Great work. Congratulations.
A few nits.
Best regards
--
Larry S. Marso
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On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 11:15:22PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
> -----------------------------
> Public release of LyX version 1.0.0
> ===================================
>
> LyX is an advanced open source document processor running on many
> platforms.
// <- I really think Unix should be mentioned in the opening sentence.
> It is called a "document processor",
> for // <- replace with "because"
> unlike the popular // <- this is confusing. There are no
> word processors, popular word processors on Unix
platforms. WordPerfect is brand new,
available only for Linux and just
beginning to get market share.
> LyX encourages an approach to writing based on the
> structure of your documents, not their appearance. LyX lets you
> concentrate on writing, leaving details of visual layout to the software.
> LyX automates formatting according to predefined rule sets, yielding
> concistency // <- consistency
> throughout even the most complex documents. LyX produces high
> quality, professionally typeset output -- using LaTeX, an open source,
> industrial strength typesetting engine, in the background.
>
> With LyX, short notes or letters are a snap. LyX really shines, though,
> when composing complex documents like technical documentation, doctoral
> theses and conference proceedings -- all of these real-life success
> stories from LyX users.
>
> LyX has undergone a quantum leap in functionality over the past 18 months.
> This release offers extensive control over fonts, margins, headers/footers,
> spacing/indents, justification, bullet types in multilevel lists, a
> sophisticated table editor,
> an emacs-style version control interface for // <- Does this really
> collaborative document authoring speak to any of
you? I find it
confusing.
> -- the list goes on and on. LyX 1.0
> includes many standard formats and templates -- e.g. for letters, articles,
> books, overheads, even Hollywood scripts. Work continues on a growing
> library of "plug-in" formats and templates, in the best open-source
> tradition.
>
> LyX presents the user with the familiar face of a WYSIWYG word processor.
> However, users familiar with Microsoft Word or WordPerfect may be
> perplexed by certain basic LyX behaviors. // <- "behavior" singular.
> For example, repeatedly hitting
> the space bar has no effect! This is by design: LyX puts in the proper
> spacing for you, intelligently. Welcome to the LyX paradigm!
>
> You set the "ground rules" and place the elements of your document into
> proper categories. Say, you tell LyX that a certain line is a Section
^^^
// <- "Let's say"
> title. LaTeX adds the Section to your table of contents, places the
> Section name into your page header, gives it a special "bold" appearance
> on the page, assigns it a number or label, and tells other parts of your
> document what page it's on, for references and citations. Many of the
> headaches of traditional word processing just vanish.
>
> LaTeX easily processes hundreds of chapter and section labels, thousands
> of footnotes and inserted graphics, intricate cross-references, complex
> multi-level outlines, formatted tables of contents and lists of
> illustrations, and exhaustive indices or bibliographies, and is rightly
> famous for the superb quality of its output. Users already acquainted
> with "raw" LaTeX will find that LyX offers full LaTeX transparency and
> features import/export of LaTeX documents.
^^^^^^^^
// <- remove "features"
> LyX contains a fully integrated formula editor which is easily
> best-of-breed, adding WYSIWYG point-and-click convenience to LaTeX's
> legendary math writing capabilities.
^^^^^^^
// <- maybe "math typesetting"?
> If you're into scientific authoring,
> this is the jewel in the crown. TRY IT!
^^^^^^^
// <- "LyX is a jewel ..."?
> Think of LyX as the first WYSIWYM word processor: What You See Is What
> You MEAN. All the common formatting intelligence of LaTeX is presented
^^^^^^
// <- "basic" instead of "common"?
> to the user through visual controls, like a table-of-contents window
> acting as an outline browser,
> "live" reference links to figure and table
> captions, sections, pages and literature references,
// <- there's so much in this sentance, that the above portion
doesn't read as a single item, which is what you intend.
Parentheses might help. How about:
"live" click-through reference links (to figure and
table captions, sections, pages and literature citations),
> automatic
> multilevel section and list numbering, and more. You tell LyX how to
> treat particular words and lines in your document: e.g., this is standard
> text, this is a Section title, this is a footnote, this is a caption
> beneath an inserted graphic. As you click your selections, the WYSIWYM
> interface gives you clean, straightforward "visual cues" (actually, very
> WYSIWYG-like).
>
> The approach has ergonomic advantages. You can enlarge the screen fonts
> to taste // <- "according to your tastes"
^^^^^^^^
> but still have all the text on the screen -- without affecting
> the margins and other formatting of your final output. Thus, you can work
> comfortably also on small displays
> -- or if your eyes are tired or your // <- put this one in
> eyesight is not so good -- parentheses. It
disrupts the flow
to use too many
em-dashes.
