rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread jf7
Hi, I have a bunch of pre-historic word docs that I want to convert to LyX. I've gathered that the best way to do this is by converting rtf to latex. (If anyone has a better suggestion I'm interested.) I've scoured the LyX sites and the web for any info on rtf2latex2e. Seems that it was

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread G. Milde
On 11.03.08, Klaus Unger wrote: I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * display in the LyX window? * view as/export to Postscript? * view as/export to PDF (ps2pdf)? * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? - rather unlikely! I would

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Daniel Lohmann
On 11.03.2008, at 08:30, G. Milde wrote: On 11.03.08, Klaus Unger wrote: I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * display in the LyX window? * view as/export to Postscript? * view as/export to PDF (ps2pdf)? Well, I had exactly

Re: short title

2008-03-11 Thread jean beney
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Is it possible in LyX to define a short book title? Another option would be to make your title shorter and make use of subtitle. Unfortunately, this option does not seem to exist in LyX. Any other idea? Jean

Re: short title

2008-03-11 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
jean beney wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Is it possible in LyX to define a short book title? Another option would be to make your title shorter and make use of subtitle. Unfortunately, this option does not seem to exist in LyX. Which document class are you using? Book koma-script has

Re: rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've scoured the LyX sites and the web for any info on rtf2latex2e. Seems that it was originally written on a mac classic os9. There are unix and windows versions but I can't find any for OSX for the Mac. I've tried to compile unix code on the

Re: Safety from data reorganization?

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I just lost my entire book structure due to a small modification to my layout file that prevented compilation. LyX therefore reverted the book's document class from my custom rjustbook to article, removing all chapters and flattening out the table of contents.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? - rather unlikely! Exactly this one! (The preview image is also incorrectly chopped the same way, but I don't care about it). I would like to use the pdf

Re: line characters and reverse video characters ?

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Can anyone share examples for both printing line characters and reverse video characters? Or point to some docs about this? Here is an example of line characters. But my xterm doesn't show it (probably wrong font), but maybe your console will.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Klaus Unger wrote: I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? - rather unlikely! Exactly this one! (The preview image is also incorrectly chopped the same way, but I don't care about it).

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
Why I would need a converter when pdflatex can use unconverted pdfs? There is also no converter listed for PDF - PNG that I could remove. This is supposed to work - just insert-graphics and give the filename of your pdf. view-pdflatex or export-pdflatex should not convert it in any way!

Re: rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread Bennett Helm
On Mar 11, 2008, at 2:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a bunch of pre-historic word docs that I want to convert to LyX. I've gathered that the best way to do this is by converting rtf to latex. (If anyone has a better suggestion I'm interested.) I've scoured the LyX sites and

Re: Safety from data reorganization?

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 07:09, Helge Hafting wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I just lost my entire book structure due to a small modification to my layout file that prevented compilation. LyX therefore reverted the book's document class from my custom rjustbook to article, removing

Re: How do you do an appendix the right way?

2008-03-11 Thread Filippo Zangheri
Steve Litt ha scritto: Thanks Filippo, This time I want no more chapters after the appendix, but it's very good to know how to do it -- sometimes my books require wierd stuff. Thanks You're welcome! It's my pleasure to be in help somehow. By the way, I want to emphasize that the choice

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and it seems OK. The PDF file obviously used a vector version of the picture ( I tried 6400% magnification). Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Configure Lyx 1.5.4 for pdfsync

2008-03-11 Thread Scott Lambert
I would like to be able to click on the pdf in Skim or PdfView to go to that line in Lyx. I have read snippets that is possible but I can't get it working. In Skim I configured the preferences for Lyx. I View-pdfLatex and the pdf opens in Skim but when I shift-click nothing happens. I

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and it seems OK. The PDF file obviously used a vector version of the picture ( I tried 6400% magnification). Same here (also XP, LyX 1.5.4). I think Daniel may have hit on the solution. Klaus, go to

Re: lyxfun to goto line in source

2008-03-11 Thread G. Milde
On 8.03.08, Pavel Sanda wrote: I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the cursor in the relevant line. one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its own

Subscription

2008-03-11 Thread Maximilian Wollner
Andréas LYBERIS Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:41:37 -0700 Hi, I am a mac user of Lyx and I have differents problems with Lyx, like bibliography style, latex exportation of document ( in french the accents é and è are not included in the tex document) and picture incorporation problem (only png are

LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Maximilian Wollner
Hello everybody, I'm using LyX on a daily basis for all my writings at university and like it very much. Meanwhile, I have also experimented a lot with customization of LaTeX and how to do all that in LyX. I like the idea of users helping other users. But I find it quite uncomfortable to

