Re: xbar symbol?

2002-11-11 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:12:51AM -0600, Kirk R. Wythers wrote: > So how do you a mean or average symbol? Type '\bar x' in math. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)

Re: article class

2002-11-11 Thread Matej Cepl
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 01:06:17AM +0100, Holger Zebner wrote: > I need to write a short paper and want to use the article > class. The title should apear just below the heading and before > the table of contents. But when I mark the title it and > generate a preview the title and headings are put

Re: RH 7.3 Circular Install Troubles ....

2002-11-11 Thread Myriam Abramson
The easiest by far was: rpm --rebuild lyx-1.2.1-1.src.rpm cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/ rpm -Uvh lyx-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm

pstex

2002-11-11 Thread Myriam Abramson
Hi! I am trying to insert an xfig document where I have latex text: $\alpha _{1}$ I have it marked special with a latex font. I have \usepackage[dvips]{color} in the preamble. I use insert->external material and then select xfig. However, I get this error when viewing it. Help! Error: /unde

article class

2002-11-11 Thread Holger Zebner
Hello, I need to write a short paper and want to use the article class. The title should apear just below the heading and before the table of contents. But when I mark the title it and generate a preview the title and headings are put on an extra title page. How can I avoid that? I used the AMS

template usage?

2002-11-11 Thread Kirk R. Wythers
I am looking to get a template or two running in lyx 1.2.1. I have a very general question of how these things work in lyx (i.e. do you just copy the text file into some directory somewhere such in .lyx directory). Second, I see that the textcomp.lyx file is for 1.1.6. Are there any specific issues

Re: Figure text as wide as the figure

2002-11-11 Thread Herbert Voss
Bernd Rupp schrieb: How can i manage that the caption text is as wide as the figure above? Thanks for help http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/floats/width.phtml Herbert

Figure text as wide as the figure

2002-11-11 Thread Bernd Rupp
How can i manage that the caption text is as wide as the figure above? Thanks for help -- Bernd Rupp

Re: xbar symbol?

2002-11-11 Thread Matej Cepl
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:12:51AM -0600, Kirk R. Wythers wrote: > So how do you a mean or average symbol? Alt-M,b in math regime. Matej -- Matej Cepl, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 Ext

Open/Close all footnotes in lyx-1.2.1 ?

2002-11-11 Thread Moritz Moeller-Herrmann
Is this still possible in lyx-1.2? The menu option from lyx-1.1x disappeared. -- Moritz Moeller-Herrmann ICQ #3585990 (wiss. Mitarbeiter, IMGB, Mannheim)

xbar symbol?

2002-11-11 Thread Kirk R. Wythers
So how do you a mean or average symbol? -- Kirk R. Wythers email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Minnesota tel: 612.625.2261 Department of Forest Resources fax: 612.625.5212 Saint Paul, MN 55108

Re: lyx and debian

2002-11-11 Thread Matej Cepl
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:28:48PM +0100, Martijn Brouwer wrote: > P.S. Woody is rock stable, but its software is relatively old because it > has been tested very long. Unless you do very critical work it is better > to upgrade to Debian Sarge (testing) or even Unstable (Sid). Even The problem is

Re: Antialised fonts?

2002-11-11 Thread Matej Cepl
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 12:40:04PM +0200, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > >What about a management of the fonts needed by lyx "ala xdvi" ? > > Possible: TeXmacs in fact does this. However, it's better to use > XFree86/freetype engine, because > - When it gets improved, LyX will too > - It supports subpix

Re: Change Chapter Heading (Book Style)

2002-11-11 Thread Thomas Templin
On Monday 11 November 2002 11:54, Keller Nicolas wrote: > Hello! > > To write a longer essay I'm using the standard Book-Class which > works very fine for me. I just need one change in the layout: > > Instead of > > "Chapter [x] > > [Chaptername]" > > I want to have a shorter Chapter heading like t

