{lyx} is for questions specifically about the LyX document processor. Do not use this tag if the problem can be reproduced without LyX, for example, if the question is a (La)TeX issue rather than a specific LyX problem.
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Condense the space between bibliographic entries
In order to save space, I would like to condense the bibliography, specifically, reduce the amount of vertical space between entries. Currently, it seems there is double-space between consecutive ...
4
votes
1answer
164 views
Vertical alignment of cells in LyX
How can you set the vertical alignment of table cells in LyX? The right-click menu shows three choices ("Top", "Middle", "Bottom") but none of them is enabled, they are all greyed out.
2
votes
1answer
89 views
Parameterised Enviroments in Lyx
Ok,
I have a set of structured data that I want to format consistently.
In this case a set of spells for a role-playing game.
Now in Latex I vaguely remember I could do something using ...
3
votes
2answers
294 views
How to edit tables in LyX?
I have a problem with re-sizing the table in LyX. When I export it to .pdf its too wide so it goes far out of the border.
Any ideas on how to shrink it, or make it readable in .pdf?
p.s. In LyX, ...
1
vote
1answer
190 views
references in a smaller font
How can I tell LyX to display the bibliographic references in a smaller font?
I use the standard "article" document class.
When I open the "Settings" of the bibliography, I get a dialog box where I ...
4
votes
2answers
335 views
Conditional Bibliography in LyX Subdocument
I am using LyX to manage a multi-part document (my thesis) and I would like to be able to produce stand alone sub-documents (e.g. a chapter) that include a bibliography, but only when the sub-document ...
3
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0answers
255 views
Error, command already defined - IOP article with mhchem
I am using LyX to prepare an article. The document class is 'IOP article' and I am using the mhchem package to typeset chemical formulae in the paper. I include \usepackage[version=3]{mhchem} in the ...
1
vote
1answer
147 views
Vertical align in beamer frames in LyX
I am trying to vertically align content inside a single beamer frame.
On the manual I've found the [t] option to add to \begin{frame}.
Question is, how do I add that option in LyX?
I have tried with ...
3
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1answer
61 views
Shortcut to repeat the last action in LyX
How to create a shortcut or hot key to repeat the last action done in LyX to be as in MS Word F4 key?
2
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2answers
509 views
no page numbers in lyx
How can I tell LyX to put page numbers in the rendered PDF?
I looked in all the menus, and haven't find the correct option.
The closest matches are: Document -> Settings -> Page Layout, or Document ...
2
votes
1answer
122 views
Using breqn in unnumbered equation in LyX
I finally found a way to use automatic line breaking in long math formulas in LyX from the last post in:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2904807/lyx-breaking-long-formula-lines
I soon realized ...
2
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1answer
222 views
Vertical spacing between sidenotes (and, between sidenotes and captions) in tufte-book
Within from LyX, using various sidenotes in a tufte-latex-book environment, along with float figures, results sometimes in an overlapping of sidenotes and caption(s).
For example, two sidenotes ...
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0answers
55 views
citations shown as zeros [closed]
In LyX, I added a BibTeX biography to the end of the document, and several citations in the document body. In the PDF, I can see the correct references at the end, but in the document body, the ...
4
votes
5answers
3k views
Adding empty lines for readability
I'm a new user of LyX, and reading the tutorial I found that I can't add freely spaces and empty lines to the LaTeX code, since it's about formatting the text, and it's done by the compiler.
I can ...
9
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3answers
164 views
Print/Output only Equations/Math Formulas of a Given LaTeX or LyX Document
I have a LyX document filled with text and equations like in a scientific paper. To focus only on the math sometimes it can be really useful to only print/output the formulas and not the text around ...
5
votes
1answer
170 views
natbib: Split Bibliography Into Sections By Entrytype (without using multibib)
What's wrong with multibib?
multibib lets me split up my bibliography. But I have to specify manually (by \citeabc or \citedef), which bibliography entry belongs to which section. Also, it's not ...
5
votes
1answer
121 views
In LyX, what is the most standard way to type a system of equations?
