Re: #6796: Some GUI Windows display improperly on Mac

2015-06-30 Thread James Sutherland
It looks like this has been mostly resolved in 2.1.3 (the version I am running). The advanced find window pops up improperly sized and not usable, but now responds properly to resizing. James On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 3:11 AM, LyX Ticket Tracker wrote: > #6796: Some GUI Windows disp

Re: Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-03-19 Thread James
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:45 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Did you do a thorough check of your machine with some antimalware (like > Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free)? > All three machines have enterprise antivirus/malware/spyware packages of different brands (Symantec, Norton and McAfee), non

Re: Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-03-17 Thread James
pective analysis retrospective analysis" The double words are still occurring. Fortunately the advanced find and replace can be used to locate them. However, it obviously cant recover a deleted word nor does it do well at finding a pair of duplicated words. James

Re: #9442: Paste via keyboard shortcut (sometimes) not working on Windows

2015-03-05 Thread James
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Sven Schreiber wrote: > > > Yes I'd say that if pasting works, then this works, too. > I was just quoting James's additional comment to make the report complete. > You would have to ask him whether this part of his experience is just the > expected behavior. > > My

Re: Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-02-22 Thread James
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 10:27 PM, James wrote: > > > - > 22:07:52.468: String has been replaced. > 22:07:52.640: (word-replace approximately > > 1 1 0 1 0) > 22:08:20.550: (dialog-toggle &g

Re: Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-02-22 Thread James
--- I assume the last one at 22:08:20.550 was me opening the message pane about 30 seconds after it occurred. It certainly seems to have logged some part of the word-replace. Hopefully that is enough to start to pinpoint the root cause. James

Re: Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-02-18 Thread James
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Richard Heck wrote: > > James, can you remind me what system you are using? Windows? Mac? Are > there any auxiliary programs you have running? We have sometimes seen weird > interactions between LyX and some other programs. > > One more

Re: Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-02-18 Thread James
Where would I have to look to find out about the syntax for writing my own expressions? I did try to create a user defined regular expression but because I really have no idea about the syntax required, it just resulted in replacing the duplicate word with the literal expression plus with \endregexp{} tacked on the end. Cheers James

Re: Close All used with split view crashes LyX 2.1.2 and 2.1.3

2015-02-17 Thread James
ground of "prohibited content". They were just two zipped files with LyX files in them. Instead I have sent them to Scott Kostyshak and he might post or share them instead. James

Close All used with split view crashes LyX 2.1.2 and 2.1.3

2015-02-17 Thread James
t;fuss free" auto save and recovery processes that I have come across, so content is only lost if the auto save interval is large. A bit annoying nonetheless. This is currently happening for both LyX 2.1.2 and 2.1.3 on Windows 7 (64-bit) systems. But I do also have a feeling it was happening with 2.1.1 and possibly 2.0.x. James

Re: View/compile reduced size PDF within LyX

2015-02-09 Thread James
> > > On a similar note, AFAIK most of the size reduction comes from Ghostscript reducing the size of the raster images and those with raster components. The next level of usability (beyond using a converter on a whole document) would be to have an option within the figure float setting or graphic

Re: View/compile reduced size PDF within LyX

2015-02-09 Thread James
didn't help them to isolate the problem before I assisted. Thanks for the assistance James

View/compile reduced size PDF within LyX

2015-02-07 Thread James
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile=small.pdf big.pdf How hard is this to implement? Is there a reason why such an option doesn't already exist? Cheers James

Re: Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-02-02 Thread James Smith
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > James Smith writes: > > > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:44:19 -0800 > > > > That's terribly weird. Could this be completion playing tricks? > > Although I do not see this happening.Can y

Re: Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-02-01 Thread James Smith
f the duplication is related to new keystrokes or whether it is the bug is more spurious. Cheers James

Double word bug - LyX is duplicating random words

2015-02-01 Thread James Smith
thing I can specifically look for to pin point the cause I'm all ears. Cheers James

Re: small feature request - center graphics

2011-08-08 Thread James Sutherland
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 04.08.2011 18:42, schrieb James Sutherland: > > > I would like to request that floating graphics and table environments be >> centered by default. They are currently left-justified. This is >> particularly awkw

small feature request - center graphics

2011-08-04 Thread James Sutherland
he default behavior in LyX? Thanks! James

A few suggestions for fixes in LyX 2.0

2011-04-13 Thread James C. Sutherland
supplied with LyX for forward search with Skim). It opens a file, but does not position itself anywhere near the requested line. Can anyone duplicate this? Best wishes, James

Re: Poll for the default icon theme in LyX 2.0

2011-03-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
oxygen

bug with brackets in subfloat?

