inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-07 Thread navaja
hi, i have inserted bibtex generated references by Insert->Lists&TOC->Bibtex Reference. Then i put a name for the bibliography, and used the browse button to select my .bib file, which i generated with Jabref (used to be called Bibkeeper) I can insert references from my bibtex file using inse

Re: inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-08 Thread navaja
Send a short of example of the BibTeX database (just two or three records) and short LyX document showing described behavior. *** *LyX document: *** #LyX 3.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 221 \textclass article \language english \inputen

inserting a cross reference to a table

2003-12-08 Thread navaja
how do i insert a reference to a table i created in lyx into part of the text? It looks like I need to insert a label and then reference the label. this is not very convenient,as it means that lyx inserts a reference to the section the table is in too so i get something like "see Table 1 2.1" w

Re: inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-09 Thread navaja
It still doesent work, even if i insert a reference. My lyx file is below, the bibtex file is the same as before. #LyX 2.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 221 \textclass article \language english \inputencoding auto \fontscheme default \graphics default \paperf

Re: inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-09 Thread navaja
This might work though... rename G:\My Documents to G:\Doc and in lyx open the files from G:\Doc\... i moved my .bib file to a directory that did not contain spaces. My lyx file is below. It didn't work, i can insert references, but my bibliography is not marked up in the pdf. #LyX 2.3 created

errors when attempting to mark up document

2003-12-09 Thread navaja
I'm getting the errors below (latex logfile) when trying to convert a lyx file to pdf. The file is at www-student.cs.york.ac.uk/~pb139/project/writeup.lyx I seem to get errors all the time when i add anything complex such as tables or bibliography to my lyx documents, and to be honest am consi

Re: inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-09 Thread navaja
Place these two files in the same directory. Can you generate a pdf file from them using View->PDF (pdflatex)? If not, then I think that you have a problem with your set up. i put them in the same directory. i can mark up the pdf, but the bibliography is not displayed in the marked up document.

Re: inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-09 Thread navaja
> Your .lyx-file works just fine for me (after creating a faked .bib-file, i.e. references.bib) Do you see any references at all, i.e. do you see: test [1] when you look at the PDF-file? Looking at the DVI-file? i see test [?] when i look at the pdf file. i havent configured lyx convert to

Re: inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-10 Thread navaja
> The latest version of your document works fine with me (on Win XP), so this is likely to be a configuration problem at your end. First, to get DVI to work, go to Edit | Preferences | File formats, click on DVI, and fill in the name of your DVI viewer (probably yap if you are using MiKTeX, cou

Re: inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-10 Thread navaja
part of latex logfile *** [4] [5] (g:/lyxdocs//writeup.bbl ! Misplaced alignment tab character &. l.11 \newblock {\em Information Processing & Management}, 17(6):305--216, 1981. I can't figure out why you would want

Re: inserting bibtex generated references

2003-12-10 Thread navaja
> now all i need to know is how to get lyx to find my bibtex executable, and what to use to convert to dvi i have fixed converting to dvi. for the record, select preferences ->converters select from LaTeX to DVI, and set converter to "latex $$i"

formatting perl code

2004-02-26 Thread navaja
hi, i have some perl code that i'd like to include as part of a 'report' style document. Are there any .sty files or similar to allow me to do this?

page numbering using roman numerals

2004-02-26 Thread navaja
hi, i have a cover page, table of contents, list of figures, and list of tables at the beginning of my document, before starting the first chapter. (the document is in 'report' style). How do i change the numbering on these first few pages to roman numerals, so they are different to the rest o

Re: formatting perl code

2004-02-26 Thread navaja
lgrind (see on CTAN) pretty-formats most codes, including Perl: #lgrind -s ... C++ (CC) PERL (pl) ... Needs external processing of the pieces of code, and inclusion in LyX through ERT \lgrindfile{foo.tex} Package options allow to tune the layout. lgrind -l pl foo.pl >f