RE: Latex template on 1.5.4

2008-03-11 Thread Phillip Ferguson
I found some teething issue with this template that I thought would be wise to post in the same thread than start another. Firstly is the authors preamble: I am having trouble compiling this because if a change anything it complains there is no \begin{} etc. Secondly(and more importantly) as I

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Walter H. van Holst
of users helping other users. But I find it quite uncomfortable to use a mailing list. I had a subscription for a while but got way too many emails each day and ended up deleting them without reading them. A common solution for that is to use a separate folder and filters for mailinglists.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
Thanks for all the help. I reinstalled LyX 1.5.4 from source and it works now. It seems my old installation was somehow really bugged. - Klaus Am Dienstag, 11. März 2008 16:17:07 schrieb Paul A. Rubin: Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Maximilian Wollner wrote: Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too young computer and internet user but I can not see a single advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion boards but can't find any. Max, Web-based fora (which I

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). Siegfried.

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Maximilian Wollner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everybody, Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too young computer and internet user but I can not see a single advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion boards but

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Maximilian Wollner wrote: Hello everybody, Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too young computer and internet user but I can not see a single advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion boards but can't find any. Do you know of any? Or is there any

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 12:00, Maximilian Wollner wrote: Hello everybody, I'm using LyX on a daily basis for all my writings at university and like it very much. Meanwhile, I have also experimented a lot with customization of LaTeX and how to do all that in LyX. I like the idea of users

LaTeX juramisc class in lyx

2008-03-11 Thread treu . und . glauben
Hello, i want to use the juramisc latex-class in lyx. How can I import a new document class? How can I use the Latex-class?? Thank You ___ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 30 Tage kostenlos testen.

Problem with LyX-154-3-22-AltInstaller-Complete.exe

2008-03-11 Thread Tuomo von Lerber
Hi, I installed LyX-154-3-22-AltInstaller-Complete.exe package. Everything seems to go fine, the MiKTeX is updated etc. However, LyX doesn't start, but opens a following window: lyx.exe - Application Error The application failed to initialize properly (0x0150002). Click on OK to terminate the

Re: Problem with LyX-154-3-22-AltInstaller-Complete.exe

2008-03-11 Thread Bo Peng
I installed LyX-154-3-22-AltInstaller-Complete.exe package. Everything seems to go fine, the MiKTeX is updated etc. However, LyX doesn't start, but opens a following window: Have you tried the official installer in ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.4? I guess you do not need to use the

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). I like GMANE, but I actually read it through a news reader - I don't really like their

How to save the current font in LaTeX?

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I used to know this but forgot and couldn't quickly find it in my book. In LaTeX, how do I find the current value of the font, so when I set something to \tiny and then want to reset it to what it was, I can, instead of hoping it was \normalsize before I set it to \tiny? Is there a

Re: How to save the current font in LaTeX?

2008-03-11 Thread cmiramon
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I used to know this but forgot and couldn't quickly find it in my book. In LaTeX, how do I find the current value of the font, so when I set something to \tiny and then want to reset it to what it was, I can, instead of hoping it was \normalsize before I set it to

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread David Hewitt
I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). I like GMANE, but I actually read it through a news reader - I don't really like their web interface. Anyway, this could be a good

Re: lyxfun to goto line in source

2008-03-11 Thread Pavel Sanda
I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the cursor in the relevant line. one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its own counter part in visible

rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread jf7
Hi, I have a bunch of pre-historic word docs that I want to convert to LyX. I've gathered that the best way to do this is by converting rtf to latex. (If anyone has a better suggestion I'm interested.) I've scoured the LyX sites and the web for any info on rtf2latex2e. Seems that it was

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread G. Milde
On 11.03.08, Klaus Unger wrote: I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * display in the LyX window? * view as/export to Postscript? * view as/export to PDF (ps2pdf)? * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? - rather unlikely! I would

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Daniel Lohmann
On 11.03.2008, at 08:30, G. Milde wrote: On 11.03.08, Klaus Unger wrote: I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * display in the LyX window? * view as/export to Postscript? * view as/export to PDF (ps2pdf)? Well, I had exactly

Re: short title

2008-03-11 Thread jean beney
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Is it possible in LyX to define a short book title? Another option would be to make your title shorter and make use of subtitle. Unfortunately, this option does not seem to exist in LyX. Any other idea? Jean

Re: short title

2008-03-11 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
jean beney wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Is it possible in LyX to define a short book title? Another option would be to make your title shorter and make use of subtitle. Unfortunately, this option does not seem to exist in LyX. Which document class are you using? Book koma-script has

Re: rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've scoured the LyX sites and the web for any info on rtf2latex2e. Seems that it was originally written on a mac classic os9. There are unix and windows versions but I can't find any for OSX for the Mac. I've tried to compile unix code on the

Re: Safety from data reorganization?

