"Alejandro" == Alejandro Aguilar Sierra [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Alejandro In general I agree with Jean Marc, except:
Martin 4. Comparison with Word and WP -- hesitant.
I am hesitant about the principle, but the paragraph is
interesting. You could change the beginning to ``Compared to
"Martin" == Martin Vermeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Martin What we need really is not so much NUMERICALLY more classes
Martin and layouts, but ways to tailor the ones we have in many small
Martin ways. Like the "geometry" package does already for the margins
Martin and the Allan Rae thing for
> "Alejandro" == Alejandro Aguilar Sierra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alejandro> In general I agree with Jean Marc, except:
Martin> 4. Comparison with Word and WP -- hesitant.
>> I am hesitant about the principle, but the paragraph is
>> interesting. You could change the beginning to
> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> What we need really is not so much NUMERICALLY more classes
Martin> and layouts, but ways to tailor the ones we have in many small
Martin> ways. Like the "geometry" package does already for the margins
Martin> and the Allan Rae
Okay, here's that letter with some ideas/suggestions.
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 12:14:25AM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
LyX -- The Ultimate Document Processor
--
Bzzzt. Definitely nix the "Ultimate" --- too braggadocio. I also
think calling it "The
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 01:33:18PM -0500, Amir Karger wrote:
Without active leadership, net projects die quickly. Remember the doc
project? Other than Mike, who (including me!) has written any docs lately?
And yet I could've sworn the idea was to have the docs set up perfectly for
v1.0.
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 10:40:07AM -0500, Larry S. Marso wrote:
We could target a press release
and ship it off to all the authors of recent media pieces about open
source and WordPerfect coming to Linux (lexis-nexis: .ns;open source or
Wordperfect w/i 5 linux).
This is, potentially, a
Okay, here's that letter with some ideas/suggestions.
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 12:14:25AM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
> LyX -- The Ultimate Document Processor
> --
Bzzzt. Definitely nix the "Ultimate" --- too braggadocio. I also
think calling it "The
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 01:33:18PM -0500, Amir Karger wrote:
> Without active leadership, net projects die quickly. Remember the doc
> project? Other than Mike, who (including me!) has written any docs lately?
> And yet I could've sworn the idea was to have the docs set up perfectly for
> v1.0.
>
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 10:40:07AM -0500, Larry S. Marso wrote:
> We could target a press release
> and ship it off to all the authors of recent media pieces about open
> source and WordPerfect coming to Linux (lexis-nexis: .ns;open source or
> Wordperfect w/i 5 linux).
This is, potentially, a
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 12:03:51PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
Martin 1. Which text to use as basis for further work. Mine, or
Martin Larry's?
Yours, of course. I think the latest version is pretty good and was
rather surprised to see Larry qualify it as 'weak'...
Certainly, yours,
"Martin" == Martin Vermeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Martin ... more convenient for some of you.
I read it, and I like what I saw, beside some comments from Larry with
which I happen to agree (see my answer to him). I think this language
Which are those?
draws a reasonable line
"Martin" == Martin Vermeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Martin ... more convenient for some of you.
I read it, and I like what I saw, beside some comments from Larry with
which I happen to agree (see my answer to him). I think this language
draws a reasonable line between boring technical
I've asked the list a couple of times whether there was sufficient interest
in collecting together examples documents, for us to establish an ftp site
where people could post their efforts. There has never been much of a
response, which I suggests my views are atypical.
This is a great
The question most interesting to me is whether there is interest in
treating the 1.0 release as a major breakpoint, a time to attract (and
assist) new users for the LyX platform.
A formal effort would certainly require a period of time set aside to
the task of preparing new accompanying
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 21:33:31 +0200
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The question most interesting to me is whether there is interest in
treating the 1.0 release as a major breakpoint, a time to attract (and
assist) new users for the LyX platform.
A formal effort would certainly require a
In general I agree with Jean Marc, except:
Martin 4. Comparison with Word and WP -- hesitant.
