Re: Developers Roadmap for 2.0

2008-12-10 Thread Andreas K .
José Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, following the previous message regarding the evaluation of the 1.6 cycle I would like to ask the same I have done before http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel-UqbJ+GOpo4+hPH1hqNUYSQ at public.gmane.org/msg123356.html For those that

Re: Developers Roadmap for 2.0

2008-12-10 Thread Andreas K .
José Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > following the previous message regarding the evaluation of the 1.6 cycle I > would like to ask the same I have done before > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel-UqbJ+GOpo4+hPH1hqNUYSQ public.gmane.org/msg123356.html > > For

Re: Layout and template files to be included with next version of LyX

2008-11-25 Thread Andreas K .
Jürgen Spitzmüller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas Karlsson wrote: Dear LyX developers,Please find attached layout and template files for the imsart article style, used for journals from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). I also include a a short description for the file

Re: Layout and template files to be included with next version of LyX

2008-11-25 Thread Andreas K .
Jürgen Spitzmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andreas Karlsson wrote: > > Dear LyX developers,Please find attached layout and template files for the > > imsart article style, used for journals from the Institute of Mathematical > > Statistics (IMS). I also include a a short description for

Re: Embedding feature, final remarks and farewell.

2008-04-17 Thread Andreas K .
Dear LyX developers, I am not a developer, only an ordinary LyX user that really love this program and use it regularly, so I do not know if my opinion count. I have not followed the details in the discussion about the embedding feature that bo implemented, but I have to say that I am very sad

Re: Embedding feature, final remarks and farewell.

2008-04-17 Thread Andreas K .
Dear LyX developers, I am not a developer, only an ordinary LyX user that really love this program and use it regularly, so I do not know if my opinion count. I have not followed the details in the discussion about the embedding feature that bo implemented, but I have to say that I am very sad

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.5.3 is released

2007-12-17 Thread Andreas K .
Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 07:18:44PM +0100, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Public release of LyX version 1.5.3 Congrats. Here is a Cygwin binary: http://www.lyx.org/~forenr/lyx-1.5.3-cygwin.tar.gz Wow! You

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.5.3 is released

2007-12-17 Thread Andreas K .
Jürgen Spitzmüller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas K. wrote: Wow! You released the 1.5.3 version one whole year before the other platforms: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.3/ I beg your pardon? Jürgen Well, when I looked at that page yesterday it said that the cygwin version

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.5.3 is released

2007-12-17 Thread Andreas K .
Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 07:18:44PM +0100, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > > Public release of LyX version 1.5.3 > > > > Congrats. Here is a Cygwin binary: > http://www.lyx.org/~forenr/lyx-1.5.3-cygwin.tar.gz >

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.5.3 is released

2007-12-17 Thread Andreas K .
Jürgen Spitzmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andreas K. wrote: > > Wow! You released the 1.5.3 version one whole year before the other > > platforms: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.3/ > > I beg your pardon? > > Jürgen > > Well, wh

Re: [patch] support for linebreak

2007-11-26 Thread Andreas K .
Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The attached patch let LyX support \linebreak: - tex2lyx support for \linebreak - new menu entry Thanks a lot for introducing support for linebreak in LyX. It was one of the few features of SWP that I missed in LyX. It will be good to not have to use

Re: [patch] support for linebreak

2007-11-26 Thread Andreas K .
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The attached patch let LyX support \linebreak: > > - tex2lyx support for \linebreak > - new menu entry > Thanks a lot for introducing support for linebreak in LyX. It was one of the few features of SWP that I missed in LyX. It will be good to not have

Re: [PATCH] Change default mathbg and add mathhoverbg.

2007-06-08 Thread Andreas K .
Leuven, E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: fwiw, i don't see the point of the math background changing color when i move my mouse over it... I do see the point. It would be very useful. Andreas

Re: [PATCH] Change default mathbg and add mathhoverbg.

