Re: New wiki site ready to roll

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:30:50AM +0200, Christian Ridderstr?m wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: Christian Ridderstr?m wrote: Try http://wiki.dotgnu.org/ Thanks. I only checked sites using the PmWiki wiki engine before... but this site works beatifully. Is there a

Re: New wiki site ready to roll

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:30:50AM +0200, Christian Ridderstr?m wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > Christian Ridderstr?m wrote: > > > > Try http://wiki.dotgnu.org/ > > Thanks. I only checked sites using the PmWiki wiki engine before... but > this site works beatifully. Is

Re: Spellchecker dialog

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 05:39:35PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: It's getting a little tedious hitting the ignore button every time rms comes up... Anyone else see the (unintentional) humour here? ;-P Jules

Re: Spellchecker dialog

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 05:39:35PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > It's getting a little tedious hitting the "ignore" button every time "rms" > comes up... Anyone else see the (unintentional) humour here? ;-P Jules

Re: Draft paper about WYSIWYG/LaTeX for TUG2002

[Apologies for replying to a long-dead thread] On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:54:42PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:20:39PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: Don't know what one uses with an installed version of LyX. I always run it from the build dir and put

Re: Debian packages [was: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.2.1 is released]

on ftp.lyx.org? I'd need the approval of Jules Bean, the official Debian maintainer for this package. But unfortunately he doesn't seem to be reachable. So better don't. It seems there may have been some problem with my @debian.org email at some point. In any case, I've been away. I'm back

Re: Draft paper about WYSIWYG/LaTeX for TUG2002

[Apologies for replying to a long-dead thread] On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:54:42PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:20:39PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > > > Don't know what one uses with an installed version of LyX. I always > > > run it from the build dir and put

Re: Debian packages [was: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.2.1 is released]

piled with > > Paul> libforms_1.0-RC4.1 are available here: > > > > Do you want them to go on ftp.lyx.org? > > > I'd need the approval of Jules Bean, the official Debian maintainer > for this package. But unfortunately he doesn't seem to be reachable. > So better don't

Re: preview lyx

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:26:17PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: The math editor already gives a good approximation on hour your formulae will look, so the need for a preview is much less needed than in emacs. In fact, in my opinion, the change in display that is performed when opening a formula

Re: preview lyx

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 01:36:50PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:57:18AM +0100, Jules Bean wrote: On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:26:17PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: The math editor already gives a good approximation on hour your formulae will look, so the need

Re: preview lyx

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:59:27PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 01:54:59PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: But then there is always stuff defined in local .sty files... LyX should support defining macros in a different .lyx files. I know. But even that's not the

Re: preview lyx

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:26:17PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > The math editor already gives a good approximation on hour your formulae > will look, so the need for a preview is much less needed than in emacs. > In fact, in my opinion, the change in display that is performed when > opening a

Re: preview lyx

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 01:36:50PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:57:18AM +0100, Jules Bean wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:26:17PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > > > > > The math editor already gives a good approximation on hour your f

Re: preview lyx

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:59:27PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 01:54:59PM +0300, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > > But then there is always stuff defined in local .sty files... > > > > LyX should support defining macros in a different .lyx files. > > I know. > > But even

Re: Lyx on OSX

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 10:46:19PM +0200, bernhard wrote: Hello, I'm a fan of Lyx, usually running on Linux. But now Ihave OSX and miss Lyx so much. I know there is a version on X on X, but will there be a port to native OSX? I think this will be a nice thing for Tex users on OSX, and

Re: Is this a fair representation?

On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:39:41PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: On URL:http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net/others.html I outline several WYSIWYG-related software pieces in connection with LaTeX. Among others, I mention LyX. Would you say that I have missed out features that would warrant

Re: Lyx on OSX

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 10:46:19PM +0200, bernhard wrote: > Hello, > I'm a fan of Lyx, usually running on Linux. But now Ihave OSX and miss > Lyx so much. I know there is a version on X on X, but will there be a > port to native OSX? I think this will be a nice thing for Tex users on > OSX,

Re: Is this a fair representation?

