Text direction for chapter headings in top margin for RTL book

I am writing a book in Hebrew using Lyx 2.0.3 on Debian Wheezy. Hebrew is written from right-to-left. Unlike article and letter, which have Hebrew modifications defined for them, none of the various 'book' layouts do. I need the chapter headings provided by the book layout. A number of problems

Re: Text direction for chapter headings in top margin for RTL book

Hello David, First, I would recommend you upgrade to the latest version of Lyx. There have been various bugs related to RTL that have been fixed since 2.0.3. Upgrading to 2.0.8 (or even 2.1 if possible) could solve at least some of your problems. Additionally, make sure all English text is

Re: Need Help Using LyX

On 08/01/2014 07:44 AM, Philipp Gröne wrote: Hi there! I need some assistance using LyX. I want to make a list of pictures. Each of this pictures has either a chapter number (1) or a section number (1.1). I chose the thesis-template shiped with LyX to achieve this, mainly because it provides

Export to OpenOffice in Lyx2.1.1

Hi, I exported Lyx document to OpenOffice documents about an year ago. I recently updated to Lyx 2.1.1. When I try to export my .lyx file to OpenOffice formate; I get the message NO document support is availabel for this format Is this support discontinued in Lyx 2.1.1.? Regards,

Re: Export to OpenOffice in Lyx2.1.1

On 08/04/2014 11:02 AM, tesm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I exported Lyx document to OpenOffice documents about an year ago. I recently updated to Lyx 2.1.1. When I try to export my .lyx file to OpenOffice formate; I get the message NO document support is availabel for this format Is this

Change between split view panes with the keyboard

Hi, After using the split view into left and right half command, how can I switch between panes with the keyboard? It's quite annoying to use the mouse, not so much because I'm an avid keyboard-only user, but because I often want to preserve the cursor position so using the mouse means I have to

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Will Parsons varro@nodomain.invalid wrote: A document that I'm writing contains a table that gets improperly rendered when converted to PDF, i.e., some of the cell border lines are incomplete - they do not extend to the full width of the

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Will Parsons writes: Scott Kostyshak wrote: Hi Will, Thanks for the report. This does indeed seem like a LyX bug. Borders are tricky to get right. Can you write instructions for how to reproduce the table? Did you do it in LyX or did you import a .tex file? I created it in LyX.

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

I really do not typically recommend that you learn Latex this but in this specific situation, I have not found a great way to use Lyx. Tables in Latex are trivial to set up. They are also fully customizable and once you get use to them, they are really easy to write well. Tables is the single

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Benedict Holland writes: I really do not typically recommend that you learn Latex this but in this specific situation, I have not found a great way to use Lyx. Tables in Latex are trivial to set up. They are also fully customizable and once you get use to them, they are really easy to write

Text direction for chapter headings in top margin for RTL book

I am writing a book in Hebrew using Lyx 2.0.3 on Debian Wheezy. Hebrew is written from right-to-left. Unlike article and letter, which have Hebrew modifications defined for them, none of the various 'book' layouts do. I need the chapter headings provided by the book layout. A number of problems

Re: Text direction for chapter headings in top margin for RTL book

Hello David, First, I would recommend you upgrade to the latest version of Lyx. There have been various bugs related to RTL that have been fixed since 2.0.3. Upgrading to 2.0.8 (or even 2.1 if possible) could solve at least some of your problems. Additionally, make sure all English text is

Re: Need Help Using LyX

On 08/01/2014 07:44 AM, Philipp Gröne wrote: Hi there! I need some assistance using LyX. I want to make a list of pictures. Each of this pictures has either a chapter number (1) or a section number (1.1). I chose the thesis-template shiped with LyX to achieve this, mainly because it provides

Export to OpenOffice in Lyx2.1.1

Hi, I exported Lyx document to OpenOffice documents about an year ago. I recently updated to Lyx 2.1.1. When I try to export my .lyx file to OpenOffice formate; I get the message NO document support is availabel for this format Is this support discontinued in Lyx 2.1.1.? Regards,

