Re: Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts

2011-09-06 Thread Liviu Andronic
> From: Richard Heck [mailto:rgh...@comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 2:24 PM > To: Liviu Andronic > Cc: Michael Rothschild; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Subject: Re: Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts > > On 09/05/2011 03:59 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: >&g

RE: Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts

2011-09-06 Thread Michael Rothschild
Cc: Michael Rothschild; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts On 09/05/2011 03:59 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Hello > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Michael Rothschild > wrote: >> I have no idea what this means or how to ins

Re: Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts

2011-09-05 Thread Paul Rubin
This is a problem with either the DVI viewer or your LaTeX implementation; it is external to LyX. Judging by the error message, it appears that (a) you are on some flavor of Windows (happens to even the best of us at times) and (b) you are using TrueTeX rather than the more common (on Windows) MiK

Re: Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts

2011-09-05 Thread Richard Heck
On 09/05/2011 03:59 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Hello > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Michael Rothschild > wrote: >> I have no idea what this means or how to install the ecm fonts or set the >> correct path. I am – obviously – a rank beginner. >> > Something may be wrong with your LaTeX in

Re: Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts

2011-09-05 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Michael Rothschild wrote: > I have no idea what this means or how to install the ecm fonts or set the > correct path.  I am – obviously – a rank beginner. > Something may be wrong with your LaTeX installation. Please try compiling with something other than

Problem getting started -- cant find ecm fonts

2011-09-05 Thread Michael Rothschild
When I try to view a document with the dvi viewer as suggested at the beginning of the tutorial I get the message: [Description: C:\Users\mrothsch\AppData\Local\Temp\SNAGHTML2d01d007.PNG] I have no idea what this means or how to install the ecm fonts or set the correct path. I am - obviously -

Re: Just getting started

2011-06-11 Thread Eric Weir
> On Jun 11, 2011, at 8:57 AM, BH wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> I can get to the examples folder through Finder, but not through the LyX >> file browser. Now that I've found it, is there some standardd place i should >> move or copy it to so it's availabl

Re: Just getting started

2011-06-11 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 11.06.2011 um 14:32 schrieb Eric Weir: > On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:50 PM, BH wrote: > >> On Mac, there's no easy way to get to the default examples folder. It >> can be found at .../LyX.app/Contents/Resources/examples, which you can >> get to through the or the Open file dialog by hitting -g and t

Re: Just getting started

2011-06-11 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
I have always had problems to access to examples and also to the templates since I have switched to OSX. I have observed that LyX2 look for the templates in the folder ~/library/Application support/Lyx2.0 So, I have copied the examples and the templates folders from the application bundle to this

Re: Just getting started

2011-06-11 Thread BH
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:50 PM, BH wrote: > >> On Mac, there's no easy way to get to the default examples folder. It >> can be found at .../LyX.app/Contents/Resources/examples, which you can >> get to through the or the Open file dialog by hitting

Re: Just getting started

2011-06-11 Thread Eric Weir
On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:50 PM, BH wrote: > On Mac, there's no easy way to get to the default examples folder. It > can be found at .../LyX.app/Contents/Resources/examples, which you can > get to through the or the Open file dialog by hitting -g and then > entering the path. Thanks BH -- and to Pau

Re: Just getting started

2011-06-10 Thread BH
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > Eric Weir bellsouth.net> writes: > >> The tutorial mentions a >> document, example_raw.lyx, to which I am to make corrections as I >> progress through the tutorial, but it >> doesn't say where it is and I can't find it. > > On Linux, look in /u

Re: Just getting started

2011-06-10 Thread Paul Rubin
Eric Weir bellsouth.net> writes: > The tutorial mentions a > document, example_raw.lyx, to which I am to make corrections as I > progress through the tutorial, but it > doesn't say where it is and I can't find it. On Linux, look in /usr/share/lyx/examples. On Windows, look for the examples fo

Re: Just getting started

2011-06-10 Thread Waluyo Adi Siswanto
> > Where is example_raw.lyx? > You can find it from File > Open, then click the Example button. Then you will find that file. Regards waluyo

Just getting started

2011-06-10 Thread Eric Weir
I installed LyX a couple months ago, and have experimented with it superficially without reading any of the documentation. I've just upgraded to 2.0 and want to get started actually using it, initially just for simple documents, which i imagine will be mostly composed using other applications -

Re: Getting started with LyX

2010-02-22 Thread Mike Ingram
AM To Mike Ingram cc LyX-users Subject Re: Getting started with LyX Mike Ingram schrieb: > I created a new document from File, New. Then I typed in "This is my > first LyX document!". I then did a Save As. From there I tried to view > in DVI. When I try to vi

Re: Getting started with LyX

2010-02-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Mike Ingram schrieb: I created a new document from File, New. Then I typed in "This is my first LyX document!". I then did a Save As. From there I tried to view in DVI. When I try to view I get the errors. The errors occur because you have some special (in this case invalid) LaTeX-code.

