Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread Stephen Harris
John Pye wrote: Your approach defeats the purpose of using SVG in the first place, and will result in much large PDF files that I am currently getting. I really want to work out how use my SVG-with-alpha directly in LyX, or at least some vector format that will look OK. I wonder if there's an

URL in References

2006-06-20 Thread Christian von Lani-Fischer
Hi there, I'm using the actual Version of Lyx and Bibdesk on Mac OS. My problem is, that i create a Bibdesk entry for a webpage, enter the url in the specific field but in my generated pdf, the url is not shown. All other entry types (book, article,..) work fine. What am i doing wrong? is

Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread John Pye
Your approach defeats the purpose of using SVG in the first place, and will result in much large PDF files that I am currently getting. I really want to work out how use my SVG-with-alpha directly in LyX, or at least some vector format that will look OK. I wonder if there's an SVG-to-EPS conve

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Sam Russell
On 19/06/06, Jeremy Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas. Judging from the number of posts to this lists, citations and bibliographies are a major issue. There is no easy to use metho

highlight / underline mispelt words

2006-06-20 Thread Alex Streit
Hi fellow lyxers. It would be nice to have a less intrusive spell check where any mispelt words are highlighted. (in word processors this is typically a curly red underline) The reason for requesting this is because I find the current (1.4.1) spellcheck very intrusive and I sometimes want to che

Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread Stephen Harris
John Pye wrote: Hi Uwe, This approach (save as PDF from Inkscape) did not give me alpha channel transparency in my PDF. For example: On the left is a PNG exported from Inkscape (or alternatively, generated using 'rsvg-convert'. On the right is the PDF exported by Inkscape. So I'm still stu

Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
John Pye wrote: Is that still true? I take it to mean that I can't bypass LyX's use of 'convert' in converting my SVG first to a PNG? You should be able to define a SVG -> PNG converter in LyX's preferences. If you use Imagemagick's convert utility to do this you probably save the alpha chann

Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread John Pye
Hi Jean-Pierre, Re: Lyx 1.4.0pre3 + SVG + pdflatex Georg Baum Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:56:43 -0800 Alfonso Gazo wrote: > After, when generating the PDF file, it produces a messy graphic just in > the place the SVG graphic should be. I've found that LyX is somewhat > converting from SVG to EPS a

Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread John Pye
Hi Uwe, This approach (save as PDF from Inkscape) did not give me alpha channel transparency in my PDF. For example: On the left is a PNG exported from Inkscape (or alternatively, generated using 'rsvg-convert'. On the right is the PDF exported by Inkscape. So I'm still stuck with no alpha c

Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
John Pye wrote: What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel appearing right in the end-product PDF file? Transform your SVG to PDF. Inkscape supports alpha channels in SVG and in PNG, see http://wiki.i

Re: lyx-users Digest 8 Jun 2006 00:42:35 -0000 Issue 1922

2006-06-20 Thread Ares
I think the problem is with ImageMagick (convert utility), which cannot find GhostScript executable or some related file as gs_init.ps. ImageMagick in fact uses other programs (as GhostScript) to manage different file type (as eps). these programs are called coder modules and must reside in ImageM

Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:24:22 +1000 >>From: John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org" >>Subject: SVGs with alpha channel transparency >> >>Hi all >> >>What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel >>transparency into a LyX document so that I get the a

Re: SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/20/06, John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel appearing right in the end-product PDF file? I've tried a few combinations such as intermediate EPS and PS file (no

SVGs with alpha channel transparency

2006-06-20 Thread John Pye
Hi all What's the right string of tools to embed an SVG with alpha-channel transparency into a LyX document so that I get the alpha channel appearing right in the end-product PDF file? I've tried a few combinations such as intermediate EPS and PS file (no transparency) and 'convert' (it goes

Re: Jurabib and Lyx: Bibliography problem

2006-06-20 Thread Julio Rojas
Thanks for your help. I'll check the .sty file. BTW, there's the international way of doing things and our local way of doing things. With bibliographies, the local standard is the publisher before the the city, has always been like that. On 6/20/06, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: OT: Tool to convert from LaTeX to SVG

2006-06-20 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/20/06, John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You might find that the mathtext component in Matplotlib does what you need. Its support for latex equations is basic: no support for \frac, for example. But for your simpler all-on-one-line equations with symbols, it's ok. It's also not a stand-alo

Re: OT: Tool to convert from LaTeX to SVG

2006-06-20 Thread John Pye
You might find that the mathtext component in Matplotlib does what you need. Its support for latex equations is basic: no support for \frac, for example. But for your simpler all-on-one-line equations with symbols, it's ok. It's also not a stand-alone 'tool', which is what you were looking for.

