On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Julio Rojas <jcredbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > What I usually do is generate the PDF with the equations, open the PDF > with Inkscape and save them as GIFs or PNGs. > There is something nicer than that: - Ekee [1], but it's broken on modern distros and unmaintained (though looking for one) - KLatexFormula [2], which features no KDE dependency. It doesn't work on my Linux box, but I never gave it a genuine effort and my best guess is that it shouldn't be a big issue to make it work.
Both allow to generate images of LaTeX formulae. You could, in principle, generate the formulae using LyX, copy/paste the LaTeX code and save the image using one of the above. Good luck Liviu PS If some of the devels read this, given the Instant Preview mechanism in LyX how difficult would it be to add a context-menu item that allows to save a given equation as an image file? Does this mean some significant changes to LyX, or is the existing machinery sufficient? [1] http://alternativeto.net/software/ekee/ [2] http://alternativeto.net/software/klatexformula/ > Sounds cumbersome, but beats the hell out of mathtype! > ------------------------------------------------- > Julio Rojas > jcredbe...@gmail.com > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Neal Becker <ndbeck...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I would normally use beamer, but now I'm forced to use ppt for my part of >>>> a >>>> joint presentation. I hate it. >>>> >>>> I just want something like this: >>>> >>>> \begin{itemize} >>>> \item Nice Equation >>>> \begin{equation} >>>> y = x >>>> \end{equation} >>>> \item Another equation >>>> \begin{equation} >>>> y = x >>>> \end{equation} >>>> ... >>>> >>>> You get the idea. >>>> >>>> I see no reasonable way to do this in ppt. I just ran out >>>> (electronically) and >>>> bought mathtype. It looks like if I was using word, I could do this sort >>>> of >>>> thing. But not ppt. It has no concept of boxes and glue. >>>> >>>> The only thing I can do AFAIK is: >>>> Make an itemized (bullet) list >>>> Make ever other item in the list blank to leave some space >>>> Glue in the mathtype equations, MANUALLY trying to align them, and hoping >>>> that >>>> nothing moves the items of text, because the equations are just pictures, >>>> and >>>> aren't actually attached to anything. >>>> >>>> I know _nothing_ about ppt. Is there any better way? >>> >>> No idea - what I did was created pdfs and converted them to ppt. But >>> difficult, if you have to stick to a certain layout. >>> I remember that I had a script which did that (convert pdf to picture, add >>> slides with one ex-pdf per page and bundle to ppt), but I can't find it. >> >> Just found something similar: >> http://wifo.eecs.berkeley.edu/wiki/doku.php/latex:latex_resources >>> >>> Cheers and good luck if you really have to use PP, >>> Rainer >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation >>> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) >>> >>> Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology >>> Stellenbosch University >>> South Africa >>> >>> Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 >>> Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 >>> Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 >>> >>> Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 >>> >>> email: rai...@krugs.de >>> >>> Skype: RMkrug >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, >> UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) >> >> Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology >> Stellenbosch University >> South Africa >> >> Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 >> Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 >> Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 >> >> Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 >> >> email: rai...@krugs.de >> >> Skype: RMkrug >> >> > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
