kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread harmel
Hello

what is with kLyx ? is the Development down ?

Thanks jojo




Re: kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread Walter H. van Holst
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:47:56AM +0100, harmel wrote:
 what is with kLyx ? is the Development down ?

KLyX has been dead for years. 1.3pre2 can be compiled with a QT frontend 
though, it looks quite pretty.

Regards,

 Walter



Re: kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:47:56AM +0100, harmel wrote:
 what is with kLyx ?

Gone the way of the Dodo.

 is the Development down ?

No development since four years or so.

Andre'

-- 
Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,
will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)



kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread harmel
Hello

what is with kLyx ? is the Development down ?

Thanks jojo




Re: kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread Walter H. van Holst
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:47:56AM +0100, harmel wrote:
 what is with kLyx ? is the Development down ?

KLyX has been dead for years. 1.3pre2 can be compiled with a QT frontend 
though, it looks quite pretty.

Regards,

 Walter



Re: kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:47:56AM +0100, harmel wrote:
 what is with kLyx ?

Gone the way of the Dodo.

 is the Development down ?

No development since four years or so.

Andre'

-- 
Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,
will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)



kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread harmel
Hello

what is with kLyx ? is the Development down ?

Thanks jojo




Re: kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread Walter H. van Holst
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:47:56AM +0100, harmel wrote:
> what is with kLyx ? is the Development down ?

KLyX has been dead for years. 1.3pre2 can be compiled with a QT frontend 
though, it looks quite pretty.

Regards,

 Walter



Re: kLyx ?

2003-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:47:56AM +0100, harmel wrote:
> what is with kLyx ?

Gone the way of the Dodo.

> is the Development down ?

No development since four years or so.

Andre'

-- 
Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security,
will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread Matej Cepl

On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 05:57:15PM +0200, Robin Turner wrote:
  For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
  There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
  there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
  GUI indepndence than in visible results.
 
 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
 another year?  Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job
 was near done.  Oh well.

Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
that we should wait for it?

Matej

-- 
Matej Cepl, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488
 
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded
men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
--Martin Luther King, Jr. 




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread John Levon

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 03:34:55PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote:

 Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
 I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
 that we should wait for it?

The Gnome frontend is far behind the Qt2 one at the moment. You
can still use the Qt2 version under gnome don't forget.

We need more developers !

regards
john

-- 
I went to set up a Yahoo ID for my dog. (Don't ask, but the DOG'S email was 
cluttering my inbox). 
- Ruthless Advisorette



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread Allan Rae

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, John Levon wrote:

 On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 03:34:55PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote:

  Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
  I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
  that we should wait for it?

 The Gnome frontend is far behind the Qt2 one at the moment. You
 can still use the Qt2 version under gnome don't forget.

 We need more developers !

Or at least one or two that have a commitment to seeing a GNOME
frontend.  There is a strange historical truism developing here: gtk
and GNOME requests have been about as common as Qt/KDE requests but
we've never had anywhere near as many people interested in actually
working on the gtk/GNOME frontend as we have for Qt/KDE.

Speculation:
GNOME is about as popular as KDE on LyX users desktops.
LyX  KDE are written in C++ while GNOME is C with the
result that gtk/GNOME developers capable of working in a C++
environment are rarer still.  There are several C++ GNOME apps
available but they still represent a small fraction of the
developer community.  (Not that they really need that much C++
to work in the frontends/ area since a lot of the work is done
for them as a result of Angus's MVC work)

Result:
Little or no hope for the gtk/GNOME frontend?

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread John Levon

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:12:31PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

   LyX  KDE are written in C++ while GNOME is C with the
   result that gtk/GNOME developers capable of working in a C++
   environment are rarer still.

More likely a I hate C++ attitude ...

 Result:
   Little or no hope for the gtk/GNOME frontend?

perhaps someone needs to point out that the competition are ahead.
That usually galvanises the Gnome workforce :)

john

-- 
I went to set up a Yahoo ID for my dog. (Don't ask, but the DOG'S email was 
cluttering my inbox). 
- Ruthless Advisorette



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread Matej Cepl

On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 05:57:15PM +0200, Robin Turner wrote:
  For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
  There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
  there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
  GUI indepndence than in visible results.
 
 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
 another year?  Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job
 was near done.  Oh well.

Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
that we should wait for it?

Matej

-- 
Matej Cepl, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488
 
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded
men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
--Martin Luther King, Jr. 




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread John Levon

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 03:34:55PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote:

 Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
 I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
 that we should wait for it?

The Gnome frontend is far behind the Qt2 one at the moment. You
can still use the Qt2 version under gnome don't forget.

We need more developers !

regards
john

-- 
I went to set up a Yahoo ID for my dog. (Don't ask, but the DOG'S email was 
cluttering my inbox). 
- Ruthless Advisorette



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread Allan Rae

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, John Levon wrote:

 On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 03:34:55PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote:

  Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
  I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
  that we should wait for it?

 The Gnome frontend is far behind the Qt2 one at the moment. You
 can still use the Qt2 version under gnome don't forget.

 We need more developers !

Or at least one or two that have a commitment to seeing a GNOME
frontend.  There is a strange historical truism developing here: gtk
and GNOME requests have been about as common as Qt/KDE requests but
we've never had anywhere near as many people interested in actually
working on the gtk/GNOME frontend as we have for Qt/KDE.

Speculation:
GNOME is about as popular as KDE on LyX users desktops.
LyX  KDE are written in C++ while GNOME is C with the
result that gtk/GNOME developers capable of working in a C++
environment are rarer still.  There are several C++ GNOME apps
available but they still represent a small fraction of the
developer community.  (Not that they really need that much C++
to work in the frontends/ area since a lot of the work is done
for them as a result of Angus's MVC work)

Result:
Little or no hope for the gtk/GNOME frontend?

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread John Levon

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:12:31PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

   LyX  KDE are written in C++ while GNOME is C with the
   result that gtk/GNOME developers capable of working in a C++
   environment are rarer still.

More likely a I hate C++ attitude ...

 Result:
   Little or no hope for the gtk/GNOME frontend?

perhaps someone needs to point out that the competition are ahead.
That usually galvanises the Gnome workforce :)

john

-- 
I went to set up a Yahoo ID for my dog. (Don't ask, but the DOG'S email was 
cluttering my inbox). 
- Ruthless Advisorette



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread Matej Cepl

On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 05:57:15PM +0200, Robin Turner wrote:
> > For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
> > There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
> > there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
> > GUI indepndence than in visible results.
> 
> 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
> another year?  Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job
> was near done.  Oh well.

Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
that we should wait for it?

Matej

-- 
Matej Cepl, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488
 
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded
men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
--Martin Luther King, Jr. 




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread John Levon

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 03:34:55PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote:

> Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
> I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
> that we should wait for it?

The Gnome frontend is far behind the Qt2 one at the moment. You
can still use the Qt2 version under gnome don't forget.

