Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-28 Thread Manveru
2008/4/18, Bruce Pourciau [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Feel LyX = FeeLyX... -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:54:20PM +0200, Manveru wrote: 2008/4/18, Bruce Pourciau [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Feel LyX = FeeLyX... Looks

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-28 Thread Manveru
2008/4/18, Bruce Pourciau [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Feel LyX = FeeLyX... -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:54:20PM +0200, Manveru wrote: 2008/4/18, Bruce Pourciau [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Feel LyX = FeeLyX... Looks

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-28 Thread Manveru
2008/4/18, Bruce Pourciau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Manveru wrote: > > > > > FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) > > > > > > Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about > LyXiE/LyXie? > Feel LyX => FeeLyX... -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:54:20PM +0200, Manveru wrote: > 2008/4/18, Bruce Pourciau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Manveru wrote: > > > > > > > FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) > > > > > > > > > Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about > > LyXiE/LyXie? > > > >

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 03:10:14PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Enough! Mate. Ralph. Herman. Occam. Pick one. 'Pick' is nice indeed. SCNR Andre'

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 03:10:14PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Enough! Mate. Ralph. Herman. Occam. Pick one. 'Pick' is nice indeed. SCNR Andre'

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 03:10:14PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > >> Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about >> LyXiE/LyXie? > > Enough! Mate. Ralph. Herman. Occam. Pick one. 'Pick' is nice indeed. SCNR Andre'

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Manveru
FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) 2008/4/9, Luis Rivera [EMAIL PROTECTED]: curtis osterhoudt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] If the thread (and vote) are still open, I'd say LyX is just fine; alternative: FeLyX (although a cat would be better then :) [...] Luis. -- Manveru

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Do we know the mascot is male? (The icon lacks sufficient definition for me to tell.) Maybe LyXandra? Has a classical ring to it.

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Do we know the mascot is male? (The icon lacks sufficient definition for me to tell.) Maybe LyXandra? Has a classical ring to it. Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Enough! Mate. Ralph. Herman. Occam. Pick one. :-) Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Manveru
FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) 2008/4/9, Luis Rivera [EMAIL PROTECTED]: curtis osterhoudt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] If the thread (and vote) are still open, I'd say LyX is just fine; alternative: FeLyX (although a cat would be better then :) [...] Luis. -- Manveru

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Do we know the mascot is male? (The icon lacks sufficient definition for me to tell.) Maybe LyXandra? Has a classical ring to it.

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Do we know the mascot is male? (The icon lacks sufficient definition for me to tell.) Maybe LyXandra? Has a classical ring to it. Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Enough! Mate. Ralph. Herman. Occam. Pick one. :-) Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Manveru
FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) 2008/4/9, Luis Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > curtis osterhoudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > > If the thread (and vote) are still open, I'd say "LyX" is just fine; > alternative: FeLyX (although a cat would be better then :) > > [...] > > Luis. > > >

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Do we know the mascot is male? (The icon lacks sufficient definition for me to tell.) Maybe LyXandra? Has a classical ring to it.

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Manveru wrote: FeeLyX is... quite sugestive... :-) Do we know the mascot is male? (The icon lacks sufficient definition for me to tell.) Maybe LyXandra? Has a classical ring to it. Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Bruce Pourciau wrote: Shouldn't FeeLyX be FeLyX? LyXandra sounds a bit stand-off-ish. How about LyXiE/LyXie? Enough! Mate. Ralph. Herman. Occam. Pick one. :-) Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-09 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 8. April 2008 23:02 schrieb Luis Rivera: curtis osterhoudt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't see that LyXia engenders oral thoughts, though I'd be more strongly inclined to give the program a try if it did! Besides, would this mean that Word users suffer from dysLyXia?

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-09 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 8. April 2008 23:02 schrieb Luis Rivera: curtis osterhoudt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't see that LyXia engenders oral thoughts, though I'd be more strongly inclined to give the program a try if it did! Besides, would this mean that Word users suffer from dysLyXia?

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-09 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 8. April 2008 23:02 schrieb Luis Rivera: > curtis osterhoudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't see that "LyXia" engenders "oral" thoughts, though I'd be more > > strongly inclined to give the > > > program a try if it did! Besides, would this mean that Word users suffer > > from

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-08 Thread Luis Rivera
curtis osterhoudt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't see that LyXia engenders oral thoughts, though I'd be more strongly inclined to give the program a try if it did! Besides, would this mean that Word users suffer from dysLyXia? If the thread (and vote) are still open, I'd say LyX is just

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-08 Thread Luis Rivera
curtis osterhoudt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't see that LyXia engenders oral thoughts, though I'd be more strongly inclined to give the program a try if it did! Besides, would this mean that Word users suffer from dysLyXia? If the thread (and vote) are still open, I'd say LyX is just

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-04-08 Thread Luis Rivera
curtis osterhoudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't see that "LyXia" engenders "oral" thoughts, though I'd be more strongly inclined to give the > program a try if it did! Besides, would this mean that Word users suffer from dysLyXia? > If the thread (and vote) are still open, I'd say

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread Mael Hilléreau
Le 27 mars 08 à 00:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding!

