Re: LyX dies when started on display :0.1

2003-02-06 Thread Thomas Steffen
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, we have had this complaint for a long time. I did find some problems at the time, but fixing them was obviously not enough. As far as I can tell, it always crashes at the same point for me. Thomas * dual head without xinerama (obviously) *

Re: LyX dies when started on display :0.1

2003-02-06 Thread Thomas Steffen
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, we have had this complaint for a long time. I did find some > problems at the time, but fixing them was obviously not enough. As far as I can tell, it always crashes at the same point for me. > Thomas> * dual head without xinerama

Re: LyX dies when started on display :0.1

2003-01-23 Thread Thomas Steffen
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have had reports of this kind some time ago already, but did not manage to identify and fix the problem. Can you run xforms programs (ie fdesign) succesfully? I don't have fdesign, but I tested xplot and xwatch, which work without any problem.

Re: LyX dies when started on display :0.1

2003-01-23 Thread Thomas Steffen
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We have had reports of this kind some time ago already, but did not > manage to identify and fix the problem. Can you run xforms programs > (ie fdesign) succesfully? I don't have fdesign, but I tested xplot and xwatch, which work without any

LyX dies when started on display :0.1

2003-01-20 Thread Thomas Steffen
Hi, it seems I found a strange bug in LyX when used on the second of two X screens. When I start X on the main screen (:0.0), everything is fine. But when I start on the second screen of my dual screen setup (:0.1), it crashes as soon as I open a new or an existing file. So I suppose it could

LyX dies when started on display :0.1

2003-01-20 Thread Thomas Steffen
Hi, it seems I found a strange bug in LyX when used on the second of two X screens. When I start X on the main screen (:0.0), everything is fine. But when I start on the second screen of my dual screen setup (:0.1), it crashes as soon as I open a new or an existing file. So I suppose it could

Compiling for libc5?

2002-03-21 Thread Thomas Steffen
Hi, I would like to compile lyx for libc5 (aout), so that I can use it with mulinux. gcc 2.7.2 is the latest compiler with support for libc5. Should that be possible in general? AFAIC autoconf works ok up the configuration of libsigc++. According to the website of libsigc++, it cannot be

Compiling for libc5?

2002-03-21 Thread Thomas Steffen
Hi, I would like to compile lyx for libc5 (aout), so that I can use it with mulinux. gcc 2.7.2 is the latest compiler with support for libc5. Should that be possible in general? AFAIC autoconf works ok up the configuration of libsigc++. According to the website of libsigc++, it cannot be

Re: No more slush state.

2002-01-22 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: any comments to the gui? Seems ok, I especially like the Scale % thing. How is the % of column width handled? Is it in Width/Height? Maybe all the scaling could be combined? And I don't quite like the |#x lables. They just look a bit messy. Yours

Re: No more slush state.

2002-01-22 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > any comments to the gui? Seems ok, I especially like the "Scale %" thing. How is the "% of column width" handled? Is it in Width/Height? Maybe all the scaling could be combined? And I don't quite like the |#x lables. They just look a bit messy.

Re: euro as special character

2002-01-07 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: an euro, but I'm not able to insert it with the keyboard. in all insets, like label, figure a.s.o., I get the currency symbol with AltGr-e (the sputnik) which becomes after closing the inset window the eurosign. but in lyx main-gui - nothing What does

Re: euro as special character

2002-01-07 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > an euro, but I'm not able to insert it with the keyboard. > in all insets, like label, figure a.s.o., I get the currency > symbol with AltGr-e (the sputnik) which becomes after closing the > inset window the eurosign. but in lyx main-gui -> nothing

Re: dramantic increases in forced rodent use

2001-12-13 Thread Thomas Steffen
John Levon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and for years, people have been forced to go to the manual to work out ^ some how to enter lengths. More recently, we have had a vague help message in some places. Other people have entered length just as they always did. The new

Re: dramantic increases in forced rodent use

2001-12-13 Thread Thomas Steffen
John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > and for years, people have been forced to go to the manual to work out ^ some > how to enter lengths. More recently, we have had a vague help message > in some places. Other people have entered length just as they always did. > The new

Re: lyx file format changes

2001-08-09 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: why should I do a lyx-latex-lyx cycle? You need it if you work on a document with a coauthor which doesn't have LyX. this is the only reason?? It is the only reason for doing the cycle I can see. Having said that, interoperability in general is a

Re: lyx file format changes

2001-08-09 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> why should I do a lyx->latex->lyx cycle? >> >> You need it if you work on a document with a coauthor which doesn't have LyX. > > this is the only reason?? It is the only reason for doing the cycle I can see. Having said that, interoperability in

Re: Wishlist

2001-06-28 Thread Thomas Steffen
Uli Sorger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First, I'd like to have better large document support. Indeed. A folding mode would be cute... With TeX parts the document can be typeset using the \includeonly (?) command with correct cross references. You can typeset even part documents in latex,

