Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Graham Smith wrote: OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with \modearticle {This text is article only} Is this the only way of doing it? In 1.5, yes. You can use branches, too. (Of course, you will have to (de)activate the branch

Re: Fail to create pdf/ps

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, wangyq wrote: 1. Currently I am writing a lyx document. But I found I cannot convert lyx file to pdf/ps format. What is the error message? 2. I wrote a simple Hello world! lyx file. Lyx can convert it to pdf format. So, you could try to copy the failing file and then

Re: Re: Fail to create pdf/ps

2008-08-21 Thread wangyq
1. No error massage was found. The conversion just stoped after several seconds. 2. Does the lyx have feedback windows like WinEdit which clearly shows the locations of errors? many thanks! 2008-08-21 wangyq

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Manveru
I had similar problems with \textregistered - plenty issues with that... but finally it starts working. It works when put in ERT. 2008/8/21 Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: I cannot use \textservicemark without compile errors

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread Graham Smith
On 21 Aug 2008, at 07:39, G. Milde wrote: On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Graham Smith wrote: OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with \modearticle {This text is article only} Is this the only way of doing it? In 1.5, yes. You can use branches, too. (Of course, you

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Graham Smith wrote: On 21 Aug 2008, at 07:39, G. Milde wrote: On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Graham Smith wrote: OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with \modearticle {This text is article only} Is this the only way of doing it? In 1.5, yes. You can

font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi everybody Lyx 1.5.4 on Mac OS X leopard I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be a font problem. The error message is: Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found Does anyone know how to fix than on Mac? regards Christiaan

No information for converting png format files to eps.

2008-08-21 Thread Md. Golam Parvez
Hi I am lyx-1.5.6 on Ubuntu 7.04. When I am trying to convert any file to html(ms word). I get the following error [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Invalid option : png:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir1570M1TUf3/lyx_tmpbuf1/0_home_golam_Desktop_ixico-packages-screen-shot_ixico-generic-resources-dilation-folder-tree.png

Re: font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread Konrad Hofbauer
christiaan pauw wrote: I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be a font problem. The error message is: Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found Does the tex-file compile without latex (i.e. using latex myfile or pdflatex

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread Graham Smith
I.m not sure I know what you mean by branches. I would be grateful if you could expand on this a little See Section 6.8 of the UserGuide. Menu points DocumentSettingsBranches and InsertBranch. Excellent, many thanks for the pointer. Graham

Re: font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
christiaan pauw wrote: I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be a font problem. The error message is: Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found Konrad Hofbauer to lyx-users, lyx-users Does the tex-file compile

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I can't translate the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@symbol2 thing, but we had a discussion about the vagaries of \textservicemark back in February (http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62336.html). Does this imply that the workaround you found

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Manveru wrote: I had similar problems with \textregistered - plenty issues with that... but finally it starts working. It works when put in ERT. There is no other way to enter these symbols. I've no problems with registered or trademark, only with servicemark. Rich --

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: No, the workaround still works. I would, however, like to learn why symbol cannot be produced by the package in which it's defined. There should be a reason known by some LaTeX guru, and I'd like to expand my

Excluding LyX notes from word counts

2008-08-21 Thread tonderai
Is there any way to exclude LyX notes from word counts? It seems they are included whether minimised or maximised :( The problem is, now I've peppered my report with comments, it's very difficult to get a word count for the real text. Any ideas? -- View this message in context:

Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread Nico
Hello, I can't insert tables as floating Table objects. If I do so, there appears following error: ...subsection} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g.,

Re: Interesting thread on Slashdot

2008-08-21 Thread Helge Hafting
killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over 10,000 words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO. I don't want to come off as someone who is purely defensive of LyX but I beg to differ with this point. I write all of my

Re: Excluding LyX notes from word counts

2008-08-21 Thread Konrad Hofbauer
tonderai wrote: Is there any way to exclude LyX notes from word counts? It seems they are included whether minimised or maximised :( The problem is, now I've peppered my report with comments, it's very difficult to get a word count for the real text. On the same note (and at least in the way I

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, G. Milde wrote: Just a silly guess: did you check the versions of the package and the documentation? Yes. I posted that in my follow-up message. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.