2007-06-08 Thread Andreas K .
Leuven, E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > fwiw, i don't see the point of the math background changing color when i move my mouse over it... > I do see the point. It would be very useful. Andreas

Re: beamer suggestion

2007-05-30 Thread Andreas K .
Neal Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think inserting begin frame should automatically add the matching end frame. Agreed. Andreas

Re: beamer suggestion

2007-05-30 Thread Andreas K .
Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think inserting begin frame should automatically add the matching end frame. > > Agreed. Andreas

Re: No math dialog

2007-05-22 Thread Andreas K .
Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think we should just set math and table toolbars to 'always on' in the default setup. The user can always switch it off afterwards. I agree, it's the easiest solution in the short run. But in the long run all commands short be available from menu

Re: No math dialog

2007-05-22 Thread Andreas K .
Edwin Leuven [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Also a Toolbar button to show the two math toolbars in the main toolbar is very much needed. the attached patch would allow to put a toggle math toolbar button on the main toolbar. we could then add a toggle math panels

Re: No math dialog

2007-05-22 Thread Andreas K .
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think we should just set math and table toolbars to 'always on' in the > default setup. The user can always switch it off afterwards. I agree, it's the easiest solution in the short run. But in the long run all commands short be available from menu

Re: No math dialog

2007-05-22 Thread Andreas K .
Edwin Leuven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > Also a Toolbar button to show the two math toolbars in the main toolbar > > is very much needed. > > the attached patch would allow to put a "toggle math toolbar" button on > the main toolbar. we could then add a

Re: No math dialog

2007-05-21 Thread Andreas K .
John Levon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I see the Maths dialog has been removed. Am I right in thinking that the only way to create things such as sum environments etc. without knowing LaTeX is to turn on the math panel toolbar and use that? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. This really

Re: No math dialog

2007-05-21 Thread Andreas K .
John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see the Maths dialog has been removed. Am I right in thinking that the > only way to create things such as sum environments etc. without knowing > LaTeX is to turn on the math panel toolbar and use that? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. > This

Re: I would sell my stocks in MacKichan Software, Inc.

2007-05-15 Thread Andreas K .
Martin Vermeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 15 May 2007 14:21:48 +0200 Jan Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LyX needs to avoid all special key combinations - right now it easier to get started with Word, so many people use it even knowing the alternative! LyX needs more users in

Re: I would sell my stocks in MacKichan Software, Inc.

2007-05-15 Thread Andreas K .
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas == Andreas K [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas Then they get frustrated, closes LyX and uninstalls it. It Andreas is better to have the math toolbars visible from the Andreas beginning, and then if somoen only want them to pop up

Re: I would sell my stocks in MacKichan Software, Inc.

2007-05-15 Thread Andreas K .
Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, 15 May 2007 14:21:48 +0200 > Jan Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LyX needs to avoid all special key combinations - right now it easier > > to get started > > with Word, so many people use it even knowing the alternative! LyX > > needs

Re: I would sell my stocks in MacKichan Software, Inc.

2007-05-15 Thread Andreas K .
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andreas> Then they get frustrated, closes LyX and uninstalls it. It > Andreas> is better to have the math toolbars visi

Re: I would sell my stocks in MacKichan Software, Inc.

2007-05-14 Thread Andreas K .
Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 04:19:19PM +0200, Jan Peters wrote: ... and the symbolic math is much more complete. This is true, and this will stay so for a while I am afraid. It's a lot of grunt work to be done in this area, especially if one wants to

Re: I would sell my stocks in MacKichan Software, Inc.

2007-05-14 Thread Andreas K .
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 04:19:19PM +0200, Jan Peters wrote: > > ... and the symbolic math is much more complete. > > This is true, and this will stay so for a while I am afraid. It's a lot > of grunt work to be done in this area, especially if one

Re: How to make Lyx DRAMATICALLY better.

2007-05-10 Thread Andreas K .
Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am a professor of mathematics who has been using Scientific Word intensively for many years. Been there, switched to Lyx. Me too. I just wish I had done it earlier. Andreas

Re: How to make Lyx DRAMATICALLY better.

2007-05-10 Thread Andreas K .
Abdelrazak Younes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Bo == Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bo Tool - preference - color - math background? Except that it does nothing now. And even if it did, it will set the background for the whole equation. I would find

Re: How to make Lyx DRAMATICALLY better.

2007-05-10 Thread Andreas K .
Been there, switched to Lyx. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY. Look at this comparative review of LyX 1.4.2 and Scientific Word 5.5: http://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php?vol=17t=s Regards, Andreas

Re: How to make Lyx DRAMATICALLY better.

