Re: Powerdot and graphics

2013-06-13 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Donnerstag 13 Juni 2013, 05:07:49 schrieb Joe Melton: > The main issues are that the graphic is added in a way that it > flows off the slide. I can specify the size using the dialog box > but I am hopeful there would be a more intelligent way? I don't understand this problem. If it is about

Re: powerdot style gallery

2011-02-22 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/22/2011 08:11 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Am Monday 21 February 2011 15:45:50 schrieb m...@lists.shantanukulkarni.org: >> Hi, >> I didn't find a style gallery for powerdot, so I created one. This was >> done with a quick perl script and some

Re: powerdot style gallery

2011-02-22 Thread Kulkarni Shantanu
* Wolfgang Engelmann [110222 14:09]: > Nicely done and helpfull. I wish there would be a similar one for beamer. Thanks. For beamer there alread is one at, http://deic.uab.es/~iblanes/beamer_gallery/index.html Shantanu www.shantanukulkarni.org --

Re: powerdot style gallery

2011-02-21 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Monday 21 February 2011 15:45:50 schrieb m...@lists.shantanukulkarni.org: > Hi, > I didn't find a style gallery for powerdot, so I created one. This was > done with a quick perl script and some vi power. I will improve the page > when I get some time. Meanwhile, please check, > > http://www.shan

Re: powerdot font too small

2010-11-05 Thread Kulkarni Shantanu
Hi, Instead of dvipdfm (I think because powerdot uses pstricks) do, Ctrl-Shift-D - makes dvi Ctrl-Shift-T - makes ps and then make pdf - I guess Ctrl-V-P. This might help. I have no access to lyx right now so the above part is from memory, nor I am a member of this list presently so sorry for bre

Re: powerdot font too small

2010-11-04 Thread Payal
On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 04:07:28AM +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 05.11.2010 01:39, schrieb Payal: > >> But when I do View->Pdf the font looks too small. > > What PDF method did you use? Powerdot does not work with the pdflatex > method because it is based on the PostScript language and not on PDF.

Re: powerdot font too small

2010-11-04 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 05.11.2010 01:39, schrieb Payal: But when I do View->Pdf the font looks too small. What PDF method did you use? Powerdot does not work with the pdflatex method because it is based on the PostScript language and not on PDF. regards Uwe

Re: Powerdot slides off screen--no control of orientation?

2009-09-28 Thread Les Denham
On Monday 28 September 2009 05:59:54 pm Kenward Vaughan wrote: > I still am led to believe that something in LyX's script must have > options in it which cause the failure to create this. Kenward, Have you tried the sample file? It is /usr/share/lyx/examples/powerdot-example.lyx on the system

Re: Powerdot slides off screen--no control of orientation?

2009-09-28 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 12:59 -0500, Les Denham wrote: > On Monday 28 September 2009 11:02:11 Kenward Vaughan wrote: > ... > > I don't know where the problem is except that perhaps the way things get > > translated from LyX to LaTeX to the pdf files gets messed up from > > whatever standard powerdot

Re: Powerdot slides off screen--no control of orientation?

2009-09-28 Thread Les Denham
On Monday 28 September 2009 11:02:11 Kenward Vaughan wrote: > Well, part of the problem stemmed from my belief that the powerdot > documentation was to be taken literally. They make a statement about > putting the above into the options, which I obediently did. Once I > remove them, the presentati

Re: Powerdot slides off screen--no control of orientation?

2009-09-28 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 18:06 -0700, Phil wrote: > For me, it works only if remove option.nopsheader > > > > I've tried putting nopsheader, orient=landscape, mode=present, > > paper=screen into the class options to no avail. Page layout is greyed > > out as well. Well, part of the problem st

Re: Powerdot slides off screen--no control of orientation?

2009-09-27 Thread Phil
For me, it works only if remove option.nopsheader > I've tried putting nopsheader, orient=landscape, mode=present, > paper=screen into the class options to no avail. Page layout is greyed > out as well.

Re: Powerdot slides off screen--no control of orientation?

