Re: Bibtex bibliography
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob, Babel matters because the person asking the question seems to be french. Or at least he speaks french. -- - Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good to know. Thanks. Would be nice if the people posting would clarify their needs. Also, if they would contribute once they post a question to let us know if a solution worked or if they are having further trouble. Since the poster hasn't responded to anything in this thread. Cheers, /Bob
Re: short title
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:15 AM, zulu74 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I activate short title in my menu? I cannot select it. By inserting something into the document that would use the short title. For instance a 'Figure Float' that has a caption but you would like a shorter caption in the List of Figures. Cheers, /Bob
Re: MiKTeX Problem Report: Permission denied
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Ed Sykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, i'm new to LyX and am hoping someone can assist on a problem I'm having. On a fairly regular basis when I select the dvi button or the div update button Yap crashes and gives the message: MiKTeX Problem Report: Permission denied: C:\TEMP\lyx_tmpdir280a01160\lyx_tmpbuf1\my_file.dvi I recently updated MikTeX and am running the latest version of LyX on Windows XP Professional. Any suggestions are deeply appreciated Thanks so much, Cheers, Ed Sykes Sheridan College, Canada I'm sure one of the developers or more informed users will give a reason why this is happening. It seems to me that you don't have permissions to the folder or something similar. You can change this temp folder under Tools-Preferences-Paths-Temporary directory. Maybe to a folder you *know* you have permissions to. For instance mine by default is set to: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp\ Windows seems to show strange behavior sometimes for no apparent reason. Cheers, /Bob
Re: layout file for .tex files
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Charlse Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed LyX via MacPorts and now have a newbie question for you all: I get following error message: ``The layout file requested by this document, article.layout, is not usable. This is probably because a LaTeX class or style file required by it is not available. See the Customization documentation for more information. LyX will not be able to produce output.'' when I try to open a .tex file. What's going on and what are we talking about? $ uname -a Darwin Mac.loc 8.11.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc $ Sounds like you haven't installed a TeX distribution. The distribution will contain article.cls which article.layout needs. I don't know much about Mac stuff, but I thought MacTeX was a popular option. I'm sure there are other ways. Actually, I just looked at MacPorts and they have TeXLive (this is the prefered distribution for Linux). You need to install TeXLive which is a TeX distribution. Cheers, /Bob
Re: layout file for .tex files
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:13 AM, Charlse Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It seems that I have textlive already installed. $ port installed | grep texlive texlive_base @2007_1 (active) texlive_texmf-minimal @2007_0 (active) $ Before we try anything else. Open a shell as root and run 'texhash' this should refresh the LaTeX package database. Then open LyX and run Tools-Reconfigure and restart LyX, maybe run Reconfigure twice and restart LyX. Do you still receive the error message? /Bob
Re: how to center chapter title?
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Maksi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snvv wrote:
I'd like to center the chapter and bibliography titles of document class
book
(memoir) or book in general.
In Memoir, you can do this by writing your own chapter style or choosing a
chapter style that fits your needs. Check this part of the LyX-wiki for more
information: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/UsingMemoirInLyX#toc10
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/UsingMemoirInLyX#toc10
Maksi
This can also be done with the sectsty package (check out the
documentation). However, it is not compatible with memoir.
\usepackage{sectsty}
\chapterfont{\centering}
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: MiKTeX Problem Report: Permission denied
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Ed Sykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Bob, I appreciate you taking time for your suggestion. I've tried it but with no luck. I was wondering if someone could point me where to try to find the answer: is it a Windows thing? is it MiKTeX thing or is it a LyX thing? Thanks, Ed Sykes I think this is a MiKTeX/Windows thing. The problem is this is strange behavior for a fresh install. Did you have an internet connection open when installing MiKTeX? Are you installing with an administrative account? Installing just for you or everyone? The first thing I would do is open an internet connection and 'update' MiKTeX. If there are no updates then I would go to the MiKTeX settings-General and 'Refresh FNDB' and 'Update Formats'. If you have an 'always on' internet connection I would set the 'Package installation' to 'Yes' install packages on-the-fly. If none of this works, I would uninstall MiKTeX and LyX and reinstall with LyX-1.5.4-1-Installer.exe (always helps to reboot Windows between uninstall and reinstall). Be sure you have an open internet connection and just accept the defaults for the installation of MiKTeX, the settings can be changed after install. Cheers, /Bob
Re: layout file for .tex files
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Charlse Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 3, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Bob Lounsbury wrote: On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:13 AM, Charlse Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It seems that I have textlive already installed. $ port installed | grep texlive texlive_base @2007_1 (active) texlive_texmf-minimal @2007_0 (active) $ Before we try anything else. Open a shell as root and run 'texhash' this should refresh the LaTeX package database. $ sudo texhash texhash: Updating /opt/local/share/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /opt/local/share/texmf-dist/ls-R... texhash: Updating /opt/local/share/texmf-var/ls-R... texhash: Done. $ Then open LyX and run Tools-Reconfigure and restart LyX, maybe run Reconfigure twice and restart LyX. Do you still receive the error message? /Bob I have Tools-TeX Information here and then `LaTex classes' `Latex styles' `BibTex styles'. I Rescan them all (twice). And also LyX-Reconfigure which I did and then it asked me to restart the LyX. Same error message pops-up! Here is the file that I am trying to open: In LyX Document-Settings-Document Class does 'article' show as 'Unavailable: article'? If so then either you don't have 'article.cls' installed on your computer through the texlive packages or LyX is not recognizing the path to texmf* folders. If you have article.cls installed in one of the /opt/local/share/texmf* directories then the path needs to be added to Tools-Preferences-Paths-PATH prefix so that LyX will recognize the files installed there. You should just need to add /opt/local/share to the list of paths separated by a semi-colon and then reconfigure LyX. /Bob
Re: layout file for .tex files
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Charlse Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Lyx-Preference-Paths-PATH prefix I have /usr/texbin:/usr/local/gwTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current:/usr/local/gwTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin That's the problem then. You need to add the path to your paths :-}. So that LyX knows where all your LaTeX stuff is. This is what the LyX wiki says, http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac: To use other implementations of teTeX which do not install the binaries in /usr/texbin, /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current, /sw/bin, /opt/local/teTeX/bin, or /usr/local/bin, either link the teTeX binaries to one of those directories, or add the PATH of your teTeX binaries to the PATH prefix field in LyX - Preferences - Paths. I'm not exactly positive what path you need to add which would correspond to the teTeX binaries. I would just do a trial and error. First, just add /opt/local/share and then Reconfigure LyX and see if Document-Settings-Document Class has changed to available. Bennett is the Mac expert but he hasn't responded yet. I'm sure he would have a more sophisticated approach. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Best approach to using lyx with a university provided style file?
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:58 AM, B. Bogart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm happy that I've been able to get something to work at all, but how
can I use the proper style in LyX directly without having to manually
edit the tex file after exporting?
Why does the \maketitle command get added when I import the tex?
Why does output bail on the \qualification{} commands?
Why does the output of the document using the layout that uses the
thesis style file not generate output that resembles the sample file?
Thanks for your time,
B. Bogart
Well, I looked at your bbtest.tex file and the first thing I noticed
is that it calls for report.cls. So you should create a
sfuthesis.layout based on report not article.
Anyways, when you insert a title or author field in LyX it
automatically inserts a '\maketitle' command but your bbtest.tex does
not do this.
Long story short. Inserting '\renewcommand\maketitle{}' in the
preamble of bbtest.tex eliminated the errors in the file and produced
good output.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: layout file for .tex files
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Bennett Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Charlse Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ which latex no latex in ~/WebKit/WebKitTools/Scripts /usr/local/bin ~/Documents/scripts/ /opt/local/bin /opt/local/sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /bin /sbin /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin $ port info lyx … Library Dependencies: qt4-mac, texlive, ImageMagick, python25 $ Am I missing latex? And if so, where do I get it from? It certainly looks as though you're missing it. (My guess is that if you installed it via macports, it would be in /opt/local somewhere. It used to be in /opt/local/teTeX/bin, but maybe with a switch to TeXlive, that's changed to -- guessing here -- /opt/local/texlive/bin. If so, it looks as though macports failed to set up your paths properly.) If you really don't have a TeX installation, I'd recommend getting MacTeX from: http://www.tug.org/mactex/ Bennett Isn't there a way to add a PATH to the 'which latex' variable? I'm pretty sure that Charlse has TeX through the macports TeXlive packages because of this (that he posted): $ sudo texhash texhash: Updating /opt/local/share/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /opt/local/share/texmf-dist/ls-R... texhash: Updating /opt/local/share/texmf-var/ls-R... texhash: Done. $ And this (now there is a macports texlive_full package if you have space): $ port installed | grep texlive texlive_base @2007_1 (active) texlive_texmf-minimal @2007_0 (active) $ And this (so I think the needed LaTeX packages are available): /opt/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls It just seems to me that TeXlive has changed their paths and that hasn't affected the system properly (I'm a little oblivious to path stuff :-}). Does running 'latex' on a '.tex' file work in a shell? Even if it doesn't I think TeX is installed and Charlse only needs to add /opt/local/share to his LyX paths and LyX will work even if straight latex doesn't. Which brings me back to my first question isn't there a way to add /opt/local/share to the 'which latex' PATH? Since I think his TeX distribution is fine. /Bob
Re: figure-number in list of figures
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, how can I increase the distance between the figure-number and the figure legend in the list of figures? example: 9.9 legend 1 is ok 9.10 legend is ok 10.10legend 2 here I would like a space Wolfgang The tocloft package will do this. I'm sure there are other ways. Cheers, /Bob
Re: layout file for .tex files
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Charlse Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ port info lyx | grep Dep Library Dependencies: qt4-mac, texlive, ImageMagick, python25 Since texlive is listed here, I would 'assume' that you need to install the macports texlive package to complete the TeX install. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Creating a personalised report template for furture use in Lyx
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Stephen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Everybody,
Im a newbie to the Lyx.I had heard about
Latex previously but hadnt been able to use one of
that kind software before.I liked lyx and its mode of
working.I decided to make my undergraduate project
report in the same..But i faced a problem..
In the default report template with lyx i want to make
some changes,becoz our staff likes a different
template itself.
The main changes required are
1.Every page should have header and footer
a) Header: Project Name on top-left corner
Page Number on top-right corner
b) Footer: Name of Institution on bottom-left corner
Read Section 3.3 of Help-Extended Features.
And some problems i face since I create the entire
report in one document
1.After i create the content page,i need the sections
to restart their numbering what should i do?
After the Section heading where you want to restart the page numbering
enter in ERT:
\pagenumbering{style}
where style can be:
* {arabic} Arabic numerals
* {roman} Lowercase roman numerals
* {Roman} Uppercase roman numerals
* {alph} Lowercase letters
* {Alph} Uppercase letters
2.The chapter name should be written in a single
page,then after that chapter name should also repeat
at the top the comming page.
