Donations

Is it possible to make an unrestricted donation via PayPal. Every time I try (using the button from the LyX.org donation page), I get the following response: "Things don't appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later." "At the moment" is apparently Latin for "ever". Paul -- lyx-

Re: Donations

On 12/16/22 09:06, Pavel Sanda wrote: On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 05:40:40PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Is it possible to make an unrestricted donation via PayPal. Every time I try (using the button from the LyX.org donation page), I get the following response: "Things don't appear to

Re: Bug in running external program (-shell-escape)

On 2/24/23 05:56, Mario D wrote: It looks like I have found a bug using the external library in lyx: if you pass the option \tikzexternalize[prefix=some_dir/] then lyx is not able to create the subdir "some_dir" in its temporary working dir under the /tmp tree, which results in a compilation err

Re: Alt/Option key question

On 3/30/23 16:24, Christopher Menzel wrote: Gentle LyX folk: I use the Emacs UI for LyX, which means the Option key (or Alt key, for PC users) gets a good workout — e.g., Opt-D deletes word-forward, Opt-F moves the cursor forward by word, etc. (In the standard LyX UI, those keys bring up the

Re: Allow space at beginning of (some?) insets

On 6/1/23 11:42, Scott Kostyshak wrote: I come across the example in the attachment often in various forms. It would be nice if I could insert a space at the beginning of an inset. Am I missing a more natural workaround than the ones shown in the example? Scott Would Insert > Formatting > Int

Odd window behavior (LyX 1.6.3/Win XP)

Hi all, Before entering a bug report, I thought I'd check and see if this is a known phenomenon (since I've seen other reports of issues with recent versions of Qt). In LyX 1.6.3-1 on Win XP, with the LyX window maximized (and with or without a document open), if I change anything in the Loo

Re: probably a bug in theorems-sec.module

Michal Skrzypek wrote: Dear LyX developers, LyX 1.6.3 here, Win XP SP2 Polish. Adding the module "Theorems (By Section)" changes the style of "Theorem" title from bold to italic. Adding "\theoremstyle{plain}" as the first line of the "Preamble" section in the file theorems-sec.module changes

Syntax for math-insert

Hi all, I think this is a bug, in which case I'll add a ticket, but first I want to make sure I'm not missing something fundamental about the syntax of math-insert. Should 'math-insert x_y' insert $x_y$, or do I need something in front of the x and/or after the y? As it stands, 'math-insert

Re: Syntax for math-insert

rgheck wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: Hi all, I think this is a bug, in which case I'll add a ticket, but first I want to make sure I'm not missing something fundamental about the syntax of math-insert. Should 'math-insert x_y' insert $x_y$, or do I need something in f

Re: probably a bug in theorems-sec.module

Michal Skrzypek wrote: I don't reproduce that here (same setup minus the Polish). What document class are you using? Any other modules besides "Theorems" and "Theorems (By Section)"? The class is "article (AMS)", also "Theorems (AMS-Extended)" module. After further investigation I narrow

Wiki question

Hi all, Anybody know an easy way to rename a page on the wiki? (Easy => does not require creating a new page and copying all content of the existing one.) Separate (but related in my case) question: We have a layouts page group. When we upload modules for sharing, should we put the associa

Re: Wiki question

Christian Ridderström wrote: On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Anybody know an easy way to rename a page on the wiki? (Easy => does not require creating a new page and copying all content of the existing one.) As an administrator, me or Jean-Marc can simply rename the f

Re: Wiki question

Christian Ridderström wrote: It's probably a good idea to start with a single page, perhaps even in the main group, LyX/. http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Modules?action=edit If you then find this paging getting to big and difficult to maintain, then split into several separate pages, optionall

Re: Wiki question

Christian Ridderström wrote: Feel free to correct the title, e.g. by adding this: (:title AMS (for LyX 1.4.x and 1.5.x) :) or whatever title text you want. Tried that, but it "broke" the entry on the page list for the Layouts section (the link to the Layouts/AMS page was there, but the de

