When I first started learning LyX (what -- about 10 years ago?), I very much
liked the name 'Evil Red Text'. It showed that the developers had a sense of
humor, and the professionality of the manuals and the program itself was in no
way impacted (in my mind) with the 'ERT'. A colleague of mine has made the same
comment to me lately.
Curtis O.
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From: Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:14:42 AM
Subject: Terminology Change Request for Next Release
The reference to embedded LaTeX within a document being written with LyX
as "Evil Red Text (ERT)" has bothered me from the first time I saw it. Since
LyX is a GUI front end to LaTeX I fail to see how there's anything "evil"
about LaTeX.
More to the point, looking at how many requests for help in formatting
documents we see on this list involve inserting LaTeX code, the label of ERT
can be off-putting to those new to the tools as well as being highly
inappropriate.
I'm asking that the term be retired. Better yet, killed and buried deep.
Notice on the icon bar the square that displays "TeX" and the cursor-hover
hint is "Insert TeX code." No more ERT!
Rich
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