On 2009-03-24, Florin Oprina wrote:
> I use Lyx 1.6.2. I created a child document, selected a default master
> document and put all my custom commands in the preamble of the master file.
> In the master file I included the child document.
> Now, if I compile the child document the settings in the
On 2009-03-23, Ernesto Posse wrote:
> Hello. I'm having a bit of an issue with a custom layout I'm trying to
> create for ACM SIG proceedings (from the sig-alternate.cls available
> at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates)
> First I'm creating a layoutfile named "sig-alternat
Florin Oprina wrote:
Hi all.
I use Lyx 1.6.2. I created a child document, selected a default master
document and put all my custom commands in the preamble of the master file.
In the master file I included the child document.
Now, if I compile the child document the settings in the master file s
Ernesto Posse wrote:
> --- begin of sig-alternate.layout ---
> #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
> # \DeclareLaTeXClass[sig-alternate]{sig-alternate}
>
> Format 11
> Input stdclass.inc
> --- end of sig-alternate.layout ---
# \DeclareLaTeXClass{sig-alternate}
should do.
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> This new "master document" feature seems to bring more trouble that it
> solved Jürgen ;-)
I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly implemented it
for my own needs). So it seems to actually address a frequent desire.
The only thing that is missing
Guenter Milde wrote:
> You can compile the master from the child document with the
> master-buffer-view and master-buffer-update functions, e.g.
>
>Esc-x % open minibuffer (command line)
>
>master-buffer-view pdf2
>
> You can also bind these functions to keys if you happ
Thanks. I was under the impression that I don't have to compile the master.
I thought I can compile only the child document and still get the common
macros and settings.
The reason I wanted this is because I have a rather large document and I use
XeTeX, which is _really_ slow. Compiling the entire
Florin Oprina wrote:
> Thanks. I was under the impression that I don't have to compile the master.
> I thought I can compile only the child document and still get the common
> macros and settings.
No (intentionally not). Because one might *want* to have different settings in
the childs.
> The re
On dinsdag 24 maart 2009, Florin Oprina wrote:
> Compiling the entire file takes ages, so I
> wanted to split it into smaller chunks. I guess the solution is to just
> copy the preamble into each child document.
I have a book divided in chapters. I created a copy of the master and add just
one
İNFO
.ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P
{padding:0px;}
.ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage
{font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;}
.ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P
{padding:0px;}
.ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage
{font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;}
.ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P
{padding:0px;
>I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly
>implemented it for my own needs). So it seems to actually address
>a frequent desire.
Could you explain when you should use this feature and what it can do for you ?
Beware what you say, because I might start messing up the gui,
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> I have
> ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-2
> ghostscript-doc and ghostscript-x
> installed (debian lenny)
>
> and Lyx1.6.1
First, upgrade to 1.6.2. Many crashes have been resolved in that release.
Jürgen
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Now I just open the chapter I'm working on, and I issue master-buffer-view
> and master-buffer-update to preview the result.
Ah, and remember that this also gives you all master information without
opening the master (such as bibliography information, cross references,
Am Tuesday 24 March 2009 10:23:59 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
> Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > I have
> > ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-2
> > ghostscript-doc and ghostscript-x
> > installed (debian lenny)
> >
> > and Lyx1.6.1
>
> First, upgrade to 1.6.2. Many crashes have been resolved in that release.
>
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Now I just open the chapter I'm working on, and I issue master-buffer-view
and master-buffer-update to preview the result.
Ah, and remember that this also gives you all master information without
opening the master (such as bibliography info
Steve, Stefano,
Not everyone read this list (only a minority even).
You guys should create a LyX planet and start blogging about LyX. We
need that kind of informed advertising :-)
Abdel.
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_.
This is irrelevant, from a user POV.
Jürgen
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
> >I'm rather surprised how often it is used (given that I mainly
> >implemented it for my own needs). So it seems to actually address
> >a frequent desire.
>
> Could you explain when you should use this feature and what it can do for
> you ?
This is a typical s
I am experiencing the following error after having written for some time in a
document (koma book):
wolfg...@wolfgang:~$ GPL Ghostscript 8.63: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
dvipng warning: No GhostScript pngalpha output, cannot render raw PostScript
after some time the whole lyx process hang
.layout/.module files are OS agnostic: there is no special Linux or
Mac or Windows version of them. So you can copy them from one
computer
to another so long as you put them in the right place. But your
texmf
folder is *not* the right place for .layout/.module files;
YES, that was it! I put
2009/3/24 Abdelrazak Younes
> Steve, Stefano,
>
> Not everyone read this list (only a minority even).