Re: Wiki question

Christian Ridderström wrote: Btw, I think you should add a list of contributors, and some way to get in contact (which could of course be through the users' or developers' list). Ok, I put a hint about this at the top of LyX/Modules and took the blame for the two sets of files I uploaded

Re: Wiki question

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: Ok, I put a hint about this at the top of LyX/Modules and took the blame for the two sets of files I uploaded. Incidentally, I noticed that the Modules upload directory already existed and contained a file (nomindex.module), but I have no idea who

Re: Wiki question

Christian Ridderström wrote: Maybe it'd be a good idea to write some instructions on how to create and _license_ a module? Does a module file needs instructions that says who the author is and that it's licensed under some kind of licnese? I don't recall doing anything special about licen

Re: Suggestion: Add some more information to 'Help->About LyX'

Christian Ridderström wrote: For a Windoze user, the '~\Application\...' is probably going to be a bit difficult to understand Did we at some point have a separate document with this information, like how we have a document about the LaTeX configuration? I don't recall this ever bei

Re: Suggestion: Add some more information to 'Help->About LyX'

Christian Ridderström wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Christian Ridderström wrote: For a Windoze user, the '~\Application\...' is probably going to be a bit difficult to understand Did we at some point have a separate document with this information, lik

Did the wiki upload password change?

The password I had (used with id 'lyx') worked a few days ago, but no joy today. Can someone e-mail me the current password? My direct address is rubin AT msu DOT edu. Thanks, Paul

Options for modules

Hi all, Is there any way to pass an optional argument (entered in Document -> Settings) to a module? I can't see one. (This relates to fixing bug 5058.) Thanks, Paul

Re: Options for modules

rgheck wrote: On 07/21/2009 02:55 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Hi all, Is there any way to pass an optional argument (entered in Document -> Settings) to a module? I can't see one. (This relates to fixing bug 5058.) Do you mean pass it to a package the module loads? Yes. If so,

Re: Options for modules

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: How do I tell LyX that option X belongs to package Y? If I just put \usepackage{Y} in the module and X in the class options, LyX passes option X to the document class, not to package Y. The ClassOptions section doesn't seem to help

Need wiki upload id/pw

Hi, My id/pw for uploads to the wiki suddenly stopped working. Can someone send me the current credentials? Thanks, Paul

Revised modules for theorem-like environments

I submitted some modules a while back to allow all the standard/AMS/AMS extended theorem-like environments to use separate counters. I don't see a ticket in Trac, so I guess I must have just e-mailed them to this list. Turns out I borked the counter display in some of them. Corrected versi

Re: Revised modules for theorem-like environments

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: On 07/23/2009 02:14 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I submitted some modules a while back to allow all the standard/AMS/AMS extended theorem-like environments to use separate counters. I don't see a ticket in Trac, so I guess I must have just e-mailed them to this

Re: Need wiki upload id/pw

Hi Pavel, No, no response yet (and I do have something I need to upload). Thanks, Paul Pavel Sanda wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: Hi, My id/pw for uploads to the wiki suddenly stopped working. Can someone send me the current credentials? have you get response? pavel Thanks

Re: Need wiki upload id/pw

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: Hi Pavel, No, no response yet (and I do have something I need to upload). I've sent Paul the data. Jürgen Jürgen and Pavel, Thanks, it's working now. Not sure what happened here: I had the password stored in both Firefox and Ke

Re: Revised modules for theorem-like environments

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/5880 could you please upload the new patch there? I notice a link on the ticket to the revised files (at marc.info). Do you still want me to upload the new zip, or does that cover it? Please upload it, then we

Re: Revised modules for theorem-like environments

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: On a related note, I also posted a bug fix for the existing theorem modules -- under certain circumstances (which I've since forgotten), the title (Theorem, Lemma, ...) appears in italics rather than bold. I can't find a Trac ticket for that,

Re: Random leftover file

David Raymond wrote: If you launch lyx, create and save the simplest lyx file, and then exit, the index file is created. (No exports, no viewing.) The index file has zero length, so it has no content. FWIW, I failed to reproduce this with LyX 1.6.3 on Win XP.

