Re: 1.3.6 for Win Fix

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Stephen P. Harris wrote: > Long version: > Whilst having a stimulating chat with Paul Smith about > the merits of viewing files, I decided to upgrade to the > new 1.3.6 lyx-1.3.6_win32_setup_v1.exe since Angus > claimed it was functioning flawlessly. :-) I certainly did not. However, I do think

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
David Green wrote: > I do get a "Mutex destroy failure: Resource busy" when exiting LyX > (when starting it from command line so I can see the output). Really? This is with LyX 1.3.6? I thought I'd squashed that one :( -- Angus

Re: Strange menu behaviour on resize

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: >> Hi >> >> A strange thing happens whenever I minimise my Lyx window to the tool >> bar in Windows. When I bring it back up (regardless of whether it is >> full screen or user defined size) only the first 4 menu options are >> available (FIle, Edit, I

first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Hello, I just wanted to share my first impressions of 1.3.6 (and give ideas for 1.3.7 ;) ). First a few words of introduction: I used the contributed binary rpm for Mandriva LE 2005. System is a Mandriva limited edition 20005 (=Mandrake 10.2), on an Athlon 600 MHz computer. I am absolutely n

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Olivier Ripoll wrote: Hi, Olivier. > 2a- LyXPreview > I noticed no simple "per document" way to disable the preview of > equations. As I said earlier, my computer is quite old, and I prefer not > to see the preview of the equations. You're right that there is no "per document" way to do this, bu

Re: Strange menu behaviour on resize

2005-07-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>From: "Geoffrey Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: >>Subject: Strange menu behaviour on resize >>Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:09:14 +0100 >> >>Hi >> >>A strange thing happens whenever I minimise my Lyx window to the tool bar in >>Windows. When I bring it back up (regardless of whether it is full s

Re: Strange menu behaviour on resize

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: > Another unusual behaviour: when a popup appears (e.g tex2lyx warning) it > is iconified if you get the focus on the lyx window (instead of going > behind as usual. It may take a while (and a few task killings) to > understand that you have to deiv]conify it to get the

Re: 1.3.6 for Win

2005-07-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>However, screen resolution seems quite bad, never noticed before. >>Any clue ? Solved, Lyx on Windows opens with 18th Century screenfonts both for serif and sans. Setting to Times New Roman ands Arial is all right. Should not this be the default on the Win port ? -- Jean-Pierre

Re: 1.3.6 for Win

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: >>>However, screen resolution seems quite bad, never noticed before. >>>Any clue ? > Solved, Lyx on Windows opens with 18th Century screenfonts both for serif > and sans. Setting to Times New Roman ands Arial is all right. > Should not this be the default on the Win por

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Baum
Olivier Ripoll wrote: > In the past, one could use the nice slanted iint and iiint in LyX, or > add the wasy package to the preamble. Now, there is no more choice in > the ui. I think it qualifies as a regression. I agree. But the old behaviour could lead to LaTeX errors. In order to solve this w

How do I install a new layout/class?... Again

2005-07-20 Thread Peter Rockett
Still having no luck with installing a new layout/class! (http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg40707.html) I have: 1) Copied the svmult.cls file to c:\localtexmf\tex (although I had to create this \tex directory) 2) Copied the layout files which I downloaded from http://w

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Angus Leeming wrote: Olivier Ripoll wrote: Hi, Olivier. Hi Angus, thanks for the quick answer. 2a- LyXPreview I noticed no simple "per document" way to disable the preview of equations. As I said earlier, my computer is quite old, and I prefer not to see the preview of the equations. You'r

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Olivier Ripoll wrote: >> Add a line to your .lyx/preferences file: >> \\preview_scale_factor 2.0 >> (or whatever). The default value is 0.9. > definitely something for the docs ;) http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview#changing_preview_size -- Angus

Re: How do I install a new layout/class?... Again

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Peter Rockett wrote: > I have: > > 1) Copied the svmult.cls file to c:\localtexmf\tex (although I had to > create this \tex directory) > > 2) Copied the layout files which I downloaded from > http://www.otaru-uc.ac.jp/~yokota/ > > 3) Ran "Refresh" from the MikTex Options tool > > 4) Ran "Edit

Re: 1.3.6 for Win

2005-07-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org >>From: Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: 1.3.6 for Win >>Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:39:25 +0200 >> >>Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: >> >>> Not tested with a real life tex file, seems that I need to turn Unix EOFs >>> into Win EOFs before tex2lyxing. >> >>That

Re: 1.3.6 for Win

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Baum
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: > Going back to testing later, but I don't really understand the layout > issues: the layouts existing in 1.4 and not in 1.3 will allow tex2lyx to > convert more latex files, but they won't be usable with 1.3 as the layout > will be missing. Yes. But the syntax of the

