Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-10 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> William R. Buckley schrieb: >>> Interesting to me is >>> that Andre Pönitz vociferously and rudely suggested to me >>> that the problem must be resident in Window, the OS. As somebody who has enjoyed the ``André experience'', describing him as 'vocifer

Re: LyX Without LaTeX

2008-04-10 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 09 April 2008 14:42, Joost Verburg wrote: >> Paul A. Rubin wrote: >> > Perhaps I'm missing something, but if there's no LaTeX installed, won't >> > the LyX configuration script decide that none of the layouts are usable, >> > making it impossib

Re: LyX Without LaTeX

2008-04-10 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: On Wednesday 09 April 2008 14:42, Joost Verburg wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: Perhaps I'm missing something, but if there's no LaTeX installed, won't the LyX configuration script decide that none of the layouts are usable, making it impossible to start (or I assume open)

Re: feauture request

2008-04-10 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello Stefano, On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Stefano Baroni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody and many thanks for the creating, maintaining, and improving > LyX. > I have a small request that may be silly for normally able people, but may > be important for the visually impaired. Would

Re: feauture request

2008-04-10 Thread Pavel Sanda
> I have a small request that may be silly for normally able people, but may > be important for the visually impaired. Would it be possible to have > rendered math formulas scaled automatically with the text? i'm not sure what you mean by 'rendered', but here, they are scaled with text accorind

Re: feauture request

2008-04-10 Thread Stefano Baroni
On Apr 10, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: I have a small request that may be silly for normally able people, but may be important for the visually impaired. Would it be possible to have rendered math formulas scaled automatically with the text? i'm not sure what you mean by 'rendered

hi

2008-04-10 Thread waleed Abu-Elela
Dear All \left(\left(2n\cos^{2}\alpha-2\cos2\alpha\right)\int_{0}^{\theta_{0}}\sin^{n-2}\theta d\theta\right. \left.\left(\cos2\alpha\sin^{n-1}\theta_{0}\cos\theta_{0}+\sin2\alpha\sin^{n}\theta_{0}\right)\right) The left bracket is larger than the right bracket which is not nice in the PDF fil

Re: feauture request

2008-04-10 Thread Stefano Baroni
On Apr 10, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: Hello Stefano, Hi Liviu On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Stefano Baroni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everybody and many thanks for the creating, maintaining, and improving LyX. I have a small request that may be silly for normally abl

Re: hi

2008-04-10 Thread Stefano Baroni
strip "right. \left." in the middle of the formula cheers - SB On Apr 10, 2008, at 12:53 PM, waleed Abu-Elela wrote: \left(\left(2n\cos^{2}\alpha-2\cos2\alpha\right)\int_{0}^{\theta_{0}} \sin^{n-2}\theta d\theta >> \right. << HERE >> \left. << HERE \left(\cos2\alpha\sin^{n-1}\theta_{0}\cos \

Re: hi

2008-04-10 Thread Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL
You can find the answer in the math manual section 18.1.4 You must use the vphantom space in order to make the second part of your equation believe it has also an integral in it ... Hope it helps Siegfried.

Re: feauture request

2008-04-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Stefano Baroni schrieb: i'm not sure what you mean by 'rendered', I mean what you see, when "instant preview" is on There's currently no user interface to change this. You have to do this manually: - open the file "preferences" you find in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\lyx15

Re: feauture request

2008-04-10 Thread Konrad Hofbauer
Hi Stefano, Stefano Baroni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a small request that may be silly for normally able people, but > may be important for the visually impaired. Would it be possible to > have rendered math formulas scaled automatically with the text? For me (LyX 1.5.4 on OS X), c

Re: LyX Without LaTeX

2008-04-10 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Bruce Pourciau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Elbow problems have begun to make it hard for me to type a long manuscript > into LyX. I was thinking that we could install LyX (but not LaTeX) on my > secretary's machine, and then she could type the ms into LyX, perhaps t

