Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-18 Thread Rudi Gaelzer
On Thursday 14 June 2007 12:50:08 Ares wrote: > Here I am back with a new, silly question: what is the most favourite > bibtex editor under GNU/linux? I have been using JabRef under Windows, > but I realised that it runs under the Java Runtime Environment, and I > do not want to install new compone

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 07:21:46AM +1000, Typhoon wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:50:08 +0200 > Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here I am back with a new, silly question: what is the most favourite > > bibtex editor under GNU/linux? I have been using JabRef under Windows, > > but I realised

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor: Zotero

2007-06-15 Thread hzluo
Is there maybe someone here in lyx community who has the knowledge and is interested to make that work (and probably many scientists happy)? If it can put a format like \cite{...} to clipboard, I have a patch to make lyx paste such kind of strings as a citation. It's not identical as the push, b

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-15 Thread Richard Heck
Alan G Isaac wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Richard Heck apparently wrote: BibLaTeX, soon to be the new standard Can you provide the background for this claim? It's based upon my sense of the enthusiasm that BibLaTeX has generated on comp.text.tex. There really are a lot of problems wi

Re[2]: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-15 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Richard Heck apparently wrote: > BibLaTeX, soon to be the new standard Can you provide the background for this claim? (I am not challenging it.) Thank you, Alan Isaac

Re: moving to linux... part 2 - tetex package installation

2007-06-15 Thread José Matos
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 10:10:36 Helge Hafting wrote: > Most other distributions use the rpm packaging system. > It is a long time since I used those - one usually had to > download lots of rpm files and then give a command to install > them all. The main difference from the "apt" command above w

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-15 Thread Ares
2007/6/14, Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Ares wrote: > Here I am back with a new, silly question: what is the most favourite > bibtex editor under GNU/linux? I have been using JabRef under Windows, > but I realised that it runs under the Java Runtime Environment, and I > do not want to instal

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-14 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:50:08 +0200 Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here I am back with a new, silly question: what is the most favourite > bibtex editor under GNU/linux? I have been using JabRef under Windows, > but I realised that it runs under the Java Runtime Environment, and I > do not want

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor: Zotero

2007-06-14 Thread Michael Beckmann
I use a combination of Zotero, a firefox plugin (www.zotero.org), and Jabref. In the future Zotero itself might hopefully be able to directly push citations to lyx which will probably mean the end for jabref on my laptop. Until now it has at least a direct copy function (ctrl+alt+c) which allow

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-14 Thread Wolfgang Lasch
On Thu, 14. June 2007 17:50:08 Ares wrote: > Here I am back with a new, silly question: what is the most favourite > bibtex editor under GNU/linux? I have been using JabRef under Windows, > but I realised that it runs under the Java Runtime Environment, and I > do not want to install new components

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-14 Thread Tim Michelsen
Here I am back with a new, silly question: what is the most favourite bibtex editor under GNU/linux? I have been using JabRef under Windows, but I realised that it runs under the Java Runtime Environment, and I do not want to install new components if I do not really need them... I am also quite

Re: moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Heck
Ares wrote: Here I am back with a new, silly question: what is the most favourite bibtex editor under GNU/linux? I have been using JabRef under Windows, but I realised that it runs under the Java Runtime Environment, and I do not want to install new components if I do not really need them... JabR

moving to linux...part3: preferred bibtex editor

2007-06-14 Thread Ares
Here I am back with a new, silly question: what is the most favourite bibtex editor under GNU/linux? I have been using JabRef under Windows, but I realised that it runs under the Java Runtime Environment, and I do not want to install new components if I do not really need them... So, let's go wit

Re: moving to linux... part 2 - tetex package installation

2007-06-13 Thread Ares
2007/6/13, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 6/13/07, killermike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 June 2007 07:47, Ares wrote: > > > > when I was under windows (a long, long time ago), when exporting to > > pdf from LyX, I was prompted by LyX to install missing packages and, > > i

Re: moving to linux... part 2 - tetex package installation

2007-06-13 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On 6/13/07, killermike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 13 June 2007 07:47, Ares wrote: > > when I was under windows (a long, long time ago), when exporting to > pdf from LyX, I was prompted by LyX to install missing packages and, > if I had an internet connection, everything worked smoot

Re: moving to linux... part 2 - tetex package installation

2007-06-13 Thread killermike
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 07:47, Ares wrote: > > when I was under windows (a long, long time ago), when exporting to > pdf from LyX, I was prompted by LyX to install missing packages and, > if I had an internet connection, everything worked smoothly. > Now under GNU/Linux do I have to install missi

Re: moving to linux... part 2 - tetex package installation

2007-06-13 Thread Ares
2007/6/13, Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Ares wrote: > As announced, I am back with a new, stupid question on LyX under > GNU/Linux. I will ask it again since the question got lost in the > previous thread. It concerns tetex package installation. I'll ask it > as a dummy windows user. > > wh

Re: moving to linux... part 2 - tetex package installation

2007-06-13 Thread Helge Hafting
Ares wrote: As announced, I am back with a new, stupid question on LyX under GNU/Linux. I will ask it again since the question got lost in the previous thread. It concerns tetex package installation. I'll ask it as a dummy windows user. when I was under windows (a long, long time ago), when expo

moving to linux... part 2 - tetex package installation

2007-06-12 Thread Ares
As announced, I am back with a new, stupid question on LyX under GNU/Linux. I will ask it again since the question got lost in the previous thread. It concerns tetex package installation. I'll ask it as a dummy windows user. when I was under windows (a long, long time ago), when exporting to pdf

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-11 Thread Tim Michelsen
you did "apt-get install lyx"). For odd packages that you need generally ctan is your friend and you can set up a texmf directory under your home directory for these odd packages. Then run 'sudo texhash' from command line and reconfigure LyX and all is good in the world. To install additional pack

