I was wondering if it was his own module. Does it do much more than just
using \usepackage{lipsum}?
If so, he might want to present it to the LyX developers.
On 12 October 2016 at 06:10, Riccardo <chiona...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry to everyone. My mistake.
> It turns out it was an Inset defined by himself. Problem solved.
>
>
> 2016-10-12 11:58 GMT+02:00 Riccardo <chiona...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Well, it is not so stupid ;) . By checking it I noticed once thing.
>> Making a new file, and adding to the preamble *\usepackage{lipsum}*
>> everything
>> works fine. But my problem is a little different. As I'm writing a
>> scientific paper, my advisor shared with me his LyX template, from the
>> APS (Revtex 4.1). He compiled it with some institutional data, and loaded
>> some modules via the dialog *Document**->Settings->Modules* as shown in
>> the figure.
>> [image: Immagine incorporata 2]
>> And on my laptop the module lipsum is "(not found)". Since I'd like to
>> leave everything as it is in his template, I tried to add to his preamble
>> *\usepackage*{lipsum} but it doesn't work. No lipsum text is shown. And
>> a couple of "Flex:Lipsum" insets result being "Undefined"
>>
>> [image: Immagine incorporata 3]
>> Can you explain me better the difference between Modules loaded via the
>> dialog and via \usepackage{}? In fact, I cannot choose the lipsum package
>> from the dialog. But still I can put it in the preamble via \usepackage{}.
>>
>> 2016-10-12 11:25 GMT+02:00 John Kane <jrkrid...@gmail.com>:
>>
>>> This sounds stupid but you do have \usepackage{lipsum} in your LaTeX
>>> preamble?
>>>
>>> On 12 October 2016 at 03:31, Riccardo <chiona...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everybody,
>>>> I'm using LyX 2.2.1 under Ubuntu 16.04. I have texlive 2016 installed
>>>> via this <http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/texlive-2016/ubuntu> PPA. I
>>>> have a problem with a module missing in LyX: lipsum.sty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *kpsewhich lipsum.sty* returns a path correctly
>>>>
>>>> */usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/lipsum/lipsum.sty*
>>>>
>>>> but still, in *Document→Settings→Modules* there is no module "Lipsum"
>>>> showing up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I checked your guide at https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/LaTeX
>>>> Errors#missing-class.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *apt-file search lipsum.sty* returns the package *texlive-latex-extra*
>>>>
>>>> that I actually have in
>>>> */usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lipsum/lipsum.sty*. Moreover,
>>>> *texlive-latex-extra* is already at the newest version
>>>> (2016.20160819-1~ubuntu16.04.1york0).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To be sure I downloaded the lipsum module from CTAN, and followed
>>>> their instructions. I run *latex lipsum.ins* and inserted the
>>>> resulting *lipsum.sty* file into *$TEXMF/tex/latex/lipsum/* , in my
>>>> case:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL/usr/local/share/texmf*
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME/home/chionatan/texmf*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think the package is correctly installed, since any other editor
>>>> (TeXmaker for example) compile any file with *\usepackage{lipsum}* in
>>>> the preamble.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something in LyX, to set *lipsum* as a module?
>>>>
>>>> I'd appreciate your help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Riccardo
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Kane
>>> Kingston ON Canada
>>>
>>
>>
>
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