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Hi folks!For a while now I've been doing a work around on an issue that occurred with one of the updates last year and I'm now trying to problem solve it. When I export to a PDF (on Mac), the PDF opens in Preview. When I click Command + S, it automatically saves the file... somewhere, but not in the .lyx file location, or anywhere else that I'm able to find. I should be able to Command + S and save the PDF in the .lyx file folder, but it's not doing this. (My work around is to then export the preview PDF and save it in the .lyx file location.) Does anybody know how to change this so that I automatically save PDF's where my .lyx file is located? thanks for your help, hopefully this issue makes sense.The version of LyX that I'm running is:Version 2.4.3 (January 9, 2025) Qt Version (run-time): 5.15.15 on platform cocoaQt Version (compile-time): 5.15.15OS Version (run-time): macOS 14.6Python detected: 3.9.6 (/usr/local/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9)Statistics: Posted by JacobYoung — Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:57 am

Looks like a bug. I think you should report it on the lyx bug tracker or their mailing list.Statistics: Posted by milka — Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:41 pm

I'm typing solutions to problems in the "exam" class and using the solution environment. I'm aware that you can customize it in the sense of, e.g., adding the box around it, shading it, changing the color of "Solution" that appears, etc.My question is: does anyone have any "nice" templates you have used? Any good looking configurations? Just not sure what would be best here!Thanks!Statistics: Posted by Dreneisha — Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:22 am

For anyone who is using Texifier on MacOS, the compiler engine should be "XeLaTex" rather than "PdfLaTex". At least it works for me.Statistics: Posted by Fan Zhang — Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:53 am

I want to be able to calculate the maximum point size I can use for a phrase in a serif font so that it fits within \textwidth. For the calculation, there would be two inputs:Phrase\textwidthThe output would be the point size of the font. In a simple way, I'm thinking it would go something like this procedurally:1. Measure Actual Phrase Width: Use LaTeX’s \settowidth command to measure the width of the phrase at a known font size.2. Scale Proportionally: Once I have the width at a known size, calculate the scaling factor needed to fit within \textwidth.I have the first part working but I don't know how to calculate the scaling factor:Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{calc} % For length calculations\newlength{\phraselength}\newcommand{\measurephrase}[1]{% \settowidth{\phraselength}{#1}% Measure the width of the phrase The width of the phrase ``#1'' is \the\phraselength.%}\begin{document}% Example usage\measurephrase{Sample Phrase}\end{document}Statistics: Posted by petersfreeman — Sun Feb 02, 2025 11:03 pm

Yes, \bf is deprecated and should be replaced by \bfseries. However, also \textbf is fine. This should also work:\textcolor{blue}{\normalfont\textbf{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}% Section titleIt's good to know that everything works for you now!StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:52 am

Great to hear that it worked!StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:41 am

Hello,I take back the claim that cm-super was installed. What I thought was the installed packages list was actually the all packages list. After installing cm-super, my problem went away. Your help in solving my problem is much appreciated.Regards,bostjanvStatistics: Posted by bostjanv — Sat Feb 01, 2025 6:53 pm

I tried to use the package xcolor and there seems to be a conflict between xcolor and makeuppercase. https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions ... kagexcolorAlso \bf seems to be outdated. https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions ... euppercaseIf I use the package \usepackage{xcolor}and replace "\MakeUppercase{\textbf{#1}} % Section title"by "\textcolor{blue}{\normalfont\bfseries\MakeUppercase{#1}}% Section title"it works for me.Statistics: Posted by DonQuijotedelaMancha — Sat Feb 01, 2025 4:46 pm

Hi all, I just tried this and it crashes the formatting. Any other ideas how to color the name, titles, (optional: lines) and in addition change the main color? Thanks! DQStatistics: Posted by DonQuijotedelaMancha — Sat Feb 01, 2025 2:48 pm

Hello,Thanks for the answer. The problem is that according to my package list cm-super is installed. Is there any special way that I must indicate its use?Regards,bostjanvStatistics: Posted by bostjanv — Sat Feb 01, 2025 10:40 am