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-11 Thread Georg Baum
Helge Hafting wrote: > Ares wrote: >> >> I thought that pdf, being a "portable document format", didn't need >> any special setting on the machine you use. > Now matter how portable - you still need pdf reader software. > On linux there are several alternatives, some may be better > than others. S

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Ares wrote: I thought that pdf, being a "portable document format", didn't need any special setting on the machine you use. Now matter how portable - you still need pdf reader software. On linux there are several alternatives, some may be better than others. Some do a bad job with bitmap fonts,

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-08 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On 6/8/07, Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/6/8, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 6/8/07, Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have all repositories enabled and I can't see LyX. I have Ubuntu > > 7.04. I'll try apt-get install lyx instead... > > > > -- > > Diego > > http://www.ares00

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-08 Thread Ares
2007/6/8, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 6/8/07, Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have all repositories enabled and I can't see LyX. I have Ubuntu > 7.04. I'll try apt-get install lyx instead... > > -- > Diego > http://www.ares001.altervista.org/ > You did hit the "Reload" button in S

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-08 Thread Ares
From: Vaclav Smidl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *** On ubuntu it should be as easy as typing $ apt-get install lyx on the command line, or selecting lyx in synaptic and pressing apply button. (assuming that you are connected to the internet) I'll give it a try, but LyX is not on the Synaptic manager

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-07 Thread Ares
stall LyX first (so I am afraid that the "moving to linux..." will become a series!) Thank you all again -- Diego http://www.ares001.altervista.org/

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-07 Thread José Matos
On Wednesday 06 June 2007 18:24:57 Richard Heck wrote: > > Thanks for the info! This is excellent. > > Richard Richard since I know that you are using Fedora you can install them already: # yum install liberation-fonts -- José Abílio

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-07 Thread Vaclav Smidl
> *** On ubuntu it should be as easy as typing > $ apt-get install lyx > on the command line, or selecting lyx in synaptic and pressing apply > button. (assuming that you are connected to the internet) > > I'll give it a try, but LyX is not on the Synaptic manager, as far as > I can see (on Ub

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Steve Litt wrote: Richard -- what do you think of Century Schoolbook? I've used that for my last few Ebooks, because onscreen it seems to look black and legible, and it seems to be available with LyX. SteveT, This is another Richard ... and I use Palatino for my LyX docu

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/6/07, Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Paul Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ## I think I understand the problem that Diego reports. The pdf viewers in Linux are more accurate and if the fonts are not included in the pdf file, the quality of the document on the screen looks not so god,

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Richard Heck
Steve Litt wrote: On Wednesday 06 June 2007 14:52, Richard Heck wrote: Oisin Feeley wrote: On 6/6/07, Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] When I view my old documents (i.e. the pdf files generated by LyX on Windows) on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) the quality is very bad. I guess thi

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 06 June 2007 14:52, Richard Heck wrote: > Oisin Feeley wrote: > > On 6/6/07, Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > >> > When I view my old documents (i.e. the pdf files generated by LyX on > >> > Windows) on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) the quality is very bad. I guess this > >> > is

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Richard Heck
Oisin Feeley wrote: On 6/6/07, Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > When I view my old documents (i.e. the pdf files generated by LyX on > Windows) on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) the quality is very bad. I guess this > is related to the installed fonts. [snip] . Anyway you can view a sample pdf

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Oisin Feeley
On 6/6/07, Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > When I view my old documents (i.e. the pdf files generated by LyX on > Windows) on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) the quality is very bad. I guess this > is related to the installed fonts. [snip] . Anyway you can view a sample pdf generated on my machi

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Ares
From: Vaclav Smidl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have been using LyX on windows XP since a while now and i am trying to move to Linux. I have not tried to install LyX on Linux yet (I am sorry but i already know that it won't be easy, I already tried once with no success) but my question is different now

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Richard Heck
Oisin Feeley wrote: Forgive me if this is OT, but I was reminded of it it by your post. Red Hat just released replacements for the common Microsoft proprietary fonts: https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ including replacements for TimesNewRoman, Aerial and CourierNew. Thanks for the info! This

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Oisin Feeley
On 6/6/07, Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Perhaps some of your fonts weren't embedded, and maybe they were truetype. You can install Truetype fonts on your Linux computer. Forgive me if this is OT, but I was reminded of it it by your post. Red Hat just released replacements for the com

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Paul Smith
ed? please let me know if you have any > suggestion... Congratulations on moving to Linux. IMHO a wise choice indeed. Perhaps some of your fonts weren't embedded, and maybe they were truetype. You can install Truetype fonts on your Linux computer. Each distribution has its own method for

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Steve Litt
pected? please let me know if you have any > suggestion... Congratulations on moving to Linux. IMHO a wise choice indeed. Perhaps some of your fonts weren't embedded, and maybe they were truetype. You can install Truetype fonts on your Linux computer. Each distribution has its own method

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Paul Smith
On 6/6/07, Vaclav Smidl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been using LyX on windows XP since a while now and i am trying > to move to Linux. I have not tried to install LyX on Linux yet (I am > sorry but i already know that it won't be easy, I already tried once > with no success) but my questi

Re: moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Vaclav Smidl
Hi, > > I have been using LyX on windows XP since a while now and i am trying > to move to Linux. I have not tried to install LyX on Linux yet (I am > sorry but i already know that it won't be easy, I already tried once > with no success) but my question is different now. On ubuntu it should be as

moving to linux...

2007-06-06 Thread Ares
Hi all, I have been using LyX on windows XP since a while now and i am trying to move to Linux. I have not tried to install LyX on Linux yet (I am sorry but i already know that it won't be easy, I already tried once with no success) but my question is different now. When I view my old documents