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Jose' Matos
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 12:02, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of > the "FIFA occupied cities"). But do I have to tell that to a Portuguese? For us, two years ago - Euro 2004, it was UEFA. :-) > Jürgen -- José Abílio

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jose' Matos wrote: > I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in > 1.5svn. :-( I know. >> I see lots of policemen recently ;-) > > What would you expect with the World Cup in your country? ;-) exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Jose' Matos
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 11:28, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Jose' Matos wrote: > >> Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done. > > > > Would that change the file format? > > Yes. I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in 1.5svn. :-( > >> Jürgen > > > > PS:

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jose' Matos wrote: >> Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done. > > Would that change the file format? Yes. >> Jürgen > > PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-) I see lots of policemen recently ;-) Jürgen

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Jose' Matos
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:56, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done. Would that change the file format? > Jürgen PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-) -- José Abílio

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Charles de Miramon wrote: > A \nobibliography{} option would be nice for 1.4.3. Today, it is really a > fragile hack to do it inside LyX Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done. Jürgen

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Charles de Miramon
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > For instance: jurabib (since this is mentioned by the OP). I implemented > that to Lyx 1.4 because I need it for my own work. I admit that the > jurabib support still can be enhanced in many ways. But hey, it's a brand > new feature, jurabib itself is very feature-ri

Re: Jurabib and Lyx: Bibliography problem

2006-06-20 Thread Charles de Miramon
Julio Rojas wrote: > Hi, this is a minor problem, but an annoying one. In Jurabib documentation > the format of each bibliographic reference shows: > > Brox, Hans: Allgemeiner Teil des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches. 20th edition. > Köln, Berlin, Bonn, München, 1996 > > But in my document all referen

Re: Problems with natbib

2006-06-20 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Gustav Von Sydow wrote: > Hi! > > I'm using Lyx with natbib and have some problems with the citations. > Some of my citations look like this "poole [5]" and some of them look > like this "[8]". I do not want the author to appear in the document, > just the numbers. I have chosen citations style:

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-20 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Eric Nystrom wrote: > We humanists have particular expertise with > documentation - perhaps creating, revising, or tweaking the docs may be of > help.  In short, please appreciate this community both for what it is and > what it is not; and if you are looking to contribute, there are many ways > o

Re: APA for LyX

2006-06-20 Thread Jose' Matos
On Monday 19 June 2006 12:02, Thomas Widhalm wrote: > Hi, > > I'm asking on behalf of one of my users. > > I need to include the APA regulations for documents into LyX on a Fedora > Core 5 box. I found several packages, but didn't manage to install it in > an easy and quick way. I know Fedora an

strange text alignment in tables

2006-06-20 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi all I am writhing a questionnaire in Lyx 1.4.1 on Win XP. The whole thing is one gigantic table. I experience very strange effects with the alignment of text both vertically and horizontally 1. Text in adjacent columns are not aligned even when both are set at the same vertical alignment. Th

Re: Endnotes and Lyx

2006-06-20 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
K. Elo wrote: > inserting \renewcommand\footnote{\endnote} into the preamble - and > now everything works. Or just \let\footnote\endnote > I think this issue should also be described in the LyX WiKi. Yes. Please do so. Jürgen

Endnotes and Lyx

2006-06-20 Thread K. Elo
Hi, I am not sure if some has had this problem before, but I encountered difficulties when using the endnotes package with lyx and did not find any answers on the LyX WiKi site describing how to use Jurabib with LyX. The core problem was that although I had inserted \usepackage{endnotes} in the p