Re: Lyx upgrade & Latex to Lyx & *.cls files

2002-10-10 Thread Herbert Voss
Carole Womeldorf wrote: > Quick question - will I be losing any functionality by doing this? Are > tetex-latex and tetex-dvips already in my version of teTeX (beta.20020207-70) > but just not registering as individual programs in the rpm database? there is no problem Herbert -- http://www

Re: Lyx upgrade & Latex to Lyx & *.cls files

2002-10-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 07:20:47PM -0400, Carole Womeldorf wrote: > Herbert Voss wrote: > > > Carole Womeldorf wrote: > > > On my SuSE 8.0 system, I want to upgrade my Lyx version (currently > > > 1.1.6fix4) - however when I run "rpm -Uvh --test lyx-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm" I > > > > rpm -Uvh --nodeps .

Re: Lyx upgrade & Latex to Lyx & *.cls files

2002-10-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 03:59:45PM -0400, Carole Womeldorf wrote: > On my SuSE 8.0 system, I want to upgrade my Lyx version (currently > 1.1.6fix4) - however when I run "rpm -Uvh --test lyx-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm" I > get failed dependencies "tetex-dvips" and "tetex-latex." I tried > installing the rpm

Re: wide char support override?

2002-10-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 02:31:56PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Howdy, is there any non-hairy way of compiling latest > lyx build without wide char support? I'm using OpenBSD and > it does not yet have wchar.h. How about copying a wchar.h from a system that has it? [Actually I am a bit surp

Re: dot, ddot and... dddot??

2002-10-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 12:22:33AM +0200, J.Lauffenburger wrote: > This is perhaps not a Lyx problem, but someone should have faced with > this problem > Is it possible to obtain, like the dot or the ddot command, the third > derivative of a parameter? Yes. By typing \dddot. But I don't remember

Re: Lyx upgrade & Latex to Lyx & *.cls files

2002-10-10 Thread Carole Womeldorf
Herbert Voss wrote: > Carole Womeldorf wrote: > > On my SuSE 8.0 system, I want to upgrade my Lyx version (currently > > 1.1.6fix4) - however when I run "rpm -Uvh --test lyx-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm" I > > rpm -Uvh --nodeps Thanks for all the tips, Herbert. Quick question - will I be losing any fu

Re: LyX scrolls too fast

2002-10-10 Thread Vladimir Milovanovic
Yeah, I have the same problem. The only way that I know to get around it is to highlight using the shift key and the cursor keys, but it does get tedious when you have to highlight a lot of text. Maybe someone else knows a better way? I already set the "mousewheel scrolls" setting to 1 line in

LyX scrolls too fast

2002-10-10 Thread Paul Tremblay
When I try to hi-lite text using a standard mouse, LyX scrolls too fast. For example, I have a paragraph at the bottom of the page. I want to hi-lite this paragrah, and the three below. I hi-lite the paragraph I can see, and then drag the mouse past the bottom of the window. But the text jumps so

dot, ddot and... dddot??

2002-10-10 Thread J.Lauffenburger
Hi all, This is perhaps not a Lyx problem, but someone should have faced with this problem Is it possible to obtain, like the dot or the ddot command, the third derivative of a parameter? Best regards, Jean-Philippe

Re: Lyx upgrade & Latex to Lyx & *.cls files

2002-10-10 Thread Herbert Voss
Carole Womeldorf wrote: > On my SuSE 8.0 system, I want to upgrade my Lyx version (currently > 1.1.6fix4) - however when I run "rpm -Uvh --test lyx-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm" I rpm -Uvh --nodeps > Also > 1) Is there a good guide for a newbie to learn to turn a *.cls file > into something useful i

Lyx upgrade & Latex to Lyx & *.cls files

2002-10-10 Thread Carole Womeldorf
On my SuSE 8.0 system, I want to upgrade my Lyx version (currently 1.1.6fix4) - however when I run "rpm -Uvh --test lyx-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm" I get failed dependencies "tetex-dvips" and "tetex-latex." I tried installing the rpms from tetex but I must have gotten the wrong versions. My current versio

wide char support override?

