Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-22 Thread Paul Medwell
Perhaps you should get in contact with MacGyver... :-) --- Owen Lucas wrote: I like the open source concept but im still waiting for open hardware. For example CPUs that you can make in your microwave out of sand and a can of tuna

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-22 Thread Paul Medwell
Perhaps you should get in contact with MacGyver... :-) --- Owen Lucas wrote: I like the open source concept but im still waiting for open hardware. For example CPUs that you can make in your microwave out of sand and a can of tuna

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-22 Thread Paul Medwell
Perhaps you should get in contact with MacGyver... :-) --- Owen Lucas wrote: I like the open source concept but im still waiting for open hardware. For example CPUs that you can make in your microwave out of sand and a can of tuna

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-20 Thread Robin Turner
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: [snip] 5.- Users *should* be able to fine tune *all* the details about the typesetting. Boxing users in so they can only use what *you* think is good type setting is (IMHO) plain silly. I personally can't find any styles in the pretty small style list which exactly

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-20 Thread Robin Turner
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: [snip] 5.- Users *should* be able to fine tune *all* the details about the typesetting. Boxing users in so they can only use what *you* think is good type setting is (IMHO) plain silly. I personally can't find any styles in the pretty small style list which exactly

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-20 Thread Robin Turner
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: [snip] 5.- Users *should* be able to fine tune *all* the details about the typesetting. Boxing users in so they can only use what *you* think is good type setting is (IMHO) plain silly. I personally can't find any styles in the pretty small style list which exactly

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | PERSONAL WISH: DON'T FORGET US OS X PEOPLE! ohh... my ears hurt -- Lgb

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Note that OSX _is_ unix, whereas windows is not. Juergen You should be careful with such staements these days ;-) Juergen http://www.macnn.com/news/19728 Indeed :) JMarc

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Preben Randhol
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 19/06/2003 (11:10) : PERSONAL WISH: DON'T FORGET US OS X PEOPLE! If you don't stop shouting ... -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not only dangerous, and a significant source of errors, but it also makes programs run slower.»

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread William Adams
Thomi said: ALl i mentioned is freedom to typeset your document however the hell you want it; even if this includes having mile long gaps around your titles. In the end it's your document, you'll have to pay the price if it looks like crap. First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
William Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of vulgarities, and would | appreciate it if people would use more civil language Completely agreed. People, please use civil language. So much easier to get a response on your post as well... -- Lgb

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
| First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of vulgarities, and would| appreciate it if people would use more civil language Completely agreed. well, if anything I've said has caused offence, I'm extreemly sorry. I guess different people have different standards, especially between

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | PERSONAL WISH: DON'T FORGET US OS X PEOPLE! ohh... my ears hurt -- Lgb

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Note that OSX _is_ unix, whereas windows is not. Juergen You should be careful with such staements these days ;-) Juergen http://www.macnn.com/news/19728 Indeed :) JMarc

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Preben Randhol
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 19/06/2003 (11:10) : PERSONAL WISH: DON'T FORGET US OS X PEOPLE! If you don't stop shouting ... -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not only dangerous, and a significant source of errors, but it also makes programs run slower.»

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread William Adams
Thomi said: ALl i mentioned is freedom to typeset your document however the hell you want it; even if this includes having mile long gaps around your titles. In the end it's your document, you'll have to pay the price if it looks like crap. First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
William Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of vulgarities, and would | appreciate it if people would use more civil language Completely agreed. People, please use civil language. So much easier to get a response on your post as well... -- Lgb

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
| First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of vulgarities, and would| appreciate it if people would use more civil language Completely agreed. well, if anything I've said has caused offence, I'm extreemly sorry. I guess different people have different standards, especially between

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | PERSONAL WISH: DON'T FORGET US OS X PEOPLE! ohh... my ears hurt -- Lgb

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Juergen" == Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Juergen> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> Note that OSX _is_ unix, whereas windows is not. Juergen> You should be careful with such staements these days ;-) Juergen> http://www.macnn.com/news/19728 Indeed :) JMarc

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Preben Randhol
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 19/06/2003 (11:10) : > PERSONAL WISH: DON'T FORGET US OS X PEOPLE! If you don't stop shouting ... -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not only dangerous, and a significant source of errors, but it also makes programs run slower.»

