On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 21:09:24 +0200 Ricardo Berlasso <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, list! > > I've finally translated my book about LyX, XeTeX and OpenType to > (something similar to) English. I'm not a native English speaker, so > be aware that there will be grammar errors! Lots of them! > > If you find something that need correction, please let me know! I > hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. > > Announcement: > https://frommindtotype.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/announcement-lyx-the-other-way-of-writing/ > > Project Page: > https://frommindtotype.wordpress.com/lyx-book/ Very, very nice! I wish this book had been available in 2001 --- it would have made my entry into LyX much easier. Today, I know everything, having written 8 books in LyX, so I don't need to read your book. Well, except for the entirety of your Chapter 8, which today I know nothing about, but in a few days will be an expert in thanks to your book. And 4.1.4, Math, which will improve my very shaky LyX math skills. And OpenType, which I didn't know existed until skimming your book. The book is aesthetically beautiful, something I usually don't care about. But in the case of your book, it proves you eat your own dog food (American idiom for using what you claim authority over), and do it well. Speaking of American idioms, the fact that you're a non-native English speaker was almost impossible to detect. In no place did I find text that was ambiguous, unclear, or not understandable. The very few places where your non-English origins showed through made the book more interesting and kept me on my toes, so I didn't start skipping over huge sections of text. I'd recommend you not try to Anglicize the book further: It's very readable to a monolingual American, and I'd imagine Brits and Aussies and Canadians and New Zealanders and South Africans and Liberians and people from Belize would have the same opinion. The book's layout and organization make it appropriate for those new to LyX to read straight through, while LyX cognoscenti can skip around to grab what they haven't learned yet. N I C E B O O K ! ===================================================================== NOTE: I give you permission to use any or all parts of this email in the marketing of this book. I have not been given any payment or consideration to write my opinions. ===================================================================== SteveT Steve Litt September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz
