http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10144-100-910584.html?tag=st.dl.10004-103-1.lst-7-1.910584
has an ancient versio of lyx listed. dunno who to contact ...
john
--
"Q: Name a non-living object with legs
A: A plant."
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> "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Allan> No screams of protest heard so I'm sending this off in about an
Allan> hour -- I should have cleaned it up and got the various email
Allan> addresses by then.
Allan> So scream now before it's too late
It looks good, Allan. Go for
No screams of protest heard so I'm sending this off in about an hour
-- I should have cleaned it up and got the various email addresses by
then.
So scream now before it's too late
Allan.
[hopefully the final draft... I would like to get this to lwn this week]
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Allan Rae wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Allan Rae wrote:
>
> > NOT FOR RELEASE
> > DO NOT REMOVE THE ABOVE LINE
> >
> > Target audience: freshmeat, linuxdev.net, slashdot, icewalkers, c.o.l.a.
> >
>
> Why don't we - as a kind of publicity gag and to attract more users and
> developers - prepare some blurb/project in this field and claim
> compliance?
I surely do not want to claim anything I can't deliver. Even as a 'kind
of publicity gag'.
Andre'
--
André Pönitz .
"Arnd Hanses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Hey, I've just found the most simple and most radical solution: Compile
| with
|
| cxx -ansi -pedantic -terroristic -D__ULTRA_STRICT_ANSI__
| -D_KALASHNIKOW
|
| and let the compiler shoot everybody who introduces a non-standard
| function.
Mmm, li
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| > "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|
| Lars> The problem seems to be that to compile system specifics with
| Lars> C++ you have to include the C headers... not a very good
| Lars> solution.
|
| How far can we go wit
"Arnd Hanses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| separate library. Rethinking this, I would even propose:
|
| Put all low-level stuff into a separate opaque C library !
A C lib is not needed, but we might need a C++ lib that does this.
I have moved a couple of "UNIX" functions out of the lyx
> "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lars> The problem seems to be that to compile system specifics with
Lars> C++ you have to include the C headers... not a very good
Lars> solution.
How far can we go with C++ only stuff? Is it possible to do signals for
example in pu
>
> Hey, I've just found the most simple and most radical solution: Compile
> with
>
> cxx -ansi -pedantic -terroristic -D__ULTRA_STRICT_ANSI__
> -D_KALASHNIKOW
>
> and let the compiler shoot everybody who introduces a non-standard
> function.
>
I guess then we won't have a lot developers
On 13 Jan 2000 17:43:29 +0100, Lars Gullik Bj°nnes wrote:
>Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>| > "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bj°nnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>|
>| Lars> The problem is not C library functions, but "UNIX" functions
>| Lars> declared in C headers. (IMHO a mistak
On 13 Jan 2000 16:58:30 +0100, Lars Gullik Bj°nnes wrote:
>Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>|
>| If we want to have CC compile lyx easily, we have to settle the
>| question of adding 'usingstd::foo' where foo is a C library function.
>| The problem is that cxx does not like th
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| > "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|
| Lars> The problem is not C library functions, but "UNIX" functions
| Lars> declared in C headers. (IMHO a mistake, but now we have to cary
| Lars> the inheritance garbage.)
|
|
> "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lars> The problem is not C library functions, but "UNIX" functions
Lars> declared in C headers. (IMHO a mistake, but now we have to cary
Lars> the inheritance garbage.)
I have to admit that I do not really understand the difference,
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| - the reserve() problem, since the out of memory as reported by Jose'
| did not allow to get something under gdb.
I have remvoed the reserves from paragraph.C since this is already
done in the constructor. I have also added a resize after the
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:33:40 +1000 (GMT+1000), Allan Rae wrote:
>
>[ here's my slightly modified version of Martin's PR]
>[Don't want to much otherwise we won't have anything new to say for the
> 1.2.0 release PR]
>
>LyX is an advanced open-source d
>>>>> "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I am very frustrated to see that I do not have much negative stuff to
say about your PR 8-]
I'll try anyway.