Re: Wishlist

2001-06-28 Thread Thomas Steffen
Uli Sorger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First, I'd like to have better large document support. Indeed. A folding mode would be cute... > With TeX parts the document can be typeset using the \includeonly (?) > command with correct cross references. You can typeset even "part" documents in

[Bug] Accents in math mode

2001-06-13 Thread Thomas Steffen
Hi, I discovered a bug in math mode. If you enter (in math mode) \tilde \overline{x you actually get \overline{\tilde\{x}} The same happens when a document is read, where the above sequence appears. Since there is no LaTeX limitation concerning either form, I believe this to be a bug. (It

Re: [Bug] Accents in math mode

2001-06-13 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: try \tilde{}\overline{x} Which produces the same result, at least here. I can only produce the above sequence editing the lyx-file by hand. If I try to enter that construct using \tilde{ \overline{ x I get a very weird looking formula, which leads to

Re: [Bug] Accents in math mode

2001-06-13 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but anyway, why can't you use the lyx math panel? Fascinating idea. I hadn't thought that might to any good, but it does. The math panel uses \widetilde, which solves the problem. So the bug is still there, but at least I have a workaround. Now if we

[Bug] Accents in math mode

2001-06-13 Thread Thomas Steffen
Hi, I discovered a bug in math mode. If you enter (in math mode) \tilde \overline{x you actually get \overline{\tilde\{x}} The same happens when a document is read, where the above sequence appears. Since there is no LaTeX limitation concerning either form, I believe this to be a bug. (It

Re: [Bug] Accents in math mode

2001-06-13 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > try \tilde{}\overline{x} Which produces the same result, at least here. I can only produce the above sequence editing the lyx-file by hand. If I try to enter that construct using \tilde{ \overline{ x I get a very weird looking formula, which leads

Re: [Bug] Accents in math mode

2001-06-13 Thread Thomas Steffen
Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > but anyway, why can't you use the lyx math panel? Fascinating idea. I hadn't thought that might to any good, but it does. The math panel uses \widetilde, which solves the problem. So the bug is still there, but at least I have a workaround. Now if

Protected Space Incompatibility Lyx 1.1.4fix3 and 1.1.5fix2

2000-12-04 Thread Thomas Steffen
Hello, I use LyX 1.1.4fix3 at home and LyX 1.1.5fix2 at work, that is i386 GNU/Linux Debian Potato and a current Debian Woody. Works like a charm, but: LyX 1.1.5 writes a construct that breaks 1.1.4: \layout Description a\SpecialChar ~ b c LyX 1.1.4 expects: \layout Description

Re: Protected Space Incompatibility Lyx 1.1.4fix3 and 1.1.5fix2

2000-12-04 Thread Thomas Steffen
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not sure anybody promised backward compatability... Anyway, it's not going to happen! Forward compatibility is Ok. Beg to differ. Forward compatibility is a must and therefore not worth mentioning. Backward compatibility is nice to have, and I

Re: Protected Space Incompatibility Lyx 1.1.4fix3 and 1.1.5fix2

2000-12-04 Thread Thomas Steffen
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, in general, it is impossible to be backward compatible always. By this I mean that changes to the file format cannot possibly be backward compatible. Yes, I understand that. And I am the last person to complain about a change to the better, even

Protected Space Incompatibility Lyx 1.1.4fix3 and 1.1.5fix2

2000-12-04 Thread Thomas Steffen
Hello, I use LyX 1.1.4fix3 at home and LyX 1.1.5fix2 at work, that is i386 GNU/Linux Debian Potato and a current Debian Woody. Works like a charm, but: LyX 1.1.5 writes a construct that breaks 1.1.4: \layout Description a\SpecialChar ~ b c LyX 1.1.4 expects: \layout Description

Re: Protected Space Incompatibility Lyx 1.1.4fix3 and 1.1.5fix2

2000-12-04 Thread Thomas Steffen
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not sure anybody promised backward compatability... Anyway, it's not > going to happen! Forward compatibility is Ok. Beg to differ. Forward compatibility is a must and therefore not worth mentioning. Backward compatibility is nice to have, and I

Re: Protected Space Incompatibility Lyx 1.1.4fix3 and 1.1.5fix2

2000-12-04 Thread Thomas Steffen
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, in general, it is impossible to be backward compatible always. > By this I mean that changes to the file format cannot possibly be > backward compatible. Yes, I understand that. And I am the last person to complain about a change to the better,

Crash in Math-Mode (lyx 1.0.1)

1999-09-30 Thread Thomas Steffen
by Thomas Steffen, not to be forwarded -- linux, linuctis - f, das beste Betriebssystem ;-) [Tobi in doc]

Crash in Math-Mode (lyx 1.0.1)

1999-09-30 Thread Thomas Steffen
cludes the necessary libraries. german nationalisation. PS: lyx is great, but one feature is missing: scaling images. say you want 50% of the original .eps size, there's no way to do that. maybe you can add a button... Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (C) Copyright 1999 by Th