Re: passing options to bibtopic

2011-06-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Richard Heck wrote: > ** > On 06/22/2011 05:40 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: > > When using the "sectioned bibliography" option, LyX automatically adds: > \usepackage[dot]{bibtopic} > to the preamble. > > Is there a wa

passing options to bibtopic

2011-06-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
When using the "sectioned bibliography" option, LyX automatically adds: \usepackage[dot]{bibtopic} to the preamble. Is there a way to add additional options to the bibtopic package, e.g. \usepackage[dot,sectcntreset]{bibtopic} James

A few suggestions for fixes in LyX 2.0

2011-04-13 Thread James C. Sutherland
I have very much enjoyed using LyX 2.0! Thanks to the development team for your efforts! A few minor things that I have found recently regarding forward/reverse PDF search on Mac with Skim: In section 5.6 of "Additional.lyx" on the "Skim" directions for reverse search, there is a problem with th

Re: Poll for the default icon theme in LyX 2.0

2011-03-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
oxygen

Re: using "import" package within LyX?

2011-03-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Richard Heck wrote: > > > 1. create a file "master.lyx" and edit the LaTeX preamble to include > > > "\usepackage{import}" > > > 2. Insert ERT "\subimport{subdir}{trythis.tex}" > > > 3. create "trythis.tex" in subdir > > > 4. Compile. >

using "import" package within LyX?

2011-02-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
I need to use the LaTeX import package to manage hierarchical directory structures with graphics files distributed throughout the structure. Furthermore, this is in a mixed LyX/LaTeX environment, where LyX gathers the LaTeX files to create various "master" documents. While the "import" package see

bug with brackets in subfloat?

2011-02-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
I may have discovered a bug, but it may be in LaTeX itself. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a figure float 2. create a sub-float within it. 3. In the subfloat caption, enter (in math mode): $[A]$, where $ indicates math mode. 4. Compile the file. This results in a LaTeX error that

extract all equations in a document?

2010-12-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
Fellow LyX enthusiasts, Does anyone know if there is a way to extract all of the equations from a document into a single file? Along the same lines, is there a way to do this for tables and figures as well? James

Re: opening two tabs with outline on and closing one, crashes lyx.

2010-09-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
FWIW, I cannot duplicate this on Mac running LyX 1.6.7. Also, step 6 creates "newfile1" for me, not "newfile2" James On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Todd Denniston < todd.dennis...@tsb.cranrdte.navy.mil> wrote: > OS: Centos 5.5 up to date (equivalent to RHEL 5.5) > LyX: lyx 1.6.7 (lyx-1.6.7-1.e

Re: Pure Promotion - LyX Talk at University of Utah

2010-08-18 Thread James C. Sutherland
Rob, You didn't mention a DATE for the event... By the way, if you are mentioning Mendeley, I know that they have promotional event support (e.g. handouts, free pizza, etc). It may be worth contacting them if you are interested in pursuing that. James On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Rob Oake

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
, William Bray wrote: > I installed Lyx 1.6.7 on my mac running OSX 10.6.4 and encounter no > problems with mouse scrolling. I have not experimented with Lyx 2.0 as yet. > > bill > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:09 AM, James C. Sutherland < > james.sutherl...@utah.edu>

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:24 AM, BH wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:12 AM, James C. Sutherland > wrote: > > Another regression on Mac: some of the dialogue boxes (e.g. the spell > check > > dialogue box) is not rendered properly. See the attached image. > Resiz

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.6.7 is released!

2010-07-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
frame and without an inner box > > - Box dialog: without an inner box the specification of the width is only > possible with a simple frame (bug 6721). > > - Use correct fonts for rendering the \underbar and \ensuremath macros in > math when they are nested in certain environments (bug

Re: LyX 2.0 alpha 4 - Right-Click on Mac broken

2010-07-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
Hmm - it is working again. Must be some gremlins on my machine. James On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM, James C. Sutherland < james.sutherl...@utah.edu> wrote: > I have found another bug in 2.0 alpha for Mac. Right-clicking a text > selection does not work properly. No context m

LyX 2.0 alpha 4 - Right-Click on Mac broken

2010-07-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
I have found another bug in 2.0 alpha for Mac. Right-clicking a text selection does not work properly. No context menu comes up when right-clicking. Can anyone else confirm? If so I can file a bug report. By the way, I really like the new spell checking capabilities in LyX 2.0. I never succee

Re: LyX 2.0 GUI Issue on Mac

2010-06-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > James C. Sutherland wrote: > > I just started looking at the 2.0 alpha 4 version of LyX. > > > > This issue may already be well-known, but there are several parts of the > GUI > > that appear improperly on my Mac

No Mouse scrolling in LyX 2.0 - Mac?

