RE: Documentation

2024-02-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 28 Feb 2024, Bernt Lie via lyx-users wrote: If you by "current release" mean LyX 2.3.7 (of January 2023), have you looked at the LyX documents linked under Help? They are relatively comprehensive. +1 They're very helpful. Start from the top with Introduction and Tutorial. Then start wr

RE: Documentation

2024-02-28 Thread Bernt Lie via lyx-users
> I am a complete newbi to LyX - which documentation set should I use for the > current release please ? If you by "current release" mean LyX 2.3.7 (of January 2023), have you looked at the LyX documents linked under Help? They are relatively comprehensive. Good luck! -

Documentation

2024-02-27 Thread Brian Kneller via lyx-users
Hi, I am a complete newbi to LyX - which documentation set should I use for the current release please ? Thank you Brian Kneller -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Documentation Help

2021-01-14 Thread Baris Erkus
On 13-Jan-21 11:36 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 1/13/21 2:27 PM, Baris Erkus wrote: On 13-Jan-21 8:22 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: Hi, everyone, We hope to release LyX 2.4.0 in the next couple months. Before then, there is some work that needs to be done on the documentation. If

Re: Documentation Help

2021-01-13 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
On 1/13/21 2:27 PM, Baris Erkus wrote: > On 13-Jan-21 8:22 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> Hi, everyone, >> >> We hope to release LyX 2.4.0 in the next couple months. Before then, >> there is some work that needs to be done on the documentation. If you've >&

Re: Documentation Help

2021-01-13 Thread Baris Erkus
On 13-Jan-21 8:22 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: Hi, everyone, We hope to release LyX 2.4.0 in the next couple months. Before then, there is some work that needs to be done on the documentation. If you've always wanted to contribute to LyX but haven't because you don't know ho

Documentation Help

2021-01-13 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
Hi, everyone, We hope to release LyX 2.4.0 in the next couple months. Before then, there is some work that needs to be done on the documentation. If you've always wanted to contribute to LyX but haven't because you don't know how to code, then this is your chance! The main task t

Re: Documentation for compiling LyX on Windows?

2016-02-25 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 01:37:28PM -0500, PhilipPirrip wrote: > On 02/25/2016 09:28 AM, Samer Afach wrote: > >Hello everyone: > > > >Is there any documentation at all for how to compile LyX on Windows? I > >was able to compile LyX on Linux myself, but on Windows, it was

Re: Documentation for compiling LyX on Windows?

2016-02-25 Thread PhilipPirrip
On 02/25/2016 09:28 AM, Samer Afach wrote: Hello everyone: Is there any documentation at all for how to compile LyX on Windows? I was able to compile LyX on Linux myself, but on Windows, it wasn't clear and I couldn't find any documentation about it. Hi Samer, If I remember correc

Documentation for compiling LyX on Windows?

2016-02-25 Thread Samer Afach
Hello everyone: Is there any documentation at all for how to compile LyX on Windows? I was able to compile LyX on Linux myself, but on Windows, it wasn't clear and I couldn't find any documentation about it. Thank you. Best, Samer Afach

How to change the language of the documentation?

2015-02-12 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
Hello. After compiling LyX in GNU/Linux I launch LyX with “env LANG= PATH_TO_LYX” (note the empty “LANG” parameter) because my system is configured with Spanish as as the default language, but I want to run LyX in English. The interface is is English, but the included documentation

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust > a template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The > user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For > example I would like to change the sizes and positioning of the > h

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-12 Thread Csikos Bela
"Jürgen Spitzmüller" írta: >2013/6/11 Csikos Bela >>Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a >>template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user >>guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For exa

Re: beamer documentation

2013-06-11 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2013/6/11 Csikos Bela > Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a > template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user > guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would > like to change the sizes and p

beamer documentation

2013-06-11 Thread Csikos Bela
Hello: Where could I find beamer documentation on how to customize or adjust a template according to my liking (in the document's preamble)? The user guide is quite long still superficial regarding this. For example I would like to change the sizes and positioning of the headline and foo

Re: Biber documentation

2012-11-29 Thread stefano franchi
Hi Wolfgang, the Vancouver style you linked to is a .bst file. In other words, it is a style file for use with bibtex. It cannot be used with biblatex. As far as I know, there is no Vancouver style available for biblatex. You'll have to start with a standard style, e.g. authoryear, and then modifi

