Re: Specify an input path in the global preferences?

2011-10-07 Thread Ben M.
> What Guenter suggested seems reasonable. And if you have access to > 2.0, there is also a TEXINPUTS input box in Paths. Nice, that's even more motivation for me to upgrade. I just implemented Guenter's suggestion, and it's working well for me. Thanks guys! -Ben

Specify an input path in the global preferences?

2011-10-06 Thread Ben M.
Hi, My default preamble is "\include{standardpreamble}". This works well in the top level of my documents directory, where I keep standardpreamble.tex. However, if I save a file to a subdirectory, then standardpreamble cannot be found. Is it possible, in the preferences (not document settings),

Re: Pilcrows / Paragraph marks / Nonprinting characters

2009-08-10 Thread Ben M.
>>Vincent--should I wait for a patch from you before I go >>through the trouble of recompiling? > > Why is that a trouble ? Just because I've been messing with Qt 4.5.2 while I upgrade from 4.5.1. My libraries happen to be broken at the moment. Recompiling won't be any trouble once I fix all tha

Re: Pilcrows / Paragraph marks / Nonprinting characters

2009-08-09 Thread Ben M.
>> E voila, >> >> Vincent Wow, you guys are incredible! Mere hours after my feature request! It looks beautiful, and I look forward to trying it out. Vincent--should I wait for a patch from you before I go through the trouble of recompiling? Thanks so much! -Ben

Re: Pilcrows / Paragraph marks / Nonprinting characters

2009-08-09 Thread Ben M.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM, rgheck wrote: > On 08/09/2009 10:26 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: >>> >>> File an enhancement request? It probably can't appear before the next >>> major release (1.7.0), since it would also require a preferences setting to >>> turn it on and off, and that means

Re: Pilcrows / Paragraph marks / Nonprinting characters

2009-08-08 Thread Ben M.
> So far as I know, there isn't any setting in LyX itself that does this. Why > do you need it? Are the ends of paragraphs not clear? It's very difficult to see when a new paragraph appears adjacent to a display-mode equation. >    Style Standard >        EndLabelType Static >        EndLabelStri

Pilcrows / Paragraph marks / Nonprinting characters

2009-08-08 Thread Ben M.
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to get the LyX buffer to display paragraph marks at the end of each paragraph, but I can't find any settings to this effect. For OpenOffice, it's under "View - Nonprinting characters." Google searches return nothing useful. Help please! TIA, Ben

Repeating a multi-line equation

2009-06-23 Thread Ben M.
Hi, I'm working on a document that looks like this: Lots of text Multi-line equation #1 More text Multi-line equation #2 More text ... Summary of useful equations: Multi-line equation #1 Multi-line equation #2 Ideally, if I change something, I should only have to change it in one plac