2010-06-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
I just discovered that mouse scrolling does not work in 2.0 alpha 4 on Mac. Can anyone else confirm? James

Re: inserting line numbers in lyx document

2010-02-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Willis Gwenzi wrote: > I am using Lyx 1.6.3 for my thesis. For ease of editing I would like to > insert line numbers throughout the document. Any suggestions on how to do > it? The enumerate function cannot do it because it inserts the number only > at the sart of the

Re: Good layout for note taking for class?

2010-02-11 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Chris Rackauckas wrote: > > What's a good layout for this? > I've looked through many but they were all a bit odd. I don't know if there is any "great" layout for this, but one thing that will help a lot is if you create math macros (see the LyX user manual). This

Re: Editing equations as latex rather than graphically.

2010-02-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Feb 1, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Tim Hutt wrote: > On 1 February 2010 19:22, rgheck wrote: >> Try View>Source if you want to *see* the LaTeX. > > Ah yes, I did that in an equation and it is almost exactly what I want > - just need to be able to edit the text. Without looking at the code, > it doesn

rotated multirow cells with line wrapping

2009-12-24 Thread James C. Sutherland
I would like to create a table that has a multirow cell in it. However, I need to wrap the text and orient it vertically (rotated 90 degrees). I have attached a LyX file and its associated PDF output for an example of what I am trying to do. I cannot get the text to wrap properly. Any tips?

Re: Problem with table format

2009-12-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:32 PM, wrote: > I have Lyx version 1.6.4.1 on a mac running os x version 10.5.8 and am a > new user of the Lyx application. I am having problems with the format of > a simple table when I generate a pdf file. Specifically, I get part of an > extra cell attached to the bot

Re: More equation breaking

2009-12-02 Thread James C . Sutherland
On Dec 2, 2009, at 5:56 AM, Manolo Martí nez wrote: > is there anyway to break an equation in two lines in a place > that is inside brackets? I mean something like this: > > a·(b + c + > d + e) > Look at sectoin 18.1.3 in the math manual included with LyX.

Re: Float (figure) placed in the end of the document

2009-12-01 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Dec 1, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote: > Hi All, > > I did something, but I don't know what. > > Now, all my figure-floats are placed at the end of the document. > > Last thing I did was to added "start appendix here", and floats were pushed > to the end. > I thought this was the p

Re: CLS file not found anymore after updating LyX and MacTeX

2009-11-16 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Dan Stark wrote: > Dear All, > > I updated to MacTeX 2009 and LyX 1.6.4.2 and now LyX cannot locate a CLS file > that I was using. > > I have it located in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex currently. > > Is there any way to get LyX to see the CLS file again? > Perh

Re: Insert \left. (xxxx) \right|

2009-11-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:42 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > I'm entering this expression: > > \left.\frac{R_{s}}{2f_{s}}(1+\alpha)\right|_{f_{s=4R_{s}}} > > which is a common way of saying (expression) evalated substituting (value). > Is there any direct way to enter this without resorting to ERT? >

Re: layout files & document frontmatter

2009-11-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 4, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:40 AM, <2450h...@gmail.com> <2450h...@gmail.com> wrote: I am defining a layout where I need to have a few LaTeX definitions made. In LaTeX, these would be: \ICSEnum{12345}

Re: layout files & document frontmatter

2009-11-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:40 AM, <2450h...@gmail.com> <2450h...@gmail.com> wrote: I am defining a layout where I need to have a few LaTeX definitions made. In LaTeX, these would be: \ICSEnum{12345} This is not displayed - it is required for the class (.cls) file I am using. In the LyX la

Re: Problems including a document

2009-11-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Manolo Martí nez wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. Surprisingly, LaTeX does compile; with a bunch of errors in the .log, to be sure, but none of them fatal. How can I find out what the compiler was doing when it stumbled upon the things that LyX finds offending