Re: Getting started with LyX

2010-02-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Mike Ingram schrieb: I am attempting to go through the Getting Started with LyX Tutorial. I am getting these errors from working through 2.1.1 and trying to display in dvi. What is going on and how do I correct? What have you done? You opened the Tutorial via the menu Help->Tutorial

Getting started with LyX

2010-02-22 Thread Mike Ingram
To whom it may concern: I am attempting to go through the Getting Started with LyX Tutorial.I am getting these errors from working through 2.1.1 and trying to display in dvi. What is going on and how do I correct? Michael Ingram | Metrology Engineer DOW Advanced Materials | The Dow

Re: Getting Started with LyX in the social sciences for a substantial project

2009-11-23 Thread Charles de Miramon
Marshall Feldman wrote: > Hi, > > I'm starting a project for which LyX appears to be the best choice, but > I have a few questions related to getting started. I'd prefer to ask > them now and start doing things the right way rather than find out six > months from no

RE: Getting Started with LyX in the social sciences for a substantial project

2009-11-23 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Marshall, I went through a similar dilemma when I started working with LyX. You appear to have a much better handle on your needs than I need. That will probably make your transition a great deal less painful than mine was. 1.) "My usual wrk flow is to draft a paper, circulate it as a work

Getting Started with LyX in the social sciences for a substantial project

2009-11-23 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hi, I'm starting a project for which LyX appears to be the best choice, but I have a few questions related to getting started. I'd prefer to ask them now and start doing things the right way rather than find out six months from now that I have to go back and change things or, wors

Re: Getting started presentation

2008-07-14 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Unfortunately, KeyJNote is currently unavailable, as Apple's lawyers > have apparently started yapping about trademark infringement. Too bad. But actually, this was to be expected. I hope they will get him off with a warning and changing the name. This script is really exce

Re: Getting started presentation

2008-07-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: You display the PDF. You can do this in presentation mode of Acrobat or another PDF viewer of your choice, or you can use a dedicated PDF presentation program such as keyJnote, which adds some nifty features useful especially for presentations (such as zooming in, spo

Re: Getting started presentation

2008-07-12 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Waluyo Adi Siswanto wrote: > Thank you .. It's a good template to get started. > I'm just wondering, in the presentation, do I have to play from the pdf > or there is another way to make the presentation. (My mindset is still > in MS Powerpoint: Slide show start/F5) You display the PDF. You can do

Re: Getting started presentation

2008-07-12 Thread Waluyo Adi Siswanto
On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 07:06 +0200, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Waluyo Adi Siswanto wrote: > > As a new LyX user, I have no idea how to prepare presentation using LyX. > > How can I learn LyX for presentation, is there any documentation, > > Getting Started presentation do

Re: Getting started presentation

2008-07-11 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Waluyo Adi Siswanto wrote: > As a new LyX user, I have no idea how to prepare presentation using LyX. > How can I learn LyX for presentation, is there any documentation, > Getting Started presentation document or tutorial to prepare > presentation. > In document class, presentation(

Getting started presentation

2008-07-11 Thread Waluyo Adi Siswanto
As a new LyX user, I have no idea how to prepare presentation using LyX. How can I learn LyX for presentation, is there any documentation, Getting Started presentation document or tutorial to prepare presentation. In document class, presentation(Foiltex, beamer, powerdot, slide and seminar) are

Re: Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-09 Thread John B. Egger
Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2006, John B. Egger wrote: I read the instructions in the INSTALL file, and after running ./configure corrected for one error message by installing a KDE Development package from Xandros Networks (for gcc, etc.). But I'm still hung up on the frontend. I've be

Re: Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 7 May 2006, John B. Egger wrote: I read the instructions in the INSTALL file, and after running ./configure corrected for one error message by installing a KDE Development package from Xandros Networks (for gcc, etc.). But I'm still hung up on the frontend. I've been trying to use Qt, ru

