Re: Lyx non-technical writing

2001-05-16 Thread Herbert Voss
Kathryn Andersen wrote: > Hello everyone! > I am investigating LyX as a possible replacement to my former desktop > publishing software (die, Microsoft, die!) (ahem) It has many nifty > features that I like, besides the principle of WYSIWYM is terribly > appealing. I have never used LaTeX, but

Re: Graphics puzzle

2001-05-16 Thread Herbert Voss
Kathryn Andersen wrote: > Hello again! > I am trying to include EPS graphics in my document, and as soon as the > graphic is more than 50% of the page height, it is put on a separate > page. Is there any way of allowing the picture to be bigger, without it > being put on a float-page? I tried t

Graphics puzzle

2001-05-16 Thread Kathryn Andersen
Hello again! I am trying to include EPS graphics in my document, and as soon as the graphic is more than 50% of the page height, it is put on a separate page. Is there any way of allowing the picture to be bigger, without it being put on a float-page? I tried the following in the preamble (after

Re: math fonts in foiltex

2001-05-16 Thread Bruce Veidt
Kevin Gross wrote: > I'm preparing a presentation using foiltex and it contains a reasonable > amount of math. I, too, would like a consistent, sans serif math font used in > my presentation. Using your suggestion works for some numbers and letters, > but ruins all greek letters and even simple

Lyx non-technical writing

2001-05-16 Thread Kathryn Andersen
Hello everyone! I am investigating LyX as a possible replacement to my former desktop publishing software (die, Microsoft, die!) (ahem) It has many nifty features that I like, besides the principle of WYSIWYM is terribly appealing. I have never used LaTeX, but with LyX you don't have to know it

Re: math fonts in foiltex

2001-05-16 Thread Kevin Gross
On Sunday 13 May 2001 11:38, you wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 02:34:54PM -0700, Bruce Veidt wrote: > > > have a look at package hvmaths, available at ctan > > > > I saw that too, but the free version has only bitmap fonts. > > > > The installed fonts already have the sans-serif numeral > > cha

Re: [Fwd: aa.layout]

2001-05-16 Thread Peter Suetterlin
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Peter> The problem is that the according LyX layout is called aapaper. > > Is there a reason for that? Good question. I *think* there was one, but it's already that long ago that I wrote it. But probably many of the layout files have that problem. You think we

Re: (fwd) Poetry layouts? (was) Re: thanks

2001-05-16 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Mittwoch, 16. Mai 2001 21:00 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > There is also a poem.sty file at CTAN > ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/info/ltt/poem.sty which is an example > from a "LaTeX Tips and Tricks" book, I think. You got me curious This is from the Book of Ingo Klöckl (LaTex Tips & Tricks.

Re: (fwd) Poetry layouts? (was) Re: thanks

2001-05-16 Thread mike.ressler
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Michael Fraley wrote: > I will give it a try. Thanks for the pointer to the 'verse' > format. There is also a poem.sty file at CTAN ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/info/ltt/poem.sty which is an example from a "LaTeX Tips and Tricks" book, I think. You got me curious enough to

Re: TrueType fonts and quotation marks

2001-05-16 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Mittwoch, 16. Mai 2001 18:09 schrieb Dave Brown: > The users guide mentions a quotes popup from the layout menu, but I > don't have that. I though I got the most recent version of LyX > (1.1.6fix1 of Wed, Jan 31, 2001). It is now under Layout > Document > Language Greets, Juergen

Re: (fwd) Poetry layouts? (was) Re: thanks

2001-05-16 Thread mike.ressler
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Herbert Voss wrote: > What do you expect from a poetry package? I don't > understand why you can't write this without any > additional package? There is, of course, the "verse" format available in the default article class, but I thought someone might have something with nice

Re: (fwd) Poetry layouts? (was) Re: thanks

2001-05-16 Thread Herbert Voss
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Do you have any poetry >> templates? I mainly write and print poems, and I'm wondering if Lyx is >> used much in this area. I know poetry is more obscure than mathematics, >> but just thought I'd ask if you get much call for it... > > > I believe people have done t

(fwd) Poetry layouts? (was) Re: thanks

2001-05-16 Thread mike.ressler
Hello, I've forwared your message to the LyX Users list, since I'm sure someone there will be able to help. On Wed, 16 May 2001, Michael Fraley wrote: > Thank you for the graphical tour of Lyx, it's very enjoyable and a good > way to follow the flow of document creation. Thank you. > Do you h