I see this error:! pdfTeX error (font expansion): auto expansion is only possible with scalable fonts.I also see this:LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T2A/lmr/m/n' undefined(Font) using `T2A/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 7.Looks to me like a missing lmodern font version for T2A encoding, so it used Computer Modern (default), which is not scalable as a bitmap font here.Try installing the cm-super package.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Fri Jan 31, 2025 1:13 pm

Hello,Thanks for the reply. I am attaching the .log file (on the second run when both commented lines are uncommented)Regards,bostjanv LITX.logStatistics: Posted by bostjanv — Thu Jan 30, 2025 4:53 pm

I had to update to newer LyX version and it looks like the "DocBook 5" export causes some troubles on my side.Before: LyX Doc -> DocBook export to SGML -> conversion to htmlNow: LyX Doc -> DocBook export to XML-> conversion to htmlThe embedded code (\begin_layout Plain Layout...) in the document contained since long time relate to info/revision and so on did not proper survive but is required for the boxhttps://www.deepspace6.net/projects/ipv6calc.htmlOld set worked at least with 2.3.7https://github.com/pbiering/ipv6calc/tree/4.2.2/docNew set need some tweaks for 2.4.2.1https://github.com/pbiering/ipv6calc/blob/4.3.0/doc/Tweak#1: require to add in front ofCode: \begin_layout Right Addresspb at bieringer dot de\end_layoutthat leads at least to that the "Plain Layout" section survives the XML export at least as comment - otherwise it will not occur in XML export at allCode: lyx --export docbook5 ipv6calc.lyxCode: <!-- &lt;author&gt;&lt;firstname&gt;Peter&lt;/firstname&gt;&lt;surname&gt;Bieringer&lt;/surname&gt;&lt;affiliation&gt;&lt;address&gt;pb at bieringer dot de&lt;/address&gt;&lt;/affiliation&gt;&lt;/author&gt; --><!-- &lt;revhistory&gt; --><!-- &lt;revision&gt; &lt;revnumber&gt;12.0.0&lt;/revnumber&gt; &lt;date&gt;2025-01-28&lt;/date&gt; &lt;authorinitials&gt;PB&lt;/authorinitials&gt;&lt;/revision&gt; --><!-- &lt;/revhistory&gt; -->Tweak#2: using Perl to reactivate the contentCode: perl -pi -e 's#&lt;(\/?(author|firstname|surname|affiliation|address|revhistory|revision|revnumber|date|authorinitials))&gt;#<$1>#g' ipv6calc.xmlperl -pi -e 's#<!--\s*(</?(author|revision|revhistory)>)#$1#g' ipv6calc.xmlperl -pi -e 's#(</?(author|revision|revhistory)>)\s*-->#$1#g' ipv6calc.xmlThen the conversion to HTML is proper working and the revision history box appears in HTML.Code: xsltproc -o ipv6calc.html db2xhtml-ipv6calc.xsl ipv6calc.xmlIs this a bug or a dropped feature or is there any change in LyX doc required to let "DocBook 5" export this revision information proper as it worked in the past?Thank you in advance for any help, had not found any hints using search engines the last days.Statistics: Posted by pblatex — Thu Jan 30, 2025 9:12 am

Within such a list environment, things are within its text area and not in the outer page area. In a logical structure, the list environment should end before another displayed item comes centered between the page margins. Resuming one list is easy, resuming from nested lists can get messy, which may be the price to pay for an unusual not really consequent logical structure. Especially when you structure using nested list, then really consider having equations aligned to the list level, or do something less complicated.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Thu Jan 30, 2025 2:06 am

