>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The simple way to convert MS Word to LyX is to export the Word file
>> as txt, then use your favorite text editor (eg vi) to remove all of
>> the special characters. Import this file to LyX in the document
>> class of your choice. Then just go through the paragraphs and set
>> the correct paragraph type. e.g. Title, Section, Standard...
Martin> Guess what I did for the 288 page Proceedings of our Budapest
Martin> Workshop last year? I'm getting loads of comments how good
Martin> looking it is... but it was quite a job.
Martin> I have put a fresh version of the press release on the
Martin> following URL:
A few comments. Take what you want from that, but beware that none of
my sentences parse correctly and can be directly used :)
> Public release of LyX version 1.0.0
> ===================================
[snip]
> Technically, this is done by combining the comfortable and familiar
> interface of a WYSIWYG word processor with the high quality output
> of a real typesetting system. LyX interfaces with LaTeX, the most
> popular typesetting software available; however, no familiarity with
> LaTeX is required -- unless you want to do advanced things.
There should be something directed to LaTeX users saying that, while
intensive emacs+auctex users might prefer to continue as is, LyX can
considerably speed up writing of LaTeX documents and that great care
have been taken of producing good loking LaTeX code. Moreover, any
arbitrary LaTeX code can used in documents.
The idea is that we should not present LyX only from the wordprocessor
point of view. I don;t know whether a mention of Scientific word would
be good somewhere.
> LyX has excellent on-line help, including a beginner's tutorial, a
> user's guide, and a manual for advanced users; its menu system has been
> localized into a dozen different (Latin character set) languages,
> each of which can be selected at run time.
Perhaps something like ``over 1000 pages of documentation'' (I don't
know how many pages there are, but I'm sure that's a lot).
> One feature lacking from LyX is import of MS Word documents. The LyX
> Team considers this not worth it, as word processors in general are
> moving away from closed formats to the XML standard. So, if you need
> continued access to legacy documents, you should also keep a
> traditional word processor (like Corel's WordPerfect for Linux) on
> your disk.
I'm not sure about this paragraph, but I have nothing better to
propose...
> Where can I get it?
> -------------------
>
> LyX is distributed under the GNU General Public Lisense (GPL), which means that you
>can use it for free. See http://www.gnu.org/.
Maybe ``which means in particular that...''
> with mirrors at
>
> ftp://fiwi02.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/LyX/
> ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/lyx/
> ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/other/lyx/
> ftp://ftp.fciencias.unam.mx/pub/Lyx/
> ftp://www.netaxs.com/web/people/dlj0/LyX/
> ftp://ftp.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/packages/lyx/
> ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/LyX/
>
> The source code package is available at:
>
> ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.0.0.tar.gz
> ftp://ftp.via.ecp.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.0.0.tar.gz
> ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.0.0.tar.gz
>
You should rather take the ANNOUNCE from the current version, where
the list of mirrors have been somewhat updated:
with mirrors at
ftp://alpha.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/lyx
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/
ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/other/lyx/
ftp://ftp.fciencias.unam.mx/pub/Lyx/
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/LyX/
The source code package is available at:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.0.0.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.0.0.tar.gz
> Ready-to-run precompiled binaries for various platforms are available at:
>
> ftp://ftp.via.ecp.fr/pub/lyx/bin/1.0.0/
>
> Binaries for i386-Linux are also available at your local sunsite mirror:
>
> ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/lyx-1.0.0-bin.tar.gz
>
Ready-to-run precompiled binaries for various platforms are available at:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.0.0/
Binaries for i386-Linux are also available at your local metalab
(previously known as sunsite) mirror:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/lyx-1.0.0-bin.tar.gz
JMarc