Re: Problems including a document

2009-11-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 3, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Manolo Martí nez wrote: That's not the problem, apparently. I have moved everything to the master document's preamble and the strange behaviour recurs. Chapter 5 compiles. Master document w/o Ch. 5 compiles, but Master document with Ch. 5 does not. Thanks for

Re: Help needed

2009-11-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Nov 2, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Ville Iiskola wrote: Hi Houston we have a problem. I writed a formula in the middle of the line with lyx and i tried to put the number of the formula in the end of the line but i could not do that. How is that possible??? Ville You will probably find it wor

Re: LyX 1.6.4.1 and Snow Leopard

2009-10-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 29, 2009, at 5:38 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: Jan David Hauck writes: Referring to the recent discussion on LyX having problems on Snow Leopard, I can state, that the problem solved itself somehow. In fact LyX crashed "really" one time (I think when I accidentally wanted to paste a

Re: Developing

2009-10-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 28, 2009, at 6:35 AM, Samaneh Soleymoney wrote: Hi I need some information about the software architecture of Lyx. I am going to develop a new open source word processor. But I need some basic information about how to start it. Like software structure. I really appreciate you to give

Re: Float/figures width

2009-10-26 Thread James C. Sutherland
I suggest that you look at the user manual that comes with LyX: Help -> User's Guide Help -> Embedded Objects All of your questions should be answered there. On Oct 26, 2009, at 10:04 AM, ColMatrix wrote: Hi there, Just started dabbling with LaTex and Lyx. I understand how to

Re: Setting the width of cells

2009-10-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
works. I attach the LyX file from which I took the latex source I gave you and the PDF is the result. On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:22 PM, James C. Sutherland > wrote: On Oct 12, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: James C. Sutherland writes: I cannot duplicate this with 1.6.4.1 on Mac OSX 10.

Re: Setting the width of cells

2009-10-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 12, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: James C. Sutherland writes: I cannot duplicate this with 1.6.4.1 on Mac OSX 10.6.1. What version of LyX are you using? What platform/OS are you on? Can you post a minimal example? I don't know how to post an attachment here. I can

Re: Setting the width of cells

2009-10-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 12, 2009, at 3:59 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: Hi! I was trying to set a table so that it takes the entire column of my document. I have 4 columns, so I selected each entire column and I set the width as 20% of the text width. The problem is that, at the end, the table doesn't take 100% o

Re: Urgent: Latex error with version 1.6.4.1

2009-10-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 12, 2009, at 4:24 AM, Nicola Molinari wrote: Dear Sir or Madam, I'm writing my thesis with LyX (version 1.6.4.1 for Mac OS) but I have a problem when I try to compile the DVI file. The error message is: *LaTeX Error: \begin{itemize} on input line 313 ended by \end {document}.* * *

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-08 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: hi, i have small question for people using lyx + subversion. i'm thinking about using some svn syntax from version >=1.5 for new lyx commands. how big is the crowd of people still using svn 1.4 or in other words could you drop me version nu

Re: Making tables 100% text width

2009-10-07 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 7, 2009, at 4:08 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: Hi! Is it possible somehow to make the tables take the entire column of the text? I have a sequence of tables and I would like to make them all the same size, the entire column if possible. I see I can do this for figures, is is possible to d

Re: compile error

2009-10-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 6, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Gerard Ranke wrote: Hi, When trying to compile lyx 1.6.4 on irix 6.5.30, I get this error message: cc-1005 CC: ERROR File = ./boost/preprocessor/list/fold_left.hpp, Line = 37 The source file "boost/preprocessor/list/detail/edg/fold_left.hpp" is unav

Locating nomenclature items (outline)

2009-09-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
I really like the LyX outline feature that allows you to easily locate figures, equations, tables, etc. in your document. However, there doesn't seem to be support for nomenclature entries. Does anyone know if such a feature exists in LyX without resorting to a text editor? Thanks, James

Re: LyX 1.6.4.1 and Snow Leopard

2009-09-23 Thread James C. Sutherland
Do you confirm that by disabling autosave LyX 1.6.4.1 works all right on MAC OS X 10.6? No. It seems that even by disabling autosave, LyX still attempts to perform autosaving and the "crash" still occurs. However, this is little more than an annoyance since the app doesn't actually

Re: LyX 1.6.4.1 and Snow Leopard

2009-09-23 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Sep 23, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Stefano Baroni wrote: Hi All. It seems that having a version of LyX working poperly on OS X 10.6 may require some time. Do you confirm that the only feature not working properly is autosave? That has been my observation. Do you confirm that by disabling autos

Re: Forced floats to stay in their subsection in my "Results section"?

