it isn't it just hidden in the bundle and needs that arcane knowledge in order to be seen. The templates and layouts that LyX can use from $HOME/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.0 are the user's own versions (whether modified from standard copies or self-developed). Immediately after installation the various sub-directories are empty because nothing personal has been added to them. As a workaround so you see something you can also follow this advice from Jens Nöckel in a post on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:52 AM in response to a similar question of mine. > Just go to Preferences > Paths and change the field for "Document templates" to /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/templates/ Regards, Trevor. <>< Re: deemed!
Re: reinstall LyX 2.0.0 on OS X, templates, examples, layout, key-bind missing
Am 21.06.2011 um 00:06 schrieb Zan: > Hello All, > > OS X 10.5.8, Fresh MacTex 2010 > > I've attempted to install 2.0 over 1.6 and now have only empty folders in the > Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0 for templates, examples, layout, bind. I > deleted older LyX libraries prior to the reinstall, hoping for a fresh start. > I've done something wrong. I've googled, peered into the mail archive, and > read a couple mac wiki. Any suggestions or pointing towards relevant > information would be much appreciated. Thanks, Zan Hello Zan, the installation of LyX-2.0 uses another folder for the user settings and does not touch the 1.6 settings. Regarding the user configuration there are two possible scenarios: 1) you want to make a fresh 2.0 install That's what you did, effectively. 2) you want to continue with your 1.6 files Then you should copy and rename your folder Library/Application Support/Lyx-1.6 to Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0. This is documented in the Documents folder of the LyX distribution media. If you've used LyX-2.0 already you have to remove or rename the existing Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0 folder first. Stephan PS: There is a known problem with the availability of the system templates and examples. See http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.documentation/6887
Re: reinstall LyX 2.0.0 on OS X, templates, examples, layout, key-bind missing
Am 22.06.2011 um 08:11 schrieb David Nuddleman: > On Jun 20, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Zan wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> OS X 10.5.8, Fresh MacTex 2010 >> >> I've attempted to install 2.0 over 1.6 and now have only empty folders in >> the Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0 for templates, examples, layout, >> bind. I deleted older LyX libraries prior to the reinstall, hoping for a >> fresh start. I've done something wrong. I've googled, peered into the mail >> archive, and read a couple mac wiki. Any suggestions or pointing towards >> relevant information would be much appreciated. Thanks, Zan > > Inquiry to the list members met with no response, which disappointed and > surprised me because I am seeking same information. It seems LyX is not > supported on Mac as I would like. Hmm... LyX is free after all. And the information is available on the net already. Visit these links: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg169558.html http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.documentation/6887 Stephan
Re: reinstall LyX 2.0.0 on OS X, templates, examples, layout, key-bind missing
Have you tried to a "Configure" after installation? I am just trying to invent a solution to a problem that I have not met myself (since all my setup from 1.6 has been migrated to 2 during installation). 2011/6/22 David Nuddleman > On Jun 20, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Zan wrote: > > Hello All, >> >> OS X 10.5.8, Fresh MacTex 2010 >> >> I've attempted to install 2.0 over 1.6 and now have only empty folders in >> the Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0 for templates, examples, layout, >> bind. I deleted older LyX libraries prior to the reinstall, hoping for a >> fresh start. I've done something wrong. I've googled, peered into the mail >> archive, and read a couple mac wiki. Any suggestions or pointing towards >> relevant information would be much appreciated. Thanks, Zan >> > > Inquiry to the list members met with no response, which disappointed and > surprised me because I am seeking same information. It seems LyX is not > supported on Mac as I would like. > -- Prof. Murat Yildizoglu Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille 3) GREQAM (UMR CNRS 6579) Centre de la Vieille Charité 2, rue de la Charité 13236 Marseille cedex 02 Bureau 320 Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 27 (standard) Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 70 (secrétariat) Tel : +33 4 91 14 07 47 (bureau) Fax : +33 4 91 90 02 27 e-mail: murat.yildizo...@univ-cezanne.fr www : http://www.vcharite.univ-mrs.fr/PP/yildi/index.html http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu __
Re: reinstall LyX 2.0.0 on OS X, templates, examples, layout, key-bind missing
On Jun 20, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Zan wrote: Hello All, OS X 10.5.8, Fresh MacTex 2010 I've attempted to install 2.0 over 1.6 and now have only empty folders in the Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0 for templates, examples, layout, bind. I deleted older LyX libraries prior to the reinstall, hoping for a fresh start. I've done something wrong. I've googled, peered into the mail archive, and read a couple mac wiki. Any suggestions or pointing towards relevant information would be much appreciated. Thanks, Zan Inquiry to the list members met with no response, which disappointed and surprised me because I am seeking same information. It seems LyX is not supported on Mac as I would like.