> and get the final output right with just a
> couple of page previews using xdvi or ghostview.
>
> LyX includes excellent and copious on-line help -- a beginner's tutorial,
> user's guide, and additional manuals describing advanced features. LyX's
> menu system has been localized // <- "translated"?
^^^^^^^^^
> into a dozen different (Latin character
> set) languages, each selectable at run time.
>
> LyX conspicuously lacks a filter for importing MS Word documents. The
> LyX Team considers this not worth the effort, as word processors in
> general are moving away from proprietary formats to the open XML
> standard. So, as long as you need continued access to legacy documents,
> you should retain a traditional word processor, e.g., Corel's WordPerfect
> for Linux.
>
> LyX runs on standard Unix platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
// <- anyone for OpenBSD?
> Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX, AIX, ..., even OS/2 and Cygnus/Win32 (somewhat
> experimentally), and provides native support for PostScript(tm) fonts
> and figures.
>
> More about LyX, including screen shots and the LyX Graphic Tutorial, at:
>
> http://www.lyx.org/
>
> What's new compared to LyX version 0.12.0?
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Most importantly, import of existing LaTeX documents using the new
> reLyX perl script. Better support for SGML/LinuxDoc, tables, and
> indexing/bibliographies, etc. Summing up, it's just
// <- I object to "just" ;-)
> better looking,
> better working, better documented, and lots of bugs have been fixed.
>
> How stable is LyX?
> ------------------
>
> This release is considered stable, but as with any software, you should
> take appropriate back-up steps in a production environment.
// <- A few people I've known who had LyX crash on them
(extremely rarely, of course) were *utterly flabbergasted*
to learn that the program saved their work in the process
of collapsing. The tale astounds Windows users. We
should make hay of this one of these days. :-)
> What about KLyX?
> ----------------
>
> KLyX is a port of LyX version 0.12.0 to KDE done primarily by Matthias
> Ettrich and Kalle Dalheimer. It was done as a proof-of-principle, to
> demo how good looking LyX could be made on this desktop environment,
> and implement some advanced features which this environment facilitates.
// <- You might take another look at this. "Done" is repeated
twice. You might stick a comma between "KDE done". I
have no idea what "proof-of-principal" means. You ought
to mention the qt toolkit.
> There is an intention to re-integrate KLyX into the LyX code base; by
> version 1.2, LyX should be GUI toolkit/desktop agnostic.
// <- kind of confusing
> Where can I get it? // <- "Availability"?
> LyX is distributed under the GNU General Public Lisense (GPL), which
> means specifically that you can use it for free. See http://www.gnu.org/.
// <- Does this accurately capture the recent conniptions
on the list?
> The main LyX site is
>
> ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/
>
> 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/
// <- Are all these links live?
> 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
>
> and at the mirrors listed above.
>
> You need
> to have // <- unnecessary
> XForms version 0.81, 0.86 or 0.88 to compile
> your own // <- maybe "to compile LyX-1.0.0"
> version.
> Version 0.88 is highly recommended.
> Ready-to-run //<- unnecessary
> 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
>
> Undoubtedly binaries packaged for various distributions (rpm, deb) will
> appear soon on metalab.
>
> Information and binaries for Cygnus/WinNT can be found at:
>
> http://www.cs.uu.nl/~steven/lyx.html
>
> The LyX Graphic Tutorial can be found at:
>
> http://www.cs.uu.nl/~steven/lgt/lgt-0.3.html
>
> It is possible to run LyX in a temporary directory before you install it.
>
*** // <- WAIT! WE DON'T SAY THAT LYX REQUIRES LATEX, OR ***
*** SUGGEST TETEX AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS KNOWN TO ***
*** WORK WITH LYX. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! ***
> About the LyX Team
> ------------------
>
> The LyX Team is a world wide consortium of volunteer contributors. Many,
> many people have helped make the 1.0 release possible, including:
>
> Lars Gullik Bjoennes, Alejandro Aguilar Sierra, Asger Alstrup,
> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, Juergen Vigna, John P. Weiss, Bernhard
> Iselborn, Andre Spiegel, Allan Rae, Henner Zeller, Robert van
> der Kamp, David L. Johnson, Amir Karger, Joacim Persson, Peter
> Suetterlin, SMiyata, Alkis Polyzotis, ...
>
> Special thanks should go to Matthias Ettrich who started it all.
>
> Feedback
> --------
>
> Please direct any comments or questions to the appropriate mailing list as
> described on the LyX homepage (http://www.lyx.org/).
>
> Enjoy!
>
> The LyX Team
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