2007-05-10 Thread Andreas K .
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am a professor of mathematics who has been using Scientific Word > > intensively for many years. > > Been there, switched to Lyx. Me too. I just wish I had done it earlier. Andreas

Re: How to make Lyx DRAMATICALLY better.

2007-05-10 Thread Andreas K .
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >> "Bo" == Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Bo> Tool -> preference -> color -> math background? > > > > Except that it does nothing now. > > And even if it did, it will set the background for the

Re: How to make Lyx DRAMATICALLY better.

2007-05-10 Thread Andreas K .
> > > Been there, switched to Lyx. > > I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY. Look at this comparative review of LyX 1.4.2 and Scientific Word 5.5: http://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php?vol=17=s Regards, Andreas

Re: Add article to Press about LyX section on homepage

2007-05-04 Thread Andreas K .
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 3 May 2007, Andreas Karlsson wrote: Hi, Could someone please add the link http://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php?vol=17t=s to the Press about LyX section on http://www.lyx.org/about/press.php I can try to do that if you give me a suitable

Re: Add article to Press about LyX section on homepage

2007-05-04 Thread Andreas K .
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, 3 May 2007, Andreas Karlsson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Could someone please add the link > > > > http://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php?vol=17=s > > > > to the "Press about LyX" section on > > > > http://www.lyx.org/about/press.php > > I can try to do that

Re: layout tweak

2007-03-26 Thread Andreas K .
Leuven, E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: screenshots attached (old and new) oops, here they are... I prefer the former. Andreas

Re: layout tweak

2007-03-26 Thread Andreas K .
Leuven, E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > screenshots attached (old and new) > oops, here they are... > I prefer the former. Andreas

Re: A couple of articles to put on the

2007-03-12 Thread Andreas K .
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: once it's resurrected of course... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LyX http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=17373 Angus I hope it can be added to http://www.lyx.org/about/press.php also, and not only the wiki. BTW, add

Re: A couple of articles to put on the

2007-03-12 Thread Andreas K .
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > once it's resurrected of course... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LyX > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=17373 > > Angus > I hope it can be added to http://www.lyx.org/about/press.php also, and not only the wiki. BTW, add

Re: [patch] ASCII encoding

2007-02-16 Thread Andreas K .
Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Would a pure ASCII encoding for LaTeX output make sense? Yes. The attached patch adds support for this, if anybody thinks it would be useful I'll put it in. I think it would be useful. Andreas

Re: [patch] ASCII encoding

2007-02-16 Thread Andreas K .
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Would a pure ASCII encoding for LaTeX output make sense? Yes. > The attached patch adds support for this, if anybody thinks it would be > useful I'll put it in. I think it would be useful. Andreas

Re: LyX 1.4.4 is released

2007-02-14 Thread Andreas K .
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgouttes at lyx.org writes: Public release of LyX version 1.4.4 === We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.4.4. Hooray! *applauses* Andreas

Re: Defeated by tex4ht

2007-02-14 Thread Andreas K .
Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I strongly believe that the next big thing for lyx should be ODF or Word/XML compatibility. I agree completely and wholeheartedly. Andreas

Re: LyX 1.4.4 is released

2007-02-14 Thread Andreas K .
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lyx.org> writes: > > > Public release of LyX version 1.4.4 > === > > We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.4.4. Hooray! *applauses* Andreas

Re: Defeated by tex4ht

2007-02-14 Thread Andreas K .
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I strongly believe that the next big thing for lyx should be ODF or > Word/XML compatibility. I agree completely and wholeheartedly. Andreas

Re: lyx-143-5 and LyX-1.5.0svn-2007-02-07 crashes

2007-02-08 Thread Andreas K .
Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Today I tried to install lyx-143-5-bundle.exe from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.3/ and LyX-1.5.0svn-2007-02-07-Installer-bundle.exe from http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng/ on Windows XP Professional. Both crashed with the following error