reinstall LyX 2.0.0 on OS X, templates, examples, layout, key-bind missing
Hello All, OS X 10.5.8, Fresh MacTex 2010 I've attempted to install 2.0 over 1.6 and now have only empty folders in the Library/Application Support/Lyx-2.0 for templates, examples, layout, bind. I deleted older LyX libraries prior to the reinstall, hoping for a fresh start. I've done something wrong. I've googled, peered into the mail archive, and read a couple mac wiki. Any suggestions or pointing towards relevant information would be much appreciated. Thanks, Zan
Re: Making Templates.
My thanks for the advice given by several contributors. I am making progress now. Gordon. Tauranga N.Z.
Re: Making Templates.
On 2011-04-17, Richard Heck wrote: > On 04/17/2011 03:40 AM, gordon cooper wrote: >> Greetings to all. >> I am very new to Lyx but have had some experience with Latex. >> I have to write monthly reports/meeting minutes. Have looked at the >> templates for report/articles/proceedings and have found that none >> of them is what I need. So I tried making a .lyx file with the >> layout that >> suited and tried to save it as a new template. Lyx refused to save it >> but >> did not tell me why. > Where were you trying to save it? Depending upon your OS, and if you > were trying to save it to where the system templates are, you may not > have proper permissions to do that. Just try saving it as a normal file > to a normal location. Templates actually are just normal files. However, if you want to use it via "New from template" it's a good idea to keep in $LYXDIR/templates (where the value of $LYXDIR means the "LyX user dir", depends on the OS and can be seen via Help>About LyX). OTOH, you can use any directory and set the path under Tools>Settings>Paths. I have my templates under ~/.lyx/templates/ and in this directory placed a symlink to /usr/share/lyx/templates/ (where the official LyX templates reside). Günter
Re: Making Templates.
Gordon, can you share the templates? There ia very niche minutes package for LaTeX which has been discussed here before, but seems difficult to implement in LyX. el On 2011-04-17 08:40 , gordon cooper wrote: > Greetings to all. > > I am very new to Lyx but have had some experience with Latex. > > I have to write monthly reports/meeting minutes. Have looked at the > templates for report/articles/proceedings and have found that none of > them is what I need. So I tried making a .lyx file with the layout > that suited and tried to save it as a new template. Lyx refused to > save it but did not tell me why. > > Any advice about making new templates will be very welcome. > > Thanks, > Gordon > Tauranga, > New Zealand. > >
Re: Making Templates.
On 04/17/2011 03:40 AM, gordon cooper wrote: Greetings to all. I am very new to Lyx but have had some experience with Latex. I have to write monthly reports/meeting minutes. Have looked at the templates for report/articles/proceedings and have found that none of them is what I need. So I tried making a .lyx file with the layout that suited and tried to save it as a new template. Lyx refused to save it but did not tell me why. Where were you trying to save it? Depending upon your OS, and if you were trying to save it to where the system templates are, you may not have proper permissions to do that. Just try saving it as a normal file to a normal location. Templates actually are just normal files. Richard
Making Templates.
Greetings to all. I am very new to Lyx but have had some experience with Latex. I have to write monthly reports/meeting minutes. Have looked at the templates for report/articles/proceedings and have found that none of them is what I need. So I tried making a .lyx file with the layout that suited and tried to save it as a new template. Lyx refused to save it but did not tell me why. Any advice about making new templates will be very welcome. Thanks, Gordon Tauranga, New Zealand.
Re: Templates
On 01/24/2011 07:12 AM, Xabier Abasolo (AFNA) wrote: Hello, I would like a template to write minutes of meetings. Does anyone knows if this template exists? I tryed to find in internet, but I have not success. If you don't know about this, perhaps you could give me the reference of how create templates in Lyx. Templates are just LyX documents, usually with some place-holder material. They are almost just examples. If you put it in the template folder, it shows up as a template. Richard
Templates
Hello, I would like a template to write minutes of meetings. Does anyone knows if this template exists? I tryed to find in internet, but I have not success. If you don't know about this, perhaps you could give me the reference of how create templates in Lyx. Thank you. Xabier A.