Formatting TOC , change vertical distance

2008-08-21 Thread Robert Neumann
Hello, is there a way to change the distance between the toc-entries? (tocdepth is 2) I used baselinestretch and parskip. This works for the distance between the subsection-entries. But the vertical distance between the last subsection-entry and the next section-entry ist still very big. How do

Trouble importing latex file in Lyx

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi everybody Lyx 1.5.4 on Mac OS X leopard, Texshop 2.14 I have a latex file which is an export from SAS which is basically huge collection of tables that I need to use in a report which i write in Lyx. I want to import the tables into the Lyx document. The TeX document compiles nicely in Texshop

Re: Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi Nico I Think the reason is that you have inserted the float inside a subsection heading or something marked as such. You should cut is out and press enter, make use the format type is standard and insert it. I should work then. regards Christiaan 2008/8/21 Nico [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I

Re: Trouble importing latex file in Lyx

2008-08-21 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hi, I often import big LaTeX tables in LyX ( I generate them with Fortran codes ), without any problem. I import the LaTeX file in a LyX file ( File import Latex ) and then I copy the table in my document. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread Nico
Hello Christian, thanks for the fast reply, but this was not the reason... the float is inserted in the standard environment. Just the error-message points to the subsection environment but at a totally different place of the document. Is there another possibility? regards Nico christiaan

Re: No information for converting png format files to eps.

2008-08-21 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Md. Golam Parvez wrote: Hi I am lyx-1.5.6 on Ubuntu 7.04. When I am trying to convert any file to html(ms word). I get the following error [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Invalid option :

Re: Interesting thread on Slashdot

2008-08-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 21 August 2008 10:24, Helge Hafting wrote: killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over 10,000 words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO. I don't want to come off as someone who is purely defensive of

Re: Chapter Style

2008-08-21 Thread rgheck
Louis A. Turk wrote: I've just learned how to use the Demo2 chapter style of the Memoir Class. However, I would like to make three changes: 1. Use a smaller font for the chapter number (like is shown in memoir-chapterstyles.pdf). 2. Use less space between the chapter number and the rule

Re: example of layout module for LyX 1.6

2008-08-21 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Oh, Maybe I do understand it. Is a layout module just a chunk of debugged LyX/LaTeX code that would normally go in a layout file, and gets included in the layout file by reference? So you could mix and match layout modules to get a more granular modularization, similar

Re: example of layout module for LyX 1.6

2008-08-21 Thread rgheck
Olivier Ripoll wrote: Steve Litt wrote: So is it a way to write once, use many times? Is it a way to use known-debugged LyX/LaTeX code? And is it a way for all of us to trade debugged and tested code without throwing in every silly little feature we put in our book? I think so. At least

Re: example of layout module for LyX 1.6

2008-08-21 Thread rgheck
G. Milde wrote: On 19.08.08, Steve Litt wrote: I developed these, so let me add a bit. 0) What is a layout module? A file with syntax and content similar to a LyX layout file that can be added to a chosen documentclass' layout definitions on a per-document base. Modules are

Re: Float placement

2008-08-21 Thread Guillaume Larocque
Ok, here are the exact symptoms of the problem. If I have a few floats inserted in a sequence in Lyx, as soon as Latex decides that one float will be on a separate page, all the floats following it will also be placed on a separate page, regardless of their size. That has got to be a bug. I just

Re: No information for converting png format files to eps.

2008-08-21 Thread Pierfranco Minsenti
Hi, I have the same types of poblems affecting managing of images in Lyx 1.5.4 for Mac PowerPC 10.3.9 I have ImageMagick installed and I can insert in Lyx files only PNG images (and PDF, which are not showed in Lyx as a preview), but Lyx refuses to charge other image formats like JPG. Besides,

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread Graham Smith
On 21 Aug 2008, at 11:46, G. Milde wrote: You can use branches, too. (Of course, you will have to (de)activate the branch manually in addition to switching the document class.) I.m not sure I know what you mean by branches. I would be grateful if you could expand on this a little See

Re: Excluding LyX notes from word counts

2008-08-21 Thread Marcelo Acuña
Is there any way to exclude LyX notes from word counts? It seems they are included whether minimised or maximised :( The problem is, now I've peppered my report with comments, it's very difficult to get a word count for the real text. On the same note (and at least in the way I use