2009-09-23 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Sep 23, 2009, at 6:42 AM, NanoPete wrote: Hello, I'm writing my masterthesis in lyx and are having problems in my results section. In this section I have a lot of figures (float figures) and I really want them to stay within their subsection here eventhough there's not much text com

Re: Help on 1.5.6 - 1.6.4 windows upgrade please

2009-09-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Sep 22, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Richard Strauss wrote: I have an old working version of Lyx 1.5.6 (LyX-156-3-25- AltInstaller-Complete.exe) on windows XP. I now want to upgrade to the latest version. Which release do you recommend, without having to compile lyx manully. Thanks. Richard Th

Re: LyX 1.6.4.1 and Snow Leopard

2009-09-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:14 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Julio Rojas writes: Dear all, does LyX 1.6.4.1 solve the problem with Snow Leopard? No :( But fortunately the problem is only an annoyance. LyX "crashes" (you get an OSX crash warning), but the app remains functional and I have

Re: text size in mac version

2009-09-17 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Sep 16, 2009, at 2:25 AM, Dave Garbutt wrote: HI, I have an annoying & frustrating problem- On the Mac OS - X version I was looking for a shortcut and typed crtl +- several times (don't ask me why, I was in lemming like panic at the time) this shortcut I cannot find in the Lyx doc or

Re: Typing lag in Lyx 1.6.4.1, OS X 10.6.0

2009-09-16 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Sep 16, 2009, at 3:18 AM, Josh Whitney wrote: I'm currently working on an early 2008 Macbook with 4 gb of RAM. I am running OS X 10.6.0 and Lyx 1.6.4.1. I've been writing some very long documents in Lyx and once they are more than a few pages long typing becomes excruciatingly slow.

Fwd: "eqref" not working properly

2009-09-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
Begin forwarded message: From: Stefano Baroni Date: September 12, 2009 8:27:06 AM MDT To: James C.Sutherland Subject: Re: "eqref" not working properly On Sep 12, 2009, at 3:47 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: On Sep 12, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Stefano Baroni schri

Re: "eqref" not working properly

2009-09-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Sep 12, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Stefano Baroni schrieb: Hi! I am editing a file imported from raw LaTeX. After adding some text, I started inserting cross-references to equations selecting the "()" style. Ti my surprise, the subsequent LaTeX compilation gives me errors beca

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

2009-09-08 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Hi, I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number of o

Re: Text on right, images on left

2009-08-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 30, 2009, at 12:19 PM, L Duperval wrote: Hi, I want to create a booklet which has text on the right-hand page, while the left-hand page contains a graph, an image, a table or something similar. I suppose I can do this manually by inserting page breaks all over but is there a pack

Re: Extra spacing in tables

2009-08-27 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: John Coppens schrieb: I have a table with some math in it. The matrices were touching the borders, Have you already had a look at the EmbeddedObjects manual that you find in LyX's Help menu? There you find nearly every possible trick for ta

Re: Did something about indexes change between 1.5.x and 1.6.x?

2009-08-26 Thread James C. Sutherland
So, before I devote 4 hours to troubleshooting, does anyone have any suggestions on what to try either to resolve the problem or how to narrow it down? 4 Hours!? I thought you were the troubleshooting guru! (Sorry - couldn't resist) ;-)

Re: text wrap figure misbehaving

2009-08-25 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 22, 2009, at 8:50 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: I have a text wrap figure that is inserted at the beginning of a paragraph. After the paragraph, I have an enum environment with three items. These span a page break. The second item correctly wraps around the figure, but the

Re: \renewcommand conflicts with ams?