Re: Cursor in some math templates
Daniel CLEMENT wrote: > Thanks. This is half good news for me, since I'd rather not compile on > my production PC, but I trust this version will eventually hit the Lucid > repos. (I can't pick up the Debian unstable .deb because of i would file bug-request on ubuntu bugzilla, since lucid seems to ship both qt 4.6 && lyx 1.6.5 which is quite unstable combination and the maintainers are recommended to upgrade to 1.6.6.1 for stability reasons asap. pavel
Re: Cursor in some math templates
> However, I was thinking of a temporary fix within 1.6.5. That is, > redefine e.g. Ctrl-F so that it starts a fraction _and_ shifts the > cursor backwards... Is that feasible? yes.. use the shortcut editor to bind Ctrl-F to "command-sequence math-insert \frac; char-backward; up" I don't have 1.6.5 anymore, but something like this should work. Vincent
Re: Cursor in some math templates
Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: [...] > > It is fixed in the already released 1.6.6(.1). > > Vincent > Thanks. This is half good news for me, since I'd rather not compile on my production PC, but I trust this version will eventually hit the Lucid repos. (I can't pick up the Debian unstable .deb because of dependencies.) However, I was thinking of a temporary fix within 1.6.5. That is, redefine e.g. Ctrl-F so that it starts a fraction _and_ shifts the cursor backwards... Is that feasible? -- Daniel CLEMENT
Re: Cursor in some math templates
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Daniel CLEMENT wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using LyX 1.6.5 since I upgraded to Ubuntu Lucid, and I'm slowly > discovering new features. Yet, is this one intended: > > When you start, e.g., a math fraction, either with the icon or Ctrl-F or > whatever shortcut, the cursor goes to the right of the whole fraction, > instead of positioning itself in the numerator (or denominator). It is fixed in the already released 1.6.6(.1). Vincent
Cursor in some math templates
Hi, I'm using LyX 1.6.5 since I upgraded to Ubuntu Lucid, and I'm slowly discovering new features. Yet, is this one intended: When you start, e.g., a math fraction, either with the icon or Ctrl-F or whatever shortcut, the cursor goes to the right of the whole fraction, instead of positioning itself in the numerator (or denominator). As far as I remember, this was not the case with the previous version I used (1.6.2 in Ubuntu Jaunty). Wouldn't you expect to be ready to type the numerator right after inserting the fraction? Another example is when you prepare to enter some special math font, e.g. calligraphic. There, too, the cursor goes after the box where you would type the calligraphic letters. What do you think of this? Can it be adjusted by some setting which I have missed? TIA - regards, -- Daniel CLEMENT
Re: Newbie questions: templates -> Document Settings -> ?
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Marshall Feldman wrote: 1. I'm writing a conference paper. LyX has a few conference/proceedings templates, but none suit my needs. Several document classes could work for me, but they're not complete. For example, a conference paper should list the conference, location, etc., and most likely this information should have a distinct style. How should one handle this? By adding a style to the document class? (How?) By manually adjusting the appearance of text? Depending on the length of the peper either the article or report classes would work. You can put the conference name and location in a footnote on the title page or make it part of the title. Take a look, too, at the KOMA-script versions. They're highly flexible and adaptable. Only if the conference wants to micro-manage the layout of presentation articles might you have a problem. Otherwise, you can get all the necessary and desired information in there by being creative. 2. I'd like to design a template for a working paper series. The cover page would have a few graphics, a title, author, date, institutional affiliation, and contact information. The first following right page would have a title, abstract, and keywords. The second even page would start the actual paper. It would have a title, abstract, and author, followed by the text itself. What's the best way to do this? Take a look at the KOMA-script and memoir book classes. 3. How do the various templates and document classes know when to insert a page break? In other words, how do they control front and back matter? Can the user customize or override this? You enter LaTeX commands such as \frontmatter and \backmatter. If you plan to learn and use LyX extensively I recommend that you get copies of the latest editions of The LaTeX Companion and The LaTeX Graphics Companion, Rich
Re: Newbie questions: templates -> Document Settings -> ?
On 02/09/2010 01:28 AM, Marshall Feldman wrote:
Hi,
As a newbie to Lyx, I'm almost there in understanding how to use LyX
and have a few basic questions. Here's what I think I know:
Hello from down the way at Brown.
1. Templates are just LyX documents saved in the place where templates
live.
Right. Think of them as examples you can customize.