Insert a page break to have the chapter name on it's own page. For the
header stuff:
Read Section 3.3 of Help-Extended Features.
3.I need to save these changes and create a template
of my own so that i can distribute it to myfriends for
their documents.How can i do that??
It's probably just easiest to create a minimal .lyx file to distribute.
Thanks
Stephen
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Best approach to using lyx with a university provided style file?
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM, B. Bogart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Bob! Indeed I've got my thesis formatting fine now just after a little more tweaking and adding flags from the latex file into LyX. I suppose these could be removed by making a template for the various parts? So this fix just redefined maketitle to do nothing, correct? This is my impression. When you generate a pdf/dvi it 'redefines' thus eliminating the maketitle call in the file. Maybe a flag to change this could be nice in the future (in properties of a title perhaps?) This would be a question for the developers. I just searched the LyX mail archive and found that renew maketitle command, but there were other people with similar issues so I agree it would be nice if there were a 'switch' in the document settings to not use the \maketitle command. This may be harder to implement than we know. Thanks for your help and getting me moving. B. Bogart Cheers, /Bob
Re: Strange segfault of dvipost when compiling lyx file
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Pavel Sanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi,
i'm getting strange segfault when compiling one particular lyx document.
after some time i came to quite small attached example which display the
problem.
for compilation one needs elsevier article classes
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/elsevier.html)
the log says:
pplatex: Process input file a.dvi
sh: line 1: 12668 Segmentation fault pplatex 'a.tex' /dev/null
This is dvips(k) 5.95b Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2008.04.07:0138' - a.ps
tex.protexps.pro. cmmi8.pfbcmr12.pfbcmmib10.pfbcmmi12.pfb
cmr8.pfbcmr10.pfb[1] [2]
this seqfault happens in dvipost and when i run it manually with debug it
ends with :
Font 74: ecti1200---loaded at size 786432 DVI units
1743: fntdef1 74: ecti1200
1767: fnt1
1769: setchar48 Segmentation fault
can anybody confirm on some other tex install that attached dvi fails too?
i dont have any idea what went wrong.
thanks,
pavel
Here's my output from lyx while generating a .dvi of your example:
lyx
dvipng warning: at (-1,-1) ignored header \special{!userdict
begin/bop-hook{/isls false def/vsize 792 def/hsize 612 def}def end}.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Strange segfault of dvipost when compiling lyx file
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Pavel Sanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's my output from lyx while generating a .dvi of your example:
i guess you must generate postscript.
what happens if you run: dvipost a.dvi ?
Sorry, I mis-read your post. I don't have dvipost installed and I
tried installing but it failed to build.
lyx
dvipng warning: at (-1,-1) ignored header \special{!userdict
begin/bop-hook{/isls false def/vsize 792 def/hsize 612 def}def end}.
you have installed elsevier class, right? (without it the problem won't
appear)
pavel
Yes, I have elsevier.
Bob
Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Oscar Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear lyxers I am starting a document project with a colleague using lyx. The goal is to obtain a big document of a technical course. My colleague uses the windows version of lyx and I use the linux version. At this initial stage we can easily share simple documents. Now we are concerned with the use of a common vector drawing program that can be used at both platforms. The main feature that we require is that the vector drawing program can annotate drawings with latex math formulae. I am quite satisfied with the current support of xfig at lyx using external material. However, as far as I know, xfig only runs at linux machines therefore we are looking for an alternative program. Could anybody care to give us some recommendation? Any advice related to other aspects of such a project are also welcome. Thank you very much for all your help Best regards It seems xfig can be installed under cygwin: http://www.cs.usask.ca/~wew036/latex/xfig.html I also thought Inkscape was a popular vector graphics program that runs on linux, mac, and windows (from what I've read it supports latex math but I haven't used the program): http://www.inkscape.org/index.php?lang=en Cheers, /Bob
Re: Numbering of floats in appendices
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:29 PM, David Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How do you change the numbering of table and figure floats to include the
appendix letter. E.g.,
In Appendix A, I would like Table A1 rather than a continuous numbering
system from the main text. I looked around at the appendix package and in
the LyX Docs and came up empty.
-
David Hewitt
Research Fishery Biologist, USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (Oregon, USA)
-and-
Student, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
http://www.vims.edu/fish/students/dhewitt/
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If you enable the AMS math option in the document settings and then put:
\numberwithin{figure}{section}
in your appendix it puts the figures in an A.# format, but it doesn't
restart the numbering. If you put this in the preamble it would number
all figures per section but I'm assuming this is not what you're
looking for. Maybe someone else knows how to reset the numbering of
figures.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Filippo Zangheri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry that was a poorly asked questions I read the some mail here and saw a suggesting to use the Mitek package manager to install the memori package, but it says it is already installed. So When I go under Document -- settings --Document Class and choose Unavailable:Book (memoir) it then says The layout file requested by this document, memoir,layout is no usable. This is probably because a LaTeX class or style files required by it is not available. See Customization documentation for more information. Lyx will not be able to produce output. At this point, I truly get lost. Any help appreciated. Go to Start-All Programs-MiKTeX version-Browse Packages and search for memoir in the Name field. Click on memoir and click the + sign to install. Then do a Tools-Reconfigure in LyX and all should be well. Memoir should be 'available'. Cheers, /Bob
Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Bob Lounsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Filippo Zangheri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry that was a poorly asked questions I read the some mail here and saw a suggesting to use the Mitek package manager to install the memori package, but it says it is already installed. So When I go under Document -- settings --Document Class and choose Unavailable:Book (memoir) it then says The layout file requested by this document, memoir,layout is no usable. This is probably because a LaTeX class or style files required by it is not available. See Customization documentation for more information. Lyx will not be able to produce output. At this point, I truly get lost. Any help appreciated. Go to Start-All Programs-MiKTeX version-Browse Packages and search for memoir in the Name field. Click on memoir and click the + sign to install. Then do a Tools-Reconfigure in LyX and all should be well. Memoir should be 'available'. Cheers, /Bob Sorry, didn't fully read your last post. You said you already installed memoir through the MiKTeX package manager. Then you just need to do Tool-Reconfigure within LyX so that it recognizes this newly installed package. Cheers, /Bob
Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:53 PM, gerardo arnaez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Lounsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Go to Start-All Programs-MiKTeX version-Browse Packages and search for memoir in the Name field. Click on memoir and click the + sign to install. Then do a Tools-Reconfigure in LyX and all should be well. Memoir should be 'available'. Then you just need to do Tool-Reconfigure within LyX so that it recognizes this newly installed package. That's strange. I was going to tell you that when i do a lyx reconfigure it just hangs there forever until I have to close the program, but when i just restarted it now seems available. strange. thanks. would this be a bug to report on vista? No, I don't believe it's a bug. Sometimes (especially the first time) you reconfigure LyX it can take quite awhile (you probably just weren't quite patient enough :-}). I've had to wait upwards of 5min or more. Sometimes restarting helps Windoze. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Drawing graphs in lyx
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Les Denham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 11 April 2008, Ola Vestad wrote: Hi, I'm preparing a presentation in lyx and want to draw a couple of (simple) graphs. I'm not a very advanced computer user so right now I'm making the presentation in lyx and drawing the graphs in Microsoft Word (!), and I plan to add them to the presentation as images afterwards. Is there a simpler way to do this? More specifically; is it possible to draw graphs directly in lyx? Ola, LyX does not have built-in graphing, but there are a number of easy-to-use tools out there which LyX supports very nicely. Personally, I use Grace http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/. Unfortunately, it appears that installing Grace on Windows (which I assume is your OS) does not appear to be trivial. I haven't tried it. However, the way you are doing it can work quite well, or at least as well as anything using MS Word (wouldn't Excel be better?). If you can save the graph in a vector format that LyX can read (such as PDF or Postscript) the results will be better than saving it as a raster file. -- Les ~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html There was an extensive discussion of vector drawing programs recently. See: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg63810.html Cheers, /Bob
Re: delete label from equation
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Neal Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to delete a label from an ams align. It was somehow applied to the first equation of the set instead of the entire set. I can't seem to figure out any way to select the label to delete it. If I ever do, how can I make sure the label is attached to the whole set of (align) eqs, not just to one equation? Edit-Math, Number this Line Number whole Formula. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Numbering paragraphs
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Micha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to write a research proposal for my uni and the instructions say that the paragraphs should be numbered where the first number is the section number. Any way to do it in lyx/latex? thanks I'm confused? Bob
Re: Numbering of floats in appendices
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:42 PM, David Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How do you change the numbering of table and figure floats to include
the
appendix letter. E.g.,
In Appendix A, I would like Table A1 rather than a continuous numbering
system from the main text. I looked around at the appendix package and
in
the LyX Docs and came up empty.
If you enable the AMS math option in the document settings and then put:
\numberwithin{figure}{section}
in your appendix it puts the figures in an A.# format, but it doesn't
restart the numbering. If you put this in the preamble it would number
all figures per section but I'm assuming this is not what you're
looking for. Maybe someone else knows how to reset the numbering of
figures.
Paul Rubin knows. He provided the following solution, which worked like a
charm. I also added it to the Wiki here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/ResetNumberingOfTablesAndFiguresInAnAppendix
Insert the following in ERT somewhere inside the appendix before any floats
(but in a standard paragraph, not in the Appendix section title):
\setcounter{figure}{0}
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{A.\arabic{figure}}
To do the same for Tables, just change the string figure to table in all
three places.
This changes the entries in the TOC correctly as well.
-
David Hewitt
Research Fishery Biologist, USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (Oregon, USA)
-and-
Student, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
http://www.vims.edu/fish/students/dhewitt/
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I figured there was a way to restart the numbering. I just didn't take
the time to research it. It's great to have knowledgeable people like
Paul to answer these questions. They can save hours of research and
trial error.
Incorporating Paul's approach with mine is another valid solution.
\setcounter{figure}{0}
\numberwithin{figure}{section}
While enabling AMS math from Document-Settings-Math Options.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: LyX Make dynamic TOC on LyX using pdf
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:47 AM, jucas_lo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm a newbie on LyX and also a little bit newbie on LateX, just one question when making pdfs with it: How do you make the Table of Contents dinamic with LyX, with dynamic I just mean that you can click over an item and you will be automagically linked to the corresponding section on the document, and obviously the bar that you get at the left side in Adobe Reader where you have a shortcut to every chapter or section of your document I think that should be easy to solve but since I don't know very well how is this kind of TOC is called, I've not been able to find it on the docs provided by LyX or in the wiki. THanks in advance, have a good day -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/LyX-Make-%22dynamic%22-TOC-on-LyX-using-pdf-tp16722275p16722275.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. It's done with the hyperref package. http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=hyperref Cheers, /Bob
Re: toc numbers bleed into numbers
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Chris Mahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my toc, the section and subsection numbers bleed into the text. Is there some easy fix somewhere? -- Chris Mahan http://www.christophermahan.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell 818.943.1850 Could you post a minimal example? I'm not quite following what the problem is. I've attached a picture example of section down to subsubsection numbering and I don't see any bleeding into the text. Cheers, /Bob attachment: Noname.jpg
Re: toc numbers bleed into numbers
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Chris Mahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris Mahan schrieb:
In my toc, the section and subsection numbers bleed into the text. Is
there
some easy fix somewhere?
