Re: questions: selection

2003-11-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 07:10:24PM +0100, Alfredo Braunstein wrote: what's selection.mark() / what's the difference with selection.set()? If I knew... But there's always this cute little method to increase one's average familiarity with the code... Andre'

[Bug 1404]: call for Arabic testers

2003-11-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Guys, I attach a patch for bug 1404 doublespace is messed in a single Arabic paragraph LyX wil currently generate LaTeX like: \begin{document} \begin{doublespace} \begin{arabtext} ... \end{doublespace} \end{arabtext} \end{document} Ie, the \end{doublespace} and \end{arabtext} lines are output

2 colums + picture

2003-11-28 Thread Hartmut Haase
Hi, does someone know an easy way to get a 2-column text floating around a picture in the middle? I mean something like this: this is the left column this is the right column this is the left column this is the right column this is the leftthis is the right column

Re: how to adapt the toc and the register individually?

2003-11-28 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
Does really nobody has an idea how to solve this problem? Sorry, but it's really urgent! Thorsten Hi. The register does not use the page style of all the other pages (fancy, individually changed). Instead, there are 2 columns and the page number is printed in the center of the bottom. How

Re: questions: selection

2003-11-28 Thread Alfredo Braunstein
Nirmal Govind wrote: We should probably have some sort of a prize for any non-developer on this list who can provide a satisfactory answer to Alfredo.. :-) oh, it would seems that a prize for developers can be applicable too :-) Alfredo

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking a capability in LyX and whether someone has already

Re: 2 colums + picture

2003-11-28 Thread Herbert Voß
Hartmut Haase wrote: does someone know an easy way to get a 2-column text floating around a picture in the middle? I mean something like this: use ConTeXt Herbert

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Helge Hafting wrote: This advice is more work and stands in the way of automation. Still, it usually results in better books. Helge, I've not before needed to index anything I've written so Ed's concerns have suddenly become pertinent to my book. Your comments are very

floats after reference to them

2003-11-28 Thread Günter Milde
Hi LyXers, my professor instists that in a dissertation, floats should definitely come only after they are referenced to in the text. LaTeX defaults to put them on the page where they are defined (or later), so that ... see [pic 1] for the results ... [float: nice pic [pic 1]] ... can

Re: DVI Viewer gone missing from menu

2003-11-28 Thread Milos Komarcevic
I have Lyx 1.3.2 Win32 installed on my Windows XP system and had access the the DVI menu option under ViewDVI until I tried editing the file conversion preferences. Now the DVI option is gone and I can't get it back (although Yap is listed with path under the viewer preferences). Any

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:04, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. Christian, et al.: I

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 05:08, Helge Hafting wrote: Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm

frontmatter/mainmatter

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
The LyX graphical user interface doesn't seem to have a way to easily indicate where frontmatter and mainmatter begin. I use ERT to insert \frontmatter and \mainmatter. This is fine for me and I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering if I missed a more obvious way. Ed Sawicki

Re: how to adapt the toc and the register individually?

2003-11-28 Thread Jeannette Meyer
And how can I add the pages register and references to the toc (as a new section, each)? Do you use bibtex? Then right-click on the box saying BibTeX Generated References and check Add bibliography to TOC Jeannette

Re: [Bug 1404]: call for Arabic testers

2003-11-28 Thread Munzir Taha
On Friday 28 November 2003 13:14, Angus Leeming wrote: Guys, I attach a patch for bug 1404 doublespace is messed in a single Arabic paragraph LyX wil currently generate LaTeX like: \begin{document} \begin{doublespace} \begin{arabtext} ... \end{doublespace} \end{arabtext}

Re: floats after reference to them

2003-11-28 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 04:59:55PM +0100, G?nter Milde wrote: So, is there a way or a package that puts floats * on top, if defined at the previous page * on bottom, if defined at the current page? flafter.sty

Oblique line connecting two corners of a cell

2003-11-28 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I would like to know whether it is possible to draw an oblique line connecting two corners of a cell of a table. Thank you a lot in advance! Paul

Re: frontmatter/mainmatter

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: The LyX graphical user interface doesn't seem to have a way to easily indicate where frontmatter and mainmatter begin. I use ERT to insert \frontmatter and \mainmatter. This is fine for me and I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering if I missed a more

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's The Art of Indexing. The most important insight I have gained so

