Re: Web site v1.4.1

1999-07-30 Thread Allan Rae
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Amir Karger wrote: > - get rid of the mailing list archives menu in the navbar? It's in > mailing.php3 which isn't hard to find. Does it really belong on every page > on the site? I'd say chuck them :-) > - better customize? It appears to be directory specific now, which

Re: Just a Matter of Style (was: LaTeX file handling)

1999-07-30 Thread Allan Rae
On 30 Jul 1999, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > "Arnd Hanses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | The reason for prefering to use a const function and an additional > | variable is: > > As I said below this is a matter of style. > > a) void foo(string &); > b) string foo(string const &); > > I lik

Re: Inset layout files

1999-07-30 Thread Allan Rae
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Yoni Elhanani wrote: > Hello. Hello. > > I am not familiar with LyX sources, (I'm barely familiar with LyX > itself) but last night I peeked around, and noticed that LyX uses > layout files for commands and enviroment (and command-enviroment such > as a list), but insets ar

WYSIWYG \prime problems

1999-07-30 Thread Dan Mueth
The \prime character appears too high if used in the exponent, as one would normally do in an equation: $x^\prime = x^2$ produces nice postscript output, but looks poor in Lyx. (This is true independent of whether one types "\prime" or uses the Math Panel.) In Lyx, the prime character looks good

Re: xforms 0.89

1999-07-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Is this of any relevance to the | LyX 1.0x effort? Yes, I think we want to LyX 1.0.x to compile on the latest _stable_ release of xforms. If that is 0.89 or 0.90 does not matter. Lgb

Inset layout files

1999-07-30 Thread Yoni Elhanani
Hello. I am not familiar with LyX sources, (I'm barely familiar with LyX itself) but last night I peeked around, and noticed that LyX uses layout files for commands and enviroment (and command-enviroment such as a list), but insets are hardcoded. I think that if everything would be in layout fil

xforms 0.89

1999-07-30 Thread larry
Is this of any relevance to the LyX 1.0x effort? -- -lsm

Re: Belated summary of LyX feedback from CALU (long) + Comment

1999-07-30 Thread larry
On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 11:03:27PM +0300, Martin Vermeer wrote: > > Just some thoughts. Let me know what you feel about it. > > Martin First, and foremost, thank you! I appreciate the big picture, tidbits about the future, and new ideas. I'm passing this along to a new LyX user, a former tro

Re: Just a Matter of Style (was: LaTeX file handling)

1999-07-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"Arnd Hanses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | The reason for prefering to use a const function and an additional | variable is: As I said below this is a matter of style. a) void foo(string &); b) string foo(string const &); I like b best since it does not change/modify its parameters. | A real

Re: Just a Matter of Style (was: LaTeX file handling)

1999-07-30 Thread Arnd Hanses
On 30 Jul 1999 21:57:08 +0200, Lars Gullik Bj°nnes wrote: >"Arnd Hanses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >| 1) Using a const function parameter and an additional variable of class >| LString. (see above) > >I this best. The reason for prefering to use a const function and an additional variable is

lyx vs. 32bpp (linuxppc)

1999-07-30 Thread Brad Midgley
hi, Using LinuxPPC 1999 and XF86FBDev x server, Lyx 1.0.3 will only run in 8- or 16-bpp. Under 32bpp lyx crashes right away: # lyx X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) Major opcode of failed request: 91 (X_QueryColors) Serial number o

Re: LaTeX file handling

1999-07-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"Arnd Hanses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | 1) Using a const function parameter and an additional variable of class | LString. (see above) I this best. | 2) Using only one non-const variable. (You'll have to instantiate one | in all cases.) A matter of style. | 3) Using a pointer to the proce

Re: Web site v1.4.1

1999-07-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | - feedback: still haven't got any and we may want something better than a | mailto. Have a look at http://www.htmlwizard.net/phpEasyMail/ Lgb

Re: LaTeX file handling

1999-07-30 Thread Arnd Hanses
On 27 Jul 1999 16:44:49 +0200, Lars Gullik Bj°nnes wrote: >And even better would be a function that does not clutter up LString >anymore: > >LString discardSign(LString const & str) >{ > LString tmp(str); > for (int i = 0; i < tmp.length(); ++i) > tmp[i] &= 0x7f; >

Re: Web site v1.4.1

1999-07-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | - feedback: still haven't got any and we may want something better than a | mailto. I'll see if I can find one for php3. | - counter: maybe we don't want one Perhaps not on the page, but we want a counter. | - links to CHANGES/README's etc. from CVS