Add this to your document preamble:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@dottedtocline{2}{1.5em}{2.8em}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@dottedtocline{3}{4.3em}{3.6em}}
It moved things around, but didn't fix.
See the attached png.
I'll look around at
http://texnik.dante.de/cgi-bin/mainFAQ.cgi?file=tocloft/TOC
--
Chris Mahan
http://www.christophermahan.com/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cell 818.943.1850
Did Uwe's solution not work for you? If not, then yes the tocloft
package will work. Something like this (just adjust the 6em to
whatever works for you). Put this in the preamble.
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cftsecaftersnumb}{\hspace{6em}}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecaftersnumb}{\hspace{6em}}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecaftersnumb}{\hspace{6em}}
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: No indent in LOF, LOT and tables
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:43 AM, NicoWinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I'm writing a thesis with scrartcl and want to clear the indent of LOF and
LOT. I already read, that this is possible by setting the option listsleft
of koma-script. But how can I set this option in LyX?
Document-Settings-Document Class-Options.
The second Point is: I changed the LOF with following Command
%Fügt Abbildung vor die Nummern in der LOF
\makeatletter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] }
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
\par
\addcontentsline{\csname [EMAIL PROTECTED]
{\csname [EMAIL PROTECTED]
\csname the#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%
\begingroup [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] \fi
\normalsize
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] #3}\par \endgroup}
\makeatother
(I know that it would have been easier using the tocloft-package, but
anyway...) so that the LOF looks like:
Abbildung 1
Testabbildung.. 2
Abbildung 2 asödkfö öalkdfj aölskdf...
34
Does somebody know, how to insert : after the numberation?
You're right using the tocloft package would be easier and it's simple
to insert : with this package. I would just use tocloft.
And last but not least: The tables I inserted do also hab a little indent.
Is it possible to change that?
Setting listsleft modifies the lot also. Is this your question?
Thanks for help!
Nico
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Table caption label customization
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:38 AM, D. Zorig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I've read KOMA Script manual. But I couldn't figure out how to customize
table caption.
Now I understand table caption consists of following four parts.
1. Caption label
2. Caption number
3. Caption delimiter
4. Caption text
I want to leave figure captions as they are and change table captions to
have right aligned Caption label with number but without delimiter and page
break then centered caption text.
\setcapindent*{xindent} produces page break and indentation.
\renewcommand*{\captionformat}{~} gets rid of delimiter which was colon.
\setcapwidth[justification]{width} is used to change caption text alignment.
But I think it changes figure and table and I have set width each time.
Please help me on this.
Thank you in advance.
--
Zorigtkhuu Davaanyam
Maybe someone else will have an answer on a way to alter figure and
table captions separately, but I'm unaware of any way to do this with
default koma-script options except as you're already doing by
specifying the options per table.
I would just use the caption package as it allows for separate options
for figures and tables. Read the caption package documentation for
koma-script related stuff. For me it turned out to be easier to just
use the default article/report/book classes and then use packages to
format things the way I wanted. Since, additional packages don't
conflict with the default classes.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Again table caption issue
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 9:29 PM, D. Zorig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I'm sorry to keep bothering with same issue.
With help of Bob Lounsbury and Uwe Stoher, I have right aligned caption
label and centered caption text in the next line with following code.
\usepackage{caption}
\DeclareCaptionFormat{custom}{\raggedleft\bfseries#1\par\centerlast\slshape#3\par}
\captionsetup[table]{format=custom}
But I couldn't change fonts of caption label to bold and caption text to
slanted as it supposed to.
I tried KOMA Script book class' own
\setkomafont{captionlabel}{\bfseries}
but couldn't get it change.
It doesn't give any error just doesn't change font.
I tried using regular book class but it didn't help.
What could cause caption font being so stubborn?
Thank you in advance
--
Zorigtkhuu Davaanyam
Just use the caption package options. Add 'labelfont=bf' to:
\captionsetup[table]{format=custom,labelfont=bf}
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Author information in article class
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:10 AM, econkramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
dear all,
I would put specific author informations in a document class article, which
by default does not have tools for some of this information.
In particular, I would have in the author information the following:
address, email, institution, keywords,url, and one newcommand called JEL.
I have tried in inserting in the preamble some package of the amsart class
and doing \address{} in the text, but I have returned the error undefined
control sequence.
Might you tell me how to insert the above information? I would use only the
article class (no ams or other class)
Thanks
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I 'think' most on the list would agree that it's easier to manually
set-up this preliminary page rather than trying to use specific latex
commands.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Author information in article class
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Richard Heck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
econkramer wrote:
well,
how??
but more important...what if i do not what - for instance - the ams
layout,
but i want its environments, like address, email, and so forth? How might
I
do? How might I type the commands?
If you want these environments, then you have to use a document class that
provides them, or else define them yourself using LaTeX and write a layout
file for the new class or package. You might want to check out some of the
other article classes, such as the koma-script article class, or the paper
class, which do things a bit differently. And if you want to change aspects
of the layout, you can use packages like titlesec to do so. Everything can
be tweaked, but the tweaking usually involves LaTeX.
rh
You can generally set these up just by entering the text and placing
the text with vertical or horizontal spacing. Vertical spacing can be
entered with Insert-Formatting-Vertical Space. Horizontal spacing
can be entered with Insert-Formatting-Horizontal Fill, which will
right align items (or evenly space them) or if you want a specific
amount of space use, in ERT, \hspace{1cm}. Just adjust everything to
your needs.
If I remember correctly the upcoming LyX 1.6.0 will allow for use of
other layout options with 'modules', but otherwise as Richard pointed
out this not easily accomplished or takes some work to accomplish.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Thesis template in Lyx
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I want to use Lyx to write my dissertation. However, our university already
provides a LaTex template (cls file) that has to be followed exactly. What
is the easiest way to use Lyx to write my dissertation?
If you want to use LyX it could get quite involved, but you can always
start slow and build up to see if it will work.
(1)Should I try to create a layout file to use the latex cls file? I
have never created a Lyx layout file before so I don't know how difficult
this is. Any help on this or a if a tutorial exists on how to create a
layout file for a cls file would be greatly appreciated. I have attached
the cls file.
The layout file is really just for LyX representation. I looked at
your .cls file and they use the report.cls so I just copied:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\layouts\report.layout
to
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\lyx15\layouts\report.layout
I then renamed report.layout to ufthesis.layout and changed the first line from:
\DeclareLaTeXClass{report}
to
\DeclareLaTeXClass{ufthesis}
And done. You now have a layout file for your ufthesis.cls file.
Next, you need to place the ufthesis.cls in your local texmf
directory. For me on XP with MiKTeX 2.6 this is located at:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.6\tex\latex
Then refresh the MiKTeX FNDB. In Start-All Programs-MiKTeX
2.6-Settings-General. After that you should start LyX and
Tools-Reconfigure (Important step). Then restart LyX and under
Document-Settings-Document Class you should see ufthesis and now
when you insert the toc, chapters, etc they should match the
formatting of the thesis when you export to pdf or dvi.
(2)Should I try to import a sample Tex file the university provides into
Lyx? I tried to import it into Lyx but it failed. Not sure what is going
on. I have attached the sample Tex file as well.
I was able to import the .tex with this new ufthesis.layout, but it
looks like it could be complicated. So, like I said you'll probably
want to start with a blank document and just modify it to match the
thesis requirements.
I am not an advanced Lyx user so thank you very much in advance for the
help.
Adrian
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Thesis template in Lyx
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your response. When you say: So, like I said you'll probably want to start with a blank document and just modify it to match the thesis requirements. Do you mean that I should use the approach of creating the layout file like you suggested or just working with a blank report document. If it is the latter approach, my only worry is that they have redefined so many of the latex settings (section, subsection, itemized list) that I would have to place ERT all over the document to get it to conform to their specifications. Or am I misunderstanding this? Thanks. Adrian Cheers, /Bob I just meant that I would not use the example.tex they gave. Yes, I would use the layout file that I have described. I would just start a blank document with the ufthesis.layout and begin. Cheers /Bob
Re: Error: Document class not available
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Alberto Sánchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed the LyX (version 1.5.4) bundle for Windows XP. Everything installed successfully. But now I cannot get LyX to produce any output at all. I cannot even execute the first step of the tutorial, where you are asked to view a simple typed line in dvi. When I press on the dvi button I get the following error message: LyX: Couldn't export file. No information for exporting the format DVI. The same message appears when I attempt PDF or PS. And when I try opening up any other file or template I get a variant of the following message: LyX: Document class not available. The layout file requested by this document, article.layout, is not usable. This is probably because a LaTeX class or style file required by it is not available. See the Customization documentation for more information. LyX will not be able to produce output. I have scrolled through the Customization documentation but since I am new to all of this, I cannot find anything that seems to address my problem. Can anyone help me? Alberto It sounds like MiKTeX was not properly installed. Did you have an open internet connection during installation? If it were me I would open an internet connection and try to update MiKTeX. After it updates do a Tools-Reconfigure within LyX. Cheers, /Bob
Re: slow typing in lyx-1.5.3
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:33 AM, jos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Typing has become painfully slow after I upgraded from lyx-1.4.4 to lyx-1.5.3 on a machine with fedora core 6: there's a very annoying delay between a keystroke and the appearance of the corresponding symbol on the screen. Because a rpm of lyx-1.5.4 is not available for fedora 6, I tried to create my own rpm from the lyx-1.5.4 sources (as described, a bit chaotically, here: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/CreatingLyXRPM). However, I can't seem to get configure to understand where my qt4 libraries are: adding --with-qt4-dir=/usr/lib/qt4 to the configure command in the spec file, or setting the environment variables QTLIB or QT4LIB to /usr/lib/qt4 doesn't help. Does anyone have an idea how to: - either get rid of the annoying typing delay in lyx-1.5.3 - or what is wrong with my qt4 ($ rpm -q qt4 qt4-4.3.2-1.fc6) thanks, jos -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/slow-typing-in-lyx-1.5.3-tp17084281p17084281.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. I also experienced this 'slowness' on an old iBook with both Ubuntu and Fedora. Two things help me. 1) LyX 1.5.3, this was much better than the other LyX 1.5* series (doesn't seem to help you much, although Fedora in general was extremely slow on my iBook (Debian, Gentoo, and Arch are much better)) 2) My xorg was initially set to 24bit color with Ubuntu and Fedora and changing it to 16bit helped immensely. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Bogus responses to my lyx-users@lists.lyx.org posts
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Les Denham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 06 May 2008, Steve Litt wrote: Since May 1, 2008, every time I post to lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, I get what looks like an autoresponder email from [EMAIL PROTECTED], telling me to check their FAQ and then if that doesn't help to submit a trouble ticket. Could someone please unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] If worst comes to worst I can pipe everything from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to /dev/null, but I imagine this is a problem for more people than just me. I just emailed their sales department asking them to get rid of the autoresponder on mail from the LyX list. You too? I thought it was just me getting them. I'd suggest removing every address in the ultimatevocabulary.com domain from the lyx-users list . . . -- Les ~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html I'll second that! I'm tired of those messages. Although they do only seem to come when replying to certain people not necessarily just the LyX list. /Bob
Re: Bogus responses to my lyx-users@lists.lyx.org posts
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Steve Litt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or maybe we all set up our own autoresponders returning those messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) SteveT Done :-}. Good idea. /Bob
Re: natbib.sty
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Hassan Khater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Uwe for your kind advice. Now the problem is solved partially as the natbib package was successfully installed but in the pdf output of my thesis, references appear like that [?] and are numbered at the Bibliography section. The natbib does not yet appear in the style list in the BibTex Bibliography. Did you tell LyX to use natbib? Document-Settings-Bibliography, Natbib and select your style either Author-year or Numerical. There is no natbib bibliography style. There are styles like plainnat, unsrtnat, and abbrvnat. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Lyx in Windows - Trouble with the dictionary
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Adman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all A friend of mine is trying to install LyX in windows, and asked me to post asking for instructions on where to download and how to install configure the dictionary. Can someone please point him in the correct direction? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Lyx-in-Windows---Trouble-with-the-dictionary-tp17149741p17149741.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. http://aspell.net/win32/ Although, when installing LyX, Aspell should have been installed by default and your friend should have been asked if he wanted to download any dictionaries. Hence, it should all be working already. Cheers, /Bob
Re: section title centered
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:46 AM, Robert Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
stupid question, but I couldn't figure it out using the manual, I allways get
error-messsages.
