Additional discussion of lipsum layouts/patches here:
https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10021
- Joel
On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:58 AM, John Kane <jrkrid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> John Kane
> Kingston ON Canada
>
