drag-and-drop with non-ascii characters

[Pol]

Hi,

I was not able to copy a file by drag and drop from konqueror into the 
lyx editor, since the non-ascii character in the file name (an accented 
letter, in my case) is erased during the procedure.

Is it possible to fix that?

I do not know if it is a lyx or kde related issue, so i am sending to 
both discussion forums.


thank you

--pol

Re: drag-and-drop with non-ascii characters

[Pol]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Things appear to work fine when I copy accented text (tried Sørtun and 
Levänen)

from Mozilla Firefox to LyX directly. Konqueror is inferior in terms of
language support (Firefox can display Chinese, Arabic, Thai, etc.), so I
suggest you try Firefox.



Thank you Roy (and Peter, for the other reply) - I am sorry my 
description was incomplete. I was referring to konqueror as file manager 
(a role in which i believe it is unparalled as far as functionality and 
stability is concerned; i am very satisfied with it), not as web browser.


Probably Angus has spotted the issue, due to different font encodings

--pol

Re: [prerelease] LyX 1.4.0pre3 - math fonts

[Pol]

Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> This is the third pre-release of LyX 1.4.0.

Succesfully compiled on intel/centrino and gcc 4.0.3 with qt libs
Size is about 4.5 MB, as expected (few months ago the resulting size was
much larger, for unknown reasons)

I noticed that math text is displayed in bold; is it possible to have it
 in normal style? (i am using the bitstream Vera font)

thank you
--
pol

printing a two-column doc

[pol]

I need to write a two column doc, printing only the upper half side of A4
paper. 
Is there a way to easlily split the document?

An alternative way would be defining a special paper format, corresponding
to half A4. Any hints?

thank you 

--
pol 

Re: LyX 1.4: "Comment" paragraph style missing?

[Pol]

Andreas Busch wrote:
> However, I just discovered that the Comment paragraph style is  missing
> from the article (koma-script) document class. Is there a  reason for
> this, or did something go wrong in my installation? (I am  running this
> on Mac OS X).

I have noticed that too - then i have discovered that you can add
comments in a different way:   Insert -> Note -> Comment

I suppose the same latex code underlying (but not checked)


--
paolo

popups stopping lyx (latex export)

[Pol]

As i try to export my doc as latex, a popup ask me if i want to
overwrite pictures (eps format, in my case). Replying 'overwrite all'
lead to correct completion, but why should pictures be re-created?

When the 'document->settings' panel is open, the above popup cannot be
started. As a result, no latex export is produced, with non
notification. I suspect it is a more general misbehaviour, certain popup
windows blocking lyx.
Can anybody confirm such behaviour?

thank you

pol

paste & crash

[Pol]

Pasting text from a character terminal into lyx TABLES crashes the editor

(using lyx 1.4.1 - that  is the same as in my previous message on popups)

Anybody can confirm?

thank you

--pol

page margins

[Pol]

Any hints to change margins or text length of a special page,
overrinding the document global setting?

thank you

--pol

Re: paste & crash

[pol]

Georg Baum wrote:

> Pol, is that really 1.4.1 or some prereleae? Can you give a detailed
> recipe to reproduce the crash?
> Georg


It is 1.4.1
Here are the build info:

% /usr/local/bin/lyx -version~
LyX 1.4.1 of Tue, Apr 11, 2006
Built on Apr 16 2006, 11:40:28
Configuration
  Host type:  i686-pc-linux-gnu
  Special build flags:compression pch  use-aspell use-ispell
  C   Compiler:   gcc
  C   Compiler LyX flags:
  C   Compiler flags:   -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2
  C++ Compiler:   g++ (4.0.3)
  C++ Compiler LyX flags:  -fno-exceptions
  C++ Compiler flags:   -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2
  Linker flags:
  Linker user flags:
  Qt Frontend:
  Qt version:   3.3.6
  Packaging:  posix
  LyX binary dir: /usr/local/bin
  LyX files dir:  /usr/local/share/lyx


What happens: copy a string from konsole, by marking it with your mouse
mid button. Paste it into a table. Lyx crashes.
If i remember correctly, as you open the emergency file, content of the
cell you were pasting in is shown to be replaced by the string you had
copied and pasted.

--pol

customunizing classes

[pol]

I would like to customize the 'article' class so as to use smaller fonts for
sections and subsections. 
Any hints?
Any utilities to ease tasks of that kind?

thank you 

--
Pol

Re: LyX Icons

[pol]

> Thanks, Steve. It will seem pretty simple to people on this list, but
> I'll let you know when/where. It should be available in a couple of
> weeks. Downloads free, paper version around USD10.

Which editor on paper?

I would be available to contribute the italian version, if you agree

--
Pol

margin notes and comments

[pol]

What is the best way to set the default format for margin notes (font size,
line spacing, paragraph settings, foreground and background color) ?

Any hints to convert margin notes to comments (that are not printable) and
viceversa?

thank you 

--
Pol

mail archives?

[pol]

Where can one dowload the archives of this mailing list?

thank you 
Pol 

Re: mail archives?

[pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> pol wrote:
>> Where can one dowload the archives of this mailing list?
>> 
> http://search.gmane.org/ to search the archives, or click the 'Reading'
> link on the left to browse them.
>

Yes, but how to download a whole set of messages?  i konw 'mailman' stores
monthly archives in mbox format that can be downloaded. 

thank you

--
Pol

pronuciation

[pol]

Out of curiosity, should Lyx be pronounced 'lyk', as in TEX?
What is the origin of the name?

thank you 
--
Pol

fractions in display style

[pol]

Fractions in equations in display mode are not in display style. The
explicit command \displaystyle before the fraction has to be entered, to
render the display style. 
Can you confirm that?
How to set the fraction display style s default, when the math expression is
in display mode?

thank you 

--
POl   

Re: fractions in display style

[pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

> What document class?  I just tried the article class, and fractions in
> display mode appeared (in the DVI) in display style.  In fact, I tried
> 
> \[\frac{a}{b}=\dfrac{a}{b}={\displaystyle \frac{a}{b}}\]
> 
> (using LyX math insets, not ERT) and got a formula with three identical
> fractions.
> 

Article class, but lyx 1.4.5 

\[ is marked as 'bad math environment delimiter' in 1.4 so i cannot check
your test

--
Pol

lyx users small meeting

[pol]

A couple of high schools in Milan (italy) area began using lyx to produce
educational material, last year. Since this year we plan to give such work
a boost, a meeting gathering all the people involved, both as users and
developers, would be a nice idea. 
Anybody interested, please let me know, cc  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thank you 
Pol

Re: fractions in display style - math.bind

[pol]

Brian Kidd wrote:

> the \dfrac command will give you a fraction in display style without
> having to explicitly type \displaystyle. if you want fewer
> keystrokes, then an alternative to setting the default fraction to be
> in display style would be to create a custom bind for dfrac.
>

Thank you, i am following your suggestions, but found an issue.
Although  personal.bind  contains \bind_file math.bind  in its last lines, 
file math.bind   is not read by lyx. 
Any ideas?

thank you 
--
Pol
 

hiding labels

[pol]

Is it possible to hide labels?
Since labels are not part of the document, it would makes sense to toggle
them off, when not needed. 


Pol

inline cross referencing

[pol]

I would like to cross reference item of a numbered list that is part of the
inline text, standard mode. 
First, i think, a method for including enumeration in line should be used. 
Is that  possible?

Thank you

--
Pol

Re: inline cross referencing

[pol]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> pol schrieb:
>> I would like to cross reference item of a numbered list that is part of
>> the inline text, standard mode.
> You mean like in the attached file?

I knew that possibilty, thank you. 
Sometimes it is convenient to include an enumerated list  in the standard
text mode, like this: 
   I mean 1) bla; 2) blub; 3) blablub;  so and so..

I woudl like to make reference to one of the above points, in the following
text.

--
Paolo

lyx and cas

[pol]

I would like to attach cas input/output channel (currently Maxima i/o) to
the my Lyx session, so as to be able compute a sequence of computations. 
E.g. I can set the complex number z:z1+%i*z2 in a math mode area, later in
the document being able to compute abs(z) in next math mode area.  

Any hints?

Thank you 

--
Pol

lyx-certification and mailing list

[pol]

I am in touch with high school teachers in italy where an attempt is on
going to teach students to use latex/lyx to write down exercises, with
their development and comments. 

Since probably more schools/univs in the world are involved with that sort
of prgram, i am wondering whether it is worth the effort to form an
authoritative committee to set up a syllabus, to assess student skills.

Any suggestions about italian possible members?

I am also considering to open an italian lys-users mailing list. Any
comments and support is welcome.

thank you 

--
Pol

Re: lyx-certification and mailing list

[pol]

Steve Litt wrote:
> When you say "teach students to use latex/lyx to write down exercises",
> that can mean two different things:
> 1) The student is given a complete document class containing ALL the
> environments and char styles needed, so he can use LyX like a word
> processor.

Currently the standard article class is used, together with suitable
template documents. 
It is understood the Lyx is only an interface to TeX, but, as you also
remarked, TeX/Latex is too difficult for a student to learn (and probably
not really useful, i would add). 
Yet LyX seems to be the only easy, graphical way to introduce students to
professional math editing. Being easier than Latex to learn, student can
focus on _explaining what they have understood_ about a given subject,
providing material for other students to use.
. 

> Bottom line, unless the school system is willing to write a set of very
> complete document classes for the students, OpenOffice would be a much
> better tool for students to do their exercises.

Is this conclusion that would follow exclusively from choice n.2, am i
correct?

thank you 

--
Pol

shortcut to screen font?

[Pol]

Is it possible to set shortcut to change my screen font size?

thanks 

Pol

importing a database

[Pol]

I would like to import a whole database into a lyx table, to edit before
printing. 
Specifically, i am using tellico as database, but any solution is welcome.
I know i can export as bibtex, but how to import into a table? 


thank you 
--
Pol 
 

symbols rendering

[pol]

On the linux/kubuntu laptop of a friend of mine, some latex symbols (e.g,
\pm, \alpha, etc) are not rendered in lyx, although they correctly printed
out to pdf.   

Any ideas about what is wrong in the Lyx or X configuration?

Thank you 

--
Pol

RE: symbols rendering

[pol]

Daniel CLEMENT wrote:

> latex-xft-fonts

Thank you, that was the case. Problem solved.

