Re: Patch: fix bug #394

2002-05-14 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:16:45PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > > | Stating that some parameter has default value is redundent (And stupid. It > | just inflates the lyx file). > > This also creates special cases in the code. > (especially in this particular case, since the code really

Patch: compilation fix

2002-05-14 Thread Dekel Tsur
Index: frontends/controllers/ControlGraphics.C === RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/src/frontends/controllers/ControlGraphics.C,v retrieving revision 1.37 diff -u -p -r1.37 ControlGraphics.C ---

Re: Patch: fix bug #394

2002-05-14 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 02:21:31PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: >> And besides the space argument, it also makes it harder to understand the lyx >> file by a human (and by a computer program). > | Not exactly. It might even get easier for humans to change

Re: Patch: compilation fix

2002-05-14 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Dekel Tsur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Index: frontends/controllers/ControlGraphics.C | === | RCS file: |/usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/src/frontends/controllers/ControlGraphics.C,v | retrieving revision 1.37 | diff -u -p

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:25:09PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > > (d) cursor inside an inset, inset rendered as plain LaTeX source. > > Actually, (d) is "Evil Red Text" IIRC, and so the code for it should > mostly exist already. Not exactly. ERT within math is converted to "proper math" if

Re: Patch: compilation fix

2002-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 02:34:29PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace { > // These are the strings that are stored in the LyX file and which > // correspond to the LaTeX identifiers shown in the comments at the > // end of each line. > -char const * const

Re: Patch: compilation fix

2002-05-14 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:44:53PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Dekel Tsur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | -char const * const rorigin_lyx_strs[] = { > | +char const * rorigin_lyx_strs[] = { > > What compilation errors? frontends/.libs/libfrontends.a(ControlGraphics.o): In function

Re: Patch: fix bug #394

2002-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:43:32PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > | PS: Did I mention lately that I am really annoyed by .lyx/preferences, > | since I run into excatly the same problem there? What is > > but you are not supposed to read preferences at all. Why? Should I always dig through

Re: Patch: compilation fix

2002-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 02:51:29PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > | -char const * const rorigin_lyx_strs[] = { > > | +char const * rorigin_lyx_strs[] = { > > I know my compiler is crappy (I'll switch to gcc3 soon), but there is no > reason to use the 2nd const above. Sure there is. You are not

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:47 pm, Andre Poenitz wrote: > We don't have proper multithreading, but some of the graphics stuff is > (was?) rendered asynchronously already. We have a forkedcalls class that executes a fork-ed process and emits a signal when that process finishes. I think that it'd

Re: Patch: fix bug #394

2002-05-14 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:43 pm, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 02:21:31PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > >> And besides the space argument, it also makes it harder to understand > >> the lyx file by a human (and by a computer

Re: Patch: fix bug #394

2002-05-14 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:43:32PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: >> | PS: Did I mention lately that I am really annoyed by .lyx/preferences, >> | since I run into excatly the same problem there? What is >> >> but you are not supposed to read

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread David Kastrup
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:47 pm, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > We don't have proper multithreading, but some of the graphics stuff is > > (was?) rendered asynchronously already. > > We have a forkedcalls class that executes a fork-ed process and emits a >

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread David Kastrup
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > At the current point of time, preview-latex is defensive in > > resource usage; you need an explicit request to let it start the > > background machinations. Part of the reason is that there are > > associated fixed costs with starting up LaTeX,

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 14 May 2002 1:47 pm, David Kastrup wrote: > Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:47 pm, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > We don't have proper multithreading, but some of the graphics stuff is > > > (was?) rendered asynchronously already. > > > > We have a

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread David Kastrup
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 14 May 2002 1:47 pm, David Kastrup wrote: > > Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:47 pm, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > > We don't have proper multithreading, but some of the graphics stuff is > > > > (was?)

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 14 May 2002 2:20 pm, David Kastrup wrote: > Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tuesday 14 May 2002 1:47 pm, David Kastrup wrote: > > > Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:47 pm, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > > > We don't have proper

Re: Which patches for 1.2.0

2002-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Angus Leeming wrote: >>>These are now the patches up for consideration, >>>Id like to know which ones are tested and working, and also absolutely >>>needed in 1.2.0. Several of these also miss a Changelog. >>> >>- keepvert.patch >>- whbug.patch >> >>are both not critical and tested by others.

