Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 12:26:41AM +0300, Robin Turner wrote: > >1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just > >like it? > > LyX itself is about as light as you can get - Well, it isn't. Believe me. LaTeX runs on a 512k DOS machine. LyX certainly does not. Andre'

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:57:20PM +0200, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > Thanks, I got it now. > > Also, one more highly technical question. > > > IIRC this is a hard coded TeX limitation. > > What does IIRC stand for? > > Interestingly insofar as robust creativity...? > I infer regarding this crap..

Re: problem about math formula display

2003-06-16 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 05:59:17PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: > > I'm still rather disappointed there is no apparent interest in the > > newer free latex-xft-fonts package I posted to both lists earlier :( > > Maybe, if I won't get 404, I would be more interested. Could you please > repost URL?

Re: problem about math formula display

2003-06-16 Thread Matej Cepl
On 2003-06-16, 18:55 GMT, John Levon wrote: > I'm still rather disappointed there is no apparent interest in the > newer free latex-xft-fonts package I posted to both lists earlier :( Maybe, if I won't get 404, I would be more interested. Could you please repost URL? Matej -- Matej Cepl, GP

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Robin Turner
Konrad Scorciapino wrote: Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? LyX itself is about as light as you can get - it's LaTeX that eats resources, but you only nee

Re: Spell checker question

2003-06-16 Thread Walter H. van Holst
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 21:25, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Hmm... I remember that I saw this error message on my box too, and it was due > to conflicts between an old ispell version and the new (GNU) aspell. Can you > try to uninstall ispell and aspell completely and install from scratch? I > d

Re: Spell checker question

2003-06-16 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Walter H. van Holst wrote: > It doesn't help, and yes, I have really selected ispell (although aspell > is installed too). Hmm... I remember that I saw this error message on my box too, and it was due to conflicts between an old ispell version and the new (GNU) aspell. Can you try to uninstall i

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Jose' Matos
On Monday 16 June 2003 19:57, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > > What does IIRC stand for? If I Remember Correctly > Alex. -- José Abílio

RE: Spell checker question

2003-06-16 Thread Remzi Seker
I am having problem with Ispell too 1.3.2 QT, MDK 9.1 It said LyX couldn't start ispell -Original Message- From: Walter H. van Holst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 3:04 PM To: Lyx users Subject: Re: Spell checker question On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 20:58, Juergen Spitzm

Re: Spell checker question

2003-06-16 Thread Walter H. van Holst
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 20:58, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > What happens if you select "alternative language: nederlands" in preferences > (language->spellchecker)? Make shure that you have really selected ispell > (and not aspell). It doesn't help, and yes, I have really selected ispell (althou

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
Thanks, I got it now. Also, one more highly technical question. > IIRC this is a hard coded TeX limitation. What does IIRC stand for? Interestingly insofar as robust creativity...? I infer regarding this crap... ? Alex.

Re: Spell checker question

2003-06-16 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Walter H. van Holst wrote: > nederlands.hash What happens if you select "alternative language: nederlands" in preferences (language->spellchecker)? Make shure that you have really selected ispell (and not aspell). Juergen.

Re: problem about math formula display

2003-06-16 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:52:36AM -0700, David A. Case wrote: > 1. It's not clear where the "contrib" directory is...there is no mention > of such a thing at http://www.lyx.org/download/. (That page only refers > to a "stable" and a "bin" directory.) Of course, if users poke around >

Re: problem about math formula display

2003-06-16 Thread David A. Case
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: > > Couldn't we make an agreement, that there will be only one reply: read > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/9472. I think one could do better than the above response, which is no more than the following: have you installed (for the

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Jose' Matos
On Monday 16 June 2003 19:27, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > > So how does one get around the figure number limit in the "article" class? > just put clearpages after each figure or something, or just add something > to the preamble...? It would be kinda late to change class now... I had the same probl

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:27:03PM +0200, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > No more Latex errors, but the figures are still bunched together. > However, they are not after the bibliography like they were before, now > they are before the bibliography, and there is one paragraph of text > separating them fro

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
> Try putting \clearpage or similar in ERT just behind your first figure. > What happens? Very interesting. No more Latex errors, but the figures are still bunched together. However, they are not after the bibliography like they were before, now they are before the bibliography, and there is on

