Re: Tiling Window Manager Interaction with LyX

2018-08-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
t; of the particular > TWM application I'm using? > > Thank you, > Joel > > P.S. The TWM I'm using is chunkwm (https://koekeishiya.github.io/chunkwm/). I've used a TWM (Spectrwm) with LyX on OpenBSD for more than 3 years without any difficulties. Before that I was

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

2017-06-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
any preferences set at present. I certainly wouldn't want continuous spellcheck. This is on OpenBSD -current. -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk

Re: How do I copy text from LyX to xterm/rxvt?

2017-04-20 Thread Anthony Campbell
other way, by using the > > > right-click context menus. Both LyX and Gnome terminal let me do this. > > middle-button paste work fine for me on Ubuntu with LyX 2.2.2. I'm not > > sure what's going wrong. > > > > Scott > FWIW, middle-button wo

Re: lyx to latex

2017-03-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
gt; > which clearly is wrong. (line 368 should be: '} else if (g_rtf_name == > g_tex_name) {') > > Patching this file and now this converter works. > > Kornel Thanks for this - it made conversion work for me. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk

Re: How to get a more visible mouse cursor?

2016-07-31 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 31 Jul 2016, Charlie wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:17:15 +0100 "Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.uk" > informed me of this: > > > I have a post on my blog about how to get a large mouse > cursor in > > Linux. It was originally written

Re: How to get a more visible mouse cursor?

2016-07-31 Thread Anthony Campbell
t; \cursor_width 12 > > Kornel I have a post on my blog about how to get a large mouse cursor in Linux. It was originally written for ArchLinux but it should work for any Linux distribution and I also use it on OpenBSD. Please see http://www.acampbell.uk/serend

Re: Beamer Class: Cannot Create New Frame

2016-06-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 Jun 2016, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > > > I can confirm that I had a similar problem when trying to edit a file > > made some time ago. In the end I gave up and remade it from scratch. > > > > Anthony > > &g

Re: Beamer Class: Cannot Create New Frame

2016-06-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
mber of differences in appearance between > original frames (e.g,, a double line indicating end-of-frame vs a single > line now) and wonder if the version differences are what's caused these > glitches. > I can confirm that I had a similar problem when trying to edit a file ma

Re: microtype usage

2016-02-23 Thread Anthony Campbell
pe} > 2. usually add few more parameters via \usepackage[param1]{microtype} > 3. use heavy loaded settings to get what you need > ? > > (I'm trying to figure out how much space for param tuning should > be left for user in the interface.) > > Pavel 1. Anth

Re: Unexplained file corruption makes it uneditable

2016-02-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 01 Feb 2016, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I'm using 2.1.4 on OpenBSD. > > > > While editing a large file (book) I've twice had it suddenly corrupted > > which made it impossible to edit. Doing anyth

Unexplained file corruption makes it uneditable

2016-02-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
the end gave up and replaced the file with a slightly older one from offline backup. So far this is OK. Any ideas about what could cause this? I tried reinstalling lyx but the problem didn't go away. -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk

Re: My posts don't arrive

2016-02-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 01 Feb 2016, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I receive the posts to this list but when I post myself it doesn't > appear, nor do I get a bounce. Is there still a problem with the list? > -- > Anthony Campbell http://www.acampbell.uk Ah - this one did. So

My posts don't arrive

2016-02-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
I receive the posts to this list but when I post myself it doesn't appear, nor do I get a bounce. Is there still a problem with the list? -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk

Re: Beamer class no longer works for me

2015-08-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 22 Aug 2015, J?rgen Spitzm?ller wrote: > Am Samstag 22 August 2015, 08:51:28 schrieb Anthony Campbell: > > Has something changed in the Beamer class I'm not aware of? > > Beamer support has been completely rewritten for LyX 2.1.0. Particularly the > frame handling h

Beamer class no longer works for me

2015-08-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
items are spaced correctly, not occupying the whole screen. Has something changed in the Beamer class I'm not aware of? Pointers to documentation on this? -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk

Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files

2015-05-24 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 23 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > > > > ~/.lyx/configure.log doesn't show that it has looked for ANY document > > classes, so I suppose that is the problem. Perhaps this is due to > > something wrong with t

Re: lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files

2015-05-23 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 22 May 2015, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell acampbell.uk> writes: > > > > > I am using lyx 2.1.3 on Freebsd. > > > > I want to edit some beamer files but lyx complains that it cannot find > > beamer.cls, amssymb.sty, hyperref.sty, pqf.sty, xc

lyx cannot find beamer.cls and other files

2015-05-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
t the problem persists. Is there any way to make lyx find the files? Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttp://www.acampbell.uk

