Re: Crash in 1.1.4fix2

2000-03-13 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 09:41:39AM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: > > You need to either recompile lyx using > ./configure --with-debug > > or get Kayvan's lyxgdb rpm. In fact, I just made a lyxgdb RPM for lyx-1.1.4-fix2 It contains a ``lyxgdb'' binary which is lyx-1.1.4-fix2 binary with all t

Re: euro symbol

2000-03-13 Thread Alexander Wollmann
Ronald Florence wrote: > Bad form to follow-up on my own query, but the complete eurosym > package, available at CTAN sites, includes the metafont specs, tfm > files, and .sty sheet to allow the use of the euro symbol with any > font. It works fine with LyX. > > My thanks to all who offered sugg

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread kaynjay
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 10:18:26PM -0800, Norm Matloff wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 09:33:51PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I tend to agree with Pablo on this. While a beginner myself as well, I don't ... > There is indeed a TeX/LaTeX newsgroup, and it is NOT overrun by spam.

Re: Problems with installing lyx 1.1.4 under Suse 6.3

2000-03-13 Thread Frank Derichsweiler
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 09:45:25PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I will install Lyx 1.1.4 on my Suse Linux 6.3, but when i try > "./configure" i get always the same error message. > Error: "Can't find libxforms.so..." and "Forms.h" > But i have installed xforms 0.88 and i tried it again after

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Norm Matloff
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 09:33:51PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I tend to agree with Pablo on this. While a beginner myself as well, I don't > know the value of a newsgroup over this list. NG's (and I believe their > recipients) are quite subject to spam. Having a NG won't IMHO sell ly

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread kaynjay
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/13/00 at 09:33 PM, Pablo Lachmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Since I don't know any newsgroups, what would be the advantage of it to this >mailinglist, considering the content? I don't think it's a very good idea to >split up the information, because the lyx-user

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
I agree. Ramon > Since I don't know any newsgroups, what would be the advantage of it to > this mailinglist, considering the content? I don't think it's a very > good idea to split up the information, because the lyx-users isn't a > high traffic list anyway ... just my thoughts. > > Cheers, Pa

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Pablo Lachmann
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Wail Gueaieb wrote: > Hi everyone, Hi Wail! > I am a big fan of LyX, though I am still a beginner in it. The same with me ;o) > I understand that what you guys are doing to take LyX to the top is > a great work. However, I strongly belive that creating a LyX > newsgro

Problems with installing lyx 1.1.4 under Suse 6.3

2000-03-13 Thread airwulf
Hello lyx-users, I will install Lyx 1.1.4 on my Suse Linux 6.3, but when i try "./configure" i get always the same error message. Error: "Can't find libxforms.so..." and "Forms.h" But i have installed xforms 0.88 and i tried it again after i have installed xforms 0.89.glibc and it doesn't configu

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Norm Matloff
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 08:42:16PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > As a result of this experience I MUCH prefer moderated usergroups. > Personally I hate the lag created by moderation. I agree about the lag. The purpose of this newsgroup would be to get QUICK help on problems. The goal of

Figure labeling - format question

2000-03-13 Thread Mr. Geepus the Sweeper
Hi... I've just noticed something that has apparently been this way for some time, but now that I've noticed it bothers me. :) I have several documents, just for personal and informal use, that use the "report (koma-script)" style. In the printed output, the captions of figures

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Andre Poenitz
> As a result of this experience I MUCH prefer moderated usergroups. Personally I hate the lag created by moderation. > Of course this would require a fair amount of work by the moderator. And that's the problem... well, before argueing whether we will find a moderator we could as well ask whe

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Ralph Boland
Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > I am not an "expert" either, but I strongly support the idea of forming > > a newsgroup. > > So there are at least three of us ;-) > > I just had a look at news.admin.misc and found a message under > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ("How to Create a New Usenet Newsg

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Andre Poenitz
> I am not an "expert" either, but I strongly support the idea of forming > a newsgroup. So there are at least three of us ;-) I just had a look at news.admin.misc and found a message under Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ("How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup") that explains the process of crea

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Norm Matloff
I am not an "expert" either, but I strongly support the idea of forming a newsgroup. Norm Matloff On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 12:55:03PM -0500, Wail Gueaieb wrote: > > Not a bad idea. What name do you suggest? > > comp.text.lyx? > > Why not? > > > And somebody has to start the official discussio