Re: Biber documentation

2012-11-29 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
Am Mittwoch, 28. November 2012, 20:02:55 schrieb stefano franchi: Thanks, Stefano, for your help and advices and references. Will work on it. By the way, Springer publisher wants the Vancouver style. In the net it is mentioned: by TeXnical Designs on Tue Aug 30th, 2011 LaTeX has a Vancouver cita

Re: Biber documentation

2012-11-29 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Mittwoch, 28. November 2012, 20:02:55 schrieb stefano franchi: Thanks, Stefano, for your help and advices and references. Will work on it. By the way, Springer publisher wants the Vancouver style. In the net it is mentioned: by TeXnical Designs on Tue Aug 30th, 2011 LaTeX has a Vancouver ci

Re: Biber documentation

2012-11-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann < engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 28. November 2012, 14:20:00 schrieb stefano franchi: > E.g. with my > \usepackage[backend=biber, style=authoryear,natbib=true]{biblatex} > I get e.g. > Jang, Sung-Wuk et al. (2010). “N-acetylse

Re: Biber documentation

2012-11-28 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Mittwoch, 28. November 2012, 14:20:00 schrieb stefano franchi: > The biblatex manual should be installed on your system by your Tex > distribution. The command > > >texdoc biblatex > > should bring it up. Thanks, Stefano Its a long documentation and not easy for the no

Re: Biber documentation

2012-11-28 Thread stefano franchi
should tell you where they are. You can also google either file and you'll get to them quickly. Here is biber.pdf on sourceforge: http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/biblatex-biber/biblatex-biber/1.4/documentation/biber.pdf and here is biblatex.pdf on Ctan: ftp://www.ctan.org/ctan/macros/lat

Re: Documentation for LaTeX document classes included in the TeX Live distributablebution

2011-12-09 Thread Eric Weir
f so, >> pointers to their location would be greatly appreciated. I'm on a Mac, with >> OS X 1.6.8, in case that matters. > > Run the Tex Live Utility.app. > Select a package and Show Info (command I). > You can then select the pdf with the documentation. Thanks, Patr

Re: Documentation for LaTeX document classes included in the TeX Live distributablebution

2011-12-09 Thread Patrick De Visschere
ith OS X > 1.6.8, in case that matters. Run the Tex Live Utility.app. Select a package and Show Info (command I). You can then select the pdf with the documentation. > > Thanks, > -- >

Documentation for LaTeX document classes included in the TeX Live distributablebution

2011-12-09 Thread Eric Weir
I vaguely recall encountering somewhere on my system pdf manuals for the classes included by the TeX Live distribution. Is that right? if so, pointers to their location would be greatly appreciated. I'm on a Mac, with OS X 1.6.8, in case that matters. Thanks, --

Re: Creating a new module : some questions and suggestion for the documentation

2011-10-31 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
PhilipPirrip > If someone from the documentation list is reading this, I'd kindly ask not > to refer to the description of the options already mentioned, it adds to > the confusion. I think it's better to repeat rather than force user to jump > up and down. > > >

Re: Creating a new module : some questions and suggestion for the documentation

2011-10-31 Thread PhilipPirrip
If someone from the documentation list is reading this, I'd kindly ask not to refer to the description of the options already mentioned, it adds to the confusion. I think it's better to repeat rather than force user to jump up and down. On 10/31/2011 12:05 PM, Murat Yildiz

Creating a new module : some questions and suggestion for the documentation

2011-10-31 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
affair, I have checked the Lyx Docs, the tutorials by Rob Oakes and Steve Litt. But, the documentation does not really explain the articulation of different elements of definition, what they are supposed to do in Lyx and what they do in the exported LateX file. I am trying to advance through trial

Re: LyX documentation help needed with noweb

2011-06-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
On jeu. 16 juin 2011 18:48:53 CEST, Julien Rioux wrote: I too am experiencing slowness and sometimes complete unresponsiveness since maybe a couple days, so don't feel alone. I looked at it on tuesday and 'top' did not reveal any process that used too much memory or cpu. This is a mistery to

Re: LyX documentation help needed with noweb

2011-06-16 Thread Julien Rioux
On 15/06/2011 11:22 AM, David Hopkins wrote: Did the website just go offline? I can't access www.lyx.org or the wiki. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins I too am experiencing slowness and sometimes complete unresponsiveness since maybe a couple days, so don't feel alone. -- Julien

