On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:54:30 +0100
Per Olofsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Debian LyX users,
>
> Just thought I'd led you know that we have uploaded LyX 1.5.0beta1 to
> Debian's experimental distribution, if you want to try it out.
Will this work for Ubuntu, which essentially is modified de
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:46:17 -0500
Stefano Franchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All of a sudden, my 1.4.3 LyX/MacOs installation has become unable to
>
> insert graphics into a document. Every time I try Lyx crashes. The
> console
> shows the same line all the times:
>
> Error locating symbol
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:55:38 -0500
Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> You also need to put
> \usepackage{harvard.sty}
> into the preamble (Document>Settings>LaTeX Preamble). Alternatively,
> and perhaps better, enable Natbib under
> Document>Settings>Bibliography.
>
Unfortunately,
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:02:15 -0600
Lyx Physicist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That worked!! Thank you so much for the help and your patience. It
> was a very good learning experience! I am still very new to LaTex and
> Lyx, but its people like you and mailing lists like this who help make
> t
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:21:03 -0600
Lyx Physicist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> Here is the entire LaTex file... I havent tried the previous
> suggestion to fix the pages on the LOF, but I will get back to you
> when I do. Thanks, Charles
>
Hi Charles,
I've fixed all your problems. At lea
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:21:36 -0600
Lyx Physicist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hi Paul,
> Sorry for the delay in replying. So, I got the thesis exported in
> LaTex on my Mac with all the images etc. I ran it 5-6 times, and I am
> still not getting anything different. Here is what I have.
On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:57:08 -0600
Lyx Physicist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> LaTeX Warning: Citation `key-6' on page 3 undefined on input line 293.
>
> [3]
>
>
> LaTeX Warning: Citation `key-7' on page 4 undefined on input line 310.
>
> ElementTable.jpg> [4 <./ElementTable2.jpg>]
> Err
On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:46:50 -0600
Lyx Physicist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hi Paul,
>Thanks for all the help so far. Im getting close it seems.. So here
> is what is happening now. I inserted the \makeatletter at the
> beginning of the text you gave me to insert in the preamble. What
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:37:24 -0600
Lyx Physicist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> Hi Paul,
>I put that into the preamble and am getting this error...
> You cant use '\spacefactor' in vertical mode
> (Here is the text from the error)
> \tableofcontents
>
> Sorry, but
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:22:36 -0500
Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> This works:
>
> \documentclass[oneside,english]{book}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>
[snip]
You implied that you didn't know a lot about hacking latex! This works
for me as well.
I'm finding more volume and more exp
O
>
> Hi Paul,
>I am getting an error when I try to output the .tex file..
> ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!
>
> So here is the text from the tex file immediately before(the
> acknowlegements) up the first line of Chapter one. Thanks for your
> patience,
> Cha
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:32:54 -0600
Lyx Physicist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hi Paul,
> That ALMOST worked... I now have the TOC first page un-numbered and
> the second page numbered(which is what I wanted) and no number on the
> List of Tables(also what I wanted), but there is a problem wi
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:08:08 +0100
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I guess that a backtrace is required at this point.
>
>
How does one do this? I looked at the documentation, and I believe it
said to type:
gdm
or something simliar. I did that. The I went and found the L
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:46:07 +0100
Patrick De Visschere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried LyX 1.4.4 (PPC version) on OS X on 2 different computers
> and on both LyX crashes when opening an existing file (like one of
> the help-files).
> I can create a new document, save it and o
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:01:49 -0500
Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I think there's an easier way to do this. First, we want to make
> ordinary citations into footnote citations. Try this:
> \renewcommand\citep{\footcite}
> Then insert your citations making sure you're doing it in the
Can anyne help me with the jurabib package? I believe it is this
package I need to use to get citations for a thesis in the style of
the humanities.
