RE: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Jim Ragsdale
That is what I do. I use "pics/some_random_eps.eps" and it works just fine. Where pics is a subdirectory of the folder that holds the lyx file. > -Original Message- > From: Janus Sandsgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: > Me to. I keep the book in its own directory (with graphics in a > subdirectory). The problem is if I need to move this directory (with > bibtex, graphics etc) to an other machine or directory. I can't se a way > to avoid problems here, thats why I am

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
On Sunday 21 March 2004 21:30, Rich Shepard wrote: > Why not convert the screenshot to eps (ImageMagick's 'convert' will do) > and just insert it in the text? Then it does not matter where you have it > stored. I need the figures in PNG, because the book project might need to move to DocBook/XML

Re: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: > When I am inserting a figure (a screenshot) in LyX it is given a absolute > reference, such as > > /home/janus/janus-data/linux_in_academia/Linux_in_academia_book/graphics > konq-ruc.png > > This means that the reference gets broken if I a

Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
When I am inserting a figure (a screenshot) in LyX it is given a absolute reference, such as /home/janus/janus-data/linux_in_academia/Linux_in_academia_book/graphics konq-ruc.png This means that the reference gets broken if I am moving the folder where my book is stores

Re: PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
On Sunday 21 March 2004 19:34, Angus Leeming wrote: > Use the "pdflatex" compiler to compile the latex file exported by lyx > rather than the "latex" compiler. I was just about to ask you how to do that - but then suddenly it worked. Strange. Being at it: Are there any problems using PNG insteds

Re: lyx printer setup for cups 2nd post

2004-03-21 Thread A . L . Meyers
A. L. Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! lyx is set up on GNU/Linux. Currently cannot print and consistenly > get an error message when trying to print: unable to print. Check that > your parametres are correct. The system uses the cups printing system. > No print job gets to the queue.

Re: PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Janus Sandsgaard wrote: > How do I deal with PNG garphics in LyX? Use the "pdflatex" compiler to compile the latex file exported by lyx rather than the "latex" compiler. > I am writing a book and need to work with PNG graphics. I can insert > PNGs, but when trying to view the result (CTRL+d) I

Odd bib performance (win32)

2004-03-21 Thread gofreddo
Hi All, I am a little puzzled. I am using 1.3.3 Win32 (QT version - Sept 25, 2003) and am observing some strange behaviour regarding bibtex. I am using document type 'report' and inserting bibreferences at the end of the report. After running dvi I can't get any of the references to display in t

LyX <-> DocBook/XML

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
Is it possible to export and import between LyX and DocBook/XML or DocBook/ SGML? I am participating in a book project where everything is done in DocBook/XML. It's working OK but I'd prefer to work in LyX rather than in Emacs. I love the simple GUI of LyX where I do not get disturbed by all th

PNG and LyX

2004-03-21 Thread Janus Sandsgaard
How do I deal with PNG garphics in LyX? I am writing a book and need to work with PNG graphics. I can insert PNGs, but when trying to view the result (CTRL+d) I get: "Cannot convert image (not existing file?) No information for converting from png to esp". and then three red err

Re: Screen appearance of mathematical signs in Lyx 1.30

2004-03-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:59:23PM +0100, Robert Neumann wrote: > > try any of these: > > http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Troubleshooting > > I didn't help me. As far as I understand it, it is a question of > "philosophie" whether one prefers a written "Rightarrow" or a Sign like > "=>". If

Re: Importing ASCII elipses

2004-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Jim Osborn wrote: > Is there any way to mangle an ascii file to tell LyX that the three > periods it finds in the imported text should be treated as ldots? No. No interpretation of the ascii text is performed at all. > The best I've come up with is a post-importation treatment, binding > the fol