Thank you. I will post code here from now on.I have a follow up question. The method works great until I start nesting enumerated lists. If I try to resume twice, it does not work. I have written the following code, which does work, but is very clunky. I tried to make an environment, but was unsuccessful because I want to have \end statements before \begin statements, as I want to \end an environment outside of this custom environment. Any suggestions on how to do this, or if a different solution is better for what I want?Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{enumitem}\begin{document}\begin{equation*}x = 1\end{equation*}\newcounter{outer}\newcounter{inner}\begin{enumerate}\item Outer 1\setcounter{outer}{\value{enumi}}\begin{enumerate}\item item a\item item b% Ideally would have environment or another tool to not have all of this code every time I want a centered equation\setcounter{inner}{\value{enumii}}\end{enumerate}\end{enumerate}\vspace{-1em}\begin{align*}x=1\end{align*}\begin{enumerate}\item[]\setcounter{enumi}{\value{outer}}\begin{enumerate}\setcounter{enumii}{\value{inner}}% End equation code\item item c\end{enumerate}\item Outer 2\end{enumerate}\end{document}Statistics: Posted by kingliam — Thu Jan 30, 2025 1:19 am

Hello,there was no quick answer, perhaps because the code was not included here. Very good that you made an example, but please post it as code here in the forum, instead of an Internet link to some external service.If you embed an equation within an enumerate list, it gets centered in this list. To center it outside of the list, on the page, it shouldn't be within the list. Luckily you can suspend and resume a list for such a purpose, with the enumitem package, like this:Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{enumitem}\begin{document}\begin{equation} x = 1\end{equation}\begin{enumerate} \item Text \item More text\end{enumerate}\begin{equation} y = 1\end{equation}\begin{enumerate}[resume] \item Text\end{enumerate}\end{document}StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Wed Jan 29, 2025 6:28 pm

For a more random seed, just wait 1 minute between compilations, I guess.Statistics: Posted by cpierquet — Tue Jan 28, 2025 9:08 pm

Hi bostjanv,when I uncomment these two lines, it runs for me without error, also a second and third time with the .aux file present.Perhaps post the corresponding section of the .log file here, as the error message is not mentioned here.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Jan 28, 2025 8:21 pm

Hello,I've encountered a problem when using Cyrillic characters together with the microtype package (file is below the signature):when BOTH commented out lines are uncommented, pdflatex will successfully process the LaTeX file the first time (when no.aux file is present); but on the second run (when the .aux file is present) an error is produced. Up to now, I have not beenable to figure out the cause. Any help will be appreciated.Regards,bostjanvCode: \documentclass{scrreprt}\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}\usepackage{lmodern}\usepackage[T2A,OT1]{fontenc}%\usepackage{microtype}\usepackage[russian,english]{babel}\begin{document}%\selectlanguage{russian}«Устаревшие представления становятся обоснованием массового убийства»%Почему война с Украиной — логичное продолжение российской идеологии. Объясняет историк Андрей Зорин\selectlanguage{english}\end{document}Statistics: Posted by bostjanv — Tue Jan 28, 2025 12:47 am

I am trying to display an equation within an enumerated list. I want the equation to be centered to the page, but it is instead centered to the space available within the enumerated element. An example is shown below:https://www.overleaf.com/read/mmgsmbfymmqk#1ee955How do I make the equation center to the page.Statistics: Posted by kingliam — Tue Jan 28, 2025 12:46 am

Thank you!! This is exactly what I needed :)Statistics: Posted by kingliam — Sat Jan 25, 2025 10:22 pm

That's because of the alignment of the whole structure; if one row has a longer entry, the other rows must align.You can create nested structures using the "aligned" environment inside alignat. Or smash the width of some pieces like this, as a quick way:Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{amsmath,mathtools}\begin{document}\begin{alignat*}{2} a &= \mathrlap{b + c + d + e + f} \\ g &= h + i &&= j \\ &&&= \mathrlap{k + l + m}\end{alignat*}\end{document}StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Sat Jan 25, 2025 10:14 pm

Welcome to the forum!That template uses the scrlayer-scrpage package. You can use commands from there; perhaps try this, for example:\cfoot{text}StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Sat Jan 25, 2025 10:07 pm