We need more developers !

regards
john

-- 
"I went to set up a Yahoo ID for my dog. (Don't ask, but the DOG'S email was 
cluttering my inbox)." 
- Ruthless Advisorette



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread Allan Rae

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, John Levon wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 03:34:55PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote:
>
> > Is this poor prospect true even for us, who are using GNOME?
> > I would love to get rid off xforms too. How long do you think,
> > that we should wait for it?
>
> The Gnome frontend is far behind the Qt2 one at the moment. You
> can still use the Qt2 version under gnome don't forget.
>
> We need more developers !

Or at least one or two that have a commitment to seeing a GNOME
frontend.  There is a strange historical truism developing here: gtk
and GNOME requests have been about as common as Qt/KDE requests but
we've never had anywhere near as many people interested in actually
working on the gtk/GNOME frontend as we have for Qt/KDE.

Speculation:
GNOME is about as popular as KDE on LyX users desktops.
LyX & KDE are written in C++ while GNOME is C with the
result that gtk/GNOME developers capable of working in a C++
environment are rarer still.  There are several C++ GNOME apps
available but they still represent a small fraction of the
developer community.  (Not that they really need that much C++
to work in the frontends/ area since a lot of the work is done
for them as a result of Angus's MVC work)

Result:
Little or no hope for the gtk/GNOME frontend?

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-08 Thread John Levon

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:12:31PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

>   LyX & KDE are written in C++ while GNOME is C with the
>   result that gtk/GNOME developers capable of working in a C++
>   environment are rarer still.

More likely a "I hate C++" attitude ...

> Result:
>   Little or no hope for the gtk/GNOME frontend?

perhaps someone needs to point out that "the competition" are ahead.
That usually galvanises the Gnome workforce >:)

john

-- 
"I went to set up a Yahoo ID for my dog. (Don't ask, but the DOG'S email was 
cluttering my inbox)." 
- Ruthless Advisorette



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread Allan Rae

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Robin Turner wrote:

 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
 another year?

I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.
They may not be sexy (what toolkit is?) but LyX looks a lot prettier
than it did in 0.10.7 guise.

And now you can change the colours to suit your environment.  Sorry,
no fancy gradients, pixmaps or other wierd textures available.

 Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
 done.  Oh well.

The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread John Levon

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:05:33PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

  1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
  another year?
 
 I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.

And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
on LyX too long.

  Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
  done.  Oh well.
 
 The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
 chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.

I suppose we should make clearer the status of the non-dialog code.
Although it's not super-easy to estimate (I'd wager that XFormsView vs.
LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)

regards
john

-- 
Unless everyone else on earth is attending meetings I haven't been told
about.
- /. paranoia at its finest



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread Allan Rae

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, John Levon wrote:

 On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:05:33PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

   1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
   another year?
 
  I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.

 And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
 on LyX too long.

If I set the XForms widget colours to the light green that KLyX used
to default to it looks very similar to that modern toolkit.

So what am I missing?  (the Feel of the menus is bad.  Otherwise?)

Maybe I'm not as fussy as some.  Function over form that sort of
thing.  Maybe the rest of my desktop is a good indication:  aterm with
black backgrounds and yellow text (although shells on other computers
are colour-coded but all are primary (ROYGBIV) colours on black), root
window is solid black, WindowMaker dock is pale purple.  Not much else
on display: Opera-6tp2, Mozilla-0.9.7, xemacs-21.4.6 all with default
colour/theme settings.

As sexy toolkits go I liked the looks of Sun's HotJava browser which
Mozilla is now copying to a certain extent.  Can you point out any
particular widget that causes your optic nerve distress?  Any that
make you twitch uncontrollably?

The only thing LyX is missing, in terms of visual pleasantness IMHO,
is anti-aliased text.

   Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
   done.  Oh well.
 
  The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
  chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.

 I suppose we should make clearer the status of the non-dialog code.
 Although it's not super-easy to estimate (I'd wager that XFormsView vs.
 LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)

Have to start somewhere.

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread John Levon

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 02:45:16PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

  And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
  on LyX too long.
 
 If I set the XForms widget colours to the light green that KLyX used
 to default to it looks very similar to that modern toolkit.
 
 So what am I missing?  (the Feel of the menus is bad.  Otherwise?)

xforms restrictions have prevented us from improving the UI.
The dialogs are buggy. The widgets are clunky. Keyboard navigability is awful.
Resizing is broken. The widgets look awful, light green or not. Some widgets
have no focus ability or highlighting. The textline chooser doesn't work
with clicks properly. Radio buttons look like checkboxes. pop up menus
feel icky. Tabs have known problems. No way to show disabled textboxes etc.
latex preamble is broken in some versions. The default ask box has the
buttons in a stupid order. Citation dialog has several problems. The file
dialog is broken ... I could go on.

 Maybe I'm not as fussy as some.  Function over form that sort of
 thing.  Maybe the rest of my desktop is a good indication:  aterm with

It is a testament to the usefulness of LyX that people persist with the
interface.

 particular widget that causes your optic nerve distress?  Any that
 make you twitch uncontrollably?

the checkboxes for one. ugly and unthemeable. and the menus. and the rest.

 The only thing LyX is missing, in terms of visual pleasantness IMHO,
 is anti-aliased text.

that will be nice. I hope whoever it was who implemented this is working
on a version good enough to apply !

  LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)
 
 Have to start somewhere.

sure ;)

regards
john

-- 
Unless everyone else on earth is attending meetings I haven't been told
about.
- /. paranoia at its finest



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread Allan Rae

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Robin Turner wrote:

 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
 another year?

I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.
They may not be sexy (what toolkit is?) but LyX looks a lot prettier
than it did in 0.10.7 guise.

And now you can change the colours to suit your environment.  Sorry,
no fancy gradients, pixmaps or other wierd textures available.

 Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
 done.  Oh well.

The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread John Levon

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:05:33PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

  1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
  another year?
 
 I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.

And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
on LyX too long.

  Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
  done.  Oh well.
 
 The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
 chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.

I suppose we should make clearer the status of the non-dialog code.
Although it's not super-easy to estimate (I'd wager that XFormsView vs.
LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)

regards
john

-- 
Unless everyone else on earth is attending meetings I haven't been told
about.
- /. paranoia at its finest



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread Allan Rae

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, John Levon wrote:

 On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:05:33PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

   1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
   another year?
 
  I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.

 And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
 on LyX too long.

If I set the XForms widget colours to the light green that KLyX used
to default to it looks very similar to that modern toolkit.

So what am I missing?  (the Feel of the menus is bad.  Otherwise?)

Maybe I'm not as fussy as some.  Function over form that sort of
thing.  Maybe the rest of my desktop is a good indication:  aterm with
black backgrounds and yellow text (although shells on other computers
are colour-coded but all are primary (ROYGBIV) colours on black), root
window is solid black, WindowMaker dock is pale purple.  Not much else
on display: Opera-6tp2, Mozilla-0.9.7, xemacs-21.4.6 all with default
colour/theme settings.

