Re: Importing ASCII elipses

2004-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Jim Osborn wrote: Is there any way to mangle an ascii file to tell LyX that the three periods it finds in the imported text should be treated as ldots? No. No interpretation of the ascii text is performed at all. The best I've come up with is a post-importation treatment, binding the

Re: Screen appearance of mathematical signs in Lyx 1.30

2004-03-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:59:23PM +0100, Robert Neumann wrote: try any of these: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Troubleshooting I didn't help me. As far as I understand it, it is a question of philosophie whether one prefers a written Rightarrow or a Sign like =. If you consider

PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
How do I deal with PNG garphics in LyX? I am writing a book and need to work with PNG graphics. I can insert PNGs, but when trying to view the result (CTRL+d) I get: Cannot convert image (not existing file?) No information for converting from png to esp. and then three red

LyX - DocBook/XML

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
Is it possible to export and import between LyX and DocBook/XML or DocBook/ SGML? I am participating in a book project where everything is done in DocBook/XML. It's working OK but I'd prefer to work in LyX rather than in Emacs. I love the simple GUI of LyX where I do not get disturbed by all

Re: PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: How do I deal with PNG garphics in LyX? Use the pdflatex compiler to compile the latex file exported by lyx rather than the latex compiler. I am writing a book and need to work with PNG graphics. I can insert PNGs, but when trying to view the result (CTRL+d) I get:

Re: lyx printer setup for cups 2nd post

2004-03-21 Thread A . L . Meyers
A. L. Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! lyx is set up on GNU/Linux. Currently cannot print and consistenly get an error message when trying to print: unable to print. Check that your parametres are correct. The system uses the cups printing system. No print job gets to the queue.

Re: PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
On Sunday 21 March 2004 19:34, Angus Leeming wrote: Use the pdflatex compiler to compile the latex file exported by lyx rather than the latex compiler. I was just about to ask you how to do that - but then suddenly it worked. Strange. Being at it: Are there any problems using PNG insteds of

Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
When I am inserting a figure (a screenshot) in LyX it is given a absolute reference, such as /home/janus/janus-data/linux_in_academia/Linux_in_academia_book/graphics konq-ruc.png This means that the reference gets broken if I am moving the folder where my book is

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: When I am inserting a figure (a screenshot) in LyX it is given a absolute reference, such as /home/janus/janus-data/linux_in_academia/Linux_in_academia_book/graphics konq-ruc.png This means that the reference gets broken if I am

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
On Sunday 21 March 2004 21:30, Rich Shepard wrote: Why not convert the screenshot to eps (ImageMagick's 'convert' will do) and just insert it in the text? Then it does not matter where you have it stored. I need the figures in PNG, because the book project might need to move to DocBook/XML

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: Me to. I keep the book in its own directory (with graphics in a subdirectory). The problem is if I need to move this directory (with bibtex, graphics etc) to an other machine or directory. I can't se a way to avoid problems here, thats why I am

RE: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Jim Ragsdale
That is what I do. I use pics/some_random_eps.eps and it works just fine. Where pics is a subdirectory of the folder that holds the lyx file. -Original Message- From: Janus Sandsgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: Importing ASCII elipses

2004-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Jim Osborn wrote: Is there any way to mangle an ascii file to tell LyX that the three periods it finds in the imported text should be treated as ldots? No. No interpretation of the ascii text is performed at all. The best I've come up with is a post-importation treatment, binding the

Re: Screen appearance of mathematical signs in Lyx 1.30

2004-03-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:59:23PM +0100, Robert Neumann wrote: try any of these: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Troubleshooting I didn't help me. As far as I understand it, it is a question of philosophie whether one prefers a written Rightarrow or a Sign like =. If you consider

PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
How do I deal with PNG garphics in LyX? I am writing a book and need to work with PNG graphics. I can insert PNGs, but when trying to view the result (CTRL+d) I get: Cannot convert image (not existing file?) No information for converting from png to esp. and then three red

LyX - DocBook/XML

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
Is it possible to export and import between LyX and DocBook/XML or DocBook/ SGML? I am participating in a book project where everything is done in DocBook/XML. It's working OK but I'd prefer to work in LyX rather than in Emacs. I love the simple GUI of LyX where I do not get disturbed by all

Re: PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: How do I deal with PNG garphics in LyX? Use the pdflatex compiler to compile the latex file exported by lyx rather than the latex compiler. I am writing a book and need to work with PNG graphics. I can insert PNGs, but when trying to view the result (CTRL+d) I get:

Re: lyx printer setup for cups 2nd post

2004-03-21 Thread A . L . Meyers
A. L. Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! lyx is set up on GNU/Linux. Currently cannot print and consistenly get an error message when trying to print: unable to print. Check that your parametres are correct. The system uses the cups printing system. No print job gets to the queue.