Re: formatting perl code

2004-02-26 Thread navaja
hi herbert, i've tried using listings.sty, it is installed in /tex/latex/listings.sty my latex logfile for the document i'm using gives the following error message: file ended while scanning use of \\lstinputlisting i've fixed that problem now (was the % comments i didnt see!) code looks ok, b

Re: formatting perl code

2004-02-26 Thread navaja
Herbert Voss wrote: navaja wrote: hi, i have some perl code that i'd like to include as part of a 'report' style document. Are there any .sty files or similar to allow me to do this? http://latex.s-v-p.de/listings/listings.phtml Herbert hi herbert, i've tried using

Re: formatting perl code

2004-02-26 Thread navaja
inserting the \lgrindfile tag seems to muck up the rest of my document. i get a load of errors saying that commands are already defined (\file, \head, ... \documentclass) preamble is \usepackage{lgrind} if i take the \lgrindfile{test.tex} tag out, it works fine i've tried including th

inserting URLs in bibliography

2004-02-27 Thread navaja
what bibtex style should i use to allow me to include URLs in a bibliography?

problems inserting latex table

2004-03-02 Thread navaja
i'm trying to insert the attached table into a lyx document, but get the message "Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr" I thought the problem was the % signs, so i escaped them with \, but that didnt work so i used \verb=%= but i still get this error is putting in raw latex the best way

Re: problems inserting latex table

2004-03-02 Thread navaja
navaja wrote: i'm trying to insert the attached table into a lyx document, but get the message "Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr" I thought the problem was the % signs, so i escaped them with \, but that didnt work so i used \verb=%= but i still get this error

table environment and embedded latex

2004-03-03 Thread navaja
i have inserted a table by putting latex into an ERT box. it is underneath a section heading. the table starts \begin{table} \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{l|l|l|l|l|l} ...etc when i mark up the document as a pdf, the table goes onto the next page, leaving a blank space. is there any way of avo

getting latex table on the right page

2004-03-17 Thread navaja
i have a latex table in an ERT box under a chapter heading. it starts with \begin{table} \begin{center} \begin{tabular} it is jumping onto the next page. how do i get it to stay on the same page?

inserting extra text in title page using report class

2004-03-17 Thread navaja
i'm using the 'report' document class. I want to put a line of text at the bottom of the title page. What's the quickest and easiest way of doing this? (it's very urgent so i dont want to muck around changing the document style)

lyx cant find .cls files

2004-03-22 Thread navaja
i get textclass error when loading an example cv from /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/lyx/examples/cv.lyx the .cls file is in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/lyx/cv.cls but lyx doesent seem to be able to find it. where do i specify this directory as the .cls files directory?

Re: lyx cant find .cls files

2004-03-22 Thread navaja
the article says to put cv.cls somewhere in latex's path: it's in/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/lyx/ so surely it should be fine, with the layout file? i still get the same error. is latex stuff installed somewhere else as well? i get textclass error when loading an example cv from /usr/share/te

Re: Best ps pdf viewer in Linux

2004-03-22 Thread navaja
(gv). On the other hand, when I'm generating a PDF file it's usually for someone using Windows (who will read it with acroread), so I always check whether a file displays properly in acroread. Of course, that is not 100% foolproof, because occasionally the Windows and Linux versions of acrore

Re: lyx cant find .cls files

2004-03-23 Thread navaja
Angus Leeming wrote: navaja wrote: the article says to put cv.cls somewhere in latex's path: it's in/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/lyx/ so surely it should be fine, with the layout file? No! latex does not read the contents of these directories. It reads a database file 'ls-R

Re: lyx cant find .cls files

2004-03-23 Thread navaja
i have updated the db file, but i still get the same textclass error. the cv class is in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/lyx/cv.cls and i'm loading /usr/share/lyx/examples/cv.lyx A textclass error is something entirely separate. That is lyx complaining, not latex. Does Edit->Reconfigure resolve y

problems with layout files and converters - lyx for windows

2004-03-25 Thread navaja
i'm installing lyx on a windows 98 pc. i used the port at http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/. apparently this is more up to date than claus' one. it doesent require you to install x as well which is a bonus. is this a good port to be using? the first problem i've had with this port is tha