Re: Qeustion about modules

rgheck wrote: On 08/12/2009 05:05 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: hi, i just finished one module to fix dropped capitals enh request http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/2536. my question is - should we put in our tree modules for each such feature or should we group them into bigger aggregates, like "Char

[PATCH] article-beamer.layout

Hi, The current layout file for "article (beamer)" prevents the user from changing paper size or margins from the defaults. This is an inheritance from "presentation (beamer)" (article-beamer.layout inputs beamer.layout). It is sensible for presentations since Beamer is designed specificall

Re: [PATCH] article-beamer.layout

Paul A. Rubin wrote: The attached patch to article-beamer.layout ... which would have been more sensible had I actually attached the patch. (sigh) --- C:/Program Files/LyX16/Resources/layouts/article-beamer.layout Wed Oct 22 20:28:36 2008 +++ C:/Documents and Settings/Paul Rubin

Re: [PATCH] article-beamer.layout

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: ... which would have been more sensible had I actually attached the patch. (sigh) Since this is both trivial and straightforward, I committed it right away. Oh fine! Just like my academic career -- now I'm known for trivial results

Re: math font display in edit mode

Steven Higgins wrote: I have been using lyx for several years now, and really enjoy using it. Recently I got a new PC and installed lyx 1.6.X under kde 4.2.4 on opensuse 11.1. my problem is that greek and other math symbols (even trivial ones like "=") do not display correctly in edit mode. I c

Re: math font display in edit mode

rgheck wrote: On 08/14/2009 08:47 AM, Steven Higgins wrote: thank you for your suggestion, if by "Does the suggestion for KDE 3.1 at the bottom of http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Qt help? " you meant the suggestion to try ./configure --with-frontend=qt --with-qt-includes=/usr/include/qt This suggest

Re: display context wider than the screen

bsmile wrote: It seems the current lyx editor cannot display context wider than the screen. This could be very inconvenient for controlling the layout of the final document since sometimes the source sentence is very long but the compiled pdf verion is very short. Is it possible to add a horizont

Re: Beware! Arsene is coming !

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Some people say that good things always come to an end, but this implies that good things have to start at some point too. I am glad to announce the birth of our third child Arsène (who is thus a boy, for those of you who slept during French literature courses) this

Re: Beware! Arsene is coming !

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: I wanted to avoid overflowing the list, ... as if there's anything more important going on here ... ;-) but I put a few there: http://www-rocq.inria.fr/~lasgoutt/photos/arsene/P1000420.JPG http://www-rocq.inria.fr/~lasgoutt/photos/arsene/P1000443.JPG http://www-roc

Re: math crash

Edwin Leuven wrote: 1. ctrl-m 2. \mathca 3. 4. 5. l 6. crash Confirmed here (LyX 1.6.4-1 on Win XP). The debug log says SIGSEGV signal caught and nothing else of interest. The dumped emergency file contains \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset Formula $\mathcal{\mathcal{}}$ \end_inset

Re: How to become a LyX Developer

Abdelrazak Younes wrote: For the rest, I do believe you'll have loads of fun while learning C++ programming with us :-) I used to program in C++ (a little) before I switched to Java. I recently had a colonoscopy. If I had to repeat one or the other, I'd sign up for another colonoscopy.

