On 2003-09-19, 11:50 GMT, Paul Jahshan wrote:
> 2. A weird limitation doesn't allow LyX to open files in directories
> containing spaces for DVI/PDF viewing "Cannot run LaTeX: The path to the
> lyx file cannot contain spaces." Why? Isn't this slightly ridiculous?
This is actually limitation of TeX, which cannot be easily overcome.
I heard, that some Windows distributions (namely, MikTeX) have some
workarounds, which break it being a full TeX, but I have no experience
with it, being on Linux.
> 3. An easier accented characters pasting facility.
My advice is either to set up proper localization of your
X-Window/M$-Windows and then use national keyboard or learn TeX
combinations for doing that (like \ss, or \v{c}) and insert them in ERT
(depends on how many international letters you need).
> 4. Finally, the PDF/Acrobat problem: I've read the help file on the poor
> quality of LyX to PDF output when displayed through Acrobat Reader and,
> despite my best attempts, couldn't understand how to fix this. Again, is
> there a "clear" 1-2-3 method to work around this rather irritating
> issue? (I'm using RH 9)
Layout/Document/Fonts/ae. What about that? Otherwise, set up properly
your fonts (/usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/updmap).
> On the other hand, I marvel at how, to me, silly things like the above
> are allowed to have made their way into this great program. So, is it me
> and my ignorance, or is it LyX?
Moreover, go to the www.lyx.org/help for more advices on small things
like this.
Matej
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