Maybe a bug?

2000-10-24 Thread Chris Schulbert
Hi! On Monday, I posted the problem on changing the skip-length in a list-environment. Because LyX displays only positive values, even if you typed -3ex e.g. for that in its paragraph-menu, i forgot to check the .dvi-File. Guenter Milde has repyed on that problem. So I tried again, and, YES, the

Debian package

2000-10-24 Thread Rod Pinna
Hello all, Herbert Voss posted the following to the list a while ago. I've had a look at the page, but I can't find any links there to debian packages. Anybody know of a current version? Thanks, Rod On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Herbert Voss wrote: > thomas schönhoff wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I

TeX-mode text color (dark red) configurable?

2000-10-24 Thread R. Lahaye
Hi, A collegue of mine, using 1.1.5-CJK, complains about the small difference in color for regular text (black) and TeX-mode text (dark red). Can he change that color ? I found in lyxrc lines like: # To change the colors for footnotes: #\set_color footnote green # for mathed you may a

Re: how can I insert a return in a command-sequence ?

2000-10-24 Thread Nabil Hathout
Ok. thank you and Herbert for your responses. Regards, --Nabil Andre Poenitz writes: > > > Thank you the response, but what I would like is to insert 3 > > > paragraphs in a command-sequence (a template of list with labelled > > > items). > > > > i don't really understand your problem, but

Re: Itemize in Enumerate, how to ?

2000-10-24 Thread Herbert Voss
Aleksandr Konstantinov wrote: > > Hello > > I want to write following in LyX (using lix1.1.4): > > 1. Enumerated string 1 > * Itemized string 1 > * Itemized string 2 > Continuation of enumerated string 1 > 2. Enumerated strig 2 > ... have a look at http://www.educat.hu-berl

Re: how can I insert a return in a command-sequence ?

2000-10-24 Thread Nabil Hathout
Herbert Voss writes: > Nabil Hathout wrote: > > > > Thank you the response, but what I would like is to insert 3 > > paragraphs in a command-sequence (a template of list with labelled > > items). > > i don't really understand your problem, but maybe that > ctrl-return > is what you need

Re: how can I insert a return in a command-sequence ?

2000-10-24 Thread Andre Poenitz
> > Thank you the response, but what I would like is to insert 3 > > paragraphs in a command-sequence (a template of list with labelled > > items). > > i don't really understand your problem, but maybe that > ctrl-return > is what you need? I think he really means the lyx function "command-sequ

Itemize in Enumerate, how to ?

2000-10-24 Thread Aleksandr Konstantinov
Hello I want to write following in LyX (using lix1.1.4): 1. Enumerated string 1 * Itemized string 1 * Itemized string 2 Continuation of enumerated string 1 2. Enumerated strig 2 ... But can't find how. Can anybody help me ? Thanks in advance. A.K.

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Torsten Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Are you using the same fonts in both cases? >I type in the same string in options->screen_fonts->roman: -*-times This will give you the first font with a XLFD that matches this pattern, as always. You need to find out what kind of

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Torsten Mueller wrote: > >are you using (Bitmap, Type1, TrueType)? > how can I figure this out? There are two useful programs that tell about fonts, in all X distributions: "xlsfonts" and "xfontsel". You get check if a font is bitmapped or not, by starting xfontsel, selecti

Re: insert figure latex error, 1.1.5fix2

2000-10-24 Thread Aaron Maxwell
It works perfectly now. Thanks, JMarc. Aaron On 24 Oct 2000, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Aaron" == Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Aaron> What can I do to help latex build the dvi? > > In Layout->Document, set "PS Driver" to dvips. > > JMarc >

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Torsten Mueller
>Are you using the same fonts in both cases? I type in the same string in options->screen_fonts->roman: -*-times >What kind of fonts >are you using (Bitmap, Type1, TrueType)? how can I figure this out? I must admit, that my knowledge about fonts is low. Until now I have simply chosen them in appl

Re: insert figure latex error, 1.1.5fix2

2000-10-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Aaron" == Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Aaron> When I try to build the dvi, with File |> View Dvi, LyX (LaTeX) Aaron> thinks a moment then gives the two errors below. The latex Aaron> build is unable to complete. The exact same thing happens when Aaron> I put the figure in the

insert figure latex error, 1.1.5fix2

2000-10-24 Thread Aaron Maxwell
Hi all. I'm using LyX version 1.1.5fix2. It was built with xforms-088 and libxpm 3.4k, on Irix 6.5. My latex uses TeX Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1). I have EPS figures I want to put in my lyx document. When I do so with Insert |> Figure... the image is inserted and rendered in the LyX windo

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Tuukka" == Tuukka Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tuukka> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Torsten Mueller wrote: >> Maybe I have to install other fonts. Is this possible in Linux? Tuukka> Of course. You need scalable fonts, either TrueType or Type1 Tuukka> (or some others, Speedo?). Type1 fonts

Re: Table cells...