Re: LyX documentation help needed with noweb

2011-06-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 15.06.2011 17:22, schrieb David Hopkins: Did the website just go offline? I can't access www.lyx.org or the wiki. Works for me. regards Uwe

Re: LyX documentation help needed with noweb

2011-06-15 Thread David Hopkins
Did the website just go offline? I can't access www.lyx.org or the wiki. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Dear LyXers, > > we are updating the LyX manuals, templates and example files for LyX 2.0.x. > In this respect we need your help: Can anybody who

Re: LyX documentation help needed with noweb

2011-06-15 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
On mer. 15 juin 2011 16:38:09 CEST, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Dear LyXers, we are updating the LyX manuals, templates and example files for LyX 2.0.x. In this respect we need your help: Can anybody who uses noweb please check if our example files "noweb2lyx.lyx", "listerrors.lyx" and "Literate.lyx" an

Re: Regular expression documentation

2011-05-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
Richard Heck wrote: > I do not myself know exactly what regex syntax is supported, but maybe > experimentation is the best way to find out, anyway. some regexp examples can be found in the context menu if you are inside advanced search window. pavel

Re: Regular expression documentation

2011-05-08 Thread Richard Heck
On 05/08/2011 11:40 PM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > As the ability to search for regular expressions is one of the `big' > new features of LyX 2.0, I think there should be a more expansive > treatment of them than the brief section in the User's Guide. > Please feel free to write a draft of this sectio

Regular expression documentation

2011-05-08 Thread Andrew Parsloe
As the ability to search for regular expressions is one of the `big' new features of LyX 2.0, I think there should be a more expansive treatment of them than the brief section in the User's Guide. TeXworks is installed with MikTeX these days and has what looks to be an excellent section in its

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

2009-09-02 Thread Jeremy
On Wednesday 02 September 2009, Christian Ridderström wrote: > On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote: > > Have you read the pdf documentation from the KOMA website? There is a > > German and English version available: scrguide.pdf scrguien.pdf > > > > Some documentation

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

2009-09-02 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Christian Ridderström schrieb: I'm reading a version of scrguien.pdf, but I still haven't figured out how to have multiple lines in my header and footer for instance. Any ideas? Yes, as you can read German, browse the forum of this page: http://www.komascript.de/ or post your question at this

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

2009-09-02 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote: Have you read the pdf documentation from the KOMA website? There is a German and English version available: scrguide.pdf scrguien.pdf Some documentation is only available from the latest KOMA guide book (available only in German) I'm reading a versi

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

2009-09-01 Thread Jeremy
On Tuesday 01 September 2009, Christian Ridderström wrote: > On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > Christian Ridderström schrieb: > >> I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to > >> using KOMA Script document classes with LyX,

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

2009-09-01 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Christian Ridderström schrieb: I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation. The Ly

Re: Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

2009-09-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Christian Ridderström schrieb: I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation. The LyX UserGuide.lyx uses for example koma-s

Documentation specifically for using KOMA Script with LyX?

2009-09-01 Thread Christian Ridderström
Hi, I'm just wondering if there's any documentation that's specific to using KOMA Script document classes with LyX, which would be a good starting point instead of the regular KOMA Script documenation. cheers, Christian -- Christian Ridderström Mobil

Re: TOCLOFT - numwidth - Understanding Documentation

2009-08-07 Thread rgheck
On 08/07/2009 10:44 PM, Marcelo Reis wrote: Hi GuysFirst of all I'd like to wish you all a pretty good weekend :-) Secondly, (here it comes...) I'm trying to understanding the TocLoft documentation to use in my College Paper but I'm stuck in the following: H

TOCLOFT - numwidth - Understanding Documentation

2009-08-07 Thread Marcelo Reis
Hi GuysFirst of all I'd like to wish you all a pretty good weekend :-) Secondly, (here it comes...) I'm trying to understanding the TocLoft documentation to use in my College Paper but I'm stuck in the following: How would be the procedure to set the numwidth of a specif

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-27 Thread G. Milde
On 24.07.08, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Pavel Sanda wrote: > >> by the way - Uwe, i have hidden wish - would it be possible for you to > >> produce ONE BIG LYX documentation for all the manuals together (plus > >> lfuns.lyx) - each f