As sexy toolkits go I liked the looks of Sun's HotJava browser which
Mozilla is now copying to a certain extent.  Can you point out any
particular widget that causes your optic nerve distress?  Any that
make you twitch uncontrollably?

The only thing LyX is missing, in terms of visual pleasantness IMHO,
is anti-aliased text.

   Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
   done.  Oh well.
 
  The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
  chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.

 I suppose we should make clearer the status of the non-dialog code.
 Although it's not super-easy to estimate (I'd wager that XFormsView vs.
 LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)

Have to start somewhere.

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread John Levon

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 02:45:16PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

  And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
  on LyX too long.
 
 If I set the XForms widget colours to the light green that KLyX used
 to default to it looks very similar to that modern toolkit.
 
 So what am I missing?  (the Feel of the menus is bad.  Otherwise?)

xforms restrictions have prevented us from improving the UI.
The dialogs are buggy. The widgets are clunky. Keyboard navigability is awful.
Resizing is broken. The widgets look awful, light green or not. Some widgets
have no focus ability or highlighting. The textline chooser doesn't work
with clicks properly. Radio buttons look like checkboxes. pop up menus
feel icky. Tabs have known problems. No way to show disabled textboxes etc.
latex preamble is broken in some versions. The default ask box has the
buttons in a stupid order. Citation dialog has several problems. The file
dialog is broken ... I could go on.

 Maybe I'm not as fussy as some.  Function over form that sort of
 thing.  Maybe the rest of my desktop is a good indication:  aterm with

It is a testament to the usefulness of LyX that people persist with the
interface.

 particular widget that causes your optic nerve distress?  Any that
 make you twitch uncontrollably?

the checkboxes for one. ugly and unthemeable. and the menus. and the rest.

 The only thing LyX is missing, in terms of visual pleasantness IMHO,
 is anti-aliased text.

that will be nice. I hope whoever it was who implemented this is working
on a version good enough to apply !

  LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)
 
 Have to start somewhere.

sure ;)

regards
john

-- 
Unless everyone else on earth is attending meetings I haven't been told
about.
- /. paranoia at its finest



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread Allan Rae

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Robin Turner wrote:

> 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
> another year?

I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.
They may not be sexy (what toolkit is?) but LyX looks a lot prettier
than it did in 0.10.7 guise.

And now you can change the colours to suit your environment.  Sorry,
no fancy gradients, pixmaps or other wierd textures available.

> Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
> done.  Oh well.

The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread John Levon

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:05:33PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

> > 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
> > another year?
> 
> I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.

And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
on LyX too long.

> > Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
> > done.  Oh well.
> 
> The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
> chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.

I suppose we should make clearer the status of the non-dialog code.
Although it's not super-easy to estimate (I'd wager that XFormsView vs.
LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)

regards
john

-- 
"Unless everyone else on earth is attending meetings I haven't been told
about."
- /. paranoia at its finest



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread Allan Rae

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, John Levon wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:05:33PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:
>
> > > 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
> > > another year?
> >
> > I still don't understand why people say the xforms widgets are ugly.
>
> And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
> on LyX too long.

If I set the XForms widget colours to the light green that KLyX used
to default to it looks very similar to that "modern" toolkit.

So what am I missing?  (the "Feel" of the menus is bad.  Otherwise?)

Maybe I'm not as fussy as some.  "Function over form" that sort of
thing.  Maybe the rest of my desktop is a good indication:  aterm with
black backgrounds and yellow text (although shells on other computers
are colour-coded but all are primary (ROYGBIV) colours on black), root
window is solid black, WindowMaker dock is pale purple.  Not much else
on display: Opera-6tp2, Mozilla-0.9.7, xemacs-21.4.6 all with default
colour/theme settings.

As sexy toolkits go I liked the looks of Sun's HotJava browser which
Mozilla is now copying to a certain extent.  Can you point out any
particular widget that causes your optic nerve distress?  Any that
make you twitch uncontrollably?

The only thing LyX is missing, in terms of visual pleasantness IMHO,
is anti-aliased text.

> > > Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job was near
> > > done.  Oh well.
> >
> > The Qt2 dialogs are nearly done.  There are still a couple of big
> > chunks of the interface that aren't simple dialogs left to go.
>
> I suppose we should make clearer the status of the non-dialog code.
> Although it's not super-easy to estimate (I'd wager that XFormsView vs.
> LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)

Have to start somewhere.

Allan. (ARRae)




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-06 Thread John Levon

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 02:45:16PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:

> > And everyone else would say this is because you have been hacking
> > on LyX too long.
> 
> If I set the XForms widget colours to the light green that KLyX used
> to default to it looks very similar to that "modern" toolkit.
> 
> So what am I missing?  (the "Feel" of the menus is bad.  Otherwise?)

xforms restrictions have prevented us from improving the UI.
The dialogs are buggy. The widgets are clunky. Keyboard navigability is awful.
Resizing is broken. The widgets look awful, light green or not. Some widgets
have no focus ability or highlighting. The textline chooser doesn't work
with clicks properly. Radio buttons look like checkboxes. pop up menus
feel icky. Tabs have known problems. No way to show disabled textboxes etc.
latex preamble is broken in some versions. The default "ask" box has the
buttons in a stupid order. Citation dialog has several problems. The file
dialog is broken ... I could go on.

> Maybe I'm not as fussy as some.  "Function over form" that sort of
> thing.  Maybe the rest of my desktop is a good indication:  aterm with

It is a testament to the usefulness of LyX that people persist with the
interface.

> particular widget that causes your optic nerve distress?  Any that
> make you twitch uncontrollably?

the checkboxes for one. ugly and unthemeable. and the menus. and the rest.

> The only thing LyX is missing, in terms of visual pleasantness IMHO,
> is anti-aliased text.

that will be nice. I hope whoever it was who implemented this is working
on a version good enough to apply !

> > LyXView is just the start of that particular problem ;)
> 
> Have to start somewhere.

sure ;)

regards
john

-- 
"Unless everyone else on earth is attending meetings I haven't been told
about."
- /. paranoia at its finest



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-05 Thread Giovanni Bicz

Hi all, 

I'm new on this list, and I would like to ask some questions (in the hope 
they can be answered :-)).

1) When will LyX v. 1.2 be released?

2) Which new features will there be in this new version? I've read 
tasks.php3 on the LyX site I found a plenty of information about what 
should be implemented in the future, a lot of wich is _very_ exiting (such 
as: online generation of new paragraph styles (or editing or old ones), 
which would make (my, and perhaps some other users) work more easy). Is 
there any plan about when these features are planned to born?

3) On Friday 04 January 2002 16:57, Robin Turner wrote:
 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
 another year?  
Does another year  a new subversion of LyX appears cca a year after the 
previous one (which is difficult to immagine)?

