Re: Lamport's book

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
Steve Litt wrote: > > Would you recommend Lamport's book to someone who is writing a book in Lyx > and needs lots of custom Environments and character styles? Is it > understandable for someone who, let's put it this way -- doesn't have the > world's best attention span? Is it well organized? Is

Lamport's book

2001-09-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 06 September 2001 18:51, Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > LyX wasn't actually free -- it cost me $72 (the price of Lamport's LaTeX > book). Oddly enough, I found the book catalogued under "programming > languages". > > Kathryn Andersen Kathryn, Would you recommend Lamport's book to someo

Re: Why Lyx?

2001-09-06 Thread Kathryn Andersen
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 05:46:55PM +0300, Robin Turner wrote: > On Wednesday 05 September 2001 17:24, John Levon wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 10:08:24PM +1000, Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > > One thing that LyX definitely does worse is fonts -- but that's because > > > of the limitations of Te

Re: Why Lyx?

2001-09-06 Thread Kathryn Andersen
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 05:51:33PM +0300, Robin Turner wrote: > On Wednesday 05 September 2001 17:45, Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote: > > >>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:08:24 +1000 > > >>From: Kathryn Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Subject: Why Lyx? > > > >>I wish I could

Re: Why Lyx?

2001-09-06 Thread Kathryn Andersen
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 04:45:44PM +0200, Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote: > > >>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:08:24 +1000 > >>From: Kathryn Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Why Lyx? > >> > >>On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 02:30:14AM +0200, Giovanni Tummarello wrote: > >>> This

Re: Underlined "16"

2001-09-06 Thread Lars Reineke
> I had the same problem and I solved it. > One of the first lines in the lyx saved file is: > \lyxformat 2,16 > (Notice the 16!) > If you manually change it in 2.16 each time it will > work. It's boring but it's so. > I think it's due to the fact that in some languages > (like italian, and, I gue

Re: I need to make a new character style

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > I need to make a new character style to represent steps in a 10 step > Troubleshooting method. It must be a distinct style, not an additional use of > a different character style such as noun style. That way I can find them all, > and change their appearance en

I need to make a new character style

2001-09-06 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I need to make a new character style to represent steps in a 10 step Troubleshooting method. It must be a distinct style, not an additional use of a different character style such as noun style. That way I can find them all, and change their appearance en masse if need be. How do you

Re: Chapter format/spacing

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
Simon G Hill wrote: > > I'm trying to condense a big report to make it as small as possible without > taking out too many words. I noticed that the Chapter format tends to waste > heaps of room on a page. > > Can someone please let me know how to reduce > the length from the top of the page to C

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> So why are the 10|11|12 sizes not available in the layout files? > > Herbert> to prevent questions like: why does ... works in article and > Herbert> not in extarticle? > > Are there so many dif

Re: Letterhead?

2001-09-06 Thread rick
> > Hi all, > > Can someone provide a pointer to me as to how I can create letterhead > with a logo on it? I know I seen this documented somewhere, I just > can't seem to remeber where. > > Thanks, > > > -- > > Seeya, > Paul We are a lyx positive company, or at least a lyx positive bea

Re: Underlined "16"

2001-09-06 Thread Detlev Humann
> >> Lars Reineke wrote: > Whenever I open a previously saved > >> LyX-Dokument, a > > blue underlined "16" has > been appended on the > >> first line. > What does that mean? And how do I get rid of it? > > >> Alessandro Cafarella wrote: I had the same problem and I solved it. > >> One of the fi

Letterhead?

2001-09-06 Thread Paul Lussier
Hi all, Can someone provide a pointer to me as to how I can create letterhead with a logo on it? I know I seen this documented somewhere, I just can't seem to remeber where. Thanks, -- Seeya, Paul ...we don't need to be perfect to be the best around, and we n

Re: Underlined "16"

2001-09-06 Thread Detlev Humann
> > Lars Reineke wrote: > > Whenever I open a previously saved LyX-Dokument, a > > > blue underlined "16" has > > been appended on the first line. > > What does that mean? And how do I get rid of it? > > > Alessandro Cafarella wrote: > I had the same problem and I solved it. > One of the first l

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> In fact, the extsizes classes should really support the normal > >> sizes too. Do they? > > Herbert> The sizes available are 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, > Herbert> 17pt, and 20pt. > > Herb

Re: Unable to print roman numbered pages

2001-09-06 Thread Detlev Humann
Thanks, Michel! Thanks, Herbert!It's O.K. Now I see the difference between counting and numbering the pages.I should have told that I have twice pages numbered 1-14, once roman andonce arabic (because of \setcounter{1} after the first part)So the economic way of printing only the roman pages

Re: Rendering of EPS files

2001-09-06 Thread Steve Litt
Hi Nick, As I remember, when you convert to .eps you get a chance to declare a preview, which is a sort of thumbnail of the image in a different format. Perhaps you could use that to accomplish what you need. Try saving a .eps in Gimp, and notice the preview checkbox and preview size field. S

Re: Rendering of EPS files

2001-09-06 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 06:58:41PM +0930, Nick Burgan wrote: > I guess LyX relies on ghostscript to render the images on screen ? that's correct. > Is it possible to make LyX use another image rendering 'engine', for example > the one that Display uses (I have no idea what this is). Display se

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > "Renaud" == Renaud MICHEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Renaud> Installed extsizes and reconfigured LyX and it work, but the > Renaud> only sizes avaible from the document dialog are 8 9 14 17 20, > Renaud> this is too few, there should be also at least 11

Re: Unable to print roman numbered pages

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
> Detlev Humann wrote: > > The first part of my text is "Roman" numbered, the second "arabic". > All looks fine on the screen, but the problem is: How can I tell my > printer to print the roman pages? > If I put e.g. "VII" in the printing menu I get an error message like > "unable to print ("Es k