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-24 Thread Pavel Sanda
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Pavel Sanda wrote: >> by the way - Uwe, i have hidden wish - would it be possible for you to >> produce ONE BIG LYX documentation for all the manuals together (plus >> lfuns.lyx) - each file could be one part for example... ? > > Would yo

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-24 Thread Christian Ridderström
whole page by the current version. Sounds good. or we can put the .lyx file into LyX help menu. dont know if others think its good idea. No opinion. by the way - Uwe, i have hidden wish - would it be possible for you to produce ONE BIG LYX documentation for all the manuals together (plus

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-24 Thread G. Milde
On 24.07.08, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Pavel Sanda wrote: > > or we can put the .lyx file into LyX help menu. > I think it's a good idea, this is useful information. Maybe as an > appendix to Customization? Seconded. Günter

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-23 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > or we can put the .lyx file into LyX help menu. dont know if others think > its good idea. I think it's a good idea, this is useful information. Maybe as an appendix to Customization? Jürgen

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-23 Thread Pavel Sanda
> Yes, please do so. > >> or we can put the .lyx file into LyX help menu. dont know if others think >> its good idea. > > I don't know if this is a good idea as this are informations for > specialists and developers. you are probably right, help menu is overpopulated even now. > I could > provi

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-23 Thread Uwe Stöhr
know if this is a good idea as this are informations for specialists and developers. by the way - Uwe, i have hidden wish - would it be possible for you to produce ONE BIG LYX documentation for all the manuals together (plus lfuns.lyx) - each file could be one part for example... ? This can be

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-23 Thread Pavel Sanda
an play with it of course :) just run 'doxygen' command in your svn tree (sourcedoc directory). you get the page for any tweaking before you put it in wiki. :) > > I would appreciate all bug reports (i.e. some lfun does not work in the way > > its documented), typo in d

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-23 Thread Pavel Sanda
>> If you are interested in mastering LyX this documentation could be useful >> for your needs. > > Should we put this in a page on the wiki site? It could just be a copy of > your announcement that's put in a page in the development group, e.g. > > http://

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-23 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Pavel Sanda wrote: I'm proud to announce that the LFUNs documentation project has been finished. Great work! If you are interested in mastering LyX this documentation could be useful for your needs. Should we put this in a page on the wiki site? It could just

Re: Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-23 Thread G. Milde
On 23.07.08, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Dear LyXers, > I'm proud to announce that the LFUNs documentation project has been finished. Good news. Many thanks to you. > * HTML documentation was produced via doxygen. The file could be found here: > http://www.lyx.org/~s

Documentation of LyX functions (aka LFUNs)

2008-07-22 Thread Pavel Sanda
Dear LyXers, I'm proud to announce that the LFUNs documentation project has been finished. If you are interested in mastering LyX this documentation could be useful for your needs. Some technical speech: * All documentation is orginally written as doxygen comments in our source code,

komascript documentation scrguien.pdf

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi, I had the impression somebody was asking for a reference to the komascript documentation. http://dante.ctan.org/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/scrguien.pdf Cheers Hellmut -- Dr. Hellmut Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Degenfeldstraße 2 tel +49-89-3081172 D-80803 München

Re: Finding Package Documentation

2008-06-16 Thread Bennett Helm
of classes and both LaTeX and BibTeX styles. To find documentation, go to Terminal.app and type "texdoc [packagename]", where [packagename] is the name of the class or style, *not* including the 3-letter extension. (So type "texdoc memoir" not "texdoc memoir.cls".) Bennett

Finding Package Documentation

2008-06-16 Thread Bruce Pourciau
Neophyte question I know, but on a Mac (LyX 1.5.4, MacTeX), how does one find a list of the LaTeX packages installed and read their documentations? Bruce

Re: We need documentation on using layouts in documents

2008-06-09 Thread christian . ridderstrom
rs to get it to work. I don't understand this... are you saying you often have problem making LyX find your .layout file? We need documentation on exactly what to do, and how to troubleshoot layouts/document classes. I agree, but you're probably the expert on creating customiz

Re: We need documentation on using layouts in documents

2008-06-08 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
sure it matches the filenames. 4) lyx 5) tools->reconfigure 6) exit lyx 7) lyx mybook.lyx It never shows document class mybook, until I turkey around for hours to get it to work. We need documentation on exactly what to do, and how to troubleshoot layouts/document classes. See section 5.

