Re: LyX on a CD

2001-06-12 Thread Markus Mohr
Hi! Just to give another example of excellent Unix installation procedures: take a look at Debian. Installing lyx is this line (as root): 'apt-get install lyx'. Thats it. apt resolves all dependencies, loads all needed packages from the configured source (cd, nfs, ftp, http) and installs them. It

Re: tex2pdf 2.1 released -- appologies for my ignorance

2001-06-12 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
>>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:04:56 +1000 >>From: Kathryn Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Bryan J. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: tex2pdf 2.1 released -- appologies for my ignorance >>User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i >> >>On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:11:08AM -0400, Bryan

Re: HTML export with tth (unknown command)

2001-06-12 Thread Herbert Voss
Mirko Zeibig wrote: > > I try to convert a german letter with tth to html, but tth does know nothing > about the lyx-specific "tags". I tried latex2html before with similar results. what are lyx-specific tags? the only one is the definition for \LyX and this is also pure latex. Because lyx expor

Re: LyX on a CD

2001-06-12 Thread Dave Tweten
Initially quoting me, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >>Incidently, if you have something against FreeBSD, I understand that >>the ports system works with NetBSD too. >Cool. So is that just a Makefile that pulls down the tar ball and >makes the package? Ports is a skeletal directory structure of makefil

Re: LyX on a CD

2001-06-12 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 08:30:43PM -0700, Dave Tweten wrote: > >I spent an entire afternoon trying to install DocBook recently ... it > >was a mass of packages and other things ... in fact it was a needless > >pain in the arse. > > cd /usr/ports/textproc/docbook > make install > >

Re: LyX on a CD

2001-06-12 Thread Dave Tweten
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >... mostly Unix does NOT set high standards for users or anyone else >(poor sysadmin guys?) so far as installation goes. >Basically I don't want to know about config files and environment >variables and so on and on and on when all I want is a bit of software >to do a p

Re: LyX on a CD

2001-06-12 Thread Goffredo
Hi Guys, Just a comment on this. I understand and agree with a lot of criticism of Micro$oft products, and will not use it for development unless at gun point. BUT I think one thing where Unix is still a disaster, and Micro$oft got it right, is in the way software is installed. Oh Ok, there a

Re: [pdftex] Re: tex2pdf 2.1 released -- appologies for my ignorance

2001-06-12 Thread Kathryn Andersen
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 02:33:42PM +0100, Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > Bryan J. Smith writes: > > Several people have informed me that pdftex _does_ do PDF > > bookmarking and suggested I check out some more recently releases. > it has done for many years. your 13d should do it Yes, it does. > >

Re: cite in paragraph

2001-06-12 Thread Ragnar Beer
>> I'm trying to cite in a paragraph environment but it doesn't work. >> I keep getting errors that I don't understand. Is it not possible >> to cite in environments like paragraph, section, etc.? > >should be no problem! or so you mean cites in >section-titles, subsection-...? You're right. I

Re: LyX on a CD

2001-06-12 Thread Claus Hentschel
As I am responsible for the Win32-Releases I have followed the whole topic and this is my comment: At the moment, because LyX is NOT a Win32 native application you do need any available X-Server. Xfree IMHO is not ready to be used by all users because many things have to be configured manually de

Problem with latex figure

2001-06-12 Thread Luisa
I can't insert a latex figure in a Lyx document. I created the figure with Xfig and than expoted in Latex , but I can't insert it in my document . I followed the istruction of the users guide, but when I try to see my document it appear a lot of Latex error. My lyx lyx version 1.1.6fix1. Thank yo

Re: tex2pdf 2.1 released -- appologies for my ignorance

2001-06-12 Thread Kathryn Andersen
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:11:08AM -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > "Kayvan A. Sylvan" wrote: > > No, that's good enough. > > I just need "hyperref," right? What is the easiest way to install > it in a near-stock RedHat 7.1 full install (just added LyX, > TeTeX-LyX and XForms)? I'm using RedHat 7

Re: [pdftex] Re: tex2pdf 2.1 released -- appologies for my ignorance

2001-06-12 Thread Reuben Thomas
> > Several people have informed me that pdftex _does_ do PDF > > bookmarking and suggested I check out some more recently releases. > it has done for many years. your 13d should do it > > A simple "-version" on my RedHat 7.1 system reveals that I'm using > > "pdfTeX (Web2C 7.3.1) 3.14159-0.1

