Re: lyx 2.3.2

2019-03-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
; > > > > > > > > > Wolfgang > > > > When I did the same thing (loaded backport 2.3.2 on top of my existing > > debian stretch lyx) > > John, how did you do it in detail?  I downloaded 2.3.2 in my Download > folder. How do I make sure it is installed at the same place as the old > lyx? Wolfgang > > > I did not first remove lyx. New version just updated and works fine. > > And I think it solved my extra spacing problem as well. > > > > John -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan

Re: Ubuntu: keep lyx 2.2.3 and 2.3.1 in same system

2018-11-03 Thread Alan L Tyree
/pj.freefaculty.org Director, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis http://crmda.ku.edu To write to me directly, please address me at pauljohn at ku.edu. And consider using GNU Stow. It makes it easy to manage installation and removal of compiled packages. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

2014-08-03 Thread Alan L Tyree
his. I hope this helps, Les -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typh...@iptel.org

Re: LyX for writing notes about a book

2014-03-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
g as you read the docs and set up the database(s) for your specific needs. Rich -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typh...@iptel.org -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typh...@iptel.org

Re: We need ePub/Mobi conversion: was: Book Frontmatter

2014-02-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
a while waiting for input. Again, my notes say to use 'R '. I just ran it on a reasonable size file and need to use the 'R' command about 3 times. I should mention that I am on Debian Wheezy. HTH, Alan > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: We need ePub/Mobi conversion: was: Book Frontmatter

2014-02-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
hen starting with a Markdown file. Cheers, Alan Steve Litt writes: > On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:25:58 +1100 > Alan L Tyree wrote: > >> Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an >> ePub exporter for LyX would make it a killer application. >>

Re: We need ePub/Mobi conversion: was: Book Frontmatter

2014-01-31 Thread Alan L Tyree
which parts would be better re-done as either config or > CSS. > > My switch to Bluefish isn't cast in concrete: Once LyX contains a > good, generic, reliable LyX to ePub or even LyX to "ePub friendly" Xhtml > conversion, I can switch back. If you do it soon enough, I won't even > have to write an Xhtml to LaTeX converter :-) > > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Book Frontmatter

2014-01-30 Thread Alan L Tyree
On 31/01/14 05:47, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote: I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do think that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter pages. Alan, As Stafano pointed out to me in an off-list message

Re: Book Frontmatter

2014-01-30 Thread Alan L Tyree
scuss the ordinary frontmatter pages and how they might be set up with the ordinary book class. http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 HTH, Alan -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Why People Give Up on Groups.

2013-10-24 Thread Alan L Tyree
thread drive you away, Gordon. Mostly the list is one of the friendliest around as well as being one of the most helpful. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Formatting Article for PLoS One

2013-09-03 Thread Alan L Tyree
ut it's not at all clear what to do with the figure legends and > tables. Do I edit the ERT directly? > > Thanks, > Jane -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
X *very* quickly without knowing anything about LaTeX. You can produce nice looking standardised documents. It's magic. Of course, you will eventually want to customise. THAT is the time to start looking at LaTeX IMHO. Cheers, Alan > > Thanks to everyone for all the advice offered. -- A

Re: Importing LaTeX file with multiple indexes

2013-08-23 Thread Alan L Tyree
On 23/08/13 23:33, Richard Heck wrote: On 08/20/2013 08:16 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: I'm having trouble with this. I have a LaTeX file with multiple indexes (defined in accordance with LyX conventions). I want to convert it to LyX. The relevant part of the preamble looks like

Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Alan L Tyree
#x27;t see anything relevant. Jerry Open the HTML file in a text editor and remove the first line, ie, version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> It should then open in LibreOffice. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typh...@iptel.org

Importing LaTeX file with multiple indexes

2013-08-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
]{tab} \newindex[Table of Cases]{tab1} Except for the Index entries, I'm not getting a clean import. Is there some trick to this? Thanks for any pointers, Alan -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typh...@iptel.org

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
lyx.org/GSoC/NonLinearWriting and >>> http://wiki.lyx.org/Devel/SummerOfCode2013Ideas#toc5 . >>> >>> Liviu >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Prof. Murat Yildizoglu >> >> Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV >> GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113) >> Avenue Léon Duguit >> 33608 Pessac cedex >> France >> >> Bureau : E-331 >> >> yildi-at-u-bordeaux4.fr >> >> web: yildizoglu.info -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

2013-06-09 Thread Alan L Tyree
tt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Getting rid of "You cannot type two spaces this way" message?

