Re: .tex to LyX (attached file)

2009-05-15 Thread rgheck
daniel pereira wrote: Hello, I tried to import the attached .tex file into LyX (File > Import > LaTeX (plain). When trying to generate the PDF, I am getting a "Undefined Control Sequence" error for every ERT on the text. Many thanks for any advice, This is not a valid LaTeX file, for one t

.tex to LyX (attached file)

2009-05-15 Thread daniel pereira
Hello, I tried to import the attached .tex file into LyX (File > Import > LaTeX (plain). When trying to generate the PDF, I am getting a "Undefined Control Sequence" error for every ERT on the text. Many thanks for any advice, chapter1.tex Description: Binary data

Re: frozen lyx are more frequents

2009-05-15 Thread Marcelo Acuña
> > With "frozen lyx" I mean that lyx not respond anymore > except for F2 key > > for save the document. With 1.6.1 I encountered this > bug after 3 or 4 > > hours of work. Now, I have this problem in 1 hour > (but, with 1.6.2 I > > changed Linux from opensuse 11.1 to debian lenny 5.0. > I don´t k

Re: scrbook and width of float

2009-05-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Johannes Knaus schrieb: I cannot follow you. What stars do you mean? Why do you need stars in a float and what is your desired output (do you have a screenshot or PDF from your WYSIWYG program)? Well, the stars (*) in the LyX-file I posted. Here's a screenshot taken from OpenOffice with the

Re: two questions about figures

2009-05-15 Thread Yago
You can try to use ERT code like this: \begin{figure}[H] % You will need to use the package "float" for the use of option H \centering \includegraphics[width=xx, or width=xx\textwidth or scale=xx]{your graphic file} \caption{your caption} % You will need the package "ccaption" for th

Re: scrbook and width of float

2009-05-15 Thread Johannes Knaus
No, but this is maybe a more general thing. I use tables in my example to properly set the stars in a vertical line above each other. I didn't know better. In a WYSWYG-Software I would use tabstops to get this formatting. But there is no easy way to achieve this in Lyx/Latex, or – well – th

Re: Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dominik Waßenhoven schrieb: Sounds like a Python config problem. You have installed Python manually, so I guess that you need Python for other programs than LyX too, right? Do the other programs work for you? I cannot recall why I installed it manually, and I don't use it on a regular basis.

Re: scrbook and width of float

2009-05-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Johannes Knaus schrieb: So, if I understand the whole thing right, if I insert a figure, I can set it to 100% col but if I insert a table I can only set the width-percentages for each table column not for the whole table. Is that right? Yes. So if I have a table with let's say 10 columns, I

Re: Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Dominik »Ingrid« Waßenhoven wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: > >> You problem is not the PATH (for binaries) but the PYTHONPATH (for >> Python modules). > > This seems not to be the problem, either. I tried the following: Okay, further experiments brought me to the solution: I tried to import 'os'

Re: Using counters

2009-05-15 Thread obregonmateo
We're getting close! On Friday 15 May 2009, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-05-15, obregonma...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Friday 15 May 2009, Helge Hafting wrote: > >> obregonma...@gmail.com wrote: > > >> > I want to have a counter (experiment) that uses roman numerals and > >> > is sequential throu

Re: Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Guenter Milde wrote: > You problem is not the PATH (for binaries) but the PYTHONPATH (for > Python modules). This seems not to be the problem, either. I tried the following: ,-- ¦ >python ¦ Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit ¦ (Intel)] on win32 ¦ Type "help", "co

Re: Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Guenter Milde schrieb: > Could you try from the command line:: > > DOS-PROMPT#: python > Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Feb 17 2009, 20:16:45) > [GCC 4.3.3] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import os > > ? What should happen? There is

Re: convert figures to pdf

2009-05-15 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-05-15, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: >> I try to run pdflatex on a terminal to get an aux file (and to run the tex >> file without lyx, because I have difficulties with it under lyx). >> Apparently all the figures have to be in pdf format. > No, pdflatex can embed PNG, J