We need documentation on using layouts in documents

2008-06-08 Thread Steve Litt
t it to work. We need documentation on exactly what to do, and how to troubleshoot layouts/document classes. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US

Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Steve Litt wrote: > "Unknown host xindy.sourceforge.net" Strange. Works for me. > Any other URL? Not for the official homepage. But you can find information on it all overall the net. For instance: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xindy.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 13:58, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has > > a man page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's > > understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex. > > Than

Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Steve Litt wrote: > There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has a > man page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's > understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex. Thanks for this. However, personally I'd recommend everybody to switch f

makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, Remember a few days ago I asked how to get rid of 1 page ranges? That led to an investigation of makeindex and makeindex style files, which led to this documentation: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/makeindex.htm There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-29 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Steve Litt wrote: http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/SurprisesForNewUsers Could you please take a look at the page now and see if I've done the first three items correctly and in a manner consistent with LyX documentation standards? Looks ok to me, although I thi

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 27 February 2008 08:13, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > I'll start out with the ones I know of: > > > > * Must hit Enter to declare column widths in tables > > If this is not already reported as bug, please do so. I just tested under 1.5.3, and you no longer need to press the Enter key to gi

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 28 February 2008 11:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Steve Litt wrote: > > Could somebody please put the Wiki Stub in the proper place and post its > > location on the list? Then the rest of us can write the documentation. > > Here y

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-28 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Steve Litt wrote: Could somebody please put the Wiki Stub in the proper place and post its location on the list? Then the rest of us can write the documentation. Here you go, http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/SurprisesForNewUsers (my internet has been down for a few days

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-27 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 27 February 2008 07:31, Helge Hafting wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > You know what would be good documentation? "The 25 Biggest Surprises in > > LyX and How to Work With Them". It's basically a FAQ with potential >

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> I'll start out with the ones I know of: > > * Must hit Enter to declare column widths in tables If this is not already reported as bug, please do so. > * Must use units on all lengths The used units are explained in a table in the UserGuide and some other manuals. > * Must delete/recreate so

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-27 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, You know what would be good documentation? "The 25 Biggest Surprises in LyX and How to Work With Them". It's basically a FAQ with potential landmines and how to avoid/workaround them. I'll start out with the ones I know of: [Some points

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-25 Thread G. Milde
On 25.02.08, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > You know what would be good documentation? "The 25 Biggest Surprises in LyX > and How to Work With Them". Clearly a case for wiki.lyx.org. Maybe some points are already covered in the wiki's FAQ... GM

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-25 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Hi Richard Heck and Rich Shepard and everyone, In my original post I meant to say a lot of the surprises were TeX/LaTeX in nature, not under LyX's control. Nevertheless, to a newbie, they're all LyX problems. The other thing I forgot to say is the problem is the surprise, n

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-25 Thread Steve Litt
behavior. Most LyX behaviors are reasonable, as long as the user expects them. I've responded in the following: On Monday 25 February 2008 11:49, you wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > You know what would be good documentation? "The 25 Biggest Surprises in > > LyX and How to

Re: Needed documentation

2008-02-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Steve Litt wrote: * Must use units on all lengths LaTeX requires this; the default may not be what you want. * Must delete/recreate source tree to compile after config failure Not if you delete the config.status and config.log files. This, too, is not LyX-specific; i

Needed documentation

2008-02-25 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, You know what would be good documentation? "The 25 Biggest Surprises in LyX and How to Work With Them". It's basically a FAQ with potential landmines and how to avoid/workaround them. I'll start out with the ones I know of: * Must hit Enter to declare column wid

Re: LyX 1.5.3 character style documentation problem

2008-02-24 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: On Sunday 24 February 2008 14:27, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Perhaps in future documentation versions we should call what I call character styles as "user defined character styles", stuff from the buttons (emph and noun) as LyX-provided character s

Re: LyX 1.5.3 character style documentation problem

2008-02-24 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: U guys want me to write a very short doc, for the LyX Project to include in the HELP menu, about character styles? I think the better thing to do would be to update the existing documentation, in particular, to rationalize section 3.6 so that it is clearer about what

