On Nov 23, 2005, at 2:55 AM, Helge Hafting wrote:
Use komascript:
* When you want the look koma-script gives. I believe it is tuned
for European typography.
Correct, esp. as promulgated by Jan Tschichold in his writings (_The
Form of the Book_ is wonderful).
* whenever you find the extr
On Nov 22, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
i am a bit concerned about hacking the coverpage into place using
lyx/latex,
but if i really must, i am going to need some assistance. i will
return with
specific questions at a later point - for now i just wanted to find
out if
the coverpa
On Nov 21, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
i have been looking around for examples of other phd thesis with very
little
success. any pointers would be most welcome!
Have you checked w/ your math/physics/comp-sci department to see if
they've a LaTeX template?
There're a couple of
On Nov 18, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Alexis Huxley wrote:
Hi, this isn't a LyX-specific question, but as a LyX user, and seeing
how well LyX is orientated to specific document classes, I figured
the people here would understand the question or be able to refer me
to others places to ask ...
Have you
On Nov 18, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Stephen Harris wrote:
So I haven't tested with a
pre-existing Miktex install for the Small installer
I did this last night, and was able to view the manual as a .dvi and a
.pdf (made using dvips / ghostscript).
It seemed to work well, though I didn't do much mor
On Nov 14, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
Very interesting age, thanks.
You're welcome!
BTW, the link for
fontinstallationguide.pdf is wrong, it seems that the file has been
moved.
Sorry 'bout that. New location is:
ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/info/Type1fonts/
font
On Nov 14, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Stephen Harris wrote:
I am developing an interest in digital typography where a few well
chosen fonts are placed in a page design to mutually enhance some
theme which of course represents an intended message to impart.
A concern to a LyXer choosing fonts and includi
Glad to see that all is settled on the emotional front here.
I found the original post quite interesting, and see something of a
corollary in it (that all letterforms could be meta-ized and described
algorithmically) with that of LyX (that all documents can be worked on
by displaying a visual
On Nov 14, 2005, at 6:56 AM, Marcelo Acuÿf1a wrote:
I need to use font Garamond Condensed,
How I can get and install that font?
This is a commercial font.
Purchase it from your favourite font vendor, then install the font
using fontinst (rename the files according to the Karl Berry sche
For the record, here's what I sent to Jim privately
dropping is a really old package. I'd suggest using the newer lettrine
instead:
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lettrine/
Esp. note what's said here on it in the FAQ:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=d
On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:11 PM, Jim Osborn wrote:
I installed teTeX-3.0 some time after building LyX-1.3.5 (Qt). I had
been running teTeX-1.0.7. The Latin Modern fonts are installed as
part of the teTeX-3.0 installation, and I can use them in the normal
text of a LyX document via the FAQ instruc
(Thanks to whoever did it for re-subscribing me to the dev list)
I'm making this last post to both lists and then will try to find the
time to look into things on the lyx-devel side.
As I alluded to before, NeXT/OPEN/GNUstep/Cocoa allows one to
dynamically add and remove language support from
On Nov 8, 2005, at 1:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it possible to create a translation code internally, to handle the
differences in GUIs?
I have (almost) finshed the translation of Qt strings. It would be
useful, If I could reuse all of them, without doublecating thoose
strings.
This i
On Nov 8, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Angus Leeming wrote:
You have a strange definition of ``for free'', William. There are 295
files in the Qt frontend totalling some 27,000 lines of code. And
that's neglecting the .ui files that define the dialog structure.
Yes, but all those lines and the QT front-
On Nov 8, 2005, at 10:07 AM, Angus Leeming wrote:
However, before any eager soul jumps on this frontend bandwagon, I'd
like to introduce a note of caution and suggest that you really,
really shouldn't create yet another frontend to LyX. Time is limited,
there are only so many of us and another f
While I agree w/ Marc in wanting a Cocoa / GNUstep front-end for LyX, I
would like to echo the statements of Banibrata and others that it's
better to have a wide variety, and please don't abandon people who need
to use Windows for one reason or other.
Having Windows as an option makes LyX far
On Aug 29, 2005, at 11:31 AM, Søren O'Neill wrote:
a general question - If I set a document up in LaTeX, would one expect
it to
be readily accepted by professional printshops?
As others have noted, if one provides a .pdf, w/ appropriate embedded
graphics and all fonts embedded, one can send
On Aug 21, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Leon Chen wrote:
How can I make a unique cover page? For example, I have to make it
according to the specification our college demmanded. The formats
available in the lyx are not enough to make it... such as some text
have to be aligned to bottom and write my name.
On Aug 12, 2005, at 7:57 AM, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
Ok I know it is bad to start a new thread but I think a number of
things need to be listed so that people (me included) aren't confused.
I am using
\usepackage{palatino}
This provides Type 1 (non-bitmap) fonts.
The dvi file is perfect -
On Aug 9, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
I have prepared my thesis and all is well. I just wnated some advice
or guidance about fonts in Latex - I know this is a Lyx list but many
latex gurus lurk here!
Basically I want to use a nice modern looking font - the sort that
might be foun
On Aug 1, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
All I can contribute is the fact that I ran it successfully under
Windows 98 SE.
have you tried re-installing? When I downloaded it last (2+ years
ago), it was
from a small and obscure page offering the Win32 port. I can't be sure
if the
buil
The install keeps crashing on me --- where should I send the crash log?
Or should I give up until I'm running something made in this century?
William
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On Jul 28, 2005, at 9:06 AM, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
Has anyone had any experience or success in importing MS Excel data
sheets into lyx? Ideally they would appear as a table but I am not
averse to importing them as a graphic.