1.2.0pre5 compile problems Tru64/Linux gcc2.95.3

2002-05-14 Thread Thomas Anders
Hello, good news first: compilation of LyX 1.2.0pre5 works fine on Solaris (Sparc) 2.6 w/ gcc 3.0.4. Thanks for that. For a wider audience, 1.2.0pre5 should also be added to ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ , shouldn't it? Now for the compile problems on other platforms: 1) Tru64 Unix 4.0D on

Re: 1.2.0pre5 compile problems Tru64/Linux gcc2.95.3

2002-05-14 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 14 May 2002 3:28 pm, Thomas Anders wrote: > Hello, > > good news first: compilation of LyX 1.2.0pre5 works fine > on Solaris (Sparc) 2.6 w/ gcc 3.0.4. Thanks for that. > For a wider audience, 1.2.0pre5 should also be added to > ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ , shouldn't it? > > Now

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread Rod Pinna
> > They waited 18 months for 1.2. They're going to like what they see which > should give us some time before thay start screaming for more ;-) > > Angus As a token user"MORE!" Thought I'd try to be the first... Regards (and many thanks) Rod

Re: Which patches for 1.2.0

2002-05-14 Thread John Levon
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 09:20:42AM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > | Let's set a date : we release 1.2.0 on Friday: no if's, no but's. > > I am on national holiday on friday. It was an example - I am in no position to issue such a statement :) john -- "So what you're saying is "screw

Re: why amsmath as default ?

2002-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:58:30AM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the book layout style, lyx seems to use amsmath (via, i.e., > \usepackage{amsmath}) whenever document contains equations(in-line, or > display style equations). Is this feature intended, or a bug ? I use > lyx-1.2.0cvs. >

Word count ;-)

2002-05-14 Thread Martin Vermeer
Read the comments here about word count in OpenOffice:: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-05-13-014-26-RV-DT-SW=1#talkback_area We have a word count function too, somewhat hidden: custom export to ASCII defining the command as wc -w. Should this be provided more

Re: why amsmath as default ?

2002-05-14 Thread cghan
Hello, Andre Poenitz, On Tue, 14 May 2002, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > There is an error in the logic. We probably should not try to "guess" when > to use AMS math but just use the preference setting (which may default to > "true", of course...) > > Currently, AMS is used whenever the export

Re: why amsmath as default ?

2002-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 06:41:50PM -0700, cghan wrote: > I have found a workaround: "Add \allowdisplaybreaks in preamble". It works > fine. So, I think I can live with the current lyx for quite A WHILE. > > By the way, Andre, I have found that my previous problem of math-extern > with lyxstring

What documentation needs to be updated for 1.2.0?

2002-05-14 Thread Mike Ressler
Greetings, documentation fans! With the imminent release of 1.2.0, the documentation surely needs one more good update. I know John Levon has done a lot of work (thanks!), so hopefully things aren't too obsolete. But I know there are still things to do - my own section for AASTeX in Extended

Re: Patch: fix bug #394

2002-05-14 Thread John Levon
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:51:11PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > Should I always dig through the menus just to learn where my favourite > switch is hidden today? > > How do I grep the menus btw? We should auto-generate a reference card or something. And we should remove more and more options

Re: What documentation needs to be updated for 1.2.0?

2002-05-14 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Mike Ressler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Greetings, documentation fans! > | With the imminent release of 1.2.0, the documentation surely needs one | more good update. I know John Levon has done a lot of work (thanks!), so | hopefully things aren't too obsolete. But I know there are still

HELP! rendering of lists in minipages (Current CVS)

2002-05-14 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
Maybe someone can help me here. It's kind of urgent. I have two minipages, side by side, with some unordered lists inside each minipage. The attached LyX file used to render like the following link: http://www.sylvan.com/~kayvan/jobs/kayvan-res.pdf However, with current LyX it comes out

Re: HELP! rendering of lists in minipages (Current CVS)

2002-05-14 Thread Herbert Voss
Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: > Maybe someone can help me here. It's kind of urgent. > > I have two minipages, side by side, with some unordered lists inside each > minipage. > > \begin_inset Minipage > position 1 > inner_position 0 > height "" > width "50%" > collapsed false > Senior Software

Re: HELP! rendering of lists in minipages (Current CVS)

2002-05-14 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
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1.2.0pre5 edit buglet

2002-05-14 Thread Pete
Hi, I am using the latest 1.2.0pre5 on Mandrake 8.1. Generally great, but, I noticed the following behaviour: When I selected some text within a math box (blue text) using the keyboard, and then did a M-c-e to turn the text into upright font, the changes were made to the document OK, but the

Re: just like a parrot ...

2002-05-14 Thread John Levon
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 07:35:55AM +0200, Herbert Voss wrote: > while (true) { > this fixes a bug! > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel%40lists.lyx.org/msg37380.html > } How about creating a bug and a testcase ? john -- "So what you're saying is "screw the disabled" and you want us to

1.2.0pre5 wish

2002-05-14 Thread Pete
I have cobbled together a perl script that reads a MySQL database and constructs a LyX document containing a lyxtabular table. This works quite well and lets me see what the table looks like . The document it creates is included in another document (my thesis, so it is big!). So far so good.

Re: preview-LyX ?

2002-05-14 Thread David Kastrup
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well LyX is getting better at graphics. It can display almost any > graphics file you throw at it, either by loading the file direct or > by converting it to a loadable format and loading that temp > file. All graphics loading and rendering is

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