Re: Formatting TOC , change vertical distance

2008-08-21 Thread Marcelo Acuña
Hello, is there a way to change the distance between the toc-entries? (tocdepth is 2) I used baselinestretch and parskip. This works for the distance between the subsection-entries. But the vertical distance between the last subsection-entry and the next section-entry ist still very

exam layout

2008-08-21 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
Hello, I have been fighting a little bit to create a layout for exam (http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=exam) So far I have a *small* layout with two styles, one for questions and another for solutions. In the jpg attached you can see the output generated by latex for the

Re: exam layout

2008-08-21 Thread RGH
Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote: Hello, I have been fighting a little bit to create a layout for exam (http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=exam) So far I have a *small* layout with two styles, one for questions and another for solutions. In the jpg attached you can see the

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Graham Smith wrote: OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with \modearticle {This text is article only} Is this the only way of doing it? In 1.5, yes. You can use branches, too. (Of course, you will have to (de)activate the branch

Re: Fail to create pdf/ps

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, wangyq wrote: 1. Currently I am writing a lyx document. But I found I cannot convert lyx file to pdf/ps format. What is the error message? 2. I wrote a simple Hello world! lyx file. Lyx can convert it to pdf format. So, you could try to copy the failing file and then

Re: Re: Fail to create pdf/ps

2008-08-21 Thread wangyq
1. No error massage was found. The conversion just stoped after several seconds. 2. Does the lyx have feedback windows like WinEdit which clearly shows the locations of errors? many thanks! 2008-08-21 wangyq

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Manveru
I had similar problems with \textregistered - plenty issues with that... but finally it starts working. It works when put in ERT. 2008/8/21 Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: I cannot use \textservicemark without compile errors

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread Graham Smith
On 21 Aug 2008, at 07:39, G. Milde wrote: On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Graham Smith wrote: OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with \modearticle {This text is article only} Is this the only way of doing it? In 1.5, yes. You can use branches, too. (Of course, you

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Graham Smith wrote: On 21 Aug 2008, at 07:39, G. Milde wrote: On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Graham Smith wrote: OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with \modearticle {This text is article only} Is this the only way of doing it? In 1.5, yes. You can

font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi everybody Lyx 1.5.4 on Mac OS X leopard I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be a font problem. The error message is: Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found Does anyone know how to fix than on Mac? regards Christiaan

No information for converting png format files to eps.

2008-08-21 Thread Md. Golam Parvez
Hi I am lyx-1.5.6 on Ubuntu 7.04. When I am trying to convert any file to html(ms word). I get the following error [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Invalid option : png:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir1570M1TUf3/lyx_tmpbuf1/0_home_golam_Desktop_ixico-packages-screen-shot_ixico-generic-resources-dilation-folder-tree.png

Re: font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread Konrad Hofbauer
christiaan pauw wrote: I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be a font problem. The error message is: Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found Does the tex-file compile without latex (i.e. using latex myfile or pdflatex

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread Graham Smith
I.m not sure I know what you mean by branches. I would be grateful if you could expand on this a little See Section 6.8 of the UserGuide. Menu points DocumentSettingsBranches and InsertBranch. Excellent, many thanks for the pointer. Graham

Re: font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
christiaan pauw wrote: I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be a font problem. The error message is: Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found Konrad Hofbauer to lyx-users, lyx-users Does the tex-file compile

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I can't translate the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@symbol2 thing, but we had a discussion about the vagaries of \textservicemark back in February (http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62336.html). Does this imply that the workaround you found

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Manveru wrote: I had similar problems with \textregistered - plenty issues with that... but finally it starts working. It works when put in ERT. There is no other way to enter these symbols. I've no problems with registered or trademark, only with servicemark. Rich --

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: No, the workaround still works. I would, however, like to learn why symbol cannot be produced by the package in which it's defined. There should be a reason known by some LaTeX guru, and I'd like to expand my

Excluding LyX notes from word counts

2008-08-21 Thread tonderai
Is there any way to exclude LyX notes from word counts? It seems they are included whether minimised or maximised :( The problem is, now I've peppered my report with comments, it's very difficult to get a word count for the real text. Any ideas? -- View this message in context:

Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread Nico
Hello, I can't insert tables as floating Table objects. If I do so, there appears following error: ...subsection} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g.,

Re: Interesting thread on Slashdot

2008-08-21 Thread Helge Hafting
killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over 10,000 words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO. I don't want to come off as someone who is purely defensive of LyX but I beg to differ with this point. I write all of my

Re: Excluding LyX notes from word counts

2008-08-21 Thread Konrad Hofbauer
tonderai wrote: Is there any way to exclude LyX notes from word counts? It seems they are included whether minimised or maximised :( The problem is, now I've peppered my report with comments, it's very difficult to get a word count for the real text. On the same note (and at least in the way I

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, G. Milde wrote: Just a silly guess: did you check the versions of the package and the documentation? Yes. I posted that in my follow-up message. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.

Formatting TOC , change vertical distance

2008-08-21 Thread Robert Neumann
Hello, is there a way to change the distance between the toc-entries? (tocdepth is 2) I used baselinestretch and parskip. This works for the distance between the subsection-entries. But the vertical distance between the last subsection-entry and the next section-entry ist still very big. How do

Trouble importing latex file in Lyx

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi everybody Lyx 1.5.4 on Mac OS X leopard, Texshop 2.14 I have a latex file which is an export from SAS which is basically huge collection of tables that I need to use in a report which i write in Lyx. I want to import the tables into the Lyx document. The TeX document compiles nicely in Texshop

Re: Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi Nico I Think the reason is that you have inserted the float inside a subsection heading or something marked as such. You should cut is out and press enter, make use the format type is standard and insert it. I should work then. regards Christiaan 2008/8/21 Nico [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I

Re: Trouble importing latex file in Lyx

2008-08-21 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hi, I often import big LaTeX tables in LyX ( I generate them with Fortran codes ), without any problem. I import the LaTeX file in a LyX file ( File import Latex ) and then I copy the table in my document. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread Nico
Hello Christian, thanks for the fast reply, but this was not the reason... the float is inserted in the standard environment. Just the error-message points to the subsection environment but at a totally different place of the document. Is there another possibility? regards Nico christiaan

Re: No information for converting png format files to eps.

2008-08-21 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Md. Golam Parvez wrote: Hi I am lyx-1.5.6 on Ubuntu 7.04. When I am trying to convert any file to html(ms word). I get the following error [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Invalid option :

Re: Interesting thread on Slashdot

2008-08-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 21 August 2008 10:24, Helge Hafting wrote: killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over 10,000 words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO. I don't want to come off as someone who is purely defensive of

Re: Chapter Style

2008-08-21 Thread rgheck
Louis A. Turk wrote: I've just learned how to use the Demo2 chapter style of the Memoir Class. However, I would like to make three changes: 1. Use a smaller font for the chapter number (like is shown in memoir-chapterstyles.pdf). 2. Use less space between the chapter number and the rule

Re: example of layout module for LyX 1.6

2008-08-21 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Oh, Maybe I do understand it. Is a layout module just a chunk of debugged LyX/LaTeX code that would normally go in a layout file, and gets included in the layout file by reference? So you could mix and match layout modules to get a more granular modularization, similar

Re: example of layout module for LyX 1.6

2008-08-21 Thread rgheck
Olivier Ripoll wrote: Steve Litt wrote: So is it a way to write once, use many times? Is it a way to use known-debugged LyX/LaTeX code? And is it a way for all of us to trade debugged and tested code without throwing in every silly little feature we put in our book? I think so. At least

Re: example of layout module for LyX 1.6

2008-08-21 Thread rgheck
G. Milde wrote: On 19.08.08, Steve Litt wrote: I developed these, so let me add a bit. 0) What is a layout module? A file with syntax and content similar to a LyX layout file that can be added to a chosen documentclass' layout definitions on a per-document base. Modules are

Re: Float placement

2008-08-21 Thread Guillaume Larocque
Ok, here are the exact symptoms of the problem. If I have a few floats inserted in a sequence in Lyx, as soon as Latex decides that one float will be on a separate page, all the floats following it will also be placed on a separate page, regardless of their size. That has got to be a bug. I just

Re: No information for converting png format files to eps.