Re: LyX newsgroup: It's about time

2000-03-13 Thread Wail Gueaieb
> Not a bad idea. What name do you suggest? > comp.text.lyx? Why not? > And somebody has to start the official discussion... I would really like to start the official discussion but I think that a LyX "expert" is more entitled for such a job. As I said I am only a beginner with a couple weeks o

Re: installation problem

2000-03-13 Thread Andre Poenitz
> I have tried to install LyX under Windows NT 4.0 following your > instructions. Running runconfigure.bat I encountered the following > problem: > > c:\apps\lyx\bin>sh -e runconfigure.sh > cd: can't cd to \apps\lyx\share\lyx > > Do you have any idea what went wrong? No. Does this directory exi

Using another language...

2000-03-13 Thread Dragutin Cvetkovic
Greets, Well, the tiem has come when I finally have a very serious application of the whole LyX/LaTeX software, and I have come upon two problems. The first problem is as follows: When I insert a table of contents, it works just fine, except for the fact that it is written in eng

installation problem

2000-03-13 Thread Roland Beucker
Hi, I have tried to install LyX under Windows NT 4.0 following your instructions. Running runconfigure.bat I encountered the following problem: c:\apps\lyx\bin>sh -e runconfigure.sh cd: can't cd to \apps\lyx\share\lyx Do you have any idea what went wrong? Sincerely, Roland Beucker [EMAIL PRO

Re: xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
>>From: Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: xfig figure with formula >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:56:44 +0100 (MET) >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> >Yes, use the other way round: import LyX formulas in xfig. >>> interesting idea, thanks, >> >>

Re: xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Andre Poenitz
> >Yes, use the other way round: import LyX formulas in xfig. > interesting idea, thanks, Maybe another way (I have not used it for ages): There is a package called psfrac(?) (or something similar) You need to put some unique text somewhere in your xfig picture (like 'a_over_b'), and have to de

Re: xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Torsten Mueller
>Yes, use the other way round: import LyX formulas in xfig. interesting idea, thanks, Torsten

euro symbol

2000-03-13 Thread Nabil Hathout
you also have to copy the eurosym directories src (and run make) and tfm. regards, --Nabil Ronald Florence writes: > Nabil Hathout writes: > > I use eurosym.sty and am satisfied by the typo. > > Hmmm. I fetched the eurosym.sty package from a TeX archive, installed > it in a teTeX d

pb of lib.so.5

2000-03-13 Thread mathieu
Hi, I try to install lyx1.1.4 on a Mandrake 7.0. configure : OK make :OK make install : OK when I launch it : lyx: error in loading shared libraries: libc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory if I type locate libc.so.5 I have : /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5

Re: xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
>>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:32:39 +0100 (MET) >>From: Torsten Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: xfig figure with formula >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>>Insert a \usepackage{epsfig} in your preamble (doesn't work without it here) >>this was the problem, now with this it works, thanks for y

euro symbol

2000-03-13 Thread Ronald Florence
Bad form to follow-up on my own query, but the complete eurosym package, available at CTAN sites, includes the metafont specs, tfm files, and .sty sheet to allow the use of the euro symbol with any font. It works fine with LyX. My thanks to all who offered suggestions in response to my original

1.1.4fix1 crashes

2000-03-13 Thread Tony Dancer
Just to add to what I have seen really, that I was happily typing away in lyx when it crashes quite spectacularly before my eyes for no apparent reason. I was just doing a series of back deletes at the time. My work was lost: it was a new document. It was just a letter, but I can't afford to loo

Re: xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Torsten Mueller
>Insert a \usepackage{epsfig} in your preamble (doesn't work without it here) this was the problem, now with this it works, thanks for your help. The disadvantage is, that I cannot see the figure anymore on the screen. This is the thing I like most with LyX compared to other LaTeX editors. Is the

Re: xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Laurent DUVAL
* is there a special directory, where they should be? It is easier if both your figures (pstex and pstex_t) are in the same directory as the lyx file (since, as far as I understand, the pstex_t includes the path for the pstex). * 2. ->insert->file *I have given filename.pstex_t *It does

