Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-11-02 Thread chr
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Sven Schreiber wrote:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Tips/ so I've moved your text there.
 
  http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets
 
 In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
 group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
 simply
 
  http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList
 
 so I've added a link to your page from that page.

[snip]

 It's good you're explaining this, because somehow I'm a bit tired of
 learning yet another markup syntax, especially through manuals and
 tutorials. 

I can understand that... would a reference card of the markup on a 
single page be better?

However, in general I don't think the markup is the big problem, but
rather knowing *where* to add the information. And knowing how to
integrate the page with all the other pages, so that people can find it
relatively easy.

As for the markup... I think most writers could get by knowing only a 
subset of what is shown below the edit form, i.e. this text:
http://wiki.lyx.org/PmWiki/EditQuickReference

In fact, I'd say these are the most common things you need to know:

!! A second level heading

!!! A third level heading

An ''emphasized'' word

* A list item
* Another list item
** A second level list item

and of course how to create a link to another page

{{LyX/Examples}} - a link to the page LyX/Examples

 Possibly this also deters other people from adding to the wiki.

Quit likely unfortunately.

 Is there any way to use plain html and get that converted so that the
 wiki engine accepts it?

I'm afraid not... there are actually good reasons for why HTML isn't 
allowed, but I can't remember them right now.

/Christian

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr




Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-11-02 Thread chr
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Sven Schreiber wrote:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Tips/ so I've moved your text there.
 
  http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets
 
 In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
 group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
 simply
 
  http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList
 
 so I've added a link to your page from that page.

[snip]

 It's good you're explaining this, because somehow I'm a bit tired of
 learning yet another markup syntax, especially through manuals and
 tutorials. 

I can understand that... would a reference card of the markup on a 
single page be better?

However, in general I don't think the markup is the big problem, but
rather knowing *where* to add the information. And knowing how to
integrate the page with all the other pages, so that people can find it
relatively easy.

As for the markup... I think most writers could get by knowing only a 
subset of what is shown below the edit form, i.e. this text:
http://wiki.lyx.org/PmWiki/EditQuickReference

In fact, I'd say these are the most common things you need to know:

!! A second level heading

!!! A third level heading

An ''emphasized'' word

* A list item
* Another list item
** A second level list item

and of course how to create a link to another page

{{LyX/Examples}} - a link to the page LyX/Examples

 Possibly this also deters other people from adding to the wiki.

Quit likely unfortunately.

 Is there any way to use plain html and get that converted so that the
 wiki engine accepts it?

I'm afraid not... there are actually good reasons for why HTML isn't 
allowed, but I can't remember them right now.

/Christian

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr




Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-11-02 Thread chr
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >Tips/ so I've moved your text there.
> >
> > http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets
> >
> >In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
> >group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
> >simply
> >
> > http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList
> >
> >so I've added a link to your page from that page.

[snip]

> It's good you're explaining this, because somehow I'm a bit tired of
> learning yet another markup syntax, especially through manuals and
> tutorials. 

I can understand that... would a "reference card" of the markup on a 
single page be better?

However, in general I don't think the markup is the big problem, but
rather knowing *where* to add the information. And knowing how to
"integrate" the page with all the other pages, so that people can find it
relatively easy.

As for the markup... I think most writers could get by knowing only a 
subset of what is shown below the edit form, i.e. this text:
http://wiki.lyx.org/PmWiki/EditQuickReference

In fact, I'd say these are the most common things you need to know:

!! A second level heading

!!! A third level heading

An ''emphasized'' word

* A list item
* Another list item
** A second level list item

and of course how to create a link to another page

{{LyX/Examples}} - a link to the page LyX/Examples

> Possibly this also deters other people from adding to the wiki.

Quit likely unfortunately.

> Is there any way to use plain html and get that converted so that the
> wiki engine accepts it?

I'm afraid not... there are actually good reasons for why HTML isn't 
allowed, but I can't remember them right now.

/Christian

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr




Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-23 Thread Sven Schreiber
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Tips/ so I've moved your text there.

   http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets

In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
simply

   http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList

so I've added a link to your page from that page.
  

Thanks very much for your help!

