Re: Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

1998-12-08 Thread Mate Wierdl
*Mate Wierdl writes: | How about Icon? http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/index.htm You mean: "Why not a scripting language nobody has hard of, then there will be no language wars" :-) I just mentioned Icon on an impulse: this is a TeX related list, and I I first saw a reference for

Re: linuxdoc/docbook

1998-12-08 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*Amir Karger writes: | I was planning on devoting some time to it next week. My guess is | that the gearup will take long enough that I'll be able to get | something in there. If not, it's obviously not essential to the | release. Ok, so concerning reLyX it is a go for release, but if you ge

status of gs rendering problem

1998-12-08 Thread Larry S. Marso
This problem is mentioned from time to time. I'm not certain whether it's been addressed yet. I'm using Lyx 1 pre 4. Here's a report in a new context: I just noticed that, upon checking documents in/out of RCS, figures disappear, replaced by "infinite" gs-rendering. But (sigh) only some of th

Re: Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

1998-12-08 Thread Amir Karger
On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 03:09:58PM -0600, Alejandro Aguilar Sierra wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > > > Another serious candidate is Perl, which is more widespread than Python, > > but I fear the syntax of the language will scare people from trying to > > use it. > >

Re: linuxdoc/docbook

1998-12-08 Thread Amir Karger
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 12:31:19AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > How mature is this support now in the lates prerelease? > > Is there anything that is _badly_ needed before 1.0? Well, I really wanted to put figure support into reLyX for 1.0. I feel like reLyX is the last "major standard

found marks

1998-12-08 Thread RALPH BRAUN
hello iwould like to know if you could help me on some marks i found in a old refridgerator these marks are dated 1922 the have a Green Boarder around them they say Anleihe des deutfchen reichs Schuldverfchreibung kibe buchftabeE 5000 Nr. 701931 funftaufend mark reichswahrung, dated at the bottom

Re: Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

1998-12-08 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*Mate Wierdl writes: | How about Icon? http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/index.htm You mean: "Why not a scripting language nobody has hard of, then there will be no language wars" :-) Seriously, no matter how nice icon may be (I have not looked at it) we should chose something that is widely know

linuxdoc/docbook

1998-12-08 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
How mature is this support now in the lates prerelease? Is there anything that is _badly_ needed before 1.0? If not I'd like to gearup for the release. Lgb

Re: Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

1998-12-08 Thread Asger Alstrup Nielsen
> My suggestion is that if you are going to add scripting support you do it in > such a way that you can bind in any scripting lang easily, if this is > possible. > Then you can start off with some scripting language and if other really want > scheme, python, perl or whatever support they can add

Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread Asger Alstrup Nielsen
> Give me a LyX scripting language, and I'll redo the lgt :-) Actually, the suggesting from Alejandro to use the LyX server is excellent for this purpose! You can get a primitive graphical tutorial going with this, without us having to change a single line of code in LyX. Check out the "develop

Re: Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

1998-12-08 Thread Asger Alstrup Nielsen
Alejandro Aguilar Sierra wrote: > Are you sure it's enough stable? I can't run some not so old python > programs because language version incompatibilities. Python is stable in the sense that the basic programming language does not change much. The libraries evolve however, and this can cause i

Re: Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

1998-12-08 Thread Mate Wierdl
How about Icon? http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/index.htm Mate

Re: Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

1998-12-08 Thread Ciaran Dunn
>On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > >> I vote for Python because it's easy to learn, has a natural syntax and >> it's cross-platform. > >Are you sure it's enough stable? I can't run some not so old python >programs because language version incompatibilities. > >> This is in contras

Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

1998-12-08 Thread Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > I vote for Python because it's easy to learn, has a natural syntax and > it's cross-platform. Are you sure it's enough stable? I can't run some not so old python programs because language version incompatibilities. > This is in contrast with G

Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread mressler
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > Therefore, it struck me that it's relatively easy to patch LyX to do the > demonstration by itself! > [...] > Sounds like science fiction? > > It's is, but not for ever. In particular, it's a piece of cake if we have a > scripting language. Giv

Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread Asger Alstrup Nielsen
> > I would actually not include it with the distribution, but just make it > > part of the Web pages. My original idea (I think) was to have something to > > point skeptics (and other curious parties) to when they wanted to know > > what LyX is really like without having to download and install i

Re: wild & rapid font creation

1998-12-08 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*Richard E Hawkins Esq writes: | this file is 644. Should it be something else?? Yes, probably. Mine is 666. Lgb

Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread Amir Karger
On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 09:13:42AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > - There were a few places where you put the lyx shot & the dvi shot on > > separate lines. IMO, every time except the very first, they ought to go on > > Hmm, they are always supposed to be next to each other. Can you poi

Re: wild & rapid font creation

1998-12-08 Thread mressler
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > *every* time I print something now, I get lots of messages like these: > > mktexpk: /var/spool/texmf/pk/ljfour/jknappen/ec/ectt1000.600pk already exists. > /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/mktexupd: /var/spool/texmf/ls-R unwritable. > [stuff deleted]

Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread mressler
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > A related solution might be to use a table to have the text and images > on the same line, like > > text text text / \ / \ > text text text | LyX shot | | Xdvi shot | > text text text \ / \ / Yes, interest

Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread mressler
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Amir Karger wrote: > Minor Thoughts: > > - I think there could be a few fewer screenshots. For example, it's not a bad True - I thought I'd dump everything first and see where people wanted to cut back ... > - There were a few places where you put the lyx shot & the dvi sho

wild & rapid font creation

1998-12-08 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
*every* time I print something now, I get lots of messages like these: mktexpk: /var/spool/texmf/pk/ljfour/jknappen/ec/ectt1000.600pk already exists. /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/mktexupd: /var/spool/texmf/ls-R unwritable. kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ecb

Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Amir" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Amir> I like it! Me too! ;) Amir> Minor Thoughts: [I stripped the ones I agree with] Amir> - There were a few places where you put the lyx shot & the dvi Amir> shot on separate lines. IMO, every time except the very first, Amir> they ough

Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread Amir Karger
On Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 07:32:18AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everybody, [Everbody: ] Hi, Mike. (Hope the cold is better, since it's now served its purpose of getting you to finish the lgt :) > Lars has put my first whack at the "graphical tutorial" at > ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub

1st version of Graphical Tutorial available

1998-12-08 Thread mressler
Hello everybody, Lars has put my first whack at the "graphical tutorial" at ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lgt.tar.gz (thanks, Lars). Please have a look and critique it, especially as to whether it succeeds as an informative tutorial/evaluation tool. Don't worry about typos or extra image files;

Re: old letter #3

1998-12-08 Thread Carlos A M dos Santos
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, John Weiss wrote: > Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen writes: > > > > - Chapter 7 (the "Printing Tutorial") starts with telling the reader > > >to read the Printing-HOWTO. I think, this is nonsense. If someone > > >really read the HOWTO (and understood it), he would'nt want