OT: Suggestions for task manager

Hi all, Does anyone have a suggestion for a free/open source task manager (for a programming project) that lets you record which release will contain a completed task (enhancement or bug fix) and then has an easy way to generate a "what's new in this release" report? TIA, Paul

Re: instant preview for tikz pictures in lyx

Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote: In both cases, this works out of Lyx, but unfortunately, i cannot see the tikz-picture inside lyx (using the magic of instant preview). My question therefore: - is there a simple way to do this, or if not - is this a problem of instant preview, or - should I

File import error

A rather mysterious issue has cropped up on the user list, and I'm moving it over here hoping someone will have a clue where to look. I'd file a bug report, but I'm not entirely sure it's a LyX bug. Symptom: On some systems, the file dialog opened by File > Import > LaTeX (plain)... fails to f

Re: File import error

On 2/28/19 9:24 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 05:03:45PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I don't see anything like this in the bug tracker. Any suggestions on something I can test here? Should I file a bug report? As JMarc mentioned on the lyx-users thread, are ther

Re: File import error

On 3/1/19 12:46 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:27:06PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Is this in 2.3.2? (FWIW, the version I have lists the build date as 12/08/18.) Yes the setting does apply for 2.3.x You can just test with the following added to your preferences file

Re: File import error

On 3/1/19 2:31 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Interesting! So there seem to be two puzzles from what I understand: 1. Why is the default different on your systems. 2. Why can you only reproduce the bug on one system. I agree. I am accursed. If there is a bug in any piece of software, no matter

Re: File import error

On 3/1/19 3:30 PM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 2/03/2019 8:31 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 01:45:48PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: On 3/1/19 12:46 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:27:06PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Is this in 2.3.2? (FWIW, the version

Re: File import error

On 3/1/19 12:46 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:27:06PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: On 2/28/19 9:24 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 05:03:45PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I don't see anything like this in the bug tracker. Any suggestions on some

Re: File import error

On 3/2/19 7:58 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 01/03/2019 à 21:43, Paul A. Rubin a écrit : I have no idea if this makes a difference, but just in case it triggers a thought: my desktop (where the issue never manifests) has Qt 4.8.7 and 5.5.1 installed; my laptop (where the problem manifests

Re: File import error

On 3/1/19 5:47 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 03:43:08PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I have no idea if this makes a difference, but just in case it triggers a thought: my desktop (where the issue never manifests) has Qt 4.8.7 and 5.5.1 installed; my laptop (where the

Re: File import error

On 3/2/19 3:16 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 3/2/19 11:55 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: On 3/2/19 7:58 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 01/03/2019 à 21:43, Paul A. Rubin a écrit : I have no idea if this makes a difference, but just in case it triggers a thought: my desktop (where the issue

Re: Reconfigure does not work for a specific user directory

On 3/10/19 8:47 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Attached is a user directory. I believe I happened to create it from a weird situation. Maybe TeX Live was half-way installed or something like that. In any case, LyX won't compile to PDF with pdflatex when this user directory is used. That's probably no

Re: Approve links on Wiki

On 5/12/19 3:38 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Could some kind soul please provide me with the password that is needed on the Wiki in order to approve links? Thanks Jürgen Replied directly (hopefully with the correct pw). Paul

Bug in external preamble edit

FYI, I just filed a ticket (#11640 ) on a bug in the new preamble external edit feature. For some odd reason, the file path is (tmp/lyx_tmpdir...) is passed correctly to one editor (xed), but the "t" in "tmp" is lopped off when passing it to another editor

Re: Note formatting bug?

On 8/22/19 1:26 PM, Daniel wrote: Could someone please test the following with the attached document: 1. Open it 2. Select all text 3. Insert LyX note For me all text becomes formatted like a section heading. But bot so if I first create the note and then paste the content into it which seems

Mailing list adventures

Hi all, Is someone in charge of smacking the listserv when it gets ornery? I've been having intermittent delivery failure problems (on the inbound-to-me side) for quite a while, including seeing replies to messages long before I see the original messages. I just got an email from user Rich Sh

Re: Email lists

On 9/26/19 6:07 PM, Wierdl Máté wrote: Guys, In the last couple of days, there were some problems with the lyx email listserv accessing the network at my university. Sorry about that.  I think the issue is now resolved. On the other hand, all the lyx lists will be moved from my university (

Re: Missing conference emails

On 11/11/19 3:54 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Hi, I just discovered that I am not receiving some of lyx conference emails (and I checked my spam folders to be sure). E.g. Jose's answer to my email never made it back to me: https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg209862.html or last em