Re: Export to OpenOffice in Lyx2.1.1

On 08/04/2014 11:02 AM, tesm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I exported Lyx document to OpenOffice documents about an year ago. I recently updated to Lyx 2.1.1. When I try to export my .lyx file to OpenOffice formate; I get the message NO document support is availabel for this format Is this

Change between split view panes with the keyboard

Hi, After using the split view into left and right half command, how can I switch between panes with the keyboard? It's quite annoying to use the mouse, not so much because I'm an avid keyboard-only user, but because I often want to preserve the cursor position so using the mouse means I have to

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Will Parsons varro@nodomain.invalid wrote: A document that I'm writing contains a table that gets improperly rendered when converted to PDF, i.e., some of the cell border lines are incomplete - they do not extend to the full width of the

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Will Parsons writes: Scott Kostyshak wrote: Hi Will, Thanks for the report. This does indeed seem like a LyX bug. Borders are tricky to get right. Can you write instructions for how to reproduce the table? Did you do it in LyX or did you import a .tex file? I created it in LyX.

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

I really do not typically recommend that you learn Latex this but in this specific situation, I have not found a great way to use Lyx. Tables in Latex are trivial to set up. They are also fully customizable and once you get use to them, they are really easy to write well. Tables is the single

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Benedict Holland writes: I really do not typically recommend that you learn Latex this but in this specific situation, I have not found a great way to use Lyx. Tables in Latex are trivial to set up. They are also fully customizable and once you get use to them, they are really easy to write

Text direction for chapter headings in top margin for RTL book

I am writing a book in Hebrew using Lyx 2.0.3 on Debian Wheezy. Hebrew is written from right-to-left. Unlike article and letter, which have Hebrew modifications defined for them, none of the various 'book' layouts do. I need the chapter headings provided by the book layout. A number of problems

Re: Text direction for chapter headings in top margin for RTL book

Hello David, First, I would recommend you upgrade to the latest version of Lyx. There have been various bugs related to RTL that have been fixed since 2.0.3. Upgrading to 2.0.8 (or even 2.1 if possible) could solve at least some of your problems. Additionally, make sure all English text is

Re: Need Help Using LyX

On 08/01/2014 07:44 AM, Philipp Gröne wrote: Hi there! I need some assistance using LyX. I want to make a list of pictures. Each of this pictures has either a chapter number (1) or a section number (1.1). I chose the thesis-template shiped with LyX to achieve this, mainly because it provides

Export to OpenOffice in Lyx2.1.1

Hi, I exported Lyx document to OpenOffice documents about an year ago. I recently updated to Lyx 2.1.1. When I try to export my .lyx file to OpenOffice formate; I get the message "NO document support is availabel for this format" Is this support discontinued in Lyx 2.1.1.? Regards,

Re: Export to OpenOffice in Lyx2.1.1

On 08/04/2014 11:02 AM, tesm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I exported Lyx document to OpenOffice documents about an year ago. I recently updated to Lyx 2.1.1. When I try to export my .lyx file to OpenOffice formate; I get the message "NO document support is availabel for this format" Is this

Change between split view panes with the keyboard

Hi, After using the "split view into left and right half" command, how can I switch between panes with the keyboard? It's quite annoying to use the mouse, not so much because I'm an avid keyboard-only user, but because I often want to preserve the cursor position so using the mouse means I have

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >> A document that I'm writing contains a table that gets improperly >> rendered when converted to PDF, i.e., some of the cell border lines >> are incomplete - they do not extend to the full width

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Will Parsons writes: > > Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > > Hi Will, > > > > Thanks for the report. This does indeed seem like a LyX bug. Borders > > are tricky to get right. Can you write instructions for how to > > reproduce the table? Did you do it in LyX or did you import a .tex > > file? > > I

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

I really do not typically recommend that you learn Latex this but in this specific situation, I have not found a great way to use Lyx. Tables in Latex are trivial to set up. They are also fully customizable and once you get use to them, they are really easy to write well. Tables is the single

Re: defective rendering of table in PDF

Benedict Holland writes: > > I really do not typically recommend that you learn Latex this but in > this specific situation, I have not found a great way to use Lyx. > Tables in Latex are trivial to set up. They are also fully customizable > and once you get use to them, they are really easy to