Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 07/24/2017 05:39 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> but Adobe Reader 9.5.5 is available for Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and maybe some
> other Debian-based distributions. I assume it's not the latest version of
> Reader, but it's fine for my purposes (which, admittedly, do not include
> CA
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 24/07/2017 ?? 14:18, mn a écrit :
>> ??? Simplify UserGuide in regard to dependencies
>
> Indeed. Personally, I never use enumitem :) There is probably a good reason
> why it is not in the main texlive distribution.
Ironically it was Uwe who disagreed to make User
On 07/24/2017 05:39 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
Next thing was to read at least 3D PDFs generated by CAD programs.
Then I found out that only the abandoned Adobe reader can do this.
I don't recall if anyone mentioned this (the thread is getting a bit
long), but Adobe Reader 9.5.5 is available for Ubu
On 24/07/2017 23:39, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
One of my daily work is CAD and common programs like Solidworks are not
available under Linux:
https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/90517
The only program I found so far is VariCAD:
http://www.varicad.com/en/home/products/download/
now I see your point, if
El 24.07.2017 a las 17:14, Tommaso Cucinotta escribió:
I think that explains why software companies don't offer Linux versions.
Just a couple of well-known names...
As a new user I tried bit by bit if things that worked under Windows do
under Linux as well. I just noted that many non-free p
El 24.07.2017 a las 14:37, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes escribió:
Indeed. Personally, I never use enumitem :) There is probably a good
reason why it is not in the main texlive distribution.
The UserGuide is not designed to cover special interests but to show
what LyX can do. It is up to the users to
El 24.07.2017 a las 12:14, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes escribió:
Indeed Adobe Reader for Linux has been abandoned. Personnally I do not
regret it and I always install SumatraPDF on windows.
I construct parts with 3D CAD. therefore I need a PDF program to view 3D
PDFs. Sumatra cannot handle it, Evinc
Le 24/07/2017 à 16:21, Guenter Milde a écrit :
On 2017-07-24, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
My advice to new Linux folks is always to start with a 'mainstream'
distribution. I.e., start with Ubuntu.
The distribution is not the question.
It is, as with Debian or Ubuntu, you would have had a working LyX
Le 24/07/2017 à 17:23, Tommaso Cucinotta a écrit :
Ubuntu way, AFAIK:
-) Depends means LyX would be totally broken without them, e.g., you
wouldn't be able to launch LyX, thus there's no way to install LyX
without its dependencies, unless you're an advanced user, you know what
you're doing, yo
On 24/07/2017 16:24, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
I am not sure what the difference between recommend and require is in practice.
Could you expand on that?
Ubuntu way, AFAIK:
-) Depends means LyX would be totally broken without them, e.g., you wouldn't be able to
launch LyX, thus there's no wa
On 24/07/2017 10:30, "Uwe Stöhr" wrote:
I think that explains why software companies don't offer Linux versions.
Just a couple of well-known names...
https://www.redhat.com/en/store/linux-platforms
https://buy.ubuntu.com/?_ga=2.96387035.693003821.1500908991-595300039.1443300335
https:/
On 2017-07-24, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
>> My advice to new Linux folks is always to start with a 'mainstream'
>> distribution. I.e., start with Ubuntu.
> The distribution is not the question.
It is, as with Debian or Ubuntu, you would have had a working LyX out of the
box.
> The point is that users s
Le 24/07/2017 à 16:16, Guenter Milde a écrit :
As under Debian, LyX "recommends" this package (it is installed by default
if you install LyX), the UserGuide compiles out of the box with an default
install.
I am not sure what the difference between recommend and require is in
practice. Could yo
On 2017-07-24, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 24/07/2017 à 14:18, mn a écrit :
>> – Simplify UserGuide in regard to dependencies
> Indeed. Personally, I never use enumitem :) There is probably a good
> reason why it is not in the main texlive distribution.
Enumitem is in texlive.
It is, howe
Le 24/07/2017 à 14:18, mn a écrit :
– Simplify UserGuide in regard to dependencies
Indeed. Personally, I never use enumitem :) There is probably a good
reason why it is not in the main texlive distribution.
JMarc
On 24.07.17 10:30, "Uwe Stöhr" wrote:
>> back to the UserGuide, perhaps what we could actually do is, to
>> simplify the UserGuide so that it can compile without the need for
>> installing additional packages besides a minimal latex
>> installation
>
> The point is that almost nothing works out of
Le 24/07/2017 à 10:30, "Uwe Stöhr" a écrit :
Hmm, that is very bad. I think that explains why software companies don't offer
Linux versions. (I saw yesterday that there are no longer Skype, Adobe Reader
and other useful programs on Linux.)
Indeed Adobe Reader for Linux has been abandoned. Per
Am 24.07.2017 um 10:30 schrieb "Uwe Stöhr":
back to the UserGuide, perhaps what we could actually do is, to simplify
the UserGuide so that it can compile without the need for installing additional
packages besides a minimal latex installation
The point is that almost nothing works out of the
Le 24/07/2017 à 10:30, "Uwe Stöhr" a écrit :
The point is that almost nothing works out of the box. Not simple documents,
not the tutorial. Because only texlive-bin package is installed together with
LyX. I will report to the packagers that they should add more texlive packages
to the install
> back to the UserGuide, perhaps what we could actually do is, to simplify
the UserGuide so that it can compile without the need for installing additional
packages besides a minimal latex installation
The point is that almost nothing works out of the box. Not simple documents,
not the tutorial.
> My advice to new Linux folks is always to start with a 'mainstream'
> distribution. I.e., start with Ubuntu.
The distribution is not the question. Although I can recommend Manjaro because
I got a new OS after just an hour and everything worked out of the box
(booting, hardware and software) an
On 24/07/2017 08:16, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
One of the first steps was of course to try out LyX. Unfortunately I
could not compile the UserGuide because of the missing package
enumitem.
I wanted to install it but cannot find it. there is also no texlive
program to start to install the missing
On 24/07/2017 04:59, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
BTW, you can download a bootable version of Mint to a USB memory stick and run
it from the stick, to see if everything works (in particular, all peripheral
devices). If you like it, you can install from the stick. I'm not sure if the
equivalent is avai
Am Sonntag, den 23.07.2017, 23:28 +0200 schrieb Uwe Stöhr:
> Since more than a decade I help to develop LyX on Windows. After
> being
> forced to buy a new Laptop with a preinstalled Win 10 I was so
> annoyed
> by Win 10 that I gave Linux a try.
>
> I did not know what to take and stumbled over:
On 07/23/2017 09:43 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
Paul's advice is all on the mark,
Accidents will happen. :-)
but I'm guessing you don't want those
complexities. So use Ubuntu.
Or Linux Mint (which is what I use). I've seen more than one person
opine that Mint is the closest distribution to Wind
On 07/23/2017 05:28 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Since more than a decade I help to develop LyX on Windows. After being
> forced to buy a new Laptop with a preinstalled Win 10 I was so annoyed
> by Win 10 that I gave Linux a try.
>
> I did not know what to take and stumbled over:
> https://distrochooser.
On 07/23/2017 05:28 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
One of the first steps was of course to try out LyX. Unfortunately I
could not compile the UserGuide because of the missing package
enumitem. I wanted to install it but cannot find it. there is also no
texlive program to start to install the missing p
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