hide/unhide a box{minipage}

2009-11-24 Thread nikunj .
Hi all, Is there any way to hide/unhide a box in Lyx? Also, can we draw circle in lyx itself and insert a text within it ? Nikunj.

Re: 3-D boxes.

2009-11-24 Thread nikunj .
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > nikunj . schrieb: > > > Is there a way to insert a 3-D box in lyx ? >> > > What is a 3D box? > A 3D box is something like a cube/cuboid. Can I insert a cube and then write something in it ? > What you can do with boxes in LyX is described in t

Gentoo live builds

2009-11-24 Thread Pavel Sanda
hi, for the few gentooists around this page might be of interest: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Ebuild-packageAndInstallationHints pavel

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Ken writes: > It does appear to be quite simple in its capabilities and not able to > handle even moderately complex formulas (exp(2)*exp(3)) in either > octave or maxima. Note that if you type exp(2) literally, LyX has to use some heuristics in order to know what you meant. Actually, it interpre

Re: Coloring footnote mark

2009-11-24 Thread Yago
Excuse me, but I don't understand you. See the attached files. - Original Message - From: "Miguel Rubio-Roy" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:18 PM Subject: Re: Coloring footnote mark > Miguel Rubio-Roy wrote: > >> Hi, >> Is there a way of applying color to a footnote mark w

Re: Layout problems LyX

2009-11-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andrej Ammann schrieb: > I use LyX for my Projectwork for my graduate of "Konstrukteur". And i must the work to provide > next Thursday. I need your help, I want to change the Color of my table of contents and footmarks in the text. Both can of course be done, but is it really necessary for

Re: can't remove text 'Contents' from pages between TOC and chapter 1

2009-11-24 Thread Waluyo Adi Siswanto
>> >> Hello. >> >> In my book, I want to put a preface after the TOC and before chapter 1. >> But I can't work out how to eliminate the text 'Contents' that appears >> not only on the TOC pages (where I want it) but also in the header of >> the preface, where I decidedly don't. I've experimented wi

Re: Nth number

2009-11-24 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 rgheck wrote: > On 11/24/2009 05:51 AM, Manolo Martí­nez wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is there an easy way in LyX to enter ordinals such as 1st, 2nd, nth? >> > Insert>Formatting>Superscript is the easist way I know. You can also > define a custom character s

Re: Windows AltInstaller

2009-11-24 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Thanks for these clarifications. So, everything is normal in my installation, if I understand you correctly. Thanks a lot for providing this simple installation package. It is much quicker to do a new installation using your package than installing everything one-by-one manually. Best regards, Mu

Re: 3-D boxes.

2009-11-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
nikunj . schrieb: Is there a way to insert a 3-D box in lyx ? What is a 3D box? What you can do with boxes in LyX is described in the corresponding section of the EmbeddedObjects manual that you find in LyX's Help menu. regards Uwe

Re: Windows AltInstaller

2009-11-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Murat Yildizoglu schrieb: Opening dvi by Yap works (also PDF). Perfect. So you LyX installation was successful. But not the PS (it opens Irfanview instead, I imagine that it has been associated to PS files). Yes, as no special PS viewer is set in LyX, the default viewer set for PS is opene

Re: CAS Support in LyX

2009-11-24 Thread rgheck
On 11/24/2009 04:28 PM, rgheck wrote: On 11/24/2009 03:05 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Ken wrote: It does appear to be quite simple in its capabilities and not able to handle even moderately complex formulas (exp(2)*exp(3)) in either works here with maxima The mathml support I've been extending was

Re: Windows AltInstaller

2009-11-24 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Hi Uwe, Opening dvi by Yap works (also PDF). But not the PS (it opens Irfanview instead, I imagine that it has been associated to PS files). I can put the link to GView by hand, I was just surprised that LyX was not able to see it. I have also thought that Lyx was able to ineteract with Jabref as a

Re: Coloring footnote mark

2009-11-24 Thread Charles de Miramon
Miguel Rubio-Roy wrote: >> Something like this: >> >> \deffootnotemark{\textsuperscript{\colorbox{red}% >> {\textcolor{white}{\thefootnotemark >> >> in the preamble. Use koma-script class. > > > Yago and Charles, > Thanks for your help. I think I'll need something more refined, though. >

CAS Support in LyX

2009-11-24 Thread rgheck
On 11/24/2009 03:05 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Ken wrote: It does appear to be quite simple in its capabilities and not able to handle even moderately complex formulas (exp(2)*exp(3)) in either works here with maxima The mathml support I've been extending was, an Andre said, in prett

Re: Windows AltInstaller

2009-11-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Murat Yildizoglu schrieb: But it cannot see Jabref, nor GView. I have similar problems with acroread, yap and Firefox. When you view your LyX file as DVI, do you see the result in Yap? in configure.log: +checking for "jabref"... no +checking for "JabRef"... no This is correct, because

