Re: LaTeXConf

1999-04-26 Thread Allan Rae
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Martin Vermeer wrote: > [...] > ARRae> Certainly is comprehensive. AFA the interface is concerned it really is > > too cluttered and a tabbed folder would be a much less complex interface. > > But as you say, it is only preliminary. > > tcl/tk unfortunately has no tabbed

Re: LaTeXConf

1999-04-26 Thread Amir Karger
On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 02:47:58PM +0400, Martin Vermeer wrote: > [...] > > > Any chance of translating this into Perl so Amir can have something else > > to do? ;-) > > My impression was that Amir had no particular difficulty finding ways of > occupying himself ;-) Of course perl/tk would be

Re: LaTeXConf

1999-04-25 Thread Martin Vermeer
[...] ARRae> Certainly is comprehensive. AFA the interface is concerned it really is > too cluttered and a tabbed folder would be a much less complex interface. > But as you say, it is only preliminary. tcl/tk unfortunately has no tabbed dialog boxes. It would certainly look better. > Any c

Re: LaTeXConf

1999-04-21 Thread Allan Rae
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Martin Vermeer wrote: > A very early implementation of LaTeXConf can be found at > > http://www.netby.net/Oest/Europa-Alle/vermeer/lcf.tcl > > with the help file as lcf.help in the same dir. (The same place also > holds the neoprene stuff.) > > All VERY preliminary. But y

Re: latexconf

1999-01-31 Thread Garst R. Reese
Amir Karger wrote: > > The latexconf idea is great. Although it seems like LaTeX already has tons > of parameters, there are clearly a bunch of lengths and texts which are > hard-coded. However, it sounds to me like a major project, which only > overlaps with LyX at the later (easier) parts. And

Re: latexconf? (Was Re: Three pre-versions of PR doc)

1999-01-23 Thread Roland Krause
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Liisa Vermeer wrote: Snip --->8 > Yeah, the are good at copying. I believe that the whole original idea of > paragraph styles, style sheets, etc. was pinched straight from LaTeX. > (well, > where did Lamport get it from originally? Wasn't there a software called > 'Scribe'

Re: latexconf? (Was Re: Three pre-versions of PR doc)

1999-01-23 Thread Larry S. Marso
On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 08:28:22AM -0500, Larry S. Marso wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 02:59:12PM -0800, Liisa Vermeer wrote: > > > > It is the idea for a little program that can be called "latexconf", > > whose > > only function it would be to interactively compose a file redefining > > many

Re: latexconf? (Was Re: Three pre-versions of PR doc)

1999-01-23 Thread Larry S. Marso
On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 02:59:12PM -0800, Liisa Vermeer wrote: > > I have actually an idea worth thinking about ... > It is the idea for a little program that can be called "latexconf", > whose > only function it would be to interactively compose a file redefining > many of the environments us