Hi!
Somebody on this list might be familiar with the dia editor tool for
drawing diagrams on many Linux distributions.
The text facility seems pretty basic and I urgently need to have
subscripts and superscripts. Does anybody know how to do that in a
nice way?
Thanks for your insights,
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I've read on /. that Abiword has some grammar check capability.
http://tinyurl.com/92o5p
What about Lyx? That feature would be extremely useful to me.
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myriam
Hi!
I desperately need to include some animation. I tried the multiinclude
as in the Beamer's users guide but I got a "file corrupted" message
with acroread (7.0). Any ideas?
I also tried various other things but I can't get any graphics
animation going. I would really like to have an example us
Is there a way to control the borders of a cell as opposed to a row or
column? I have Lyx 1.3.5.
Basically, I would like the headers of some of my columns to take
several columns.
TIA,
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myriam
Thanks to everyone who answered.
Ah, yes, I missed the meaning of this multicolumn check. And yes, I do
have TableExamples.lyx but didn't know about it.
Who needs intuitive when you can ask questions to a user's group?
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myriam
Hi!
Sorry if that's well known already but I am getting confused by
different answers I read on this issue.
I have LyX 1.3.5.
TIA
myriam
PS. It's quite urgent I get an answer to that to submit my paper.
> Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled furiously:
> Myriam Abramson wrote:
>> Hi!
>> Sorry if that's well known already but I am getting confused by
>> different answers I read on this issue.
>
> write into the preamble:
>
> \usepackage[T1]{fo
I've
\setlength{\parskip {-1pt}}
but that seems only to affect the vertical space between
paragraphs. How can I set the vertical space length between sections
and figures?
It's quite urgent as I am trying to fit this paper into a ridiculous
6-page limit.
TIA
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I am getting this error. Where can I find this libAiksaurus and why does it
complain about libstdc++.so.6 since I do have it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# rpm -Uvh lyx-1.4.0-1fc4_qt.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libAiksaurus-1.2.so.0 is needed by lyx-1.4.0-1.i386
libstdc++.so.6
Liftoff successful!
FC4 needed a good yum update and aiksaurus should be listed in the
list of required software.
Thanks to all who answered.
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myriam
Where can I get this conversion script?
Sorry, I'm desperate. I have to post a midterm.
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myriam
That might be off-topic but I figure that some people on this list
have encountered this problem.
I have some figures generated by Gnuplot that I export to eps for
insertion in a document. That works fine in my Lyx documents. I am
having some problems with the fonts when converting the eps file t
Hi Folks,
Since there is a way to have latex formula in a wiki, I was wondering
if there is something for bibtex entries too? If not, what's your
solution for transferring bibtex entries to a wiki?
Thanks. I thought somebody on this list would know.
myriam
Yes, that's a good point. I am stuck with MediaWiki however. I've
tried bibtex2html followed by html2wiki successfully. The hmtl output
can then be used for Word also. To go the other way, I thought to make
a wiki page with the bibtex entries (wrapped with ) for
other people to enter their entries
I'm building a bibliography on a wiki (mediawiki) so that other people
can collaborate their bibtex entries. I then cut-and-paste the bibtex
entry page from the wiki into a file and then run a script that
combines bibtex2thml and html2wiki. I then cut-and-paste the output to
a wiki page. All this
How do I export a LyX document to latex2e? to dvi?
I don't know the difference between latex(plain) and
latex(pdflatex). Please help.
The export tab gives me a "custom" menu but nothing else. I don't know
how to set that up. I didn't have to do that in the previous LyX
versions.
TIA
--
Hello,
How can I specify keywords in a document of the Article(LNCS) class?
TIA
--
myriam
Thanks to all who answered. The problem was that I have a cron job
that continuously update my packages including LyX in the
background. Once I hit reconfigure, everything was okay.
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myriam
>
> You shouldn't here, either. Assuming that you have a document lo
Okay, thanks. They do say they encourage keywords in typeinst.pdf. But
on second thought, that wouldn't make much sense for a book.
> "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nicolás wrote:
>> I am not completely sure, but I would say llncs has not support for
>> keywords.
>>
>
> I think you
Hello,
I have 1.4.3. I get a message that lyx2lyx cannot convert from an
earlier version of lyx. What should i do?