--
Pol 

cannot find styles (ms-windows)

[Pol]

I have just installed lyx with miktex on a windows vista laptop
Installation apparently completed, yet, as i try to view the pdf (through
ps2pdf) i am asked to install the fancyhdr style. Shouldn't that be in the
miktex standard package? 
Anyway, the style is downloaded and installed (from the internet, if i
remember correctly).
Afterwards the listings.sty style is found to be missing. Prompted to accept
to start a search, I accept, but the resulting pdf file is empty.
Shouldn't' that listings.lst file be part of the standard package?
Any extra packages available for ms-widows?

Thank you 

--
Pol

Re: cannot find styles (ms-windows)

[Pol]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

> - set in MiKTeX's settings program that you find in the start menu the
> option "instal missing packages on the fly" to "yes"
> - open an internet connection
> - reconfigure LyX
> 
> This will install all packages neded by LyX from the internet. Finally
> 
> - run MiKTeX's update program that you find in the start menu


Running MikTex update did the trick - thank you
--
Pol

getting page

[Pol]

I would like to get straightforwardly pages where to apply corrections that
i have made to the printed on paper version of my document. 
Is there a way to display pagination?

thank you 

--

typewriter font

[Pol]

I would like my typewriter font to be smaller, by default, than the standard
text size, 
Any hints?

thank you

--
Pol

including pictures

[pol]

Is it possible to include pictures into your lyx doc, so as you are able to
move across directories or send to someone the whole lot easily?


thank you 

--
pol  

Re: including pictures

[pol]

Paul Smith wrote:

> On 7/30/06, pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Is it possible to include pictures into your lyx doc, so as you are able
>> to move across directories or send to someone the whole lot easily?
> 
> Could you please ask a more detailed question?
> 

Well, i have produced a document with 8 pictures. Pictures are properly
displayed, as the document is open, but they are stored as separate .eps
files in the file system, each tagged by a distinct file name. 

As i need to copy or send that lyx doc, i have to remember what are the
names of those 8 pictures, then copy or send 9 files. 

Sending one file, including text and pictures, would be easier and safe.

--
pol

Re: including pictures

[pol]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Then, just export your document as pdf. All pictures will be included
> in the pdf file. Or are you thinking about the lyx file itself plus
> the eps files?


Yes, i would like to resume editing after the doc has been moved

--
pol

table cells alignment

[pol]

Is it possible to set specific alignment to cells in the same column?
This would be useful when some cells contain numbers, whereas others contain
numbers. 

I remember it was possible too align cells to the decimal point, but i do
not remember how to do;  any hints?

thanks
--pol
 

access privileges of new files

[pol]

As i save a lyx doc with assigned access privileges 
 -rw-rw-r--
with a new name, resulting access privileges of the new file are 
 -rw-r--r--
although the directory is properly set, so that when copying a file marked
as -rw-rw-r-- or 'touching' new files at the command line prompt, one gets
a new file marked as -rw-rw-r--

It appears LyX always creates new files with privileges   -rw-r--r--
Is that a bug?

I am using a few fancy users with overlapping roles, instrumental to keep
track of different kind of interests of mine, that lyx feature is very
annoynig. 

Thank you for your  help

--
Pol

Re: access privileges of new files

[pol]

Matej Cepl wrote:

> pol wrote:
>> It appears LyX always creates new files with privileges   -rw-r--r--
>> Is that a bug?
> umask(1) is your friend.


I am assuming umask is properly set, since it works as expected, when
accessing files through terminal emulation. Should i set special umask
parameters within the lyx setup?

--
pol

auto indenting

[pol]

I have noticed that inner level text lines do not auto indent.
E.g., as a new line is entered at the second level 'itemize' environment,
that is assigned the first level 'itemize' environment.
The same for 'standard' environment: Entering new line at a nested level
brings you back to the first level, while i would expect a new line at the
current one. 
I think this is a lyx weakness. Can we expect improvements on this side, in
next releases?

thank you 

--
Pol
 

Re: auto indenting

[pol]

 Switching to the lyx.devel list.
pol wrote:
> I have noticed that inner level text lines do not auto indent.
> E.g., as a new line is entered at the second level 'itemize' environment,
> that is assigned the first level 'itemize' environment.
> The same for 'standard' environment: Entering new line at a nested level
> brings you back to the first level, while i would expect a new line at the
> current one.
> I think this is a lyx weakness. Can we expect improvements on this side,
> in next releases?

What is mostly annoying is that, adding a new line in the middle of an
indented text, the whole text below gets automatically indented down.
See the enclosed test lyx file to check out.

--
Pol


--- enc

#LyX 1.4.2 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 245
\begin_document
\begin_header
\textclass article
\begin_preamble
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage[nice]{nicefrac} 
\usepackage[official]{eurosym}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{ae,aecompl}
\usepackage{mathptmx}% instead of package times
\usepackage[scaled=0.92]{helvet} % or [scaled=0.92], if you like
\usepackage{courier}
\usepackage{nameref}
\usepackage[ps2pdf,urlcolor=blue,a4paper, pdftitle={Title of PDF-Document},
colorlinks=true]{hyperref}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\lhead{ \footnotesize {\bf \itshape }  } 
\chead{ }
\rhead{~\footnotesize \itshape \today}
\lfoot{  { \scriptsize {\TeX / \itshape{LyX} } document~~  ~~~ {\scriptsize
\jobname}  \scriptsize  } }
\cfoot{  }
\rfoot{ {   \thepage\   /  \pageref{LastPage}} }