Best regards, 
Giovanni



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-05 Thread Robin Turner



Giovanni Biczó wrote:

 Hi all,

 I'm new on this list, and I would like to ask some questions (in the hope
 they can be answered :-)).

 1) When will LyX v. 1.2 be released?

Check the developers page at www.lyx.org  Last time I looked, no definite
release date, but of course you can always get the latest snapshot via CVS if
you can be bothered with things like that.  There are also some RPMs available
at ftp.sylvan.com , if I remember rightly.



 2) Which new features will there be in this new version? I've read
 tasks.php3 on the LyX site I found a plenty of information about what
 should be implemented in the future, a lot of wich is _very_ exiting (such
 as: online generation of new paragraph styles (or editing or old ones),
 which would make (my, and perhaps some other users) work more easy). Is
 there any plan about when these features are planned to born?


I'm not a developer, so I'm not sure, but would expect features wlike this
will need to wait for 1.3. 1.2 is basically a nicer version of 1.* Graphics
import, for example, is much better.  The .lyx file format has been improved
as well.


 3) On Friday 04 January 2002 16:57, Robin Turner wrote:
  1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
  another year?
 Does another year  a new subversion of LyX appears cca a year after the
 previous one (which is difficult to immagine)?

It varies.  Development is generally pretty fast, though.

Robin




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-05 Thread Giovanni Bicz

Hi all, 

I'm new on this list, and I would like to ask some questions (in the hope 
they can be answered :-)).

1) When will LyX v. 1.2 be released?

2) Which new features will there be in this new version? I've read 
tasks.php3 on the LyX site I found a plenty of information about what 
should be implemented in the future, a lot of wich is _very_ exiting (such 
as: online generation of new paragraph styles (or editing or old ones), 
which would make (my, and perhaps some other users) work more easy). Is 
there any plan about when these features are planned to born?

3) On Friday 04 January 2002 16:57, Robin Turner wrote:
 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
 another year?  
Does another year  a new subversion of LyX appears cca a year after the 
previous one (which is difficult to immagine)?

Best regards, 
Giovanni



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-05 Thread Robin Turner



Giovanni Biczó wrote:

 Hi all,

 I'm new on this list, and I would like to ask some questions (in the hope
 they can be answered :-)).

 1) When will LyX v. 1.2 be released?

Check the developers page at www.lyx.org  Last time I looked, no definite
release date, but of course you can always get the latest snapshot via CVS if
you can be bothered with things like that.  There are also some RPMs available
at ftp.sylvan.com , if I remember rightly.



 2) Which new features will there be in this new version? I've read
 tasks.php3 on the LyX site I found a plenty of information about what
 should be implemented in the future, a lot of wich is _very_ exiting (such
 as: online generation of new paragraph styles (or editing or old ones),
 which would make (my, and perhaps some other users) work more easy). Is
 there any plan about when these features are planned to born?


I'm not a developer, so I'm not sure, but would expect features wlike this
will need to wait for 1.3. 1.2 is basically a nicer version of 1.* Graphics
import, for example, is much better.  The .lyx file format has been improved
as well.


 3) On Friday 04 January 2002 16:57, Robin Turner wrote:
  1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
  another year?
 Does another year  a new subversion of LyX appears cca a year after the
 previous one (which is difficult to immagine)?

It varies.  Development is generally pretty fast, though.

Robin




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-05 Thread Giovanni Biczó

Hi all, 

I'm new on this list, and I would like to ask some questions (in the hope 
they can be answered :-)).

1) When will LyX v. 1.2 be released?

2) Which new features will there be in this new version? I've read 
tasks.php3 on the LyX site I found a plenty of information about what 
should be implemented in the future, a lot of wich is _very_ exiting (such 
as: "online generation of new paragraph styles (or editing or old ones)", 
which would make (my, and perhaps some other users) work more easy). Is 
there any plan about when these features are planned to "born"?

3) On Friday 04 January 2002 16:57, Robin Turner wrote:
> 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
> another year?  
Does "another year"  a new subversion of LyX appears cca a year after the 
previous one (which is difficult to immagine)?

Best regards, 
Giovanni



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-05 Thread Robin Turner



Giovanni Biczó wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm new on this list, and I would like to ask some questions (in the hope
> they can be answered :-)).
>
> 1) When will LyX v. 1.2 be released?

Check the developers page at www.lyx.org  Last time I looked, no definite
release date, but of course you can always get the latest snapshot via CVS if
you can be bothered with things like that.  There are also some RPMs available
at ftp.sylvan.com , if I remember rightly.

>
>
> 2) Which new features will there be in this new version? I've read
> tasks.php3 on the LyX site I found a plenty of information about what
> should be implemented in the future, a lot of wich is _very_ exiting (such
> as: "online generation of new paragraph styles (or editing or old ones)",
> which would make (my, and perhaps some other users) work more easy). Is
> there any plan about when these features are planned to "born"?
>

I'm not a developer, so I'm not sure, but would expect features wlike this
will need to wait for 1.3. 1.2 is basically a nicer version of 1.* Graphics
import, for example, is much better.  The .lyx file format has been improved
as well.

>
> 3) On Friday 04 January 2002 16:57, Robin Turner wrote:
> > 1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
> > another year?
> Does "another year"  a new subversion of LyX appears cca a year after the
> previous one (which is difficult to immagine)?

It varies.  Development is generally pretty fast, though.

Robin




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Robin Turner



Wayan wrote:

 On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Herbert Voss wrote:

  no, only disadvantages when using klyx.

 Yes, but there is one feature in KLyX could not be found in LyX, i.e.
 Document Structure... I prefer use KLyX and then finishing with LyX, at
 least until LyX 1.1.6.

Yes, I enjoyed that feature when I was using KLyX.  On the bright side, LyX
1.2 should have a KDE version, so eventually there will be no difference
between LyX and KLyX.

Robin





Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

 Robin == Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Robin Yes, I enjoyed that feature when I was using KLyX. On the
Robin bright side, LyX 1.2 should have a KDE version, so eventually
Robin there will be no difference between LyX and KLyX.

For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
GUI indepndence than in visible results.

Also, having this document manager is rather independent of having a
kde port.

JMarc





Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Robin Turner



Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:



 For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
 There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
 there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
 GUI indepndence than in visible results.

1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
another year?  Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job
was near done.  Oh well.



 Also, having this document manager is rather independent of having a
 kde port.


True, but I would have thought it would make it easier to include if
anyone wanted it hard enough.

Robin




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Robin Turner



Wayan wrote:

 On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Herbert Voss wrote:

  no, only disadvantages when using klyx.

 Yes, but there is one feature in KLyX could not be found in LyX, i.e.
 Document Structure... I prefer use KLyX and then finishing with LyX, at
 least until LyX 1.1.6.