2000-10-24 Thread Adrian Ball
Juergen Vigna wrote: > Did you try to define the cells where you don't want a horizontal line > as multicolumn and then remove the line? This should work only for one > cell! Herbert Voss wrote: > have a look at /usr/share/lyx/examples/TableExamples.lyx > mabe that the example-files in /usr/loc

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Jan Goebel
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Torsten Mueller wrote: > > > Maybe I have to install other fonts. Is this possible in Linux? > > Of course. You need scalable fonts, either TrueType or Type1 (or some > others, Speedo?). Type1 fonts should be supported with any

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Torsten Mueller wrote: > Maybe I have to install other fonts. Is this possible in Linux? Of course. You need scalable fonts, either TrueType or Type1 (or some others, Speedo?). Type1 fonts should be supported with any XFree version, but if you're using XFree 4.0 or newer, it

Re: how can I insert a return in a command-sequence ?

2000-10-24 Thread Herbert Voss
Nabil Hathout wrote: > > Thank you the response, but what I would like is to insert 3 > paragraphs in a command-sequence (a template of list with labelled > items). i don't really understand your problem, but maybe that ctrl-return is what you need? Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.

Re: Lyx1.15fix2, bibtex

2000-10-24 Thread Herbert Voss
Oliver Eichler wrote: > > Hi > > Lyx1.15fix2 will generate this tex code when using bibtex: > ... > \begin{lyxlist}{00.00.} > \item [\bibliographystyle{plain} > \bibliography{oeichler} > ]~\end{lyxlist} > ... > > This does not translate! > > However this does compile if I change it to: >

Re: Table cells...

2000-10-24 Thread Herbert Voss
Adrian Ball wrote: > > Dear all, > > Sorry for asking yet another question (give me a few months to become more > expert, and I'll start contributing as well)... > > I'm trying to create tables like the following:- > have a look at /usr/share/lyx/examples/TableExamples.lyx mabe that the exam

Re: Problem with \dot in math mode

2000-10-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
>> i.e. the LyX expects a "simple" token after the \dot and cannot >> handle compounds. >> >> I wonder whether this can be changed. This is because \dot is an accent and not a macro. That's probably the reason why ams provides \Dot. JMarc

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Torsten" == Torsten Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Torsten> thanks for you quick answer. I have already tried it, but Torsten> then all letters are the same size (on our Solaris system, Torsten> the fonts look only slightly changed in this case?). Maybe I Torsten> have to install othe

RE: Table cells...

2000-10-24 Thread Juergen Vigna
On 24-Oct-2000 Adrian Ball wrote: > This is a cut down version of one of the least complicated instances of > what I'm trying to achieve. Basically, I need to be able to split and > combine cells vertically as above. I currently get around this by > removing all the horizontal lines, then usi

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Torsten Mueller
>It happens if you do not have good quality scalable fonts (like type1 >fonts under solaris or truetype fonts under linux). In this case, add >in lyxrc >\screen_font_scalable false > >This will force LyX to use only non-stretched bitmap fonts. thanks for you quick answer. I have already tried it,

Re: Problem with \dot in math mode

2000-10-24 Thread Oscar
Guenter Milde wrote: > My first suggestion was to change the order of input (supposing that for > typesetting it does not matter, whether the operations are commutative), > i.e. instead of > >\dot{\mean{g (with lyx inserting the closing brackets) > put > \mean{\dot g > > It works, but th

Table cells...

2000-10-24 Thread Adrian Ball
Dear all, Sorry for asking yet another question (give me a few months to become more expert, and I'll start contributing as well)... I'm trying to create tables like the following:- +--+--+--+--+--++ | | d0s0 | d0s1 | d0s3 | d0s4 | d0s7 | +--+--+-

Re: compatibility lyxfile 1.0.3 and 1.1.5

2000-10-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Torsten" == Torsten Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Torsten> Hi, currently I am using lyx 1.0.3. I would like to change to Torsten> 1.1.5fix1 because of its new features (especially cut and Torsten> paste is very useful, thanks for that) Torsten> On the other, I must be able to give o

Re: how can I insert a return in a command-sequence ?