Hi Roken,welcome to the forum!I recommend using Latin Modern for a high-quality font that looks like the default font, with \usepackage{lmodern} in the preamble (or an equivalent LyX setting). The default font looks bad with modern font encoding for French. Another way to improve this would be installing the cm-super package in your TeX installation, which improves the default font.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Sat Jan 25, 2025 1:22 am

Hello everyone,Can't seem to find any answer so i'm posting a question.I would like to have bigger sized police, but it doesn't look good, it's a bit pixelated. How can i fix that? Thx a lot in advance for any response.RokenEdit: i just found out that opening my pdf file with chrome rather than edge rendered it a lot better. lire_un_graph.pdfStatistics: Posted by roken — Fri Jan 24, 2025 2:11 pm

Hi,I am using the MastesDoctoral Thesis template and am new to LateX.I have to add a fixed text in the footer of all pages.I am finding it quite hard to do. The fancyhdr package isn't working and I am lost inside the .cls file.Statistics: Posted by Acryilios — Thu Jan 23, 2025 11:53 pm

Hi thats great! It works I added im the preamble:Code: \usepackage{datetime}\newcount\seed\seed=\numexpr\pdfuniformdeviate10000 + \the\year + \the\month * 10 + \the\day * 100 + \time * 1000+ \numexpr\pdfuniformdeviate60\relax\relax % Zufall zur weiteren Streuung\pgfmathsetseed{\seed}\usepackage[seed=\the\seed]{randomlist}Its not very creative. The seed variation is just in a "small" intervall but i got the feeling of random seeds everytime!Do you have a slightly better idea to create a "more random" seed? If not i am still happy with this outcome Statistics: Posted by MasterWizz — Thu Jan 23, 2025 5:16 pm

(1) for optional arguments, use package enumitem(2) for tasks you shoud (maybe) use other method with randomlist (3) it's normal because randomseed is used, but (I think) you can fix itCode: %with enumitem\documentclass{article}\usepackage[seed=456789]{randomlist}\usepackage{enumitem}\begin{document}\NewList{Answers}\SetList{Answers}{Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4}\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)] \ForEachRandomItem{Answers}{Question}{\item \Question}\end{enumerate}\end{document}Code: %with tasks\documentclass{article}\usepackage[seed=456789]{randomlist}\usepackage{tasks}\begin{document}\NewList{Answers}\InsertRandomItem{Answers}{Q1}\InsertRandomItem{Answers}{Q2}\InsertRandomItem{Answers}{Q3}\InsertRandomItem{Answers}{Q4}\begin{tasks}[label=(\alph*)] \task \Answers[0] \task \Answers[1] \task \Answers[2] \task \Answers[3]\end{tasks}\end{document}Statistics: Posted by cpierquet — Thu Jan 23, 2025 11:44 am

Thanks for your reply! There occure some problems.(1) I am not able to add optional arguments to enumerate like "label=(\alph*)"(2) It does not work with the tasks package, which is really important to me(3) After i got the pdf 1 time it just shuffles again, when i change something in the tex fileStatistics: Posted by MasterWizz — Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:35 am

You can do it with randomlist package.Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{randomlist}\begin{document}\NewList{Answers}\SetList{Answers}{Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4}\begin{enumerate} \ForEachRandomItem{Answers}{Question}{\item \Question}\end{enumerate}\end{document}Statistics: Posted by cpierquet — Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:24 am

Hi there,I would like to create multiple-choice questions where the answer options are in a random order but the labels of the items should stay i the right order (A, B, C, D). I am using the tasks environment but sometimes also enumerate. Do you have an idea how to do it?Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{tasks}\begin{document}\begin{tasks}[label=\fbox{\Alph*}](4)%how to shuffle the answer options? \task 1 \task 2 \task 3 \task 4\end{tasks}\end{document}Thanks for your time! Statistics: Posted by MasterWizz — Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:00 am

Thank you. This was helpful. I am now having an issue where if one of the equations is too long, it will correspondingly shift the alignment to the right, and it looks very awkward. Here is an example of what I mean: https://www.overleaf.com/read/ntrzwbgzgtkf#0b5327Any suggestions?Statistics: Posted by kingliam — Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:40 pm