2009-08-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 22, 2009, at 11:39 AM, rgheck wrote: On 08/22/2009 12:12 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: I am trying to alter the format of section headings. [snip] Perhaps this is one reason to use the interface provided by the titlesec package to do this. rh Thanks for the tip! That is a

Re: Equation

2009-08-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 22, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Alexis Salcedo wrote: Hello. How do I align the equation, with item 1? See attached file. Thanks Can you be more specific? What do you men by "align?"

\renewcommand conflicts with ams?

2009-08-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
I am trying to alter the format of section headings. I have something like \renewcommand{\subsection}{ % \...@startsection{subsection}{2}{0pt} % {1.1ex plus 2.0ex minus 1ex}% {1.2ex plus 2.0ex minus 1ex} % {\bfseries} % } However, if I the AMS math package gets included by LyX, then

text wrap figure misbehaving

2009-08-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
I have a text wrap figure that is inserted at the beginning of a paragraph. After the paragraph, I have an enum environment with three items. These span a page break. The second item correctly wraps around the figure, but the third item is confused. An example output that illustrates the

Re: Problem with table

2009-08-14 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 14, 2009, at 4:37 AM, Matthias Bußjäger wrote: Hello, I have a problem to build a table with different rows in the columns. For Example: I have 4 rows and 2 columns. How is it possible to merge the 4 rows in the first column? Or something else to get the text in the first column cente

Re: e.g. and other dots that do not end sentences

2009-08-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Aug 5, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Niko Schwarz wrote: How do you type things like e.g. in lyx? If you do not take special care, it is translated to latex merely as "e.g." and therefore creates a giant space after the abbreviation. How to avoid that? Insert -> Formatting -> Inter-Word Space or you

Re: AW: Mac: Refresh of pdf-view?

2009-07-09 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jul 9, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Jannick Asmus wrote: "James C. Sutherland" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:37a1d2d4-5503-40e4-9aac-8067212df...@utah.edu... You may want to try Skim as a pdf reader (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net ). I have used it for quite a while and am very pleased.

Re: Mac: Refresh of pdf-view?

2009-07-09 Thread James C. Sutherland
You may want to try Skim as a pdf reader (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net ). I have used it for quite a while and am very pleased. It will allow auto reloading as well. To hook it in, go to LyX->Preferences->File Formats and then in the drop-down box choose PDF and then in the "Viewer" bo

Re: scrolling=shutdown

2009-07-09 Thread James C. Sutherland
No problems on a Mac running LyX 1.6.3. On Jul 9, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Marcus Broberg wrote: 2009/7/9 rgheck Marcus Broberg wrote: hi I have a problem. When a scroll(arrow down) trough a document lyx exits. Is this a know issue? It probably has something specific to do with some document y

Re: How do I change the citation from [1,2,3,4] to [1-4]?

2009-07-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Randy Tobe wrote: I have a few parts in my document in Lyx where I cite multiple sources together and they are all separated by a comma instead of listing the first and last with a dash in between. My references are in JabRef and my citation style is ieeetr. Is

copying figures - absolute vs. relative paths

2009-06-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
I have observed a somewhat annoying feature of LyX: when I cut/paste a figure (moving it around within a document, for example), the relative path of the figure changes to an absolute path. I can see the merits of this when copying between documents so that the figure doesn't get "lost" due

Re: new paragraph after enum or list environment

2009-06-26 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:43 PM, rgheck wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: Does anyone know how to tell LyX to make a new paragraph after a list? For example, if I have new paragraphs indented, then one immediately following an enum or list will not be indented. How to I change that? Have

Re: help with lyx

2009-06-15 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 15, 2009, at 6:09 AM, esrone noel wrote: Good day, Is there a way to write your name in the background using lyx or an option to write your name on every page without manually inserting your name on every page..I am trying to do this to prevent plagiarism of my documentPleas

Re: how to skip to next page

2009-06-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 12, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Jason Lillywhite wrote: I have not searched for this answer very well online because I'm not sure exactly how to ask it in a few words. My problem is simple: I have a cover page with title and abstract and I want to skip to the next page to start my Introduction. Ho

Re: Inserting C++ code

2009-06-08 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 7, 2009, at 5:55 AM, Sajjad wrote: Hello forum, I have installed LyX 2.6.1 and trying to insert C++ code. I am trying as follows: 1. Inserted a float algorithm . 2. Pasted the code snippet inside that But the code is not well formatted Any hint on how to keep the format ? I h

