> I have set the document encoding to UTF8 (Document/Settings/Language).
btw what happens if you choose utf8x encoding ?
pavel
hi,
i have a doc with standard margins and now want to put one picture float
which extends to the whole page in the middle of the document. is there
some easy way how to do it ?
thanks,
pavel
> every time I choose to open a new window for an existing open document,
> it fails after the first try, that is, the first attempt works, but after I
> close the new window and try again, it fails to open.
confirmed. i filed new bug for it:
http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4084
pavel
> Helge Hafting wrote:
> >>In the float, use a \vspace command with a negative argument
> >>to get to the edge of paper. (i.e. you cancel the effect of the margin.)
> >>Then you insert a graphich big enough to cover the page.
> >>
> >
> >hmm, this seems to affect only text not picture.
> >any o
> date-insert command still exists in LyX 1.5.1 and is listed in
> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyxFunctions
> it doesn't work for me. Is it my problem (I have a ~amd64 Gentoo install) or
> is
> more general ? let me know...
works on ~x86 gentoo.
is Insert->Date working for you ?
pavel
> The closest I seem to come to that is a file entitled
> : estimates.4od with 2 bytes where estimates.lyx is
> the orginal file at 13k in LyX and TeX forms. OOo
> refuses to open it.
what version of tex4ht do you have ? i vaguely remember such problems
on linux with old versions of converter,
hi,
> Hello all, I'm a long-time LaTeX user but new to LyX. I am currently
> working on a package to convert Word-using literature scholars to open
> formats and the benefits of TeX. Specifically, I am trying to
> find/write a sensible GUI to the ledmac package for typesetting
> critical editions.
hello,
please was anybody on this list able to get working some nonstandard characters
into pdf header via hyperref in preamble ? e.g. to put (nonascii) name into
author field.
i tried various combinations of hyperref options/lyx encodings, but was not
able to get them show up correctly. howeve
> What I need to do is to programmatically generate a postscript document,
> placing images and small chunks of text at locations specified by a template,
> with specific values pulled from a database. I'm trying to determine what
i'm not sure what exactly you mean by the 'locations specified
> 2. Export to LaTeX.
this step has both advantages and disadvantages. keeping .lyx for generating
let you edit any of the files lately with lyx, generating with lyx can make
some steps more comfortable such as converting from various formats via its
converter sections etc. comprehend lyx file for
> Any ideas how to speed up my work?
i was able to convert some docs with czech accents via pdfedit,
it may work for you too.
pavel
>> alias lyxe="LANG=en lyx"
>> should do waht you want
> Missing semicolon, try something like:
> alias lyx="LANG=en;lyx"
why the semicolon ?
pavel
> Someone have this problem?
confirmed. maybe you can file a bug about this.
pavel
> I am preparing an english and a french translation of a german book of mine
> and would like to switch between the three lyx files.
is this the only reason why you play with "LANG=fr_FR lyx" ?
this setting is only for menu/dialog/messages language
and has nothing to do with the language of docu
> Nonetheless I'm getting the following error (well into the compile):
> ld: library not found for -lQtCore
this is not compile error, but linking problem. i guess you need to set path
to qt4 in configure (if this is used on mac).
pavel
> Yes, a good suggesetion, but the curious thing is that I am setting it.
whats the exact configure command you use ?
where is placed your libQtCore.so ?
pavel
> For compiling Qt:
>
> ./configure -static -no-exceptions -nomake examples -nomake tools -nomake
> demos -prefix /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.3.2/
>
>> where is placed your libQtCore.so ?
>
> Hm. The compile and install of Qt seemed flawless, but I can't find that
> file:
i know nothing of librar
> > I thought I'd create a jabber room for real time communication:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fyi note that irc channel for real time communication already exists
(and its already dead silent too).
pavel
> > I produce most of my statistical graphics in R and move them into LyX
> > floats.
> > I've been exporting them as JPGs from R. Is there a better format that plays
> > well with LyX/LaTeX? Any suggestions are appreciated.
> >
> > -
> >
>
> If you want EPS output in R, be aware that you nee
> Is there any way around this? (short of going through the document and
> deleting the notes?
in case of lyx comments export to text file and count the words
by eg wc -w file.txt . this wont help you with greyed out text though.
> In the future perhaps a checkbox in the word-count popup that cou
> How do I copy text from emacs and openoffice into lyx under linux? I am trying
> to patch together a few sources for a presentation and I can't get lyx to
> recognize that it has something to paste in any way (marking and middle mouse
> button or marking and using edit->copy).
what version of ly
> > > How do I copy text from emacs and openoffice into lyx under linux? I am
> > > trying to patch together a few sources for a presentation and I can't get
> > > lyx to recognize that it has something to paste in any way (marking and
> > > middle mouse button or marking and using edit->copy).