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I just lost my entire book structure due to a small modification to my layout file that prevented compilation. LyX therefore reverted the book's document class from my custom rjustbook to article, removing all chapters and flattening out the table of contents.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? - rather unlikely! Exactly this one! (The preview image is also incorrectly chopped the same way, but I don't care about it). I would like to use the pdf

Re: line characters and reverse video characters ?

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Can anyone share examples for both printing line characters and reverse video characters? Or point to some docs about this? Here is an example of line characters. But my xterm doesn't show it (probably wrong font), but maybe your console will.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Klaus Unger wrote: I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? - rather unlikely! Exactly this one! (The preview image is also incorrectly chopped the same way, but I don't care about it).

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
Why I would need a converter when pdflatex can use unconverted pdfs? There is also no converter listed for PDF - PNG that I could remove. This is supposed to work - just insert-graphics and give the filename of your pdf. view-pdflatex or export-pdflatex should not convert it in any way!

Re: rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread Bennett Helm
On Mar 11, 2008, at 2:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a bunch of pre-historic word docs that I want to convert to LyX. I've gathered that the best way to do this is by converting rtf to latex. (If anyone has a better suggestion I'm interested.) I've scoured the LyX sites and

Re: Safety from data reorganization?

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 07:09, Helge Hafting wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I just lost my entire book structure due to a small modification to my layout file that prevented compilation. LyX therefore reverted the book's document class from my custom rjustbook to article, removing

Re: How do you do an appendix the right way?

2008-03-11 Thread Filippo Zangheri
Steve Litt ha scritto: Thanks Filippo, This time I want no more chapters after the appendix, but it's very good to know how to do it -- sometimes my books require wierd stuff. Thanks You're welcome! It's my pleasure to be in help somehow. By the way, I want to emphasize that the choice

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and it seems OK. The PDF file obviously used a vector version of the picture ( I tried 6400% magnification). Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Configure Lyx 1.5.4 for pdfsync

2008-03-11 Thread Scott Lambert
I would like to be able to click on the pdf in Skim or PdfView to go to that line in Lyx. I have read snippets that is possible but I can't get it working. In Skim I configured the preferences for Lyx. I View-pdfLatex and the pdf opens in Skim but when I shift-click nothing happens. I

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and it seems OK. The PDF file obviously used a vector version of the picture ( I tried 6400% magnification). Same here (also XP, LyX 1.5.4). I think Daniel may have hit on the solution. Klaus, go to

Re: lyxfun to goto line in source

2008-03-11 Thread G. Milde
On 8.03.08, Pavel Sanda wrote: I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the cursor in the relevant line. one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its own

Subscription

2008-03-11 Thread Maximilian Wollner
Andréas LYBERIS Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:41:37 -0700 Hi, I am a mac user of Lyx and I have differents problems with Lyx, like bibliography style, latex exportation of document ( in french the accents é and è are not included in the tex document) and picture incorporation problem (only png are

LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Maximilian Wollner
Hello everybody, I'm using LyX on a daily basis for all my writings at university and like it very much. Meanwhile, I have also experimented a lot with customization of LaTeX and how to do all that in LyX. I like the idea of users helping other users. But I find it quite uncomfortable to

RE: Latex template on 1.5.4

2008-03-11 Thread Phillip Ferguson
I found some teething issue with this template that I thought would be wise to post in the same thread than start another. Firstly is the authors preamble: I am having trouble compiling this because if a change anything it complains there is no \begin{} etc. Secondly(and more importantly) as I

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Walter H. van Holst
of users helping other users. But I find it quite uncomfortable to use a mailing list. I had a subscription for a while but got way too many emails each day and ended up deleting them without reading them. A common solution for that is to use a separate folder and filters for mailinglists.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
Thanks for all the help. I reinstalled LyX 1.5.4 from source and it works now. It seems my old installation was somehow really bugged. - Klaus Am Dienstag, 11. März 2008 16:17:07 schrieb Paul A. Rubin: Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Maximilian Wollner wrote: Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too young computer and internet user but I can not see a single advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion boards but can't find any. Max, Web-based fora (which I

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). Siegfried.