2009-09-27 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 17:16 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying powerdot as a quick way to create some slides, but have a > problem of the slide being created in landscape mode but placed on > portrait paper (if that makes any sense). > > I've tried putting nopsheader, orient=l

Re: powerdot class options

2009-09-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Eran Kaplinsky schrieb: I don't know if there's a bug in Powerdot. I've not used Powerdot in quite some time, and I recently found out that older presentations did not compile as expected. I've always followed the manual which said: 10.3 Compiling with LYX But this is the manual of powerdo

Re: powerdot class options

2009-09-08 Thread Eran Kaplinsky
I don't know if there's a bug in Powerdot. I've not used Powerdot in quite some time, and I recently found out that older presentations did not compile as expected. I've always followed the manual which said: 10.3 Compiling with LYX First of all, make sure that you have also read section 8.

Re: powerdot class options

2009-09-08 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Eran Kaplinsky schrieb: Contrary to the powerdot.pdf, it is not currently possible to produce .pdf output in landscape mode with the "nopsheader" class option. What do you mean? Is there a bug in powerdot? If so please report it to the developer of powerdot. regards Uwe

Re: Powerdot and 1.6.1

2009-01-20 Thread Les Denham
On Tuesday 20 January 2009 02:00:13 pm Les Denham wrote: > I upgraded to 1.6.1 from 1.5.4 and from texlive-2007 to texlive-2008 over > the weekend, and now find that my powerdot presentations will not compile. Well, I solved my own problem. For some reason, the upgrade of texlive left behind one

Re: Powerdot users: how to create pdf?

2007-07-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Rudi Gaelzer schrieb: After all that, I was able to generate the dvi from the powerdot-example.lyx file, but I'm still not able to create a pdf using pdflatex. Powerdot uses PSTricks and is therefore not compatible to pdftex. To get a PDF you have to use dvipdfm or better ps2pdf as export met

Re: Powerdot users: how to create pdf?

2007-07-09 Thread Robert Orr
See section 8 of the user manual for powerdot. I believe you want to use ps2pdf to generate the pdf file. --- Rudi Gaelzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to create a presentation using powerdot > for the first time. > > First, the powerdot-example.lyx file would not run > because my x

Re: Powerdot unavailable

2007-05-17 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Uwe Stöhr schrieb: For now, attached it the powerdot.layout; copy it to LyX's layouts directory and the reconfigure LyX. Now really attached. Uwe #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this # \DeclareLaTeXClass[powerdot.cls,enumitem.sty,genmisc.sty,listings.sty,xkeyval.sty]{p

Re: Powerdot unavailable

2007-05-17 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Eran Kaplinsky schrieb: I can't make Powerdot available in the latest LyX 1.5 SVN with Uwe's installer and Miktex 2.6. Thanks for the report, will be fixed in the next version. For now, attached it the powerdot.layout; copy it to LyX#y layouts directory and the reconfigure LyX. regards Uwe

Re: powerdot

2007-02-12 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Montag, 12. Februar 2007 01:43 schrieben Sie: > On Sunday 11 February 2007 03:15, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > I am using testing in the debian menu.list > > do I have to use unstable in order to get a more recent > > texlive-latex-recommended > > ? > > That might work -- I don't use Debian. H

Re: powerdot

2007-02-10 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
> > am I missing a package in the preamble? > > Does the sample presentation installed with Powerdot (powerdot-example.lyx) > work properly? If it doesn't, you probably don't have the required > versions of some packages (look carefully at the documentation). The > versions of several prerequisi

Re: powerdot

2007-02-10 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Samstag, 10. Februar 2007 18:49 schrieb Les Denham: > On Saturday 10 February 2007 04:34, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > I am getting > > counter does not exist:subsection > > same for section > > in using powerdot under lyx. > > > > am I missing a package in the preamble? > > Does the sample pre

Re: powerdot

2007-02-10 Thread Les Denham
On Saturday 10 February 2007 04:34, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > I am getting > counter does not exist:subsection > same for section > in using powerdot under lyx. > > am I missing a package in the preamble? > Does the sample presentation installed with Powerdot (powerdot-example.lyx) work properly

Re: powerdot help

2006-09-18 Thread Les Denham
On Monday 18 September 2006 12:42, mail.k wrote: > Hi, > > > I am trying to create a slide with text and graphics side by side: > > three "itemize"d lines on the left, and a small figure on the right. > > I've tried \twocolumn{text}{\includegraphics{}} > > and also tried floats, but the graphics do

Re: powerdot install

2006-02-01 Thread Karsten Heymann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Herbert, Herbert Voss schrieb: | Karsten Heymann wrote: |> Both are nicely documentated, allow verbatim text with overlays, allow |> customization. I would use beamer for for larger presentations (i.E. | |>