Re: lyx does not open old beamer class files

2014-04-28 Thread Anthony Campbell
ivan Doesn't seem to be a problem here (Arch Linux 64 bit). Perhaps the Windows version is different? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412

Re: Book Frontmatter

2014-01-31 Thread Anthony Campbell
format, which I do in LibreOffice (not much fun). Kindle does accept rtf, which would help, but as I'd already made Word.doc files I just used those. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412

Searching for damaged index entries

2013-12-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
text and putting them back to isolate the area which contains the error. Can anyone suggest a quicker way? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-cam

Re: Problem with text being inserted randomly

2013-10-19 Thread Anthony Campbell
d. Possibly me being too heavy on the > scroll? > > Maybe not your problem? > > Gordon > New Zealand. > You could be right. I've had this too occasionally and alway assumed it was my own silly fault rather than a bug. I'll try not using the mouse wheel and see i

Re: Increasing font size upsets justification

2013-10-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 12 Oct 2013, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Am Freitag 11 Oktober 2013, 17:35:24 schrieb Anthony Campbell: > > I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I > > increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too > > far toe the righ

Increasing font size upsets justification

2013-10-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
ng it off makes no difference. Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412

Re: \reversemarginpar places notes too far out - SOLVED

2013-09-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Sep 2013, Les Denham wrote: > On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:46:05 +0100 > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > As far as I can see this makes marginal notes unusable for the book > > class. Unless I'm wrong, perhaps it should be documented in the help > > files? >

Re: \reversemarginpar places notes too far out - update

2013-09-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Sep 2013, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I'm writing a book (book class) in which I want to have marginal notes > containing symbols, rather like the Dummies series. As it's a book I'm > using the two-sided layout. > > This works OK using the marginal note command,

Re: Problem with framed box

2013-09-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
exactly what I was looking for. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412

Problem with framed box

2013-09-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
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\reversemarginpar places notes too far out

2013-09-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
to fix this? I tried adding width arguments, e.g. [width=12pt] and [width=0.5in] without effect. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412

Re: Problem with text being inserted randomly

2013-05-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
rd button click. Perhaps it's my > fault, being too heavy handed with the mouse? > I had this very recently in libreoffice. It happened when I was using Find - the same word kept being inserted wherever Find landed. I didn't have the time to investigate further since I

Re: Converting lyx to odt

2013-05-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
#x27;t/can't run that. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412

Re: install lyx 2.0.3-3 linux debian

2013-03-05 Thread Anthony Campbell
> Wolfgang I use Sid and have Lyx 2.0.3-3 running without problems. But I don't use kde (or any other desktop environment). Probably worth a bug report - there was a rather similar one but it's a few years old. See #327988. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbe

Re: Thank You!

2012-07-07 Thread Anthony Campbell
ach them by phone - a big plus. Incidentally, Lulu are printers, not publishers. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.reviewbooks.org.uk http://www.skepticviews.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell

Re: Embedded Fonts

2012-02-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
as postscript (ps), which will work. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: is lyx really appropriate for my book.

2012-02-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
ich gives me maximum freedom to concentrate on the content my text without bothering about how it will look. I then import it into LyX to prepare it for printing. I still make content changes at this stage but the basic material already exists. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Mic

Re: Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border

2012-01-23 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 21 Jan 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > >All the slides I make with lyx+beamer have faint grey symbols along the > >lower edge. These are clickable to move around in the slides but I want to > >eliminate them. I think there

Re: Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border

2012-01-21 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 21 Jan 2012, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > Hi ANthony, > > Putting > > \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} > > in the preamble should give you what you want. > > 2012/1/21 Anthony Campbell : > > Sorry if this is a bit off-topic - it's really a beame

Beamer files have faint symbols at lower border

2012-01-21 Thread Anthony Campbell
but I don't know what to search for in google. Anyone know what it is? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
sons I posted earlier. As others on the list have said, I'd look for a local printer who offers a good deal. Flexibility in the print run seems to be a prime concern for you. I don't know about printers in SA; Antony Rowe in Britain is good from that point of view, but shipping to SA wou

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Anthony Campbell
r stories of unacceptable books resulting in long email arguments with Lulu. I like to deal with a firm that I can ring up and grouse to if I need to. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
-publishing printed books for sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield much if any profit. The future, I'm sure, is in ebooks. Don't use Lulu for that; Smashwords is better. I have 6 books on Smashwords, including most of those I published with Lulu, and all ar

Re: Lyx and xindy

2011-05-05 Thread Anthony Campbell
some spedifications (via xindy modules). > > BTW both in xindy and texindy, the language option is (capital) -L. > > Jürgen You don't say which operating system you are using. I had the same problem on Debian Sid, which was due to a bug in clisp (required by xindy), I so

Re: Index generation failure - bug? -SOLVED

2011-04-21 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 20 Apr 2011, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I found that Lyx was not generating the index with at least two files I > tried it on. > > After a lot of experimentation I managed to get an index using a > semi-manual method: > > 1. Export the file as latex (luatex and possib

Index generation failure - bug?