Re: Different numbering for chemical reaction and numerical equation

2001-05-16 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 01:42:02PM +0100, Andi wrote: > Then I try to align the equations by using C-Return I get an error message " \tag >not allowed here". > > > a+b->c+d(R. 1.1) > > a+y+d+f->s(R. 1.2) The \tag{} command doesn't work inside eqnarray, but

Re: [Fwd: aa.layout]

2001-05-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Peter" == Peter Suetterlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> Rosaria Tantalo wrote: >> For the first time I am dealing with lyx on Linux operating system. >> I am trying to import a file tex which document class is the last >> release for Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal: aa.cls (this are

TrueType fonts and quotation marks

2001-05-16 Thread Dave Brown
Hi,   Is there any way to make Lyx treat single quotes like it does double quotes?  That is, make it have an open single quote and then a close single quote?  I'm interested in the possibility of typing dialogue such as Tom Blinked and said, "Then he said, 'so she said, "Go to Hell, M

Re: [Fwd: aa.layout]

2001-05-16 Thread Peter Suetterlin
Rosaria Tantalo wrote: > For the first time I am dealing with lyx on Linux operating system. > I am trying to import a file tex which document class is the last > release for Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal: aa.cls > (this are available on ftp://ftp.edpsciences.org/pub/aa/) > > I was not able

reLyX problems in MacOSX

2001-05-16 Thread Jacobo Myerston
When trying to relyx a tex file, I got this: Reading LaTeX command syntax (Elizaoul.tex: Splitting Preamble Creating LyX preamble Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /sw/bin/../share/lyx/reLyX/MakePreamble.pm line 182, line 1. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//

Re: Math symbols - slightly OT

2001-05-16 Thread Sarah Mount
On 16 May 2001, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Sarah" == Sarah Mount <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sarah> Hi :) In my LyX document, I need a math symbol that means > Sarah> "equals, by definition", which should look like a normal equals > Sarah> (=) sign, with "def" in small letters abov

Re: Math symbols - slightly OT

2001-05-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Sarah" == Sarah Mount <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sarah> Hi :) In my LyX document, I need a math symbol that means Sarah> "equals, by definition", which should look like a normal equals Sarah> (=) sign, with "def" in small letters above the upper bar. Sarah> Is there a built-in symbol tha

Math symbols - slightly OT

2001-05-16 Thread Sarah Mount
Hi :) In my LyX document, I need a math symbol that means "equals, by definition", which should look like a normal equals (=) sign, with "def" in small letters above the upper bar. Is there a built-in symbol that looks like this, or does anyone know of a suitable macro? Thanks for the help!

[Fwd: aa.layout]

2001-05-16 Thread Rosaria Tantalo
  Original Message Subject:  aa.layout Date:  Wed, 16 May 2001 15:06:50 +0200 From:  Rosaria Tantalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization:  Department of Astronomy To:  LyX Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For the first time I am dealing with lyx on Linux operating sy

reLyX problems in MacOSX

2001-05-16 Thread Jacobo Myerston
When trying to relyx a tex file, I got this: Reading LaTeX command syntax (Elizaoul.tex: Splitting Preamble Creating LyX preamble Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /sw/bin/../share/lyx/reLyX/MakePreamble.pm line 182, line 1. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//

Re: Different numbering for chemical reaction and numerical equation

2001-05-16 Thread Andi
Dekel Tsur wrote: > >3. At each reaction, write \reaction at the end (inside the math inset). > >Note that when you reference a reaction, you will get 'R. 2.1'. > >I´m sorry, but I think I´m too dummy. I´m not able to insert a \reaction inside the >math > >inset. The "\" doesn´t work.But w

Re: Different numbering for chemical reaction and numerical equation

2001-05-16 Thread Andi
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Re: Different numbering for chemical reaction and numerical equation

2001-05-16 Thread Andi
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Re: figure float with caption next to image

2001-05-16 Thread Juergen Vigna
On 15-May-2001 Herbert Voss wrote: > yes, you're right! that's a restriction in using > minipages, that the width must have a unit and things like > 0.75\textwidth are not possible. Not anymore :) The upcoming 1.2.0 version will give you a much better WYSIWYG behaviour of minipages (thanks to t