Yes, I enjoyed that feature when I was using KLyX.  On the bright side, LyX
1.2 should have a KDE version, so eventually there will be no difference
between LyX and KLyX.

Robin





Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

 Robin == Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Robin Yes, I enjoyed that feature when I was using KLyX. On the
Robin bright side, LyX 1.2 should have a KDE version, so eventually
Robin there will be no difference between LyX and KLyX.

For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
GUI indepndence than in visible results.

Also, having this document manager is rather independent of having a
kde port.

JMarc





Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Robin Turner



Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:



 For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
 There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
 there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
 GUI indepndence than in visible results.

1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
another year?  Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job
was near done.  Oh well.



 Also, having this document manager is rather independent of having a
 kde port.


True, but I would have thought it would make it easier to include if
anyone wanted it hard enough.

Robin




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Robin Turner



Wayan wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Herbert Voss wrote:
>
> > no, only disadvantages when using klyx.
>
> Yes, but there is one feature in KLyX could not be found in LyX, i.e.
> Document Structure... I prefer use KLyX and then finishing with LyX, at
> least until LyX 1.1.6.

Yes, I enjoyed that feature when I was using KLyX.  On the bright side, LyX
1.2 should have a KDE version, so eventually there will be no difference
between LyX and KLyX.

Robin





Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

>>>>> "Robin" == Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Robin> Yes, I enjoyed that feature when I was using KLyX. On the
Robin> bright side, LyX 1.2 should have a KDE version, so eventually
Robin> there will be no difference between LyX and KLyX.

For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
GUI indepndence than in visible results.

Also, having this document manager is rather independent of having a
kde port.

JMarc





Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-04 Thread Robin Turner



Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:

>
>
> For the kde (actually qt2) version, you will have to wait for 1.3.0.
> There have been little improvements on this fron for 1.2.0. Actually,
> there have been a lot of improvement, but more in infrastructure of
> GUI indepndence than in visible results.

1.3.0?  Wah - you mean I'm stuck with those ugly xforms widgets for
another year?  Looking at the GUI compatibility page, I thought the job
was near done.  Oh well.

>
>
> Also, having this document manager is rather independent of having a
> kde port.
>

True, but I would have thought it would make it easier to include if
anyone wanted it hard enough.

Robin




KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread J . S .

I'm just curious; are there any advantages and/or disadvantages (for a
beginner) by using KLyX instead of LyX?

Thanks.



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread Herbert Voss

J.S. wrote:

 I'm just curious; are there any advantages and/or disadvantages (for a
 beginner) by using KLyX instead of LyX?


no, only disadvantages when using klyx.

Herbert


-- 
http://www.lyx.org/help/




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread Wayan


On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Herbert Voss wrote:

 no, only disadvantages when using klyx.

Yes, but there is one feature in KLyX could not be found in LyX, i.e.
Document Structure... I prefer use KLyX and then finishing with LyX, at
least until LyX 1.1.6.

Regards,

Wayan




KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread J . S .

I'm just curious; are there any advantages and/or disadvantages (for a
beginner) by using KLyX instead of LyX?

Thanks.



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread Herbert Voss

J.S. wrote:

 I'm just curious; are there any advantages and/or disadvantages (for a
 beginner) by using KLyX instead of LyX?


no, only disadvantages when using klyx.

Herbert


-- 
http://www.lyx.org/help/




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread Wayan


On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Herbert Voss wrote:

 no, only disadvantages when using klyx.

Yes, but there is one feature in KLyX could not be found in LyX, i.e.
Document Structure... I prefer use KLyX and then finishing with LyX, at
least until LyX 1.1.6.

Regards,

Wayan




KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread J . S .

I'm just curious; are there any advantages and/or disadvantages (for a
beginner) by using KLyX instead of LyX?

Thanks.



Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread Herbert Voss

J.S. wrote:

> I'm just curious; are there any advantages and/or disadvantages (for a
> beginner) by using KLyX instead of LyX?


no, only disadvantages when using klyx.

Herbert


-- 
http://www.lyx.org/help/




Re: KLyX -- am I missing something?

2002-01-02 Thread Wayan


On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Herbert Voss wrote:

> no, only disadvantages when using klyx.

Yes, but there is one feature in KLyX could not be found in LyX, i.e.
Document Structure... I prefer use KLyX and then finishing with LyX, at
least until LyX 1.1.6.

Regards,

Wayan




insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Claudia Urschl


Hi - it's me again.

I've tried to include a normal txt-file into my klyx-document. But the
only way I found is to use /verbatiminput{file.txt} ... but there is no
option to change the size. Maybe someone knows another possibility or can
give me a special hint how to insert a normal .txt as something like a
graphik in a tex-file (without transformation to eps..). 

Thanks a lot
Claudia 





Re: insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Robin Turner

Oh yeah, I've just remembered another alternative.  Open your text document 
in an editor like Gedit or KWrite.  Copy everything to the clipboard.  Open 
KLyX and choose (assuming it's the same as LyX) Edit - Paste primary 
selection - as paragraphs

Robin




RE: insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Claudia Urschl


Sorry Cristoph, but I don't understand.
What do you mean with mark the file? How could I include the file?

Claudia

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Saalfeld, Christoph wrote:

 Simplay mark your include file - item and change the character settings to
 the size you need.
 
 Christoph
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Claudia Urschl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
  Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 3:49 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: insert __.txt into klyx
  
  
  
  Hi - it's me again.
  
  I've tried to include a normal txt-file into my klyx-document. But the
  only way I found is to use /verbatiminput{file.txt} ... but 
  there is no
  option to change the size. Maybe someone knows another 
  possibility or can
  give me a special hint how to insert a normal .txt as something like a
  graphik in a tex-file (without transformation to eps..). 
  
  Thanks a lot
  Claudia 
  
  
 




insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Claudia Urschl


Hi - it's me again.

I've tried to include a normal txt-file into my klyx-document. But the
only way I found is to use /verbatiminput{file.txt} ... but there is no
option to change the size. Maybe someone knows another possibility or can
give me a special hint how to insert a normal .txt as something like a
graphik in a tex-file (without transformation to eps..). 

Thanks a lot
Claudia 





Re: insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Robin Turner

Oh yeah, I've just remembered another alternative.  Open your text document 
in an editor like Gedit or KWrite.  Copy everything to the clipboard.  Open 
KLyX and choose (assuming it's the same as LyX) Edit - Paste primary 
selection - as paragraphs

Robin




RE: insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Claudia Urschl


Sorry Cristoph, but I don't understand.
What do you mean with mark the file? How could I include the file?

Claudia

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Saalfeld, Christoph wrote:

 Simplay mark your include file - item and change the character settings to
 the size you need.
 
 Christoph
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Claudia Urschl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
  Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 3:49 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: insert __.txt into klyx
  
  
  
  Hi - it's me again.
  