Mailing list subscriptions

I just got a monthly "mailman" reminder about my subscriptions to the lyx-devel and lyx-users lists (complete with passwords). It did not, however, mention the lyx-announce list, to which I was subscribed before the list hosting moved. Just to be safe, I tried to register my address, but got an

Re: Mailing list subscriptions

On 1/27/20 6:37 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 02/12/2019 à 01:08, Paul A. Rubin a écrit : I just got a monthly "mailman" reminder about my subscriptions to the lyx-devel and lyx-users lists (complete with passwords). It did not, however, mention the lyx-announce list, to w

Import v. Insert

There's a thread on the user list from someone running LyX 2.3.4.2 on Ubuntu 18.04.4. The File > Import File > LaTeX (plain) file dialog fails to show .tex files with the default (LaTeX) file filter, but does show them with the "all files" filter. In contrast, Insert > File > Child document ...

Re: Import v. Insert

On 2/25/20 10:47 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: There's a thread on the user list from someone running LyX 2.3.4.2 on Ubuntu 18.04.4. The File > Import File > LaTeX (plain) file dialog fails to show .tex files with the default (LaTeX) file filter, but does show them with the "all f

Bug or feature?

Before I file a ticket on this, I'd like to get a sense of whether it is in fact a bug v. intended behavior. Consider a document with an activated branch containing text that has been edited, and with change tracking turned on. The user wants to dissolve the branch but retain the content. If t

Re: Bug or feature? [Change Tracking]

On 5/9/20 1:05 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Am Freitag, den 08.05.2020, 17:14 -0400 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck: On 5/8/20 1:54 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Before I file a ticket on this, I'd like to get a sense of whether it is in fact a bug v. intended behavior. Consider a document wi

New bug in change tracking?

Can someone confirm that (a) I'm not hallucinating and (b) this is a new bug (I couldn't find it in the issue tracker)? Create a test file with any text, and turn on change tracking. Then change fonts on some words (italics, bold, san serif, ...). None of the font changes are flagged as changes

Re: New bug in change tracking?

On 7/26/20 5:56 AM, Enrico Forestieri wrote: On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 05:43:59PM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Can someone confirm that (a) I'm not hallucinating and (b) this is a new bug (I couldn't find it in the issue tracker)? Create a test file with any text, and turn on change trac

Re: LyX does not insert an \"&\" when inserting a \"Split\" environment

On 5/19/2010 8:31 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: It seems that LyX 1.6.5 had a bug with the split environment that is fixed in LyX 1.6.6 (http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6700). Uwe, I just saw your comment on ticket 6700 indicating that you thought it impossible for the bug to exist. Would a video sh

Re: LyX does not insert an \\\"&\\\" when inserting a \\\"Split\\\" environment

On 5/20/2010 1:02 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Would a video showing how it occurs help? Sure. Additionally, what is the entry for split in your stdmenus.inc file? regards Uwe Here's a link to the video (only about one minute, Flash format): http://storemedia.vudat.msu.edu/public/display_package.

Bug (?) with LyX-166-4-23-AltInstaller-Small

I used the new alt installer to install 1.6.6 on an XP box running 1.6.5. Prior to installing 1.6.6, I had LyX configured to wake up maximized with the view toolbar positioned on the right margin. Since installing 1.6.6, both 1.6.5 and 1.6.6 wake up windowed with the view toolbar in the defau

Re: Bug (?) with LyX-166-4-23-AltInstaller-Small

On 5/21/2010 7:24 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > I used the new alt installer to install 1.6.6 on an XP box running 1.6.5. Prior to installing > 1.6.6, I had LyX configured to wake up maximized with the view toolbar positioned on the right > margin. Since installing 1.6.6, both 1.6.5 and 1.6.6 wake up