On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:39:41PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > > On I outline > several WYSIWYG-related software pieces in connection with LaTeX. > Among others, I mention LyX. > > Would you say that I have missed out features that would

File format robustness

OK. Well, seeing the problems being debated in that thread, I have a proposal to make. I can't over-emphasise how important the bitrot thing is: it really *must* be possible to read 3,5,7, 10 year old documents in LyX. Consider that in many jurisdictions there is some requirement to keep

Re: File format robustness

On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:36:43PM +0100, Jos? Ab?lio Oliveira Matos wrote: I would like to work to attain such goal but you should notice that the internal structure of such a block can change between versions so your plan isn't bullet proof. Yes, there's no such thing as a free lunch.

File format robustness

OK. Well, seeing the problems being debated in that thread, I have a proposal to make. I can't over-emphasise how important the bitrot thing is: it really *must* be possible to read 3,5,7, 10 year old documents in LyX. Consider that in many jurisdictions there is some requirement to keep

Re: File format robustness

On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:36:43PM +0100, Jos? Ab?lio Oliveira Matos wrote: > I would like to work to attain such goal but you should notice that the > internal structure of such a block can change between versions so your plan > isn't bullet proof. Yes, there's no such thing as a free

Re: Try File-New with 1.3.0cvs

On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 01:04:12PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bj?nnes wrote: By requiring that 1.3.0 must be compatible with 1.1.6 we effetively stops all fileformat cleanup and changes. And it was a real bee-hive... not nice code at all. rant Please at least ship a utility which can read 1.1.6

Re: Try File->New with 1.3.0cvs

On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 01:04:12PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bj?nnes wrote: > > By requiring that 1.3.0 must be compatible with 1.1.6 we effetively > stops all fileformat cleanup and changes. And it was a real > bee-hive... not nice code at all. Please at least ship a utility which can read 1.1.6

Re: mathematical epsilon symbol

On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 02:03:04PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 01:40:02PM +0200, C. van Wijk wrote: A big visual improvement, a small effort? I don't know, I thought we once had some technically discussion that turned up cases where this approach was not

Re: mathematical epsilon symbol

On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 02:03:04PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 01:40:02PM +0200, C. van Wijk wrote: > > A big visual improvement, a small effort? > > I don't know, I thought we once had some technically discussion that turned > up cases where this approach was not

Re: small mathed annoyance

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:29:52AM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Anyway, I thought about a different thing this morning (for later :). In mathed you have some macros which only have a scope of one character (like font changes), while most of them create a box, from which you have to exit

Re: small mathed annoyance

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:46:38AM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: Yes, but I don't think I want implement this. We would need a 'stateful cursor' again to distiguish between '{' pressed or not, and editing probably would get a mess again. How should editing work when you want to change a_i to

Re: small mathed annoyance

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:29:52AM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Anyway, I thought about a different thing this morning (for later :). > In mathed you have some macros which only have a scope of one > character (like font changes), while most of them create a box, from > which you have to

Re: small mathed annoyance

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:46:38AM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > Yes, but I don't think I want implement this. We would need a 'stateful > cursor' again to distiguish between '{' pressed or not, and editing > probably would get a mess again. How should editing work when you want to > change a_i

Re: a quickie

On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 02:46:15PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Yes, you can't use \verb in an argument. (it's to do with the way category codes work). I fear backslashing everything is the right approach :-( Jules

Re: a quickie

On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 02:46:15PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Yes, you can't use \verb in an argument. (it's to do with the way category codes work). I fear backslashing everything is the right approach :-( Jules

Re: Reading the emacs manual reveals all...