Re: lyx-143-5 and LyX-1.5.0svn-2007-02-07 crashes

2007-02-08 Thread Andreas K .
Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Today I tried to install lyx-143-5-bundle.exe from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.3/ and LyX-1.5.0svn-2007-02-07-Installer-bundle.exe from http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng/ on Windows XP Professional. Both crashed with the following error message:

Re: lyx-143-5 and LyX-1.5.0svn-2007-02-07 crashes

2007-02-08 Thread Andreas K .
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Today I tried to install lyx-143-5-bundle.exe from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.3/ and > > LyX-1.5.0svn-2007-02-07-Installer-bundle.exe from http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng/ on Windows XP > > Professional. > > > > Both crashed with the following

Re: lyx-143-5 and LyX-1.5.0svn-2007-02-07 crashes

2007-02-08 Thread Andreas K .
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Today I tried to install lyx-143-5-bundle.exe from > > ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.3/ and > > LyX-1.5.0svn-2007-02-07-Installer-bundle.exe from http://www.lyx.org/~bpeng/ > > on Windows XP Professional. > > > > Both crashed with the following

Re: LyX 1.4.3

2007-02-07 Thread Andreas K .
Jaime Remedios [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Sirs, I’m a first time user, finishing my PhD and looking at alternatives to replace Word. I ran the installer LyX-143-5 and managed to install LyX after a few problems which I think related with a faulty MikTeX 2.5 installation. But I’m

Re: LyX 1.4.3

2007-02-07 Thread Andreas K .
Jaime Remedios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dear Sirs, > > I’m a first time user, finishing my PhD and looking at alternatives to replace Word. I ran the installer > LyX-143-5 and managed to install LyX after a few problems which I think related with a faulty MikTeX 2.5 > installation. But

Re: Suggestions to the official windows installer

2007-01-30 Thread Andreas K .
Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For example, we ask if a user want to download and install ghostscript and the user agrees. Then, during uninstallation, we would better ask if s/he wants to uninstall it. Of course we should not ask if it is installed before lyx. That sounds very good and

Re: Suggestions to the official windows installer

2007-01-30 Thread Andreas K .
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For example, we ask if a user want to download and install ghostscript > and the user agrees. Then, during uninstallation, we would better ask > if s/he wants to uninstall it. Of course we should not ask if it is > installed before lyx. That sounds very good

Re: Regarding LyxWinInstaller - Customizability

2007-01-24 Thread Andreas K .
Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For the future I suggest the following: - We have only one installer code base that is maintained in svn. If Joost does not reappear this will be Uwe's code. If Joost does reappear it is hopefully possible for Uwe and Joost to come to an agreement what

Re: Regarding LyxWinInstaller - Customizability

2007-01-24 Thread Andreas K .
Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For the future I suggest the following: > > - We have only one installer code base that is maintained in svn. If Joost > does not reappear this will be Uwe's code. If Joost does reappear it is > hopefully possible for Uwe and Joost to come to an agreement

Regarding Installer and LyxWinInstaller: Add

2007-01-22 Thread Andreas K .
Using the latest LyX150svn from 15-01-2007 for Windows made available by Uwe, I noted that he had included JabRef as an external software installed together with LyX. I think it is a really good idea, and it should be included in the official installer too. Would it be possible to install

Regarding Installer and LyxWinInstaller: Add

2007-01-22 Thread Andreas K .
Using the latest LyX150svn from 15-01-2007 for Windows made available by Uwe, I noted that he had included JabRef as an external software installed together with LyX. I think it is a really good idea, and it should be included in the official installer too. Would it be possible to install

Re: [part 4/4] again about LyX's default settings

2007-01-16 Thread Andreas K .
Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Enabling the automatic appearance of the toolbar is at the moment also to complicated for new users, so we should at least: - Add buttons to delete/add columns/rows in the table dialog and, or - enable the toolbar appearance feature by default. The

Re: [part 1] again about LyX's default settings

2007-01-16 Thread Andreas K .
Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are now the following things left: --- the different toolbar --- Attached a Screenshot of the current toolbar. There are 4 extra buttons: - the linebreak button: It is in contrary to the one in SVN blue instead of read as this was requested.

