Re: Patch to insert entries for Hanging Paragraphs, Initials, Hyphenatable Text Markup and Logical Markup into Chapter 4 Modules of Additional.lyx

2022-12-29 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
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Patch to insert entries for Hanging Paragraphs, Initials, Hyphenatable Text Markup and Logical Markup into Chapter 4 Modules of Additional.lyx

2022-12-29 Thread John Robert Hudson
>From 114f61ae4bb095e8da0a21f30ef9e0b19fa8e7db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John R Hudson Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 11:11:47 + Subject: [PATCH] Insert entries for Hanging Paragraphs, Initials, Hyphenatable Text Markup and Logical Markup in Chapter 4 Modules of Additional.lyx --- lib/

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-29 Thread Pavel Sanda
Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2011-07-25, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > > Independent of all your points, LyX should be designed for the average > > user. And he doesn't know the LaTeX internals. LyX was once invented to > > keep the LaTeX fiddling away from the users and this should be our aim > > also for th

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
ments and we then can support lettrine correctly and safely. Would that be OK for you? Maybe a more prominent warning/documentation would help: #DescriptionBegin #Define character style for initials. - #Hint: try to use math and its artistic font styles like Fractur or the Calligraphi

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-26 Thread Helge Hafting
On 22. juli 2011 22:41, Uwe Stöhr wrote: [...] Yes, that is sadly true. There are too many distributions of Linux and Unix. I once tested out Fragalware and also Ubuntu and these two distros had a completely different package managing system and also its LaTeX implementation were different. I've

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-25 Thread Guenter Milde
I'm therefore opting to remove the module and reintroduce it for LyX > 2.1 when InsetLayout supports arguments and we then can support > lettrine correctly and safely. Would that be OK for you? Maybe a more prominent warning/documentation would help: #DescriptionBegin #Define char

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
on one still needs TeX Code to get no LaTeX errors so it is more safe if we don't have that module. Then LyX is not to blame if a document becomes uncompilable and the user who wants to use Initials will read the lettrine docs. My solution also required TeX Code and as Richard and Jürge

Re: MiKTeX on-the-fly installation defaults (was: 'Re: about the initials module')

2011-07-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 23.07.2011 10:49, schrieb Liviu Andronic: Initially I thought that I got confused, but it seems not. I've just played with LyX-2.0.0-3-Installer-Bundle.exe under wine and the default setting for MiKTeX on-the-fly installation is well 'Ask me first' (see attached shot). My vote is for switchin

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-23 Thread Pavel Sanda
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Sometimes I'm really close to stop working for LyX. I'm frustrated that we > don't focus on real life. Real life means for me that a student coming from > school to the university has to write his first internship report. He will > not know computer internals, knows perhaps a

Re: MiKTeX on-the-fly installation and the windows installer (was: Re: about the initials module)

2011-07-23 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Julien Rioux wrote: > Great observation. Just like you, it also frustrates me to have to click > yes/no a number of times, with several minutes inbetween each requests to > the user, as packages are being downloaded one-by-one. However, it would > frustrate me even

MiKTeX on-the-fly installation defaults (was: 'Re: about the initials module')

2011-07-23 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> This is true only in part. It doesn't hold if 'Install on-the-fly' is >> set to 'No', and it can backfire when set to 'Ask'. > > The LyX for Windows installer therefore sets it automatically to 'Install > on-the-fly'. > >> I have recently instal

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
tware has bugs but to introduce a bug purposely is something I cannot understand. My style needs TeX Code but as explained I had to use this to overcome your error prone solution. Moreover, when a user wants to use the Initials module, he will now see in the description, where to find a documentati

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.07.2011 20:25, schrieb Pavel Sanda: what is written in the paragraphs around above shows that you have little idea how things are done except of the windows pond. texlive creature is way too big to be installed and splitting it into parts where advanced parts are installed on administrato

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-20 Thread Pavel Sanda
the 0.1 release before they switch from 1.6 to > 2.0). And we cannot wait until LyX 2.1 because this might be a year and it > is in my opinion not acceptable to provide a style that could lead to LaTeX > errors. *shrug* this is call for Richard. to summary my pov for better review: - i

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-20 Thread Pavel Sanda
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > It is impossible to take care about every OS. For MiKTeX, MacTeX/TeXLive > there is no problem and TeXLive works on all platforms. > > In your Linux distro, the package might be tricky to install in another > distro it is not tricky. What is a common package in your distro migh

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-20 Thread Julien Rioux
On 20/07/2011 1:35 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 20.07.2011 18:55, schrieb Liviu Andronic: On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: But also with MiKTeX you only need Internet access when installing LyX. Then you already have all packages installed that are supported by LyX and its modules

MiKTeX on-the-fly installation and the windows installer (was: Re: about the initials module)

2011-07-20 Thread Julien Rioux
On 20/07/2011 12:55 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: But also with MiKTeX you only need Internet access when installing LyX. Then you already have all packages installed that are supported by LyX and its modules and can work offline for the future. T

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.07.2011 18:55, schrieb Liviu Andronic: On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: But also with MiKTeX you only need Internet access when installing LyX. Then you already have all packages installed that are supported by LyX and its modules and can work offline for the future. T

