SV: Help Formatting and fonts... Beggining Thesis! Critical...

2011-10-28 Thread Ingar Pareliussen
Hi I'm not certain I got everything, but it is a start. I used Helvetica as most ordinary people does not notice the difference between Helvetica and Arial. But Helvetica is a lot nicer imho. Most of the other tricks you can see in the lyx file. hth Ingar Anteproyecto.lyx Description:

Re: Help Formatting and fonts... Beggining Thesis! Critical...

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ingar Pareliussen ingar.parelius...@dmmh.no wrote: Hi I'm not certain I got everything, but it is a start. I only made a small improvement on top of your changes, by using a nicer way of right-aligning text. Regards Liviu I used Helvetica as most ordinary

SV: Help Formatting and fonts... Beggining Thesis! Critical...

2011-10-28 Thread Ingar Pareliussen
Hi I'm not certain I got everything, but it is a start. I used Helvetica as most ordinary people does not notice the difference between Helvetica and Arial. But Helvetica is a lot nicer imho. Most of the other tricks you can see in the lyx file. hth Ingar Anteproyecto.lyx Description:

Re: Help Formatting and fonts... Beggining Thesis! Critical...

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ingar Pareliussen wrote: > Hi > > I'm not certain I got everything, but it is a start. > I only made a small improvement on top of your changes, by using a nicer way of right-aligning text. Regards Liviu > I used Helvetica as most

Table formatting

2011-05-30 Thread Christoph Mayer
Dear all, I have some trouble to format the following table. I've attached just an exemplary Version as .lyx-file, since it's a quite complicated table and I don't know where to search for the reason. The table as shown in Lyx itself is as I want it to have: I have some multicolumns,

Re: Table formatting

2011-05-30 Thread Francesco Menoncin
Il 30/05/2011 17:37, Christoph Mayer ha scritto: Dear all, I have some trouble to format the following table. I've attached just an exemplary Version as .lyx-file, since it's a quite complicated table and I don't know where to search for the reason. The table as shown in Lyx itself is as I

Table formatting

2011-05-30 Thread Christoph Mayer
Dear all, I have some trouble to format the following table. I've attached just an exemplary Version as .lyx-file, since it's a quite complicated table and I don't know where to search for the reason. The table as shown in Lyx itself is as I want it to have: I have some multicolumns,

Re: Table formatting

2011-05-30 Thread Francesco Menoncin
Il 30/05/2011 17:37, Christoph Mayer ha scritto: Dear all, I have some trouble to format the following table. I've attached just an exemplary Version as .lyx-file, since it's a quite complicated table and I don't know where to search for the reason. The table as shown in Lyx itself is as I

Table formatting

2011-05-30 Thread Christoph Mayer
Dear all, I have some trouble to format the following table. I've attached just an exemplary Version as .lyx-file, since it's a quite complicated table and I don't know where to search for the reason. The table as shown in Lyx itself is as I want it to have: I have some multicolumns,

Re: Table formatting

2011-05-30 Thread Francesco Menoncin
Il 30/05/2011 17:37, Christoph Mayer ha scritto: Dear all, I have some trouble to format the following table. I've attached just an exemplary Version as .lyx-file, since it's a quite complicated table and I don't know where to search for the reason. The table as shown in Lyx itself is as I

Re: Improper index formatting

2011-05-08 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: I'm hoping someone can help me with some formatting issues I'm having with the index in a document I'm generating. When I want to generate something such as Paul, 7 by using Paul@\textsl{Paul}, I instead obtain \textsl{Paul}, 7. Also, if I try to do Jimmy

Re: Improper index formatting

2011-05-08 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: I'm hoping someone can help me with some formatting issues I'm having with the index in a document I'm generating. When I want to generate something such as Paul, 7 by using Paul@\textsl{Paul}, I instead obtain \textsl{Paul}, 7. Also, if I try to do Jimmy

