Fwd: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

-- Forwarded message -- From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا < fredericknoro...@gmail.com> Date: 23 April 2017 at 17:44 Subject: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC To: LyX Users Dear all, Could you kindly help me with a tip on

Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

all in Lyx! -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/

Re: Problem with table....

etting. Based in Goa, India. Would really appreciate any help or pointers from anyone on how to make our books more neat looking, specially with attractive chapter pages. Thanks, Frederick Founder and Editor http://goa1556.in On 3 April 2017 at 09:04, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > On 04/02/2017 06:13 P

Query about table of contents in Lyx

Some of my chapter titles are really long. I'd like to break them into two lines (at a point where I want it, without the line being justified). Can someone kindly let me know how this is done using the ERT for creating the table of contents? Many thanks! FN -- P +91-832-2409490 M 98221

Removing index entries... automatically?

Is there some way to remove all index entries? I'm trying to convert a printed book into an ebook and need to remove all. Thanks! FN -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556

Reducing space after fullstops?

LyX tends to add spaces after fullstops. It looks a bit excessive sometimes. How do I reduce/avoid this pls? FN -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556

Query about footnotes in Lyx: size appears too small

{12pt} %\usepackage[margin=10pt,font=small,labelfont=bf,labelsep=endash]{caption} \renewcommand{\normalsize}{\fontsize{10pt}{13.4pt}\selectfont} Regards and thanks in advance, FN -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org

Insert row... lyx

The 'insert row' facility in Lyx tables, would it not help if any number of rows could be inserted at a time (as done, say, for Libre Office tables), intead of having to add one at a time? Or am I missing something? FN -- -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @f

How to convert Lyx file into doc?

Dear all, would be grateful for a bit of advice. I often need to share my files (soft copy, in Lyx) with my authors. What would be the best way to convert a Lyx file into a doc file, while retaining its images and formatting? Many thanks! FN -- -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn

Query: how to get italics in a Table of Contents?

I need to create a ToC for a book dealing with the writing of Salman Rushdie. The chapter titles contain book names. How do I make a word italicised in the ToC? \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Writing in a Postcolonial / Postmodern Space: Rushdie’s Narrative Landscape} -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

Really grateful to Les for his advice below. This works very well! Gracias... from India. FN On 14 July 2014 04:30, Les Denham wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:08:47 +0530 > Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا > wrote: > > > * What is the easiest way to

Re: Lyx, Kindle, epub

, nearly all set in LyX! See http://goa1556.in On 14 July 2014 04:30, Les Denham wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:08:47 +0530 > Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا > wrote: > > > * What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub? > > *

Lyx, Kindle, epub

it easy to create epub and other formats of ebooks? Many thanks! FN for Goa,1556 http://goa1556.in is an alternative publishers, which has over 70 books to its credit and is officially committed to using LyX! -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in

Importing tables to Lyx?

Is there any tool which allows imports of boxes/tables (from say doc/odt files) to Lyx? The filters for Abiword often don't work. FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 <http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2> Prouding using Lyx to publish: http://goa1556.in

Narrower columns (on a two column page)

Can I somehow make my columns narrower on a two-column page. Thanks in advance, FN -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in

Filters, etc ... to make ebooks?

Is there some way please to easily convert a Lyx file into an epub ebook? FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick Goa,1556: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2

Increasing the width of a 'quote' column

Dear anyone who can help: I'm trying to set a two-column page, with the text (poetry) in the 'quote' format. Question: Is it possible to have a larger width for the quote columns on the page? Many thanks! FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From

Any way to create catchy page numbers...

... with the number in reverse set against a black background? What could I use to attain this? Thanks in advance! FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick Goa,1556: http://bit.ly

Where the error message shows up

The {subsection} was missing, so it was my error and the software got understandably confused! But here is the problem -- When the error message came, it started to point to all different sections of the text. Not the relevant one. Why was this happening? Can this be sharpened, pls? FN -- FN

Re: Semi-automatic indexing

Thanks indeed Andrew... am just trying to figure out how to install/work this, and will get back. Really appreciate! FN On 7 December 2013 04:49, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > Hullo Frederick, > > Back at the start of October, you asked on the list about semi-automatic > indexing.

Words in the index, italicisation...

Can someone give me a clue why some words of mine end up as italics in the index, and others don't? Also, how can one italicise certain words in a table-of-contents? Thanks, FN _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ FN P+91-832-2409490

Re: 304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

Thanks very much for that help Stefano. I've split the file into two parts, and can now generate PDF. Generating PS is still giving some trouble though! FN On 18 October 2013 00:59, stefano franchi wrote: > Frederick, > > we need some more information on what is happening to pr

Re: 304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

In addition to my earlier msg: When I try to generate a PS file, the message I get is Copying /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.TJ2448/lyx_tmpbuf2/oct31.ps to /home/oldhome/fn/GOA1556/oct31.ps failed What does this mean? FN

304-page book, but PDF cuts short at Page 236

ome files. Tks for any tips and pointers that you could offer. Many thanks! FN _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ FN P+91-832-2409490 M+91-9822122436_/ _/ New from Goa,1556 [http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2] _/ _/ http://bi

Re: For Lyx Users: index

Dear Stefano and Scott, Could you kindly correct my version (attached) for me to understand how it should be done in Memoir class? Tks, FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings Goa,1556 http://www.scribd.com/doc

Requesting a feature... semi-automated index-creation tool

Is it possible to have some semi-automated tool for creating indexes in Lyx? Something like TExtract http://www.Texyz.com -- it could allow the user to enter the keywords, and then accept those appearing in the text. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org

For Lyx Users: index

o get 'beach' correctly spelt? Thanks in advance, FN _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ FN P +91-832-240-9490 M +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org _/ Goa,1556 titles: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/

Lyx... setting text in circular shape

Is there some way I could set the colophone of a book (done in Lyx) in a circular shape? FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org

Offtopic: Onyx files?