'Boxes' closed at file opening

2008-04-10 Thread Nicola Focci
Hi! I'm an Italian and happy LyX user. I'm so happy that I wrote an italian tutorial, free for download ( http://www.lulu.com/content/2306671). Just a question: is there a way to have all the "boxes" in the working area (ERT, floats, ecc.) closed at file opening? In LyX 1.5.4 (Mac & Win), the ".lyx

Bibtex and Lyx

2008-04-10 Thread antonio . bsousa
Dear lyx users I have a problem using Bibtex with the last lyx version running under MacOsX Leopard. I have bibliographic databases made with Bibdesk and jabref; they are saved in Bibtex formAT. When i try to insert the bibliography in Lyx under Lists/TOC/Bibliography., and i point in t

Moderncv cls and font problems

2008-04-10 Thread snvv
Hello How can I change the preamble and sections fonts of moderncv class? How can I expand the area in the upper right of the first page to accommodate more stuff? I have read the the http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/ModernCVClassIssues but there is nothing relevant in my files... I use 2007 mode

Re: Bibtex and Lyx

2008-04-10 Thread Bennett Helm
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:54 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear lyx users > I have a problem using Bibtex with the last lyx version running under > MacOsX Leopard. > I have bibliographic databases made with Bibdesk and jabref; they are > saved in Bibtex > formAT. > When i try to insert the bibl

check of references

2008-04-10 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Hi, by converting my book from LyX to a pdf file, I get errors from the bibtex references. Is there a program which checks the correctness of the entrances? Wolfgang

Re: Just the name of the chapter right in the header, unable of getting it. How how how...

2008-04-10 Thread Miguel Daniel Rodríguez Magarzo
El mié, 09-04-2008 a las 13:08 +0200, Filippo Zangheri escribió: > >> > > Firstly, thank you very much for your last email, your reply was _definitive_. :-) > > I've tried with that, removing much of the lines I had in the preamble; > > this is what is there at the moment: > > > > \AtBeginD

Re: check of references

2008-04-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Wolfgang Engelmann schrieb: by converting my book from LyX to a pdf file, I get errors from the bibtex references. Is there a program which checks the correctness of the entrances? Not that I know, but Jabref sometimes warn you that you are doing something wrong. Try to open your bib.file wit

Re: 'Boxes' closed at file opening

2008-04-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Nicola Focci schrieb: I'm so happy that I wrote an italian tutorial, free for download ( http://www.lulu.com/content/2306671). I herby invite you to your documentation team. The Italian LyX documentation is quite outdated and any help to improve them is appreciated. When you would help us, p

Re: Just the name of the chapter right in the header, unable of getting it. How how how...

2008-04-10 Thread Filippo Zangheri
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miguel Daniel Rodríguez Magarzo ha scritto: > El mié, 09-04-2008 a las 13:08 +0200, Filippo Zangheri escribió: > > > > Firstly, thank you very much for your last email, your reply was > _definitive_. :-) > > >>> I've tried with that, removing much

Update MacTeX?

2008-04-10 Thread Bruce Pourciau
I plan to update LyX from 1.4.1 to 1.5.4. Before doing this, should I replace my current MacTeX installation with a new one? If so, do I need to clean house myself or would a new MacTeX install do that for me? Bruce

Bibtex In-Text-Citations Problem

2008-04-10 Thread Johannes Knaus
Hello, I don't know if the following is a Lyx problem or a Bibtex-style problem. I have created my own .bst file using makebst. Nearly everthing works as expected but there's one little thing that I can't figure out: It's concerning the formatting of in-text-citations. Such citations shoul

Re: Update MacTeX?

