Saraswat, Rajil wrote:
Hi All, I have a document in which latin characters like i.e. and
e.g. are not italicised. Is there a way to do a find and replace on
i.e. and change it to italics. Dealing with a latex document would
have been straightforward, as i could have done an awk to replace
these c
Nagy Gabor wrote:
Hi, I have some floating figures in my paper, and I would like to have a
rectangle around the fload (or around the picture inside the float.
How can I do that?
An easy solution would be to stick in the figure inside a 1×1 table.
Lata,
Paul
Bruce Pourciau wrote:
Oh, and I forgot, using fancyheaders how can I make the header appear in
italic?
in the preamble...
\chead{\textit{This is italics}}
Angus Leeming wrote:
I'm having problems with right alignment of some text. The problem exists
(to my eyes anyway) with a standard article, but is much worse with the
curriculum vitae class. See attached .lyx files; the resulting .dvi files
are, well, ugly.
Is there any way I can make the text line
Harold Mouras wrote:
Dear Lyx Users,
would someone know how to insert in a Lyx document a symbol like ð.
Thanks,
Harold
get a copy of the latex "symbol bible"
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf
Pupeno wrote:
> Hello, I'm new to Lyx.
I have just created a Figure Float and put a Graphic on it, but when I try to
render
it to DVI, I get a LaTeX error, well, two in fact.
probably because you are trying to put the graphic as the caption.
to get around this, "insert -> float -> figure" then pr
Uwe Stöhr wrote:
Paul Medwell wrote:
I don't know how to do a centreline symbol (a C overlapped by an L).
Anyone know of a LaTeX code / package for this?
Have a look at
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf
thanks for the response Uwe.
i regularly consult
Andrei Popov wrote:
Hello All.
I'm using LyX 1.3.4 on Linux, and ran into a small problem.
Can anyone tell how does one go about inserting a Copiright Symbol
(c), a Registered Symbol (r in a circle) and a Trademark Symbol (tm)
in LyX? Are there keyboard shortcuts for these?
In ERT mode...
\textcopy
Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
I have a small (< 1 page) section of my book which I'd like to temporarily
comment out. Is there an environment with which I can make this text into a
comment, so it can later easily be reincorporated as Standard environment,
but for now not be visible in the output?
Tr
Rich Drewes wrote:
I have a TOC that is two pages long. I must number my abstract, TOC, list
of figures, and other frontmatter with roman numerals and that's working.
Also, the TOC itself must appear as an entry in the TOC.
Here's the problem: If I put my
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table
Gunnar wrote:
Thanks Paul, great answer.
Just for curiosity, what version of TeTeX are you using?
I might have to suck eggs on the last comment I made - a colleague of
mine has the same version of tetex, but he didn't have the commented
marvosym style. I asked the other users of my machine if the
Gunnar wrote:
Hi
I wrote \Rightarrow in mathmode and it looked good in Lyx, but when I
previewed the postscript file I got
:
instead of
=>
the problem disapeared when I removed \usepackage{marvosym} from the preamble.
What's wrong, and how can I both use marvosym and write \Rightarrow and
Uwe Stöhr wrote:
The problem is the package a4wide. It is obsolete and actual
LaTeX-packages won't take care of it. Have also a look at
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf
to read what is also obsolete.
Thanks Uwe.
The document you suggested contained a few other thin
Paul Medwell wrote:
If my LyX documents contain images then the papersize of the pdflatex
output gets set to "letter" (8.5 × 11 inch), whereas I want it to be A4.
I don't have this problem if the margins are set to default or custom.
Sorry to reply to my own question, but I've
Steve Litt wrote:
This will be my first book with a bibliography, and I don't know how to do it.
I'll probably be listing 10-15 references. What do I do?
Within LyX, go "Insert -> Lists & TOC -> BibTeX reference", then add
your BibTeX database file, and select the style of your reference.
By the
Paul Smith wrote:
On Apr 12, 2005 5:31 AM, Paul Medwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If my LyX documents contain images then the papersize of the pdflatex
output gets set to "letter" (8.5 × 11 inch), whereas I want it to be A4.
I don't have this problem if the margins are set
Hi all,
If my LyX documents contain images then the papersize of the pdflatex
output gets set to "letter" (8.5 × 11 inch), whereas I want it to be A4.
I don't have this problem if the margins are set to default or custom.
If I remove the images OR use a different pdf generator OR change the
marg
Alexander Blüm wrote:
hello again,
I'd like to create a table with linebreaks inside the cells.
Inserting linebreaks doesn't help, neither does C-enter...
any ideas?
i don't have lyx in front of me, but perhaps try inserting a 2×1 table
within the cell you want the linebreak
Alexander Blüm wrote:
hello again,
I'd like to create a table with linebreaks inside the cells.