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > But also with MiKTeX you only need Internet access when installing LyX. Then > you already have all packages installed that are supported by LyX and its > modules and can work offline for the future. > This is true only in part. It doesn't hold i

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
to keep the exotic package away from the UserGuide. But the EmbeddedObjecs manual that contains now the Initials documentation was from its beginning designed to explain more special features and therefore uses since ever some non-standard packages like e.g. arydshln and the like. The first note

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 20/07/2011 06:26, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : Am 20.07.2011 03:45, schrieb Pavel Sanda: on many linux distros latex is divided on the basic packages and extra sets for advanced usage only - not installed by default and without any automatical setup on request like miktex on windows do. It is imposs

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.07.2011 06:06, schrieb Uwe Stöhr: Attached is an example where you get a LaTeX error. Here it is. regards Uwe newfile1.lyx Description: application/lyx

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
.) For the special things like initials we have the EmbeddedObjects and the Additional manual which are referenced at the beginning of the corresponding sections in the UserGuide. These manuals also clearly state at the beginning what packages are needed to see all their sections in the output.

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.07.2011 03:32, schrieb Pavel Sanda: I now wrote its documentation from scratch and saw that your module did not work. it depends what you mean by "works". if you just insert charstyle push character there and start writing after charstyle inset it 'just works' (at least here). By chanc

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Pavel Sanda
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Our manuals have to describe what you can do with LyX. There is no other > way. It might always be possible that our docs are uncompilable. We cannot > control what LaTeX-packages are installed on a system. Or where do you want > to set the line? i dont have any fixed rule bu

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Pavel Sanda
hould also add a note in the release notes that people should > switch to the initials style. What do you think? i'm not convinced yet. but that can change if you show me some realistic example how the lettrine charstyle is unusable. for the few random examples i tried myself it worked as it should. pavel

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 20.07.2011 00:02, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: Of course don't forget to doublecheck that it works (it is in 2.0 too). I always compile every file as PDF before committing. This should btw. the default procedure. (The only exception are the Japanese files because I don't have ptex.) rega

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 19/07/11 19:57, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : PS: BTW Uwe, did you see my messages about the \LyX macro? Since r37164 it is robust under hyperref and it is not necessary to redefine it in preamble. Not yes. Thanks for the hint, I'll remove the corresponding preamble code now. Of course don't forget

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 19.07.2011 12:11, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: PS: BTW Uwe, did you see my messages about the \LyX macro? Since r37164 it is robust under hyperref and it is not necessary to redefine it in preamble. Not yes. Thanks for the hint, I'll remove the corresponding preamble code now. regards Uw

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
information needed. Sorry, but "Define character style for initials. Hint: try to use math and its artistic font styles like Fractur or the Calligraphic one." is no documentation. With this info the module is useless. Where should I use what, insert what? Where comes the math, wha

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 19/07/2011 11:55, Pavel Sanda a écrit : as sidecomment i dont think that adding specific features which pull extra packages into our manuals is a healthy thing. they are not compilable on various situations then and produce strange errors like when we added mchem notion into math manual and in

Re: about the initials module

2011-07-19 Thread Pavel Sanda
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Hi Pavel, > > in the page http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20 there was the icon that the > initial module is documented. Where is it, I cannot find it? i put the tickmark of documented feature when the module description inside settings dialog is enough to grab all information

Re: Initials

2009-09-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Hartmut Haase wrote: > Hi Pavel, > > i have no idea how to get the '[ante=\lglqq, loversize=0.1]' part into the > > output > your approach neglects the possibilities of lettrine. You can only print the > standard 2line initial, where lettrine has nine different parameters. A > better approach wo

Re: Initials

2009-09-06 Thread Hartmut Haase
Hi Pavel, > i have no idea how to get the '[ante=\lglqq, loversize=0.1]' part into the > output your approach neglects the possibilities of lettrine. You can only print the standard 2line initial, where lettrine has nine different parameters. A better approach would be to put something like "[]{

Re: Initials

2009-09-06 Thread Pavel Sanda
s in the initial to \lettrine{Text} or similar. Maybe you > can > check if the first character in the initial is a [, and convert everything to > > \lettrine[options]{Text}. > I would like to check myself, but I don't find the .cpp file where initials > are implemented. i ju

Re: Initials

2009-09-06 Thread Hartmut Haase
eck if the first character in the initial is a [, and convert everything to \lettrine[options]{Text}. I would like to check myself, but I don't find the .cpp file where initials are implemented. The ante-option is not used very often, but the loversize-option is needed because texlive prin

Re: Initials

2009-09-05 Thread Pavel Sanda
Hartmut Haase wrote: > Hi Pavel, > can we do something like the attached file with your new feature? If yes, how? if you mean how to do the ERT \lettrine[ante=\lglqq, loversize=0.1]{A}{ } i have no idea how to get the '[ante=\lglqq, loversize=0.1]' part into the output :( the part '{A}{ }' can

Initials

2009-08-29 Thread Hartmut Haase
Hi Pavel, can we do something like the attached file with your new feature? If yes, how? -- Viele Grüße, Hartmut Hungerhilfe: http://www.thehungersite.com Ohne Zensur suchen: http://suche.amnesty-bergedorf.de/ Das heutige Motto: May your floors never suffer the indignity of waxy yellow buildup