Re: powerdot install

2006-02-01 Thread Herbert Voss
Karsten Heymann wrote: Both are nicely documentated, allow verbatim text with overlays, allow customization. I would use beamer for for larger presentations (i.E. teaching classes as in [1]) and beamer for shorter, more visual

Re: powerdot install

2006-02-01 Thread Karsten Heymann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As I already deleted John's mail, I'll answer Herberts: Herbert Voss schrieb: | John O'Gorman wrote: |> How does powerdot compare with beamer? On LyX level? Not very much. On LaTeX level it's a matter of taste IMHO. Some impressions from my experie

Re: powerdot install

2006-02-01 Thread Herbert Voss
John O'Gorman wrote: On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 01:35, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: Hi, I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from the help menu of lyx. How does powerdot compare with beamer? powerdot: _always_ latex -> dvips -> ps2pdf, no problem with emb

Re: powerdot

2006-02-01 Thread Herbert Voss
Subir Singh Lamba wrote: I am facing problem while running the examples provided in doc directory of the powedot distribution. Whenever I try to compile the example file in lyx or latex it gives the following error message:- - I can'

Re: powerdot

2006-01-18 Thread Herbert Voss
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 21:15 schrieb Herbert Voss: Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I have tried to update/install these missing files, but do get again with the powerdot-example.lyx errors: slide environment not defined by style fyma I am confused, since fyma is for

Re: powerdot

2006-01-18 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 21:15 schrieb Herbert Voss: > Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > I have tried to update/install these missing files, but do get again with > > the powerdot-example.lyx errors: > > slide environment not defined by style fyma > > I am confused, since fyma is for prosper, as fa

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Wolfgang Engelmann writes: I just wonder whether somebody had successfully installed powerdot under SuSe 9.3 and could give me a hint. ? If you are using SuSE 9.3 shouldn't you have a more or less up-to-date TeX installation? no Herbert

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Wolfgang Engelmann writes: > I just wonder whether somebody had successfully installed powerdot > under SuSe 9.3 and could give me a hint. ? If you are using SuSE 9.3 shouldn't you have a more or less up-to-date TeX installation? -Kevin -- Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tiros-Translations

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I have tried to update/install these missing files, but do get again with the powerdot-example.lyx errors: slide environment not defined by style fyma I am confused, since fyma is for prosper, as far as I see (Hendri Adriens site) I just wonder whether somebody had

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 18:46 schrieb Herbert Voss: > Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/pstricks/pstricks.sty > > (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks.tex > > `PSTricks' v97 patch 14 <1999/12/23> (tvz) > > both are ancient, update pstricks.pro|tex|sty > > >

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/pstricks/pstricks.sty (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks.tex `PSTricks' v97 patch 14 <1999/12/23> (tvz) both are ancient, update pstricks.pro|tex|sty (/home/matrox-suse/texmf/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty xcolor is version 2

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 17:50 schrieb Herbert Voss: > ok, powerdot is there > > > ! LaTeX Error: File `xkeyval.sty' not found. > > install xkeyval ( texmf/tex/latex/xkeyval/ ) > http://www.dante.de/CTAN//help/Catalogue/entries/xkeyval.html > run texhash and eveything should be ok. Herbert, th

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: normally it is sh-3.00$ but I had to go superuser, since :/usr/local/share/texmf was for root only This could not make any trouble, could it? no, all tex files must only be readable sh-3.00$ latex powerdot-example-y This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.4.5) (./pow

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 17:26 schrieb Herbert Voss: > Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 15:35 schrieb Herbert Voss: > > > > Thanks, Herbert. Here my tests: > >>kpsewhich -show-path tex > > > > kpsewhich -show-path tex > > > > .:/home/matrox-suse/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 15:35 schrieb Herbert Voss: Thanks, Herbert. Here my tests: kpsewhich -show-path tex kpsewhich -show-path tex .:/home/matrox-suse/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!! /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/t

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 15:35 schrieb Herbert Voss: Thanks, Herbert. Here my tests: > kpsewhich -show-path tex kpsewhich -show-path tex .:/home/matrox-suse/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!! /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:/home/matro