TIA
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myriam
Hello,
I have lyx 1.5.x For some reason, the abstract in my paper with class
Article(IEEETran) repeats the abstract *twice*. I switch sometimes to
Lyx 1.4 when I work on this paper at home and I've seen this strange
behavior there but now it's on Lyx 1.5 as well. How do I fix that?
TIA
--
Hello,
I am unfortunately converting from Lyx 1.5 (work) to Lyx 1.4 (home)
through TeX files. Anyway, I am having a problem now with the abstract
repeating twice. I'm attaching a LyX file (1.4.3) and a TeX file. How
do I fix that strange behavior?
TIA
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myria
Hi!
I've installed LyX with the windows installer without problem and the
beamer presentation class appears in the menu. It seems however that
beamer.layout cannot be found. It can be found in the texmf
directories. How can I tell LyX where to find it? Where is the
.lyx/layouts directory on Windo
I got an error from acroread that the file was corrupted when trying
to view a Lyx document (Beamer presentation) into pdf using pdflatex.
Any ideas?
--
myriam
Thanks. It was found finally. The Framesubtitle feature of
beamer.layout does not seem to exist on Windows though. That's odd.
--
myriam
Hi!
Any ideas on how to nicely write a fairly long equation on multiple
lines? here's an example of such an equation. Would you suggest
to extract the delta on another line?
Thanks,
--
myriam
test.lyx
Description: equation
Hi!
How can I have the subset symbol, which is in the Math panel, crossed
out? The tex code for it will work.
I see the element symbol crossed out but not the subset symbol.
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myriam
Hi,
How can I have the +/- symbol where the + is on top of the - symbol,
reading plus or minus. For example, a standard deviation would have
this sign. Tex code is fine.
TIA. Hope that's clear.
myriam
Hello,
I need to include some pdf pages in my output.
I've set
\usepackage{pdfpages}
in the preamble.
Then I have at the end of my lyx file:
\includepdf[pages=-] {filename.pdf}
I get the error message to set \pdfoutput=1 when trying to view with
ps2pdf. Where should I set pdfoutput?
I'm not
Hello,
Some pdfs can be modified and saved with the modifications using
acroread I believe. How can you produce such pdfs with LyX?
I would like to make an exam with empty boxes for the students to fill
out. Is it possible?
TIA
--
myriam
Cool! thanks!
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myriam
Could somebody please tell me what they use for the combination
symbol? I've used plain C(n,r) but a reviewer said they did not know
what C was. Is there something specific?
A lyx example would be nice.
TIA
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myriam
Hello,
I am using the Article(LNCS) document class. I got a comment that the
fonts were not correct in the pdf. I looked at the document properties
and saw some type3 fonts there in addition to the Adobe fonts. Is that
the problem? What to do?
TIA
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myriam
Hello,
I don't create Beamer presentations often, so I would like to know if
workout/fixes have been found for 2 problems since last time I used it.
(1) Can we have a logo on the top instead of at the bottom as seems to
be the default with \logo?
(2) Can movies in pdf be run "inline" for l
Help! I have a paper due tomorrow! The specification for the papers
requires that subsections be numbered and IEEEtran seems to make them
alphabetical. I tried to change that by putting
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{subsection}}
in the latex preamble but I'm still getting them with the
a
How can I set the title placement on the first page of my article and
its font size?
I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the title to start at
3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font.
TIA
--
myriam
arxiv.org does not accept my pdf generated through pdflatex from
LyX. Anybody had this problem before?
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myriam
Yes, arxiv.org gives me an error. Maybe I'll just wait for 2.2.0 :-)
myriam
Scott Kostyshak writes:
>On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 11:24:32PM -0500, Myriam Abramson wrote:
>>
>> arxiv.org does not accept my pdf generated through pdflatex
Okay, I'll have to dig into it and report back.
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myriam
Hello,
I've posted about that before but I still have some problems.
If you were successful posting to arxiv.org from a lyx document, I
would like to hear from you.
My problem is now the insertion of images in the generation of a .pdf
document. Here are my steps:
1. In Lyx: export to latex (p
Yes, I've done that. It's in the arxiv instructions. But I still get
the same error: the images are not included.
myriam
Guillaume Munch writes:
>Le 18/01/2016 18:02, Myriam Abramson a écrit :
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've posted about that before bu
I've finally solved my arxiv problem with pdflatex generated by
Lyx. Reading the instructions closely, arxiv says to put the
\pdfoutput=1 in the first 5 lines of the .tex file. They were not
kidding! I was putting it in the latex preamble in Lyx which of course
was not in the first 5 lines of the
Hi!