> >
> Before I do all of your suggested tests (which I will do) I just have to
> say: it seems like the pdf you've sent me has fuzzy Hebrew as well!
>
> Well - as I understand, PDF should embed the fonts inside it, so it's
> not impossible that we see the documents in two computers in two
> different
> > --with-extra-prefix=/usr/lib/qt4 but change the path accordingly.
> I don't understand what you mean.
where do you have libraries of qt4 now ?
pavel
>If someone can cite a version of Lyx that runs without tears on the latest
>stable version of Slack (12) then I may give it a try again.
i see some slackware package for 1.4.4 in wiki.
pavel
> And it errors out like this:
>
> deps/Dialogs.Tpo -c Dialogs.cpp -o Dialogs.o
> QAbout.h:24: error: ???Ui??? has not been declared
> QAbout.h:24: error: expected `{' before ???QAboutUi???
> QAbout.h:24: error: invalid function declaration
> make[7]: *** [Dialogs.lo] Error 1
> make[7]: Leaving di
> On Monday 18 February 2008 18:26, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> > > > --with-extra-prefix=/usr/lib/qt4 but change the path accordingly.
> > >
> > > I don't understand what you mean.
> >
> > where do you have libraries of qt4 now ?
>
> Depending o
> But now I want to upgrade LyX without installing a newer operating system. I
> don't think that's too much to ask.
>
> One could counter that if I used Debian I could just apt-get install the
> whole
> thing. Well I don't use Debian -- I like Mandriva and have been using it
> since 2000, and
> > > While in the process of trying to add things like Qt4 to my Slack 12
> > > system I managed to mung my ability to send outgoing mail. I
> > > reinstalled on a fresh partition but I still have problems. So among
> > > other things I am giving up on Lyx. More to the point, I am giving up
> > >
> Deleting and re-extracting the source tree did the trick. So the steps to
> cure
> the problem turned out to be:
Good to hear.
Steve, if you think that README & INSTALL files put you somewhere
in the wrong direction, the best you can do is to send us the corrections.
Pavel
>For versions of LyX subsequent to 1.4, you have to use
>|inset-insert| instead. The format is
>|LYXCMD::inset-insert ref LatexCommand ref reference
>referenceName \end_inset|. There's also an optional "name NAME"
>argument that seems to work in docbook: |linkend="referenceN
> So I tried inset-insert ref LatexCommand ref reference "tst:2"
you mean this?
inset-apply ref LatexCommand ref reference "tst:2"\end_inset
p
> Just to make it complete: the syntax is
>
>inset-apply ref LatexCommand reference ""\end_inset
>
> where is the name of the referenced label and
> is one of the following:
>
>ref --
>eqref -- ()
>pageref --
>vpageref -- on
>vref -- on
>prettyref -- Formatted re
> I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the
> cursor in the relevant line.
one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky
to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its
own counter part in visible document etc..
> > > I wonder, whether there is a lyx function that can be used to place the
> > > cursor in the relevant line.
>
> > one possibility would be use paragraph-goto but it will be quite tricky
> > to get the right number of paragraph. not every indexing number here has its
> > own counter part in
> If someone likes, he or she can upload it into the wiki - I don't know
> where to put it and how to upload it...
such page was recently created in wiki
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Screencasts
also http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Screencasts-HowToCreateThem
pavel
> Is there any LFUN or pre-assigned shortcut to open the settings dialog for
> the label / reference / bib reference inset under the cursor?
such lfun would be surpise to me. i mean no :)
pavel
> On multiline copies, Edit->Paste in LyX usually removes linefeeds.
> Edit->pastespecial->text puts in the last thing copied or cut from LyX,
with middle button and using Edit-> paste special -> Selection
linefeeds are correct (tested with eterm, xterm and lyx 1.5.4).
pavel
> > > On multiline copies, Edit->Paste in LyX usually removes linefeeds.
> > > Edit->pastespecial->text puts in the last thing copied or cut from LyX,
> >
> > with middle button and using Edit-> paste special -> Selection
> > linefeeds are correct (tested with eterm, xterm and lyx 1.5.4).
>
> W
> After many years of relying on the middle mouse button for pasting text, I
> recently upgraded one of my machines to openSUSE 10.3 and the middle button
> no longer works quickly or reliably for any app (not just LyX). I now need to
> click up to 4 times and wait before it works.
this belongs
> > Anybody an idea?