Specifically, I need to have my citations in endnotes. The first
endnote would look like this:
Plunket-Powell, Karen. Remembering Woolworth's. (New
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:02:15 -0500
Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I'm not texpert, but I'd have thought the solution had to involve the
> if-next-char-is-star trick that seems to be used in a lot of the
> classes to allow a single definition to handle both the starred and
> non-starr
Is there a way to redefine \chapter? I am using the package \setspace
to doublesapce my document, but I want chapter and section titles to
be single spaced. I tried using these two lines:
\let\OldChapter=\chapter
\renewcommand*{\chapter}[1]{\singlespacing\OldChapter{#1}\doublespacing}
The problem
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:58:09 -0500
"Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Paul Tremblay wrote:
> > How do you customize lists such as enumerate in LyX? I know in raw
> > latex you type something like
> >
> > \begin{itemize}{\setlength{\ite
How do you customize lists such as enumerate in LyX? I know in raw
latex you type something like
\begin{itemize}{\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}}
\item{foo}
\end{itemize}
But how does one set the \itemsep and so fourth? I don't believe you
can set these vaules in the preamble, since list values outsid
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:41:16 -0500
Paul Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I have looked at the LyX tutorial, but I couldn't find any concrete
> examples on how to make my own layout. I have checked in my ~/.lyx
> directory and notice that I have nothing in either my
I would like to change the default layout of paragrahs so that they
appear left aligned rather than justfied. In my preamble I will put the
command \RaggedRight, which will make he paragrahs left aligned. But
when I work with the paragraph in lyx, they will still appear to be
justfied, which in my
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:51:23 -0800
Jens Noeckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
>
> Paul,
>
> looks like your python isn't being recognized, even though it
> evidently exists. Under factory conditions, there is a python in /usr/
>
> bin/python, but you probably installed another one (maybe Ma
iew installed, but it
requires X11 (which is also installed), so I may have to use X11 as my
viewer.
I will let you know how the installation goes when I change that
variable. I could also create a soft link to the place where python is
expected, couldn't I?
Paul
>
> On Nov 24,
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:30:02 -0800
Jens Noeckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> since your path is not one of those listed under "prerequisites" at
> http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac#toc4
> my first question would be if you have checked that pdflatex,
> ghostscript and imagemagick work properly outsid
The LyX installation on a Mac OS running 3.9 is not configured properly,
and I think to confiugre it should be easy. (I was not able to install
LyX using the installer because of problems with the script; I started
another thread on this problem, but no one can seem to answer it.)
When I open up t
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:00:37 -0500
Cynthia Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> When I try to install LyX on Mac OS X by using the LyX installer, I
> get the following error message:
>
> sh: line 1: python: command not found (127)
>
> From the terminal I type:
>
> which python
>
> /usr/lo
just looking through the source, especially with
> regard to hints as to what might change!
>
> -- Mark
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(the 24th) and then be gone until the 30th. If anyone has a burning
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> The target format is docbook and I have some entities defined for this
> purpose (&release;, &release-short;) that I need to use.
> Did one of you already use such a feature and could help me ?
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> Thanks for any help ...
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Thanks for all the help, everyone. It ends up that the problem was not
with the pdf file, but with the way I sent it. I was sending it as an
attachment using Mutt (my mail agent in linux). For some reason, this
creates a corrupt file.
Paul
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:23:31PM -0500, Paul Tremblay
see http://www.gnupg.org
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On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:35:14AM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:23:31PM -0500, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> > I tried exporting the document as latex and running
> >
> > dvips -Ppdf -o outfile.ps infile.dvi
> > ps2pdf outfile.ps
>
> Does usin
ich I guess doesn't matter for
now, if it works!) I am just curios so I can try this myself.
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a huge book and release it under the the free software liscense?
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> A Dijous 21 Novembre 2002 16:05, Paul Tremblay va escriure:
> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:53:23PM +0100, Pep Roca wrote:
> > > to find a .bst file for Vancouver style? I checked the CTAN archive and
>
you use "latex makebst?"
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preamble
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> /Christian
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user would keep repeating
the steps with no luck because LyX couldn't find the bst--and the user
wouldn't know what was happening!
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local texmf directory. But what if a user does not have root
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know how to use bibtex in LyX, so I figured it out
and then wrote a tutorial. I have to finish the tutorial and find
a place to post it. I couldn't find any straight-forward advice on
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Good job, Steve!
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cosmetic.
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I strongly second this.
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want. However, I really want to align my text left. It is the most
natural way for me, and it is much easier to manipulate.
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> On Friday 18 October 2002 04:56, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> > I have defined the following style:
> >
> > Style Reg
> > Preamble
> > \usepackage{ragged2e}
> > \setlength{\RaggedRig
LabelString " "
LatexType Environment
End
I want this style to be my default style. Howver, every time I press
enter, I get the standard style. Is there anything I can add in my
.layouts to make the next style Reg?
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 09:42:20AM -0700, Matt Brennan wrote:
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> On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Paul Tremblay wrote:
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> > When I try to hi-lite text using a standard mouse, LyX scrolls too fast.
> > For example, I have a paragraph at the bottom of the page. I want to
> > hi-
x27;t know how this works,
and also couldn't find any documentation on it.
This seemingly small problem is quite big. Right now I can't hi-lite the
text I want.
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following your tutorial, and it looked as
pitiful as ever.)