2008-04-10 Thread Bennett Helm
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Bruce Pourciau < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I plan to update LyX from 1.4.1 to 1.5.4. Before doing this, should I > replace my current MacTeX installation with a new one? If so, do I need to > clean house myself or would a new MacTeX install do that for me? No n

Re: Moderncv cls and font problems

2008-04-10 Thread David Hewitt
> How can I change the preamble and sections fonts of moderncv class? > You can always edit the Preamble in LyX under Document -> Settings -> LateX Preamble. Not sure if that's what you mean. The fonts are controlled by what you set in Doc -> Settings as well. > How can I expand the area in

Re: Just the name of the chapter right in the header, unable of getting it. How how how...

2008-04-10 Thread Steve Litt
I've written a little on the subject here: http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm#_HeadersandFooters HTH SteveT On Thursday 10 April 2008 13:14, Filippo Zangheri wrote: > Miguel Daniel Rodríguez Magarzo ha scritto: > > El mié, 09-04-2008 a las 13:08 +0200, Filippo Zangheri escribió

Re: Update MacTeX?

2008-04-10 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 10, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Bennett Helm wrote: On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Bruce Pourciau < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I plan to update LyX from 1.4.1 to 1.5.4. Before doing this, should I replace my current MacTeX installation with a new one? If so, do I need to clean house myself o

Re: Just the name of the chapter right in the header, unable of getting it. How how how...

2008-04-10 Thread Filippo Zangheri
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Litt ha scritto: > I've written a little on the subject here: > http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm#_HeadersandFooters Thanks, but I'm unable to find the section where you explain how to set a string to lowercase except for the

installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread gerardo arnaez
im googling and faq'ing but i find nothing to help me install memoir on lyx on vista. im using lyx 1.5.4 thanks for the help g

Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread Filippo Zangheri
gerardo arnaez ha scritto: > im googling and faq'ing but i find nothing to help me install memoir on lyx on > vista. > im using lyx 1.5.4 > thanks for the help Tried to look for it on CTAN (the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network)? http://www.ctan.org/get/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip On CTAN yo

Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread gerardo arnaez
gerardo arnaez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > im googling and faq'ing but i find nothing to help me install memoir on lyx on > vista. > im using lyx 1.5.4 > thanks for the help > g > Sorry that was a poorly asked questions I read the some mail here and saw a suggesting to use the Mitek package

Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Ed Sykes
Hi, Would someone be so kind to let me know how to make a short horizonal line in LyX please? something like: First Name: ___ Thanks, Ed Sykes

Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread gerardo arnaez
Filippo Zangheri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On CTAN you can find almost every LaTeX package that you will ever need. > > How to install a downloaded package on your computer? Well, I don't > know how to do it under Windows, but with some fantasy and a little > googling you'll get there. >

Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread Filippo Zangheri
gerardo arnaez ha scritto: > gerardo arnaez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> im googling and faq'ing but i find nothing to help me install memoir on lyx >> on >> vista. >> im using lyx 1.5.4 >> thanks for the help >> g >> > > Sorry that was a poorly asked questions > I read the some mail here an

Re: Moderncv cls and font problems

2008-04-10 Thread snvv
Hello and thank you for the answer On Thursday 10 April 2008 21:25:52 David Hewitt wrote: > > How can I change the preamble and sections fonts of moderncv class? > > You can always edit the Preamble in LyX under Document -> Settings -> LateX > Preamble. Not sure if that's what you mean. The fonts

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Filippo Zangheri
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Sykes ha scritto: > Hi, > > Would someone be so kind to let me know how to make a short horizonal line > in LyX please? > something like: > First Name: ___ Maybe there is a more elegant way, but the first thing that comes to my mind is pu

Yap --> MiKTeX + LyX

2008-04-10 Thread Ed Sykes
Hi, Just wondering if someone could help on this issue: Is there a way to configure LyX so that when I double-click on an area in Yap it brings me to that line in LyX? Right now, when I double-click in Yap, it comes up with: "MiKTeX Problem Report: The source file could not be opened because t

