Re: trying to get a handle on margins

2001-04-28 Thread Chris Green
Christopher M (Jones) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The easiest way to set margins is in Layout->Document->Paper. If you need to > use the commands, then here are some stabs: Ahhh I completely missed that dialog > > You would still need an '\' in the braces, as in {\hoffset} Ah. I was looking

Re: trying to get a handle on margins

2001-04-28 Thread Jones
The easiest way to set margins is in Layout->Document->Paper. If you need to use the commands, then here are some stabs: > In the User Guide, I found: > > setlength{hoffset}{-0.5 in} > > setlength{voffset}{-0.5 in} Did you type setlength... or \setlength? Did you type voffset or did you type

trying to get a handle on margins

2001-04-28 Thread Chris Green
I'm a new Lyx user ( version 1.1.6 from Mandrake 8.0 )and when I use the article layout, I seem to get the margins to act correctly. The article layout has 1.5" left and right margins when I would really like only 1" margins. In the User Guide, I found: setlength{hoffset}{-0.5 in} setlength{v

How to get Docbook working with Lyx 1.1.6?

2001-04-28 Thread Ramon Felciano
Hello -- I would like to try the LyX 1.1.6 support for DocBook. I've installed sgmltools and it seems to be installed OK. However, when I create a new DocBook document type. 1. The Lyx format settings let you select a DocBook article or book; the online documentation makes no reference to this.

hoffset and voffset

2001-04-28 Thread Myriam Abramson
Hi! It looks like I have to use hoffset and voffset to get the margins right on my printer. However, when submitting the postscript version of the paper, should I remove them? -- myriam As seen in a coffee shop in Monterey, CA, George W. Bush's counter: 136

OT: Troll (Was: Re: thoughts on the LyX gui.)

2001-04-28 Thread Matej Cepl
On sobota 28 duben 2001 1:19 Christopher Jones wrote: Sorry, it's long -- ESR tends to be talkative. > Is that what a troll is! I always wondered what people were > talking about when they complained about them. Not exactly -- the binding definition is not from me, but from the most respectfu

Re: widows and orphans

2001-04-28 Thread Herbert Voss
Christopher Jones wrote: > > I have been trying Herbert Voss's solution for widow and orphan control > (http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/layouts/widows.html). I tried the > first solution, and I tried the second as an addition to the first, which is > what I understood I was supposed to d

widows and orphans

2001-04-28 Thread Christopher Jones
I have been trying Herbert Voss's solution for widow and orphan control (http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/layouts/widows.html). I tried the first solution, and I tried the second as an addition to the first, which is what I understood I was supposed to do if the first didn't work. The fir