Re: How to get a black box with white text in it?

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 10:57:19PM +0530, Ananda Murthy R S wrote: > I want a box filled with black and with white letters in it? How to do > this? See http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/color/color.phtml#frame for how to make a black box. Select the text in it and go Layout -> Character

Re: Scientific Word files

Thanks for sending tex2lyx. When I run it on my revtex4 latex file it comlains: LyX: Unknown TextClass tag `MaxCounter' [around line 15 of file /usr/local/share/lyx/layouts/revtex4.layout] Error: Textclass '' is missing a defaultstyle. Assertion triggered in const LyXLayout_ptr& LyXTextClass::ope

Re: Some questions for the LaTeX gurus...

Herbert Voß wrote: > this should all be possible from within LyX.There mus also be a > layout for the twoculumn abstract, have a look at the mail archive. Thanks Herbert. I'll try and digest this ;-) -- Angus

Re: Lyx for Win32, troubleshooting, Results

Frédéric Wullens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > When I try to see eps picture in the Lyx window, Lyx uses convert.exe > (I chose to do so) in order to convert the picture as either png, or > bmp etc... formats. Having used the Lyx -dbg graphics function and > having use

Re: three questions

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 02:58:35PM -0700, Vladimir Smagley wrote: > >>1) When I use mouse to highlight large chunks of text (bigger than > >>the size of open Lyx window), > >>scrolling goes too fast, by the time I stop highlighting, I usually > >>go far far away from the place where > >>I intende

Re: three questions

Sorry, I've forgot to mention all the specs... lyx-1.3.3-1rh9_qt eMachine Intel Celeron 633 Mhz, 256Mb Ram RedHat 9.0 John Sheahan wrote: Its probably including the version of lyx you are using and the platform its running on would help people answer your questions. regards, john On Wed, 2003-10

Re: newbie q: Lyx error early in tutorial

[posted and mailed] tarvydas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I'm trying lyx for the first time and am walking through the tutorial. > Version 1.3.2 Under Mandrake 9.2. > > When I get to tutorial step "View >> DVI", I see only "View >> PDF > (pdflatex)". I select it and

newbie q: Lyx error early in tutorial

I'm trying lyx for the first time and am walking through the tutorial. Version 1.3.2 Under Mandrake 9.2. When I get to tutorial step "View >> DVI", I see only "View >> PDF (pdflatex)". I select it and get an error "Cannot view file, No information for viewing PDF (pdflatex)". Anybody know wh

Re: What package to use to get a list of symbols?

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > The goal for us should of course be to be able to produce all these > symbols in lyx without the use of ERT. Whoa! Can you imagine the size of the menu that would require? Writing only for myself, I don't mind at all entering LaTeX code and I do

Re: Some questions for the LaTeX gurus...

Angus Leeming schrieb: Ok, Herbert. How do I make this: \def\maketitle{% {\LARGE [EMAIL PROTECTED] {\Large [EMAIL PROTECTED] } span both columns in two column mode? this should all be possible from within LyX.There mus also be a layout for the twoculumn abstract, have a look at the mail arch

Re: What package to use to get a list of symbols?

Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I was afraid someone would ask that and I'd have to go find it again. :-) | It is the fourth reference on a google search for 'latex symbols': | Great document. The goal for us shou

Re: What package to use to get a list of symbols?

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Andres Becerra Sandoval wrote: > Where? Andres, I was afraid someone would ask that and I'd have to go find it again. :-) It is the fourth reference on a google search for 'latex symbols': There are n

Re: Some questions for the LaTeX gurus...

Angus Leeming wrote: > Herbert Voß wrote: Question 2: what would I need to have the 'author' field otherwise as defined by the article class but with normal size text? >> >> http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/layouts/examples.phtml >> http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~zoonek/LaTeX/LaTeX

Three questions

Hello, I'm writing dissertation using Lyx. So far Lyx seems to be a pleasant thing to work with. I have a few problems although, they are not complete showstoppers, there is always a way to get around, but still, they are quite annoying, I wonder if somebody would know any fix. 1) When I use m

Re: What package to use to get a list of symbols?