Re: Optional argument to latex-command

2002-11-11 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:13:26PM +0100, Christian Ridderstr?m wrote: > > I'm trying to use a command with an optional argument in Lyx. I'm not > > very experienced in Latex, but I found an example which I put in the > > preamble. > > > > \newcommand{\e

Re: lyx and debian

2002-11-11 Thread Martijn Brouwer
On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 08:41, |b|c|r| wrote: > > I've recently switched from red hat 7.3 to debian woody. I apt-got lyx, > it came without a hitch. started right up. i remember fighting all day > to get red hat to make it run. > anyway, my debian copy came without all the good stuff that my redh

Re: Optional argument to latex-command

2002-11-11 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:13:26PM +0100, Christian Ridderstr?m wrote: > I'm trying to use a command with an optional argument in Lyx. I'm not > very experienced in Latex, but I found an example which I put in the > preamble. > > \newcommand{\example}[2][YYY]{ > Mandatory arg: #2; \\ > Optional

Re: Optional argument to latex-command

2002-11-11 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:13:26PM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > When I use it with one argument, it works nicely... but when I give > two arguments it still uses the "optional" argument. What's going on, > i.e. what am I missing here? Isn't the rule to give the optional argument in squa

Optional argument to latex-command

2002-11-11 Thread Christian Ridderström
Hi I'm trying to use a command with an optional argument in Lyx. I'm not very experienced in Latex, but I found an example which I put in the preamble. \newcommand{\example}[2][YYY]{ Mandatory arg: #2; \\ Optional arg: #1. \\ } When I use it with one argument, it works nicely... but when I giv

Re: Two LyX and Bibtex questions

2002-11-11 Thread Moritz Moeller-Herrmann
Stephen Buonopane wrote: > 1) Is there any way to control placement of parentheses in citations > within LyX? i.e. can I get /shortciteN without using ERT? > > 2) How do I get Lyx/Bibtex to recongize *.bst files that are not in the > standard texmf directory? I have a bst file in > /usr/local/sh

Two LyX and Bibtex questions

2002-11-11 Thread Stephen Buonopane
1) Is there any way to control placement of parentheses in citations within LyX? i.e. can I get /shortciteN without using ERT? 2) How do I get Lyx/Bibtex to recongize *.bst files that are not in the standard texmf directory? I have a bst file in /usr/local/share/texmf/bibtex/bst/mystyle.bst. W

Change Chapter Heading (Book Style)

2002-11-11 Thread Keller Nicolas
Hello! To write a longer essay I'm using the standard Book-Class which works very fine for me. I just need one change in the layout: Instead of "Chapter [x] [Chaptername]" I want to have a shorter Chapter heading like this: "[x]. [Chaptername]" Since I'm relatively new to Lyx (not to name L

Re: Antialised fonts?

2002-11-11 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Yann Collete wrote: >What about a management of the fonts needed by lyx "ala xdvi" ? Possible: TeXmacs in fact does this. However, it's better to use XFree86/freetype engine, because - When it gets improved, LyX will too - It supports subpixel antialiasing (great on laptops)

Re: lyx and debian

2002-11-11 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 01:41:18AM -0600, |b|c|r| wrote: > > anyway, my debian copy came without all the good stuff that my redhat came > with. i cant double space, i cant change font, i cant spell check. I can > fix these things one at a time, its a pain, tho. is there some library of > someth

PDF Export

2002-11-11 Thread Oliver Zurr
Hy everybody, Does anyone knows from which version of Lyx on, it was possible to export to pdf? And what packages exactly do I need to do so? Thanks for your time, - Oz

Re: problem with bibtopic

2002-11-11 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Nirmal Govind wrote: > Is there something wrong with the above? Can you send a small example file please? Jürgen.

Re: LyX on Phat Linux

2002-11-11 Thread Steven Homolya
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:47, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 09:05:23AM -0800, Benjamin Huot wrote: > > Does anyone know if LyX works with Phat Linux? > > I don't know. Have you tried? > > > It uses one of the native Linux file systems - I think ex2 - its based > > on Mandrake although