On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 11:05:31PM +, Duncan Simpson wrote: A feature you might not be aware of is using M-q is for formatting multiple line comments. I guess a lot of people have also discovered VC mode too. Given all the above it is any suprise I am hopelessly addicted to emacs for all

Re: Just relaying

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 06:16:40PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: Can anybody help? Yes, but I don't quite understand the question. - Forwarded message from ... -- Would you know what the Tex equivs are for the fonts in the Layout - Document font drop-down? If not is there

Re: Reading the emacs manual reveals all...

On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 11:05:31PM +, Duncan Simpson wrote: > A feature you might not be aware of is using M-q is for formatting > multiple line comments. I guess a lot of people have also discovered > VC mode too. Given all the above it is any suprise I am hopelessly > addicted to emacs for

Re: Just relaying

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 06:16:40PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Can anybody help? Yes, but I don't quite understand the question. > > > - Forwarded message from ... -- > Would you know what the Tex equivs are for the fonts in the > Layout -> Document font drop-down? If not is

Re: a symbol for ||| ... |||

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:16:10AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: Does anybody know a symbol like \Vert, but with three lines? You want symbols-a4.ps from CTAN http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/ Short answer: Stmaryrd appears to include one to be used as an operator,

Re: a symbol for ||| ... |||

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:16:10AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Does anybody know a symbol like \Vert, but with three lines? You want symbols-a4.ps from CTAN http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/ Short answer: Stmaryrd appears to include one to be used as an

Re: LyX Migration

On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 03:40:08PM +0100, Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: Anyway, it helps me in solving one more problem but it also shows me that using LyX is (currently) not a full alternative for people who use common office suites It needs too much knowledge for everyday users but maybe the

Re: LyX Migration

On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 03:40:08PM +0100, Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > Anyway, it helps me in solving one more problem but it also shows me > that using LyX is (currently) not a full alternative for people who > use common office suites. It needs too much knowledge for everyday > users. ..but

Re: LyX Migration

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 04:05:41PM +, John Levon wrote: This needs to be done automatically in a revision mode A delete operation would not delete text, but make it strikethrough The containing paragraph can have a flag which is translated into the begin/end needed for the latex

Re: LyX Migration

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 04:05:41PM +, John Levon wrote: > This needs to be done automatically in a "revision" mode. A delete > operation would not delete text, but make it strikethrough. The > containing paragraph can have a flag which is translated into the > begin/end needed for the latex

Re: updated graphics patch

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:18:10AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: string id; for (int i = 0; i image.cpp; ++i) { id.push_back('A'); } It's a bit clunky. Is there a better way of initialising a string, with length image.cpp? According to my copy of

Re: updated graphics patch

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 01:38:20PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:26:57AM +, Jules Bean wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:18:10AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: string id; for (int i = 0; i image.cpp; ++i) { id.push_back

Re: updated graphics patch

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:18:10AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > string id; > for (int i = 0; i < image.cpp; ++i) { > id.push_back('A'); > } > > It's a bit clunky. Is there a better way of initialising a string, with length >image.cpp? According to my copy of

Re: updated graphics patch

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 01:38:20PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:26:57AM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:18:10AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > string id; > > > for (int i = 0; i < image.cpp; ++

Re: Bug#135151: lyx: improper formatting of paragraphs in letter

Dear LyX Developers: Here's a teaser for you to think about. I've never totally understood the right way to put paragraphs inside lists in LaTeX, although I could investigate if it will help. But maybe you'll recognise this problem. Jules On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 05:14:43PM +1100, Brian May

Re: Bug#135151: lyx: improper formatting of paragraphs in letter

Dear LyX Developers: Here's a teaser for you to think about. I've never totally understood the right way to put paragraphs inside lists in LaTeX, although I could investigate if it will help. But maybe you'll recognise this problem. Jules On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 05:14:43PM +1100, Brian May

Re: [PATCH]: Forked calls

On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:28:39PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: On Tuesday 19 February 2002 4:18 pm, John Levon wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 03:59:09PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: I'd like to commit the attached patch. are you trying to confuse :) + if (pid=0) {