Inserting linebreaks doesn't help, neither does C-enter...
any ideas?
perhaps try inserting a 2 by 1 table within a cell of the original table
lata,
paul
appologies for the extra message
Oscar wrote:
ÂSNIPÂ problems with accented characters...
A (not particularly pretty) workaround *may* be to use the latex
equivalents, viz;
à = {\"O}
à = {\~a}
à = {\'a}
... et cetera
When I moved to FC2, I had similar problems with accented characters
which turned out to be issues between UTF a
Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
This may have been answered before but it is possible to force the
placement of individual figures in lyx.
Right-click on the box that says "float: Figure", unselect
"Use default placement" then make your selection.
Hope this helps.
Lata,
Paul
Rob S wrote:
I'm at the stage of minor corrections in my thesis and I am required to
change the "et al" in references to italics.
I'm using apalike.bst. Where and how do I ammend the .bst file?
Hi Rob,
If you're happy with the rest of the reference formatting, I'd simply
search through your bst
Guillaume Yziquel wrote:
Hello,
When I use accents in titles, as in "Réduction de tête", and
if I try to generate a .pdf file out of it, the spacing gets messed up.
How can one get around this problem ?
Cordialement,
Guillaume Yziquel
try using an ERT
Vaibhav Srivastava wrote:
Thanks for your reply. I am not sure how to find out what mode it is in.
I just type in the math mode without setting anyother thing. If could
tell me how to see that I would be grateful
Thanks,
Vaibhav
I'm not sure what you have to type in the mini-buffer, but the sho
Vaibhav Srivastava wrote:
Hi ,
I am new to Lyx. I have a problem with Lyx in equation labeling in the
math mode. I use the version 1.3.1
In UserGuide it has shown how to label equations and when I do
Insert->Label from the math mode in the users guide and enter a label
then it works by showing
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to get fancy footers and NO fancy headers on the first page
in an article class without losing the fancy headers and footers I have
on subsequent pages. It's driving me crazy.
I want to replace the page number '1' on the first page footer with a
fancy foo
Paul Smith wrote:
Dear All
I have downloaded a LyX file with an example which contains a table.
The horizontal alignment in this table is named block. If I create a
table in a different document, I do not get the alignment named block
in the list of possible alignments. How can I get the block alig
Jane McKean wrote:
«SNIP»
I need to change PDF generation process to produce PDF version 1.4.
It probably depends a bit on what converters you use to generate your
PDF. Perhaps start by looking at the Postscript -> PDF converter (Edit
-> Preferences -> Converters). I'm running LyX 1.3.5 (qt) o
Angus Leeming wrote:
Not many people seem to use the XForms frontend. Ahh well.
Edit->Preferences to launch the dialog.
Conversion->Formats tab.
Define the format and press 'Add' to add it to the list of formats in the
dialog.
Press 'Save' or 'Apply' to make this format available to the rest of LyX
Georg Baum wrote:
It is not new. I guess your are using the xforms frontend, and Angus
described the qt frontend. If it is not working for some reason, stop every
running instance of lyx. Edit ~/.lyx/preferences with a text editor of your
choice, and add the line
\format "PICT" "PICT" "PICT" ""
The
Angus Leeming wrote:
Paul Medwell wrote:
Thank you for your reply, and sorry for being ignorant, but the question
of how to define a new format still stands. In other words, how do I
define PICT format (or any others for that matter). A google search did
not find anything particularly useful and I
Georg Baum wrote:
Paul Medwell wrote:
I can use the "convert" programme to convert from PICT to PNG format,
but in the "Converters" tab of LyX preferences there is no where to
specify what LyX will do with PICT files. Is it possible to add a new
file format for LyX to automatic
At the moment I'm generating numerous PICT files on a Mac (that is the
only format the software is capable of exporting), and I would like to
get these into a LyX document on my Linux box.
I can use the "convert" programme to convert from PICT to PNG format,
but in the "Converters" tab of LyX p
after looking around a bit it seems as though there is a push for
unicode to replace ascii. if this is the case, is it possible to get
LyX/BibTeX to handle unicode?
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
Jon Riding wrote:
FC2 uses UTF-8 by default. To my recollection the anaconda
installer for fc2 doesn't
Thanks Jürgen...works a treat.
Cheers,
Paul
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
Jon Riding wrote:
FC2 uses UTF-8 by default. To my recollection the anaconda
installer for fc2 doesn't give you the option to change to
ascii...
You may start emacs (and LyX) with
env LANG=en_US emacs
to avoid the production o
Hi all,
What is the most efficient way of inserting accented characters into BibTeX?