> You guys should create a LyX planet and start blogging about LyX. We need
> that kind of informed advertising :-)
>
> Abdel.
>
>
>
LyX Planet could be created on Wiki - just new section.
--
M
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_.
This is irrelevant, from a user POV.
To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and
sisters are available in the View menu.
Abdel.
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> > This is irrelevant, from a user POV.
>
> To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and
> sisters are available in the View menu.
Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to *bother* about the
master, and this really makes a differ
On dinsdag 24 maart 2009, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> I'm currently writing a book. Each chapter is in its own child document,
> and each has the master of the book as default_master. Previous to 1.6.0, I
> always had to open the master and open the child from there.
"each has the master of the bo
Hubert Christiaen wrote:
> "each has the master of the book as default master". Where do you set this?
Document>Settings>Document Class>Select default master document.
> I have been looking through all the help files, but I cannot find it. Or
> where can I find this in the documentation?
* UserG
>Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
>> > This is irrelevant, from a user POV.
>>
>> To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and
>> sisters are available in the View menu.
>
>Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to *bother*
>about the master, and this really makes
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
> Hmm.. I don't really see the major improvement in workflow ;-)..
Do you extensively work with multipart documents? For me, this solves one of
the most annoying obstacles when working with multipart docs (but of course,
no one is forced to use it).
> Anyhow,
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
This is irrelevant, from a user POV.
To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all
brothers and sisters are available in the View menu.
Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to *bother*
about the master, a
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> > What about an option in the InsetInclude that says "set children master"
> > or "this child is only a child of this master", which then automatically
> > sets the master document of its childs. This can be checked and/or set
> > each time the master is opened. When you
>Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
>> > What about an option in the InsetInclude that says "set children master"
>> > or "this child is only a child of this master", which then
>> > automatically sets the master document of its childs. This can be
>> > checked and/or set each time the master is opened.
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
>Well, I think that if you create your child document, the first thing you
> have to do is to add it to the master. So, you have your master already
> openend.
But this does not solve the problems you described (renaming or moving the
master), at least not if t
Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
This is irrelevant, from a user POV.
To most user, yes, you're right. Still the master and all brothers and
sisters are available in the View menu.
Of course, yes. What I meant is: the user do not have to *bother
rgheck wrote:
> I would myself be happy to see a way of getting that kind of information
> into the child even when just compiling it. Otherwise, you have to use
> ugly hacks to get your macros into the child in this case.
Yoe mean, apart from master-buffer-[view|update]?
> I guess what we reall
Shahar Or wrote, On 12/23/-28158 02:59 PM:
Dear list,
How is it possible to stop using version control on a document, please?
Simple answer:
stop clicking File -> Version Control -> Check In Changes...
Complex answer:
remove the version control file, i.e.:
rm RCS/mylyxfile.lyx,v
cp mylyxfile.
Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I wonder
whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package. Is it
recommendable or better to use the source code?
Wolfgang
stefano franchi wrote:
> On the other hand:
>
> * LyX produces glorious output--through LaTex---but that's not that
> important to me, because no one in my field would accept a LaTex file. In
> fact I doubt they would even know what it is. And they would not accept a
> camera-ready file either. Al
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I wonder
whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package. Is it
recommendable or better to use the source code?
Once you get used to it, using the source is very easy. In fact, eve
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 08:52:32 Charles de Miramon wrote:
> stefano franchi wrote:
> > On the other hand:
> >
> > * LyX produces glorious output--through LaTex---but that's not that
> > important to me, because no one in my field would accept a LaTex file. In
> > fact I doubt they would even know
On 2009-03-24, rgheck wrote:
> Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
>> ... I wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm
>> package. Is it recommendable or better to use the source code?
> Once you get used to it, using the source is very easy.
But until this, you may spend some time
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
>> Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_.
>
> This is irrelevant, from a user POV.
You're right in principle, but in fact it's not given a bug in the
implementation of tabs.
Let's say I
On 2009-03-24, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
>> Well, the master is opened. It is just that it is not _viewed_.
> This is irrelevant, from a user POV.
Unfortunately not. Opening a child doc takes much more time.
Günter
Hi
I am working with LYX for the first time and am looking for a very nice
looking LYX report template for my assignments af the Engineering college of
Copenhagen. It is not a thesis template i am looking for but rather
something that would give room for the following content:
Synopsis
1 Introd
On 2009-03-24, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> Still the master and all brothers and
> sisters are available in the View menu.
BTW: Would it be possible to put all hidden buffers in a sub-menu?
Günter
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 13:39:00 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I
> wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package. Is
> it recommendable or better to use the source code?
