Re: Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-16 Thread Ernesto Jardim
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 22:51, Michael Logies wrote: > At 23:58 15.09.2003 +0300, robin wrote: > > >Michael Chabon wrote: > > > >>Thanks for all the help, I got it installed and working, but it's just > >>too much of a pain. > >> > >>I will have to spend money for software, I fear. > > > > > >Well,

Re: Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-16 Thread Marcus Beyer
> I should note that it's a long term goal to reduce the amount of such > training necessary. cool *g* > But there are some tricky problems. good luck! Grüße, Marcus http://www.Stormlight.de

Re: Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-16 Thread John Levon
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 05:37:49PM +0200, Marcus Beyer wrote: > I think most LyX users have made ugly experiences with other > word processors (like ms word) and are now very glad to have > a deterministic software that produces excellent output. IMHO > it is worth to invest some days of traini

Re: Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-16 Thread Marcus Beyer
> I am quite satisfied with Lyx though I`m using it only for 5 weeks now and > have written only about 40 pages (with some floats and tables). And I like, > that it is open source, because some parts of my thesis should be easily be > copied and integrated in other papers (I will put it on my we

Re: Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 02:37:08PM +0200, Michael Logies wrote: > I am quite satisfied with Lyx though I`m using it only for 5 weeks now and > have written only about 40 pages (with some floats and tables). And I like, > that it is open source, because some parts of my thesis should be easily be

Re: Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-16 Thread Michael Logies
At 09:06 16.09.2003 +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: Which is a hint to the answer to your question: Anything producing LaTeX would do. This includes anything rangingin from your favourite text editor to e.g. Scientific Workplace. Hello Andre, I was thinking about the average user (doctors, biological

Re: Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 11:51:22PM +0200, Michael Logies wrote: > Is there anything else than Framemaker (for Windows), which is a real > alternative to Lyx (for Windows) for writing long documents in science? And > as I understood, Framemaker cannot work with long footnotes (Lyx can > continue

Re: Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-15 Thread Larry Kollar
Michael Logies wrote: Is there anything else than Framemaker (for Windows), which is a real alternative to Lyx (for Windows) for writing long documents in science? And as I understood, Framemaker cannot work with long footnotes (Lyx can continue them on the next page). Raw LaTeX and groff can

Alternatives to Lyx?, was: Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-15 Thread Michael Logies
At 23:58 15.09.2003 +0300, robin wrote: Michael Chabon wrote: Thanks for all the help, I got it installed and working, but it's just too much of a pain. I will have to spend money for software, I fear. Well, LyX isn't for everyone - I happen to think it's the best thing since sliced bread, b

Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-15 Thread robin
Michael Chabon wrote: Thanks for all the help, I got it installed and working, but it's just too much of a pain. I will have to spend money for software, I fear. Well, LyX isn't for everyone - I happen to think it's the best thing since sliced bread, but if you want something more point-and-

Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-15 Thread Michael Chabon
tart LyX and you can use it just like any other document class. If it isn't, then you will need to put LaTeX commands in your Preamble (in LyX 1.3.* you get there from Layout->Document). If there's any documnetation with the package, read it and see what it asks you to do. If no

Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-12 Thread Herbert Voß
e (in LyX 1.3.* you get there from Layout->Document). If there's any documnetation with the package, read it and see what it asks you to do. If not, try putting \usepackage{parallel.sty} in the preamble and see what happens. I suppose an error ... :-) Herbert

Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-12 Thread robin
re's any documnetation with the package, read it and see what it asks you to do. If not, try putting \usepackage{parallel.sty} in the preamble and see what happens. Robin -- "There are other rules, but you'll find out what those are when you break them." - Blake's 7 Ro

Re: parallel.sty

2003-09-12 Thread Herbert Voß
Michael Chabon schrieb: Pardon my ignorance... I have found this, but how do I install it to use with Lyx? and once it's installed, how to I use it? http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instpackages read the doc, to see how it works Herbert

parallel.sty

2003-09-11 Thread Michael Chabon
Pardon my ignorance... I have found this, but how do I install it to use with Lyx? and once it's installed, how to I use it? Thanks for the help. MC