Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Marc D.
On 25 Jan 06, at 14:39, Marc D. wrote: I have a file that processes fine using "PDF (ps to pdf)" option. When I insert a graphic, it then gives me a single error: LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in /tmp/ lyx_tmpdir7937ASk7yo/ly ...van_courses_current_320_assign_a1-3b.jpg} I'

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Marc D. writes: > > LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in /tmp/ > > lyx_tmpdir7937ASk7yo/ly > > ...van_courses_current_320_assign_a1-3b.jpg} > File: /tmp/lyx_tmpdir17654ldPLfc/ > lyx_tmpbuf0/0_Users_donovan_courses_current_32 > 0_assign_a1-3a.jpg Graphic file (type eps) From the Latex

Re: Lyx, BibTex & HTML

2006-01-26 Thread Axel Dessecker
Yaron, Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 19:45 schrieb Yaron Y. Goland: > I tried htlatex filename and it did translate to HTML but it did not > do the right thing with BibTex. I also looked at the options, Could you be a little more specific please? Do the references show up in the *.dvi version of

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Georg Baum
Marc D. wrote: > I'm at my wits end. Can someone please tell me at least WHAT is wrong, > in terms of why LyX isn't able to create LaTeX code that works in > this case? > What is LyX is doing (or not doing) that creates this LaTeX error? We don't know, but with your help we might find out. Maybe

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Georg Baum
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > In my experience (1.3.5) LyX converts jpegs to an EPS automagically. Only for dvi output, but he runs pdflatex. LyX does not convert to eps in this case. > And > above it does say "type eps"... I overread this. That is very interesting. Marc. please post the complete \i

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Marc D.
On 26 Jan 06, at 01:06, Georg Baum wrote: Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: In my experience (1.3.5) LyX converts jpegs to an EPS automagically. Only for dvi output, but he runs pdflatex. LyX does not convert to eps in this case. And above it does say "type eps"... I overread this. That is very

Re: cursor size

2006-01-26 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Rafael Perez Pascual wrote: > I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line > very dificut to see, is it possible to have a larger cursor? Yes, please, I would love to see an answer to this as it's the one niggly bit about LyX I don't li

Re: LyX 1.3.4 and LyX 1.3.7

2006-01-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Griera" == Griera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Griera> Hello: I'm using LyX 1.3.4 in a sarge debian and now I have Griera> LyX 1.3.7 for Windows from Griera> http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows. Can I have problems if I Griera> work with the same document with lyx 1.3.4 and 1.3.7? The rule

Re: [OT] Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Kevin" == Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin> Anyway, one can assume (I would have thought) that Knuth would Kevin> have worked in an optimal manner and therefore paid particular Kevin> attention to the most common possible combinations (such as the Kevin> basic lower- and upp

Re: cursor size

2006-01-26 Thread john
On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 09:27 +, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Rafael Perez Pascual wrote: > > I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line > > very dificut to see, is it possible to have a larger cursor? > > Yes, please, I would love to see

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Georg Baum
Marc D. wrote: > I have tested the 3 images in a standalone file, and the images > display fine using the PDF (ps to pdf) option. It looks like the 3rd > image, specified as eps rather than jpg, is converted to pdf before > the tex file is created. What does "specified as eps" mean? If it means

Re: right-click vs. double-click

2006-01-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Hello Nusret, If we you are willing to help with the development of LyX, there are plenty to do. I suggest that you read some of the lyx-devel archive (try the excellent gname news interface: gmane.editors.lyx.devel). I too would like to have context menu inside lyx but this feature would need

Re: Lyx 1.3.7 and WinME: strange problem

2006-01-26 Thread Persio Barros
From: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Persio Barros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Subject: Re: Lyx 1.3.7 and WinME: strange problem Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:36:23 -0800 You need to uninstall the LyX 1.3.6 folder used for configuration and settings, not just the LyX by default installed under

Re: cursor size

2006-01-26 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:19:53PM +1300, john wrote: > On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 09:27 +, Eric S Fraga wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Rafael Perez Pascual wrote: > > > I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line > > > very dificut to see, is it possible t