Check out the alignat environment in the amsmath user's guide.Statistics: Posted by Bartman — Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:09 pm

I am just starting to learn LaTeX, and am having some struggles aligning math equations. This is for writing up my homework solutions, so I would like to have multiple lines of math, with multiple alignment points. For example, in the following scenario, I would like the = after b to be aligned with = after e, as well as = before h to be aligned with = before i. (Ignore underscore, only there to align the text how I would like it).a + b = c + d___e = f + g = h___________= i + jPlease let me know the best way to do this. Thanks!Statistics: Posted by kingliam — Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:55 pm

Ah, cool. That makes sense then, and matches the identifiers I see inside the installed Ghostscript. Thanks!Statistics: Posted by apjanke — Tue Jan 21, 2025 9:15 pm

Hi Andrew,welcome to the forum!That's probably just a typo. It can be seen at Richard Koch's Homepage and in the PDF as Ghostscript-10.03.0-Extras.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Mon Jan 20, 2025 10:40 pm

Minor question on package version numbers: The "What is in the Package" page for MacTeX 2024 says it includes "Ghostscript-10/03.0-Extras". Is that "/" slash a typo for the regular "10.03.0", or is this a special variant version or build for MacTeX?Cheers,AndrewStatistics: Posted by apjanke — Mon Jan 20, 2025 4:42 am

Welcome to the forum!I tested with that Wiley New Journal Design version 5 (NJD-v5) template on Overleaf, with a listings environment and the listings package, there was no error.Probably the error is in your local LaTeX installation, I guess you need to update it. Perhaps post your .log file as attachment here. The "Attachments" link is below the text edit field, when writing a post.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Mon Jan 20, 2025 12:04 am

Hi everyone,I am having same issue as Ontic_Chimera with using the new template from Wiley journals (WileyNJDv5_Template), the error indicates that *** This file requires `listings.sty' version 1.10c.*** You have a serious problem, so I'm exiting...Please I need help. Thank YouStatistics: Posted by nketiah edward — Sun Jan 19, 2025 7:13 am

Thank you, Stefan Statistics: Posted by marbocam — Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:04 pm

\PassOptionsToPackage <----- I figured this needs to go before the \documentclassThat's right, but before that package would also be ok.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Fri Jan 17, 2025 6:44 pm

I'm still getting some error, but it worked Had to cmd it with pdflatex.Statistics: Posted by marbocam — Fri Jan 17, 2025 6:06 pm

To the preamble? Like this?\usepackage[pdfa]{hyperref}\usepackage[a-1b,latxmp,mathxmp]{pdfx}[2019/02/27]\usepackage{colorprofiles}\hypersetup{% unicode=true, pdftoolbar=false, pdfmenubar=false, pdffitwindow=true, pdfstartview={FitH}, pdfnewwindow=true, colorlinks=true, linkcolor=black, citecolor=black, filecolor=black, urlcolor=blue}\PassOptionsToPackage <----- I figured this needs to go before the \documentclassStatistics: Posted by marbocam — Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:50 pm

Use \PassOptionsToPackage with the conflicting setting,StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:42 pm

I'm trying to make a PDF/A file, but I'm getting this error:! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package hyperref.See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.Type H <return> for immediate help.Any ideas?Statistics: Posted by marbocam — Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:23 pm

This worked for me:\usepackage{tocloft}\setlength{\cftfignumwidth}{3em}Statistics: Posted by marbocam — Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:58 pm

Good to see that it works!StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:53 pm

It works with soft clip={domain=-2:1.9999}; possibly with the smooth option the filling sees more points after that range if you use exactly 2, but I did not investigate further.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:52 pm

Is there a way to change the margin in my list of figures so that the numbering is more separated from the text?e.g.: 2.1.12A 25GHz RoF transmission using developed TOSA with 16-QAM modulationfor dierent ber lengths with an additional 1.5m-long seamless antenna link.12 and A should be more separatedStatistics: Posted by marbocam — Fri Jan 17, 2025 1:56 pm