PS. As a sidenote, let me just mention that the way I used to create a 
link to Sven's page from the PageList-page used the following markup:

   T*Tips/{{copy tables from spreadsheets}}

which is called a teaser markup. It's a teaser because after the link, 
a teaser text will be appended that is taken from the first link of the 
page that is being linked to. As a result of this, thinks work out nicely 
on the PaegList-page if the first line on each page is a nice description 
of each page.

  

It's good you're explaining this, because somehow I'm a bit tired of
learning yet another markup syntax, especially through manuals and
tutorials. Possibly this also deters other people from adding to the
wiki. Is there any way to use plain html and get that converted so that
the wiki engine accepts it?
But thanks again,
sven


Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-23 Thread Sven Schreiber
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Tips/ so I've moved your text there.

   http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets

In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
simply

   http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList

so I've added a link to your page from that page.
  

Thanks very much for your help!

PS. As a sidenote, let me just mention that the way I used to create a 
link to Sven's page from the PageList-page used the following markup:

   T*Tips/{{copy tables from spreadsheets}}

which is called a teaser markup. It's a teaser because after the link, 
a teaser text will be appended that is taken from the first link of the 
page that is being linked to. As a result of this, thinks work out nicely 
on the PaegList-page if the first line on each page is a nice description 
of each page.

  

It's good you're explaining this, because somehow I'm a bit tired of
learning yet another markup syntax, especially through manuals and
tutorials. Possibly this also deters other people from adding to the
wiki. Is there any way to use plain html and get that converted so that
the wiki engine accepts it?
But thanks again,
sven


Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-23 Thread Sven Schreiber
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>
>Tips/ so I've moved your text there.
>
>   http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets
>
>In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
>group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
>simply
>
>   http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList
>
>so I've added a link to your page from that page.
>  
>
Thanks very much for your help!

>PS. As a sidenote, let me just mention that the way I used to create a 
>link to Sven's page from the PageList-page used the following markup:
>
>   T*Tips/{{copy tables from spreadsheets}}
>
>which is called a "teaser" markup. It's a teaser because after the link, 
>a teaser text will be appended that is taken from the first link of the 
>page that is being linked to. As a result of this, thinks work out nicely 
>on the PaegList-page if the first line on each page is a nice description 
>of each page.
>
>  
>
It's good you're explaining this, because somehow I'm a bit tired of
learning yet another markup syntax, especially through manuals and
tutorials. Possibly this also deters other people from adding to the
wiki. Is there any way to use plain html and get that converted so that
the wiki engine accepts it?
But thanks again,
sven


Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-21 Thread chr
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Sven Schreiber wrote:

 I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
 think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
 section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
 (CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
 this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.

Hi Sven

Putting it on the wiki seems like a good idea (even it it would be fixed 
in 1.4 - I don't know).

The only real problem with adding stuff to the wiki is deciding where to 
add it... or what to call the page if you're creating a new page. 
Generally speaking, the pages are organized into groups, where we have 
groups such as LyX/, Tips/ and Examples/. I'm guessing this belongs in 
Tips/ so I've moved your text there.

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets

In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
simply

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList

so I've added a link to your page from that page.

If you're feeling really ambitious, you could go to the one of the pages 
in the group FAQ/ and add a question/answer that simply links to your 
page.

best regards
/Christian

PS. As a sidenote, let me just mention that the way I used to create a 
link to Sven's page from the PageList-page used the following markup:

T*Tips/{{copy tables from spreadsheets}}

which is called a teaser markup. It's a teaser because after the link, 
a teaser text will be appended that is taken from the first link of the 
page that is being linked to. As a result of this, thinks work out nicely 
on the PaegList-page if the first line on each page is a nice description 
of each page.

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr




Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-21 Thread chr
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Sven Schreiber wrote:

 I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
 think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
 section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
 (CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
 this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.

Hi Sven

Putting it on the wiki seems like a good idea (even it it would be fixed 
in 1.4 - I don't know).

The only real problem with adding stuff to the wiki is deciding where to 
add it... or what to call the page if you're creating a new page. 
Generally speaking, the pages are organized into groups, where we have 
groups such as LyX/, Tips/ and Examples/. I'm guessing this belongs in 
Tips/ so I've moved your text there.