Re: Spell checker question

2003-06-16 Thread Walter H. van Holst
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 08:36, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > > What does "whereis ispell" say? ispell: /usr/bin/ispell /usr/lib/ispell /usr/share/man/man1/ispell.1.gz /usr/share/man/man5/ispell.5.gz > and which files are located in the ispell directory (/usr/lib/ispe

Re: Spell checker question

2003-06-16 Thread Walter H. van Holst
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 08:52, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > This has nothing to do with the spell checker, but with LaTeX's config. Have a > look at your language.dat file (in texmf/tex/generic/config on my box). If > dutch is commented out (%! dutch nehyph.tex), remove the comment (%! ) and > r

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:01:30PM +0200, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > > How large are your figures compared to the text height? > > All my figures are fairly large. Like the smallest is about a third of a > page, and the largest takes up a full page. I am using 12 point double > spaced text. > > So

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
> How large are your figures compared to the text height? All my figures are fairly large. Like the smallest is about a third of a page, and the largest takes up a full page. I am using 12 point double spaced text. So, I am aware that Lyx must be having a hell of a time formatting this thing.

Re: figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 07:12:05PM +0200, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > Hello, > > I was happily writing my "article" class document today today when I decided > to take a look at my work and did a Visualize -> Postscript > > All of a sudden all my figures that had been scattered all through my paper

figures at the end of document

2003-06-16 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
Hello, I was happily writing my "article" class document today today when I decided to take a look at my work and did a Visualize -> Postscript All of a sudden all my figures that had been scattered all through my paper are bunched up at the end of the document, AFTER the bibliography. I could

Re: problem about math formula display

2003-06-16 Thread Matej Cepl
On 2003-06-11, 12:04 GMT, Andre Poenitz wrote: > I really wonder whether it would be an improvement not to render \sum > as red string 'sum' but to automatically send a mail to lyx-users > 'Help! Formulas aren't rendered properly' as well as a few faked > 'RTFine Mailinglist' responses (and ma

Re: varioref and prettyref

2003-06-16 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Nico Mock wrote: > mmm ... I would like to use varioref instead prettyref, but I'm wondering > if vairoref supports the usage of \label{fig:something} to get references > like Fig. 1 on page 2 and not 1 on page 2 ? No (afaik). But you can "include" varioref into prettyref (and use prettyref in Ly

varioref and prettyref

2003-06-16 Thread Nico Mock
Hello, mmm ... I would like to use varioref instead prettyref, but I'm wondering if vairoref supports the usage of \label{fig:something} to get references like Fig. 1 on page 2 and not 1 on page 2 ? Does anybody know ? Thanks Nico

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Angus Leeming
Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 01:11:25PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: >> > I was playing around with >> > >> > \def\xx#1_#2 ... >> >> I take it that the lack of braces {} surrounding #1 is intended and >> important here? Unfortunately, I can't enter it with mathed (LyX >> 1.3.3cvs).

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Matej Cepl
On 2003-06-15, 20:30 GMT, Konrad Scorciapino wrote: > I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was > wondering if: It is strange -- I was running LyX on P120 without much problems. You should certainly run xforms version though, because KDE has really no sense on such

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 01:11:25PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > > Good idea actually... > > > > I was playing around with > > > > \def\xx#1_#2 ... > > I take it that the lack of braces {} surrounding #1 is intended and > important here? Yes, but it doesn't work anyway ;-} > Unfortunately, I

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 01:11:25PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > > I was playing around with > > > > \def\xx#1_#2 ... > > I take it that the lack of braces {} surrounding #1 is intended and > important here? Unfortunately, I can't enter it with mathed (LyX > 1.3.3cvs). I get > \newcommand{\xx}[

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Angus Leeming
Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 02:43:01PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:10:58AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: >> > Note though that this: >> > $\xx{\alpha}_{\alpha}^{\alpha}$ >> > isn't what I want. I want this: >> > $\xx{\alpha}_{\beta}}$ >> > to give me bol

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 02:43:01PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:10:58AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > > Note though that this: > > $\xx{\alpha}_{\alpha}^{\alpha}$ > > isn't what I want. I want this: > > $\xx{\alpha}_{\beta}}$ > > to give me bold \alpha and "normal" \beta. >

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:10:58AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > Note though that this: > $\xx{\alpha}_{\alpha}^{\alpha}$ > isn't what I want. I want this: > $\xx{\alpha}_{\beta}}$ > to give me bold \alpha and "normal" \beta. \newcommand{\xxa}[1]{\boldsymbol{#1}} \newcommand{\xx}[1]{\xxa#1}

