Thanks Uwe,
I conclude that you don't think there is no obvious core toolkit of
companion programs for Lyx.
But its interesting you use Origin rather than some of the open source
options.
Graham
Uwe Stöhr wrote:
Graham Smith schrieb:
So would anyone like to suggest a basic LyX toolkit, that would cover
the range of things we tend to do when producing scientific papers
and technical reports.
That strongly depends on your research field. As physicist I use for
example Origin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_(software)
that is only available commercially only for Windows while my
colleagues on Linux use a free Origin clone like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QtiPlot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LabPlot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciDAVis
But the program you are using doesn't matter since you can create PDF
images with all these programs and use them in LyX.
For illustrations we use Inkscape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator
both programs output either PDF or SVG that can be opened and modified
with many other programs. For exact illustrations containing
dimensions you can use a CAD program of your choice. You can create
PDF images from all CAD programs.
As you can see you are free to use any program you like, only assure
that you get your images as a vector graphic, if possible as PDF.
(Other vector graphics output formats like EPS and SVG can easily be
converted PDF with free software.)
regards Uwe
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Graham M Smith
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