>> These changes include: * Use of std::streams (istream, ostream,
>> fstre
ld be able to pinch that from our previous PR]
[ here's my slightly modified version of Martin's PR]
[Don't want to much otherwise we won't have anything new to say for the
1.2.0 release PR]
LyX is an advanced open-source document processor running on many Unix
platforms and on
On 12 Jan 2000, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > "Michael" == Michael Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Michael> Hmmm, looks like Lyx 1.1.4 is almost finished.
Not yet.
> Michael> As you know I have experienced a lot of problems when
> Michael> compiling Lyx with Sun CC (which IMHO ar
> "Michael" == Michael Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> Hmmm, looks like Lyx 1.1.4 is almost finished.
Michael> As you know I have experienced a lot of problems when
Michael> compiling Lyx with Sun CC (which IMHO are no problems of Sun
Michael> CC). I also uncovered a lot of runt
> "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lars> Purify does not nessiccarily detect runtime erros, it more like
Lars> constructs to be wary about.
Well, the error logs given by Michael have allowed me to find
- a mismatched new/free() pair allocation in figinset, which may
Michael Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Hmmm,
|
| looks like Lyx 1.1.4 is almost finished.
|
| As you know I have experienced a lot of problems when compiling Lyx with
| Sun CC (which IMHO are no problems of Sun CC). I also uncovered a lot of
| runtime errors when running Lyx with Purify
Hmmm,
looks like Lyx 1.1.4 is almost finished.
As you know I have experienced a lot of problems when compiling Lyx with
Sun CC (which IMHO are no problems of Sun CC). I also uncovered a lot of
runtime errors when running Lyx with Purify
(it just takes me a few minutes to find some new bugs).
T
NOT FOR RELEASE
DO NOT REMOVE THE ABOVE LINE
Target audience: freshmeat, linuxdev.net, slashdot, icewalkers, c.o.l.a.
[We need a brief introductory paragraph of what and who LyX and The LyX
Team are. We should be able to pinch that from our previous PR]
In September 1999 the LyX Team
Thanks for all this friendly feedback,
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:59:16 +1000 (GMT+1000), Allan Rae wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Arnd Hanses wrote:
>> Also I'm looking forward to receive some bug reports, suggestions,
>> fixes, etc. in order to improve this.
>
>One bug I fixed in LyX (after 1.0.0) th
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Arnd Hanses wrote:
> Hi,
>
> now that LyX 1.0.0 bug reporting is calming down a little, I would like
> to discuss the possibility of releasing alfnum.cls, etc.
>
> The files I've mailed to the list a month ago, attached as alfanum.zip
> or similar. If somebody has missed th
Hi,
now that LyX 1.0.0 bug reporting is calming down a little, I would like
to discuss the possibility of releasing alfnum.cls, etc.
The files I've mailed to the list a month ago, attached as alfanum.zip
or similar. If somebody has missed them, just ask me.
Also I'm looking forward to receive s
> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> I wouldn't be so sure... typically what you find are packages
Martin> that change things to a different, but equally rigid scheme.
Martin> This is really a thing that has disappointed me a little in
Martin> LaTeX. Of course it
> "Arnd" == Arnd Hanses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Arnd> This is what I'm trying to do in a limited way with my
Arnd> alfanum.cls: just adding things I'd like to see in LyX. (I'm
Arnd> using LyX/2, the OS/2 port of Miyata san; three cheers for his
Arnd> work, combined with EmTeX and XDVI/2 i
On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 03:51:28PM -0200, Pedro Kroger wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I got the newest lyx, the 1.0.0 release, but I had some problems:
> As in man page, I set the Enviroment LYX_DIR_10x to the libdir
> /usr/X11R6/share/lyx in my profile and get the error :
>
> LYX_DIR_10x environment vari
Hi all,
I got the newest lyx, the 1.0.0 release, but I had some problems:
As in man page, I set the Enviroment LYX_DIR_10x to the libdir
/usr/X11R6/share/lyx in my profile and get the error :
LYX_DIR_10x environment variable no good.
System directory set to: ./
Any way I have the configurations
On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:57:28 +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
>> I would suggest also to have a look into jura.cls and alphanumeric.sty of CTAN.
>
>I did; looks fascinating. However this is not quite what I had in mind.
