Re: error using relyx

2003-07-22 Thread Garst R. Reese
Nirmal Govind wrote: > > > Yes, but beware that wv2 requires libgsf from gtk, which requrires > > glib2 > > I got wv to work.. the conversion from .doc to .tex is good for the > text part but not for the math part. I find that rtf2latex does a much > better job at this since it looks like wv repl

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-22 Thread Nirmal Govind
> Yes, but beware that wv2 requires libgsf from gtk, which requrires > glib2 I got wv to work.. the conversion from .doc to .tex is good for the text part but not for the math part. I find that rtf2latex does a much better job at this since it looks like wv replaces math with "placeholder.eps" fil

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-22 Thread Garst R. Reese
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > > Garst R. Reese wrote: > > Check: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware/ > > Latest version of wv is June 12, 2003 and there is a wv2 starting up > > (June 7, 2003) > > Good news indeed. > Thanks, > Juergen. Yes, but beware that wv2 requires libgsf from gtk, wh

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-22 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Garst R. Reese wrote: > Check: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware/ > Latest version of wv is June 12, 2003 and there is a wv2 starting up > (June 7, 2003) Good news indeed. Thanks, Juergen.

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-22 Thread Garst R. Reese
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > I have good experiences with two tools: the free and GPL'ed wvware > (wvCleanLaTeX) > http://wvware.sourceforge.net/ > gives quite good results and is recognized by LyX as word import filter. The > project does not look very much alive though. Check: http://sourceforg

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 10:45:23PM -0400, Nirmal Govind wrote: > > Given that nobody is keen to take up 88maintenance of reLyX and given > > that an alternative, tex2lyx, exists, at least in current cvs, I'd > > suggest you try this latter program. > > Thanks Angus.. I compiled it as you directed

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-22 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Nirmal" == Nirmal Govind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nirmal> Oh and another qn. - if relyx isn't being maintained, then why Nirmal> not change the Import -> LaTeX option to call tex2lyx instead Nirmal> in cvs? (I'm almost certain that someone's asked this before Nirmal> but...)... looks lik

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-21 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Nirmal Govind wrote: > Thanks Angus.. I compiled it as you directed and it worked... > actually the original file was a Word doc which I converted to rtf > and then got SciWord to convert the rtf to Latex. So after this > conversion and the one by tex2lyx, the final LyX document doesn't match > the

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-21 Thread Nirmal Govind
> Given that nobody is keen to take up 88maintenance of reLyX and given > that an alternative, tex2lyx, exists, at least in current cvs, I'd > suggest you try this latter program. Thanks Angus.. I compiled it as you directed and it worked... actually the original file was a Word doc which I conver

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 04:31:15PM -0400, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Hi.. I was trying to import a latex file using the Import -> Latex > option but it gave me an error and stopped. Here's the error: The file would be more interesting... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gai

Re: error using relyx

2003-07-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Nirmal Govind wrote: > Hi.. I was trying to import a latex file using the Import -> Latex > option but it gave me an error and stopped. Here's the error: > > Reading LaTeX command syntax > (SLIM-O_report00.tex: Splitting Preamble > Creating LyX preamble > Reading layout file > Cleaning... Expecti

error using relyx

2003-07-20 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. I was trying to import a latex file using the Import -> Latex option but it gave me an error and stopped. Here's the error: Reading LaTeX command syntax (SLIM-O_report00.tex: Splitting Preamble Creating LyX preamble Reading layout file Cleaning... Expecting `$', got \end in ` ' at /usr/local/