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread William Adams
Thomi said: ALl i mentioned is freedom to typeset your document however the hell you want it; even if this includes having mile long gaps around your titles. In the end it's your document, you'll have to pay the price if it looks like crap. First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
William Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of vulgarities, and would | appreciate it if people would use more civil language Completely agreed. People, please use civil language. So much easier to get a response on your post as well... --

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-19 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
> | First, I'm quite put off by the recent flow of vulgarities, and > would| appreciate it if people would use more civil language > > Completely agreed. > well, if anything I've said has caused offence, I'm extreemly sorry. I guess different people have different standards, especially between

others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? Personally, I think the idea behind lyx is very cool, but the implementation is a little lacking. There are also some features which i would really like to see, but which aren't present. So, I'm on the hunt for another -- Thomi Richards,

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? Personally, I think the idea behind lyx is very cool, but the implementation is a little lacking. There are also some features which i would really like to see, but which aren't present. So, I'm on the hunt for

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jan Peters
On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 03:37 PM, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? Personally, I think the idea behind lyx is very cool, but the implementation is a little lacking. There are also some features which i would really like to see, but which

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jan Peters
does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? For MS Windows there is Scientific Workplace. You won't get it at the same price, though. Well, there is a keygen which cracks the trial version. Just google for it! The trial version is free! What specifically do you need. If I make a list of

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:02:31PM +0900, Jan Peters wrote: does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? For MS Windows there is Scientific Workplace. You won't get it at the same price, though. Well, there is a keygen which cracks the trial version. ? Just google for it! The

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jan Peters wrote: If I make a list of features I really need, would you guys really implement them? I would start with two things: This is a free software project. People implement features if they feel like doing it. It's just a matter of fun. This is an open project. If you feel like a

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jan Peters
b) Using the new GPL QT/Mac announced today: a Mac Native version! If there is anyone who is interested in doing that port. I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and whether I will have enough time! But it would be cool if there were

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:34:27PM +0900, Jan Peters wrote: b) Using the new GPL QT/Mac announced today: a Mac Native version! If there is anyone who is interested in doing that port. I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jan Peters wrote: I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and whether I will have enough time! But it would be cool if there were a few more people interested so we could join forces I am also interested in that, since I (have to)

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
Next time I get a free meal I'll tell the people: 'Hey, the idea of eating is cool. But your stuff tastes like shit. Can you tell me where I can find something better?' I didn't meant o cause offense in any way, but LuX simply doesn't meet my needs and, IMHO lacks some very vital

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
BTW feature requests are always welcome. where's the website for feature requests? or should i submit them to this list? -- Thomi Richards, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: where's the website for feature requests? or should i submit them to this list? You can submit them to http://bugzilla.lyx.org (if they are not yet listed there) or to the users or developers list (where they will probably get more/sooner attention). Juergen.

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:02:15PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: Next time I get a free meal I'll tell the people: 'Hey, the idea of eating is cool. But your stuff tastes like shit. Can you tell me where I can find something better?' I didn't meant o cause offense in any way,

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 08:59:24PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: BTW feature requests are always welcome. where's the website for feature requests? or should i submit them to this list? bugzilla.lyx.org is the palce to go when you want to be sure your request is not lost. If

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
Like what? ok, I'll make a list of all the things I've found myself wanting. To start off with, I'll say this: I've been using Lyx to compile a 20,000+ word design document for an electronic game. It's been pretty cool, but the large document size has (i believe) stressed some of the

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Angus Leeming
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: Like what? ok, I'll make a list of all the things I've found myself wanting. To start off with, I'll say this: I've been using Lyx to compile a 20,000+ word design document for an electronic game. It's been pretty cool, but the large document size has (i

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:39:23PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: 6.- Also, I have never been able to get the QT frontend to compile with lyx. I'm using the very latest QT libraries, and update my system regurally, but still i run into errors. Most of the time it's can't find QT

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
1.- An integration of most of the tips and tricks listed on the website. Since someone has gone to the trouble of listing them,. they must be being used. therefore, why not include them in the lyx program, You seem to have a fundamental misconception of how Open Source software

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:09:32PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: That is exactly why LyX was designed to allow the user to input the raw LaTeX. People like Herbert, who know LaTeX inside out, have provided a collection of magic so that the final output is indistiguishable to that