I have a system of equations and would like the alignment to be done on the equal sign.
phi_{t+1} = F\xi_{t}
y_t = A'X_t
\theta_t = \mu + \epsilon_t
What is the most standard way ...
0
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1answer
666 views
\begin{document} Undefined control sequence
I just have copied of Lyx files to one computer to another and i am facing above subjected problem. Complete log is given below.
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (MiKTeX 2.9) (preloaded ...
8
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2answers
7k views
Lyx: Quick way to insert Dirac bra-ket
In LyX, what is a quick way to insert mismatched delimiters in math environment?
I tried typing \left|\right>, but it is not interpreted automatically.
2
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1answer
271 views
Can't get page numbering to work in LyX
I am using LyX to create a document and don't know how to add page numbers to my document.
This is what the TEX code part of my document looks like:
\fancyhf{}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\makeatletter
...
2
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0answers
154 views
Section+Subsection in the header AND chapter in the footer using book (memoir)
I' writing my thesis in LyX with book (memoir) style.
I would like to personalize the headers and footers but I cannot use the fancy package since I'm in the memoir style.
So (being a novice in ...
3
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1answer
168 views
Place figures at the bottom of a page
Does anyone know how to place figures at the bottom of a page ?
At the moment, it automatically goes at the top of a new page...
I am using LyX.
2
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1answer
110 views
How to remove the line “Received; acceped” from title?
I am using the aastex.lyx template to write an article and I cannot find a way to remove the "Received; -------- Accepted" line coming after the title.
Does anyone know how to remove it ?
1
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1answer
118 views
Shortcut for export PDF on LyX?
Is there a shortcut in LyX for export to PDF?
Is there any way to auto export on save?
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0answers
141 views
Multiple windows pop up when compiling PDFs (LyX) [closed]
To view my document in LyX (Windows), I click the view button and it compiles a PDF. But it does this by opening multiple (around but not always 5) instances/windows of the same PDF file in Acrobat ...
1
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1answer
97 views
How can I set the default 'table border style' in LyX layout?
I want to specify the style of table borders (formal vs. default) in a LyX .layout file. How can I do that?
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0answers
71 views
BUG? Lyx cursor falls behind when nouns are used in text (equivalent to latex \noun macro) [closed]
The cursor in the picture is actually at the and of the line. When I press keyboard key, it writes the letter after the S letter at the end of the line. This happens only if some noun text is ...
3
votes
1answer
161 views
Math font in beamer class in LyX
How do I get LMR or CMR math font in beamer class in LyX? In the document settings when I change the font only the text is affected and not the equations.
4
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1answer
197 views
How to tell LyX to put every sentence on its own line?
I'm planning to write my master thesis using LyX. In order to keep track of recent changes, I want to export the LyX source files to normal LaTeX source files and put these in a Git repository. In the ...
2
votes
1answer
107 views
Chapterbib with lyx
I used chapterbib package to obtain bibliography by chapter in latex but now i need to use it with LyX 1.6.8
I read the documentation presented in http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Tips and recomended to ...
5
votes
2answers
265 views
Can I change the paragraph spacing in LyX UI?
In LyX user interface, there is a good-enough large space between a chapter text and the next paragraph, but between the paragraphs there is no space and it makes harder to see the structure of what I ...
4
votes
1answer
92 views
How to restrict tables under same section
I have a problem in managing tables in LyX. Problem is that I need tables under the same section, but I could not. Can anybody help me in this regard?
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2answers
116 views
How to typeset multi-letter identifiers that contain letters with diacritic marks inside math environment?
This is edit. See original question below.
In math mode I would like to use identifiers that contain of whole word. That word is not in English and does contain letters with diacritic marks. Example ...
0
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1answer
565 views
modernCV template in LyX - how can I include a picture? [closed]
I'm using LyX in Linux and saved the protected and edited template under my given name to workspace.
The assigned picture is to be 64pix (as in template) and renamed to CV-image.
nevertheless, i get ...