Re: Improper index formatting

2011-05-08 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: > I'm hoping someone can help me with some formatting issues I'm having with > the index in a document I'm generating. > > When I want to generate something such as "Paul, 7" by using > Paul@\textsl{Paul}, I instead obtain "\textsl{Paul}

Improper index formatting

2011-05-07 Thread Daniel Joshua Stark
Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me with some formatting issues I'm having with the index in a document I'm generating. When I want to generate something such as Paul, 7 by using Paul@\textsl{Paul}, I instead obtain \textsl{Paul}, 7. Also, if I try to do Jimmy|( and Jimmy|) to get

Improper index formatting

2011-05-07 Thread Daniel Joshua Stark
Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me with some formatting issues I'm having with the index in a document I'm generating. When I want to generate something such as Paul, 7 by using Paul@\textsl{Paul}, I instead obtain \textsl{Paul}, 7. Also, if I try to do Jimmy|( and Jimmy|) to get

Improper index formatting

2011-05-07 Thread Daniel Joshua Stark
Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me with some formatting issues I'm having with the index in a document I'm generating. When I want to generate something such as "Paul, 7" by using Paul@\textsl{Paul}, I instead obtain "\textsl{Paul}, 7". Also, if I try to do Jimmy|

Re: Table of Contents formatting appendix depth

2010-10-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 27.10.2010 19:01, schrieb Clinton T Schmidt: I'm trying to format my table of contents so that it has a different depth for the body of the text and for the appendix. Is this even possible? I don't know. If this page doesn't lead you to a solution then I think this is impossible:

Re: Appendix formatting with Elsevier Document Class

2010-10-27 Thread Roger Goldman
Solved. Thanks for the replies. Updating to the latest elsarticle.cls (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/elsarticle) solves this problem. On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Roger Goldman reg2...@columbia.edu wrote: lyx-users, I am running into a formatting problem using

Re: Table of Contents formatting appendix depth

2010-10-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 27.10.2010 19:01, schrieb Clinton T Schmidt: I'm trying to format my table of contents so that it has a different depth for the body of the text and for the appendix. Is this even possible? I don't know. If this page doesn't lead you to a solution then I think this is impossible:

Re: Appendix formatting with Elsevier Document Class

2010-10-27 Thread Roger Goldman
Solved. Thanks for the replies. Updating to the latest elsarticle.cls (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/elsarticle) solves this problem. On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Roger Goldman reg2...@columbia.edu wrote: lyx-users, I am running into a formatting problem using

Re: Table of Contents formatting appendix depth

2010-10-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 27.10.2010 19:01, schrieb Clinton T Schmidt: I'm trying to format my table of contents so that it has a different depth for the body of the text and for the appendix. Is this even possible? I don't know. If this page doesn't lead you to a solution then I think this is impossible:

Re: Appendix formatting with Elsevier Document Class

2010-10-27 Thread Roger Goldman
Solved. Thanks for the replies. Updating to the latest elsarticle.cls (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/elsarticle) solves this problem. On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Roger Goldman <reg2...@columbia.edu> wrote: > > lyx-users, > I am running into a for

formatting cross references in KOMA-Script and a custom float

2010-09-21 Thread Justin Wood
All, I've asked a few newbie questions about formatting cross references, explicitly (thread herehttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/65678) and within a thread (herehttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/65312) where Jürgen Spitzmüller helped me define a custom boxfloat

formatting cross references in KOMA-Script and a custom float

2010-09-21 Thread Justin Wood
All, I've asked a few newbie questions about formatting cross references, explicitly (thread herehttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/65678) and within a thread (herehttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/65312) where Jürgen Spitzmüller helped me define a custom boxfloat

formatting cross references in KOMA-Script and a custom float

2010-09-21 Thread Justin Wood
All, I've asked a few newbie questions about formatting cross references, explicitly (thread here<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/65678>) and within a thread (here<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/65312>) where Jürgen Spitzmüller helped me def

formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref, et c

2010-09-16 Thread Justin Wood
Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX automagically adds 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', and 'Figure', most of which are fine. But normally I would prefer to simply use 'section' for actual

