Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Georg Baum
Martin Geisler wrote: > So please don't dismiss this as a WONTFIX bug... lots of people wont > have a Linux-savy boyfriend to help them out with these things :-) Again: The problem is with bibtex, not with LyX. We can work around it in LyX (and I'll do so probably sometimes), see http://bugzilla.

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Bo Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:49 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller My opinion is that if a file is allowed to 'browse in', it should work. Otherwise, it is a bug. A

Re: quote size

2006-01-09 Thread mail.k
Thanks Paul, I was referring to a quote style in order to format large number of quotes in a consistent manner. I learned how to control the spacing separately from the body text --- how about point size? regards, Eran Well, to control the font size of body text, follow the suggestion adv

Re: Typeface for Insert URL

2006-01-09 Thread mail.k
Thanks, Uwe I guess what I want is \url or \nolinkurl, since I need the text to contain the actual link. But no matter which option I used, I still got a different font from the default font (Sabon typeface). I am using memoir class with \usepackage{memhfixc). Any ideas? Regards, Er

Re: powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
For intsalling the new package of pstricks do I have to delete the old one or I can just install the new package (without deleting the old one) in /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, L. R. Denham wrote: > On Monday 09 January 2006 12:42, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > > > If I

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Bo Peng
> SH: I'm going to summarize my understanding of his posts. < ignore 3 > words> You are not summarizing, rather extending my posts. It has been clear that 1. Miktex is installed under a path without space, following the Miktex recommendations. 2. Lyx is installed under c:\program files and it

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; "Martin Geisler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:07 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller - Original Message - From: "Martin Geisler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: Sent: M

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Martin Geisler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: If you download a .bst file from the internet and put it into C:\My research pa

Re: Excel-like tables

2006-01-09 Thread Paul Smith
On 1/10/06, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>Is it possible with LyX the creation of tables like the first one shown at > >>> > >>>http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/13.html > >> > >>It is, have a look at > >> > >>http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Tables > >> > >>You find ther an examp

Re: Excel-like tables

2006-01-09 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Paul Smith wrote: On 1/9/06, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible with LyX the creation of tables like the first one shown at http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/13.html It is, have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Tables You find ther an example lyx-file in the se

Re: Excel-like tables

2006-01-09 Thread Paul Smith
On 1/9/06, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible with LyX the creation of tables like the first one shown at > > > > http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/13.html > > It is, have a look at > > http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Tables > > You find ther an example lyx-file in the secti

Re: powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread L. R. Denham
On Monday 09 January 2006 12:42, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > If I install the latest "xkeyval" package from Ctan. and then compile the > example file it gives the following error. > > > -- > Undefined control sequence. > ...kgray,.25;gray,.5

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Martin Geisler
"Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As it stands now, that decision [to make the default install path > "C:\Program Files"] was a marketing decision, because the choice > causes problem with porting programs to Windows which Microsoft > doesn't gather revenue from. I'm sick of that ludi

Re: Excel-like tables

2006-01-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul Smith wrote: Is it possible with LyX the creation of tables like the first one shown at http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/13.html It is, have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/Tables You find ther an example lyx-file in the section "colored tables". regards Uwe

Excel-like tables

2006-01-09 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is it possible with LyX the creation of tables like the first one shown at http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/13.html ? Paul

Re: quote size

2006-01-09 Thread Paul Smith
On 1/9/06, mail.k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yes: body text in 11 and 9 or 10pt for quotes. Well, to control the font size of body text, follow the suggestion advanced by Kevin. To control the font size of quotes, select the whole quote and then Layout --> Character Paul

Re: problem including tex file

2006-01-09 Thread Georg Baum
Am Montag, 9. Januar 2006 18:31 schrieb J Greenbaum: > I thought this might be a permissions problem, but I have write > permissions to the file mentioned, as well as the directory. The > directory structure is as follows: It is no permissions problem, LyX is probably trying to access the fil

Re: powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
If I install the latest "xkeyval" package from Ctan. and then compile the example file it gives the following error. -- Undefined control sequence. ...kgray,.25;gray,.5;lightgray,.75;white,1}

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
What I have read from the presentation page on Wiki. It says that it is as powerful as beamer but I am facing problem in compiling the file. On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, John O'Gorman wrote: > On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 01:35, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I tried to install powerdot package f

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread John O'Gorman
On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 01:35, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from > the help menu of lyx. How does powerdot compare with beamer? regards John O'Gorman

Re: powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread Robert Orr
I seem to remember that this was one of the packages that is listed in the dependencies section of the user manual. It recommends version at least version 2.5C. Phil --- Subir Singh Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am facing problem while running the examples > provided in doc di