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Luis Seidel Gómez de Quero
El Miércoles, 18 de Junio de 2003 11:39, Thomas CLive Richards escribió: Things *I* would like to see: 2.- Not really sure about this one, but isn't it possible to do hyperlinks in PDF? why not have it so that lyx creates these hyperlinks when exporting documents to either HTML or PDF? The

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Luis Seidel Gómez de Quero
El Miércoles, 18 de Junio de 2003 12:58, Thomas CLive Richards escribió: hmm, no i get erros in my document then, this is the message: destination with the same identifier: (name{page.1})ha \part {Preamble:} [1 not a VERY useful error message ;) Be sure to have uniquely defined labels

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Jan == Jan Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: b) Using the new GPL QT/Mac announced today: a Mac Native version! If there is anyone who is interested in doing that port. Jan I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good Jan enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and whether I

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:52:33AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: The moral? If you want something badly enough, then code it up or pay someone to do it for you. And at least one of us is still available for hire ;) john

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
Sure. So please go searching. I think the basic misunderstanding here is the fact that the lyx docs and the developers have been trying to plug Lyx to a larger audience than it's really suitable for. Lyx is a perfect tool, but not for all the people it's creators claim it to be perfect for.

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 05:10:35PM +0200, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: Sure. So please go searching. I think the basic misunderstanding here is the fact that the lyx docs and the developers have been trying to plug Lyx to a larger audience than it's really suitable for. Do you have any proof for

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Jan Peters wrote: I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and whether I will have enough time! But it would be cool if there were a few more people interested so we

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas Templin
On Wednesday 18 June 2003 11:39, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: 4.- Table sorting. I've brought this up here before, but I may as well do it again. I feel that this feature is vital. I have (in my document) tables with 300+ rows, and i have to be able to sort them. AT the moment I'm copying them

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
Do you have any proof for that claim? Allright, I take that back. I guess I am kinda still stuck in the Word Processing mode/mentality and occasionally become annoyed I can't do this one simple thing. And this Latex and Tex and document classes and bibtex styles and whatnot, are more

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Note that OSX _is_ unix, whereas windows is not. You should be careful with such staements these days ;-) http://www.macnn.com/news/19728 It should be rather easy. Good to hear. Juergen

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Matej Cepl
On 2003-06-18, 10:09 GMT, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: I know that, but unless someone tells developers that there are at least a few users out there who want this, it'll never get coded in The problem is that some clue-less newbies are not willing to take a look at archives of the

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread James Frye
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Jan Peters wrote: If I make a list of features I really need, would you guys really implement them? I would start with two things: a) The Menus in Lyx are very good --- however, the usage of the math-panels is not nice. I would like to see that integrated as toolbars.

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:21:07AM -0700, James Frye wrote: Can I add a feature request in the other direction? Either a setting to eliminate toolbars altogether You can eliminate the toolbar altogether in the Qt frontend I believe. It's definitely poossible with current CVS. Just edit the

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Robin
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: Like what? ok, I'll make a list of all the things I've found myself wanting. To start off with, I'll say this: I've been using Lyx to compile a 20,000+ word design document for an electronic game. It's been pretty cool, but the large document size has (i believe)

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
The problem is that some clue-less newbies are not willing to take a look at archives of the conference to find that exactly this kind of stuff (recreating LyX into WYSIWYG junk like SWP for those who want SWP, but are not willing to bite a bullet and pay its price) repeats periodically and

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
It would be nice, but I don't know if it should be a priority. If you're making a document wich needs a long glossary, it's pretty vital. In my document for ewxample i need to define all sorts of accronyms, PC, MPG, NPC, and a whole heap more. 3.- Spellchecker. A replace all button would be

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 12:58:52PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: 3.- Spellchecker. A replace all button would be nice. It would not, IMHO. I have rceived student essays on Plato where every instance of the philosopher's name was spelt plateau, not to mention a paper on the

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread jrpeters
The problem is that some clue-less newbies are not willing to take a lookat archives of the conference to find that exactly this kind of stuff (recreating LyX into WYSIWYG junk like SWP for those who want SWP, but are not willing to bite a bullet and pay its price) repeats periodically and

Re: others like lyx? Start a separate project

2003-06-18 Thread John O'Gorman
Andre Poenitz wrote: Indeed. You cannot hide _all_ of LaTeX behind a slick GUI. It's just too powerful (and too messy...). Andre' I think LyX is superb in meeting its intended purpose. It literally does allow a user to produce beatiful LaTeX documents with no knowlege of LaTeX at all. Not

