RE: Creating figures - replacing nativ text with latex text

2004-07-19 Thread Jim Ragsdale
One problem I had with Origin figures is that they would not show in lyx. The would produce output, but the lyx converter would croak and the pdf converter would croak. Turned out to be a problem with the bounding box. I loaded the pic in ghostscript and used the PS->EPS feature and that did the tr

RE: Newbie setup Q: Exporting on MS Windows

2004-07-14 Thread Jim Ragsdale
> If I try to View using the pdflatex option, I get a Lyx message > "Cannot view > file. No information for viewing PDF (pdflatex)." Do I need to tell it how > to launch Acrobat, and if so, how do I do that? Under Edit->Preferences-> File Formats you will see a PDF, PDF (pdflatex), PDF (dvipdfm)

RE: tmp directory

2004-06-24 Thread Jim Ragsdale
have that problem under linux with older versions (pre > 1.3 I think). > > > > > Jim Ragsdale wrote: > > Is there a command in lyx that I can use to clear the tmp directory on > > windows? If I make small changes sometimes Lyx wont recompile > the document. &g

tmp directory

2004-06-23 Thread Jim Ragsdale
Is there a command in lyx that I can use to clear the tmp directory on windows? If I make small changes sometimes Lyx wont recompile the document. I have to exit lyx and reload all my files and build again to see the changes. Does anyone else have these problems? Thanks, Jim Ragsdale

RE: LyX Win32 installation problem

2004-06-09 Thread Jim Ragsdale
make sure that in Edit->Preferences->File Formats the viewer box has a path to the viewer for each type (pdf,ps,dvi,ect.). > -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nirmal Govind > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LyX Win

RE: psfrag

2004-05-29 Thread Jim Ragsdale
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 4:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: psfrag > > > Am Samstag, 29. Mai 2004 00:16 schrieb Jim Ragsdale: > > I am trying to get psfrag to insert a greek symbol in my eps figure. I > made > > the eps in xfig and the included text s

RE: pdf splitter

2004-05-29 Thread Jim Ragsdale
I downloaded it and will give it a try. Thank you. > -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robin S. Socha > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 12:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: pdf splitter > > > Jim Ragsdale <[EMAIL PROTECT

psfrag

2004-05-28 Thread Jim Ragsdale
d "\psfrag{G1}{$\mu$}" in ERT. When I preview in ps nothing happens. Can anyone tell me the proper way to add greek symbols using psfrag? Thanks, Jim Ragsdale

RE: pdf splitter

2004-05-28 Thread Jim Ragsdale
> You can open a PDF file in GSview on Windows > (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/) and then write selected pages out to a > PDF file. I presume (but do not know first-hand) that this also works > on Linux with GV. wow that rocks! I used the Convert option in the file menu. Select the pages and sa

pdf splitter

2004-05-28 Thread Jim Ragsdale
Does anyone know of a freeware program that runs on windows or linux that will split pdf files. For example if I want a pdf file of pages 2-3 of a 10 page pdf? Thanks, Jim Ragsdale

RE: Relative references to figures

2004-03-21 Thread Jim Ragsdale
That is what I do. I use "pics/some_random_eps.eps" and it works just fine. Where pics is a subdirectory of the folder that holds the lyx file. > -Original Message- > From: Janus Sandsgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

RE: List of Figures (Tables, etc.)

2004-03-14 Thread Jim Ragsdale
Wow thanks for the info. I have been wondering about this too :). > -Original Message- > From: Owen Lucas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 9:47 PM > To: lyx-users > Subject: Re: List of Figures (Tables, etc.) > > > you can use a ert to do this caption > simply put

Re: eps figures

2004-02-22 Thread Jim Ragsdale
On Sunday 22 February 2004 08:38 pm, Jim Ragsdale wrote: > This maybe a little OT, but here goes: > I have some eps files but they appear washed out. The colors are very > light. Is there a way to make them darker and look more crisp? > > Thanks in advance, > Jim Ragsdale Thi

eps figures

2004-02-22 Thread Jim Ragsdale
This maybe a little OT, but here goes: I have some eps files but they appear washed out. The colors are very light. Is there a way to make them darker and look more crisp? Thanks in advance, Jim Ragsdale

RE: Degree symbol?