Re: quote size

2006-01-09 Thread mail.k
(oops) yes: body text in 11 and 9 or 10pt for quotes. thx.

powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
Hi, I am facing problem while running the examples provided in doc directory of the powedot distribution. Whenever I try to compile the example file in lyx or latex it gives the following error message:- - I can't find file `xkeyval'.

problem including tex file

2006-01-09 Thread J Greenbaum
Hi all, I have a problem which is probably tex related, but thought someone here might be able to help. I'm including a tex file, which compiles fine on its own, in my lyx document. When I try to compile the lyx with pdflatex, I get the following error message: I can't write on file `0_Pre

Re: Typeface for Insert URL

2006-01-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
mail.k wrote: /Insert URL/ does a fine job of typesetting the link, but it doesn't use my default typeface. I do I force it to? The problem LyX's hardcoding of the typeface: \IfFileExists{url.sty}{\usepackage{url}} {\newcommand{\url}{\texttt}} see bug 1520 http://bugz

Re: quote size

2006-01-09 Thread Paul Smith
On 1/9/06, mail.k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I managed to set my text in 1.5 spacing and quotes in single. > > My text is set in 11 pt., but I'd like to use a smaller size. Do you mean that you want a smaller font size for standard text or for quote text only? Paul

Re: quote size

2006-01-09 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
mail.k writes: > Hello! Here's a third noob question in a row: > > > I managed to set my text in 1.5 spacing and quotes in single. > > My text is set in 11 pt., but I'd like to use a smaller size. > > > I'm using memoir, but I don't have to. For the main text? Did you look under Layout -> Document

Re: export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread David Wolfson
On Monday 09 January 2006 14:59, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > Herbert Voss writes: > > David Wolfson wrote: > > > Herbert Voss wrote: > > >>David Wolfson wrote: > > >>>I'm writing up my PhD thesis using lyx, and am have a master > > >>> document with each chapter as an input file. This all works ok, > >

Re: ACM SIG for LYX

2006-01-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Nicolás wrote: Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello lyxers, I have to write an ACM Sig paper and I'd like to know whether there is such a layout or template ever made for Lyx or not. > You can find a layout here: http://www.ece.iit.edu/~jgrad/lyx/ Hello Nicolás, would you like it to i

quote size

2006-01-09 Thread mail.k
Hello! Here's a third noob question in a row: I managed to set my text in 1.5 spacing and quotes in single. My text is set in 11 pt., but I'd like to use a smaller size. I'm using memoir, but I don't have to. Thanks! mail.k

oldstyle figures

2006-01-09 Thread mail.k
Hello! I'd like to use old-style figures in my text (including quotations, etc.) but I don't think they're appropriate for headings (see Bringhurst) and for my footnotes. I'd like a way to: 1. set the default to (myfont)j and define footnotes and headings to use (myfont)x or 2. set the

Typeface for Insert URL

2006-01-09 Thread mail.k
Hello! /Insert URL/ does a fine job of typesetting the link, but it doesn't use my default typeface. I do I force it to? Many thanks, mail.k

Re: export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Herbert Voss writes: > David Wolfson wrote: > > Herbert Voss wrote: > >>David Wolfson wrote: > >>>I'm writing up my PhD thesis using lyx, and am have a master > >>> document with each chapter as an input file. This all works ok, > >>> but I need to produce and outline of the overall document > >>>

Re: export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread Herbert Voss
David Wolfson wrote: Herbert Voss wrote: David Wolfson wrote: I'm writing up my PhD thesis using lyx, and am have a master document with each chapter as an input file. This all works ok, but I need to produce and outline of the overall document structure. I'd hoped to do this by exporting the

Re: export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread David Wolfson
Herbert Voss wrote: > David Wolfson wrote: > > I'm writing up my PhD thesis using lyx, and am have a master document > > with each chapter as an input file. This all works ok, but I need to > > produce and outline of the overall document structure. I'd hoped to do > > this by exporting the contents

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Herbert Voss
Subir Singh Lamba wrote: Hi, I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from the help menu of lyx. I am using Mandrake 10.1. I unzipped the powerdot files into /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex/powerdot Then use texhash to udate latex but when I use kpsewhich tex p

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
Thanks for the help. Yes I have found my mistake. regards, Subir On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Andres Becerra Sandoval wrote: > On 1/9/06, Subir Singh Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from > > the help menu of lyx

Re: ACM SIG for LYX

2006-01-09 Thread Nicolás
You can find a layout here: http://www.ece.iit.edu/~jgrad/lyx/ Supheakmungkol SARIN wrote: Hello lyxers, I have to write an ACM Sig paper and I'd like to know whether there is such a layout or template ever made for Lyx or not. Every comment is highly appreciated. Thank you,

