Re: Suggestion

2009-08-14 Thread Joe(theWordy)Philbrook
It would appear that on Aug 14, K. Elo did say: > Subject: Suggestion > > Dear list members! > > I suppose most of us are members in other mailing lists, too, and thus > receive several mails per day from these lists. Now, several lists add a > list identifier at the beginning of the topic (e.g

Lyx tip-sheets

2009-08-14 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया]
Any good source from which to download Lyx tip sheets? Many thanks, FN -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/

Chapter styles

2009-08-14 Thread Frederick "FN" Noronha
Hi all, I really would like the chapter beginning-pages of my books to look snazzy, and different from one another (I mean, different styles for different books). Could someone guide me on how to achieve that? Best, FN -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.

Re: Open recent...

2009-08-14 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया]
Thanks Vincent. 20 is surely enough! FN 2009/8/15 Vincent van Ravesteijn > Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] schreef: > >> I would like more of my work-in-progress files to show up in the 'open >> recent' menu. Is there any way I could do this please? FN >> >> > There is a preference setting -

Re: Open recent...

2009-08-14 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] schreef: I would like more of my work-in-progress files to show up in the 'open recent' menu. Is there any way I could do this please? FN There is a preference setting ->Look&Feel ->User Interface ->Maximum last files. However, due to bug http://www.lyx.org

Open recent...

2009-08-14 Thread Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया]
I would like more of my work-in-progress files to show up in the 'open recent' menu. Is there any way I could do this please? FN -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/

Re: Changing Latex installation used in Lyx

2009-08-14 Thread Ignacio García
Antonio Rieser writes: > I'm using Lyx 1.6.3, built from source, on Ubuntu 8.04. I recently > installed a new version of latex (texlive) in a different place from > where the old one was, but I can't figure out how to get Lyx to > recognize it. All of the packages it lists in Preferences->TeX >

Re: Changing Latex installation used in Lyx

2009-08-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Antonio Rieser wrote: Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6.3, built from source, on Ubuntu 8.04. I recently installed a new version of latex (texlive) in a different place from where the old one was, but I can't figure out how to get Lyx to recognize it. All of the packages it lists in Preferences->TeX Config

Changing Latex installation used in Lyx

2009-08-14 Thread Antonio Rieser
Hi, I'm using Lyx 1.6.3, built from source, on Ubuntu 8.04. I recently installed a new version of latex (texlive) in a different place from where the old one was, but I can't figure out how to get Lyx to recognize it. All of the packages it lists in Preferences->TeX Configuration are from the old

Undo

2009-08-14 Thread Han, M.A. (m.a....@uva.nl)
Hello there, I am new to Lyx and have a question about the undo command (cmd-z on a mac). When I press cmd-z in Lyx, all actions executed since opening the file are being undone, not just the last action. How can I undo only the last action? Thanks so much, kind regards, Martijn

Question about command sequences

2009-08-14 Thread Venable
Dear Lyx-list, I am trying to use Command Sequences to come up with a simple way to create frames in Beamer without resorting to the use of \lyxframe{} or repeated copying-and-pasting. My goal is to use a minimal number of keystrokes to create plain LaTeX \begin{frame}, \frametitle{} and \end{fram

Inserting algorithms and codes in documents

2009-08-14 Thread Luca Carlon
Hi! I'm writing my thesis and now I would need to put some algorithms and codes to my LyX document. I created a float Algorithm and I placed in it a program listing. I see it is even possible to select many useful options, I think it is really great and very very comfortable. There one thing I'm no

Re: About the position of footnotes and page numbers

2009-08-14 Thread Antonio Díaz
Hi all: *try defining some LaTeX command that looks like a footnote, but acts like a margin note. Very roughly: \newcounter{footmarg} \newcommand{\margfoot}[1]{\**refstepcounter{footmarg}\**marginpar{\arabic{footmarg}. #1}} Then, if you don't want footnotes at all: \let\footnote=\margfoot Thi

