Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

TheDarkMaster wrote: Please help me, I'm loosing an important university thesis. The last time I opened my Lyx document in Mac OSX (using the latest 1.5.5 Lyx versin), I added a lot of maths using the Lyx functions and when I tried to open the preview in pdf, it didn't work. So I restarted OSX th

Re: OT? Ligatures in pdf documents to be used in LyX

Rich Shepard wrote: > This is to be expected. It's perfectly normal behavior. What should be the > behavior if you block text in a pdf document (displayed with xpdf, > acroread, or another viewer) and copy that text into emacs, pine, or > AbiWord? The first two are text-mode applications, the last

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Hallo Abdel, I don't know which file to delete, you don't specify it in your answer, but at least I tried to look in my mac for the lyxrc.default file and I don't have it... Are you sure it can be a problem related to this, since I installed Lyx 1.5.5 over the old one and since it can still open o

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

TheDarkMaster wrote: Hallo Abdel, I don't know which file to delete, you don't specify it in your answer, This is the file "session" sorry. but at least I tried to look in my mac for the lyxrc.default file and I don't have it... Are you sure it can be a problem related to this, since I instal

Re: Text wrap float problems

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Yes, as I said, how should LaTeX typeset a wrapped thing that is within a paragraph that contains a page break? Also Word and co cannot do this. Easy to answer. And probably hard to program into current latex, or this would be solved already. If the paragraph contains a man

Re: OT? Ligatures in pdf documents to be used in LyX

On 28.05.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Rich Shepard wrote: > > This is to be expected. It's perfectly normal behavior. What should be the > > behavior if you block text in a pdf document (displayed with xpdf, > > acroread, or another viewer) and copy that text into emacs, pine, or > > AbiWord?

Re: importing spreadsheet rows and columns

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm using LyX 1.5.3 and have a situation where I need to put spreadsheet data into tables in LyX -- several of them actually. I'm able to paste the spreadsheet data into LyX. But so far I haven't figured out a way other than the tedious method of cutting and pasti

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

The DarkMaster wrote: I cannot reproduce the crash, the file opens correctly with latest 1.5 here. Maybe it's related to one of the graphics linked in the document. Could you try to open your file from a directory where LyX will not find the graphics? Uhm... you 90% saved me a

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

TheDarkMaster wrote: Does anyone have any idea on how can I save my life and my document? :( Your document opens fine for me. I have no clue what the problem is, but if Abdel's guess about the figures does not help, you could try the following things (having quit LyX beforehand): 1) Delete

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Before I added math to the thesis, everything was fine and all of the pictures worked... cannot get what happened here. Plus, since I added all of this math, I cannot make a preview or export to pdf anyway... no damned error output is displayed :( Could you try to see

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: This is bug 4891 (http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4891). JMarc has found the solution: replace the unicode greek letter Delta (∆) in your formula with the equivalent \Delta (press space after typing \Delta) or use

Re: Default Float placement is pathetic

Marwan Boustany wrote: I understand, but one thing I noticed when allowing them to go on another page is that in the place where the figures used to be there is a gap in the text... If you put the float on a line of its own, then you have created a paragraph break and so there will be a gap

Re: Unwanted vertical white space between figure and caption

Thanks for the advice, the caption package I was using to set other parameters of the captions allows a function to set the width so now I don't have to deal with miniboxes. It also has a function to set the gap between figures and the caption so the other problem is solved too! rgheck wrote: >

Re: Awful feature or bug?

Nicolás wrote: Hi! When I select something in a document and then press Ctrl+N+N to get it inserted into a LyX Note, the part of the document that I had selected goes into the clipboard. I guess this is a bug. Or is it an awful feature? I believe this happens because LyX does something simil

Re: suppressing captions in some floats

Brian Guenter wrote: I want to insert program listings into my document. I don't want the program listings to be broken across pages so I put them inside figures. Now each program listing has a figure label and number which I don't want. Is there some way for me to insert these listings insid

about the style of the section numbering

Hi, everyone. I am a freshman to lyx but I have some latex experiences. I got a question on how to change the style of the section numbering. In my current file, I got section number like I, II, III, IV in dvi files. Can u guys tell me how I can change this style back to 1, 2,3,4 ? Thanks Best

Re: about the style of the section numbering

"Haiyang Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, everyone. > > I am a freshman to lyx but I have some latex experiences. I got a question > on how to change the style of the section numbering. > > In my current file, I got section number like I, II, III, IV in dvi files. > Can u guys tell me how I

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

> > And what can I do to use my graphic? >> > Try to copy the graphics one by one to the new location and reopen the file > each time. Once you've located the guilty graphic, try to open it with some > other software to see if it can be corrected. > Ok, I followed your suggestion but something we

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Before I added math to the thesis, everything was fine and all of the pictures worked... cannot get what happened here. Plus, since I added all of this math, I cannot make a preview or export to pdf anyway... no damned error output is displayed

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> This is bug 4891 (http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4891). > > JMarc has found the solution: replace the unicode greek letter Delta > (∆) in your formula with the equivalent \Delta (press space after > typing \Delta) or use the math panel to in

