Re: Beginners introductory tutorials?

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: Hi. Thanks for LyX which I think is an awesome piece of software! Are there any introductory screencast tutorials that will show a complete beginner how to use LyX to do some basic eiting tasks, and then how to generate

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Before answering your questions I should state that I come from a long background of using latex. As stated by one of the other replies, if you use a standard style and modify it using some of the menu options available then Lyx is very easy to use. However, if you wish to customise the styles

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011/10/17 Johnston81 johnsto...@gmail.com: To the ones that can and will help, I apologize if this has already been covered in another topic; I have searched but been unable to find any such. If, however, you know of such topics, if you could please point me in the right direction? My

Beamer and greyed-out items

Dear all. In a beamer presentation I would like to have greyed-out items after a pause environment. Right now they do not appear until it is their turn to appear. For me it is easier to know in advance what are the items I'm going to talk about in each slide, so I don't start wandering around,

Adding space in the LyX interface

Hello everyone Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Along the same lines, is it possible to add a margin in the user interface? I personally find the text more readable with space between the paragraphs (as in

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On 17. okt. 2011 18:49, Johnston81 wrote: [...] My current situation is this: I am working on my Master Thesis and currently doing my research and such. As it is now, I am uncertain how large my final project will be - I imagine that the final document will probably exceed 100 pages, but where I

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

I have written my 300 pages thesis completely in LyX, with many tables, equations and figures. It is not really a problem if you can work on one of the standard classes, like Memoir. If you have to adapt to a particular format/layout it can be a hell at the beginning, but afterwards it will become

RE: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Hi! I'm also writing my thesis with Lyx. My biggest problem is .doc template. If I open it on Libreoffice, OpenOffice or MS Office with different versions I get subtle changes in printout. For example vertical space before image might change little and lines length differ. Then there is the

Re: Adding space in the LyX interface

On 10/18/2011 05:47 AM, Mathias Madsen wrote: Hello everyone Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Along the same lines, is it possible to add a margin in the user interface? I personally find the text more

Re: Adding space in the LyX interface

Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Not exactly more space, but there's a --Separator-- in most layouts (choose it where you choose paragraph styles: Standard, Section, Title...) Along the same lines, is

About the tikz/pgf in lyx

hi everyone, I am adapting the tikz figures into lyx. I can generate tikz codes in a separated file, name with *.tikz. The idea is to generate tikz codes for drawing in each file but control their styles globally. The line width, font size, colors or other styles will be consistent throughout the

Tex Code for a specific class type

Hello, I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to define some animations operations, examples \only1-{pgf code}. However, for my article document, I do not want to invoke the animation operations codes. I wonder if we can determine the document type, if it is beamer, then

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

On 10/18/2011 01:18 PM, Wei-Dong Lian wrote: Hello, I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to define some animations operations, examples \only1-{pgf code}. However, for my article document, I do not want to invoke the animation operations codes. I wonder if we can

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tuesday 18 October 2011 18:41:35 Virgil Arrington wrote: If it's helpful, attached is a booklet I wrote about LyX. I prepared it as an exercise in order to learn how to use LyX. After performing this exercise, I would definitely try using LyX or a plain LaTeX editor for a thesis. But,

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: On Tuesday 18 October 2011 18:41:35 Virgil Arrington wrote: If it's helpful, attached is a booklet I wrote about LyX. I prepared it as an exercise in order to learn how to use LyX. After performing this

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Wei-Dong Lian weidong.l...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to define some animations operations, examples \only1-{pgf code}. However, for my article document, I do not want to invoke the animation

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Here's the LyX file. I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it there as well. Virgil Hi, Virgil, I enjoyed your booklet about LyX. Would you also share the lyx file with the community? That would be the best way of learning for a beginner. Lyx-Booklet.lyx

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tuesday 18 October 2011 20:49:55 Virgil Arrington wrote: Here's the LyX file. Thanks a lot, that helps quite a bit (eg the content of the preamble) Wolfgang I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it there as well. Virgil Hi, Virgil, I enjoyed your

Creating References

Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably

Re: Creating References

How are you trying to go about creating your list? It is pretty simple, actually. Manolo On 10/18/11 at 02:35pm, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib -chris

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib *blush* Two slashes needed after http:, of course.