Re: Problem with table

2009-08-14 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 14, 2009, at 4:37 AM, Matthias Bußjäger wrote: Hello, I have a problem to build a table with different rows in the columns. For Example: I have 4 rows and 2 columns. How is it possible to merge the 4 rows in the first column? Or something else to get the text in the first column cente

Re: Suggestion

2009-08-14 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 08:39:24AM -0400, Manoj Rajagopalan wrote: , > thunderbird, kmail etc. allow you to move incoming mails into custom folders > based on criteria like To:,Cc: fields etc. Or the List-*: mail headers, which were designed partly for just that purpose. A -- Andrew Sullivan

Re: How to get a preview for "custom" graphics format?

2009-08-14 Thread Pavel Sanda
Daniel Lohmann wrote: > Or am I mistaken here? I am still seeking for a definite answer regarding > the conversion route that to my understanding is automatically deduced by > LyX (TiKZ --> PDF | PDF --> Preview). It seem that (newer?) versions of LyX > just pass everything right through to Imag

Re: Suggestion

2009-08-14 Thread Manoj Rajagopalan
On Friday 14 August 2009 2:07:43 am K. Elo wrote: > Dear list members! > > I suppose most of us are members in other mailing lists, too, and thus > receive several mails per day from these lists. Now, several lists add a > list identifier at the beginning of the topic (e.g. "[List] Title"). > > Wha

Re: CTRL-ENTER not working any more

2009-08-14 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Rainer M Krug wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> strangely, this morning CTRL-ENTER (for multiline input) is not >> working any more in LyX. I am not aware, that I have changed anything >> - could anybody give me a hint, on what happened? >> > > Does 'Inse

Re: CTRL-ENTER not working any more

2009-08-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rainer M Krug wrote: Hi strangely, this morning CTRL-ENTER (for multiline input) is not working any more in LyX. I am not aware, that I have changed anything - could anybody give me a hint, on what happened? Does 'Insert > Formatting > Ragged line break' work for you? If so, something may b

CTRL-ENTER not working any more

2009-08-14 Thread Rainer M Krug
Hi strangely, this morning CTRL-ENTER (for multiline input) is not working any more in LyX. I am not aware, that I have changed anything - could anybody give me a hint, on what happened? All I see is a small blue vertical line. the source of the attched LyX file looks as follow: % Preview sourc

Re: Suggestion

2009-08-14 Thread Erez Yerushalmi
Hi, I use google mail to collect university mail and private mail. Google has a 'label' option. So all my LyX mail gets a lyx label, which makes it easy to manage. I think it is the same idea as you're talking about, but I don't need the server side as you mention... Maybe this can help... Best

importing latex with new document class.

2009-08-14 Thread Laser Yuan
Hi, I need to import a latex document to lyx. It turned out not be working since a new class file is used in the latex file. As I remember, in old version of lyx, user can define the document class in document setting. It's not allowed to do so now. My question is how can I import a latex file wit

Problem with table

2009-08-14 Thread Matthias Bußjäger
Hello, I have a problem to build a table with different rows in the columns. For Example: I have 4 rows and 2 columns. How is it possible to merge the 4 rows in the first column? Or something else to get the text in the first column centered vertically? The rows in the second column should be unto

Re: Spellchecker problem

2009-08-14 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Christian Bustamante wrote: Hi all, I'm using LyX on Windows XP and I'm trying to set up the spellchecker, so I downloaded the spanish Open Office dictionary. This file is a plain text one, so I changed the extension to pws (the requiered one for LyX). Then I went to Tools -> Prefeernces -> Lang

Re: Spellchecker problem

2009-08-14 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Christian Bustamante wrote: Hi all, I'm using LyX on Windows XP and I'm trying to set up the spellchecker, so I downloaded the spanish Open Office dictionary. This file is a plain text one, so I changed the extension to pws (the requiered one for LyX). Then I went to Tools -> Prefeernces -> Lang