Re: about the help in lyx 1.6.6

On 6/2/2010 9:58 PM, zhangdavid37 wrote: Dear all, I have just installed the new version of lyx 1.6.6 for windows xp system. But I did not find the corresponding lyx file for help (menu). Can anyone tell me how to find them? English language versions are in C:\Program Files\LyX 1.6.6\Resources

Re: FAQ

On 8/5/2010 2:19 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Also, please watch out for outdated information. Can we define a criterion for "outdated"? And should attempt to fix it or delete it? For instance, LyX/LyXOnUbuntu starts with a comment about LyX 1.5.3 on Ubuntu Hardy. Leave it for the one or

Re: FAQ

On 8/13/2010 9:47 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: (I would vote for the latter, but I'm not entirely comfortable about deleting someone else's entries. If I find something I myself posted that is obsolete, I'll cheerfully recycle the bytes.) The wiki is

Re: How to install lyx offline? aspell problem

On 9/22/2010 4:54 AM, Michael Trofimov (mt2) wrote: Hi, I need to install lyx under Windows XP SP2 on PC which is not connected with internet. I installed MikTeX, aspell and lyx offline. It works, but I can not use spellchecker: "The spellchecker could not be started. No word list can be found fo

Re: Off topic

On 10/6/2010 6:37 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Richard, you are doing chemical experiments at home as another hobby? :)) http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/06/nobel-prize-chemistry.html p Wondered about that myself -- heard the story on the radio this morning. They usually give Nobel scien

Re: Box Menu Item: Box (Minipage)??

Richard Heck comcast.net> writes: > > Now: Should the menu entry itself say something like "Box (Minipage)"? Might that scare off people looking for a parbox? > People who know a bit of LaTeX (like me) might have a hard time figuring > out where this is, just as Liviu said. Downside: It's a

Re: Need help debugging

On 02/02/2011 03:43 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 02/02/2011 02:54 PM, Richard Heck wrote: On 01/24/2011 05:28 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: Hi all, I've verified a complaint by two Linux users on the user list that image files homed on a Windows share (Samba) are not copied to the temp directory when

Re: Linux + Samba Problem

On 2/2/2011 5:15 PM, Richard Heck wrote: The latter, 1.6.9svn, in this case, and 2.0svn, as well. I don't suspect anything has changed that would have affected this, though. The difference may be that the share, in my case, is sitting on a Linux machine running Samba. Anyway, if you want t

Re: justification in program insets

Jack Tanner hotmail.com> writes: > > My document is full-justified, which I like. This means that my program > listings (LyX 1.6.8) are also full-justified, but that makes no sense. > Should I file a bug? > > I've not seen this myself. Maybe you should post a minimal example first, in case

Python 3

Hi all, There's a somewhat lengthy message on the user list from a PhD candidate at Iowa State University. The short version is that she managed to install LyX 1.6.8 on a loaner laptop, but failed on her own laptop (both Windows). On the loaner, she gets a very odd syntax error message while try

Re: Add Assumption to Theorems.inc

On 10/21/2016 10:06 PM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: Dear LyX developers, I find myself needing an Assumption environment every now and again and think it should be added to Theorems.inc and its relatives. (As far as I can tell it isn't defined in any of the Theorems-.inc included in the Resources/l

Re: Modules dialogue

On 10/25/2016 12:14 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: I think the right approach to fix this is to use categories, like we have in layouts (the interface is already implemented also for modules). This would make it easier to find the module you are looking for (without knowing the exact name, which i

Re: beamer uncover behaviour

On 11/08/2016 05:57 PM, Eran Kaplinsky wrote: I notice that the inline overlay [uncover] generates a tex capacity error when the text selected for "editing" is already set to a smaller – but not bigger – size. In other words, if I want text to be set in small, smaller, smallest, etc, and to be

Re: possible bug in lyx 2.2.0 and 2.2.1

On 12/13/2016 08:17 AM, Julien Javaloyes wrote: Dear Author of Lyx, I am experiencing a problem with the version of lyx packaged with ubuntu 16.04, 2.2.0 Scrolling within a few pages document is extremely slow. The problem is less visible with the recent update to 2.2.1, but it is still ann

