Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-22 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
Even cooler, thanks more :-)-O el On 2021-10-19 19:03 , Jack Lyon wrote: > Greetings, all. > > I'm the creator of LyXBook, and I'd be happy to answer any questions > you may have about it. > > When I first created the LyXBook layouts, I licensed some of them > based on the purchase of my Micro

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-21 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
Cool, thanks, el On 2021-10-19 18:29 , Ken Kopelson wrote: If anyone has information about LyXBook, here is where I found out about it: LyX wiki | Layouts / Layouts So, the official LyX wiki shows quite a few options when it comes to layouts.  Under the

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-20 Thread Daniel
On 19/10/2021 16:11, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: If you were to look into the Emoji Handbook you'd find that I am credited with the stethoscope (25 years or so ago). The arrows are just pointing... el Thanks. For now, I am going to stick to my emotionally poor triad :), :(, and ;). Daniel --

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-19 Thread Jack Lyon
Thanks for the feedback, Ken. I'll see if I can remedy the problem. You can get around it by including something like the following under Document > Settings > Preamble: \setstocksize{8.5in}{5.5in} And, as Daniel pointed out, the layouts depend on the Memoir class, so you can use other Memoi

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-19 Thread Ken Kopelson
I have found your LyXBook layouts to be very good, and I very much appreciate the work you did on them. The one issue I had, which was addressed here by Daniel, is the way it didn't respond to changes in the page size using the standard page size settings... when using the MiKTek system. Best Reg

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-19 Thread Jack Lyon
Greetings, all. I'm the creator of LyXBook, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about it. When I first created the LyXBook layouts, I licensed some of them based on the purchase of my Microsoft Word add-in LyXConverter, which converts Word documents into LyX documents: ht

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-19 Thread Ken Kopelson
If anyone has information about LyXBook, here is where I found out about it: LyX wiki | Layouts / Layouts So, the official LyX wiki shows quite a few options when it comes to layouts. Under the section on "book" layouts, you will find this entry: - LyX

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-19 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
If you were to look into the Emoji Handbook you'd find that I am credited with the stethoscope (25 years or so ago). The arrows are just pointing... el On 19/10/2021 13:56, Daniel wrote: On 18/10/2021 01:12, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: --> :-)-O <-- stands for I was joking Never came across

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-19 Thread Daniel
On 18/10/2021 01:12, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: --> :-)-O <-- stands for I was joking Never came across that emoji before. What is it supposed to picture? The more common, ;-) works quite well in this case too, I think. Daniel -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-19 Thread Daniel
On 18/10/2021 01:12, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: On 2021-10-15 16:38 , Daniel wrote: On 15/10/2021 13:07, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: On 15/10/2021 07:57, Ken Kopelson wrote: [...] What is the LyXBook class?  Or if it refers to the layout, where did you get it from? What is the LyXBook class?

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-17 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
On 2021-10-15 16:38 , Daniel wrote: On 15/10/2021 13:07, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: On 15/10/2021 07:57, Ken Kopelson wrote: [...] What is the LyXBook class? Or if it refers to the layout, where did you get it from? What is the LyXBook class? I find Koma Script much better and easier that

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-17 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Ken, --> :-)-O <-- stands for I was joking If it works for you it works for you. However I am not sure that for LyX and LaTeX 64GB RAM makes that much difference, and we see many queries here caused by the MikReX setup. I run the latexbench on all machines I can lay my hands on and after every

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-15 Thread Ken Kopelson
Thanks Dr., but honestly, the Windows setup I have kicks butt on the other TWO Macbook Pros I have, so I'll stick with Windows, thanks :) (It has 64GB of RAM) In fact, the name of my Windows machine is "BEEFY BEAST", if that tells you anything... Also, as I indicated in my final email to Daniel,

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-15 Thread Daniel
On 15/10/2021 13:07, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: On 15/10/2021 07:57, Ken Kopelson wrote: FYI -- Forwarded message - From: *Ken Kopelson* mailto:kenb...@gmail.com>> Date: Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:55 PM Subject: Re: PDF Page Size To: racoon mailto:xraco...@gmx.de>> Thank you SO MUCH

Re: Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-15 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Ken, the answer is obvious, don't use Windows :-)-O But, I don't think it has anything to do with LyX but rather is a LaTeX issue, and guessing of setting a default page size installation wide. The LeX Live Manager app on the Mac has the option Configure --> Change Paper Size which i

Fwd: PDF Page Size

2021-10-14 Thread Ken Kopelson
FYI -- Forwarded message - From: Ken Kopelson Date: Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:55 PM Subject: Re: PDF Page Size To: racoon Thank you SO MUCH Daniel! Your suggestion fixed the problem for me, and it works beautifully now! Many thanks again, *Ken Kopelson* On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at