Where? Andres. I found a 75-page pdf document that contains every symbol LaTeX can produce; probably every symbol in every language. :-) It was formatted for A4 page size so I converted it to letter size and printed it out. Extremely handy! Frequently there are more than one way of generating

Re: What package to use to get a list of symbols?

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Ananda Murthy R S wrote: > >> I am writing a technical book. In this I want to include list of >> symbols used to indicate different quantities. Is there any package >> which can be used for this? > > I found a 75-page pdf document that contains every

Re: What package to use to get a list of symbols?

Look in the comprehensive latex symbol list: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/ Stefaan. Ananda Murthy R S wrote: Hello: I am writing a technical book. In this I want to include list of symbols used to indicate different quantities. Is there any package which can be

Re: Some questions for the LaTeX gurus...

Herbert Voß wrote: >>>Question 2: what would I need to have the 'author' field otherwise >>>as defined by the article class but with normal size text? > > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/layouts/examples.phtml > http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~zoonek/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_title/0.html > > yo

Re: What package to use to get a list of symbols?

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Ananda Murthy R S wrote: > I am writing a technical book. In this I want to include list of symbols > used to indicate different quantities. Is there any package which can be > used for this? I found a 75-page pdf document that contains every symbol LaTeX can produce; proba

Re: Independent columns?

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Jose' Matos wrote: > Maybe can help: > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/multicols/multicols.phtml I have a long "table" in my book that I set up using \being{multicols}{2} and \end{multicols}. It results in 'newspaper' style columns where text flows from the bot

Re: Column alignment in a table (LyX-1.3.3)

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Rich Shepard wrote: > > Thank  you. Perhaps  this  should  be  in  the  Users Guide. > > Care to write a paragraph or two? A User Guide is perhaps best > written by users... Sure. Rich Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applie

How to get a black box with white text in it?

Hello: I want a box filled with black and with white letters in it? How to do this? Thanks for your help. Ananda Murthy R S

What package to use to get a list of symbols?

Hello: I am writing a technical book. In this I want to include list of symbols used to indicate different quantities. Is there any package which can be used for this? Please help. Thanks for your help. Ananda Murthy R S

Re: Some questions for the LaTeX gurus...

Andre Poenitz schrieb: On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 04:40:58PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: I have the following definition in my preamble. %% Set the sections to be bold but otherewise the same size %% as normal text [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] {\parskip}%

Re: Some questions for the LaTeX gurus...

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 04:40:58PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > I have the following definition in my preamble. > > %% Set the sections to be bold but otherewise the same size > %% as normal text > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] >{\parskip}% >

Some questions for the LaTeX gurus...

I have the following definition in my preamble. %% Set the sections to be bold but otherewise the same size %% as normal text [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] {\parskip}% {\parskip}% {\norma

Re: Scientific Word files

Matej Cepl wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: >> Probably. I don't believe it is needed. > Isn't it possible to include gzipped pictures into LyX? Yes, but we are talking about translating the latex file into lyx file format, not processing the latex file into a dvi etc. -- Angus

Re: Scientific Word files

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:00:48AM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Probably. I don't believe it is needed. > > Isn't it possible to include gzipped pictures into LyX? Don't know. In any case, this does not affect tex2lyx, does it? Andre'

Re: A latex question --- why doesn't mathed work here?

Angus Leeming wrote: > How do I do this without ERT? Forget it, Display mode math. Doh! -- Angus

Re: Scientific Word files

Andre Poenitz wrote: > Probably. I don't believe it is needed. Isn't it possible to include gzipped pictures into LyX? Matej -- Matej Cepl, GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488

A latex question --- why doesn't mathed work here?

How do I do this without ERT? I have the following in the author environment: A. Alpha[$^1$] and B. Beta[$^2$] Department of ABC, University of XYZ [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] where [$^1$] is an ERT inset containing $^1$, and it works fine (see attached lyx file). But if I replace [$^

Re: Independent columns?

[This was sent to me but I think it was destined to the list - José Matos] From: William Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (ATLIS Graphics & Design) Parallel.sty achieves something of this. You'd be best served I suspect gathering together a group of people w/ similar needs and paying David Kastrup to f

Re: Independent columns?