Re: [PATCH]: Forked calls

On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:28:39PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > On Tuesday 19 February 2002 4:18 pm, John Levon wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 03:59:09PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > > > I'd like to commit the attached patch. > > > > are you trying to confuse :) > > > > +

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:08:45PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, John Levon wrote: : inset external CANNOT and DOES NOT do what Jules was asking for. That's all I'm saying. Nothing does what Jules is asking for. That's what I thought. That's why I asked for it. I

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:08:45PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, John Levon wrote: > > : inset external CANNOT and DOES NOT do what Jules was asking for. > > > > That's all I'm saying. > > Nothing does what Jules is asking for. That's what I thought. That's why I asked for it.

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 10:52:28AM +0100, Otto Tronarp wrote: On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 09:07, Jules Bean wrote: 1) Because if I use LaTeX, the labels at the points, and on the arrows, can be arbitrary math objects. Can Dia do a blackboard bold R to the power of n? I think

Threads on comp.text.tex

Those of you who don't read newsgroups might nonetheless like to scan the following thread, which mentions LyX (Andre and Lars and I defend it to the death ;) http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=enthreadm=3C681D71.8E9BF939%40active-tex.demon.co.uk Actually, google is not very up-to-date at all

Re: Threads on comp.text.tex

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:50:46PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Jules == Jules Bean [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jules Those of you who don't read newsgroups might nonetheless like Jules to scan the following thread, which mentions LyX (Andre and Jules Lars and I defend it to the death

Re: Threads on comp.text.tex

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:26:16PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:50:46PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Interesting thread... at least for the amount of gratuitous agressivity LyX can get :) But the two of you spoiled all the fun ;-} How? What did we do?

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 10:52:28AM +0100, Otto Tronarp wrote: > On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 09:07, Jules Bean wrote: > > 1) Because if I use LaTeX, the labels at the points, and on the > > arrows, can be arbitrary math objects. Can Dia do a blackboard bold R > > to the p

Threads on comp.text.tex

Those of you who don't read newsgroups might nonetheless like to scan the following thread, which mentions LyX (Andre and Lars and I defend it to the death ;) http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en=3C681D71.8E9BF939%40active-tex.demon.co.uk Actually, google is not very up-to-date at all on that

Re: Threads on comp.text.tex

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:50:46PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jules> Those of you who don't read newsgroups might nonetheless like > Jules> to scan the following thread, which m

Re: Threads on comp.text.tex

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:26:16PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:50:46PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Interesting thread... at least for the amount of gratuitous > > agressivity LyX can get :) > > But the two of you spoiled all the fun ;-} How? What did we

Re: Re: Graphics inset converters

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 01:03:03PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: This is a well made point. Here's an idea: why don't we throw out (or rather use it only on old format LyX files) the clever code that interrogates the contents of the file. It's a lot of special code that could be replaced by a

Re: Re: Graphics inset converters

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 02:18:24PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 01:10:12PM +, Jules Bean wrote: I wonder if you could shell out to the 'file' command, on systems which support it. That is certainly an option, but the point was that the current dependance

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 12:16:09PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jules Bean wrote: Unless dia is *far* better than it was when I last looked, it's still essentially a graphical tool. WYSIWYG, in other words. I search for a more formal, logical, WYSIWYM approach. I just

Re: Re: Graphics inset & converters

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 01:03:03PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > This is a well made point. Here's an idea: why don't we throw out (or rather > use it only on old format LyX files) the clever code that interrogates the > contents of the file. It's a lot of special code that could be replaced by

Re: Re: Graphics inset & converters

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 02:18:24PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 01:10:12PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > I wonder if you could shell out to the 'file' command, on systems > > which support it. > > That is certainly an option, but the point was that t

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 12:16:09PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jules Bean wrote: > > > Unless dia is *far* better than it was when I last looked, it's still > > essentially a graphical tool. WYSIWYG, in other words. I search for > > a more formal, l