2011-02-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
has to due with the right-bracket. If you remove it, things compile just fine. I have attached a very brief LyX file (2.0beta3 format) that illustrates this problem. Is there a known work-around for this problem? Thanks, James subfloat_bug.lyx Description: Binary data

Re: #6799: Spell checking word selection fails

2010-09-18 Thread James C. Sutherland
This appears to be fixed in alpha6. Thanks to all of their developers for their hard work on this - I look forward to using 2.0! James On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 6:36 PM, LyX Ticket Tracker wrote: > #6799: Spell checking word selection fa

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
Sorry all - false alarm. For whatever reason, when I installed 1.6.7, the default LyX switched to 2.0alpha4 on my system, and I did not notice this. So it turns out that scrolling and dialogue boxes work fine in 1.6.7. Again, sorry for the false alarm. James On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:24 AM, BH wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:12 AM, James C. Sutherland > wrote: > > Another regression on Mac: some of the dialogue boxes (e.g. the spell > check > > dialogue box) is not rendered properly. See the attached image. > Resiz

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
? James On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Public release of LyX version 1.6.7 > === > > We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.7. This is the eighth > maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. > > From

Re: LyX 2.0 alpha 4 - Right-Click on Mac broken

2010-07-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
Hmm - it is working again. Must be some gremlins on my machine. James On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM, James C. Sutherland < james.sutherl...@utah.edu> wrote: > I have found another bug in 2.0 alpha for Mac. Right-clicking a text > selection does not work properly. No context m

LyX 2.0 alpha 4 - Right-Click on Mac broken

2010-07-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
succeeded in getting a fully functional spell checker with previous LyX versions, and this works out of the box! Thanks to all of the developers for their hard work - 2.0 will surely be a major step forward once the kinks are worked out! James

Re: No Mouse scrolling in LyX 2.0 - Mac?

2010-06-30 Thread James Sutherland
On Jun 30, 2010, at 4:56 AM, Jean-Marc LASGOUTTES wrote: > "James C. Sutherland" writes: >> When trying to scroll with the mouse, I get many copies of the following >> message: >> >>> /Users/stephan/cvs/lyx/lyx-2.0.0alpha4/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.

Re: LyX 2.0 GUI Issue on Mac

2010-06-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > James C. Sutherland wrote: > > I just started looking at the 2.0 alpha 4 version of LyX. > > > > This issue may already be well-known, but there are several parts of the > GUI > > that appear improperly on my Mac

Re: No Mouse scrolling in LyX 2.0 - Mac?

2010-06-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
; /Users/stephan/cvs/lyx/lyx-2.0.0alpha4/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp(840): > wheelScrollLines = 3 delta = 0 scroll_value = 0 page_step = 734 > I launched LyX with the flags: > -dbg gui,scrolling. > Hopefully this will be helpful. James

No Mouse scrolling in LyX 2.0 - Mac?

2010-06-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
I just discovered that mouse scrolling does not work in 2.0 alpha 4 on Mac. Can anyone else confirm? James

Japanese Text Layout

2009-08-17 Thread Matthew James Whitehead
I am a newbie and I have been researching Japanese text layout and tex-variants. I would like to suggest support for upTex. A new version of ptex being developed to truly support unicode text input and format the text appropriately. Currently the formating in xetex cjk-latex etc doesnt quite do

Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
Is there a way of disabling "Language Support" in LyX? Every time that I paste text between documents I get blue underlining of the text and have to "reset" the language to get rid of it. In the language settings dialogue box there are a lot of cryptic options, but none to just turn it all

Re: hyperref bug with parent/child documents?

2009-05-11 Thread James C. Sutherland
Bug #5941 http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/5941 On May 11, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: I think I found a LyX bug. LyX 1.6.2, Mac OSX 10.5.6 1. Create a parent document and turn off hyperref support (Document- Settings->

Re: Jumping back from Pdf file to LyX (Latex) source?