Re: Unavailable document classes

2009-06-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 5, 2009, at 3:08 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: Hello, I'm a somewhat infrequent user of LyX on Mac OS X. About every other update (my current version is 1.6.1), most of the document classes become unavailable. That is LyX can edit documents in them, but not produce output. How do

color package options

2009-06-04 Thread James C. Sutherland
It appears that \usepackage{color} is automatically placed in the preamble when a program listing with coloring options is used. However, what if I want \usepackage[usenames]{color} instead? Is there a way to do this? If I put this directly in the preamble then I get a LaTe

Re: adjusting distance before and after figures or tables

2009-06-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Semih Özmen wrote: Hi, I couldnot find any setting to adjust distance before and after the figures and tables. Can it be defined in latex class? if so, what parameter should I search for? Thanks Semih You are keeping the list busy today. Try adding something

Re: fast label formating

2009-06-03 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Semih Özmen wrote: Hi, I almost finished my thesis and now I recognized that all eqaution cross-references are shown as 1.23 I want them all be written as Eq. 1.23 or any other prefix. Are there any fast way to do this? thanks in advance.. Semih This is easi

Re: Augmented like matrix

2009-06-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
Hi, I need to express the equation which is presented in attachment. I could not do the horizontal or vertical lines in to matrix..Any suggestions? In math mode: 1. create square brackets 2. Insert a matrix (3x3) 3. Right-click a cell in the matrix and choose "Add Line to Left/Right" 4.

Re: Augmented like matrix

2009-06-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Semih Özmen wrote: Hi, I need to express the equation which is presented in attachment. I could not do the horizontal or vertical lines in to matrix..Any suggestions? In math mode: 1. create square brackets 2. Insert a matrix (3x3) 3. Right-click a cell in t

Re: I inserted a figure float on chapter two, but after generated the output it goes to chapter 1

2009-05-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 28, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Marcelo Reis wrote: Marcelo Reis wrote: Guys, Maybe I'm to stupid, but is there any trick to insert a figure in Lyx?!?! In editing mode I inserted it on chapter two of my document and it is perfect. After I create the PDF ou DVI file the image automatically go

Re: align equations

2009-05-13 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 13, 2009, at 12:08 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-05-12, Paul A. Rubin wrote: ... 4. In the fourth column of each row, type \textrm followed by a space, which will switch you to roman font, then type the explanation. You can also use \textup (upright) in place of \textrm, in cas

Re: Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 12, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: James C. Sutherland schrieb: Is there a way of disabling "Language Support" in LyX? Every time that I paste text between documents I get blue underlining of the text and have to "reset" the language to get rid of it.

Re: Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 12, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: James C. Sutherland schreef: Is there a way of disabling "Language Support" in LyX? Every time that I paste text between documents I get blue underlining of the text and have to "reset" the language to get

Can language support be disabled?

2009-05-12 Thread James C. Sutherland
Is there a way of disabling "Language Support" in LyX? Every time that I paste text between documents I get blue underlining of the text and have to "reset" the language to get rid of it. In the language settings dialogue box there are a lot of cryptic options, but none to just turn it all

Re: hyperref bug with parent/child documents?

2009-05-11 Thread James C. Sutherland
Bug #5941 http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/5941 On May 11, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: I think I found a LyX bug. LyX 1.6.2, Mac OSX 10.5.6 1. Create a parent document and turn off hyperref support (Document- Settings->

Re: Reference Formatting

2009-05-11 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 11, 2009, at 7:56 AM, Hesham Kamel wrote: Hi, Please, I am using the book more font size class with the unsrt style. I need to have the references show up as: 1-5 instead 1,2,3,4,5. Put: \usepackage{cite} in the preamble.

hyperref bug with parent/child documents?