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: I agree, I like all of them! What about a real platypus? See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen It could work, but maybe the logotype should be there as well, making the connection stronger. /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Sunday 30 March 2008 12:38:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: I agree, I like all of them! What about a real platypus? See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Call me old-fashioned but I just love the gold ambiance of platypus-splash2.png

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It could work, but maybe the logotype should be there as well, making the connection stronger. In my opinion we should stick to one logotype, not a platypus combined with a mascot. Even with an additional photo people won't understand the connection anyway. The

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Sunday 30 March 2008 12:38:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: I agree, I like all of them! What about a real platypus? See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Further to my praise of playtpus-splash2.png, it also represents light shining in

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread Mael Hilléreau
Le 27 mars 08 à 00:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding!

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: I agree, I like all of them! What about a real platypus? See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen It could work, but maybe the logotype should be there as well, making the connection stronger. /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Sunday 30 March 2008 12:38:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: I agree, I like all of them! What about a real platypus? See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Call me old-fashioned but I just love the gold ambiance of platypus-splash2.png

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It could work, but maybe the logotype should be there as well, making the connection stronger. In my opinion we should stick to one logotype, not a platypus combined with a mascot. Even with an additional photo people won't understand the connection anyway. The

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Sunday 30 March 2008 12:38:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: I agree, I like all of them! What about a real platypus? See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Further to my praise of playtpus-splash2.png, it also represents light shining in

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread Mael Hilléreau
Le 27 mars 08 à 00:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding!

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: I agree, I like all of them! What about a real platypus? See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen It could work, but maybe the logotype should be there as well, making the connection stronger. /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Sunday 30 March 2008 12:38:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: > >> I agree, I like all of them! > > > > What about a real platypus? > > > > See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Call me old-fashioned but I just love the gold ambiance of

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It could work, but maybe the logotype should be there as well, making the connection stronger. In my opinion we should stick to one logotype, not a platypus combined with a mascot. Even with an additional photo people won't understand the connection anyway. The

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-29 Thread John
On Sunday 30 March 2008 12:38:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Mael Hilléreau wrote: > >> I agree, I like all of them! > > > > What about a real platypus? > > > > See http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Further to my praise of playtpus-splash2.png, it also represents light

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Do you know of more reliable ways to attract females?

Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We need more female users, as the developers are only male, we should at least have a femal mascot ;-). I simply like the name that was first proposed in bug

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Marc J. Driftmeyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We need more female users, as the developers are only male, we should at least have a femal mascot ;-). I simply like the name that

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Do you know of more reliable

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: The version string can of course also be prefixed with the word version. Would be nice to have. regards Uwe

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 27 March 2008 01:49:50 Rich Shepard wrote:    Regardless, naming the mascot Lydia is a great idea: no other FOSS application has such a name. Perhaps we could mate Lydia and Tux, sell the off-spring to zoos (once they hatch, of course) and fund development that way. Oh, it would

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Michael Thompson
I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T, ERT- and ERROR-maker

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Maria Gouskova
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Michael Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T, ERT- and

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread curtis osterhoudt
-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:49:22 AM Subject: Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Maria Gouskova wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Michael Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T,

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Do you know of more reliable ways to attract females?

Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We need more female users, as the developers are only male, we should at least have a femal mascot ;-). I simply like the name that was first proposed in bug

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Marc J. Driftmeyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We need more female users, as the developers are only male, we should at least have a femal mascot ;-). I simply like the name that

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Do you know of more reliable

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: The version string can of course also be prefixed with the word version. Would be nice to have. regards Uwe

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 27 March 2008 01:49:50 Rich Shepard wrote:    Regardless, naming the mascot Lydia is a great idea: no other FOSS application has such a name. Perhaps we could mate Lydia and Tux, sell the off-spring to zoos (once they hatch, of course) and fund development that way. Oh, it would

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Michael Thompson
I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T, ERT- and ERROR-maker

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Maria Gouskova
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Michael Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T, ERT- and

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread curtis osterhoudt
-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:49:22 AM Subject: Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Maria Gouskova wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Michael Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T,

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > >> We need more female users, ... > > So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female > users? Interesting thesis. :-) Do you know of more reliable ways to attract

Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > We should call our mascot "Lydia". I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We need more female users, as the developers are only male, we should at least have a femal mascot ;-). I simply like the name that was first proposed in

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Marc J. Driftmeyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > We should call our mascot "Lydia". I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the reasoning. We need more female users, as the developers are only male, we should at least have a femal mascot ;-). I simply like the name that

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Andre Poenitz schrieb: On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Do you know of more reliable

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: The version string can of course also be prefixed with the word "version". Would be nice to have. regards Uwe