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Georg Baum wrote: Olivier Ripoll wrote: In the past, one could use the nice slanted iint and iiint in LyX, or add the wasy package to the preamble. Now, there is no more choice in the ui. I think it qualifies as a regression. I agree. But the old behaviour could lead to LaTeX errors. In orde

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Angus Leeming wrote: Olivier Ripoll wrote: Add a line to your .lyx/preferences file: \\preview_scale_factor 2.0 (or whatever). The default value is 0.9. definitely something for the docs ;) http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview#changing_preview_size Thanks. I meant the docs included

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Olivier Ripoll wrote: > The only one that I had (re)defined in the preamble was oiint. So > shouldn't the wasy package/fonts be used only if AMSmath is unselected ? I think that the wasysym documentation http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wasysym/wasysym.pdf explains what we ne

Re: most lyx-friendly bibtex-format?

2005-07-20 Thread Sven Schreiber
Georg Baum wrote: > Sven Schreiber wrote: > > >>afaik the weaknesses of the used simple bibtex parser are known, but not >>to me, so please what are recommendations for the bibtex file format so >>that the parser won't get confused? > > > I never had any problems with .bib files that were sani

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Kö
Am 20.07.2005 um 05:52 schrieb David Green:On Jul 19, 2005, at 10:13 PM, David Green wrote: There also seems to be an attempt to may a lyxpipe(?) still ~/.lyx -- this seems wrong. OK, here is a work-around that works for me.1. go to Terminal and recreate a .lyx directorymkdir ~/.lyxTried that with

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Herbert Voss
Angus Leeming wrote: Olivier Ripoll wrote: The only one that I had (re)defined in the preamble was oiint. So shouldn't the wasy package/fonts be used only if AMSmath is unselected ? I think that the wasysym documentation http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wasysym/wasysym.

TextClass Error - Tiger solution

2005-07-20 Thread Karol Hennessy
There's some bug in lyx for mac with fink as far as I can see: I noticed some files were missing from the updated config Anyway here's my fix (assuming /sw is your fink installation directory): Install tetex, ghostscript etc. with fink if you haven't already Install LyX run the Installer script c

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> Olivier Ripoll wrote: >> The only one that I had (re)defined in the preamble was oiint. So >> shouldn't the wasy package/fonts be used only if AMSmath is >> unselected ? Angus> I think that the wasysym documentation Angus> http://w

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jul 20, 2005, at 8:10 AM, Georg Kö wrote: Started the configure manually from the App Bundle (/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx) and found the packages.lst, textclasses.lst and lyxrc.defaults touched and suitable for my system BUT IN THAT SAME DIRECTORY AND NOT IN ~/Application

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> I think that the wasysym documentation Angus> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wasysym/wasysym.pdf Angus> explains what we need to do. Executive summary: Angus> \usepackage[nointegrals]{wa

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Kö
Am 20.07.2005 um 14:58 schrieb Bennett Helm: On Jul 20, 2005, at 8:10 AM, Georg Kö wrote: Started the configure manually from the App Bundle (/Applications/ LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx) and found the packages.lst, textclasses.lst and lyxrc.defaults touched and suitable for my system BU

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org >>Subject: Re: first impressions of 1.3.6 >>From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:42:05 +0200 >> >>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>Angus> Olivier Ripoll wrote: The only one that I had (re)define

Re: How do I install a new layout/class?... Again

2005-07-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Peter Rockett wrote: Still having no luck with installing a new layout/class! (http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg40707.html) I have: 1) Copied the svmult.cls file to c:\localtexmf\tex (although I had to create this \tex directory) If my advice from below doesn't work,

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jul 20, 2005, at 9:27 AM, Georg Kö wrote: Am 20.07.2005 um 14:58 schrieb Bennett Helm: In Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix, enter "/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- current:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin" (without the quotes). Now try re

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Kö
Am 20.07.2005 um 15:46 schrieb Bennett Helm: On Jul 20, 2005, at 9:27 AM, Georg Kö wrote: Am 20.07.2005 um 14:58 schrieb Bennett Helm: In Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix, enter "/usr/bin:/usr/local/ bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current:/usr/X11R6/ bin:/sw/bin:/opt/loc

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Baum
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> writes: > > Angus> I think that the wasysym documentation > Angus> > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wasysym/wasysym.pdf > Angus> explains what we need to do. Executive summary: Angus> > \u

