Lyx problems - of topic

[Johann Spies <jhspies@futurenet.co.za>]

Dear Debian user's

I could not compile the source for lyx 1.0.0pre6.  There were some linking
problems which I could not figure out and a question to the lyx mailing
list did not produce an answer. After "upgrading" my lyx to 1.0.0pre6 with
an unofficial debian binary package I found two problems which may be
bugs.  I have send questions to lyx@via.ecp.fr but got no reply.  Maybe
someone on this list can help me:

1. I cannot in Afrikaans write "Dagsê, goeiemôre" etc.  The X compose key
(Ctrl-Scroll Lock) does not work any more with Lyx and the compose key
(accent-tie) does not allow êûôâ.

I can put in the LateX code \^e \^o etc but that is slow to do it in Lyx.
If I have to do that, emac + Latex is much quicker.

2. The second problem is that it does no longer produce the Latex
equivalent of \maketitle in it's output although it shows on the
screen as it should.  The following (first the lyx file and then the latex
output with some irrelevant lines removed):

newfile.lyx:
-----------
#This file was created by <jhspies> Thu Jan 14 09:00:36 1999
#LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1998 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
\lyxformat 2.15
\textclass article

\layout Title

Title
\layout Author

Author
\layout Date

Date
\the_end

newfile.tex
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%% This LaTeX-file was created by <jhspies> Thu Jan 14 09:00:44 1999
%% LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1998 by Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team

%% Do not edit this file unless you know what you are doing.
\documentclass[12pt,afrikaans]{article}
\usepackage{babel}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
\newcommand{\LyX}{L\kern-.1667em\lower.25em\hbox{Y}\kern-.125emX\@}

\makeatother

\begin{document}

Title

Author

Date

\end{document}

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Johann

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| Johann Spies                                 Windsorlaan 19              |
| jhspies@futurenet.co.za                3201 Pietermaritzburg             |
| Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310		       Suid-Afrika (South Africa)  |
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     "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed 
      lest he fall."            I Corinthians 10:12 

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