I have figures produced in pstex or tex format. How can I include
them in a lyx document.
Alternatively, suggestions on how to convert them to anything that lyx
understands will be welcome.
Thanks,
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Hi!
Is there a way to print the Comment paragraphs if desired?
Thanks,
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myriam
Go Proverb:
Keshi is worth as much as an invasion!
Hi!
I haven't had answers to my question to I'll try again.
How to print to optionally print the comments for the Foiltex
documents?
The slidtex document has a \onlynotes capability to print only the
notes. Is there something similar for comments in the foiltex class?
Thanks,
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I'm confused. Shouldn't the html/url inserts become links in html
when using latex2html (after exporting to latex) on the document?
Maybe I'm missing something
TIA.
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
Don't make te
>
> Also, what is a good (UNIX) tool to produce flow-charts,
> and simple graphs, that can be inserted in LyX (as figures I guess)?
>
I've been using successfully Grace with Lyx. It's an interface based
on Gnuplot if I am not mistaken.
http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/.
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Hi!
Where can I find the archives for this mailing list?
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
If you cannot succeed, then die gloriously. -- Chinese proverb.
How do I include a tex file? I tried insert->include file but that
didn't work.
I have lyx 1.0.0 still.
TIA
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
Don't try to enclose an open skirt.
I want to use the foils class and apparently it's not on my system.
I have RH6.1. How can I get it?
Thanks
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myriam
Go Proverb:
The carpenter's square becomes ko.
Hi!
I need the union and intersection signs right now. Other characters,
such as "there exists" and "for all" could be useful. I couldn't find
them on the Math panel (duh). How can I get them? I'm with lyx.1.1.2.
Thanks.
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
For the
Hi!
Where can I get lyx binaries for Solaris 2.8. I didn't find them at
teh sunfreeware site. I use linux at home but unfortunately I don't
have it at work.
Thanks,
Hi!
Where can I get lyx binaries for Solaris 2.8. I didn't find them at
teh sunfreeware site. I use linux at home but unfortunately I don't
have it at work.
Thanks,
myriam
Hi!
I'm trying to use the algorithm package. I have
\usepackage{algorithm} in the latex preamble and I've inserted an
algorithm float box. Now, what am I supposed to do?
The documentation is very terse. I've tried to enter latex
commands that the algorithm package is supposed to recognize
Hi!
I would like to put a figure next to a table. So I made a wide table
float and then a 1-row, 2-column table and in one column inserted my
figure but could not insert a table on the other column. How else can
I achieve the same result?
Thanks,
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myriam
Hi!
I desperately need to print those nice comments I put in my papers.
Any ideas how? I really do not want to write them back by hand.
Thanks,
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myriam
IM: tokujawa
Go Proverb:
When your opponent has two weak groups, attack them both at once.
Thanks for the quick response.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lars Gullik Bjønnes) scribbled furiously:
> Are the commens put in a "Comments" layout or in a note inset?
in a "comments" layout.
>
> For the Comment environment a snippet in the preamble should do the
> trick, but I am not enough of a LaT
> | Does anybody know then what to put in the preamble to print the
> | comments?
>
> You can of course try this, I have no clue if it will work:
>
> \renewenvironment{comment}{}{}
>
> worth a try perhaps...
>
Yes, that works!
Thanks a million. And on a Saturday night, no less! I love l
Hi!
How can you have a letter in the bottom middle of a word. I don't
know exactly how to articulate it. For example, "argmax" loops over a
variable and that variable is written underneath. How do you
accomplish that?
Thanks and sorry for the bad explanation (but I hope somebody
understood)
Hi!
Latex2html almost does it all except that it does not recognize those
foilhead headers as html headers and treat them as a paragraph.
I don't know latex. Is there a workaround?
Thanks,
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myriam
Go Proverb:
Sacrifice and squeeze.
Hi!
Does anybody know how to handle algorithm floats for latex2html
conversion?
Thanks,
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myriam
Go Proverb:
The poor player plays the opponent's game for him.