2012-11-26 Thread Alan L Tyree
is described in the manual - so that a user that has read the manual also know how to avoid the message reappearing...) The lyx web page will tell how to sponsor a feature. Günter -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Getting rid of "You cannot type two spaces this way" message?

2012-11-24 Thread Alan L Tyree
nd. It will NEVER go away! Cheers, Alan (Who learned to put two spaces after a full stop in typing class, but likes the warning in LyX). -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: LyX andTeX Live: How to find and link a new latex version?

2012-09-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
David L. Johnson writes: > On 09/01/2012 08:33 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: >> Sorry for the noise, John. I should have read the whole thread more >> carefully. >> >> I have a machine where I did a new install of Ubuntu 12.04 just a week >> ago, so it is prett

Re: LyX andTeX Live: How to find and link a new latex version?

2012-09-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
John Kane writes: > > From: Alan L Tyree > To: John Kane > Cc: David L. Johnson ; "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org" > > Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2012 4:26:16 PM > Subject: Re: LyX andTeX Live: How to find and link a new l

Re: LyX andTeX Live: How to find and link a new latex version?

2012-09-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
lling applications. For example I installed gnumeric > from either synaptics or the software centre a few day ago and just as a > quick test sudoapt-get install abiword seems to have worked fine just now. > > Thanks > > > -- David L. Johnson Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live > deserve death. > And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not > be too eager to deal out death in judgement. -- J. R. R. Tolkein -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Uninstalling compiled-from-source Lyx

2012-08-26 Thread Alan L Tyree
Friedman Brain Institute/ > Departments of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Structural & Chemical > Biology, > The Mount Sinai School of Medicine > One Gustave Levy Place, > NY, NY, 10029 > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: Working in LyX from the get-go---more or less

2012-08-04 Thread Alan L Tyree
-- > Eric Weir > Program and Resource Development ~ Evaluation ~ Writing > Education ~ The Environment ~ Community Development > Clairemont Avenue J3 ~ Decatur, GA 30030 > 404-636-6142 ~ eew...@bellsouth.net -- Alan

Re: Pass LyX comments through eLyXer?

2011-12-06 Thread Alan L Tyree
input into this development. It is not just a discussion about converters or bugs. It relates to how LyX will look and behave in the future. I agree with Steve and others that LyX could become major tool for writing e-books. As such, the discussion doesn't seem to me to be off topic. Cheers

Re: LyX as editor -- Was: available templates and their names

2011-11-18 Thread Alan L Tyree
t? It would mean that LyX could become a major method of writing eBooks. Cheers, Alan > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence > http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt > > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172...@iptel.org

Re: need suggestion on book

2011-06-25 Thread Alan L Tyree
ide most of the markup (actually, as much or as little as you want). Not quite a slick as LyX, but not far behind either. It is a viable alternative. Cheers, Alan > Liviu -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: XHTML format and ooffice? - Tidy

2011-03-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
with this. Cheers, Alan > > Cheers, > > Stefano > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Alan L Tyree > wrote: > > > On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:37:52 -0500 > > Richard Heck wrote: > > > > > On 03/02/2011 03:38 PM, stefano franchi wrote: > >

Re: XHTML format and ooffice? - Correction

2011-03-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
ers, > > Stefano > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Alan L Tyree > wrote: > > > On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:37:52 -0500 > > Richard Heck wrote: > > > > > On 03/02/2011 03:38 PM, stefano franchi wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > >

Re: XHTML format and ooffice?

2011-03-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
le. "It appears to be an invalid document". HOWEVER, if I rename the file test.html, then Abiword opens it. Very strange. Debian Squeeze; Abiword 2.8.2 > Cheers, > > Stefano > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Alan L Tyree > wrote: > > > On Wed, 02 Mar 20

Re: XHTML format and ooffice?

2011-03-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
can open them directly in Abiword - at least on Debian Squeeze. Cheers, Alan > > rh > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: LyX and editors?