>Didn't find alfanum.cls, though.
Yes I see, your project is the fast and easy
Hi all,
I got the newest lyx, the 1.0.0 release, but I had some problems:
As in man page, I set the Enviroment LYX_DIR_10x to the libdir
/usr/X11R6/share/lyx in my profile and get the error :
LYX_DIR_10x environment variable no good.
System directory set to: ./
Any way I have the configurations
On Mon, 01 Feb 1999 20:16:45 +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
>True. So lyxarticle.cls, lyxbook.cls, ... with same functionality
>but "handles" added. Hmm?
>
This is what I'm trying to do in a limited way with my alfanum.cls: just adding things
I'd
like to see in LyX. (I'm using LyX/2, the OS/2
*Amir Karger writes:
| Also, what makes it emacs-style? vim can do it too, e.g.
Created when reading the vc.el files.
Lgb
> "Rich" == Rich Fields at 407 356 5842 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> That's why I think that, if we decide to build the ultimate
>> configurable class, the first thing to do is ask for help on
>> comp.text.tex. Such a project should be a pure LaTeX project at
>> first. When it works, then
Jean-Marc writes
> > "Rich" == Rich Fields at 407 356 5842 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Rich> This is where I fall short in using latex2e. I was a heavy
> Rich> latex2.09 user starting in the mid/late-80s and had to create
> Rich> significant hacks to areas like you are discussing and
> Rich
> "Rich" == Rich Fields at 407 356 5842 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rich> This is where I fall short in using latex2e. I was a heavy
Rich> latex2.09 user starting in the mid/late-80s and had to create
Rich> significant hacks to areas like you are discussing and
Rich> more. Unfortunately, I t
> > > "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Martin> While leafing through book.cls (renamed to fgibook.cls,
> > Martin> fgibook.layout to follow) I noticed that there is so much
> > Martin> stuff hardwired that could be put into a variable using
> > Martin> \newcomman
> > "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Martin> While leafing through book.cls (renamed to fgibook.cls,
> Martin> fgibook.layout to follow) I noticed that there is so much
> Martin> stuff hardwired that could be put into a variable using
> Martin> \newcommand. Some stuf
> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> While leafing through book.cls (renamed to fgibook.cls,
Martin> fgibook.layout to follow) I noticed that there is so much
Martin> stuff hardwired that could be put into a variable using
Martin> \newcommand. Some stuff is user re
Last minute corrections (mostly em-dash reduction) by Larry Marso.
Martin
---
Public release of LyX version 1.0.0
===
LyX is an advanced open source document processor running on many Unix
platforms. It is called a "document processor", because un
Ready to Rock & Roll. :-)
Best regards
--
Larry S. Marso
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 05:50:06PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
> Here is the 1.0.3 version
[looks great, we all love it, blah blah blah]
I have to agree with Larry on the "emacs-style" thing.
Why not just say "version control for collaborative authoring".
Anyone who knows what version control is doesn't need to be told it's
emacs-style, while anyone who doesn't know has at least a *c
Here is the 1.0.3 version with two point corrections only.
I have also been thinking about the "latexconf" idea, as this weekend I had
to design a class file for out Institute's Reports series. (The proposed
design was so awful that I couldn't keep my mouth shut. No good deed goes
unpunished.)
Below.
Mail me at home ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) during the weekend.
Martin
--
Public release of LyX version 1.0.0
===
LyX is an advanced open source document processor running on many Unix
platforms. It is called a "document processor"
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Martin Vermeer wrote:
> I don't know about the PDP-10, but the PDP-11 is *very* well known to me.
>
> PDP-7 (quite different architecture) was one of the three original machines
> that Unix was written for.
>
> PDP-11/10 was my first "personal computer" here at the institu
Looking great!
Nits follow ...
On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 09:26:00PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
> LyX produces high quality,
> professionally *typeset* output -- using LaTeX, an open source, industrial
> strength *typesetting* engine, in the background.
// <- No need to say "types
*Garst R Reese writes:
| Well, a friend of mine smuggled an asian apple-2e clone into
| Indonesia by declaring to customs as a "Pineapple processor." I
| don't like the "processor" terminology with either word or
| document, but I have not come up with an alternative either. --
"Document Prep
c features are not (yet) supported
in LyX.)
localized ---> internationalized.