Hi!
I got a .sty for the format of a conference that includes named.sty
for citations. I put the .sty in the same directory as my .lyx paper
and the layout works fine. However, I don't see any changes in the
citations. How does that work?
thanks,
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myriam
Hi!
How can you have 2 or more authors aligned horizontally?
I tried to make a table but that didn't work too well.
Thanks,
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
Pon-nuki is worth thirty points.
> > I got a .sty for the format of a conference that includes named.sty
> > for citations. I put the .sty in the same directory as my .lyx paper
> > and the layout works fine. However, I don't see any changes in the
> > citations. How does that work?
>
> do you have a \usepackage{named} in lat
Hi!
With the "Article" document class, the bibliography takes the largest
label as indentation like such:
\begin{thebibliography}{Glover and Laguna, 1997}
I just want that:
\begin{thebibliography}{}
How do I do that without going into the Tex file to fix it and yet get
all the nice benefits
> > With the "Article" document class, the bibliography takes the largest
> > label as indentation like such:
> >
> > \begin{thebibliography}{Glover and Laguna, 1997}
> >
> > I just want that:
> > \begin{thebibliography}{}
> >
> > How do I do that without going into the Tex file to fix it and
Hi!
I'm using a class from an ACM conference. I've been able to add this
class successfully to Lyx and modified the article layout to use that
class.
However, I don't seem to be able to customize the authors part by
using latex as such:
\numberofauthors{2}
\author{
\ali
Is there a way to prevent the last line of a paragraph to appear on
top of a page while still keeping within the margins?
TIA
myriam
lower.22ex\hbox{%
\textcolor{SaddleBrown}{~~George Mason University~~}}%
\leavevmode\leaders\hrule height1.5pt\hfil}
{\color{Gold}\rule{5mm}{1.5pt}%
\lower.22ex\hbox{%
\textcolor{Blue2}{~~Myriam Abramson~~}}%
\leavevmode\leaders\hrule height1.5pt\hfil%
\lower.32ex\hbox{%
\textc
Hi!
again I'm looking for rpms for Redhat 7.3 if anybody has them handy.
(yes, i am too lazy to compile from the tar file and I am afraid to
screw up my current configuration).
I think Sylvan used to be pretty good about putting them online but he
does not seem to be around anymore.
TIA
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I am trying to make multiple authors in a .lyx paper with the IEEEtran
class with no success. The \and does not seem to work.
Here's a small example file that works with other document layouts
author.lyx
Description: author.lyx
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myriam
Hi!
How do I remove an equation labeling?
Clearing the label does not seem to do the trick.
Lyx 1.2.2
Thanks,
myriam
Okay, I got it. FWIW, I think it's getting late and that I didn't have
the correct layout. Anyhow, I just put
\authorblockN{myriam abramson\\yadayada} \and
\authorblockN{some other author\\yadayada}
that works now.
Thanks anyway.
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myriam
Hi!
I am so scared of presentations that I often just read the comments I
wrote for the slides. Is there a way to just print the comments and
not the rest of the slides?
If I put \renewenvironment {comment} {}{} in the preamble
I can print the comments *as well as* the content of the slides. Wh
Thanks! that will work very very well.
myriam
I get an error when using title in seminar layout.
I'm enclosing a test file. I'm using lyx 1.2.2.
ailisp.lyx
Description: test.lyx
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myriam
Hi!
In the book document class, how do I change the page number location?
It seems right now to be on the top and right margins specified (1.25
and 1 inch, respectively) but my requirements are that the page number
be at 0.5 inch in the corner. Thanks.
myriam
No. Whatever I do, I can't get the page number outside of the margins
specified. What to do?
> Dekel Tsur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 06:14:48AM -0500, Myriam Abramson wrote:
> >
> > In the book document class, how do I change the page
0pt}
\addtolength{\headwidth}{0.5in}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
}
> Myriam Abramson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled furiously:
> No. Whatever I do, I can't get the page number outside of the margins
> specified. What to
Hi!
I have to change the font and spacing of those commands. I have
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{Table of Contents}
How can I also specify the font and spacing (2in from the top)?
Thanks.
myriam
Hi!
I'm using floats for figures. I have to make sure that there are 3-4
spaces between the figure and the text. Since the document is
double-spaced, Lyx only puts 2 spaces. How to add additional spaces?