Re: questions: selection

2003-11-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 07:10:24PM +0100, Alfredo Braunstein wrote: what's selection.mark() / what's the difference with selection.set()? If I knew... But there's always this cute little method to increase one's average familiarity with the code... Andre'

[Bug 1404]: call for Arabic testers

2003-11-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Guys, I attach a patch for bug 1404 doublespace is messed in a single Arabic paragraph LyX wil currently generate LaTeX like: \begin{document} \begin{doublespace} \begin{arabtext} ... \end{doublespace} \end{arabtext} \end{document} Ie, the \end{doublespace} and \end{arabtext} lines are output

2 colums + picture

2003-11-28 Thread Hartmut Haase
Hi, does someone know an easy way to get a 2-column text floating around a picture in the middle? I mean something like this: this is the left column this is the right column this is the left column this is the right column this is the leftthis is the right column

Re: how to adapt the toc and the register individually?

2003-11-28 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
Does really nobody has an idea how to solve this problem? Sorry, but it's really urgent! Thorsten Hi. The register does not use the page style of all the other pages (fancy, individually changed). Instead, there are 2 columns and the page number is printed in the center of the bottom. How

Re: questions: selection

2003-11-28 Thread Alfredo Braunstein
Nirmal Govind wrote: We should probably have some sort of a prize for any non-developer on this list who can provide a satisfactory answer to Alfredo.. :-) oh, it would seems that a prize for developers can be applicable too :-) Alfredo

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking a capability in LyX and whether someone has already

Re: 2 colums + picture

2003-11-28 Thread Herbert Voß
Hartmut Haase wrote: does someone know an easy way to get a 2-column text floating around a picture in the middle? I mean something like this: use ConTeXt Herbert

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Helge Hafting wrote: This advice is more work and stands in the way of automation. Still, it usually results in better books. Helge, I've not before needed to index anything I've written so Ed's concerns have suddenly become pertinent to my book. Your comments are very

floats after reference to them

2003-11-28 Thread Günter Milde
Hi LyXers, my professor instists that in a dissertation, floats should definitely come only after they are referenced to in the text. LaTeX defaults to put them on the page where they are defined (or later), so that ... see [pic 1] for the results ... [float: nice pic [pic 1]] ... can

Re: DVI Viewer gone missing from menu

2003-11-28 Thread Milos Komarcevic
I have Lyx 1.3.2 Win32 installed on my Windows XP system and had access the the DVI menu option under ViewDVI until I tried editing the file conversion preferences. Now the DVI option is gone and I can't get it back (although Yap is listed with path under the viewer preferences). Any

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:04, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. Christian, et al.: I

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 05:08, Helge Hafting wrote: Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm

frontmatter/mainmatter

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
The LyX graphical user interface doesn't seem to have a way to easily indicate where frontmatter and mainmatter begin. I use ERT to insert \frontmatter and \mainmatter. This is fine for me and I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering if I missed a more obvious way. Ed Sawicki

Re: how to adapt the toc and the register individually?

2003-11-28 Thread Jeannette Meyer
And how can I add the pages register and references to the toc (as a new section, each)? Do you use bibtex? Then right-click on the box saying BibTeX Generated References and check Add bibliography to TOC Jeannette

Re: [Bug 1404]: call for Arabic testers

2003-11-28 Thread Munzir Taha
On Friday 28 November 2003 13:14, Angus Leeming wrote: Guys, I attach a patch for bug 1404 doublespace is messed in a single Arabic paragraph LyX wil currently generate LaTeX like: \begin{document} \begin{doublespace} \begin{arabtext} ... \end{doublespace} \end{arabtext}

Re: floats after reference to them

2003-11-28 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 04:59:55PM +0100, G?nter Milde wrote: So, is there a way or a package that puts floats * on top, if defined at the previous page * on bottom, if defined at the current page? flafter.sty

Oblique line connecting two corners of a cell

2003-11-28 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I would like to know whether it is possible to draw an oblique line connecting two corners of a cell of a table. Thank you a lot in advance! Paul

Re: frontmatter/mainmatter

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: The LyX graphical user interface doesn't seem to have a way to easily indicate where frontmatter and mainmatter begin. I use ERT to insert \frontmatter and \mainmatter. This is fine for me and I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering if I missed a more

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's The Art of Indexing. The most important insight I have gained so

Re: questions: selection

2003-11-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 07:10:24PM +0100, Alfredo Braunstein wrote: > what's selection.mark() / what's the difference with selection.set()? If I knew... But there's always this cute little method to increase one's average familiarity with the code... Andre'