(better?)
(I have no info on OpenBSD)
(Qt mentioned.)
"Does this accurately capture the recent conniptions on the list?"
(Probably not. But let's not hang our dirty laundry on the PR document
> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> I don't know about the PDP-10, but the PDP-11 is *very* well
Martin> known to me.
Martin> PDP-7 (quite different architecture) was one of the three
Martin> original machines that Unix was written for.
You are right, of course
On Fre, 29 Jan 1999 Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
>jmarc jabbed,
>
>
>> Amir> Do we know of a UNIX platform it *doesn't* run on?
>
>> PDP-10?
>
>did someone actually put unix on those?
Yes, I think so - pure assembler.
C was developed to port Unix to the PDP-11, IIRC :-)
Greetings,
Jochen
> > "Richard" == Richard E Hawkins Esq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Richard> jmarc jabbed,
> Amir> Do we know of a UNIX platform it *doesn't* run on?
>
> >> PDP-10?
>
> Richard> did someone actually put unix on those?
>
> I was under the impression that unix was developped for the PDP 1
> "Richard" == Richard E Hawkins Esq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richard> jmarc jabbed,
Amir> Do we know of a UNIX platform it *doesn't* run on?
>> PDP-10?
Richard> did someone actually put unix on those?
I was under the impression that unix was developped for the PDP 10.
But I might be w
jmarc jabbed,
> Amir> Do we know of a UNIX platform it *doesn't* run on?
> PDP-10?
did someone actually put unix on those?
Hmm, there must be something besides tops-10 and -20, since someone is
still selling clones . . .
--
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I thought the idea was to rename egcs to gcc 2.9 or 3.0 or anything
>> and continue with the egcs developping model. After all, the 'e' in
>> egcs stands for 'experimental'.
>>
>> Do you have links about this? I found nothin
> I thought the idea was to rename egcs to gcc 2.9 or 3.0 or anything
> and continue with the egcs developping model. After all, the 'e' in
> egcs stands for 'experimental'.
>
> Do you have links about this? I found nothing on the egcs mailing lists.
Yes, it seems you are right:
http://www.cygn
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Asger> Notice that gcc 2.9.0 will probably never come. egcs has
Asger> overtaken the compiler area. There is no one working on gcc
Asger> 2.8.x.
I thought the idea was to rename egcs to gcc 2.9 or 3.0 or anything
and continue
> Unfortunately the compiler I use most of the time is the one which is
> installed here at work. Since this is installed for 150+ users, they
> don't change compiler versions every week. We had 2.8.1 installed 2
> monthes ago, and this is already a good thing. When gcc 2.9.0 (or
> whatever it's c
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I used to. Now that I have gcc 2.8.1 installed, I don't really feel
>> like compiling a 70M binary again :)
Asger> If you use gcc 2.8.1, you should know that the gcc line as such
Asger> is dead. egcs has overtaken all gcc d
> I used to. Now that I have gcc 2.8.1 installed, I don't really feel
> like compiling a 70M binary again :)
If you use gcc 2.8.1, you should know that the gcc line as such is dead.
egcs has overtaken all gcc development. Egcs v1.1 is supposedly better
than gcc 2.8.1. Even RMS has expressed a w
> "Asger" == Asger Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Asger> We know of a few systems, where the provided compiler is not
Asger> good enough. This includes systems with gcc 2.6.x, but also
Asger> some of the proprietary ones. Jean-Marc is very helpful in
Asger> compiling on DEC and
inux et al. are doing
Amir> just fine in the press and don't need our PR help. "LyX runs on
Amir> Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and most proprietary UNIX systems." Or
Amir> even, "LyX runs on most UNIX platforms." (Is it really "most"?
Amir> Do we know of a UNIX platform it *doesn't* run on?
PDP-10?
JMarc
Yes, sorry LyX members. My email client sometimes encrypts messages
when it's not appropriate. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth.
Best regards
--
Larry S. Marso
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 04:31:58PM -0500, Amir Karger wrote:
> Your last message was PGP signed!