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets

In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
simply

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList

so I've added a link to your page from that page.

If you're feeling really ambitious, you could go to the one of the pages 
in the group FAQ/ and add a question/answer that simply links to your 
page.

best regards
/Christian

PS. As a sidenote, let me just mention that the way I used to create a 
link to Sven's page from the PageList-page used the following markup:

T*Tips/{{copy tables from spreadsheets}}

which is called a teaser markup. It's a teaser because after the link, 
a teaser text will be appended that is taken from the first link of the 
page that is being linked to. As a result of this, thinks work out nicely 
on the PaegList-page if the first line on each page is a nice description 
of each page.

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr




Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-21 Thread chr
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Sven Schreiber wrote:

> I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
> think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
> section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
> ("CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets"), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
> this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.

Hi Sven

Putting it on the wiki seems like a good idea (even it it would be fixed 
in 1.4 - I don't know).

The only real problem with adding stuff to the wiki is deciding where to 
add it... or what to call the page if you're creating a new page. 
Generally speaking, the pages are organized into groups, where we have 
groups such as LyX/, Tips/ and Examples/. I'm guessing this belongs in 
Tips/ so I've moved your text there.

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets

In addition, it's a good idea to add a link to the special page in each 
group that is used to list/describe pages in the group. Here, the page is 
simply

http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PageList

so I've added a link to your page from that page.

If you're feeling really ambitious, you could go to the one of the pages 
in the group FAQ/ and add a question/answer that simply links to your 
page.

best regards
/Christian

PS. As a sidenote, let me just mention that the way I used to create a 
link to Sven's page from the PageList-page used the following markup:

T*Tips/{{copy tables from spreadsheets}}

which is called a "teaser" markup. It's a teaser because after the link, 
a teaser text will be appended that is taken from the first link of the 
page that is being linked to. As a result of this, thinks work out nicely 
on the PaegList-page if the first line on each page is a nice description 
of each page.

-- 
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44   http://www.md.kth.se/~chr




Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-19 Thread Sven Schreiber

 Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki. 
 
 
 I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and 
 summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you can 
 spare the time.

In principle I could do that, but with the (hopefully) imminent release of 
version 1.4 I would
rather start a new tips collection instead of spending time on a (hopefully) 
soon obsolete version.

Samar, feel free to remind me of this half-promise when 1.4 comes out...

-sven



Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-19 Thread samar j. singh
On Wednesday 19 October 2005 13:13, Sven Schreiber wrote:
  Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki.
 
 
  I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and
  summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you
  can spare the time.

 In principle I could do that, but with the (hopefully) imminent release of
 version 1.4 I would rather start a new tips collection instead of spending
 time on a (hopefully) soon obsolete version.

 Samar, feel free to remind me of this half-promise when 1.4 comes out...

 -sven


Sven, a half promise is better than none and if you are inviting a reminder 
thats even better. 

Given the greater margin of time, I could look up a few things from a course I 
had put together for a small publishing house some time ago which you  could 
consider adding to your work.

I seem to recollect reading somewhere that 1.4 will not be addressing the 
issue of cut and paste.

regards

samar


Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-19 Thread Sven Schreiber

 Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki. 
 
 
 I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and 
 summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you can 
 spare the time.

In principle I could do that, but with the (hopefully) imminent release of 
version 1.4 I would
rather start a new tips collection instead of spending time on a (hopefully) 
soon obsolete version.

Samar, feel free to remind me of this half-promise when 1.4 comes out...

-sven



Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-19 Thread samar j. singh
On Wednesday 19 October 2005 13:13, Sven Schreiber wrote:
  Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki.
 
 
  I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and
  summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you
  can spare the time.

 In principle I could do that, but with the (hopefully) imminent release of
 version 1.4 I would rather start a new tips collection instead of spending
 time on a (hopefully) soon obsolete version.

 Samar, feel free to remind me of this half-promise when 1.4 comes out...

 -sven


Sven, a half promise is better than none and if you are inviting a reminder 
thats even better. 

Given the greater margin of time, I could look up a few things from a course I 
had put together for a small publishing house some time ago which you  could 
consider adding to your work.