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: the powerdot.cls is in: /texmf/distrib/run better is /usr/local/share/texmf/... Thanks, Herbert, but its still the same error: \RequirePackage{xkeyval}[2005/07/10] is it correct to have here the extracted package xkeyval with its /doc /run and /source -directorie

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 14:09 schrieb Herbert Voss: > I don´t manage to get powerdot to work > >>>The tex example works ok ? has same error > > > > p.s. > > the powerdot.cls is in: > > /texmf/distrib/run > > better is /usr/local/share/texmf/... Thanks, Herbert, but its still the same

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am still in trouble. > Trying to use powerdot under lyx I get an error > > LaTeX Error: File `xkeyval.sty' not found. > \RequirePackage{xkeyval}[2005/07/10] > ^^M > *** (cannot \read from termi

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
Better use Beamer as I found it is much easier to install and a big document regarding it's use. Also good examples along with the distribution. On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > I am still in trouble. > Trying to use powerdot under lyx I get an error > > LaTeX Error: File

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 11:43 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann: Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 11:07 schrieb Andres Becerra Sandoval: On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don´t manage to get powerdot to work Wolfgang The tex example works ok

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 11:47 schrieb Andres Becerra Sandoval: > On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 11:07 schrieb Andres Becerra Sandoval: > > > On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don´t manage to get power

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 11:43 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann: > Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 11:07 schrieb Andres Becerra Sandoval: > > On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don´t manage to get powerdot to work > > > > > > > > > Wolfgang > > > > The tex example works ok

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 11:07 schrieb Andres Becerra Sandoval: > > On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don´t manage to get powerdot to work > > > > > > > Wolfgang > > > > The tex example works ok ? > no:

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 11:07 schrieb Andres Becerra Sandoval: > On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don´t manage to get powerdot to work > > > > Wolfgang > > The tex example works ok ? no: ssh-3.00$ latex powerdot-example1.tex This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C

Re: powerdot

2006-01-17 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 1/17/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don´t manage to get powerdot to work > What I did: > downloaded it from CTAN site > unpacked distrib.zip in ~/texmf > where it gives me > > f/distrib/doc/lyx > which contains > (and powerdot-example.lyx and .tex) > > copied powerdot.layo

Re: powerdot

2006-01-10 Thread L. R. Denham
On Monday 09 January 2006 22:08, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > For intsalling the new package of pstricks do I have to delete the old one > or I can just install the new package (without deleting the old one) in > > /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex > > When I had exactly the same problem I move

Re: powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
For intsalling the new package of pstricks do I have to delete the old one or I can just install the new package (without deleting the old one) in /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, L. R. Denham wrote: > On Monday 09 January 2006 12:42, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > > > If I

Re: powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread L. R. Denham
On Monday 09 January 2006 12:42, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > If I install the latest "xkeyval" package from Ctan. and then compile the > example file it gives the following error. > > > -- > Undefined control sequence. > ...kgray,.25;gray,.5

Re: powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
If I install the latest "xkeyval" package from Ctan. and then compile the example file it gives the following error. -- Undefined control sequence. ...kgray,.25;gray,.5;lightgray,.75;white,1}

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
What I have read from the presentation page on Wiki. It says that it is as powerful as beamer but I am facing problem in compiling the file. On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, John O'Gorman wrote: > On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 01:35, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I tried to install powerdot package f

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread John O'Gorman
On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 01:35, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from > the help menu of lyx. How does powerdot compare with beamer? regards John O'Gorman

Re: powerdot

2006-01-09 Thread Robert Orr
I seem to remember that this was one of the packages that is listed in the dependencies section of the user manual. It recommends version at least version 2.5C. Phil --- Subir Singh Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am facing problem while running the examples > provided in doc di

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Herbert Voss
Subir Singh Lamba wrote: Hi, I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from the help menu of lyx. I am using Mandrake 10.1. I unzipped the powerdot files into /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex/powerdot Then use texhash to udate latex but when I use kpsewhich tex p

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Subir Singh Lamba
Thanks for the help. Yes I have found my mistake. regards, Subir On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Andres Becerra Sandoval wrote: > On 1/9/06, Subir Singh Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from > > the help menu of lyx

Re: powerdot install

2006-01-09 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 1/9/06, Subir Singh Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried to install powerdot package following the installation advice from > the help menu of lyx. > > I am using Mandrake 10.1. > > I unzipped the powerdot files into > > /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex/powerdot > > Then use texhash to