>
> Yes: next-inset-toggle (Ctrl-i with cua.bind)
this behaviour is intended? i find the naming confusing.
wouldn't be better to have clear distinction between toggling and
dialog showing?
also what is the relation to dialog-show lfun?
pavel
> > -When I first inserted TeX code, I found the label "ERT" confusing, since
> > I didn't know what it meant. (However, it is a pretty funny label.)
evil red tex(t) :))
p
> > Before posting, I did look through the list of LFUNs (as offered by
> > the Alt+X command bar). However, I couldn't imagine next-inset-toggle
> > as the one I was looking for.
>
> Probably. More important, however, is that Ctrl-i somewhat acts consistently
> (IMHO).
which is the current
> > which is the current state in your opinion?
>
> From a user POV, yes (except for the bug Richard referred to).
in such a case we should at least rename the lfun to be clear
that it does also the dialog opening for certain insets.
when even devs are not able to find such an lfun there is somet
>> unfortunately all naming coming to my mind now are bit weird. any
>> proposals?
>>
>>
> Well, note that what it does is highly context-dependent. If you're in a
> note but in front of ERT, for example, then Ctrl-I will do something to the
> ERT, not to the note. So, well, ???
lets bump it
> I also think the LyX.org site is OK except for the background and the
> white text... changing that alone could make a huge difference. I
we have fix for this long time, but nobody on dev list commented the
design so i let it die.
http://195.113.31.123/~sanda/junk/lyx/www/
pavel
> nice if we give him our input, even if it would just be a modification
> to the existing monster/bird/? design. What do you all think?
there was quite agreement the lyx-icon/document you picked now back is not
better then our monster.
pavel
> I think we could do a more impressive design with something fractal or a
> graph of some impressive-looking function.. if that makes any sense. The
> first design here could be good as an app icon.. -andrei
there are currently two main logos - monster and the banner you see
when launch lyx.
i d
>>> nice if we give him our input, even if it would just be a modification
>>> to the existing monster/bird/? design. What do you all think?
>>
>> there was quite agreement the lyx-icon/document you picked now back is not
>> better then our monster. pavel
>
> I didn't understand what you wrote to
> > A good logo should be recognized immediately. The bird is the only one here
> > that is somewhat unique. I don't know how it represents the "LyX brand" and
> > it may be more a mascot than a logo, but in my opinion we should not change
> > the logo unless we get one that is really profession
> might be that it associates to creativity, through it's childish
> appearance.
after all i'm just a child playing with toys.
pavel
>>> might be that it associates to creativity, through it's childish
>>> appearance.
>>
>> after all i'm just a child playing with toys.
>
> Just like the rest of us:-)
>
> Guess it really comes down to the kind of users we _want_ :-)
me? :))
p
> In my opinion, LyX *is* WYSIWYG to a significant degree. LyX content in LyX
> looks very much like its PDF output. Typefaces, sizes, weights, slants,
> margins all look similar to the eventual output.
but these visual elements are there to convey _meanings_ not visual appearance
in resulting
>> current banner because it includes the version number.
>
> Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering
> if the wiki page shold be renamed)
yes splash screen is the name for a picture shown while application starts.
i looked on the pictures and the are cold and
> I like it much more than our current webpage.
> But there are some bugs: This page
> http://www.lyx.org/test/index.php/Main/Translation
btw i think the listing of translated things is very outdated.
either update or delete it?
> When will the new webpage will replace the old one- with the relea
> Achieve effortless superiority in document production!
> Without learning any special language or code, just type your content into a
> Graphic front end and the superb TeX typesetting system will give you
a bit like a spam ;)
pavel
> 2. I suggest a direct link to the visual tour, or at least the
> screenshots, in the left margin. When I'm shopping for software, that's
> usually one of the first things I seek out, and I'll sometimes not bother
> poking around a site if I can't see screenshots early on.
good point, i usua
> I really like the structure and the cleanliness. It's very usable and
> navigable.
>
> I'd change the home page text slightly, getting rid of the (IMHO) meaningless
> term "WYSIWYM". For instance, I'd change the first paragraph to:
this paragraph was changed by me, sorry Steve... i've post my
> On the question of screenshots,
>
> a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font,
> which should never be used on a screen, unless it's maybe old
> courier.
