On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 02:50:11PM +0300, Paul Jahshan wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been using LyX for a couple of months now and reading the list's > messages with interest. > > I've had no major problems using LyX yet (and I'm writing a book!) but I > wonder if the following can either be solved here and in this version > (1.3.2) or if they can be easily added to the upcoming release: > > 1. A real-time View Update would be nice, instead of continuously > clicking to have the DVI/PDF display refresh;
That's a fairly expensive task... > 2. A weird limitation doesn't allow LyX to open files in directories > containing spaces for DVI/PDF viewing "Cannot run LaTeX: The path to the > lyx file cannot contain spaces." Why? Isn't this slightly ridiculous? Well, spaces have a long standing tradition as argument separator etc. So even if it is possible to use in in directory names, many programs don't like them. LaTeX is one of them. Best practice is not to ask for unnecessary trouble, i.e. don't use spaces in file names. > 3. An easier accented characters pasting facility. Personally, I still > can't paste accented letters from the character selector, nor with any > combination of keys. The help file on the matter is rather cryptic on > the issue. What I did was select the passage from the help file > containing the accents, copy it, and keep it as a handy "Accents.lyx" > file from which I can copy and paste onto my document. Not elegant at > all, but that's the only thing I was able to do. Is there a 1-2-3 clear > and easy method, without being a Linux guru, to do this? Accents schould work out-of-the-box. I.e. for é press Compose, ', e. (Compose is someetimes 'right ctrl', or Ctrl-. or one of these funny Windows keys) > 4. Finally, the PDF/Acrobat problem: I've read the help file on the poor > quality of LyX to PDF output when displayed through Acrobat Reader and, > despite my best attempts, couldn't understand how to fix this. Again, is > there a "clear" 1-2-3 method to work around this rather irritating > issue? (I'm using RH 9) Which part 'failed'? > So, on the one hand, LyX is great, yes. I've been using it for a while > with not ONE SINGLE crash. Display fonts are great, Huh? That's not the LyX I know... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
