Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-18 Thread Rob Oakes
On Nov 18, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Helge Hafting wrote: > I found it easier to have two latex distributions. I have lyx and texlive > from debian, as well as a direct install of texlive-2011. There is nothing to > manage - the direct install of texlive takes precedence because it is earlier > in my P

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-18 Thread Helge Hafting
On 15. nov. 2011 19:00, Rob Oakes wrote: [...] To that, I would add an additional piece of advice: compile LyX from source or install a non-packaged binary. In Ubuntu, if you try and install LyX from the package manager, it will download all of the associated LaTeX packages as well. This can b

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-16 Thread stefano franchi
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:51 AM, stefano franchi wrote: >> I had some problems with biblatex/biber (which I also used instead of >> bibtex) but no problems with Lualatex. > > I'd be really interested in hearing about using biber and biblatex. I'

Fwd: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-16 Thread Rainer M Krug
Damn - again only reply instead of reply to... -- Forwarded message -- From: Rainer M Krug Date: Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:12 AM Subject: Re: Lualatex and Lyx. To: Rob Oakes On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:51 AM, stefano f

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-15 Thread Rob Oakes
On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:51 AM, stefano franchi wrote: >> Could you point to some specific instructions? I've always wanted to >> try this, but never quite made the first step. I may first test it in >> a Virtual Machine. >> ... > 1. Uninstall all the tex-related packages from the system via syn

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-15 Thread stefano franchi
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Hey Stefano > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:13 PM, stefano franchi > wrote: >> Probably off-topic, but I can attest that Lualatex/Lyx works fine once >> you take care of the TexLive distribution issues (as  Liviu rightly >> stated). I comp

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-15 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hey Stefano On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:13 PM, stefano franchi wrote: > Probably off-topic, but I can attest that Lualatex/Lyx works fine once > you take care of the TexLive distribution issues (as  Liviu rightly > stated). I completed a book with it just a couple of months ago and > was very happ

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-15 Thread stefano franchi
Probably off-topic, but I can attest that Lualatex/Lyx works fine once you take care of the TexLive distribution issues (as Liviu rightly stated). I completed a book with it just a couple of months ago and was very happy with it. I work on Linux and my strategy was (and still is) to get rid of the

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:01 PM, john Culleton wrote: > I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use > it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of > course a tremendous advance. > > Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been

Re: Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-03 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
Just switch it on :-)-O el On 2011-11-03 18:01 , john Culleton wrote: > I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use > it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of > course a tremendous advance. > > Here is my question: is there a guide for begi

Lualatex and Lyx.

2011-11-03 Thread john Culleton
I am recommending Lyx for beginners, even though I don't actually use it myself. I note that lualatex is now accommodated by Lyx. That is of course a tremendous advance. Here is my question: is there a guide for beginners that has been updated to include using lualatex in a Lyx document? Thanks f