Web site v1.4.1

1999-07-30 Thread Amir Karger
I call it 1.4.1 because nothing visible changed. However, I tried to dekludgify the menu/highlighting issue somewhat. I think it's a bit more sane now, and I *think* it works for every page. Please check and make sure! Each file now has at the top only the title, author, and the file's full pathn

Re: segv at startup (1.04pre4)

1999-07-30 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 05:06:29PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Did you upgrade your xforms library version to the one which supports > glibc2.1? I think somebody (Kayvan?) has rpms for redhat 6.0 too. > Yup. I've uploaded them to the developer pub/incoming site (I don't know who is g

Re: segv at startup (1.04pre4)

1999-07-30 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello, > Did you upgrade your xforms library version to the one which supports > glibc2.1? I think somebody (Kayvan?) has rpms for redhat 6.0 too. I just tried his rpm's for xforms, but without success. Did you mean rpm's for xforms, or for lyx? Also, it might have to do with the fact th

Re: Rendering color EPS figures

1999-07-30 Thread Dan Mueth
> Hmmm Are you rebuilding a lyx rpm or compiling sources? Was there > only one xforms library that LyX could be finding? If recompiling sources > did you do a "make distclean" in case you still had object files in the > src/ directory and then "./configure" again? > > Allan. (ARRae) Ok

Gone with the wind

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Hi again, Just to remind those of you who care: starting from now, I'll be gone from the list until August 30. Have fun. JMarc

Re: Belated summary of LyX feedback from CALU (long) + Comment

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> Good news! This is what we really need. I only hope it is good Martin> enough for all those people that complain (with some reason) Martin> about the lack of configurability in LaTeX layout. [snip] I began to answer to your mes

Re: LyX backtrace reports

1999-07-30 Thread Arnd Hanses
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:41:55 +0200 (MEST), Sasa Janiska wrote: >On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >> >> These crashes are rather surprising, since I do not remember reading >> about such problems recently. Are you sure there isn't something >> strange about your setup? Is it a p

ssf new version

1999-07-30 Thread Martin Vermeer
Hi, Here the updated version of the ssf (.cls, .layout, .bst) package. It now supports an additional layout: not only - Surveying Science in Finland - Maanmittaus but also - the Lecture Notes of the Surveying Science Days held each year in Finland. I was asked to write these. The Proceeding

Re: debug.h

1999-07-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Ralf Plaenkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Hi, | | I am a bit sad because DebugStream doesn't work anymore with SGIs | latest compiler (CC7.3 with option -LANG:std). | I use DebugStream in my own projects and it worked just fine until | we upgraded to this new compiler. This one is extremely s

Re: Belated summary of LyX feedback from CALU (long) + Comment

1999-07-30 Thread Martin Vermeer
> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, John Weiss wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 04:05:30PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > > "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Allan> * .layout file creation/management tools - a LaTeX-to-layout > > > Allan> parser would be ideal - oth

Re: de-patches

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Pit" == Peter Suetterlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pit> 1.0.4 is just around the corner (?), so here's an update for the Pit> documentation, menu-binding and i18. It's a diff against Pit> 1.0.4pre4 Could someone aply it to the CVS tree? Thanks, Thanks Pit. I applied it. In the future,

Re: Request for improvements in \cite{} support & \maketitle woes

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Gerald" == Gerald Cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gerald> Hello fellow LyX enthusiasts. Can we have an xforms checkbox Gerald> to genereate \citep{} & \citet{} Bib forms rather than the Gerald> obsolete \cite{} that v1.0.3 currently supports? I can sort Gerald> of see where to hack the

debug.h

1999-07-30 Thread Ralf Plaenkers
Hi, I am a bit sad because DebugStream doesn't work anymore with SGIs latest compiler (CC7.3 with option -LANG:std). I use DebugStream in my own projects and it worked just fine until we upgraded to this new compiler. This one is extremely standards compliant. Much more than the old one. It compi

Request for improvements in \cite{} support & \maketitle woes

1999-07-30 Thread Gerald Cecil
Hello fellow LyX enthusiasts. Can we have an xforms checkbox to genereate \citep{} & \citet{} Bib forms rather than the obsolete \cite{} that v1.0.3 currently supports? I can sort of see where to hack the source code, but I think this would be generally useful. Recall, these forms generate citat

de-patches

1999-07-30 Thread Peter Suetterlin
Hi guys! 1.0.4 is just around the corner (?), so here's an update for the documentation, menu-binding and i18. It's a diff against 1.0.4pre4 Could someone aply it to the CVS tree? Thanks, Peter -- ~~ Dr. Peter "Pit"