\newcommand {\D}{\displaystyle} 
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.0pt}
\end_preamble
\language english
\inputencoding auto
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize 12
\spacing single
\papersize a4paper
\use_geometry true
\use_amsmath 1
\cite_engine basic
\use_bibtopic false
\paperorientation portrait
\leftmargin 2.2cm
\topmargin 2cm
\rightmargin 2.9cm
\bottommargin 2cm
\headheight 0cm
\headsep 1.5cm
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation skip
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\bullet 0 0 9 -1
\bullet 1 0 10 -1
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes true
\end_header

\begin_body

\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
indented line - 
\series bold
insert
\series default
 new line 
\series bold
at the end
\series default
 of this line (all the following text will be indented down)
\end_layout

\end_deeper
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
indented line
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
indented line
\end_layout

\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
indented line
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
indented line
\end_layout

\end_deeper
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\end_deeper
\end_deeper
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
one line
\end_layout

\end_body
\end_document

renaming section numbering

[pol]

I have renamed section numbering as the following (rather long) string:

{Title \arabic{section}:}

In the table of contents, section 'numbers' appear overlappped to section
names. 
See enclosed test file.
Is that a bug? 
Any hints to fix that? 

Thank you 

--
Pol


 enc
#LyX 1.4.2 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 245
\begin_document
\begin_header
\textclass article
\begin_preamble
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage[nice]{nicefrac} 
\usepackage[official]{eurosym}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{ae,aecompl}
\usepackage{mathptmx}% instead of package times
\usepackage[scaled=0.92]{helvet} % or [scaled=0.92], if you like
\usepackage{courier}
\usepackage{nameref}
\usepackage[ps2pdf,urlcolor=blue,a4paper, pdftitle={Title of PDF-Document},
colorlinks=true]{hyperref}
\end_preamble
\language english
\inputencoding auto
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize 12
\spacing single
\papersize a4paper
\use_geometry true
\use_amsmath 1
\cite_engine basic
\use_bibtopic false
\paperorientation portrait
\leftmargin 2.2cm
\topmargin 2cm
\rightmargin 2.9cm
\bottommargin 2cm
\headheight 0cm
\headsep 1.5cm
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation skip
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\bullet 0 0 9 -1
\bullet 1 0 10 -1
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes true
\end_header

\begin_body

\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset LatexCommand \tableofcontents{}

\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open

\begin_layout Standard


\backslash
renewcommand{
\backslash
thesection}{Title 
\backslash
arabic{section}:}
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard


\backslash
renewcommand{
\backslash
labelenumi}{} 
\end_layout

\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Section

\series bold
First 
\series default
Chapter 
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
text
\end_layout

\begin_layout Section
Second Chapter 
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
text
\end_layout

\begin_layout Section
Third Chapter 
\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
text
\end_layout

\end_body
\end_document 

Re: Filename in document

[pol]

Susanne Gütter wrote:
> how can I get the name of my document into the document or into the
> preview? I don't find any solution in the references.


You should add a footer or header, by proper commands in the
documents->settings->Latex preamble, including the instruction \jobname
The you have to switch to document->settings->page layout->'fancy'

Here included an example of footer and header i often use. Note that here
also page numbers are printed out, 

--
pol

---inc
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\lhead{ \footnotesize {\bf \itshape Notes }  } 
\chead{ }
\rhead{~\footnotesize \itshape \today}
\lfoot{  { \scriptsize {\TeX / \itshape{LyX} } document~~  ~~~ {\scriptsize
\jobname}  \scriptsize  } }
\cfoot{  }
\rfoot{ {   \thepage\   /  \pageref{LastPage}} }


-

lyx on smartphones?

[Pol]

Any suggestions about smartphones (cell phones, like motorola with the
linux o.s. or nokia with the symbian o.s.) where it would be possible to
install lyx (without latex)? 

Thank you

--
pol

keyboard bindings

[pol]

Hi all, 

What is the most common way to get accented characters using a us-keyboard?
Example items from your file will be welcome.

thank you for your help
--
pol  

nth roots

[pol]

Is there a way to render roots of any order by entering latex command,
without resorting to the math panel?
Simply entering \sqrt[n]{a} does not work as expected.

thank you 

--
Pol

Re: LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 1) is released - kde themes

[pol]

Just compiled on my laptop/centrino under kubuntu.
I have used scons, as suggested, after cd'd into  development/scons:

 scons gettext=auto mode=release frontend=qt4 boost=auto nls=yes spell=auto 
prefix=/usr/local   -j3 all

  scons install

I have noticed that the scrollbar does not match the theme (baghira)
of my kde desktop. Any hints?

Thank you 

--
Pol

enumerating lines of code

[pol]

I would like to automatically enumerate blocks of lines of code, 
that is lines formatted as 'lyx code'.

Enumeration should be carried through all the blocks in the document.

Any hints?


thank you

Pol
 

accented characters

[pol]

Hi, 

The command \jobname  in the preamble does not print accented 
characters of the file name.

how to fix?


thank you 

--
Pol

margins change by decimal values

[pol]

I have noticed that, if lyx is started from a terminal where LANG="it" has
been set, margins cannot be changed by non-integer values. 