Re: [part 4/4] again about LyX's default settings

2007-01-16 Thread Andreas K .
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, then how do we catter for users that do not like this feature but are forced to live with it? OpenOffice has these popping toolbars because it has a delay before activating them. JMarc Make it possible for the user to de-activate this

Re: [part 4/4] again about LyX's default settings

2007-01-16 Thread Andreas K .
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Enabling the > automatic appearance of the toolbar is at the moment also to complicated for >new users, so we should > at least: > - Add buttons to delete/add columns/rows in the table dialog > and, or > - enable the toolbar appearance feature by default.

Re: [part 1] again about LyX's default settings

2007-01-16 Thread Andreas K .
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There are now the following things left: > > --- the different toolbar --- > Attached a Screenshot of the current toolbar. There are 4 extra buttons: > > - the linebreak button: It is in contrary to the one in SVN blue instead > of read as this was

Re: [part 4/4] again about LyX's default settings

2007-01-16 Thread Andreas K .
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, then how do we catter for users that do not like this feature > but are forced to live with it? OpenOffice has these popping toolbars > because it has a delay before activating them. > > JMarc Make it possible for the user to de-activate

Re: Allowing multiple empty lines and spaces in the Lyx editor...

2007-01-09 Thread Andreas K .
lamikr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do you think, would it be possible to add a support for more free-er usage of spaces and enter lines in the Lyx editor, without changing the way how they are really treated in the final DVI/PDF output? A simple answer: No. A more detailed answer: No.

Re: Allowing multiple empty lines and spaces in the Lyx editor...

2007-01-09 Thread Andreas K .
lamikr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do you think, would it be possible to add a support for more > free-er usage of spaces and enter lines in the Lyx editor, without > changing the way how they are really treated in the final DVI/PDF > output? A simple answer: No. A more detailed answer:

Re: lyx feedback from long term user

2006-12-20 Thread Andreas K .
Tilman Rothe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: *make it easy to import tables from excel. something like convert-text-to-table would do perfectly fine. Have you tried Excel2Latex? http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/excel2latex.html

Re: lyx feedback from long term user

2006-12-20 Thread Andreas K .
Tilman Rothe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > *make it easy to import tables from excel. something like > convert-text-to-table would do perfectly fine. Have you tried Excel2Latex? http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Addition: Unable to use LyX after crash

2006-12-17 Thread Andreas K .
Hi, An addition: 1. Start LyX 2. Choose File New 3. Choose Tools Preferences Look and feel User preferences User interface file Browse Wintoolbars Save 4. Choose Tools Preferences Look and feel User preferences User interface file Browse -- Crash When restarting LyX, the tool and

Addition: Unable to use LyX after crash

2006-12-17 Thread Andreas K .
Hi, An addition: 1. Start LyX 2. Choose File > New 3. Choose Tools > Preferences >Look and feel >User preferences > User interface file > Browse > Wintoolbars > Save 4. Choose Tools > Preferences >Look and feel >User preferences > User interface file > Browse --> Crash When restarting LyX,

Re: Harnessing convergence: Should the next version of LyX be written for OpenOffice?

2006-12-12 Thread Andreas K .
Tim Keitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've used LaTeX for years, eventually switching to LyX which I think is wonderful. I will soon switch exclusively to OpenOffice because of the need to collaborate with others using MSWord and OOffice. Well, this points to the need for LyX to be able to

Re: Harnessing convergence: Should the next version of LyX be written for OpenOffice?

2006-12-12 Thread Andreas K .
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What are the drawbacks of using LyX to write a novel or a letter? For a letter or novel consisting of only text, where formatting is of no importance, I prefer WYSIWYG over WYSIWYM. LyX is much more advanced than a word processor, and I think it would be

Re: Harnessing convergence: Should the next version of LyX be written for OpenOffice?

2006-12-12 Thread Andreas K .
Stefano Franchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my opinion, the greatest possible improvement to LyX would be a one-click publisher-oriented MS Word converter. I really agree whole-heartedly. The way to go is to convert to RTF, which MSWord easily can import, as well as most other word

Re: Harnessing convergence: Should the next version of LyX be written for OpenOffice?

2006-12-12 Thread Andreas K .
Tim Keitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I've > used LaTeX for years, eventually switching to LyX which I think is > wonderful. I will soon switch exclusively to OpenOffice because of the need > to collaborate with others using MSWord and OOffice. Well, this points to the need for LyX to be

Re: Harnessing convergence: Should the next version of LyX be written for OpenOffice?

