On 14/02/2013 12:18, Gregory Jefferis wrote:
On 14 Feb 2013, at 09:58, Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
Scribus is what you need.
http://scribus.net/canvas/Scribus
Thanks a lot for the suggestion, I'll look into that more carefully. But do you
know if it can
1) include linked pdfs (ie so that content will
Gregory Jefferis gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> We currently used Adobe Illustrator to construct quite complex figures for
Biological Science
> manuscripts. We save in PDF compatible format and then directly place these in
my lyx document. Apart from
> being expensive, the main problem is th
Wow, adding "backend=biber" solved the problem. I had in the previous
case when I had added the option "natbib=true" but forgot to add it here
after your suggestion.
Thanks Jürgen for being so helpful.
Best,
Mukhtar
On 07/10/2011 13:47, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Muk
Jürgen Spitzmüller lyx.org> writes:
>
> Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, adding \typeout{File: \jobname.bcf} did not help in my
> > case. Since it has helped others, I am now checking if the option
> > "natbib=true" could be the reason.
>
Jürgen Spitzmüller lyx.org> writes:
>
> Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
>
> > Thanks Jürgen for your reply. I have got biber 0.9.5 and it works if I run
> > it from the commandline. It is LyX that is unable to run it.
>
> Does the workaround Thomas mentioned help in your
Jürgen Spitzmüller lyx.org> writes:
>
> Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
> > Do you think it has anything to do with the version of perl? I have perl
> > 5.12 64 bit on on Windows 7 64bit.
>
> It probably has something to do with the version of biber. The most recent
> i
> Can we have more information? Biber runs fine here via LyX.
>
> Jürgen
>
Do you think it has anything to do with the version of perl? I have perl 5.12 64
bit on on Windows 7 64bit.
Mukhtar
Paul Johnson gmail.com> writes:
>
> It seems to me you are working very hard there. If you are willing to
> write out a path,
Paul,
That is the problem--writing everytime an absolute path is not convenient and
kills portability of your document to another system.
Mukhtar
> ERT[\pgfplotstableread{]
> MACRO[/home/florian/Documents/lyx/]
> ERT[benchmarks/benchmarks.dat} \datatable]
>
> where ERT[...] is TeX code inserted with CTRL+L
> and MACRO[...] the aforementioned info-insert macro.
>
Interesting solution. I would also encourage you to try the solution using
TE
> So, besides setting the TEXINPUTS, how do you include the image in your
> document? Using \input or an external template?
>
I am using the \input command in ERT. You may try \input via child document as
Martin suggested.
Mukhtar
> It is, but using Uwe's unofficial installer [1].
> Liviu
>
> [1]
https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=18767
>
I am also on windows and using Uwe's unofficial installer. I don't see any
difference in the two installers except that the unofficial installer
Julio,
You find this option after you choose "save as pdf" and confirm your choice.
Later you will see a list of options one which is "PDF+LaTeX".
Regards,
Mukhtar
> Is there any way to tell LyX that the pdf-file exists and needs to be
> copied to the temp-folder, so latex can find it?
Martin,
I had a similar problem and have to thank the latest version LyX 2.0.1 for
solving the issue. This problem occurs when your figure (both .pdf_tex and .pdf)
in a direc
> You can probably start with a layout file we already have and modify it.
> Ask questions here if you get stuck.
>
> Richard
>
>
Thanks Richard. I will start my crude version and then seek help from the
experts here in the mailing list.
Mukhtar
> Beamer's pretty good. In what ways is Lecturer better? What are its
> pros and cons? What are its design priorities? What types of
> presentations would best be served by Lecturer?
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
Steve, Beamer is very powerful for advanced users. For a basic user, you have to
be h
Dear LyX developers,
I would like to drive your attention to this wonderful class "Lecturer" which is
very simple to use and yet very powerful compared to beamer. It would be great
if you consider supporting this in future versions of LyX by providing the
necessary layout files.
East or west, LyX
Remember that you can't use with it graphic packages like graphicsx, pgf
and so forth.
Cheers.
On 29/08/2011 09:32, Julio Rojas wrote:
Looks nice!
-
Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah
wrote
> If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this
> problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like text,
> instead of objects.
>
> Jim
>
>
This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm.
http://sites.google.com/site/tex
Thanks rh. My OS is Windows 7 64bit professional.