Biggles schrieb: So, now my question: Is there any good method in Lyx that makes this possible? I have tried putting minipages into tables, but that was getting too complicated. A normal two column layout wouldn't work either I think, unless there is some command like columnbreak, which still woul

Re: Math-Font problem

Christoph Cattarius wrote: >> Perhaps you might consider uploading your binary to the lyx ftp >> site. > > Do you mean to build a .rpm packages of lyx-1.3.3 (qt) for SuSE 9.0? If one doesn't exist on the ftp site, then YES. make rpmdist should be all you need to do. -- Angus

Re: Independent columns?

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 02:56:23PM +0100, Biggles wrote: > So, now my question: Is there any good method in Lyx that makes this > possible? I have tried putting minipages into tables, but that was > getting too complicated. A normal two column layout wouldn't work > either I think, unless there is

Re: Enterind a matrix

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 01:49:55PM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > There are may diferent ways. You get an 1x1 matrix e.g. by simply typing > > \array in math and can add rows and colums with either the menus > > or M-m w i / M-m c i > > Just

Re: Independent columns?

On Tuesday 28 October 2003 13:56, Biggles wrote: > Hello all, > > So, now my question: Is there any good method in Lyx that makes this > possible? I have tried putting minipages into tables, but that was getting > too complicated. A normal two column layout wouldn't work either I think, > unless th

Re: Math-Font problem

> >> 2. These fonts are deprecated. Use latex-xft-fonts instead. > > > > I have tried. With no success. > > Have you tried to ascertain why? Sorry, I have no idea. My lyx-1.3.3. is now working fine. So I will give it up to ascertain the reasons why there are no math-fonts in lyx-1.3.2 under SuSE

Independent columns?

Hello all, I'm in the process of converting a piece of text written in word format to Lyx. The author of the text however has written the text completely in a two columned table. The left column of the table is normal text, the right column are examples accompanying the text. The author insists th

Re: lyx-1.3.3: make failed

Ulrich Hiller wrote: > Hi, > I did configure of lyx-1.3.3 with the following: > Configuration > C Compiler: g++ > Configuration of LyX was successful. > Type 'make' to compile the program, > > Now I did make: > g++ -c -DLOCALEDIR=\"/disk-b/hiller/lyx-1.3.3/share/locale\" >

Re: Column alignment in a table (LyX-1.3.3)

Rich Shepard wrote: > Thank  you. Perhaps  this  should  be  in  the  Users Guide. Care to write a paragraph or two? A User Guide is perhaps best written by users... -- Angus

Re: Entering a matrixy

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote: > Try to put the cursor in the leftmost position of the first cell. Type > , type . This should select the whole array as unit. Andre', Thank you again. As I do not need to revisit these two matrices I'll save this trick for the next one in the text.

lyx-1.3.3: make failed

Hi, I did configure of lyx-1.3.3 with the following: Configuration Host type: sparc-sun-solaris2.7 Special build flags: C Compiler: g++ C Compiler flags: -g -O2 C++ Compiler: g++ (3.2.1) C++ Compiler fla

Re: Label placement for table reference

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Jeannette Meyer wrote: > Place it at the beginning of the caption (right before your caption text). > That should work, at least it works for me. The same goes for figures. You > can rename the 'cap:' to 'fig:' or 'table:' if you want. Jeannette, Thank you again. It was th

Re: Column alignment in a table (LyX-1.3.3)

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Jeannette Meyer wrote: > Change the title cell to a multicolumn cell (in table settings). Then you can > set the horizontal alignment individually. Jeannette, Thank you. Perhaps this should be in the Users Guide. Rich Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President

Re: Enterind a matrix

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote: > There are may diferent ways. You get an 1x1 matrix e.g. by simply typing > \array in math and can add rows and colums with either the menus > or M-m w i / M-m c i Just out of curiosity, is that what you get using on the "matrix" button in the math pane