Re: Creating References

On 10/18/2011 09:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). There are two ways - by using or not using a .bib (bibtex) file 1. without using

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 07:04:41 AM Hannu Vuolasaho wrote: Hi! I'm also writing my thesis with Lyx. My biggest problem is .doc template. If I open it on Libreoffice, OpenOffice or MS Office with different versions I get subtle changes in printout. For example vertical space before

Re: Creating References

On 10/18/2011 03:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web

Help With (Section*) LyX and Index of the Document *Critical*

Hello, I have been using LyX for while, I've prepared my thesis and I have a problem with the index and the PDF file. I'll try to be as clear as possible here. -Things to know: I'm using Document type article *Clarifying this with my real example * In mi case with the two first chapters:

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Hi Virgil, Congratulations and thank you for providing first-class LyX documentation. I hope you post on your website both that PDF and the .lyx and .layout files that produced it, and then place a link to them on the LyX wiki. I agree with almost everything you say in your document, and will

Re: Help With (Section*) LyX and Index of the Document *Critical*

Why don't you use a more fitting document class? Many around here have used ClassicThesis. Also, there are a lot of book classes, KOMA-Script book being a fairly popular one. Manolo On 10/18/11 at 04:23pm, Kenedy Torcatt wrote: Hello, I have been using LyX for while, I've prepared my thesis and

Re: Help With (Section*) LyX and Index of the Document *Critical*

On 18/10/2011 10:53 PM, Kenedy Torcatt wrote: Hello, I have been using LyX for while, I've prepared my thesis and I have a problem with the index and the PDF file. I'll try to be as clear as possible here. -Things to know: I'm using Document type article *Clarifying this with my real example *

Re: Help With (Section*) LyX and Index of the Document *Critical*

On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 04:53:58 PM Kenedy Torcatt wrote: Hello, I have been using LyX for while, I've prepared my thesis and I have a problem with the index and the PDF file. I'll try to be as clear as possible here. -Things to know: I'm using Document type article *Clarifying this

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Steve, Thank you very much for your input. If it makes any sense, I totally agree with your disagreements. I have been an OpenOffice user for over a decade. A few years ago, I became interested in typography, and soon became frustrated with the typographic limitations of OpenOffice.

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

I may be reiterating points here, but: I wrote my Master's Thesis (75 pages) in LaTeX, in preference over Xywrite (think of it as a DOS-based, pre-Word Word) at the insistence of my thesis advisor -- thank you Dr. Enge! Then I spent the next fifteen years wishing I could be using LaTeX instead

Borders in multi-row Table Elements

See the attached document in Lyx. Then see it in pdf. The two places on the right where rows are combined lose the border in the transition. What's wrong? How can I fix this? -- Tim Wescott www.wescottdesign.com Control Communications systems, circuit software design. test.lyx

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

hi, Yes, you were right. I did not use beamer article but the ordinary article and elesvier article. Then I got error message. wd On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Wei-Dong Lian weidong.l...@gmail.com wrote: Hello,

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

hi Richard, Thanks a lot for your suggestion. The problem is that my pgf codes are generated in several external files. In this case, the branch can not be used, since I assume that branch is controlled by lyx not implemented by Tex code. I can employ the branch in my external files. weidong On

Re: Beamer and greyed-out items

Julio Rojas jcredberry at gmail.com writes: Dear all. In a beamer presentation I would like to have greyed-out items after a pause environment. Right now they do not appear until it is their turn to appear. For me it is easier to know in advance what are the items I'm going to talk about in

Arial fonts LyX Windows

Hello, first of all, I'm a windows user. I've installed LyX 2.0 recently and I saw that now we can use the windows fonts selecting them in a drop down menu after tick No tex typography. My problem is that when i do that I always get an LyX error saying: \char_make_active:n {20}% The control

Re: Beginners introductory tutorials?