Re: PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
On Sunday 21 March 2004 19:34, Angus Leeming wrote: Use the pdflatex compiler to compile the latex file exported by lyx rather than the latex compiler. I was just about to ask you how to do that - but then suddenly it worked. Strange. Being at it: Are there any problems using PNG insteds of

Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
When I am inserting a figure (a screenshot) in LyX it is given a absolute reference, such as /home/janus/janus-data/linux_in_academia/Linux_in_academia_book/graphics konq-ruc.png This means that the reference gets broken if I am moving the folder where my book is

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: When I am inserting a figure (a screenshot) in LyX it is given a absolute reference, such as /home/janus/janus-data/linux_in_academia/Linux_in_academia_book/graphics konq-ruc.png This means that the reference gets broken if I am

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
On Sunday 21 March 2004 21:30, Rich Shepard wrote: Why not convert the screenshot to eps (ImageMagick's 'convert' will do) and just insert it in the text? Then it does not matter where you have it stored. I need the figures in PNG, because the book project might need to move to DocBook/XML

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: Me to. I keep the book in its own directory (with graphics in a subdirectory). The problem is if I need to move this directory (with bibtex, graphics etc) to an other machine or directory. I can't se a way to avoid problems here, thats why I am

RE: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Jim Ragsdale
That is what I do. I use pics/some_random_eps.eps and it works just fine. Where pics is a subdirectory of the folder that holds the lyx file. -Original Message- From: Janus Sandsgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: Importing ASCII elipses

2004-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Jim Osborn wrote: > Is there any way to mangle an ascii file to tell LyX that the three > periods it finds in the imported text should be treated as ldots? No. No interpretation of the ascii text is performed at all. > The best I've come up with is a post-importation treatment, binding > the

Re: Screen appearance of mathematical signs in Lyx 1.30

2004-03-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:59:23PM +0100, Robert Neumann wrote: > > try any of these: > > http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Troubleshooting > > I didn't help me. As far as I understand it, it is a question of > "philosophie" whether one prefers a written "Rightarrow" or a Sign like > "=>". If

PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
How do I deal with PNG garphics in LyX? I am writing a book and need to work with PNG graphics. I can insert PNGs, but when trying to view the result (CTRL+d) I get: "Cannot convert image (not existing file?) No information for converting from png to esp". and then three red

LyX <-> DocBook/XML

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
Is it possible to export and import between LyX and DocBook/XML or DocBook/ SGML? I am participating in a book project where everything is done in DocBook/XML. It's working OK but I'd prefer to work in LyX rather than in Emacs. I love the simple GUI of LyX where I do not get disturbed by all

Re: PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: > How do I deal with PNG garphics in LyX? Use the "pdflatex" compiler to compile the latex file exported by lyx rather than the "latex" compiler. > I am writing a book and need to work with PNG graphics. I can insert > PNGs, but when trying to view the result (CTRL+d) I

Re: lyx printer setup for cups 2nd post

2004-03-21 Thread A . L . Meyers
A. L. Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! lyx is set up on GNU/Linux. Currently cannot print and consistenly > get an error message when trying to print: unable to print. Check that > your parametres are correct. The system uses the cups printing system. > No print job gets to the

Re: PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
On Sunday 21 March 2004 19:34, Angus Leeming wrote: > Use the "pdflatex" compiler to compile the latex file exported by lyx > rather than the "latex" compiler. I was just about to ask you how to do that - but then suddenly it worked. Strange. Being at it: Are there any problems using PNG

Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
When I am inserting a figure (a screenshot) in LyX it is given a absolute reference, such as /home/janus/janus-data/linux_in_academia/Linux_in_academia_book/graphics konq-ruc.png This means that the reference gets broken if I am moving the folder where my book is

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: > When I am inserting a figure (a screenshot) in LyX it is given a absolute > reference, such as > > /home/janus/janus-data/linux_in_academia/Linux_in_academia_book/graphics > konq-ruc.png > > This means that the reference gets broken if I

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
On Sunday 21 March 2004 21:30, Rich Shepard wrote: > Why not convert the screenshot to eps (ImageMagick's 'convert' will do) > and just insert it in the text? Then it does not matter where you have it > stored. I need the figures in PNG, because the book project might need to move to

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: > Me to. I keep the book in its own directory (with graphics in a > subdirectory). The problem is if I need to move this directory (with > bibtex, graphics etc) to an other machine or directory. I can't se a way > to avoid problems here, thats why I

RE: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Jim Ragsdale
That is what I do. I use "pics/some_random_eps.eps" and it works just fine. Where pics is a subdirectory of the folder that holds the lyx file. > -Original Message- > From: Janus Sandsgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: