Re: M$ Word - LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-05 Thread miyata
"Arnd Hanses" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #ifndef strcasecmp #define strcasecmp stricmp // emx uses M$ fn name instead of posix name??! #define _strcasecmp stricmp #endif Better to use AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strcasecmp strncasecmp stricmp strnicmp) and #if !defined(HAVE_STRCASECMP)

Re: M$ Word -> LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-05 Thread miyata
"Arnd Hanses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > #ifndef strcasecmp > #define strcasecmp stricmp // emx uses M$ fn name instead of posix > name??! > #define _strcasecmp stricmp > #endif Better to use AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strcasecmp strncasecmp stricmp strnicmp) and #if !defined(HAVE_STRCASECMP) &&

Re: M$ Word - LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Duncan Simpson
RTF is an excellent solution to the word to something else, inclyding LyX, problem. Not only does it support practically everything bar macro virii but it is also documented and reasonably sensible (quite a contrast with Word binary format, which is subject to NDAs and baroque to put it

Re: M$ Word - LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Richard E. Hawkins
duncan delivered, RTF is an excellent solution to the word to something else, inclyding LyX, problem. Not only does it support practically everything bar macro virii but it is also documented and reasonably sensible (quite a contrast with Word binary format, which is subject to NDAs and

Re: M$ Word - LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Arnd Hanses
On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 18:58:46 +0100, Duncan Simpson wrote: Given the only way to fix bugs in word is to upgrade, which costs money, conspiracy theorists would say I was right :-) IMHO they might not be entirely wrong. Word 98 is avuabale without a NDA but the file format itself is just as

Re: M$ Word - LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Garst R. Reese
Arnd Hanses wrote: As it seems, Word 8 is now de facto the international standard for document exchange, even in the internet and within specialized academic contexts. LaTeX 'market share' is rapidly decreasing. Even Linux people seem to adhere more and more (see the new xyzOffice suite

Re: M$ Word - LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Arnd Hanses wrote: As it seems, Word 8 is now de facto the international standard for document exchange, even in the internet and within specialized academic contexts. LaTeX 'market share' is rapidly decreasing. Even Linux people seem to adhere more and more (see the new

Re: M$ Word -> LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Duncan Simpson
RTF is an excellent solution to the word to something else, inclyding LyX, problem. Not only does it support practically everything bar macro virii but it is also documented and reasonably sensible (quite a contrast with Word binary format, which is subject to NDAs and baroque to put it

Re: M$ Word -> LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Richard E. Hawkins
duncan delivered, > RTF is an excellent solution to the word to something else, inclyding LyX, > problem. Not only does it support practically everything bar macro virii but > it is also documented and reasonably sensible (quite a contrast with Word > binary format, which is subject to NDAs

Re: M$ Word -> LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Arnd Hanses
On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 18:58:46 +0100, Duncan Simpson wrote: > Given the only way to fix bugs in word is to upgrade, which costs money, >conspiracy theorists would say I was right :-) IMHO they might not be entirely >wrong. Word 98 is avuabale without a NDA but the file format itself is just as

Re: M$ Word -> LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Garst R. Reese
Arnd Hanses wrote: > > As it seems, Word 8 is now de facto the international standard for > document exchange, even in the internet and within specialized academic > contexts. LaTeX 'market share' is rapidly decreasing. Even Linux people > seem to adhere more and more (see the new xyzOffice

Re: M$ Word -> LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-03 Thread Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Arnd Hanses wrote: > As it seems, Word 8 is now de facto the international standard for > document exchange, even in the internet and within specialized academic > contexts. LaTeX 'market share' is rapidly decreasing. Even Linux people > seem to adhere more and more (see the

M$ Word - LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-02 Thread Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:48:30 -0700 From: Levente NOVÁK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: M$ Word - LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch Hello Alejandro, There is a very good RTF to LaTeX converter, namely rtf2latex2e which can

M$ Word -> LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch (fwd)

1999-09-02 Thread Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:48:30 -0700 From: Levente NOVÁK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: M$ Word -> LyX (was Re: Hi and small scroll wheel patch Hello Alejandro, There is a very good RTF to LaTeX converter, namely rtf2latex2e which can