On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Maybe the LyX window should have a big banner that says something like
>> "New user? Have you read the 'Introduction' and the 'Tutorial'?
>
> AFAIK, that's already what we do by opening the introduction the first time
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:46:35 +0200
Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
> I tried getting two thesis students to use LyX, but they preferred
> plain LaTeX because it was easier for them to do diff's and commits
> using Mercurial.
Now THIS is strange, as I am an example of so
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Enrico Forestieri wrote:
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:46:04AM +0200, Christian Ridderström wrote:
So unfortunately it's not anything concrete, but he talks more about a
general feeling. I'm guessing it's caused by frustration when you don't
know how to do things.
Yes, that
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:46:04AM +0200, Christian Ridderström wrote:
> Anyway, I just thought I'd forward the feedback I got from David as a
> general input. Maybe it'll trigger a useful discussion.
Well, we took for too long the route of the lowest common denominator
which basically stalled pr
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:46:04AM +0200, Christian Ridderström wrote:
> So unfortunately it's not anything concrete, but he talks more about a
> general feeling. I'm guessing it's caused by frustration when you don't
> know how to do things.
Yes, that's it. It is the same frustration I was fee
Christian Ridderström wrote:
Or amybe it's a problem specifically for users that haven't read the
manual? Maybe the LyX window should have a big banner that says
something like "New user? Have you read the 'Introduction' and the
'Tutorial'? I would guess that the problem for many users is th
Christian Ridderström wrote:
Hi,
I got some feedback from a user (David) that gave up on LyX after a
quick try. The last straw was conversion problem (importing a matrix
from Excel to something inside LyX). However, this particular reason
is not why I'm forwarding his feedback. David said:
Hi,
I got some feedback from a user (David) that gave up on LyX after a quick
try. The last straw was conversion problem (importing a matrix from Excel
to something inside LyX). However, this particular reason is not why I'm
forwarding his feedback. David said:
I have no problem with
