Re: LyX and Mathematica

2005-11-18 Thread Georg Baum
Andrzej Tomaszewski wrote: > Hi All! > > I am asking a question on the list because I could not find anywhere any > information about integrating LyX and Mathematica. > > I am using W2K OS, LyX 1.3.6-1 and Mathematica 4.1. What exactly have I to > do in order to be able to use (math-extern mathe

tex2lyx problems

2005-11-18 Thread Horacio Emilio Pérez Sánchez
Hola, I have a tex document with a lot of mathematical formulae and so on, and I want to convert this to lyx in order to be able to merge in a bigger lyx document I have. The first time I used relyx (or import from latex in lyx), but this only works with very simple latex files and no with m

Re: tex2lyx problems

2005-11-18 Thread Jose' Matos
On Friday 18 November 2005 10:52, Horacio Emilio Pérez Sánchez wrote: > Hola, Hola, :-) > I have a tex document with a lot of mathematical formulae and so on, and I > want to convert this to lyx in order to be able to merge in a bigger lyx > document I have. > > The first time I used relyx (or

RE: LyX and Mathematica

2005-11-18 Thread Andrzej Tomaszewski
Does it mean LyX menu entry does nothing at all, or that it's functionality is (very) limited? If the first is true, what about Maxima support? In the "configure" script I have found only the entries for Octave and Maple - Maple is "a bit" too expensive, and Octave is primarily numeric system

WinLyX Uwe instalerl 31 and TexLive2005

2005-11-18 Thread Stephen Harris
The installation does not work when TL2005 provides the Latex for Windows files using the small installer. The problem is that TexLive2005 doesn't write itself to the Windows Path, I would imagine, because when I started over and first added "C:\TexLive2005\bin\win32" to the Win Path, the insta

RE: LyX and Mathematica

2005-11-18 Thread Georg Baum
Andrzej Tomaszewski wrote: > Does it mean LyX menu entry does nothing at all, or that it's > functionality is (very) limited? AFAIK it does nothing at all. > If the first is true, what about Maxima support? That should work. > In the "configure" script > I have found only the entries for Octa

Re: WinLyX Uwe instalerl 31 and TexLive2005

2005-11-18 Thread William F. Adams
On Nov 18, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: So I haven't tested with a pre-existing Miktex install for the Small installer I did this last night, and was able to view the manual as a .dvi and a .pdf (made using dvips / ghostscript). It seemed to work well, though I didn't do much mor

Spell checking multiple languages?

2005-11-18 Thread Andreas Kofod-Hansen
Hi I have read that it's possible to spell check a multiple language, but the statement that it is possible have never been accompanied by a guide on to how to do it, so this is what I ask now. Regards Andreas P.S. I use Lyx in Windows with Aspell as the spell checker.

Re: WinLyX Uwe instalerl 31 and TexLive2005

2005-11-18 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "William F. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lyx" Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:54 AM Subject: Re: WinLyX Uwe instalerl 31 and TexLive2005 On Nov 18, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: So I haven't tested with a pre-existing Miktex install for th

Re: Spell checking multiple languages?

2005-11-18 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Andreas Kofod-Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 6:16 AM Subject: Spell checking multiple languages? Hi I have read that it's possible to spell check a multiple language, but the statement that it is possible have never bee

Re: tex2lyx problems

2005-11-18 Thread Horacio Emilio Pérez Sánchez
Now the script lyx2lyx works with no error messages, so I have a new lyx file supposedly for the 1.3.5 version format. When I open this file with lyx 1.3.5, there are no errors during the import process, but when I compile to pdf, there is a lot of errors. It seems to me that, unfortunately,

Abstracts in multiple languages, preface and acknowledgements

2005-11-18 Thread Andreas Kofod-Hansen
Hi I'm writing my masters thesis in lyx, and as I'm writing the thesis in danish, an abstract in english (as well as one in danish) is required. I have tried using the latex directive selectlanguage to select first English (or more correctly, British) and then Danish, and that has worked ok as

Re: tex2lyx problems

2005-11-18 Thread Jose' Matos
On Friday 18 November 2005 15:26, Horacio Emilio Pérez Sánchez wrote: > Now the script lyx2lyx works with no error messages, so I have a new lyx > file supposedly for the 1.3.5 version format. Good. :-) > When I open this file with lyx 1.3.5, there are no errors during the import > process, but

pointers to descriptions of various document layouts?

