Refusing to learn?
No sympathy here. el On 16/11/2022 21:54, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:43:50AM +1100, Gordon Watson wrote: >> Hi Scott, >> >> On the subject of LyX and Mac! LyX — LyX Version 2.3.6.2 (7 >> January 2021) — is more important to me than my Monterey v12.6 >> Mac. (Ventura is on hold.) I am currently locked out of >> hundreds of essays with a lyx2lyx problem. SO: Is it time for >> me to buy a PC? >> >> NB: I am a heavy user of LyX, often 14 hours per day. BUT: it >> is a black box to me, and that’s how I want it to stay: for I >> do not expect to fiddle with the engine when I buy a car! And, >> yes, to escape my current dilemma, I’d be happy to BUY LyX or >> hire a consultant. >> >> In particular: I have no familiarity with the jargon — python, >> Koma, Linux/Unix — and I hope to remain that way >> >> If a PC is the BEST solution, then recommendations for a >> suitable PC — or ones to avoid — will be happily received! >> >> Thanks; Gordon > > Hi Gordon, > > Ouch! That sounds really frustrating! I do not think you > should buy a new computer just because of this. We are working > on releasing 2.4.0, and I wonder if this will somehow work for > you since it has a lot of improvements compared to the version > you're using. > > Wow, 14 hours a day! I wonder if there is an entry in the > Guiness Book of World Records for LyX usage? > > It is our goal that you should not have to know anything about > Python, Unix, Qt, C++, etc., to use LyX. Unfortunately, in > practice it's hard to achieve that since LyX has a lot of things > it needs to work well and sometimes the parts don't line up. > > Best, > Scott [...] -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