2011-04-20 Thread Anthony Campbell
y. It looks as if LyX doesn't automatically generate myfile.idx on my setup; I have to do it manually. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: Change default viewer?

2011-04-20 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 20 Apr 2011, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Anthony Campbell > wrote: > > Sorry to be dense,but I can't see how this is supposed to work. I tried > > changing Viewer from None to Custom and then putting in xpdf but I still > > get Adobe.

Re: Change default viewer?

2011-04-20 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 20 Apr 2011, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Anthony Campbell > wrote: > > The default viewer (called with Ctrl-R) is Adobe. I want to use xpdf but > > I can't find anywhere to change this. Tools -> Preferences > > > ..then > Fi

Change default viewer?

2011-04-20 Thread Anthony Campbell
The default viewer (called with Ctrl-R) is Adobe. I want to use xpdf but I can't find anywhere to change this. Tools -> Preferences doesn't seem to offer a choice. Is it possible to do this? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GN

Re: How do I avoid luatex defaults?

2011-04-04 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 04 Apr 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Yes, moving Preferences aside makes things work correctly. I can't see > > anything in the file that is relevant. > > I suppose the following note

Re: How do I avoid luatex defaults?

2011-04-04 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 04 Apr 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Via the menu (File > Export). This initially offers me pdf(luatex). > > I now have to go to More Options to find pdf(ps2pdf). Not a major > > problem, of course, but I preferred the previous arra

Re: How do I avoid luatex defaults?

2011-04-04 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 04 Apr 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I haven't used LyX for some time and when I did so today I found that it > > was using luatex as the default for exporting pdf files. This produced > > errors. I evntually found how to ret

How do I avoid luatex defaults?

2011-03-30 Thread Anthony Campbell
on of choices fir File -> Export? I couldn't find anything in Preferences. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: Where to change dvi previewer?

2011-01-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 13 Jan 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > That has an entry for Viewer, which is currently blank. But putting > > > "xpdf" or "/usr/bin/xpdf" doesn't make any difference, even after d

Re: Where to change dvi previewer?

2011-01-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 13 Jan 2011, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 13 Jan 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I can't see anywhere in Prefences/converters where the viewer is being > > > set. Is it possible to change this? > > > > Preferences &

Re: Where to change dvi previewer?

2011-01-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 13 Jan 2011, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I can't see anywhere in Prefences/converters where the viewer is being > > set. Is it possible to change this? > > Preferences > File Formats. > > Jürgen That has an entry for Viewer, wh

Where to change dvi previewer?

2011-01-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
ences/converters where the viewer is being set. Is it possible to change this? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: No printing of any files

2010-11-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 22 Nov 2010, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > Anthony Campbell writes: > > Can someone kindly point to where this printing issue is documented? > > http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinTips#printing > > -- > Enrico Already found that, but I'm not using Windo

Re: No printing of any files

2010-11-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 21 Nov 2010, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 21.11.2010 15:37, schrieb Anthony Campbell: > > >When I try to print any file I get the message: "Check that your printer > >is set up correctly." > > > >I have my printer set as Kyocera. > > LyX's

No printing of any files

2010-11-21 Thread Anthony Campbell
roblem by first exporting the file as ps and then printing that. Can someone kindly point to where this printing issue is documented? -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.c

Re: Beamer multitude problems with lyx

2010-06-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
arance of my slides as I write them. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: como evitar espacios en blanco entre párrafos

2010-04-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
> Richard I've found that this problem is fixed by including \raggedbottom in the preamble. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: Error for xetex generated pdf on lulu.com: Your document could not be created: The Times-Bold font is not embedded.

2010-04-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
gt; See my previous message in this thread. It does work; I do it all the time. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: Error for xetex generated pdf on lulu.com: Your document could not be created: The Times-Bold font is not embedded.

