Re: LyX/Mac 1.4.0pre4 (with new installer) -- testers wanted

2006-02-13 Thread Marc D.
On 13 Feb 06, at 10:48, Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: "Marc D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:27 AM Subject: Re: LyX/Mac 1.4.0pre4 (with new installer) -- testers wanted On 6 Feb 06, at 10:13, Bennett Helm wrote: I&#

Re: LyX/Mac 1.4.0pre4 (with new installer) -- testers wanted

2006-02-13 Thread Marc D.
On 6 Feb 06, at 10:13, Bennett Helm wrote: I've made a version of LyX/Mac 1.4.0pre4 available here: My apologies if this is covered elsewhere, but will this version allow me to decide if I want bindings for the "C-" key (in *.bind) to be for rather than Apple's key? Have any of the people

Re: LyX is getting... very annoying.

2006-02-04 Thread Marc D.
(oops, sent to wrong mailbox due to reply-to settings) On 2 Feb 06, at 00:09, Helge Hafting wrote: Marc D. wrote: I have created a rather large lyx file (all my course notes). In one section, I can't get it to work. I have reduced the problem to a minimum. There are 3 characters

LyX is getting... very annoying.

2006-02-01 Thread Marc D.
I have created a rather large lyx file (all my course notes). In one section, I can't get it to work. I have reduced the problem to a minimum. There are 3 characters on my screen, in two lines. I get SIX errors with those 3 characters. Answer: it's the \textmf that causes ALL six errors. (an

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-28 Thread Marc D.
On 28 Jan 06, at 08:33, Georg Baum wrote: Am Samstag, 28. Januar 2006 17:14 schrieb Marc D.: The defaults do not seem to work under MacOSX, in that they specify xpdf rather than "open" to view files. This is probably fine if the user is using XWindows subsystem to run LyX, but

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-28 Thread Marc D.
On 28 Jan 06, at 04:10, Stephen Harris wrote: [...] Hello Marc, I came to the same conclusion about using the defaults. I use the defaults with Windows and Lyx 1.3.7 and on Linux Fedora4 which has LyX1.3.6. On both systems I can use the DVI, all 3 pdf and the postscript viewers, in order to vi

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-28 Thread Marc D.
On 28 Jan 06, at 03:10, Georg Baum wrote: Am Freitag, 27. Januar 2006 22:07 schrieb Paul A. Rubin: In your preferences file, I found the following: \format "pdf" "pdf" "PDF (pdflatex)" "" \format "pdf2" "pdf" "PDF (ps to pdf)" "" Note that the labels for the pdf and pdf2 extensions are actua

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-27 Thread Marc D.
On 27 Jan 06, at 18:08, Marc D. wrote: On 27 Jan 06, at 12:50, Herbert Voss wrote: Marc D. wrote: I have a LaTeX -> PDF (ps to pdf) option that says: Converter: pdflatex $$i extra flag: latex Now that the homework has been handed in (manual cut and paste of images) I've posted

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-27 Thread Marc D.
On 27 Jan 06, at 12:50, Herbert Voss wrote: Marc D. wrote: I have a LaTeX -> PDF (ps to pdf) option that says: Converter: pdflatex $$i extra flag: latex Now that the homework has been handed in (manual cut and paste of images) I've posted the .lyx file to http://ryuu.ca/lyx, along

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-27 Thread Marc D.
On 27 Jan 06, at 13:04, Herbert Voss wrote: Herbert Voss wrote: Marc D. wrote: I have a LaTeX -> PDF (ps to pdf) option that says: Converter: pdflatex $$i extra flag: latex Now that the homework has been handed in (manual cut and paste of images) I've posted the .lyx file

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-27 Thread Marc D.
On 27 Jan 06, at 10:17, Herbert Voss wrote: Marc D. wrote: Any suggestions on how I can go about changing the behaviour of lyx? I was unaware that I had control over the LaTeX that LyX outputs. I'm more than willing and able to read documentation, but I'd appreciate being poin

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-27 Thread Marc D.
On 27 Jan 06, at 07:12, Herbert Voss wrote: Stephen Harris wrote: It seems my idea about converting the .eps file to .jpg format was not the best way to proceed, but instead to use epstopdf. eps to jpg is the wrong way, convert them _always_ to pdf with epstopdf. The preamble to the LaT

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Marc D.
On 26 Jan 06, at 02:21, Georg Baum wrote: Marc D. wrote: I have tested the 3 images in a standalone file, and the images display fine using the PDF (ps to pdf) option. It looks like the 3rd image, specified as eps rather than jpg, is converted to pdf before the tex file is created. What

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Marc D.
On 26 Jan 06, at 01:06, Georg Baum wrote: Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: In my experience (1.3.5) LyX converts jpegs to an EPS automagically. Only for dvi output, but he runs pdflatex. LyX does not convert to eps in this case. And above it does say "type eps"... I overread this. That is very

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Marc D.
On 25 Jan 06, at 14:39, Marc D. wrote: I have a file that processes fine using "PDF (ps to pdf)" option. When I insert a graphic, it then gives me a single error: LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in /tmp/ lyx_tmpdir7937ASk7yo/ly ...van_courses_current_320_assign

Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-25 Thread Marc D.
I have a file that processes fine using "PDF (ps to pdf)" option. When I insert a graphic, it then gives me a single error: LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in /tmp/ lyx_tmpdir7937ASk7yo/ly ...van_courses_current_320_assign_a1-3b.jpg} The only difference in the two files is: as

Re: blank images in preview (Lyx 1.3.7, MacOSX 10.4.4)

2006-01-23 Thread Marc D.
On 23 Jan 06, at 20:03, Bennett Helm wrote: On Jan 23, 2006, at 7:58 PM, Marc D. wrote: The problem is that although I can see the included images in the LyX screen, I cannot see the images when I select View --> PDF (pdflatex). I can't even get Preview to show anything if I pick t

Re: blank images in preview (Lyx 1.3.7, MacOSX 10.4.4)

2006-01-23 Thread Marc D.
On 23 Jan 06, at 18:03, Todd Denniston wrote: Marc D. wrote: The problem is that although I can see the included images in the LyX screen, I cannot see the images when I select View --> PDF (pdflatex). I can't even get Preview to show anything if I pick the other two options (dvidpdm

Re: blank images in preview (Lyx 1.3.7, MacOSX 10.4.4)

2006-01-23 Thread Marc D.
On 23 Jan 06, at 17:11, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Hi Marc, One of the experts here can probably help, but in the meantime maybe some clarification might be useful. Always Marc D. writes: The problem is that although I can see the included images in the LyX screen, I cannot see the images

blank images in preview (Lyx 1.3.7, MacOSX 10.4.4)

2006-01-23 Thread Marc D.
The problem is that although I can see the included images in the LyX screen, I cannot see the images when I select View --> PDF (pdflatex). I can't even get Preview to show anything if I pick the other two options (dvidpdm and 'ps to pdf'). With pdflatex, the PDF comes up, the text is there, but