Re: Posters in LyX (baposter)

2009-06-24 Thread Pavel Sanda
Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: > Dear All, > > I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. I've looked around some, > and I don't believe it can. However, I wanted to ask you all first before > giving up on using it to make one. i'm just fighting the same problem. friend pointed me to bapos

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-22 Thread obregonmateo
I have to disagree in this debate. I have found lyx a *superb* tool for making scientific posters! It gives a uniform look, as well as dealing with the proper formatting of legends and cross-references. Plus, it properly formats my bibtex references and places everything evenly distributed on an

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Monday 22 June 2009 02:43:51 am Liviu Andronic wrote: > On 6/19/09, Les Denham wrote: > > What worked best for me is Scribus. > > A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on "LyX vs. Scribus" [1]. > Liviu > > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html After

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-21 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 6/19/09, Les Denham wrote: > What worked best for me is Scribus. > A relevant discussion, and a nice overview by Les on "LyX vs. Scribus" [1]. Liviu [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57576.html

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:58:38 -0500 Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: > Dear All, > > I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. I've looked around > some, and I don't believe it can. However, I wanted to ask you all > first before giving up on using it to make one. > > Thanks! > It can

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-19 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 18 June 2009, Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: > Dear All, > > I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. I've looked around > some, and I don't believe it can. However, I wanted to ask you all > first before giving up on using it to make one. > Daniel, I assume you're talking about

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-19 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-06-19, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thursday 18 June 2009 08:58:38 pm Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: >> Dear All, >> I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. It can. > Personally, posters are the last thing I'd use LyX for. I'd use Inkscape or > Gimp. The prime benefit of LyX and LaTeX

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 18 June 2009 08:58:38 pm Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: > Dear All, > > I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. I've looked around > some, and I don't believe it can. However, I wanted to ask you all > first before giving up on using it to make one. Personally, posters are the

Re: Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread Phil
> I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters.  r Yes. I have used it for posters. Try to search the mail list for sciposter or a0poster... you should find some info to help.

Posters in LyX

2009-06-18 Thread Daniel Joshua Stark
Dear All, I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. I've looked around some, and I don't believe it can. However, I wanted to ask you all first before giving up on using it to make one. Thanks! Daniel Stark Graduate Student Rice University, MS-61 Physics and Astronomy Dell Butche

sciposter latex for A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-21 Thread obregonmateo
I struggled with the a0poster latex packages and the .layout files that people so kindly posted here, but I found them very hard to work with. I looked for other options and found the sciposter package, together with sectionbox, multicol and wallpaper latex packages. I found these much easier

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-20 Thread Robert Orr
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Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-20 Thread G. Milde
On 19.11.07, Robert Orr wrote: > Thank you... > It might not be obvious to everyone. > I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had > to fix a couple of "end of lines", then it worked > perfectly. > > LabelString " Header > >

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread obregonmateo
On Monday 19 November 2007 23:22, Robert Orr wrote: > Thank you... > > It might not be obvious to everyone. I missed something. I have been trying to use the a0poster.layout and cannot get anything to work. What do you fix? Could you attach your working a0poster.layout? > > I used the a0poster.

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread Robert Orr
Thank you... It might not be obvious to everyone. I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had to fix a couple of "end of lines", then it worked perfectly. > LabelString " Header > " > End > LabelString "_

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread obregonmateo
On Monday 19 November 2007 08:21, G. Milde wrote: > On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > > create a poster. > > > > Should I use minipages and

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-19 Thread G. Milde
On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > create a poster. > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I > use co

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread obregonmateo
On Friday 16 November 2007 14:10, Les Denham wrote: > On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > > create a poster. > > > > Should I

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread Les Denham
On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > create a poster. > > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, shou

Re: A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread Les Denham
On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the > beamer/LyX  combination gives you-- together with my references properly > formatted with bibtex. > > Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? Th

A0 posters in LyX

2007-11-16 Thread obregonmateo
I've found several references through Google search on how to create an a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to create a poster. Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about

Re: Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-29 Thread Bruce Veidt
Guenter Milde wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:18:28 +0100 José_Luis_Gómez_Dans ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone have any success in doing posters with lyx? The > > package I want to use does exactly what I want (no, I don't want to > > stick all the foiltex printouts together!

Re: Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-29 Thread Guenter Milde
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:18:28 +0100 José_Luis_Gómez_Dans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Enough ranting. I have to do a poster, and I want to include a > couple of papers I have written in lyx in the past, so as to avoid > re-doing the whole thing again. I have found a latex poster package wi

Posters in Lyx?

2000-09-28 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
Hi! First of all, my apologies if this e-mail starts running amok around the lists server as I have had some problems subscribing. I would appreciate any replies to be CCd to me in case the subscription was not succesful. Enough ranting. I have to do a poster, and I want to includ