Re: mathed AMS fonts

On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 04:54:51PM +0100, Yves Bastide wrote: Maybe something to document: (some versions of?) XSetFontPath don't like (some version of?) nfs mounted directories... chellas:~/build/lyx-devel/lib% xset fp+ `pwd`/fonts xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes are:

Re: mathed AMS fonts

On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 04:54:51PM +0100, Yves Bastide wrote: > Maybe something to document: (some versions of?) XSetFontPath don't like > (some version of?) nfs mounted directories... > > chellas:~/build/lyx-devel/lib% xset fp+ `pwd`/fonts > xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes

Re: mathed AMS fonts

On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 10:10:40PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 08:26:21PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 08:40:46PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: Comments ? (and can I do this before 1.2.0 ?) It would be nice if it worked. The new symbols are a huge

Re: mathed AMS fonts

On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 10:10:40PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 08:26:21PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 08:40:46PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > > Comments ? (and can I do this before 1.2.0 ?) > > > > It would be nice if it worked. The new symbols

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 07:30:16AM -0800, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 09:58:16AM +, Jules Bean wrote: As an example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of, categorists and topologists often want to draw commutative diagrams. I'm neither, but I have attended

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:55:07PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: 2) In a distant future, the entire LyX document data-structure is inspectable and manipulatable via an API. I.e. LyX becomes a component in the sense of COM technology on Windows, or KParts in KDE. An

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:15:03AM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: Andre Poenitz wrote: On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 09:58:16AM +, Jules Bean wrote: As an example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of, categorists and topologists often want to draw commutative diagrams. I'm neither, but I

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:06:13AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 09:58:16AM +, Jules Bean wrote: As an example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of, categorists and topologists often want to draw commutative diagrams. I'm neither, but I have attended a category

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:55:07PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: Furthermore, I think we should draw another bold conclusion: Nobody would really make full use of a complete document API either. People might say that they would, but in reality, it would still be simpler just to hack

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 06:30:45PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:14:53PM +, Jules Bean wrote: But there *is* no external program to draw commutative diagrams that we could call. And even if there were, the poor external program would have to contain a re

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 06:33:20PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:28:45PM +, Jules Bean wrote: The hardest bit of exposing an API is factoring your application into commands. Thanks to LFUNs, LyX is already factored! Not everything could be doine using LFUNs

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 07:30:16AM -0800, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: > On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 09:58:16AM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > As an example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of, categorists and > > topologists often want to draw commutative diagrams. I'm neither, but >

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:55:07PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > > 2) In a distant future, the entire LyX document data-structure is >inspectable and manipulatable via an API. I.e. LyX becomes >a component in the sense of COM technology on Windows, or >KParts in KDE. An

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:15:03AM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 09:58:16AM +, Jules Bean wrote: > > > >>As an example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of, categorists and > >>topologists often wan

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:06:13AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 09:58:16AM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > As an example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of, categorists and > > topologists often want to draw commutative diagrams. I'm neither, but >

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:55:07PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > Furthermore, I think we should draw another bold conclusion: Nobody would > really make full use of a complete document API either. People might > say that they would, but in reality, it would still be simpler just to >

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 06:30:45PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:14:53PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > But there *is* no external program to draw commutative diagrams that > > we could call. And even if there were, the poor external program > >

Re: Dreaming of plugins...

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 06:33:20PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:28:45PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > The hardest bit of exposing an API is factoring your application into > > commands. Thanks to LFUNs, LyX is already factored! > > Not everything

Re: Umlauts

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 11:22:46AM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: (BTW what about a units panel? cm, kg, m^3, lb in^{-2}, what not ;-) Units should use the 'units' package really. Jules

Dreaming of plugins...

This message is not at all apropos of getting 1.2 released, so read it when you're in a dreamy mood. Something which I think would really be a *killer* feature for LyX would be the ability to write plug-ins to handle custom environments. As an example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of,

Re: Umlauts

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 11:22:46AM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: > (BTW what about a "units" panel? cm, kg, m^3, lb in^{-2}, what not ;-) Units should use the 'units' package really. Jules

Dreaming of plugins...