2010-04-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
rm and let Lulu make the pdf. This always works. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
The main difficulties I found were working out how to use the columns environment and putting things into blocks without invoking a title (solved this by starting with Ctrl-Space). Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell

Re: Changing the theme in beamer

2010-03-12 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 12 Mar 2010, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > >I've been using Prosper for a long time to make slides but am > >experimenting with Lyx for the purpose. I've found beameruserguide1.pdf > >which gives some advice but is there anything else I should l

Changing the theme in beamer

2010-03-12 Thread Anthony Campbell
reamble or is there a better way? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: Difference between "New Page" and "Page Break"

2010-01-23 Thread Anthony Campbell
age, except that any leftover figures or tables are put on one or more separate pages with no text." Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: White pages after some chapters using KOMA script book

2010-01-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
this to do with two page settings so that new chapters start on the right? > > At least in the Book class you can fix this in Document/Settings. Under Class Options choose Custom and insert openany. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using D

Re: Index not being printed

2009-11-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
wrong - perhaps some residual file that was blocking the index generation? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell

Re: Index not being printed

2009-11-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 Nov 2009, Steve Litt wrote: > On Monday 16 November 2009 12:25:17 Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've made 4 books previously and the index has always appeared > > correctly. I did the same with an earlier version of the present book > > and again the index appeare

Index not being printed

2009-11-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
book nothing is printed. I think I must have missed out something obvious but what? I'm using the same preamble as usual; nothing has changed. It is Book class. Any suggestions please? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://

Re: Converting to doc format

2009-10-23 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 23 Oct 2009, Pete Crite wrote: > On 23/10/2009, at 3:34 AM, Florian Rubach wrote: > > >Anthony Campbell schrieb: > >>I'm thinking of publishing in ebook form via Smashwords, who > >>unfortunately demand Word format. I'm on Linux and as far as I > &g

Re: Converting to doc format

2009-10-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 22 Oct 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 21 Oct 2009, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 06:50:56PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > Thanks to all for replies. I went to the Wiki as suggested and found how > > > to export files as rtf, wh

Re: Converting to doc format

2009-10-21 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 21 Oct 2009, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 06:50:56PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Thanks to all for replies. I went to the Wiki as suggested and found how > > to export files as rtf, which should be loadable into Openoffice > > - excellent! I&#

Re: Converting to doc format

2009-10-21 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 21 Oct 2009, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:55:10AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I'm thinking of publishing in ebook form via Smashwords, who > > unfortunately demand Word format. I'm on Linux and as far as I can > > see after a f

Converting to doc format

2009-10-21 Thread Anthony Campbell
nd save it as a .doc file from there. Does anyone know a better way? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)

Re: How Many use linux

2009-09-12 Thread Anthony Campbell
ars ago but was happy using Latex so didn't bother with it. But when I started my present round of publishing books via Lulu (5 so far) I started with LyX and found it cut the work down by at least 70 per cent. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Us

Re: Text on right, images on left

2009-08-31 Thread Anthony Campbell
inning of each chapter and following this with the text. Actually, this probably works better for my purpose, but I thought I was probably being wimpish by not being able to implement the L/R split. But now I feel a bit better about my failure. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Mi

Re: openright, openany?

2009-08-19 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 19 Aug 2009, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I'm using the book class. I'm sure that 'openright' used to be the > > default and I used to put '\openany' in the preamble. Now 'openany' > > seems to be the d

openright, openany?

2009-08-19 Thread Anthony Campbell
I'm using the book class. I'm sure that 'openright' used to be the default and I used to put '\openany' in the preamble. Now 'openany' seems to be the default and putting '\openright' in the preamble causes an error. Any informa

Re: How to make a macro

2009-06-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 06 Jun 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Anthony Campbell schrieb: >> I would like to make a macro for an ERT command: >> >> \clearpage \thispagetyle \mbox{} \clearpage >> >> I'm sure it is is possible but I don't seem able to find any >> do

How to make a macro

2009-06-06 Thread Anthony Campbell
I would like to make a macro for an ERT command: \clearpage \thispagetyle \mbox{} \clearpage I'm sure it is is possible but I don't seem able to find any documentation for it. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/

Re: How to allow chapters to start on even numbered pages?

2009-04-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
pages in order to start every >>> chapter >>> on an odd page. >> > There's some option for this. Maybe it's "openany". > > rh It is. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)

Re: Thanks for LyX

2009-04-07 Thread Anthony Campbell
rm: Typeset using Lyx on Debian Gnu/Linux. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)

Re: How to mark text for operations in 1.6.2?