Re: Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-05-15, Dominik Waßenhoven wrote: > Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> Sounds like a Python config problem. You have installed Python >> manually, so I guess that you need Python for other programs than LyX >> too, right? Do the other programs work for you? > I cannot recall why I installed it manually,

Re: scrbook and width of float

2009-05-15 Thread Johannes Knaus
Am 14.05.2009 um 21:06 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: Tables cannot be broken horizontally when they are too wide, therefore your float is too wide. So you have to assure that the table fits the width. I corrected your example see attached. So, if I understand the whole thing right, if I insert a figu

Re: Using counters

2009-05-15 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-05-15, obregonma...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday 15 May 2009, Helge Hafting wrote: >> obregonma...@gmail.com wrote: >> > I want to have a counter (experiment) that uses roman numerals and >> > is sequential throughout the chapters. I figure that a module is the >> > right way about this, s

Re: Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Sounds like a Python config problem. You have installed Python manually, so I > guess that you need > Python for other programs than LyX too, right? Do the other programs work for > you? I cannot recall why I installed it manually, and I don't use it on a regular basis. >

Re: Using counters

2009-05-15 Thread obregonmateo
On Friday 15 May 2009, Helge Hafting wrote: > obregonma...@gmail.com wrote: > > I've gone through the docs, wikis and examples, and I need a helping hand. > > > > I want to have a counter (experiment) that uses roman numerals and is > > sequential throughout the chapters. I figure that a module

Re: Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dominik Waßenhoven schrieb: if I try to re-configure LyX, it fails. The following is shown when I start LyX with '-dbg lyxrc': ,-- ¦ File ".../configure.py", line 11, in ¦ import sys, os, re, shutil, glob ¦ ImportError: No module named os ` The module os (os.py) is in 'C:\Programme\Py

Re: convert figures to pdf

2009-05-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: I try to run pdflatex on a terminal to get an aux file (and to run the tex file without lyx, because I have difficulties with it under lyx). Apparently all the figures have to be in pdf format. No pdflatex can embed PNG, JPG/JPEG, and PDF (perhaps also GIF). But Ly

Re: convert figures to pdf

2009-05-15 Thread I Wayan Warmada
--- On Fri, 5/15/09, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > I try to run pdflatex on a terminal to get an aux file (and > to run the tex file without lyx, because I have difficulties > with it under lyx). > Apparently all the figures have to be in pdf format. How > would I get them from running lyx, prefe

convert figures to pdf

2009-05-15 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Dear LyX users, I try to run pdflatex on a terminal to get an aux file (and to run the tex file without lyx, because I have difficulties with it under lyx). Apparently all the figures have to be in pdf format. How would I get them from running lyx, preferentially in the same directory as the pre

Re: Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-15 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-05-15, Helge Hafting wrote: > James C. Sutherland wrote: >> On May 12, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >>> James C. Sutherland schrieb: ... > ... Existing documents can be fixed by setting them all to the same > language, and then use "select all" and revert any language settings > usin

Re: Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Dominik »Ingrid« Waßenhoven wrote: > Dear LyX users, > > if I try to re-configure LyX, it fails. Sorry, I forgot to mention: - Windows XP SP3 - LyX 1.6.2, installed with Uwe's Alt-Installer Regards, Dominik.-

Re: Using counters

2009-05-15 Thread Helge Hafting
obregonma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone- I've gone through the docs, wikis and examples, and I need a helping hand. I want to have a counter (experiment) that uses roman numerals and is sequential throughout the chapters. I figure that a module is the right way about this, so I have a modul

Re: Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-15 Thread Helge Hafting
James C. Sutherland wrote: On May 12, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: James C. Sutherland schrieb: Is there a way of disabling "Language Support" in LyX? Every time that I paste text between documents I get blue underlining of the text and have to "reset" the language to get rid of it.

Configure fails

2009-05-15 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Dear LyX users, if I try to re-configure LyX, it fails. The following is shown when I start LyX with '-dbg lyxrc': ,-- ¦ File ".../configure.py", line 11, in ¦ import sys, os, re, shutil, glob ¦ ImportError: No module named os ` The module os (os.py) is in 'C:\Programme\Python\Lib', and