[Bug 1404]: call for Arabic testers

2003-11-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Guys, I attach a patch for bug 1404 doublespace is messed in a single Arabic paragraph LyX wil currently generate LaTeX like: \begin{document} \begin{doublespace} \begin{arabtext} ... \end{doublespace} \end{arabtext} \end{document} Ie, the \end{doublespace} and \end{arabtext} lines are output

2 colums + picture

2003-11-28 Thread Hartmut Haase
Hi, does someone know an easy way to get a 2-column text floating around a picture in the middle? I mean something like this: this is the left column this is the right column this is the left column this is the right column this is the leftthis is the right column

Re: how to adapt the toc and the register individually?

2003-11-28 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
Does really nobody has an idea how to solve this problem? Sorry, but it's really urgent! Thorsten > Hi. > > The register does not use the page style of all the other pages (fancy, > individually changed). Instead, there are 2 columns and the page number > is printed in the center of the bottom.

Re: questions: selection

2003-11-28 Thread Alfredo Braunstein
Nirmal Govind wrote: > We should probably have some sort of a prize for any non-developer > on this list who can provide a satisfactory answer to Alfredo.. :-) oh, it would seems that a prize for developers can be applicable too :-) Alfredo

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking a capability in LyX and whether someone has already

Re: 2 colums + picture

2003-11-28 Thread Herbert Voß
Hartmut Haase wrote: does someone know an easy way to get a 2-column text floating around a picture in the middle? I mean something like this: use ConTeXt Herbert

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Helge Hafting wrote: > This advice is more work and stands in the way of automation. Still, it > usually results in better books. Helge, I've not before needed to index anything I've written so Ed's concerns have suddenly become pertinent to my book. Your comments are

floats after reference to them

2003-11-28 Thread Günter Milde
Hi LyXers, my professor instists that in a dissertation, floats should definitely come only after they are referenced to in the text. LaTeX defaults to put them on the page where they are defined (or later), so that ... see [pic 1] for the results ... [float: nice pic [pic 1]] ... can

Re: DVI Viewer gone missing from menu

2003-11-28 Thread Milos Komarcevic
I have Lyx 1.3.2 Win32 installed on my Windows XP system and had access the the DVI menu option under "View>DVI" until I tried editing the file conversion preferences. Now the DVI option is gone and I can't get it back (although Yap is listed with path under the viewer preferences). Any

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:04, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > > If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the > > devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the > > index-boxes. > > Christian, et

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 05:08, Helge Hafting wrote: > Ed Sawicki wrote: > > I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. > > The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that > > I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make > > indexing easier. I'm wondering whether

frontmatter/mainmatter

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
The LyX graphical user interface doesn't seem to have a way to easily indicate where frontmatter and mainmatter begin. I use ERT to insert \frontmatter and \mainmatter. This is fine for me and I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering if I missed a more obvious way. Ed Sawicki

Re: how to adapt the toc and the register individually?

2003-11-28 Thread Jeannette Meyer
> > And how can I add the pages register and references to the toc (as a new > > section, each)? Do you use bibtex? Then right-click on the box saying "BibTeX Generated References" and check "Add bibliography to TOC" Jeannette

Re: [Bug 1404]: call for Arabic testers

2003-11-28 Thread Munzir Taha
On Friday 28 November 2003 13:14, Angus Leeming wrote: > Guys, I attach a patch for bug 1404 > > doublespace is messed in a single Arabic paragraph > > LyX wil currently generate LaTeX like: > > \begin{document} > \begin{doublespace} > \begin{arabtext} > ... > \end{doublespace} > \end{arabtext} >

Re: floats after reference to them

2003-11-28 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 04:59:55PM +0100, G?nter Milde wrote: > > So, is there a way or a package that puts floats > > * on top, if defined at the previous page > * on bottom, if defined at the current page? flafter.sty

Oblique line connecting two corners of a cell

2003-11-28 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I would like to know whether it is possible to draw an oblique line connecting two corners of a cell of a table. Thank you a lot in advance! Paul

Re: frontmatter/mainmatter

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: > The LyX graphical user interface doesn't seem to have a way to easily > indicate where frontmatter and mainmatter begin. I use ERT to insert > \frontmatter and \mainmatter. This is fine for me and I'm not complaining. > I'm just wondering if I missed a

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: > I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's "The Art of Indexing". The most important insight I have gained so