Well, the open source tool Maxima has no problem following a Windows shortcut in its browsing function. So, your position is therefore that LyX should be less than it might be, when other open source tools have no problem with a simple if arcane function.
The proper ideal for any open source tool should be operating system universality, and I am sure that various tool makers provide mechanisms to facilitate the interface between disparate philosophies. While I don't know all the various tools, it appears that wxWidgets satisfies some of these idiosyncrasies and allows a very complex product to work. Bitterness at Microsoft? Why? The war is already won, and in the end, Windows too will become open source. Unix is the worst of all possible operating systems, except when compared to all other operating systems. There is no reason that this condition should persist. Rather, quite the opposite, and that will entail the incorporation of all available tools. What really surprises me is the effort various members have expended to encourage me not to help your project. I quite think your efforts are misguided. wrb > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Litt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: WRB - Observations > > On Monday 31 March 2008 19:19, William R. Buckley wrote: > > > Please, it is not about how I would like things. Rather, it is not > > what one would expect, given familiarity with Windows. > > Windows matters why? At best it's one more operating system > that the best of class LyX bookwriter runs on. At worst it's > a tool used by an illegal monopoly (Judge Jackson's and the > appeals court's words, not mine). > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Books written in LyX: > Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist > Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting > Troubleshooting: Just the Facts > >
