Cannot get spell check to work on LyX 2.3.0 and Mac OS 10.13.4 (High Sierra)

2018-04-23 Thread Marshall Feldman
I'm having a devil of a time trying to get spell check working with LyX 2.3.0 and Mac OS 10.13.4. I have similar configurations on two other computers, and the spell check does seem to work there. But on this one, whenever I issue Tools > Spellchecker..., LyX throws the error message, "Spell ch

Re: image locations

2018-03-28 Thread Marshall Feldman
;m using. On 3/28/18 12:19 AM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 03/27/2018 01:56 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: Hi, I'll hold off for now, as I may have found the problem by accident, and it's the weirdest thing. It seems that when I insert a graphic located in the same

Re: image locations

2018-03-27 Thread Marshall Feldman
ank you, thank you so much for your help.     Marsh On 3/26/18 5:09 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 03/26/2018 04:56 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: Sorry, Paul. I usually list version and OS first things, but this time it slipped my mind. I'm using LyX 2.3.0 on a iMac running Mac O

image locations

2018-03-23 Thread Marshall Feldman
I am writing a paper with using this structure (simplified for explanation): paper_root/master_document.lyx paper_root/part1/part1.lyx paper_root/part2/part2.lyx paper_root/part3/part3.lyx I have it set up so that, for example, I can work on part2.lyx and compile it to view only

Is there a way to do this without ERT

2017-02-18 Thread Marshall Feldman
I just finished laying out my first floating figure with subfloats (in a 2x2 matrix). But to get it to work the way I want, I had to use ERT, and I'm wondering if this is really necessary. If it is necessary, then consider this a feature request for LyX to do this automatically. First, some ba

Using child documents as appendices (Document > Start_Appendix_Here question)

2017-02-18 Thread Marshall Feldman
I have a long document that I’ve broken up into child documents. Each child resides in a subfolder of the parent, master document. For writing purposes, I find it best to compose each child document individually. And for proof-reading, to compile the child document I’m working on. This poses a

Spell check, babel, multiple languages, and undefined control sequence error.

2016-08-11 Thread Marshall Feldman
I'm using the memoir class to produce a LyX document that's mainly written in U.S. English but has several quotes that use British (UK) English. So when I put the document through LyX's spell check and came to words like "behaviours," I just marked them as UK English. But when I tried to compile th

Biblatex no longer working after upgrade (!?)

2016-07-07 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hi, Yesterday I updated my system to use MacTeX 2016 and LyX 2.2.0. After doing so, I can no longer use biblatex for a relatively simple document (title page, abstract page, and 1 page of text). Instead, compiling the pdf throws an error message: "Error: Found biblatex control file version 2.6, ex

Re: LyX Crashes when attaching a browsed .bib file

2013-07-27 Thread Marshall Feldman
d_layout \end_inset This is the diagram. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \end_layout \end_body \end_document %% This BibTeX bibliography file was created using BibDesk. %% http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/ %% Created for Marshall Feldman at 2013-07-25

Re: Spanners in tables

2013-04-28 Thread Marshall Feldman
proach. See the second table in the attached file. Is that what you wanted.? ---- *From:* Marshall Feldman *To:* lyx-users@lists.lyx.org *Cc:* Scott Kostyshak *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 4:57:01 PM *Subject:* Re: Spanners i

Re: Spanners in tables

2013-04-26 Thread Marshall Feldman
On 4/26/13 4:12 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: Hello, The standard format for formal tables uses spanners to indicate columns with similar, related content. I am using LyX with the "formal" tables option set to on. But I don&#x

Re: Multiple LaTeX classes in a layout

2010-07-12 Thread Marshall Feldman
    Regards,     Marsh Feldman On 7/12/2010 12:38 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 07/12/2010 11:26 AM, Jean-Marc LASGOUTTES wrote: Marshall Feldman  writes:    Besides being more clear in the documentation (a draft of which I'd be glad to offer once I'm sure I underst

Re: Multiple LaTeX classes in a layout

2010-07-12 Thread Marshall Feldman
ass available to the user even if the classes in square brackets are not installed. This would allow the LaTeX implementation to load missing packages dynamically and make less serious the layout designer's decision to check for packages or not. Thanks again for your help. Marsh On 7/

Re: Multiple LaTeX classes in a layout

2010-07-11 Thread Marshall Feldman
hecks for and others not? Marsh P.S. I don't suppose these details are documented anywhere are they? On 7/11/2010 9:10 AM, Richard Heck wrote: On 07/10/2010 09:52 AM, Marshall Feldman wrote: Hello, I'm writing my first LyX layout and running into trouble. When I use the foll

Multiple LaTeX classes in a layout

2010-07-10 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hello, I'm writing my first LyX layout and running into trouble. When I use the following command in the layout file, the document class appears in the Document Settings drop-down list: # \DeclareLaTeXClass[letter,graphix]{letter (mine)} but the letter does not format correctly yet becau

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Marshall Feldman
Thanks to everyone. I'll have to look at the Math manual. I do, however, want to add one thing: On 4/19/2010 4:09 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: (By the way in English there is no comma before the "and" if the part after the "and" is the last enumeration in a sentence; like in "A, B, C and D are lette

Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hello, I have several questions regarding numbered equations: 1. How does one add punctuation to numbered equations? 2. How does one make the equations be part of a paragraph that begins before and continues after them? 3. How does one continue a numbered equation across multiple line

Re: Spell checker

2010-03-16 Thread Marshall Feldman
currently confused on what i am suppose to do. Is there any chance of someone providing a step by step instructions for installing Aspell and dictionaries on to lyx for windows? Or providing information in correcting my problem. Thanks Daniel -- Dr. Marshall Feldman, PhD D

BibTeX institutional author

2010-02-09 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hi, I've inserted a BibTeX bibliography in my document and have a citation to something authored by the National Bureau of Economic Research. So far LyX treats this author's name as if the last name is "of Economic Research" and the first name is "National Bureau." How does one fix this? (P.S

Newbie questions: templates -> Document Settings -> ?

2010-02-08 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hi, As a newbie to Lyx, I'm almost there in understanding how to use LyX and have a few basic questions. Here's what I think I know: 1. Templates are just LyX documents saved in the place where templates live. 2. Document classes are types of documents (books, articles, etc.) 3. But document

Getting Started with LyX in the social sciences for a substantial project

2009-11-23 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hi, I'm starting a project for which LyX appears to be the best choice, but I have a few questions related to getting started. I'd prefer to ask them now and start doing things the right way rather than find out six months from now that I have to go back and change things or, worse, that I ca