On 13/06/2011 16:52, Richard Heck wrote:
On 06/13/2011 07:01 AM, Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
Dear Lyx developers,
I have noticed two problems with LyX when run from the command prompt
in windows:
1) Typing
LyX -help
or
LyX --help
displays nothing. I
Dear Lyx developers,
I have noticed two problems with LyX when run from the command prompt in
windows:
1) Typing
LyX -help
or
LyX --help
displays nothing. I can still use the options such as -e and so forth.
But if I forget the switches, I have lost the help.
2) Lyx does not return/display an
Dear LyX developers,
Today I would like to bring your attention to a very old issue with LyX (Forgive
me if it has already been reported). It happens to me, in every version of LyX,
that any changes I make to the preferences make the automatic math toolbar and
panel disappear. After that, it does n
Julien Rioux physics.utoronto.ca> writes:
>
> On 21/11/2010 2:28 PM, Jim Rockford wrote:
> > Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or set the environment variable
> > LYX_DIR_16x to the Lyx system directory containing the file
> > 'chkconfig.Itx'."
> >
> >
> > The problem appears to be the '
Kenward Vaughan earthlink.net> writes:
>
> On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:31 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> ...
> > Removing the XeTeX parts from the document makes it all go away. :(
> >
> > Does anyone have thoughts about this problem? One other area I perhaps
> > should include is the preamble.
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
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> Am Wednesday 15 September 2010 17:21:51 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah:
>
> Now I got it working. I had in my preample among others
> \setcapindent{0mm}
> which is apparently conflicting with the captionbeside package. After
> co
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
>
> Am Wednesday 15 September 2010 15:57:06 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah:
> > Wolfgan,
> > The screenshot shows what I mean:
>
> Thanks, but I have difficulties with my arrangement (first figure, than
> legend: This is my s
> Let me know if you have any problems with that.
>
> Mukhtar
>
>
I forgot to mention that only \CapBesBeg, [o] and \CapBesEnd need to be in ERT.
The rest you include as usual in LyX.
Mukhtar
Wolfgang Engelmann uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
>
> I have a vertically long figure and a long caption text. I would like to use
> captionbeside to fit figure and text on a page. I use Koma book and twocolumn
> page style. For the figure I would of course use 'span columns' in the
> settings for
I have finally figured out what was stopping LyX 1.6.7 not to respond to
File->Save, File->SaveAs, File->Open,... on Windows 7 (x64).
It turned out that I had disabled the "Tablet PC Input" service. Re-enabling
that service fixed the issue.
What I can't digest is why LyX 1.6.6 does not requires tha
Uwe Stöhr web.de> writes:
>
> > I am facing serious issues with LyX 1.6.7 (both installers) on
> > Windows x64.
> > Nothing happens when you hit (or use the keyboard short-cut for) the
> > following:
> > File -> Open
>
> I cannot reproduce this. I'm developing the alternative Windows
> in
Kornel Benko berlin.de> writes:
>
> Am Donnerstag 19 August 2010 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah:
> > Dear LyX users and developers,
> > I am facing serious issues with LyX 1.6.7 (both installers) on Windows x64.
> > Nothing happens when you hit (or use the keyboard short
Dear LyX users and developers,
I am facing serious issues with LyX 1.6.7 (both installers) on Windows x64.
Nothing happens when you hit (or use the keyboard short-cut for) the following:
File -> Open
File -> Save
File -> Save As
File -> Import
File -> New From Template
I experience this same issu
>
> Tennessee,
> Thank you for your response. I forgot to mention that I also tried the
> AltInstaller and had the same problem. The preview and export functions
> work but
> saving in the native lyx format is not working.
>
>
Dear LyX Folks,
The news is not good for me. By switching back to Ly
Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> On 17 August 2010 20:37, Mukhtar Ullah
informatik.uni-rostock.de> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I have a strange problem with LyX 1.6.7 on windows 7 x64. I cannot save any
lyx document. Neither Save nor Save-as buttons work. Ca
Dear all,
I have a strange problem with LyX 1.6.7 on windows 7 x64. I cannot save
any lyx document. Neither Save nor Save-as buttons work. Can anyone
confirm this behavior or is there something wrong with my installation.
I switched back to LyX 1.6.6 and everything is working fine.
Thank you
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I can reproduce this bug. Could you please put it in bugzilla.lyx.org ?