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Maximilian Wollner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everybody, Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too young computer and internet user but I can not see a single advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion boards but

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Maximilian Wollner wrote: Hello everybody, Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too young computer and internet user but I can not see a single advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion boards but can't find any. Do you know of any? Or is there any

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 12:00, Maximilian Wollner wrote: Hello everybody, I'm using LyX on a daily basis for all my writings at university and like it very much. Meanwhile, I have also experimented a lot with customization of LaTeX and how to do all that in LyX. I like the idea of users

LaTeX juramisc class in lyx

2008-03-11 Thread treu . und . glauben
Hello, i want to use the juramisc latex-class in lyx. How can I import a new document class? How can I use the Latex-class?? Thank You ___ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 30 Tage kostenlos testen.

Problem with LyX-154-3-22-AltInstaller-Complete.exe

2008-03-11 Thread Tuomo von Lerber
Hi, I installed LyX-154-3-22-AltInstaller-Complete.exe package. Everything seems to go fine, the MiKTeX is updated etc. However, LyX doesn't start, but opens a following window: lyx.exe - Application Error The application failed to initialize properly (0x0150002). Click on OK to terminate the

Re: Problem with LyX-154-3-22-AltInstaller-Complete.exe

2008-03-11 Thread Bo Peng
I installed LyX-154-3-22-AltInstaller-Complete.exe package. Everything seems to go fine, the MiKTeX is updated etc. However, LyX doesn't start, but opens a following window: Have you tried the official installer in ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.4? I guess you do not need to use the

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). I like GMANE, but I actually read it through a news reader - I don't really like their

How to save the current font in LaTeX?

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I used to know this but forgot and couldn't quickly find it in my book. In LaTeX, how do I find the current value of the font, so when I set something to \tiny and then want to reset it to what it was, I can, instead of hoping it was \normalsize before I set it to \tiny? Is there a

Re: How to save the current font in LaTeX?

2008-03-11 Thread cmiramon
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I used to know this but forgot and couldn't quickly find it in my book. In LaTeX, how do I find the current value of the font, so when I set something to \tiny and then want to reset it to what it was, I can, instead of hoping it was \normalsize before I set it to

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread David Hewitt
I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). I like GMANE, but I actually read it through a news reader - I don't really like their web interface. Anyway, this could be a good

Re: lyxfun to goto line in source

2008-03-11 Thread Pavel Sanda
I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the cursor in the relevant line. one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its own counter part in visible

rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread jf7
Hi, I have a bunch of "pre-historic" word docs that I want to convert to LyX. I've gathered that the best way to do this is by converting rtf to latex. (If anyone has a better suggestion I'm interested.) I've scoured the LyX sites and the web for any info on rtf2latex2e. Seems that it

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread G. Milde
On 11.03.08, Klaus Unger wrote: > I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them > incorrectly. When? * display in the LyX window? * view as/export to Postscript? * view as/export to PDF (ps2pdf)? * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? <- rather unlikely! > I

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Daniel Lohmann
On 11.03.2008, at 08:30, G. Milde wrote: On 11.03.08, Klaus Unger wrote: I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * display in the LyX window? * view as/export to Postscript? * view as/export to PDF (ps2pdf)? Well, I had exactly

Re: short title

2008-03-11 Thread jean beney
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Is it possible in LyX to define a short book title? Another option would be to make your title shorter and make use of subtitle. Unfortunately, this option does not seem to exist in LyX. Any other idea? Jean

Re: short title

2008-03-11 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
jean beney wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Is it possible in LyX to define a short book title? Another option would be to make your title shorter and make use of subtitle. Unfortunately, this option does not seem to exist in LyX. Which document class are you using? Book koma-script has

Re: rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've scoured the LyX sites and the web for any info on rtf2latex2e. > Seems that it was originally written on a mac classic os9. There are > unix and windows versions but I can't find any for OSX for the Mac. I've > tried to compile unix code on

Re: Safety from data reorganization?

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I just lost my entire book structure due to a small modification to my layout file that prevented compilation. LyX therefore reverted the book's document class from my custom "rjustbook" to "article", removing all chapters and flattening out the table of contents.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
> > I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops > > them incorrectly. > > When? > > * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? <- rather unlikely! Exactly this one! (The preview image is also incorrectly chopped the same way, but I don't care about it). > > I would like to

Re: line characters and reverse video characters ?

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Can anyone share examples for both printing line characters and reverse video characters? Or point to some docs about this? Here is an example of line characters. But my xterm doesn't show it (probably wrong font), but maybe your console will.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Klaus Unger wrote: I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops them incorrectly. When? * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)? <- rather unlikely! Exactly this one! (The preview image is also incorrectly chopped the same way, but I don't care about it).

