Re: Wiki page for "Presentations using LyX"

2005-10-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Presentations about LyX are supposed to be listed/documented on this wiki page: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/PresentationsAboutLyX however at the moment it has no material (I can't remember why I created it but never added even a single link). Seems to me that s

Re: Wiki page for "Presentations using LyX"

2005-10-14 Thread chr
On 14 Oct 2005, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > | Given the recent thread, I've posted some of the answers to this page: > | > | http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/PresentationsUsingLyX > | > | feel free to add more or perhaps re-structure it. > | > | On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, R

Re: Wiki page for "Presentations using LyX"

2005-10-14 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Given the recent thread, I've posted some of the answers to this page: | | http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/PresentationsUsingLyX | | feel free to add more or perhaps re-structure it. | | On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Robert Orr wrote: | > These were really nice. | > | > Is it p

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-14 Thread Gour
Rich Shepard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I don't know. I followed the instructions with the ps4pdf package ... I > think. OK. I'll look there (ps4pdf). > Once I get some application or add-on installed and working I do a > dump of that knowledge from the NPU[1] so there's room for more curre

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Raymond Ouellette
I'm using LyX and Beamer class these days for a presentation of Gimp 2.2.x. The result is great by the way! To add special effects I also use minipages in slides (or frames) As for svg graphics here is my solution: I inserted 2 small identical images, the first one is svg and the other is png

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Gour wrote: I've found something in wiki, is that the right thing? I don't know. I followed the instructions with the ps4pdf package ... I think. Once I get some application or add-on installed and working I do a dump of that knowledge from the NPU[1] so there's room for

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Gour
Rich Shepard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Yes. If you follow the directions for adding ps4pdf to LyX you'll have a > new choice, PDF4, on the View and File->Export menus. Use those. I've found something in wiki, is that the right thing? > Others need to address this. There are so many high q

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Gour wrote: I'd like to hear more regarding the drawing tools used with beamer/LyX. Anything that produces a file in .eps format can be inserted directly into the document. afaics, in the beamer manual, pstricks does not work with pdflatex? This is correct. Is th

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Gour
Angus Leeming ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If you're being funky, you could write an Inkscape template for the > "External Inset" (see share/lyx/external_templates) and include your > inkscape file directly into your LyX document. I do just that all the time > with my XFig figures. Whoah...this i

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Angus Leeming
Gour wrote: >> Beamer works fine with PSTricks, as long as one uses ps4pdf. People >> who simultaneously know very well pgf and PSTricks claim that PSTricks >> is much superior to pgf. > > So, it means one can safely use Inkscape to draw illustrations and save > graphic as LaTeX with PSTricks exte

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Gour
Paul Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Beamer works fine with PSTricks, as long as one uses ps4pdf. People > who simultaneously know very well pgf and PSTricks claim that PSTricks > is much superior to pgf. So, it means one can safely use Inkscape to draw illustrations and save graphic as LaTeX

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Georg Baum
Gour wrote: > Another option would be to use e.g. inkscape (which provides LaTeX with > PSTricks macros output format) & to have pgf backe-end so that inkscape > can integrate LaTeX fonts and macros ready for pgf & inclusion in > beamer presentation? > > What is the status of SVG support in LyX/L

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Paul Smith
On 10/13/05, Gour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've used beamer to prepare the slides for two public presentations over > > the past month. I've inserted tables within a slide frame, created graphics > > using tgif (which are included as .eps files) and PSTricks (compiled with > > ps4pdf before

Wiki page for "Presentations using LyX"

2005-10-13 Thread chr
Given the recent thread, I've posted some of the answers to this page: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/PresentationsUsingLyX feel free to add more or perhaps re-structure it. On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Robert Orr wrote: > These were really nice. > > Is it possible to get a .tar.gz of this directory? >

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-13 Thread Gour
Rich Shepard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've used beamer to prepare the slides for two public presentations over > the past month. I've inserted tables within a slide frame, created graphics > using tgif (which are included as .eps files) and PSTricks (compiled with > ps4pdf before being inser

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-12 Thread Robert Orr
These were really nice. Is it possible to get a .tar.gz of this directory? http://fkurth.de/uwest/usti/Vortrag/ __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-12 Thread Mael Hilléreau
Daniel Watkins a écrit : I've read quite a lot about using LyX to create presentations, along with such words as Beamer and FoilTeX being thrown around. I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to explain how LyX can be used in such a way, or point me to a website which would do the same?

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-12 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Daniel Watkins wrote: > I've read quite a lot about using LyX to create presentations, along > with such words as Beamer and FoilTeX being thrown around. I was > wondering if someone would be kind enough to explain how LyX can be used > in such a way, or point me to a website which would do the sam

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Daniel Watkins wrote: I've read quite a lot about using LyX to create presentations, along with such words as Beamer and FoilTeX being thrown around. I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to explain how LyX can be used in such a way, or point me to a website which

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-12 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Daniel Watkins wrote: I've read quite a lot about using LyX to create presentations, along with such words as Beamer and FoilTeX being thrown around. I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to explain how LyX can be used in such a way, or point me to a website which would do the same?

Re: Presentations using LyX

2005-10-12 Thread Paul Smith
On 10/12/05, Daniel Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've read quite a lot about using LyX to create presentations, along > with such words as Beamer and FoilTeX being thrown around. I was > wondering if someone would be kind enough to explain how LyX can be used > in such a way, or point me to

Presentations using LyX

2005-10-12 Thread Daniel Watkins
I've read quite a lot about using LyX to create presentations, along with such words as Beamer and FoilTeX being thrown around. I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to explain how LyX can be used in such a way, or point me to a website which would do the same? Cheers, Dan