On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 03:51:28AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | OK, got that working... looks OK. Patch attached. > > I have some comments. > > | - <h3>LyX is what?!</h3> > | + <h3>LyX is <em>what</em>?!</h3> > > Do we really have to use a question as headline? > > "What is LyX?" > > "LyX is an advanced document processor." > > "LyX is what?" What do you propose? > | <p> > | - LyX is an advanced open source document processor that 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 is an advanced open source > > Hmm da hm :-) What is 'advanced open source?' > > | + (<a href="about/license.php">GPL v.2</a>) document processor > | + that encourages an approach to writing based on the <em>structure</em> > | + of your documents, not their appearance. > | </p> > > LyX is an advanced document processor ... It is released under an > Open Source license. > > (perhaps) > > | > | <p> > | - LyX was originally a Unix application, but now runs natively on > | - Windows and Mac OS X as well, thanks largely to the cross-platform Qt > | - toolkit. > | + LyX was written for people that write and want their writing to > | look > > LyX is written ...
"is being written" ? > | + great, out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting > | + details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with page > | + boundaries. You just write. In the background, LyX's legendary LaTeX > | + typesetting engine makes <em>you</em> look good. > > LaTeX is not ours... > > 'In the background the legendary (La)TeX typesetting engine makes you > look good.' > > | </p> > | > | -<p>LyX produces high quality, professional output -- using LaTeX, an > industrial > | -strength typesetting engine, in the background; LyX is far more than a > | -front-end to LaTeX, however. No knowledge of LaTeX is necessary to use > LyX, > | -although it will give a user more power. > | -</p> > | - > | - <p>LyX is stable and fully featured. It has been used for documents as > large > | - as a thesis, or as small as a business letter. Despite its simple GUI > | - interface (available in many languages), it supports tables, figures, > and > | - hyperlinked cross-references, and has a best-of-breed math editor. > | + <p> > | + On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output -- or > | + richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks like > | + nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs, all > | + looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably > | + different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes 'eating' > | + your dissertation the evening before going to press. > | + </p> > | + > | + <p> > | + LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully > | + internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the > | + Macintosh and modern Windows platforms. > | </p> > | > | + <h3>But where did it come from?</h3> > | + > | + <p> > | + LyX was written for scientists by scientists, and it shows, in > > This is the second time with "LyX was written".... dammit we are still > writing it. Touché > Aren't we allowed to say "LyX is written"? > > | + world-class support for math and structured document creation. Such > | + staples of scientific authoring as reference list and index creation > | + come standard. But <em>you</em> don't have to be a scientist: > | with LyX you > > Perhaps not tout our index creation too much... not really great (but > I have plans for it :-) ) It's pretty good with xindy ;-) - Martin
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