Re: Footnotes Formatting: Font Size and Double-Spacing

2009-11-24 Thread M. C. Sunny Wong
Dear Charles, I was trying to reply your message, but it didn't work, so I generate this new thread. Thank you for your message. Your suggestion is very helpful. Since I am a beginner of LyX (I have been using LyX for about 6 months only), I am still learning all of the great features about the

Re: Coloring footnote mark

2009-11-24 Thread Miguel Rubio-Roy
> > Miguel Rubio-Roy wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> Is there a way of applying color to a footnote mark while keeping the > >> footnote itself black? That is, the superscript number in white with > >> colored background (inside a longtable) and the footnote (outside the > >> table) in black. > >> > >>

Windows AltInstaller

2009-11-24 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Hi, I am trying to install LyX on a netbook under W7 Starter Edition. I have first installed complete Miktex 2.8 on it. Then I have installed AltInstallerComplete using an administrative execution. I have chose to install every option (including Jabref and GView) and the installation has completed

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Pavel Sanda
Ken wrote: > It does appear to be quite simple in its capabilities and not able to > handle even moderately complex formulas (exp(2)*exp(3)) in either works here with maxima pavel

Re: CAS exposure in LyX

2009-11-24 Thread Ken
Would a single button do the trick? Does the tool used (i.e. maxima or octave or other) depend on whether the user is looking for a numerical or symbolic solution? 2009/11/24 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes : > rgheck writes: >>> Thus, to discover the CAS support in LyX a user would need to go the >>> som

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Ken
2009/11/24 Ken : > 2009/11/24 Andre Poenitz : >> The current CAS support in LyX is a toy, no more. Really. There is not >> enough flesh to justify documentation. It would not take lot of effort >> to make it work considerably better, but seemingly there was not enough >> interest in the last six or

Re: Coloring footnote mark

2009-11-24 Thread Yago
Something like this: \deffootnotemark{\textsuperscript{\colorbox{red}{\textcolor{white}{\thefootnotemark in the preamble. Use koma-script class. - Original Message - From: "Charles de Miramon" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Coloring footnote mark Mi

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
I find that this would be a real force in "converting" colleagues from SWP to Lyx. Murat 2009/11/24 Andre Poenitz : > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:39:42AM +, Liviu Andronic wrote: >> Hello >> >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM, rgheck wrote: >> > On 11/23/2009 02:05 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: >

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:39:42AM +, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Hello > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM, rgheck wrote: > > On 11/23/2009 02:05 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >> If I am not mistaking, symbolic calculations can be performed in LyX > >> via maxima, octave, etc. > >> > > I don't kno

Fwd: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Thanks a lot Olivier, this works perfectly for Maxima.  I can ask it to compute \frac{\partial x^{2}}{\partial x}=2\, x and it works as it is shown by the = sign but how to ask more indirect tasks? Question: How to pass commands to Maxima? Should we write full Maxima expressions, instead of the st

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Ken
Olivier Ripoll writes: > Ken wrote: > > > > That's a fantastic new discovery of a further LyX feature. As for > > making it more useful, perhaps LyX needs some buttons in the math > > toolbar for Octave or Maxima or a way of customizing some new buttons > > to run the Edit->Math->CAS options. >

Re: can't remove text 'Contents' from pages between TOC and chapter 1

2009-11-24 Thread rgheck
On 11/24/2009 10:40 AM, Richard Brown wrote: Hello. In my book, I want to put a preface after the TOC and before chapter 1. But I can't work out how to eliminate the text 'Contents' that appears not only on the TOC pages (where I want it) but also in the header of the preface, where I decidedly

Re: Charater formatting in the Index

2009-11-24 Thread rgheck
On 11/24/2009 09:09 AM, Ted Carnevale wrote: rgheck wrote: Any formatting you use in the index entry itself should be preserved in the index. In 1.6.x, you can just enter that formatting as you would in normal LyX text. If you're using 1.5.x, then you have to enter it manually, as LaTeX. Doe

Re: CAS exposure in LyX

2009-11-24 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
rgheck writes: >> Thus, to discover the CAS support in LyX a user would need to go the >> sometimes improbable way of writing in math env and, while there, >> accessing the Edit> Math> Use CAS menu. Of course, an alternative >> path would be Google. >> >> > If you'd like to draft something f

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Ken wrote: That's a fantastic new discovery of a further LyX feature. As for making it more useful, perhaps LyX needs some buttons in the math toolbar for Octave or Maxima or a way of customizing some new buttons to run the Edit->Math->CAS options. That's actually easy: here is how to get the