>
> Thanks,
> Abdel.
>
Abdel,
Thanks for confirimg the bug. I have put the bug as Bug 5433 in bugzilla. I hope
the developers get my point.
Mukhtar
Mukhtar Ullah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Your reply suggests that I have been unable to explain properly.
> When you start a new document, type "Hi there", and start display math,
> LyX can accomodate the new stuff you write on the screen.
> Try to type some mo
rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> I understand what you mean, but I don't see this problem. If I create a
> new document, type "Hi there", Ctrl-Shift-M for display math, enter x,
> then hit space, I am behind the inset, and if I now type "Hi again",
> it's on the next line.
>
> rh
>
Dear LyX users and developers,
It occurs to me that when I am entering display math at a point where the LyX
window has nothing to show below (at the bottom of your screen), leaving the
display-math takes me back to part before the display-math (instead of moving
forward). This problem does not occ
<=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22George_G._Szeg=F6=22?=> writes:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'd just like to report that LyX version 1.6rc2 repeatedly crashes when
> trying to open child documents from a master document by clicking in
> the toggle outline panel (see details from the Apple's crash reporter in
> the at
I don't know if it is a known bug, but LyX 1.6-RC1 crashes whenever I try to
copy a piece of text that contains ERT from one LyX document to another.
Can anyone confirm this?
Mukhtar
Dear Tom,
I checked your figures in LyX and could verify your problem. It seems that
imagemagick is culprit. I converted your eps files to pdf and included that in
LyX. That was shown perfectly clipped. So you could consider switchin gto
pdflatex, converting all your eps files by a script using eps
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hauser Helmut schrieb:
>
> > The problem is that it is not displayed properly on the lyx screen. It
> > looks somehow distorted and only in black and white. Interestingly in
> > the final ps or pdf file it looks correctly.
>
> You might try if it work
Mukhtar Ullah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Dear LyX users,
> Today I updated MiKTeX 2.7 packages on windows and reconfigured LyX after
> that.
> Now LyX shows all classes as unavailable. I have no idea what is going on. I
> would not expect this behavior because it w
Dear LyX users,
Today I updated MiKTeX 2.7 packages on windows and reconfigured LyX after that.
Now LyX shows all classes as unavailable. I have no idea what is going on. I
would not expect this behavior because it was only a package update (not an
upgrade).
Anyone else having the same problem?
M
I have a a strange problem. I have a pdf image (created by IPE) which shows
perfect in any pdf reader. However LyX shows the whole page in the LyX editor.
In the final pdf document it is fine. I have no idea what's going on here?
Mukhtar
Jürgen Spitzmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Mukhtar Ullah wrote:
> > I installed LyX 1.5.0-1. Everything works fine; One surprising thing is
> > that I do not see the examples option in the Open-file dialogue anymore.
> > Has that feature been removed? O
I installed LyX 1.5.0-1. Everything works fine; One surprising thing is that I
do not see the examples option in the Open-file dialogue anymore. Has that
feature been removed? Or is there any problem with my installation?
Mukhtar
> -
>
> The Update installer version allows you to update your existing LyX
installation to the latest
> version. To use this installer you must have my last development snaphot LyX
1.5rc1-31-05-2007
> installed.
>
> (More infos about the installer can be found here:
> http://wiki.lyx.org/Wi
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > 1000 Thanks (Italians would say 'MILLE Grazie') for your great work on
> > this wonderful peace of software.
>
> Thanks taken, but be warned to save your file often because it still
> crashes from time to time.
>
> Bo
>
>
I have been working in LyX
Dieter Krachtus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully
> contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a
> desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file.
>
> Why can't it be that easy with
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Georg,
Thank you for your recommendations. While I was reading your email, I checked
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows
and found the new build LyX 1.4.4-2. I installed that and checked the "vector
format" wherever I found this option. Now everything works f
Dear all,
Would you believe that my pdf graphics (created with ipe) are being converted to
png when I try to export to pdf(pdflatex) or to Latex(pdflatex). If I use eps,
then LyX converts to pdf, but why is it not happy with pdf.