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

The DarkMaster wrote: And what can I do to use my graphic? Try to copy the graphics one by one to the new location and reopen the file each time. Once you've located the guilty graphic, try to open it with some other software to see if it can be corrected. Ok, I followed your suggestion but s

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

The DarkMaster wrote: And what can I do to use my graphic? Try to copy the graphics one by one to the new location and reopen the file each time. Once you've located the guilty graphic, try to open it with some other software to see if it can be corrected. Ok, I followed

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The DarkMaster wrote: And what can I do to use my graphic? Try to copy the graphics one by one to the new location and reopen the file each time. Once you've located the guilty graphic, try to open it with some other software to see if it can be co

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: How difficult would it be to support unicode in maths? In 1.5 forget about it. In 1.6 that would require a lot of work I guess. This wasn't any generic unicode character, it was a delta which is normally used in math. The only strange thin

Lyx 1.5.3 not showing references from Jabref 2.3.1

Hi All, I'm using Lyx 1.5.3 and Jabref 2.3.1 on Ubuntu 8.04. I have been using Lyx for about 2 years now (since Ubuntu 6.04) and have very successfully written dozens of documents using Lyx, along with Pybliogapher and Jabref. However, since upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04 (fresh installation from CD

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:45 AM, TheDarkMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hallo Abdel, I don't know which file to delete, you don't specify it in > your > answer, but at least I tried to look in my mac for the lyxrc.default file > and I don't have it... On Mac, the session file is located at

Footnote without numbering (new)

Hi, Is there a way to enter footnote without the automatic numbering? I think I saw something in the archives but it was for Lyx version 1.1.6 and the explanation was a little confusing. Thank you. Adrian _ Change the world

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hmm, I did not know that I had found the solution... > > Let's say that it was a team work :-) I thought I only found the problem. JMarc

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Abdelrazak Younes-2 wrote: > > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > The problem seems to be in the last section of the document (3.1.3 > Proiezioni con il Metodo di Hamilton e Perry). Erasing this paragraph > allows the LateX compilation. > > Abdel. > > > :clap::clap: Thanks to your suggestions

Lossing hyperlinks in conversion

Hi, I am using Lyx to export my document out as postscript then running ps2pdf on it. In the final PDF document my hyperlinks are not preserved. The text for the hyperlinks is blue (e.g. in the TOC) like it should be but you cannot click on it. Do I need to specify some options when I expor

Re: OT? Ligatures in pdf documents to be used in LyX

On Wed, 28 May 2008, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: The problem is that the copied characters are apparently wrong. The clipboard should have the correct unicode code points for the ligatures, but it has some completely different (and unrelated) chars. Jürgen, Oh. OK. Now I understand. Thanks

Re: Lyx 1.5.3 not showing references from Jabref 2.3.1

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:48 AM, vu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm using Lyx 1.5.3 and Jabref 2.3.1 on Ubuntu 8.04. > > I have been using Lyx for about 2 years now (since Ubuntu 6.04) and have > very successfully written dozens of documents using Lyx, along with > Pybliogapher and J

Re: Footnote without numbering (new)

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 6:23 AM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > Is there a way to enter footnote without the automatic numbering? I think I > saw something in the archives but it was for Lyx version 1.1.6 and the > explanation was a little confusing. Thank you. > > Ad

Re: importing spreadsheet rows and columns

Helge Hafting wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm using LyX 1.5.3 and have a situation where I need to put spreadsheet data into tables in LyX -- several of them actually. I'm able to paste the spreadsheet data into LyX. But so far I haven't figured out a way other than the tedious metho

Re: Unwanted vertical white space between figure and caption

Boffinboy wrote: rgheck wrote: Boffinboy wrote: I am using the captions in a minibox as they contain a lot of text and are often wider than the figure itself. This doesn't look nice if LyX is left to handle it by default. By putting it in a minibox it's possible to set the width of the

Re: Lyx 1.5.3 not showing references from Jabref 2.3.1

Bob Lounsbury wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:48 AM, vu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I'm using Lyx 1.5.3 and Jabref 2.3.1 on Ubuntu 8.04. I have been using Lyx for about 2 years now (since Ubuntu 6.04) and have very successfully written dozens of documents using Lyx, along with Pybli

Re: Awful feature or bug?

Helge Hafting wrote: Nicolás wrote: Hi! When I select something in a document and then press Ctrl+N+N to get it inserted into a LyX Note, the part of the document that I had selected goes into the clipboard. I guess this is a bug. Or is it an awful feature? I believe this happens because Ly

RE: Footnote without numbering (new)

Thank you for the suggestion but unfortunately I really need to put a footnote without a symbol or anything. I am trying to use Lyx for my thesis. Our college requires that if any of the chapters has already appeared as a publication that we need to list it on the first page of the chapter a

Re: Lossing hyperlinks in conversion

Only pdflatex is able to hold hyperlinks during conversion. As far as I know when the document is processed to postscript, the hyperref pacakge does not generate hyperlinks anntations which then could be converted to proper links in final PDF file. M. 2008/5/28 Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

Re: Footnote without numbering (new)

Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thank you for the suggestion but unfortunately I really need to put > a footnote without a symbol or anything. I am trying to use Lyx for > my thesis. Our college requires that if any of the chapters has > already appeared as a publication that we need to

Re: Footnote without numbering (new)

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you for the suggestion but unfortunately I really need to put a > footnote without a symbol or anything. I am trying to use Lyx for my > thesis. Our college requires that if any of the chapters has already > app

Re: Footnote without numbering (new)

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Thank you for the suggestion but unfortunately I really need to put a >> footnote without a symbol or anything. I am trying to use Lyx for

RE: Footnote without numbering (new)

I would need the contents of the float to appear a footnote at the bottom of the page. Not clear how placing it in a float will cause this to occur. Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:51:49 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Footnote without numbering (new) CC: [EMAI

Re: Footnote without numbering (new)

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would need the contents of the float to appear a footnote at the bottom > of the page. Not clear how placing it in a float will cause this to occur. Because you can tell LaTeX to place the float at the bottom of the

Re: importing spreadsheet rows and columns

On Wednesday 28 May 2008 09:54, rgheck wrote: > Helge Hafting wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi, I'm using LyX 1.5.3 and have a situation where I need to put > >> spreadsheet data into tables in LyX -- several of them actually. I'm > >> able to paste the spreadsheet data into LyX. But so

Re: importing spreadsheet rows and columns

Steve Litt wrote: On Wednesday 28 May 2008 09:54, rgheck wrote: Helge Hafting wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm using LyX 1.5.3 and have a situation where I need to put spreadsheet data into tables in LyX -- several of them actually. I'm able to paste the spreadsheet data

Re: about the style of the section numbering

JMarc： Thanks for your prompt response. Actually, Ｉjust need to modify another guy's file. But he is also not so familiar with lyx. My lyx file is using ieeetran.cls. It looks like "document setting" is the only part I can modify to change the page style. Best Haiyang On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:

Re: Lyx crashes everytime I try to open my document

Helge Hafting wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: How difficult would it be to support unicode in maths? In 1.5 forget about it. In 1.6 that would require a lot of work I guess. This wasn't any generic unicode character, it was a delta which is normally used in math.

Re: about the style of the section numbering

"Haiyang Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > JMarc： > > Thanks for your prompt response. Actually, Ｉjust need to modify another > guy's file. But he is also not so familiar with lyx. My lyx file is using > ieeetran.cls. It looks like "document setting" is the only part I can modify > to change th

Re: Spell check on the fly?

Hi All, This is an old thread, but I too would really like to see the "Spell Check on Fly" feature in LyX. And if I'm already at it, I would also like to see "grammer on the fly", because this is also a great feature in MS-word, which I am really lacking with LyX. If I knew how to, I would glad

RE: Footnote without numbering (new)

Thanks! Now I see what you mean. I am going to try this out. Thanks again. Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:38:01 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Footnote without numbering (new) CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Adrian

Re: Spell check on the fly?

Erez Yerushalmi wrote: Hi All, This is an old thread, but I too would really like to see the "Spell Check on Fly" feature in LyX. And if I'm already at it, I would also like to see "grammer on the fly", because this is also a great feature in MS-word, which I am really lacking with LyX. If I

Re: importing spreadsheet rows and columns

The simplest method (if you have a table of the right size set up in LyX) is to paste with shift held down as well i.e. shift+ctrl+v - that puts the data in to the cells, rather than all in one cell. I don't know why it works but it does and will save you having to export all of your spreadsheets.

Re: Thesis first pages

FWIW, I had a nightmare of a time meeting all the formatting stuff my WORD-centric academic admin wanted for my dissertation. So I made a set of front pages in MS Word that worked when exported as PDF (with Adobe full version Acrobat Pro), and just added them to the front of the LyX-generated PDF

Re: Collaboration using LyX in a MS Office workplace

Julio Rojas wrote: > > Check AREnable , a very good > command line tool to enable comments on PDF's. That's what I use. > Worked for me. Thanks. The only trouble is that the rights are enabled only until the file is saved after editing. Then it rever

Re: Installation glitch

>> So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all >> it's >> doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical >> installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX >> does >> the same thing? > > Critical is in the eye of the beholder,

Re: Installation glitch

David Hewitt wrote: So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all it's doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX does the same thing? Critical is in the eye of the beholder,

Re: Collaboration using LyX in a MS Office workplace

No idea, sorry. On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:12 PM, David Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Julio Rojas wrote: >> >> Check AREnable , a very good >> command line tool to enable comments on PDF's. That's what I use. >> > > Worked for me. Thanks. > > The

Re: Lyx 1.5.3 not showing references from Jabref 2.3.1

rgheck wrote: > > Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:48 AM, vu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm using Lyx 1.5.3 and Jabref 2.3.1 on Ubuntu 8.04. >>> >>> I have been using Lyx for about 2 years now (since Ubuntu 6.04) and have >>> very successfully written

Re: Footnote without numbering (new)

On 28.05.08, Adrian Peter wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would need the contents of the float to appear a footnote at the > > bottom of the page. Not clear how placing it in a float will cause > > this to occur. Because you can tell LaTeX