I'm using titlesec and I just want my section*-title centered instead of the
default left alignment.
I use Lyx 1.37 with the document-class article.
thanks Robert
I had trouble with the titlesec package also. I would just use the
sectsty package.
\usepackage{sectsty}
\sectionfont{\centering}
You can check the documentation for more options like:
\sectionfont{\nohang\centering}
So that the longer titles aren't indented.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Lyx 1.5.3 not showing references from Jabref 2.3.1
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:48 AM, vu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I'm using Lyx 1.5.3 and Jabref 2.3.1 on Ubuntu 8.04. I have been using Lyx for about 2 years now (since Ubuntu 6.04) and have very successfully written dozens of documents using Lyx, along with Pybliogapher and Jabref. However, since upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04 (fresh installation from CD), Lyx has not functioned properly. I can insert a bibliography, and I can insert references from that bib file. However, when I view PDF (or PS or DVI), the references show up as [?], and there is no bibliography. All of my settings are correct, and I've tried it with multiple combinations of document settings and bibliography settings. As I mentioned earlier, I've written many documents with Lyx, so I'm relatively familiar with the it. I love it, I can't live without it. Can anyone help? What's going on? I have a big essay due soon, so it's really bad timing! Thanks in advance. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Lyx-1.5.3-not-showing-references-from-Jabref-2.3.1-tp17510841p17510841.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. This sounds like it's going to be hard to diagnose and a little more information would be helpful. Have you tried multiple .bib files? Are you using the default bibliography manager or natbib or jurabib or something else? What .bst file are you trying to use? Maybe you could send a minimal example to the list for verification or diagnoses? Cheers, /Bob
Re: Footnote without numbering (new)
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 6:23 AM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there a way to enter footnote without the automatic numbering? I think I saw something in the archives but it was for Lyx version 1.1.6 and the explanation was a little confusing. Thank you. Adrian _ Change the world with e-mail. Join the i'm Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ChangeWorld What exactly are you trying to accomplish? You don't want automatic numbering, but what do you want? There is an option for the footmisc package that allows symbols rather than numbers. Is that sufficient? See the attached .pdf. Cheers, /Bob newfile1.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document
Re: Lyx 1.5.3 not showing references from Jabref 2.3.1
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:45 PM, vu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
rgheck wrote:
Export the document to LaTeX and try compiling it manually. Report the
error messages. It sounds to me as if either LyX or LaTeX isn't finding
the .bib file, and there are various reasons this can happen.
I did this, and the output in the terminal was as follows:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bibtex CONS6017-Essay
This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.5.6)
The top-level auxiliary file: CONS6017-Essay.aux
I couldn't open style file authordate1.bst
---line 3 of file CONS6017-Essay.aux
: \bibstyle{authordate1
: }
I'm skipping whatever remains of this command
I found no style file---while reading file CONS6017-Essay.aux
(There were 2 error messages)
I was using the .bst file authordate1, but I have tried using other .bst
files (naturemag, authordate2) with the same result.
Because the message said it was missing a style file, I tried using a
different style file, one that was not part of the default Lyx installation
(the same .bst files, authordate1, harvard, agsm). DOING THIS SOLVED THE
PROBLEM.
I explored the /usr/share/texmf-texlive/bibtex/bst folder, which is where I
assume the .bst files are located upon installation. I noticed many were
missing (the ones I had a problem with initially).
However, I'm perplexed as to why the .bst files included in the Lyx
installation have disappeared. How to I return it back to its original
state? Can I put the bst files I've downloaded from CTAN and elsewhere into
the usr/.../bst folder, and if so, under which subdirectory (ams, babelbib,
base, index, natbib)? Why have the Lyx bst files disappeared?
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LyX doesn't install .bst or .cls or anything TeX related. It is solely
a frontend for TeX. In your case it is texlive that is installing
these files.
When you upgraded Ubuntu it more than likely overwrote your /usr/share
folder deleting all the files and putting the more 'up-to-date' files,
back into:
/usr/share/texmf-texlive/bibtex/bst
I'm pretty sure this is a system folder, hence it will be upgraded
when the system packages are upgraded. You should not be putting
your personal .bst files in a 'system' folder. They should be put in a
'local' folder such as /usr/local/ or wherever Ubuntu stores the local
texmf folder. There should also be a ~/.texmf-var folder, which is
where I put my custom .bst and .cls files. I know my home folder will
not be touched during upgrades or reinstalls, etc. Especially since I
have /home on a separate partition :-}.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Lyx-users mail server error
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 May 2008, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: I am trying to attach a example lyx file to ask a question. But my messages keep getting rejected with the error below. The example file is only 98K. Thanks. Please consider making a way smaller example. I agree. Please make the example much smaller. In fact, make it so small that it only contains precisely what you need to illustrate your problem. /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr Why all the confusion? The original error message says: Sorry, I don't accept messages larger than 6 bytes If my math is correct (and I think it is :-}), 98K is greater than 60K. Your file needs to be less than 60K. /Bob
Re: Lyx-users mail server error
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guess my real question should have been: why such a small limit on the file size? I suppose since it's a large distribution list that things would get problematic with very large files. Just figured that 98K wasn't that large. Correct. This is a distribution list which is archived so you could begin to imagine the space requirements needed if multiple people sent large files to the list. Hence, the size limitation. Even given the decrease in storage prices :-}. You also have to remember that the LyX software and mailing lists are free services (for the end users; us) so I have no problem with these limitations. Actually, I am extremely great full for them. /Bob
Re: Adding extra word to table of contents, in a particular spot
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I need to add the word 'CHAPTER' the TOC of my thesis. It should come after
List of Tables, List of Figures and the Abstract listing before all my
chapters. I add the following line ERT after including the TOC, List of
Tables, and List of Figures in Lyx:
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\addvspace{10pt}\noindent{CHAPTER\par}\protect\hfill\par}{}
After this I have my Abstract. The TOC now looks like this:
List of Tables ...xx
List of Figures...xx
CHAPTER
Abstract...xx
1 Chapter 1 Title ..xx
However I want the word 'CHAPTER' to come after the 'Abstract' entry. How
can I force this to occur? I have tried to put the ERT line after the
Abstract but this moves the word CHAPTER after my first chapter title.
Thank you.
Adrian
Try:
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{CHAPTER}
after the abstract.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Adding extra word to table of contents, in a particular spot
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Bob Lounsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I need to add the word 'CHAPTER' the TOC of my thesis. It should come after
List of Tables, List of Figures and the Abstract listing before all my
chapters. I add the following line ERT after including the TOC, List of
Tables, and List of Figures in Lyx:
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\addvspace{10pt}\noindent{CHAPTER\par}\protect\hfill\par}{}
After this I have my Abstract. The TOC now looks like this:
List of Tables ...xx
List of Figures...xx
CHAPTER
Abstract...xx
1 Chapter 1 Title ..xx
However I want the word 'CHAPTER' to come after the 'Abstract' entry. How
can I force this to occur? I have tried to put the ERT line after the
Abstract but this moves the word CHAPTER after my first chapter title.
Thank you.
Adrian
Try:
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{CHAPTER}
after the abstract.
Cheers,
/Bob
I just realized that you probably didn't want the CHAPTER item to be
numbered. One way to fix that is to use the tocloft package. In the
Preamble insert:
\usepackage{tocloft}
Then edit the \addcontentsline to read:
\addtocontents{toc}{\cftpagenumbersoff{chapter}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{CHAPTER}
\addtocontents{toc}{\cftpagenumberson{chapter}}
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Adding extra word to table of contents, in a particular spot
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thank you very much for your help. Sorry to bug everyone with these
questions. I only have a few more weeks to finish my thesis and I am
determined to use Lyx to get it done :). Not being a Lyx/Latex expert, the
help I'm getting from this user group is invaluable. If I can get all these
issues fixed, I am will turn over a golden Lyx template to the university
so lots of other students can benefit.
I have another TOC question. For some reason, the words 'Abstract', 'List
of Tables' and 'List of Figures' are not in all-caps in the TOC. Is there a
way to force them to be in caps? All the other first level titles are in
caps as required. I looked at the Lyx TOC setup and it only lets me choose
the depth being displayed not the formatting. Thank you again.
Adrian
Just as an aside, this is a bottom posting mail list :-}.
I'm not sure if there is a way to 'force' these names to be in caps by
default, but there is a way to call them anything you like with
commands like:
\renewcommand\contentsname{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand\listfigurename{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand\listtablename{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand\abstractname{ABSTRACT}
Although this puts the items in caps within the document and the toc.
Not sure if that's what you want. I'm also not sure what you're doing
to insert the lot, lof, and abstract into the toc in the first place,
which would play a role in all of this too.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Adding extra word to table of contents, in a particular spot
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Bob Lounsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thank you very much for your help. Sorry to bug everyone with these
questions. I only have a few more weeks to finish my thesis and I am
determined to use Lyx to get it done :). Not being a Lyx/Latex expert, the
help I'm getting from this user group is invaluable. If I can get all these
issues fixed, I am will turn over a golden Lyx template to the university
so lots of other students can benefit.