  I've tried to include a normal txt-file into my klyx-document. But the
  only way I found is to use /verbatiminput{file.txt} ... but 
  there is no
  option to change the size. Maybe someone knows another 
  possibility or can
  give me a special hint how to insert a normal .txt as something like a
  graphik in a tex-file (without transformation to eps..). 
  
  Thanks a lot
  Claudia 
  
  
 




insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Claudia Urschl


Hi - it's me again.

I've tried to include a normal txt-file into my klyx-document. But the
only way I found is to use /verbatiminput{file.txt} ... but there is no
option to change the size. Maybe someone knows another possibility or can
give me a special hint how to insert a normal .txt as something like a
graphik in a tex-file (without transformation to eps..). 

Thanks a lot
Claudia 





Re: insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Robin Turner

Oh yeah, I've just remembered another alternative.  Open your text document 
in an editor like Gedit or KWrite.  Copy everything to the clipboard.  Open 
KLyX and choose (assuming it's the same as LyX) Edit -> Paste primary 
selection -> as paragraphs

Robin




RE: insert __.txt into klyx

2001-07-30 Thread Claudia Urschl


Sorry Cristoph, but I don't understand.
What do you mean with "mark" the file? How could I include the file?

Claudia

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Saalfeld, Christoph wrote:

> Simplay mark your "include file" - item and change the character settings to
> the size you need.
> 
> Christoph
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Claudia Urschl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 3:49 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: insert __.txt into klyx
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi - it's me again.
> > 
> > I've tried to include a normal txt-file into my klyx-document. But the
> > only way I found is to use /verbatiminput{file.txt} ... but 
> > there is no
> > option to change the size. Maybe someone knows another 
> > possibility or can
> > give me a special hint how to insert a normal .txt as something like a
> > graphik in a tex-file (without transformation to eps..). 
> > 
> > Thanks a lot
> > Claudia 
> > 
> > 
> 




converting klyx file

2001-06-29 Thread kathryn Wotton


Hey , i was just wondering whether I can convert a document so that it can
be accessed in microsoft word, because i have done a cross country report
for school and one of my teachers asked me to put it on a disk and give it
to our school office to make a few changes...
thanks in advance!
Kathryn.




Re: converting klyx file

2001-06-29 Thread Herbert Voss

have a look at

http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/converter.html

Herbert




converting klyx file

2001-06-29 Thread kathryn Wotton


Hey , i was just wondering whether I can convert a document so that it can
be accessed in microsoft word, because i have done a cross country report
for school and one of my teachers asked me to put it on a disk and give it
to our school office to make a few changes...
thanks in advance!
Kathryn.




Re: converting klyx file

2001-06-29 Thread Herbert Voss

have a look at

http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/converter.html

Herbert




Re: converting klyx file

2001-06-29 Thread Robin Turner

On Friday 29 June 2001 11:27, kathryn Wotton wrote:
 Hey , i was just wondering whether I can convert a document so that it can
 be accessed in microsoft word, because i have done a cross country report
 for school and one of my teachers asked me to put it on a disk and give it
 to our school office to make a few changes...
 thanks in advance!


Best is to save it as HTML.  I haven't used KLyX for ages, so don't know if 
it has the Export HTML function.  If not, download tth and use it from the 
command line.  

Alternatively, if you have Abiword, you can try exporting it as LaTeX, 
opening it in Abiword and saving it as a Word document.  This works in 
theory, but the only time I tried it on my box, it choked.

Robin



converting klyx file

2001-06-29 Thread kathryn Wotton


Hey , i was just wondering whether I can convert a document so that it can
be accessed in microsoft word, because i have done a cross country report
for school and one of my teachers asked me to put it on a disk and give it
to our school office to make a few changes...
thanks in advance!
Kathryn.




Re: converting klyx file

2001-06-29 Thread Herbert Voss

have a look at

http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/converter.html

Herbert




Re: converting klyx file

2001-06-29 Thread Robin Turner

On Friday 29 June 2001 11:27, kathryn Wotton wrote:
> Hey , i was just wondering whether I can convert a document so that it can
> be accessed in microsoft word, because i have done a cross country report
> for school and one of my teachers asked me to put it on a disk and give it
> to our school office to make a few changes...
> thanks in advance!


Best is to save it as HTML.  I haven't used KLyX for ages, so don't know if 
it has the "Export HTML" function.  If not, download tth and use it from the 
command line.  

Alternatively, if you have Abiword, you can try exporting it as LaTeX, 
opening it in Abiword and saving it as a Word document.  This works in 
theory, but the only time I tried it on my box, it choked.

Robin



Re: questions on figures in klyx

2001-04-26 Thread Herbert Voss

Hans Eder wrote:
 
 hi there,
 
 currently i use the latest klyx version (suse 7.1). (hope there's not a
 big difference to lyx...)
 according this i have some questions, handling figures.
 
 1) what is the difference about 'figure float' and 'wide figure float'?

over one column/over two column   in two-column mode
 
 2) how can i get the figure capture centered under the figure, not
 centered on the page?

put the float in a minipage and center figure and caption

 3) how can i manage to float the text beside the figure, when
 figure-width is only part of the page?

package floatflt

Herbert

-- 
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]





Re: questions on figures in klyx

2001-04-26 Thread Herbert Voss

Hans Eder wrote:
 
 hi there,
 
 currently i use the latest klyx version (suse 7.1). (hope there's not a
 big difference to lyx...)
 according this i have some questions, handling figures.
 
 1) what is the difference about 'figure float' and 'wide figure float'?

over one column/over two column   in two-column mode
 
 2) how can i get the figure capture centered under the figure, not
 centered on the page?

put the float in a minipage and center figure and caption

 3) how can i manage to float the text beside the figure, when
 figure-width is only part of the page?

package floatflt

Herbert

-- 
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]





Re: questions on figures in klyx

2001-04-26 Thread Herbert Voss

Hans Eder wrote:
> 
> hi there,
> 
> currently i use the latest klyx version (suse 7.1). (hope there's not a
> big difference to lyx...)
> according this i have some questions, handling figures.
> 
> 1) what is the difference about 'figure float' and 'wide figure float'?

over one column/over two column   in two-column mode
> 
> 2) how can i get the figure capture centered under the figure, not
> centered on the page?

put the float in a minipage and center figure and caption

> 3) how can i manage to float the text beside the figure, when
> figure-width is only part of the page?

package floatflt

Herbert

-- 
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]





Re: KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-30 Thread Matej Cepl

John Levon wrote:
 
 Several developers are working towards GUI independence of the LyX core
 code. What this means is that the parts that control the GUI (xforms,
 gnome, or kde) are localised, which makes it easier to port. I, with some
 help from the other developers, am working on the KDE 1 frontend. This wil
 enable a KLyX style frontend to LyX. In time, a KDE 2 frontend will also
 exist.

