On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Martin Geisler wrote:
Then I ran texhash (all of this as root), reconfigured and restarted LyX, and added "\usepackage{ellipsis}" to the doc preamble.
So I always install such new packages there and thus avoid becoming root. On my own machine this doesn't make such a big difference, but at the university it is a very nice feature. Having all your files in the home directory is also nice for backup purposes.
Separate from the installation directory issue, "The LaTeX Companion, 2nd Ed." has an excellent discussion of the typographic subtleties in the use of the ellipsis. I never knew that anyone cared about such seemingly-trivial issues until the TeXpert at Springer New York asked me to replace all instances of \textellipsis in my book with \ldots. So, I read up on the differences. Do I care? Not then, and not now. I just shrugged, did a global search and replace, and continued with my life. If such subtle distinctions are important to you, I suggest reading TLC2 then selecting the appropriate macro. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Author of "Quantifying Environmental Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) | Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic" <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