Re: Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-07 Thread John B. Egger
Michael Abshoff wrote: Rich, I'm using Xandros 3.0 and have become spoiled by Xandros Networks, where applications are offered that the company has already checked for dependencies (and included them when necessary and safe). I read the instructions in the INSTALL file, and after running ./c

Re: Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-07 Thread Michael Abshoff
> Rich, I'm using Xandros 3.0 and have become spoiled by Xandros Networks, > where applications are offered that the company has already checked for > dependencies (and included them when necessary and safe). > > I read the instructions in the INSTALL file, and after running > ./configure correcte

Re: Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-07 Thread John B. Egger
Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 6 May 2006, John B. Egger wrote: I downloaded 1.4.1 and extracted the tar.gz but the rest of the install process looks a bit complicated. John, The process is a simple, five-step one: 1.) tar xzvf 2.) cd filename-a.b.c 3.) ./configure (You can check o

Re: Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-06 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 6 May 2006, John B. Egger wrote: I downloaded 1.4.1 and extracted the tar.gz but the rest of the install process looks a bit complicated. John, The process is a simple, five-step one: 1.) tar xzvf 2.) cd filename-a.b.c 3.) ./configure (You can check options and the default

Re: Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-06 Thread John B. Egger
Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 6 May 2006, John B. Egger wrote: My Linux installation is LyX 1.3.4. John, Perhaps you meant that your LyX version is 1.3.4. That's very old. Get the 1.4.1 version; there may well be a ready-to-install version for your flavor of linux distribution. Here's

Re: Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-06 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 6 May 2006, John B. Egger wrote: My Linux installation is LyX 1.3.4. John, Perhaps you meant that your LyX version is 1.3.4. That's very old. Get the 1.4.1 version; there may well be a ready-to-install version for your flavor of linux distribution. Here's my rank-beginner's quest

Getting started... What's missing?

2006-05-06 Thread John B. Egger
My Linux installation is LyX 1.3.4. Here's my rank-beginner's question: How do I get the text I'm typing to show spaces and punctuation marks? I'm following the Tutorial, and only seeing Whynospacesinmytestfile? (except that the ? is an omega, and so forth). When I view it with the DVI viewer i

Re: Getting started

2001-01-09 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Dekel Tsur wrote: > Converting the Postscript to PDF will give a much smaller file. Yes, but Postscript files compress better so that the final compressed file is often smaller with Postscript (especially if you use bzip2). This doesn't help viewing, though.

Re: Getting started

2001-01-09 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Joakim Svensson wrote: > 1. I am running debian unstable and will probably install >the LyX version that is in there (currently lyx 1.1.5fix2-1) I think this version is just fine, it is probably the newest one. > 2. First I would really like to have a nice looking screen

Re: Getting started

2001-01-07 Thread gauthier-vdm
Le ven 5 jan, Dekel Tsur m'a écrit: > > 5. I have been writing technical documentation in LaTeX and my biggest problem > >was the pictures. The resulting postscript files were VERY large. > > Converting the Postscript to PDF will give a much smaller file. I don't know a lot in PostScript, b

Re: Getting started

2001-01-05 Thread Florian Cramer
Am Fri, 05.Jan.2001 um 09:41:34 +0100 schrieb Joakim Svensson: > 1. I am running debian unstable and will probably install >the LyX version that is in there (currently lyx 1.1.5fix2-1) >Or I can probably be talked into compiling myself if needed. You can also download the lyx-1.1.6-pre3 r

Re: Getting started

2001-01-05 Thread Andre Berger
Joakim Svensson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all LyX users, > > I need your help hints,ideas,howto knowledge. > > 1. I am running debian unstable and will probably install >the LyX version that is in there (currently lyx 1.1.5fix2-1) >Or I can probably be talked into compiling mysel

Re: Getting started

2001-01-05 Thread Andre Poenitz
> 6. I need to do annotations (text, arrows, lines etc) in my pictures. What >programs are you using to do this ? Xfig can handle this and exports to (usually pretty small) postscript files. Andre' -- André Pönitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Getting started

2001-01-05 Thread Joakim Svensson
Hi all LyX users, I need your help hints,ideas,howto knowledge. 1. I am running debian unstable and will probably install the LyX version that is in there (currently lyx 1.1.5fix2-1) Or I can probably be talked into compiling myself if needed. 2. First I would really like to have a nice l