Michael, feel free to re-create pictures in screenshot section and/or
graphical tour. the screenshots you sent are fine
> About skins, I'd love a new skin for wiki.lyx.org (hint, hint), but please
> note that it should _not_ be the same as for www.lyx.org. (See discussion
> on the devel list).
please at least for the wiki part use template which use full screen width.
pavel
> Rather that there are bosses believing that if you have fun at work you
> are not seriously working. I.e. once they see the platypus on your
> desktop you cannot convince them that using LyX will increase
> productivity as well as quality but fear for the reputation of their
> company/university/
>> The 'pages' are nice. However, I don't like the logo. Too far away from
>> the current one...
>
> The 'pages' do look nice, but how are they to be used? In a splash screen?
maybe incorporate it into intro picture? i like it too.
pavel
> My question is whether I can insert a command that will appear in the
> header of an .html file created by LyX. I'd like to do it through the
> document settings or other means. Some background follows.
you can define your own script converting tex->html.
in preamble you will add some tex com
hi,
i'm getting strange segfault when compiling one particular lyx document.
after some time i came to quite small attached example which display the
problem.
for compilation one needs elsevier article classes
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/elsevier.html)
the log says:
> Here's my output from lyx while generating a .dvi of your example:
i guess you must generate postscript.
what happens if you run: dvipost a.dvi ?
> lyx
> dvipng warning: at (-1,-1) ignored header \special{!userdict
> begin/bop-hook{/isls false def/vsize 792 def/hsize 612 def}def end}.
you hav
>> can anybody confirm on some other tex install that attached dvi fails too?
>> i dont have any idea what went wrong.
>
> Try dvipost-1.1.patch in development\Win32\patches.
i had dvipost 1.0 and just upgrading to 1.1 was enough.
pavel
> My suggestion would be a new LFUN "next-inset-configure" that will
> open a dialog window in any case:
currently inset-settings lfun (now speaking in terms of 1.6)
pavel
> > currently inset-settings lfun (now speaking in terms of 1.6)
>
> I find inset-settings even in my LyX 1.5.4.
>
> However, I could not get M-x inset-settings to open the settings dialogue
> of an ERT box. Tried with the cursor inside the box as well as in front
> of the box. (Error message: B
> How can I find out other possbile arguments to inset-insert and what
> argument(s) does inset-apply expect?
some partial info can be found here:
http://www.jikos.cz/~ps/lyx/html/namespacelyx.html#5ae63e8160e98b54ad28f142ed40c202449cfaf8159510673d9cbc8920aa6428
pavel
> 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
> Normally, I can highlight text in a terminal and paste it with a
> middle-click. In LyX, usually I can get to it with Edit -> Paste Special.
> (I can copy-and-paste fine in my xterms.)
>
> In my LyX, the Paste Special choices are shaded out and not clickable.
>
> This is LyX 1.5.2 on NetBSD. I
> 1- I am not sure I fully understand how the full screen mode options are
> supposed to work (I read the wiki page for Lyx 1.6, but I am still not
> sure): As I understand it, the "Toggle" checkbox in the prefs (scrollbar,
> tabbar, toolbar) set them "off" when checked and "on" when unchecked
> Your first step should be to look at what is in each one and decide whether
> you need it. I find the best place to quickly get information on packages is
> http://gentoo-portage.com.
please note that there is texmfind utility under gentoo, which helps to find
appropriate packages for a given
> So if this is what happens on all platforms, I would suggest to use the
> word "hide" instead of "toggle".
ok thats reasonable.
pavel
> I see that too. JMarc, is the user list also handled by Mate? In which case
> maybe he could erase this account?
only in case he was stupid enough to sign up with this email address :)
p
> In the former versions of LyX this behaviour could be prevented by using
> older versions of ImageMagick instead of the newer ones coming with the LyX
> installer. Now, however, selected ImageMagick files are preinstalled in LyX
> directories and the previous workaround with the older ImageMag
> I also experience the lack of antialiasing though there seem to be some
> exceptions. I am afraid I will not be able to use the promising new 1.6
> series if these problems remain unsolved. I am really afraid as my lecture
> notes, slides etc. are almost entirely written by LyX and I would not
> All of my books except one are in LyX 1.4.2. The latest book is LyX 1.5.3.
> I'm
> hoping to get a 64bit machine with 8GB of Ram, and use LyX 1.5.4.
>
> I know that once you open and save a LyX 1.4.2 doc in 1.5.4, you can never go
> back to 1.4.2. So my question is, do you think 1.5.4 will re
Bo,
thanks for your responses.