I have another TOC question. For some reason, the words 'Abstract', 'List
of Tables' and 'List of Figures' are not in all-caps in the TOC. Is there a
way to force them to be in caps? All the other first level titles are in
caps as required. I looked at the Lyx TOC setup and it only lets me choose
the depth being displayed not the formatting. Thank you again.
Adrian
Just as an aside, this is a bottom posting mail list :-}.
I'm not sure if there is a way to 'force' these names to be in caps by
default, but there is a way to call them anything you like with
commands like:
\renewcommand\contentsname{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand\listfigurename{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand\listtablename{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand\abstractname{ABSTRACT}
Although this puts the items in caps within the document and the toc.
Not sure if that's what you want. I'm also not sure what you're doing
to insert the lot, lof, and abstract into the toc in the first place,
which would play a role in all of this too.
Cheers,
/Bob
Oops, forgot to mention that you put these command within the body of
the document not in the preamble.
/Bob
Re: Adding extra word to table of contents, in a particular spot
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Bob Lounsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thank you very much for your help. Sorry to bug everyone with these
questions. I only have a few more weeks to finish my thesis and I am
determined to use Lyx to get it done :). Not being a Lyx/Latex expert,
the
help I'm getting from this user group is invaluable. If I can get all
these
issues fixed, I am will turn over a golden Lyx template to the
university
so lots of other students can benefit.
I have another TOC question. For some reason, the words 'Abstract',
'List
of Tables' and 'List of Figures' are not in all-caps in the TOC. Is
there a
way to force them to be in caps? All the other first level titles are
in
caps as required. I looked at the Lyx TOC setup and it only lets me
choose
the depth being displayed not the formatting. Thank you again.
Adrian
Just as an aside, this is a bottom posting mail list :-}.
I'm not sure if there is a way to 'force' these names to be in caps by
default, but there is a way to call them anything you like with
commands like:
\renewcommand\contentsname{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand\listfigurename{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand\listtablename{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand\abstractname{ABSTRACT}
Although this puts the items in caps within the document and the toc.
Not sure if that's what you want. I'm also not sure what you're doing
to insert the lot, lof, and abstract into the toc in the first place,
which would play a role in all of this too.
Cheers,
/Bob
I have no idea why the abstract, lot, lof are in the TOC. Our graduate
school has all kinds of crazy formatting requirements and peculiarities :)!
Everything as to be exactly matching to their specifications; otherwise,
your thesis does not get accepted.
Yeah, I know all about trying to match universities theses formatting
requirements. I just finished my thesis last August :-}. It always
amazes me that all of these universities have these strict formatting
requirements and hundreds of students have created templates in one
way or another to follow the requirements, but most universities don't
provide students with templates. It just doesn't make any sense, if
they require it, they should provide templates. Instead thousands of
students fight and fight to format their theses. ???
Even though I experienced a fairly steep learning curve with LyX it
was still much much nicer to work with than M$ Word, which is what my
advisor wanted me to use. I said no :-}.
/Bob
Re: Problems setting up LyX
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 2:20 AM, RyanC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm having a lot of general problems getting LyX set up Mepis 7 (binary compatible with Etch). I installed a 1.4 version via Synaptic, to resolve as many dependencies as possible. Then I uninstalled this version and installed 1.5.3 with Kpackage. I'm finding that I have lots of missing classes and layout files, no PDF or DVI functionality, problems with output, etc. I had tetex installed but then changed to texlive. I don't have it all installed but quite a lot (still on dial up at the moment). I search Synaptic for relevant PDF and DVI packages (no pdflatex) but there's not much that's intuitive. I'm sure I'm doing everything wrong. Any suggestions? Kind regards, Ryan Once you have texlive fully installed. Run Tools-Reconfigure in LyX a couple of times to see if it picks up the texlive installation. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Subfigure caption spacing
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am getting some weird spacing issues in my subfigure captions. The spacing after the identifiers (a), (b), (c), etc. all seem to vary. I have attached an example of the output as a pdf. How can I fix this issue? Thank you. Adrian Peter, You've been having a lot of different issues with what seems like an LyX problem. Are you using a University provided .cls or .sty file? This does not seem like the behavior from a standard LaTeX document class. Generally, the subfigure captions would be justified and hyphenated, but your subcaptions are not. ?? Cheers, /Bob
Re: How to stop Figure location broken when I open file in different computer?
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Erez Yerushalmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I don't seem to find the answer in the help file or in the forum, so I hope you can help me. I'm using LyX 1.5.5 on XP. I'm slowly building a larger and larger file and adding more and more figures. Assume my figure is located in: C:/PHD/Notes on Dynamic GE/Diagrams/risk aversion.jpg LyX converts it to an EPS and dumps it in the same folder location as the original figure. Then LyX uses it, and everything is fine. The PROBLEM arrises when i take my file to a different computer, and the links obviously gets broken. I have been trying to keep the figure and the lyx file close together say: C:/PHD/Notes on Dynamic GE/Files/Notes v1.lyx I am looking for a way in which all I do is copy my work on a disk-on-key and open it in another computer, and the lyx file will know where to find the figure. Can anyone give me advice about this. Thanks a lot, Erez -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-stop-Figure-location-broken-when-I-open-file-in-different-computer--tp17669372p17669372.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. I think the problem is that the lyx file and pictures need to be in the same directory or the pictures in a subdirectory. This way LyX will use relative paths otherwise how do expect the program to follow your logic of where you are storing the files. Hence, LyX stores the absolute path. To clarify, here's an example Put your LyX files in: C:/PHD/Notes on Dynamic GE/Files/Notes v1.lyx Put your pictures in either: C:/PHD/Notes on Dynamic GE/Files/risk aversion.jpg C:/PHD/Notes on Dynamic GE/Files/Diagrams/risk aversion.jpg The point is the pictures need to be at the same level or below the LyX file for LyX to use a relative path. Cheers, /Bob
Re: How to stop Figure location broken when I open file in different computer?
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Erez Yerushalmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi bob, Thanks for this answer. But how do I write a relative path? You don't. When you properly set up the file hierarchy as I described, LyX does it for you. All you have to do is insert a picture and you'll notice that the path is relative. The problem is when you go outside of the hierarchy that contains your LyX file, then LyX puts in an absolute path for you because that's its only way to locate it. However, if you stay within the directory or below the directory of the LyX file then LyX puts in a relative path because it knows where the picture is relative to the lyx file. Hope that made sense. I think that below you wrote in absolute. Right? No. That was just an example of how to set up the document paths (or hierarchy) on your hard drive. It had nothing to do with LyX. Cheers, /Bob
Re: floating text-wrap figures
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:50 AM, James Sutherland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have noticed in LyX1.6.0 there is support for floating a text-wrap figure. However, given the bugs in the current release (see http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4927), I am still using 1.5.5. Does anyone know if there is a way to float a text-wrap figure in 1.5.5? Thanks, James Does Insert-Float-Text Wrap Float not work? You can also look at Help-Embedded Objects-Section 3.2.2 for more info, looks like you would need to use the wrapfig package. Cheers, /Bob
Re: floating text-wrap figures
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:44 AM, James Sutherland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does Insert-Float-Text Wrap Float not work? You can also look at Help-Embedded Objects-Section 3.2.2 for more info, looks like you would need to use the wrapfig package. Cheers, /Bob I have inserted the figure, but it doesn't float too well. It seems to be pinned to the point of insertion. See attached image. In this case, a footnote runs through the figure. Perhaps this is a problem/limitation with wrapfig? James Have you followed the advise in Help-Embedded Objects-Section 3.2.2? I've copied the advise below: Quote Note: Text wrap float floats are fragile! E. g. having a figure too close to the bottom of the page can mess things up in the way that the float doesn't appear in the output or that it is placed over some other text. In general: • Wrap floats should not be placed in paragraphs that run over a page break. That means that wrap floats should better be inserted to the exact place when the document is nearly finished and you are able to estimate where page breaks will appear. • Wrap floats should either be placed in an own paragraph before the paragraph where they should wrap into or within a paragraph. • Wrap floats in consecutive paragraphs may cause troubles, so assure that there is a text paragraph between them as separator. • Wrap floats are not allowed in section headings or tables. EndQuote It seems you may want to wait until your document is finished and then adjust as necessary, Cheers, /Bob
Re: Kudos for the website layout!
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Andrés Becerra Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, As a regular LyX user I am delighted with the web site layout and the screencasts in the visual tour. This is great for the expansion of the LyX user base! kudos for all the contributors ! -- Andrés I'd like to second that!! I love sending prospective users to the website now. It has been designed and written very well. Thank you. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Line spacing in author
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Rune Schjellerup Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm trying to change the line spacing in the author environment (in a report). Lyx shows the change perfectly, but when I view it in pdf or dvi the line spacing setting is ignored. Even when I try to insert vertical spaces they are partly ignored. Actually the size of first vertical space in author is used for the second one, and no space is shown where the first one is. Also, try making the first one a VFill and the document won't compile. -- Rune From what I found on the internet, Authors should be added with the, \and, command with the command being put in ERT. Also, using ERT line breaks, \\, rather than the LyX ctrl-enter seems to work better for me. I've attached an example. Cheers, /Bob author_spacing_test.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: Line spacing in author
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Rune Schjellerup Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Lounsbury skrev: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Rune Schjellerup Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm trying to change the line spacing in the author environment (in a report). Lyx shows the change perfectly, but when I view it in pdf or dvi the line spacing setting is ignored. Even when I try to insert vertical spaces they are partly ignored. Actually the size of first vertical space in author is used for the second one, and no space is shown where the first one is. Also, try making the first one a VFill and the document won't compile. From what I found on the internet, Authors should be added with the, \and, command with the command being put in ERT. Also, using ERT line breaks, \\, rather than the LyX ctrl-enter seems to work better for me. I've attached an example. I did not know that about \and. But that wasn't really what I was having trouble with. Also in your example, the spacing between the lines of the author name, and the university name is not double, as the paragraph has been set. -- Rune Ok. Then try this. /Bob author_spacing_test.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: Line spacing in author
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Rune Schjellerup Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Lounsbury skrev: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Rune Schjellerup Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Lounsbury skrev: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Rune Schjellerup Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to change the line spacing in the author environment (in a report). Lyx shows the change perfectly, but when I view it in pdf or dvi the line spacing setting is ignored. Even when I try to insert vertical spaces they are partly ignored. Actually the size of first vertical space in author is used for the second one, and no space is shown where the first one is. Also, try making the first one a VFill and the document won't compile. From what I found on the internet, Authors should be added with the, \and, command with the command being put in ERT. Also, using ERT line breaks, \\, rather than the LyX ctrl-enter seems to work better for me. I've attached an example. I did not know that about \and. But that wasn't really what I was having trouble with. Also in your example, the spacing between the lines of the author name, and the university name is not double, as the paragraph has been set. Ok. Then try this. Well, I forgot to tell, I actually don't want double spacing, but 1.5 or something. I guess I should report it as a bug. Ok, now you're just being picky :-}. I don't think this is a bug, what you are trying to do is not standard LaTeX formatting within an author environment. Anyways, I seem to have fixed the bug by using ctrl-enter at the start of the next author rather than the end of the author. See the attached example. Cheers, /Bob author_spacing_test.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: Line spacing in author
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Rune Schjellerup Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice, the workaround seems to work. Anoying when LaTeX is so much worse at producing the desired result than Lyx. And no errormessages, even though they probably wouldn't have made much sense, they rarely do. -- Rune I'm confused? It wasn't a workaround and neither LaTeX nor LyX is annoying. Also, there were no error messages because it wasn't an error, other than maybe user error. What we learned was the proper way of formatting the entries in LyX and hence LaTeX. LyX is nothing more than a gui frontend for LaTeX. Both LaTeX and LyX produce the exact same result. I've attached the example using ERT LaTeX commands to produce the exact same result as what we've done with native LyX commands, which are nothing more than a frontend to LaTeX commands. As you can see LyX and LaTeX output are identical. Example: When you insert ctrl-enter in LyX you are actually inserting \\ in the document. You can see this by using View-View Source that shows you how your document is being formatted as you enter things in the LyX WYSIWYG interface to LaTeX. Hope that helps explain things. You have to insert the proper syntax to get the proper output. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Line spacing in author
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Bob Lounsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Rune Schjellerup Philosof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice, the workaround seems to work. Anoying when LaTeX is so much worse at producing the desired result than Lyx. And no errormessages, even though they probably wouldn't have made much sense, they rarely do. -- Rune I'm confused? It wasn't a workaround and neither LaTeX nor LyX is annoying. Also, there were no error messages because it wasn't an error, other than maybe user error. What we learned was the proper way of formatting the entries in LyX and hence LaTeX. LyX is nothing more than a gui frontend for LaTeX. Both LaTeX and LyX produce the exact same result. I've attached the example using ERT LaTeX commands to produce the exact same result as what we've done with native LyX commands, which are nothing more than a frontend to LaTeX commands. As you can see LyX and LaTeX output are identical. Example: When you insert ctrl-enter in LyX you are actually inserting \\ in the document. You can see this by using View-View Source that shows you how your document is being formatted as you enter things in the LyX WYSIWYG interface to LaTeX. Hope that helps explain things. You have to insert the proper syntax to get the proper output. Cheers, /Bob Sorry, forgot the attachment. author_spacing_test.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: printing letter size
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I am having some minor problems with my margin settings. In the preamble I
have the following line to make my document 1in margins throughout for
letter size paper:
\usepackage[letterpaper,hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in]{geometry}
However, when I export to PDF using dvipdfm I get pages that are closer to
A4. I read online that it may be necessary to pass the option -p letter
to dvipdfm. Is there a way to do this from Lyx or is there another work
around? Thank you.