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jul 20, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Georg Kö wrote: The PATH prefix was missing but DID NOT make Edit > Reconfigure work. I had to run configure manually again and copy the files. The combination of both, replacing the Files in ~/Apllication Support/LyX with the manually generated AND entering the

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Olivier" == Olivier Ripoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Olivier> Isn't this possibly the feature that introduced the bug ? I Olivier> am using oiint (defined in my preamble). LyX thinks this Olivier> needs the wasy font and thus load the package. As a result, I Olivier> have a problem with m

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Kö
Am 20.07.2005 um 16:10 schrieb Bennett Helm: On Jul 20, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Georg Kö wrote: The PATH prefix was missing but DID NOT make Edit > Reconfigure work. I had to run configure manually again and copy the files. The combination of both, replacing the Files in ~/Apllication Support

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Herbert Voss
Georg Baum wrote: It seems that the esint.sty package the Herbert pointed to does that. The problem is, how common is it? I don't know. I never heard of it before, and it is not included in tetex 2.0. there are a lot of packages which were not part of tetex _2.0_ Herbert

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Herbert Voss
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: first impressions of 1.3.6 From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:42:05 +0200 "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> Olivier Ripoll wrote: The only one that I had (re

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Herbert> Georg Baum wrote: >>> It seems that the esint.sty package the Herbert pointed to does >>> that. The problem is, how common is it? >> I don't know. I never heard of it before, and it is not included in >> tetex 2.0. Herbert> ther

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Herbert Voss
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Herbert> Georg Baum wrote: It seems that the esint.sty package the Herbert pointed to does that. The problem is, how common is it? I don't know. I never heard of it before, and it is not included in tetex 2.0

Re: first impressions of 1.3.6

2005-07-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Herbert> but you try to rely on obsolete packages ... ;-) e.g. a4.sty We got rid of it for 1.4.0 :) JMarc

Quotation marks

2005-07-20 Thread Herbert Voss
Angus, you are the sed hero ... Often we have a text with wrong quotations like foo "bar" baz which must be converted into foo "`bar"' baz, or foo ">bar"< baz, or ... the problem is, that there could also be a an original foo " bar" bazor foo " bar " baz or foo "bar " baz is there a on

Users' list

2005-07-20 Thread Jesús Jiménez
Hi, my nick is Atlanta and I'd like taking part in the LiX users' list. Bye

Re: Users' list

2005-07-20 Thread Paul Smith
On 7/20/05, Jesús Jiménez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, my nick is Atlanta and I'd like taking part in the LiX users' list. Well, just subscribe it! The instructions are at: http://www.lyx.org/internet/mailing.php3 Paul

citations and references in multi document files

2005-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
I just split my thesis into multiple documents as it became impossible to handle after the 80 page mark without folding (which AFAIK lyx doesn't support). Anyway, this works find except for references and citations. references to other parts of the document have to be entered manually and I can

Thank's for the new Mac installer

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Kö
Dear Bennett, thank's for the new LyX/Mac installer. Works fine! Georg (p.s.: The LyX/Mac wiki page should be updated with the links to the new dmg)

Re: Thank's for the new Mac installer

2005-07-20 Thread Bennett Helm
On Jul 20, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Georg Kö wrote: Dear Bennett, thank's for the new LyX/Mac installer. Works fine! Great -- you're welcome. Thanks to you and David and Karol for helping sort this out. Georg (p.s.: The LyX/Mac wiki page should be updated with the links to the new dmg) Done

Re: 1.3.6 on mac troubles

2005-07-20 Thread David Green
On Jul 20, 2005, at 2:46 AM, Angus Leeming wrote: David Green wrote: I do get a "Mutex destroy failure: Resource busy" when exiting LyX (when starting it from command line so I can see the output). Really? This is with LyX 1.3.6? I thought I'd squashed that one :( Yes LyX 1.3.6 . Dave

Re: citations and references in multi document files

2005-07-20 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Micha Feigin wrote: > references to > other parts of the document have to be entered manually and I can only > push > citations from bibtex as they are not known to the local document and even > then > I can't control their format. > > Is there any solution to any of these problems? Workaround for

Re: citations and references in multi document files

2005-07-20 Thread Georg Baum
Micha Feigin wrote: > I just split my thesis into multiple documents as it became impossible to > handle after the 80 page mark without folding (which AFAIK lyx doesn't > support). Do you know View->Navigate? > Anyway, this works find except for references and citations. references to > other pa

/dev/null

2005-07-20 Thread sandro massidda
I tried to configure lyx and I got this problem, as in the README file here is a very nasty bug in LyX 1.2.2 configure script: if you configure as root and an error occurs during the configure step (e.g. xforms not found), the the script will delete the /dev/null device. This undoubtly leads to