In the past I simply inserted the ASCII character into the BibTeX file
with emacs and never had any troubles. I've recently upgraded from
RedHat 7.2 to Fedora Core 2 and now this no longer works. Depending on
th
Hi all,
I've got a formatted Excel spreadsheet that I need to insert into my
document. Its got a heap of colour and formatting, so I can't just
import it in as a LyX/LaTeX table. I have printed it out to an EPS file,
and (eventually) I got it to insert into my LyX document. The problem is
that
G'Day Kimbo,
One solution may be to open your file in Emacs, and do a
search-and-replace for:
\begin_inset ERT
status Open
and replace with;
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
I guess that there's a better way, but this should (?) work.
Lata,
Paul
--
Kim Roland Rasmussen wrote:
Hi!
Is there an
If no-one has wanted to make suggestion, I'm prepared to have a stab in
the dark.
First step: try adding just text to the header/footer;
In the preamble use a series of
\lhead{This is the lefthand of the header}
\chead{Centre of header}
\rfoot{Right hand corner of footer}
...et cetera
NOTE:
l of the figures
automatically using some code inserted in the preamble, see:
http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/floats/floats.phtml#center
However, I have tried this and not been able to get it to work. If
anyone has ideas on what I could be doing wrong, please let me know.
Regards,
Paul Medwell
To center all figures in a document, Herbert has previously suggested
using in the preamble;
\makeatletter
\renewenvironment{figure}[1][]{%
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
\centering
}{%
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
}
\makeatother
(http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/LaTeX/floats/floats.phtml#center)
Ed Sawicki wrote:
I compiled LyX 1.3.3 from source with Qt support and run it on
a Linux/KDE system. I cannot cut text from another application
and paste it in a LyX document. Is this normal?
Ed Sawicki
Try "Edit->Paste External Selection"
First step...upgrade to a newer version of LyX.
Tomasz Koziara wrote:
Hallo,
Using Lyx-1.2.0/PLD linux I experience the following problem:
Graphics in EPS format cannot be inserted into a document.
I had no such a problem when using Lyx-1.1 more then a year ago.
Probably this is due to the lack o
Frank Miller wrote:
««SNIP»»
(2) How can I back reference a Theorem (or any other theorem like
environment) made early in the paper but use the same number. i.e.
%...
Claim 1.1. This is my claim.
%...
Recall the claim from the first section.
Claim 1.1. This is
Hi all,
I'd like to add to the recent inundation of questions relating to xfig.
I have recently noticed some resolution issues when I insert *.fig
graphics generated in xfig directly into my LyX document.
If I view the document using View->PDF they appear fine, however, if I
use View->pdflatex
Hi all,
In my document whenever I insert a word to be put in the index I make it
italic (by turning emphasis on).
Is it possible to make words that have been selected as index entries
automatically italic?
Cheers,
Paul
A possible solution (not necessarily the best one) is to look at the
contents of the files you downloaded...they often have a description of
the various styles available somewhere near the top. If not, without
needing to be a supergenious, you should be able to read through them
and roughly sort it
sorry...you are absolutely correct, I should have made that clearer
Owen Lucas wrote:
>
> Just to spell it out that is to add
> \lhead{\includegraphics{"graphic filename"}}
> in the preamble of the document not in as text and to have the "graphic
> filename"
Pablo Rodriguez Gonzalez wrote:
How can I move an inserted image to left, right, etc...?. I didn't see the option, clicking on the image.
Layout -> Paragraph
How can I set footer/header to a document?. Fox example, I want that in all documents I write, my company's logo appears in header...
Make s
Does anyone know of a centreline (or centerline for those following
American dictionaries) symbol in Lyx/LaTeX?
For those of you unsure of what a centreline symbol is - it is a "C"
with a "L" through it, and is used in drafting.
Cheers,
Paul
Perhaps you should get in contact with MacGyver...
:-)
---
Owen Lucas wrote:
I like the open source concept but im still waiting for open hardware.
For example CPUs that you can make in your microwave out of sand and a
can of tuna
Rithvik Vinekar wrote:
1) How do I change the page numbering style for my report?
I want the first few pages before the Abstract (List of Abbreviations,
Materials and Methods etc.) to have page numbers in Roman Numerals (I II III
etc.). The page numbering style of the rest of the document as in
Try using postscript images wherever possible - they will retain much
better quality and will also resize correctly.
HTH,
Paul
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Tobias Kraus wrote:
Hi!
Is there a possibility to enhance the quality of graphics when exporting my
lyx-document to pdf? When I export to html the qauality is much b
As an extension to this, how is it possible to make floats automatically
centred?