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: Hi. Thanks for LyX which I think is an awesome piece of software! Are there any introductory screencast tutorials that will show a complete beginner how to use LyX to do some basic eiting tasks, and then how to generate

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Before answering your questions I should state that I come from a long background of using latex. As stated by one of the other replies, if you use a standard style and modify it using some of the menu options available then Lyx is very easy to use. However, if you wish to customise the styles

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011/10/17 Johnston81 johnsto...@gmail.com: To the ones that can and will help, I apologize if this has already been covered in another topic; I have searched but been unable to find any such. If, however, you know of such topics, if you could please point me in the right direction? My

Beamer and greyed-out items

Dear all. In a beamer presentation I would like to have greyed-out items after a pause environment. Right now they do not appear until it is their turn to appear. For me it is easier to know in advance what are the items I'm going to talk about in each slide, so I don't start wandering around,

Adding space in the LyX interface

Hello everyone Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Along the same lines, is it possible to add a margin in the user interface? I personally find the text more readable with space between the paragraphs (as in

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On 17. okt. 2011 18:49, Johnston81 wrote: [...] My current situation is this: I am working on my Master Thesis and currently doing my research and such. As it is now, I am uncertain how large my final project will be - I imagine that the final document will probably exceed 100 pages, but where I

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

I have written my 300 pages thesis completely in LyX, with many tables, equations and figures. It is not really a problem if you can work on one of the standard classes, like Memoir. If you have to adapt to a particular format/layout it can be a hell at the beginning, but afterwards it will become

RE: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Hi! I'm also writing my thesis with Lyx. My biggest problem is .doc template. If I open it on Libreoffice, OpenOffice or MS Office with different versions I get subtle changes in printout. For example vertical space before image might change little and lines length differ. Then there is the

Re: Adding space in the LyX interface

On 10/18/2011 05:47 AM, Mathias Madsen wrote: Hello everyone Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Along the same lines, is it possible to add a margin in the user interface? I personally find the text more

Re: Adding space in the LyX interface

Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Not exactly more space, but there's a --Separator-- in most layouts (choose it where you choose paragraph styles: Standard, Section, Title...) Along the same lines, is

About the tikz/pgf in lyx

hi everyone, I am adapting the tikz figures into lyx. I can generate tikz codes in a separated file, name with *.tikz. The idea is to generate tikz codes for drawing in each file but control their styles globally. The line width, font size, colors or other styles will be consistent throughout the

Tex Code for a specific class type

Hello, I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to define some animations operations, examples \only1-{pgf code}. However, for my article document, I do not want to invoke the animation operations codes. I wonder if we can determine the document type, if it is beamer, then

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

On 10/18/2011 01:18 PM, Wei-Dong Lian wrote: Hello, I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to define some animations operations, examples \only1-{pgf code}. However, for my article document, I do not want to invoke the animation operations codes. I wonder if we can

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tuesday 18 October 2011 18:41:35 Virgil Arrington wrote: If it's helpful, attached is a booklet I wrote about LyX. I prepared it as an exercise in order to learn how to use LyX. After performing this exercise, I would definitely try using LyX or a plain LaTeX editor for a thesis. But,

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote: On Tuesday 18 October 2011 18:41:35 Virgil Arrington wrote: If it's helpful, attached is a booklet I wrote about LyX. I prepared it as an exercise in order to learn how to use LyX. After performing this

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Wei-Dong Lian weidong.l...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to define some animations operations, examples \only1-{pgf code}. However, for my article document, I do not want to invoke the animation

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Here's the LyX file. I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it there as well. Virgil Hi, Virgil, I enjoyed your booklet about LyX. Would you also share the lyx file with the community? That would be the best way of learning for a beginner. Lyx-Booklet.lyx

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tuesday 18 October 2011 20:49:55 Virgil Arrington wrote: Here's the LyX file. Thanks a lot, that helps quite a bit (eg the content of the preamble) Wolfgang I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it there as well. Virgil Hi, Virgil, I enjoyed your

Creating References

Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably

Re: Creating References

How are you trying to go about creating your list? It is pretty simple, actually. Manolo On 10/18/11 at 02:35pm, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib -chris

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib *blush* Two slashes needed after http:, of course.