2008-08-21 Thread Pierfranco Minsenti
Hi, I have the same types of poblems affecting managing of images in Lyx 1.5.4 for Mac PowerPC 10.3.9 I have ImageMagick installed and I can insert in Lyx files only PNG images (and PDF, which are not showed in Lyx as a preview), but Lyx refuses to charge other image formats like JPG. Besides,

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread Graham Smith
On 21 Aug 2008, at 11:46, G. Milde wrote: You can use branches, too. (Of course, you will have to (de)activate the branch manually in addition to switching the document class.) I.m not sure I know what you mean by branches. I would be grateful if you could expand on this a little See

Re: Excluding LyX notes from word counts

2008-08-21 Thread Marcelo Acuña
Is there any way to exclude LyX notes from word counts? It seems they are included whether minimised or maximised :( The problem is, now I've peppered my report with comments, it's very difficult to get a word count for the real text. On the same note (and at least in the way I use

Re: Formatting TOC , change vertical distance

2008-08-21 Thread Marcelo Acuña
Hello, is there a way to change the distance between the toc-entries? (tocdepth is 2) I used baselinestretch and parskip. This works for the distance between the subsection-entries. But the vertical distance between the last subsection-entry and the next section-entry ist still very

exam layout

2008-08-21 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
Hello, I have been fighting a little bit to create a layout for exam (http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=exam) So far I have a *small* layout with two styles, one for questions and another for solutions. In the jpg attached you can see the output generated by latex for the

Re: exam layout

2008-08-21 Thread RGH
Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote: Hello, I have been fighting a little bit to create a layout for exam (http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=exam) So far I have a *small* layout with two styles, one for questions and another for solutions. In the jpg attached you can see the

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Graham Smith wrote: > > OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with > > > > \mode {This text is article only} > > > > Is this the only way of doing it? > In 1.5, yes. You can use branches, too. (Of course, you will have to (de)activate the

Re: Fail to create pdf/ps

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, wangyq wrote: > 1. Currently I am writing a lyx document. But I found I cannot convert >lyx file to pdf/ps format. What is the error message? > 2. I wrote a simple "Hello world!" lyx file. Lyx can convert it to pdf >format. So, you could try to copy the failing file and

Re: Re: Fail to create pdf/ps

2008-08-21 Thread wangyq
1. No error massage was found. The conversion just stoped after several seconds. 2. Does the lyx have feedback windows like WinEdit which clearly shows the locations of errors? many thanks! 2008-08-21 wangyq

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Manveru
I had similar problems with \textregistered - plenty issues with that... but finally it starts working. It works when put in ERT. 2008/8/21 Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Rich Shepard wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: >> >> I cannot use \textservicemark without compile

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread Graham Smith
On 21 Aug 2008, at 07:39, G. Milde wrote: On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Graham Smith wrote: OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with \mode {This text is article only} Is this the only way of doing it? In 1.5, yes. You can use branches, too. (Of course, you will

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Graham Smith wrote: > On 21 Aug 2008, at 07:39, G. Milde wrote: >> On 21.08.08, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: >>> Graham Smith wrote: OK one way that works is to use an ERT insert with \mode {This text is article only} Is this the only way of doing it? >>> In 1.5,

font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi everybody Lyx 1.5.4 on Mac OS X leopard I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be a font problem. The error message is: Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found Does anyone know how to fix than on Mac? regards Christiaan

No information for converting png format files to eps.

2008-08-21 Thread Md. Golam Parvez
Hi I am lyx-1.5.6 on Ubuntu 7.04. When I am trying to convert any file to html(ms word). I get the following error [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Invalid option : png:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir1570M1TUf3/lyx_tmpbuf1/0_home_golam_Desktop_ixico-packages-screen-shot_ixico-generic-resources-dilation-folder-tree.png

Re: font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread Konrad Hofbauer
christiaan pauw wrote: I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be a font problem. The error message is: Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found Does the tex-file compile without latex (i.e. using "latex myfile" or