Re: possible bug in lyx 2.2.0 and 2.2.1

On 12/13/2016 09:53 AM, Julien Javaloyes wrote: Regarding saving in 413 version, I am already doing that File > Export > More Formats I was thinking redirect / remap the save button as save in 413 format, but don't worry, I can use the suggested solution. You can definitely remap the Save menu

Fwd: X-Apps

This bounced for a few days (server down?), so I'm retrying it. Forwarded Message Apologies if this has already been brought up ... With version 18 (Sarah), Linux Mint switched to a new set of tools called "X-Apps "

Re: Fwd: X-Apps

On 12/31/2016 04:26 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2016-12-27, Paul A. Rubin wrote: With version 18 (Sarah), Linux Mint switched to a new set of tools called "X-Apps <https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_cinnamon_whatsnew.php>", at least for Cinnamon users. In particular, the

Re: Fwd: X-Apps

On 01/06/2017 12:52 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: I've opened a ticket (10534) and attached the diff file for an attempt by me to add them to the script. Would the patch work if you put all the 'x..' entries at the end of the list? I don't see reason why we sh

Re: Fwd: X-Apps

On 01/07/2017 11:03 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: My understanding of your issue was that suddenly you were left without _any_ pdf viewer. For this putting the new pdf viewer at the end of list should work and I am happy to fix that. You are right about my not having any viewer, but that was in part be

Re: X-Apps

On 01/08/2017 11:51 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: Am 08.01.2017 um 17:04 schrieb Paul A. Rubin : At this point (having reloaded some programs), if I were to put the X-Apps at the end of their respective vectors and reconfigure LyX, none of the X-Apps would be selected. My default text editor would

Re: X-Apps

On 01/10/2017 02:32 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Richard Heck wrote: That would definitely work for me, provided that xdg-open was first rather than last on each list. Since it uses the system default applications, it seems to me it belongs at the start of the lists. Pavel will probably explain why w

Re: X-Apps

On 01/10/2017 05:37 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: I wonder if the configuration script could check for the existence of an environmental variable named XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP, use xdg-open if found, If you read the threads you did not have time to read then you would know that the

Re: Document viewer preferences

On 01/11/2017 03:57 PM, Guenter Milde wrote: I propose to place "notepad" at the end of the text editor selection list: checkViewerEditor('a text editor', ['xemacs', 'gvim', 'kedit', 'kwrite', 'kate', - 'nedit', 'gedit', 'notepad', - 'geany', 'leafpad', 'mousepad

Re: [LyX/master] configure.py: Make 'notepad' last in text editor list

On 01/13/2017 03:27 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: A more general question to all developers: When checking for default viewer/editor applications during (re)configure, should LyX a) prefer feature rich applications, or b) prefer small and fast-starting applications. Current praxis seems to be:

Re: [LyX/master] configure.py: Make 'notepad' last in text editor list

On 01/13/2017 09:19 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: IMV, using xdg-mime query seems the right way but not easy. Maybe you can open an enhancement ticket. tl;dr I'm now having second thoughts about it. I discovered xdg-mime returns incorrect information on my laptop (including naming applications tha

Re: [LyX/master] configure.py: Make 'notepad' last in text editor list

On 01/14/2017 06:01 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2017-01-14, Pavel Sanda wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: A more general question to all developers: When checking for default viewer/editor applications during (re)configure, should LyX a) prefer feature rich applications, or b) prefer small and fast-s

Re: [LyX/master] configure.py: Make 'notepad' last in text editor list

On 01/16/2017 04:28 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Guenter put X-Apps into configure script, so my understanding is that MINT should be covered now. Pavel Great! Thanks to all. Paul

User template directory

Hi all, I was about to file an enhancement ticket on this, after striking out with a search of Trac, but it seems like such an obvious thing that I wanted to first check whether I'd be duplicating past effort. The File > New from Template... dialog defaults to listing "standard" templates (i

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