On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 03:30:27PM +0000, Luke Stutters wrote: > Hello everyone - I have just subscribed to this LyX user list after > using LyX to complete (amongst other things) my final year Maths project. > > LyX is a fantastic piece of software and I have been trying to encourage > staff and students at my University (Portsmouth) to adopt it. However, > the University runs a centralised Novell network so it would have to be > the Win32 port and anything interesting like fonts or libraries would > have to be installed at runtime, Novell-style. Does anyone have any > experience in doing this which might make this easier for the Uni > computer people? > > A feature which would do a great deal to persuade people to start using > LyX would be the integration of a CAS like Maple or Matlab (the two used > most here at Portsmouth). I have no idea how hard this would be to > implement but I have seen other programs which talk to Maple and Matlab > so an interface must exist. > > If LyX was linked up to such a CAS, this would be a big step on the way > to introducing a 'Maths spell checker'. A feature which could try to > highlight inconsistencies in lines of algebra working would be a great > incentive for both staff and students to adopt LyX.
There is a preliminary version of such integration availbale in LyX. Browse through the archives for more details. Andre'