2004-02-14 Thread Jim Ragsdale
Latex warning. I just tried ERT today, and that seems to work. What about textmode? Is that just the environment when you hit Ctrl-M twice? What is it used for? Thanks, Jim Ragsdale > -Original Message- > From: Maria Torres [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 1

RE: view ps on windows

2004-02-14 Thread Jim Ragsdale
to answer my own question. I needed to add a viewer to the Postscript file format. > -Original Message- > From: Jim Ragsdale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 4:13 PM > To: Lyx-Users > Subject: view ps on windows > > > Sorry if this h

view ps on windows

2004-02-14 Thread Jim Ragsdale
Sorry if this has come up before, but I could not find it... What converter do I need to get the option to view -> ps in Lyx on windows? Thanks, Jim

RE: Included files do not update

2004-02-13 Thread Jim Ragsdale
I have had that same problem. I am on the windows version and have an included file. I have to shut down lyx and restart to get it to update. > -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nirmal Govind > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: eps figures in pdflatex

2004-02-10 Thread Jim Ragsdale
> Just tried this with a small test file (one EPS graphic). Test file > exports ok with dvipdfm (which is what I normally use). With pdflatex, > the PDF file is produced sans graphic. Moreover, > > 1. In the temp directory, the PDF file supposedly containing the graphic > exists, and contains w

RE: trying to print from lyx

2004-02-10 Thread Jim Ragsdale
I saw this on the Dot(dot.kde.org) the other day. http://www.newtolinux.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Using%20KPrinter%20in%20any%20ap p Any program should be able to pipe info into the kdeprinter. I don't know anything more specific because if have not messed with Lyx on linux much. Hope it helps

RE: eps figures in pdflatex

2004-02-09 Thread Jim Ragsdale
age- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Angus Leeming > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 3:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: eps figures in pdflatex > > > Jim Ragsdale wrote: > > dvipdfm seems to work for the figures. Any differences between them? >

RE: eps figures in pdflatex

2004-02-09 Thread Jim Ragsdale
09 February 2004 7:01 pm, Jim Ragsdale wrote: > > yes I can. Just to make sure we are on the same page, I have two > > lyx temp directories. lyx_tmpbuf0 and lyx_tmpbuf1. buf0 is full of > > the tex and the final pdf and buf1 is full of the eps figures and > > pdf figures. >

eps figures in pdflatex

2004-02-09 Thread Jim Ragsdale
the pdf's in the tmp directory. But when I view the pdf in Acrobat, I can't see the figures. This is on the native windows port. thanks for any help, Jim Ragsdale

enumeration depth

2003-12-16 Thread Jim Ragsdale
Is there a way to get around the 4 deep limit on an enumeration? I am making an outline and it would be nice to go to a depth of 5. Thanks, Jim Ragsdale

Re: bibtex in Lyx

2003-10-18 Thread Jim Ragsdale
the command line. On Friday 17 October 2003 02:48 pm, Jim Ragsdale wrote: > No I don't think it is the style. I changed the style file from plain to > another and it works. I am using a msuthesis.cls (written by a CS professor > at our school) for my thesis and if I change the L

RE: bibtex in Lyx

2003-10-17 Thread Jim Ragsdale
n bibtex > run latex twice (error messages, forget it) > > I got a dvi file out of that. > > So it's possible to work with plain until you change the style and get > the biography using the style you really want. > > If you find another workaround, please report it >

RE: bibtex in Lyx

2003-10-17 Thread Jim Ragsdale
I tried the test file. I just pointed the bibtex dialog to the new spot for the bib-test file and no problem. I think I have narrowed the problem down to my class file. Bibtex works fine for the article class incuded w/ Lyx. Thanks, Jim Ragsdale > -Original Message- > From:

RE: bibtex in Lyx

2003-10-17 Thread Jim Ragsdale
nal Message- > From: Jim Ragsdale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 9:24 AM > To: Lyx-Users > Subject: bibtex in Lyx > > > I am using Lyx 1.3.2 on windows. > I am trying to get bibtex to work with lyx. I used BibDB for windows to > generate the bi

bibtex in Lyx

2003-10-17 Thread Jim Ragsdale
input line 165. I included the log file in case anyone needs it. Thanks for any help, Jim Ragsdale This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.3) (preloaded format=latex 2000.11.28) 17 OCT 2003 09:12 **JimR_Thesis.tex (JimR_Thesis.tex LaTeX2e <2001/06/01> Babel and hyphenation patterns

Re: Image not displaying in Lyx

2003-10-15 Thread Jim Ragsdale
On Wednesday 15 October 2003 07:59 pm, Tim Jelliffe wrote: > Hello all, > > I have started using Lyx-1.3.1 Windows XP port by Claus. However I am > having a problem getting any images at all to display in the the figure > floats. I have added the lines: > > \converter "eps" "ppm" "convert $$i $$o"

new document class

2003-10-02 Thread Jim Ragsdale
is is relativly simple to do or a major undertaking. Here is the link to the class file if anyone wants to take a look. http://www.cse.msstate.edu/~allen/Msuthesis/msuthesis.cls Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim Ragsdale