>
> Wolfgang
If it makes any differ
Guenter Milde wrote:
> > Still the master and all brothers and
> > sisters are available in the View menu.
>
> BTW: Would it be possible to put all hidden buffers in a sub-menu?
Yes.
Jürgen
BH wrote:
> You're right in principle, but in fact it's not given a bug in the
> implementation of tabs.
>
> Let's say I have 3 child documents open in a single window. If I'm in
> child1 and select buffer-next, I go to child2. But if I'm in child3
> and select buffer-next, I expect to cycle around
Am 24.03.2009, 15:29 Uhr, schrieb Guenter Milde :
Hi folks,
isn't there anybody who can put the debian binaries for Lyx 1.6.2 on a Web
server? This would be great!
Thanks,
Nina
On 2009-03-24, rgheck wrote:
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
... I wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for
On 2009-03-24, Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW wrote:
> Hmm.. I don't really see the major improvement in workflow ;-)..
You don't seem to need many cross references between "siblings".
Actually, better master/child support was one of the major points I
longed for LyX 1.6! As it is a new feature
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 15:57:11 killermike wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 March 2009 13:39:00 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > Since there seems to be no deb package of lyx 1.6.2 yet for debian, I
> > wonder whether somebody has used the alien prg for the SuSe rpm package.
> > Is it recommendable or better
Am 24.03.2009, 16:03 Uhr, schrieb Nina Lafayette :
P.S.: A 64bit version of Lyx 1.6.2 for debian would be highly appreciated.
Regards, Nina
Am 24.03.2009, 15:29 Uhr, schrieb Guenter Milde :
Hi folks,
isn't there anybody who can put the debian binaries for Lyx 1.6.2 on a
Web
server? This w
Guenter Milde wrote:
> In my view the master/child support will only be complete with a proper
> support of \includeonly - so that the output will resemble what I see in
> LyX (section numbering, cross references, ...) also with compilation of a
> single chapter.
I could not agree more. Unfortunat
> Where is this part in the manual? Once we get an answer from someone,
> we can update it.
It's in Customization.lyx, chapter 5.
> You cannot use xelibertine with LyX as it requires XeTeX. (There are
> workarounds for using XeTeX with LyX but this ...
> > is really complicated
> .
Well, I do
Hello,
is it possible with LyX to access the system fonts on Windows XP?
When I go to the Document options there are only very few fonts available to
choose.
If it's not possible to access these fonts directly is there another way to use
them? Moving them to another folder mabye?
Regards,
Tao
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
BH wrote:
You're right in principle, but in fact it's not given a bug in the
implementation of tabs.
Let's say I have 3 child documents open in a single window. If I'm in
child1 and select buffer-next, I go to child2. But if I'm in child3
and select buffer-next, I expe
Tao Cumplido wrote:
Hello,
is it possible with LyX to access the system fonts on Windows XP?
When I go to the Document options there are only very few fonts available to
choose.
If it's not possible to access these fonts directly is there another way to use
them? Moving them to another folder
You can easily change the number of columns to one.
Document -> Settings -> Text Layout
Uncheck the "Two-column document" box.
On Mar 24, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Benjamin K wrote:
Thankyou for your quick answer - but an article - does it not have 2
colomns on one page? I need 1 colomn
2009/3/24 J
I can't thank you all enough for your time and interest. Just a bunch of
answers to single answers, and a thought, but I think it can interest all of
you:
@Steve: wise LyX usage and great propaganda, I can use some of your arguments,
thanks... but I think I'll keep the WYSIWYM in the title!
@S
On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Benjamin K wrote:
Any tutorials on the article layout?
Have a look at the "Tutorial" document in the Help menu. Most
document classes have some things in common such as section,
subsection, etc. The primary difference is often how these are
formatted when
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 05:48:53 am Manveru wrote:
> 2009/3/24 Abdelrazak Younes
>
> > Steve, Stefano,
> >
> > Not everyone read this list (only a minority even).
> > You guys should create a LyX planet and start blogging about LyX. We need
> > that kind of informed advertising :-)
> >
> > Abdel.
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 09:52:32 am Charles de Miramon wrote:
> stefano franchi wrote:
> > On the other hand:
> >
> > * LyX produces glorious output--through LaTex---but that's not that
> > important to me, because no one in my field would accept a LaTex file. In
> > fact I doubt they would even k
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 12:06:22 pm Piero Faustini wrote:
> Purist LaTeXians don't like LyX. I don't like LaTeX code. LaTeX code is a
> way for the computer to represent content. Computer, though, like it. I
> don't. I like LyX representation which is DESIGNED for me. Thorugh Latex,
> computer ca
On ג', 2009-03-24 at 09:21 -0400, Todd Denniston wrote:
> Complex answer:
> remove the version control file, i.e.:
> rm RCS/mylyxfile.lyx,v
I don't have an RCS directory where my file is. Should I?