As /etc/environment with LANG="en" is sourced, lyx allows for non integer
changes (in cm units).
Notice that, as non integer margins have been set, editing the same doc by
lyx, in the LANG='it' environment do not change margins in the final pdf
form, but only the integer part is displayed in the document settings
panel, while trying to change the decimal part of margins is ineffective. 

Any idea?


thank you 

--
Pol
   

1.5rc1 and kde session

[pol]

I have successfully compilied lyx on kubuntu-feisty, using scons. The
executable is rather big (about 7-8 MB), while the home compiled 1.4.4 is
only  4-5 MB. 
How to obtain a smaller executable?

Moreover, i would like  lyx-sessions to be preserved across kdm sessions. 
Any hints to get such result?

thank you

--
Pol

live links?

[Pol]

I would like to use a special lyx doc of mine as a mind map. 
To that aim, opening other files by clicking on the relevant hyperlink on 
that lyx file, would be very convenient.  Is that possible? 

thank you
paolo

read_only view of lyx doc

[Pol]

I would like to view my lyx document in read only mode, so as not to 
modify it by mistake, by pressing keys, restoring the original read-
write privileges, before closing. 
A kind a lyx 'command mode', as in the 'vi' text editor, provided with 
a few comamnd keys di move cursor across my document. 
Woould that be possible in the future?

thanks

Re: read_only view of lyx doc

[Pol]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:

> Le 24/01/2018 à 13:45, Pol a écrit :
>> I would like to view my lyx document in read only mode, so as not 
to
>> modify it by mistake, by pressing keys, restoring the original 
read-
>> write privileges, before closing.
>> A kind a lyx 'command mode', as in the 'vi' text editor, provided 
with
>> a few comamnd keys di move cursor across my document.
>> Woould that be possible in the future?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Did you try Document>Disable Editing?
> 
> JMarc


I didn't know that command. Thank you for your suggestion.

p.

Indenting in verse style

[Pol]

The following text, in verse style, is correctly indented on my lyx 
screen, but the pdf is not well rendered, the last line not being aligned 
with first one:
 
Given that
  1. prop 1
  2. prop 2
  3. prop 3
then prop 4 must follow.

Here included my lyx test file.
Is that a bug?

thank you

paolo m.

test-enumeration-in-verse.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: Indenting in verse style

[Pol]

Daniel wrote:


> 
> I am not sure which is correct (the lyx work area or the code
> generated). Basically, you need an extra empty line below the
> environment. I seem to remember that LyX originally added such 
empty
> lines but it was removed due to bug
> https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9055. Maybe this is a special case 
where
> it shouldn't?
> 
> Attached is a workaround to get your expected result in LyX. I just 
copy
> and pasted the empty line format from another file since I could not
> remember how to insert them otherwise.
> 
> /Daniel


thank you, i have copied your insertion

p.

Sharpness of lyx characters

[Pol]

screen characters in lyx on hp-elitebook x360, appear unclear, i would 
say that 'ink density' is not uniform. 
No change switching to different fonts.
All applications display clear characters, except LyX 
Lyx runs on opensuse leap 15 / plasma 

Any hints?

thank you

paolo m.

Re: weird language management

[Pol]

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:

> On 10/21/2018 11:48 AM, Paolo M wrote:
>>
>> I have noticed that spellchecker does not work, if an alternative
>> language has been given.
>> Is that a bug?
> 
> Do you have a vocabulary loaded for the alternative language?

Not to my knowledge.  How to check?

thank you

auto fixing mispelled words

[Pol]

A possible improvement of the spellchecker facility: Common, typical 
mispellings made by authors could be istantaneously autocorrected by 
lyx, by checking a suitable list  maintained by authors themseves.

p.
  

Re: auto fixing mispelled words

[Pol]

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:

> On 10/22/2018 04:16 AM, Pol wrote:
>>
>> A possible improvement of the spellchecker facility: Common, 
typical
>> mispellings made by authors could be istantaneously autocorrected 
by
>> lyx, by checking a suitable list  maintained by authors themseves.
> But if I know that I never intend to type “satistics” then why would I
> still do it so often that the ordinary find-and-replace function
> weren't sufficient to fix the occasional lapse?

Only for practicl reasons. It is easier to replace wrong words 
automatically.
There are several words that i frequntly type  wronglyi every few lines, 

p.

Re: weird language management

[Pol]

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:

> On 10/22/2018 03:38 AM, Pol wrote:
>>
>> Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10/21/2018 11:48 AM, Paolo M wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have noticed that spellchecker does not work, if an alternative
>>>> language has been given.
>>>> Is that a bug?
>>> 
>>> Do you have a vocabulary loaded for the alternative language?
>> Not to my knowledge.
> So, just how were you imagining that the spellchecker would do its
> checking, then?

By 'alternative language' i understood as second vocabulary that the 
spellchecker use, if no entries in the default vocabulary matches the 
current word. I see no reason for the spellchecker does not check any 
words, most of them belonging to the default language, 

Moreover, i have never explicitly loaded any vocabulary. I suppose that 
has been done automatically, after the language name has been 
entered. Shouldn't be the same, when entering the name of the 
alternative language? 