I seem to recollect reading somewhere that 1.4 will not be addressing the 
issue of cut and paste.

regards

samar


Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-19 Thread Sven Schreiber

> Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki. 
> 
> 
> I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and 
> summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you can 
> spare the time.

In principle I could do that, but with the (hopefully) imminent release of 
version 1.4 I would
rather start a new tips collection instead of spending time on a (hopefully) 
soon obsolete version.

Samar, feel free to remind me of this half-promise when 1.4 comes out...

-sven



Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-19 Thread samar j. singh
On Wednesday 19 October 2005 13:13, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> > Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki.
> >
> >
> > I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and
> > summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you
> > can spare the time.
>
> In principle I could do that, but with the (hopefully) imminent release of
> version 1.4 I would rather start a new tips collection instead of spending
> time on a (hopefully) soon obsolete version.
>
> Samar, feel free to remind me of this half-promise when 1.4 comes out...
>
> -sven


Sven, a half promise is better than none and if you are inviting a reminder 
thats even better. 

Given the greater margin of time, I could look up a few things from a course I 
had put together for a small publishing house some time ago which you  could 
consider adding to your work.

I seem to recollect reading somewhere that 1.4 will not be addressing the 
issue of cut and paste.

regards

samar


[need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-17 Thread Sven Schreiber

6. Click the middle button on your mouse.

That should be it. The experts tell me this should not work but
unfortunately for the theory, it does for me.

samar




Kenward
  

I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
(CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.

Samar, Kenward, I hope you don't mind being mentioned on the page.

And btw, while I'm a loyal, devoted, enthusiastic, spreading-the-word
(etc., you get the feeling...) Lyx user, I have to say that the need to
publish this workaround as a hint just means that basic copypaste is
essentially kaputt in Lyx. Can we users hope for better life with 1.4?

(Developers, please don't get me wrong, Lyx is great software.)
-sven


Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-17 Thread samar j. singh
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 03:50, Sven Schreiber wrote:
 6. Click the middle button on your mouse.
 
 That should be it. The experts tell me this should not work but
 unfortunately for the theory, it does for me.
 
 samar
 
 Kenward

 I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
 think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
 section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
 (CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
 this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.

 Samar, Kenward, I hope you don't mind being mentioned on the page.

 And btw, while I'm a loyal, devoted, enthusiastic, spreading-the-word
 (etc., you get the feeling...) Lyx user, I have to say that the need to
 publish this workaround as a hint just means that basic copypaste is
 essentially kaputt in Lyx. Can we users hope for better life with 1.4?

 (Developers, please don't get me wrong, Lyx is great software.)
 -sven

Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki. 

Just a suggestion.  Similar issues keep coming up on cut and paste problems. 
For instance, recently there was this issue that you can't cut and paste 
between lyx documents and the simple answer is they have to be documents on 
the same instance of Lyx.

I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and 
summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you can 
spare the time.

I have put someting on the wiki before. While the direct instructions are 
fairly simple I found some derivatives more problematic like the .jpg file
being downloaded as .jpeg which creates problems for lyx.

Christian at chr at home.se is the man you need to contact. Very helpful 
too.

Re your other comment,  like every other beauty Lyx has areas it could improve 
on, but the entire persona is what most of us go for. Lyx is an immensely 
productive tool. When you match it with something like freemind, its a 
powerful combination for thought and expression. To the developers of both, I 
am personally deeply indebted.

best regards

samar


[need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-17 Thread Sven Schreiber

6. Click the middle button on your mouse.

That should be it. The experts tell me this should not work but
unfortunately for the theory, it does for me.

samar




Kenward
  

I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
(CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.

Samar, Kenward, I hope you don't mind being mentioned on the page.

And btw, while I'm a loyal, devoted, enthusiastic, spreading-the-word
(etc., you get the feeling...) Lyx user, I have to say that the need to
publish this workaround as a hint just means that basic copypaste is
essentially kaputt in Lyx. Can we users hope for better life with 1.4?

(Developers, please don't get me wrong, Lyx is great software.)
-sven


Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-17 Thread samar j. singh
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 03:50, Sven Schreiber wrote:
 6. Click the middle button on your mouse.
 
