>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Thiery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Nicolas> - In math equations, \circ is displayed on the screen as an
Nicolas> unknown macro, instead of being drawn. So far I am using
Nicolas> \bullet instead but it's ugly. I need it in three weeks for
Nicolas> my class on composition of functions :-)
This is beacause the X symbol font used by LyX does not have this symbol.
Nicolas> - When entering emphasized text, striking right arrow at the
Nicolas> end of the line should allow to exit the emphasized text.
Yes, maybe.
Nicolas> - Bug in the users guide: it says LyX uses \epsfig, whereas
Nicolas> it really uses includegraphics to import figures (which is
Nicolas> The Right Thing).
Thanks. I fixed the typo.
Nicolas> - Could the file browser for including graphics display
Nicolas> thumbnails of the figure as, say, in the xfig file browser ?
This may be possible in some of the ports we are working on (KDE, Gnome).
Nicolas> - LyX support for "\DeclareGraphicsExtensions" ?
Nicolas> To be able to generate both postscript and PDF documents,
Nicolas> I have my graphics files in both .eps and .pdf format. My
Nicolas> problem is that if I specify a graphics file without an
Nicolas> extension "bla", lyx does not find it. On the other hand, if
Nicolas> I specify the full file name "bla.eps", the compilation with
Nicolas> pdflatex does not work.
The new graphics support in 1.1.6 should be able to do that.
Nicolas> - LyX support for "\graphicspath"
Nicolas> It would be nice to have LyX support the graphicspath
Nicolas> latex feature. Right now, LyX does not find the figure do
Nicolas> display it in the LyX buffer. More important, the compilation
Nicolas> fails. On the other hand, exporting as latex, and compiling
Nicolas> by hand works. It seems to be related to the compilation in
Nicolas> the temporary directory.
Do you mean that you use \graphicspath and LyX does not recognize it?
This is normal, and I do not know how we could do that.
OTOH, lyx uses \include@path (or whatever) when compiling in the /tmp
directory, so that \includegraphics should be able to find its files
without problems.
Nicolas> I attached to this email an tar.gz with an example.
Why don't you just enter the figure name as Fig/whatever.eps? This
should work perfectly.
Nicolas> - With the Format->Character menu, clicking on apply switch
Nicolas> back and forth between the original and the modified
Nicolas> versions. Why not. However, it's counter intuitive that
Nicolas> clicking on OK switches back to the original !
Indeed.
Nicolas> - Support for the hyperref package would be cool.
What kind of support?
Nicolas> - Could LyX-Code be defined in amsmath/amsbook classes ?
I just added it.
Nicolas> - My class notes are split up, with one file per chapter. I
Nicolas> want to be able to compile each chapter separately, as well
Nicolas> as to compile the full document. The problem is that I have
Nicolas> some math-macros that are used in several chapters at the
Nicolas> same time. To be able to compile each chapter separately, I
Nicolas> need to define them at the beginning of each chapter. But
Nicolas> then, when I compile the full document, LaTeX complains about
Nicolas> multiply defined macros.
Nicolas> What would be the best way to get around this ?
I'm not sure. A dirty trk would be to add
\let\newcommand=\providecommand
in the latex preamble of your chapters.
Nicolas> - For my use of LyX as presentation tool, I need to be able
Nicolas> to quickly scroll the text to some precise position, so as to
Nicolas> display the precise part of the document I want, and hide the
Nicolas> solutions of the exercises. Moving the cursor around does not
Nicolas> work well, since it makes jumps if there are figures or big
Nicolas> equations. Right now I use the scrollbar. I would prefer to
Nicolas> have keyboard shortcuts (Say Ctrl-Up arrow and Ctrl-down
Nicolas> arrow, for scrolling up or down by a fixed amount (e.g. 1cm).
Nicolas> That would save me from looking once again foolish trying to
Nicolas> figure out where the mouse cursor disappeared.
Try to get a mouse with a scroll button. This is supported by LyX and
can be configured.
Nicolas> - I use many different paragraph styles, and had to define
Nicolas> many shortcuts of them. I would find more practical to have a
Nicolas> unique shortcut, with name completion.
Nicolas> Example: to get to the "Problem" paragraph style, hit M-p
Nicolas> Pr<TAB>. It could be on some other shortcut than M-p, to
Nicolas> avoid conflicts.
Yes.
JMarc