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-27 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 27 March 2008 01:49:50 Rich Shepard wrote: >    Regardless, naming the mascot Lydia is a great idea: no other FOSS > application has such a name. Perhaps we could mate Lydia and Tux, sell the > off-spring to zoos (once they hatch, of course) and fund development that > way. Oh, it

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Michael Thompson
I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T, ERT- and ERROR-maker

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Maria Gouskova
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Michael Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dont know what the name of the mascot > critter is, but its species was > identified by Donn Ingle > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ > It is an ERT-eater > > best, Michael T, > ERT- and

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread curtis osterhoudt
er <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:49:22 AM Subject: Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > >>> > We should call our mascot "Lydia&quo

Re: Name of the Mascot (Was: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo))

2008-03-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Maria Gouskova wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Michael Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I dont know what the name of the mascot critter is, but its species was identified by Donn Ingle http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/45224/ It is an ERT-eater best, Michael T,

New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding! Very well thought out and crafted. Any of them

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus ... Aha! That's what it is. I never knew that. It could have been a thunderchicken for all I knew. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I agree, I like all of them! Personally, I like the new logos but prefer for the splash screen the current banner because it includes the version number. We should call our mascot Lydia. regards Uwe

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus is sort of sitting on the blue bar on #4. Number #1 is neat since the stack of papers to me is related to LyX being a document processor. And #3 is clean and elegant. And #2 is growing on me, so I'll refrain from voting, they're all good.

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: current banner because it includes the version number. Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Pavel Sanda
current banner because it includes the version number. Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) yes splash screen is the name for a picture shown while application starts. i looked on the pictures and the are cold and sad

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:01:42 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus ... Aha! That's what it is. I never knew that. It could have been a thunderchicken for all I knew. I **never** noticed that it was a

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: Of course the version number will be included. LyX prints the version number on the splash screen image, so the image doesn't need to be changed for every revision. What I meant was the word version in the current banner. I have not really a strong opinion about the

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) Yes there is. We used the splash screen image also for banners on lyx.org in the past, so I mixed both words. We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: What I meant was the word version in the current banner. I have not really a strong opinion about the splash screen, other projects creates a new one for every release, e.g. Inkscape. The version string can of course also be prefixed with the word version. Joost

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Regardless, naming the mascot Lydia is a great idea: no other FOSS application has such a name. Perhaps we could

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 26 March 2008 20:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: current banner because it includes the version number. Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) We should call our mascot

New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding! Very well thought out and crafted. Any of them

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus ... Aha! That's what it is. I never knew that. It could have been a thunderchicken for all I knew. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I agree, I like all of them! Personally, I like the new logos but prefer for the splash screen the current banner because it includes the version number. We should call our mascot Lydia. regards Uwe

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus is sort of sitting on the blue bar on #4. Number #1 is neat since the stack of papers to me is related to LyX being a document processor. And #3 is clean and elegant. And #2 is growing on me, so I'll refrain from voting, they're all good.

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: current banner because it includes the version number. Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm not against it, but I'm curious about the

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Pavel Sanda
current banner because it includes the version number. Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) yes splash screen is the name for a picture shown while application starts. i looked on the pictures and the are cold and sad

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:01:42 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus ... Aha! That's what it is. I never knew that. It could have been a thunderchicken for all I knew. I **never** noticed that it was a

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: Of course the version number will be included. LyX prints the version number on the splash screen image, so the image doesn't need to be changed for every revision. What I meant was the word version in the current banner. I have not really a strong opinion about the

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) Yes there is. We used the splash screen image also for banners on lyx.org in the past, so I mixed both words. We should call our mascot Lydia. I'm

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: What I meant was the word version in the current banner. I have not really a strong opinion about the splash screen, other projects creates a new one for every release, e.g. Inkscape. The version string can of course also be prefixed with the word version. Joost

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: We need more female users, ... So, having a platypus with a female name is going to attract more female users? Interesting thesis. :-) Regardless, naming the mascot Lydia is a great idea: no other FOSS application has such a name. Perhaps we could

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 26 March 2008 20:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Uwe Stöhr wrote: current banner because it includes the version number. Is there a difference between 'banner' and 'splash screen'? (I'm wondering if the wiki page shold be renamed) We should call our mascot

New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Joost Verburg wrote: I've uploaded some more designs to compare (including the current splash screen) at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SplashScreen Joost, They are all outstanding! Very well thought out and crafted. Any of them

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus ... Aha! That's what it is. I never knew that. It could have been a thunderchicken for all I knew. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | IntegrityCredibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I agree, I like all of them! Personally, I like the new logos but prefer for the splash screen the current banner because it includes the version number. We should call our mascot "Lydia". regards Uwe

Re: New splash screen (Was: LyX logo)

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's neat how the platypus is sort of sitting on the blue bar on #4. Number #1 is neat since the stack of papers to me is related to LyX being a document processor. And #3 is clean and elegant. And #2 is growing on me, so I'll refrain from voting, they're all good.

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