Re: Creating References

On 10/18/2011 09:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). There are two ways - by using or not using a .bib (bibtex) file 1. without using

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 07:04:41 AM Hannu Vuolasaho wrote: Hi! I'm also writing my thesis with Lyx. My biggest problem is .doc template. If I open it on Libreoffice, OpenOffice or MS Office with different versions I get subtle changes in printout. For example vertical space before

Re: Creating References

On 10/18/2011 03:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web

Help With (Section*) LyX and Index of the Document *Critical*

Hello, I have been using LyX for while, I've prepared my thesis and I have a problem with the index and the PDF file. I'll try to be as clear as possible here. -Things to know: I'm using Document type article *Clarifying this with my real example * In mi case with the two first chapters:

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Hi Virgil, Congratulations and thank you for providing first-class LyX documentation. I hope you post on your website both that PDF and the .lyx and .layout files that produced it, and then place a link to them on the LyX wiki. I agree with almost everything you say in your document, and will

Re: Help With (Section*) LyX and Index of the Document *Critical*

Why don't you use a more fitting document class? Many around here have used ClassicThesis. Also, there are a lot of book classes, KOMA-Script book being a fairly popular one. Manolo On 10/18/11 at 04:23pm, Kenedy Torcatt wrote: Hello, I have been using LyX for while, I've prepared my thesis and

Re: Help With (Section*) LyX and Index of the Document *Critical*

On 18/10/2011 10:53 PM, Kenedy Torcatt wrote: Hello, I have been using LyX for while, I've prepared my thesis and I have a problem with the index and the PDF file. I'll try to be as clear as possible here. -Things to know: I'm using Document type article *Clarifying this with my real example *

Re: Help With (Section*) LyX and Index of the Document *Critical*

On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 04:53:58 PM Kenedy Torcatt wrote: Hello, I have been using LyX for while, I've prepared my thesis and I have a problem with the index and the PDF file. I'll try to be as clear as possible here. -Things to know: I'm using Document type article *Clarifying this

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Steve, Thank you very much for your input. If it makes any sense, I totally agree with your disagreements. I have been an OpenOffice user for over a decade. A few years ago, I became interested in typography, and soon became frustrated with the typographic limitations of OpenOffice.

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

I may be reiterating points here, but: I wrote my Master's Thesis (75 pages) in LaTeX, in preference over Xywrite (think of it as a DOS-based, pre-Word Word) at the insistence of my thesis advisor -- thank you Dr. Enge! Then I spent the next fifteen years wishing I could be using LaTeX instead

Borders in multi-row Table Elements

See the attached document in Lyx. Then see it in pdf. The two places on the right where rows are combined lose the border in the transition. What's wrong? How can I fix this? -- Tim Wescott www.wescottdesign.com Control Communications systems, circuit software design. test.lyx

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

hi, Yes, you were right. I did not use beamer article but the ordinary article and elesvier article. Then I got error message. wd On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Wei-Dong Lian weidong.l...@gmail.com wrote: Hello,

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

hi Richard, Thanks a lot for your suggestion. The problem is that my pgf codes are generated in several external files. In this case, the branch can not be used, since I assume that branch is controlled by lyx not implemented by Tex code. I can employ the branch in my external files. weidong On

Re: Beamer and greyed-out items

Julio Rojas jcredberry at gmail.com writes: Dear all. In a beamer presentation I would like to have greyed-out items after a pause environment. Right now they do not appear until it is their turn to appear. For me it is easier to know in advance what are the items I'm going to talk about in

Arial fonts LyX Windows

Hello, first of all, I'm a windows user. I've installed LyX 2.0 recently and I saw that now we can use the windows fonts selecting them in a drop down menu after tick No tex typography. My problem is that when i do that I always get an LyX error saying: \char_make_active:n {20}% The control

Re: Beginners introductory tutorials?

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > Hi. Thanks for LyX which I think is an awesome piece of software! > > Are there any introductory screencast tutorials that will show a complete > beginner how to use LyX to do some basic eiting tasks, and then how to >

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Before answering your questions I should state that I come from a long background of using latex. As stated by one of the other replies, if you use a standard style and modify it using some of the menu options available then Lyx is very easy to use. However, if you wish to customise the styles

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

2011/10/17 Johnston81 : > To the ones that can and will help, > > I apologize if this has already been covered in another topic; I have > searched but been unable to find any such. If, however, you know of such > topics, if you could please point me in the right direction? >

