Actually I'm a CS major, so basically we don't have a course that does
not include tons of Math.

Thanks for understanding.

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Christian Ridderström
<christian.ridderst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 20 September 2009 09:10:15 Tommaso Cucinotta wrote:
>>>
>>> Afief Halumi ha scritto:
>>
>>>> Personally I think the best way is to implement both the external and
>>>> the simple embedded editor.
>>>
>>> There are so many editors out there, that it sounds me crazy to invent
>>> yet another one..., and the requests for feature enhancements of a (too)
>>> simple editor would quickly overcrowd the mailing lists and tickets.
>>
>> Not only that, as a LyX user I see a cost to every added line of code --
>> one
>> more place for bugs to hide, and not necessarily bugs affecting only the
>> feature the code implements.
>>
>> IIRC this thread started with someone using LyX to take notes in class.
>> IMHO
>> LyX is a dead-bang wrong tool for that -- they should be using VimOutliner
>> (http://www.vimoutliner.org). VimOutliner sports much faster input speed,
>> has
>
> Or 'org-mode' for Emacs, depending on which editor they prefer.
>
> Unless, if you're in a math class, I could well understand using LyX to make
> notes...
>
> /Christian
>
>> simple ways to invoke existing graphic editors, and it's easy to make
>> VimOutliner to LyX scripts so the final product prints nicely (although
>> personally I'd rather use an outline than a text to study for an exam).
>>
>>> Just a simple button that creates an empty drawing copying a template
>>> from a folder (and opening an external editor on it) seems really the
>>> right way to go, it would solve your particular problem, it would leave
>>> you with the complete freedom to pick any already existing editor that
>>> you like, or just write a new one from scratch, if you prefer.
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> SteveT
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