Am Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, 00:45:52 schrieb Russell D Brunelle: > I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for setting > up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an > emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating > graphics and performing computations. Whenever possible I wanted to > select tools which are in common use, so that the skills being gained > might have lasting value. > > Here's the draft I have so far, which builds on something I mentioned on > this list a while ago: http://russellb.livejournal.com/1335718.html > > I believe a simplified guide such as this could be very helpful for > students about to enter college to study one of the sciences, and I'm > hoping members of this list might be able to offer suggestions for > additional third-party tools, or enhancements to LyX, which may have > been left out. I don't consider myself a LyX expert, but I do believe > there is a need for something like this, and I gave this my best shot > in the hopes of getting the ball rolling. > > Russell
Thanks for that. A few questions: Your point 3 re compose key refers to lyx or the PC setting? Is latex2rtf and rcs contained in texlife? I would add jabref as an alternative to Pybliographer As a scientist I need often to extract diagrams from publications for my books. I scan them and use engauge to digitize the data. To plot them I like pyxplot on the command line which is easy to learn and use. The handbook is well written. However, it would be very handy to have a frontend program in the way lyx is for latex, i.e. some way to handle the plot items graphically. I do realize it is a major job... Wolfgang
