Miktex questions

2007-09-05 Thread Hong Son Nghiem
Dear all, Could any please help me with this issue. I have lyx 1.5.1 installed on a windows XP pro SP2 machine. All work fine except when I tried to update or install a Miktex package on the fly. There's always an error messge "failure when receiving data from the peers". I had to download th

RE: Lyx 1.5.1 for Windows crashes on startup

2007-08-13 Thread Hong Son Nghiem
Sorry I remember wrong. Type "regedit" directly at start->run instead of "cmd". Sorry for making a spam. Son -Original Message- From: Hong Son Nghiem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 11:12 AM To: Bryce Ready; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sub

RE: Lyx 1.5.1 for Windows crashes on startup

2007-08-13 Thread Hong Son Nghiem
Hi I faced similar before and I fixed simply by completely uninstall previous version of Lyx. By completely I mean remove things from registry. In windows try start->run then type "cmd" then type "regedit" at prompt then ctrl-F to find Lyx then delete lyx in that registry (alternatively download

Computer algebra system

2007-08-13 Thread Hong Son Nghiem
Hi all, I just curious that anyone has successfully tried the "Use Computer Algebra System" under Edit->math? I've installed Octave and Lyx 1.5.1 and can't use this function. It's not essential and I don't know when I will use it but just want to try. If anyone successes, please share your story

Mission accomplished: Lyx can't print in pdf

2007-08-09 Thread Hong Son Nghiem
as it may be useful information for anyone who use foxit and have similar problem like me. Cheers, Son -Original Message- From: Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2007 5:10 PM To: Hong Son Nghiem; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Lyx can't print in pdf

Lyx can't print in pdf

2007-08-08 Thread Hong Son Nghiem
Hello everyone, I have a little trouble of printing from pdf file created by Lyx. When I print the following error message appear "ioerror OFFENDING COMMAND: imagemask" Luckily, it still print ok from dvi or ps format. Does anyone have any hint for such problem? Thank for any help, Son

Insitutional author in Lyx

2007-08-06 Thread Hong Son Nghiem
Hello everyone, I just install Lyx 1.5 and use JabRef with Nabib selection as a reference. Things works fine so far. However, I would appreciate if anyone can help with two questions: 1) How can I cite author as institution eg. “Department of Industry”, I tried many things like” author={Departme