Re: Article-Beamer class - article text only

2008-08-21 Thread Graham Smith
I.m not sure I know what you mean by "branches". I would be grateful if you could expand on this a little See Section 6.8 of the UserGuide. Menu points Document>Settings>Branches and Insert>Branch. Excellent, many thanks for the pointer. Graham

Re: font problems on mac

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
> > > christiaan pauw wrote: > > > I have a tex file that i cannot import into lyx because of what seems to be >> a font problem. The error message is: >> Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not >> found > > > >> Konrad Hofbauer to lyx-users, lyx-users > Does the

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I can't translate the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@symbol2 thing, but we had a discussion about the vagaries of \textservicemark back in February (http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg62336.html). Does this imply that the workaround you found

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Manveru wrote: I had similar problems with \textregistered - plenty issues with that... but finally it starts working. It works when put in ERT. There is no other way to enter these symbols. I've no problems with registered or trademark, only with servicemark. Rich --

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread G. Milde
On 21.08.08, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > No, the workaround still works. I would, however, like to learn why symbol > cannot be produced by the package in which it's defined. There should be a > reason known by some LaTeX guru, and I'd like to expand my

Excluding LyX notes from word counts

2008-08-21 Thread tonderai
Is there any way to exclude LyX notes from word counts? It seems they are included whether minimised or maximised :( The problem is, now I've peppered my report with comments, it's very difficult to get a word count for the "real" text. Any ideas? -- View this message in context:

Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread Nico
Hello, I can't insert tables as floating Table objects. If I do so, there appears following error: ...subsection} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g.,

Re: Interesting thread on Slashdot

2008-08-21 Thread Helge Hafting
killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over 10,000 words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO. I don't want to come off as someone who is purely defensive of LyX but I beg to differ with this point. I write all of my

Re: Excluding LyX notes from word counts

2008-08-21 Thread Konrad Hofbauer
tonderai wrote: Is there any way to exclude LyX notes from word counts? It seems they are included whether minimised or maximised :( The problem is, now I've peppered my report with comments, it's very difficult to get a word count for the "real" text. On the same note (and at least in the way

Re: \textservicemark vs. \texttrademark

2008-08-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, G. Milde wrote: Just a silly guess: did you check the versions of the package and the documentation? Yes. I posted that in my follow-up message. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.

Formatting TOC , change vertical distance

2008-08-21 Thread Robert Neumann
Hello, is there a way to change the distance between the toc-entries? (tocdepth is 2) I used baselinestretch and parskip. This works for the distance between the subsection-entries. But the vertical distance between the last subsection-entry and the next section-entry ist still very big. How do

Trouble importing latex file in Lyx

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi everybody Lyx 1.5.4 on Mac OS X leopard, Texshop 2.14 I have a latex file which is an export from SAS which is basically huge collection of tables that I need to use in a report which i write in Lyx. I want to import the tables into the Lyx document. The TeX document compiles nicely in Texshop

Re: Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread christiaan pauw
Hi Nico I Think the reason is that you have inserted the float inside a subsection heading or something marked as such. You should cut is out and press enter, make use the format type is "standard" and insert it. I should work then. regards Christiaan 2008/8/21 Nico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello,

Re: Trouble importing latex file in Lyx

2008-08-21 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
Hi, I often import big LaTeX tables in LyX ( I generate them with Fortran codes ), without any problem. I import the LaTeX file in a LyX file ( File import Latex ) and then I copy the table in my document. Hope it helps. Siegfried.

Re: Floating Table Objects Error

2008-08-21 Thread Nico
Hello Christian, thanks for the fast reply, but this was not the reason... the float is inserted in the standard environment. Just the error-message points to the subsection environment but at a totally different place of the document. Is there another possibility? regards Nico christiaan

Re: No information for converting png format files to eps.

2008-08-21 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Md. Golam Parvez wrote: Hi I am lyx-1.5.6 on Ubuntu 7.04. When I am trying to convert any file to html(ms word). I get the following error [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Invalid option :

Re: Interesting thread on Slashdot

2008-08-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 21 August 2008 10:24, Helge Hafting wrote: > killermike wrote: > > Steve Litt wrote: > >> Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over > >> 10,000 words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO. > > > > I don't want to come off as someone who is purely

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