Re: formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref, etc

2010-09-16 Thread Richard Heck
On 09/16/2010 04:26 AM, Justin Wood wrote: Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX automagically adds 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', and 'Figure', most of which are fine. But normally I

Re: formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref , etc

2010-09-16 Thread Justin Wood
On 16 September 2010 19:35, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 09/16/2010 04:26 AM, Justin Wood wrote: Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX automagically adds 'chapter',

formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref, et c

2010-09-16 Thread Justin Wood
Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX automagically adds 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', and 'Figure', most of which are fine. But normally I would prefer to simply use 'section' for actual

Re: formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref, etc

2010-09-16 Thread Richard Heck
On 09/16/2010 04:26 AM, Justin Wood wrote: Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX automagically adds 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', and 'Figure', most of which are fine. But normally I

Re: formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref , etc

2010-09-16 Thread Justin Wood
On 16 September 2010 19:35, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 09/16/2010 04:26 AM, Justin Wood wrote: Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX automagically adds 'chapter',

formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref, et c

2010-09-16 Thread Justin Wood
Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX automagically adds 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', and 'Figure', most of which are fine. But normally I would prefer to simply use 'section' for actual

Re: formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref, etc

2010-09-16 Thread Richard Heck
On 09/16/2010 04:26 AM, Justin Wood wrote: Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX automagically adds 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', and 'Figure', most of which are fine. But normally I

Re: formatting cross references — \ref, \prettyref , etc

2010-09-16 Thread Justin Wood
On 16 September 2010 19:35, Richard Heck wrote: > On 09/16/2010 04:26 AM, Justin Wood wrote: > > Is it possible to control the format of cross references to labels so that > I can specify the text prepended to the label number? I realise LyX > automagically adds 'chapter',

RE: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-06-10 Thread Yannick Fournier
. Yannick | -Original Message- | From: Guenter Milde [mailto:mi...@users.berlios.de] | Sent: jeudi, 20 mai 2010 15:32 | To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org | Subject: Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - | book (Memoir) | | On 2010-05-20, RIchard Heck wrote: | On 05/20/2010 02:33 AM

RE: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-06-10 Thread Yannick Fournier
. Yannick | -Original Message- | From: Guenter Milde [mailto:mi...@users.berlios.de] | Sent: jeudi, 20 mai 2010 15:32 | To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org | Subject: Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - | book (Memoir) | | On 2010-05-20, RIchard Heck wrote: | On 05/20/2010 02:33 AM

RE: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-06-10 Thread Yannick Fournier
. Yannick | -Original Message- | From: Guenter Milde [mailto:mi...@users.berlios.de] | Sent: jeudi, 20 mai 2010 15:32 | To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org | Subject: Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - | book (Memoir) | | On 2010-05-20, RIchard Heck wrote: | > On 05/20/2010 02

RE: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread Yannick Fournier
Dear Richard, First: thanks, your tricks with openany and setting the Biblio to \smaller (simply by changing Text style, I feel stupid) provoked a reduction of 10 pages out of 240 :) For the remaining open questions: | a) Changing cross-references links of subsubsection to a | nicer section: |

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread RIchard Heck
On 05/20/2010 02:33 AM, Yannick Fournier wrote: | a) Changing cross-references links of subsubsection to a | nicer section: | Is there a command similar to the one for renaming figure | captions (see | below), in order to have for example subsections 3.4.3.2 | or section | 3.4.3.2 instead

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2010-05-20, RIchard Heck wrote: On 05/20/2010 02:33 AM, Yannick Fournier wrote: One more question I forgot to ask: How do you reduce the vertical space, in itemize and enumerate listings, between the first item and the preceeding paragraph? I tried the following preamble commands with