2002-10-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Howdy, is there any non-hairy way of compiling latest lyx build without wide char support? I'm using OpenBSD and it does not yet have wchar.h. TIA

Re: [OT] Linux fonts was Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread Peter Clark
I'm condensing several messages here, beware! Quoting Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Given 'xset +fp path' and 'xset fp rehash' restarting the X server should > never be needed. Oops, my bad, I meant "restart the X *font* server." Well, I guess technically it isn't the font server

Re: Adding List of Appendices

2002-10-10 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 01:49:22PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > \let\oldappendix=\appendix > > \renewcommand{\appendix}{% > > \oldappendix% > > \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\arabic{chapter}}} > > Dekel -- > > Does the \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\arabic{chapter}} remain in scope only > indide

Re: math from lyx -> rtf

2002-10-10 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 07:13:24AM -0400, Nirmal Govind wrote: > I tried the above and this is the error I get (when I started lyx from > the command line): > > This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.3.1) > The top-level auxiliary file: noise_correlation.aux > The style file: apalikenew.bst > Dat

Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 08:24:33AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > If you're using Mandrake, especially 7.2, 8.0, or 8.1, their default font > setup is terrible. Here's a workaround: > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/cookiecrumbfonts.htm > > Steve > > As a matter of fact, I am using Man

Re: [OT] Linux fonts was Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 07:32:30PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > There is also fontconfig > > > RH8 uses fontconfig. Well, that's what I meant... guess I wasn't clear > See an example at > http://www.math.tau.ac.il/%7Edekelts/lyx/qt.png Luvverly john -- "Everything in the w

Re: Adding List of Appendices

2002-10-10 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 10 October 2002 12:34 pm, Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 05:52:03PM +0800, Hisyam Lee wrote: > > Yes, I do see the appendices appear in the TOC after compilation. Thanks. > > How can I change the appendices format from Appendix A, Appendix B, etc > > to Appendix 1, Appendi

Re: [OT] Linux fonts was Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 06:23:21PM +0100, John Levon wrote: > > Installing a font on RH8 means dropping the font in $HOME/.fonts > > There is also fontconfig RH8 uses fontconfig. > Yes. If Qt is set up for it, you get anti-aliased fonts for free too. See an example at http://w

Re: LyX 1.2.1 build failure under YellowDog 2.3

2002-10-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:22:25PM -0500, David Garza wrote: > FormError.o(.text+0x1d8): undefined reference to `ControlInsetlyxstring>::params(void)' > FormError.o(.text+0x1d8): relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24 >ControlInset::params(void) This is a toolchain problem (gcc, ld) > announ

Re: [OT] Linux fonts was Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:18:30PM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > Moving closer to topicality, the problem with LaTeX (and LyX by inheritance) > is its complicated font management system, which is separate from X (of course) > and something that will probably never be streamlined. Installing a

Re: [OT] Linux fonts was Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:18:30PM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > tell it where the font you want to install is located...come to think of > it, maybe it does do drag-and-drop, I haven't checked), but it is many > orders of magnitude better than moving the font file to the right > directory, running

LyX 1.2.1 build failure under YellowDog 2.3

2002-10-10 Thread David Garza
I'm running into trouble trying to build LyX 1.2.1 from the source RPM, but I get the following error when I try to compile: g++ -O3 -fsigned-char -o lyx BufferView.o BufferView2.o BufferView_pimpl.o Bullet.o Chktex.o ColorHandler.o CutAndPaste.o DepTable.o FloatList.o Floating.o FontInfo.o F

[OT] Linux fonts was Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread Peter Clark
Quoting Paul Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Fonts are always a mystery in linux, especially when I have used a > Macintosh my whole life. (In a Macintosh, you simply drag a font to a > folder, and voila! You have the font available for printing and > viewing.) Tangentally off-topic, but KDE

Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 06:08:43AM +0200, Thomas Templin wrote: > Which GNU/Linux distribution? Debian, RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake...? > May be you don't install all needet fonts. Your problem with > Abiword fonts seems to have the same reason. > Which LyX Version? > Try to use an other Font with:

Re: cannot bind M-< and M->

2002-10-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:40:45PM -0400, Dan Bikel wrote: > That does not appear to work, either. Any other suggestions? M-~S-less Andre' PS: Lucky me that I made a copy of the following ;-) : Please quote only the relevant parts of the message you are responding to. People who need the full

Re: cannot bind M-< and M->

2002-10-10 Thread Dan Bikel
That does not appear to work, either. Any other suggestions? Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:33:25PM -0400, Dan Bikel wrote: > >>I've separately tried including the following lines in my emacs.bind file: >> >>\bind "M-<" "buffer-begin" > > > Can you bind "M-less"? > > And