> cp mylyxfile.lyx mylyxfile.lyx.bak; \
> cvs remove -f mylyxfile.lyx
> cp mylyxfile.lyx mylyxfil
Steve Litt writes:
> With the advent of the eBook, it doesn't have to be that way. "Printing" an
> eBook, complete with personalization at the bottom of every page so the
> reader thinks twice about posting his copy for the world to see, it the
> running of a one minute computer program. I hav
Hello,
I just installed Lyx 1.6.2 and attempted to import a .tex document but
get the following error:
"LyX: Cannot convert file. An error occurred while running tex2lyx -f
'main.tex' 'main.lyx".
(The error message is my recollection and may not be exact.)
The error message means I
Kurt Bilinski wrote:
Hello,
I just installed Lyx 1.6.2 and attempted to import a .tex document but
get the following error:
"LyX: Cannot convert file. An error occurred while running tex2lyx -f
'main.tex' 'main.lyx".
(The error message is my recollection and may not be exact.)
I just installed Lyx 1.6.2 and attempted to import a .tex document but
get the following error:
"LyX: Cannot convert file. An error occurred while running tex2lyx -f
'main.tex' 'main.lyx".
(The error message is my recollection and may not be exact.)
Try using tex2lyx directly on yo
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 01:44:26 pm Piero Faustini wrote:
> Steve Litt writes:
> > With the advent of the eBook, it doesn't have to be that way. "Printing"
> > an eBook, complete with personalization at the bottom of every page so
> > the reader thinks twice about posting his copy for the world t
One day after saying my number one reason for using LyX is its stability, it
started getting unstable. Specifically, intermittently while typing a block
of text, including the part I'm working on, becomes gray. I compiled 1.5.6
myself, and am running it on Mandriva 2008 spring edition.
It's int
Shahar Or wrote, On 03/24/2009 01:36 PM:
On ×’', 2009-03-24 at 09:21 -0400, Todd Denniston wrote:
Complex answer:
remove the version control file, i.e.:
rm RCS/mylyxfile.lyx,v
I don't have an RCS directory where my file is. Should I?
Making the assumption that you really do mean version cont
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 12:18:38 Steve Litt wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 March 2009 09:52:32 am Charles de Miramon wrote:
> > stefano franchi wrote:
> > > On the other hand:
> > >
> > > * LyX produces glorious output--through LaTex---but that's not that
> > > important to me, because no one in my field
Hi,
I wondered if there is a Lyx-Command to insert a specific TEX-Code (e.g.
"\newline"). The "ert-insert"-command only opens an input box, but I would like
to create a toolbar for inserting frequently used tex-codes. Can I specify an
argument for "ert-insert"?
Regards
Arne
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arne12345 schrieb:
Hi,
I wondered if there is a Lyx-Command to insert a specific TEX-Code (e.g. "\newline"). The
"ert-insert"-command only opens an input box, but I would like to create a toolbar for inserting
frequently used tex-codes. Can I specify an argument for "ert-insert"?
Regards
Arne
This has been an interesting discussion. I agree with Stefano that it
seems to have divided the "publishers" from the "authors" - and I am
aware that this is not an entirely fair description of the two
approaches.
I was Professor of Law at the University of Sydney before my
retirement. Not exact
arne12345 schrieb:
I wondered if there is a Lyx-Command to insert a specific TEX-Code
> (e.g. "\newline").
But LyX already support \newline via the Insert->Formatting menu its shortcut is Strg+Return as
described in the LyX UserGuide.
The "ert-insert"-command only opens an input box, but I
Kurt Bilinski schrieb:
I just installed Lyx 1.6.2 and attempted to import a .tex document but
get the following error:
"LyX: Cannot convert file. An error occurred while running tex2lyx -f
'main.tex' 'main.lyx".
Can you please send me a file to be able to reproduce the bug?
regards Uwe
Hello,
is it possible with lyx to customize the header and/or the footer of the
layout for PDF output, for instance with background color, text color, or
different margins?
Thanks for help.
Regards.
--
Stefano Lampis
I don't know this special case, but what TeX commands do you
frequently need?
Well, in my case, these are some really specific commands. For example,
as a chemist, I want the Substances in my Texts to have a number
orderered by appearance, and at the same time I want to define a short
name. S
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