On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Arnd Hanses wrote:
> Hi,
>
> now that LyX 1.0.0 bug reporting is calming down a little, I would like
> to discuss the possibility of releasing alfnum.cls, etc.
>
> The files I've mailed to the list a month ago, attached as alfanum.zip
> or similar. If somebody has missed them, just ask me.
>
> Also I'm looking forward to receive some bug reports, suggestions,
> fixes, etc. in order to improve this.
One bug I fixed in LyX (after 1.0.0) that your alfanum.layout triggered
was reading (and ignoring of) carriage-returns ('\r') which would crash
LyX when reading the alignment possibilities from the layout file.
So you may want to ensure that the next release doesn't have any '\r's in
it at all just to be sure you don't trigger any crashes in LyX versions
<=1.0.0 (I did send an email about this previously but I think its one of
the ones that disappeared into the ether).
> What I cannot do is changing the
> LyX code (I'm not a programmer) so that it looks less ugly in LyX (Xdvi
> is perfect). I definitely would like to see the numbers in LyX, too,
> before finally releasing it. Otherwise it would not be WYSIWYM, I
> think, i.e. not really working together with LyX.
Don't worry about the numbering. It's WYSIWYM to have all arabic
numbering and WYSIWYG to have correct numbering.
IEEEtran also has non-arabic numbering schemes and for the 1.0 series its
also stuck with arabic-only numbering onscreen in LyX. This will change
in 1.1.x so don't worry about it. Just add a small note to that effect in
the documentation for alfanum.
> On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:57:28 +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
>
> >looks fascinating. ...
> >What fascinates me is your definition of greek letters for section titles,
> >and the massive number of section levels. I might want to pinch that :-)
>
> Martin,
>
> what does 'pinch' mean here? Did it work?
pinch is slang for steal, ie. if you pinch something then you stole it.
(other interesting slang terms for steal: snavel, nick, lift)
> Is it possible to 'pinch' it together with 1.0.1 (could be another new
> feature), or should we wait for 1.2?
Well, you could pinch 1.0.1 but we're giving it away free so that's
hardly stealing. ha ha ha
Seriously though, the answer to your question is: wait for 1.2
> Greetings,
>
> A.H.
Cheers,
Allan. (ARRae)
