Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-10 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> William R. Buckley schrieb: >>> Interesting to me is >>> that Andre Pönitz vociferously and rudely suggested to me >>> that the problem must be resident in Window, the OS. As somebody who has enjoyed the ``André experience'', describing him as 'vocifer

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
William R. Buckley schrieb: Telling me, even suggesting to me, how I should react to the written words of others is rude. The telling is what is rude. > You treated me rudely when you suggested how I should be > affected by the written words of others. What, it is rude that I said you shouldn'

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
William R. Buckley schrieb: For instance, consider the attached paper, which includes many different fonts. I should add that this paper has been published. This is no excuse ;-), I have read books, written in Word and directly published. One font is not always a desirable condition. > Ag

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:57:55AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > William R. Buckley schrieb: >> Interesting to me is >> that Andre Pönitz vociferously and rudely suggested to me >> that the problem must be resident in Window, the OS. Are you refering to http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-09 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > (or found, for traditionalists) I feel the traditionalists attacking. Of course, it's spelled "fount". Jürgen

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-09 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Rich Shepard wrote: > It seems a very common misconception. Too many people use the word 'font' > when they refer to 'typeface.' A 'font' is a particular typeface > (Palatino, Amerigo, Bookman), shape (Roman, Slant, Italic), weight > (normal, bold, thin), and size (10pt, 11pt, 12pt). That's why yo

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: You mix "fonts" and "font shapes". It seems a very common misconception. Too many people use the word 'font' when they refer to 'typeface.' A 'font' is a particular typeface (Palatino, Amerigo, Bookman), shape (Roman, Slant, Italic), weight (normal, bold,

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
William R. Buckley schrieb: On this point, you and I strongly disagree. There are many times when a document could benefit by the use of more than one font. I can send you example documents which do use several fonts, and would be difficult to fathom if only one font were used. You mix "font

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-08 Thread Uwe Stöhr
William R. Buckley schrieb: I have learned from where most of the text formatting is controlled, and it is surprisingly easy. Don't understand why I can't there also find *strikeout* among the forms. Because the LateX-packages that support this are not yet ready for Unicode (non latin) charac

Re: WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-07 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 11:15:13AM -0700, William R. Buckley wrote: Hi Francis. > First, I vote for LICK. Usually the right of naming a child belongs to the parents, so I really wonder why _this_ discussion pops up every second year or so... Andre' PS: I surely forgot one or two of those again

WRB - Summary of Experience with LyX

2008-04-07 Thread William R. Buckley
First, I vote for LICK. If the goal is to be a TeX product, then extend the language, and avoid the sound of plurality, Second, I think LyX has a wonderful potential, and a magnificently executed actual. I have learned from where most of the text formatting is controlled, and it is surprisingly