translation of layout list.

1998-12-09 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
This is a scheme for allowing us to translate the names of styles in the layout-dropdown. in lib/layouts I have added two files: extract_style.sh layout-l10n the layout-l10n is generated by the extract_style.sh, this script extracts all the style names, sorts them, and make them unique. And wr

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

1998-12-09 Thread Amir Karger
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 10:03:44AM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > > 1) Perl is much more widespread than python, and even more so compared to > > guile and other languages that the non-computer science folks among us have > > never heard of. (I've heard of SWIG, and I agree that it would

why a language?

1998-12-09 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
asger added, > It all depends on what we are aiming for. ... > 2) Ease of embedding - both for us and the target users. >I.e. it should be easy to embed it into LyX, and it >should be easy for users to compile and install LyX >with the scripting language embedded. for a completely d

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

1998-12-09 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*Asger K Alstrup Nielsen writes: | Once again, my perspective is not to get the scripting language I | as a hacker would love, but rather what the novice users would be | able to use. If I was to chose for myself, I would go for ML or | scheme, but if we do that, we'll loose a great fraction o

Re: status of gs rendering problem

1998-12-09 Thread Fred Hucht
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Larry S. Marso wrote: LSM> This problem is mentioned from time to time. I'm not certain whether LSM> it's been addressed yet. I'm using Lyx 1 pre 4. Here's a report in a LSM> new context: LSM> LSM> I just noticed that, upon checking documents in/out of RCS, figures LSM> di

Re: linuxdoc/docbook

1998-12-09 Thread José Abílio de Oliveira Matos
"Lars Gullik Bjønnes" wrote: > > How mature is this support now in the lates prerelease? The emphasis has been given to code cleaning, and also to make the linuxdoc support not an exception but an extension in the lyx context. Now it is possible, and doable, to write more textclasses for li

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

1998-12-09 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello again, just to point out that it's in variable "$mylyxpipe" that the name of the pipe should be put. Also, if your perl is not in /usr/bin/perl, it is better to do 'perl '. And also to say that, as a lyx user, I afavor any easy-to-learn language. If it's also easy to generate au

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

1998-12-09 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello, here is sample perl code, to illustrate the debate : it prints itself using the lyx server. #!/usr/bin/perl -w # # Usage : Edit this file so that variable "$lyxpipe" is the name of # the lyx pipe.

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

1998-12-09 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> I'm sure Asger was expecting some perl advocacy, so I'll throw in my two > pfennings. Of course. > 1) Perl is much more widespread than python, and even more so compared to > guile and other languages that the non-computer science folks among us have > never heard of. (I've heard of SWIG, and

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

1998-12-09 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> *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 tha

Scripting language...

1998-12-09 Thread David S de Lis
Hi all, I have followed this thread with interest despite my busy, busy agenda :( Although I really like Perl5, maybe precisely for the powerful different constructions it allows to solve the same problem (it's easier to fit the way the programmer/user think about that problem) I can see a probl

Enhancements to lyx

1998-12-09 Thread Alain . Leroux
I am not a devopper but an user of Lyx. This program is by now very useful, but will be more comfortable if it was possible to keep the pop-ups of the math-panel, like Greek characters permanently on the screen. It would be more comfortable also, if it was possible to type text when the mouse