Re: LyX 1.5.3 character style documentation problem

2008-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 24 February 2008 14:27, rgheck wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > Perhaps in future documentation versions we should call what I call > > character styles as "user defined character styles", stuff from the > > buttons (emph and noun) as LyX-provided character

Re: LyX 1.5.3 character style documentation problem

2008-02-24 Thread rgheck
user defined character styles, which is IMHO very false. That all needs to be changed. Using the text style dialog is precisely NOT using character styles. Section 5.3.6 of the Customization document discusses character styles as I generally define them -- user defined and applicable t

Re: LyX 1.5.3 character style documentation problem

2008-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
ruse user defined character styles, which is IMHO very false. > > Section 5.3.6 of the Customization document discusses character styles as I > generally define them -- user defined and applicable to any text. > > Perhaps in future documentation versions we should call what I call >

LyX 1.5.3 character style documentation problem

2008-02-24 Thread Steve Litt
overuse user defined character styles, which is IMHO very false. Section 5.3.6 of the Customization document discusses character styles as I generally define them -- user defined and applicable to any text. Perhaps in future documentation versions we should call what I call character styles as &q

Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac

2008-02-22 Thread Graham Smith
16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used M

Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac

2008-02-22 Thread Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins
and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious

Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac

2008-02-22 Thread Graham Smith
I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra cl

Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac

2008-02-22 Thread Daniel Lohmann
On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at:

Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac

2008-02-22 Thread Graham Smith
illy question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install

Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac

2008-02-22 Thread Bennett Helm
On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/b

Where is Tex documentation on Mac

2008-02-22 Thread Graham Smith
Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. Thanks, Graham

problems with german documentation

2007-10-31 Thread Matthias Lemke
Hi, I installed 1.5.2 on Windows (standard installer). And I have LaTex problems with the "Benutzerhandbuch" and the "Anpassungen". I tried the french version, they compiled finde. But the german versions do not. Undefined control sequence \fi}{} The control sequence at the end of the top li

Help documentation font sizes

2007-10-30 Thread Siegfried
You can change the size of the fonts used on the screen by LyX with the menu Tools > Preferences > Screen Fonts ( sorry if it isn't the same name : I use the french translation !) Then Change Zoom Sometimes you must restart Lyx For the change to take place. Siegfried.

Re: Help documentation font sizes

2007-10-29 Thread Keith Roberts
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Liviu Andronic wrote: To: Keith Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Help documentation font sizes On 10/29/07, Keith Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all. Is it possible to enlarge the font sizes for

Re: Help documentation font sizes

2007-10-29 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 10/29/07, Keith Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. Is it possible to enlarge the font sizes for the > read-only help files in LyX 1.5.2 please? Why don't you generate the .pdf file (+v,f) and zoom the text with your .pdf viewer so as to suit your needs? Alternatively, save the files s

Help documentation font sizes

2007-10-29 Thread Keith Roberts
Hi all. Is it possible to enlarge the font sizes for the read-only help files in LyX 1.5.2 please? I find it a bit on the small side. Kind Regards Keith Roberts http://www.karsites.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk This em

Re: Merge documentation into one doc!

2007-09-06 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On 9/6/07, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin A. Hansen schrieb: > > > I wanted to find out how to adjust appendixes to replace A, B, C with > > Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C. Etc. In LyX 1.4 you did that with some > > ERT, but now with LyX 1.5 there is some fancy red appendix box a

Re: Merge documentation into one doc!

2007-09-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Martin A. Hansen schrieb: I wanted to find out how to adjust appendixes to replace A, B, C with Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C. Etc. In LyX 1.4 you did that with some ERT, but now with LyX 1.5 there is some fancy red appendix box and perhaps another way to do what I wanted. The appendix ha

Re: Merge documentation into one doc!

2007-09-06 Thread Helge Hafting
Martin A. Hansen wrote: We have discussed this before ... I wanted to find out how to adjust appendixes to replace A, B, C with Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C. Etc. In LyX 1.4 you did that with some ERT, but now with LyX 1.5 there is some fancy red appendix box and perhaps another way to do

Re: Merge documentation into one doc!

2007-09-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 22:19, Martin A. Hansen wrote: > We have discussed this before ... > > I wanted to find out how to adjust appendixes to replace A, B, C with > Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C. Etc. In LyX 1.4 you did that with some > ERT, but now with LyX 1.5 there is some fancy re

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