RE: LyX in schools

2010-11-20 Thread venom00
but we do have support for dia, you know? simply put it as graphic and any time you can edit it by launching context menu. lyx will detect graphics change once you finish launched dia session... That's fantastic! But I had to add the dia path to the PATH environment variable, why don't you

Re: LyX in schools

2010-11-20 Thread Richard Heck
On 11/20/2010 09:37 AM, veno...@arcadiaclub.com wrote: but we do have support for dia, you know? simply put it as graphic and any time you can edit it by launching context menu. lyx will detect graphics change once you finish launched dia session... That's fantastic! But I had to add the dia

RE: LyX in schools

2010-11-20 Thread venom00
> but we do have support for dia, you know? simply put it as graphic and any time you > can edit it by launching context menu. lyx will detect graphics change once > you finish launched dia session... That's fantastic! But I had to add the dia path to the PATH environment variable, why don't you

Re: LyX in schools

2010-11-20 Thread Richard Heck
On 11/20/2010 09:37 AM, veno...@arcadiaclub.com wrote: but we do have support for dia, you know? simply put it as graphic and any time you can edit it by launching context menu. lyx will detect graphics change once you finish launched dia session... That's fantastic! But I had to add the dia

Re: LyX in schools

2010-11-19 Thread Richard Heck
On 11/19/2010 04:30 AM, veno...@arcadiaclub.com wrote: I've been using LyX to take notes at the univiersity for 3 years, and it's very good. I love it. I've infected several my friends to do the same, don't you think LyX should be promoted this way? It could even help to save the planet, no

Re: LyX in schools

2010-11-19 Thread Pavel Sanda
veno...@arcadiaclub.com wrote: I've infected several my friends to do the same, don't you think LyX should be promoted this way? It could even help to save the planet, no more paper needed! I'm thinking to make a basic free course for anyone interested here. i'm quite sceptical, once

RE: LyX in schools

2010-11-19 Thread venom00
i'm quite sceptical, once computer and printer was found out the consumption of paper must be ten times higher than in the times people has to use their hands... Who said you have to print something? I never print my notes, except if I have to use them in an exam (you know, professors don't like

Re: LyX in schools

2010-11-19 Thread Pavel Sanda
veno...@arcadiaclub.com wrote: I'm a fan on inset instant preview, but what I mean is making something for drawing more usable than hand-written LaTeX. LaTeX is great for writing math formulas, it's very concise, but making big pictures in XY-pic requires a lot of rows and columns and in LyX

Re: LyX in schools

2010-11-19 Thread Richard Heck
On 11/19/2010 04:30 AM, veno...@arcadiaclub.com wrote: I've been using LyX to take notes at the univiersity for 3 years, and it's very good. I love it. I've infected several my friends to do the same, don't you think LyX should be promoted this way? It could even help to save the planet, no

Re: LyX in schools

2010-11-19 Thread Pavel Sanda
veno...@arcadiaclub.com wrote: > I've infected several my friends to do the same, don't you think LyX should > be promoted this way? It could even help to save the planet, no more paper > needed! I'm thinking to make a basic free course for anyone interested here. i'm quite sceptical, once

RE: LyX in schools

2010-11-19 Thread venom00
> i'm quite sceptical, once computer and printer was found out the consumption of paper must be ten times higher than in the times people has to use their hands... Who said you have to print something? I never print my notes, except if I have to use them in an exam (you know, professors don't

Re: LyX in schools

2010-11-19 Thread Pavel Sanda
veno...@arcadiaclub.com wrote: > I'm a fan on inset instant preview, but what I mean is making something for > drawing more usable than hand-written LaTeX. LaTeX is great for writing math > formulas, it's very concise, but making big pictures in XY-pic requires a lot > of > rows and columns and