Re: cursor size

2006-01-26 Thread Martin Geisler
john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Yes, please, I would love to see an answer to this as it's the one >> niggly bit about LyX I don't like! A block cursor would be ideal >> (as an option, of course) but anything a bit more obvious than a 1 >> pixel wide bar on a 1600 wide display would help... >

Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-26 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes writes: > What font are you using currently? EC? The Computer Modern family ("ae" variant). -Kevin -- Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tiros-Translations

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Marc D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:39 AM Subject: Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7) On 26 Jan 06, at 01:06, Georg Baum wrote: Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: In my experience (1.3.5) LyX converts jpegs to an EPS au

Re: cursor size

2006-01-26 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Eric S Fraga writes: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Rafael Perez Pascual wrote: > > I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line > > very dificut to see, is it possible to have a larger cursor? > > Yes, please, I would love to see an answer to this as it's the one >

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Georg Baum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:21 AM Subject: Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7) From the a1.tex file in /tmp/... = \includegraphics[% bb=1bp 1bp 0bp 0bp, Ma

Re: lyx 1.4.0 pre 3 not open my file

2006-01-26 Thread Marcelo Acuÿfffff1a
>> Hello, I make an upgrade from 1.3.6 to 1.3.7 and this work >> ok. No problem. Then make an upgrade to 1.4.0 pre3 and found >> a problem. This new version open correctly several files from >> 1.3.6 and 1.3.7 but my main work, a long book, is not open. >> Appears an error mesage like: "lyx2l

Re: cursor size

2006-01-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Rafael Perez Pascual a écrit : I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line very dificut to see, is it possible to have a larger cursor? Thanks Rafael Perez For Qt frontend at least, this is hard-coded in "src/frontends/qt2/qscreen.C". At line 79, in member function sh

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Martin A. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ok - almost there > > now i just need to adjust the distance between the authors, which is > rediculously large. i am trying this, but in vain. > > \makeatletter > \renewcommand{\and}{% % \begin{tabular} > \end{tabular}% > \hskip 0em [EM

Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Kevin" == Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes writes: >> What font are you using currently? EC? Kevin> The Computer Modern family ("ae" variant). Did you try EC or lmodern? Does it make a difference? JMarc

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Georg Baum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:21 AM Subject: Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7) From the a1.tex file in /tmp/... = \includegraphics[% bb=1bp 1bp 0bp 0bp,

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Martin A. Hansen
sorry, but redefining the \and hskip conflicts with the left-alignment of the author sections so that it over-shoots the right margin ... *sigh* it also seems to conflict with my attempts to left-align figure captions: % left align captions \makeatletter [EMAIL PROTECTED] \vskip\abovecaptionsk

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Martin" == Martin A Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> sorry, but redefining the \and hskip conflicts with the Martin> left-alignment of the author sections so that it over-shoots Martin> the right margin ... Martin> *sigh* I notice this thread only now... Did you have a look at t

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Martin A. Hansen
thanks, but i need to figure out how to do this with koma-script article. i need to upgrade my latex skills, but i havnt much time right now, since 1 paper and 1 phd-thesis is due in 1 week ... ifaik there is nothing in srcguien about left-aligning the author section and defining the hskip distan

Re: cursor size

2006-01-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : Rafael Perez Pascual a écrit : I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line very dificut to see, is it possible to have a larger cursor? Thanks Rafael Perez For Qt frontend at least, this is hard-coded in "src/frontends/qt2/qscreen.C". At li

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Martin A. Hansen writes: > thanks, but i need to figure out how to do this with koma-script > article. > ifaik there is nothing in srcguien about left-aligning the author > section and defining the hskip distance of \and. Ask on the koma web site: http://www.komascript.de/ It's all in German, bu

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Martin" == Martin A Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> thanks, but i need to figure out how to do this with Martin> koma-script article. i need to upgrade my latex skills, but i Martin> havnt much time right now, since 1 paper and 1 phd-thesis is Martin> due in 1 week ... Fair enou