4
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1answer
76 views
Too much space at end of chapter
When writing my thesis in LyX, I encountered the following problem:
After finishing a chapter, I wrote \break in order for LyX to start writing the next section in the next page.
The problem is that ...
1
vote
1answer
75 views
How to define LyX to switch from Hebrew to English automatically when I pass to Math mode?
I am working in Hebrew in LyX and I want it to switch to English automatically when I pass to Math mode. Is it possible?
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2answers
430 views
Using “bibitem” in LyX
How do I use \bibitem style bibliography in LyX without the ERT? Right now I prepare the @article style bibliography in a file (say) references.bib. Then I go: Insert => List/TOC => BibTeX ...
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vote
1answer
99 views
LyX forbids horizontal centering of tables inside a theorem environment!
How can I center a table in a, say, theorem environment in LyX ? When I have a centered table in the standart LR-mode writing mode everythings ok. But when I select the whole table and try to turn it ...
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1answer
156 views
How to encoding of Lyx LaTeX output without Lyx adding inputenc declaration to preamble
I want to specify encoding that is used by Lyx when it generates LaTeX source for preview or export. That is not a big problem Document->Settings->Language->Encoding->Other->Select encoding from combo ...
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481 views
Option clash for package inputenc when using Lyx with LaTeX class that already uses inputenc
I use Lyx to edit document whose class declares \usepackage[latin2]{inputenc} in its .cls file. While I only use languages for which Lyx uses the same encoding it only adds the same command ...
3
votes
1answer
324 views
Undefined control sequence on legitimate LyX macro
I'm trying to define a LyX macro, Insert -> Math -> Macro on the menus. It's a very simple macro. Source code under View -> View Source:
\global\long\def\Z{\mathbb{Z}}
The file compiles nicely if I ...
4
votes
2answers
133 views
Turning parts of text on and off
Is there a way to turn certain parts of the text on and off in LyX/Latex ?
I'm thinking of having something like an environment (lets call it "TL" for "traffic light") and a parameter t such that if ...
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6answers
2k views
Writing readable LaTeX
Lets say I have the following LaTeX code
\subsection{Convex sets}
A set \( \mathcal{S} \)
in \( \mathbb{R}^n \)
is said to be convex if
\[ \mathbf{x}_1, \mathbf{x}_2 \in \mathcal{S} \implies \lambda ...
5
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1answer
138 views
The difference between $X^{\ast}$ and $X^*$? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
\star vs. \ast in formulas. Which one to use?
What is the difference between X^{\ast} and X^* ?
Both look the same in the pdf file - although when using Lyx the former ...
4
votes
1answer
185 views
elsevier class error
I've been trying LateX and Lyx out for a few days. Lyx is really a help for a new-comer and I had few troubles so far, except for some unknown errors when I was configuring elsarticle documentclass.
...
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1answer
324 views
How to left align a set of equations in LyX
How can I left align an AMS flalign block in LyX?
The answers in Use flalign or alignat or align or similar environment to align to the left say that to left align a set of equations one should use
...
2
votes
1answer
301 views
XeTex - Times New Roman font for Romanian characters ș, ț, Ș and Ț
I have downloaded the Times New Roman font and put it into .local/fonts where it should be (my OS is Fedora 17 and I use TexLive 2012). It is recognized by LibreOffice and LyX. LibreOffice displays ...
6
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3answers
2k views
Table padding in LyX
I'm creating in LyX a table wich has a single character for every cell. Problem is, a lot of space is wasted, because each cell has some padding points which I'd like to reduce.
A cell is now big ...
1
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1answer
122 views
Lyx : Name of function : Page Break
I'm trying to find the name of the function :
Insert -> formatting -> Page Break
So i can set it as a shortcut from preferences ->Editing->shortcuts->new.
But in order to do that i need the function ...
7
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1answer
4k views
Using BibTeX with LyX: errors in auto-generated .bbl
I've been puzzling with this for hours now and I can't solve it.
I'm using LyX for my article and I made a BibTeX file with JabRef. I inserted the BibTeX bibliography into LyX, but when I try to ...
