LyX ⇒ Long division

[jjc_uk]

Hi Folks
Can anyone give me some guidance on how to enter long division on Lyx 1.6 (for win XP)

I have found reference to the latex command \longdiv
I think I may have to add a package ?
I downloaded longdiv from http://ctan.org/pkg/ which gives me a tex package but I am unsure if Lyx can use it and if so where to put it.

best regards
Jim

[php1ic]

I don't use Lyx, and don't know why the 'package' has a .tex extension rather than .sty (I assume the fact that it is over 15 years old and has never been modified may be a reason), but this MWE works for me.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}

\include{longdiv}

\longdiv{45}{3}

\end{document}

EDIT: It works after downloading the longdiv.tex file to the same directory as the above code.

[jjc_uk]

mmm

thanks for feedback
now you mention it I did also come across a longdiv.sty but cant remember from where.
though it is now located in the LYX/resources/tex directory
but will not show up in the document class menu, although other styles in that directory seem to ?

MWE ? is that minimal working example ?

I tried entering your code in lyx
selecting tex and pasting it but an error saying Latex error :can only be used in preamle
\maketitle your command was ignored

best regards
Jim

[php1ic]

If you added the .sty file manually, did you tell latex that there are new packages? If you use linux then you need to run

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$ sudo texhash

Don't know how to do it in windows

I don't understand that error message, but yes MWE is minimal working example. If you post your code others may be able to help.