2009-02-26 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 24, 2009, at 8:46 PM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote: As far as I know, It is not possible to reverse search from a pdf file. You need to use the dvi, which supports marks known as dvi specials. I don't maintain my patches anymore. Best regards, João. There was a recent discuss

Re: possible bug in text wrap float

2008-10-29 Thread James Sutherland
Hmm - dreadful silence. I found a work-around: lift all children documents that use text wrap floats into the parent document. Then things compile without problem. This is definitely a bug in RC4 (I haven't yet tested it in RC5). James On Oct 29, 2008, at 7:21 AM, James Sutherland

Re: possible bug in text wrap float

2008-10-29 Thread James Sutherland
Do any developers have any suggestions to fix this problem? James On Oct 28, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Julio Rojas wrote: Confirmed in RC4 under Vista, but it only happens if both documents are open. If I only have the child document open, I can compile it without a problem, even after the error on

Re: possible bug in text wrap float

2008-10-28 Thread James Sutherland
I should mention: this was with 1.6rc4. On Oct 28, 2008, at 2:41 PM, James Sutherland wrote: I have hit a bug in the text wrap float, but am having a hard time creating steps to reliably reproduce it. The problem shows up by LyX shoving the following into the LaTeX output: \floatstyle

possible bug in text wrap float

2008-10-28 Thread James Sutherland
to be to switch back to regular floats. One other thing: after the file "breaks" I cannot insert new text wrap floats. When I insert one, I get the "Senseless!!!" caption. James

Re: [announce] LyXWinInstaller for LyX 1.5.6

2008-07-28 Thread James Mansion
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Note: The update installer only works when LyX 1.5.5 was installed also with the LyXWinInstaller! Does it have to be 1.5.5, or will a prior 1.5.x also be OK?

Re: How to make Lyx DRAMATICALLY better.

2007-05-10 Thread Yu, James
Been there (excluding being a Math professor!), switch to LyX too. James Andreas K. wrote: Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am a professor of mathematics who has been using Scientific Word intensively for many years. Been there, switched to Lyx. Me too. I just wish I had d

problem with inserting reference using the keyboard

2004-06-30 Thread James Brusey
he desired insertion. What's going on here? Shouldn't "jump to label" have a button of it's own anyway? -- James Brusey

Re: Feature Request

2003-02-21 Thread James Frye
anged somewhere (perhaps in the preferences dialog?), because most aren't written even if changed. But if you comment out the test, everything is written, and if manually edited, will be read in and used. James On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Reinhard Thies wrote: > &

Re: Feature Request

2003-02-21 Thread James Frye
e" "#ff2a2a" \set_color "tabularline" "#2aff2a" \set_color "tabularonoffline" "#b0c4de" \set_color "bottomarea" "#66" \set_color "pagebreak" "#4169e1" \set_color "top" "#e500e5" \set_color "bottom" "#e500e5" \set_color "left" "#e500e5" \set_color "right" "#e500e5" \set_color "buttonbg" "#55" This only sets colors in the Lyx editing window. For the GUI, assuming you have the XForms version (I don't know how Qt works), there's a second file, preferences.xform. Here's mine: \gui_background31 31 63 \gui_buttonbottom 199 199 0 \gui_buttonleft 199 199 0 \gui_buttonright 199 199 0 \gui_buttontop199 199 199 \gui_inactive 200 200 200 \gui_push_button0 0 255 \gui_selected 0 0 0 \gui_text 255 255 0 Hope this gives you a starting point. The colors probably need to be fiddled around with some more (I'm new to Lyx myself), but at least it's halfway usable. James

Re: Hints for newbie?

2003-02-21 Thread James Frye
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Garst R. Reese wrote: > > > James Frye wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> It looks like I am going to be using Lyx a good bit in the next year or > >> so, and I would like to make a few modific

Hints for newbie?

2003-02-20 Thread James Frye
read, isn't it?) Thanks, James

Re: homebrew latex?

1999-11-25 Thread James Sleeman
for the most part ... > http://www.cs.uakron.edu/~adam/eplain.html I fail to see how eplain and LyX are anything alike myself - ones a word-processor, ones a language extention. -- |+ BE DIFFERENT, GO ||| James Sleeman || |\ | | | \/ ||| [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__ | | \| |

Small request (suggestion)

1999-09-07 Thread James Sleeman
e). -- |+ BE DIFFERENT, GO ||| James Sleeman || |\ | | | \/ ||| [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__ | | \| |__| /\ ||| It's all a bunch of tree huggin hippy crap !