Adrian
The Document Settings default uses the geometry package (no need to
use the Preamble). Have you tried using the document settings?
1) Document-Settings-Page Layout-Paper Size-US letter.
2) Document-Settings-Page Margins-(Set as desired)
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Latex commands in math mode
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:17 AM, Friedrich Hagedorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
how can I add real latex commands in the math mode? I use Lyx 1.5.1 for
Linux.
E.g. I want to insert a
\intertext{blah blah}
before a equation, or add
\\[2em]
after a euqation. I tried Ctrl-l and '\' but this didnt work.
Thanks,
Friedrich
A quick google search revealed that \intertext is used in the AMS math
environment. So you need to enable:
Document-Settings-Math Options-Use AMS math package
Then you should be able to use \intertext in at least the AMS 'align'
environment. You should probably research how and where this command
is used. AMS align is found under Insert-Math.
I've attached a few screenshots showing the use of \intertext. I'm not
sure why you would need to use \\[2em] in a math environment. I show
the use of it outside of the math environment.
Cheers,
/Bob
attachment: Test1.jpgattachment: Test2.jpgattachment: Test3.jpg
Re: Latex commands in math mode
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Friedrich Hagedorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 08:17:50AM -0600, Bob Lounsbury wrote:
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:17 AM, Friedrich Hagedorn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
how can I add real latex commands in the math mode? I use Lyx 1.5.1 for
Linux.
E.g. I want to insert a
\intertext{blah blah}
before a equation, or add
\\[2em]
after a euqation. I tried Ctrl-l and '\' but this didnt work.
A quick google search revealed that \intertext is used in the AMS math
environment. So you need to enable:
Document-Settings-Math Options-Use AMS math package
Then you should be able to use \intertext in at least the AMS 'align'
environment. You should probably research how and where this command
is used. AMS align is found under Insert-Math.
I've attached a few screenshots showing the use of \intertext.
Oh, thanks. Is the and in the second screenshot typed with the \intertext
command or are theire two seperate math mode environments?
This was using the \intertext command, not two seperate math mode environments.
I'm not sure why you would need to use \\[2em] in a math environment.
I show the use of it outside of the math environment.
I know that. And i want to have the same possibility in the math mode.
The \\[2em] was just an example (I need it some times ago in an array
environment to correct the vertical spacing).
I want to insert _arbitrary_ latex commands in the math mode. Otherwise
I must type my equations in a latex-ERT box.
Here is an other example.
\documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
This
\begin{align*}
f(z) :=z^{2}\\
\intertext{with the substitution $z=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$} =x^2+y^2
\end{align*}
is important.
\end{document}
How would you input the \intertext command with lyx? I started with
\intertext
\{with and now I am out of the brackets.
It seems this \intertext command is not properly handled in LyX. I had
the same problem, when you press 'space' it jumps you out of the
command. You may want to file this as a bug or feature enhancement.
I'm not sure which it would be.
You may be stuck to ERT for this true AMS functionality.
Cheers,
/Bob
Minipage not aligning to margin
Hi all, Shouldn't using 100% textwidth in a minipage align the minipage box with the page margins? A simple LyX Note/framed aligns properly to the page margins or am I doing something wrong. I've attached a simple example, along with a picture showing the minipage box extending into the margin. Thanks, /Bob box-test.lyx Description: application/lyx attachment: Box-test.jpg
Re: Minipage not aligning to margin
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:40 AM, Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Lounsbury wrote: Hi all, Shouldn't using 100% textwidth in a minipage align the minipage box with the page margins? A simple LyX Note/framed aligns properly to the page margins or am I doing something wrong. I've attached a simple example, along with a picture showing the minipage box extending into the margin. The minipage inside the frame has exactly the same width as the room between margins. You can verify that by putting A---horizontal fill---B inside the minipage. Put the same construct outside the minipage too, and see how the distance between A and B is the same in both cases. The problem is that the frame needs space too, some space for the lines and some space between line and contents so the lines doesn't touch the edges of the text. (The framing has internal margins) All this extra spacing is added outside the minipage, so the resulting framed box is then slightly wider than the minipage. And too big, if the minipage is 100% of the space between margins. Solutions: * Use a narrower box, and center the paragraph containing it so the box centers between the margins. * Use the framed note which seems to do what you want - except that it doesn't have that double border. * Figure out exactly how much widt the framing needs, and set the box width to whatever text widt minus framing spacing is. Cumbersome, especially if you later change the type of framing. * Ask around in latex forums - perhaps a better solution exists. You may have to use ERT to use them though. Helge Hafting Helge, Thanks for the excellent description of how the minipage functions. It shouldn't be a problem for me to just adjust the textwidth (framed box) to fit the page margins as I am following some document guidelines requiring a double border (so it shouldn't change in the future). Thanks, /Bob
Re: How to update LyX 1.5.3 to 1.5.5 or higher
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Waluyo Adi Siswanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using LyX 1.5.3 under Ubuntu(ME). How can I update to version 1.5.5 or higher, I could not find the update in Synaptic package manager. Is there any command that do the update directly to the LyX site. Could anyone help me.. Programs available under Synaptic are pre-compiled binaries by the package maintainers for Ubuntu. The only way you'll get a higher version is if the maintainers update the package version or provide an updated package through the backports. However, it's extremely easy to compile LyX yourself from source. Just install (from Synaptic): automake autoconf gcc g++ libqt4-dev libaiksaurus-dev Then get the LyX 1.5.5 source and: ./configure make make install Done. If you want to maintain LyX 1.5.3 (and have two different versions of LyX) then you would: ./configure --with-version-suffix=-1.5.5 make make install Cheers, /Bob
Re: How to update LyX 1.5.3 to 1.5.5 or higher
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM, John McCabe-Dansted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Waluyo Adi Siswanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed the packages you mentioned, except libaiksaurus-dev as I could not find it (from synaptic) It is probably easier just to do apt-get build-dep lyx on the terminal command line. This will get all packages Ubuntu needs to build lyx-1.5.3, which will almost certainly be the same as lyx-1.5.5. (and if not you can always get those individual packages the way Bob suggested.) When compiling LyX from source, additional packages are needed to obtain full functionality. The default binary installation (Synaptic/apt-get) will not install these additional packages because they are not required nor suggested. Just wanted to clarify. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Subfigure captions without parenthesis
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I would like to have subfigures labeled with a captial letter without
parenthesis, i.e. 'A' instead of '(a)'. Is there a way to insert some ERT
that would accomplish this? I tried to change the subfigure.sty by removing
the '()' around the following two commands:
\providecommand*{\thesubfigure}{\Alph{subfigure}}
\renewcommand*{\thesubfigure}{\Alph{subfigure}}
But this has no effect when I designate a figure as subfigure in the Lyx
dialog. Thank you in advance for your help.
Adrian
I don't think you need to modify subfigure.sty. I just put your:
\renewcommand{\thesubfigure}{\Alph{subfigure}}
in a document using article and book classes and it worked (changed
subfigure labels from (a) to A).
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Problems with LyX 1.5.5 after MAC OS X update
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:56 PM, James Sutherland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 20, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Antipas wrote: Hi, yeah I get the same problem as the other persons above. Gui stops loading and looks the same as on the screenshot by Nicola Focci. I´ve also trief the added version by Bennett. It does not work. Lyx 1.5.4 is running fine, version 1.5.5 fails and also the 1.6 beta3 is not working at all. I doubt it is an error introduced by MacOS 10.5.3 as I´m still using 10.5.2. Therefore I think it´s obviously something wrong with lyx and the error is due to chances made in the step from 1.5.4 to 1.5.5. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problems-with-LyX-1.5.5-after-MAC-OS-X-update-tp17588786p18035203.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. I don't see this on OSX 10.5.3. I have LyX running on two Macs: a MacBook Pro and a MacBook. Both were upgraded from LyX 1.5.4 without problems. James I no longer have OSX installed on my old iBook (OSX got bumped for Ubuntu). Since some people are having problems and some are not. Could there be an underlying issue with someones TeX installation? Maybe some missing/corrupted fonts needed by LyX? I know when I was using OSX there seemed to be at least three different ways to install a TeX distribution and unlike Linux the packages needed by LyX were not automatically installed. Just trying to help troubleshoot. Wish I had solutions instead. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Lyx crashes in Hardy Heron
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:04 PM, elswood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed lyX 1.53 from the Ubuntu 8.4 repositories. But it frequently crashes when accessing lyx document files on my computer. Is this a bug that is fixed with lyX 1.55? And how do I install it? (It isn't in the repositories.) If someone could let me know how to proceed I would be grateful. Thanks! I've just recently installed 8.04 so I cannot confirm or deny. I know there were issues with newer qt4 packages and LyX. You could search the archive for this info, if I remember correctly the fix was to either downgrade qt4 or upgrade LyX. To install LyX from source please reference this very recent post: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg65435.html Cheers, /Bob
Re: Footnote without numbering (new)
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 6:23 AM, Adrian Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Is there a way to enter footnote without the automatic numbering? I think I
saw something in the archives but it was for Lyx version 1.1.6 and the
explanation was a little confusing. Thank you.