2. Document classes are types of documents (books, articles, etc.)
3. But document classes are not just types of documents. They also can
come in multiple versions for each document type. (E.g., there can be
a dozen or more versions of an "article.") The distinction between the
different versions are largely stylistic, although they also can
reflect content. For example, a Springer article has a "Conjecture"
style, but most other article styles do not make conjectures.
Yes, and this makes more sense when you realize that LyX's document
classes map more or less onto LaTeX class files. The mapping isn't
perfect, because a LyX d.c. map actually map to a class file plus one or
more packages.
4. Modules yet a lower level of granularity, and individual modules
may correspond to individual styles.
Yes, and again you can think of modules as mapping to LaTeX packages,
though again that isn't exactly right.
I hope this understanding is correct. Even so, I still can't
completely connect the dots. Here are two things I still don't
understand.
1. I'm writing a conference paper. LyX has a few
conference/proceedings templates, but none suit my needs. Several
document classes could work for me, but they're not complete. For
example, a conference paper should list the conference, location,
etc., and most likely this information should have a distinct style.
How should one handle this? By adding a style to the document class?
(How?) By manually adjusting the appearance of text?
Here it is crucial to remember that LyX knows nothing about the
appearance of output. What it knows is how to "translate" a LyX document
into LaTeX. It is LaTeX that then controls output. That's the sense in
which LyX is a "frontend to LaTeX" (though also to other things). So in
any case where you want to do a lot of customization, you have to think
first in terms of LaTeX.
LaTeX will allow you to declare new commands and environments, which
will include information about how they are to be displayed in the
output. Once you know what you want to do as far as the LaTeX goes, then
you can create a layout file that will tell LyX about it. I.e., you'd
have something like:
Style Location
LaTeXType command
LaTeXName location
Preamble
\newcommand\location{...LaTeX Stuff Here...}
EndPremable
...More stuff to tell LyX how to display it
End
in a module, or in a new document class extending an old one if you
prefer. The LaTeX part is where the real work is. The LyX stuff can
actually be left at default, if you want. It won't look fancy, but it
will work.
2. I'd like to design a template for a working paper series. The cover
page would have a few graphics, a title, author, date, institutional
affiliation, and contact information. The first following right page
would have a title, abstract, and keywords. The second even page would
start the actual paper. It would have a title, abstract, and author,
followed by the text itself. What's the best way to do this?
This is a LaTeX issue again. So if you want to do this, you will need to
learn a good bit of LaTeX.
3. How do the various templates and document classes know when to
insert a page break? In other words, how do they control front and
back matter?
This is all done through the magic of LaTeX. LaTeX knows that certain
commands (\title, \author, etc) belong to the front matter, and in most
classes these commands do not actually output anything. They just define
certain variables to store the title, author, etc. Only when the command
\maketitle is the title page output, and its format is defined by the
document class. (LyX issues \maketitle when you stop doing things it
thinks go in the front matter, i.e., for which the InTitle flag is
true.) You can see this for yourself by putting the author before the
title. This is bad form, but it won't affect output. I.e.,
\title{My Title}
\author{John B. Author}
\maketitle
and
\author{John B. Author}
\title{My Title}
\maketitle
do the same thing.
Can the user customize or override this?
Hence, the answer to this is "yes, but doing so means modifying the
LaTeX document class file".
Richard
Newbie questions: templates -> Document Settings -> ?