This message is not at all apropos of getting 1.2 released, so read it when you're in a dreamy mood. Something which I think would really be a *killer* feature for LyX would be the ability to write plug-ins to handle custom environments. As an example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of,

Re: Umlauts

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:35:15PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 05:32:12PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: There isn't anything else that I am aware of and that you can get rendered by LaTeX. It just refuses in math mode. Of couse \ddot is double differentiation wrt

Re: Umlauts

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:35:15PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 05:32:12PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: > > There isn't anything else that I am aware of and that you can get > > rendered by LaTeX. It just refuses in math mode. Of couse \ddot is > > double differentiation

Re: lyx1.1.6fix4 segfaults when selecting Layout-Document-Bullets (?) (last Tab)

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 04:50:07PM +0100, Peter Suetterlin wrote: Hm, my screen setup should be OK. I.e., with long texts the bug can be triggered even with correct settings. OTOH, by just changing the font used for the dialogs I couldn't exceed the available space, so probably in the

Re: lyx1.1.6fix4 segfaults when selecting Layout->Document->Bullets (?) (last Tab)

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 04:50:07PM +0100, Peter Suetterlin wrote: > Hm, my screen setup should be OK. I.e., with long texts the bug can be > triggered even with correct settings. OTOH, by just changing the font used > for the dialogs I couldn't exceed the available space, so probably in > the

config.{sub,guess}

Note that the config/ directory has very old config.{guess,sub} files. I am updating this for the debian package; this hopefully means that lyx will be compiled for the debian S390 port. Possibly the first time LyX has been compiled for an S390 ;-) Jules

config.{sub,guess}

Note that the config/ directory has very old config.{guess,sub} files. I am updating this for the debian package; this hopefully means that lyx will be compiled for the debian S390 port. Possibly the first time LyX has been compiled for an S390 ;-) Jules

Re: A possible suggestion...

On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 05:07:19AM -0600, Daniel Joyce wrote: I've messed with Lyx, and LaTeX, trying to get more control. [snip slightly over-the-top praise of ConTeXT and complaints about LaTeX] OTOH, ConTeXT math isn't up to much, and it doesn't support bibliographies well. For an

Re: A possible suggestion...

On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 06:42:45AM -0600, Daniel Joyce wrote: On Friday 18 January 2002 05:19 am, you wrote: On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 05:07:19AM -0600, Daniel Joyce wrote: I've messed with Lyx, and LaTeX, trying to get more control. [snip slightly over-the-top praise of ConTeXT and

Re: A possible suggestion...

On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 05:07:19AM -0600, Daniel Joyce wrote: > I've messed with Lyx, and LaTeX, trying to get more control. [snip slightly over-the-top praise of ConTeXT and complaints about LaTeX] OTOH, ConTeXT math isn't up to much, and it doesn't support bibliographies well. For an

Re: A possible suggestion...

On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 06:42:45AM -0600, Daniel Joyce wrote: > On Friday 18 January 2002 05:19 am, you wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 05:07:19AM -0600, Daniel Joyce wrote: > > > I've messed with Lyx, and LaTeX, trying to get more control. > > > > [snip slightly over-the-top praise of

Re: feature request: open a new file in lyx from the shell

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 06:47:50AM +, John Levon wrote: command echo LYXCMD:lyxopen:file-open:$fullpath \ hmm do we require fullpath then ? Even you you don't, the current working directory of the LyX program is unlikely to be that of the shell script... Jules

Re: feature request: open a new file in lyx from the shell

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 06:47:50AM +, John Levon wrote: > > > command echo "LYXCMD:lyxopen:file-open:$fullpath" \ > > hmm do we require fullpath then ? Even you you don't, the current working directory of the LyX program is unlikely to be that of the shell script... Jules

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