>
> -Amir
application/pgp-encrypted
Binary data
> I'll just reregister my opinion that while open source is a great thing,
> it's not what we're selling here. We've mentioned that LyX (and latex) are
> open source. Linux et al. are doing just fine in the press and don't need
> our PR help. "Ly
mentioned that LyX (and latex) are
open source. Linux et al. are doing just fine in the press and don't need
our PR help. "LyX runs on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and most proprietary UNIX
systems." Or even, "LyX runs on most UNIX platforms." (Is it really "most"?
Do we know of a UNIX platform it *doesn't* run on?
-Amir
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 01:24:06PM -0500, Larry S. Marso wrote:
> LyX runs on standard Unix platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD
> and most proprietary Unix systems.
Having taken another look, the above might better read:
Lyx runs on the free, open source Unix platforms Linux, FreeBSD
> > "Larry" == Larry S Marso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Larry> Er, these are comments *on* Martin's latest. Best regards --
>
> Isn't it a (partial) rewrite of Martin's latest??
>
> I beginning to be lost in all these versions...
>
> JMarc
It *was* a comment on my latest brainchild,
> "Larry" == Larry S Marso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Larry> Er, these are comments *on* Martin's latest. Best regards --
Isn't it a (partial) rewrite of Martin's latest??
I beginning to be lost in all these versions...
JMarc
Er, these are comments *on* Martin's latest.
Best regards
--
Larry S. Marso
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 04:03:10PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>
> This looks good. I'd say I like it almost as much as Martin's
> latest.
>
> JMarc
>
> "Larry" == Larry S Marso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Larry> I worked over the language. Hope this is helpful.
Hi Larry,
This looks good. I'd say I like it almost as much as Martin's
latest.
JMarc
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> I was a bit disappointed, at the time the message about SciWord was
> sent to the list, to see that you did not show more interest for
> it. So I just stored it, waiting for the right moment :)
At that time I was rather busy with things I left t
John Weiss wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 09:43:35AM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
> > I agree that LyX as such is a word processor, but it's also a
> > document processor. I personally prefer "word processor", because
> > the term "document processor" makes me think of "food proces
I worked over the language. Hope this is helpful.
Public release of LyX version 1.0.0
===
LyX, the Open Source Word Processor for Structured Documents
LyX is an advanced, open source word processor for
> "John" == John Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> BTW, do we work on HPUX and AIX? Those two are popular
John> platforms in parts of the business world
Yes, we painfully manage to. It is much easier when people use gcc
instead of the native compilers.
JMarc
Nix the Linux/X11 and Unix/X11. I agree with Larry and Amir --- the
first sentence shouldn't mention Linux. In fact, it should simply say
something like "...an open source word processor supported on multiple
platforms [listed later]..."
In the list of platforms towards the end of the document,
On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 09:43:35AM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
> I agree that LyX as such is a word processor, but it's also a
> document processor. I personally prefer "word processor", because
> the term "document processor" makes me think of "food processor", for
> some strange reas
> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> Oops... well it's in The Usual Place (no not ftp.kernel.org)
Martin> And below (I hope this time)
Thanks. I like it, except for the few things that Amir already pointed
(brilliantly, as always :).
JMarc
> "Alejandro" == Alejandro Aguilar Sierra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alejandro> Basically to fix several missfunctions in mathed, but some
Alejandro> things could be considered as new features (and introduce
Alejandro> new bugs). I'll write a repo soon.
I was a bit disappointed, at the time
Alejandro Aguilar Sierra wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>
> > Alejandro> So interesting that I'm thinking on violating the 1.0
> > Alejandro> frozen in order to have a more decent mathed for LyX
> > Alejandro> 1.0. That's your fault!! ;)
> >
> > I'm sorry about that
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Alejandro> So interesting that I'm thinking on violating the 1.0
> Alejandro> frozen in order to have a more decent mathed for LyX
> Alejandro> 1.0. That's your fault!! ;)
>
> I'm sorry about that :) What do you have in mind?