Adrian
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Just wanted to add that I found another way to eliminate the footnote
numbering. Taken from:
ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/info/latex4wp/latex4wp.pdf
It does eliminate all footnote numbering so if you need some footnotes
numbered and some not it may take a fair amount of tweaking.
Just put (in the Preamble):
\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{}
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: LyX website displays incorrectly w/ Safari
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Christian Ridderström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Jens Noeckel wrote: The correct URI should be http://www.lyx.org/farm/pub/skins/lyx/lyx.css I don't know how your server is set up, but relative addresses should always be fine, and even your intended approach should be doable: Everything should work fine if you leave out the domain, provided you _also_ leave out the http:/ (this would have been incorrect syntax in any case because of the missing second backslash). Then either make the path relative to the current page, or start with /farm/... to specify an absolute address from the server root. Hi, I've added a hack to the code, prepending the base domain. Please confirm that it now looks ok in Safari (The HTML seems fine to me). Just out of curiosity, and in case I want to replace the hack with something that works better, is this how the relative URI should appear: /farm/pub/skins/lyx/lyx.css Best regards, /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44http://www.md.kth.se/~chr Confirmed here. Thanks. /Bob
Re: Holy Moly!
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:02 AM, Rudi van der Linde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, @sshole? You still breathing?! Have you seen my original posts and attempts at un-subscibing? If yes, then you must be a moron b/c it's clear that my actions were in alignment with the directions. If you haven't, then, well, you're a moron for speaking out of turn. Its nice to see such _mature_ conversation on the list. Please keep in mind that many people read this list and most of them are not able to do anything about your problem. The instructions are quite clear and people will assist you if you but ask politely. I was wondering - do you realise that you have a read request on the emails you send to the list? Do you know that your mailbox will be flooded with read confirmation messages because you will receive one from each person that reads your abusive messages? I think not. Else this simple problem would have sorted itself out a long time ago without you having to resort to profanity. Please keep in mind that the whole world does not revolve around you and neither does it get dark when you sit down. I am pleased to hear that you have been removed from the list. I was just wondering why you would still continue your abuse after the fact. Please leave this community alone and enjoy your existence somewhere else. Rudi -- Note: This message (and attachments) is subject to restrictions and a disclaimer. Please refer to http://www.ansys.co.za/index.html or [EMAIL PROTECTED] for full details. I say we just treat [EMAIL PROTECTED] as spam and block his email from all LyX mailing lists. Obviously, the emailer is a robot, not capable of reading or following instructions or providing intelligent feedback if something is wrong. Cheers, /Bob
Re: problems with class and/or layout?
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:49 AM, alexxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
I used LyX up to now for basic tasks, but now I have to use the Elsevier
class, and I'm discovering a lot of new problems.
I chosed LyX right to avoid all the complexities of the Tex/LaTeX world, and
I'd be very sorry if to simply switch classes this was not sufficient!
By choosing New-From template-elsart.lyx, even the standard template is
unable to be compiled, giving the errors:
1) undefined control sequence on \title{Insert your Title Here}
2) Missing number, treated as zero , always on \title
3) improper 'at' size (0.0pt), replaced by 10pt, always on \title
4) Missing = inserted for \ifnum on \author{Author's name}
5) Missing number, treated as zero, always on \author
Yet, I have:
/usr/share/lyx/templates/elsart.lyx and /usr/share/lyx/layouts/elsart.layout
(both by lyx-1.5.5-1.fc8)
and the directory /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/elsart containing elsart.cls,
elsart5.cls (and yes, after installing it I did texhash on
/usr/share/texmf, followed by reconfigure on lyx)
what's happening? I'm completely lost - and the article deadline is nearer
and nearer!
local system: Linux Fedora fc8
thank you for any help!
alessandro
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Well, that's strange it works fine for me. So, first things first.
After you installed elsart and did a texhash and reconfigure on LyX.
Did you check to make sure that it was actually recognized by LyX?
Meaning 'article (Elsevier)' is actually listed in
Document-Settings-Document Class or Help-LaTeX Configuration
Section 4.11 says elsart is found.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Labelling equations
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:02 AM, Christopher Stowasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a problem with labelling equations. If I want to label an equation I put the cursor in the pink box surrounding the equation. Then I go to insert and to label. The function label is written in grey letters now, i.e. inactive. If the cursor is outside the pink box the function label works, but I cannot label the equation. Thanks in advance! Christopher I'm a little confused you may have to explain further. What do you mean the label works, but I cannot label the equation? How do you want to label it? What you have done should work. When you create a pdf of you file the equation should be numbered for instance (1) in article class because you entered Insert-Label. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Labelling equations
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Christopher Stowasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I admit, that my last sentence is very confusing. Just forget about it. What I meant was: If I put the cursor before or behind the math box, i.e in the normal text, I can use the label function. As soon as I put the cursor in the math box the label function is inactive. Therefore I cannot label the equation in the math box. As long as I cannot asign a label to the equation it makes no sense to look at the pdf I guess. It sounds as if you have a problem with the installation of LyX. This is obviously not normal behavior. I would trying reinstalling LyX. It may help developer's to know what platform you are using and what version of LyX. You may also need to file a bug report if reinstalling doesn't help. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Labelling equations
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Christopher Stowasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sorry, but I don't understand your answer completely. I want to give my equations numbers, i.e. from (1.1), (1.2),.to (3.3.) f. ex.. Is that the purpose of the label function? If not, what function doe that? To the first part of your answer. The equations I want to label are centered and stand alone in their row. I centered them after writing them by using the paragraph settings. To your answer Bob: I am using a mac book with Mach OS X version 10.5.3. The version of LyX I am using is LyX/Mac 1.5.5. Thank you again very much for your help. Greetings, Chris Ok. I understand now. You're just not using the program correctly :-}. Math equations are not adjusted with 'paragraph settings'. There are two types of equations in LyX: Inline and Display. Inline is an equation that is inline with text and Display is an equation centered on its own line. To access the two types use: Insert-Math-Inline Formula or Display Formula. Alternatively, you can use Command-M for Inline formula and Command+shift-M for Display formula on MacOSX. You may also want to take some time to read through some of the documentation available in the Help menu. For instance: Help-User's Guide Chapter 5 or Help-Math. These issues are explained there. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Labelling equations
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Bob Lounsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Christopher Stowasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sorry, but I don't understand your answer completely. I want to give my equations numbers, i.e. from (1.1), (1.2),.to (3.3.) f. ex.. Is that the purpose of the label function? If not, what function doe that? To the first part of your answer. The equations I want to label are centered and stand alone in their row. I centered them after writing them by using the paragraph settings. To your answer Bob: I am using a mac book with Mach OS X version 10.5.3. The version of LyX I am using is LyX/Mac 1.5.5. Thank you again very much for your help. Greetings, Chris Ok. I understand now. You're just not using the program correctly :-}. Math equations are not adjusted with 'paragraph settings'. There are two types of equations in LyX: Inline and Display. Inline is an equation that is inline with text and Display is an equation centered on its own line. To access the two types use: Insert-Math-Inline Formula or Display Formula. Alternatively, you can use Command-M for Inline formula and Command+shift-M for Display formula on MacOSX. You may also want to take some time to read through some of the documentation available in the Help menu. For instance: Help-User's Guide Chapter 5 or Help-Math. These issues are explained there. Cheers, /Bob Oops, I forgot to add that Inline formula cannot be labeled whereas Display formula can. This is why the Label button is grayed out because you've inserted Inline formula not Display formula. Cheers, /Bob
Re: citations
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Hesham Kamel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I am having difficulty getting references to show as author/year.
I have attached the files.
This is what I get:
-
(author?) [1]
References
[1] T. Abbott, M. Easton, and R. Schmidt. Magnesium for crashworthy compo-
nents. In Magnesium Technology 2003 Symposium, 2-6 March 2003, Mag-
nesium Technology 2003 Symposium, pages 227{30, San Diego, CA, USA,
/ 2003. Sch. of Phys. Mater. Eng., Monash Univ., Melbourne, Vic., Aus-
tralia, TMS.