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Owen Lucas
Robin wrote: BTW, I'm sure that if a benevolent millionaire were to pay a team of LyX developers to implement every feature request anyone has come up with here or on Bugzilla, someone would write in to complain about LyX being bloated and say there is a need for a lightweight front-end to

Re: others like lyx? Start a separate project

2003-06-18 Thread Ralph P. Boland
John O'Gorman wrote: The desire to have a GUI which allows you to create new classes or styles for LaTeX could well be the basis for a completely separate (but complementary) project. John O'Gorman Agreed However, really, two projects are needed; the first is as you described and

others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? Personally, I think the idea behind lyx is very cool, but the implementation is a little lacking. There are also some features which i would really like to see, but which aren't present. So, I'm on the hunt for another -- Thomi Richards,

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? Personally, I think the idea behind lyx is very cool, but the implementation is a little lacking. There are also some features which i would really like to see, but which aren't present. So, I'm on the hunt for

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jan Peters
On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 03:37 PM, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? Personally, I think the idea behind lyx is very cool, but the implementation is a little lacking. There are also some features which i would really like to see, but which

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jan Peters
does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? For MS Windows there is Scientific Workplace. You won't get it at the same price, though. Well, there is a keygen which cracks the trial version. Just google for it! The trial version is free! What specifically do you need. If I make a list of

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:02:31PM +0900, Jan Peters wrote: does anyone know of any other programs like lyx? For MS Windows there is Scientific Workplace. You won't get it at the same price, though. Well, there is a keygen which cracks the trial version. ? Just google for it! The

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jan Peters wrote: If I make a list of features I really need, would you guys really implement them? I would start with two things: This is a free software project. People implement features if they feel like doing it. It's just a matter of fun. This is an open project. If you feel like a

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jan Peters
b) Using the new GPL QT/Mac announced today: a Mac Native version! If there is anyone who is interested in doing that port. I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and whether I will have enough time! But it would be cool if there were

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:34:27PM +0900, Jan Peters wrote: b) Using the new GPL QT/Mac announced today: a Mac Native version! If there is anyone who is interested in doing that port. I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jan Peters wrote: I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and whether I will have enough time! But it would be cool if there were a few more people interested so we could join forces I am also interested in that, since I (have to)

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
Next time I get a free meal I'll tell the people: 'Hey, the idea of eating is cool. But your stuff tastes like shit. Can you tell me where I can find something better?' I didn't meant o cause offense in any way, but LuX simply doesn't meet my needs and, IMHO lacks some very vital

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
BTW feature requests are always welcome. where's the website for feature requests? or should i submit them to this list? -- Thomi Richards, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: where's the website for feature requests? or should i submit them to this list? You can submit them to http://bugzilla.lyx.org (if they are not yet listed there) or to the users or developers list (where they will probably get more/sooner attention). Juergen.

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:02:15PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: Next time I get a free meal I'll tell the people: 'Hey, the idea of eating is cool. But your stuff tastes like shit. Can you tell me where I can find something better?' I didn't meant o cause offense in any way,

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 08:59:24PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: BTW feature requests are always welcome. where's the website for feature requests? or should i submit them to this list? bugzilla.lyx.org is the palce to go when you want to be sure your request is not lost. If

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
Like what? ok, I'll make a list of all the things I've found myself wanting. To start off with, I'll say this: I've been using Lyx to compile a 20,000+ word design document for an electronic game. It's been pretty cool, but the large document size has (i believe) stressed some of the

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Angus Leeming
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: Like what? ok, I'll make a list of all the things I've found myself wanting. To start off with, I'll say this: I've been using Lyx to compile a 20,000+ word design document for an electronic game. It's been pretty cool, but the large document size has (i

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:39:23PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: 6.- Also, I have never been able to get the QT frontend to compile with lyx. I'm using the very latest QT libraries, and update my system regurally, but still i run into errors. Most of the time it's can't find QT

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
1.- An integration of most of the tips and tricks listed on the website. Since someone has gone to the trouble of listing them,. they must be being used. therefore, why not include them in the lyx program, You seem to have a fundamental misconception of how Open Source software