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Ken wrote: I had a further play around with it. I added: ;C:\Program Files\Maxima-5.16.3\bin;C:\Octave\3.2.3_gcc-4.4.0\bin to the PATH prefix in the Preferences, and then restarted LyX. Now when I type 4+5 in a math field and then use Edit->Math->CAS->Octave or ->Maxima it calculates the answer

can't remove text 'Contents' from pages between TOC and chapter 1

2009-11-24 Thread Richard Brown
Hello. In my book, I want to put a preface after the TOC and before chapter 1. But I can't work out how to eliminate the text 'Contents' that appears not only on the TOC pages (where I want it) but also in the header of the preface, where I decidedly don't. I've experimented with Book, Memoir and

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Ken
I had a further play around with it. I added: ;C:\Program Files\Maxima-5.16.3\bin;C:\Octave\3.2.3_gcc-4.4.0\bin to the PATH prefix in the Preferences, and then restarted LyX. Now when I type 4+5 in a math field and then use Edit->Math->CAS->Octave or ->Maxima it calculates the answer and sets the

Re: Nth number

2009-11-24 Thread Manolo Martí­nez
Thanks, yep, that's what I was doing. Maybe creating a keyboard shortcut for that is the solution; I'll look into how to do it. Cheers, M rgheck escribió: On 11/24/2009 05:51 AM, Manolo Martí­nez wrote: Hello, Is there an easy way in LyX to enter ordinals such as 1st, 2nd, nth? Insert>Forma

Re: Nth number

2009-11-24 Thread Julio Rojas
Maybe a math macro? Would it typeset it the same way? - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:11 PM, rgheck wrote: > On 11/24/2009 05:51 AM, Manolo Martí­nez wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Is there an easy way in LyX to enter ordin

Re: Charater formatting in the Index

2009-11-24 Thread Ted Carnevale
rgheck wrote: Any formatting you use in the index entry itself should be preserved in the index. In 1.6.x, you can just enter that formatting as you would in normal LyX text. If you're using 1.5.x, then you have to enter it manually, as LaTeX. Does this apply also to table of contents entries

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 11/24/09, Ken wrote: > How does one set up LyX to use Octave, Maxima, etc.? > As long as maxima and lyx are installed, it should work out of the box. Liviu

Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP

2009-11-24 Thread Ken
Hi. I just discovered that LyX comes with Scientific Word bindings already. Found in the sciword.bind file attached. Perhaps the lyx.org wiki needs a page on "Migrating to LyX, A Guide for Scientific Word Users". It might include a discussion on the differences, how to migrate SWP files to lyx,

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread rgheck
On 11/24/2009 06:39 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Hello On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM, rgheck wrote: On 11/23/2009 02:05 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: If I am not mistaking, symbolic calculations can be performed in LyX via maxima, octave, etc. I don't know how current the suppo

Re: Nth number

2009-11-24 Thread rgheck
On 11/24/2009 05:51 AM, Manolo Martí­nez wrote: Hello, Is there an easy way in LyX to enter ordinals such as 1st, 2nd, nth? Insert>Formatting>Superscript is the easist way I know. You can also define a custom character style to represent \textsuperscript, and use that. rh

Re: Charater formatting in the Index

2009-11-24 Thread rgheck
On 11/23/2009 09:00 PM, tedc wrote: I am writing a document about a programming environment that uses multiple character styles. 0. Plain roman is used for ordinary index entries 1. Italicized roman characters are used for names of mathematical variables and parameters 2. Typewriter is used for s

Re: CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Sam Liddicott
* Liviu Andronic wrote, On 24/11/09 11:39: Hello On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM, rgheck wrote: On 11/23/2009 02:05 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: If I am not mistaking, symbolic calculations can be performed in LyX via maxima, octave, etc. I don't know how current the support is, but yes, there

CAS exposure in LyX (was Re: Importing Lyx files in SWP)

2009-11-24 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM, rgheck wrote: > On 11/23/2009 02:05 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: >> If I am not mistaking, symbolic calculations can be performed in LyX >> via maxima, octave, etc. >> > I don't know how current the support is, but yes, there are routines in > mathed that suppo

Nth number

2009-11-24 Thread Manolo Martí­nez
Hello, Is there an easy way in LyX to enter ordinals such as 1st, 2nd, nth? Thanks, Manolo

Re: Footnotes Formatting: Font Size and Double-Spacing

2009-11-24 Thread Charles de Miramon
M. C. Sunny Wong wrote: > Dear LyX Users: > > Would you please let me know if there is anyway to make the footnotes to > be 12-font-size and double-spaced? > If you use KomaScript, look the documentation. Basically, you must add something like \setkomafont{footnotes}{@)for changing the font of

Re: Coloring footnote mark

2009-11-24 Thread Charles de Miramon
Miguel Rubio-Roy wrote: > Hi, > Is there a way of applying color to a footnote mark while keeping the > footnote itself black? That is, the superscript number in white with > colored background (inside a longtable) and the footnote (outside the > table) in black. > > I've tried with footmisc, b