--
Please advise,
Thank you
Hesham
When you use Natbib you must use a Natbib compatible bibliography
style, like: plainnat, unsrtnat, or abbrvnat.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Unavaible layouts
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:43 AM, wangyq [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed the new release of lyx-1.6 and I am having problems with the output. When I load an existing *.lyx document it gives me a message: The layout file requested by this document article.layout is not usable. This is probably because a LaTeX class or style file required by it is not available. LyX will not be able to produce output. When I look into - Documents Settings Document Class it shows that all classes including the standard ones (article, report, etc) are unavailable. My OS is winxp. I don't know how to fix it. 2008-08-20 wangyq Run 'texhash' in a command prompt and then Tools-Reconfigure in LyX and report back. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Re: Unavaible layouts
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:46 AM, wangyq [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your information. But the solution you suggested doesn't work on my computer. The reconfiguration step failed. All layouts are still shown as Unavailabel. Best Wang 1. STEP 1. Texhash. It works. See the following information. C:\Program Files\LyX 1.5.6texhash Creating the file name database... Deleting C:\CTeX\localtexmf\miktex\config\texmf0.fndb... C:\CTeX\localtexmf[cct][doc][dvipdfm][dvips][fonts][makeindex][miktex][pdftex ][tex][ttf2tfm][ty] done Deleting C:\CTeX\localtexmf\miktex\config\texmf1.fndb... C:\CTeX\texmf[bibtex][context][doc][dvipdfm][dvips][etex][fontname][fonts][gh ostscript][hbf2gf][makeindex][metafont][metapost][mft][miktex][mltex][nts][omega ][pdftex][psutils][scripts][source][tex][tex4ht][tpm][ttf2pfb][ttf2tfm][web2c] d one 2. STEP 2. Tools--reconfigure. It failed. See the following information. The system reconfiguration has failed.e Default textclass is usedbut Lyx may not able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed. Delete or rename (if you have custom stuff) the following folder and restart LyX. C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\lyx15 Cheers, /Bob
Re: Harvard Style References
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Curtis Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there! I use the Windows version of Lyx 1.5.6. I cannot understand the existing instructions for how to use different reference styles. Believe me, I have tried, but the answers are simply not comprehensible to people like me, who while not computer illiterate, are not intimately familiar with the structure of Lyx. I want to produce author (year) or author [year] style references in the text. Checking natbib under Documents/Settings/Bibliography does not seem to do this despite author-year appearing in the natbib style box. When I go to Insert/Citation, the Formatting dialog box is grayed out. I have downloaded a number of .bst files, for example, qje.bst, but Lyx bombs when running Latex to produce printed output. I am willing to install whatever style files I need, but I don't have any way of figuring out what I need. Any help out there? Thanks in advance, Curtis Simon The formatting box is grayed out until you actually Add an Available Citation to the Selected Citations area. Have you done this? Also, when using Natbib you must use a Natbib compatible .bst style file like plainnat, abbrvnat, or unsrtnat. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Harvard Style References
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Curtis Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob: Wow, that was quick! Thanks! I am using plainnat and have set the style to author-year. Indeed, when I insert a reference in the document, the dialog box (no longer grayed out) shows the citation style as Allen (1981), which is the way I'd like it to appear. However, the converted Lyx document shows the reference as Allen [1]. What am I doing wrong? I attach the documents in question. Thanks again, Curtis There is a compatibility issue between Natbib and REVTeX, you will need to read through section 15.1 of the REVTeX documentation if you need to use this class: http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex/src/revtex4.pdf Adding the 'round' option to Document-Settings-Options fixes the problem with the default article class and Natbib. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Re: Re: Unavaible layouts
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:42 PM, wangyq [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. My lyx version is 1.5.6. Sorry for typesetting mistakes. 2. I tried your approach. But it still failed to reconfigure. I deleted the lyx directory from Application Data Directory and ran Texhash. A Dos window appeared and some commands are executed automatically in the window. But after it finished. nothing was produced in the Application Data directory. The system reconfiguration has failed. Default textclass is usedbut Lyx may not able to work properly. Please reconfigure again if needed. 3. I alto tried the approach suggested by Paul A. Rubin. http://n2.nabble.com/%22Document-Class-not-Available%22-error-message-td480879.html This approach also failed. 4. When I open any lyx document, a prompt window shows: The layout file required by this document, *.layout, is not usable. There is a problem with your TeX installation. I'm assuming you have MiKTeX installed. If it were installed correctly there wouldn't be problem in LyX. I remember at times on this list there was a problem with MiKTeX if you selected anything but the default options during the install also if you didn't have an open internet connection. The only thing I can suggest at this point is to ensure you have an open internet connection and update or re-install MiKTeX. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Natbib sort option
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Guillaume Larocque [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, I would like to use the natbib package for my citations in Lyx
with the [sort] option so that multiple citations are ordered into the
sequence in which they appear in the list of references. However,
specifying
\usepackage[numbers,sortcompress]{natbib}
in the preamble of my document produces an error when compiling to
pdf. It says the package has already been called. Is there any other
way of doing this in Lyx?
Thanks,
Put the options in:
Document-Settings-Document Class-Options
and don't specify anything in the preamble.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Natbib sort option
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Guillaume Larocque [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Put the options in: Document-Settings-Document Class-Options and don't specify anything in the preamble. Cheers, /Bob You mean simply adding 'sort' to the other options? As in: chapterprefix, sort Yes. I tried that and it doesn't change the order of the citations. I forgot to mention this is a Book(Koma-script) document and I am using a elsart-harv style file for the bibiography. Strange. It works on my end with Koma and elsart-harv. I did assume that you have Document-Settings-Bibliography set to Natbib-Numerical, which is why you received an error saying Natbib has already been called. Could you send a small example file demonstrating the problem? Cheers, /Bob
Re: Natbib sort option
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Guillaume Larocque [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Strange. It works on my end with Koma and elsart-harv. I did assume
that you have Document-Settings-Bibliography set to
Natbib-Numerical, which is why you received an error saying Natbib
has already been called.
Could you send a small example file demonstrating the problem?
Cheers,
/Bob
My bibliography settings are Natbib author-year, and this is what I want.
The command I actually tried in the preamble is this one
\usepackage[authoryear,sort]{natbib}
Thanks,
Guillaume
Like I said, it works just fine for me. Without an example of how it's
not working for we could probably talk until we're blue in the face
without a resolution. Maybe I just don't understand the problem. So,
I've attached a small example showing how Natbib is 'sort'ing the
bibliography. As you can see in the example the first citation is
Smith Weston in LyX, but in the pdf output from LyX it is the last
citation in the text because it is the last citation in the
Bibliography. Hence, Natbib is 'sort'ing the citations in the output
text according to the bibliography order.
Isn't this what you wanted?
Bob
natbib-test.lyx
Description: application/lyx
Re: Nomenclature sorting
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:55 AM, newnoise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello everybody!
Someone can tell me how can i do to sort the nomenclature in this way: first
all the english word in alphabetical order and than the greek symbol??
Thanx a lot!
/davide
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I created two additional sections, Greek and Subscript with this code:
\RequirePackage{ifthen}
\renewcommand{\nomgroup}[1]{%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{G}}{\item[\textbf{Greek}]}{
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{S}}{\item[\textbf{Subscripts}]}{}}}
This created two additional sections with titles Greek and Subscripts
in the nomenclature page.
Then when you insert a nomenclature item, in the 'Sort as:' box you
could put either a, g, s for alphabetic, greek, or subscript and then
you could put the alphabetical order afterwords. For example, to sort
the greek letter beta I would put 'gb' in the sort as box. This would
sort beta as greek and then alphabetically by 'b'.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Please help a newbie with APA citation style in LyX
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:12 AM, squidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I am very new to this ... I'm using LyX 1.5.5 in Windows XP. I'm using JabRef 2.3.1 to manage my bibliography. I'm using the document class 'article' and have bibliography set to Natbib author-year. Here's my problem, I have written my Master's Thesis in the document class article but I am required to format my references according to APA manual, 5th edition. I have tried the packages called apalike and apalike2, these work but they get it almost but not quite right, (volume numbers aren't emphasised and inbook references are incorrectly formatted). I saw in this forum that there is a package called apacite, I have installed this in MikTeX, however I can't get it to work. When I compile the document I get an error message which says LyX LaTeX error - Undefined control sequence, repeated many times! This also happens on my computer at home where I'm running v. 1.5.3 in Ubuntu HH. Can anyone help with this? I don't want to go back to using MS Word :( Thank you -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Please-help-a-newbie-with-APA-citation-style-in-LyX-tp787261p787261.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. There is a package conflict between apacite and Natbib. Please read through the apacite documentation and specifically the Natbib section: http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/apacite/apacite.pdf It seems that apacite needs to be loaded before Natbib, but because of the LyX document settings Natbib will be loaded first. So, the real question to post to the list is how do you load apacite before Natbib? Which I don't know. Cheers, /Bob
Re: Please help a newbie with APA citation style in LyX
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, quiddity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you to Zan and Bob for very quick replies! They haven't shown up
directly on the forum - is this usual?
I have managed to solve the captalisation problem with curly brackets in
Jabref, so thanks for that tip! I guess I might get away with the lack of
emphasis for the volume no., as it's such a small detail.
I shall make another request for help to see if anyone knows a way around
the natbib/apacite incompatibility problem.
Thanks again
An ugly workaround, IF, you only need to use the \cite command would
be to change the bibliography setting back to Default (numerical) from
Natbib. Then put (in your preamble):
\usepackage(apacite)
\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
Otherwise, if you need to use something other than \cite, you'd have
to use ERT rather than the LyX dialog to insert bibliography
citations. But, if you just need to do this for one paper it may not
be a bad way to go. It does work, it's just not pretty.
/Bob
Re: Installing 1.6 RC1 keeps failing.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:29 PM, rgheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Soe Naung wrote: Hi! all I have been unable to install the 1.6 RC1 on my Ubuntu Hardy box. Actually I can ./configure and make but make install keeps failing with the following log. make install-data-hook make[4]: Entering directory `/home/pan/My Downloads/lyx-1.6.0rc1/lib/lyx2lyx' chmod 755 /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx': No such file or directory make[4]: *** [install-data-hook] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/pan/My Downloads/lyx-1.6.0rc1/lib/lyx2lyx' make[3]: *** [install-data-am] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/pan/My Downloads/lyx-1.6.0rc1/lib/lyx2lyx' make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/pan/My Downloads/lyx-1.6.0rc1/lib/lyx2lyx' make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/pan/My Downloads/lyx-1.6.0rc1/lib' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 Is it a bug of the LyX itself? I have been suspicious of my qt4 libraries, so I have taken their Debian versions and tried again but am still failing. This doesn't have to do with qt4. For some reason, the lyx2lyx program is apparently not being copied to its installed location. I'd have a look at /usr/local/share/lyx and see what you have there. Is something preventing the copy? The other thing that strikes me is the fact that you have a space in the path to the sources My Downloads. It's possible that make is choking on that. Try moving the tree somewhere else, with no spaces. rh This may be a stupid comment, but I'll make it anyway. You are running 'make install' as root right? Or in Ubuntu, I guess that would be 'sudo make install'. /Bob
Re: problem with Limits
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:52 AM, newnoise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everybody! When I try to put a limit with lyx within my report what I get is http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7541/limitwa5.png as you can easily imagine i would to have the t to infinite under the limit and not as subscript someone know how to fix it?? thx! /davide -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/problem-with-Limits-tp791820p791820.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Can't you just use an 'underset' as in the attached photo? It's a subset of the 'Frame Decorations' button on the math panel. Cheers, /Bob attachment: lim.jpg
Re: Dots
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Yago [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi to all.
I need a code to represent the number two square root in a continued
fraction like the attached jpg file, and I have problems fot that. My last
aproximation to the final moved dots is the code bellow, that's print the
last 2 with the raised dots at right, but I'm not capable to insert this
code in LyX math mode.
Thanks for your help.
\begin{document}
2$\:$\raisebox{-1.65ex}{$\ddots$}
\end{document}
If you're in math mode and you type '\ddots' and the hit the 'space'
bar you should see the forward slash dots as in your picture.
/Bob
Re: Problem installing package in Lyx (newbie)
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:33 AM, bar tomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I'm using Lyx 1.5.5 windows version.
I'd like to use apalike style for bibliographic references.
So I downloaded apalike.sty and dropped it into the Resources/Tex
subdirectory of the Lyx application directory.
Then I saved apalike.bst in the Resources/doc/biblio subdirectory.
In my lyx document I added
\usepackage{apalike}
to the preamble. But I get the following error:
LaTeX Error: File `apalike.sty' not found.
Do you know what I'm doing wrong?
Thank you very much.
Tomas Bar
You should have MiKTeX installed and this is what it's for. Install
apalike using MiKTeX.
Cheers,
/Bob
Re: Test
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM, npierre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this reaches the Lyx usergroup please let me know. Norbert Pierre Yep.