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ed Sykes wrote: > Hi, > > Would someone be so kind to let me know how to make a short horizonal line > in LyX please? > something like: > First Name: ___ > > Thanks, > Ed Sykes One way of doing this is to insert a 1x1 table, specify the column width, and put a b

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Ed Sykes schrieb: Would someone be so kind to let me know how to make a short horizonal line in LyX please? something like: First Name: ___ There are two ways: - You can use simply underscores: "_" - You can use this code in ERT: \rule[-.6ex]{3cm}{1pt} regards Uwe

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Ed Sykes
Dear Filippo, Thanks so much !!! It works perfectly. Cheers, Ed - Original Message - From: "Filippo Zangheri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:07 PM Subject: Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX? Ed Sykes ha scritto: Hi, Would someone

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 04:55:08PM -0400, Ed Sykes wrote: > Hi, > > Would someone be so kind to let me know how to make a short horizonal line > in LyX please? > something like: > First Name: ___ Not sure it is the most elegant way, but typing \rule{3cm}{0.4pt} in an "TeX code" box (cr

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Filippo Zangheri
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Sykes ha scritto: > Hi, > > Would someone be so kind to let me know how to make a short horizonal line > in LyX please? > something like: > First Name: ___ A more elegant way: \underline{\mbox{\hspace*{ DESIRED LENGTH HERE }}} Best re

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Ed Sykes
Wow this works too! Thanks to everyone who helped on this. You guys are great! Cheers, Ed Sykes - Original Message - From: "Andre Poenitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX? O

Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Filippo Zangheri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry that was a poorly asked questions > > I read the some mail here and saw a suggesting to use the Mitek package > manager > > to install the memori package, but it says it is already installed. > > So When I g

Re: Yap --> MiKTeX + LyX

2008-04-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Ed Sykes schrieb: Is there a way to configure LyX so that when I double-click on an area in Yap it brings me to that line in LyX? No. Right now, when I double-click in Yap, it comes up with: "MiKTeX Problem Report: The source file could not be opened because the page contains no source link

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Ed Sykes schrieb: >> \rule{3cm}{0.4pt} Wow this works too! Of course, because it is the same command that I used. The scheme is \rule[vertical position]{length}{thickness} (e.g. \rule[-.6ex]{3cm}{1pt} ) >>- You can use simply underscores: "_" > I did not find method 1 to work

Re: Short Horizontal line in LyX?

2008-04-10 Thread Filippo Zangheri
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Filippo Zangheri ha scritto: > Ed Sykes ha scritto: >> Hi, > >> Would someone be so kind to let me know how to make a short horizonal line >> in LyX please? >> something like: >> First Name: ___ > > A more elegant way: > > \underline{\mbox

Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Filippo Zangheri > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry that was a poorly asked questions > > > I read the some mail here and saw a suggesting to use the Mitek package > manager > >

Re: Yap --> MiKTeX + LyX

2008-04-10 Thread Ed Sykes
What is the "popular" previewer for LyX users? I assumed Yap is what everyone uses, ... am I wrong? Thanks, Ed Sykes - Original Message - From: "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Yap --> MiKTeX + Ly

Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread gerardo arnaez
Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Go to Start->All Programs->MiKTeX version->Browse Packages and search > > for memoir in the Name field. Click on memoir and click the + sign to > > install. Then do a Tools->Reconfigure in LyX and all should be well. > > Memoir should be 'available

Re: Yap --> MiKTeX + LyX

2008-04-10 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 05:39:37PM -0400, Ed Sykes wrote: > What is the "popular" previewer for LyX users? > I assumed Yap is what everyone uses, ... am I wrong? I use xdvi. Andre' PS: Please quote only relevant parts...

Re: installing memoir on lyx on vista/windows

2008-04-10 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:53 PM, gerardo arnaez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Go to Start->All Programs->MiKTeX version->Browse Packages and search > > > for memoir in the Name field. Click on memoir and click the + sign to > > > install. Then

Re: Just the name of the chapter right in the header, unable of getting it. How how how...