2000-10-24 Thread Nabil Hathout
Thank you the response, but what I would like is to insert 3 paragraphs in a command-sequence (a template of list with labelled items). --Nabil Herbert Voss writes: > Nabil Hathout wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > My question is in the subject. Thank you for your help. Regards, > > use a

Re: how can I insert a return in a command-sequence ?

2000-10-24 Thread Herbert Voss
Nabil Hathout wrote: > > Hello, > > My question is in the subject. Thank you for your help. Regards, use a double-backslash \\ Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/

Lyx1.15fix2, bibtex

2000-10-24 Thread Oliver Eichler
Hi Lyx1.15fix2 will generate this tex code when using bibtex: ... \begin{lyxlist}{00.00.} \item [\bibliographystyle{plain} \bibliography{oeichler} ]~\end{lyxlist} ... This does not translate! However this does compile if I change it to: \begin{lyxlist}{00.00.} \item [\bibliographysty

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Torsten" == Torsten Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Torsten> Hi, I use LyX with Linux (Suse 6.1) on a Toshiba notebook pc Torsten> with resolution 1024x768. The program itself works well, but Torsten> the fonts do not look very well on the screen. I have tried Torsten> to play with opt

how can I insert a return in a command-sequence ?

2000-10-24 Thread Nabil Hathout
Hello, My question is in the subject. Thank you for your help. Regards, --Nabil Hathout

Re: online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Torsten Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I use LyX with Linux (Suse 6.1) on a Toshiba notebook pc with >resolution 1024x768. >The program itself works well, but the fonts do not look very >well on the screen. >I have tried to play with options->screenfonts, but I am not ab

online fonts look bad on notebook

2000-10-24 Thread Torsten Mueller
Hi, I use LyX with Linux (Suse 6.1) on a Toshiba notebook pc with resolution 1024x768. The program itself works well, but the fonts do not look very well on the screen. I have tried to play with options->screenfonts, but I am not able to get a much better result. When I use LyX on our Solaris sy

compatibility lyxfile 1.0.3 and 1.1.5

2000-10-24 Thread Torsten Mueller
Hi, currently I am using lyx 1.0.3. I would like to change to 1.1.5fix1 because of its new features (especially cut and paste is very useful, thanks for that) On the other, I must be able to give other people (which work with 1.0.3) my files and get them back from them after editing. On the web

Lyx1.15fix2, bibtex

2000-10-24 Thread Oliver Eichler
Hi Lyx1.15fix2 will generate this tex code when using bibtex: ... \begin{lyxlist}{00.00.} \item [\bibliographystyle{plain} \bibliography{oeichler} ]~\end{lyxlist} ... This does not translate! However this does compile if I change it to: \begin{lyxlist}{00.00.} \item [\bibliographyst

Re: lyx-1.1.5fix2 update for SuSe7.0

2000-10-24 Thread Andre Poenitz
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^ Whoahey... ;-) > Yast gave me the following warning messages. If I use 'rpm -i lyx-1.1.5fix2-2.i386.rpm' I get no warning at all. > - > Postinstall lyx-1... >

Re: Docbook

2000-10-24 Thread Juergen Vigna
On 23-Oct-2000 Jose Abilio Oliveira Matos wrote: > > For now lyx ignores the output of any math formula, maybe a better alternative > would be to export the formulas as text. What do you think? What do others > think? Well another working solution would be to write the formula in a minimal La

Re: Docbook

2000-10-24 Thread Tran Minh
- Original Message - From: Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jose Abilio Oliveira Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Philippe JAOUEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Docbook > > For now lyx ignores the output of any math formul

Re: Docbook

2000-10-24 Thread Tran Minh
- Original Message - From: Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jose Abilio Oliveira Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Philippe JAOUEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Docbook > > For now lyx ignores the output of any math formul

Re: Docbook

2000-10-24 Thread Andre Poenitz
> For now lyx ignores the output of any math formula, maybe a better alternative > would be to export the formulas as text. What do you think? What do others > think? I think after 1.1.6 there should be a combined effort to clean up/redo/ whatever mathed. It currently looks like some "nice to ha

Re[2]: Problem with \dot in math mode

2000-10-24 Thread Guenter Milde
> Oscar wrote: > > > > Hi all: > > > > I am trying to get the time derivative of the mean value of a variable. > > To > > implement the mean value of a variable I defined in the preamble: > > > > \newcommand{\mean}[1]{<#1>} > > [snip] > > I guess that there is a problem with \dot in math mode