There's a tool for this here:
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware
On Jul 25, 2005, at 11:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
"William" == William F Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
William> John's is much better though and should be enshrined in an
William> FAQ or advocacy documen
On Jul 24, 2005, at 9:26 PM, John O'Gorman wrote:
excellent discussion of my WYSIWYM is a good view
All of the above makes it easier to use LyX. You focus entirely on
content.
FWIW, I made a similar explanation in the Practical TeX on-line journal
recently:
http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/200
On May 13, 2005, at 3:56 PM, Hannan Sadar wrote:
I would like to create a formula sheet. The problem is that latex is
not what you see is what you get and the LyX interface isn't that good
for thus kind of things, so i will need to write it in LaTeX.
What i would like to ask is, if someone had crea
On Mar 10, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Jack M. Lyon wrote:
G. Milde wrote:
I realized, that a package will not work properly, as
Registerhaltigkeit
requires a change in the working of the TeX core regarding
the computation of
the vertical layout.)
Nevertheless, ConTeXt, which is built on top of TeX, include
On Mar 4, 2005, at 9:58 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
What I would really appreciate is recommendations for references on
creating/modifying document classes. There is an appendix in "Guide to
LaTeX,
Fourth Edition", but it has no discussion of several commands (such as
\makeatletter, \makeother) I've
On Mar 4, 2005, at 4:06 AM, G. Milde wrote:
I would really like a set of "with LyX" vs. "with other" examples on
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ProsAndCons
Maarten Sneep just posted this to the Mac OS X TeX mailing list:
http://www.nat.vu.nl/~sneep/ars/type/overview.html
William
--
William Adams, publishi
On Mar 4, 2005, at 12:47 AM, William F. Adams wrote:
They did do one book on TeX, Norman Walsh's _Making TeX work_ (and
may've been put out that they didn't get some TeX books they wanted
early on) but have since been said to've likened it to ``wombat sex''
for i
On Mar 4, 2005, at 12:32 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
One of publishing's great mysteries -- to me, at least -- is why
O'Reilly &
Associates insist that their authors submit manuscripts in Word
format. I
know several authors who work strictly in linux and despise having to
use
OO.o then translate t
On Mar 3, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Stefano Franchi wrote:
For books: Big publishers (i.e. big UP presses) behave as journals:
they want word files and will re-typeset everything. (Actually some p.
houses will retype everything from paper...). Smaller publishing
houses and/or imprints will want a camer
On Jan 10, 2005, at 4:46 AM, Zeng Zeng wrote:
Could someone tell me how to install some kind of apple fonts in lyx
under linux environment? I have an old version of applegar, a version
of ten years ago. Many thanks.
Look at the license this font was distributed under.
It's only for use by Apple,
On Dec 16, 2004, at 10:05 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote:
Would it be possible to use Lyx for the typesetting, and printing the
booklet in 133mm x 85mm dimensions with the text still being legible? I
was hoping to be able to print four pages per letter size paper and
using a paper cutter to trim the paper,
On Monday, October 4, 2004, at 02:18 PM, Andre Poenitz wrote:
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:52:50AM +0200, mario wrote:
some time ago, I was looking for - and could't find - a decent
self-contained (possibly, on-line) tutorial on how TeX works. I mean,
an
explanation on how the underlying algorith w
On Friday, October 1, 2004, at 03:20 AM, Pep Roca wrote:
In my documents I use avant font (I have in the preamble
"\renewcommand\familydefault{\sfdefault}"). But in the equation, the
fonts
are, not avant. There are any easy way to configure that in all the
equations
LyX use avant fonts, instead
On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 08:38 PM, zong chen wrote:
I am trying out LyX, but find it a bit difficult to enter equations,
as the boxes for entering sub and super script on e.g. summations, are
very small. Is there a way to magnify the equation editor?
I'd like this too --- didn't we discu
On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 07:55 PM, stephan beal wrote:
Right, but by putting it into the section head, it'll then _also_
appear in the ToC, and that will appear in the index as well, which
you probably don't want, possibly also in the running head (this
depends on the documentclass and set
On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 09:36 AM, stephan beal wrote:
But if i delete it or rename it to, e.g., "foo" i get even MORE errors.
As Herbert noted, special characters which have special meanings aren't
changed by LyX when entered into an index field --- this probably
qualifies as a bug, or
I think I alluded to this a long while ago, but never followed up.
Anyway, here's a feature request --- perhaps the ERT inset could
instead be a little pop-up menu populated w/ the number of lines one
could gain / lose and the initial value being a comment w/ the number
of lines? Say something l
On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 01:50 PM, Patrick Ruckstuhl wrote:
Hm, I think for most users it may be "too much work" to install the
cygwin environment and an xserver.
Of greater moment, is that the free QT version for Win32 had _very_
good support for the Windows environment --- even Handwri
Peter Ringwood asked:
I've read in a few articles that InDesign now uses LaTeX algorithms
for its
typesetting and am curious to find out how well they are implemented.
AIUI, InDesign uses the HZ algorithm developed by Peter Karow of URW w/
the assistance / consultation of Prof. Hermann Zapf.
Cha
Marc said:
Early I asked since LyX is UI Independent whether or not a desire for
a Cocoa UI has been posted besides from myself.
With much of the UI available by AppKit already it would seem if
someone has ObjC experience they could ObjC++ LyX and offer this as
well as other benefits.
My reque
I'm afraid I dropped of the LyX devel list (couldn't keep up, way over
my head).
And I've recently embarrassed myself somewhat thereby (see recent
thread on LyX in Mac OS X on usenet:comp.text.tex).
Anyway, I'd like to ask that preserving comments (at least) in imported
LaTeX files have at lea
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