> > - was there some conclusion about filename extension? if there are going
> > to be
> > any tricks with copying or moving .lyx file itself i smell thousand and
> > one
> > problems of rewrites, bad deletions on user side etc. i think that some
> > .lyz
>
> Bo,
>
agh, sorry wrong list :(
pavel
> Yes ther is. Here is an example preamble sequence to get this:
>
> % link all cross references and URLs in pdf output
> \usepackage[colorlinks=true, bookmarks, bookmarksnumbered,
> bookmarksopen,
> linkcolor=black, citecolor=black, urlcolor=blue, filecolor=blue,
> pdfpagelayout=OneColumn
> Some classes (I know this from the Springer LNCS article class) don't
> like the hyperref redefinitions for implicit hyperlinks. However, in
> such cases hyperref can still be used to tag the PDF metadata, just
> pass it an implicit = false as option.
>
> The following is an example snipped from
> I have compiled LYX 1.4.3 on a redhat Linux machine from source, and have
> deleted my previous $home/.lyx directory so it should be like a fresh
> installation. The problem is I found that when having inserted some URLs by
> Insert->URL..., then View->HTML or export to HTML, the URL never got an
> I added one line to my inside title page of a 190 page book but the
> resulting PDF -- according to diff has over 3000 changes.
>
> I think the changes have to do with reconverting images and dates of
> images (although originals are same).
>
> Is there an easy way I can manually edit (maybe
> If it is something else than the above please tell us what is different.
im not sure. it is a page with normal text and figure-float.
in 1.3 it fits accurately in 1 page and in 1.4 gets the picture
on the second page.
pavel
hello,
is lyx 1.4.3 supposed to read lyx files from 1.3.5 100% correctly
(i.e. is supposed to create the same output ) ?
i've tried - just out of curiosity - to produce some older docs
and the output has different pagination. most probably some margin issue.
pavel
> > This can certainly be done with the koma-script classes. See also the
> > titlesec package. These will allow you to add arbitrary formatting
> > commands to set the section titles.
>
> Also memoir:
>
> \chapterstyle{hangnum}
this did not not touch (sub)sections at all.
pavel
> Now, when I run ./configure I get messages that said
> that some libs are founds but configure can´t use it.
post your exact configure command and also the tail
of configure (error) output.
pavel
hello,
how can i change the figure caption inside the float from the
resultant "Figure 1." into the "Fig. 1." ?
thanks
pavel
> >how can i change the figure caption inside the float from the
> >resultant "Figure 1." into the "Fig. 1." ?
>
> Use the LaTeX-package "caption". Have a look at its description to see what
> preamble-parameter is needed for your purpose.
i have looked already, but havent found. the only comma
> Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the preamble.
works perfectly. thank you.
pavel
helo lyxers,
i start thinking about making small bilingual booklet (text+translation).
has anybody tried something similar using lyx ?
afaik this involves solving these problems:
1. How to synchronize paragraphs
the pagination of paragraphs on the left(odd) and right(even) pages should
correspo
> When I want to have an itemized-list inside a definition, I write the
> definition's text with standard and itemize styles and surround all of it
> with two tex-boxes: \begin{definition}...\end{definition}
>
> I wonder whether there is another way to do this with LyX.
incrementing of environe
> No indication about this feature in the helpo of lyx. Is it an linux
> only feature ? A piece (ci) missing in my installation?
'ci' is part of rcs ( http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/ ).
however, don't know whether this works on win platform.
if i remeber correctly, this part of code went through
> >>> I get this behavior consistently in 1.5 RC1 the following way:
> >>>
> >>> 1. Create a new file;
> >>> 2. Write a displayed formula and give it a label;
> >>> 3. Insert a cross-reference of that label;
> >>> 4. open an existing document with its own labels;
> >>> 5. Insert-> cross
> > Try it with svn if you can. I can't remember an update that would have
> > fixed this.
Seems to be the same issue:
http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3018
>
> i can confirm this bug with todays svn(gentoo on x86).
> pavel
Public release of LyX version 2.0.0 (alpha 3)
=
We are pleased to announce the third alpha release of LyX 2.0.0.
Please note that this release is for testing purposes only and
users are encouraged to use the current 1.6 stable release for any
serious wo
icebna wrote:
> others, can test that version. Where can I send the binary ?
contact me privately.
pavel
Virgil Arrington wrote:
>
> I'm relatively new to LaTeX and LyX, so I have a question for the more
> experienced of you.
>
> One feature I find annoying is that, with LyX, if your text is justified for
> PDF output, the onscreen editing is also justified. I would prefer to write
> in a ragged
Wes Lakenan wrote:
> Hi,
hi, this question belongs to lyx users list and i'm forwarding it there,
cheers, pavel
>
> My company is looking into switching from MS Word to a less stressful
> program to create textbook-like binders. My company is a government
> contractor that teaches program mana
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