 

> 
>> How to check?
> 
> There are many spellcheckers supported by LyX and multiple 
operating
> systems to which LyX has been ported, and you haven't told us which
> you use.  I urge you to determine which spellchecker you've installed,
> by selecting

Language is set to 'predefined' (that  is italian) and spellchecker is 
hunspell (also tried enchant). 
Alternative language that i have tried is english

Spellchecker works fine, provided that no alternative language has 
been set. That is the weird case.

Thank you 

paolo m.

tikz pictures rendering

[Pol]

Hi all, 
​I don't know  if this a lyx software issue or a tikz programming issue (i 
am
rather new to tikz)

I would like to lower a bit the circle in the 'in line' command:

 \tikz \draw (0,-9pt) circle (4pt);

so that the circle appear shifted a little lower, with respect to the text
line it is in.
​inserting the latex command:

\tikz \draw (0,-9pt) circle (4pt);

​obtains:
1 - ​the ​picture​​,​ on the lyx display​,​ effectively shifted downward, but 
its lower part has been cut away.​ I would have a full circle in the text 
line.
​
​2 - T​he picture appears unmoved, in the pdf rendering

Any comments will be appreciated

thank you

paolo m.

Re: tikz pictures rendering

[Pol]

Joel Kulesza wrote:

> Paolo,
> 
> Can you please provide MWE 
(https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MinimalExample
> )?  If so, I'll take a closer
> look.

Here included my test file.
I have to correct my observations here (probably my tikz command, a 
few hours ago, was not the same; not sure):
- both normal position circle and the shifted one, have been cut off, 
as displayed by LyX.
- no cut off, no shift for both normal position circle and the shifted 
one, as rendered as pdf.

Thank you

paolo m.



test-inline-tikz.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: auto fixing mispelled words

[Pol]

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote:

> On 11/3/18 5:46 AM, paolo m. wrote:
>> I am not able to 'learn' how not to make typos. Do you?
> 
> I learn not to make _specific_ typographical errors, and the facility
> that you request would only deal with sets of specific errors.

Yes, a set of specific words to be fixed by rearranging letters.
E.g.  writing quickly it often happens to write 'informazioen' rather than 
' informazione'.  
Sometimes that word appears correctly on the screen, sometimes it is 
distorted like that, as an anagram of the right word.  
Is that mistake a matter of 'learning'? You mean that i should gain a 
better motor control of my fingers' movements? 
My guess is that my mind form the mispelled word, while quickly 
writing, because  'informazioen' and ' informazione' are the same, in 
my mind.  
There would be much to say about the meaning of 'learning', but this is 
not the right place to discuss about that. I do not know which aspects 
of learning would be involved here, but i am puzzled about how to 
improve my writing by learning. 
Anyway, that kind of mispelling happens often. Should i spend years to 
learn, hoping ti improve my typewriting ability?
Rather, it would be very convenient to see that kind of mistakes 
instantly corrected. Don't you agree?

paolo m.  

>> Is is not a matter of learning,
> 
> Of course it is.
> 
>> it is our mind functioning that swaps letter
>> positions or doubles next letters while quickly writing text lines
> 
> Typing isn't an inborn skill; it is something that one learns.
> Learning to type a word and learning not to mistype it are the same
> thing.
> 
>> Restoring the correct letters order for each word quickly would be a
>> great favour to a number of long paper writers.
> 
> In the case of a long paper, as opposed to a set of papers, the
> facility that you request doesn't offer much that global
> find-and-replace doesn't already do.  In either case, you are talking
> about working from an assembled list of corrections. (Recall that your
> original request involved a list assembled by the user of corrections
> to make.)

mangled labels in 1.2.1

[Pol]

Labels at equation lines are mangled using lyx 1.2.1
If labels are made by two or more items, they get collapsed in a single string, 
as the document is closed.
Labels containig underscore, such as a_b, are added by extra braces. 
Many cross-references are lost. 

--
Paolo 

numbers of numbered lists

[pol]

I would expect size of numbers in numbered lists would change accordingly,
as the font size of all text has changed or the default font size has
changed. 
That does not happen, with the default 'article' class, using lyx 1.4.5
Any suggestions?
Any improvements in the next lyx releases, in this regard?

Thank you
---
Pol

pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures, into a
lyx file?
Metapost or something like that could be used?
 
Thank you
--
Pol

Re: pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

> Pol wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures,
>> into a lyx file?
>> Metapost or something like that could be used?
>>  
> 
> Would either tikz or xy-pic do what you have in mind?
> 

I have never tried those format. Can they be included into a lyx file?
How to do?

Thank you
--
Pol

Re: pictures into the lyx file

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:

> Pol wrote:
>> Paul A. Rubin wrote:
>> 
>>> Pol wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to include pictures, I mean simple geometric pictures,
>>>> into a lyx file?
>>>> Metapost or something like that could be used?
>>>>  
>>> Would either tikz or xy-pic do what you have in mind?
>>>

> 
> It is easy to embed a compiled image (PDF, JPG, PNG, EPS, ...) from a
> suitable drawing/graphing program.  I take it that's not what you want?
> 

Thank you for your hints and examples, i will experiment with both programs,
but i would prefer to work with a graphic interface. 
Also, it is a pity lyx is not able t render tikz  and  xy-pic  pictures. 