RE: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread Yannick Fournier
Dear Richard, First: thanks, your tricks with openany and setting the Biblio to \smaller (simply by changing Text style, I feel stupid) provoked a reduction of 10 pages out of 240 :) For the remaining open questions: | a) Changing cross-references links of subsubsection to a | nicer section: |

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread RIchard Heck
On 05/20/2010 02:33 AM, Yannick Fournier wrote: | a) Changing cross-references links of subsubsection to a | nicer section: | Is there a command similar to the one for renaming figure | captions (see | below), in order to have for example subsections 3.4.3.2 | or section | 3.4.3.2 instead

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2010-05-20, RIchard Heck wrote: On 05/20/2010 02:33 AM, Yannick Fournier wrote: One more question I forgot to ask: How do you reduce the vertical space, in itemize and enumerate listings, between the first item and the preceeding paragraph? I tried the following preamble commands with

RE: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread Yannick Fournier
Dear Richard, First: thanks, your tricks with "openany" and setting the Biblio to \smaller (simply by changing Text style, I feel stupid) provoked a reduction of 10 pages out of 240 :) For the remaining open questions: | > a) Changing cross-references links of "subsubsection" to a | nicer

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread RIchard Heck
On 05/20/2010 02:33 AM, Yannick Fournier wrote: |> a) Changing cross-references links of "subsubsection" to a | nicer "section": |> Is there a command similar to the one for renaming figure | captions (see |> below), in order to have for example "subsections 3.4.3.2" | or "section |>

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-20 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2010-05-20, RIchard Heck wrote: > On 05/20/2010 02:33 AM, Yannick Fournier wrote: >> One more question I forgot to ask: >> How do you reduce the vertical space, in itemize and enumerate listings, >> between the first item and the preceeding paragraph? I tried the following >> preamble commands

Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-19 Thread Yannick Fournier
and is always an odd page. Apart from using article in the document class options, is there a way to avoid this? c) Index entries use the formatting of the core text, i.e. a bold list entry gets bold in the index too: can we prevent this ? d) Capital letters for cross-reference links at beginning

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-19 Thread RIchard Heck
for a book, since an appendix is really a chapter* and so starts on a new page. If it's just the odd page you don't want, then use openany as a class option. c) Index entries use the formatting of the core text, i.e. a bold list entry gets bold in the index too: can we prevent this ? Just go

Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-19 Thread Yannick Fournier
and is always an odd page. Apart from using article in the document class options, is there a way to avoid this? c) Index entries use the formatting of the core text, i.e. a bold list entry gets bold in the index too: can we prevent this ? d) Capital letters for cross-reference links at beginning

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-19 Thread RIchard Heck
for a book, since an appendix is really a chapter* and so starts on a new page. If it's just the odd page you don't want, then use openany as a class option. c) Index entries use the formatting of the core text, i.e. a bold list entry gets bold in the index too: can we prevent this ? Just go

Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-19 Thread Yannick Fournier
g blank pages, but nevertheless the first appendix page has a centered page number and is always an odd page. Apart from using "article" in the document class options, is there a way to avoid this? c) Index entries use the formatting of the core text, i.e. a bold list entry gets bold

Re: Multiple formatting questions with LyX 1.6.5 - book (Memoir)

2010-05-19 Thread RIchard Heck
icle" in the document class options, is there a way to avoid this? This is standard behavior for a book, since an appendix is really a chapter* and so starts on a new page. If it's just the odd page you don't want, then use "openany" as a class option. c) Index entries us

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
I have always understood this as: American English: A, B, and C British English: A, B and C -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that I read your message. I do not read all list mail.