Wonderfull, I still use KDE 1 and I do not think about switch (I
have been told, that KDE 2 is useless without at least 64MB RAM
-- I have 32MB and I have left M$ Windows among other reasons
because I did not want to be pushed by the Bill to buy new
computer every two years :-(. So, when do you think, that new
KLyX would be available (approx.)?

Matej





Re: KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-30 Thread Matej Cepl

John Levon wrote:
 
 Several developers are working towards GUI independence of the LyX core
 code. What this means is that the parts that control the GUI (xforms,
 gnome, or kde) are localised, which makes it easier to port. I, with some
 help from the other developers, am working on the KDE 1 frontend. This wil
 enable a KLyX style frontend to LyX. In time, a KDE 2 frontend will also
 exist.

Wonderfull, I still use KDE 1 and I do not think about switch (I
have been told, that KDE 2 is useless without at least 64MB RAM
-- I have 32MB and I have left M$ Windows among other reasons
because I did not want to be pushed by the Bill to buy new
computer every two years :-(. So, when do you think, that new
KLyX would be available (approx.)?

Matej





Re: KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-30 Thread Matej Cepl

John Levon wrote:
> 
> Several developers are working towards GUI independence of the LyX core
> code. What this means is that the parts that control the GUI (xforms,
> gnome, or kde) are localised, which makes it easier to port. I, with some
> help from the other developers, am working on the KDE 1 frontend. This wil
> enable a KLyX style frontend to LyX. In time, a KDE 2 frontend will also
> exist.

Wonderfull, I still use KDE 1 and I do not think about switch (I
have been told, that KDE 2 is useless without at least 64MB RAM
-- I have 32MB and I have left M$ Windows among other reasons
because I did not want to be pushed by the Bill to buy new
computer every two years :-(. So, when do you think, that new
KLyX would be available (approx.)?

Matej





KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-28 Thread Matej Cepl

At 10:06 PM 12/25/2000 +0100, Javier Nieto Esteban wrote:
Hi,
 I'm an Spanish newbie user of Lyx (really, I use Klyx in my 
 Mandrake Linux).


I have read something about re-emergence of KLyX in LDN, but I did not 
understood it well. Are there signs of KLyX's life? I would be very 
interested (using KDE on my RedHat).

Matej




Re: KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-28 Thread John Levon

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Matej Cepl wrote:

 At 10:06 PM 12/25/2000 +0100, Javier Nieto Esteban wrote:
 Hi,
  I'm an Spanish newbie user of Lyx (really, I use Klyx in my 
  Mandrake Linux).
 
 
 I have read something about re-emergence of KLyX in LDN, but I did not 
 understood it well. Are there signs of KLyX's life? I would be very 
 interested (using KDE on my RedHat).
 
 Matej

Several developers are working towards GUI independence of the LyX core
code. What this means is that the parts that control the GUI (xforms,
gnome, or kde) are localised, which makes it easier to port. I, with some
help from the other developers, am working on the KDE 1 frontend. This wil
enable a KLyX style frontend to LyX. In time, a KDE 2 frontend will also
exist.

However, this will take some time.

thanks
john

-- 
"The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The
 terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency."
- Albert Einstein




KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-28 Thread Matej Cepl

At 10:06 PM 12/25/2000 +0100, Javier Nieto Esteban wrote:
Hi,
 I'm an Spanish newbie user of Lyx (really, I use Klyx in my 
 Mandrake Linux).


I have read something about re-emergence of KLyX in LDN, but I did not 
understood it well. Are there signs of KLyX's life? I would be very 
interested (using KDE on my RedHat).

Matej




Re: KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-28 Thread John Levon

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Matej Cepl wrote:

 At 10:06 PM 12/25/2000 +0100, Javier Nieto Esteban wrote:
 Hi,
  I'm an Spanish newbie user of Lyx (really, I use Klyx in my 
  Mandrake Linux).
 
 
 I have read something about re-emergence of KLyX in LDN, but I did not 
 understood it well. Are there signs of KLyX's life? I would be very 
 interested (using KDE on my RedHat).
 
 Matej

Several developers are working towards GUI independence of the LyX core
code. What this means is that the parts that control the GUI (xforms,
gnome, or kde) are localised, which makes it easier to port. I, with some
help from the other developers, am working on the KDE 1 frontend. This wil
enable a KLyX style frontend to LyX. In time, a KDE 2 frontend will also
exist.

However, this will take some time.

thanks
john

-- 
"The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The
 terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency."
- Albert Einstein




KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-28 Thread Matej Cepl

At 10:06 PM 12/25/2000 +0100, Javier Nieto Esteban wrote:
>Hi,
> I'm an Spanish newbie user of Lyx (really, I use Klyx in my 
> Mandrake Linux).


I have read something about re-emergence of KLyX in LDN, but I did not 
understood it well. Are there signs of KLyX's life? I would be very 
interested (using KDE on my RedHat).

Matej




Re: KLyX [Was: Re: Hyphenation problem]

2000-12-28 Thread John Levon

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Matej Cepl wrote:

> At 10:06 PM 12/25/2000 +0100, Javier Nieto Esteban wrote:
> >Hi,
> > I'm an Spanish newbie user of Lyx (really, I use Klyx in my 
> > Mandrake Linux).
> 
> 
> I have read something about re-emergence of KLyX in LDN, but I did not 
> understood it well. Are there signs of KLyX's life? I would be very 
> interested (using KDE on my RedHat).
> 
> Matej

Several developers are working towards GUI independence of the LyX core
code. What this means is that the parts that control the GUI (xforms,
gnome, or kde) are localised, which makes it easier to port. I, with some
help from the other developers, am working on the KDE 1 frontend. This wil
enable a KLyX style frontend to LyX. In time, a KDE 2 frontend will also
exist.

However, this will take some time.

thanks
john

-- 
"The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The
 terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency."
- Albert Einstein




Re: KLyX revival?

2000-09-14 Thread John Culleton

Allan Rae wrote:
 
 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
 
 where you'll see evidence of a kde-1.1.2 port in progress. It doesn't use
 the KLyX dialogs because KLyX didn't use a gui-designer.
 
 Allan. (ARRae)

Regular Lyx runs just fine under KDE. Why is a port needed?
-- 
John Culleton - Please visit http://ccpl.carr.org/~john/



Re: KLyX revival?

2000-09-14 Thread John Culleton

Allan Rae wrote:
 
 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
 
 where you'll see evidence of a kde-1.1.2 port in progress. It doesn't use
 the KLyX dialogs because KLyX didn't use a gui-designer.
 
 Allan. (ARRae)

Regular Lyx runs just fine under KDE. Why is a port needed?
-- 
John Culleton - Please visit http://ccpl.carr.org/~john/



Re: KLyX revival?