Re: Underlined "16"

2001-09-06 Thread Alessandro Cafarella
Lars Reineke wrote: > Whenever I open a previously saved LyX-Dokument, a > > blue underlined "16" has > been appended on the first line. > What does that mean? And how do I get rid of it? I had the same problem and I solved it. One of the first lines in the lyx saved file is: \lyxformat 2,16 (N

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Renaud MICHEL
Le Jeudi 6 Septembre 2001 13:51, vous avez écrit : > On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 01:28:06PM +0200, Renaud MICHEL wrote: > > Installed extsizes and reconfigured LyX and it work, but the only sizes > > avaible from the document dialog are 8 9 14 17 20, this is too few, there > > should be also at least

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 01:28:06PM +0200, Renaud MICHEL wrote: > Installed extsizes and reconfigured LyX and it work, but the only sizes > avaible from the document dialog are 8 9 14 17 20, this is too few, there > should be also at least 11 and 12 (perhaps every size from 8 to 20 should be > t

Re: Unable to print roman numbered pages

2001-09-06 Thread Renaud MICHEL
Le Jeudi 6 Septembre 2001 12:57, vous avez écrit : > Hi! > The first part of my text is "Roman" numbered, the second "arabic". All > looks fine on the screen, but the problem is: How can I tell my printer to > print the roman pages? If I put e.g. "VII" in the printing menu I get an > error message

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Renaud MICHEL
Le Jeudi 6 Septembre 2001 12:28, vous avez écrit : > > "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Herbert> these classes are part of the latest cvs and maybe 1.1.6fix3 > > Herbert> is it right, Jean-Marc?? > > Yes, they are part of 1.1.6fix3. Installed extsizes and reconfigured

Re: Coping and pasting tables from SPSS

2001-09-06 Thread Ronny Buchmann
* Giovanni Tummarello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001-09-04 19:26] wrote: > Hello people, i am a student in engeneering trying to use lyx to write my > master thesis. > Although entusiast at the beginning of the journey (leaving "Word" behind > seemed so attractive) i am now loosing entusiasm over the

Re: Why LyX?

2001-09-06 Thread Joao B. Oliveira
> On Wednesday 05 September 2001 16:09, you wrote: > > John Levon writes: > > > > I've turned tens of normal students onto lyx instead > > of word (even unix-hating students) entirely as a result of the output. > > > > Yes, but ... My two bits: The effect on my students has been the same. Tw

Re: Hypertext and PDF

2001-09-06 Thread Beyer, Marcus
Hello Jean-Pierre, > > Running tex2pdf -r to change the toc > > option from yes to no produced en error: > > pdfTeX error (ext4): link annotations can't be nested. > > The option linktocpage is doing nothing else than putting 'linktocpage' > in the the hyperref parameters. Works here ... A mu

Unable to print roman numbered pages

2001-09-06 Thread Detlev Humann
Hi! The first part of my text is "Roman" numbered, the second "arabic". All looks fine on the screen, but the problem is: How can I tell my printer to print the roman pages? If I put e.g. "VII" in the printing menu I get an error message like "unable to print ("Es konnte nicht gedruckt werde

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Nicolas SABOURET
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Herbert> these classes are part of the latest cvs and maybe 1.1.6fix3 > > Herbert> is it right, Jean-Marc?? > > Yes, they are part of 1.1.6fix3. > > JMarc Thanks for your answers. This looks good

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Nicolas SABOURET wrote: > This is more or less a "latex" question but I suppose I can find an > answer here. I prepare some exams or exercices for 11 to 16y old > students using Lyx and the "article" class. > > However, 12pt is still too small for them. The solution I use is

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Nicolas SABOURET wrote: > 2. Is there any other class I could use ? There is a package "extsizes" that should let you use more font sizes. Haven't tried it myself though...

Re: More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
>>Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 11:41:53 +0200 >>From: Nicolas SABOURET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: More than 12pt ? >> >>Hi ! >> >>This is more or less a "latex" question but I suppose I can find an >>answer here. I prepare some exams or exercices for 11 to 16y old >>students

More than 12pt ?

2001-09-06 Thread Nicolas SABOURET
Hi ! This is more or less a "latex" question but I suppose I can find an answer here. I prepare some exams or exercices for 11 to 16y old students using Lyx and the "article" class. However, 12pt is still too small for them. The solution I use is to select the whole document text and to increase

Rendering of EPS files

2001-09-06 Thread Nick Burgan
Hello All, I wish to insert some photographs into my LyX document. I have the photos as .jpeg originally and I have converted them to .eps (level 2) using the Convert package that is part of image magick ie. convert filename.jpg eps2:filename.eps When I insert the .eps files into LyX, the imag

Re: Full width tables

2001-09-06 Thread Herbert Voss
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Nicholas Piper wrote: > > > I don't understand your last line. Could you give me an example or > > > point me to where I might find one ? > > > the following all in tex (red) > > > \noindent\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|c|X|c|}\hline > > one & two & three \\ > > 1 & 2 & 3 \\

Re: Full width tables

2001-09-06 Thread Nicholas Piper
On Wed, 05 Sep 2001, Herbert Voss wrote: > Nicholas Piper wrote: > > I don't understand your last line. Could you give me an example or > > point me to where I might find one ? > the following all in tex (red) > \noindent\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|c|X|c|}\hline > one & two & three \\ > 1

Chapter format/spacing

2001-09-06 Thread Simon G Hill
Greetings all, I'm trying to condense a big report to make it as small as possible without taking out too many words. I noticed that the Chapter format tends to waste heaps of room on a page. Can someone please let me know how to reduce the length from the top of the page to Chapter X, the le