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni and cheese. The meal consisted of macaroni and cheese, soup, and salad. Or, if the order is important: The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni cheese. To my parents, Ayn Rand and God. To Ayn Rand, my parents, and God. Or, if the order

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Paul Rubin
Dotan Cohen dotanco...@... writes: I have always understood this as: American English: A, B, and C British English: A, B and C AFAIK A, B and C is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the state of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's what I was

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 01:57:13PM +, Paul Rubin wrote: AFAIK A, B and C is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the state of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's what I was taught (in New York) (after the American Revolution). Can't speak

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 20 April 2010 17:12, Andrew Sullivan a...@shinkuro.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 01:57:13PM +, Paul Rubin wrote: AFAIK A, B and C is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the state of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's what I was

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:06:57PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: These are contrived examples. I'm pretty sure that all the examples in Fowler are not contrived examples: they're real ones from real texts. And it's not as though Fowler wasn't pretty keen on clarity and elegance in prose. In

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 20 April 2010 18:17, Andrew Sullivan a...@shinkuro.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:06:57PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: These are contrived examples. I'm pretty sure that all the examples in Fowler are not contrived examples: they're real ones from real texts.  And it's not as though

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
I have always understood this as: American English: A, B, and C British English: A, B and C -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that I read your message. I do not read all list mail.

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni and cheese. The meal consisted of macaroni and cheese, soup, and salad. Or, if the order is important: The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni cheese. To my parents, Ayn Rand and God. To Ayn Rand, my parents, and God. Or, if the order

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Paul Rubin
Dotan Cohen dotanco...@... writes: I have always understood this as: American English: A, B, and C British English: A, B and C AFAIK A, B and C is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the state of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's what I was

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 01:57:13PM +, Paul Rubin wrote: AFAIK A, B and C is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the state of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's what I was taught (in New York) (after the American Revolution). Can't speak

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 20 April 2010 17:12, Andrew Sullivan a...@shinkuro.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 01:57:13PM +, Paul Rubin wrote: AFAIK A, B and C is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the state of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's what I was

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:06:57PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: These are contrived examples. I'm pretty sure that all the examples in Fowler are not contrived examples: they're real ones from real texts. And it's not as though Fowler wasn't pretty keen on clarity and elegance in prose. In

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 20 April 2010 18:17, Andrew Sullivan a...@shinkuro.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:06:57PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: These are contrived examples. I'm pretty sure that all the examples in Fowler are not contrived examples: they're real ones from real texts.  And it's not as though

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
I have always understood this as: American English: A, B, and C British English: A, B and C -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that I read your message. I do not read all list mail.

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
> "The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni and cheese." "The meal consisted of macaroni and cheese, soup, and salad." Or, if the order is important: "The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni & cheese." > "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God." "To Ayn Rand, my parents, and God." Or,

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Paul Rubin
Dotan Cohen writes: > > I have always understood this as: > American English: A, B, and C > British English: A, B and C > AFAIK "A, B and C" is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the state of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 01:57:13PM +, Paul Rubin wrote: > AFAIK "A, B and C" is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the > state > of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's > what I > was taught (in New York) (after the American Revolution). Can't

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 20 April 2010 17:12, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 01:57:13PM +, Paul Rubin wrote: >> AFAIK "A, B and C" is the predominant usage in the U.S. (where, given the >> state >> of our educational system, we're lucky if we get the first comma). That's >>

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:06:57PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > These are contrived examples. I'm pretty sure that all the examples in Fowler are not contrived examples: they're real ones from real texts. And it's not as though Fowler wasn't pretty keen on clarity and elegance in prose. > In

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 20 April 2010 18:17, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:06:57PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> These are contrived examples. > > I'm pretty sure that all the examples in Fowler are not contrived > examples: they're real ones from real texts.  And it's not as

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

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread rgheck
On 04/19/2010 02:25 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: 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

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.04.2010 20:25, schrieb Marshall Feldman: I have several questions regarding numbered equations: At first, please have a look at LyX's Math manual that you find in LyX's help menu. This will give you many info and answers. 1. How does one add punctuation to numbered equations? What

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Rubin
Marshall Feldman ma...@... writes: I have several questions regarding numbered equations: 1. How does one add punctuation to numbered equations? Inside the equations, you add punctuation the usual way. After the equation numbers, you don't add punctuation. If you somehow succeed, the

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 letters.)