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:09:32PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: That is exactly why LyX was designed to allow the user to input the raw LaTeX. People like Herbert, who know LaTeX inside out, have provided a collection of magic so that the final output is indistiguishable to that

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Luis Seidel Gómez de Quero
El Miércoles, 18 de Junio de 2003 11:39, Thomas CLive Richards escribió: Things *I* would like to see: 2.- Not really sure about this one, but isn't it possible to do hyperlinks in PDF? why not have it so that lyx creates these hyperlinks when exporting documents to either HTML or PDF? The

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Luis Seidel Gómez de Quero
El Miércoles, 18 de Junio de 2003 12:58, Thomas CLive Richards escribió: hmm, no i get erros in my document then, this is the message: destination with the same identifier: (name{page.1})ha \part {Preamble:} [1 not a VERY useful error message ;) Be sure to have uniquely defined labels

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Jan == Jan Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: b) Using the new GPL QT/Mac announced today: a Mac Native version! If there is anyone who is interested in doing that port. Jan I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good Jan enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and whether I

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:52:33AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: The moral? If you want something badly enough, then code it up or pay someone to do it for you. And at least one of us is still available for hire ;) john

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
Sure. So please go searching. I think the basic misunderstanding here is the fact that the lyx docs and the developers have been trying to plug Lyx to a larger audience than it's really suitable for. Lyx is a perfect tool, but not for all the people it's creators claim it to be perfect for.

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 05:10:35PM +0200, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: Sure. So please go searching. I think the basic misunderstanding here is the fact that the lyx docs and the developers have been trying to plug Lyx to a larger audience than it's really suitable for. Do you have any proof for

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Juergen == Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Juergen Jan Peters wrote: I will definitly try myself, but I do not know whether I am good enough a Mac/QT programmer for that and whether I will have enough time! But it would be cool if there were a few more people interested so we

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas Templin
On Wednesday 18 June 2003 11:39, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: 4.- Table sorting. I've brought this up here before, but I may as well do it again. I feel that this feature is vital. I have (in my document) tables with 300+ rows, and i have to be able to sort them. AT the moment I'm copying them

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
Do you have any proof for that claim? Allright, I take that back. I guess I am kinda still stuck in the Word Processing mode/mentality and occasionally become annoyed I can't do this one simple thing. And this Latex and Tex and document classes and bibtex styles and whatnot, are more

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Note that OSX _is_ unix, whereas windows is not. You should be careful with such staements these days ;-) http://www.macnn.com/news/19728 It should be rather easy. Good to hear. Juergen

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Matej Cepl
On 2003-06-18, 10:09 GMT, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: I know that, but unless someone tells developers that there are at least a few users out there who want this, it'll never get coded in The problem is that some clue-less newbies are not willing to take a look at archives of the

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread James Frye
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Jan Peters wrote: If I make a list of features I really need, would you guys really implement them? I would start with two things: a) The Menus in Lyx are very good --- however, the usage of the math-panels is not nice. I would like to see that integrated as toolbars.

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:21:07AM -0700, James Frye wrote: Can I add a feature request in the other direction? Either a setting to eliminate toolbars altogether You can eliminate the toolbar altogether in the Qt frontend I believe. It's definitely poossible with current CVS. Just edit the

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Robin
Thomas CLive Richards wrote: Like what? ok, I'll make a list of all the things I've found myself wanting. To start off with, I'll say this: I've been using Lyx to compile a 20,000+ word design document for an electronic game. It's been pretty cool, but the large document size has (i believe)

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
The problem is that some clue-less newbies are not willing to take a look at archives of the conference to find that exactly this kind of stuff (recreating LyX into WYSIWYG junk like SWP for those who want SWP, but are not willing to bite a bullet and pay its price) repeats periodically and

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas CLive Richards
It would be nice, but I don't know if it should be a priority. If you're making a document wich needs a long glossary, it's pretty vital. In my document for ewxample i need to define all sorts of accronyms, PC, MPG, NPC, and a whole heap more. 3.- Spellchecker. A replace all button would be

Re: others like lyx?

2003-06-18 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 12:58:52PM +1200, Thomas CLive Richards wrote: 3.- Spellchecker. A replace all button would be nice. It would not, IMHO. I have rceived student essays on Plato where every instance of the philosopher's name was spelt plateau, not to mention a paper on the

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