Hi, As a newbie to Lyx, I'm almost there in understanding how to use LyX and have a few basic questions. Here's what I think I know: 1. Templates are just LyX documents saved in the place where templates live. 2. Document classes are types of documents (books, articles, etc.) 3. But document classes are not just types of documents. They also can come in multiple versions for each document type. (E.g., there can be a dozen or more versions of an "article.") The distinction between the different versions are largely stylistic, although they also can reflect content. For example, a Springer article has a "Conjecture" style, but most other article styles do not make conjectures. 4. Modules yet a lower level of granularity, and individual modules may correspond to individual styles. I hope this understanding is correct. Even so, I still can't completely connect the dots. Here are two things I still don't understand. 1. I'm writing a conference paper. LyX has a few conference/proceedings templates, but none suit my needs. Several document classes could work for me, but they're not complete. For example, a conference paper should list the conference, location, etc., and most likely this information should have a distinct style. How should one handle this? By adding a style to the document class? (How?) By manually adjusting the appearance of text? 2. I'd like to design a template for a working paper series. The cover page would have a few graphics, a title, author, date, institutional affiliation, and contact information. The first following right page would have a title, abstract, and keywords. The second even page would start the actual paper. It would have a title, abstract, and author, followed by the text itself. What's the best way to do this? 3. How do the various templates and document classes know when to insert a page break? In other words, how do they control front and back matter? Can the user customize or override this? Thanks for your help. Marsh Feldman
inserting external files: templates question
Hello. In the embedded objects manual, and in other places in documentation, I find it written that I can include files in my lyx document by using Insert > File> External Material and then choosing a template. But all of the documentation says that available templates are chess, date, lilypond, raster images, and pdf. On my installation I don't have a template option for pdf: why would that be, and how can I remedy it? I get allof the others, but no pdf
Re: crashes with templates
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > humanengr wrote: >> Pavel -- thanks; couldn't go to 1.6.4.2 since I haven't gone to snow yet on >> my MacBook. >> >> I've now found a non-template-based doc that crashes lyx 1.6.4.1. > > please can you open new bug in our tracker and attach such crashing file > there? I don't have any problem opening templates with 1.6.4.x on OS X 10.5.8. Please do post the file you're having trouble with, or if it's a problem with all template files, post a detailed procedure so that we can try to duplicate it. BH
Re: crashes with templates
humanengr wrote: > Pavel -- thanks; couldn't go to 1.6.4.2 since I haven't gone to snow yet on > my MacBook. > > I've now found a non-template-based doc that crashes lyx 1.6.4.1. please can you open new bug in our tracker and attach such crashing file there? pavel
Re: crashes with templates
Pavel -- thanks; couldn't go to 1.6.4.2 since I haven't gone to snow yet on my MacBook. I've now found a non-template-based doc that crashes lyx 1.6.4.1. Uninstalling lyx and everything tex; re-installing mactex and lyx 1.6.4.1 didn't help. Found a solution for that non-template doc by opening in 1.6.2 (on a G5); eliminating \ensuremath, exporting to tex, importing to 1.6.4.1. However, template docs still cause trouble in 1.6.4.1 on my MacBook -- e.g., I can open a new beamer template maybe 1 time in 10 tries without lyx crashing. Just tried again, successfully opened and closed a beamer template 3 times in row but then lyx crashed after the last close with no other docs open. humanengr wrote: Lyx 1.6.4.1 on OS X 10.5.8 crashes when opening a document (either new or created with Lyx 1.5.x) using any template. Preferences:Path:Document Templates points to /Users//Library/Application > Support/LyX-1.6/templates. > > Advice? upgrade to 1.6.4.2 ? pavel
Re: crashes with templates
humanengr wrote: > Lyx 1.6.4.1 on OS X 10.5.8 crashes when opening a document (either new or > created with Lyx 1.5.x) using any template. Preferences:Path:Document > Templates points to /Users//Library/Application > Support/LyX-1.6/templates. > > Advice? upgrade to 1.6.4.2 ? pavel
crashes with templates
Lyx 1.6.4.1 on OS X 10.5.8 crashes when opening a document (either new or created with Lyx 1.5.x) using any template. Preferences:Path:Document Templates points to /Users/name>/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6/templates. Advice? Thanks, humanengr
Re: Question on managing templates and features
Jay Austad wrote: Can LyX provide the functionality that I need? I installed it, but the version control menu is empty. How do I go about setting up LyX to work with SVN? I couldn't find documentation on that. The file you're editing has already be registered with version control. So you have to `svn co' or whatever first, to get the relevant file checked out. Then open it in LyX. Now the VC menu will be populated, and you can check out new versions, check in edits, etc. Pavel Sanda implemented the svn support and is the current expert on VC in LyX. I'm sure he'd be happy to answer questions. Is there a way to do the templating and selection of sections in a reasonable way in LyX? Maybe the master doc is created with a bunch of includes in it that has every include available, and then sections that I don't want can be commented out, and sections I want can be uncommented. LyX has support for templates. Selection of sections could be done in a wide variety of ways. Probably the most high-tech would be to use branches. So maybe you have a handful of these, (de)activating them to turn on or off various things. Of course, you can also just delete what you don't need in a given case. If I have an include in a document, is there any way in LyX to pull that content out of the include and just insert it directly into the master document? Or could something be done using the tab support and opening each section in it's own tab for ease of