Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> > Except for DocBook classes.
>
> It is impossible to make it right for all cases.
I don't think so. "Embedded Raw Text" matches pretty much all cases.
> DocBook is rarely used compared to (La)(Xe)(pdfla)TeX.
This doesn't matter. LyX is not a LaTeX frontend (only).
> The na
Jürgen Spitzmüller schrieb:
because that's what it is - code for the language TeX.
Except for DocBook classes.
It is impossible to make it right for all cases. DocBook is rarely used compared to
(La)(Xe)(pdfla)TeX. The naming problem is th same as with short title, in some cases it is the s
Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> because that's what it is - code for the language TeX.
Except for DocBook classes.
Jürgen
I'm impressed that you persevered so long discussing about a name of a term.
Except of the abbreviation "ERT" as short name for the TeX code inset LyX consistently names it "TeX
code" (in the tooltips, toolbar, documentation files) because that's what it is - code for the
language TeX.
regard
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
>> > The reference to embedded LaTeX within a document being written with LyX
>> > as "Evil Red Text (ERT)" has bothered me from the first time I saw it.
I agree, it is not a useful term.
> If you wish, you ca
> If you wish, you can decode "ERT" in the collapsable buttons as "Embedded Raw
> Text".
No, no, "Evil Red TeX". It's Evil. It's Red. It's TeX. It is scaring and
fashinating as some Red Army logo. +1 for keeping it.
Kornel Benko wrote:
Am Freitag 10 April 2009 schrieb Steve Litt:
Perhaps I'm too sensitive to those who claim that LaTeX is much too
difficult so they won't try LyX or learn LaTeX as they need it.
I don't think that's why it was called "evil". The evilness comes from the
fact that
Am Freitag 10 April 2009 schrieb Steve Litt:
> > Perhaps I'm too sensitive to those who claim that LaTeX is much too
> > difficult so they won't try LyX or learn LaTeX as they need it.
>
> I don't think that's why it was called "evil". The evilness comes from the
> fact that you're formatting, p
lyx.org
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:14:42 AM
Subject: Terminology Change Request for Next Release
The reference to embedded LaTeX within a document being written with LyX
as "Evil Red Text (ERT)" has bothered me from the first time I saw it. Since
LyX is a GUI front end to LaTeX I fa
On Friday 10 April 2009 01:33:10 pm Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> > If you wish, you can decode "ERT" in the collapsable buttons as "Embedded
> > Raw Text".
>
> Juergen,
>
>That works. :-)
For me too. Thinking of embedded LaTeX as "ERT" would have bee
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Richard Heck wrote:
[rgh...@localhost doc]$ pwd
/cvs/lyx-devel/trunk/lib/doc
[rgh...@localhost doc]$ grep -iR "evil red text" * | grep -v .svn
DocStyle.lyx:Evil Red Text
es/Extended.lyx:Evil Red Text
eu/Extended.lyx: Komando-mota horiei ERT (Inpernuko Testu Gorria edo "Evil
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Rich Shepard wrote:
The reference to embedded LaTeX within a document being written with LyX
as "Evil Red Text (ERT)" has bothered me from the first time I saw it.
Could you point me to the places in the manuals where this acronym is used?
AFAIK, it is no "of
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
If you wish, you can decode "ERT" in the collapsable buttons as "Embedded
Raw Text".
Juergen,
That works. :-)
Perhaps I'm too sensitive to those who claim that LaTeX is much too
difficult so they won't try LyX or learn LaTeX as they need i
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
It's a joke. Irony. Developers also want to have (a bit of) fun,
sometimes.
I actually like "ERT" because of how it's a connection to the history of
LyX and its origins. :-)
/Christian
--
Christian Ridderström Mobile:
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> > The reference to embedded LaTeX within a document being written with LyX
> > as "Evil Red Text (ERT)" has bothered me from the first time I saw it.
>
> Could you point me to the places in the manuals where this acronym is used?
> AFAIK, it is no "official" term (anymor
Rich Shepard wrote:
> The reference to embedded LaTeX within a document being written with LyX
> as "Evil Red Text (ERT)" has bothered me from the first time I saw it.
Could you point me to the places in the manuals where this acronym is used?
AFAIK, it is no "official" term (anymore). The (Engli
The reference to embedded LaTeX within a document being written with LyX
as "Evil Red Text (ERT)" has bothered me from the first time I saw it. Since
LyX is a GUI front end to LaTeX I fail to see how there's anything "evil"
about LaTeX.
More to the point, looking at how many requests for help
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