Both LyX143 and LyX150 work fine for me in that case. They both recon
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Am Sonntag, 18. Februar 2007 13:20 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah:
>
> > Let me point out that checking the "vector format" checkbox is making no
> > difference at all. Everyone in this listing is repeatedly suggesting t
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Am Samstag, 17. Februar 2007 21:28 schrieb Marius Disler:
> > Hello
> >
> > I have to convert a lyx-file containing eps-graphics with pdflatex. The
> > resolution in the resulting pdf-file with pdflatex of the old lyX was
> > the same as when I opened
Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Marius Disler wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I have to convert a lyx-file containing eps-graphics with pdflatex. The
> > resolution in the resulting pdf-file with pdflatex of the old lyX was
> > the same as when I opened the eps files with gsView. Now us
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Am Donnerstag, 15. Februar 2007 22:13 schrieb Mukhtar Ullah:
> > I have a strange problem with LyX-144. I have pdf figures in my documents
> annd
> > when I export to pdflatex, the graphics are screwed up; they are scaleu
I have a strange problem with LyX-144. I have pdf figures in my documents annd
when I export to pdflatex, the graphics are screwed up; they are scaleup to
cross the pages; and are reduced terrably in quality. This was not the case with
LyX143.
I had to switch back immediately.
Mukhtar
Paul,
Thank you so much for your valuable advice. In fact this seems to be
the only way to handle many equations at the same time. One of my colleagues
gave me this idea which also works fine:
1) Export from LyX to dvi (say eq0.dvi)
2)in the command prompt write: dvips -E -o eq0.eps eq0.dvi
you g
Dear LyX users,
If I have a include a mathematical equation (written in LyX)
into a graphics software, I need an eps file with a bounding box
which only contains the equation itself. This is how I am doing it now:
--
1) create a new LyX d
Dear all,
Finally arrived the LyX143-3 which worked on my computer (and hopefully on those
who were having problems). So many thanks for those who tried to respond to our
requests.
Free software zinda abad
Mukhtar
sk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> just to let you know, I have the same problem with 143-2 for windows.
>
>
The same problem here with LyX 143-2 for Windows-XP. What's going on here?
Mukhtar
Carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> The error is the same as in the previous 143-1 version.
>
> Trying to execute it from a dos window, the answer is "the program cannot be
> executed."
>
> Somebody else has the same problem?
>
> Carlos.
>
>
Carlos,
Can you tell the specs of your computer
Mukhtar Ullah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> Same problem here. I was afraid to ask thinking I must be doing somethin
> wrong.
>
>
I have a found a strange phenomena which may turn out to be the reason of LyX143
not starting in Windows. When I installed LyX143 o
Same problem here. I was afraid to ask thinking I must be doing somethin wrong.
Dear LyX users,
I have a problem which is killing me all the time. I have turned on the
MathPreview because otherwise LyX becomes very slow if there is more mathematics
in my document. That solved the problem, although the document takes longer to
load. But that's not the problem. When I undo (for
> Paul wrote
> First, setting the width of the document to 80% of the page width shows
> that the converted pdf is not properly cropped (a small drawing at the bottom
> of the page).
>
> pdf2ps fig_chapman.pdf; ps2eps fig_chapman.ps
> creates a properly cropped eps file to be used with dvi.
>
>
Dear Stephen,
Thank you so much for your help. What I did not know was the email
address "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org". I only check the list and post thing
there.
Dear Paul,
I have attached the two files: a LyX example and a graphic file. When I
use pdflatex, everything goes fine. The problem i
Dear Paul,
Thank you for your response. I can post a minimal example,
but I don't know how
to attach a (graphic) file to this post? Can anyone give me a hint!
Mukhtar
Hi everyone,
I have installed LyX142 and have a strange problem. When I include a graphics
into my document, the DVI output shows the whole page of the graphics (pdf file)
while it should clip to the bounding box. This was working correctly in Lyx141.
Now with LyX142, I have to run pdflatex in ord
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Paul A. Rubin wrote:
>
> > There's been some traffic about modifications to the beamer layout, so I
> > don't know where the most recent version can be found. Perhaps
> > someone on the list can upload them to the wiki.
>
> These were actually problem
Sorry for the following typo in my lasat message.
The test installer I mentioned was LyXWin141preSmall-1-9.exe
I have installed the newly released lyx-1.4.1_win32_setup_v1.exe on windows
xp-sp2 with all the required programs already installed. It can't detect all the
latex components and packages. For example, in the document classes, I can't see
the classes beamer, powerdot,.. when I know that they are ins
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