2010-12-14 Thread Alan L Tyree
ww.recession-relief.US > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: How to show two images side by side?

2010-10-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
other ways, but I found that the best. Cheers, Alan > > Thanks > > StgevET > > Steve Litt > Recession Relief Package > http://www.recession-relief.US > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: How to convert to MS Word?

2010-08-16 Thread Alan L Tyree
t; > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Recession Relief Package > http://www.recession-relief.US > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: Widows... and orphans

2010-07-17 Thread Alan L Tyree
orse. You can make TeX give greater weight to the prevention > of widows and orphans by setting certain variables, but I don't now > remember what they are. Google knows, though. So might the LyX wiki. > > rh > \clubpenalty=10000 \widowpenalty=1 Cheers, Alan

Re: Converting Lyx doc to word

2010-07-08 Thread Alan L Tyree
tall it. The man > >> page indicates it should be suitable for fixing missing formats. > >> Also, you might try running plain latex, rather than pdflatex, > >> against your test document. If it compiles, then the font file is > >> not the problem. /Paul > >> >

Re: install latest lyx

2010-07-05 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 10:44:56 +0200 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Am Friday 02 July 2010 12:44:04 schrieben Sie: > > On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:04:51 +0200 > > > > Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > > Am Thursday 01 July 2010 13:19:16 schrieb Alan L Tyree: > > &

Re: install latest lyx

2010-07-02 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:04:51 +0200 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Am Thursday 01 July 2010 13:19:16 schrieb Alan L Tyree: > > On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:27:26 +0200 > > Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sorry for my confusion, but thankful for your

Re: install latest lyx

2010-07-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:27:26 +0200 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Sorry for my confusion, but thankful for your patience > Should have mentioned: No grudge against what you guys did to us in the World Cup :-). > Wolfgang -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu

Re: install latest lyx

2010-07-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:27:26 +0200 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Am Thursday 01 July 2010 03:21:21 schrieb Alan L Tyree: > > On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:47:23 +0800 > > > > "Louis A. Turk" wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:14 +0200, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

Re: install latest lyx

2010-06-30 Thread Alan L Tyree
ompiled programs. This avoids any risk that the new version might trash some part of the version installed by your package manager. Also the risk that a new version installed by your package manager will accidentally trash some part of the compiled version. Instructions on using Stow to ins

Re: install latest lyx

2010-06-22 Thread Alan L Tyree
> > > > optionally you would also run: > > > > sudo make install As I noted before, I would use stow for installation so that you don't trash the existing version managed by apt. Instructions here: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Compiling. Regards, Alan > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: install latest lyx

2010-06-22 Thread Alan L Tyree
Start at gnu.org to find a mirror.) Once > you've installed all of that stuff, just run the autogen.sh script > written by Allan Rae, which will do things in the right order, and > then tell you to run configure and make. > > Where would I find the autogen.sh scri

Re: install latest lyx

2010-06-21 Thread Alan L Tyree
to start building the new LyX. Now download the LyX version that you want and build according to the instructions on the wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Compiling Cheers, Alan > > Wolfgang -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: compiling from svn using checkinstall (help needed)

2010-06-20 Thread Alan L Tyree
t; > > > where SUFFIX is anything you wanted ( "-devel", "-2.0", "-svn"... ). > > Just tried it, but I got the same result: checkinstall gave the > mentioned error and did not build the .deb-file. Lyx2.0 is > installed though I did not install it using dpkg. > > Stephan > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: Reducing the number of pages in an article

2010-06-12 Thread Alan L Tyree
Isn't this behaviour overcome with \raggedbottom? Alan > > I've found you can change the pagecount by changing the margins just > a little. If you want this to be a six page document, I'd widen and > lengthen the margins just a smidgen. > >

Re: what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?

2010-06-10 Thread Alan L Tyree
rying to talk sense to Steve on this subject :-). Alan > > JMarc -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

2010-04-15 Thread Alan L Tyree
it to. > > > > I suppose that if everything is bundled with LyX, then the choice is > > made and it doesn't matter. Is that a sensible solution? > > > > In the end, I suppose that it may be a technical question/solution > > and I am absolutely unqualified to speak to that. But I hope that > > people who are qualified will at least consider keeping the options > > open. > > Sure, don't worry :-) > > Abdel. > > -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206