Re: special characters

2001-06-12 Thread Pio B.
> >I've run into trouble >I'm danish meaning that my keyboard include øæå, but it so happens that I >am in >france and have to write in french from time to time. French people use ´`^ >etc >and that works fine. But they also have the c 'cedille' - it the c with the >thing bellow it. It s

Re: [pdftex] Re: tex2pdf 2.1 released -- appologies for my ignorance

2001-06-12 Thread Sebastian Rahtz
Bryan J. Smith writes: > Several people have informed me that pdftex _does_ do PDF > bookmarking and suggested I check out some more recently releases. it has done for many years. your 13d should do it > A simple "-version" on my RedHat 7.1 system reveals that I'm using > "pdfTeX (Web2C 7.3.

Re: special characters

2001-06-12 Thread Ronald Florence
morten wrote: > I can handle all kind of appostrophes under lyx, but here I'm the > dark. I was looking for a table including special characters but I > didn't find it. http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~stolfi/EXPORT/www/ISO-8859-1-Encoding.html is a table which gives the characters of the iso-

Re: special characters

2001-06-12 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, morten wrote: > looking for a table including special characters but I didn't find it. Look LyX user's manual section 6.5.3: character tables

Re: special characters

2001-06-12 Thread Peter Suetterlin
morten wrote: > I've run into trouble > I'm danish meaning that my keyboard include øæå, but it so happens > that I am in france and have to write in french from time to > time. French people use ´`^ etc and that works fine. But they also > have the c 'cedille' - it the c with the thing bello

Re: special characters

2001-06-12 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
morten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I've run into trouble | I'm danish meaning that my keyboard include øæå, but it so happens that I am in | france and have to write in french from time to time. French people use ´`^ etc | and that works fine. But they also have the c 'cedille' - it the c w

Re: "Works Cited" at top of Cites page

2001-06-12 Thread Michelle Dukich
Hello World: I just answered my own question re: this email. This command below was in TeX in my doc before the bibliography. \renewcommand*{refname}{Works Cited} I changed it to this: \renewcommand*{refname}{} It is a beautiful day when I can help meself! Thanks. Michelle --- Michelle

special characters

2001-06-12 Thread morten
I've run into trouble I'm danish meaning that my keyboard include øæå, but it so happens that I am in france and have to write in french from time to time. French people use ´`^ etc and that works fine. But they also have the c 'cedille' - it the c with the thing bellow it. I can handle all k

"Works Cited" at top of Cites page

2001-06-12 Thread Michelle Dukich
Greetings All: Paper is done, but I do not like how my Bibiography page has "Works Cited" in both the top right and left corners. Any way to get rid of it? Thanks. Michelle __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail

Lyx on Alpha?

2001-06-12 Thread Pio B.
Dear LyX User I own a dec pws 500a with a 21164 processor. I would like to use lyx on it. Does anybody have compiled binaries for Tru64 5.1 (I do not have a compiler) or for RedHat Linux 7.0 (or a FAQ where I can find how to compile it using the Compaq c compiler) Thank you very much for your h

Re: cite in paragraph

2001-06-12 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Ragnar" == Ragnar Beer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ragnar> Howdy! I'm trying to cite in a paragraph environment but it Ragnar> doesn't work. I keep getting errors that I don't understand. Ragnar> Is it not possible to cite in environments like paragraph, Ragnar> section, etc.? The \cite c

Re: Dumb math question

2001-06-12 Thread Herbert Voss
Robin Turner wrote: > > Well, I've looked through the Tutorial, the User Guide and a LaTeX command > summary, and I still can't find how to do the following ... > > 1. Type a fraction as an ordinary slash fraction rather than a math fraction; http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/mathmode.h

Re: cite in paragraph

2001-06-12 Thread Herbert Voss
Ragnar Beer wrote: > > I'm trying to cite in a paragraph environment but it doesn't work. > I keep getting errors that I don't understand. Is it not possible > to cite in environments like paragraph, section, etc.? should be no problem! or so you mean cites in section-titles, subsection-...? He