Basically to fix
On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 01:56:23PM -0500, Amir Karger wrote:
>
> My one remaining gripe is the first sentence. IMO, saying "Linux" in the
> first paragraph will immediately make SGI, HP, IBM, and other workstation
> UNIX users suspect that it doesn't work on their platform.
I object to "Linux/X
> "Alejandro" == Alejandro Aguilar Sierra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alejandro> On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>> Here is a message we got some times ago describing features we
>> could 'steal' from SciWord. There are interesting things there.
Alejandro> So interesting t
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Here is a message we got some times ago describing features we could
> 'steal' from SciWord. There are interesting things there.
So interesting that I'm thinking on violating the 1.0 frozen in order to
have a more decent mathed for LyX 1.0. Th
I like it. We can argue over & over, but we need *something* and I think
this does a good job of reassuring LaTeX users, welcoming new users,
and introducing the most important concept in the first paragraph.
My one remaining gripe is the first sentence. IMO, saying "Linux" in the
first paragraph
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Alejandro Aguilar Sierra wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
>
> > I agree that LyX as such is a word processor, but it's also a
> > document processor. I personally prefer "word processor", because
> > the term "document processor" makes me think
> >>>>> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Martin> Dear LyXnicians, Here is my choice of the pre-final LyX-PR
> Martin> doc.
>
> Martin> (Did I forget anything?)
>
> Yes. The PR. :)
>
> JMarc
Oops
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
> I agree that LyX as such is a word processor, but it's also a
> document processor. I personally prefer "word processor", because
> the term "document processor" makes me think of "food processor", for
> some strange reason, although I haven
>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> Dear LyXnicians, Here is my choice of the pre-final LyX-PR
Martin> doc.
Martin> (Did I forget anything?)
Yes. The PR. :)
JMarc
> "Alejandro" == Alejandro Aguilar Sierra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alejandro> On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
>> I have Scientific Word 2.5. It's an ok program, but IMO not as
>> good as LyX. It's similar in many aspects, since it's built on top
>> of LaTeX. It impo
Dear LyXnicians,
Here is my choice of the pre-final LyX-PR doc. It is based on no. 3, but I took
out some of the worst advertising language, and made some other cleanups
following all (well most of) your remarks. Made it more middle-of-the-road,
more like version 2, but with IMO a better
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
> I have Scientific Word 2.5. It's an ok program, but IMO not as
> good as LyX. It's similar in many aspects, since it's built
> on top of LaTeX. It imports LaTeX to a (very) limited degree.
[...]
> There are a few areas where they are ahea
On Die, 26 Jan 1999 Larry S. Marso wrote:
>Could an owner of Scientific Word post exported LaTeX of whatever templates
>accompany the "large range of document styles built in"?
What do you mean - you do want latex code produced by SciWord for empty docs,
using different layouts ?
>It might provi
> "Larry" == Larry S Marso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Disclaimer: since I am painfully doing multitasking between the
mailing list and my real work, don't take what I write this week as
something I really think :)
Larry> On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 11:08:26AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Larry>
>
> Could an owner of Scientific Word post exported LaTeX of whatever templates
> accompany the "large range of document styles built in"?
I am a bit confused on 'Scientific Word' and 'Scientific Workplace'.
Anyway... At least the latter has a nice interface to Maple an a wide
range of predef
Could an owner of Scientific Word post exported LaTeX of whatever templates
accompany the "large range of document styles built in"?
It might provide an interesting kick start to the Manhattan Project, the
effort to develop templates and additional latexconfig's for LyX.
Best regards
--
Larry S
On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 11:08:26AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>
> The problem is not in the functionality, but in the spirit. Most
> people I know use Word as a glorified MacWrite. They don't structure
> their documents because word makes it easy to just manage words and
> make them look
On Die, 26 Jan 1999 Amir Karger wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 12:17:30PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
>> > Sorry to write it: Scientific Word/Workplace.
>> > But actually most Word users might not know that Windoze program as well.
>>
>> I have Scientific Word 2.5. It's an ok program
On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 12:17:30PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
> > Sorry to write it: Scientific Word/Workplace.
> > But actually most Word users might not know that Windoze program as well.
>
> I have Scientific Word 2.5. It's an ok program, but IMO not as
> good as LyX. It's simila
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