2008-04-10 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Filippo Zangheri writes: > Steve Litt ha scritto: > > I've written a little on the subject here: > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm#_HeadersandFooters > > Thanks, but I'm unable to find the section where you explain how to > set a string to lowercase except for the first cha

Re: Yap --> MiKTeX + LyX

2008-04-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Ed Sykes schrieb: What is the "popular" previewer for LyX users? I assumed Yap is what everyone uses, ... am I wrong? On Windows, its the most popular one for DVI. Personally I don't use DVI but view and preview the files as PDF. regards Uwe

Re: Yap --> MiKTeX + LyX

2008-04-10 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Ed Sykes writes: > > Hi, > > Just wondering if someone could help on this issue: > > Is there a way to configure LyX so that when I double-click on an area in > Yap it brings me to that line in LyX? Yes, but you have to use the Cygwin version of LyX. > Right now, when I double-click in Yap,

Lyx crash with unknown reason

2008-04-10 Thread Kuang Chen
Hello all, Every time I tried to open a lyx file, or even new a file, lyx crashed. I was wondering if lyx keeps log file somewhere on my computer so that I can find what is going wrong? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Lyx-crash-with-unknown-reason-tp166233

Re: Lyx crash with unknown reason

2008-04-10 Thread rgheck
Kuang Chen wrote: Hello all, Every time I tried to open a lyx file, or even new a file, lyx crashed. I was wondering if lyx keeps log file somewhere on my computer so that I can find what is going wrong? Try running from a terminal. You should get output. rh

Re: Moderncv cls and font problems

2008-04-10 Thread David Hewitt
> I was not clear. If we use moderncv we have to define the name, address > etc in > the preamble. > The problem is if that you don't use enlish then the name etc are not > displayed properly. > > Further, the name, address and sections fonts are different from the main > body > of the CV.

Fwd: Bibtex and Lyx

2008-04-10 Thread Bennett Helm
(To the list this time) On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:20 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The dayabases were saved with .bib extension. > But i saved again and explicit the extension .bib. Didn?t work > As you suggest i send the Latex Log. Maybe help. Nothing unusual there. LyX should copy you

How to make a title page?

2008-04-10 Thread HZ
Hi all, How can I make a title page for report? Normally, there should be a title, author, logo and date at the foot of the title page. Can I generate a separate lyx file for the title page and include my report lyx file within it? Is there a customized layout file to do that? Thanks a lot! HZ

Re: Lyx crash with unknown reason

2008-04-10 Thread Kuang Chen
Hi, rh: This is the output, exactly the same thing if I use gdb: Qt: Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed QPaintEngine::setSystemClip: Should not be changed while engine

Re: Lyx crash with unknown reason

2008-04-10 Thread rgheck
Kuang Chen wrote: Hi, rh: This is the output, exactly the same thing if I use gdb: Will gdb give you a backtrace? Qt: Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed QPaintE

Re: Lyx crash with unknown reason

2008-04-10 Thread Kuang Chen
Hi, rh: I am a rookie in using gdb. Can you elaborate on how to "backtrace"? BTW, I start lyx as non-root. rgheck wrote: > > Kuang Chen wrote: >> Hi, rh: >>This is the output, exactly the same thing if I use gdb: >> >> > Will gdb give you a backtrace? > >> Qt: Session manageme

Re: How to make a title page?

2008-04-10 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 10 April 2008 22:20, HZ wrote: > Hi all, > > How can I make a title page for report? > > Normally, there should be a title, author, logo and date at the foot of the > title page. > Can I generate a separate lyx file for the title page and include my report > lyx file within it? > Is the

Re: Lyx crash with unknown reason

2008-04-10 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 07:22:30PM -0700, Kuang Chen wrote: > > Hi, rh: >This is the output, exactly the same thing if I use gdb: > > Qt: Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the > authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based > authenticat