2006-12-12 Thread Andreas K .
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What are the drawbacks of using LyX to write a novel or a letter? > For a letter or novel consisting of only text, where formatting is of no importance, I prefer WYSIWYG over WYSIWYM. LyX is much more advanced than a word processor, and I think it would be

Re: Harnessing convergence: Should the next version of LyX be written for OpenOffice?

2006-12-12 Thread Andreas K .
Stefano Franchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In my opinion, the > greatest possible improvement to LyX would be a one-click > publisher-oriented MS Word converter. I really agree whole-heartedly. The way to go is to convert to RTF, which MSWord easily can import, as well as most other word

Re: r16085, fix wrong toolbar icon size.

2006-11-28 Thread Andreas K .
Peter Kümmel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bo Peng wrote: Hi, Peter, icons size is now stored in session, but is there a way to set icon size? Bo I wanna add it to the toolbar popup menu but JMarc and Georg don't like it. If an ordinary user's views is worth anything, I would

Re: r16085, fix wrong toolbar icon size.

2006-11-28 Thread Andreas K .
Peter Kümmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bo Peng wrote: > > Hi, Peter, > > > > icons size is now stored in session, but is there a way to set icon size? > > > > Bo > > > > I wanna add it to the toolbar popup menu but JMarc and Georg > don't like it. > If an ordinary user's views is

Re: [patch] \clearpage and \cleardoublepage support

2006-11-22 Thread Andreas K .
Ozgur Ugras BARAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As requested today, I have added \clearpage and \cleardoublepage commands. Thanks a lot. Could you please add support for \linebreak and \pagebreak too? That would make you a real hero. :) Andreas

Re: hat key dead, no pdf graphics

2006-11-22 Thread Andreas K .
Jens Stoevlbaek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello. Just started on LyX, I'm having some problems. 1. The hat key is completely dead in the context of superscripts in equations and TeX code. That means that I can only make superscripts using the math panel, which I find is a clumsy

Re: [patch] \clearpage and \cleardoublepage support

2006-11-22 Thread Andreas K .
Ozgur Ugras BARAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > As requested today, I have added \clearpage and \cleardoublepage > commands. Thanks a lot. Could you please add support for \linebreak and \pagebreak too? That would make you a real hero. :) Andreas

Re: hat key dead, no pdf graphics

2006-11-22 Thread Andreas K .
Jens Stoevlbaek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hello. > > Just started on LyX, I'm having some problems. > > 1. The hat key is completely dead in the context of superscripts in > equations and TeX code. That means that I can only make superscripts > using the math panel, which I find is a

Re: Suggestions for rearrangement of menus in LyX

2006-11-19 Thread Andreas K .
Michael Gerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If we add Break and Space as separate submenus, the size of menu Insert increases (with the implication that more entries won't have a shortcut). That's why I suggested to include Footnote and Marginal note in Insert Note , which would remove two

Re: Suggestions for rearrangement of menus in LyX

2006-11-19 Thread Andreas K .
Michael Gerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If we add "Break" and "Space" as separate submenus, the size of menu > "Insert" increases (with the implication that more entries won't have a > shortcut). That's why I suggested to include "Footnote" and "Marginal note" in "Insert > Note >", which

Re: Bug report Document Settings Bullets does not work

2006-11-13 Thread Andreas K .
Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas Karlsson wrote: I am using LyX 1.4.3-4 on Windows XP. Changing labels for an Itemize list, which according to the User's Guide should be performed through Document Settings Bullets does not work. Odd, it works for me (also 1.4.3-4,

Re: Easier return to Standard from Itemize, Enumerate, Description and List wanted

2006-11-13 Thread Andreas K .
Edwin Leuven [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: bad idea imho. it is easy to click once too much and loose the formatting by mistake. edwin Well, then make it work only for an * or #. which is not followed by any text, i.e., work for this: * but not for this: * text... BTW, there is always the

Re: change tracking icons

2006-11-13 Thread Andreas K .
Leuven, E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i played a bit around and the results are here: http://leuven.ecodip.net/lyx/changes.zip opinions/suggestions? Nice. Andreas