Please excuse an off-topic query, as I don't know where else to raise this. Is there any GNU/Linux tool to create Onyx files? Onyx is the format in which book-related information is stored. http://www.netread.com/onix/ Tks, FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org

Resetting footnote numbering after every chapter...

tnote symbols repeats ... and is not being accepted.) Kindly cc me in your reply. Many thanks! FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org

Command to change headers of a few pages of a book

How do I manage to do this? The pages are in before the main matter, and I'm using a chapter* to define them. So it's not taking the right header which I want it to. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-indi

Re: Footnotes, new numbers from each chapter...

Thanks, Richard. Am using book (Memoire). Rgds, FN Re: Footnotes, new numbers from each chapter... Richard Heck Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:59:44 -0700 On 08/14/2011 02:35 PM, Kulkarni Shantanu wrote: > * Frederick FN Noro

Footnotes, new numbers from each chapter...

Dear all: Is there some way I could start the footnote number new with each chapter -- that is, it should start from 1, 2, 3 etc at the start of every chapter? Many thanks in advance. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http

Footnote in a box

I can't seem to place a footnote in a box. Is there some problem? FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org

Footnote not showing up in a box

Any idea why a footnote is not showing up when I place it in a box? Is it a bug? FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org

Footnotes... across the chapters

Is it possible for Lyx to offer footnote numbering across the chapters? I mean, if there are 17 footnotes in Chapter 1, the first footnote in Chapter 2 should be #18, and not #1. Many thanks for any help you could offer. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent

Empty output file?

When I try to create a PDF of my Lyx file, this is the error message I get. Could someone guide me pls: File does not exist: /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.J10717/lyx_tmpbuf2/eugenio-24june2011.pdf FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa

Enumerate, line space

Is there some way I could set all "enumerate" line-spacing to 1-space instead of 1.5 space between lines? Thanks in advance. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org

Can use ' symbol in \letterine?

When I use this ERT command, Lyx seems to hit a bug... it just won't produce PDF. \lettrine{T} {he people's} The problem is with the ' and works fine without it. Any idea why? FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa Indi

{\fnsymbol{footnote}}

), after which error messages start showing up. Any help would be much appreciated! FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org

Good dictionary for Lyx

What is a good dictionary for Lyx in English please? And what's the easiest idiot-proof way to install it :-) FN -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Updated: http://goabooks.wordpress.com

Chapter styles

Hi all, I really would like the chapter beginning-pages of my books to look snazzy, and different from one another (I mean, different styles for different books). Could someone guide me on how to achieve that? Best, FN -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani

Vanishing ToC

Chapter or Chapter*. FN -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://twitter.com/fn

Query about preparing a Lyx-crafted book for the printers (with photos)

hese are B&W photos. (i) Is this right? (ii) If so, how do I get around this? A cc to my address would be much appreciated, since a print-job is awaiting. Thanks much! FN -- FN M: 9970157402 or 9822122436 P:+91-832-240-9490 (after 1pm) Skype: fredericknoronha Yahoochat: fredericknoronha

Query: printing mirror image

Could someone please guide me how to print a PDF file (generated in Lyx) in the mirror format? I need this for printing a book. Thanks! FN -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/

Multi-writer book

Any tip how I could enter the name of the author of each chapter in the table-of-contents of a multi-author book? Thanks in advance. FN -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/

Re: What does this mean, and how do I solve it please?

Thank you so much that was most helpful! FN On 11/11/2007, Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/10/07, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some characters of your document are probably not representable i

What does this mean, and how do I solve it please?

Some characters of your document are probably not representable in the chosen encoding. Changing the document encoding to utf8 could help. -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/

For Lyx users, a problem in sharing a Lyx file

Hi Lyx-Users, When I try to read the Lyx file sent to me by a writer with whom I'm collaborating on a book, the message I'm getting is "/tmp/song of the survivors.lyx is from an earlier version of Lyx, but the lyx2lyx script failed to convert it". Any solution? I'm on L

Updating index

How do I update the index of a Lyx-generated book? I made a number of changes in the index, but these don't seem to show up. FN -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Konkani Wikipedia (under incub

Getting text to wrap around illustrations in Lyx

I am trying to get Lyx to wrap text around illustrations for a book. What I notice is that if the illustration is 50% or less of the column width, the text wraps very neatly. Otherwise, the justification of the text goes awry. Is this some bug in Lyx, or is there some logic to it? Tks, FN -- FN M

Spacing between lines...

I'm trying to set a book to 12/15 points. Is there some way I can do this? The options I'm getting are just one-line, one-and-half, and double-linespace. So I'd be really grateful if someone could tell me how to get 12/15 points setti