2005-11-18 Thread Alexis Huxley
Hi, this isn't a LyX-specific question, but as a LyX user, and seeing how well LyX is orientated to specific document classes, I figured the people here would understand the question or be able to refer me to others places to ask ... I am looking for some descriptions of how certain document types

Re: tex2lyx problems

2005-11-18 Thread Georg Baum
Horacio Emilio Pérez Sánchez wrote: > Now the script lyx2lyx works with no error messages, so I have a new lyx > file supposedly for the 1.3.5 version format. > > When I open this file with lyx 1.3.5, there are no errors during the > import process, but when I compile to pdf, there is a lot of er

RE: LyX and Mathematica

2005-11-18 Thread Andrzej Tomaszewski
Thank you, Georg, for your information! I'm afraid my general programming languages education ended on Pascal, later I primarily used program specific languages as Mathematica or Stata. Well, at least I can see what is missing for Mathematica to work... Maybe after finishing my PhD I will l

Re: pointers to descriptions of various document layouts?

2005-11-18 Thread William F. Adams
On Nov 18, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Alexis Huxley wrote: Hi, this isn't a LyX-specific question, but as a LyX user, and seeing how well LyX is orientated to specific document classes, I figured the people here would understand the question or be able to refer me to others places to ask ... Have you

Removing leading dots in TOC?

2005-11-18 Thread Stefano Franchi
Can anyone explain how to remove the leading dots in the Table of Contents? The section on formatting TOCs in the LaTeX companion (2.3, p.51, 2nd ed.) contains a cryptic reference that went totally over my head. It suggests to use [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a suitably large number in a \renewcomman

Re: unavailable classes

2005-11-18 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
I am trying to use the curriculum vitae class in lyx and it is listed as unavailable. How to I install it or make it available? LyX 1.3.6 comes with the "cv" example and the "cv" LyX layout and "cv" class. On my system, lyx also doesn't see the class: +checking for document class cv [cv]..

Re: tex2lyx problems

2005-11-18 Thread Georg Baum
Am Freitag, 18. November 2005 17:27 schrieben Sie: > Here it goes the original tex file. Don't you worry is not confidential at > all, just for educational purposes. > > And if you solve the problem, please tell me or tell the forum so all of us > can learn from these bugs. It was very easy: You

subtitle for book?

2005-11-18 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
I see that some layouts like beamer, paper, and others have a "subtitle". Is there any subtitle layout for a book? My workaround is to use author or date or use a CTRL-Enter to add to a Author layout. Will this cause problems? If not, I get: Error in latexParagraphs: You should not mix tit

In-line formulae and inter-lines spacing

2005-11-18 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Sometimes, some in-line equations cause a larger inter-lines spacing around the line where the equation is placed. Is there some way of minimizing this undesirable side effect? Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: tex2lyx problems

2005-11-18 Thread Jose' Matos
On Friday 18 November 2005 17:38, Georg Baum wrote: > > And if you solve the problem, please tell me or tell the forum so all of > > us can learn from these bugs. > > It was very easy: > > You had the two commands > > \newcommand {\be} {\begin{equation}} > \newcommand {\ee} {\end {equation}} > > i

Re: tex2lyx problems

2005-11-18 Thread Georg Baum
Am Freitag, 18. November 2005 19:03 schrieb Jose' Matos: > This could/should go in the wiki I have seen this kind of stuff so many > times, the problem is that this varies from person. Yes. Any takers? I have no time at the moment. Georg

latex import problem

2005-11-18 Thread Sanda Pavel
hi all, i'm trying to import some latex files into lyx, but lyx plays funny games with me. after import into lyx all the formulas look fine, export works etc, but when i save+close+reopen the lyx file, it is no longer exportable and also information about symbols in the formulas change from "Type

LyX function for German hard S?

2005-11-18 Thread Stefano Franchi
My keyboard is acting strangely again, and I need to use the minibuffer to input accented characters and similia. But I can't remember the function needed to input the German hard-S. Can anyone help? Thanks. Stefano __ Stefano Franchi Department

image convert problems

2005-11-18 Thread C Beary
Hello, I recently did a complete reinstall of lyx and am having some problems opening my old documents. There were no problems compiling lyx and there were no missing packages. Yet when I open a document, I get the error "No information for converting gif to eps". This happens for a number of d