Re: Bug report Document > Settings > Bullets does not work

2006-11-13 Thread Andreas K .
Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andreas Karlsson wrote: > > I am using LyX 1.4.3-4 on Windows XP. Changing labels for an Itemize > > list, which according to the User's Guide should be performed through > > "Document > Settings > Bullets" does not work. > > Odd, it works for me

Re: Easier return to Standard from Itemize, Enumerate, Description and List wanted

2006-11-13 Thread Andreas K .
Edwin Leuven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > bad idea imho. it is easy to click once too much and loose the > formatting by mistake. > > edwin Well, then make it work only for an * or #. which is not followed by any text, i.e., work for this: * but not for this: * text... BTW, there is

Re: change tracking icons

2006-11-13 Thread Andreas K .
Leuven, E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i played a bit around and the results are here: > > http://leuven.ecodip.net/lyx/changes.zip > > opinions/suggestions? > Nice. Andreas

Re: Offering tweaks in the GUI

2006-11-12 Thread Andreas K .
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear LyX developers, LaTeX often requires little modifications that are hard to find out for the beginner. I am talking about, for example, removing the page numbering from the first page or having an empty author (and I mean empty, like in lambda or epsilon,

Re: Offering tweaks in the GUI

2006-11-12 Thread Andreas K .
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear LyX developers, > > LaTeX often requires little modifications that are hard to find out > for the beginner. I am talking about, for example, removing the page > numbering from the first page or having an empty author (and I mean > "empty", like in lambda or

Re: Please include LyXWinInstaller's toolbar in the official LyX Windows installer

2006-10-08 Thread Andreas K .
Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas Karlsson wrote: If possible I think that the Linux/Unix and Mac versions also should use these new toolbar buttons. It makes these functions more easily accessible. For the official distribution, we have decided against doing this.

Re: Please include LyXWinInstaller's toolbar in the official LyX Windows installer

2006-10-08 Thread Andreas K .
Juergen Spitzmueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas K. wrote: The link you gave concerned only the bold font toolbar button, not the other toolbar buttons for the LyXWinInstaller, such as, e.g., for PDF creation. Yes, I was only talking about bold (which seems to be the most

Re: Please include LyXWinInstaller's toolbar in the official LyX Windows installer

2006-10-08 Thread Andreas K .
Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andreas Karlsson wrote: > > If possible I think that the Linux/Unix and Mac versions also should use > > these new toolbar buttons. It makes these functions more easily accessible. > > For the official distribution, we have decided against

Re: Please include LyXWinInstaller's toolbar in the official LyX Windows installer

2006-10-08 Thread Andreas K .
Juergen Spitzmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andreas K. wrote: > > The link you gave concerned only the bold font toolbar button, not the > > other toolbar buttons for the LyXWinInstaller, such as, e.g., for PDF > > creation. > > Yes, I was

Re: Font: Typewriter not seen on screen: bug?

2006-09-13 Thread Andreas K .
Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please verify which Typewriter font you have set in Tools-Preferences-Screen fonts I am using the Typewriter fonts that was used as default when I snstalled LyX 1.4.2, which is MS Shell Dlg. I have tried to used other screen fonts, with no

Re: Font: Typewriter not seen on screen: bug?

2006-09-13 Thread Andreas K .
Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please verify which Typewriter font you have set in > Tools->Preferences->Screen fonts > I am using the Typewriter fonts that was used as default when I snstalled LyX 1.4.2, which is MS Shell Dlg. I have tried to used other screen fonts, with no

Re: [PATCH] Re-introduce layout menu

2006-09-04 Thread Andreas K .
Michael Gerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, cid:part1.01020508.07000601@... I think we should re-introduce the Layout menu which was dropped in the 1.4.X series. The main reason is that every word processor (even UltraEdit!) has such a menu. The additional menu item also reduces the

Re: [PATCH] Re-introduce layout menu

2006-09-04 Thread Andreas K .
Michael Gerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hello, > > I think we should re-introduce the "Layout" menu which was dropped in > the 1.4.X series. The main reason is that every word processor (even > UltraEdit!) has such a menu. The additional menu item also

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