Re: cursor size

2006-01-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : Rafael Perez Pascual a écrit : I am using lyx on Debian Linux, the cursor is a one pixel line very dificut to see, is it possible to have a larger cursor? Thanks Rafael Perez For Qt frontend at least, this is hard-coded in "src/fr

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Marc D.
On 26 Jan 06, at 02:21, Georg Baum wrote: Marc D. wrote: I have tested the 3 images in a standalone file, and the images display fine using the PDF (ps to pdf) option. It looks like the 3rd image, specified as eps rather than jpg, is converted to pdf before the tex file is created. What do

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Herbert Voss
Martin A. Hansen wrote: ok - almost there now i just need to adjust the distance between the authors, which is rediculously large. i am trying this, but in vain. \makeatletter \renewcommand{\and}{% % \begin{tabular} \end{tabular}% \hskip 0em [EMAIL PROTECTED] \begin{tab

file>export>latex

2006-01-26 Thread David Edwards
Dear Colleagues, When I apply the above command to a document nothing happens. (On the other hand if I apply view>DVI I do get a nice DVI.) So how can I generate a latex (.tex) file? My installation of lyx (from mactex) is new, so I wonder if something is missing. Shall be grateful for any

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Herbert Voss
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: "Martin" == Martin A Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> thanks, but i need to figure out how to do this with Martin> koma-script article. i need to upgrade my latex skills, but i Martin> havnt much time right now, since 1 paper and 1 phd-thesis is Martin> du

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Herbert Voss
Martin A. Hansen wrote: thanks, but i need to figure out how to do this with koma-script article. i need to upgrade my latex skills, but i havnt much time right now, since 1 paper and 1 phd-thesis is due in 1 week ... ifaik there is nothing in srcguien about left-aligning the author section and

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > a simple \hspace{4em} does it. > I do not understand, what _exactly_ do you want to have. Ubi major, minor cessat. I'll leave this to you, Herbert ;-) -- Enrico

Re: right-click vs. double-click

2006-01-26 Thread Nusret BALCI
Hello, As far as I see developers here don't like double click for some reasons :). How about putting a "Math Panel" item in the hypothetical context menu which is brought up by right click instead of the math panel? Then you can configure the double click for whatever you want or just leave it al

Re: file>export>latex

2006-01-26 Thread Nicolás
When you use file->export->latex a .tex file should be generated in the directory where you have your .lyx file, but neither the file is displayed on screen, nor a message confirming the action is issued. Check if you get the file! Nicolás David Edwards wrote: Dear Colleagues, When I apply t

problem with minipages...

2006-01-26 Thread Mathieu Richaud
Hello all, I will graduate in a few months and it is time that I update my resume. I want to use Lyx of course! I am almost done but I still have two problems. I joined my resume so that you can see clearly what I am asking (hopefully the file will get through). 1/ Under my name, I would lik

Re: lyx 1.4.0 pre 3 not open my file

2006-01-26 Thread Georg Baum
Am Donnerstag, 26. Januar 2006 13:50 schrieb Marcelo Acuÿf1a: > error: atached. (failed. I will try with other computer) Nothing was attached :-( > binary search: At the end of my file I have Index, TOC, and LIst of > Figures. When I deleted List of Figures convert work OK. Unfortunate

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Georg Baum
Am Donnerstag, 26. Januar 2006 15:43 schrieb Marc D.: > \includegraphics[% >bb=1bp 1bp 1034bp 273bp, >scale=0.5]{/tmp/lyx_tmpdir1096WTsl0f/ > lyx_tmpbuf0/0_Users_donovan_courses_current_320_assign_a1-3a.jpg} > ... > \includegraphics[% >bb=1bp 1bp 836bp 321bp, >scale=0.5]{/tmp/lyx_t

Re: Latex error on graphics insert (LyX 1.3.7)

2006-01-26 Thread Herbert Voss
Marc D. wrote: I have a file that processes fine using "PDF (ps to pdf)" option. When I insert a graphic, it then gives me a single error: LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in /tmp/ lyx_tmpdir7937ASk7yo/ly ...van_courses_current_320_assign_a1-3b.jpg} you can not use ps2pdf and a

Re: problem with minipages...