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
> > Why I would need a converter when pdflatex can use unconverted pdfs? > > There is also no converter listed for PDF -> PNG that I could remove. > > This is supposed to work - just "insert->graphics" and give > the filename of your pdf. "view->pdflatex" or "export->pdflatex" > should not convert

Re: rtf2latex for mac OSX?

2008-03-11 Thread Bennett Helm
On Mar 11, 2008, at 2:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a bunch of "pre-historic" word docs that I want to convert to LyX. I've gathered that the best way to do this is by converting rtf to latex. (If anyone has a better suggestion I'm interested.) I've scoured the LyX sites

Re: Safety from data reorganization?

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 07:09, Helge Hafting wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just lost my entire book structure due to a small modification to my > > layout file that prevented compilation. LyX therefore reverted the book's > > document class from my custom "rjustbook" to

Re: How do you do an appendix the right way?

2008-03-11 Thread Filippo Zangheri
Steve Litt ha scritto: > Thanks Filippo, > > This time I want no more chapters after the appendix, but it's very good to > know how to do it -- sometimes my books require wierd stuff. > > Thanks You're welcome! It's my pleasure to be in help somehow. By the way, I want to emphasize that the

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and it seems OK. The PDF file obviously used a vector version of the picture ( I tried 6400% magnification). Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Configure Lyx 1.5.4 for pdfsync

2008-03-11 Thread Scott Lambert
I would like to be able to click on the pdf in "Skim" or "PdfView" to go to that line in Lyx. I have read snippets that is possible but I can't get it working. In Skim I configured the preferences for Lyx. I "View"->"pdfLatex" and the pdf opens in Skim but when I "shift-click" nothing

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4 and it seems OK. The PDF file obviously used a vector version of the picture ( I tried 6400% magnification). Same here (also XP, LyX 1.5.4). I think Daniel may have hit on the solution. Klaus, go to

Re: lyxfun to goto line in source

2008-03-11 Thread G. Milde
On 8.03.08, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the > > cursor in the relevant line. > one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky > to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its >

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2008-03-11 Thread Maximilian Wollner
Andréas LYBERIS Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:41:37 -0700 Hi, I am a mac user of Lyx and I have differents problems with Lyx, like bibliography style, latex exportation of document ( in french the accents é and è are not included in the tex document) and picture incorporation problem (only png are

LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Maximilian Wollner
Hello everybody, I'm using LyX on a daily basis for all my writings at university and like it very much. Meanwhile, I have also experimented a lot with customization of LaTeX and how to do all that in LyX. I like the idea of users helping other users. But I find it quite uncomfortable to

RE: Latex template on 1.5.4

2008-03-11 Thread Phillip Ferguson
I found some teething issue with this template that I thought would be wise to post in the same thread than start another. Firstly is the authors preamble: I am having trouble compiling this because if a change anything it complains there is no \begin{} etc. Secondly(and more importantly) as I

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Walter H. van Holst
> of users helping other users. But I find it quite uncomfortable to > use a mailing list. I had a subscription for a while but got way too > many emails each day and ended up deleting them without reading them. A common solution for that is to use a separate folder and filters for mailinglists.

Re: Use pdf figures without converting.

2008-03-11 Thread Klaus Unger
Thanks for all the help. I reinstalled LyX 1.5.4 from source and it works now. It seems my old installation was somehow really bugged. - Klaus Am Dienstag, 11. März 2008 16:17:07 schrieb Paul A. Rubin: > Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: > > I tried your files on my Windows XP LyX 1.5.4

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Maximilian Wollner wrote: Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too young computer and internet user but I can not see a single advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion boards but can't find any. Max, Web-based fora (which I

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
I often use the GMANE site at http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.editors.lyx You can see older messages sorted by subject (threads). Siegfried.

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Maximilian Wollner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too > young computer and internet user but I can not see a single > advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Maximilian Wollner wrote: Hello everybody, Somehow, I find it difficult to use mailing lists, maybe I am a too young computer and internet user but I can not see a single advantage. So I tried to look around for LyX discussion boards but can't find any. Do you know of any? Or is there any

Re: LyX discussion boards?

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 12:00, Maximilian Wollner wrote: > Hello everybody, > > > I'm using LyX on a daily basis for all my writings at university and > like it very much. Meanwhile, I have also experimented a lot with > customization of LaTeX and how to do all that in LyX. I like the idea > of

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