Re: lyx 1.4.3 RPM for Mandriva 2006.

2006-10-12 Thread Rudi Gaelzer
On Thursday 12 October 2006 12:05, Georg Baum wrote: > I did not know that you used checkinstall. I just corrected the wiki page, > because checkinstall builds suboptimal packages. They should not be > distributed IMHO. If you use the rpm spec file that is inside the source > archive then you get b

Re: extra flag

2006-10-12 Thread Georg Baum
Am Donnerstag, 12. Oktober 2006 18:22 schrieb Piersante Sestini: > What is the intended use of the "extra flag" option in the "converters" > setting under tools->preferences? It tells LyX that this converter is some latex compiler. It needs to know that in order to handle some special latex thin

Re: Multiple Choice Tests

2006-10-12 Thread Piersante Sestini
At 16.10 07/10/2006 +0200, Christian von Lani-Fischer wrote: i was just wondering if there is some document class that provides support to create multiple choice tests or if there is a trick to create some boxes in "common" document classes, where one can tick the correct answer. I just didn't f

Re: lyx 1.4.3 RPM for Mandriva 2006.

2006-10-12 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Rudi Gaelzer wrote: > Hi, Christian. > On Wednesday 11 October 2006 17:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok, so we'll keep the page. I didn't quite understand if you wanted to > > keep the name of the page, or thought it was ok to rename it to 'LyX on > > RPM-based Linux'? (Or

Re: Way to put parentheses around displayed URLs?

2006-10-12 Thread Sue Kientz
On Oct 11, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Sue Kientz schrieb: To create those website labels and URLs I used "Insert URL" of course. My problem is, the team I'm preparing this manual for wants parentheses around the URLs. If I use Insert URL dialog box to create those references, and

Re: Two versions of LyX in same machine

2006-10-12 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Nicolás wrote: Hi! My question is simple. I have already installed LyX 1.4.2 in my windows machine. Can I install also LyX 1.4.3 without removing 1.4.2? Nicolás Yes. (I have 1.3.7, 1.4.1, 1.4.2 and 1.4.3 on my laptop -- don't ask why.) Just install it into a different directory. By def

Re: lyx 1.4.3 RPM for Mandriva 2006.

2006-10-12 Thread Georg Baum
Rudi Gaelzer wrote: > I just don't know if I got the requires list quite right. As per > instructions, I ran checkinstall with no extra options. On the man page, > I noticed that you can include extra requirements to the final rpm > package, but > I did not do that. Here's the list from: I did

Re: lyx 1.4.3 RPM for Mandriva 2006.

2006-10-12 Thread Rudi Gaelzer
On Thursday 12 October 2006 11:51, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Rudi" == Rudi Gaelzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What does the LE stand for? Only 2005 was a LE version (because they > rushed it out, IIRC). Really? I didn't pay attention to that... My bad, sorry... perhaps you should r

Re: lyx 1.4.3 RPM for Mandriva 2006.

2006-10-12 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Rudi" == Rudi Gaelzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rudi> I think it's safe to say that the answers to both your questions Rudi> is yes. Rudi> I just don't know if I got the requires list quite right. As per Rudi> instructions, I ran checkinstall with no extra options. On the Rudi> man page,

Re: lyx 1.4.3 RPM for Mandriva 2006.

2006-10-12 Thread Rudi Gaelzer
Thanks, Georg. On Wednesday 11 October 2006 12:15, Georg Baum wrote: > If your package was built from clean sources and it is useful for a wider > audience, i.e. it does not require anything that is not part of your > distro, then it would be a good idea to put it on the LyX ftp server. If > you w

Re: lyx 1.4.3 RPM for Mandriva 2006.

2006-10-12 Thread Rudi Gaelzer
Hi, Christian. On Wednesday 11 October 2006 17:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, so we'll keep the page. I didn't quite understand if you wanted to > keep the name of the page, or thought it was ok to rename it to 'LyX on > RPM-based Linux'? (Or if you have another suggestion for the name of the

Re: how to add llncs class

2006-10-12 Thread Savas Konur
Thank you very much Daniel. It is now working. I like this site :)

Re: lyx 1.4.x performance

2006-10-12 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Abdelrazak" == Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Abdelrazak> killermike wrote: >> Like a few other people, I am having performance problems with Lyx >> 1.4.3. I started using it about a month ago and I really like the >> Lyx method of working. I would appreciate any tips that an

Two versions of LyX in same machine

2006-10-12 Thread Nicolás
Hi! My question is simple. I have already installed LyX 1.4.2 in my windows machine. Can I install also LyX 1.4.3 without removing 1.4.2? Nicolás

Re: lyx 1.4.x performance

2006-10-12 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
killermike wrote: Like a few other people, I am having performance problems with Lyx 1.4.3. I started using it about a month ago and I really like the Lyx method of working. I would appreciate any tips that anyone on the list can offer. 1.3.7 (installed using the Ubuntu package management) wo

Problem installing spell checker for llyx-143-4

2006-10-12 Thread Mike Reeks
I am trying to install the latest version lyx-143-4 and failed to download spellchecker. The message during the installation says 'failed to download English spell checker- would you like to try again'. Clearly problems accessing the host from the web. How do I install spellchecker separately onc

extra flag

2006-10-12 Thread Piersante Sestini
What is the intended use of the "extra flag" option in the "converters" setting under tools->preferences? I found by trial that in my system (onder os/2, still not working but improving :) latex works in lyx (i.e. it translates the file from tex to dvi) only if I delete the "latex" extra flag.

British English,multiple lines in equation (Lyx 1.4.2 for windows )

2006-10-12 Thread Ramdas
For lyx 1.4.2, inorder to check your document for spelling errors in British english: 1)Download and install aspelldata-0.60.4-root (if not already installed) 2)Download and Install the english dictionary 3)Go to: Documents->Settings->Language->British 4)Click: Save as document defaults In or

Add subtitle to article class

2006-10-12 Thread Jun Sun
I am new to lyx. Our internal report is close to what article class offers. However, we need a subtitle in the middle just following the Title. What are the possible ways to achieve this? Thanks. Jun