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> On Wednesday 09 October 2002 11:35 pm, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> > The appearance of my font in LyX looks like crumbled cookes. It is hard
> > to make out an exclamation point.
> >
> > I searched
iewing.)
On my linux box, I was able to get a much more readable font by tweaking
the zoom and Screen DPI in the LyX -> Edit -> Preferences -> Screen Fonts.
I am running Mandrake 8.1. My version of LyX is 1.1.6fix3. The font in the "Roman" box
is times.
Thanks
Paul
>
&g
KDE Word both appear fine. Abiword, however, looks just
like LyX--it has that crumbled cookie look.
How do I add a nice font to my lyxrc file to get the screen font to look
readable?
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goal. I think I have
to buy the CD from cheapbytes because the suit is too big to download!
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though I don't know when I'll have time to write one!
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XML users to convert to LyX
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cell one
standard text
verse
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ng RTF, they
don't give a character map. They simply say that their character set
conforms to the standards of ansi.
I have looked several hours in vain. Any ideas?
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e able to convert the
pictures.
It seems like there is still a need for a utility to covnert RTF to XML. So I'll keep
hacking away at my script!
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ion. There really is a need for
this. Maybe I'll try to induce the people at wv to work on this project.
In the meantime I'll try to finish my perl script.
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is the perl script that converts LaTeX to HTML. I believe this script is
well-maintained. When I looked at it, it was 10,000 lines long. Why not
a similar project for an RTF to LyX convertor?
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I am responding to my own message. On second thought, you are using a
different method than I am. You are writing your macro in MS word
itself, and for that reason, tagging styles probably is not that
difficult. Using perl,
y be a better way than this. However, I have been working
extremely hard on my script and believe that converting word to another
marked-up language is as easy as it looks. If you find a way to convert
rtf to LyX let me know.
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omething people should look into--I mean,
converting XML to LaTeX.
Paul
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>LaTeX.
>
[...]
>I am assuming that XML::Parser is the module I
>should u
uoted line.
>
> I appologize for the question. Unfortunately, I just don't have time to
> figure this out, and I know that we LyXers tend to be TeXers as well.
> Perhaps, to make this LyX related, the new environment should come as a LyX
> paragraph style?
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Wouldn't you have to every single entry by hand?
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ange the way the
*citations* appear. But they won't change the form the actual
bibliograpy , will they?
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it. So if anyone could throw me some information, I would
appreciate it.
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th no documentation.
Kopka and Daly's book on LaTeX is also inadequate in explaining
what you need to do for new .bst styles.
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> Just some filler text to keep things interesting%
> }
> }
> \\\rule [-1.2mm]{4.5cm}{.2mm}\end{center}
> \end{minipage}
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system). I know how to use this in LaTeX, but not in LyX! If you
no one else comes up with better advice than my vague email, then
email me at my address below.
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 10:36:09PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote:
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> \let\footnote=\endnote
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> also in preamble, to change the footnotes in endnote commands
>
Thanks! That did it.
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}
At the bottom of the document, I have included the following
lines:
\newpage
\begingroup
\parindent 2ex
\def\enotesize{\normalsize}
\theendnotes
\endgroup
\end{document}
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to convert directly from the
terminal. Can anyone tell me what filter Lyx uses? And does
anyone know why my first attempt at using pdflatex did not work?
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ll your professor this. But according to the Chicago
Style Manual, using footnotes for references are a publisher's
nightmare. They also break up the flow of text.
Endnotes (or better yet, parenthetical references) are the
preferred method for citations. I myself am trying to figure out
how to d
run lyx with a different window manager (blackbox), it
does not crash.
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done a few google searches, and come up with nothing.
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number of tutorials, and while I understand
how to manipulate text in latex, I cannot do so with ease in the
ragged enviroment.
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How did you know that it was
actually LyX? Just curious.
So this page was made with LyX, right?
The layout of this page (the webpage) is very, very nice! I am
impressed. I didn't think LyX could do something like this.
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> >
>
> Normally this is no problem for LyX, if you set
> Layout|Document|paragraph-separation (back translation from Abstatztrennung)
> to Indendation.
>
> It can also be set in the *.layout LyX-Layout files. What Style/Class do
> you use?
>
> Guenter
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where to get these files?
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gt;
I got this to work. But now how do I get the first line of the
paragraph to indent? I have looked in vain at other layouts, and
couldn't find the command.
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text to align left? (I need to do this not just for a final
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: time for a version change?
> From: Thomas Steffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 26 Sep 2001 10:53:10 +0200
> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Copyleft)
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> Paul Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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w. However, I am more concerned at having to possible download
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