2000-09-14 Thread John Culleton

Allan Rae wrote:
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
> 
> where you'll see evidence of a kde-1.1.2 port in progress. It doesn't use
> the KLyX dialogs because KLyX didn't use a gui-designer.
> 
> Allan. (ARRae)

Regular Lyx runs just fine under KDE. Why is a port needed?
-- 
John Culleton -> Please visit http://ccpl.carr.org/~john/



KLyX revival?

2000-09-13 Thread Matej Cepl

Are there any signs of it?



Re: KLyX revival?

2000-09-13 Thread Allan Rae

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Matej Cepl wrote:

 Are there any signs of it?

Take a look at the reference to Matthias Ettrich's comments about
KDE-2.0 and LyX in LyX Development News (That I just realised
I haven't announced on the lists yet):

http://www.lyx.org/news/2913.php3

and at:

http://www.devel.lyx.org/guii.php3
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/

where you'll see evidence of a kde-1.1.2 port in progress. It doesn't use
the KLyX dialogs because KLyX didn't use a gui-designer.

Allan. (ARRae)




KLyX revival?

2000-09-13 Thread Matej Cepl

Are there any signs of it?



Re: KLyX revival?

2000-09-13 Thread Allan Rae

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Matej Cepl wrote:

 Are there any signs of it?

Take a look at the reference to Matthias Ettrich's comments about
KDE-2.0 and LyX in LyX Development News (That I just realised
I haven't announced on the lists yet):

http://www.lyx.org/news/2913.php3

and at:

http://www.devel.lyx.org/guii.php3
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/

where you'll see evidence of a kde-1.1.2 port in progress. It doesn't use
the KLyX dialogs because KLyX didn't use a gui-designer.

Allan. (ARRae)




KLyX revival?

2000-09-13 Thread Matej Cepl

Are there any signs of it?



Re: KLyX revival?

2000-09-13 Thread Allan Rae

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Matej Cepl wrote:

> Are there any signs of it?

Take a look at the reference to Matthias Ettrich's comments about
KDE-2.0 and LyX in LyX Development News (That I just realised
I haven't announced on the lists yet):

http://www.lyx.org/news/2913.php3

and at:

http://www.devel.lyx.org/guii.php3
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/

where you'll see evidence of a kde-1.1.2 port in progress. It doesn't use
the KLyX dialogs because KLyX didn't use a gui-designer.

Allan. (ARRae)




Astronomy and Astrophysics with KLyX

2000-09-09 Thread Forestini Manuel


Hi!

I have tried to install the document class corresponding to the
Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal in order for it to be seen as a new
template in the KLyX Style menu. I have followed all the indications and
when I proceed with the configure command (under /usr/share/apps/klyx ),
it deos not add this new class to the file textclass.lst. Actually, this
new class is detected but declared as not found. Is somebody able to
help me? Thanks a lot...

manuel.



Astronomy and Astrophysics with KLyX

2000-09-09 Thread Forestini Manuel


Hi!

I have tried to install the document class corresponding to the
Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal in order for it to be seen as a new
template in the KLyX Style menu. I have followed all the indications and
when I proceed with the configure command (under /usr/share/apps/klyx ),
it deos not add this new class to the file textclass.lst. Actually, this
new class is detected but declared as not found. Is somebody able to
help me? Thanks a lot...

manuel.



Astronomy and Astrophysics with KLyX

2000-09-09 Thread Forestini Manuel


Hi!

I have tried to install the document class corresponding to the
Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal in order for it to be seen as a new
template in the KLyX Style menu. I have followed all the indications and
when I proceed with the configure command (under /usr/share/apps/klyx ),
it deos not add this new class to the file textclass.lst. Actually, this
new class is detected but declared as not found. Is somebody able to
help me? Thanks a lot...

manuel.



KLYX WORD PROCESSOR

2000-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith



I have printed off all there is on my 
MD7.0+St.Off5.01 regarding KLYX documentation and read it 
carefully.
No-where can I get it to create:-

MY NAME(top 
left) 
MY ADDRESS(top right)


 
date


SEND TO ADDRESS (beginning 5.5cm below top of 
page)




Main text









TEL NUMBER(bottom 
left) 
E-MAIL ADDRESS(bottom right)

all with about a 2.5cm page margin 
alround.

The satandard template will not do this so by 
definition a customised job is necessary.I do not seem able to produce a 
customised job either.What do I do?

Would it not of been better to of given the 
programme a headers and footers enviroment where the standard letter headings go 
in any form or style chosen.The rest is easy enough to type in by the typist 
each time a letter is invoked .

The manual is verbose and improcise ,and needs 
rewiting by professional manual writers ,people who have been trained to 
understand the combination of visual and concisely writen instruction, that make 
the chore as short as possible,and builds up the users confidence from the 
start.That means precise instruction, do this do that,click hear click there, 
choose from dropdown menu ,select from list ,lardy, lardy lar.It should include 
some pictures in greyscale to demonstrate whereever feasible the type of command 
and layout. The use of block diagrammes linked by lines to show options ,not 
unlike that which produces the visual command lines in the folders and files 
structure tree,but with larger boxes with better descriptions of where to click 
or what to type. Of course the person(s) who would do this would have first to 
have a full hands on training by someone with that prior knowledge of how it all 
works.I am sure that they are in short supply,but this would make a nice 
projectfor  some university dept. with the write sort of skills.Money well 
spent.

Anuone listening.

John R.Smith


KLYX WORD PROCESSOR

2000-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith



I have printed off all there is on my 
MD7.0+St.Off5.01 regarding KLYX documentation and read it 
carefully.
No-where can I get it to create:-

MY NAME(top 
left) 
MY ADDRESS(top right)


 
date


SEND TO ADDRESS (beginning 5.5cm below top of 
page)




Main text









TEL NUMBER(bottom 
left) 
E-MAIL ADDRESS(bottom right)

all with about a 2.5cm page margin 
alround.

The satandard template will not do this so by 
definition a customised job is necessary.I do not seem able to produce a 
customised job either.What do I do?

Would it not of been better to of given the 
programme a headers and footers enviroment where the standard letter headings go 
in any form or style chosen.The rest is easy enough to type in by the typist 
each time a letter is invoked .

The manual is verbose and improcise ,and needs 
rewiting by professional manual writers ,people who have been trained to 
understand the combination of visual and concisely writen instruction, that make 
the chore as short as possible,and builds up the users confidence from the 
start.That means precise instruction, do this do that,click hear click there, 
choose from dropdown menu ,select from list ,lardy, lardy lar.It should include 
some pictures in greyscale to demonstrate whereever feasible the type of command 
and layout. The use of block diagrammes linked by lines to show options ,not 
unlike that which produces the visual command lines in the folders and files 
structure tree,but with larger boxes with better descriptions of where to click 
or what to type. Of course the person(s) who would do this would have first to 
have a full hands on training by someone with that prior knowledge of how it all 
works.I am sure that they are in short supply,but this would make a nice 
projectfor  some university dept. with the write sort of skills.Money well 
spent.

Anuone listening.

John R.Smith


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