Re: Dumb math question

2001-06-12 Thread Alberto Vecchiato
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Robin Turner wrote: > Well, I've looked through the Tutorial, the User Guide and a LaTeX command > summary, and I still can't find how to do the following ... > > 1. Type a fraction as an ordinary slash fraction rather than a math fraction; > > 2. Type a degree sign (as

Re: Dumb math question

2001-06-12 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Robin Turner wrote: > 1. Type a fraction as an ordinary slash fraction rather than a math fraction; I don't quite understand, can't you use the "/" key on your keyboard? You could also get some fractions with the compose key: compose + 1 2 = 1/2 compose + 1 4 = 1/4 compose

cite in paragraph

2001-06-12 Thread Ragnar Beer
Howdy! I'm trying to cite in a paragraph environment but it doesn't work. I keep getting errors that I don't understand. Is it not possible to cite in environments like paragraph, section, etc.? Ragnar

Dumb math question

2001-06-12 Thread Robin Turner
Well, I've looked through the Tutorial, the User Guide and a LaTeX command summary, and I still can't find how to do the following ... 1. Type a fraction as an ordinary slash fraction rather than a math fraction; 2. Type a degree sign (as in "a 90 degree arc"). Am I stupid or what? Robin

Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references?

2001-06-12 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"Jean-Pierre.Chretien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | In the same line, why not output the dvi/ps/... even in error ? Actually I have had this planned for a long time... one problem is that it becomes a cushion... errors that lyx is responsible for does not get fixed since "Continue or Error" is

Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references?

2001-06-12 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Andre> "Clever" things tend to be stupid things in some cases and the | Andre> last thing I want to see in LyX are MS Word like features like | Andre> "automatic correction of ill-behaving users"... If someone put | Andre> in some label, he likel

Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references?

2001-06-12 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > We could also take this into account when writing out the latex | > document: never output an unreverenced label, or an reference that point | > to nowhere...(the second is more questionable) | | I find both questionable. Suppose you want to cooperat

Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references?

2001-06-12 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
>>From: Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references? >>To: Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:17:53 +0200 (CEST) >>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> We could also take this into account when writing out t

Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references?

2001-06-12 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> We could also take this into account when writing out the latex >> document: never output an unreverenced label, or an reference that >> point to nowhere...(the second is more questionable) Andre> I find both questionable. Suppose you

Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references?

2001-06-12 Thread Andre Poenitz
> We could also take this into account when writing out the latex > document: never output an unreverenced label, or an reference that point > to nowhere...(the second is more questionable) I find both questionable. Suppose you want to cooperated with people that use plain LaTeX that insert their

Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references?

2001-06-12 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > "Ramon" == Ramon Felciano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | Ramon> Yes, that's what I ended up doing. It was just a bit painful to | Ramon> track or scan that log file by hand -- and I wasn't sure how to | Ramon> do it automatically via some

Re: Does LyX complain about broken label or citation references?

2001-06-12 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Ramon" == Ramon Felciano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ramon> Yes, that's what I ended up doing. It was just a bit painful to Ramon> track or scan that log file by hand -- and I wasn't sure how to Ramon> do it automatically via some kind of Unix redirect -- so I Ramon> thought I'd drop a lin

Re: creating index entries automatically

2001-06-12 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Hi there, | | is there a possibility to let LyX create index entries automatically like MS WORD ? |WORD uses an additional document with a table with 2 columns to automatically find |the words to be indexed (first column) and adds the description, that will be liste

creating index entries automatically

2001-06-12 Thread christoph . saalfeld
Hi there, is there a possibility to let LyX create index entries automatically like MS WORD ? WORD uses an additional document with a table with 2 columns to automatically find the words to be indexed (first column) and adds the description, that will be listed in the index (second column). It

Re: LyX on a CD

2001-06-12 Thread Andre Poenitz
> I am regularly faced with the challenge that Windoze users expect that no > installation procedure should be more complicated than the most simplest > software. It's odd, as they are happy to reboot two or three times to get IE > to work, but refuse to contemplate any non-M$ish software that

Re: LyX on a CD

2001-06-12 Thread Henk Coetzee
On Tue 12 Jun 01 08:19, Allan Rae wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Baruch Even wrote: > > A project idea I came up with after one too many requests for LyX is to > > have a Linux (or any other unix for that matter) distribution complete > > with LaTeX/DocBook support an X-Server and LyX to be booted