On 11/1/18 6:42 PM, Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (the best Daniel of the bunch) wrote: > On 11/1/18 12:41 PM, Anders Host-Madsen wrote: >> >> Perhaps beating a dead horse, but I really wish there would be a LyX >> for iPad. > > I don't think that anyone is opposed to the idea, but it requires > developers willing and _able_ to port to the iPad. > > I think that your hope would be in finding some programmers already > familiar with iOS, and somehow getting them excited about LyX. > > At one point, I wanted to create a couple of apps for Android. I've > taught Java programming for a university; but, when I saw how much I > would have to invest in learning the peculiarities of the Android > interface, I lost nearly all of my interest in the two projects. I > assume that the demands of programming for iOS are similar.
No doubt. A slightly different possibility would be (a) find a developer who'd be willing to commit to doing the work for X dollars, and then (b) crowdfund the effort. We have had success with this before. I think spellcheck-on-the-fly was done this way. I could be wrong, but SOMETHING was done that way. Riki