2009-03-31 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 31 Mar 2009, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Anthony Campbell writes: > > > In earlier versions of lyx I could mark lines or longer sections of text > > using Shift+Right-arrow. This no longer works in 1.6.2 and I have to use the > > mouse, which is less satisfact

How to mark text for operations in 1.6.2?

2009-03-31 Thread Anthony Campbell
In earlier versions of lyx I could mark lines or longer sections of text using Shift+Right-arrow. This no longer works in 1.6.2 and I have to use the mouse, which is less satisfactory. Is there any way to recapture the earlier behaviour? Or is it a bug? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a

Re: LyX Branch, self-compiled [was: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien] -SOLVED

2009-03-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 26 Mar 2009, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-03-26, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > For some reason, though, I had to copy the resultant lyx executable to > > ~/bin myself; neither make install nor the deb file put an executable in > > place. > > By default, the pre

Re: LyX Branch, self-compiled [was: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien] -SOLVED

2009-03-26 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 25 Mar 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 25 Mar 2009, rgheck wrote: > > > Hard to know. The first thing I'd do is check to make sure libqt4-dev is > > installed, and find out where it is installed. Anyway, if you want to > > post the config.log, I can have a lo

Re: LyX Branch, self-compiled [was: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien]

2009-03-25 Thread Anthony Campbell
/usr/local/bin\n LyX files dir:/usr/local/share/lyx\n" #define LYX_DIR_VER "LYX_DIR_16x" #define LYX_USERDIR_VER "LYX_USERDIR_16x" #define LYX_MAJOR_VERSION 1 #define LYX_MINOR_VERSION 6 #define LYX_RELEASE_LEVEL 2 #define LYX_RELEASE_PATCH 0 configure: exit 1 -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)

Re: LyX Branch, self-compiled [was: lyx 1.6.2 for debian using rpm and alien]

2009-03-25 Thread Anthony Campbell
since I have the deb package for lyx-1.6.1, but I'm curious about why there is this difference. I spent a long time looking at config.log but no illumination dawned. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)

Re: Books in LyX: Was How to import separate chapters into document?

2009-02-21 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 20 Feb 2009, Steve Litt wrote: > On Friday 20 February 2009 09:35:27 am Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using > > 1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x. > > Anthony, > > What were your other three books? Are you

Re: How to import separate chapters into document?

2009-02-20 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 20 Feb 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I'm just starting to prepare my fourth book with Lyx, this time using > 1.6.1 instead of 1.5.x. > > I have a problem with importing the text. I import the first chapter > (previously a plain text tile) but when I want to add the secon

How to import separate chapters into document?

2009-02-20 Thread Anthony Campbell
least for viewing and ultimately saving as a pdf file. How do I see the book as a whole? Is there no way to add it to the foot of the first chapter? Do I have to do it with the mouse? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/

Re: Using LyX for a book

2009-02-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 17 Feb 2009, Konrad Hofbauer wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: >> I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous >> three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell >> me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (o

Re: Hyphenation at end of the page

2009-02-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
== I was very interested to see this thread because when I posted a query on the same subject some time ago I got no replies. For one book I fixed all the instances manually but it was a lot of work. For another, I just gave up and left it, because on looking at other books by

Re: Using LyX for a book

2009-02-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
vious three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to somewhere that discusses this)? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)

Re: Lyx to Booksurge Success

2008-12-24 Thread Anthony Campbell
nside'; I opted for this in the case of Google, while Amazon did it anyway. Both books are selling, though in small numbers. On balance, I think/hope that the ability of readers to see a selection of pages will be helpful to sales. As Steve says, it is much the same as being able to look through a book in a bookshop. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)

Re: Lyx pdf & Booksurge Self publishing

2008-10-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
n use it.) 5. Moral of the story: have a look at Lulu before paying money upfront to Booksurge. It might be worth searching the forums at Lulu for opinions by people who have tried both. Hope this is some use, Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)

Re: Position of chapter heading - left or right page?

2008-08-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 26 Aug 2008, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > On 25 Aug 2008, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > I'm using the default book category. > > > &

Re: Position of chapter heading - left or right page?

2008-08-25 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 25 Aug 2008, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I'm using the default book category. > > > > The chapter headings come out on the left-hand (even number) page. This > > doesn't seem to be usual in any of the boo

Re: Position of chapter heading - left or right page?

2008-08-25 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 25 Aug 2008, rgheck wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: >> I'm using the default book category. >> >> The chapter headings come out on the left-hand (even number) page. This >> doesn't seem to be usual in any of the books I look at. >> >> >

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