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 1/9/06, Subir Singh Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from > the help menu of lyx. > > I am using Mandrake 10.1. > > I unzipped the powerdot files into > > /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex/powerdot > > Then use texhash to

Re: export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread Herbert Voss
David Wolfson wrote: I'm writing up my PhD thesis using lyx, and am have a master document with each chapter as an input file. This all works ok, but I need to produce and outline of the overall document structure. I'd hoped to do this by exporting the contents pages in isolation somehow, but h

powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
Hi, I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from the help menu of lyx. I am using Mandrake 10.1. I unzipped the powerdot files into /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex/powerdot Then use texhash to udate latex but when I use kpsewhich tex powerdot.cls it shows no path

Re: export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 1/9/06, David Wolfson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 09 January 2006 11:43, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > > David Wolfson writes: > > > - None of the export options allow a page range to be set. > > > - If I export to PDF/DVI I can set a page range to print, but can't > > > then print to a PDF

Re: figures in a table

2006-01-09 Thread Herbert Voss
Ray Henry wrote: I'm creating a 10x10 table. The first column is filled with small images. It is set to zero width. The other columns are all set to fixed width and have text wrapped. When the the image is inserted it creates space at the top of the row and pushes down the text in the othe

Re: export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread David Wolfson
On Monday 09 January 2006 11:43, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > David Wolfson writes: > > - None of the export options allow a page range to be set. > > - If I export to PDF/DVI I can set a page range to print, but can't > > then print to a PDF > > Not sure whether these will help with your set up, but: >

Re: export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
David Wolfson writes: > - None of the export options allow a page range to be set. > - If I export to PDF/DVI I can set a page range to print, but can't > then print to a PDF Not sure whether these will help with your set up, but: With xdvi you can also save a page range as a PDF. Or with the wh

export table TOC

2006-01-09 Thread David Wolfson
I'm writing up my PhD thesis using lyx, and am have a master document with each chapter as an input file. This all works ok, but I need to produce and outline of the overall document structure. I'd hoped to do this by exporting the contents pages in isolation somehow, but haven't been able to fi

Re: copying and pasting a LyX environment? (like Word's Format Painter)

2006-01-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 10:22:48AM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > Helge Hafting writes: > > I don't know how this "format painter" works, but here is something > > I imagine could be useful: > > > > * Mark the part of the document to be changed - possibly all > > * Use a menu (or keypress) to chang

Re: copying and pasting a LyX environment? (like Word's Format Painter)

2006-01-09 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes writes: > As far as copy/paste format is concerned, in 1.3.x we have > layout-copy (Ctrl-Shift-C) and layout-paste (Ctrl-Shift-V). It has > been removed in 1.4 for a reason I cannot remember. Hah! Thanks, that seems to be exactly what I was looking for. Too bad that it is no

Re: copying and pasting a LyX environment? (like Word's Format Painter)

2006-01-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Kevin" == Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin> Hi all, I just had to change several subsections to Kevin> subsubsections. There were not enough of these to bother Kevin> switching to search-and-replace in my text editor, but enough Kevin> to make the process in LyX tedious. Whi

Re: LyX 1.4.0pre3 on MacOSX - first impressions

2006-01-09 Thread Anders Ekberg
Helge Hafting Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:29:38 -0800 Anders Ekberg wrote: On 9 jan 2006, at 04.41, Bennett Helm wrote: [...] Notice that LyX's "New from Template ..." feature is most similar to Word's "Open a copy" feature (from within the Open dialog): any file can be a "template", not just spec

Re: copying and pasting a LyX environment? (like Word's Format Painter)

2006-01-09 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Helge Hafting writes: > I don't know how this "format painter" works, but here is something > I imagine could be useful: > > * Mark the part of the document to be changed - possibly all > * Use a menu (or keypress) to change "heading level" up or down, >similiar to how we already can change the

Re: LyX 1.4.0pre3 on MacOSX - first impressions

2006-01-09 Thread Helge Hafting
Anders Ekberg wrote: On 9 jan 2006, at 04.41, Bennett Helm wrote: [...] Notice that LyX's "New from Template ..." feature is most similar to Word's "Open a copy" feature (from within the Open dialog): any file can be a "template", not just specially formatted/saved documents. For this

Re: LyX 1.4.0pre3 on MacOSX - first impressions

2006-01-09 Thread Anders Ekberg
On 9 jan 2006, at 04.41, Bennett Helm wrote: On Jan 7, 2006, at 5:37 AM, Anders Ekberg wrote: Looking at how some other applications have solved this: - Microsoft puts the Microsoft Word.app and a Templates-folder as separate entities in the directory in /Applications/Microsoft Office 200