On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:04:13PM +0100, Thorsten Mika wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:04:13 +0100 (MET)
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> Subject: Re: fax support, dead keys and i18n (1.1.6)
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> hi, jean-marc
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> >
> > It is currently only disabled (I think). Sending faxes is not LyX's
> > job (why not something for sending as e-mail) and is better done from
> > an external application (the unix philosophy: "one tool one job" or
> > whatever). Actually, somebody could probably take the old code and
> > make it compile as a standalone application and have exactly the same
> > functionnality. If we do not build a dvi viewer into LyX, we have no
> > reason to built-in a fax sending program (OK, this is not a fair
> > comment, I do not need fax :). By installing a _real_ fax frontend,
> > you will have much better functionality, and LyX code will become
> > cleaner (which is really needed).
>
> oh yes, i mean i was aware of efax doing the job. i just liked he phonebook
> function. meanwhile i found a way that was discusse earlier in the list, by a
> small python script and using the format converters. but i still miss the
> phonebook...
You may want to look at FaxView
http://www.netby.net/Oest/Europa-Alle/vermeer/
(shameless plug!) which is a tcl/tk script supporting efax.
It uses currently Ted as its fax editor, but it shouldn't be a big problem to
replace that by LyX. And it has a phone book... integration is not as nice,
though.
...
> thx,
>
> thorsten
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Martin
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Helsinki University of Technology
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