 That should be it. The experts tell me this should not work but
 unfortunately for the theory, it does for me.
 
 samar
 
 Kenward

 I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
 think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
 section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
 (CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
 this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.

 Samar, Kenward, I hope you don't mind being mentioned on the page.

 And btw, while I'm a loyal, devoted, enthusiastic, spreading-the-word
 (etc., you get the feeling...) Lyx user, I have to say that the need to
 publish this workaround as a hint just means that basic copypaste is
 essentially kaputt in Lyx. Can we users hope for better life with 1.4?

 (Developers, please don't get me wrong, Lyx is great software.)
 -sven

Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki. 

Just a suggestion.  Similar issues keep coming up on cut and paste problems. 
For instance, recently there was this issue that you can't cut and paste 
between lyx documents and the simple answer is they have to be documents on 
the same instance of Lyx.

I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and 
summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you can 
spare the time.

I have put someting on the wiki before. While the direct instructions are 
fairly simple I found some derivatives more problematic like the .jpg file
being downloaded as .jpeg which creates problems for lyx.

Christian at chr at home.se is the man you need to contact. Very helpful 
too.

Re your other comment,  like every other beauty Lyx has areas it could improve 
on, but the entire persona is what most of us go for. Lyx is an immensely 
productive tool. When you match it with something like freemind, its a 
powerful combination for thought and expression. To the developers of both, I 
am personally deeply indebted.

best regards

samar


[need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-17 Thread Sven Schreiber

>>6. Click the middle button on your mouse.
>>
>>That should be it. The experts tell me this should not work but
>>unfortunately for the theory, it does for me.
>>
>>samar
>>
>>
>
>
>Kenward
>  
>
I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
("CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets"), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.

Samar, Kenward, I hope you don't mind being mentioned on the page.

And btw, while I'm a loyal, devoted, enthusiastic, spreading-the-word
(etc., you get the feeling...) Lyx user, I have to say that the need to
publish this workaround as a hint just means that basic copy is
essentially "kaputt" in Lyx. Can we users hope for better life with 1.4?

(Developers, please don't get me wrong, Lyx is great software.)
-sven


Re: [need help with wiki] Re: Excel data sheets

2005-10-17 Thread samar j. singh
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 03:50, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> >>6. Click the middle button on your mouse.
> >>
> >>That should be it. The experts tell me this should not work but
> >>unfortunately for the theory, it does for me.
> >>
> >>samar
> >
> >Kenward
>
> I just discovered your tips on transferring spreadsheet contents, and I
> think it's really useful; so I have turned this into a page for the tips
> section of the Wiki. It should be saved on the Wiki
> ("CopyTablesFromSpreadsheets"), but I'm not sure how to correctly link
> this to the tips section, so maybe somebody else could help me out.
>
> Samar, Kenward, I hope you don't mind being mentioned on the page.
>
> And btw, while I'm a loyal, devoted, enthusiastic, spreading-the-word
> (etc., you get the feeling...) Lyx user, I have to say that the need to
> publish this workaround as a hint just means that basic copy is
> essentially "kaputt" in Lyx. Can we users hope for better life with 1.4?
>
> (Developers, please don't get me wrong, Lyx is great software.)
> -sven

Its great that you are visualising putting this on the wiki. 

Just a suggestion.  Similar issues keep coming up on cut and paste problems. 
For instance, recently there was this issue that you can't cut and paste 
between lyx documents and the simple answer is they have to be documents on 
the same instance of Lyx.

I just wonder if it might be a better idea to scan through the lists and 
summarize all cut and paste tips and put them together on the wiki if you can 
spare the time.

I have put someting on the wiki before. While the direct instructions are 
fairly simple I found some derivatives more problematic like the .jpg file
being downloaded as .jpeg which creates problems for lyx.

Christian at chr "at" home.se is the man you need to contact. Very helpful 
too.

Re your other comment,  like every other beauty Lyx has areas it could improve 
on, but the entire persona is what most of us go for. Lyx is an immensely 
productive tool. When you match it with something like freemind, its a 
powerful combination for thought and expression. To the developers of both, I 
am personally deeply indebted.

best regards

samar