[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jean-Marc Lasgouttes) writes:
> And then we would be only able to distribute precompiled binaries for
> windows, right? It will mostly be as free as motif is. I do not find
> this very exciting.
>
Well, but users might be *very* excited about such a thing. Users
(and lazy sysadmins) don't want to be bothered with sources anyway. A
native win32 version based on QT would IMHO really smooth the way for
LyX becoming *the* documentation word processor standard in large
companies. People who need *their* work done are expected to not
waste the time they are paid for with compiling sources.
For example i work at HP Education in Germany translating american
course material authored within a custom specialized SGML framework
called HPCML. This framework was developed years ago for HP's course
material but has proven in real world as just too awkward to be
manageable by averagely knowledgeable employees (e.g. secretaries).
Even i rather prefer directly editing the SGML file in XEmacs (on
Linux) than in the specialized SGML authoring tool which was devised
for this task. Well, end of story is that HP Education is switching
over (actually already has largely switched) to MS-Word as standard
course material authoring tool. LyX would have been perfect for the
task but alas, it is no platform independent (in a corporate mindset:
runs *good* in MS-Win too) option for it. :-(
If LyX could be available even only as a binary on MS-Win as well,
people in the same position as myself could probably convince the
powers that are to switch over to a truly open standard. But since
not even a binary only version is available, i fear there is no real
possibility in any future to come.
Too bad i'm no developer so that i could invest my time in such a
beast. It could be a big popularity and publicity boost for LyX.
Cheers, P. *8^)
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