--
Pol

word wrap and \use_geometry

[pol]

Text cannot be properly justified in the 'item' environment, if
\use_geometry is set 'true'. Both the lyx interface and the pdf output
appear to be affected by that switch.
I do not remember what the use of the \use_geometry option and how it can be
set off from the lyx interface.  I
I have just found that, as \use_geometry is set 'false' by editing the lyx
character text file, word wrapping is ok. 
Is that a bug?
Should  \use_geometry  be set to 'false' by default?

Thank you
--
Pol

Re: word wrap and \use_geometry

[pol]

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
 
> Could you send a small example file? I am not sure what you mean.

I had been experimenting a few days ago, with lyx 1.4.3, but i cannot
arrange a test now. 
Anyway, should one expect any problems justifying text in the 'item'
environment, due to lines containing math expressions not being properly
wrapped up?

> 
>> I do not remember what the use of the \use_geometry option and how it can
>> be
>> set off from the lyx interface.  I
> 
> Just check
> Document>Settings|Margins|default margin

thanks 
--
Pol

back reference to page

[pol]

I would like to crossreference to the page a tagged item is in. 
Any hints?

Thank you
--
Pol

math font

[Pol]

Math font is displayed by lyx (linux) smaller than the normal text (although
printing is fine). 
How to adjust the math font size?

Thank you
--
Pol

Re: math font

[Pol]

Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
> Play with the the 'Zoom %' and 'Screen DPI' values in the Preferences
> under Screen fonts.


Strangely enough, math font is the correct size as cursor is within the math
area (here font size changes according to preferences), yet it takes back
its small, fixed size, as cursor moves out into normal text.

Any ideas?

thank you
-P 

Re: math font

[Pol]

Konrad Hofbauer wrote:

> Increase the Screen DPI value (you have to restart LyX for this setting
> to take effect), or disable Math Previews (also in the preferences).
> 

I have set 'instant preview' to 'no math'

thank you
--P

formatting 'smallest' font

[Pol]

Here included a test file, where a line in 'smallest' font cannot be
formatted into a table. 
Any ideas?

Thank you
--Pol


test-table-formatting.lyx
Description: application/lyx


test-table-formatting.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: formatting 'smallest' font

[Pol]

Rudi van der Linde wrote:
> It seems like "underbar" is causing the problem.  Don't know why though.
> 

Yes, so it seems
I am using lyx 1.4.5. Same result with 1.6.1?

--P

nicer matrix delimiters?

[Pol]

Any suggestions to change matrix delimiters, other than square or  standard
round brackets? I would like straight round brackets.

thank you
-Pol

xy-pic oddities

[Pol]

While the single arrow in command
\xymatrix{A \ar[r] B}
is displayed by lyx, three arrow graph in command
\xymatrix{ & & p,a & \\ p \ar[r] \ar[ur] \ar[dr] & & p,n & \\ & & p,e & }
is undisplayed (yet correctly printed out)

Any ideas?
Any matrix or array specifications needed in the preamble?

thank you
---P

Re: xy-pic oddities

[Pol]

Paul A. Rubin wrote:
 
> FWIW, I pasted your three arrow code into a new document in LyX (with
> \usepackage[all]{xy} in the preamble), and instant preview displayed it
> with three arrow heads but only one arrow (the middle one).  I also
> threw in another math inset with an integral, and instant preview did
> not display the integral sign.


Now evrything works, thank you
It seems that sometimes displaying xy-pic pictures takes a very long time;
but i cannot reproduce. (by the way, i am still using 1.4.5 on linux)

--P  

xy-pic polyline

[Pol]

I need to draw a picture without characters at corners. I think i should
call the polyline command, but i can't find any easy example to learn how
to use it.
Any hints?

Thank you

---P

collecting items

[pol]

Often i have to pick up math questions from several previously made
documents to build up a new one (homework, test, other deliverables).

I would like to hear about your suggestions to effectively accomplish such
task. 


Thank you
---P

RE: collecting items

[Pol]

Micha Feigin wrote:

> If it's lyx or latex documents you can just copy and paste. Lyx will work
> as is. Latex math you need to either paste into an existing math block or
> paste as normal text, then select the math parts and press Ctrl-M to
> create a math block of the text.

Yes, they are all lyx documents. 
My trick is to collect most of math questions in one file, so as to be able
to pick up what is needed, when preparing a new doc. 

A different solution  would be to store each math question or expression in
distinct lyx document. Then, desired items could be included into your doc
through the 'input' instruction.  But i have never tried.


Thank you
---P

customizing the extra spaces

[Pol]

Is it possible to change the mark for extra space (ctrl-space)?
How to change its color as well, independently from the TeX code color?
I would that mark less visible.

Thank you
---p

Re: customizing the extra spaces

[Pol]

Helge Hafting wrote:
> Nonbreaking spaces are usually not needed that often. How come
> you find them too visible? Are you using lots of them to get "extra
> space" somewhere? There are usually better ways of getting
> extra space. "Insert->Formatting->Horizontal Space" lets you
> insert spaces of any length you might need.

Thank you for your suggestions.
I do not use extra space very often, yet sometimes it comes handy entering
ctrl-space, e.g. i like more space at the ends of in line formulas.

I should set a shortcut for "Insert->Formatting->Horizontal Space" with a
given parameter, to enter a space with pre-defined length. Is that
possible?