Re: segv at startup (1.04pre4)

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Etienne" == Etienne Grossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Etienne> Hello again, JMarc> Are you a glibc2.1 user? Etienne> Yes Did you upgrade your xforms library version to the one which supports glibc2.1? I think somebody (Kayvan?) has rpms for redhat 6.0 too. The glibc2.0 version o

Re: segv with M-f 1

1999-07-30 Thread Etienne Grossmann
JMarc> Try the appended patch. It works. Great! Still, I wonder if this hadn't been seen before... Thanks a lot, Etienne

Re: segv at startup (1.04pre4)

1999-07-30 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello again, JMarc> Are you a glibc2.1 user? Yes

Re: segv at startup (1.04pre4)

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "etienne" == etienne grossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: etienne> Hello, etienne> I found two segvs, and will describe the first in this etienne> mail. I did not see anything alike in the devel mailing list etienne> archive. etienne> Description : doing "lyx -help" ends in segv.

Re: segv with M-f 1

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "etienne" == etienne grossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: etienne> Note1 : If I start lyx, and immediatly do "M-f 1", etienne> all is fine; but when I do a second time "M-f 1", lyx etienne> crashes. On my machine, it does not rash, it quits. etienne> Note2 : If a file is loaded in

Re: bad postscript kills lyx

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Richard" == Richard E Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Richard> hmm, and I even noticed that bug report, and put it out of Richard> mind, as I never did such things :) But I'm currently filling Richard> out an incomplete in a class over two years old, and made Richard> color plots with

Re: segv at startup (1.04pre4)

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "etienne" == etienne grossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: etienne> Hello again, etienne> the problem seems not limited to the "-help" option : for etienne> some reason, I can't seem to exit lyx without a segv. etienne> Also, 1.04pre2 seems to do that too. Could you remind us what

Re: LyX backtrace reports

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Sasa" == Sasa Janiska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sasa> On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> These crashes are rather surprising, since I do not remember >> reading about such problems recently. Are you sure there isn't >> something strange about your setup? Is it a pure Su

Re: LyX backtrace reports

1999-07-30 Thread Sasa Janiska
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > These crashes are rather surprising, since I do not remember reading > about such problems recently. Are you sure there isn't something > strange about your setup? Is it a pure SuSe 6.1, or did you upgrade > some parts? > No, pure SuSE 6.1, ex

Re: segv at startup (1.04pre4)

1999-07-30 Thread etienne grossmann
Hello again, the problem seems not limited to the "-help" option : for some reason, I can't seem to exit lyx without a segv. Also, 1.04pre2 seems to do that too. Etienne

segv with M-f 1

1999-07-30 Thread etienne grossmann
Hello, for some reason, I have the feeling that I had already encountered this bug, but I could not get hold of it in the archives. Description : Start lyx, open a file, and try opening the first file in the "lastfiles" list that appears at the end of the "file" menu, by using (not th

segv at startup (1.04pre4)

1999-07-30 Thread etienne grossmann
Hello, I found two segvs, and will describe the first in this mail. I did not see anything alike in the devel mailing list archive. Description : doing "lyx -help" ends in segv. Here is what gdb sees : etienne@anonimo: gdb src/lyx GNU gdb 4.17 Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundat

Re: bad postscript kills lyx

1999-07-30 Thread Richard E. Hawkins
> Did you try 1.0.4pre4? It should be fixed there. You're right, I just rebuilt for the first time in a while, and it fixed it. > PS: It is strange how a pretty old bug can be reported twice in the > same week for no apparent reason... hmm, and I even noticed that bug report, and put it out

stray thought on float keys

1999-07-30 Thread Richard E. Hawkins
As I enter bunches of these, it occurs to me that the keystroke commands for floats are inconsistent in a silly manner. M-i o f produces the figure float, and M-i g then inserts the figure. I understand that the g comes from the automatic algorithm, but it would make a lot more sense if the

Re: Too heavy wysiwig "Index:*"

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Allan> On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Amir Karger wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 03:22:39PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes >> wrote: > I agree. We could maybe only show 'Index' or even 'Idx' in >> the button? > What do the others think? Allan> Why no