Re: Problems with .ps and .dvi output when .eps is embedded

2005-06-19 Thread Angus Leeming
Wil Hunt wrote: Thanks for the ideas. Is there anyway to tell if a given .eps file is "good" EPS or not? For the record, this .eps file was generated using GnuPlot. I use gnuplot all the time, without problems. I take it that there are no strange characters (eg spaces) in the graphic file n

Re: Problems with .ps and .dvi output when .eps is embedded

2005-06-19 Thread Wil Hunt
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Not all .eps files are created equal -- seems to depend on the source > program. You might try running the Ghostscript eps2eps file against > your images, then see if the resulting versions display better. I tried this, and the file size was changed significantly, though

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/20/05, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Delete > > > > > > PSforPDF{ > > > > > > and the last } > > > > > > (They are necessary only with ps4pdf and not with pst-pdf.) > > > >Just did that. No difference. It's late there and time for dinner here. > > Tomorrow's another week. :-)

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/20/05, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Delete > > > > PSforPDF{ > > > > and the last } > > > > (They are necessary only with ps4pdf and not with pst-pdf.) > >Just did that. No difference. It's late there and time for dinner here. > Tomorrow's another week. :-) Rich, The atta

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Paul Smith wrote: Delete PSforPDF{ and the last } (They are necessary only with ps4pdf and not with pst-pdf.) Paul, Just did that. No difference. It's late there and time for dinner here. Tomorrow's another week. :-) Many thanks -- I know it will get fixed here even

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/20/05, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Oh, bother! It's still not displaying; same error message when I try to > View -> PDF4. LyX file's attached. Delete PSforPDF{ and the last } (They are necessary only with ps4pdf and not with pst-pdf.) Paul

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Paul Smith wrote: You need to make some minor modifications in order to make ps4pdf working fine. (Give a look at my examples.) But, to avoid such a modifications, you can simply install pst-pdf. Download it from CTAN. After installing pst-pdf, you should replace \usepackag

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Paul Smith wrote: Download pst-pdf.ins and pst-pdf.dtx, putting these files together in some directory, and run latex pst-pdf.ins The sty file is produced afterwards. Paul, Thank you. I thought those produced only documents. A good lesson learned, Rich -- Dr. Richa

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/19/05, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Google got me there and ... there's no pst-pdf.sty in the directory! It's > referenced in the notes at the bottom, but the file itself is not there. Download pst-pdf.ins and pst-pdf.dtx, putting these files together in some directory, and ru

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Paul Smith wrote: Try this instead: http://perce.de/LaTeX/pst-pdf/ Paul, Google got me there and ... there's no pst-pdf.sty in the directory! It's referenced in the notes at the bottom, but the file itself is not there. Cue the theme from "The Twilight Zone", Rich --

Re: Beamer troubles

2005-06-19 Thread Paul A. Rubin
John O'Gorman wrote: The file beamer.layout is missing from the SuSE 9.3 distro. I did download the file from the sourceforge site. It is identical to the file I have been using before and misbehaves in the same way (with the counter errors). Did you download and install the latest Beamer pa

Re: Problems with .ps and .dvi output when .eps is embedded

2005-06-19 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Wil Hunt wrote: Hello all, I'm having some trouble in Lyx with regard to generating PS files. I'm putting together a simple document using the AMS Article (Unnumbered) class. After inserting an .eps file, the PostScript output becomes all munged. If I generate a .pdf, everything is be

Re: figure spanning 2 columns

2005-06-19 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: If I select span columns in the placement options box of the float this works > but whichever other options I chose the figure always ends up on a page of floats. > Ideally I would like it to span the bottom of the page where I originally put the float. Doesn't the floa

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/19/05, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, to avoid such a modifications, you can simply install pst-pdf. > > Download it from CTAN. After installing pst-pdf, you should replace > >Interesting ... the USA CTAN repository could not find a package named > 'pst-pdf.' I'll try th

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Paul Smith wrote: You need to make some minor modifications in order to make ps4pdf working fine. (Give a look at my examples.) Paul, I'll find those in my saved messages. But, to avoid such a modifications, you can simply install pst-pdf. Download it from CTAN. After

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/19/05, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You should use ps4pdf. To configure LyX to work together with ps4pdf, > > consult the discussion that I referred to you, earlier today. > >In the preamble of fig_crisp_set.lyx I added '\usepackage{ps4pdf}.' Rich, You need to make some mi

Problems with .ps and .dvi output when .eps is embedded

2005-06-19 Thread Wil Hunt
Hello all, I'm having some trouble in Lyx with regard to generating PS files. I'm putting together a simple document using the AMS Article (Unnumbered) class. After inserting an .eps file, the PostScript output becomes all munged. If I generate a .pdf, everything is beautiful. When I g

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Paul Smith wrote: You should use ps4pdf. To configure LyX to work together with ps4pdf, consult the discussion that I referred to you, earlier today. Paul, I think I missed a turn because I've ended up in a dead end. Looking over the February thread, and going to the

Re: PSTricks Example: Errors in LyX

2005-06-19 Thread Georg Baum
Am Samstag, 18. Juni 2005 23:58 schrieb Paul Smith: > You are welcome, Rich. I agree with you: instead of being a problem, > it may be a LyX feature; I do not know. No. It is a bug that is fixed in the 1.4 CVS branch but not in 1.3.6 since it requires a file format change and that is not possible

Re: login and password for the wiki?

2005-06-19 Thread Angus Leeming
Ben Hourigan wrote: > Hi all, > > How do I log in to edit the wiki. I'd like to add some requests to > the FeaturePoll page. Username: Password:LyXers If you want to upload files: Username:lyx Password:LyXers -- Angus

Re: A box over a sum

2005-06-19 Thread Hannan Sadar
Nicolas Ferré wrote: > How would you obtain in math mode such a thing in lyx ? > > bla > blibli >\sum x > > I mean, the 2 words over the sum sign are one above the other, both > centered. > Hi, you could also use inside a math type: \boxed Hannan

How to install CVS (Was: My versions won't control)

2005-06-19 Thread chr
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Richard Brown wrote: > Thanks to everyone for their comments, which I have found illuminating. > It seems to me that RCS would probably be sufficient for me now, as I am > a single user but that CVS would cope with future developments if my > colleagues also adopt Lyx. So I'd

login and password for the wiki?

2005-06-19 Thread Ben Hourigan
Hi all, How do I log in to edit the wiki. I'd like to add some requests to the FeaturePoll page. Ben Hourigan

figure spanning 2 columns

2005-06-19 Thread Geoffrey Lloyd
Hi I am writing a research paper and the journal requires a two-column format. However figures may span the columns. I have a figure that is rather wide and so would like it to span the columns. If I select span columns in the placement options box of the float this works but whichever other

Re: Beamer troubles

2005-06-19 Thread John O'Gorman
Paul A. Rubin wrote: John O'Gorman wrote: I expect that the beamer.layout file is the problem. Does anyone know where to get the kosher version of this file for beamer? regards John O'Gorman The latest version of Beamer installs everything you need in the texmf tree. Install the latest Be