navigation? No to the former. The latter is pretty much how it works by default. When you open the master, all the children are opened in the background, though not in the GUI, and they then appear on the "View" menu, at which point they can easily be opened in their own tabs. The Outliner will show you the whole master document, too, and if you click on some section in a child, the child will appear in a tab. Can LyX collapse sections within a document if I'm not working on that particular section? Oft requested, but doesn't currently exist UNLESS these sections are in branches, in which case they can be collapsed. So if you really want to collapse, just put each section in a branch. They call all be the same branch. If this is something that is too complex for the user's to learn, it's something that will never happen. So it would need to be laid out and simplified as much as possible, and ideally everything would need to be done through LyX and without requiring the use of extra software apps directly (such as svn commands on the command line) As I said, the only command line stuff necessary will be the initial set-up of the svn-controlled directory. Once that's done, everything else can happen from within LyX. rh
Question on managing templates and features
I have a problem. Say one had an environment where document creation for clients is done with Microsoft Word. There is no real version control in the environment, and engineers writing technical documentation spend half of their time fighting with line by line formatting issues with Word, and the other half of their time dealing the mental anguish of it all. Templates exist for document layout, but there are typically several versions floating around so no one knows which one is the latest, and templates typically need to be modified extensively depending upon the purpose of a document. I had a vision of a system that would solve these problems by doing the following: - Store a master style, or several master styles that are used during document creation - Store "templates" for documents that are for different purposes. One selects the type of document they want to generate, several prewritten sections are selected that would normally go into that document. The user can deselect sections, or select addition sections and reorder as appropriate before creating the TeX source and starting the editing process. The prewritten sections are updated regularly by subject matter experts, and creation of a new document always causes the most updated information to be pulled. - All edits are version controlled I was thinking of using a database and a web app to do this. This isn't very convenient though, because writing of the documentation would have to happen with an internet connection. LyX looks very interesting to me. I have very little experience with TeX, but enough to know that it's definitely superior to Word. Can LyX provide the functionality that I need? I installed it, but the version control menu is empty. How do I go about setting up LyX to work with SVN? I couldn't find documentation on that. And, the big question, how would one go about implementing a system and workflow that provides the functionality listed above. It needs to be as straighforward as possible. I'm going to be dealing with cross-platform clients. Is there a way to do the templating and selection of sections in a reasonable way in LyX? Maybe the master doc is created with a bunch of includes in it that has every include available, and then sections that I don't want can be commented out, and sections I want can be uncommented. If I have an include in a document, is there any way in LyX to pull that content out of the include and just insert it directly into the master document? Or could something be done using the tab support and opening each section in it's own tab for ease of navigation? Can LyX collapse sections within a document if I'm not working on that particular section? If this is something that is too complex for the user's to learn, it's something that will never happen. So it would need to be laid out and simplified as much as possible, and ideally everything would need to be done through LyX and without requiring the use of extra software apps directly (such as svn commands on the command line) Thanks for any input you guys have. --
Re: lyx templates site?
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Witek Firlej wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Sindhu wrote: PS: we could have a page on the lyx site listing these user made templates, couldn't we? hmm? http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Layouts Exactly... please see the following page for instructions on uploading files http://wiki.lyx.org/Site/AboutUploading Then ask on the list for the upload password. Best regards, Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: lyx templates site?
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Sindhu wrote: > PS: we could have a page on the lyx site listing these user made > templates, couldn't we? > > hmm? http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Layouts -- :: Witek Firlej :: Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. :: http://grizz.pl :: http://grizz.firlej.org :: jid: grizz//jabster.pl ::
lyx templates site?
hi i have never made lyx templates before, but am about to graduate and lately i have doing a lot of resumes, SRS (software requirement specifications) and other such documents. my question is, if i put the templates together for the above said documents, can i post it up here on lyx mailing list? so that everyone can benefit from it -Sindhu PS: we could have a page on the lyx site listing these user made templates, couldn't we?
Re: Templates
Hesham Kamel wrote: Hello, I downloaded a journal template and now I want to use it in LyX. I copied the folder to the LyX class folders at: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex then I pressed the Reconfigure menu, I restarted but I can not see the new class in the Document Settings menu. Can someone please advise? I assume that what you have is a LaTeX class file: newfile.cls. If so, you've put it in the right place: in the LaTeX folders. But that is LaTeX, not LyX. LyX knows nothing about the new class unless you give it a layout file that describes it. There is info in the Customization manual about how to deal with this, and lots of us here have dealt with this issue ourselves. rh