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Angus Leeming
Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:10:58AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: >> Note though that this: >> $\xx{\alpha}_{\alpha}^{\alpha}$ >> isn't what I want. I want this: >> $\xx{\alpha}_{\beta}}$ >> to give me bold \alpha and "normal" \beta. >> >> Am I hoping for too much? > > This n

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:10:58AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > Note though that this: > $\xx{\alpha}_{\alpha}^{\alpha}$ > isn't what I want. I want this: > $\xx{\alpha}_{\beta}}$ > to give me bold \alpha and "normal" \beta. > > Am I hoping for too much? This needs TeX black magic... You'd need

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Angus Leeming
Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:46:29AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: >> Is it possible to define a math macro so that the body is in bold >> but any sub/superscripts are not? >> >> Currently, I have: >> \newcommand{\Matrix}[1]{\boldsymbol{#1}} >> \Matrix{m}_{B}=\l

Re: Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:46:29AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > Is it possible to define a math macro so that the body is in bold but > any sub/superscripts are not? > > Currently, I have: > \newcommand{\Matrix}[1]{\boldsymbol{#1}} > \Matrix{m}_{B}=\left[\ldots\right] > but would

Defining a math macro

2003-06-16 Thread Angus Leeming
Is it possible to define a math macro so that the body is in bold but any sub/superscripts are not? Currently, I have: \newcommand{\Matrix}[1]{\boldsymbol{#1}} \Matrix{m}_{B}=\left[\ldots\right] but would prefer \Matrix{m_{B}}=\left[\ldots\right] Can this be done? -- An

Re: UI Files

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 11:04:35PM +0900, Jan Peters wrote: > I have long been looking for a software like Scientific Workplace > which works on my Mac without windows simulator. Lyx comes > closest to this - but I have two major questions: > > 1. Are there any good toolbar files so that lyx Ther

Re: how to? Curriculum Vitae

2003-06-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Marcus" == Marcus Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marcus> Hello! Marcus> I want to write a Curriculum Vitae. Marcus> I remember to have seen this before on LyX. There is a class named cv.cls distributed (and supported) with LyX. You just have to move it from /share/lyx/tex/cv.cls to so

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andre> wvCleanLatex does an amazing job on converting .doc to .tex [I Andre> am actually thinking of adding it to the "standard import list" Andre> one day...] It is there already, I think. JMarc

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:32:09AM +0200, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > > like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which > > is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work with it and then convert > > its files to .lyx later. 3 - Is there any other solution to this pro

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:53:53AM +0300, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: > > >> I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was > >> wondering if: > >I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms > > Summary: CPU sp

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: >> I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was >> wondering if: >I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms Summary: CPU speed doesn't matter so much, but you _really_ must have enough memory. By runnin

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Jan Van Belle
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > > Konrad Scorciapino wrote: > > I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was > > wondering if: > > Which version and which frontend? I am running LyX 1.3.2 with xforms frontend > on my old P100 notebook. It needs some starting time, but then

how to? Curriculum Vitae

2003-06-16 Thread Marcus Beyer
Hello! I want to write a Curriculum Vitae. I remember to have seen this before on LyX. I am using LyX together with total MiKTeX, where there is a CV.sty from Philipp Maier. What is missing to write a CV on LyX? I did not find anything on http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/ thanx!

Re: Changing page numbering styles, etc.

2003-06-16 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Rithvik Vinekar wrote: > I want to have the word 'Table' before the numbers to repeat Preamble: \usepackage{tocloft} \usepackage{calc} \renewcommand{\cfttabpresnum}{Table~} \setlength\cfttabnumwidth{\widthof{\cfttabpresnum9.9}} Regards, Juergen.

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Preben Randhol
Konrad Scorciapino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 16/06/2003 (09:53) : > Hello, > > I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was > wondering if: > > 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works > just like it? I have a P166 and I don't have a pr

Re: Changing page numbering styles, etc.

2003-06-16 Thread Rithvik
On Monday 16 Jun 2003 5:20 am, Paul Medwell wrote: > Rithvik Vinekar wrote: > > 1) How do I change the page numbering style for my report? > > I want the first few pages before the Abstract (List of Abbreviations, > > Materials and Methods etc.) to have page numbers in Roman Numerals (I II > >