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.04.2010 22:57, schrieb Marshall Feldman: (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 letters.) The following comes from the /Chicago Manual of Style/, 15th ed., section 6.18: When a

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 19, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 19.04.2010 22:57, schrieb Marshall Feldman: (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 letters.) The following comes from the /Chicago

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread rgheck
On 04/19/2010 04:57 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: Here's an example of what the CMS is talking about: The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni and cheese. Of course, the better known case is the panda, who eats, shoots and leaves. rh

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

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread rgheck
On 04/19/2010 02:25 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: 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

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.04.2010 20:25, schrieb Marshall Feldman: I have several questions regarding numbered equations: At first, please have a look at LyX's Math manual that you find in LyX's help menu. This will give you many info and answers. 1. How does one add punctuation to numbered equations? What

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Rubin
Marshall Feldman ma...@... writes: I have several questions regarding numbered equations: 1. How does one add punctuation to numbered equations? Inside the equations, you add punctuation the usual way. After the equation numbers, you don't add punctuation. If you somehow succeed, the

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 letters.)

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.04.2010 22:57, schrieb Marshall Feldman: (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 letters.) The following comes from the /Chicago Manual of Style/, 15th ed., section 6.18: When a

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 19, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 19.04.2010 22:57, schrieb Marshall Feldman: (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 letters.) The following comes from the /Chicago

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread rgheck
On 04/19/2010 04:57 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: Here's an example of what the CMS is talking about: The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni and cheese. Of course, the better known case is the panda, who eats, shoots and leaves. rh

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

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread rgheck
On 04/19/2010 02:25 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: 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

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.04.2010 20:25, schrieb Marshall Feldman: I have several questions regarding numbered equations: At first, please have a look at LyX's Math manual that you find in LyX's help menu. This will give you many info and answers. 1. How does one add punctuation to numbered equations? What

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Rubin
Marshall Feldman writes: > > I have several questions regarding numbered equations: > >1. How does one add punctuation to numbered equations? Inside the equations, you add punctuation the usual way. After the equation numbers, you don't add punctuation. If you somehow succeed,

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

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.04.2010 22:57, schrieb Marshall Feldman: (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 letters.") The following comes from the /Chicago Manual of Style/, 15th ed., section 6.18:

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 19, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 19.04.2010 22:57, schrieb Marshall Feldman: (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 letters.") The following comes from the

Re: Formatting numbered equations

2010-04-19 Thread rgheck
On 04/19/2010 04:57 PM, Marshall Feldman wrote: Here's an example of what the CMS is talking about: "The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni and cheese." Of course, the better known case is the panda, who eats, shoots and leaves. rh

Re: How to avoid 3-column eqnarray formatting

2010-01-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 10.01.2010 03:36, schrieb Manoj Rajagopalan: When I begin a numbered-formula or a displayed formula, whenever my equation includes at least one operator, pressing Ctrl-Enter creates a new row with 3 columns. The operator splits the 'tokens' forming the equation into 3 columns so that

Re: How to avoid 3-column eqnarray formatting

2010-01-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 10.01.2010 03:36, schrieb Manoj Rajagopalan: When I begin a numbered-formula or a displayed formula, whenever my equation includes at least one operator, pressing Ctrl-Enter creates a new row with 3 columns. The operator splits the 'tokens' forming the equation into 3 columns so that

Re: How to avoid 3-column eqnarray formatting

2010-01-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 10.01.2010 03:36, schrieb Manoj Rajagopalan: When I begin a numbered-formula or a displayed formula, whenever my equation includes at least one operator, pressing Ctrl-Enter creates a new row with 3 columns. The operator splits the 'tokens' forming the equation into 3 columns so that

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