[announce] LyX 2.0alpha6 test release for Windows

2010-10-03 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Due to technical problems with third-party programs the Windows installer for LyX 2.0alpha 6 was delayed. Now it is available here: https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=17943 IMPORTANT NOTES: - !!! Don't use this LyX version for anything else than testing

Re: HELP needed!

2010-10-03 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 03.10.2010 13:59, schrieb Madalina Erascu: I just began working with LyX and google does not provide answer to the following questions. Instead of googling, it is highly recommended to start with the LyX tutorial file you find in the Help menu. For all other questions that might arise, ha

Re: How to show two images side by side?

2010-10-03 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 03.10.2010 03:48, schrieb Steve Litt: I know in LyX there's some way to show two images side by side but I forgot how to do it. How do I do it? See the EmbeddedObjects manual, sec. 3.8 "Floats Side by Side". regards Uwe

Re: HELP: new line in mathmode

2010-10-03 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 03.10.2010 13:32, schrieb Madalina Erascu: Could somebody tell me how could I get a new line in math mode in LyX 1.6. I have tried Ctrl+Enter but I get an eqnarray. You first need to insert a displayed formula Ctrl+Shift+M. In inline formulas LaTeX doesn't allow linebreaks. Another ques

Re: How to have headers and footers print on the chapter intro pages?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 01 October 2010 19:01:10 Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using a document class derived from the Book class, and that can't > change. > > Given that, how can I get headers and footers to show up on the chapter > intro pages as well as the other pages? Every page that starts a chap

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 October 2010 00:49:20 Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using a document class derived from the Book class, and that can't > change. > > I created a character style that in LyX shows the text, but in the PDF > doesn't show the text and simply sets a variable, which I then put i

Re: Plot dates in footer?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 01 October 2010 15:46:12 Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > My new business novel has a timeline, and I don't want the reader confused > about what day it is. Part of that is a writing task, but I was thinking of > having the day and date of the action in the footer. > > I figure I can do

Re: Maxima CAS translation

2010-10-03 Thread Pavel Sanda
Gustavo Goretkin wrote: > I've recently started using LyX and even more recently discovered it > integrates nicely with Maxima CAS. > > Is there any configuration that I can change so that it translates > \binom{x}{y} to Maxima's: binomial(6,3) ? $ grep maxima src/mathed/InsetMathFrac.cpp $ s

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 03 October 2010 12:44:05 Julien Rioux wrote: > On 03/10/2010 4:57 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > U D Man Julien!!! > > Well, to be fair the main hint of using afterpage came from Paul. > > > \gdef didn't work, but \xdef sure did. I replaced this: > > > > \afterpage{\renewcommand{\plotdatehdr

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Julien Rioux
On 03/10/2010 4:57 AM, Steve Litt wrote: U D Man Julien!!! Well, to be fair the main hint of using afterpage came from Paul. \gdef didn't work, but \xdef sure did. I replaced this: \afterpage{\renewcommand{\plotdatehdr}[0]{\plotdateondeck}} With this: \afterpage{\xdef\plotdatehdr{\plotdat

Re: HELP: new line in mathmode

2010-10-03 Thread Julien Rioux
On 03/10/2010 7:32 AM, Madalina Erascu wrote: Could somebody tell me how could I get a new line in math mode in LyX 1.6. I have tried Ctrl+Enter but I get an eqnarray. If eqnarray doesn't please you, there are several other possibilities. Have a look at the great math manual that you find in

Re: HELP: new line in mathmode

2010-10-03 Thread Madalina Erascu
Hi! Regarding cases: It's not what I want: I just want new line in math environment (Ctrl+M). I could make a trick: split the math mode as much as I want, but for example when I have the curly braces (denoting sets) I can not make the second brace coming on the next row. ME ___

Re: HELP: new line in mathmode

2010-10-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Madalina Erascu wrote: > Could somebody tell me how could I get a new line in math mode in LyX 1.6. I > have tried Ctrl+Enter but I get an eqnarray. > I think that you first need to insert a cases environment. Look into Help > Math > Section 3.5. > Another

HELP needed!

2010-10-03 Thread Madalina Erascu
Hi all! I just began working with LyX and google does not provide answer to the following questions. Could somebody tell me how could I get a new line in math mode in LyX 1.6. I have tried Ctrl+Enter but I get an eqnarray. Another question would be: is there apossibility to modify in place

Maxima CAS translation

2010-10-03 Thread Gustavo Goretkin
I've recently started using LyX and even more recently discovered it integrates nicely with Maxima CAS. Is there any configuration that I can change so that it translates \binom{x}{y} to Maxima's: binomial(6,3) ? It already seems to do this for things like \int and \sum. Thanks, Gustavo

HELP: new line in mathmode

2010-10-03 Thread Madalina Erascu
Hi all! Could somebody tell me how could I get a new line in math mode in LyX 1.6. I have tried Ctrl+Enter but I get an eqnarray. Another question would be: is there apossibility to modify in place (meaning directly in LyX) the Latex source? When I export it, modify it, and import it again,

Re: How to show two images side by side?

2010-10-03 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Steve Litt wrote: > I know in LyX there's some way to show two images side by side but I > forgot how to do it. How do I do it? Look here http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Figures#fig-side-by-side http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Figures#subfigures Jürgen

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 03 October 2010 04:33:43 Steve Litt wrote: > On Saturday 02 October 2010 18:24:01 Julien Rioux wrote: > > On 02/10/2010 4:25 PM, Steve Litt wrote: [clip] > > > The \renewcommand inside the afterpage doesn't work. \afterpage is > > > firing because I get the row of z's on the next page. Th

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 October 2010 18:24:01 Julien Rioux wrote: > On 02/10/2010 4:25 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Ugh! Afterpage appears not to work for reasons unknown. I did this: > > > > \newcommand{\plotdatebodyL}[1]{% > >\renewcommand\plotdateondeck[0]{#1}% > >\afterpage{\renewcommand{\plotdate