Beamer and greyed-out items

Dear all. In a beamer presentation I would like to have greyed-out items after a pause environment. Right now they do not appear until it is their turn to appear. For me it is easier to know in advance what are the items I'm going to talk about in each slide, so I don't start wandering around,

Adding space in the LyX interface

Hello everyone Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Along the same lines, is it possible to add a margin in the user interface? I personally find the text more readable with space between the paragraphs (as in

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On 17. okt. 2011 18:49, Johnston81 wrote: [...] My current situation is this: I am working on my Master Thesis and currently doing my research and such. As it is now, I am uncertain how large my final project will be - I imagine that the final document will probably exceed 100 pages, but where I

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

I have written my 300 pages thesis completely in LyX, with many tables, equations and figures. It is not really a problem if you can work on one of the standard classes, like Memoir. If you have to adapt to a particular format/layout it can be a hell at the beginning, but afterwards it will become

RE: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Hi! I'm also writing my thesis with Lyx. My biggest problem is .doc template. If I open it on Libreoffice, OpenOffice or MS Office with different versions I get subtle changes in printout. For example vertical space before image might change little and lines length differ. Then there is the

Re: Adding space in the LyX interface

On 10/18/2011 05:47 AM, Mathias Madsen wrote: > Hello everyone > > Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs > in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Along the same > lines, is it possible to add a margin in the user interface? > > I personally find the text

Re: Adding space in the LyX interface

Does anyone know if it's possible to add more space between paragraphs in the LyX user interface (i.e., not the output)? Not exactly more space, but there's a --Separator-- in most layouts (choose it where you choose paragraph styles: Standard, Section, Title...) Along the same lines, is

About the tikz/pgf in lyx

hi everyone, I am adapting the tikz figures into lyx. I can generate tikz codes in a separated file, name with *.tikz. The idea is to generate tikz codes for drawing in each file but control their styles globally. The line width, font size, colors or other styles will be consistent throughout the

Tex Code for a specific class type

Hello, I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to define some animations operations, examples \only<1->{pgf code}. However, for my article document, I do not want to invoke the animation operations codes. I wonder if we can determine the document type, if it is beamer,

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

On 10/18/2011 01:18 PM, Wei-Dong Lian wrote: > Hello, > > I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to > define some animations operations, examples \only<1->{pgf code}. > However, for my article document, I do not want to invoke the > animation operations codes. I wonder if

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tuesday 18 October 2011 18:41:35 Virgil Arrington wrote: > If it's helpful, attached is a booklet I wrote about LyX. I prepared it > as an exercise in order to learn how to use LyX. > > After performing this exercise, I would definitely try using LyX or a > plain LaTeX editor for a thesis. >

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > On Tuesday 18 October 2011 18:41:35 Virgil Arrington wrote: >> If it's helpful, attached is a booklet I wrote about LyX. I prepared it >> as an exercise in order to learn how to use LyX. >> >> After

Re: Tex Code for a specific class type

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Wei-Dong Lian wrote: > Hello, > I have a small problem in using the pgf codes. In beamer, I need to define > some animations operations, examples \only<1->{pgf code}. However, for my > article document, I do not want to invoke the animation

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

Here's the LyX file. I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it there as well. Virgil Hi, Virgil, I enjoyed your booklet about LyX. Would you also share the lyx file with the community? That would be the best way of learning for a beginner. Lyx-Booklet.lyx

Re: Engineering student considering LyX for Thesis

On Tuesday 18 October 2011 20:49:55 Virgil Arrington wrote: > Here's the LyX file. Thanks a lot, that helps quite a bit (eg the content of the preamble) Wolfgang > > I've never used the Wiki, but I'll try to figure it out and post it > there as well. > > Virgil > > > Hi, Virgil, > > I

Creating References

Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably

Re: Creating References

How are you trying to go about creating your list? It is pretty simple, actually. Manolo On 10/18/11 at 02:35pm, William Hanson wrote: > Dear All, > > I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm > now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of >

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: > Dear All, > > I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm > now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). > The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: > Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: > > http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib -chris

Re: Creating References

On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: > On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: >> Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: >> >> http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org > > Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib *blush* Two slashes needed after "http:",

Re: Creating References

On 10/18/2011 09:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). There are two ways - by using or not using a .bib (bibtex) file 1. without using

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