Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-11-02 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 10:47 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: I mentionned this because I think we really need one of those meetings. I am not sure though whether April is suitable to everybody, and the biggest difficulty is probably to find a place to code and sleep. I can easily book a

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-11-02 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 10:47 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > I mentionned this because I think we really need one of those > meetings. > I am not sure though whether April is suitable to everybody, and the > biggest difficulty is probably to find a place to code and sleep. I can easily

Re: git in 2.1 (was: Commercial support for LyX?)

2012-10-31 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 02:38 +0100, Pavel Sanda wrote: I don't believe any distro will ship LyX with this feature in April, but I'm no more the man in the command for the schedule ;) OK, then I'll try to come up with a patch, but with a more relaxed time horizon. Ale

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-31 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 26/10/2012 15:25, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Usually the conference is held in Italian, because it's already difficult to collect ~50 people this way, English may be a barrier for someone. However most students understand English, and I may discuss the thing with my association, since

Re: git in 2.1 (was: Commercial support for LyX?)

2012-10-31 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 02:38 +0100, Pavel Sanda wrote: > I don't believe any distro will ship LyX with this feature in April, > but I'm no more the man in the command for the schedule ;) OK, then I'll try to come up with a patch, but with a more relaxed time horizon. Ale

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-31 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 26/10/2012 15:25, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Usually the conference is held in Italian, because it's already difficult to collect ~50 people this way, English may be a barrier for someone. However most students understand English, and I may discuss the thing with my association, since

Re: git in 2.1 (was: Commercial support for LyX?)

2012-10-30 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 18:03 +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote: No, it is not. Adding some basic support (#0) like we have with other RCS is one weekend work and you'll spend more time on testing than coding. Some folks spoke about more fancy git support - in particular #1) use git for bundled format

Re: git in 2.1 (was: Commercial support for LyX?)

2012-10-30 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alessandro Di Federico wrote: Some folks spoke about more fancy git support - in particular #1) use git for bundled format #2) use (some of) git codebase instead of relying on external calls we use for rcs/cvs/svn. Yes, I've read the discussion about git. The problem on when to

Re: git in 2.1 (was: Commercial support for LyX?)

2012-10-30 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 18:03 +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote: > No, it is not. Adding some basic support (#0) like we have with other > RCS > is one weekend work and you'll spend more time on testing than coding. > > Some folks spoke about more fancy git support - in particular > #1) use git for bundled

Re: git in 2.1 (was: Commercial support for LyX?)

2012-10-30 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alessandro Di Federico wrote: > > Some folks spoke about more fancy git support - in particular > > #1) use git for bundled format > > #2) use (some of) git codebase instead of relying on external calls > >we use for rcs/cvs/svn. > > Yes, I've read the discussion about git. The problem on

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 26/10/2012 00:03, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Partly related: in April I'll organize for the third year a LyX conference in my university, oriented to take notes in class and doing thesis. That is a great initiative. It would be fun to couple an event like that with a developer

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: Le 26/10/2012 00:03, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Partly related: in April I'll organize for the third year a LyX conference in my university, oriented to take notes in class and doing thesis. That is a

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 26/10/2012 12:33, Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: Le 26/10/2012 00:03, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Partly related: in April I'll organize for the third year a LyX conference in my university, oriented to take

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 12:33 +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: That is a great initiative. It would be fun to couple an event like that with a developer meeting. A way to meet some users too. Where is this university? It's the most important technical university in Italy, the Politecnico di

git in 2.1 (was: Commercial support for LyX?)

2012-10-26 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alessandro Di Federico wrote: This year I'm planning to put up a SVN server Right and it must be 1.7 :-/ (sigh, no git support yet, and it may be too late now) No, it is not. Adding some basic support (#0) like we have with other RCS is one weekend work and you'll spend more time on testing

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
On 26/10/2012 13:59, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 26/10/2012 12:33, Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgout...@lyx.org wrote: Le 26/10/2012 00:03, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Partly related: in April I'll organize for the third year a

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 18:55 +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Knowing where in Italy would be nice though... Maybe you missed my other e-mail! It's the most important technical university in Italy, the Politecnico di Milano: http://www.english.polimi.it/where/ Usually the conference is

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 26/10/2012 00:03, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Partly related: in April I'll organize for the third year a LyX conference in my university, oriented to take notes in class and doing thesis. That is a great initiative. It would be fun to couple an event like that with a developer

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 26/10/2012 00:03, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : > >> Partly related: in April I'll organize for the third year a LyX >> conference in my university, oriented to take notes in class and doing >> thesis. > > >

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 26/10/2012 12:33, Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 26/10/2012 00:03, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Partly related: in April I'll organize for the third year a LyX conference in my university, oriented to

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 12:33 +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > That is a great initiative. It would be fun to couple an event like > that > > with a developer meeting. A way to meet some users too. > > Where is this university? It's the most important technical university in Italy, the

git in 2.1 (was: Commercial support for LyX?)

2012-10-26 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alessandro Di Federico wrote: > This year I'm planning to put up a SVN server Right and it must be <1.7 :-/ > (sigh, no git support yet, and it may be too late now) No, it is not. Adding some basic support (#0) like we have with other RCS is one weekend work and you'll spend more time on

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
On 26/10/2012 13:59, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 26/10/2012 12:33, Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 26/10/2012 00:03, Alessandro Di Federico a écrit : Partly related: in April I'll organize for the third year

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-26 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 18:55 +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Knowing where in Italy would be nice though... Maybe you missed my other e-mail! > It's the most important technical university in Italy, the Politecnico > di Milano: > > http://www.english.polimi.it/where/ > > Usually the

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-25 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Sun, 2012-10-21 at 20:43 -0600, Rob Oakes wrote: Very interesting idea. Out of curiosity, do we have any idea how big LyX's user base really is? The other day I saw someone using it to take notes in a class, and I was elated. It's the first time I've seen someone using it in the wild where

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-25 Thread Alessandro Di Federico
On Sun, 2012-10-21 at 20:43 -0600, Rob Oakes wrote: > Very interesting idea. Out of curiosity, do we have any idea how big > LyX's user base really is? The other day I saw someone using it to > take > notes in a class, and I was elated. It's the first time I've seen > someone using it "in the

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
or have the heart to ask in an English forum or mailing list. (Personally, I had the same experience with my students - and they all know English because even some lectures were in English, but people are lazy.) --- Since a long time I planned to offer commercial support for LyX. For example

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-22 Thread Uwe Stöhr
or have the heart to ask in an English forum or mailing list. (Personally, I had the same experience with my students - and they all know English because even some lectures were in English, but people are lazy.) --- Since a long time I planned to offer commercial support for LyX. For example

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-21 Thread Rob Oakes
On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 02:32 +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: Is that what this is? http://aprenderlyx.com/ Fascinating link. It looks like a course about how to use LyX for writing a thesis. They have five or six modules which covers creating a document, typesetting a document, and

Re: Commercial support for LyX?

2012-10-21 Thread Rob Oakes
On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 02:32 +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Is that what this is? > > http://aprenderlyx.com/ > Fascinating link. It looks like a course about how to use LyX for writing a thesis. They have five or six modules which covers creating a document, typesetting a document, and