---Pol

format conversion

[Pol]

Is it possible to convert a lyx doc from 1.6 to 1.4 by a commnd line
instruction?

My attempts starting from 'lyx -e "LyX 4.3.x"' followed by a number of
variations, all failed.


Thank you

---P

Re: format conversion

[Pol]

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
> lyx -e lyx14x file.lyx
> 

Thank you. That allowed me to write down a zsh script to convert files into
*.lyx14 then to move them into a special directory, after having been
renamed *.lyx again. 

---P
- enc
#!/bin/zsh
 (lyx-e lyx14x *lyx &&  \
  for i in *.lyx14; do mv -- "$i" lyx-1.4/"${i:r}.lyx"; done
) 
---

importing 0.12

[Pol]

I would import an old 0.12 lyx file into 1.4.5
Any suitable script?

Thank you 

--P

Re: importing 0.12

[Pol]

rgheck wrote:

> On 10/23/2009 01:12 PM, Pol wrote:
> It should just work: Just open the file in LyX. If that doesn't work,
> then the lyx2lyx conversion script is failing. You can try to run it
> from outside LyX, if you wish. You'll find it (on Linux) at
> /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx. Run "lyx2lyx -h" for info.
> 

I am using a home.compiled lyx version: /usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
doe not work. Maybe that is the reason why importing by lyx does not work
either. 
Attached is the output from cli.


> Can I ask why you are still using 1.4.5?

well, i am still  working on kubuntu/hardy with kde 3.5.10. I am waiting for
a 'heavy end-user' friendly kde4 release (hopefully 4.4) to switch. In the
meantime, i like 1.3.5, i am accustomed to it and the baghira desktop theme
is supported. 

Thank you
---Pol

--- enc.
(@ambhi) dyn + %  /usr/lo*/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx  old-time_moments.lyx
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx", line 101, in 
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx", line 92, in main
file = LyX.File(end_format, input, output, error, debug, try_hard,
cjk_encoding)
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py", line 556, in __init__
self.read()
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py", line 242, in read
self.encoding = get_encoding(self.language, self.inputencoding,
self.format, self.cjk_encoding)
  File "/usr/local/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/LyX.py", line 128, in get_encoding
return lang[language][3]
KeyError: 'default'

-

Re: importing 0.12

[Pol]

rgheck wrote:

 
>
> You don't need to switch to kde4 to run 1.6.x. You just need the Qt4
> libraries. Aren't those available for hardy? They will happily co-exist
> with the Qt3 libraries that kde3 uses. If you're using alternate
> encodings, unicode, etc, it is well worth the upgrade. And there are a
> lot of new features, too.

Ok, i have installed lyx 1.6 and lyx2lyx worked fine

Thank you

--P

slides with line control and audio track

[Pol]

I would like to create slides with the following features: 

- slide gradually reveals successive lines of text

- audio track can be played in sync with the video

Your suggestions are welcome

thank you 
---P

lyx compatibility with other w-processors

[Pol]

Working at a document with people using word processors other than lyx
is currently impossible, since using latex as common format does not work
(even importing latex files into lyx is not easy; that is explecially true
if those latex files have been produced by kword or opensoffice). 

I am wondering if it would be worth considering to develop the filters

   openoffice <--> lyx
   kword  <--> lyx 

(i have no idea of the difficulties of such work)
Such convenient utilities would encourage people to use lyx. 

--
Pol

lyx and gnuplot

[Pol]

I would like to pipe math expressions from LyX to gnuplot (or better to a
graphic gnuplot front end, to adjust plotting parameters beforehand), so as 
to be able to plot them out, to study their behaviour while reading text.

Has anybody already succeeded? 

thank you 

--
Pol

about NoteEdit

[Pol]

I have just come across the included mail, from the linux-audio-user
mailing list. May be of interest to lyx users and developers.

--
pol



--- enc. 
  [linux-audio-user] SCORE for UNIX/Linux ?

  Joerg Anders j.anders at informatik.tu-chemnitz.de 
   Mon Jul 19 03:19:54 EDT 2004 

  On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Dave Phillips wrote:
  > 
  >   Today's goal: MusicTeX, maybe using Lyx (?) for a front-end. Anyone 
  > here have any experience with MusicTeX or any member of its family ?
  > 

  Because NoteEdit exports all ASCII based musical typesetting formats
  (except M-Tx) I have enforcedly some MusiXTeX knowledge.

  Long time ago the LyX devolpers contacted me and asked for
  some additional functionallity in NoteEdit to make it useable
  for LyX. To tell the truth: I didn't comprehend why exactly
  they requested this. As far as I can remember this they
  planned a clickable "score" sign which should signal musical score
  inside a LaTeX text. Clicking this sign should launch NoteEdit.

  I cannot say what happend with these plans. But the requested
  NoteEdit features are present.

   -

  Still a "musical score" tip:

http://abcplus.sourceforge.net
http://moinejf.free.fr 
http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/



-- 
J.Anders, Chemnitz, GERMANY (ja at informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)
--

Previewing tikz

[Pol (Le-Z570)]

Tikz graph cannot be previewed, when inserted into a mini page, although 
it is correctly displayed in the PDF viwew

Tikz graph not in mini page is correctly previewed in lyx.

Any ideas?

thank you

Pol