Ta,
Paul
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Andre Poenitz wrote:
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:55:50AM -0500, FG wrote:
Is there a way to correct this?
Have you centered the paragraph containing the figure?
Andre'
I would like the equation numbers to appear in brackets in the text when
I reference them. How can this be done?
Cheers,
Paul
Bo Peng wrote:
BP> This might be a good solution to advanced users who want to (and know
BP> how to) control everything. However, alphabetic ordering should be
BP> easier to use for most of the users (who do not necessarily know where
BP> the .layout files are).
While I am honoured that you consid
should put force them to appear in that order, starting from the
top, and anything not explicity listed will follow. That way, you can
put the most frequently used styles near the top (or bottom) of the
list, where they are easier to find.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Paul Medwell
nterest in this problem.
Cheers,
Paul
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Dekel Tsur wrote:
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 09:06:02AM +1030, Paul Medwell wrote:
FYI...
Changing the label to upper-case did not work, but adding
\def\MakeUppercase#1{#1}
to the pre-amble did.
Changing the label to upper case should work.
#LyX 1.2 cr
lling?
Thanks anyway.
Cheers,
Paul
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Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
Paul Medwell wrote:
If I haven't confused you, could you please explain why this is happening?
I have never seen something similar. Could you send a minimal example file,
please?
Jürgen.
uation 6.8 will work, but
6.9 won't:
--
As shown in equation 6.8 and ??.
y=x (6.8)
a=b (6.9)
--
Then if I delete equation 6.9, equation 6.8 will appear correctly.
If I haven't confused you, could you please explain why this is happening?
Many thanks,
Paul Medwell
Depending on the format required for your abstract, you could just use
Chapter*, or alternatively use something similar to:
\newenvironment{abstract}{%
\titlepage
\begin{center}%
\large
\bfseries \abstractname
\@endparpenalty\@M
\end{center}}%
in the preamble, an
I am using a different caption under a table than in the List of Tables
by inserting an ERT:
\caption[short caption]{long caption}
While the caption works fine, I am having trouble with the label. I
create a label as I normally would ("Insert->Label") and then try to
reference it in the documen
thing to that effect). The "Document Defaults" will probably be
selected, un-select this and then choose the one that you want ("Here
Definitely").
Hope this helps.
Paul Medwell
FYI...
Changing the label to upper-case did not work, but adding
\def\MakeUppercase#1{#1}
to the pre-amble did.
Thanks,
Paul
-
Changing the label in the figure to SAMPLE-TABLE will solve your problem.
Another solution, is to make the heading appear in normal case instead
of uppercase. This
Thank you for the feedback.
Perhaps I didn't make my original question clear enough. The problem is
not in the label, but the number reference for it.
The attached document is an example of this. In the header of the last
page it reads:
1.1 Explanation of Table??
Instead I would like it to rea
I am using book layout, and in the Appendices I would like to have a
section called "Description of Figure 6.9" (for example), where Figure
6.9 is one of the figures in the document.
Adding the reference in the section name is not a problem, but at the
top of the page, where LyX places the curr
How is it possible to remove the extra space that appears at the top of
tables?
(I know that it can be done, because there is a table in the User's
Guide without it, although there is no mention on how to do it. Even if
I copy this table as soon as I add a row the space then appears between
the
I have an equation in Chapter 1 that I would like to repeat in Chapter
2. How can I get the equation (AND its equation number reference) to
appear in the second chapter exactly the same as it appears in chapter 1?
Example:
Chapter 1
This is my equation:
y=2x (1.1)
Chapter 2
As was shown in Cha
What is the best way of adding appendices to a document?
I have tried adding them through the LaTeX command \appendix, but it
didn't seem to do anything.
Cheers,
Paul
I have a very similar question but instead of a C inside a circle, I
would like to add an R inside a circle (for registered).
Cheers
Paul
Praedor Atrebates wrote:
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Hash: SHA1
I am finishing up my thesis and have to add a copyright page which happens to
use the
, and \smaller and \smallest give an error.
Is there any reason why some of these work and not others?
Cheers,
Paul
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Paul Medwell wrote:
Can someone please help me modify the size of the text when using the
"LyX-Code" paragraph environment?
Ideally I would like to create a new
what do you mean by putting words in scientific notation?
Owen Lucas wrote:
Thanks I was just wanting to know how this was done as I could not find
anything in the .cls or .layout files that would do this. I was also
wondering if I could use this to replace words with some scientific
notatio
Can someone please help me modify the size of the text when using the
"LyX-Code" paragraph environment?
Ideally I would like to create a new paragraph environment, but thought
that it would be easier to modify an existing one.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Paul
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