Re: Math-Font problem

Christoph Cattarius wrote: >> 2. These fonts are deprecated. Use latex-xft-fonts instead. > I have tried. With no success. Have you tried to ascertain why? > Meanwhile, I have compiled lyx-1.3.3 myself. Under this version the > math-mode works correct. Do you have a 'vanilla' suse 8.2 system? I

Re: Math-Font problem

> 2. These fonts are deprecated. Use latex-xft-fonts instead. I have tried. With no success. > That aside, you should ascertain what method your system uses to > display fonts. If ldd reports something including: > > $ ldd qt-lyx > libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 > (0x

Re: Math-Font problem

Christoph Cattarius wrote: > Hello List, > > I have used lyx 1.3.0 under SuSE 8.2 with installed latex-ttf-fonts. > With this version, the mathematical symbols were displayed correct > in the math mode. > > Since I have updated to SuSE 9.0 and lyx 1.3.2, there is no correct > math mode. Of cours

Math-Font problem

Hello List, I have used lyx 1.3.0 under SuSE 8.2 with installed latex-ttf-fonts. With this version, the mathematical symbols were displayed correct in the math mode. Since I have updated to SuSE 9.0 and lyx 1.3.2, there is no correct math mode. Of course, I have re-installed the latex-ttf-fonts

Re: trouble with 1.3.3

> "Konrad" == Konrad Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Konrad> Hi, I am using lyx regularly to prepare slides and materials Konrad> for classes. With 1.3.3 I am working quite happily under SuSE Konrad> 8.2. since it was available. Konrad> Since a few days something goes wrong - any time I try

Re: Lyx for Win32, troubleshooting, Results

Frédéric Wullens wrote: > > When I try to see eps picture in the Lyx window, Lyx uses > convert.exe (I chose to do so) in order to convert the picture as > either png, or bmp etc... formats. Having used the Lyx -dbg graphics > function and having used by hand 'convert test.eps test', I could > se

Re: Entering a matrix

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 05:36:51PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > Perhaps it's just my installation. I don't know why I had so much trouble, > but I just could not get a single, large highlight for all matrix elements. Try to put the cursor in the leftmost position of the first cell. Type , type .

Re: Enterind a matrix

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:03:20PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > > Hi, I'm not sure what your problem is, but I put an example here: > > > > http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/Examples/InsertMatrix > > Christian, > > Thank you. As I wrote in

Re: Lyx for Win32, troubleshooting, Results

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:16:53PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > Yes, I have come to this conclusion myself and have changed the script > appropriately. The relevant line is now > FILE=`echo $arg2 | sed 's,^[^:]*:,,'` > > which cuts off anything up to and including the first ':'. > > In the long

Re: strange bug in RH9 qt lyx1.3.3

On Monday 27 October 2003 18:47, Jerome Schretter wrote: > I don't have any solution to your specific problem. All I can say is > that I had a similar problem with klipper on a RH7.3 system distribution > and with lyx1.3.1 running under KDE. Me too. That is one of the reasons why I have klipper

Re: trouble with 1.3.3

On Tuesday 28 October 2003 07:03, Konrad Blum wrote: > Hi, > > I am using lyx regularly to prepare slides and materials for classes. > With 1.3.3 I am working quite happily under SuSE 8.2. since it was > available. There was some problem with the rpm for SUSE 8.2. Jürgen, that made the packag

Re: Column alignment in a table (LyX-1.3.3)

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:15:06AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > I checked the archives and found a thread from 2001 that asks how to > change the default alignment in a table column from centered to > left-aligned. Dekel Tsur's response doesn't seem to apply to the current > version. I can change

Re: Scientific Word files

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 05:55:28PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: > >> I would like to give it a try. Can it be obtained > >> separately from the lyx source? > > > I could send you a SuSE 8.3 binary for 32 bit Intel. > > 380k stripped... > > H. > $ ldd tex2lyx > l

Re: Lyx for Win32, troubleshooting, Results

When I try to see eps picture in the Lyx window, Lyx uses convert.exe (I chose to do so) in order to convert the picture as either png, or bmp etc... formats. Having used the Lyx -dbg graphics function and having used by hand 'convert test.eps test', I could see that convert uses Ghostscript, p