I am hesitant about the principle, but the paragraph is
interesting. You could change the beginning to ``Compared to classical
Word Processors like WordPerfect or Microsoft Word,...''.
If you
Larry, you've made some very good points. Most of the folks on the devel
list have been using LyX for a long time, and it's hard for us to look at it
from the perspective of new users, especially ones who don't even know
LaTeX.
That said, I think it's too late to stop 1.0. The LyXers have been
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 11:32:05AM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
"Martin" == Martin Vermeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anyway, I am rather lost now. So how to continue?
1. Which text to use as basis for further work. Mine, or Larry's?
Yours. Larry's can go into an article and/or the
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 01:58:26PM -0500, Amir Karger wrote:
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 11:32:05AM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
3. Mention Linux and Open Source. (LyX AND LaTeX) Yes. (But remember,
LyX is not ONLY for Linux).
I'm a FreeBSD user, and haven't had a Linux partition for two
Martin Vermeer wrote:
"Martin" == Martin Vermeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Martin ... more convenient for some of you.
I read it, and I like what I saw, beside some comments from Larry with
which I happen to agree (see my answer to him). I think this language
Which are those?
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 12:03:51PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Martin> 1. Which text to use as basis for further work. Mine, or
> Martin> Larry's?
>
> Yours, of course. I think the latest version is pretty good and was
> rather surprised to see Larry qualify it as 'weak'...
Certainly,
> > "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Martin> ... more convenient for some of you.
>
> I read it, and I like what I saw, beside some comments from Larry with
> which I happen to agree (see my answer to him). I think this language
Which are those?
> draws a
> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> ... more convenient for some of you.
I read it, and I like what I saw, beside some comments from Larry with
which I happen to agree (see my answer to him). I think this language
draws a reasonable line between boring technical
> I've asked the list a couple of times whether there was sufficient interest
> in collecting together examples documents, for us to establish an ftp site
> where people could post their efforts. There has never been much of a
> response, which I suggests my views are atypical.
This is a great
The question most interesting to me is whether there is interest in
treating the 1.0 release as a major breakpoint, a time to attract (and
assist) new users for the LyX platform.
A formal effort would certainly require a period of time set aside to
the task of preparing new accompanying
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 21:33:31 +0200
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The question most interesting to me is whether there is interest in
> treating the 1.0 release as a major breakpoint, a time to attract (and
> assist) new users for the LyX platform.
>
> A formal effort would certainly require
In general I agree with Jean Marc, except:
> Martin> 4. Comparison with Word and WP -- hesitant.
>
> I am hesitant about the principle, but the paragraph is
> interesting. You could change the beginning to ``Compared to classical
> Word Processors like WordPerfect or Microsoft Word,...''.
If
Larry, you've made some very good points. Most of the folks on the devel
list have been using LyX for a long time, and it's hard for us to look at it
from the perspective of new users, especially ones who don't even know
LaTeX.
That said, I think it's too late to stop 1.0. The LyXers have been
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 11:32:05AM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
> > > "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> Anyway, I am rather lost now. So how to continue?
>
> 1. Which text to use as basis for further work. Mine, or Larry's?
Yours. Larry's can go into an article
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 01:58:26PM -0500, Amir Karger wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 11:32:05AM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote:
>
> > 3. Mention Linux and Open Source. (LyX AND LaTeX) Yes. (But remember,
> > LyX is not ONLY for Linux).
I'm a FreeBSD user, and haven't had a Linux partition for
Martin Vermeer wrote:
>
> > > "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Martin> ... more convenient for some of you.
> >
> > I read it, and I like what I saw, beside some comments from Larry with
> > which I happen to agree (see my answer to him). I think this language
>
... more convenient for some of you.
Martin
Public release of LyX version 1.0.0
===
LyX -- The Ultimate Document Processor
--
LyX is a free document processor providing a structure based approach
to writing documents on
... more convenient for some of you.
Martin
Public release of LyX version 1.0.0
===
LyX -- The Ultimate Document Processor
--
LyX is a free document processor providing a structure based approach
to writing documents on
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