Re: cannot bind M-< and M->

2002-10-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:33:25PM -0400, Dan Bikel wrote: > I've separately tried including the following lines in my emacs.bind file: > > \bind "M-<" "buffer-begin" Can you bind "M-less"? Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they d

Re: Adding List of Appendices

2002-10-10 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 05:52:03PM +0800, Hisyam Lee wrote: > Yes, I do see the appendices appear in the TOC after compilation. Thanks. > How can I change the appendices format from Appendix A, Appendix B, etc to > Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.? In the preamble: \let\oldappendix=\appendix \renewc

cannot bind M-< and M->

2002-10-10 Thread Dan Bikel
I'd like to bind M-< and M-> to be "buffer-begin" and "buffer-end", respectively, just like I'm used to using in emacs. Unfortunately, no matter what I try in my personal emacs.bind file, I canot get these keys to work. All I get is a "<" or ">" inserted into my document. I've separately tri

Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread Steve Litt
If you're using Mandrake, especially 7.2, 8.0, or 8.1, their default font setup is terrible. Here's a workaround: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/cookiecrumbfonts.htm Steve _ Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Proc

Re: question on bibtex

2002-10-10 Thread Herbert Voss
Ery Djunaedy wrote: > BibTeX-GUI? > I dont understand that. :( > Can you please explain it? Insert->Lists&TOC->BiBTeX Reference opens the Graphical User Interface, seen as the first image in http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/bibtex/bibtex-start.phtml Herbert -- http://www.educat.hu-

Re: question on bibtex

2002-10-10 Thread Ery Djunaedy
BibTeX-GUI? I dont understand that. :( Can you please explain it? Ery * Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021010 11:22]: > Ery Djunaedy wrote: > > >Dear All, > >I tried to test my bib file using > >\nocite{*} > > > >But lyx complains: "Resulting file is empty". > > > >And there is a message in t

Re: math from lyx -> rtf

2002-10-10 Thread Nirmal Govind
> Try changing the latex2html converter to > latex2html -dir $$b_html -split 0 -show_section_numbers $$i > and the flags to > originaldir,needaux,resultdir=$$b_html,resultfile=$$b.html > > This should fix the HTML export problem. > I tried the above and this is the error I get (when I start

Re: large documents, devision into several parts

2002-10-10 Thread Felix Voigt
Thanks a lot, that solution is actually working! Felix Herbert Voss schrieb: > write the includeonly command into the Layout->Document->Preamble > > Herbert > > -- > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/

Re: math from lyx -> rtf

2002-10-10 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 05:10:58PM -0400, Nirmal Govind wrote: > > Has anyone else had this problem (or is this the way > > it's supposed to be?)? > > > I haven't had the same problem that you're having but am having a > related problem where if I do an export to HTML from within LyX > (File->Exp

Re: question on bibtex

2002-10-10 Thread Herbert Voss
Ery Djunaedy wrote: > Dear All, > I tried to test my bib file using > \nocite{*} > > But lyx complains: "Resulting file is empty". > > And there is a message in the shell window: > ### > This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.3.1) > The top-level auxiliary file: bibtest.aux > I found no \bibsty

Re: large documents, devision into several parts

2002-10-10 Thread Herbert Voss
Felix Voigt wrote: > But if I only want to include some of them it does not work. I have > tried \includeonly{...} in tex script - it effects 4 errors in lyx. I've > tried "nicht setzten" after clicking on the "Include:..."-box in lyx, > which should be the proper way, I suppose, and I get 8 erro

question on bibtex

2002-10-10 Thread Ery Djunaedy
Dear All, I tried to test my bib file using \nocite{*} But lyx complains: "Resulting file is empty". And there is a message in the shell window: ### This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.3.1) The top-level auxiliary file: bibtest.aux I found no \bibstyle command---while reading file bibtest.aux

Re: large documents, devision into several parts

2002-10-10 Thread Felix Voigt
Thanx for the answer, Herbert, the include command by lyx works nicely if I really want to include all the lyx-files (according to http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/misc/IncludeInput.phtml). But if I only want to include some of them it does not work. I have tried \includeonly{...} in tex s

Re: window font looks like crumbled cookies

2002-10-10 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Paul" == Paul Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> The appearance of my font in LyX looks like crumbled cookes. It Paul> is hard to make out an exclamation point. Two solutions: - make sure that in Edit>Preference>Look&Feel>Screen fonts, you have unchecked 'rescale bitmap fonts'.