2006-01-26 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Mathieu Richaud wrote: > 1/ Under my name, I would like to draw a line across the page. I > couldn't find an option to insert such a line. I went around this > problem by inserting many hyphens. It does the trick but something tells > me that Lyx has another better way to d

Re: problem with minipages... (Q1)

2006-01-26 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Mathieu Richaud writes: > 1/ Under my name, I would like to draw a line across the page. I > couldn't find an option to insert such a line. One possibility (from the LaTeX Companion) maybe: in preamble: \newcommand\HRule{\noindent\rule{\linewidth}{1.5pt}} command: \HRule -Kevin -- Kevin Pfe

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Martin A. Hansen
i think the most simple solution goes something like this. do not enter the authors in author environment! instead place the authors in standard environment after the title. set the character to "larger", disable indentation of the paragraph, and set space-above for the paragraph to -6 em and spa

Re: problem with minipages...

2006-01-26 Thread Stephen Buonopane
1/ Under my name, I would like to draw a line across the page. I couldn't find an option to insert such a line. I went around this problem by inserting many hyphens. It does the trick but something tells me that Lyx has another better way to draw a line ;-) Layout ->Paragraph->Lines & Breaks

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Martin A. Hansen writes: > i think the most simple solution goes something like this. > do not enter the authors in author environment! This was my initial thought as well, after all, the typesetting side of LaTeX's personality is much stronger than his/her structured document side. (Are their a

Re: how to left align author section?

2006-01-26 Thread Martin A. Hansen
i got it all together now - it looks good! i wish my server was up, so i could post the result :o) that will have to wait. thanks all! martin On 26/01/06, Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Martin A. Hansen writes: > > i think the most simple solution goes something like this. > >

Re: jabref and lyx

2006-01-26 Thread Caspar
Having seen that this is possible. i'd like to do the same, alas i am having problems on OSX and just transferred to LyX137 so i changed my JabRef lyxpipe entry to.. ~/Library/Application Support/LyX/.lyxpipe gave me an error that i ought to verify that lxypipe is valid how do i do that? ti

Re: problem with minipages...

2006-01-26 Thread Ingar Pareliussen
Somethig like this maybe? Latex does not break minipages ususally. So you may have to manually break them into two seperate minpages to get what you want. I also changed a little bit on the presentation part to fit it into 2 pages, you might want to change that back and move some other part around

Re: [OT] Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 09:43:30PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > Andre Poenitz writes: > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 08:55:27PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > > > Andre Poenitz writes: > > > > I'd guess it's almost impossible to get kerning right in all > > > > circumstances. > > > There can't be to

Re: problem with minipages...

2006-01-26 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Ingar Pareliussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Somethig like this maybe? Latex does not break minipages ususally. So > you may have to manually break them into two seperate minpages to get > what you want. Why not using the cv class distributed with LyX? -- Enrico #LyX 1.3 created this file.

Re: jabref and lyx

2006-01-26 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Donnerstag, 26. Januar 2006 22:08 schrieb Caspar: > Having seen that this is possible. i'd like to do the same, alas i am > having problems > > on OSX and just transferred to LyX137 > so i changed my JabRef lyxpipe entry to.. > > ~/Library/Application Support/LyX/.lyxpipe > > gave me an error th

jabref again

2006-01-26 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Here is another jabref related question. The output of the article style in the References section does not give me Capitals in the titel, except the first one. However, in German references this is not tolerable. I am sure there is a way round in jabref, but I dont know how to do that. Of cour

Re: Lyx, BibTex & HTML

2006-01-26 Thread Yaron Y. Goland
I eventually figured out the magical incantation. I export to LaTeX and then run: latex myfile bibtex myfile latex myfile latex myfile htlatex myfile "html" This works in terms of making the bibliography work but now I have a ligatures problem! All my fi's and such are being turned into funky

Re: jabref again

2006-01-26 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Here is another jabref related question. > The output of the article style in the References section > does not give me Capitals in the titel, except the first one. However, in > German references this is not tolerable. I am sure there is a way round in > jabref, but I d