2009-05-08 Thread James C. Sutherland
I think I found a LyX bug. LyX 1.6.2, Mac OSX 10.5.6 1. Create a parent document and turn off hyperref support (Document- >Settings->PDF Properties, deselct hyperref) 2. Create a child document with hyperref support enabled. 3. Include the child in the parent. At this point, the LaTeX source

Re: module question - modifying list environment

2009-05-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 5, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 05 May 2009 11:07:13 pm James C. Sutherland wrote: On May 5, 2009, at 6:06 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: LyX Module Gurus: I am trying to create a modified List environment where is counter is not reset each time the environment

Re: module question - modifying list environment

2009-05-06 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 6, 2009, at 12:40 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-05-06, James C. Sutherland wrote: I am trying to create a modified List environment where is counter is not reset each time the environment begins. I have created a module (attached) that does part of this for me - it creates a new

Re: module question - modifying list environment

2009-05-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 5, 2009, at 6:06 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: LyX Module Gurus: I am trying to create a modified List environment where is counter is not reset each time the environment begins. I have created a module (attached) that does part of this for me - it creates a new "Tas

module question - modifying list environment

2009-05-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
LyX Module Gurus: I am trying to create a modified List environment where is counter is not reset each time the environment begins. I have created a module (attached) that does part of this for me - it creates a new "TaskList" environment in LyX. However, I cannot seem to get the counter t

Re: Question about eqnarray environment (multiple = or <> symbols)

2009-05-05 Thread James C. Sutherland
On May 4, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Jim Rockford wrote: Hello : this is probably more of a latex issue than Lyx, but I would like to do this quickly in Lyx, so... What I want is a neatly formatted set of relations like a < S < b c < T < d and so forth. I just need the analog of the usual "3 colum

Re: Boxed multiline formula

2009-04-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 30, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: James C. Sutherland writes: I have never figured out how to do this for an eqnarray environment - only in a regular equation. One possibility would be to use a minipage and frame it. This doesn't look to great, however... Well... b

Re: Boxed multiline formula

2009-04-30 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 30, 2009, at 4:06 AM, Luca Carlon wrote: Hi! I'm facing this problem: I would like to write long equations (two or even three lines are needed) in which (possibly) each line is center aligned in the page and so that it is possible to box them all together. I have never figured out h

Re: 2 or more Figures/examples with convenient numbering

2009-04-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 28, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Piero Faustini wrote: Hello, I would like to put 2 or more figures of an example in a way that they are somewhat "put together" for comparing them, and I want them to be numbered, instead, let's say of "1.1", "1.2" and "1.3" in a more convenient and logical

hyperref conflicts with cite package?

2009-04-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
If I turn on hyperref support, then the cite package breaks. Specifically, citations that would normally appear as [5-9] now appear as [5,6,7,8,9]. If I turn off hyperref then it works again. Is this a package conflict, or a bug in LyX? LyX 1.6.2, Mac OSX 10.5.6

Re: blue underline of pasted text

2009-04-28 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 28, 2009, at 8:29 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: When I paste text from one document to another, I get blue underlines. I do not have change tracking turned on. Does anyone know how to disable this underlining? The underlining does not show up in compiled output - only in the

blue underline of pasted text

2009-04-28 Thread James C . Sutherland
When I paste text from one document to another, I get blue underlines. I do not have change tracking turned on. Does anyone know how to disable this underlining? The underlining does not show up in compiled output - only in the LyX editor...

Re: Can I please have an example of conditional ERT in LyX

2009-04-22 Thread James C. Sutherland
This is the typical example for using branches. (Document->Settings->Branches and Insert->Branch). I use branches for this purpose as well (creating exams). They work very well, and are scalable to any number of "branches" that you can turn on and off to create different compiled documen

Re: bug in hyperlink and footnote?

2009-04-20 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:04 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: One important not: you example used an address in this form: http://www.bla.blub/#1 This is not conform to the URL specification. There must be at least a character after the "/" and before the "#". Or do you have an example of a valid URL where

Re: 3 columns

2009-04-02 Thread James C. Sutherland
looking at lyx it gives me an option for 2 column, i would guess that a 3 column would be an option somewhere, either that or i need to put it in a pre amble somewhere. Take a look at the description of using "multicol" in the help manual: Help -> Specific Manuals -> Multicol

Re: new paragraph after enum or list environment

2009-03-29 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:43 PM, rgheck wrote: James C. Sutherland wrote: Does anyone know how to tell LyX to make a new paragraph after a list? For example, if I have new paragraphs indented, then one immediately following an enum or list will not be indented. How to I change that? Have

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