Re: xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Torsten Mueller
>At least, it works fine with lyx 1.0.4, when I input the figure (use >Insert/Include File and check the input box) inside a figure float. >There may be problems when the special text flag in Xfig is not set, or when >a formula misses a $. If I do this, then it displays "file=filename.pstex" and t

euro symbol

2000-03-13 Thread Ronald Florence
Nabil Hathout writes: I use eurosym.sty and am satisfied by the typo. Hmmm. I fetched the eurosym.sty package from a TeX archive, installed it in a teTeX directory, did texhash, put \usepackage{eurosym} in the preface and \euro{} in the text in TeX mode ... and I get errors about missing fo

Re: xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Laurent DUVAL
* until now I have included my figures from xfig with eps which works * fine. * Now I need a formula inside the figure. The manual says, that I should * save the figure in xfig as ps_tex and ps_tex_t. * However, when I load ps_tex_t, I get an error message, that there is no * bounding box. * When

Re: Lyx and german special characters

2000-03-13 Thread Faucheux Olivier
"Braun, Stefanie {~Mannheim}" wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm working since four weeks with lyx. In this time I have not found out, > how to get easily a german "ß" in the postscript. The only way it works, is > to write \ss\ in Latex-style. But this is not very comfortable. A solution is to have a « co

Re: Lyx and german special characters

2000-03-13 Thread Stephan E. Schlierf
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Braun, Stefanie {~Mannheim} wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working since four weeks with lyx. In this time I have not found out, > how to get easily a german "ß" in the postscript. The only way it works, is > to write \ss\ in Latex-style. But this is not very comfortable. > Hi, ju

xfig figure with formula

2000-03-13 Thread Torsten Mueller
Hallo, until now I have included my figures from xfig with eps which works fine. Now I need a formula inside the figure. The manual says, that I should save the figure in xfig as ps_tex and ps_tex_t. However, when I load ps_tex_t, I get an error message, that there is no bounding box. When I try

Re: Lyx and german special characters

2000-03-13 Thread Andre Poenitz
> I'm working since four weeks with lyx. In this time I have not found = > out, > how to get easily a german "=DF" in the postscript. The only way it = > works, is > to write \ss\ in Latex-style. But this is not very comfortable.=20 Have you tried to set Layout->Document->Language to 'German' and

Lyx and german special characters

2000-03-13 Thread Braun, Stefanie {~Mannheim}
Hi, I'm working since four weeks with lyx. In this time I have not found out, how to get easily a german "ß" in the postscript. The only way it works, is to write \ss\ in Latex-style. But this is not very comfortable.

Re: Forcing simplex printing [Correction]

2000-03-13 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 01:56:13AM -0800, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 01:47:06AM -0800, Gerald Gutierrez wrote: > 1) Generate a postscript file (foo.ps) > > 2) Use the psutils package and do: > > i=0 > while [ $i -lt 999 ]<=== replace 999 with the number of

Re: Forcing simplex printing

2000-03-13 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 01:47:06AM -0800, Gerald Gutierrez wrote: > > Hi all. > > I'll be submitting my thesis soon. The university requires that the thesis be > printed on one side only, but (poor me) all the printers I have access to are > duplex by default. > > I don't want to manually chang

Forcing simplex printing

2000-03-13 Thread Gerald Gutierrez
Hi all. I'll be submitting my thesis soon. The university requires that the thesis be printed on one side only, but (poor me) all the printers I have access to are duplex by default. I don't want to manually change the settings on the printer. Is there a way to force LyX to generate postscript

[holeczek@us.edu.pl: Release of LyX 1.1.4-fix2 for RedHat 5.x/i386.]

2000-03-13 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
Hi everyone, We now have the Redhat 5.X RPM packages for lyx-1.1.4-fix2 uploaded to ftp.sylvan.com. It's in the usual location: ftp://ftp.sylvan.com/pub/lyx A big Thank You to Jacek for keeping the LyX ftp archives up-to-date! Enjoy! - Forwarded message from "Jacek M. Holeczek" <[EMAIL PR

Re: euro symbol

2000-03-13 Thread Stefano Mastella
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 09:53:03AM +0200, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > How do I use a euro symbol in LyX. We are running LyX-1.1.4 on As far as I know there's a LaTeX package (eurofont ?) that provides the Euro symbol. Stefano

euro symbol

2000-03-13 Thread Nabil Hathout
Hello, I use eurosym.sty and am satisfied by the typo. Regards, --Nabil Hathout Ronald Florence writes: > How do I use a euro symbol in LyX. We are running LyX-1.1.4 on > Sparc-Solaris-2.6. > > Thanks, > > -- > > Ronald Florence http://members.home.net/18james