It seems that Lyx is too intelligent and overrides any spaces I put
in.
TIA
Hi!
I have to format the spacing and the font of the bibtex generated
bibliography. Any hints? I didn't find exactly what I needed in the
Tips&Tricks page.
TIA
myriam
> I have to format the spacing and the font of the bibtex generated
> bibliography. Any hints? I didn't find exactly what I needed in the
> Tips&Tricks page.
I mean I have to reformat just the font and spacing of the title
"Bibliography" not the items.
TIA
m
Thanks. That worked beautifully for me to meet my thesis
requirements.
Similarly, I also have to format the headers of "List of Algorithms"
Any hints on that? Thanks. I'm desperate as the end of the semester
looms ahead.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Spitzmueller) wrote:
I've just got the approval on the formatting of my dissertation. So,
I'm done! I have to say that I could not have done it without Lyx and
without your help. Thanks!
myriam
Hi!
I have an "old" lyx file (report layout) where the greek and
math symbols are spelled out in Lyx 1.3.2 (the postscript is ok).
Any ideas?
myriam
Hi!
I'm using the RH9 rpm with qt for lyx 1.3.3.
I have 2 figure floats (eps) and it seems that the last figure overlaps with
the first when printing or viewing the document. The figures are fine
in Lyx and they are fine when viewing them outside of Lyx with
ghostview.
What could be the prob
>> I have 2 figure floats (eps) and it seems that the last figure overlaps with
>> the first when printing or viewing the document. The figures are
>> fine in Lyx and they are fine when viewing them outside of Lyx with
>> ghostview. What could be the problem? I'm baffled.
>
> difficult to say, cou
Hi!
I've added IEEEtran.bst to /usr/share/texmf/bibtex/bst/base,
ran texhash and reconfigured Lyx but the IEEEtran style still
does not appear in the menu of the bibliography styles in
Lyx (1.3.2 on RH 9). Did I miss anything?
Thanks,
myriam
Hi!
How can I tell lyx once and for all to break before Section,
subsection, paragraph etc. headers if there is no room for a couple of
lines at least?
I find myself putting \newpage manually way too many times!
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
If there is no stone
Hi!
What's the keystroke to remove all the errors?
--
myriam
Hi!
The equations in displaymath (each one on a separate line) seem
to use too much space in between them. How can I control that?
Thanks,
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
Play slow, win slow; play fast, lose fast.
Hi!
It looks like I have to use hoffset and voffset to get the margins
right on my printer. However, when submitting the postscript version
of the paper, should I remove them?
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myriam
As seen in a coffee shop in Monterey, CA,
George W. Bush's counter:
136
Hi!
Is the seminar class documented anywhere in the Lyx documentation?
I couldn't find anything on it. I have 1.1.5fix2.
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
Don't play on dame points, but guarantee connections.
Hi!
What's the difference between Alladin Ghostscript and Gnu Ghostscript?
I'm using Redhat 6.2 and I want to use Prosper to make slides.
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myriam
IM: tokujawa
Go Proverb:
Corner, side, centre.
Hi!
I'm using Prosper with the layout provided by Dekel Tsur (thanks).
How do I specify the transition effect from slide to slide in lyx?
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myriam
As seen in a coffee shop in Monterey, CA,
George W. Bush's counter:
1330 days left till he's gone
Hi!
I have some problems with Itemize. I get the error:
"cannot determine size of graphic of red-bullet-on-white"
I don't have an error with Enumerate.
Any ideas?
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myriam
As seen in a coffee shop in Monterey, CA,
George W. Bush's counter:
1325 days
Hi!
I have a jpep picture that I converted to postscript to insert it in
my lyx document. The graphics do not look very nice. Is there any
other way to insert a picture?
Thanks,
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
If you plan to live inside enemy territory, play dire
Hi!
How do I get colored bullets? In lyx? in latex?
--
myriam
>From Babylon 5:
"I've had my fill of double shifts. Perhaps you'll remember that next
time Ms. Sakai visits the station. -- Sinclair and Ivanova, TKO"
Hi!
I would like to indent within a description. M-p or
doesn't do it for me. It indents the whole description and I want to
indent only some lines within the description.
Thanks,
--
myriam
Go Proverb:
If there are six groups, one is dead.
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