LyX ⇒ How do I rename the fixed strings like Abstract,LoF..

[newnoise]

Hello Everybody!

How do I rename the fixed strings like Abstract, Bibliography, List of Figures and Tables? Because I would to have:

ABSTRACT instead of Abstract

LIST OF FIGURES instead of List of Figures

LIST OF TABLES instead of List of Tables

REFERENCES instead of References

I've tried tu put

\renewcommand\abstractname{Executive Summary}

in the Preamble but it does not work...

Someone can help me?

Thank You,
davide

[Juanjo]

I assume that you have English marked in Document > Settings... > Language.
It seems that LyX uses the babel package to deal with language support. If you export your lyx file to LaTeX, you'll see the line \usepackage{babel}. The problem is that LyX places it after any changes you've done in Document > Settings... > LaTeX Preamble, so invalidating them.
You have two possible solutions, choose the one you prefer:

• Before the abstract, insert an ERT with the code you already tried without success:
  \renewcommand\abstractname{Executive Summary}
• In Document > Settings... > LaTeX Preamble, add this line:
  \AtBeginDocument{\addto\captionsenglish{\def\abstractname{Executive Summary}}}

The same solution applies to other strings (\listfigurename, \listtablename, \refname or \bibname, etc.)

[newnoise]

Thank You very much for your clear answer. Unfortunately the solutions you proposed me do not work and this is strange.. anyway it doesn't matter!

Cheers
davide

[goncalo1221]

You need to disable babel package. You can do this by going to Tools>Preferences>Language Settings. There, you uncheck the "Use babel" option and clean the "Language Package" textbox. Then, you need to define the names of Abstract, ToC, LoF, LoT and Bibliography in the document preamble, which is in Document>Settings>LaTex Preamble. There, type this:

\renewcommand\contentsname{your title for TOC}
\renewcommand\listfigurename{your title for LoF}
\renewcommand\listtablename{your title for LoT}
\renewcommand\refname{your title for Bib.}
\renewcommand\abstractname{your title for abstract}

Note: i'm using Lyx version 1.6.1. on Windows XP

[pooz]

Hello,

I have a similar Problem:

LyX prints "Algorithm" instead of the german Word "Algorithmus".

I already changed the document-settings and the program-settings to German. But it doesn´t work.

I wonder, because all other words are fine, like
"Abbildung"
"Tabelle"
....

By the way. Is there a possibility, to change "Abbildung" to "Bild" ?

Thank you very much for your help!
greetings

[pooz]

Noone?
Please, this is urgent....I got to finish my small diploma thesis....

[Juanjo]

Write a small lyx document including a simple algorithm, export it to LaTeX and copy the resulting code here. In this way, it is possible to see which package or commands are used to write algorithms, and so I (and others) can try to help.

[pooz]

Thanks. Here we go:

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%% LyX 1.6.4.2 created this file.  For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\documentclass[12pt,english,ngerman]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=3.5cm,bmargin=3.5cm,lmargin=3cm,rmargin=3cm}
\pagestyle{headings}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setlength{\parskip}{\medskipamount}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{varioref}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{units}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[unicode=true, 
 bookmarks=true,bookmarksnumbered=true,bookmarksopen=true,bookmarksopenlevel=1,
 breaklinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 1},backref=false,colorlinks=true]
 {hyperref}
\hypersetup{pdftitle={E},
 pdfauthor={P},
 pdfsubject={s},
 pdfkeywords={s},
 linkcolor=black, citecolor=black, urlcolor=blue,  filecolor=blue,pdfpagelayout=OneColumn, pdfnewwindow=true, pdfstartview=XYZ, plainpages=false, pdfpagelabels}
 
\makeatletter
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
\newcommand{\noun}[1]{\textsc{#1}}
\newcommand{\lyxmathsym}[1]{\ifmmode\begingroup\def\b@ld{bold}
  \text{\ifx\math@version\b@ld\bfseries\fi#1}\endgroup\else#1\fi}
 
 
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[Juanjo]

Add this to the preamble:

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\floatname{algorithm}{Algorithmus}
\addto\captionsngerman{\def\figurename{Bild}}
 
 
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Please, report if that works. If not, post again the tex file.

[pooz]

WOW!!

Thank you, Juanjo!!

This works like a charm. Why is "algorithm" the only word, which is still in English? Is this a LaTeX or LyX Error?